Beats From Your Pastor’s Heart:

Revelation 22:1, “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.”

In spending time with the Lord, in order to merge with the prayer of God, we need to learn to allow God Himself to pass through us. 

This is fundamental in our fellowship with the Lord. 

It implies an opening of our entire being to God for Him to flow and pass through us. 

In the Bible, God is described as a flow. 

So the nature of our fellowship with Him must be like a flow of “living water” (John 4:10). 

The Triune God is a flow. 

Jesus declared in John 7:38-39, “He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.  (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)”

These verses make it clear that to know God is to know Him as a flow.

When we spend time with the Lord, our one need is simply to allow ourselves to be a channel for the Triune God to pass through us. 

What a vision of prayer! 

Spending time with the Lord is a release of our spirit whereby we consciously merge with God and allow Him to pass through us. 

God is a flow. 

He wants to flow Himself out into our hearts. 

It is this flow that the apostle Paul describes in Galatians 4:6, “And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.”

Experiencing the reality of this flow is directly related to our merging with it by the active exercise of our spirit. 

The sister verse to Galatians 4:6 is Romans 8:15, which shows us the need to cooperate with this flow by opening our mouth to contact God: “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”

It is in this cry that God bears witness by flowing in us. 

The Spirit Himself bears witness with our crying spirit (Rom. 8:16). 

Until Tomorrow

With a Shepherd’s Love

Pastor

TODAY’S PRAYER LIST

Bill Lawhead’s Memorial Service is Saturday @ 11 AM                                                            

Dr. Don Davis –

Bentley Smith

Mike & Paul Ferus

Charles Ward

James Garner’s Friend                                                                                                                  

Jim Mabe                                                                                                                                   

Kim McClain’s Mother                                                                                                                                  

Lonzo Christian                                                                                                                               

Randy Bond’s Son In Law                                                                                                     

Russell Paschal                                                                                                                     

Tammy Shellnut’sMother/Dad                                                                                          

Terrell Loyd                                                                                                                                      

The Graham Family – Brandon’s Friends

Amy Garner’s Mother/Dad  

Ashley Burn’s Sisters

Barbara Shed’s Family 

Bill Moody 

Carol Lawhead’s Brother 

Charlie Sessom – Waiting  

Colby/Connor – Allison’s G’sons 

Greg Payne – Lisa’s Brother

Hanna Hall – Pray for Grace

Kimberly – Dustin’s Sister  

Larry Barker  

Linda Breedlove’s Sister – Sarah

Mary Sims  

Marynell Ford 

Kenny & Nora Allison  

Pastor Driskell 

Paula Ferus’ Missionary Friend 

Ricky Stubbs  

Rod Gustafson – Cancer

Roseleigh Osborn  

Scott Lanier – Linda’s Son 

Shaelyn – Jill’s Friend

Sheila Simmon’s Cousin  

Tom Witcher