It felt like a prophesy over me...a word spoken by man, through a man, directed at me to inspire me, yet I believe the words were somehow from God.
I have gone to church with my friend before...and always sensed in myself a holding back, perhaps a "holding out" of letting the power of the Holy Spirit move in me. Maybe I do hold back, maybe I do. Lord, I am sorry for that. Many years of upbringing in a quiet church setting...controlled and in control, I believe...yet I hold the Spirit at arms length away. I still struggle with letting go....I fear losing control.
At this meeting, the speaker prayed over many of us as we walked through the line. I boldly went forward committed to allowing the Spirit to fill me...as my time came up, I tried so hard to make it quick...to not be "touched" and have a stranger lay his hands on me! I actually tried to move on quickly and he spoke to me...grabbed my arm and pulled me gently toward him and placed his hand firmly on my head as though he was pushing me down (I felt like he was trying to get me to surrender...or he thought I would try to escape!)
"Dont' you go! Don't you move!"
"God says, "The spirit of the living God is gonna fall on you...Also...it's gonna fall on you like rain! You're gonna see a cloud, like a cloud the size of a man's hand...but there's gonna be an abundance of rain...There's a refreshing rain that's coming to your life. And you're gonna refresh others that are weary!" He says, "I'm gonna put inside your mouth and on your tongue a word that will refresh those that are weary, and broken..." All those things that you pass through in your life, God says, "There is a reason for that season!"
"Oh, my God, Hallelujah! Oh, my God!"
I did feel moved by the power of the Spirit....tears were streaming down my face, heart pounding within me! I cried tears as the Spirit flowed through me and I kept thinking about the word, HOPE, again it came to my mind.
The Lord has placed the word, HOPE in my mouth and on my tongue and I will meditate on it!
"Blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord their HOPE and confidence."
Jeremiah 17:7
"Don't you go! Don't you move!"
Gail, don't move away from the power of the Holy Spirit! Let it rain on you...(tears?) ...a cleansing abundant rain.
Healing rain is falling down
Healing rain is falling down
I'm not afraid! I'm not afraid!
Let go of the fear! Don't move!
Let me walk across the room, speak of my faith, and not be weird!
