Hunger, hunger, hunger!!!

A belated, yet happy, 2009 to you all! As a family we had a fantastic three weeks break in January, but we are super stoked to be 'in the saddle' at the beginning of what, most feel, will be a seriously significant year for LCi.

The last two weeks have been fabulous as a church with a host of new faces, a glorious salvation, some real beautiful moments of life-filled worship, a flying start to the 'Kingdom and the Church' series, and a ripper of a three day fast last week. That was more than a highlight for me. Hours of sustained prayer and intercession, some 'out-of-the-boat' prophetic moments and not too few significant 'tipping points' in the spirit realm. The unblocked wells are beginning to flow but we must not stop contending for even greater measures of the vats of God to pour forth in the three areas we've been trusting for ... His Presence/Power/Provision, the '750' and our 'Rehoboth' - the home of our own!

In all of this I believe God is looking for HUNGRY people. I am convinced that within the Sovereignty of God, He has sovereignly purposed to stir the hearts of the saints by His Spirit of grace to hunger after the more He has designed, to pursue Him at all costs, and so be met with the mountainous download of His kingdom come on earth though us!

'Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled.' Jesus

Ah, we are made to be filled, designed to be filled, saved to be filled with 'all the measure of the fullness of God'! (Eph3) And we will only be truely satisfied (meaning of 'blessed') when we, the naos/temple of God, are filled to overflowing with Him. Until such a time, nothing else will do! Only Him and Him alone. But, it's the hungry who enjoy the more of God ... the hungry ... the hungry! When one is hungry, ones body craves, yearns and longs for what it truely requires and desires ... remember when we were fasting! All that dissatisfaction with ghastly mediocrity and sub-Biblical, luke-warm, comfort driven churchianity is your spirit-man calling out for more of God's kingdom satisfaction. The enemy would like to manipulate this dissatisfaction to his own end stoking the fire of frustration that burns brightly, eventually, as dissillusionment; but, heed the whispers of the Spirit - He is calling us to desire the standard of the Word, the benchmark of the life of our Lord Jesus Christ and the starting place of the early church and go for all that God has made us for!!!

'Blessed are those who hunger ...'

By the grace of God let us hunger for Him in all of our endeavours together as LCi, especially in our relationship with Him, and He will satisfy! Let us ask, seek and knock, and He will come, indeed! He has spoken and He has the final word!

As we head off for the 'land of the long white cloud', New Zealand, pray with us that Father will do remarkable things in the midst of his children as we minister in the churches ... loving, satisfying, inspiring and firing with His glorious Holy Spirit as we preach Jesus!

With mountains of love,

Ryan and Melissa

Ps. Another person has been healed of another food allergy! Yay : )

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