Spirit & Bride - Newsletter
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Glory Days and the Fire Within
Summer is full of family, fun and fellowship. I have spent a lot of my summer at the ballpark as my youngest son plays on Legion Post 177 baseball team. Each step of the way, game by game I have watched his team prepare themselves, conditioning themselves and experiencing success, then the invitation to districts with a winning record and the eventual experience of glory as their team took State on Sunday, July 18. I sit now at the All Star Game for his region and know that others who sit in these stands have had individual experiences of glory in their accomplishments - glimpse's of glory here on earth. Msgr. Griesedieck, Gerry Mader of the NSC and I have just gotten done with a Praise and Teaching Rally in Kansas City, KS this past weekend and we experienced glory of another kind. In scripture we hear "Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts! They cried one to the other. All the earth is filled with his glory! At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook and the house was filled with smoke." (Isaiah 6:3-5) I don't think it was an accident that Glory to God Covenant Community from Topeka, Kansas provided the music ministry.
The weekend was very anointed. The people really moved from praise to worship to glory in their time together. Ruth Heflin's book Glory speaks about the importance of praising until the spirit of worship comes. Worship until the spirit of glory comes and then stand in the glory. We truly experienced a glimpse of glory at the conference.
We are truly filled with hope for the upcoming Fall Conference with Jim Murphy helping us stand in the glory. We hope that many of you will come to experience standing in the glory the weekend of Oct. 8-9, 2010.
Like my son's ball team preparing and conditioning themselves, we must do the same. Scripture tells us "What is it that the Lord is commanding you to do today so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you?" (LV 9:6) We need to be in the habit of asking the Holy Spirit to guide our day; not our will, but His be done. We must also then be attentive to our individual glimpses of glory. Exercise daily in praise of His name: "Glory in His holy name, let the hearts of those who seek Him rejoice" (Ps 105:3) and let yourself move to worship.
May the heat of these summer months be a reminder of the fire within of the Holy Spirit and bring you ever closer. A steam locomotive is fueled with coal and the term when the locomotive is ready to go is "all fired up".
Let's get all fired up like the steam locomotive ready to experience something amazing this Fall!
Jane
