'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'

sept. 7th we officially launched as: Missio Dei... a community of JESUS.

i have to honesty say, that the past few weeks of our church's history have been nothing short of phenomenal.
it is hard to even begin put into words how GOD is moving in our midst, drawing us unto HIMSELF. i feel completely humbled and filled with deep appreciation for what HE is doing. so many have been touched. so many are coming alive in HIM.

the past few days as i have been thinking upon SPIRIT'S movement, i find myself praying fervently for our church;

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
for one of the first times in my life, i am literally frightened not to have GOD'S blessing continue with us. it scares me. it keeps me awake at night.

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
i have a deep unsatisfied restlessness for GOD to fall on us in FIRE. a dead church is without GOD. people without GOD are hopeless.

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
we have come so far, it is hard to imagine where HE will take us. could it get better?

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
HE has already parted seas, now HE leads us into the good land flowing with milk and honey. i hope to see fortified cities crumble and giants fall face-down in the mud.

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
would a harvest be reaped? would hundreds upon hundreds confess JESUS as LORD?

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
i have been freed from religion.

'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
may every chapter be as good as the first.


'PAPA, please don't remove YOUR hand from us.'
we trust in YOU.