Marc DuPont 2/11/18
During the first song of worship, I saw a vision. I saw, starting here during worship (points to stage right) a dove gently flow, fly and kinda launch up in that high corner there and He looked out over the congregation and then He went to that far corner (points straight back to rear of sanctuary) and circled around that corner (other rear side) and then He came back and sat watching. Wherever the dove is, there are open heavens. And you all are coming into an increase season of open heavens for not only for Franklin but Nashville and this region. And there is a call upon you to declare and make known this mystery....
You know Jesus' words, I came that you might have life and you might have it abundantly, the best translation of that into the English would be 'super abundance'. It leaves no room to hold on to the orphan spirit or spirit of poverty. And why do I bring that up? It's because there are so many men and women, wonderful men and women, in the body of Christ that are still in bondage to that spirit of the orphan, thinking they're outside, looking in, that there is never going to be quite enough to really do the purposes of God or the dreams on their heart. But the heart of God, just as Paul talked about in 2 Cor 9:8 is that we would have the abundance for every good deed and in your soul be filled up with the healing, the goodness, the peace and the joy of the Lord. Having the job opportunities and the financial opportunities, having the anointing to move into a deeper level for miracle, signs and wonders. God's heart for this church is that you would have just a super abundance not just for you to enjoy but to give expensively, not just for a few more people in Franklin area to get saved, but to really touch the environments around here, to really touch Franklin and to touch Nashville and to proclaim and make known the mystery of this gospel even to the heavens and the principalities that reign there.
God's call upon Grace Center is to be a family and army which bring the whole gospel: salvation, healing, transformation and make known the mystery of this gospel to the rulers and principalities.
God blesses us with unique strengths and characteristics and abilities. And He wants you to play it to your strengths. And some of the areas this church is gifted in, are things like worship, music creativity, prayer, healing. You've got an incredible number of kingdom minded entrepreneurial sorts that I think God is beginning to raise up, you just proclaimed that in your proclamation. But also creativity.
But I do believe, with the creative people, not only the artists and what not, but with the musicians and with the worship song writers and singers. You're gonna have a host of new songs coming out of here and I believe they are gonna make an impact beyond yet just your circles as you know it now. But I believe there is also going to be a host of business minded, prophetically strategic minded, men and women that God is going to raise up with an entrepreneurial kingdom spirit to invade the corridors financially and in the marketplace for men and women who would never think about darkening the doors of a church and It's gonna bring a freedom. . . God's gonna bring to you. So, I am not saying to just run around and try to adapt somebody else's culture or somebody else's strategy but play to your strength, who you are and God is going to give you a bunch of fresh strategies.