Wow, we really began to feel the tangible presence of God this morning after a lengthy time of personal and corporate repentance. God was really imparting a heart of compassion for the lost and a realization of our own lack of fear and love for the Lord. Over a dozen people show up including several friends from Youth Storm; they brought a real fire, zeal, and genuineness. A young man from BU who was recently saved summed up our passion for the presence of God well, "God, we will have faith in you no matter what we experience, but we are desperate to experience more of the greatness of your love, a love that extends to us despite our lives of sin." (paraphrase)
We are also continuing to receive confirmation that we are right in the center of God's will. In the last two days, I have received emails from a senior Pastor in Connecticut and two friends of mine in LA who are starting a worship tour. God had spoken to both of them about Isaiah 58:6 and Isaiah 61 as themes for this year and their tour!!! In addition, one of the Youth Storm girls reported God has given her multiple dreams over the last week of people smoking, and she had no idea what it meant until she came to our meeting and heard the story of how the Isaiah 61 Fast started. God is amazing! From these dreams, we realize God is speaking to us urgently about our own complacency and comfort. God is calling his people to join the battle in prayer and fasting and radical obedience.
Finally, God spoke yesterday and this morning about an important hallmark of this Fast. Isaiah 58 is all about what kind of fasting God desires. It is not merely of fast to humble ourselves in prayer and fasting; an Isaiah 58 Fast is also a fast of action. I received a prophetic sense at the end of the prayer time that this movement is like the Minutemen that started the Revolutionary War. This fast came about in less than 24 hours. This fast is not only gathering the militia (volunteers not trained professionals; what a blessing to see our young men and women rushing off to work and school after 2 hours of intense prayer!) but about military action. This Fast will be modeled after Isaiah 58, a fast of prayer and action. A liberty bell is sounding calling the church to action and the lost to freedom. We committed this morning to daily obedience to whatever God commands whether it is street witnessing, other prayer gatherings, or helping the homeless etc. We are believing God for divine appointments, prophetic evangelism, healings, signs & wonders, and mass conversions throughout the fast. We are not waiting till the end of the fast to decide what to do; we are going to act during the fast. We are in a battle between light and darkness, and the city of Boston is at stake.
Let mercy triumph over judgment!
David W.
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"liberty bell" - God brought this same image to my mind as a friend and I talked about the Scripture, "Prepare ye the way of the Lord..." I feel like we can't fully understand or imagine the awesome thing God is about to do. The promise of a move of God has been growing in this area for years, and I long for it! Praise God! -Marlborough, MA
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