It's all about worhsip

Hello everyone,

It's been a long time since our last post. Hope you are enjoying your summer and take time to revel in God's beautiful creation. We have been quite busy here at Forerunner Ministries, spiritually that is!

As you know, the Lord has clearly indicated to us that this is a season of worship. If you have been following our posts in the past few months, you know that our brother Rick has been getting massive spiritual downloads and a miraculous worship music anointing. It's all about Selah, about pausing, meditating and turning our every actions and perceptions as an act of worship to the Lord.

Furthermore, on a more somber note, we are getting signals and messages from everywhere, even from the most established ministries, indicating that the body of Christ is under INTENSE spiritual attack, creating division amongst its followers. In itself, that is not a big surprise, as the enemy will try everything it can when he feels we are getting too close to the Prize. We can't let our guards down and must press on and, most importantly, stay united.

As a confirmation of all this, I got this word from Jesus the other night. I saw His face, through a mist of tears, and He was sad. I asked Him why He was sad, He replied :

“I am saddened and disappointed to see people sneaking stones from my temple that is being rebuilt, only to take those stones away to build another temple, supposedly in my name. They convinced themselves over time that I appointed them to build this other temple, when in fact, I have not. This make-believe temple will not last, it will crumble.”

I got this vision and word after I was lead to read Matthew 16:17-19 and Matthew 17:4. In essence, it is interesting to note, while reading those verses, that Peter is a good example of how we can be misled, over time, when we take our relationship with our Father for granted.

He started out by pleasing Jesus because he had spoken what had been revealed to him by the Father and be the first to call Jesus the Christ. Because of his obedience, Peter received this great promise from Jesus (Matthew 16:17-19) that, while I was reading it that night, brought me to tears, as I can only imagine how joyful Peter must have felt at that very moment.

Unfortunately, he went from the heights of obedience and listening to the voice of God, back to relying on man’s knowledge and understanding (all of us can relate to that, can't we? Can you say : Theology, Dogma or Religious Spirit?) at the very moment where Jesus was supernaturally revealing himself as who He really was, flanked by none other than the two most significant prophets of the Old Testament.

It is very clear that Peter's plan to build shelters cited in Matthew 17:4 was not of God. The time was clearly a time of worship, not a time of building. Peter had convinced himself that building these shelters were the right thing to do to please Jesus and God, when all that was required of him was worship.

Let that be a warning to us! The season we're in is not so much in building on our own understanding, perceptions, theology or will, but more about worship. Our worship is the mortar needed for rebuilding the Temple according to His will. Let’s not disappoint Jesus.

As further confirmation of this, I invite you to visit the Heaven's Rehearsal website. We heard about this tremendous event a few days after God gave me this vision. Imagine this : 15 000 people from all of the 202 internationally recognized countries at the Air Canada Center in Toronto for a whole night of worship! It's all about preparing the bride, not building a house. No message, just worship!

I strongly urge you to visit the site by clicking here and get your tickets. They are only 20$ for individuals or 15$ for groups of 10 or more. My wife and I already got our tickets. We just can't wait for September 2007.

Email us at Forerunner Ministries if you are planning to attend, as we would like to organize an informal intercessory prayer session in preparation just before the worship gathering.

May God bless all of you abundantly!