I am participating in an internship this summer called theLab. It is a school of the Spirit led by John Burton of Revival Church in Warren, MI. God brought John and his family here to Detroit from Kansas City, Missouri and now his heart burns with the mandate to raise up a company of believers to carry revival into the city.
Today, we enjoyed our first day in theLab internship. Wow! What an awesome first day! We started by praying in the Spirit, then got on our faces before the Lord. He started dealing with some things in a few of us and cries of repentance rose up. Then we were blessed to be prophesied over by an amazing woman of God. It was incredible to see God crack open some hearts and allow hidden dreams to spill out as He declared over them, “I see your dreams. I put them there, and it’s time to call them forth.”
I am so grateful and humbled to be part of such an amazing opportunity. I am anticipating challenge, stretching and growth on a personal level but also on a corporate level. I have never felt such a strong unity among a group of believers as I have with theLab staff and team. Some of these people I met for the first time today. But, already, they have a special place in my heart. I will be pulling for them in prayer that they will receive everything God has for them in this internship and that they will breakthrough, not just one level, but several!
And of course, the purpose of this internship is so much more than just growth in our relationship with the Lord. It is to become burning carriers of the Presence of God so we can carry encounter wherever we go.
I am tired of seeing darkness and despair hanging on people everywhere I go. There is heaviness and hopelessness on the majority of people, even many Christians. Enough of that. It is time to break through the darkness with the Light of Christ and bring deliverance and salvation to the multitudes.
I can’t wait to see what God is going to do here in Detroit. But, even more, I can’t wait to be part of it! Maybe you would like to join us!
