Australia Mission 2010 - Concord

GOD KNOWS

We ministered at Concord Community Hall tonight. My message came from Jeremiah 29:11, "I know the thoughts I think toward you…" The Holy Spirit brought me new revelation when I was reading this passage again. I realized God always knows the thoughts He thinks! That reality alone amazed me. I most certainly am not always aware of what I'm thinking.
At times, when I intentionally sit before the Lord to meditate on Him, my "to do" list runs through my mind. Minutes pass before I even know the thoughts I think.
At the Concord Community Hall I tried to express what the Holy Spirit showed me—how the Spirit increased my understanding of the enormity of God's knowing. How God's knowing is like a weaving of eternal threads! The people received the word and responded. Some told me they had "ah ha" experiences, others expressed a shift in their thinking that they believed would manifest in healing. Alleluia! Then came the prayer ministry with Ed, Sally and Tim.
L. came first. I'm so glad I asked her, "Have you received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?" She had not. I prayed with her and she received the Holy Spirit, emotional healing and power to overcome her circumstances.
S., strikingly beautiful inside and out, had a frozen shoulder and showed me her swollen arthritic hands. Her palms and fingers had a general redness with white areas around the joints; finger motion was restricted and painful. I clearly remembered from my own history the terror arthritis brings. I often sense satan lurking in the shadows when someone with arthritis asks me for prayer, but I'm more aware of the Presence of the Holy Spirit and the power of the Blood of Jesus Christ that healed me.
As I prayed in the authority of the Name of Jesus, S. experienced relief and repeatedly opened and closed her fingers to demonstrate what God was doing. Then S. began to roll her frozen shoulder. She noticed relief and lifted her arm saying, "I couldn't do that before!" Jesus touched her and we hadn't even prayed for her shoulder. Our dearest Jesus continues to reveal His mercy to us! Deliverance, emotional and physical healings—Jesus did it! There isn't time to list all of the healings. Yes, God KNOWS the thoughts He thinks toward us, for good not evil.
I want to know more about the thoughts God thinks toward me, don't you? To make it easy for us, He's written them down in the Bible. God bless you, I'm off to read God's Word!