Slice of Heaven

I'm enjoying a slice of heaven this week.  Last night I spoke to a group of church planters about Raising Warriors.  The atmosphere was charged with faith.  I honestly felt like anyone could have stepped up and taught and knocked it out of the park.  I felt like I imagine Saul felt when he walked into the company of the prophets and couldn't help but prophesy.  Sometimes what God is doing in one place at one moment is so unique that it lifts us above our natural potential into an arena where the anointing takes over. 

It's a humbling experience.

Stephen Marshall and Pam Thum were leading the music for the service.  While I was speaking the Holy Spirit was speaking to Stephen.  He was thinking about how he should close the service and God gave him a song during my message.  He wrote it out and when I was done stepped up with his guitar and led us all in singing it without even practicing it once. 

He's a gifted song-writer, but I told him that what he needs to do now is take me on the road with him:)

Not to mention I was able to prepare my message poolside and pray over it while walking along the beach!  Don't get that back in Michigan:)

Got a few more sessions before I take off with some young church planters to check out Superman Returns. 

In my opinion, they're the real supermen.

Comments

[Jerome]

All superhero's start somewhere, from something, with some situation that impacted their life to devote their skills, talents, attributes, energy, and passion for a noble cause. No salary, no buttered popcorn, no glitter, and no glamour can stop a superhero's burning desire to fulfill their mission (so to speak). In this case it took this preacher that was in his mid 20's, caucasion, brown hair, around 6', and wore dark framed glasses to light the fire in the mist of rocket fuel.

That was BLeach, he was a superhero in the mist of superhero's, that brought a powerful message from God to be warriors. Everyone heard be a warrior before, but not how God used him to speak on that night. It wasn't the sermon that put me into the ministry, just maybe the sermon that will keep me in the ministry... I know I never will leave my call by God's grace, but thank God for such a awesome word my brother...I weaved some of your power points in my ministry time this past weekend.

Good job Brad, and thank God for a superhero that fights for the real mission at hand, and lives for the ultimate noble cause, eternity in JESUS CHRIST!!!

[Brad]

Thanks for the kind words Jerome. You're as real as they come:)