Shofar, Sho-Good

We went to Seven Oaks a beautiful public access point on the reservation. Sally was worshiping with keyboard and Lura was worship-dancing in her native shawl. The rest of us went for a prayer-walk across the land. As I was walking by myself for awhile I saw Dave close to me walking and praying. I felt in my heart to ask if I could join him. I was in tears asking to join with him in prayer.

So we walked and prayed together and the Lord gave David a scripture in Ezekiel about the dry bones. I found that scripture for him on my phone and David read it out loud and prayed. The Spirit of the Lord was very close to our hearts. We felt God is stirring up the dead bones in this land and pouring out His spirit. I felt that the Lord wants to strengthen the First Nation people who are believers and are not currently walking close to Him. He wants to gather them first to Himself and strengthen them–and through them He will reach out to their brothers and sisters.

Great to hear Sally O’s stories and revisit some of their songs from decades ago. I “heard” a lot of songs today in my head such as, “Surely the Presence of the Lord is in this Place” and “Walk Along Beside Me, O My Lord.”

                                                                           Rachel

 

I sat by Bo–his wife died a year ago. It’s been hard for him. He said he had walked on the places Sally talked about in Germany during the concert. And he said, “It’s really bad.” He was married to his wife 62 years. He goes to the senior center to eat because his wife did the cooking.

We met Dayton in the restaurant at the hotel where we gave him a rose. He was stunned and said, “I’m confused.” He thought it was really nice but wondered why we were giving the roses. He didn’t go away and hide but he came back to talk some more with us. It drew him. It was confusing because he didn’t understand why someone would do this, but he also thought it was really nice.

We also prayed for a friend of mine, Marlys, who came to the concert tonight with her husband. She has such courage and joy in the midst of her struggles. She so humbly received prayer from us.

My back was hurting and my stomach was hurting and I had a headache and Sally offered to pray for me and everyone gathered, and everyone had a prayer to pray and a word to give. Through the whole process it delivered from my pain.

My best time today was the moment me and Jurgen had and our time of prayer. The scripture about the Valley of the Dry Bones was spoken over the land. I believe that is what is happening. While praying I felt a strong burden for the people. I kept getting a picture over and over of suicide. And then God reminded me strongly that the power of life and death is in the tongue and to speak life. And also it was quickened to me that whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

While we were praying at the 7 Oaks I saw Lura worship dancing with her native shawl I heard God say really loudly He wants to redeem the native dancing. He wants them to dance for His honor.

Really enjoying being with this team–praying and worshiping together. And when we were at 7 Oaks praying and worshiping I felt led to go down to the water-line and just release God’s cleansing into the water. Jurgen prayed for me this morning about family issues and I felt very touched and encouraged by the Lord.

As for me, 7 Oaks was an amazing place. Beautiful beyond words. There is an old train track and the trains still use it. They have to slow way down because the rails sound like they might not support the train. But we had a wonderful time of prayer and worship. This evening we were at the senior center and about 15-20 people came. The team kept me in prayer throughout the concert which really helped me overcome distractions.