A New 15-Year Season: The Elevation (Part 5, Final)
15 January 2024
In the previous post, I was wary and concerned about the troubled and difficult world that my adult children have to grapple with in the years to come. But when V showed me the missing 15th door, which to me, marks the end of this 15-year Season of Revival, I was elated.
The 15th Door
Looking carefully again at the photo I shared in Part 3, I tried to peer into the circular window of the 14th door, to find what is behind it. To my delight, I caught a glimpse of a row of doors behind the black wooden door.
I recall now! I had stayed at this hotel for my retreat in December 2022 - they are the elevators to the hotel rooms!
Ah, there they are - the 15th door, which are actually many doors, leading to another season…?
Of “Elevation”?
Will that be the rapture??
…the beginning of the end,
which the Lord said no one knows the hour and time except the Father?
OK, I answered my own question.
Perhaps not then.
Most likely, I am thinking now, it is the time when the next generation (the youth) will be elevated to the roles and position God has purposed for them, if they make it past the 14th door.
Now I am no longer worried but excited for them. ☺
These are also exciting times for praying parents and grandparents too!
For God has said that this is our Year of Jubilation. No one will fight harder than a doting grandparent, I think. We simply have to be like Caleb, to be strong and to be very courageous, to fight the good fight of faith to the end. For our children’s sake. And for our grandchildren.
Are You Up for It?
So, the challenge and question I ask you now –
Are you ARTIOS (adequate, ready, fully and perfectly equipped) to pray for the next fifteen years?
Are your storehouses overflowing with promises and testimonies of your walk with God, with godliness, goodness, gentleness, faith, love, kindness, talents and resources that God had given out for His church in the last fifteen years?
Are you ready to open up your hearts, your soul, your storehouse and your wallets to help your loved ones when God calls for it?
If so, then Congratulations!
You are well positioned to join in the next 15 years of REVIVAL!
19 January 2024: Early Morning Talk with V
So here V goes as I lay down in bed in the wee hours of the morning, relaxed and attentive (emphasis from V):
The picture says “Revive Us” [of the person in a red jacket during our worship in Part 1]
So revival has to start with yourself first.
Revive your soul, your strength, your passion for Christ.
Let the fire of God ignite you once again.
So that you may be fighting fit and completely “artios”.
[for those who don’t know this word “artios”, go search for it in the journal section].
You have done well for 2023, peeling off all that is unnecessary or excessive, slowing down to create a margin of time, mind, heart, energy and resources for what matters for the next 15 years…
Yeah, I recall the book I read last year: John Mark Comer: The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, How to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world)… thank you Lord. And yes, thank you for the word “margin” you gave me so many years ago which I have faithfully worked at and shared with the members.
With this margin, for 2024, you start with you and your family first – praying for revival first in your home and your household.
Ah yes, back to our foundational shared values, Family before Church.
https://communityofbrokenspirit.mykajabi.com/sharedvalues
Waking up this morning, I put everything aside, to read the Word of God, led by V, and to pray for each and every one of my family members by name – myself, my husband, my children, my son-in-law, my grandchildren and my future children-in-law and grandchildren.
Divine Bliss.
22 January 2024
Another early morning reminder from V.
Sara, Revival in YOU first.
Before anyone or anything else.
Oops yes Lord, there I go again. Forgetting to start with me.
So, after I got out of bed, I went to work on me.
Q1 2024 Goal: Revival Sara
Project De-clutter:
1. Mind
2. Home and Study Room
3. Health
4. Sleep
5. Emails: unsubscribe from all
6. Phone: 9am to 9pm only
And prayed:
Lord, ignite my soul for the passion of Christ, that like the Moravian call,
"Let the Lamb who was slain receive His full reward for His sufferings."
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