40 Days to Seek God for the City

Our beautiful city, Sikeston, Missouri has delcared February 17 - March 28 as a time to Seek God for the City. This initiative began several years ago, but this year, a renewed emphasis and interest emerged by the decision of the Sikeston Ministerial Alliance. I believe this is a "kairos" moment for our City. There is much to pray about, repent about, and reconcile in order to prepare the way for the visitation and habitation of the Holy Spirit into our city. It is possible for God's people to "change the atmosphere" of a city by taking the prayer initiative to seek God and declare His word over our region. We are poised to hear the word of the Lord, and become doers of the Word.

When we first moved to Sikeston from Georgia, most of what we heard about our city was pretty negative. "Well, you know, it IS SIKESTON..." Many word curses have been released over the city throughout its history. This year, 2010, Sikeston is 150 years old. (More about that later) There is a long history political and ethnic history that must be reconciled. As a pastor in the city, we have a spiritual responsibility and mandate to see obstacles and hinderances uprooted and overthrown in order that the purposes of God for Sikeston and surrounding region will be fulfilled. We have a spiritual destiny and mandate to fulfill.

For the next 40 days, let us pray, fast, and seek that face of our Father to hear us and move in our behalf. We say, "Father, your kingdom COME, your will BE done in earth as it is in heaven" over our homes, businesses, churches, schools, city hall, and all connected with Sikeston.

Seek God for the City - February 17 thru March 28

As I was driving in town a couple of days ago, I noticed several signs saying, "Seek God for the City." I took a second look, and sure enough, that is what it said. All over Sikeston, MO, the same sign. For the next 40 days, Christ followers in Sikeston are seeking the Face of the Lord for the city of Sikeston. This observance will culminate with a corporate service in the city Park near the big white Gazebo on the afternoon of March 28. This will be a time of worship, prayers, and declarations for the City of Sikeston and all its constituents. I am encouraged, and believe God is sending a healing, reconciling, and restoring stream of His Spirit and presence to Sikeston. It is a kairos time, to be sure. God is shifting heaven and earth during this season, to bring us into His perfect will and proclaim His destiny for our city.

The King Reigns

"I have installed My King upon Zion" (Ps 2:6). Our Lord Jesus Christ rules with awesome power and authority. He is not only King of the church, but King of the whole earth.

Consider...As King He represents the rule and will of God; as Priest he represents the needs and desires of the people. His Kingly role is downward, from heaven to earth; His priestly role is upward, from earth to heaven. (From Dutch Sheets, Authority in Prayer).

Personal Revelation of Jesus

It was Saul of Tarsus, who later changed his name to Paul, who shared his story to King Agrippa. The revelation of Jesus was so powerful, the brightness of the glory from heaven knocked him off his horse to the ground. The Lord told him 'Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen of me and what I will show you.' This encounter with God changed his life forever. You can experience a divine encounter today. He even invites you..."Call upon Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and might things..." (Jeremiah 33:3)

It's been awhile...you

Well, it's been awhile since I posted here. God is doing awesome things in the Kingdom of God. I'm glad to be a part of His plan for the world. And to be living at this time in history is no accident. I'm an older guy, but connected to the next generation of young people. God is awesome!

Prayer for Scotland

Check out the new www.godtube.com/prayerwall . This is a great place to post prayer requests on a really cool "YouTube" environment GodTube.com. Great Christian videos and teaching. Look for Prayer for Scotland. This is a cry for God to bring revival to the Land of our Fathers. May the Lord once again visit the Bonnie Isle with HIS presence and POWER!!

Consider this...

How do you see the world? Was it a mixture of inert gases and eternally existing material, somehow exploding into the far reaches of the universe or the black holes of space by random actions of impersonal forces of natural cause? Could the resources of the vast universe somehow come to order and form laws of planetary and galactical motion all by themselves.

This view somehow seems too absurd, too unbelieveable to the rational mind. There could not be the present complexity of the universe, let alone the proliferation of the natural world--animals and plants with all their chemical and biological mechanisms working in harmony without an Intelligent Designer that not only conceived it and made the masterplan, the blueprint for all that is. How does someone write a story, without a preconceived plot, a plan for the development of the story. What we see with our natural eyes alone tells His-story. The very creation testifies to the Creator, so that we are without excuse in the world. We are certainly NOT alone. We have been designed with a purpose, and to fulfill that purpose is why we are here.

This blogspot is designed to be a forum for sharing ideas, views, and thoughts. A way to connect who we are, with one another, and to discover more about HIM. HE has revealed HIMSELF in nature, and in special revelation of even HIS names to us, so that we could come to know HIM, and then make HIM known to others. Feel free to respond to this or other ideas. I'm open. Let's talk!