THE BIRTHING PROCESS

THE  BIRTHING  PROCESS
If it has been hard for you to endure the process of giving birth to the vision the Lord has given you, It is a good sign that you are on the right track!
My wife, Joni and I, have given birth to seven children and we now have 19 grandchildren with a new one on the way. One of our grandbabies Joni and I delivered ourselves, with some help from the midwife on her cell phone as she sped toward our house in the early morning hour. We know more than most about the birthing process.
We all know that there is pain associated with childbirth. There is also some pain connected with giving birth to the vision of the Lord. Joni had "morning sickness" for almost the full nine months with all seven of our children, not to mention the labor pains with the coming forth of that new life.
Do not be discouraged if the will of God for you brings suffering. Hold on to the vision. It is the test of your faith that is more precious than gold. You are being shaped into the instrument God will use in bringing this vision into its fullness. The new born babe will surely come forth and you will say, "It was worth all the waiting, the praying, the changing, and the stretching necessary to give birth to the heavenly vision."
Joni and I both feel like we are at the river Jordan and about to enter the Promised Land. We  have been walking across a very long desert that started when we moved from Riverside, CA to San Diego, CA to be closer to the fellowship with which we were connected. It was our first taste of desert life. We were part of the Discipleship Movement which ran aground in a subtle form of legalism.
After withering in the desolation of that dry desert for about five years, we left and gained a measure of release, but we still had more years of "the dark night of the soul" to walk through. I cannot explain the "Why?" of all this, but I am beginning to rejoice that we are seeing the first glimpses of the birth of the vision.
What is the vision? In 1969 while we were on the staff of the Child Evangelism Fellowship Institute in Muskegon, Michigan, the Lord put a prayer in my heart to hold onto until it happened, even if it took years of prayer, faith, and patience to see it come forth. This was the prayer he gave me based on Psalm 2:8, “Ask of me and I will give you the nations for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.” After much meditation on that promise, I began to pray, "Father, give me disciples in every country in the world." I had also read that little prayer that Jabez prayed in I Chronicles 4:9-10, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me , and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” - NIV
I knew that such a vision was humanly impossible to accomplish, but the Lord told me to ask for the nations and I did. I never dreamed it would take more than 35 years of preparation, but as I look around me now and see what the Lord is doing, I am confident that the day is coming soon when I will say, “Thank you, Father, for letting me live to see the birth of the vision! Though the process was long and painful, It was worth it all!"
Jesus said, "When a woman is in travail she has sorrow because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish for joy that a child is born into the world." Are you feeling birth pangs? Be encouraged! Look to Jesus and let the baby come forth!
 
 
Robert & Joni Fitts


Where it all Starts
Out of the womb of prayer, praise and worship all things in the kingdom of God are conceived, nurtured, and brought to birth to the glory of God and for the good of mankind.

 A Declaration of Unity
I belong to everything that belongs to Jesus and everything that belongs to Jesus belongs to me! It's not us and them. It's just us! There's only one Body of Christ, and the problems of the church, the whole church, are our problems, for we are the church and we can do more united than we can do divided! So let's unify, simplify, and multiply!
 
Divine Appointment Prayer
Father, give me a divine appointment today with someone who is hungry for God, or sick, or in need, and give me grace to minister the love of Jesus in the power of the Holy Spirit.
 
A Prayer for More Workers and More Miracles
Father, send more laborers into this harvest and grant us boldness to speak your word, by stretching forth your hand to heal and that signs and wonders be done in the name of Jesus. 

Winning the War on Terrorism Through Prayer
"Father, give every terrorist in the world an encounter with Jesus like Saul of Tarsus had on the road to Damascus."

LAW, NO! GRACE, YES!
The law demands, demands, demands, but gives me neither feet nor hands.
Now Grace and Truth are better things, they bid me fly and give me wings!