Our Pastor has been encouraging us to stretch out beyond our comfort zone and to really have faith in God’s ability to work in and through us. We as worship leaders have to really take to heart what God is telling us to do in regards to our worship time. A few Sunday’s ago during worship the scripture verse came to my mind that says, “O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our maker.” (Psalm 95:6) It was so heavy on my heart, but the timing didn’t seem appropriate. I at first dismissed it as something God wanted me to do personally. Later during the service our worship team sang just before the Pastor was to speak and the verse came to me again. This time I felt so strongly that God wanted the body of worshippers to do it as well. This is where it gets tight. Do I just say it? Do I just do it? What do I do?
I told the Pastor what was in my heart. He then gave me the microphone to say what had been in my spirit. I had not finished saying all that the Lord had given me (not more than 10 seconds) when I felt a rush of people to the altar. When I finished talking, I literally had to step over people to find a place to kneel. Something else amazing happened. Our Pastor did not even preach that Sunday. We entered into a time of uninterrupted worship and the presence of God was so heavy that healings took place and people were delivered from sicknesses. It was such an awesome experience. It was as if the Lord kissed us with His presence. We were so blessed. Our Pastor said that God ministered to Him. He felt a release of a new anointing upon his life.
Now, would that have happened anyway if I had not gone outside of my comfort zone and kept that urging to myself? I don’t know. What I do know is this; I was obedient and many souls were blessed. As we shared throughout the week, some people were saying that they wanted to go to the altar, but they were self-conscious and others said that during their prayer time that morning that same scripture came to them. I was just glad that I took a step of faith and obeyed the still small voice of the Holy Spirit. Step out in the Lord. Allow the Holy Spirit to lead you. Ask God for a continual discerning of His spirit. He will do it and not only will you be blessed, but others will reap the benefits of your obedience. You can be used as the catalyst to set someone free.
Minister Darlene Thorne has been in the music ministry for over 20 years. Her fourfold purpose of her ministry along with her husband is to…
Lead God’s people into a life transforming worship experience;
Create an atmosphere where the spirit of God can have free reign in the lives of His people;
Wage spiritual warfare on the enemy;
and most importantly, to Glorify God.
Darlene’s heart cry is to impact the lives of believers so that they desire to enter into God’s presence and experience the power of praise and the awesome wonder of worship. She and her husbands’ teaching ministry have taken them across the country where they have ministered in many churches.
The Thorns now call North Carolina home. Darlene is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, IL with a degree in Communications. She has been married for 20 years to her husband Kevin and they together are raising their two world changer children Kevin and Kennedy Elayne.