I want to share something with you that is truly from my heart today; something that has
been working in me for many years. Thirty years ago, Debbie and I were serving as worship leaders and associate Pastors at Frostproof Tabernacle in Frostproof, Florida. Debbie was the Pastor's secretary and I worked a secular job. We had no children at the time, and we were seeking the Lord for our future. I also led one of 3 cell groups of about 35 people on Wednesday nights. God was using us. During this time the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart and said very clearly to me that I was to not take the Pastorate of several churches I had been offered, but when the time came, my assignment was to plant a church. So I set my sight on the goal of church planting and began focused prayer toward that end. During those times of prayer; however, the Lord would speak the name Okechobee to me. Over and over again the name Okechobee would come up in my spirit. I asked the Lord if He was directing me to plant a church there, His answer was no. Over and over this town would come before me, and again I would ask the Lord had I missed something. Again I knew I had not, I was NOT TO PLANT A CHURCH in Okechobee. One day I told Debbie,"this Saturday we are going to Okechobee",she asked, "what for"? I told her we were going there to pray and see what God would say to us. So that Saturday we took off and we arrived in Okechobee. It was smaller than I remembered as a boy growing up when we went there to camp and fish. But we drove up and down every street, North, South, East and West for 3 to 4 hours praying in the Spirit and in our known language. Every church we saw we would speak the blessing of the Lord over it. We declared that the revival fire of God would fall in that city. We prayed for souls to be saved. WE PRAYED! And then, something happened! The burdened lifted, we were free, and we went home and God never spoke to me of Okechobee again. NOT UNTIL..... Sometime in early 2000, maybe 2001, a man of God came to Word of Life, (the church we planted, by the way), and after several days of services, called me out. He told the ushers to hold me up and not let me fall. He began to prophecy over me and many things he said were things the Holy Spirit had said to me and he just was saying them again. But then this man of God said these words. "The influence of this house is not just for the city of Bartow. The anointing upon you and upon this house will spread to the Kissimmie Basin all the way to Okechobee." Well, I was pretty well blown away. Now fast forward to 2014. Without a lot of detail. I will tell you I met a friend,John, who introduced me to David, who is a Pastor of His Church In Okechobee. I went there a few months ago on a Wednesday and preached and had a wonderful time. They are beautiful people. I love them. They are so hungry for more. Now they have invited us to come again May 15, a Friday night, for a Holy Spirit service. Many of our members are going with me, muscians, singers, ushers, intercessors, etc. to help me. I will give a report after that meeting. But I have to tell you this is significant for us, this is 30 years in the making and I am so aware that God is in it. Please pray for me that I speak what I ought to speak, and do the things that are needed in that place for the glory of God. From My Heart, Pastor Dave Comments are closed.
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AuthorPastor Dave White is Senior Pastor of WOLCC, founded in April of 1995. Archives
November 2015
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