MIDWEEK CONNECTION
Chris and Carol Green receive prophetic words.
Greetings Urban Life Family,
It’s good to be back in Harrisburg, where we can continue to go forth with our God-given assignment to rebuild, restore and renew hearts and homes. We were so pleased to learn of your very successful and uplifting Urban Life Sunday gathering.
It brings a leader the greatest pleasure to know that the church family can carry on without them. No true leader wants to settle for a group of mind-less robots who can’t do anything without their leader. True success is being able to develop and release successors who can carry a group, organization, team or church even further than the leader can take them. This past Sunday encouraged us because it told us that you guys are more than able. It confirmed that we have the right people in the right season.
You know, of course, that this means Carol and I want you guys to continue in those roles once we move into the New Year. We’ll talk about that later, but we just wanted to let you know what the future holds.
Our weekend in St. Louis can best be described as an action-packed, holy spirit-led, prophetic assignment. Not one single moment was wasted or idle. God set up everything so well that we are able to spend almost the entire weekend with our son Christopher and his fiancée Antonette Simmons. How wonderful it was to be able to get to know our next, future daughter in law (love).
The wedding of our niece was awesome. It was very emotional for us because we remember when she was first brought home from the hospital after she was born. My voice cracked several times as I took them through the ceremony. Her husband, Larricus Brown, had a daughter and our niece, Ariel, had a son. She also adopted two boys (cousins) who would have been placed in the foster care system. So, we even conducted a family vow ceremony as well, and that part was really emotional. The Lord gave me a prophetic word for her husband in the closing prayer, and a prophetic word for their new family.
Afterwards, we spent some time with Chris, Antonette, and three of our spiritual daughters at a St. Louis downtown restaurant. From there we were off to the wedding reception where we were mobbed by several people that we haven’t seen for many years.
Even as the reception ended, we found ourselves praying for a dear relative who is in the midst of a marriage crisis. It was another Godly appointment.
The next day, Sunday morning, Bishop Raphael asked us to share a few words with the congregation before the youth and young adults ministered. Carol gave a powerful exhortation about never taking what we have in God, for granted. Then I shared about the journey the Lord has taken us on over the last few months and how we came into the real reasons why God sent us the Harrisburg. I talked about Unite to Restore, the invitation to go to Kurdistan with the Living Hope Alliance team (http://www.iraqrefugeefund.com/medical-facility-project.html) and the call upon the Church in St. Louis to prepare for a season of exile, like the exile mentioned in Jeremiah 29. I closed by asking the church to pray for us.
Then the Elders and leaders came forth and prophesied over us for the next 40 minutes. The Spirit of God totally interrupted the day’s agenda. I don’t think the words we shared were recorded, but the prophetic words were captured. The audio is a bit distorted, but you can still hear enough of the speaking to understand what was being said.
Here is a small sample:
We plan to play those prophetic words during our next prayer gatherings.
We want you to share in those powerful moments of prophetic confirmation.
After the service, we met with several people. We got a chance to pray for two of the daughters of our spiritual son who passed away last year. One just fell into my arms weeping. Their mother has desired this moment for a long time, but that was the right time. It’s always about God’s timing.
Our home church blessed us with a love offering and several people gave us an offering as well. It was enough to pay for our upcoming passport renewals so we can start making international trips. We simply didn’t have the money. The passport renewals were going to cost more than $200. So God not only sent the confirming words about international travel, but He’s already begun to pay for it as well.
It’s good to be back in Harrisburg, where we can continue to go forth with our God-given assignment to rebuild, restore and renew hearts and homes. We were so pleased to learn of your very successful and uplifting Urban Life Sunday gathering.
It brings a leader the greatest pleasure to know that the church family can carry on without them. No true leader wants to settle for a group of mind-less robots who can’t do anything without their leader. True success is being able to develop and release successors who can carry a group, organization, team or church even further than the leader can take them. This past Sunday encouraged us because it told us that you guys are more than able. It confirmed that we have the right people in the right season.
You know, of course, that this means Carol and I want you guys to continue in those roles once we move into the New Year. We’ll talk about that later, but we just wanted to let you know what the future holds.
Our weekend in St. Louis can best be described as an action-packed, holy spirit-led, prophetic assignment. Not one single moment was wasted or idle. God set up everything so well that we are able to spend almost the entire weekend with our son Christopher and his fiancée Antonette Simmons. How wonderful it was to be able to get to know our next, future daughter in law (love).
The wedding of our niece was awesome. It was very emotional for us because we remember when she was first brought home from the hospital after she was born. My voice cracked several times as I took them through the ceremony. Her husband, Larricus Brown, had a daughter and our niece, Ariel, had a son. She also adopted two boys (cousins) who would have been placed in the foster care system. So, we even conducted a family vow ceremony as well, and that part was really emotional. The Lord gave me a prophetic word for her husband in the closing prayer, and a prophetic word for their new family.
Afterwards, we spent some time with Chris, Antonette, and three of our spiritual daughters at a St. Louis downtown restaurant. From there we were off to the wedding reception where we were mobbed by several people that we haven’t seen for many years.
Even as the reception ended, we found ourselves praying for a dear relative who is in the midst of a marriage crisis. It was another Godly appointment.
The next day, Sunday morning, Bishop Raphael asked us to share a few words with the congregation before the youth and young adults ministered. Carol gave a powerful exhortation about never taking what we have in God, for granted. Then I shared about the journey the Lord has taken us on over the last few months and how we came into the real reasons why God sent us the Harrisburg. I talked about Unite to Restore, the invitation to go to Kurdistan with the Living Hope Alliance team (http://www.iraqrefugeefund.com/medical-facility-project.html) and the call upon the Church in St. Louis to prepare for a season of exile, like the exile mentioned in Jeremiah 29. I closed by asking the church to pray for us.
Then the Elders and leaders came forth and prophesied over us for the next 40 minutes. The Spirit of God totally interrupted the day’s agenda. I don’t think the words we shared were recorded, but the prophetic words were captured. The audio is a bit distorted, but you can still hear enough of the speaking to understand what was being said.
Here is a small sample:
We want you to share in those powerful moments of prophetic confirmation.
After the service, we met with several people. We got a chance to pray for two of the daughters of our spiritual son who passed away last year. One just fell into my arms weeping. Their mother has desired this moment for a long time, but that was the right time. It’s always about God’s timing.
Our home church blessed us with a love offering and several people gave us an offering as well. It was enough to pay for our upcoming passport renewals so we can start making international trips. We simply didn’t have the money. The passport renewals were going to cost more than $200. So God not only sent the confirming words about international travel, but He’s already begun to pay for it as well.
God is truly preparing Urban Life for something special. More and more we are convinced that HE sent us to Pennsylvania to connect with the right people for the right season, in order to fulfill His purpose and plan. What an honor it is to serve the one, true and living God.
It’s all for the harvest,
Chris and Carol Green
