Home Team
Linda – Heard
the Lord say, “Just showing up gets my attention. I’m mighty in
your weakness. My Spirit is moving among you. Don’t be discouraged
by the lack of visible fruit. Look at the call on your lives and look
at where I am taking you individually.”
Rod – Felt the
Lord working on judgment. There is so much of it in this world that
it can attach itself to us, even those of us who love him. Need to
learn to pray harder, use power of tongues that the Lord has given
us. Continue to be faithful to him and beat back any of the fire that
the enemy wants to send toward us. James 5:7-9 "Therefore be
patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for
the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it
gets the early and late rains. You too be patient; strengthen your
hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. Do not complain,
brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be
judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door."
Theresa – Saw
big rain drops coming down, like progression, throughout the whole
time. Raindrops of mercy, forgiving us; raindrops of cleansing,
washing us; third one was raindrops of truth.
Barbara –
Hearing over and over, “I am preparing an army. I’m equipping my
people.” Then heard Lord say that we, this body right here, are
doing that work for him. We have a pure love for him and each other
that helps him with that power to equip others. Because we love each
other, that love is equipping others in the body of Christ.
Mary Ellen –
Heard the words of the song, "More love, more power, I will
worship you…."
Mike – Lord is
saying be patient, that the gifts are not being used, he is bringing
people to you, be patient, he is the only voice, he is our God.
Adrienne – Lot
of praise and thanksgiving. Saw map of mid-east. Prayed for peace in
mid-east. Saw priest in heavy black vestments. Not sure if from
Coptic or byzantine church, sense that he needed a lot of prayer,
not to be discouraged, prayers for protection. Then saw map of
Americas and prayed for protection.
Shelly – Prayed
for young people, for them to find their identity. In this time of
unclear boundaries, they are confused. Prayed for our country that
we would acknowledge God again. In so many ways we are denying him,
taking down statues and becoming afraid to acknowledge Christ. Prayed
that he would reveal himself to our next generation. That he would
raise up leaders for him in the next generation. Then I found myself
pressing on the palm of my hand and heard him say, “My wounds have
healed them.”
PTI Partners
Jackie - Garrison
NY - I feel the Lord is telling us to forgive---always, even the
little stuff. Also we are to completely trust Him with everything.
Maria B - This is
what I heard the Lord say during our hour of praying in tongues:
"Stay with me, in me. Remain in me always. Soak in my presence.
Do not worry. Trust in me. I am saddened by those who profess to
believe in me yet are consumed with worry and doubt. Abide in me.
Rise up! Rise above your circumstances. See with my eyes. Eyes of
love and hope and goodness and life. I am waiting to pour out graces
to my people, if they but look to me instead of their problems. Look
to me, and you will receive all that you will need to do more than
what you ever imagined possible. All things are possible with me.”
Madeleine -
London UK - After the usual time of praying in tongues I was led to
Mark 5. I knew the miracles, they were not new to me, but I felt the
Lord was reminding me how he is always there for us no matter what!
"I thank you Jesus that you are always with us and that you hold
our hands and lead us all the way!" Praise you Jesus!
Fresno partners
Melina - Fresno -
God' s word speaking to me about peace. I found this the hardest
thing to understand and reason with. God's word states (in Romans
12:16-18) to "be not haughty and conceited, and repay no one
evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in sight of
all." The need for "getting even" can easily become
bigger than the desire to bring up the peace between you and your
loved one. You, right away, would want to treat that emotional pain
and hurt you feel without the other person around. Demons tell you:
"you want to be alone", "they don't really care",
and " they just want to come back and hurt you again" when
you most need love and support. This is an isolated road down to
self-destruction, depression, and chaos.
Ciria - Fresno -
God’s word spoke to me from Romans 12:16-19. The Lords tells us to
bless our enemies, and pray for those who despitefully use me. I
cannot hurt others and take revenge. I can see we cannot give into
anger or hurt other who are hurting us. This world doesn’t know or
love God. The truth is not in the heart of the children of darkness.
Without the help of Holy Spirit there will be much evil done to one
another. Jesus taught us to pray…”forgive us our trespasses as we
forgive those who trespass against us”…We must ask for divine
help when we have been robbed or denied work. It seems to me that
this is one of the most evil sin against another person. We are
compelled to pray for the children of this world and for ourselves,
that God will not turn us away from him. My prayer is for God's mercy
to extend to us and blessing so we can take care of our children and
elderly.
2 Timothy 3.
2 Timothy 3.
Bryann - Fresno
- Jesus went to the cross with full understanding. I saw my need to
share in the anguish that Jesus suffered. I felt Jesus taking comfort
in my emotional response and the attention that I gave to seeing the
world through his eyes, especially when we feel offended by others.
This close interaction with Jesus helped me to see a different reason
why he went to the cross. Jesus saw his church, a glorified state.
Loving, comforting and giving attention as he did. He saw his church
following in his footsteps. This comforted him on the cross at a time
when he was forsaken. I Cor 12:25, Rom 12:15, 2Cor 1:3-7. The
Relationship with Jesus is a give and take relationship. It should be
the same with our relationship with others.
Ron - Fresno -
Galatians 6:2 We may not know how some is doing unless we ask them.
Even if they come with a bad attitude. It doesn’t mean we have to
agree with them, but try and help them through the bad attitude. Let
them know you have days like that and that it does get better. But
don’t let your bad attitude interfere with your work or your
co-worker. Don’t create chaos at your work or with co-workers. It
will not end well for someone, more than likely the one that causes
it. If we help each other with our burdens, we will get stronger
together and have less chaos and bad attitude.
Maya - Fresno -
God’s word speaks about support. At first I didn’t know which one
to share, this stands out to me and I realized that I was using the
same word in pretty much all of
them…Support.
I noticed that
throughout most of the scriptures the main message that stood out to
me was accepting others’ love no matter what their actions were
because it is God’s job to teach and guide them. God commands us to
love not judge. This is like respecting one’s own problems and
difficulties not trying to fix it, just be there for them on their
journey though hardship; this process should go both ways. Accepting
love and support, support with affection. Give time and attention to
those who need support. Encourage those who feel down. Appreciate and
approve the love being given. Respect personal trial. Support
unconditionally. Support is one of the hardest things for me to do.
It's like giving advice. Similar to the last PTI it’s like
ministering and passing on God’s words to others. Love between
people like is God’s way of loving us himself. All of his children
are all part of God’s body; we are in his image, meaning that we
must love each other as he loves them. When I feel the urge to
support someone I just write in my diary, I make myself believe that
it is just my silly feelings but later when I read it I write “To
(someone’s name),” in the heading. It’s actually a letter to
them, but I don’t give it to them. I feel like since I’m one of
the youngest members in the family I feel like I’m out of my place
in doing this. In the future I will hope to share those letters. That
is my goal for the month. By next PTI I should have shared words of
acceptance, affection, attention, encouragement, security,
appreciation, approval, comfort, respect, and last but not least
support.
Twyla - Fresno -
We prayed about what Jesus meant when he taught about loving one
another. And I focused on acceptance which means obedience to God.
Acceptance is very difficult for me to achieve. I seem to have some
sense of acceptance but, why do I struggle with the discouragement
that God isn't answering my prayers or he doesn't no that I have a
need. Well because I'm being disobedient to the Lord; I'm not truly
turning my issues over to the him. I pray and ask for his will and
then I run out the door and try to do it all my way. So, as an act of
obedience I'm going to trust that my needs will be met by the Lord in
his time and by his design.
From Pat in
Staten Island:
I am the Lord
your God you shall not have strange gods before Me. Lift Me higher so
all the world can see. there is no other. Lean on Me, stay near Me.
I am your strength forever. Hold on to your faith.It is your shield
and will not fail you. Remember to let all know who I am and how
real and alive I am. They will receive My Spirit as they see Me in
you.
Jonah 3: 5-10 So
the people of Nineveh believed God, proclaimed a fast, and put on
sackcloth from
the greatest to the least of them. The word came to the king of
Nineveh and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered
himself with sack cloth and sat in ashes. And he caused it to be
proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king
and his nobles saying: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock
taste anything, do not let them eat or drink water. But let man and
beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily to God. Yes let
everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his
hands. Who can tell if God will turn and relent and turn aside from
His fierce anger, so that we may not perish. Then God saw the works,
that they turned from their evil way and God relented from the
disaster that He said He would bring upon them and He did not do it.
Closing prayer:
We ask you Jesus to gather all of what you’ve spoken to us. We give
it back to you, draw it to yourself. Reveal it as you will. Cleanse
us, prepare us for all that you have for us. Strengthen us. We give
you all the honor and glory. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
Next PTI date is
July 5, 2015
Love and prayers
Linda Schubert
and PTI Home Team
