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Sometime ago I asked Mary Wright,
Prayer Intercessor for WWGMI from Virginia to write an open letter
to Pastors and Church Leaders. I wanted you to read about her
experience with God during a Walking With God Ministries Revival
Crusade. Her experience with God is so dramatic I think it is
encouraging and refreshing for all who read it.
We still have some openings for
2006 so call our office and schedule your Walking With God Revival
Crusade or Journey to Intimacy Worship Conference (877-814-1860).
Steve Harbin, http:www.wwgministries.com,
email
stevewwgm@wwgministries.com
Open Letter from Mary
Wright:
Exactly five years ago, my
relationship with the Lord changed forever. Dr. Steve Harbin and
Walking With God Ministries International led a Revival Crusade at
Groveton Baptist Church, just south of Alexandria, Virginia. A
church that had once packed the 500-seat auditorium was struggling
to maintain 200 active members – most of whom were over the age of
50. Does this scenario sound familiar?
On the second night of the crusade, February 22, 2000, I heard
from God. We had been immersed in passionate corporate prayer,
seeking God’s will for our church, writing out our sins, and nailing
them to a wooden cross at the front of the church. God’s call was
clear: “Mary, you are to pray on the altar of your church daily,
until I call you home or call you elsewhere.” I did not
question such a direct and clear commandment from my Lord – I simply
obeyed. Every morning for the next 4 ½ years, I went to the church
sanctuary one hour before any activities began – 8:00 a.m. on
weekdays and Saturdays, 6:30 a.m. on Sundays. I asked the Lord to
provide me with prayer partners, and several began to join me each
day. We prayed for the protection and empowerment of our leadership,
for changed hearts, and for revival in our church.
Things changed. By the summer of 2004, a passionate group of
young people came to the church to begin a young adult ministry. We
became part of a prayer network that encircles our nation’s capital,
praying for spiritual awakening in America. We prayed for the Luis
Palau Festival that will be held on the National Mall in September
2005. We joined the Metro Area Multi-Church Prayer Meetings – which
are held quarterly in a downtown Baptist church. We joined 50
other churches to work with Convoy of Hope to bring food, services,
and salvation to our impoverished neighbors. We volunteered for
“Christ on the Mall,” supporting a day of Christian music,
preaching, prayer, witnessing, and free Bibles on the National Mall
every 4th of July. We were no longer “playing church.” We were on
mission with God.
The blessings were not confined to my church, however. For 20
years, I had struggled with Multiple Sclerosis, walked with a cane,
and felt constant vertigo. In May of 2002, I joined Walking With God
Ministries for a prayer retreat. As we gathered for our final prayer
circle, Dr. Steve Harbin suddenly said, “Mary, I have a word from
the Lord for you – do you want to be healed?” The moment I said
“yes,” I felt a wave of pure, divine love sweep over my body from
head to toe, releasing me from the numbness, vertigo, and crippling
effects of MS. From that day forward, I have been completely healed.
My story is just one of several miracles that my church family
experienced. When a church begins to pray, blessings begin to flow.
The Lord has now called me “elsewhere” – to a growing congregation
near Charlottesville, Virginia. I am to pray here as I prayed in
Northern Virginia.
The 4-part series, “A Journey to Intimacy with the Father,” could
very well transform your church and your ministry. I pray that each
one of you will take advantage of this series of worship experiences
led by Walking With God Ministries International. May you experience
what I experienced: new life, purpose and fruitfulness through the
power of intimacy in prayer.
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves
and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will
I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their
land.” (NIV, 2 Chron. 7:14) --Mary Wright, Palmyra, VA |