CommunionFire On Pentecost Under Surfside Pier

"Those who sleep among the sheep found treasures: Doves with wings of silver and feathers of gold."
Psalm 68:13

My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places on the mountainside, show me your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet (pleasant), and your face is lovely (our eternal home, the place of the sheep, comely… calming). Song 2:14


In CommunionFire the power of the Lord is there to exchange past memories for making new memories.

Jesus invited us to His Table to “Do this to remember Him”. He removes and heals past and present memories to create new ones.

The Flesh of the Lord feeds us with healing, revelation and supernatural strength. The power of the Blood refreshes us, awakening us to a new day in the Spirit. Communion connects us to The Lord and eternal life. As we eat and drink in what the Lord has for us. He continues to transform us in His glory from glory to glory.

“The Holy Spirit will show you all things and bring to your remembrance everything I have told you.” John 14:26 

I was led to share about the power of Communion to cut off tags that control our life unless they are detached from us. Like social networking, the enemy has been busy tagging you your whole life - like a bully. You may still wear tags from your childhood or even new ones placed on you this morning. "You're stupid, a failure, an idiot, no good, shameful, unworthy of the Lord and Communion?" These tags curse the work of the Cross and lie saying, “What Jesus did was not enough.” The Lord said that during Communion today He would be taking His pruning shears to cut the tags off of our lives that continue to plague us with doubt, fear and unbelief. The Lord promised to show His power today to those at His Table.

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Bob: In the bread I saw the Lord using the Sword of the Spirit to cut off the tag of my artificial intelligence (as if releasing me from a decayed, past way of thinking) so that I could more clearly have the Mind of Christ! Then in the wine I saw Jesus to my right on the beach - He appeared to be 500 feet tall and I heard the song from Psalm 48: "Great is the Lord” I learned this as a song at Solomon’s Porch Coffee House in 1972. Big brother in the Lord, Russ, taught from this Psalm and then about singing the Psalms because they were all songs written on Mount Zion.  43 years later I “remember” the same song but now Jesus is 500 times bigger and greater! Now I know and believe He has the power to cut off my artificial intelligence! Alleluia! 

So in my encounter today, Jesus 1) created a memory with me today by cutting me free of artificial intelligence to allow me greater clarity of faith in having the mind of Christ and then 2) He gave me a glimpse of how much our relationship had grown from a specific “remembrance” from 43 years ago! Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance of Me” and that He would send the Holy Spirit to bring all things to our remembrance when we respond to His invitation to have Communion. When we “do this’ then He “does that”! 

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Ronnie: In the bread of life saw huge banners in her life being cut down and one was depression. Once cut down Jesus crumbled them up in his hands and threw them away from me. (When Jesus cuts down the huge tag of depression, crumples it up and throws it away, Ronnie was set free to enjoy His constant joy!) In the precious Blood I heard a song from my past too. It was "Peace I Leave with you my Friends." In Communion the Lord makes our memories new again. He re-creates memories with us from our past and new memories in the present and even ‘shows us things to come’ 

“The Holy Spirit of truth comes to guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is to come.” John 16:13! 

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Karen: Eating the Bread of Life I heard the words, "I am the wind beneath your wings." I thought, “Hey! That was a song too! By Bett Midler I think.” It was very windy during Communion and the Lord said He was the wind that lifted me up. Then drinking from the Cup of Salvation; “With my eyes closed, I didn’t see the birds but just the shadows of 2 birds." Someone said they opened their eyes about that time for a split second and saw two birds physically hovering over top of Karen in the strong wind. 

Karen was reminded by the presence of wind about the power of the Holy Spirit to lift her up! The bird shadows seen with eyes closed is the Lord planting an image of the activity of the Holy Spirit to set us free from what we might see in the natural that seeks to control us. “Two” sometimes indicates a “double portion”. 

Like the day of Pentecost “the mighty wind and tongues of fire” The Holy Spirit is the wind that carries us and leads us and He is seen in the images of a dove and tongues of fire. 

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Joe: Said in the Body of Christ He got his “super peace”. The Lord is constantly feeding Joe with His supernatural peace in CommunionFire. It is not peace that the world gives. In effect He cuts off the weight and tags of this world and replaces it with His peace. Then after drinking the wine, He opened his eyes and saw a single cloud that right in front of him morphed into a perfect shape of a bird!  (When Joe said this someone blurted out, “Joe - look there is not a single cloud in the sky!" (It was perfectly blue). The Holy Spirit seems to appear out of nowhere for a quick visit. Seeing a natural miracle can create a supernatural event in our hearts. In the Song of Solomon we see the Holy Spirit, like a dove in His place of rest, the shadow of the Cross: cleft of the rock is the hiding place on the mountainside. He meets us there, in CommunionFire, to open our eyes to see Jesus and to open our ears to hear His voice! 

His voice is sweet and His face is lovely! His presence brings peace that passes understanding. In CommunionFire to see Him and hear His voice for a moment is enough to feed us all day long for the rest of our life! We see and hear and He creates a memory that will last forever.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33

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Mary: Said after partaking of the Body she saw two tags - "worry" and "perfectionism". The Lord cut them off of her. The weight of them was gone now. In the Wine of the Covenant of Jesus' Blood, The Holy Spirit comforted her saying, 'Steve is okay'. Steve is her husband.

When the Lord cuts us free from things that imprison us He opens the doorway to a whole new view. He specializes in making all things new. He leads us from darkness imposed on us into the light of His glory and grace. When He does He immediately continues to bring relief and comfort from those things that would otherwise, “worry” us. He frees us from the false power of self-created strength to have His power. We let go and He takes the lead.  

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Someone else shared, "Hey y'all. This is Pentecost Sunday!  So no wonder we are experiencing the power of the Lord to set us free, feeling the wind of His Spirit and seeing birds in the sky and in the shadows! 

They got a message from the Lord, "The Lord showed me that I find my identity by the tags I live with everyday! He said He could cut them from me and would if I wanted Him to. He also said, “But also understand that, when I remove them, there will be changes in your life." They told the Lord that they weren’t sure they were ready for that. 

We prayed and shared. We prayed that the Lord would give us all the reassurance we could live "tag-free". Then I felt led to share from a scripture I had randomly opened my Bible to:

Song 2:1-4
She: 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
He: 2 Like a lily among thorns is my darling among the young women.
She: 3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. 4 Let him lead me to the banquet hall, and… 

Let his banner over me be His love.

The Bride says she finds her identity like a rose among lilies in the valleys (of the shadows of the Cross). She has been ‘tinted by His blood’ to look like a rose. His Blood was shed because He loves us that much. Then He says He sees us as “a lily among the thorns” of other young women. He identifies us in the midst of all others. Then the Bride sees Him as a fruitful apple tree (very visible) in the forest of all other men. The Bride finds delight only in His shade (the shadows of the Cross where we feed on the fruitfulness of His victory there). We taste, see and know how great His goodness is. The Bride’s heart is surrendered to follow Him; but where? Where does He lead? The Bride says, 'Lead me to your banquet and (the only tag she will ever need) is that His Banner over her is “LOVE”. And so it will be forever! 

This tag that replaces ALL others! 

The only tag we need is “The Love of Jesus”! 

While we were sharing a man stood tall in the sunlight behind Joe. As we were finishing, He said, 'I must share, may I?" I asked, "What is your name sir?" He said Thomas. 

He was so excited and couldn't wait to speak to us. He said I was in an accident and was left for dead. I was in a coma for six months and Jesus said one word, "Now"! He spoke loud and strong and in that one word I could hear His intentions. “You cannot come to heaven now. I have a purpose for you on earth. You must go back.” 

It’s like the crumb of bread and sip of wine in Communion. When Jesus consecrates it through our thanksgiving and request for His blessing, one crumb becomes has resurrection power to raise us up with Him. One sip may be one word that becomes a lifetime, first hand witness of God's power in redeeming us! Thomas was overjoyed to share with us. 

We declared the Apostle's Creed and Joe and Ronnie shared the prayer of St. Michael. It was a very powerful Pentecost Sunday!

The Way of Pentecost: You who are born of the Spirit should walk in the Spirit so as not to fulfill the 'tags' of the flesh for as many as are led by the Spirit, they are the sons and daughters of God. Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to baptize us into a Spirit-filled life, filled to overflowing with all gifts, blessings and promises and the Fire of Communion with Him. We break the natural bread and drink the natural wine that by His blessing becomes His Flesh and Blood. By this meal we feast on His presence and what He has prepared to share with us. We ask and He gives us our daily, "Day-To-Day" Bread; the bread of His glory He has prepared in order to share His life and love and passion with us, personally, one-on-one as 1st hand witnesses. In His glory we are transformed from glory to glory! Halleluiah! Amen... "Communion ignites us each day to live in the Spirit!" How about you? 

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