Glorious arches of prayer!

If you are familiar with Athens and UGA at all you know that the arches are one of the major icons for our city.  Other that may be the elliptical "G" there isn't a more recognizable symbol for our area.  For this reason and others the Lord has led the Siege Team the past few weeks to stand in front of the arches to pray with people.  It has been incredible!  We have been holding up some small signs; "Mighty to Save," "Free Prayer," and "Need Healing?"  We also greet people and ask them if they would like prayer.  Some people look away, some smile, some ask us to pray for them but EVERYONE takes notice.  We've seen people stopping at the red light in their car just stop and stare at the signs.  One lady actually rolled down her window and asked what we were doing.  Before the light turned green she had yelled out her prayer request!  Every more encouraging is the fact that we have seen several other people from different ministries downtown sharing the love and truth of Christ!  Now that's truly the beginning of a SIEGE on the city. ~Pastor Anthony

Ready?

Hi everyone! And the good news is.... (drum roll please)...

THE SIEGE TEAM IS BACK!!!

Well, almost. The first official siege team outing of the year will be Monday night, February 7th.

Here are three things you can do to be a part...

1. Join us! 

Go here and sign up for the Siege Team small group (we're group 22-G). We'll be meeting on Monday nights starting at 7:00pm.

2. Follow our blog. 

Just click the little "Follow" button off to your right and keep up with what the Lord does every week.

3. Pray for us. 

We need this most of all. Check out this verse.

If you're new to the Siege Team or our blog, take a glance at some of our previous blog posts to see what the Lord has done in 2010. We can't wait to see what's in store for 2011!

We Have the Ball!

Wow! Its 2011. I still can't believe it. Even though our Siege Team is taking a break I thought I would post about what the Lord has revealed to me during the break! I know most of the time when I went with the team downtown I would feel overwhelmed by all the sin that was surrounding me. I would go downtown ready to see what the Lord was going to do but when I got there I felt weak. I constantly asked myself, "Am I really making a difference?"  I often felt weak until a few weeks ago when I began reading a book called Jesus Culture by Banning Liebscher and in the book he talks about revival, healing, and sharing God's love with others! I began to read a chapter about God's love and sharing it with others and again I asked myself the question, "But am I really making a difference?" The book talked about how just one can affect the world. That answered my question with a better answer than I was expecting! The book confronted my attitude of "I'm weak and I can't do it" with a football analogy! Let me point out 1st of all that I do not like football I don't think its entertaining at all, but that didn't mean God couldn't use football to speak to me! Anywho, the book began to say if life is like football, there's 2 teams, God vs. satan! When people become Christians we get the football!! That's the part that's the most important to understand is we have the ball. We're in control of the game! We're always in control of the game because we have Jesus! Satan never gets the ball. He thought he had the ball when Jesus was crucified, but Jesus rose again! So satan never had or has the ball! We have the ball, all we have to do is listen to Jesus, the coach of the team. He calls the plays and we run them! We're never on defense! If the Lord is calling the plays and we listen, then the outcome is, of course, we win! We win our towns, schools, cities, government, and even the world to Christ! The Lord really showed me I'm not weak. I have the ball and with His Holy Spirit I can win the game! The next time you think "I cant do that" just ask Jesus, "Do you want me to run that play?" We have the ball, now its time to get a touchdown!

Isaiah 61-
¹ The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
   because the LORD has anointed me
   to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
   to proclaim freedom for the captives
   and release from darkness for the prisoners,^[a]
2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor
   and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,
 ³ and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
to bestow on them a crown of beauty
   instead of ashes,
the oil of joy
   instead of mourning,
and a garment of praise
   instead of a spirit of despair.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
   a planting of the LORD
   for the display of his splendor.

-Kendall