The Divine Experiment

Sixteen Churches in Terre Haute are joining in a spiritual journey together called “The Divine Experiment.”

After many years of praying together, worshipping together and working together it is now time to amp up our intentional efforts as city-wide transformation.

This “experiment” is the process put together by Fusion Ministries, Rhonda Hughey is the director.  After doing a great deal of research in the process of cities being transformed in places like Fiji and Guatemala for example, it was concluded that it would make sense to duplicate that here in the U.S.

One key piece was the living out of II Chr. 7:14; not just praying it, but living it out.

In preparing a place for God’s manifest presence to dwell it is critical to “distance” ourselves from the “world’ and “flesh.”  This distancing or pausing is a intentional plan to cut back, fast and focus on our relationship with God.

Individuals and pastors will follow a Prayer Guide each day.  We will have around 800 people praying on the same page!

There will be daily times and places of praying together.  Each congregation is challenged to cut-back on any unnecessary programs and activities during these 21 days.

Rhanda Hughey teaches:

Heart attitudes we have observed that has proven fruitful in other communities:

• Trust and humility, desperation, willingness to “go together” both in the community and with the Fusion team

• Attitude of humility that was expressed often in the phrase “we don’t know what we are doing”, “we haven’t been this way before”. That heart attitude caused the community to lean upon Jesus with full dependence for His leadership. (Joshua 2)

• Having a high expectation level and planning the 21 days accordingly. Identifying a scribe and process for testimonies to be shared because of the full expectation that God will bring fruit from the 21 days in breakthrough, healings, family restoration, etc.

Faith + humility (confidence in God) = abandonment with expectation

(Num. 14:24, Jos. 14:8-9)

Faith + confidence in self = presumption

(Num. 14:39-45)

• This expectation that God will move powerfully, caused them to respond with abandonment not caution or confidence and God met them in their faith!

• They set the bar high not low, meeting early in the mornings, pastors meeting in addition to the corporate prayer times, they ALL fasted, they turned off cell phones, media, no shopping etc.

• Many didn’t even preach Sundays but worshipped and prayed together, seeking the Lord and the presence of the Lord came to the congregations

• Families choose to spend time together rather than going to many other activities like movies, etc. the Lord blessed the families and restored many relationships.

• The leaders didn’t expect their people to do anything they weren’t doing themselves, they were the first ones to the prayer meetings and the last ones to leave

• The people were expectant and didn’t want to miss a single prayer meeting. The presence of God hovered over those gatherings, people were afraid to miss one!

• Pursued individual issues, brokenness before the Lord.

• Leaders were willing to adjust their schedules, programs, and didn’t try to accommodate the Divine Experiment “inside” their system, they stepped “out” of their system to pursue God fully.

• Listened to the still small voice and were obedient, small decisions to be obedient paid off in big ways

• Stayed in relationship with one another

• Their team fused with our team and we trusted that the Lord connected us in relationship and that friendship became a resting place for God’s purposes through us together