December 8, 2014 Crossing Over Into The Miracle Of Unity

Direct from our journal this morning - Can't make this stuff up!

"CROSSING" INTO UNITY OF FAITH - When the Lord chooses to cut us free from predisposed personal issues of faith in Communion it is part of the purging of all that are toxic to His plans. At the same time His fire purifies what He wants us to see and hear more clearly. We must come to the Table of the Lord with nothing in our hands. That includes our thinking, background, disposition or concepts. We do not come to His Table to worship in theory and concept but rather in Spirit and in Truth.

This morning as an evangelical, charismatic, communionfire couple the Holy Spirit gave Camille and I an encounter that sounds much more Orthodox or Roman Catholic than what defines those of our ilk. We can no longer afford to be defined by our "pet traditions, constitutions and legislated spirituality". We must become defined by Jesus, His heart and the work of the Holy Spirit to bring to our remembrance those things that He wants to share with us. Our encounter this morning can be defined only as miraculous. We know because we were there. The following is our witness to His Testimony to us. 

"IMAGES" 12/8/14 In CommunionFire this morning with Camille

Bob: Eating the Bread of Life I saw statue of beautiful Mother Mary (I heard myself say, “Even as a statue you are beautiful Mary – I love you!”) Then I saw a statue of Jesus – He looked strong and manly and gentle and kind at the same time.

Then as I drank from the cup I heard, “13:16” then “Matthew 13 you know verse 16?” I said , “No I do not know but I will.” (I wrote the bread and the cup encounters in my journal) Then Camille shared.

Camille: Eating the Body - (I had immediate Peace) "His Peace" was “shed” on me. Like a child wearing a sheet pretending to be a ghost. Jesus continually covered me with "His Peace" - not as the world gives. 

Then in the precious blood, “I said Lord I want to see you!” Then immediately I remembered the painting by the little girl of Jesus - and I love that picture. 

The Message from the Holy Spirit: "Images Not Idols" 
Inspired to Express Worship of the Lord In Spirit and Truth 
and to Experience His Peace that passes all understanding (Not as the world gives)

OVERFLOW (After Communion we share what we encountered or what our experience was in the CommunionFire - that is - the presence of the Lord.) By doing this we share with each other what He has given to us.

Bob: When I saw the statue of Mary and of Jesus my 'Anabaptist/Protestant mindset tried to 'flag it' but the Holy Spirit directed me even stronger. When He gave me a scripture in the wine I had no idea what Matthew 13:16 was. As you read it - think about what He showed me in the bread (means while I was eating the bread). 

Matthew 13
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear. 17 For truly, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The Holy Spirit gave me this phrase, "Image not idols" and also made me think of the beautiful Greek, Russian and other Orthodox Icons (that were designed to preach the Gospel to those who could not read.) It was inspired or even if you will "holy" artwork. The same encounters we are experiencing and try to illustrate in this blog happen to artists who are inspired by the "fire of the Holy Spirit" to create worshipful artworks. (Later I looked up the word "Image" and the word in 2 Corinthians 3:18 is Eikon (where we get the word Icon and it also means statue) 

The painting of Jesus Camille saw is by Akiane Kramarik and it is titled “Prince of Peace”

She had experienced a powerful enveloping of peace from the Lord in the Bread and then in the wine saw the painting. She had no idea it was titled, "Prince of Peace"! Also it was "inspired artwork" or an Icon of what a little girl had been shown by the Holy Spirit.

This is what we believe happens to us when we have Communion and the word "Glory" is what we mean by describing the "Fire" in "CommunionFire":

"17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 
18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit." 
2 Corinthians 3:17-18

Click here for CommunionFire Blog Notes for this post: http://www.communionfire.com/communionfire-blog-notes/december-8-2014-gearing-up-for-2015-the-miracle-of-unity (Includes Notes from Dr. Italy on The Feast of The Immaculate Conception for Non-Catholics and from St. Anselm 800 years ago. Also, from The Order of the Ark Community - The Miracle of Unity II)