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July 2, 2016
From the Desk of Steve Shultz:
 Worship is very key and vital to ushering in the presence of the Lord. Worship leader and musician John Belt knows a thing or two about this! I've done conferences with John Belt and have always enjoyed his friendship and what he carries from the Lord.
In John's latest word he shares from an encounter and makes this powerful statement on worship:
What I saw in this encounter was a revelation of the mandate and need to build an altar of prayer, worship and sacrifice. This encounter happened on the heels of a recent Presence Night where, because of the increase of the weighty Presence of God's glory, we felt the need to extend these meetings into the night to go deeper with God. We see the Old Testament pictures and types of worship and sacrifice, but now we are the "living sacrifices" who offer ourselves through lives of worship, prayer and devotion.
Let John's latest word help you to enter into God's presence and experience the fire John speaks of here!
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Fire on the Altar!
In a recent encounter I saw a man of God build an altar then take a huge tree trunk of a log, placing it, almost slamming it, on top of the altar. I immediately said, "Fire on the Altar!"
Leviticus 6:12, "A fire shall always be burning on the altar; it shall never go out."
The Altar of Fiery Worship and Prayer!
What I saw in this encounter was a revelation of the mandate and need to build an altar of prayer, worship and sacrifice. This encounter happened on the heels of a recent Presence Night where, because of the increase of the weighty Presence of God's glory, we felt the need to extend these meetings into the night to go deeper with God. We see the Old Testament pictures and types of worship and sacrifice, but now we are the "living sacrifices" who offer ourselves through lives of worship, prayer and devotion.
Romans 12:1-2, "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service."
We are exhorted in Scripture to be "fervent" in prayer. This is the fiery element to our prayer lives where it transcends just "praying" but moves into a place of being captured in the fire of prayer and worship.
James 5:16-18, "...the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the Heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit."
The Spirit of Prayer
Prayer and worship are very much used as the same word in the Hebraic meaning. The Hebrew word "tepila" that is translated "prayer" can also be looked at as a "hymn" or "poetic". There is a prophetic inspiration that should accompany our prayers that many times can come out like poetry. Have you ever noticed how songs are poetic with rhyme? In others words our worship is just as much prayer as the "prayers we pray" for it is "the spirit of prayer" upon our lives.
The Urgency For Fire
In the context of this "fire on the altar" encounter, it was very much about the corporate prayer/worship gatherings. There was an urgency, work and commitment associated with it. There is a fire that is created, a synergy that can only be realized when we come together as one unified offering to the Lord. As we cultivate our own personal anointing in our personal devotion with the Lord our gatherings increase in glory and Presence with the power to bring significant breakthroughs in the areas we live.
Breakthrough Worship
I truly believe worship is to be at the forefront of our corporate gatherings, that which goes before. We see this pattern in the story of Jehoshaphat where the worshippers go before in song to breakthrough for the victory (2 Chronicles 20:21). Secondly prayer in the spirit, speaking in tongues, is a close runner up, whereby we are led by the Spirit in the prayers we pray and the declarations we make.
In a dream I had just recently, someone was speaking to me about the power of praying in tongues in which I responded, "Yes. You are speaking of Romans Chapter 8. This is where the Spirit makes intercession for us because we don't know how to pray as we ought."
Romans 8:26-27, "Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God."
The person responded with excitement over this revelation. Then I saw the abundant provision of the Lord manifested because of the practice of this Holy Spirit prayer.
Make a fresh commitment to be yielded to the fire of prayer, the corporate gatherings of worship in the Presence of God with others and be lit with a passion for His glory and Presence.
John and Brandi Belt
Overflow Global Ministries
Email: office@overflowglobal.com
Website: www.overflowglobal.com
Overflow Global Ministries is the ministry of John and Brandi Belt. The heart of their message is that God's greatest desire is to indwell His people with His presence. They believe that man was created to be inhabited by God through His Spirit. With a sincere devotion to God through the Holy Spirit, people can live in a place of overflow in His presence. This overflow translates into touching the lives of others through living encounters with God. When John and Brandi minister, the intimate presence of God is manifest - being accompanied with demonstrations of God's power to heal, revive, and restore.
John Belt's Itinerary:
July 7-9, 2016
The Glory Train! Conference
Bobby Conner, Dr. David Herzog, John Belt, Brandi Belt
and More!
Hilton Garden Inn
5300 Cornell Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242
Contact: 513-580-8610
August 12, 2016 (7pm)
Presence Night | Cincinnati, OH
with John & Brandi Belt
Hilton Garden Inn
5300 Cornell Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242
Contact: 513-580-8610
September 9, 2016 (7pm)
Presence Night | Cincinnati, OH
with John & Brandi Belt
Hilton Garden Inn
5300 Cornell Road, Blue Ash, OH 45242
Contact: 513-580-8610
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