The Church

My husband and I were in Carmel during Holy Week celebrating my birthday. One morning I was up praying for all those that would attend church on Easter Sunday. I was asking for the presence of God to touch people’s lives and that there would be a change in their hearts.

In the midst of my prayer, God started to show me people in all these different locations on Easter Sunday. Some people were at the beach, some visiting friends, some at a gas stations, others at the park, and in hotels. People were everywhere. Almost immediately after I saw that vision, the people who had Christ living inside of them were meeting with those who were in all those locations on Easter Sunday. He reminded me that every individual who had accepted him were the temple of God, they were the church!

He said, all those you prayed for will now be in church. It does not matter where they are. I have assigned them to meet me! My heart became overjoyed because I knew what that meant. All those individuals I prayed for will run into someone who will give them a word of encouragement, or the word they need that would minister to their hearts. God knows what each individual needs and he knows who to send to them to meet the hearts of those who are lost.

As believers we are the church, we do not have to carry a Bible around, or have tattoos on our arms to let others know we are of Christ. Jesus lives inside of us and when we are just being ourselves, he will shine through. Because we have surrendered ourselves to Christ his presence comes through. So we need to stop beating the unbeliever up with trying to save them. That is not our job. One person sows, another waters, but only God makes it grow. As believers our job is to love, this is what Christ requires of the church; to love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul and to love our neighbors as ourself.

Oh praise God for the church! Amen 

Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11

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