Re: Turbulence Robert Rummage 8/28/24 Do you know the feeling when the Lord’s been warning you about something, and it begins to happen, but not like you thought? You were praying for the nation to stay steady and strong in a coming time of turbulence, only for the turbulence to hit your plane? Yeah. Me too. Here’s what you do in times of turbulence. You get to your seat of assignment - with Jesus as your seat mate, you buckle up, you breathe, and you fix your eyes on the sun outside the window. You go through the turbulence until there’s peace on the other side. That’s it. If you haven’t heard the news, Chris Reed, the president and CEO of MorningStar Ministries, announced his resignation yesterday, turning the ministry back over to founder Rick Joyner. It came as a surprise to me, and to everyone. I don’t have a lot of answers. Like turbulence that is not seen, but is suddenly felt, you may have, like me, felt the bottom drop out from under you. If this is new news, you may be feeling that now. This feeling of being in freefall is a common part of grief. And that’s what many are experiencing. Don’t run away. Buckle up. Take your seat next to Jesus. He’s with you in this. Take time to breathe. Buckling up, to me, looks like anchoring myself to the truths in scripture about who God is, who the enemy is, and who I am in Christ. It looks like anchoring myself in historical expressions of faith like the apostles Creed. “I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Breathing starts with exhaling. Take time to feel. Take note of how you react to unexpected news. It’s often an indicator of the state of your heart, and it shows areas that need healing. Exhale by feeling deeply and then releasing those emotions to the Lord. As a shepherd of Intercessors, I want to encourage us to go through the grief and sadness we feel. Regret is a part of grief. We may remember that thing we got from the Lord to pray over Chris and our leaders. We may be tempted to think we didn’t pray enough. Release it to the Lord. We may feel betrayal or abandonment, frustration, or anger. Release that to the Lord. One important skill of intercessors is learning to feel the emotions of God. As you release the emotions that you have to the Lord, take time to receive His emotions, and His perspective in their place. That’s the inhaling part of breathing. Isaiah 61:3 is a good list of the exchange God offers. “….Provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” ‭‭ After buckling and breathing, it’s time to hold the hand of Jesus. He’s the Good Shepherd. He’s with us in the turbulence. After you buckle, and after you breathe, after you grab Jesus’ hand, you have to look out the window. You’ve got to put your perspective, not on the chaos around you inside the plane, but on the sun sky & clouds outside the window. Fix your eyes on the Lord. ‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭12b “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” ‬This is where worship and beholding the beauty of Lord comes in to play. It always works, no matter how severe the turbulence. It always has and it always will. As I’ve done this, I’ve caught a glimpse of the good that God has in store for me, for you, for this ministry, and for the Body of Christ as we go through times of shaking. But don’t take my word for it. Hear the Lord for yourself. You need to hear Him for yourself. And we need to give grace to each other to grieve and to hear the Lord for ourselves. You also need community. Find a friend. Don’t speculate, blame-shift, or run around the cabin screaming together. Buckle up together. Breathe together. Squeeze each other’s hands. Pray together. Gaze out the window together. The turbulence will eventually end. I cannot predict how long that will take. But if you live long enough, another season of turbulence will hit. Count on it. Those same right responses to turbulence will need to be revisited again and again. I want to be available to anyone in our prayer community who needs to talk and process. I’ll be at the BJVC tonight around 6:30 PM. Then at our 7 PM to 8:30 PM Prophetic Prayer Night we will be looking out the window, so to speak, gazing at the Lord in His greatness. We will pray God‘s best for Chris and Missy Reed and their family. We celebrate the many good things God has done in our midst through their leadership. We will also pray for Rick and the seasoned leadership team that God already has in place. I plan to linger after tonight’s prayer night to interact with anyone who needs a listening ear. I invite you to join with family tonight. We need each other. A few prayer points to consider, for those of you who can’t join us at the prayer room tonight. 1. Praise Jesus for His good leadership. 2. Thank Him that He is the same yesterday today and forever. 3. Pray for healing and grace for the Reeds. May the childhood trauma expressed in his resignation letter, and the cracks from the pressures of the position, be healed. 4. Pray for wisdom and guidance for Rick Joyner as he assumes leadership of the ministry, and for the gifted and experienced ministry team already in place. 5. Pray for justice in the ongoing legal case of the volunteer accused of abuse against minors. Pray that the victims and their families continue to feel the love and support of our church family. 6. Pray for justice with the lawsuit brought against the ministry by the victim families. 7. Pray for the MorningStar church family as we grieve, heal, strengthen, and move forward. 8. Pray that the body of Christ is grounded in Christ and able to respond swiftly and effectively in turbulent times about to unfold in this nation and the nations of the Earth. Again, if you’re local, please join us at the BJVC tonight. I’m free to talk at 6:30 PM. Then at 7 PM, join us for worship and prayer as a community. I will linger afterward for anyone who wants to connect. Rick Joyner will be speaking at the 9 AM and 11 AM services on Sunday. Join us if you can. Robert Rummage 8/28/24 Do you know the feeling when the Lord’s been warning you about something, and it begins to happen, but not like you thought? You were praying for the nation to stay steady and strong in a coming time of turbulence, only for the turbulence to hit your plane? Yeah. Me too. Here’s what you do in times of turbulence. You get to your seat of assignment - with Jesus as your seat mate, you buckle up, you breathe, and you fix your eyes on the sun outside the window. You go through the turbulence until there’s peace on the other side. That’s it. If you haven’t heard the news, Chris Reed, the president and CEO of MorningStar Ministries, announced his resignation yesterday, turning the ministry back over to founder Rick Joyner. It came as a surprise to me, and to everyone. I don’t have a lot of answers. Like turbulence that is not seen, but is suddenly felt, you may have, like me, felt the bottom drop out from under you. If this is new news, you may be feeling that now. This feeling of being in freefall is a common part of grief. And that’s what many are experiencing. Don’t run away. Buckle up. Take your seat next to Jesus. He’s with you in this. Take time to breathe. Buckling up, to me, looks like anchoring myself to the truths in scripture about who God is, who the enemy is, and who I am in Christ. It looks like anchoring myself in historical expressions of faith like the apostles Creed. “I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to hell. The third day he rose again from the dead. He ascended to heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty. From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. Breathing starts with exhaling. Take time to feel. Take note of how you react to unexpected news. It’s often an indicator of the state of your heart, and it shows areas that need healing. Exhale by feeling deeply and then releasing the those emotions to the Lord. As a shepherd of Intercessors, I want to encourage us to go through the grief and sadness we feel. Regret is a part of grief. We may remember that thing we got from the Lord to pray over Chris and our leaders. We may be tempted to think we didn’t pray enough. Release it to the Lord. We may feel betrayal or abandonment, frustration, or anger. Release that to the Lord. One important skill of intercessors is learning to feel the emotions of God. As you release the emotions that you have to the Lord, take time to receive His emotions, and His perspective in their place. That’s the inhaling part of breathing. Isaiah 61:3 is a good list of the exchange God offers. “….Provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.” ‭‭ After buckling and breathing, it’s time to hold the hand of Jesus. He’s the Good Shepherd. He’s with us in the turbulence. After you buckle, and after you breathe, after you grab Jesus’ hand, you have to look out the window. You’ve got to put your perspective, not on the chaos around you inside the plane, but on the sun sky & clouds outside the window. Fix your eyes on the Lord. ‭‭2 Chronicles‬ ‭20‬:‭12b “We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.” ‬This is where worship and beholding the beauty of Lord comes in to play. It always works, no matter how severe the turbulence. It always has and it always will. As I’ve done this, I’ve caught a glimpse of the good that God has in store for me, for you, for this ministry, and for the Body of Christ as we go through times of shaking. But don’t take my word for it. Hear the Lord for yourself. You need to hear Him for yourself. And we need to give grace to each other to grieve and to hear the Lord for ourselves. You also need community. Find a friend. Don’t speculate, blame-shift, or run around the cabin screaming together. Buckle up together. Breathe together. Squeeze each other’s hands. Pray together. Gaze out the window together. The turbulence will eventually end. I cannot predict how long that will take. But if you live long enough, another season of turbulence will hit. Count on it. Those same right responses to turbulence will need to be revisited again and again. I want to be available to anyone in our prayer community who needs to talk and process. I’ll be at the BJVC tonight around 6:30 PM. Then at our 7 PM to 8:30 PM Prophetic Prayer Night we will be looking out the window, so to speak, gazing at the Lord in His greatness. We will pray God‘s best for Chris and Missy Reed and their family. We celebrate the many good things God has done in our midst through their leadership. We will also pray for Rick and the seasoned leadership team that God already has in place. I plan to linger after tonight’s prayer night to interact with anyone who needs a listening ear. I invite you to join with family tonight. We need each other. A few prayer points to consider, for those of you who can’t join us at the prayer room tonight. 1. Praise Jesus for His good leadership. 2. Thank Him that He is the same yesterday today and forever. 3. Pray for healing and grace for the Reeds. May the childhood trauma expressed in his resignation letter, and the cracks from the pressures of the position, be healed. 4. Pray for wisdom and guidance for Rick Joyner as he assumes leadership of the ministry, and for the gifted and experienced ministry team already in place. 5. Pray for justice in the ongoing legal case of the volunteer accused of abuse against minors. Pray that the victims and their families continue to feel the love and support of our church family. 6. Pray for justice with the lawsuit brought against the ministry by the victim family. 7. Pray for the MorningStar church family as we grieve, heal, strengthen, and move forward. 8. Pray that the body of Christ is grounded in Christ and able to respond swiftly and effectively in turbulent times about to unfold in this nation and the nations of the Earth. Again, if you’re local, please join us at the BJVC tonight. I’m free to talk at 6:30 PM. Then at 7 PM, join us for worship and prayer as a community. I will linger afterward for anyone who wants to connect. Rick Joyner will be speaking at the 9 AM and 11 AM services on Sunday. Join us if you can. Robert Rummage

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