In a dream, there was a meeting of pirate ships. Pirate ships are independent and somewhat territorial in philosophy and definitely do not work like an armada or fleet that work together. No one could get all of them to work together or listen all at once. Several smaller row boats were going around and having two or three pirates ships to work together. As they started working in pairs and triads, they started flying different flags and dropped their pirate identity. Then they started listening to one main ship in the middle and could work with all the other ships as a unit.
This dream felt like a strategy for unity to get the churches in the region to begin working together. The strategy was not to start trying to get one general assembly of all of the pirate ships (churches) in the region together but to have them start to work in pairs and triads.
Most strategies for unity previously in this region have focused on getting the head pastors to meet all together. But we are finding that there are other networks between churches that may form deeper bonds. Our current objective is to have multiple (2-4) churches come together for worship times, each bringing a band or parts of a band. Or have two to four church’s intercession teams to meet for a longer regional prayer time. Or to have a training, outreach, or equipping event where several churches announce the event and meet together to bring in a speaker on a particular topic or do an outreach together.
What do I need to do to partner with this move of Yours, Jesus?
Willing hearts fully surrendered to let Me work, to let Me heal, and to let Me in. There should be no closed off areas or areas where you say “don’t go there God.” I need to do the deep work in My people. They need to let Me and I have to do it for them. No more religion and trying on their own. Dignity is such a religious word that people use to hold onto their issues. No more endless counseling sessions or talking talking talking. I want all the credit, not the counseling team or this or that ministry. I want the credit for doing the work only I could do all along. I want to be known as the Healer and Provider.
Religion and religious thinking need to be over, it is time to have fun, to love freely, drop the pretenses, drop the pretend, get raw, and real and let Me be God! If there is one thing I hate it is pretentious religious attitude and church people bickering over who is the greatest and the most correct. I never asked for perfection, I asked for submission and obedience. It needs to be My way from now on at church. I let you try and do church for long enough; I can show up invited or uninvited. I want to be invited but I am God and have no limits. Not everyone wants Me, some may not like it and leave. I wanted to be invited but I have the right to show up either way.
-Tracy Holsclaw
