The Harvest Time Is Here

Notes from Our Worship and Prayer Service for the 40 Days of Hope 3-25-17

After the Worship Alma Patterson shared a scripture that the LORD gave her during the before prayer service, Amos 9:13, “’Behold, the days are coming,’ says the LORD, ‘When the plowman shall over take the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the mountains shall drip with sweet wine and all the hills shall flow with it.’” The emphasis being on this is the time of reaping. Then she shared a dream she had at an early age; in the dream she became aware that she was raised from the grave, startled by being resurrected with the grave before her and that Jesus was beside her. She was perplexity of having been summoned from the grave, with curiosity Alma looked to the LORD to see Him fan His arm and point to a large harvest of crosses. She was perplexed by the dream and often prayed for an interpretation. Earlier this evening she had shared her childhood dream with Jeremiah Leeper and realized the LORD was revealing that the harvest of crosses represented lives that the LORD had touched through her life. She explained that our impact on the harvest as revealed by the Spirit of the LORD is made possible by “Kingdom multiplication”. That the LORD accounts to us those souls that are touched and won by the souls we touch and win. She felt this was revealed to encourage us during the time of harvest, it is not about how many people we minister to and win to the LORD, it’s about discipling then the growth is exponential.

Then Pastor Chris Leeper shared how the news is reporting since all the rain and snow we’ve had in California that the drought is over but the politicians are reluctant for whatever reason to proclaim the drought over. Since the drought is over it is time for the harvest to begin, he shared from Ezekiel 37 on the vision of the dry bones that GOD brought back to life as a great army. He restored the sinews, flesh, and skin but it was not until He breathed the breath of life into them that they became living beings. He shared how today the Body of Christ is full of dry bones and that GOD is bring them back to life because He is raising up a great army for the harvest.

Lisa Williams shared how during the harvest the workers worked 24/7 to bring in the harvest, that it was the hardest and busiest time for farmers and the workers were always on call.

Hadassah Peterson shared from Amos 9:11-15 and Ezekiel 37:15-28 how GOD was not only restoring Israel but this was about Jesus bringing in the Gentiles to His Eternal Kingdom, making one Body of Christ from Jew and Gentile. She also shared a vision GOD gave her similar to Ezekiel’s vision of the dry bones, in hers the bones were in piles by type of bone. A pile of arm bones a pile of leg bones, etc. And that the LORD took bones from each pile to make the new man, this is representative of the churches taking on certain functions while limiting or eliminating other functions. During this time of the great harvest Christ will be realigning His Body to reflect the fullness of who He is! So that He will be Head of one unified Body of Believers.

Several people prayed along these lines, when I prayed I shared that there was a group of believers who for several years took this time, Lent, and prayed and fasted for The LORD of the harvest to send out labors to the harvest according to Jesus’ command to the disciples, Matthew 9:37-38, and that when Pentecost happened they became the harvesters; and that now that the drought was over it was time for us the Body to begin the work of the harvest. That when there was a large harvest they had to work to get it in before the next rain came and ruined the crop or the sowers would overtake the reapers.

During the time all this was going on Ben and Deborah Monson’s son Samuel fell while climbing and landed on his head and neck. He was in pain, had a fever and wanted to sleep so they were taking him to the ER. This did not happen at the service. Lisa Spicer was texting with Deborah and sharing with us what was going on so we prayed for healing, grace and peace for Samuel and the family. Later before we took communion Lisa shared that Samuel was feeling better and was hungry. We Bless You Father for your love and mercy demonstrated by Your power and grace.