New website/blog post site

 This blog will no longer be operational. Please see our new website/blogs at:
www.thrivingcities.org
thanks,
Lynn Heatley 

Upcoming Day of Prayer for us at The Lord's House, Riverside

Tues, Jan 22, 2013

We are hosting a “Day of Prayer” @ The Lord’s House in Riverside on Tuesday, January 22 from 12noon – 8pm (Open House style so come as your schedule allows). It will be a time of prayer for us as we are seeking God for our next steps to come forth. Please email me with any questions:

 

Lynn (prayercntn@aol.com)

Check out The Lord's House blog at www.tlhcommunity.com  The Lord's House is located in Riverside, CA and is under the ministry of the Prayer Command Post.

Hungry

Yesterday, while walking at my favorite park, I was captivated by a simple scene. My park has alot of ducks, geese and other fowl and they were happily swimming about the lake and meandering about the park. And then a lady brought out a bag of bread and started feeding a few of the ducks....and the whole scene at the park changed. Somehow, in bird language, word got out about the bread and every bird in the park started to make their way towards the woman with bread. It was quite a scene to behold. And it made me ponder..."how hungry am I "? How hungry are we as a nation, to pursue the Bread of Life, the One who is our Everything?

And I thought of these scriptures while beholding this scene:

Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. (John 6:35)

He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. (Deut 8:3)

May our hunger increase for the true bread of Heaven! Lynn

New Blog for The Lord's House

Check out our new blog that shares the story of what is happening at THE LORD'S HOUSE in Riverside.

See: http://www.tlhcommunity.wordpress.com

The Lord's House

We are on a wonderful journey at The Lord's House as we seek to love and serve God and bless the city of Riverside!

Thank you to my friends who are coshosting with me at The Lord's House. For more information, please contact them directly:

Lynn Heatley prayercntn@aol.com

Terri Larson tlarson@citynet.org

Leona Andrews ncla4cntn@peoplepc.com

May the glory of God be revealed in Riverside!

Joy Unspeakable and Love Unfathomable...

The Story of Mephibosheth

In the midst of hearing the birds sing in the early morning hours, I found myself contemplating the wonderful and limitless love of God. And as I did this, I was reminded of the story of Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth (2 Samuel 4 & 9) who was crippled from youth from someone dropping him as they were running for their lives. I believe the story of Mephibosheth is a prophetic statement of God and how he operates in our lives. When we are lame (from a variety of ways), from our own choices or from other’s choices against us, or when we are distant from ever feeling a part of a family, not to mention God’s family, here is a story of the King, remembering his covenant and summoning his servants to go and get Mephibosheth, now an adult, to live at the King’s house, to eat at the King’s table and to be considered a part of the family…..adopted in to the King’s household. What love is this! And yet, I believe if we dig deeper into God’s word, we will discover that it is the journey of what Jesus has done for us. Jesus, sent from His Father, to come and bring us to His Father’s table and to be adopted in to His family. Even when we are lame and unable to get there by any means of our own doing, Jesus comes and rescues and redeems us. Through His laid-down life, he gives us new life and a new family, at His Father’s House, which happens to be the King of the Universe. What love, what splendor, what gratitude overflows when we discover this.

Jesus, give us eyes to see all that you have done for us and how you have called us “accepted into the beloved”, into your belovedness and into your beloved family.

How thankful we are. May we live our lives saying thank you. Amen.

Lynn Heatley

April 27, 2011

"Contrary Winds"

Lately, the Lord has been talking to me about "contrary winds". He has reminded me of the story in Acts, chapter 27, where Paul set sail for Rome and instead ended up on an unknown island after experiencing quite a bit of contrary winds that almost cost them their lives. But God! God had other plans then Paul's planned itinerary and He often does for us as well. Although Paul was warned of impending disaster approaching, he was also assured that no lives would be lost and that God would see him through. So God's promise to Paul was a strong anchor for him to hang onto when the winds got intense. And when the winds blew them onto an island they never had on their map, God poured out signs and wonders and a whole village came to know the wonderful news of the saving grace and power of Jesus, because they ended up in a place they never planned for.
And God is stirring my heart to say that it is often the same for us. We think we are going in one direction and all of a sudden, a contrary wind arises that causes us to shake in our boots...and yet, God's peace and assurance is with us in the midst of it. And the wind takes us places that we never imagined were possible. And God pours out His spirit in amazing ways.
So perhaps we are not to become so fearful of the wind, but begin to hang on in greater trust when the winds begin to blow us "off course" and onto God's course......afterall, He is the One who is the author of the wind.
Something to ponder the next time the wind begins to blow!

Loving the One who is our strength and shelter in the midst of the peaceful and stormy times,
Lynn Heatley
www.prayercommandpost.org