Hey family and friends!
First, I love each of you and can't wait to see you! 3 more weeks! God has been moving so much since I last posted. Salvations, healings, the love of Jesus being displayed in the city by the multitiudes, daily. Praise God! I was watching a Bill Johnson teaching and he said, "I'm alive for one thing, to see a move of God transform society. I don't have anything else going on." God is moving. He's moving here and He's moving in America. Revival's coming to Oklahoma. It's coming to Norman. It's coming to Duncan. It's going to sweep. God make me a carrier of revival.
You caught me at a bold moment, but it's exactly who God says we are. Right now God is pouring identity in me. I am who He says I am. I've resolved that. God is raising a people of apostolic passion. A people who will not take no for an answer. Who refuse to listen to the lies of the devil. God is anointing men and women right now who will carry that apostolic anointing. Right now my heart is going out to my hometown and how desperation and relentless passion will spark revival in the city. I see churches filled because of how tangible and powerful the presence of God is in them. I see youth's pastoring those around them with the presence of the Spirit. Homeless, poor, sick, hungry are filled and clothed by the compassionate body of Christ. I see men and women resolving their identity in the Lord. People who refuse to be depressed, sick, lonely because of the presence of God that is upon them. I picture this city as a place that declares Isaiah 61:
"The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn..."
God gave me this verse this morning, not only for myself but for the city of Duncan. This will be a year of favor from the Lord. Revival will come not through special services or programs, but by being the hands and feet of Jesus in our schools, workplaces, and carrying His presence with us.
Shika Baba. It's a Swahili term for 'hold onto the Father.' How do we see, experience, feel, live revival? We shika baba. We hold onto the goodness of the Father and we don't let go. We aren't miffed by the devils schemes but we declare over ourselves our identity in Jesus. We have the mind of Christ. We are new. We are no longer depraved. We are carriers of the Spirit, and we're leaking Him onto those around us.
Whew,
Weston
This post is making me think of some things that were said at the World Changers service last Sunday. John said that he could not envision a time in the past when the FBC congregation had grown closer than they had the last week. He felt that at no other time in a church's life do you bond more as a body then when you come together to be the hands and feet of Jesus to those in need. I think the World Changers group made a huge impact on the Duncan community and hope that they can continue ministering to the people they met and others. Thanks for praying for Duncan from across the world. Love you. Be safe.
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