Let me go back and tell you a little more of our first time together: How does a group go about waiting on God for three days? What do you do? For a while, we all waited in silence. Then W.S. suggested that we let the Lord give each person an identity by allowing the… Read More
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Continuing the story of the group that gathers to listen: Over the next few weeks, more information came out. The morning after we returned home, a leader from the Nav-Apache council visited D.B. at the coffee shop. “Can you pray for one of our young men?” he asked. “He went insane over the weekend, and… Read More
Continuing the story of the listening gatherings: The next morning, we started to pray through the things D.B. had described. The first place we prayed was on a hilltop where the scene with the Native American man had taken place. We repented for what had been done to his people in that area and bound… Read More
The following posts are part of a document written by LK and myself on what has been happened when we gathered to listen. Ten of us sat around a campfire one warm Arizona evening. We had gathered there with no purpose other than to wait on God and listen to what He wanted to say… Read More
For the past several years, I have had the privilege of being part of a group that gets together for two to three days at a time every few months with no agenda except that of listening to God and doing what he says. We have recently had the "go ahead" from the Lord to… Read More
How many sermons can you remember a month later? A year later? A decade later? When we were in medical school, we were involved in a controversial church plant–the Christians at the hospital decided they were a church. Since they spent most of their time in the hospital and experienced great fellowship together, it was… Read More
Several simple/organic churches had come together for a celebration gathering. At one point, it was suggested that people get into smaller groups to pray for each other. Over in one corner, a family–mom, dad, and their two kids–were praying together. Each had tears running down their faces. God was touching them. I was close to… Read More
I've been involved in churches that had open participation and attempted to follow the Holy Spirit now for around 30 years!! Over this time, a number of gatherings stand out. Looking back, they were when the Holy Spirit was clearly leading. I'd like to describe a few of them for you. We started a church… Read More
First Corinthians 2:16 says this: For, “Who can know the Lord’s thoughts? Who knows enough to teach him?” But we understand these things, for we have the mind of Christ. The body of Christ often has the mind of Christ. It is not something that is experienced so much individually as corporately. Together, we have… Read More
We love to start with groups of people the majority of whom do not yet know Jesus. Right from the start we have them talking about what God is doing in their lives (a concept know as prevenience–God is at work in the heart of the unbeliever before they know him) and praying, and we… Read More