The following are words given by participants at the streamed meeting. 1 Corinthians 14:29 says that "Two or three prophets should speak, and the others weigh carefully what is said." 1 Thess 5:19-21 tells us not to despise prophecies, but to test everything and retain what is good.
Scripture Reading Psalm 63:1-5 - "O God, you are my God whom I seek; for you my flesh pines; and my soul thirsts like the earth parched, lifeless and without water. Thus have I gazed towards you in the sanctuary, to see your power and your glory. For your kindness is a greater good than life, my lips shall glorify you. Thus will I bless you while I live; lifting up my hands I will call upon your name. As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied, and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you."
Scripture Reading Psalm 103:1-5 - "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget none of his benefits; who pardons all your injury, who heals all your diseases; who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with loving kindness and compassion; who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle."
Prophecy - "My children, be in my presence. Feel the love I have for you. Feel the love that I'm surrounding you with. My children, I give you peace, I give you joy. Tonight I am giving you laughter. I'm giving you tears, tears that will cleanse every single pain that is in your heart for all those you pray for. My children, feel my presence around you. I love you with an everlasting love. I anoint all of you tonight. I anoint you with my oil, my children, my oil of gladness. Be present. Be present. Be present. I love you."
Scripture Reading 2 Thess 2:13-17 - "We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth. God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, our friends, stand firm and hold on to those truths which we taught you, both in our preaching and in our letter. May the Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope, encourage you and strengthen you to always do and say what is good."
Prophecy - "My beautiful children, I know you want to hear my voice. I know you want to see my glory and I know, my children, how much you desire to be fed and nourished. My children, I want you tonight to know my glory is present here on earth as it is in heaven. And I want you, my children, to recognize this glory every time you go to Mass. For my son is up there on the altar, from the moment Mass starts, to the moment Mass ends, to the moment that he calls you forth to go out and proclaim the good news to my people. There exists my glory, my glory where I see you and nourish you and reveal to you who I am. My glory where I feel you and where I redeem you and where my presence lives alive in you. But children, it takes faith and it takes trust. So tonight I am asking you to believe and to trust and to learn, my children, from me. Listen to the Holy Scriptures. Listen to the sacrifice of the Mass with words for which speak of only love and mercy and salvation. But tonight, my presence is going to made alive within each and everyone of you for you will see me through new eyes and you will hear me with new ears. My children, I want you to know beyond a shadow of a doubt how much I love you, how much I care and how much I desire to free you that you may live life to the fullness in faith and hope and love."
Prophecy - "Be obedient."
Prophecy - I sense the Lord saying that he wants us to stay close to him, to spend quality time and put him first in all situations. The Lord is saying that although the world is messed up that we are to understand he is in control and to pray for those who are confused, not to hate them, but to pray them. The Lord can do miracles.
Scripture Reading Psalm 90:1-2 - "Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God."
Scripture Reading Psalm 67:1-7 - "May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known upon earth, your saving power among all nations. Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth. Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you. The earth has yielded its increase; God, our God has blessed us. May God continue to bless us; let all the ends of the earth revere him."
David: Re the "Be present" word that was given: David's close friend died a month ago. Just yesterday, someone who knew him found out about it. He called David this morning to talk. He said, "Skip called me just over a month ago. So it must have been very close to when he was going to die." This man said it was the strangest call. Skip called him to say that he really appreciated him. He didn't ask for anything. And this man said, "And I wasn't present. I wasn't wholly present on that call. I was busy. Life was busy. My business was busy and I wasn't fully present. How I wish I could go back to that moment and be fully present! So when those exact words were used tonight, David thought that was a definite call that God is putting to many of us. Be present; to be fully present.
Keep saying a prayer to our Lord, our God.
David recently read the book, "The God of Tech", written by Ryan Collins who is the CEO of Bethel School of Technology. The sub title of the book is, "Modern technology: Its divine origin and activating the next great movement of God through Spirit led innovation." When David first read the book, he was so inspired that he said that he would give a talk on it. A few weeks ago, the author came to town (Nashville). A friend of David's invited David to have lunch with Ryan. Ryan agreed to have a follow-up talk with David. This week Ryan messaged David and asked if this week would work. They agreed to talk on Wednesday and have it recorded. David then played part of the discussion they had. (God arranged for the author of the book to speak to us!) The Lord told Ryan, "I am redeeming tech space. I am regaining possession of something that is important to me that actually points to my nature as Creator, innovator and I have a plan and purpose for this space." Proverbs 25:2 - "It is the glory of the Lord to conceal a matter, but it is the glory of kings to search the matter out." The Lord directed Ryan to James Clerk Maxwell, a Scottish physicist in the mid 19th century. He was a devout believer. He believed that God and science were eternally linked. Hebrews 11:3 - "By faith we understand that God spoke the world into existence, God spoke and the invisible world gave birth to all that is seen." Fear is a liar. Darwin was disproved through the DNA study. Jesus is the solution; tech is a tool. Quantum computing - God is going to reveal himself in a way that the only answer to how this works is God. Bishop Robert Barron: We, as Christians, need to know AI better than the others do because the closer we get to understanding it, the more we can understand how God wants this rolled out and used and the more we can influence its direction.
Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical, Faith and Reason. Science and faith go together. Two wings of a dove.
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