Reflections from the past couple of weeks

Things have been a bit of a blur for me lately with so much to do and so little time to do it in!  So, in the spirit of this time lapse that I find myself in (Just where did the past three weeks go?) I want to share a little on a visitor/speaker that we recently had at Living Waters Church.

Wytze Valkema is an awesome guy from Holland who leads the Daniel Prayer Network.  What does this guy do?  He prays.  That’s about it.  He prays…. day-in, day-out, 24/7.  He visited us during the second week in July and I can say that I am continuing to reap the benefits from his visit……big time.  Some of the things that he spoke on really resonated in my heart and continue to speak to me even now.  This guy is really anointed and speaks with an incredible authority that can only be obtained by spending time beholding the Lord in prayer.

How has he impacted me?  Although I find it hard to put into words how deeply he has spoken into my life, I guess that he has come through at a time when I needed a deep word from the Lord to change me.  Some things are hard to describe – they need to be tasted.  And so I have tasted part of the message that he has brought and it has left me hungry for more.

As a direct result of his visit we are starting to see some breakthroughs in how we do intercession, and prayer, and our weekly meetings in the prayer room have taken on a very interesting dynamic.  We are also now actively looking for premises that we could use as a prayer room – a prayer room without an agenda, where the only agenda is Psalms 27:4:

One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.

One really practical consequence of this focus is that I realise that if I am going after “One thing” I cannot have a multitude of “things” on my plate.  As a result I am taking active steps to de-clutter my life right now.  This is HUGE!!!!  I am weaning myself off SO MANY to-do lists, tasks, projects, inputs, media, information sources, entertainment, etc. in order to free my time to live a lifestyle of One Thing.  That’s my big take-home benefit from Wytze’s visit.  I encourage you to do a similar personal audit to see how many “things” you need to deal with.

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