September 03, 2002

The Pastoral Network

Since yesterday 18 pastors and Christian leaders from 10 different churches in the city of Bergen have been together to pray, talk and fellowship at Gullbotn. We have had a wonderful time together sharing with one another what God is doing in our lives and in the many churches we represent. Even though we differ in age, background, tradition etc. there is a warm acceptance and a real appreciation of one another. The oldest is a Lutheran pastor and the youngest is a Pentecostal pastor. The Lutheran pastor has been in ministry much longer than the Pentecostal pastor has lived all together but they are listening to one another and have the same longing for revival. We have all been united in a desire than none should be lost but that everyone should come to repentance and know the truth of the gospel in our city.
It is a remarkable thing the Lord has done among us. For many years we used to come together occasionally but now we meet to pray one morning every week. The weekly prayer gathering has been going on for two years now. We have met once a month to talk and fellowship for several more years. Now there is a sense of bonding and belonging that is unique among us. We are experience the reality of Psalm 133:

How wonderful, how beautiful, when brothers and sisters get along!
It�s like costly anointing oil flowing down head and beard,
Flowing down Aaron�s beard, flowing down the collar of his priestly robes.
It�s like the dew on Mount Hermon flowing down the slopes of Zion.
Yes, that�s where God commands the blessing, ordains eternal life.
The Message

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