My Soul to Keep

The other day, I was so struck with the significance of the fact that we get to pray and converse with our Creator and Savior; our King and Father. We have all heard that the Lord desires a relationship with His children, but how amazing is it that He allows us to be able to be in an intimate and real relationship with Him where we can converse about anything and enjoy His presence? The one who created the world created us to be able to have a deep and real friendship with us.

The same goes for intercession. The Lord desires to break the strongholds of the enemy. He is a just God and a righteous God. The Lord could so simply end abortion if He wanted to; He doesn't limit himself. But He desires for His children to partner with Him in the process. If the Lord ended all the world's injustices now with the wave of His hand, it would lose the significance of the partnering relationship we get to have with Jesus. He wants us to gain His heart so that when we do, we will be blown away by the power and love of God when He listens to our prayers and ends the injustices in the world. This effect is so much more everlasting than if He were to just wave His hand and end it all at once. We as His children need to begin to gain the heart of the Lord so that we would look more like Jesus in His compassionate character.

As most of you know, I am heading out to Ireland in one month. I will be out there for 2 months scouting the ground for us to be be able to go out next year and plant our community long term. The Lord is obviously speaking of how we will begin to physically scout the ground and prepare, but He has also told us that this time is going to be a time that we scout in the spiritual. One of our biggest focuses is to intercede and cry out for the heart of the Lord for Ireland so that when He releases His glory, it will be so much more powerful because of us standing in the gap. We will claim the ground in worship and intercession so that when we go out long term, we will just simply be able to run with authority.

We still have 3 weeks left of the Circuit Rider school until we head out. I am still in need of around $4,500 for this Ireland trip to become a reality. If you could, please pray. Prayer is the most powerful thing we believers can do for each other I believe. If you do feel led to partner with me even financially, that would be a tremendous blessing. You can just email me or click on the "Circuit Riders" link above to find out more on what I am doing and how to donate! Thanks so much!

-Daniel

--York