Before I go to cell on a Wednesday evening I pray, ‘God, please come and meet with us. I don’t want to just ‘meet up’ with friends, lovely as it maybe, I want you to be there. I want you to bring your power to us Lord.’
I’m never disappointed, I love to be with my cell group because they are my friends and my family, most of all I love it because God is there too.
Steve led the meeting this evening, bringing us before the Lord as we thanked him for his goodness in our lives.
Next, Roger brought some worship songs. As we worshipped God, I felt absolutely compelled to pray for Mark’s eyesight to be restored. Mark is colour-blind. This led to an avalanche of prayers from Paula, Trish, Steve, Beverley, Chris and Roger over Mark, Jesus pouring out his blessings over him, showering him with goodness.
Paula prophesied over Mark,
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Then as we began to speak about and learn about prophesy, Paula brought another word from Ezekiel 47:
The River From the Temple
1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was flowing from the south side.
3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits [a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, [b] where it enters the Sea. [c] When it empties into the Sea, [d] the water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Great Sea. [e] 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."
Mark was drawn to the verses in Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Together with verse 12 in Ezekiel: Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither.
I’m never disappointed, I love to be with my cell group because they are my friends and my family, most of all I love it because God is there too.
Steve led the meeting this evening, bringing us before the Lord as we thanked him for his goodness in our lives.
Next, Roger brought some worship songs. As we worshipped God, I felt absolutely compelled to pray for Mark’s eyesight to be restored. Mark is colour-blind. This led to an avalanche of prayers from Paula, Trish, Steve, Beverley, Chris and Roger over Mark, Jesus pouring out his blessings over him, showering him with goodness.
Paula prophesied over Mark,
Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Then as we began to speak about and learn about prophesy, Paula brought another word from Ezekiel 47:
The River From the Temple
1 The man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water coming out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar. 2 He then brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and the water was flowing from the south side.
3 As the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits [a] and then led me through water that was ankle-deep. 4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross. 6 He asked me, "Son of man, do you see this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. 7 When I arrived there, I saw a great number of trees on each side of the river. 8 He said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah, [b] where it enters the Sea. [c] When it empties into the Sea, [d] the water there becomes fresh. 9 Swarms of living creatures will live wherever the river flows. There will be large numbers of fish, because this water flows there and makes the salt water fresh; so where the river flows everything will live. 10 Fishermen will stand along the shore; from En Gedi to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading nets. The fish will be of many kinds—like the fish of the Great Sea. [e] 11 But the swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. 12 Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."
Mark was drawn to the verses in Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.
Together with verse 12 in Ezekiel: Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither.
How extraordinary!
What a special Holy Spirit moment.
Then Paula spoke about a leaf that was branching out on its’ own. That it thinks it will wither to nothing but it will only curl at the ends. The curling at the ends is just an uncertainty of how to begin or stepping out to do a new thing.
I really felt that spoke to me personally as I have heard from God very clearly about healing; infact he showed it to me in a dream. The dream showed that something would begin in me when there are power cuts in the town I live in. Now, we did have power cuts recently but it wasn’t near where I live, it was more at the top of the town.
I have to admit, maybe I have asked for the gift of healing once about 8years ago, but there are other things I have asked for every day, the gift of healing wasn’t top of my agenda. However, I guess a gift of healing requires faith and that, God has given me an abundance of.
Trish reminded us that Julian Adams prophesied that revival would come to Britain and that floods would precede it.
Well, that’s gotta be now hasn’t it?
Interestingly, Paula spoke of a time when she was at a David Devenish conference and he said to a man there, stand up, throw your keys on the floor, the man did this and a little while after David said, these are the keys of the kingdom and went on to explain what each key represented.
Interestingly, Paula spoke of a time when she was at a David Devenish conference and he said to a man there, stand up, throw your keys on the floor, the man did this and a little while after David said, these are the keys of the kingdom and went on to explain what each key represented.
So imagine our surprise when Marks said, “ 10 years ago, I was at a David Devenish conference, when David saif to me, ‘Stand up and throw your keys on the floor.’ At that point I stood up and threw my keys on the floor. After some time, David said, “These are the keys of the kingdom and went on to explain what each key meant!”
How amazing!
Paula and Mark were in the same place 10 years ago as strangers and Paula this evening had inadvertently reminded Mark of a prophesy given to him then, which I think is coming into season now.
After this, being filled with faith, we prayed some more, for the lost, for more power in our lives, for the church and all the needs it faces as of late.
We all felt led to pray for the youth. I shall write here what I felt God say to me, there were so many words I shall leave it to the others to write theirs’ up here.
· Roses… each member of the youth is a rose, not a bud but a full-blown rose complete with the fragrance of Jesus upon them. As with a rose, they are delicate, they need nurture and nutrition. I believe we need to pray for those who nurture them and pray with those who nurture them. Also, we need to pray that the youth fill themselves with God’s word, as this will be their nutrition.
· The youth is at foundation level. They have all the markings of a tall, impressive and marvellous building. However, they have to have the foundations first. The foundation is the word of God. Without it, the building is not the best it can be. The youth, perhaps, look upon the foundations and see that they are grey and boring. Just as they might see the word of God in that way, perhaps, but we must pray that the youth have insight, to see the potential they can be. We need to pray that they crave the word of god just as any structure craves for a secure foundation.
· The other day I walked passed a bush. It was very wide and very tall. It was a bush that was in bloom and was covered in blossom. The bush was also covered completely in honeybees, so many infact that the whole bush buzzed. It was very loud and quite impressive. I believe God reminded me of that bush as he is saying the church is that bush, full of the word of god, full of sweet nectar. The honeybees are believers getting excited about the word of God and some are non-believers who crave the nectar, they come to receive. The affect of this will be so loud that all will hear just as the sound of that bush was alive with bees so will the church be alive with believers and will ‘buzz’ no one will escape the roar of that day.
I believe there were other words for the youth and the like – OD cell group, don’t be shy, share it on here.
· The youth is at foundation level. They have all the markings of a tall, impressive and marvellous building. However, they have to have the foundations first. The foundation is the word of God. Without it, the building is not the best it can be. The youth, perhaps, look upon the foundations and see that they are grey and boring. Just as they might see the word of God in that way, perhaps, but we must pray that the youth have insight, to see the potential they can be. We need to pray that they crave the word of god just as any structure craves for a secure foundation.
· The other day I walked passed a bush. It was very wide and very tall. It was a bush that was in bloom and was covered in blossom. The bush was also covered completely in honeybees, so many infact that the whole bush buzzed. It was very loud and quite impressive. I believe God reminded me of that bush as he is saying the church is that bush, full of the word of god, full of sweet nectar. The honeybees are believers getting excited about the word of God and some are non-believers who crave the nectar, they come to receive. The affect of this will be so loud that all will hear just as the sound of that bush was alive with bees so will the church be alive with believers and will ‘buzz’ no one will escape the roar of that day.
I believe there were other words for the youth and the like – OD cell group, don’t be shy, share it on here.
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Yay! God had words for me!
Bev prayed over me saying that I will know when God is working on my gifting and character because I will be consumed with joy but also I will have an air of authority that would be still and confident and have the self control not to need to speak even when I am buzzing with excitement.
Roger had a word from God for me too, an acknowledgement “Thank you for bringing respect to my name.”
God is so good
How can anyone say church is boring?!
God’s power shows up and it certainly is far from boring.
Christina McKenzie
Christina McKenzie
1 comment:
Christina, I wonder if the subject of keys coming up at this time isn't entirely random... it's just that I've been having thoughts about what it was you received in your left hand (at The Kerith Centre) when you were aware of angels, and wondering if it was related to your feeling that they were 'almost unlocking something in the spirit realm'. Maybe you were receiving the key so that you could complete the work. Before Cell, I'd been thinking that what you had received was a scroll, and that it was words that you would use at a key time. (I can't claim either of these ideas is clearly from the Lord).
I've nearly finished reading that book you brought to Cell, and it is certainly inspirational. I'm hoping to go back through the book and extract the principles of receiving God's guidance that Loren Cunningham and his team learned through the YWAM ministry and post them on our blog.
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