I believe in the power of the Word of God – not just the Word written and stored on a shelf, but the Word written in the hearts of believers and then spoken into the world.
Shiloh is once again embarking on a course of reading the Bible together, and I have been thinking about the deep anointing that comes to rest upon people who pursue a relationship with God in His Word.
We recently celebrated the Feast of Purim, a biblical celebration marking the deliverance of the Jews from the hands of their enemies during the captivity in Persia. The feast commemorating the deliverance is described in the Book of Esther as a holiday of rejoicing, feasting and sending portions to one another (Esther 9:19).
This February a small group from Shiloh began meeting in downtown Iowa City. The meeting is culmination of years of prayer and a fresh determination to see that Jesus Christ not be hidden away in our hearts, but be expressed to those who hunger to know God.
Our children’s church is named “the Joshua Generation” after Joshua who was taught to follow the Lord by his spiritual father Moses and grew to be a leader in Israel during the time when they entered the land of promise. The name reflects, among other things, our belief that our children will be taught of the Lord by mothers and fathers in the faith and will grow to be strong ministers of the Lord in their own right.
One of the richest things about our family here in Shiloh is the love and respect that exists between the generations. To me it is a deep reminder of God’s faithfulness to see young men and women growing up with a hunger for God equal to or greater than the hunger of their parents or even their grandparents.
