My Sheep Hear My Voice
PRACTICE HOSPITALITY
Shirley Lise
riverpub@sgci.com
August 14, 2003
Practice hospitality. Open the doors of your heart and invite those of
My choice in. I am connecting you. I am bridging the gap, so be obedient
to move forward
in the direction I am giving.
House fellowship, this is what I am doing. I am opening the hearts of My
Beloved to open the doors of their homes.
Wherever two or more come
together in My name, I am in the midst.
I am gathering My church, yet not via the institutions of men, but in
the safety of the home. So understand this day that I am building and
that I am providing a safe place for My church to gather and it will not
become a business and it will not become an institution, nor an
industry, but it will become a place of safety and refuge, a place where
the needs of My people are met and in-depth relationships of love and
care are nurtured and grow.
This is the vehicle through which I shall build My church. It will look
nothing like that which has been conceived of as the “church.” It is a
living and growing entity that will not be ushered into the structures
of men, but will experience the truth of My word and ministry of My
Spirit. I will release My Spirit into the midst of those gathered to
bring healing and deliverance, and to transform lives.
This is the desire of My heart, that you should know Me and experience
the height, depth, and breadth of My love. It is in this way that I
shall bring My people into wholeness and holiness. It is within the
context of this “gathering” that I shall distribute gifts. It is within
these circles that I shall be known, for you see, the institutions of
men are unable to recognize Me. Their focus is on their props, their
programs, their progress, yet My people are without the Shepherd who
cares for them, feeds them, and keeps them safe.
I am the True Shepherd and My sheep hear My voice and not the voice of a
stranger. I am calling to My true sheep to come and gather in the safe
place that I have prepared for them within the home, within those homes
set apart for the ministry of Christ.
Some call it a move of My Spirit and some have taken the vision and run
on ahead of Me. But in this day, I shall birth forth the true witness
and I shall build My church according to My good pleasure and those who
have run on ahead will turn back in step with what I am doing, for the
vision is for an appointed time and the time has come. All is coming
into alignment so that the homes of those to whom I reveal My heart will
be opened to those I send in.
So be ready to open your doors, for I have appointed you to oversee the
work of the ministry and I have given you the tools to begin the work.
Whole households shall become lighthouses set on a hill, and places of
refuge from the storms of life, safe places where the weary will find
rest.
This is what I am birthing forth in this day. This is what I have in My
heart. I have longed for a place to lay the baby down, the spiritual
baby that has been birthed forth, yet there was no place. But in this
day and hour, I am preparing places of rest and refuge where the baby
shall be nurtured and grow to maturity in Christ.
Get a glimpse of the vision. Understand that I have set a precedent,
that I have given My spirit and where two come into agreement, there
shall I be in their midst to hear and answer.
Do not look to the institutions of men, but keep your eyes on Me and I
will reveal My heart to you. What is birthed forth in the prayer closet
will be shouted from the rooftops and the whole Earth shall come to
understand that a great change has come forth, that the kingdoms of men
are indeed being toppled and the Bride of Christ is emerging from the
womb, that the metamorphosis has been completed and she is coming forth
just as a beautiful butterfly from its cocoon.
  
 
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