Draw
Near by Alberto & Kimberly Rivera is a journey of live intimate
worship. Includes songs: Draw Near, My Dove, Streams, Turn, Your Heart
and more . . . Alberto & Kimberly are committe to pursuing, capturing
and releasing Heaven's sounds conceived and brought forth out of the
intimate place of communion between God the Father and His children,
and between Jesus and His bride.
"The first time I heard Kimberly and
Alberto Rivera spontaneously worship the Lord, I was sitting next
to her. I was hoping to sing a few Spirit-led things myself, but when
she began to sing I was humbled by her anointing. I sat still and
wept as the presence of the Lord overcame me. I thought that was a
once in a lifetime event. Then I got their first two CDs and the same
thing happened. I just sat in His presence and soaked.
All their CDs have had the same affect
on Christine and I. When we want to get quiet before the Lord and
pray or just soak, we put on our Rivera collection and fall into
His presence. They carry the purest anointing I have ever encountered."
- Don and Christine Potter
Alberto
and Kimberly met in 1996 at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, where
they were attending nightly teachings on Davidic worship. They had
both recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee. Alberto came from Santiago,
Chile, and Kimberly had moved from Cookeville, Tennessee. As they
began a friendship, they saw that the Lord had given them the same
heart of passion for worship and a common vision for the Kingdom
of God.
When
they first began to minister together, they worshipped with songs
that had been previously written. In order to prepare for a time
of ministry in worship, they would simply rehearse together. However,
the deeper they went in their pursuit of the Lord, they sensed Him
calling them to take the risk of going beyond worshipping with familiar
songs to a new and unfamiliar journey pursuing His presence through
fresh, spontaneous songs. Then, they could no longer prepare for
times of ministry by rehearsing together. Instead, they had to begin
to prepare their hearts before a meeting by worshipping and praying
together. The more time they spent in worship and prayer, the more
apparent it became to both of them that the Lord was calling them
to more than just a friendship. As a result, they were married in
August of 1997.
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