Spiritual Sunday #8 - S.W.A.T.

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Several weeks ago I was approached by a wonderful Christian friend of ours, Carmel, about starting an in-home prayer meeting on Friday nights. I told her that we would join her in this and offered to open up our home. I didn't have to do the "spiritual" thing about "I'll prayer about it and let you know" bit because I truly knew instantly that this was of God !!!!

We were preparing to go to Eureka Springs to hear Perry Stone and others at a Revival service and I told her when we returned I'd get with her about the details.

Last Friday, October 10th, we opened out home at 7 p.m. for S.W.A.T.

Spiritual Waponry Attack Team. We had been praying all week that God would bring in those HE wanted to be here and to participate with us. We had just the three of us, Mickey & I and Carmel. We had the most glorious time in the Lord and were just so refreshed. We didn't quit until 11!!!

Last night we had our 2nd meeting. Mickey & I are determined not to let ANYTHING: not an attack by satan on my body 3 days after the first meeting, or the joy of sharing in something good like a family wedding in Branson, MO deter us from this call from God. Last night the Lord doubled us and there were 6 of us praying. Mickey, Susan, Carmel, Thelma, Stan & Wantha. Oh my......what a glorious time it was of praise, pray and WORSHIP!!!!! We broke up around 10:30.

My purpose in posting about this Prayer effort is to encourage others of you, out there in Blogland, to open up your home one night a week to pray and worship our wonderful Savior and Lord. As you know, Mickey & I are very involved in our Church and this certainly does not detract from God's calling in our local Church body but we feel that God is truly calling HIS people to bring prayer and worship into our homes for groups like this as well.

Let me assure you, you will be blessed!!!!! We already have been and I know God is going to do a great work in us as in obedience we follow Him.

Please join hands & hearts with us in your area.

THE DESIRES OF OUR HEART

Around the first of the year I told a church friend of mine that I'd really like to have a weekly Prayer Meeting at our home. The Lord had just put this desire on my heart again. We had one several years ago, before we started traveling in our RV for 4 years, and then about 4 years ago we had a couples Bible Study in our home.


I voiced this desire to this friend and then just never felt like God was leading me on to pursue it. In January of this year one of my church friends started a Monday morning Bible Study in her home and I began attending that. The following month, in February, another friend started a Tuesday evening Bible Study in her home. She lives about 30 miles from me and I told her I'd come the first week to help her get started but didn't really feel like I could drive 60 miles a week to attend another Bible Study. After the first meeting I KNEW I had to be involved in this Bible Study and have been attending every since. I just felt like God was telling me to support these two Godly woman in their calling, vision and purpose.


About 3 weeks ago my friend, Carmel, who headed up Cry Out America for our Wagoner County, called me about the Lord putting it on her heart to start a Prayer Group and wondered if Mickey & I would help her. It immediately spoke to our heart

and we told her we would definitely help her and would be happy to open up our home for it. She was delighted with that offer.


"Delight thyself also in the LORD and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart." Psalm 37:4


We were going to be going out of town for the Revival in Arkansas so I told her I'd get with her when we got back. She came over Thursday and we will have our first meeting in 3 daya..... Friday night!!!! When it is truly of the Lord you just know it and He does give us the desires of our heart in His perfect timing.


SOOOO Friday night, October 9th, we are having A Call To Arms for S.W.A.T (Spiritual Weaponry Attack Team) Prayer Meeting at 7 p.m. at our home in Coweta.


When we heard Carmel's vision: "I know it will be glorious and right in the center of Gods will. I look for signs,miracles,and wonders. I look for great refreshing as we focus in on Him and be in one accord.and I'm asking for a Spirit of prayer to be poured out on us and the Holy Ghost to come in like a flood and pour on us and in us.I know as we pray we will see results." we knew we had to be part of this.

We won't be outside on a beach but we will definitely be lifting up our hands together in prayer. Please join us if you can.

Thank you Lord for being such a good, loving God to us and blessing us so.