Purple Ark Ministries PAVE Devotional

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The Sand Garden Part 1

"A Church without Walls" by Danny Smith

Songs of Solomon 4:16."Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."

After we have struggle and labored in the field of human anxiety, the Lord comes and removes the broken pieces that have distorted His creation. Today's devotional is about the return of Christ to His Church.

The test that is before us is to remove the walls and banners that hinder God's love from overflowing into the dry places of the world. Without the water of life which is Christ Jesus, the land will not produce a great harvest. In the Song of Solomon, the north wind comes to cultivate the fields that have not been cared for. Imagine the gardener or caretaker who only waters the plants that pleases his eyes. From a distance the beauty of the garden cannot be seen. The north wind comes to prune the vines so that the creations of God can produce good fruit. Imagine the rain that is evenly distributed into a harvest of strawberries. Wow! It is the most beautiful smell that you could imagine. The taste is pleasing when the season has ended. The Songs of Solomon is a waltz to a symphony. When we give God what he wants in abundance, it brings glory to His Kingdom.

The harvest is not about one person, one soul or one church, it is about the entire body of Christ, it is about the salvation of all souls.

The storm that is coming is not to destroy, but to prune the roots of evil that restricts the growth of God's perfect plan.

Let us pray!

Dear Heavenly Father, let the rain begin, we invite the Holy Spirit into the sand garden, a dry place that needs the water of life, a dry place that needs the pruning love of God. Today we will praise YOU in the church without walls, today we will worship YOU with no banners. Come my beloved, come and worship in your garden. Without you oh Lord we are nothing but dust in the wind. Have mercy on the lost, have mercy on the church. Remove the roots that hinder the presence of God. It is time for the shaking to begin. It is time for the spilling to wash away our sins.

“Come light of day, come rain and stay. Fill the land with God's plan”.

In Jesus Name Amen

Devotional Poem

The Sand Garden

Come let us dance in a church that has no walls,

Let us dance in the land for Heaven's rain to fall

Come let us raise a tabernacle to cover us all

Bless the souls that come to hear the Father's call

Let the whisper of the wind take us up into a spin,

Awake oh north wind and bring evil to an end

Come quake and let the shaking of His garden begin,

Let the sifting fragrance of souls rejoice in the wind.

Please pass this devotional message to a friend or a stranger that does not know how much God loves them!

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