CommunionFire - A Double Portion in Murrells Inlet

A Double Portion in Murrells Inlet! We all took our experience from last week home to think about it, pray about it and write down some thoughts about it. 

Deborah shared hers last week because she left town and couldn't be there last night. She shared that when eating the bread she saw water running through a tunnel and the sunlight hit it to make it sparkle and then when drinking the wine, an archway she saw a clock. (As thought the river of life flows out from us and when others see it they see the (sparkle) the glory of God and the clock is God's timing as we walk through open doors the Lord places in front of us. 

Karen couldn't make it so she sent me a text about her experience just before we gathered... I want to share about my Communion at the LaMenas last week and how it played out this week.Bread felt like warm sweet fresh baked bread made with LOVE. WINE: I saw the ocean tide rising with waves of flames. Then during the week I saw a "heart hugged by angel wings"  LOVE. In thew WINE I heard the words, "LOVE LOVE THY NEIGHBOR." We had 4 new neighbors at my house Sunday for Communion! Then finally last night I started to read Romans in the Bible. I lost my place and my fan blew the pages, stopping at 1 Corinthians 13, LOVE! Would you read that tonight!? (I think there is a strong message for me in all this!) We did Karen and it played right into our experiences last night as well!  

The remainder of this journal entry will read with each person's description of their experience last week and then this week as I recorded it in the journal.

Bob: Last week - I saw Jesus on the "stoop" like row homes in Baltimore around Calvert Street and Mt. Royal. I was further toward downtown looking "uptown" from about a block away. Jesus was talking to 2 people. Then another saw him and came up to hear. Then others saw Him from a distance and walked up to Him and then neighbors looking out the window came outside and joined the growing crowd until it became a multitude to hear what Jesus was saying. Then in the wine I heard the song, "Bind us together Lord, Bind us together with chords that cannot be broken. Bind us together Lord Bind us together Lord Bind us together with LOVE!

Last Night: (My heart went right to Lori as if a prayer) In the bread I saw a small light like a fire in the distance and then as it came closer it was the presence of the Lord and He said, "My presence is real (as if the reality).Then in the wine I heard three times "Niamba Lee Li lo" and then the sound of a bubbling brook and then the sound of wind. The Holy Spirit said this is how you will teach her about the reality of the Lord's presence. "Teach everyone with their eyes closed to say "Niamba Lee Li Lo" and after repeating that at least three times have everyone make the sounds of a bubbling brook... and then then have them make the sounds of wind... and then say these are the sounds of the Spirit. When you pray you pray in a new language given by the Holy Spirit along with all the sounds of the Spirit like the "laughing, bubbling brook and like the gentle breeze to the mighty wind." (Then the Holy Spirit said, "Lori will love this!" (And we did this and Lori did love it!) 

Camille: Last Week - Jesus was up on top of a hill and He said to me, "Come on up here!" I did and then He said, "Are you ready?" Then He dressed me all in white like a bride and said, "I will make you white as snow!"

Last Night: I saw many images of Jesus as I ate the bread and then in the wine He said, "My blood was shed for YOUR sin!" (As if speaking directly to me personally). 

Ronnie: Last Week - (Twice I heard the Holy Spirit say, "Be my witness.") And in Communion last week in the bread I had 'super peace' and then I saw the hand of Jesus as though rays were coming from His fingers (His glory radiating) and He said, "Rest in Me." In a split second I heard Him say, "Its timeless." Then in the cup the Holy Spirit said, "Each of you is His treasure and each time we have Communion He polishes His treasure a little bit more." 

Last Night - In the bread I could see the Lord was happy. He whispered, "I love it when you talk about Me." (Speaking about all of us who had gathered) Then in the wine is was time to "listen to the quiet".

Joe: Last Week - I saw the twisted Cross made from debris in 9-11 lodged in a fence... it made me sad. Then in the wine He gave me deep peace.

Last Night: I saw a bird, perhaps a dove, fly past my field of vision very fast. Then in the wine He gave me deep peace.

Camille commented: "I know the Lord shares the sadness of 9-11 Joe and He wants you to know He is your peace.

Lori shared the story of her grandson Daniel who (at 3 1/2 years of age) announced with excitement and animation, "Jesus is extinct! BUT He's coming back!" (Our of the mouth of babes!)

Jim shared from his notes:

In the bread ......I saw a stream bed With Stones etc like you might see in an aquarium. I followed the stream bed and it lead to blue stick Figure people.

In the wine .......I walked down a long dark tunnel but I could see light ahead. I came to an opening and there was a huge cross on fire . 

My Interpretation of what I saw was.....That I hope and believe that both the bread and the wine show me a path I should follow despite the fact that the stream bed and the dark tunnel are hostile environments I must pass through. So the journey may not be easy. The light in the shape of a cross is Communion Fire and Jesus.

I was also taken aback by the stationary that was given to me to record my thoughts. I did not pay attention to it when it was given to me by Ronnie so I could write down what I saw....but when I wrote my interpretation I noted that at the bottom of the front was a picture of the Crucifixion with the sun setting which looked like fire in the background . 

Also the there was a quote from Isaiah 58:10 "And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry... then your light will rise in the darkness" . 

I'm not making it up ..... It's pretty amazing the very paper I'm writing on is testimony to what I saw in the wine. It also so happens that Lori's Church is feeding those in need this weekend . Should I spend myself on behalf of the hungry or is that just meant as spiritual hunger???

Last Night: In the bread he saw a flash of light then a staircase and in the wine saw Jesus (shoulders up) His head was huge - giant Jesus! He was BIG! 

There was much much more shared in the overflow! (He anoints our thoughts with the oil of revelation and the cup of our hearts overflow with His goodness and mercy!) 

We finished by singing, "Sometimes Alleluia" by Chuck Girard. (Note: I dreamed all night about worshiping the Lord in His glory!  I guess old men dream dreams after all! Praise the Lord!)

Make what you will of these but the Lord speaks to each of us in His own way. It is personal but it also is "living bread" so following our personal encounters or experiences we 'break the living bread He gives us' and share it with each other just like the loaf of bread, His Body, His Flesh. And like the cup filled with wine when we drink what the Lord gives us we are filled to overflowing so that the Living Water becomes like wine intoxicating us with the Love of Jesus and the reality He gives to us when He shares the life of His Spirit! 

So now - here in the blog the Lord continues to multiply the loaves of our fellowship with Him and one another - with you! When you read we hope you taste and see the goodness and mercy of His presence in our lives overflowing into your life!