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Operating In My Depth

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One of the things the Lord has been speaking to me about, throughout the last several months, is about the need to walk in my God-given authority.

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Operating in God-given authority is different for everyone. God gives each one of us a different measure of grace and we are called to operate according to what He gives us.

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Some of us are tigers ready to fight spiritual battles in the heavenly realms with regal prayer and some of us are puppies in tea cups disarming heavenly beings with the power of innocence. Most of us are something in between the tiger and the puppy. Maybe more of a house cat?

What I have learned over the years is not to overestimate the tigers among us, not to underestimate the power of puppies and to esteem and value the power of every house cat in our midst.

Whatever you are like, whatever your level of authority is, you and it are fearfully and wonderfully made for this moment. You don’t need to be something more in order to God’s work with your life right now. You are simply called to operate in the depth of authority you have right now. It is enough for this present moment and when you need more, you will have it because God always equips those He calls.

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So what are you? Tiger? Puppy? House cat? Or something else entirely?

All In….

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Well The denizens of the Vicarage are all in, in more than one way. My sister Brenda has come down with some symptoms that resemble Covid-19 so on the advisement of the leadership above us she is getting tested and we are quarantining.

Today was a busy day getting all the bases covered at church since we will be viewing from home rather than leading from the stage. Fortunately Pastor Dan’s test came back so he is able to preach in the morning…. Here is today’s video and the other way that the denizens of The Vicarage are all in.

The Discovery Of Gifts

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On this, day 5 of our 21 days of fasting and prayer we are praying into the discovery of our God given gifts.

HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR GOD GIVEN GIFTS.

  1. THEY HAVE MNORE TO DO WITH YOUR PERSONALITY THAN YOUR TALENTS.
  2. THEY ARE YOUR MOTIVATIONS FROM WHICH YOU UNDERSTAND AND INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.
  3. YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT BY GOD WHETHER YOU BELIVE IN HIM OR NOT.
  4. YOU USE THAT GIFT EVERYDAY WHETHER YOU BELIVE IN HIM OR NOT.
  5. USING YOUR GIFT IN FAITH CAUSES THE GIFT TO COME TO ITS MOST POWERFUL MANIFESTATION.

IF YOU ARE FASTING AND PRAYING WITH US, HOW IS THE FAST GOING? WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM GOD IN YOUR PRAYER TIMES?

2021 Home Photo Challenge 1-13-21

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The Home Photo Challenge was fun for me last year. Since I do not think much is going to be changing for me in the way of travel this year, I am going to continue the challenge for myself into 2021. This year I am going to add a little twist. I will give a brief description of each photo I take and write a Haiku to go along with it.

IF YOU WANT TO JOIN IN THE FUN.JUST TAKE A PHOTO IN OR AROUND YOUR HOME AND WRITE YOUR OWN BLOG AND POST THE LINK IN THE COMMENTS SECTION BELOW IT.

The morning sun filtering through winter dust on my kitchen window

The sun shines through dust,

Reminds me dirt is redeemed

When light filters through.

Reaching

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Yesterday was a very busy DLT day. If you don’t know what a DLT day is you can discover it by clicking HERE.

Our church has entered day 4 of it season of fasting and prayer. God has given us a very concrete direction for prayer. This week we are focusing on:

DAY 1- KNOWING JESUS AND MAKING HIM KNOWN

DAY 2- DOING LIFE TOGETHER

DAY 3- REACHING THE LOST

DAY 4- SENDING THE FOUND

DAY 5- DISCOVERING OUR GIFTS

DAY 6- CHANGING THE WORLD

Here is yesterday’s video post on Reaching the Lost.

What the Lord has shown us is that Reaching the lost in our community is going to be done through Doing Life Together with people who have not yet made a connection with Jesus. That is: breaking bread together, sharing Scripture with, praying with, and mutually meeting needs with folks who have not yet made a decision to trust Jesus Christ as God.

DLT Groups- Day 2 of 21 days of fasting and prayer

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This is Day number 2 of our 2021 21 Days of fasting and prayer. Today’s prayer focus is DLT (Doing Life Together) groups.

Here are some things I know about DLT Groups-

  1. A DLT group may not be a traditional group- While we call these types of relationships groups the truth is they may not be groups in the traditional sense of the word at all. The important prat of Doing Life Together is DOING LIFE TOGETHER in whatever way the Lord creates that scenario. The important part of doing life together is in following the Acts 2:42 model: Breaking of Bread, biblical teaching, prayer and providing for each others’ needs. How that happens is secondary.

IT MAY BE FOUND IN A TRADITIONAL BIBLE STUDY SETTING.

IT MIGHT BE FOUND IN ON-LINE CONNECTION

IT MIGHT BE FOUND IN SEVERAL ONE TO ONE CONNECTIONS

2. DLT groups are initiated by God and then chosen by man.- The people in your DLT group will show up as you pray for them. They may not be connections you would obviously choose and they may not even be with people you normally associate with. Right now God has directed me to a DLT group that is based around individual meetings and on line connections. One is a friend I have made over the years who is currently living in seclusion because of the pandemic. I check in with him and his wife weekly on line. Another in my DLT group is an elderly lady in our church I take out to do grocery shopping every other week. A third person in DLT group is the treasurer of our church who I meet with once a month for coffee. None of us are meeting in one group ever but we are all connected by the four aspects of Doing Life Together.

3. DLT groups don’t become DLT groups naturally– The DLT lifestyle (breaking bread together, biblical teaching, prayer and mutual provision of needs) needs to be intentionally integrated into relationships that would otherwise simply be acquaintances.

tell me what God is showing you about DLT groups or relationships as you pray today.

The Quiet Approach Of a New Day

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I love to begin with the quiet of a new day.

I love to rise before the rest of the house does and slowly gather my thoughts in prayer for the first couple of hours of the emerging morning.

I love to watch the sun rise over the back yard, bringing light to the Vicarage once again. It feels like a victory each time I see the sun wink into existence, to know that I have beaten the heating orb to the punch one more time.

Somehow catching those first quiet rays sets me up for the rhythm of the rest of my day. It is as if those gentle morning moments breathe something fresh into me that can carry me through into all the peace, creativity and strength I need for the rest of the day.

I love experiencing the quiet approach of a new day. How about you?