“Almost Homosexual” part two : Colorado Springs
The Lord gave me a shocking and disturbing prophetic word as I was flying into Colorado Springs recently.
This strong yet freeing word has resulted in some important repentance and a fresh pursuit of holiness in the body. You can see the first post on this topic here.
This message will be the lead story in my upcoming magazine theBurning. I feel it’s important to sound the alarm for a new level of sensitivity to humility in our own lives and in the church in general. As we live truly humble and meek lives, the Earth will be turned upside down. The Kingdom will advance.
After being asked to share this word at a leadership event in Colorado Springs a few weeks back, we felt that it was imperative to unpack it further. I did so last Saturday at this new city-strategy for leadership development in the Colorado Springs area.
The repentance in the room led to joy and a fresh fire that can only come as we are surrendered and broken in the presence of God. It was quite a day.
Something is stirring in Colorado Springs. I cast some vision for a possible revival/prophecy/prayer driven church in Colorado Springs that Saturday evening at Revolution House of Prayer, and the excitement and energy in the room was surprisingly intense. Something is up.
The word “Almost Homosexual” can be quite offensive if we aren’t hungering for righteousness. If we allow ourselves to miss the point of the message, it’s quite possible to become quite defensive and offended. However, for those who trust God’s wisdom and his zeal for holiness, we’ll allow the sword to pierce us- and change us.
Remember, the primary driver of the homosexual movement is not same-sex attraction.
At its foundation it’s not about sex or perversion, and at its foundation, this word to the body, to the church, isn’t about sex or perversion. It’s not about liberal theology or conservative theology. It’s has nothing to do with a particular church’s stance for or against homosexual marriage or gay clergy. It has everything to do with pride, identity and lust.
So, this word doesn’t mean that people in the church are almost embracing same-sex attraction. I hope I’m making that clear. However, it does beg the question, “Are there people in the body who are driven by pride? By narcissism? By lust for power, position or other goals? Is it a pandemic or is there nothing to be concerned about?”
- Pride- “Separation and elevation” We know scripturally that God actually moves away from, intentionally resists those who are prideful. Our pride is usually driven by our strengths and successes. We embrace a division in the body with the attitude that I’m different, I’m another breed, I’m separate because I’m on a different level. It’s the “I’m right, you’re wrong” attitude that creates intentional division, and it’s more harmful than we realize.
- Identity- “Separation and justification” This pursuit of establishing our identity is usually driven by our rejection. We declare that I’m different and I like it. We see people going to great lengths to be recognized and affirmed after years of rejection. The attempt is to justify our identity even at the cost of unity. It’s narcissism.
- Lust- “Separation and domination” The idea here is that I know what I want and nobody will stand in my way.
The call to humility and holiness cannot be underestimated. We in Colorado Springs and the nation need God’s manifest presence to intensify significantly.
Leonard Ravenhill said this: “You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God.”
It’s all about drawing near, being intimate, broken, humble, passionate! We must have God stirring in power again in Colorado Springs!
If we think that we are immune to pride, the pursuit of identity and lust, we really don’t understand holiness.
Jer 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? 10 I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind Even to give every man according to his ways,
At the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, it’s normal to be deeply in God’s presence 4 or more hours a day. People find themselves undone as the Holy Spirit searches their hearts and lovingly reveals pride, hardness, fear and other debilitating issues. We need to search our hearts and hit our knees!
The core call is for a movement of humility and holiness.
It’s a call to become broken and undone, desperate and deeply intimate with Jesus.
It’s a call to a fasted lifestyle, to full surrender and complete saturation in the advance of the Kingdom.
It’s a call to the deeply humble, yet powerfully bold life of John the Baptist.
Are we ready to let the Lover of our souls invade the deepest parts of our inner man?
Is 6:5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
When God is in our midst, a revelation of our own sin and issues are made known. A key problem today is that God’s manifest presence isn’t with us as He should be! Jesus is the Spirit of Prophecy. He is the Revelation. He is the Word. Where God is, revelation is. You can’t separate the two. We must embrace the prophetic spotlight into our heart!
We must deal with our own hearts if this ministry is to advance and if this city is to be set free.
We cannot anymore develop systems that enhance our own identities, stroke our pride or fue
l our lust for power, recognition or anything else.
It’s time again to declare the cross, holiness, humility and passion from our pulpits and on our faces!
"If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified." — Leonard Ravenhill
"All of the acceptable sins in church are keeping us sick."-Steve Gray
"Be careful about what you think is innocent. It may come back and choke you."- Steve Gray
“I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the United States are truly born again.”- Leonard Ravenhill
So what’s the solution? Repentance and prayer. We must see night and day prayer return to Colorado Springs!
“A sinning man stops praying, a praying man stops sinning" — Leonard Ravenhill
The more we pray, the more we repent… night and day. Let’s agree for a movement of intimacy, humility, repentance, prayer and power in the church!
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