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  • Days of Breakthrough Part 2

    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.      
  • The Seer Anointing in the New Year

    I’m so thankful that God has been restoring the office of the Prophet to the Church, along with prophetic giftings and anointing.  I know Prophets and prophetic gifts have been instrumental in keeping me focused on what the Spirit is saying to me, my family, the church and my city.  Personally I have determined that not only do I want to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying, I want to equip others to have hearing ears.

    One ministry that I have chosen to align myself and Harvest Fellowship with is Glory of Zion in Denton, TX.  Harvest Fellowship is a Church of Zion.  I’ve always been strengthened by the revelation and anointing that flows from this ministry overseen by Chuck Pierce.  This past weekend, Harvest Fellowship webcast ‘Starting the Year Off Right’, Glory of Zion’s annual New Year’s Conference.  I attended in person a year ago, but I felt we needed to webcast from Harvest Fellowship this year in Ardmore.  We did so believing a Portal of Glory would further be opened up in our region, and I believe this is happening!

    In both this conference and The Head of the Year in September (Glory of Zion’s conference which celebrates the beginning of the year according to the Jewish calendar), the Holy Spirit emphasized we must ‘look again’.  In this next season we must have both hearing ears AND eyes that see!  God wants to increase our vision this year as He activates a Seer anointing in our lives at a new level.

    Like many within the Body of Christ, I often operate freely in the seer prophetic gifting.  The word for prophet in the Old Testament used most often is nahbi.  This has to do mainly with declaring what someone has heard from God.  However, the Spirit has also been giving further insight these last few years about the seer prophetic gifting.

    The two Old Testament words used primarily to refer to a seer are ra’ah and chozeh.  Ra’ah means “to see” while chozeh means a “beholder in vision.”  Both Gad and Asaph were seers in King David’s court according to 2 Chronicles 29:30 and 2 Samuel 24:11-12.  Seers usually see visions and dream dreams from the Lord consistently.

    I believe the seer gifting is going to increase throughout the Body of Christ.  Chuck Pierce declared at Starting the Year Off Right that a key to the next 10 years would be how we see!  In this season may His People experience what the two disciples on the road to Emmaus experienced in Luke 24:31: “And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him.”

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