Wednesday, September 9, 2009

GOD SAID "MOVE" ...we were shattered..not easy

This is what happened: Well we had been in a LARGE church for around 15 yrs or so..lost count to tell the truth. We had been active in the Church, running a homecell...going on mission trips...attending every prayer meeting possible..etc etc. At the beginning of 2009, I felt strongly in my heart that God wanted us to move!! WOW..it shattered me.. I shared my heart with my wife and she immediately agreed as she felt the same. She had not shared it with me as yet.
So now where...we prayed and waited for our answer. Nothing for a good few days, when out of the blue, a friend Julian invited us to visit the Church he attends. So we went. In the car, just before going in, my wife and two daughters and myself prayed..we asked God.." Father if you want us to move then please confirm this. Do we move or do we stay?"
We went in, surrounded by lovely lovely people of God. We loved the Praise and worship, tears rolling down cheeks, with sincere hearts we sat down to hear the word. Well here is the MIRACLE.
Paster Johnathan Leach, whom we love to bits, says this. He said " There are folk here today who are expecting an answer from God, and I want to tell you, that today you will get you answer before you leave here today!"
We nearly fell off our pew! Although a general statement...it hit right home for us.So there we sat...expectant!!
Johnathan switches on his overhead BIG SCREEN and as he is about to put his first slide up, he says my message today is >>>MOVE<<< Can you believe that..WOW...Our answer to our prayer we prayed in the car...GIVEN CLEARLY...IN WRITING AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE MEETING...Mindblowing actually. His preach went on to clearly confirm what we felt on our heart. So now 6 months later we look back, and see the journey God took us on...and we know that we know that we know, that God was in the move all the way. We finnally see...We got the message 'MOVE' in Dec 2008 and HCF Leadership had the same message in terms of ...'Move Out'. We felt to move closer home and HCF planted into Westville. We know this is what the Spirit was showing us all along. We are settling in at HCF Westville.CRAZY ROLLER COASTER RIDEFOR US...but Praise God we heard and obeyed, even although it has cost us in terms of experiences. We believe God alowed us to experience what other local Churches are like, how they function, how they treat visitors. etc It has been interesting to say the very least. We LEARNT A LOT....we saw a lot...some strange and funny stuff along the way!!  Spiritual Leassons Learnt ... But now, praise God, we are BACK HOME where we belong.. Such love...such family..such vision..so awesome..Thank you Lord God Almighty. Our Prayer as a family, use us Lord Use us we pray...AMEN

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