fruitful dreams

How exciting is it when you pray into a dream and then see it happen with your very own eyes?
It leaves me in awe of God every time.

A year ago, I went to an outdoor music concert in Maple Ridge. While there, I thought how amazing it would be to do something like this, by the ocean at Rocky Point, Port Moody. The city of Port Moody has my heart.  I love the people, the ocean, the pier, the beach culture, the arts culture etc. 
So a friend and I went on a prayer walk about 3 months ago and prayed over Port Moody and the stage at Rocky Point. We believed that we could have an outdoor music fest there that shares hope and points to our creator, God.

I mentioned this dream to another friend a couple months ago. He said "Lindsay, another friend and I have a similar dream!" There you have it. Once again (as I've blogged about before), God works in teams.  He himself is: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. He brings friends into our lives to partner with and to see Him do great things, together.

So I met with these 2 friends and we talked and prayed and shared the vision with each other.  Since I'm a teacher, I got on the "action roll". Filled out the email application that day at my friends skate shop. For the next few weeks, I was on the phone with the city of Port Moody.  The city was very hesitant and slow but never said no, so we continued to believe that this was from God and to press on.

Miraculously, the city ended up giving us an excellent time slot, on a Saturday in August and they gave us the use of the stage, for free!

I'm a visionary and love getting the ball rolling then passing the ball to someone who can get the details done. So my friend did just that. He got posters made, contacted the bands and expanded the event to include skateboarding right beside rocky point before the musicians started.

The day arrived. It was a glorious sunny day August 9th. The park was filled with people who were enjoying the day with friends and family.  You could hear from the sound all the way to the pier. We sensed the presence of God. There was a team of ladies praying for anyone who needed prayer. It was fun to MC the event and share with the community that we do these events to share hope and love. We read the definition of love from the bible, from the stage.  There were a few glitches with the sound but we'd like to take what we learned this year, and see it become an annual event!

One of my favourite parts was after the event, my friend called anyone who was involved with helping that day, to the stage. There we had a quieter time of worship and prayer. I had no idea, so many people had been involved with helping and from so many different nations! One elderly Asian man prayed "God you say in your word: on this ROCK I will build my church and this is ROCK-Y point!" Amen! Thankful for that word as this is the area that my friends and I are believing for another church plant.

Praise God, all glory to Him!

1. What dreams can you pray into?

2. What friends can you share this dream with and partner with?

When there's opposition, it does not mean give up. The guy on the phone must have said to me atleast 10 times over a month: "well, we don't usually do stuff like this." "We're really busy in the summer." etc etc.  Believe and press on!