Good morning, Lord Jesus. Your name is the name above every name. And here in my heart I bow my knees and confess Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of the Father. …
“When they were seated before (Joseph), the firstborn according to the birthright and the youngest according to his youth, the men looked at one another in amazement. Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much of any of theirs. So they drank and were merry with him” (Genesis 43:33-34).
In one sense, all the tribes of Israel, from Judah to Benjamin, may speak of all the generations that have gone before us and that will come after us. Judah is first with his birthright, but Benjamin is last with his portion five times greater than any generation before him. And perhaps this speaks of a generation that will be young in our eyes, but mighty in Yours—gifted, anointed, empowered more than any generation as the last generation before the return of Christ.
If so, our part is to pray for them, teach them, help raise them up in the way they should go. We should help them be unhindered by the restrictions and fears, by the mindsets and traditions, by the disappointments and failures of our generations. We should get out of their way in every way You lead, while at the same time finding our way with them together. None can fulfill our calling and destiny apart from the other (Acts 2:17-18). But together we can drink deeply of Your Spirit and rejoice in Your Presence as we labor together in the greatest harvest to come before Your return for Your Bride (Matthew 13:30, 39).
One of my favorite times of our City-wide and Regional Strategic Prayer Summit this past weekend was the fathers’ blessing over the younger generation, Judah blessing Benjamin, and releasing this generation into ministry. Then they began to minister to us. We witnessed signs and wonders of the Spirit of God moving through their hands. We heard several testimonies of immediate freedom from pain as bodies and bones were readjusted by Jesus before our eyes! And what joy in the eyes of the young people, being blessed and anointed by God, released and encouraged in their own ministry in our city and region.
Lord, may the generations after us go farther than we have ever gone, do more than we have ever done, see more than we have ever seen. Pour out Your Spirit in greater measure for greater ministry upon the earth than we have ever known (John 14:12). And may we all be a part of all that You’re doing, as “this Gospel of the Kingdom” is “proclaimed to all the nations” of the earth before the day “the end will come” (Matthew 24:14). In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Friends, thank you for praying for us at our 2011 Greater Lexington Strategic Prayer Summit. It was incredible, as we came together in the bond of unity in the Spirit to seek the face and voice of the Lord together as one Church in our city and region. Together we experienced a measure of the Father's answer to Jesus' prayer, "that they may be one" (John 17:11). I pray the same for you and for your city and region, as we are united as one Body throughout all the earth. "There is one Body and one Spirit, ... one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all" (Ephesians 4:4-6). God bless you!
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