Worship began on a runway of known songs before taking flight on the wind of Holy Spirit. The voice of the Lord could be heard in the song of the Lord. “You are the morning star. You walk among the stars. I am walking among the stars. I am walking among the lamp stands. I am walking among you.” Some one read from Revelation, and to he who overcomes I will for each of the 7 churches represented by the 7 lamp stands. He who has an ear, let him here what the Spirit says to the churches. Another said it was as if he heard angels saying, “Come up here, come, come, come”

We rose on our feet. We moved forward. We came up front and we came up higher. The instruments created visual worship and we could see storms and clouds gathering in the spirit. Then some spoke of sun spots in Seattle when the sun breaks through the clouds and began to proclaim that the Son of God was creating Son spots and breaking through in provision, in healing, in reconciliation, in unity. Portals were opening in the heavens. Open portals and open heavens of mercy and grace over the city.

Images of the storms with the sound of thunder and roiling clouds formed in our minds as we continued looking to see what the Lord would say. Some one prophesied, “Outside storms are raging, but He is in His temple and all His people cry glory, glory, glory. And the walls of worship will protect against the wind and rain and driving storms and in His temple they all will cry Glory. Glory.” And the instruments seemed to echo the words as they expressed the sounds of glory, and then slowed as the atmosphere shifted.

At the microphone a woman spoke of a word brought forth in December of a woman in the early stages of child birth. She spoke of the time when the water breaks and then said, “Tonight I saw a break and the water began to flow but we need to PUSH. It is time to push and the glory will come.”

Another woman began to proclaim. “We must come with hungry hearts. We must be desperate for more and we must push. Lord we come with passion. We come thirsty. We come to push. Push. Push for your glory. Push for your bridegroom. Push” The instruments began to sing. Another woman said, “This is like corporate birth. We all have to push in unity. Lord, we come now and ask you for this think you are birthing. We come as one and we say, Push. Push” Another began to sing. “Lord we long for you. We want you. We want your presence in every part of our lives. Be present Lord. Come and be present”

One of the singers began to read from Isaiah 66:7 “Before she was in labor she gave birth: before her pain came upon her she deliver a son.” And continued though verse 9 “Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth? Says the Lord, shall I who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?” says your God” and on to verse 13.

The key board, the bass and the guitar along with the violin and the drums all seemed to sing of deliverance and created an atmosphere of a delivery room for the things of the Spirit. Some one said. I had a picture of the delivery room and I saw the father get behind the mother and he said, “Push. Push. Push. Push” I saw the father get behind the mother and he said, “PUSHHHH.” And another said, “I heard God tell us. “Be like A child and believe. Believe. Expect his presence. It is time to believe like a child.”

And from Isaiah 66 “Shall I bring to the point of delivery and not give birth or shall I shut the womb. Of course not says the Lord.” She said it and it sound like singing and then another responded, “You will not bring to birth and not deliver. You will not leave us barren. So we believe you. We believe you. We believe in every word you say will come to pass. We are not barren. We declare to the heavens. We are not barren. We have dreams and we have destinies. We are not barren. He will deliver and bring it to birth.”

The guitar began to release sounds that were like the language of our hearts and a singer began to sing. “I hear the guitar singing, “It’s a spiritual thing and it’s done spiritually.

It’s a spiritual thing and it’s done spiritually.” And the sounds of the instrument punctuated the song and then she sang, “So teach my spirit to push Lord, teach my spirit to push. For you will not bring to delivery and not bring to birth. So teach my spirit to push.” And the sounds of the instruments were the sounds of groaning and birthing.

Then a chorus of spontaneous songs erupted. “I give you strength. I give you strength. I give you strength to push. Strength to push.” And another “Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid for the time has come.” And a together they sang, “I give you strength. I give you strength. I give you strength, to push.”

A man spoke clearly. “When the Father speaks, it happens. When the Father speaks, it happens. When the Father says push, there will be a push. We open our hearts to your push. We open our hearts to your Word. It is like the word we had about roots. I felt roots go into the ground and so it is with the word push. Push. Push. Push. On earth as it is in heaven. On earth as it is in heaven. On earth as it is in heaven.”

David at The Gate DC