Recently, the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about San Francisco. A lot. And perhaps not what you expect.
Many
evangelical Christians in the USA see San Francisco as the modern-day
Sodom and Gomorrah. If you look around on the web you see that
prophecies about the imminent destruction of the city because of its
sins.
Many
people claiming to be prophets ask Christians to flee the whole San
Francisco Bay Area before some tsunami, fire or earthquake will sink the
city into Hades.
What the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about San Francisco is quite different.
San Francisco is a city named
after St Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order who
chose the lifestyle of radical poverty and abandonment of riches to
follow Jesus.
What
the Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about is that He’s getting
ready to bring a renewal on San Francisco. This renewal movement will be
centred on Jesus, and it will have a dimension of worship to it, but it
will also usher in an era of radical abandonment for the sake of the
Kingdom.
I
believe that God will make San Francisco into a leading revival and
renewal center in America, and that the flame that God will light up in
the Bay Area will shine so brightly that it will be seen all over the
world.
An
important part of this move of God in the Bay Area will be strong
worship. First and foremost, the Christians will gather to worship and
to give Jesus His rightful place as the Lord over the city. Out of that
worship, spiritual gifts and acts of love will arise.
I
believe that God is getting ready to raise some very large and vibrant
churches in San Francisco, and that He’s getting ready to transform the
city from a ministry graveyard into a launch pad of many ministries of
global significance. Some of them will take some time to get used to,
so unconventional yet groundbreaking they will be.
So, don't
listen to the 'prophets' of fear; instead listen to the gentle voice of
the Holy Spirit. God still has some great plans for San Francisco!
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