This past Saturday we had the opportunity to celebrate Jesus at the second Streams in the Desert event of the year, hosted at New Life International Church in the capitol city of Nicosia. An exciting part of this gathering was the afternoon seminars offered before the corporate worship in the evening. Our desire is to serve the people of God in any way that we can and have had requests on these topics. We do not assume to know everything or have all the answers but we do have a sincere desire to bless the body here on the island. Because this was the first time for these seminars, we had great expectations for what the Lord wanted to do during this time of equipping the saints and connecting to His heart in worship. We were not disappointed! The two seminars that took place simultaneously were powerfully anointed. Matthew shared with worship leaders and worship teams about how they can step into a new dimension of prophetic worship, while Pastor Norm shared on the glory of the Bridal intercessor in the place of intimate encounter with the Lord. Both seminars closed with ministry time and powerful prayers of impartation. There was so much immediate fruit from this time including a release of prophetic songs in the Greek language. We are so encouraged and believe that this is just the beginning of what the Lord wants to do in Cyprus!
The power and beauty of the afternoon carried right into the evening worship time when the Lord released His spirit on the people in the song and the dance. As we danced together, bringing an offering to the Lord, He led us into a time of intercession for the island where we cried out “Oh Cyprus, stand with the righteous!“ After worshiping through song and dance, we continued worshiping through exhortation from the Word. Matthew shared a burning message about God’s heart for this island that challenged us to throw off complacency and believe for what looks impossible to man. It is time to take a passionate stand for the Lord’s purposes and to align ourselves with them, no matter the cost. Many came forward at the end of the evening to receive prayer and prophetic ministry from the Lord.
Over the course of the day a prophetic word came forth about a stronghold over Cyprus being broken. We are believing and standing on this word, also knowing that something was also broken in our hearts for this island that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives. God tells us to just ask and He will give the nations to us. We are asking and believing for Cyprus, declaring to this people, “You belong to the Lord!“
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