Treasures in Ink

Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prayer. Show all posts

Saturday, July 12, 2014

In the Trenches


Early on this week as I worshipped and prayed in my living room, God showed me a picture in the spirit realm. I saw a strong, powerfully fit man, the Holy Spirit, digging a trench in a dry, barren land. It was back-breaking work, toiling in the hot sun. The land desperately needed water.

I begged God, “Send rain. We’re waiting. We’re oh, so thirsty. Send rain.” The Lord said, “I have sent rain—time after time.” I said, “Oh, God, we need more…so much more.” As I cried out, I saw a prophet to the nations. I begged for him to come because I knew he carried God's anointing and would bring a deluge—a huge, torrential deluge that Papa God had reserved to be poured out upon this place.

I gasped in air as I saw the so-badly needed water about to be released, and in that moment I understood how it would just rush off, because it would move too fast, passing over the land before the hard ground could drink it up or stop it. I cried, “Oh, Daddy, the trench isn’t deep enough. It will have to be so much deeper to hold that much water.” Because a very, very deep trench could take in the water, hold it, store it, save it so it could irrigate the land as it soaked into the rocky soil.

The Holy Spirit leaned on His shovel, gazing just over the top of that trench He had dug by refusing to give into the heat, refusing to stop in His grueling, monotonous effort. He smiled, and Father said, “It’s deep enough. Let it rain.”

Friday, January 13, 2012

Finding Prayer

Sunshine warm upon my face—this is prayer.
Raindrops lighting on my skin—this is prayer.
Breezes blowing on my frame—this is prayer.
Every day an act of worship—this is prayer.
Loving You and loving others—this is prayer.
Kneeling, standing, bending, walking—these are prayer.
Hugging, holding, touching, talking—these are prayer.
Happy moments, spacious breathing—all around is prayer.
Joyful thoughts and desperate pleas—in this moment, prayer.
Retching, crying, bleeding, fighting—even these are prayer.
Watching, waiting, sighing, staying—all I do is prayer.

...pray without ceasing... I Thessalonians 5:17