Family Time

The next morning, we felt to take “family time” together to discuss the previous evening and practice our corporate discernment.   Discernment simply means to be able to recognize the voice of God – when we hear something our spirit “witnesses” that what is being said or what is happening is from God.  So corporate discernment means when God is moving in a group setting, there is an agreement among those present of what the Lord is saying/doing.

So people were invited to share anything the Lord spoke or revealed to them (through pictures, scriptures, impressions, words from the Lord) during Thursday night’s worship.  So as we each shared our piece of the puzzle, a fuller picture could be seen of what the Lord is saying or directing us to do.

Here are some of the themes that emerged:

• Like in Narnia, a long season of winter is over, spring has arrived.  God is trying to “thaw” us so our hearts can learn to sing again.  Psalm 147:18, Song of Songs 2:10-18)

• God wants to free us from performance based on the fear of man or man-pleasing and release to respond in an unfettered way to His Spirit.

• There is an “unforced rhythm of grace (Matthew 11:29 The Message) that the Lord wants us to learn.  As we each synchronize with Him individually,  we in turn will become better synchronized corporately (one with another.)

• There are latches with which we have closed our hearts – God is asking us to unlatch them so we can walk wholeheartedly with Him. 

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