Just had to post this quotation, unearthed by Brendan Booher:

"The Christian is a Holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God. Satan never knows from where the danger will come." –A.W. Tozer

Greetings, warriors! We had a great prayer time last week and look forward to another this Tuesday in the cozy "living room" of Coffee Outfitters. Soup and bread are being provided these days by Debbie MacInnis (my phenomenal mother), which we hope will make up for the conflict with dinner time.

The over-arching theme of last meeting was Preparation and Perseverance. At least a couple of us are feeling an urgency descending over this county, one that means the Lord is shortly to break out with power and cleansing, and we should "buckle up" and hold fast because freedom, restoration, and transformation are not always nice and friendly processes. Intimidating but exciting things. It's a little overwhelming, but wow, what a cool thing of which to be a part!

There were a lot of personal requests which I won't mention here, but in general we want to remember:
*Our public schools and the very dark places they have become.
*To ask that a spirit of prayer settle on the saints of Lewis County.
*Healing in families and in individuals.
*Up-coming elections.
*The political agendas that need either support or defeat.
*Our soldiers serving all over the world.
*Local ministries like Love INC and the Care Center and Safe Family Ministries.

There were lost of praises, in general and specifically, which was lovely. I can add thanks today that the Love INC auction went very well on the 24th, and that two concerts that partly benefited Safe Family and Love INC also went very well. The Lord is very much afoot around here, and the wave seems to be gathering speed. Come on out and join us at Coffee Outfitters, Tuesday the 27th at 6:00. Expect the Kingdom!

Sorry for the last minuteness of this but it's been a crazy week! Last week's meeting at Andrew's house was great. We welcomed a new face and consumed vast amounts of soup and bread. There were a lot of things for which to thank God, including salvation and healing of members of our community, which was a real highlight. Some great stuff was brought out of the Word, and hopefully we all left the evening having experienced the Lord Jesus a little more.

Lots of prayer requests this week!
*Prayer and support for single fathers. They are often over-looked.
*Abortive fathers. Also over-looked.
*The "hidden" widows.
*East/Rural Lewis County as the winter closes in and for the many issues out in "the sticks"-- meth, marijuana, cults, etc.
*Preemptive prayer against flooding.
*Righteousness in our law enforcement.
*Those without work.
*The up-coming elections.
*For unity among Jesus' Body.
*The Love Inc auction on Saturday, the 24th.
*Local ministries.
*Homeschooling mothers.
*For supporters of the Care Center to come to the concert benefiting them on Nov. 7th.
*Christian teachers in the public schools.
*Halloween.

So much! But God is so much bigger!
This week we're back at Coffee Outfitters in Adna. 6:00. See you there!

Encouragement!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Coffer Outfitters last week to do some really great praying! (And to Katie for bringing pie!) I think we made some progress in finding a direction, that being simply a fleshed-out picture of some of the county's needs. Here's the list so you can pray over them during the week:
*According to CPS Lewis County ranks second out of Washington state for sex offenders.
*We're also up there in Meth production/using.
*Marijuana is an issue too.
*Single mothers who feel and are really alone.
*A righteous local government.
*Unity and reality within the local church.
*Strengthening of marriages, especially within the church. Many are being attacked.
*Blessing on Christian businesses.

The theme to emerge that evening was the encouragement of the Brethren. As Benjamin Franklin said, "We must hang together, or most assuredly we shall hang separately." It was true of a bunch of rebels 233 years ago, and it is true of the church now. The enemy knows that the most effective way to pick us off is to get us alone, to get us thinking we're the only ones with these hopes and dreams, that we labor in obscurity, that the darkness is just too great. But the truth is that if the bad guy is winning, the story isn't over, so why not rally together and take comfort and strength for the fight in our brothers and sisters? We're better together! So above all, pray for each other! We all need it.

After this week we should be able to meet regularly at Coffee Outfitters at 6:00 on Tuesdays. This week, however, we're meeting again at Andrew Conway's in Napavine. 6:00, 153 Romerman Rd. Hope to see you there!

New Directions?

We took the night off last week to give a few of us a chance to rest after a couple crazy weeks, and to have a chance to ask the Lord which direction He would like this to go. I keep hearing that people are really glad this is going on, that they pray from home and are blessed that someone has organized it, etc... but the fact is not many people actually come. I never wanted this to be something I put together and kept going all on my own. I wanted to see what the Lord had in mind, and join those others of His body He had moved toward the same goals. Not even certain what those goals were myself, I'd hoped to find out as we met and God brought the commonality to the forefront.
Tuesday night at 7:30 we're meeting at Adna Coffee Outfitters, Skip and Julie Voetberg's new coffee stand, and my hope is that we can really hash out some things, pray together for the Lord's direction, and maybe brainstorm about some things we could do to uncover the areas that really need militant prayer in this county. I've already heard about one: apparently we just don't see many people coming forward to ask for help with healing from bad choices, whether it's an abortion, an addiction, a relationship, or something else. And healing won't happen if there's no admittance that there is a wound.
So we can start there anyway! The Voetberg's have graciously offered to stay open late for us, so please do come out, bring your knowledge, ideas and dreams, drink some excellent coffee in a cozy place, and pray up a storm!
Take Hwy. 6 towards Adna, turn right on Bunker Creek by the school, and it will be on your right across from the tiny store. Corner of Adna School Road and Bunker Creek. Hope to see you there!