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Written by Lu |
Thursday, 28 May 2009 21:19 |
The Vision - Gen 28: 11-13, 16-17 16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." 17 And
-- THE CALL FOR GOD’S DWELLING PLACE During a worship service in 1988, the power of God knocked me to the ground. I laid there under the anointing for an hour and half. While being under the anointing I heard these words “You build it, they will come.” A year later I resigned from my position as one of the co-pastors of a large church, where Cynthia and I had served for over ten years. After some time, we started our own church, believing that the word I had received—‘You build it, they will come”—meant that people would come and fill up the church. From day one, the Presence of God was with us. Many miracles were manifested in our midst. We never lacked the presence of God. Some drove hours each week just to come to drink from this river of His presence. THE CALL CLARIFIED & CONFIRMED One day, after seven years of enjoying the continuous tangible presence of the Lord in our midst, we heard the Lord say, “Throw your net on the other side.” As we felt the Lord was calling us to a different work, we quickly surrendered up the pastorship of our church. In this yet another new phase of our journey with God, we received many more words and confirmation regarding building a dwelling place for God. Over time, we have come to learn that what God really wants is a place which is built according to His own purposes and design. The plans and blueprints must come from Him alone. We can’t build this dwelling place of God using old models or according to our own perceptions. The rich, tangible presence of God never left us. His Presence has continued to accompany us wherever He sent us to minister in congregations large and small, including most recently at the campuses of Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C., Canada. Even when the pre-teens and teenagers came forward to minister worship, the heavens were opened spectacularly. Our Lord was seen by several faithful witnesses coming into our midst enjoying worship from man, angels, saints, and all of creation. His tangible presence was richly in our midst. THE CHARACTER & NATURE OF THE CALL One day, coming out of a grocery store, I heard the Lord say: “When My people come together in the Dwelling Place, teach them My ways. Prepare the Bride for Me.” Through visitations from the Lord, from angelic messengers, and from saints from heaven, we’ve come to understand the nature and character of the Dwelling Place for God Cynthia and I have been commissioned to build.
THE CALL ADVANCED One of the specific words from the Lord to us was, “I’ve given you an anointing to carry Reformation and a Spirit of Revival.” In this 16-year walk of obedience to seek a Dwelling Place for God, a faith adventure which included spiritual assignments such as erecting spiritual altars that have been desecrated or have fallen into desolation, we have witnessed the indomitability of God’s will. Indeed, God’s Will is going to be done and accomplished. He who sits on the heavens over all creation will do whatsoever pleases Him (Ps 115:3, 135:6). The Lord is releasing His divine blueprints step by step, phase by phase, as we continue to seek His mind. We see clearly how this is a special place where people can come and rest in God and experience the tangible presence of the Lord Himself. Would you seek God on how you can become a co-laborer on this holy work with us from the start? Cynthia and I have long been willing to lay down our lives and all our personal agenda in order for God’s Will to flow unhindered through us as servants worthy of the Eternal Kingdom. We are asking God for people to link up with us by prayer and finances and skills to come together to build the Dwelling Place of the Lord. Would you be willing to walk with us on this journey into the heart of our God? We bless you in the Name of the Lord! Lu & Cynthia Luthra The Dwelling Place—A Gateway to Heaven Ministry
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