We recognized God romancing us; we followed Him into His Holy Chambers; we embraced Him and we became pregnant with the heart of Gods love for our region! Recently we gave birth. After much travail, we labored and birthed the next season of our ministry! It is more than an incredible honor to serve people; it is an incredible honor to recognize that we truly are HIS BRIDE! You want to know who will be walking in power and inheriting the earth? Peacemakers. Peacemakers will be inheriting the earth, family and friends. True humility in the seeking of unity will be the very first stepping stones God will be revealing to those who are His Bride!
He said He is returning for a Bride without spot and blemish. What could create spots and blemish on something that is HIS? Well, what did He say was the greatest gift of all? LOVE! And He said they will know you by your love for one another not your love for Him; your love for one another! The time of competition mentality is over. The time of fear and church as a business will soon be coming to an end! He has declared "in this next great move I will reveal myself as Father like never before, I will return Family back to the church, and I will blur the lines of denomination through Unity!" These are the three mandates of The Barn (formerly Friday Night Light).
God has told us He is done with corporate church and He is done with church as a business even if it has an element of family. He said "it is to be a Family with an element of business." He showed us "the family model" and He told us "this model must permeate every aspect and minor ministry of The Barn, if we ever loose it we will become just another religious organization!"
The Barn is marching forward, dancing in the Hand of our Groom! We have embraced the heart of the Father and we are determined to be servant leaders to the churches around us and even the world. We are determined to love the samaritans, to see His body as one body with many organs functioning together! We are sold out to submitting ourselves one to another and determined to let the loyalty of Family reign, even in hard times. God is doing a new thing, that's really a return to the old. All those who adhere to old ways that have created walls, division, fear and separation will come crashing down with the removal of these old mindsets. He is hitting the reset button and the word on that button is UNITY! Anything that doesn't jive with this new model will be wiped away like dust from a glorious gold crown.
He told me recently, "I (God) am not trying to mesh My Kingdom with earth; I am going to make new foundations where old have existed. Only My foundations will hold the heaven to earth model!" You will see this happening everywhere more and more; its nothing we have to try to do, God is doing it! Just like what's happening at The Barn is to no humans credit, It is the Lords alone, the days of the one man show are over! At His leading we have embraced a five-fold spiritual steering leadership model as well as many other coverings of counsel and accountability. Again, I will tell you, Humility will lead the way to the next steps in the next great move. I believe this is the entrance into the later rain, spoken of in His word. It is the purifying of the true remnant who are pioneering the way for a great harvest of souls in the days to come. They are the lowly bricks the harvest will tread upon to reach HIM! The Barn is only one of many who are hearing this call, a call to come and follow Him! WILL YOU DROP YOUR NETS AND COME AND FOLLOW HIM?
We are excited more than ever to see where this next season is taking us and we are seeking our Grooms desires. We want to know Him more and be known by Him! Join us any Friday as we deeply show our love for Him or join us any Sunday as we turn to Him and embrace His love for us, its all about encountering HIM, one moment with Him changes us forever!
Blessings and love,
Shane and Kara