We have just attended a prophetic weekend in Harstad, in the Northern Norway. People from Vesterålen, Harstad, Bodø and even Trondheim were gathered to seek the Lord, to wait upon him and listen to his voice together. Certainly, we were not disappointed! From the first gathering Friday night to the last gathering Sunday morning the prophetic Spirit of God moved among us. I believe that all of us were touched by the presence of God and the working of the Holy Spirit in our midst. So many people prophesied, sharing visions and bringing words of encouragement and instruction.
We are indeed living in the age of the Spirit, as the Spirit is poured out on all people, causing young men to see visions, old men to dream dreams, young and old men and women to speak the word of the Lord. I am so thankful to the Lord for being alive today and being allowed to serve him in days of his power and fire!
Category: Journal
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A prophetic weekend in Harstad
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A prophetic company
We are having a two days prophetic seminar at Jaipur Covenant School and I am very encouraged after we have finished the first day. We are really meeting with a prophetic company. Actually the Living Christian Fellowship in Jaipur is itself a prophetic company and we are meeting with the very cream of that company. As we were worshipping together the prophetic Spirit of the Living God came upon us. Solveig was the first one to start prophesying. She was exuberant as she was proclaiming the word of the Lord. Her prophetic word released a stream of encouraging prophetic words and visions. I was not able to teach what I had planned. The prophetic anointing was so powerful among us that I just had to prophesy the word of the Lord to this prophetic company.
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God is at work in Nepal
Our trip to Nepal is about coming to an end. We have been meeting believers in Kathmandu and Hetauda mainly, but also some from remote villages in this area. They are all reporting that God is at work. They are seeing people come to Christ, being baptised and added to the covenant communities. Believers are being filled with the Spirit, speaking in tongues and operating in spiritual gifts. The political situation is somehow unstable, but the Kingdom of God is fast advancing in this former Hindu kingdom.
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Enjoying Thamel
We arrived
in Kathmandu yesterday after a long journey from Rajahmundry via New Dehli and
we rested in the hotel. This morning Henry came to see us and we went to Thamel
which is a famous shopping area in the middle of Kathmandu. I like walking in
the narrow streets, almost bursting with
life. It is quite crowded with people, cycles, bikes, cars and rickshaws moving
in all directions. Here we find shops of
all kind, but they are all different from the shops in the West. First of all
they are normally very small. Then they are overloaded with goods. And there is
little light because of power cuts. I have done no shopping today, only Solveig
bought one shawl. The main purpose of going to Thamel today wasn’t shopping but
fellowshipping.
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On the way to Nepal
We are now leaving Rajahmundry for Hyderabad and New Dehli. Tomorrow (Thursday) we will go to Nepal for a two weeks visit. We have had a wonderful time with the group of young servants of God that God has brought us in contact with in Rajahmundry. In Nepal we will also spend most of our time with young people. God is raising up a new prophetic generation all over the world. I am so excited by what God is doing in our day. I am so grateful that I am able to serve God in a time like this. In Nepasl we spend most of our time with some new disciples in Kathmandu, but we will also visit Hethouda to spend time with young disciples there as well. I don't know if or how often we will be able to connect to the Internet while in Nepal, but I know that by the grace of God we will be able to stay connected to the Holy Spirit and what he is doing in this Himalyan nation.
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Be very careful, then, how you live
Today I have been reading Paul's letter to the Ephesians. I love that letter very much. I think it is best letter he ever wrote to the covenant communities. He gives us revelatory insight in the mystery of Christ and the eternal plan and purpose of God in the first three chapters and takes us down to earth in the last three chapters where he is teaching us the practical outworking of being in Christ and being a member of the new covenant community.
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God is in control
Today we have been together with about sixty leaders from all over India. These people are living under very difficult circumstances, very different from from our situation at home. Several of them have been facing persecution because of their faith and all of them have gone through many hardships as followers of Jesus Christ. Together we have been looking at the first chapter of the book of Daniel. This book is very relevant for the covenant community in India. The main message of the book of Daniel is simply that God is in control, even when you find yourself a prisoner robbed of all your civil rights.
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The taste of India
As I was enjoying my Masala Chai the waiter at the hotel asked me why the foreigners were so fond of the Masala Chai, I had to think twice before I gave an answer. The first answer I game up with was simply that it is different. However, I was not pleased with that answer myself, so I had to think once more and came up with this one: We like Masala Chai because it is the taste of India! I love Masala Chai in all the many different tastes in which it comes, there is nothing like it. It is the taste of incredible India.
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Arriving in India
Early this morning we arrived at the airport in New Dehli. It was warm inside the terminal. We came from real winter weather in Bergen and snow was pouring down. Our flight was cancelled. The next flight we were put on was delayed. But praise God for the good service of SAS at Copenhagen, they took us by car through the entire airport to the departing gate. The gate were about to close, but we was able to reach in time.
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Retreat with young families
I have been unconnected to Internet for the last few days, but I have not been disconnected to life. During this weekend Solveig and I have hosted sixteen persons at the house in the forest for a prophetic retreat. We have thoroughly enjoyed every moment. Solveig has been very busy with food and all the practical things, but in spite of that she has also taken active part in sharing insight and bringing prophetic words. This weekend I have not taken much part in the practical work, but I have been talking or to put it in a nicer way, I have been in dialogue with the young people all the time, sharing and receiving spiritual insight.