One of the unique privileges that the Lord has honored me with is the many intertwined and significant relationships with leaders, churches and people in our region. I spend a great deal of time corresponding or meeting with Christians & leaders in this city. My personal history with the church in Santa Rosa is an interesting journey, the number of relationships that God has given me allow a 'big picture' prophetic view of what God is doing and saying.
It also has curiously placed me in a position where I receive a lot of feedback and many questions.
Many of the questions that I am receiving recently are about the revival meetings in Santa Rosa.Some of these questions are about the prophetic words that are coming forth regarding the DNA and destiny that is on the city of Santa Rosa and many are about the message and methods of the evangelist who is leading these meetings.
I will write a Blog soon about the history & destiny on Santa Rosa but right now I will simply say that I am excited because I am hearing and sensing things in the Spirit that ring true, there is an incredible destiny on Santa Rosa and I know that God's gifts and callings are irrevocable.
This city has a 'splendidus fatum', magnificent destiny.
In this email I want to address the second most frequent questions regarding some parts of the message and methods of the evangelist who God is using to stir revival in our region: We are a mature church in this city, most of us have been exposed to many significant men and women of God who have come to our churches here. We have all seen incredible workers of miracles and have sat under the teachings of some of God's most anointed leaders. We have heard varied messages through these leaders who have come, their core values and doctrines are frequently so different that they require discernment on our part.
We have also observed that miracle workers each have a unique style and method.
We also have seen revival in our own churches, we have experienced astonishing atmospheres of revival at many of the churches & ministries in our region.
And it is very important to remember to honor the leaders in our city who are themselves gifted in extraordinary ways.
At our classes at Radical Gospel we often discussed how the Lord uses individuals in all their uniqueness in order for the church to realize that we are a Body with differing gifts which actually force us to do two things:
# 1; to live without judgement because God has poured forth His Spirit without measure, His grace has made the realm of the Spirit accessible to all who believe, "signs will follow all who believe", & # 2; differing gifts force the Body to depend upon one another.
The most important thing to remember is that we do not need to 'check our brains at the door'.
Paul wrote his final instructions to a church in 1st Thessalonians 5:12-22:
"Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you.
Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other....
Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt, but test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid the bad."
At Bethel's School of Supernatural Ministry the students are told during the introduction week that they will be exposed to many various leaders and miracle workers during their two years of classes. They are encouraged to use their heads, ask questions and learn. But everything is done in a culture of honor and openness, in a culture of the Kingdom which embraces learning in an atmosphere where the goodness of God and grace without self-righteousness is paramount. They have a simple phrase which might be a paraphrase of Paul's words to the
Thessalonians, "eat the meat, spit out the bones".
Dear Saints in Santa Rosa, we are living in incredible times. The stirring of the Spirit in our region is going to have a significant impact on all of us. God's church here is in a season of transition. There is an old adage that every military leader has known since the first battle, "an army is the most vulnerable at the
crossing of a river".
Wisdom, discernment along with a lot of intercession is needed right now.
I bless you all in Jesus' Name,
In His radical grace,
Ray
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