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Sabbatical

In our busy world, rest seems to be lower on our priority list. There are many daily demands whether we are full time in the ministry of a church or home moms or working a business. We can certainly live caffeinated! It is easy to adopt the motto of the old hymn, WE WILL WORK TIL JESUS COMES! It may surprise us but God is not against rest.

GOD PRIORITIZED REST

When He was finished with the work in Genesis on the seventh day, He rested. God even set a designated day in the week for the Israelites to rest. Rest wasn’t just for the people, but for the animals and there was even a rest for a year every seven years for the land.

There are so many things that this rest signifies, but the point today is that God rests and so should we.

JESUS TALKED OF A REST

Matthew 11:28-30 (NKJV)
28Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

This rest is of course, more than a nap or vacation. This is the rest that Jesus gives a man who has been striving with the sin of his own base nature. This is the greatest rest of all however, the biblical example is still rest.

WITH THAT IN MIND

I took the month of August this year to rest! It has been 13 years since I did a significant step back and hide. There were several very stressful events that the rest has helped me to come to grips with.

During the time of this sabbatical, there are very capable people at Trinity Church who have helped me with the Tuesday night prayer times.

HERE IS THE LINE-UP

AUGUST 1 – PASTORS TOMMY AND MIRIAM EVANS
AUGUST 8 – TINA MOORE AND LETTY CAMARILLO
AUGUST 15 – PASTOR STEVE BOYER
AUGUST 22 – PASTOR JOHN HARWELL
AUGUST 29 – TAWNYA LEE

Each of these men and women of God bring a different element to the table.

Pastors Tommy and Miriam are anointed for signs and wonders.

Tina and Letty have been trained up under me for many years and work leading this ministry at Trinity Church with me.

Pastor Steve Boyer is the pastor of our Latin Church and carries a heavy anointing for signs and wonders.

Pastor John Harwell is over our marriage ministry and carries an anointing for healed relationships.

Tawnya Lee writes prayer guides for our denomination and travels all over the world for missions.

And of course, every week there are amazing worship leaders who get in sync with what the Holy Spirit is doing and with the direction of the prayer leader!

THERE IS SUCH A VARIETY

I pray you are bless! I know you will be.

I am excited about firing up again. I am planning my next article in “War in Order”. By the time we are finished, I believe you have the ability to be powerful prayer people!

Blessings,
lisa

 


Pastors Tommy and Miriam Evans

 


Tina Moore and Letty Camarillo

 


Pastor Steve Boyer

 


Pastor John Harwell

 


Tawnya Lee

 

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Warfare

SPIRITUAL WARFARE

Tuesday night prayer was a night of warfare. This isn’t something that we do every week, but we will “bind the strong man” every number of months. I especially like to do this during the summer.

Matthew 12:26-30 (NKJV)
26If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? 27And if I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. 28But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, surely the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29Or how can one enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. 30He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.

OUR FAITH POSITIONS

If you decide to pray through the prayer time with me you will see that we build our faith positions about who we are in Christ and who Jesus is concerning the great victor. All of this is based on God’s Word.

I BROUGHT IN MY TEAM

I have an incredible team of prayer leaders. They run some of the different ministries concerning prayer at Trinity Church. Those that are helping me bind and loose are as follows:

Michael and Letty Camarillo

Francine Peterson

Tina Moore

These 4 leaders can do whatever I can do. It also helps me save my voice. I don’t know if the devil is deaf…but just in case I am always pretty loud. They help me to maintain the integrity of my voice for a long prayer time.

I WANT YOU TO NOTICE…

We didn’t bind things off the city and nation etc. We concentrated on the church, ministries of the church, families and individuals of the church. We basically spent time interceding for the corporate body.

During the taping of this prayer meeting it is summer time. We try to pray for the church that is taken out of her routine during this time of the year.

TCELL 24

We also have a 24 hour period of time once a month that Letty runs for me. We man every hour for 24 hours with teams of two or three. They pray anywhere they want to. Some even conference call in the middle of the night. In the summer we pray for the church as well through this 24 hour period. We pray for protection, direction, spiritual fervency and giving.

AS YOU PRAY WITH ME

Just put your name and your families name in the places where we bind and loose. As a believer, you have the authority to do that.

I hope you will tarry with me for one hour as we pray over victory!!

Blessings,
lisa

 

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