I awoke one Saturday morning in the Spring of 2000 to the prompting of the Holy Spirit telling me to take my son and the two of us were to drive until we found the church He meant for me to Pastor. He told me to drive down I-75 from Fletcher St. to Hwy 301 and begin heading south until I found a church that had a "For Sale" sign on it, but I was not to go past Sun City Center.
As I drove as slow as possible without impeding traffic, my son and I kept our eyes peeled for this church. I was expecting an old abandoned wooden church in great need of repair somewhere along the road. Just as we were about to drive to the point of termination of my instructions, we came across a church in the shape of a dome that looked abandoned but in good condition, and it was for sale.
This was it! This is the church the Holy Spirit told me to find.
The church was being leased and occupied by another ministry and all attempts to contact the owners and negotiate a rental agreement fell by the wayside. They were interested only in a cash deal and the Lord had not provided it as yet.
Shortly after I found the church, the Lord gave me a vision for it. He gave me this vision on several occasions and each time He showed me just a little more detail about it. I held a week of revival there in May 2001 and, as instructed by the Lord, I shared this vision each and every night. I knew it would take a miracle of God for me to purchase and occupy it. If I could do it in my own strength and my own ability, then it wouldn't be God.
No man can get any of the glory for this. It belongs to God and He alone because He is the only One who can do it. Everything God has been doing in me over the last years has all been in preparation for me to Pastor this church. The vision gets stronger and God's word gets clearer and clearer no matter what the circumstances look like.
The Vision....
I was inside the sanctuary looking up into the domed ceiling. The room began to fill with a cloud that sparkled and glittered and was illuminated by its own light. The atmosphere was alive with electrified particles and I knew it was the Glory of God filling the house. I could see people there who had come into the church for thy expressed purpose of hearing from God and getting His direction for them and their life.
My job was as a guide or an usher, an explainer of the truth. I was telling people to “see just how much He really loves you. Love as you have never known before. He's a caring God who wants only His best for you and will show you how to get it. Just listen to Him and do what ever He tells you to do. I don’t have to hear for you. You can hear for yourselves. Just ask Him, He'll answer you too.”
I could see larger than life angels standing guard at all the doors and any window or opening. They were on the inside of sanctuary. I could also see blood roughly painted along the tops and along each side of each door and opening. These angels wore all white and were strong in their appearance as they stood twice as tall as us humans and their wings were as large as they were tall. They were here to protect anyone who was in the sanctuary from things coming in from the outside of the sanctuary.
We were all worshiping and singing and dancing and experiencing God in whatever form we needed. We were receiving from Him everything we needed and were happy and joyful and no one wanted to leave the sanctuary. We were in God's parlor. It was His house and we were the welcomed guests and He treated us all the same, wonderfully and with such gentle, strong and powerful love.
I could see myself walking around helping people and answering their questions and encouraging them to not be afraid of God but trust Him. I was telling them to let God love them and don't hide from Him. I'd say “He’s a good God. O taste and see that the Lord is good. Seek Him, you'll find Him!” I loved my job.
When it was time to leave the sanctuary the angels threw open the doors and this wonderful whirling wind could be seen blowing powerfully out through the vestibule pushing open the front doors of the church and blowing across rooftops swirling all over homes and businesses through out the neighborhood.
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