What I am supposed to say to someone that comes out of a barrel some place, “Excuse me, I was not fishing for you!” 

hear_our_voicesThere is nothing quite like walking in a city where you feel it is His purpose to start a church.  To begin the process of finding that specific location (although it may change) to start the church is challenging. To be refused entry to a place, to be laughed at or not be listened to is part of the package.  It has happened to me here in the few days we are investing in this process.  I will be coming back again in August to do the same.  Discovery and Design  is a combination of prayer, writing, journaling, fasting, looking, common sense, consensus, getting counsel, question and answer dialog, patience etc.

There is a merging of information that includes asking what kind of church this will be, who will we strategize to reach, what is our philosophy of ministry, what is God saying etc.  Habakkuk 2:1 says it should be written out.

However significant it is to process this, and we are step by step,  I know that at the end of the day, we will catch fish.    What I am supposed to say to someone that comes out of a barrel some place, “Excuse me, I was not fishing for you!”   I don’t think so.

Thanks for praying as we go through a process of what this will look like ever mindful of what God is saying and what He wants.  We are so grateful for prayer like never before.  

I am going  prayer walking and to a 5 pm prayer meeting in Santiago, Dominican Republic where I will introduce myself as Pastor without a building or a congregation, (except in my heart!)