Firestarters at HDC

We had a good night at the Harrisburg Discipleship Center (HDC) last night. Thanks to Chris for allowing us to come and share with you all. Thanks as well to Rachel for initiating our visit. We met at Loren & Doreen's house which was great and even better they had COFFEE, Starbucks too! (You guys rock, not just because of the coffee but that defiantly helps.)

We were impressed by the "swording" ability of the HDC staff - who can find the verse first? Jen started off by talking about what Jesus said in Luke 11 - when he encouraged the disciples to ask for the Holy Spirit and be confidant that God will answer. She encouraged us to resist unbelief and to give God glory at every opportunity.

Sean shared some thoughts from the life of Jesus. Not "What would Jesus do?" but "What DID Jesus do?" To answer that question we took a look at several verses where Jesus sent out His disciples and gave them the power and the authority to do the very things that He was doing. Sean challenged the group about expecting God to do powerful things when we pray. We also talked about being aware of that "inner voice" the voice of Gods Spirit within us. Just like the many radio and TV waves that surround us but we can not see or hear them so God's Spirit is constantly speaking to us as we become more aware.

We ended the night by praying for anyone who wanted prayer. We started off praying for the long term staff, then got to pray for the K Team summer staff also. It was encouraging to hear how many people experienced God speaking specific and meaningful words to them during this prayer time. We even witnessed an instant physical healing of a shoulder injury! One thing that was really cool was to see the staff praying for each other and being used of God powerfully.

We had a great time with you guys and hope to see you all again soon!

Firestarters at MJMC

Thank you Mount Joy Mennonite Church (MJMC) for opening up your facility for our Firestarters event tonight! We had a great night of worship and ministry. We started off "getting comfortable" in worship by praising and singing for about an hour and a half. During this time there was a lot of prophetic ministry going on. God was encouraging those who feel like roses in the desert (dry places) and saying He was bringing his rain over them. (It was cool that the Intercession team had a sense that God was bringing a cloud over the building (a good cloud symbolizing refreshing or shade) - and then it started literally raining outside!)

Sean taught on the reality of the kingdom of heaven being more real than what we physically see with our eyes... He talked about power and authority and about how Jesus commissioned us to operate in both power and authority.

At one point we asked everyone in Generation X (approximately 1965 - 1980) to stand and we spoke blessings over them. We then asked all of them who believed that God has called them into ministry to stay standing and EVERY SINGLE ONE STAYED STANDING! This is confirming our belief that God has a strong ministry call on those in Generation X.

While we were busy praying for Generation X - we looked over and saw that Generation Y had "stormed the altar!" ;> We really see the passion and exuberance of God over this vibrant young generation. Awesome!! God is going to use you guys powerfully! We enjoyed meeting some new young adult friends from other churches in the area.

Thank you God for a night of salvation, rededication, refreshing and healing. Let it spread!

We would enjoy hearing about what God did in your life during this event. Leave your comments below...