I am so thankful for the move that the Holy Spirit continues to orchestrate in South Central Oklahoma. I wrote previously about Steve Lincoln's visit in Ardmore and the good fruit it produced. Steve is the BURN Director for the UK and the founder of Eagle's Wings Ministries.
In addition to ministering at local churches, Steve joined other worshipers, intercessors and psalmists for powerful times of worship and prayer during the weekend of January 22-24. On January 22 Steve and I joined Norma Woolery at her monthly Prayer Watch in Love County which she hosts in her home. Norma has been hosting this 'Watch of the Lord' from 9pm until Midnight for several years now. She is faithfully joined by believers in the Ardmore area as well as worship teams from Glory of Zion in Denton, TX and intercessors from International Breakthrough Ministries. It's always a wonderful event worshipping and praying with this group, and this night may have been one of the richest times we had ever experienced in the Presence of God together. I believe the faithfulness of this group to pray is laying a foundation for the manifestation of the Kingdom of God in Carter and Love counties.
The next day was a day of contending together at the monthly BURN Ardmore gathering at Ardmore Christian Center for 12 hours of continuous, fiery worship. It was a day of breakthrough with one of the many highlights being ACC's own Tino Estrada and James Vincent from Glory of Zion joining Steve for an incredible set of non-stop drumming. BURN is not only a tremendous tool to see breakthrough in a region, it promotes unity among churches and ministries as well, something every city needs.
On his final day in Ardmore, Steve ministered at Harvest Fellowship. I was incredibly challenged by Steve as he told us as a ministry that we had a mandate from the Lord to bring unity to the churches in Ardmore. Honestly, that's something I'm not sure I wanted to hear. That is never an easy task! However, as the BURN Director for Ardmore it seems like a logical thing. Anything that brings a blessing I want to pursue, and true unity among believers is certainly one of those things. As Psalm 133 states, "Behold, how good and and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!...For there the Lord commanded the blessing - life forever."
There is a blessing God commands for those who will humble themselves and pursue unity. May God use all of us to pursue that end.