Encounters From the CommunionFire Surfside Gathering

October 14th Tuesday Evening at the Surfside Beach Gathering - All this in one night - Are you kidding? We looked for CommunionFire in Philippians and then had Communion. This is what Jesus prepared for us and fed us with in the Bread and Wine of the CommunionFire where we encountered his Glory and Grace!

Camille: In the eating of the Bread of His Body I heard a whistle and then piccolos right here by my right ear and then while drinking the precious Blood I heard a full scale marching band playing praise to the Lord "Rejoice!

Sharon: Ingesting the Bread of the Body of Jesus I saw a window (as if inside looking out). Then drinking in the Wine of Jesus' Blood while looking out the window I saw the "Resurrected Jesus"!

Bob: Eating the Bread of Life it was as though I looked up and saw an eye in the night sky (as if the right eye of the Lord - 'He has his eye on us') and then drinking in the Blood of Life I heard the choir of crickets + the sound of the wind. It was like a worship concert! 

Mary: While having the broken bread of His Body I saw the choir of angels again and the peace of the Lord filled me. Then while drinking the fruit of the vine I saw the Sword of Salvation. (It was the same sword I saw when I was a little girl and at different times in my life. It has a jeweled handle.) 

Sue: My 40 Days With Jesus 
The Night Jesus said, "You will have a visitor for dinner!"
"Blessed Insurance - Jesus is Mine!"

Sue shared a wonderful story. This was a time in her Christian experience when she found herself in the presence of the Lord for 40 days and nights. 

She said, 'I became like a kitten. People couldn't hear me when i spoke. I wanted nothing to interrupt my communion with Jesus. I don't quite know how it happened but one day I was sitting on my porch and I saw a wave coming towards me. It got to me and splashed over me and engulfed me. For the next 40 days this happened everyday. I learned that Jesus was sweet and kind and always loving. He has feelings that we can't even understand but He totally understands how we feel. He became my friend and companion. I'm sure some of my close friends thought i had lost my mind but really I found it. During this time He told me that I was to have a visitor at dinner. In my heart I felt like He was saying that He, Jesus, was coming to my door to have dinner with me.

"I didn't know quite how to prepare. I don't know a thing about how to prepare a dinner for a King, much less the  King of Kings! I thought what should I prepare. Something I've never prepared before! As it got closer to dinner I didn't feel prepared. The sense of His coming to my house got stronger and stronger so I sat my oldest daughter down and explained to her, 'I jut wanted to tell you something. I think Jesus is coming to our house for dinner tonight. If for some reason I disappear, know that I am with Him.' I didn't want to scare her but I wanted someone else to know. (I wondered if maybe He was coming to take me home to heaven. I wasn't sure what to think. i didn't know what to wear or what to cook so I just washed my face. Somehow that seemed like the right thing to do. Then, of all things I cooked meatballs and gravy. I never made it before and have never made it since.

Just as the meal was done I heard a clear knock at the door! That must be Him! That must be Jesus. I scrurried to the door. I had washed my face but I hadn't changed my clothes. Dinner was ready and so, I opened the door!

It was an old gentleman. When I recognized him, I realized he was my insurance man. My insurance man? Really Lord? (I thought to myself why the insurance man Lord? Do you want me to witness to him?) 

We sat down and went over the needed premium that my husband was paying. That was it! He left and didn't even have dinner! 

What was the Lord saying? 

He paid the price for an insurance policy He had taken out on me because He loved me and wanted to make sure I have everything I need, now and in eternity. When He paid the price for me and died for me, I was the beneficiary! I inherited eternal life as well as the promise that I am to be His Bride. He provided all of His promises including salvation and the Holy Spirit and He made me an official partaker of His divine nature. He made me a citizen of His eternal Kingdom and told me He went to prepare an address for me. (He said, "If it wasn't so, I would have told you!") I realized the visit of the insurance man was just a type and shadow of who I answered the door to many years before. Jesus did come to dinner in my heart and then He invited me to His Table to dine with Him forever. Its as if He was reassuring me that, "One day soon you will receive the full inheritance and we will be together forever."

I know He means it because He loves me that much; not because I love Him (even though I do) but because He wants to spend eternity with me and share all of heaven with me. My Jesus is the lover of my soul. He desires me. His desire for me floods my heart with joy unspeakable. The more I'm aware of how much He wants to be with me, the more aware I am of how much I want to be with Him.

40 days is but a flicker of the candle in comparison to eternity and that day is coming soon! That 40 days, though, gave me enough of a taste of what it is like to anticipate being with Jesus and in His presence every day, all day without any clocks or calendars. Jesus is waiting for each one of us every day 24/7. He provided His Table as a place where He waits for us. All He wants to do is share His presence, His life, His love and blessings! We bring nothing to the table but ourselves. We come empty handed and open handed to receive anything He has prepared for us. One day He feeds us lamb and another day its like popcorn. Whatever He has provided for us will never grow stale and it continues to nourish us until He raises us up in the last day. It is the kind of food we will feed on forever. His blood, the wine, is what floods our hearts until they overflow with righteousness, peace and joy. 

"Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine
O what a foretaste of glory divine..."  


ELEVATION CHURCH - Blessed Assurance - Awesome!