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The purpose of freedom is true worship! Recently, during our daily prayer for revival in DC, a team member led with this verse: Exodus 8:1 (NIV) Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me.’” Many books and movies have been written about the Exodus: how God sent the 10 plagues, the parting of the Red Sea etc. This verse is a reminder of God's purpose in all of this--that His people may worship Him freely. As enslaved people in Egypt, their daily lives and schedules were determined by the slave masters. With that lifestyle, they had no freedom to express their love and worship to God. All across the DMV area, we echo the Lord's demand to everything that has people bound: anxiety, depression, greed, fear, comparison, false teaching, addiction, sickness, anything else that controls people's lives and keeps us from lives that are exclusively surrendered to God: let the people of God go, that they may worship Him, that they may display His reflection in all areas of life. In any area of bondage or resistance you may be experiencing, we encourage you to take up God's words in your mouth and insist on your freedom that Christ paid for. And do not be discouraged if, at first, you don't experience victory. The first 6 times Moses declared this word to Pharaoh and it seemed like "it didn't work" (see Exodus 5:1, 7:16, 8:1, 8:20, 9:1, 9:13, 10:3). This is where persistence comes in. You hold tightly to the word God gives you, until it comes to pass. Here's an example of what it looks like in practice: You have identified an area of bondage that keeps you from worshipping God freely and fully. You bring it to God in prayer and wait on Him to receive His word concerning that area. Often, this is a verse of Scripture that God highlights to you. You meditate on that word constantly and speak it out loud. It creates a new reality in your heart and mind. You receive direction from God about any avenues of support to pursue e.g. professional help, wisdom, advice. You share with trusted friends and leaders in your Christian community who will stand in faith with you and cover you with prayer and encouragement. In all of this, you keep your heart and mind fastened on the truth of God’s word that your freedom has been secured in Him. We invite you to join our upcoming spaces (see information below) to immerse your heart and mind in God's presence and power. Not only will you receive strength in your journey to freedom (to worship God) but you also help others do the same.
There are three core things the Lord has called Fullness to do: mobilize prayer for revival in the greater DMV , equip believers to walk in the fullness of Christ, and create spaces where people can encounter Him . Of these, the most important is prayer. It is the foundation for all that God is doing now and will yet do. We are responding to this call in a few different ways: Every day, someone on our team is fasting and praying for revival in the DMV Sunday to Friday every week, we gather online to pray from 6:30am – 7am On the first Friday of every month, we gather in person to pray from 9pm to past midnight. In all these spaces, our cry is simple- We ask the Lord to visit this city with His power and glory. Let the King of glory come in (Psalm 24:7-10)! But why do we need to pray? Why does God require us to pray for what He already wants to do? While this short piece will not attempt to cover all the reasons why prayer is a necessary ingredient to seeing the move of God to the full extent possible, it will focus on one key reason: God asks us to do so. In Zechariah 10:1, the Lord says through His prophet: Ask the LORD for rain in the time of the latter rain. The LORD will make flashing clouds; He will give them showers of rain, Grass in the field for everyone (Zechariah 10:1 NKJV). Think about it. It is the time of the latter rain! The latter rain is a term that can be interpreted to signify the outbreak of revival and the rain of the Spirit! Yet even though it is the time of the latter rain, the Scriptures instruct us to ask the Lord for rain. What we see here is that no season will come into being just by itself. Every move of God of earth must be birthed in prayer. We see the same parallel with regards to increasing the number of effective workers in the kingdom. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field" (Matthew 9:37-38 NIV). He is the Lord of the harvest. It is His harvest. Clearly, He is more vested in that we could ever be. Yet, He asks that we pray that the Lord of the harvest will send workers into the harvest. Are you getting the point? This is the mystery of prayer. This holy privilege to be co-workers with God. To be part of something that we can’t fully measure the impact on this side of eternity. Therefore, we are making our lives available to the Lord in response to this holy calling…to persist in prayer even when it is not easy or convenient; to remain in His presence until His fragrance rubs off on us and we can carry His reflection into the dark spaces of the earth. We continue for as long as He asks us to, until the revival of the Spirit sweeps across the breadth of the DMV area. Come, Lord Jesus.
