Mountain Light Ministries, in its teen years, is experiencing some obvious and not so obvious transitions and variations. You will be hearing more about it as time goes on.
One such arm of the ministry is the newly formed Team of Intercessors who now meet monthly (in person) to pray for MLM and its founder. This Team is derived from the 16 intercessors who have been interceding for the ministry for years through email. You can only imagine how happy I am that some of the intercessors are finally meeting with me in person. However, not all can attend because some live in other states and others cannot make a weekday meeting.
During out last meeting an intercessor quoted Matt. 7:13 & 14 to me; “Go in by the narrow gate. For the wide gate has a broad road that leads to disaster, and many are going that way. The narrow gate and the hard road lead out in to life and only a few who find it.”
I’ve seen the destructive effects that fear of the unknown has on people, including my own life. The most recent would have been the immediate fear about America’s future that initially overpowered me. Then the Holy Spirit washes over me with peace – supernaturally. Supernaturally because I cannot create that peace. It is God-given. And, God-given because he heard me when I told him I want him to be Lord of everything, including what he does in this nation. So, while it rests in His hands that washing becomes a wave of the Holy Spirit picking me up from where I am and moving me along to a place of rest. Striving ceases.
It could be that few take the hard path to the narrow gate because of the fear of being out of control, like my testimony above. Fear can surface because there is often nothing in sight and no definition. The wide gate offers definition with its entitlement mentality that we have become accustomed to…but ultimately leads to destruction. Other reasons it could seem easier is because there is more room (on the broad road) to depend on someone or something else besides God. Or, the cry that I am already dealing with enough pain…what if God does not show up!
In the beginning years of life I experienced that trail of disaster, and have no desire to even look at that path again. Yet, when I began my walk with Jesus the narrow gate was frightening because I could not imagine (not) being in control, and giving full control to God…as if to say, “Does He know what He is doing?”
Day by day I began choosing the gate that leads to life and began learning how to live under that shower of peace. I have also learned that when I want to control the future it is open season for the temptation to go back to destruction and/or disaster.
In God we trust! Not in men. You alone are our provider, healer and KING! Only one thing will save this country and it is not a man…it is an awakening to God. God bless our president, and save him. We bind his mind, his will and emotions to the mind, will and emotions of God. I bind America’s feet to the path You have set before her! In Jesus name, Amen.
This was written by one of my intercessors, an intern, and young enough to be my daughter. Her generation believes that God is calling us to a tougher stand! She feels privileged to be called to such a time as this, and believes we have each been hand crafted for such a time as this.
She went on to say,
Daniel and his three friends ruled Babylon through prayer and standing. They did not bow.
They did not bow to the “easier” way, the way that will actually defeat them and their testimony.
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Recently, while writing to my 16 intercessors, I had a vision of me wearing a holster with six-shooters. The holster was packed with bullets all around my waste ready for re-load. I told them that they are the bullets, we are in this together, and what a joy it is to be able to reach for them with confidence that the ammunition is readily available. The target? For one – unprecedented fear that will, in fact, destroy “One Nation Under God” in our homes, offices, churches, relationships, and the exciting things that Lord is doing in MLM.
Are we going to be the many or the few ; the wid e or the narrow; learn through the hard , or succumb to disaster ? On the Atlantic Ocean when fishermen catch blue crab they have found that when one crab is left in the bucket it will try to crawl out, but when they have more than one it becomes a mutual fight to keep the others from crawling out. My translation: let us, now, more than ever, stand together rather than pull each other down. For me…I want MLM to be a leader that will build each other up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. ( Jude 1:20 )