To the Church in Port Jefferson

To the Church in Port Jefferson -Grace and Peace to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who is the beloved of God and men, the source of all life, the greatest of all joys and the fullness of all happiness now and forever.

May you fulfill every aspect of your eternal calling as an open door, a city of refuge and an oasis for the bride of Christ, which is the church, the sheep of the Great Shepherd from whom all folds and nations draw their breath. See to it that you guard and cherish this honor and great responsibility - neglecting not the call to pray for her and for those who are yet being extended the invitation to enter The Door. Remember that it is the Father’s heart to gather them all and His desire is that not one should perish. Though they may be babes in Christ, they are a queen in the Kingdom - predestined to reach the fullness of glory and maturity. Be gentle yet firm with those the Lord gives to your care lest they stumble over stones of unrighteousness. May wisdom, love and compassion crown you all the days of your life. What you have received freely, give freely.

Many will come to eat at the Lord’s Table with you who are battered, bruised and broken with the wounds of Mephibosheth. Have mercy on them as your father David did. Their pleasure and your reward will be great as you bring them before the Kindness of God, the Great Dispeller of Shame, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Truly, I give thanks for you and never cease to be amazed at your lovingkindness, generosity and respect for simplicity. The Holy Spirit delights to hover over you and draw you into the Heart of the King. The Angels rejoice with you in your love for the Glorious One. Your spirit of gentleness invites the alien, the outcast, the fatherless and the widow to rest. Continue to enjoy the fullness of who they are - a gift in truth. Those very seeds of love and affection that you lavish upon them will be multiplied to you a hundred fold in return. Do not fear nor fret over the source of provision for the work you have been invited into – including a tent of meeting. “Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord.”

Your concern for fellowship reflects the call upon you to enter into relevant and impacting relationships with the beloved. You have your Father’s heart. Remember, you are the guardian of another Man’s Bride. Treat her with care. Bind up her wounds from prior violations. Relieve her from the yoke of injustice. Wash her with the word, cleansing her from her sins that she may be presented pure and spotless before the Tender, Righteous King. Continue to be genuine - allowing those whom the Father calls to come without fear of prejudice, unacceptable attire or any other false and religious yoke that would otherwise harm them. I rightly perceive that Our Lord trusts you with this charge and His friendship Is offered freely. May your joy be that of the bridegroom’s friend who exults at the joyful noise of the Bridegroom receiving His costly inheritance in blessed and fruitful union.

You are a family of friends, a friend to families and beloved children of the Father, the Great and Mighty Lord over Creation and Captain of the Hosts, the Awesome and Exalted King of kings who reigns forever and ever. Amen. Be blessed, be joyful, have great fun, laugh profusely and dance in freedom. May your worship rise abundantly as a sweet aroma before the Beautiful One. Mourn for the lost and the lonely. Sing a dirge for the broken and fatherless that will not turn to their Father in heaven. Cry out to the Lord day and night for justice in the land. Give Him no rest. Receive the Lord’s sustenance as you enter in to the labor of both the plowman and the reaper. Spontaneity and adventure is your best friend as you risk all to offer the life of the Man Christ Jesus to those near and abroad.

The Holy One of Israel knows your birth pain and the force of your labor. However, there is profound grace extended to you to honor your mother church and those who have labored for your salvation and security. The reward shall be a fruitful womb for those whom He will freely birth through you. May you bring forth many children and may they call you blessed. Remember that seeds must fall to the ground and die before they bring forth the abundant life they were destined to bear. Be not afraid of the winds of change, for the Lord your God is Lord over all. Like Mary, you’ll know the pain of carrying the Holy Seed – the Word of God- to fruition under the auspices of shame and ridicule, but the treasure is greater than all the earth or even creation itself. Your portion is the Beloved One Himself.

Transparency in the midst of adversity is one of your greatest gifts. It pleases the Lord greatly when those whom he has called into leadership remain humble, honest, obedient and open before the Lord and before their own. May you joyfully embrace the heart of a servant – like the eunuch serving Esther, revealing the delights of the King to his future Queen. May you produce a rich harvest of servant-leaders in the likeness of our Humble King, The Lord Jesus Christ who disrobed and tied upon Himself the garments of meekness in order to tend to the feet of His disciples. Be honored that the Lord knows you and has invited you to participate in the fellowship of His sufferings as well as the power of His Resurrection.

In awe and confident faith, behold the unfolding of His awesome end- time plans- the great display of the Almighty One, The Fiery Zealous Lover, merciful in justice and glorious in strength. It is a fearsome honor to which you have been invited to participate in. Though the sword may pierce your heart, the flow will provide powerful nourishment for the vineyard He has planted you in. May the Great Vinedresser drink deeply of the sweet, rich fruit of His labors.

Teach your young parents to cherish and honor the blessing of parenthood; valuing the gift of children as newly birthed worshippers of the Lord of Heaven and Earth. I ask the Holy One to endow you with wisdom and lovingkindness as you parent the fatherless. May you lavish them with love as the Heavenly Father has lavished His love upon you. May you lavish them with delightful laughter as you have been endowed with the laughing heart of the Father who enjoys His children fully and deeply. Teach your young to honor their fathers and mothers that they may have long life in the land so that the curse of Malachi 4 may be broken and they may become a blessing; turning the nation and this present generation back to their Father God.

May you swim playfully in and drink deeply from the river of life where the streams of denominations past converge, running speedily toward the open ocean of God’s Love. In the Holiness of unity, share the love of God with the many houses of worship that are consecrated as families in God. Let your gifts mingle with theirs, and they in turn shall also pour into you honor and friendship. Although you will and already do know the bitter taste of abandonment, judgment and betrayal, the sweet wine of communion with the Bridegroom and His Bride will be an antidote for your souls and the tool He uses to uproot any residual bitterness so others will not be defiled and you will be richly blessed. Love and commitment toward the “one new man” is costly, yet it is also a delight to the Lord. Behold, He is the Balm of Gilead.

May the Sun of Righteousness rise upon you with healing in its wings. May the gifts of healing flow abundantly through you to all those whom the Father is working with even now. May you have an open heaven and an open door into the bedchamber of the King. May you be endowed and imbued with power to preach the gospel. May you be anointed with the keys of authority to unlock hardened hearts to receive the Father’s great Love and loose them from the chains of oppression. May He give you strong arms of love that extend forgiveness to those who are shackled by sin and skillfully lead them from their prisons. Tenderly remove the scales that cover their sight that they may behold the beauty of the Lord.

May the first commandment always be first in your hearts and minds. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and strength. To the generation that proceeds from you, impart the principles and priorities that you hold so dear: Love God with all that you are and Love one another truly, deeply and unreservedly. Love the word as a lamp unto your feet; neglect not your gifts of intimacy, worship, prophecy – which is the testimony of Jesus, intercession and compassion. Break them as bread for the masses. What you give away joyfully and generously, God will certainly multiply - lavishing His goodness and mercy upon you. Forget not the lonely and abandoned. Be a home for the homeless, a shelter for the outcast and a welcome mat to a jaded generation – so that the lost may fearlessly enter in.

May you rest in the tender affection of your Father - fully loved, fully pleasing –unable and unwilling to strive- moving fearlessly to the rhythms of the Lord of the Dance- knowing that it is the Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom. May Isaiah 58 breathe through you always. And finally, may you be an alabaster vial of worship extravagantly lavished upon the feet of the King in adoration and thanksgiving.

Isaiah 58 – from “The Message” - 6 "This is the kind of fast day I'm after: to break the chains of injustice, get rid of exploitation in the workplace, free the oppressed, cancel debts. 7 What I'm interested in seeing you do is: sharing your food with the hungry, inviting the homeless poor into your homes, putting clothes on the shivering ill-clad, being available to your own families.
8 Do this and the lights will turn on, and your lives will turn around at once. Your righteousness will pave your way. The God of glory will secure your passage. 9 Then when you pray, God will answer. You'll call out for help and I'll say, 'Here I am.' A Full Life in the Emptiest of Places "If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people's sins, 10 If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. 11 I will always show you where to go. I'll give you a full life in the emptiest of places - firm muscles, strong bones. You'll be like a well-watered garden, a gurgling spring that never runs dry. 12 You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, rebuild the foundations from out of your past. You'll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again.
13 "If you watch your step on the Sabbath and don't use my holy day for personal advantage, If you treat the Sabbath as a day of joy, God's holy day as a celebration, If you honor it by refusing 'business as usual,' making money, running here and there - 14 Then you'll be free to enjoy God! Oh, I'll make you ride high and soar above it all. I'll make you feast on the inheritance of your ancestor Jacob." Yes! God says so!

The Covenant of The Call DC

The Covenant of The Call DC
September 2, 2000


Our Gracious Father and God of all, we thank you for bringing us as
united generations to Washington, DC to seek Your face and repent of
the sins of our respective generations and our nation through the
precious blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

We stand today with hearts united in faith that the Holy Spirit will
send forth heaven-birthed repentance and a mighty empowering to keep
the following covenants we renew in Your presence this day.

WE COVENANT to love You with all of our hearts, soul, mind and
strength forsaking materialism, sexual immorality, entertainment,
religiosity and all other idols that would detract from an extravagant
affection for you. In humility and led by Your Holy Spirit we will
keep communion with You and others in love, worship, prayer and the
Holy Scriptures.

WE COVENANT as fathers and mothers to wage a spiritual war in prayer
and fasting against a culture of death and violence in our nation that
has decimated the ranks of our children. We turn our hearts to all
children, born or unborn, in America, seeking to mentor them in a love
for God and into their God ordained destinies.

WE COVENANT as a new generation to turn our hearts in love, respect
and submission to our parents, teachers, pastors and national leaders
and all others in a position of God-given authority. We forgive all
those who were in such positions of responsibility when the enemy of
our souls released a culture of death on our generation through the
ravages of sexual immorality, abortion, drugs, divorce, and rejection.
We commit, however, to obey God rather than man, when laws of man
contradict the laws of God.

WE COVENANT to seek unity in the Body of Christ in our nation by
rejecting pride, insensitivity and prejudice and we pledge to sow
forgiveness, understanding and reconciliation.

WE COVENANT to promote a spiritual revolution in America by radical
pursuit of these covenants and the duties of citizenship not only
voting but praying for elected officials. We will pray for the peace
of Jerusalem and work for an America that blesses Israel in accordance
with the Word of God.

WE PLEDGE to boldly stand and act on the absolute truths revealed in
Your word but reject a religious, critical and judgmental spirit. For
Your mercy triumphs over judgment.

WE COVENANT to invade every arena of our culture with Kingdom love and
authority instead of abdicating our responsibility.

WE COVENANT to reclaim the historic call on this nation to send her
sons and daughters to the people groups of the earth, fulfilling the
Great Commission.

WE COVENANT to fast and pray for a great spiritual awakening in
America and the nations of the earth.

Together we pray that prayer removed from our public schools in 1962:
Almighty God we acknowledge our dependence on You and we beg Your
mercy on us, our parents, our teachers and our nation.


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