ANNOUNCEMENT: Night Watch Sessions

Greetings Tribe!

We are turning up the heat a few notches in our furnace and going to expand to the night hours...

We are planning three (3) night watch sessions to get things started. We will need a minimum of three (3) participants to host a session. So, please, please put the dates on your calendars and RSVP!

Night Watch Session 1- "there is no box"

Sunday/Monday

May 24/25, 2009 > changed to July 19/20, 2009

Details: our theme scriptures are John 3.8 & Habakkuk 2.14

• some of our prayer focus will be on breaking the church (and ourselves) out of her comfort zones and into becoming so filled with the Spirit that she can become fluid and organic like the wind

Prophetic Image: a field of dandelions which have gone to seed- the wind comes and blows away all of the seeds so they can be dispersed in different areas to be planted, grow and blow away with the wind

• the field of dandelions represents the church, the body of Christ
  
• a dandelion represents individual believers
  
• blowing away represents being surrendered to and being led by the Spirit 
• being dispersed represents the apostolic calling of the NT church to spread the gospel in areas where there is not yet "...knowledge of the glory of the Lord..." 

Night Watch Session 2-  "greater love = greater works"

Sunday/Monday

July 19/20, 2009> changed to September 20/21, 2009

Details: our theme scriptures are John 15.12-14,  Ephesians 5.25,  1 Corinthians 13, Song of Songs 8.7 & John 14.12

• some of our prayer focus will be on obtaining and releasing deeper revelations of the love Jesus demonstrated so that we can understand the true value of His gems (the peoples of the earth and the spiritual gifts He's given us to use to minister His glory, honor and testimony of His name)

Prophetic Image: someone pointing a gun at a beautiful woman then, the woman's husband stepping in front of his beloved to protect her... he gets shot and dies, she lives

• the gun is the curse of death that has come into the world through sin
• the bullet is the fruit of sin
• the woman is the bride of Christ
• the woman's husband is Jesus
• the husband taking the bullet is Jesus' demonstration of His love for his bride and the role of lover & protector he fulfills in His role as the head of the household

Night Watch Session 3- "harvest fields"

Sunday/Monday

September 20/21, 2009. changed to October 11/12, 2009

Details: our theme scriptures are Psalm 107.37, Isaiah 9.3, Luke 10.2, Genesis 28.3, Leviticus 26.3-5, Isaiah 32.14-16

• some of our prayer focus will be petitioning for a great raising up of laborers to work in Abba's fields, for the harvest to come in and most importantly for the body of Christ to get ready for the harvest by walking in alignment with God's word

Prophetic Image: a dry barren landscape being prayed over by more and more individuals- suddenly, drops of rain  begin to fall on by one until it's raining very hard then, the sun comes out and seeds long buried underground start springing up

• the dry barren land is asia
• the individuals praying are the intercessors God is connecting and drawing together daily
• the fields are families, schools, companies, cities, nations, government structures and every manner of organizational structure 
• the rain is the living water that's released to break the curse of spiritual and physical famine due to sin and rebellion
• the sun is the light of life
• the seeds are places that the Word has already been planted but as of yet unable to grow for lack of light and water

Additional Details

Location: Chiba (i.e. Jen's Place)

Station Name: Chiba New Town Chuo

Start Time: 6pm- 8pm arrival, dinner and fellowship

Prayer Session Start Time: 8pm ~ TBA 

Things to Bring: self, bible, sketchbook, journal, whatever you need to "get into God", food or snacks to share

Final Notes: one room will be a dedicated prayer room- there will be enough space for those who need to get some rest however, I only have two futons and a sofa so please bring a sleeping bag if you have one and think you'll use it- thanks :-)

The Blue Flame IS a Pilot Light

Leviticus 6.12 states, "The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out..."

The fire.
On the altar.
Must be.
Kept burning.
It must.
NOT go out.

This was before access to such deep underground treasures as natural gas and oil. This was before oil pipelines, refineries and gas mains. This was before furnaces and boilers. This was before basements to keep the furnaces and boilers in.

The fire.
On the altar.
Must be.
Kept burning.
It must.
NOT go out.

This sounds like a pilot light. And being from a place like Alaska, pilot lights are essential to life. In winter, if the pilot light goes out- the whole house freezes. Water pipes turn to ice. Showers, toilets, washing machines stop working. There is no heat. Stone cold.

The fire.
On the altar.
Must be.
Kept burning.
It must.
NOT go out.

If the water is frozen... if there is no heat source... in winter, in Alaska and places like it- you die. It's a non-negotiable truth in this realm. And if that is a non-negotiable truth in this realm, why would it be different in the next?

If we look at the fire on the altar as it really is- the sacrifice of our praise and worship. The sacrifice from our lips, our hearts... our minds set after Him and IF those sacrifices are not placed upon His altar, the fire will stop burning. It will go out.

The pilot light will be snuffed out because the source of its burning is cut off.

So, what has this to do with anything? Especially a House of Prayer? Well, a picture Abba's been painting the past few years is of "the church" as one building. With the prayer rooms in the basement.

The prayer rooms, the Houses of Prayer- they are the furnace... they are THE pilot light of the building called "church." If there are no prayer rooms, the building goes cold. The activities of the building cease because the water of the Spirit stops flowing. It freezes.

This is on every level. A multi-tired operation which, when brought together, equals the whole.
It is personal.
It is by family. Bible study group. Church fellowship on the corner. It is denominational and ministerial. It is national and it is universal.

The old testament describes the groupings in such terms as families, clans, tribes, etc.

I feel God speaking in this hour with an urgency for His people to understand the absolute necessity of prayer & worship. We have mistakenly understood the function and purpose of both.

Looking at prayer & worship in comparison to a simple pilot light found in one's basement offers insight into a much needed paradigm shift for many of us.

We literally become the pilot light burning as we pray & worship. We burn BLUE! Though small, and most often kept in a hidden part of the building structure, this is the hottest part of a flame. As we burn, we are literally tapped into THE source of OIL rather than A source of oil.
Because we are tapped into THE source of oil, we BURN hot enough to heat the WHOLE house as we interceede.

"For the Lord your God is a consuming fire..." Deuteronomy 4.24
"... consuming fire came from his mouth, burning coals blazed out of it." 2 Samuel 22.9 & Psalm 18.8
"See, the Name of the LORD comes from afar, ... and his tongue is a consuming fire." Isaiah 30.27
"...for our God is a consuming fire." Hebrews 12.29

A characteristic unique to the HOP, Tokyo is our location. I believe it is a prophetic illustration of this truth. Cafe' Decision which currently hosts the HOP, Tokyo is located in the basement of a building called "Big Vision." And inside of Cafe' Decision is a downstairs and an upstairs.

We usually meet for prayer meetings and fellowship gatherings in the upper room underground. To elaborate on the symbolism, the fire of the Spirt fell upon those who were present in the upper room on the day of pentecost. This was THE prayer meeting if that century! (Acts ch 1.12-14 & 2.1-4)

It seems to me, God is making a statement. There is a Big Vision for the upper room which is underground. If that's the case, fire will fall from above and burn up from below. There is high potential for a pretty hot furnace. May we be a people who live daily in the middle of it.

December 4, 2008
Additonal Note:
An interesting bit of Pilot Light trivia.
A sign that the gas being burned is pure and without mixture is the blue color of the flame. When it contains orange or yellow flames, there is a source other than pure gas being burned.