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by Joshua Ang of
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May 20, 2009
"Now a herd of many swine
was feeding there on the mountain. So they begged Him that He would permit them
to enter them. And He permitted them. Then the demons went out of the man and
entered the swine, and the herd ran violently down the steep place into the
lake and drowned."—Luke 8:32-33
During a prophetic crescendo on a five-city tour, recently,
in Southern Oregon and Northern Californiain the small mountain
town of
"Do you see this
swine flu as swine infecting human beings? But I tell you tonight, it's the swine
that should be infected with our deliverance! It's the swine that should be
infected with our deliverance and disease! When Legion was delivered from his
demons, it was the swine that carried his demons over the cliff and perished;
you will see a sign and a wonder as a great wave of deliverance hits the earth.
Even as the enemy has used the swine to infect humans, so I say to you now just
the opposite will happen in the Spirit!"
The Scripture in Luke became paramount as this word was being
declared, "Then the demons went out of the man and entered the swine, and
the herd ran violently down the steep place into the lake and drowned." It
was not happenchance in Jewish culture that the demons went into the swine and
perished. In God's Law swine were unclean and were forbidden to eat or touch
(see Leviticus 11:7). They became the vessels into which Legion's demons
entered and were driven off the ledge and perished. The very object of this
current global crisis is a sign of deliverance and freedom in Biblical proportion.
The Power of Opposites:
The Joseph Factor
There is much to comprehend in this short Scripture in Luke,
Chapter 8. The demons begged Jesus to permit them to enter the swine, which He
did. "Then the demons went out of the man..." The unclean spirits
went into the unclean animals and both perished in the sea. As these events
unfold around the world, there is a spiritual dynamic taking place. Clearly,
the Spirit of the Lord is being released during this time to bring deliverance
to nations that are in great political, social, and spiritual peril.
"But as for you, you meant
evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is
this day, to save many people alive."—Genesis 50:20
—The end result in God's
plan was not to bring death and destruction, but rather to "save many
people alive."
The law of spiritual opposites begins to play out in the earth;
what the devil meant for evil, God's final intent is to make it good. In
Joseph's time, a time of global famine, the will of God prevailed and raised up
a people to "open all the storehouses" and bring deliverance to the
nation. You see, this current crisis is really the divine stage set for the
"Josephs" or the deliverers to take center stage and SHINE.
This is an unparalleled time to lead millions to Jesus Christ and
His salvation. The power of the Cross and the Gospel become second to none in
grave times such as these. As what appears to be evil sweeps the globe it also
acts as a spiritual siege crashing in the doors of resistance, making way for
the preaching of the Gospel, healing and deliverance.
"And we know that all
things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the
called according to His purpose."—Romans 8:28
The Swine are Only a Sign
of Pending Revival
"But when he had spent all, there arose a severe famine in
that land, and he began to be in want. Then he went and joined himself to a
citizen of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he
would gladly have filled his stomach with the pods that the swine ate, and no
one gave him anything.
"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my
father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with
hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I
have sinned against Heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be
called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."'
"And he arose and
came to his father..."—Luke 15:14-20
The swine were the final "curtain call" for the revival
to follow as the prodigal son returned home. As we face famine, pandemic,
floods, fires and all other sorts of peril, could it be any other outcome than
what we read in the Gospel? Could it be that a great coming home is on the
horizon as millions return to Jesus in the backdrop of epic peril? On the
Scriptural landscape this was exactly what occurred: "And he arose and
came to his father..."
This "arising" is recorded in other prophetic moments in
the Bible as well: "Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory
of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory
will be seen upon you" (Isaiah 60:1-2). As this current crisis continues
it will only be a line of demarcation for revival, as nations such as
"And when He got into
the boat, he who had been demon-possessed begged Him that he might be with Him.
However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him, 'Go home to your friends,
and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had
compassion on you.' And he departed and began to proclaim in
Moses in the Wilderness
and the Preaching of the Cross
"Then the LORD said
to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and it shall be that
everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live.' So Moses made a
bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten
anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived."—Numbers 21:8-9
The very thing that was "meant for evil" now became a
symbol of deliverance as Moses lifted up the bronze serpent in the Wilderness.
In the same way, the preaching of the Gospel is now more crucial than ever as
evil runs rampant. Nations that have been resistant and violent toward the
message of Jesus will now look to Him as their only hope. If there has ever
been a time to return to the "message of the Cross" it is now as a
global stage is set to bring deliverance, healing and salvation.
"For the message of
the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being
saved it is the power of God."—1 Corinthians 1:18
This will be a crossroads for the global Church as well, as it is
faced with unprecedented crisis and fear, and faced with a choice to resort to
the only visible answer: "The message of the Cross." It will become
to us and the world around us "the power of God" like no other time. Places
such as
The day of the evangelist has returned as a Spirit of deliverance
and salvation is poured out on all flesh. In this crisis it is our shining
hour.
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so
must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not
perish but have eternal life."—(John 3:14-15).
The Blood Bath in
"And they shall take
of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of
the houses..."—Exodus 12:7
In
Many of these events will not be publicized even though mighty
miracles raise the dead, incomparable in modern history, in areas plagued by
current crises. In other cities it will be published on television channels and
every means of communication and will sound something like this: "Prayer
and preaching will occur at such and such location...city sanctioned prayer
meeting today at 12pm..." It will even become mandatory that entire
regions attend these meetings to stem the sickness and disease.
Virtually unknown evangelists will be harbingers of great hope and
power as the Cross of Jesus Christ is preached. Great evangelists of the past
will be replicated a thousand-fold as entire cities become center-stage of a
grassroots revival overflowing into every public place with the sheer
expectation of what God will do next. Many ministers who have faded from the
public eye will now be thrust back into the front lines, re-enlisted as God
makes a worldwide call to arms to "fight the good fight of faith."
Remember, "The swine
are only a sign of pending revival..."
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Regards,
Joshua C Ang
Time: 10:01:56 on 9/09/08
Blessings in Jesus Mighty Name,
It's on my heart to share what I feel with you
regarding this season.
It was very dark season, in the time
when Jezebel lived. Jezebel was actually the one on the scene, although
King Ahab was there. Jezebel is an incarnation of a mix of controlling spirit,
unclean spirit & deception. She was of great influence to let almost most
of the people of God (with the exception of 7000 knees) in that time to run
away from the Living God & to worship baal.
It was very needy, very crucial to have a
Voice in that darkness. Then came Elijah.
Elijah was a timely
Voice. A Voice of proclaiming God's Word & God's Mighty Hand. In his time,
the people of God experienced the Fire
(1 Kings 18:38), the Rain (1
Kings 18:45), the Divine Provision
(1 Kings 17:6 & 16), the Restoration
(1 Kings 17:22), the Presence
(1 Kings 19:12.13), the Miraculous
(1 Kings 17:17-24), the Boldness
(1 Kings 18:18 & 21:19)
Currently, we are going through similar
situation. It feels & looks foggy at many aspects. Darkens is
increasing (even in the church). Deception & confusion is at a very high
level. Immorality is at peak. Whether you go east or west, darkness is
creeping.
It seems we're heading towards such a similar
time like Ahab's time. It's a season where Jezebel will do her most trying
again to practice what she did before in Thyatira (Revelation 2:20-26). However it's the Time when God is going to reveal His
Elijah(s) (Malachi 4:5,6). His
Voice that will be so powerful proclaiming the Mighty One in the midst of
the massive growing creeping darkness.
Acceleration is a key word in the
coming season. Things will happen very fast on many dimensions & aspects on
both ways. Darkness will increase. However,
the highest level of experiencing God's Presence will be there. Those who are seeking Him are going to see His Mighty
deeds, His Mighty protection and His Mighty leadership & guidance.
"........the prophet Elijah stepped
forward and prayed: "O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be
known today that you are God .........and that I am your servant and have done
all these things at your command. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people
will know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back
again. Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood,
the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all
the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The Lord -He is God!
The Lord -He is God!"
Father, we're seeking You & just You. We're
expecting fresh Revelation(s) & the strong Visitations as You are
preparing & releasing the Elijah(s) in such a time like now. Amen
"......Oh, that You would rend the
heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before You. As when
fire sets twigs ablaze and causes water to boil, come down to make
Your Name known to Your enemies and cause the nations to quake before You.
For when You did awesome things that we did not expect, You came down, and
the mountains trembled before You. Since ancient times no one has
heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides
You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him. You come to the help
of those who gladly do right, who remember Your Ways......"
Under His Shadow,
Hiding & abiding in Him,
Ayman Mikhail
Message from: keijo
Subject: Humble greeting!
E-mail: keijo.leppioja at hotmail.com
Message:
Thanks to be the Lord for you all who walk in truth and his life in Christ and
work for him that do good deeds and helping the men that find him,thanks and
bless and hope,pray,keijo sweden
Time: 10:22:53 on 22/08/08
Message from: stephen jairam
Subject: Rev. seebaran buchoon
E-mail: stephenbetta at yahoo.com
Message:
As i read your vision concerning
Rev. seebaran buchoon (my subject) is the pastor that presided over the wedding
ceremony of my wife and i. my wife grew up under his ministry.he is a wonderful
man of God; loving, caring,fatherly, etc... I however got saved under another
ministry. Pastor buchoon had a history of heart problems for some time, which
eventually led to a heart transplant in
I\'ve learned over the past few years how God informs His people of things to
come, and realize that this may have been one such a warning to the reader.
The enemy can be so subtle in his ways that even the most wonderful of God\'s
people do not realize that he might have a hold on their life. This is
something i\'ve seen even in my marraige.
Anyway, pastor buchoon apparently visited your site two months ago and read
this vision. today is the 18th august 2008, and i have to attend his funeral
tomorrow afternoon. He died at 1:00 am on the 16th august 2008.
Please continue to hear from God and pray for the men and women called to the
forefront of the battle. the enemy indeed has weapons that he uses to attack
the people of God.
Just a thought to consider!!!
A friend in Trinidad,
Time: 10:59:23 on 18/08/08
August 10, 2008
Blessings in Jesus Name,
This is Ayman from
As days are coming very close to August 16th
where Lou Engle & "The Call" will arrange for Solemn
Assembly in Washington DC praying for the nation of US, I felt
deeply an urgent call to unite as body of Christ world-wide with
those will be gathering in Washington DC on August 16th
I believe we live in a very strategic time where conflicts of powers are at the
maximum & where deception is widely spread even in the church. We're
entering a season where the Hand of God will be manifested so mightily & in
the same time the confusion will be the highest ever.
I feel increasingly to raise a call for prayer for
Below is a vision that the Lord gave me for
This vision I had during our first night
here in the
Then, I saw two or three evil people approaching
the sleeping man. They came from behind and skillfully put a blindfold on his
eyes. The man did not feel anything as they carefully placed the blindfold over
his eyes. I began crying in my spirit for what was happening to the man, hoping
that by the time he would wake up he will definitely feel the blindfold and he
will surely remove it. I kept watching and waiting for him to awaken. When he
woke up he did not feel anything was wrong. He did not discern that there was
anything on his eyes. Again I was crying in my spirit for that man to be
careful.
In the vision, I saw just ahead of the man
a cliff, which was very steep. The man was heading directly towards the cliff
without realizing his blindness nor the danger ahead for him. I remember in the
vision that I saw that the cliff was endless and bottomless. I was crying in my
spirit and praying for this man that he could discern or feel the blindfold
over his eyes, but he could not. He kept going ahead without hesitating...right
towards the cliff. The cry in my spirit caused others around me to also cry out
to God for that man to be awakened and to be kept from going off the cliff. The
vision ended at this point without me knowing what happened to the man. I woke
up fully and I asked the Lord to give me interpretation to the dream or vision.
I heard the Lord clearly speak to me that this man in the vision is "
END
Hiding & abiding in Him,
Message from: Patrick Maina
Subject: PRAYING IN TONGUES
E-mail: thelujitec at gmail.com
Message:
I’ve been thoroughly edified by the series on praying in tongues. It's
interesting that such rich wealth of revelation could be online for so long
without some of us knowing - I only got to know of this site recently.
I commend you for making this content available to many people - God bless you
for the good work.
On a technical note, there seems to be something wrong with this page - as I am
typing now, the frame is on top of some other text.
Host: 41.220.127.147.41.220.127.147.accesskenya.com
Time: 6:41:57 on 26/06/08
This is Ayman from
Then, I saw two or three evil people approaching the sleeping man. They came
from behind and skillfully put a blindfold on his eyes. The man did not feel
anything as they carefully placed the blindfold over his eyes. I began crying
in my spirit for what was happening to the man, hoping that by the time he
would wake up he will definitely feel the blindfold and he will surely remove
it. I kept watching and waiting for him to awaken. When he woke up he did not
feel anything was wrong. He did not discern that there was anything on his
eyes. Again I was crying in my spirit for that man to be careful.
In the vision, I saw just ahead of the man a cliff, which was very steep. The
man was heading directly towards the cliff without realizing his blindness nor
the danger ahead for him. I remember in the vision that I saw that the cliff
was endless and bottomless. I was crying in my spirit and praying for this man
that he could discern or feel the blindfold over his eyes, but he could not. He
kept going ahead without hesitating...right
towards the cliff. The cry in my spirit caused others around me to also cry out
to God for that man to be awakened and to be kept from going off the cliff. The
vision ended at this point without me knowing what happened to the man. I woke
up fully and I asked the Lord to give me interpretation to the dream or vision.
I heard the Lord clearly speak to me that this man in the vision is "
END
Hiding & abiding in Him,
Ayman
Message from: Seebaran Buchoon
Subject: I was blessed by your site
E-mail: revbuchoon at gmail.com
Message:
I was blessed by your knowledge of God and things of God. I wish you God's
richest blessings as you continue to be a blessing to the body of Christ.
Love in Christ.
Seebaran
Time: 1:37:14 on 5/06/08
MOST
"CONTAGIOUS" ANOINTING -
-Andrew Strom.
(sent in by Larry Magnello,
Todd Bentley has declared that his
But what exactly is this anointing? One observer of the
In a CBN News interview, Todd stated: "Our focus here in Florida every
night is I lay hands on every single person who comes - whether it's 5,000,
10,000 - And I'm praying every night, 'God, give it away, give it away, give it
away.' And that's the focus here: Impartation."
And indeed there are more and more reports of this anointing being transmitted
from
As we have already seen, a report from
A man from
"These are the effects that I have witnessed on people who have attended
this movement and either have had hands laid on them or claim to have been
imparted with "the spirit":
-They come back with this kind of childlike drunken stupor.
-Descriptions of a burning sensation either in their veins, heads or stomachs.
-Descriptions of being washed back and forth like the waves in the ocean;
-Dancing about like drunk...
-Inappropriate yelling and screaming like they're at a football game;
-Young men whistling over and over and holding their heads and claiming that
they "feel the Holy Spirit about to split them in two";
-One young man's back two teeth turned completely to some metallic finish.
-People with their eyes rolled in the back of their heads and weaving around
like they're lost.
-Women just gyrating and pulsating like they're being ravaged from behind from
some unseen force.
-Drunken uncontrollable laughter in the middle of a solemn prayer time…
-People being "slain in the spirit"... just falling down and being
unable to move (like something's holding them down)..."
Another eyewitness from the
"A friend of mine invited me to a church where the ministry team brought
back a "Fire" from the
There was no teaching or preaching. Just testimonies.
They talked about their experience in
A Spirit-filled pastor that I know from the
"My difficulty with Todd Bentley's ministry is not whether he has recently
covered himself with tattoos or pierced himself silly, but the SOURCE of his
power. He keeps changing his position on this.
Sometimes he says it's the Holy Spirit and a lot of the time it's his angels…
"Many have said that they believe that
Either the healings are of God or they are not. Which is it?
"People can be healed in spiritualist churches. I have witnessed,
close-up, first hand, people being instantly healed by mediums and faith
healers. I have also seen people healed by the power of the Holy Spirit. To
begin with there is no discernible difference. However the counterfeit healings
soon begin to either go wrong or something far worse comes upon the person.
"When God heals someone - He adds 'no sorrow.'
"I know Todd started off OK - I was there in his early meetings…In
September 2000 I stood in front of Todd and gave him the warning that God gave
me for him. "Beware, the leaven of the Pharisees, lest an angelic leaven
enters your ministry."
"One month later, according to Todd's own account, at a meeting in
"I have written to Todd on numerous occasions and reminded him of God's
warning, alas to no avail.
"When Todd Bentley conducted a healing meeting in a large charismatic
church here in
"No-one is following up or keeping records of what happens to people who
have hands laid on them by Todd or others like him.
"I have kept records as far as I can, concerning this particular church.
Over a relatively short period, there has been a dramatic increase in premature
deaths, cancers, marriage break-ups, sickness and disease amongst the
congregation where the leadership have allowed this type of ministry into their
church.
Many people left the church in fear.
"These are the consequences of following this type of 'ministry' which
no-one is either aware of, or wants to address. I know, I have visited the
people in hospital and attended one of the funerals…"
[END QUOTE]
Meanwhile we find a number of prominent leaders beginning to declare that this
will be one of the greatest revival movements in history. Some even see it as
the beginning of a "new awakening".
Bob Jones declared that "This move will be a global move, traveling with
signs and wonders all over the world! The third wave is here!"
As this 'anointing' spreads worldwide, I believe there are some serious
questions that we need to ask ourselves:
Isn't it possible, with all the dubious 'anointings' and angels and
manifestations associated with Bentley's ministry, that what we are really
seeing is a giant 'counterfeit' revival? Isn't it possible that if it continues
to grow at the present rate, that it may literally become one of the great
"delusions" of the Last Days - a great deception that has the power
to actually deceive, if possible, the very elect?
These are very serious questions - but I believe they must be asked - because
this 'anointing' is already beginning to circle the globe.
If you have been to a meeting where someone has brought the "fire"
back from
Send any emails or feedback to- prophetic@revivalschool.com
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Our website- http://www.revivalschool.com
God bless you all.
Andrew Strom.
Pastors and
Parishioners at Risk
http://www.saveus.org/articles/counterfeit_community.htm
George Barna, in his book Virtual America, revealed statistics that should
break your heart.
• Fifty-five percent of non-Christian Americans believe it is getting harder
and harder to make
lasting friendships.
• Sixty-two percent of “born-again” Christians claim it is getting hard to make
lasting friendships.
• Seventy-three percent of “evangelical” Christians are finding it difficult to
make real friends.
It seems the stronger the alleged commitment to scriptural authority, the more
severe the problem of
our relationships. Conclusion: the more RELIGION, the less RELATIONSHIP.
Something is desperately wrong! Divided and in a state of dissolution, we stand.
Individualism reigns supreme.
On my daily broadcast, VIEWPOINT, I interviewed H.B. London, head of pastoral
ministries for Focus on the
Family. Our focus was “Pastors at Risk.” He disclosed that at least 70 percent
of pastors in
they have NO friends. Whatever happened to Christian community? Whatever
happened to the “covenant community” in
The fracture of community is also revealed in the
widening chasm that divides our families. The divorce
rate among professing Christians exceeds that of the nation at large. The
divorce rate among pastors equals
that of their congregations (Hartford Seminary Study), the second highest of
all professions, and divorce in
the “Bible Belt” exceeds the nation at large by 50 percent (Rutgers University
Study - “The State of Our
Unions”). Christ may be our Savior, but SELF is king. Could it be that the
Church has taken the lead even in
estranging the family? Counterfeit community is devastating us and destroying
our witness.
William Hendricks, author of Exit Interviews, also appeared on VIEWPOINT. He
revealed that 53,000 people
per week who remain committed to Christ are leaving through the “backdoor” of
concluded that many parishioners do not believe they are being told the whole
“gospel truth,” that their
unique giftedness and purpose as part of a body is not recognized, and that the
church does not provide true
Christian fellowship and community but has become a “gospel country club” of
Sunday back-slappers who care little about one another after the worship
service.
Add to that the new “mall” methods of mass
ministry and you have a pretense of community utterly void of
natural commitment to one another. Organizational “unity” programs multiply,
rhetorical unity abounds, but genuine relational substance is scarce. Why? What
is it that frustrates experiencing the fruit of true unity? Could it be that in
our increasing pursuit of unity we have missed the community out of which unity
is born?
The Real and the Counterfeit
It is said that the best way to identify
counterfeit currency is to study the real thing. The sin nature is
pervasive, and we humans have a distinct propensity to counterfeit the real in
every area of life. This is
true also of such prized commodities as unity and community. American
pragmatism only fuels the
counterfeiting fires, enabling us to stamp “UNITY” or “COMMUNITY” on relational
coinage that lacks the
spiritual or relational “metal” of true unity and community. Genuine unity is
forged in community. It cannot be
carved out of the cold rock of American hyper-individualism. Rather, it is
hammered out in the
intense heat of relationships being welded together “in Christ.” The very
godhead is an eternal display
and declaration of community... Father, Son and Holy Spirit – distinct persons,
yet one – united in truth
and spirit. Even so, we who are born of the Spirit and saved through the
sacrifice of the Son who declared
himself “The TRUTH” become “one” with the Father. This was Jesus’ vision in his
“high priestly prayer” of
John 17. Jesus said true worshipers must worship Him both in spirit and truth.
Truth coupled with the warm wind of relationship in the Spirit is essential to
Christian community that
produces the fruit of biblical unity. That relationship is not just with the
Father but revealed
in our communion – common union – with one another. Just as truth and
relationship are indispensable to
our union in Christ, they are indispensable in common union with one another.
Without the fulness of both truth and relationship born of the spirit, our
faith becomes either a cold set of creeds or an orgy of conjured feelings.
Compromised truth in pursuit of unity yields nothing but a cheap counterfeit –
sentimentality. Similarly, conjured feelings of unity without genuine common
union in real relationships mocks the costly currency of true unity expressed
in community. So how did we come to so readily accept such tinny
counterfeits? Is there an essential “metal” that has eluded us in producing the
coinage of genuine
comm-unity that gives rise to the glorious unity we so desire? There is, and it
is called HOSPITALITY.
Whatever Happened to Hospitality?
There was a time when hospitality was at the heart of the American home. There
was a time when hearts and
homes that practiced hospitality welded families into community with an
invisible glue that let people know
they belonged and were welcome and accepted. And there was a time twenty
centuries ago when one of the
hallmarks of the Church was “behold how they love one another.” They broke
bread together “from house to
house with gladness and singleness of heart,” and the Church exploded (Acts
2:41-47). Hospitality was the
earthly expression of the eternal hope of believers. Something dramatic has
happened, however, since those
times, causing Christianity Today (May 22, 2000) to ask the headline question,
“Whatever Happened to
Hospitality?” There is a pervasive sense throughout our land that hospitality
is becoming discouragingly
scarce as an art and as an expression of the heart. So let me ask you, Whatever
happened to hospitality?
Many experience “crowded loneliness” – surrounded by people but lost in the
crowd. The spirit of the mall
has become the consumer model for the Master’s church. There is a growing
absence of heart connectedness, a deep feeling that no one knows my name, or
even cares. The collective effect is the collapse of community, a conclusion
validated by both secular and spiritual observers. Even our church buildings
are increasingly designed like malls, breeding grounds for artificial
relationships. We belong to the club of strangers yearning desperately for
fellowship. Often even our small group or cell group efforts become more
methodologies for organizational growth than for genuine biblical and Kingdom
relationships.
Artificiality is becoming normative. And we are becoming virtually strangers...
in the crowd, yet lonely.
Crowded loneliness is frightening. God well understood the implications of lack
of relationship rooted in
genuine community. He warned
threatening the very faith that bred our freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville first
diagnosed the danger of
selfish isolationism that threatened the nation. In Habits of the Heart,
sociologists discuss the gravity
of de Tocqueville’s 1830's observations for our time, noting it was he who
coined the term “individualism.”
Individualism has mutated now into hyper-individualism, a virulent disease of
the soul now threatening to destroy even Christian community and the
God-ordained heart of hospitality that undergirds all genuine community.
The Divine Antidote
“Hospitality is as close as we will ever get to the face of God,” declared a
rabbi. Hospitality is at the
heart of the Gospel. God was not willing that we, who were estranged from Him by
sin, should remain
strangers. The Father sent forth His Son to extend an invitation to His home,
welcoming those who would
receive His invitation into a holy comm-unity called the Church. His desire was
that we be one in community
with Him even as Christ was, that the world would be convinced of Christ and
His mission.
Hospitality is to reach to strangers. In a very real and growing sense, we are
all strangers here. We must
grasp the God-breathed need for Christ-infused hospitality to reach the virtual
strangers around us,
beginning with those virtual strangers right in our midst in the household of
faith.
Hospitality is glorious, but not glamorous. It is not an artificial marketing
tool but the Master’s
authentic method for birthing and maintaining relational community. Therefore,
the Apostle Paul
stated that anyone in a position of leadership in the Church must first be
“given to” hospitality and be a
“lover” of hospitality. In describing the functional essence of Christian
relationships, Paul made clear
that all who follow Christ must be “given to” hospitality.
Contrary to popular thinking and teaching,
hospitality is not a gift I have, but a gift I must give. It is
the practical handle God has given to implement agape love. It is the attitude
of the heart which, when
expressed collectively among members of the Body, produces the authentic
relational womb that births a
community in which a people linked in truth are described as being in “unity.”
Unity is not the goal
but rather the fruit that issues from the root. When either truth or community
relationship fostered by
hospitality are missing in whole or in part, we seek gospel gimmicks to replace
them. The result is not
true unity but a counterfeit, requiring constant catering to fleshly interests
demanding a conformity
of compromise rather than to Christ. As we see the day of our Lord’s return
rapidly approaching, the Holy Spirit bringing re-birth to the holy heart of
hospitality that graced the life of the early Church, causing outsiders to
desire becoming insiders as they observed the unity of truth displayed in holy
community. We yearn again for the world to inescapably conclude, “Behold, how
they love one another.” But first it will be necessary to restore the Hebraic
roots of the church.
Restoring Our Hebraic Roots
How could Christian leadership since the early Church have largely lost the
profound simplicity of
hospitality? The viewpoint of the Church and its leaders changed dramatically.
The Church was born in
the Feast of Passover, the Feast of Unleavened Bread and the Feast of First
Fruits. Pentecost was followed
by the Feast of Trumpets and the Feast of Tabernacles, celebrated by Jesus, His
apostles and the Apostle
Paul, all of which were Jewish, to display God’s covenantal community before
the nations. The “Feasts
of the Lord” were open to all who embraced the “God of Abraham, Isaac and
Into such a spiritual environment Yeshua (Christ) was presented as the “Word
made flesh,” “Tabernacled among us,” welcoming all who would receive Him to His
Father’s eternal home. It was in this same Hebraic
environment that the Church was born. As the Church spread, invading Gentile
realms, Gentile
thinking and ways invaded the Church. Predominant were Greek thinking and Roman
organization. For the Greek, the mind mattered most, and relationship was of
remote relevancy. Hellenistic influence rapidly replaced the Hebraic heart.
God’s Truth became not a faith to be practiced but facts to be pondered.
For gentile Christians, it became more “kosher” to think like a Greek than like
a Jew. This eroded
Hebraic practice. As Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire, so did
the
ways and practices among Christians. Roman structures and organizational ways
replaced Hebraic synagogues and relational patterns of worship. With radical
changes of thought and practice among
Christians came radical rejection of Hebraic practices and persecution of the
Jews, severing our Hebraic
roots while laying the foundation for seventeen centuries of abandonment of the
very heart and soul of
first-century Christianity.
The Spirit of God is grieved. He is bringing
course correction. It is part of the Holy Spirit’s “preparing
the way” for our Lord’s return. Much is at stake. Our future success will
depend significantly on the degree
to which we restore the Hebraic roots that open our hearts hospitably to
others. Nowhere is the substitution of the Greek mind for the Hebraic heart
more prevalent in practice than among pastors. We who pastor have become the
primary perpetrators and propagators of a purely cognitive approach to the
practice of Christian faith. While what we believe is truly important, how we
live is of equal or greater importance. The great gap between what we say we
believe and how we really live opens us and our flocks to self deception.
In few places is this gap more apparent than in the practice of hospitality.
While statistics do not
always tell the whole truth, the fact that 70 percent of pastors admit they
have no friends reveals a
significant disconnect between our sincere desire to practice agape love and
our failure to practice
hospitality. When hospitality begins to invade and issue from a pastor’s heart,
new hope and healing flows from his ministry. His home becomes a revitalized
haven for his family, the faithful, and those who would enter the family of
God. The spirit of true community comes alive. Genuine unity emerges naturally
from the
vibrancy of community.
The Pastoral Connection
If we truly want unity, we must restore community. Genuine community will
flower with a fresh pursuit of
truth and a rebirth of hospitality. To preach hospitality, I must practice
hospitality. And if I would practice hospitality, I will soon preach
hospitality. Hospitality must again become an essential of Christian
discipleship. If we would be touched with hospitality, we must teach
hospitality. Hospitality gives us a “handle” on agape love. It requires not
only teaching but also training, enveloping every aspect of our Christian walk.
Once one gains a vision for The POWER of Hospitality, forgiveness,
reconciliation, fellowship, reaching the lost, and virtually every other aspect
of ministry and relationship take on new significance and meaning, including
unity.
The heart of our faith is revealed in a heart of
hospitality. Let’s get serious about discipling the
saints in this essential expression of God’s grace to us. May no Christian
magazine ever again need to ask,
“Whatever Happened to Hospitality?” And may The POWER of Hospitality give
rebirth to genuine Christian
comm-unity causing a skeptical world to again declare, “Behold how they love
one another,” thus extending a
welcoming hand to those in a fractured and hyper-individualistic society who
will embrace “the
WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE.”
Charles Crismier, founder of Save America Ministries, is host of VIEWPOINT, a
national radio broadcast
“Confronting the Issues of America’s Heart and Home.”
This article is partially taken from a new
release, The POWER of Hospitality (2005, Elijah Books) by Chuck
and Kathie Crismier.
As
by Teresa Neumann : May 4, 2008 : J. Lee Grady - Faith
News Network
http://www.faithnews.cc/articles.cfm?sid=8886
(sent in by Joshua C. Ang,
"God wants a holy breakout. He intends for all believers to lay hands on
the sick and to restore the broken. The same Holy Spirit who anointed Jesus to
cleanse lepers has empowered us with a healing touch. Please don't sit on your
hands during this crucial hour."
REPORTER'S NOTE: Although there will always be some who go to great lengths
to dissect what makes a "true" revival, how many healings constitute
a true healing outbreak, etc., John 9:24-34 tempers that tendency, serving as a
check and balance in the age-old tension of liberty vs. legalism. In that
Scripture, in which a man born blind is healed by Jesus, he puts everything
into perspective when grilled by the Pharisees with the simple words, "You
don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes...If this man were not
from God he could do nothing." Indeed, when Jesus discovers that the
formerly blind man had been interrogated by the faithless Pharisees, He accuses
them of being spiritually blind. Lord help us to be, as J. Lee Grady exhorts
us, "willing vessels" in this crucial hour, even at the cost of
appearing foolish. -Teresa Neumann
Lakeland Healing Revival J. Lee Grady, editor of Charisma magazine, has posted a timely message on Faith News Network on the subject of healing.
He begins his editorial with a reminder of what exactly Jesus disliked about
the Pharisees: primarily their hyper-legalism. "They stayed away from
women, children, dead bodies, lepers, beggars, sinners, blood, shellfish, pigs
and especially people of other ethnic backgrounds," writes Grady.
"They didn't want 'unclean' Gentiles to corrupt them."
When Jesus traveled to the
"Too often," adds Grady, "we fall under the influence of the
'religious sanitation police.' Religious systems despise healing, and they certainly
don't endorse touching the addicted, the diseased, the demonized or the
dying...True holiness invades sickness, sin and shame and overcomes it."
Concerning current revivals with
manifested healings, Grady concludes, "God wants a holy breakout. He
intends for all believers to lay hands on the sick and to restore the broken.
The same Holy Spirit who anointed Jesus to cleanse lepers has empowered us with
a healing touch. Please don't sit on your hands during this crucial hour."
by Dr. Pat Holiday who has a miracle ministry in
(sent in by Larry
VISION of TRUE and FALSE REVIVAL
(sent in by Larry
NOTE from A. STROM (2006): I too have sensed the strong possibility that there
may occur “two Revivals” almost together - one true and the other counterfeit.
So I was very interested to hear the below vision.
VISION of TRUE and FALSE REVIVAL
by Patrick Ersig.
Here is the account of a vision from God that I received regarding true and
counterfeit revival. This
vision occurred on March 4th 2006.
The VISION
Everything was black and I saw one person walking at a semi-brisk pace. Not
fast walking, but a slight cadence above normal pace. Walking with purpose.
This person was walking straight and sure - upright and strong - solemn and
serious, like a revolutionary – a warrior - a light to darkness. I then saw a
couple more people and then others in the distance and they were bright and
shining against the blackness that was all around. They all walked the same way
- solemn and serious and the Lord spoke and said,
“These are my remnant who are walking in holiness, righteousness, obedience,
brokenness and utter submission to MY WILL - watch what I am doing Patrick.”
Then I saw the individuals begin to unite in small groups of two to three at
first and then more came and the groups grew to five and even ten and the light
intensified greatly. It was beautiful like a sunset over the mountains or a
sunrise on the ocean, a rose in full bloom.
What I saw next made me burst into tears and sobs to the point that I couldn’t
continue to describe what I was seeing. My wife keep saying, “What! what is it?
What to do you see?” After a few minutes I was able to control the weeping to
explain what I saw happening.
As the Lord was drawing together His remnant into these small groups the power
God came down - like in the book of Acts - the lame were walking, the blind
were seeing, the deaf were hearing, (literally and figuratively) and
persecution fuelled the fire! This end time HOLY and RIGHTEOUS remnant of
serious and solemn warriors and revolutionaries walked in the deep darkness of
America and her backslidden lukewarm churches with apostolic glory and power
not seen since the book of Acts - to proclaim the true Gospel of Jesus Christ -
repentance and holiness and freedom from sin!
The Lord spoke and said, “This is the revival that I am bringing about and it
starts with the individuals who have been called out to personal revival and
are walking straight and sure - upright and strong - solemn and serious, like
revolutionaries, warriors, lights to darkness. My remnant is walking in
holiness, righteousness, obedience, brokenness and utter submission to MY WILL
and I am drawing them together.”
Then the vision switched.
Now I saw what looked like a dimly lit movie or a video shot with poor
lighting. I saw clips of people
dancing and shaking. I saw people falling down, shouting, jumping, and singing.
There were huge
multitudes rather then the few and many, many were coming in large groups that
filled large auditoriums and stadiums instead of small groups of individuals
being drawn together. Even some of the lights that were in the first part of
the vision were drawn to this part of the vision.
I saw dancing and clapping, shaking, shouting, strong and powerful emotionalism
and sensationalism. Soulish and fleshy spirits claimed to be the Holy Spirit.
Great miracles abounded - signs and wonders. People proclaimed, “This is the
revival we have been waiting
and praying for!! -This is the revival we have heard prophesied!!! - This is
the outpouring of the Holy
Spirit - a great move of God!” But the Lord spoke and said, “Patrick this is
not from me - this is from
Satan - it is a counterfeit!! And many will be fooled and tricked by this
clever deception from the enemy!”
Then the vision switched again.
Now I saw both visions side by side - split screen, so to speak. They both grew
in intensity at an equal rate - as the true would grow in power, the false
would grow in numbers and as the true would grow in numbers, the false would
grow in false signs and wonders. The Lord spoke and said, “This is not a vision
of the future, but this has already begun and will grow as the days pass. I am
doing this now and the enemy is coming against it at this very moment.”
Conclusion:
The Lord is bringing about an end times revival of which the like we have never
seen and it begins with you. The Lord is calling you to be separate, to
holiness and righteousness unto the Lord and to walk in obedience and utter
submission to His will. Be free from sin, be perfect as your Father in heaven
is perfect, be dead to flesh and alive IN Christ. Walk sober and solemn and
serious before the Lord with a reverent and holy fear of God. If you are
looking and waiting for some big corporate outpouring of emotionalism and signs
and wonders you are going to miss the coming revival.
The revival starts with you! Seek the Lord and press into Him closer everyday.
Allow the Blood and Grace of Jesus to break the bonds of your flesh and produce
Holy and Righteous living in your life. Ask the Lord to show you what it is in
your life that is keeping you from that which is perfect - no matter how small
or how painful; ask the Lord to expose everything that is keeping you from
being closer to Him and bring Glory to Him and His kingdom and deeply renounce
all that He shows you.
Live your life as a living sacrifice - a living drink offering poured out
before the Lord for His glory and
honor. There are many things that are cultural, societal and religious that
keeps us separated from
God and walking in His Spirit. Pray for God to bring these things to light and
put them to death no matter how hard it may be. If you don’t realize that the
revival the Lord is doing begins with you
individually, then you are going to miss it!
The Lord is calling you today, repent for your lukewarmness and your
lackadaisical attitude toward
sin in your own life and those who are perishing and plunging into hell all
around you everyday! The Lord is calling you today to allow the Blood of Jesus
and the grace of God to produce holiness and rivers of righteousness in your
life that you maybe salt to a decaying world and light to the darkness that
prevails. What will you do? The Lord is calling you right now to make up your
mind to love Him with all your heart, mind, soul and strength, take up your
cross, die to self and follow HIM - forsaking ALL and seeking after Him with
all that you are and have. Come out and be separate in holy, righteous
obedience unto God!
WARNIG - DO NOT be fooled by these sensual, emotional counterfeits that are and
will be popping up, that these people and churches call “revival”. IT IS A
TRICK FROM THE ENEMY! When you hear that “revival” has broken out in the next
town or the next state or even in your own city - please remember this warning.
There will be much singing and dancing and shouting and many things will sound
as though they are true. There will be great surges of emotion that will cause
people to fall down and jump and shout, cry and weep but this is not from God.
Many will be crying out in joy, “Peace, peace”.
But God’s Servants will have discernment above and beyond any gift, and a
willingness to die than lie - despite the increase of signs and wonders from
all of the counterfeit moves around them in the ‘churches’. If the “revival”
you are in is not serious and reverent, holy and righteous, and the Love and
reverent fear toward God are not the only things you see, then RUN FOR YOUR
LIFE, and warn everyone you know. These spirits are strong and extremely
powerful - get out of the building and don’t be fooled by the signs and
wonders. Please, I am begging you to remember this, for I know that there will be
many who are fooled and even (if possible) drawn away from the real to the
counterfeit, but I also know that there will be some who read this warning and
remember it and are spared. The true revival army will look like small bands of
revolutionaries or Special Forces with an end times mission to complete and
Satan’s counterfeit will resemble a band of wild Indians or tribal warriors
dancing shouting battle cries.
The true revival army will attack the enemy at its stronghold, sin - their
mission will be the souls of
men through the power of the Holy Spirit - they will be concerned with setting
people free from the bondage of sin through the message of the cross and will
watch strongholds of sin topple. Satan’s counterfeit will go after places and
methods of sin - they will try to legislate morality and get laws changed,
which results in forced morality and no salvations. God’s army will seek to
save that which is lost in the streets and alleys - Satan’s army will try to
change the laws to prevent sin but result in the salvation of no one.
“Whosoever loves his life shall lose it. Whosoever loses his life for MY sake,
shall find it.”
Satan you are on notice! God is preparing a revival army that is going to tear
down the strongholds of your kingdom and Jesus is preparing a bride for Himself
that is spotless and pure!
God is calling to make a decision right now – what will you do?!
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Message from: Harry Kumang
Subject: Thank you!
E-mail: hkumang at pacificre.com.pg
Message:
Thank you Pastor Peter and the Team.
God is wonderful and to Him be all glory now and forever.
By His mighty grace, I found your web address. In early 2006, I was doing a
favour for a young pastor who gave me your web address and asked me to look up
your teaching on the Holy Spirit for him. Was a life changing experience.
Thank you so much. All glory to our Lord Jesus Christ.
May God richly bless you, your family and your ministry. May He reveal the
deeper levels of His great love.
Brother Harry
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Time: 9:22:50 on 30/04/08
Message from: adebissi bambe
Subject: encouragement
E-mail: hollybissi
Message:
My dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ. I did not know you but I love you
who ever you are for you are the son and the daughter of my Father in the
heaven. I want to encourage you all to abide yourself or your self to The Lord.
The Lord Jesus said that Love His LOVE never fail. HE HIS LOVE . He gave us to
His Church , to his disciples a New commandment. LOVE Each other as I love Your
for the world will know that you belong to me according to the love you have
for each other. I have a question for you all. what ever is your position in
the Church what have done with this COMMANDMENT.
I am sorry for my English. I speak French language and I live in a French
island called
Forgive your brother, forgive your sisters. Say me well to my brothers and
sisters where you are.
bissi Bambe
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"ANGELS" & the HEALING REVIVAL-
WARNING! –
Andrew
Strom
(sent in by Larry Magnello)
I continue to get emails about last week's article -
"A FALSE HEALING REVIVAL?" Some people strongly agree, while others
are totally outraged that I would question the
healings or other manifestations that are occurring.
Personally I am deeply saddened that I even have to put out these warnings. I
get no pleasure out of it. In fact I hate
having to talk about this stuff. But what happens if something is seriously
amiss and yet no warnings are given? Is it right to be
silent in such a case? What about the precious sheep? Shouldn't they be warned?
What a lot of people may not realize is that the leader of the revival Todd
Bentley has a long history in the "Laughing/ Drunkenness"
movement - but also is a leading proponent of strange "Angel"
encounters (and I do mean 'strange'). Todd has openly
promoted these encounters for years - in fact he is well-known for leading
others into contact with these 'angels' too. This has
been a big part of his ministry for a very long time. And it is really no
different now.
Here are a couple of extracts from Todd's 2003 article 'Angelic Hosts':
"So when I need a financial breakthrough I don't just pray and ask God for
my financial breakthrough. I go into
intercession and become a partner with the angels by petitioning the Father for
the angels that are assigned to getting me money: "Father,
give me the angels in heaven right now that are assigned to get me money and
wealth. And let those angels be released on my
behalf. Let them go into the four corners of the earth and gather me
money."
Todd continues...
"EMMA, ANGEL Of The PROPHETIC
Now let me talk about an angelic experience with Emma. Twice Bob Jones asked me
about this angel that was in
City
appearing to me. Surprised, I said, "Bob, who is Emma?" He told me
that Emma was the angel that helped birth and start the
whole prophetic movement in
out. Within a few weeks of Bob asking me about Emma, I was in a service in
Beulah,
"In the middle of the service I was in conversation with Ivan and
another person when in walks Emma. As I stared at the angel with open eyes, the
Lord said, "Here's Emma." I'm not
kidding. She floated a couple of inches off the floor. It was almost like
Kathryn Khulman in those old videos when she wore a
white dress and looked like she was gliding across the platform. Emma appeared
beautiful and young - about 22 years old - but she was
old at the same time. She seemed to carry the wisdom, virtue and grace of
Proverbs 31 on her life. She glided into the room,
emitting brilliant light and colors. Emma carried these bags and began pulling
gold out of them. Then, as she walked up and down the
aisles of the church, she began putting gold dust on people... Within three
weeks of that visitation, the church had given me the
biggest offering I had ever received to that point in my ministry. Thousands of
dollars! Thousands!... During this visitation the
pastor's wife (it was an AOG church) got totally whacked by the Holy Ghost –
she began running around barking like a dog or squawking
like a chicken as a powerful prophetic spirit came on her. Also, as this
prophetic anointing came on her, she started getting phone
numbers of complete strangers and calling them up on the telephone and
prophesying over them... Then angels started showing
up in the church." [END QUOTE]
More recently, Todd stated that in one of his "Third Heaven" trips he
literally visited the small cabin where the apostle Paul lives in
Heaven. Paul told him that he wrote the book of Hebrews with the personal help
of Abraham the Patriarch: The authorship
isn’t clear
because it was Abraham and I; Abraham shared the content with me. Todd's 'Third
Heaven' tales are full of such astonishing claims
- and of course, more angels. (See 'A Face To Face Encounter - Part 2 of 2' -
By Todd Bentley).
Lest anyone think that Todd may have changed his ways in recent times, you
should know that he is constantly
mentioning his 'angels' in the current Florida meetings also. For instance,
watch from about the 6-minute mark of the following video
clip- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9mSCHJfnGE
In this video, Todd speaks of the angel that is going to "visit the
children" and then he begins more and more to jerk and
laugh uncontrollably. He prays that a 'drunken glory' will move across the
whole place - and you can see it happen in the
audience.
This is all the same kind of stuff that Todd has been involved in for years.
There is nothing new in it. In fact, both
Todd and Bob Jones credit an angel that carries the "Winds of Change"
for the current healing revival - an angel that they say is
still driving it. As one young preacher commented who has been following the
"healing angel" even more than he talks about Jesus. Yes - exactly!
We are warned explicitly in Scripture that the devil "transforms himself
into an angel of light", and that in the Last Days will come
'Lying signs and wonders' that will "deceive if possible the very
elect." Do we really believe that the devil is unable
to perform miracles? Have we forgotten what the Bible clearly says?
Some make the point that Todd obviously had a strong healing gift right from
the start of his ministry - so some of
the healings in
at all coming from this source if it has become so tainted with all this
pollution? Do we want such a man laying hands on us
and imparting "anointings" or spirits into us?
I read a report from the
it is manifesting in his
outbursts of joy, drunkenness and spontaneous healings throughout the
meeting."
Other reports from the
The Elijah List claims that on New Year's Eve, for 2008, God told Bob Jones
that "the third wave was coming." Todd asked
Bob what the third wave was. He said that, "
"Winds of Change" -- this move of God. This move will be a global
move, traveling with signs and wonders all over the world!
The third wave is here!"
The
globe. Can you see why I have cause for alarm, my friends?
URGENT - Please FORWARD THIS TO OTHERS.
Send feedback to- prophetic@revivalschool.com
God bless you all.
Andrew Strom.
(sent in
by Joshua Ang,
Latest
Webcasts are available from:
Ignited Church - http://www.ustream.tv/channel/great-florida-healing-revival
...watch the healings of terminal-cases, blindness, deaf being healed and
restored HERE!
Warning: if you're on dial-up and not broadband, you are advised not to watch!!
Revival And Healing In Florida
Todd Bentley and others
Personal Update
Todd Bentley
Written April 16, 2008
REVIVAL IN LAKELAND FLORIDA...Bob Jones said: "The Angel Named 'Winds of Change'
is bringing the change NOW"
Dear Friends,
As I write this, just two hours ago at 2pm, the Glory fell on me; I've been
weeping and praying about what is happening here in Florida. I honestly have
never felt such a manifest presence. People are saying they feel the glory 10
miles away from the meetings, it's that tangible.
And based on how absolutely electric the meetings are going, one can only
imagine what will happen tonight and in the meetings to follow. Along with many
other leaders, we pray that this is the next wave that we have all been waiting
for.
I just spoke with Bob Jones again, and he told me several things. First, he was
not expecting that the glory would fall this soon.
Second, Bob said the angel named "Winds of Change," is bringing the
change NOW, and that this outpouring would break out internationally. He said
this outpouring, the very tangible healing anointing, is for the world and
would go everywhere. (God told me that every night in the meetings I was to
impart it to ministries, and as I write this, several hundred pastors,
evangelists and ministries have already come.)
Third, Bob said, and I agree, we have never seen such notable miracles.
(Distinctively, scars and burn marks have been removed from bodies, and there
are testimonies coming in of cancers, tumors, deaf ears, diabetes, lupus,
autism, and a vast array of other sicknesses and diseases, all being healed.
I'm talking hundreds of healings so far! There are dramatic salvations, and
heavenly visitations especially coming to the children.)
Fourth, Bob said that our interns would become "doctors," quickly,
and take this to the world, and that our associates are needed to spread the
fire. (Since many associates are in the meetings here, right now, if you would
like to book any of these associates to bring the fire and revival to your
city, church, or ministry, call the Fresh Fire office: 604-853-9041 or go to
our website www.freshfire.ca and check out our
associates under Associate Ministries.)
Please read the following letter and comments from Denny Cline, one of our real
friends and fathers, who pastors the Vineyard Christian Fellowship of Albany,
in
Also, another report follows below given to me today by John Arnott, who is
currently in
Before closing, I want to invite all those who are really hungry and praying
for revival, to come get some! You can also watch what God is doing in
In Revival,
Todd Bentley
Fresh Fire Ministries
www.freshfire.ca
Prophetic Word Spoken over Todd Bentley and the Nations
Rob DeLuca
March 8, 2008
This is exactly word for word what was spoken over Todd Bentley (from Fresh
Fire Ministries) at the "Downpour Conference" on the Gold Coast in
Australia, on March 8, 2008, by Pastor Rob DeLuca from New Zealand:
Todd, I saw a vision, and it's concerning four revivals that are going to take
to place in the world.
I saw a human boomerang flying out of
I saw "Todd Bentley"--your name on the boomerang, but I knew that it
was the Lord showing me that it was you, and I saw it fly back around and it
came and hit
But, there was a bit more accuracy to it. It hit the state of
I see something BIG in
I saw a scroll attached to this nail and it said, "The Kingdom of God has
now come." I really believe that what has taken place in the last 20 years
in
I saw it hit
And Father, we thank You for it. I thank You for the revivals that are coming
to the nations that have been spoken and seen.
I thank You Father for
I thank You for
I thank You for
I thank You Father that it is for our generation and for the generation that's
coming. Lord, let history be made even in the now, we pray.
And I thank You for the anointing that's on this man of God. I thank You Father
that we honor the gift of God and we value the gift of God and in doing so
Father, we declare blessing concerning the increase of his ministry, concerning
the promotion of even being one that's sent to take entire nations to influence
entire nations.
Father, let
In Jesus name, what's happened...I really believe what happened--it's even
going to hit CNN, it's going to hit news broadcasts, it's going to be talked
about all over
Pastor Rob DeLuca
His Way Church in New Zealand
www.hiswaychurch.com
Email: admin@hiswaychurch.com
For Todd Bentley and the Healing Revival in Florida
Prophesied by Wendy Alec from God.TV
April 17, 2008
I felt the Lord say that even as scandals and a cynicism have eroded the
world's view of the Church and the Church itself, the Lord said that,
"Even in an instant what comes OUT OF FLORIDA will RESTORE CREDIBILITY and
FAITH to BELIEVE and RECEIVE SUPERNATURAL MIRACLES OF A DIMENSION NOT YET SEEN
ON THE EARTH--EVEN IN A MOMENT," says the Lord.
"For My son, I am stirring up the river, I am stirring up the river. The
sound of a GREAT GRACE," says the Lord. "The sound of a GREAT GRACE
is descending from My throne."
"For even as you have yearned in your spirit to see this day, and even as
you have seen this moment, I tell you that this is just the preparation,"
says the Lord. "THIS is just the warm up party, for what you shall see in
the coming days shall even make these days pale with what I have up My sleeve.
And I tell you My son, THIS THAT I POUR OUT UPON YOU and UPON FLORIDA, shall
flow to the East. Even to the East," says the Lord.
"I tell you that ASIA--
"And a great joining shall take place. And a great MERGING of movements; a
merging and a joining. And a lowering of the dividing walls of ministries. And
this shall be a sign to you--this is that of which I have whispered to your
spirit as the great outpouring of the end."
"And a softening shall take place in
"For I shall pour My spirit upon the arid ground, and even where the
Church has clung to the old, I tell you that the wind; I tell you that the
rushing wind that arises from Florida, shall blow away the chaff and the fire
shall burn away that which is dross. And the old that does not satisfy shall be
even in a moment--swept away as the NEW IS COME."
"And so MY CHURCH SHALL COME TO ITS RISING. Yes MY CHURCH IN AMERICA shall
start to shake. SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE!" says the Lord. "SHAKE SHAKE
SHAKE! For I am doing a new thing. For some say, 'I have seen this before.' But
I tell you--THIS IS a NEW HOUR and a NEW DAY and a FRESH OUTPOURING OF MY
SPIRIT," says the Lord. "I am pouring out My spirit in a NEW
dispensation."
"And My son, yes to the isles far across the sea this shall go. Even
"Yes, for this is a new flow being released in
"But make NO mistake--THIS IS DIFFERENT--a different anointing, a
different outpouring from that which has gone out from this state before. Make
no mistake--this is a DIFFERENT season and a DIFFERENT fragrance and a
DIFFERENT sound. I am doing a FRESH thing. I am doing A BRAND NEW THING. And
no, no, no, you have not seen or touched or smelt this before."
"THERE WILL BE A TASTE. For this is a taste and a sound. A taste and a
sound and a fragrance. Yes," says the Lord, "even a TASTE there shall
yet be. And it is the taste of Heaven. And it is the sound of the war chariots.
AND a sound of THE MIGHTY RUSHING WIND. THE SOUND OF A GREAT GRACE," says
the Lord. "You shall even hear the wind, my child, and My GRACE shall come
in the wind. And My GRACE shall come in the fire. And My GRACE shall descend as
an overshadowing. Even as a mother with her chicks, I tell you that My GREAT
GRACE DESCENDS among you and overshadows you."
"And the smell of MY CONSUMING FIRE. For My servants have cried out to Me.
Yes, My people have cried and have yearned and have raised their voices in the
midnight hour to Me. And I have heard their cries," says the Lord,
"and I tell you that what you see in this outpouring is but a shadow of
what I shall pour in the coming days--in the months ahead," says the Lord.
"For have I not promised that I shall visit? Have I not promised that I
shall pour My power and My grace upon all flesh? Oh yes," says the Lord,
"oh yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!"
"And I tell you--that which rises from
"And the people shall weep. There shall come a great weeping and
conviction and a great sound of repentance shall arise; shall arise from this
place," says the Lord. "The sound of a great WEEPING, for there shall
even be a harvest of tears! And the nations shall be impacted by My glory and
shall be impacted by revival and shall be impacted by MY SON," says the
Lord. "Yes, and then into the time of the end."
Wendy Alec finished this word with, "For you, dear Todd, from the
Lord."
Wendy Alec
Co-Founder of GOD.TV
www.god.tv
This Fresh Outpouring
Denny Cline
From the beginning of this year, the Holy Spirit has been impressing upon me to
have us both prepare and plan for revival. And from that time, there have been
signs that God is visiting us and His people in the
My hopes have been raised even more as I now know it was God who spoke to me
last summer to tell Todd Bentley that he was about to have another visitation
and another launching. I invited him to our conference on the ministry of
angels held early in February. We heard a sound in the Spirit and decreed the
release of the Host of Heaven for revival and harvest. There was clearly
warfare against the promise for Todd, as he was prevented from crossing the
border to attend our conference.
The next week, at the airport on his way to
But God is faithful. Something fresh began to happen the next week in
Over the last three weeks here in
This fresh outpouring is a new level and has the potential to awaken the whole
of
Now I realize with the way the internet and media in general have developed,
people can experience an outpouring and can even be touched by God through the
media and the communication available. People have watched the meetings from
all over the world already on webcast, and now will be able to have it in their
homes through God.TV, which can potentially reach 400,000,000 people. That is
staggering when you think about it.
It would take many pages to write the testimonies coming in with just three
weeks of meetings (from what is happening) in
We should all be praying and hungering for this outpouring to spread to the
Body of Christ at large and into the streets and everywhere outside the walls
of the church. For it has the potential to become a great awakening that brings
thousands and even millions to Christ as God pours out His love and manifests
the Kingdom of Heaven in healings, miracles, and an invitation to receive the
Lord of Glory, Jesus Christ.
Denny Cline, Senior Leader
Albany Vineyard Christian Fellowship
www.vcfalbany.org
Reprinted...
"Revival is breaking out everywhere. I have heard reports from
About four weeks ago, Todd Bentley began the
The miracles and salvations continue to break out as well as the
increased glory presence of the Lord and the angelic realm. Ministry leaders
from all over the world are attending to receive impartation. Believers are
flooding into
Here are some video snippets of the ongoing Revival, from Youtube, that I've
found:
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=Florida+Healing+Revival&search_type=
...in particular, watch these 4 part video entitled "Todd
Bentley Florida Healing Revival 1" with Todd Bentley
imparting the anointing through the media (your computer screens)!
My own desire: let this Healing Revival breakout too here in
Main Reference websites:
IS
THOUGHTS FROM PATRICIA KING
From the Desk of Patricia King
Dear Friends,
The Todd Bentley meetings in
To Revive means "to bring back to life; to refresh and to
replenish". The following is a definition from the Merriam Webster Online
Dictionary:
1: to restore to consciousness or life
2: to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state: bring
back
3: to renew in the mind or memory
Therefore, a Revival is an event and an atmosphere where
life-giving refreshment from the Spirit of God touches lives.
Merriam Webster Online Dictionary Definition of
"revival":
1: an act or instance of reviving: the state of being revived: as a: renewed
attention to or interest in something b: a new presentation or publication of
something old c: (1): a period of renewed religious interest (2): an often
highly emotional evangelistic meeting or series of meetings 2: restoration of
force, validity, or effect (as to a contract)
COMPARED WITH RAIN
There are various degrees of revival in the same way as there are degrees of
rainfall. Here is an example: If you went for a walk in your shorts, flip
flops, and tank top and felt a raindrop fall on your face... and then another
single drop a moment later... and then a few more, you would say, "I
better get home, it is raining." It is rain if it is one drop and it is
still rain if it is a torrential downpour. It is all rain.
It is the same with revival. Like rain, there are varying degrees.
There are moments of personal revival experienced in prayer and devotion times
or through attending a Spirit filled meeting. There are seasons of personal revival
where you find yourself coming out of a dry place and into a full season of
refreshment in the Spirit. We have all experienced these degrees from time to
time.
There are also corporate times of refreshing where entire local
assemblies experience refreshment and revitalization. And then there are
revivals that influence the Body of Christ in cities and nations like the Welsh
Revival, the Azusa Street Revival, the Healing Revivals in the 40's and 50's
and the Toronto and Pensacola outpourings in the 90's.
It is all revival but varying degrees.
DEGREES AND TYPES
Lets look at the example of rain again. Some rain is cold and almost freezing.
Other rain is warm. Some is heavy and some is light. There are tropical rains
and desert rains. There is spring rain and summer rain. There are former rains
and latter rains. There are different types of rain and there are also
different types of revivals. There are healing revivals and holiness revivals.
There are revivals of salvation and revivals of Father's love.
I always love to rejoice in everything the Father pours out.
Sometimes we become too analytical. We try to measure the rain, evaluate the
rain, and pull the rain apart to find out if it is a real raindrop. Personally,
I like to simply jump in and enjoy. Perhaps we should simply acknowledge that
God is moving, that people are being refreshed and made alive unto God, and
that He is spreading a lot of joy. That sounds like a great report and maybe we
should simply say, "More Lord."
I believe there is always more to enjoy in God. There can always be
greater degrees and releases of the manifestation of His power, but lets
totally embrace and enjoy what He is giving. Let’s thank Him for His goodness.
DO YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT?
Just in case you do like a bit of analysis, lets take out our measuring stick
and measure what is going on in Lakeland:
1.
The Lord is being praised and worshipped.
2.
The Word is preached.
3.
The Gifts of the Spirit are flowing.
4.
Miracles and healings are manifesting.
5.
The Supernatural (angelic visitation, presence of Jesus,
fragrances, glory presence) is being experienced.
6.
Many souls are being saved (both in the meeting and on the
streets).
7.
Deliverances.
8.
Conviction and repentance.
9.
The dead are raised.
10.
Lots of refreshment and joy.
11.
Spreading worldwide like an unstoppable fire.
12.
Major generosity.
Hmmm... sound like it could be rain (I mean revival)... I think I really like
it - whatever you want to call it!
A scripture portion for meditation: Ezekiel 47:1-12
Embracing Him and all that He is and has,
Patricia King, Extreme Prophetic
Dear Beloved In Christ,
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Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:01:24 -0700
(sent in by Betsy Foo, UK)
Two 8 year-olds preachers bringing revival and healing in
Date: Friday, 28 March, 2008, 4:03 PM
(sent in by Betsy Foo, UK)
The untold story of Muslims worldwide converting
to evangelical Christianity
http://joelrosenberg.blogspot.com/
"I will build my church," Jesus said,
"and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." (Matthew
16:18)
The lead story on Drudge this past weekend was the Pope baptizing a prominent
Egyptian author who converted from Islam to Catholicism. It's a huge story in
Italy and the Muslim world, especially coming as it did the week that Osama bin
Laden accused the Pope of waging a "crusade" against Islam. But this
particular baptism is just the tip of the iceberg.
Despite unprecedented press coverage of Afghanistan , Iraq , and the Middle
East since September 11, 2001, one big story is generally not being told by the
mainstream media. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims are converting to
evangelical Christianity and will be celebrating their first Easter this year,
even amidst widespread persecution and the very real threat of
death.
I first began reporting this story in 2005 after interviewing some three dozen
Arab and Iranian pastors and evangelical Christian leaders in the U.S. and the
Middle East . Over the last three years, however, I have had the privilege of
traveling to Iraq , Jordan , Egypt , the West Bank, Turkey , and Morocco .
What's more, I have had the honor of meeting with and interviewing more than
200 Arab, Iranian, Kurdish, Sudanese and other pastors and Chris tian leaders.
With more data, the trend lines are becoming even clearer and the story is even
more exciting.
The God of the Bible is moving powerfully in the Middle East to draw men, women
and children to His heart and adopt them into His family in record numbers..
More Muslims have come to faith in Jesus Christ over the last thirty years --
and specifically over the last seven to ten years -- than at any other time in
human history. There is a revival going on among the ancient Catholic, Coptic,
and Chaldean churches. Today, the Church is being truly resurrected in the
lands of its birth.
Consider the latest evidence:
* AFGHANISTAN -- In Afghanistan , for example, there were only 17 known
evangelical Christians in the country before al-Qaeda attacked the United
States . Today, there are well over 10,000 Afghan followers of Christ and the
number is growing steadily. Church leaders say Afghan Muslims are open to
hearing the gospel message like never before. Dozens of baptisms occur every
week. People are snatching up Bibles and other Christian books as fast as they
can be printed or brought into the country. The Jesus film, a two hour
docudrama on the life of Christ based on the Gospel of Luke, was even shown on
television in one city before police shut down the entire TV station. ”God is
moving so fast in Afghanistan , we're just trying to keep up," one Afghan
Christian worker told me, requesting anonymity. "The greatest need now is
leadership development. We need to train pastors to care for all these new
believers."
* UZBEKISTAN -- There were no known Muslim converts to Christ there in 1990.
Now there are more than 30,000.
* IRAQ -- As I shared on Fox & Friends on Easter morning, in Iraq , there
were only a handful of Muslim converts to Christianity back in 1979 when Saddam
Hussein took full control of that country. Yet today, there are more than
70,000 Iraqi Muslim background believers in Jesus (MBBs), approximately 50,000
who came to Christ as refugees in Jordan after the first Gulf War in 1990-91,
and another 20,000 who have come to Christ since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
John Moser, the executive director of The Joshua Fund, and I just returned from
nine days traveling through five provinces in Iraq . We met with 19 Iraqi
evangelical Christian leaders. I had the privilege of preaching in a church of
more than 100 MBBs from Baghdad -- a church that didn't even exist in 2002
before liberation. We also had the privilege of meeting and interviewing numerous
former Islamic jihadist terrorist who have come to Christ and are now pastors
and church planters.
* KAZAKHSTAN -- In Kazakhstan , there were only three known evangelical
Christian believers before the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Today there
are more than 15,000 Kazakh Christians, and more than 100,000 Christians of all
ethnicities.
* EGYPT -- More than 1 million Egyptians have trusted Christ over the past
decade or so, report Egyptian church leaders. The Egyptian Bible Society told
me they used to sell about 3,000 copies of the Jesus film a year in the early
1990s. But in 2005 they sold 600,000 copies, plus 750,000 copies of the Bible
on tape (in Arabic) and about a half million copies of the Arabic New
Testament. "Egyptians are increasingly hungry for God's Word," an
Egyptian Christian leader told me. Last Christmas, I had the privilege of
visiting the largest Christian congregation in the Middle East, which meets in
an enormous cave on the outskirts of Cairo . Some 10,000 believers worship
there every weekend. A prayer conference the church held in May 2005 drew some
20,000 believers.
* IRAN -- In 1979 when the Ayatollah Khomeini led the Islamic Revolution, there
were only about 500 known Muslim converts to Christianity. Today, interviews
with two dozen Iranian pastors and church leaders reveals that there are well
over 1 million Shia Muslim converts to Christianity.
* SUDAN -- Despite a ferocious civil war, genocide and widespread religious
persecution, particularly in the Darfur region -- or perhaps because of such
tragedies -- church leaders there tell me that more than 1 million Sudanese
have made decisions to follow Jesus Christ just since 2001. Since the early
1990s, more than 5 million Sudanese have become followers of Jesus. Seminary
classes to train desperately-needed new pastors are held mountain caves.
Hundreds of churches have been planted, and thousands of small group Bible
studies are being held in secret throughout the country.
In December 2001, Sheikh Ahmad al Qataani, a leading Saudi cleric, appeared on
a live interview on Aljazeera satellite television to confirm that, sure
enough, Muslims were turning to Jesus in alarming numbers. "In every hour,
667 Muslims convert to Christianity," Al Qataani warned. "Every day, 16,000
Muslims convert to Christianity. Every year, 6 million Muslims convert to
Christianity." Stunned, the interviewer interrupted the cleric. "Hold
on! Let me clarify. Do we have six million converting from Islam to
Christianity?" Al Qataani repeated his assertion. "Every year,"
the cleric confirmed, adding, "a tragedy has happened."
One of the most dramatic developments is that many Muslims throughout the
Middle East and even in the United States are seeing dreams and visions of
Jesus. They are coming into churches explaining that they have already
converted and now need a Bible and guidance on how to follow Jesus. This is in
fulfillment of Biblical prophecy. The Hebrew Prophet Joel told us that "in
the last days, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters
will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those
days....And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved." (Joel
2:28-32)
In Epicenter: Why The Current Rumblings In the Middle East Will Change Your
Future, I devoted an entire chapter to these dramatic trend lines and why
Muslims are converting in record numbers. I am currently working on a new
non-fiction book and documentary film called Inside The Revolution, to be
released during Easter 2009, with much more detail on this subject, including
first person accounts of former Muslim terrorists who have become the new
Apostle Pauls of our time -- murderous religious zealots who had visions of
Jesus Christ and are now pastors, evangelists, church planters and powerful
Christian leaders. Other books I would highly recommend on this subject are
Light Force: A Stirring Account of the Church Caught in the Middle East Crossfire
by Brother Andrew and Al Janssen; and Secret Believers: What Happens When
Muslims Believe In Christ.
Is life easy for these Muslim converts? By no means. They face ostracism from
their families. They face persecution from their communities. They face being
fired by their employers. They face imprisonment by their governments. They
face torture and even death at the hands of Muslim extremists. But they are
coming to Christ anyway. They are becoming convinced that Jesus is, in fact,
the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that no one comes to the Father in heaven
except through faith in Jesus' death on the cross and powerful resurrection
from the dead.
One of the reasons my wife and I began The Joshua Fund was to educate the
Church around the world at what God of the Bible is doing in the epicenter. We
want to mobilize a global movement of Christians praying for these dear
brothers and sisters. We want to find ways to encourage and strengthen them. We
want to provide them with Bibles and Chris tian literature, and with
humanitarian relief supplies so they can love their neighbors and their
enemies, as Jesus tells us to do. Their stories are typically not being told by
the mainstream media, but they are important stories nonetheless. Theirs are
testimonies of the greatness of our great God.
Message from: nomore simango
Subject: anointing
E-mail: NOMORE_SIMANGO atYAHOO.COM
Message:
GOD is anointing his pple in these last days so i urge you to really cry/be
more hungry than before.
Less of you and more of GOD. I urge each Christian to spend TIME WITH GOD than
before. Test and see the goodness of GOD.
Come unto me and I’ll give you rest please enter into his rest behind the veil.
JESUS is reaching out please get started.
Submit yourself thereof to GOD. Resist the devil and he'll flee from you. Draw
nigh to GOD and he'll draw nigh to you. James 4:7-8a
Host: 196.2.64.46.muhacha.mweb.co.zw
Time: 10:09:20 on 9/04/08
Reprinted: FYI
March 25, 2008, 5:00 a.m.
Islam's 'Public Enemy #1'
Coptic priest Zakaria Botros fights fire with fire.
By Raymond Ibrahim
(sent in by Joshua C Ang, Singapore)
Though he is little known
in the West, Coptic priest Zakaria
Botros — named Islam's "Public Enemy #1" by
the Arabic newspaper, al-Insan al-Jadid
— has been making waves in the Islamic world. Along with fellow missionaries
— mostly Muslim converts — he appears frequently on the Arabic channel al-Hayat (i.e., "Life TV").
There, he addresses controversial topics of theological significance — free
from the censorship imposed by Islamic authorities or self-imposed through fear
of the zealous mobs who fulminated against the infamous cartoons of Mohammed.
Botros's excurses on little-known but embarrassing aspects of Islamic law and
tradition have become a thorn in the side of Islamic leaders throughout the
Middle East.
Botros is an unusual figure onscreen: robed, with a huge cross around his neck,
he sits with both the Koran and the Bible in easy reach. Egypt's Copts —
members of one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East — have in
many respects come to personify the demeaning Islamic institution of
"dhimmitude" (which demands submissiveness from non-Muslims, in accordance
with Koran 9:29). But the fiery Botros does not submit, and minces no words. He
has famously made of Islam "ten demands," whose radical
nature he uses to highlight Islam's own radical demands on non-Muslims.
The result? Mass conversions to Christianity — if clandestine ones. The
very public conversion of high-profile Italian journalist Magdi Allam — who was
baptized by Pope Benedict in Rome on Saturday — is only the tip of the iceberg.
Indeed, Islamic cleric Ahmad al-Qatani stated on al-Jazeera TV a while back that some six million Muslims
convert to Christianity annually, many of
them persuaded by Botros's public ministry. More recently, al-Jazeera noted Life TV's
"unprecedented evangelical raid" on the Muslim world. Several
factors account for the Botros phenomenon.
First, the new media — particularly satellite TV and the Internet (the
main conduits for Life TV) — have made it possible for questions about Islam to
be made public without fear of reprisal. It is unprecedented to hear Muslims
from around the Islamic world — even from Saudi Arabia, where imported Bibles
are confiscated and burned — call into the show to argue with Botros and his
colleagues, and sometimes, to accept Christ.
Secondly, Botros's broadcasts are in Arabic — the language of some 200
million people, most of them Muslim. While several Western writers have
published persuasive critiques of Islam, their arguments go largely unnoticed
in the Islamic world. Botros's mastery of classical Arabic not only allows him
to reach a broader audience, it enables him to delve deeply into the voluminous
Arabic literature — much of it untapped by Western writers who rely on
translations — and so report to the average Muslim on the discrepancies and
affronts to moral common sense found within this vast corpus.
A third reason for Botros's success is that his polemical technique has
proven irrefutable.
Each of his episodes has a theme — from the pressing to the esoteric — often
expressed as a question (e.g., "Is jihad an obligation for all
Muslims?"; "Are women inferior to men in Islam?"; "Did
Mohammed say that adulterous female monkeys should be stoned?" "Is
drinking the urine of prophets salutary according to sharia?"). To answer
the question, Botros meticulously quotes — always careful to give sources and
reference numbers — from authoritative Islamic texts on the subject, starting
from the Koran; then from the canonical sayings of the prophet — the Hadith; and finally from the words of
prominent Muslim theologians past and present — the illustrious ulema.
Typically, Botros's presentation of the Islamic material is sufficiently
detailed that the controversial topic is shown to be an airtight aspect of
Islam. Yet, however convincing his proofs, Botros does not flatly conclude
that, say, universal jihad or female inferiority are basic tenets of Islam. He
treats the question as still open — and humbly invites the ulema, the revered
articulators of sharia law, to respond and show the error in his methodology.
He does demand, however, that their response be based on "al-dalil we al-burhan," —
"evidence and proof," one of his frequent refrains — not shout-downs
or sophistry.
More often than not, the response from the ulema is deafening silence — which
has only made Botros and Life TV more enticing to Muslim viewers. The ulema who
have publicly addressed
Botros's conclusions often find themselves forced to agree with him — which has
led to some amusing (and embarrassing) moments on live Arabic TV.
Botros spent three years bringing to broad public attention a scandalous — and
authentic — hadith stating that women should "breastfeed" strange men
with whom they must spend any amount of time. A leading hadith scholar, Abd al-Muhdi,
was confronted with this issue on the live talk show of popular Arabic host
Hala Sirhan. Opting to be truthful, al-Muhdi confirmed that going through the
motions of breastfeeding adult males is, according to sharia, a legitimate way
of making married women "forbidden" to the men with whom they are
forced into contact — the logic being that, by being "breastfed," the
men become like "sons" to the women and therefore can no longer have
sexual designs on them.
To make matters worse, Ezzat Atiyya, head of the Hadith department at al-Azhar
University — Sunni Islam's most authoritative institution — went so far as to
issue a fatwa legitimatizing "Rida'
al-Kibir" (sharia's term for "breastfeeding the
adult"), which prompted such outrage in the Islamic world that it was
subsequently recanted.
Botros played the key role in exposing this obscure and embarrassing issue and
forcing the ulema to respond. Another guest on Hala Sirhan's show, Abd al-Fatah,
slyly indicated that the entire controversy was instigated by Botros: "I
know you all [fellow panelists] watch that
channel and that priest and
that none of you [pointing at
Abd al-Muhdi] can ever respond to him, since he always documents his sources!"
Incapable of rebutting Botros, the only strategy left to the ulema (aside from
a rumored $5-million bounty on his head) is to ignore him. When his name is
brought up, they dismiss him as a troublemaking liar who is backed by — who
else? — international "Jewry." They could easily refute his points,
they insist, but will not deign to do so. That strategy may satisfy some
Muslims, but others are demanding straightforward responses from the ulema.
The most dramatic example of this occurred on
another famous show on the international station, Iqra. The host, Basma — a conservative Muslim woman in full
hijab — asked two prominent ulema, including Sheikh Gamal Qutb, one-time grand
mufti of al-Azhar University, to explain the legality of the Koranic verse
(4:24) that permits men to freely copulate with captive women. She repeatedly
asked: "According to sharia, is slave-sex still applicable?" The two
ulema would give no clear answer — dissembling here, going off on tangents
there. Basma remained adamant: Muslim youth were confused, and needed a
response, since "there is a certain
channel and a certain man who has
discussed this issue over twenty times and has received no response from
you."
The flustered Sheikh Qutb roared, "low-life people like that must be
totally ignored!" and stormed off the set. He later returned, but refused
to admit that Islam indeed permits sex-slaves, spending his time attacking
Botros instead. When Basma said "Ninety percent of Muslims, including
myself, do not understand the issue of concubinage in Islam and are having a
hard time swallowing it," the sheikh responded, "You don't need to
understand." As for Muslims who watch and are influenced by Botros, he
barked, "Too bad for them! If my son is sick and chooses to visit a
mechanic, not a doctor — that's his
problem!"
But the ultimate reason for Botros's success is that — unlike his Western
counterparts who criticize Islam from a political standpoint — his primary
interest is the salvation of souls. He often begins and concludes his programs
by stating that he loves all Muslims as fellow humans and wants to steer them
away from falsehood to Truth. To that end, he doesn't just expose troubling
aspects of Islam. Before concluding every program, he quotes pertinent biblical
verses and invites all his viewers to come to Christ.
Botros's motive is not to incite the West against Islam, promote "Israeli
interests," or "demonize" Muslims, but to draw Muslims away from
the dead legalism of sharia to the spirituality of Christianity. Many Western
critics fail to appreciate that, to disempower radical Islam, something theocentric
and spiritually satisfying — not secularism, democracy, capitalism,
materialism, feminism, etc. — must
be offered in its place. The truths of one religion can only be challenged and
supplanted by the truths of another. And so Father Zakaria Botros has been
fighting fire with fire.
— Raymond Ibrahim is editor of The Al Qaeda Reader.
— Raymond Ibrahim is the editor of The Al-Qaeda Reader, translations of
religious texts and propaganda.
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“THEY LOOKED for a CITY’
by Bob Brunz.
(sent in by Larry A Magnello)
What I am about to write was given to me by the Spirit of the Lord in the
summer of 1974. It came to me by way of an open vision. What I received was a
vision of the glorious Church of our Lord Jesus Christ from the time of the
first reformation until just prior to the return of our coming Messiah and
King. I believe this vision was given for the whole body of Christ for
understanding and encouragement. I was very anxious to share it immediately
with everyone I could. Since
receiving the vision, I have shared it from time to time individually and in
small groups over the past 33 years. The Lord spoke to me in prayer that I was
to write down the vision and wait until He would release me to share it with
the Body of Christ.
Habakkuk 2:2-3 (NKJV)
“And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon
tablets, that he may run who reads it. For the vision is yet for an appointed
time, but at the end it will speak, and it will not lie. Though it tarries,
wait for it; because it will surely come. It will not tarry.”
Many times, in the early 1980’s, I’ve wanted to share it with the whole body of
Christ, but the Lord told me I would be releasing it in the year when He said.
So I have waited. This is the year (2007) that I am supposed to release and
share it on July 7th 2007. Exactly 8 months ago I had a dream from the Lord
Jesus. It was just before waking up on November 8th after the
election. In my dream I was entering a large arena with my wife getting ready
to attend a large Christian gathering when several young people recognized us
and enthusiastically came up to us and shared how excited they were to hear
what I was going to share in the meeting. I was shocked because I didn’t know
that I was supposed to be sharing and the fact was I had nothing to share. I
questioned how this
could be so since no one had asked me to preach. I then began to look for the
spiritual authority or
eldership team that was overseeing the gathering. Everybody I asked seemed
dumbfounded when I asked who were the elders or leaders of the event. I even
asked for some by name and nobody knew them. I then found myself in the office
of this big complex praying on my face before the Lord.
I was asking Him for the Word that I was to share
with the people. I desperately cried out and felt so unqualified to give them
anything. A man who I perceived to be an elder poked his head in the room that
I was in and asked me what my message was going to be. This only added to my
frustration. As I turned back to go on my knees to pray, I heard a friend’s
voice say to me, “They Looked
for a City”.
I immediately understood what the message was
that I was to share with the people. This was the
title of the vision that I received many years ago. Immediately after this I
saw the Lord Jesus standing directly in front of me with His piercing eyes
looking in my eyes and through my soul and said to me, “It is time”. I knew
that now is the time to share my vision with as many as I can reach. I believe
the vision speaks of an end-time Body of Christ that will rise up and fulfill
the Lord’s heart for His Church – that is that they love the Lord with all
their hearts and learn to love one another and as a result win many to the Lord
Jesus before He returns for His beloved Bride.
This vision happened in a split second of time with understanding. I will share
the vision just as I saw it and understood it. Each time I share the vision it
is clear and crisp just like the day I received it.
The Lord continues to give me more understanding of it and allows me to
experience His heart and the truth of His written Word concerning His beautiful
Bride. This vision is in essence what I have labored for and given my life to
in the past 34 years of ministry. I continue to look for that city (that Body)
whose Builder and Maker is God. Heb 11:10(KJV) My prayer is that the Spirit of
the Lord will reveal to you, the reader, the understanding of the vision and
encourage you in the days ahead as we journey together as the many membered
Body of Christ.
The Vision:
I was at work talking with a friend concerning
what would happen in the last days concerning the Church, when I received this
revelation. The vision was given in an allegorical fashion, using the children
of Israel to symbolize the Church. I saw the vision in a panoramic view (from
my left to my right). I saw as it were the children of Israel “trekking” on foot
in a very dry and sand filled desert. They were famished, exhausted and very
thirsty. They were called out by the Spirit of the Lord, out of a land of
bondage and to go toward a river to cross that led to their promised land. As
they came across the dry desert sands, they crested a sand dune to see below
them a very plush, green oasis. They were encouraged and strengthened at the
sight of refreshing. As they ran;
they were tripping and falling over each other to get there quickly.
Once they arrived, they all lavishly drank from the fountain of water that was
effervescently bubbling up from the midst of the oasis. There was rejoicing,
singing, dancing and great joy among these people. As they enjoyed the
refreshing life giving water from the fountain, they relaxed in the plush
greenery of the oasis. Rather than to continue following the voice of the Lord
that drew them to the Promised Land, they decided to settle there to build a
city and raise families, flocks, and herds. Because of the fear of the beasts
of the field, they built a wall around themselves for protection. As the years
and generations passed, the wall of the city became very high and the city’s
architectural beauty and structure looked like the cathedrals of the
pre-Reformation days. The city and wall that they built was the pride and joy
of the religious system of the day. As I viewed this sight, I noticed that I
could see underneath the surface of the ground beneath the city. What I saw was
a reservoir of water, beneath the ground, from which the fountain was receiving
its water flow. I saw that the water level was lowering and emptying out. I
became concerned for the inhabitants of the city; because they didn’t know that
their supply of water was soon to be depleted.
As I looked towards the city again, I saw a white, billowing cloud moving from
my right, toward the city. This cloud represented the voice of the Lord calling
His people forward to their promised land. As it reached the city, it stopped
right above the city, and hovered there for a time, and then gently descended
upon the city. I then noticed the inhabitants in the city were being stirred
one-by-one, in a type of renewal fashion. A segment of the time lapsed, and I
noticed the reservoir of water was getting less and less.
I then saw a second cloud coming over the city, from my right side. This time,
it was moving faster than the first one and it was grayer and darker in color.
It also descended on the city, but this time more quickly that the first one.
Again I noticed a change in the people in the city. This time those that were
touched by the cloud were gathering together to form a sort of covenant
community, or fellowship so that they could move as one people.
As I looked again I saw the reservoir of water drying up very quickly and it
was almost depleted. I then saw a third cloud coming in, at an even faster
speed than the second one. This cloud was dark and turbulent, and meant
business. This cloud paused briefly over the city just long enough for me to
read the words that appeared on the cloud. The words: “Come out of her my
people” were written on the cloud in an arched, rainbow-shape. The cloud then
dropped down very quickly on the city. I saw fear and adventure in the eyes of
the people that were inside the walls.
I then saw a remnant of people climbing over the high wall to get out of the
city as fast as they could. As I watched, my heart was saddened and grieved
when I saw the unprepared and especially an older man that was not able to
climb over the high wall of the city that was previously built around it.
I was suddenly taken to the outside of the wall on my right facing the river
and the Promised Land. I saw the young pioneers and the prepared ones scaling
the high wall with ease. I saw a remnant of people, escaping the city with bare
the essentials for the trip. The men were young in their hearts, and they were
moving towards my right with renewed vision and determination, to follow the
Lord wherever His voice would lead them. I sensed in my spirit that the voice of
the Lord was calling them to go in the direction to my right, to cross a river
as the Lord had originally intended for the people.
I again saw this remnant of people moving across
the desert, toward my right. These people looked like people pf destiny. They
were encouraged and ready to go all the way with the Lord. As time lapsed, I
saw this people again becoming fatigued, hungry, and thirsty. The same thing
happened as before, when I saw them coming across the desert, they rounded a
sand dune and saw yet another oasis in the desert off to their right. All of
the above happened again. The only
difference was that the wall they built around their city didn’t get as high as
before and the
architectural details weren’t so elaborate. The same three clouds (voice of the
Lord) came as before, and a remnant people left the city again, in search of
what and where the Lord was leading them to.
This same scene happened about thirty-three (33) to thirty-four (34) times. All
were the same, with the exception that each new city that was built had less
and less and less architectural beauty than the previous one. Also, each wall
that they built around each city become lower and lower with each successive
scene.
Then I looked and saw the last city, in its initial stages of being built.
Again the people were engaged in building a wall around the city. The first
layer of block was laid around the perimeter of this last city that was about
to be built. It was about six to eight inches high around the whole city.
Before they could build this last city, I heard to the right of me the sound of
a shofar blowing. As I turned and looked, I saw and heard two silver trumpets
joining the shofar in their ushering in a new day. As I heard the heralding
sound for the shofar my spine and back had shivers of electrical current going
through it. As I looked toward the wall of this last city that was beginning to
be built, I saw a young man about 29 years of age stepping over this wall and
as he did I could see as far to my left and as far to my right there we men who
joined him. They joined arm in arm and shoulder to shoulder and began marching
toward the river to cross it in order to enter their promised
land. As I looked at them, their faces were like flint, their eyes were that of
an eagle’s, and they
did not break rank. All I could think of when I looked at them was that no one
should even think about stopping them because they would mow down everyone who
got in their way. I believe the look on their faces represent the Body of
Christ as an army. Their faces were like flint represented their resolved
determination and steadfastness. Their eyes that of an eagle represent a
prophetic look – they knew where they were going and knew what was in their
future. I believe when the Lord said that they did not break rank meant that
they were in covenant loyalty to fulfill the purposes of God.
As I viewed this event I experienced the glory of the Lord all around me.
I personally believe this vision will be fulfilled in the Lord’s way and
timing. I long for the day when the body of Christ is healed and matures to the
place where the Lord Jesus Christ is tremendously glorified and honored.
If this vision is confirmed in your heart and you believe it is for the Body of
Christ, please help me
share this with others and forward this email. We look for a city whose builder
and maker is God.
For the Lamb,
Bob Brunz.
(Pastor - South Dakota, USA).
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From Larry Magnello
February 25, 2008
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Warning by Rebekah Brown
My heart is very heavy with the need to warn the body of Christ about the times
in which we live. Most
everyone agrees that we are in what we call “the last days prior to our Lord’s
return to earth. However,
few, if any, consider exactly what will happen in theses last days. God’s word
is very clear about
several things. First the Lord says, that in these last days He is going to
shake everything that can be
shaken, and secondly, that judgment begins at the house of God. Let’s look more
closely at those
scriptures verses.
Hebrews 12:25-29 “See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did
not escape who refused Him who
spoke on earth, much more shall we escape if we turn away from Him who speaks
from heaven, whose voice then
shook the earth; but now He has promised’ Yet once more I shake not only the
earth, but also heaven. Now
this , Yet one more, indicates the removal of those things that are being
shaken, as of the things that
are made, that the things cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are
receiving a kingdom, which
cannot be acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming
fire.
For the time has come that judgment begin at the house of God, and if it begins
with us first, what will be
the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God. 1Pet 4:17
These are sobering scriptures. God’s shaking is for the purpose of
demonstrating
those things in our lives that will endure, and those things, which will not.
More specifically, this makes
reference to our hearts. Exactly where are our hearts, in terms of our
relationship with God? Jesus Himself
declared: These people draw near to me with their mouths, And honor me with
their lips, But their hearts
are far from me, And in vain they worship me. Matthew 15:8
Jesus is determined to return for a bride without spot or wrinkle. Ephesians
5:27 He has started of purging
His church. For far to long, Christians here the western world have been
playing church. They say all
the right things, but their hearts are far from God. You see, our hearts are
deceitful. Jeremiah 17:9
We are now entering the season were God is testing all of our hearts and mind
to show us exactly what is in
them. We cannot know what is in our own heart, because the sin present is
hidden from us. God is now
allowing testing to come into our lives that demonstrates to us any hidden sins
in our heart and mind.
Surely the Lord does nothing. Unless He reveals His secrets to His servants the
Prophets.
Amos 3:7
Recently, God gave Daniel two very intense and vivid visions. As we have
written in our newsletters before.
Daniel is a prophet. As the Lord chooses, He shows Daniel things that are
happening in the spiritual
realm. I must share these two visions to you.
In the first one, God the Father showed Daniel that He is extremely angry with
the church here in America for
refusing to stand up and get involved in the government and for not speaking
out against ungodly
things being done here in America. This came shortly after the public school
system in the state of Maine
announced that they were going to give birth control pills to 10 and 11 year
old girls without the consent
of the parents! Not on Christian church in America spoke up or took action
against this ungodly decision!
Children everywhere are being sexually defiled because the parents refuse to
get involved in the public
school systems and put a stop to what is happening. Therefore, God the Father
spoke to Daniel and told him
that he is allowing Satan to release very powerful spirits of sexual immorality
into the churches to
tempts God people. Why? The purpose is to show God’s people just how corrupt
their hearts are in the area
of sexual immorality. God told Daniel that the churches were going to become
worse than the world in
sexual immorality and divorce.
I warn you to get on your face and ask God to search your heart and show your
hidden desires and sins to
you! When He does, deal with them! Immediately cleanse your life of all demons
that have come into you
through past sexual sins. You need to pray for protection earnestly for your
marriage.! If you do not
do this you will fall!
Already, we see it happening. Recently, I received a call from a young man in
the Hispanic community here
in America who is a spiritual son to me. He has been pastoring a church for two
years, and has been married
to a little over four years. He and his wife have on child. He has, for a
number of years, been a good
friend with another man whose is a traveling evangelist and preacher within the
Hispanic community.
His wife met this man as he came and went from their community. Suddenly, his
wife told him that she was
leaving him for the evangelist. When her husband told her that he did not want
a divorce, the evangelist
called him and told him that he had better release his wife because he intended
to marry her! Within a month,
his wife moved out and went to live with this evangelist. They are still living
together waiting for
the divorce, and this man is STILL ACCEPPTED throughout the Hispanic community.
Daniel and I know a couple who have been married for quite some time. They have
three children and two of
them in their teens. Right after Daniel received this vision, I specifically
talked to this couple warning
them that they would come under attack and had better pray for protection for
their marriage. They did not
take my warning seriously. Within a month, the wife became very angry and
resentful toward her husband.
Quickly bitterness, set in, and within three short months, she moved out and
left. Instead of standing
and fighting for his marriage, within one day the husband just gave up and
moved with the kids out of
the state leaving everything behind. Their beautiful home stands empty as they
have both simply deserted
God’s tremendous blessings in their lives.
How can this be happening? Because God is allowing Satan to attack His people
to show them what is in
their hearts!
You maybe saying, Oh, that can’t happen to me. Oh yes it can! This newsletter
is a call
to all Christians everywhere to get on their faces and ask God to search their
hearts and
reveal any hidden sins to them.
In the second the vision, the Lord shoed Daniel an episode, where Satan came
before God and petitioned to
attack His church in the area of compassion. Satan told God that he had the
right to attack God’s and
petitioned to attack His church in the area of compassion. Satan told God that
he had the right to
attack God’s people because they spent so much time fighting amongst themselves
instead of standing
together in unity. Pastors refuse to allow their people to go to another church
to hear a guest speaker
because they are afraid of losing them to that church. There is incredible
competition amongst churches and
pastors. In so may cases the pastors of the big churches look on the pastor of
the little churches and
despise them. When a church member gets discouraged and stop going to church.
NO other members go to see
them to try to help them.
Just since I started writing the newsletter, the Lord gave Daniel another
vision showing him that He is now
taking His hand of protection of His people. The Lord told Daniel that His
people have gotten lazy. They
simply assume that God will do everything for them, that they don’t even have
to pray about anything. From
now on, if God’s people didn’t stand upon and fight, they will be destroyed and
fall away. How will this
happen? Jesus gave us the answer in the following scripture:
“The He said to his disciple, ‘It is impossible that no offense should come,
but woe to him through whom
they do come! Luke 17:1 “And what will be the sign of your coming, and of the
end of the age? And then many
will be offended, will betray another, and will hate one another, and because
lawlessness will abound, the
love of many will grow cold, But he who endures to the end will be saved. Matt
24:1-13.
The number one reason why people stop going to church and turn away from the
Lord
is because someone has offended them.
In fact, nearly every Christian I talked to tell me that they would rather have
dealings with a
non-Christian than a Christian. Why is this? Because Christians are so nasty!
Again we must ask why this condition exists when Christians should be the most
loving
and forgiving people of all people. Instead, most of them are just the
opposite. The
Lord gave me a direct revelation as to why this is while I was ministering in
Costa Rica
in January. I was ministering on this very topic when suddenly the Lord spoke
to me and said, “Do you know
why Christians are so nasty and hard to work with? It is because you have now
entered the season of
purification of the church. That means that a Christian can no longer hide what
is in his heart. It
WILL come to light and come to the surface. A non-Christian can still hide what
is in his heart, so
he appears to be nicer than a Christian.
Therefore all of us had better get on our faces before the Lord and ask Him to
search our heart and reveal to
us any sin or bad attitudes that are in it. Then we must deal with the problems
BEFORE it comes out to the
surface and provides and offence to others. Remember Jesus said, Woe to those
through whom offenses come!
Have you been an instrument of offense in someone’s life? You better go them
and ask their forgiveness.
Yes, this will certainly hurt your pride but in the end will be well worth it.
2Timothy 3:1-5 “But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come:
For men will be lovers of
themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful,
unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self control, brutal,
despisers of good, traitors,
headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than livers of God, having a
form of godliness, but denying
its power. And from such people turn away!
You may think that this scripture applies to people of the world, but they do
not! These scriptures apply
directly to those within the Christian church. That is why so many are offender
and turn away.
So many people turn into the trap of judging God by the bad behaviors of those
who claim to serve God.
This is simply not accurate. You cannot assume that is characterized by the
sins of people! Rather Jesus
warned us in the scriptures in Mathew that those who endure to the end will be
saved. Again, in Revelation,
Jesus said: He who overcomes shall be clothes in white garments, and I will not
blot out his name from the
Book of Life; But I will confess him before My Father and His angels.
Revelations 3:5
Over and over again, throughout Revelation chapters 2and 3 Jesus talks about
overcoming, All of His
promises are based upon our overcoming difficulties. What difficulties is Jesus
talking about? Among other
things, Jesus is talking about the offenses that to us through other people.
How do we deal with such
offenses? One way only by forgiving. Matthew 6:14-15, Mark 11:25-26, Luke 6:37.
The Lord places great
emphasis on the issue of forgiveness. I think God’s word is very clear. You
will not make it to Heaven
with unforgiveness in your life. Forgiving offenses is part of your overcoming.
Let’s talk about forgiving
for a moment since it is so very important to the Lord. There are 4 steps to
forgiving.
1. We do not forgive because we feel like it. We forgive as a pure act of
obedience to God’s command.
Has someone hurt you? Get a pen and paper, write down every thing they have
done to hurt you. Then get on
your knees and pray through that list telling God that as an act of your free
will you chose to forgive this
person for each thing.
2. When we forgive that person, we acknowledge that we no longer have a right
to revenge on that person.
Hebrews 10:30-31
3. When we forgive someone, we must do it following God’s example. Once we have
forgiven someone, we no
linger have any right to allow the memories or thoughts of what they have done
to hurt us, to stay in
our minds. We must discipline our minds and stop thinking about ourselves!
2Corinthians 10:5
4. Once we have taken these steps in obedience to God, we ask the Lord to
change and control our emotions in
the situation. We human beings can do very little to control or change our emotions.
But the Lord can and
will. as we obey Him and forgive those who hurt us. Too often Christians
completely side step the whole
issue of forgiving by repressing our emotions. We know that we should not be
bitter or angry when someone
does something against us. It is much easier to push the unacceptable emotions
out of our conscious minds,
than to deal with the necessary forgiveness or confrontation in the situation.
If a brother/sister
sins against us we are not only commanded to forgive, we are also commanded to
talk to them and show them
their sin. Then whether they repent or not, we are required to forgive them.
Repressing the anger or hurt
is one way of avoiding the whole situation. This is not God’s will. He always
demands honesty. As we
forgive, we must also truthfully talk to the Lord, recognizing and admitting
our true emotions in the
situation. As we do this, we then have the right to ask the Lord to heal and
change our emotions. He will
do so as we walk in obedience to Him.
I know I will make many of you reading this very angry, but I must tell you
what the Lord has taught
me. You do not have the right to react to past hurts. God demands they you
forgive and forget and stop
thinking about yourself and how you have been hurt. If you do not do so, you
are living in active sin.
This is one of the greatest areas where Satan and his demons attack marriages.
It is so easy to build up on
past hurts from you spouse in you life. Especially we woman do this. We NEVER
forgive an offense! Pursue
peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord;
looking carefully less anyone
fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause
trouble, and by this
many become defiled.
Hebrews 12:14-15
Bitterness brings defilement into our lives. It is an open doorway for demons
to attack us. This they will
quickly do by putting all sort so hateful and angry thoughts into our minds
against someone. Demons love
to bring up memories over and over again of how someone has hurt us. Not long
ago the Lord spoke to me
and said: When someone is hurt repeatedly, a seed of bitterness is always
planted in their heart. If they
don’t deal with it immediately, it will grow into a root, then into a
full-grown plant, turning them away
from Me.
I asked the Lord how to deal with a root or seed of bitterness. His answer was:
You cannot deal with it.
You must ask Me to deal with it. If you will only ask, and forgive the person,
then I will quickly move to
deal with the bitterness. Once again, I must emphasize. We should frequently
and regularly get on
our knees and ask the Lord to search our hearts and show us if there be
anything in there that we are not
aware of that should be dealt with. We cannot search our own hearts because our
hearts will deceive us. I
was talking to a sister recently who made the remark, “ It seems like our
hearts has a life of its own. It
feels what it wants to feel despite what we think with our minds.. How true
that is! Only God can deal with
our hearts! But we must ask Him to do so, or He will not.
I want to give a word of advice to those who are married and are reading this.
You MUST understand that
your marriage is going to be the center of Satan’s attack. Because God created
man and woman to be so
different, a lack of understanding of our differences opens the door for
husbands and wives to frequently
offend each other. These offenses provide legal ground for Satan to attack.
There are two books that I
strongly recommend that you read. I don’t know if the author is a Christian or
not, but he doesn’t certainly
write anything contrary to scripture. The author is Johns Gray, and the books
are; “Men are from Mars and
women are from Venus, and “Why Mars and Venus Collide. Do yourself a favor, get
these books and
read them!!
Two nights ago, Daniel was out walking up to the office. Our office is about ˝
mile a city block up the
side of the mountain from our home. There is a huge rock on either side of the
driveway going up to the
office. It was about midnight, so Daniel was very surprised to see man sitting
on one of the rocks
writing a book. Daniel stopped and asked him who he was and why he was there on
our property. The man
responded, “I work for God. I am making notes in my books. Daniel was
dumbfounded. “You work for who?
I work for God, was hid response. Normally, Daniel would have kicked such a
person off the property, but
somehow he had an overwhelming peace about the whole situation. What book are
you writing he asked the
man? It is a book in which I record everything that happens in your life and
you marriage. I record all
the times you get angry, sad, and glad, or praise the Lord. When you have
problems it is my job to make my
records to Jesus and ask Him to intercede with God the Father on your behalf.
They are the ones who dispatch
angels to help you. When you arrive to heaven, God the Father will give that
book to you to read.
Then he paused and motioned across the driveway. Do you see those two men over
there? Daniel looked, and
to his surprise saw two men dressed all in black standing on the other side of
the driveway. They too
were writing books. The man continued, Those two serve Satan. They are like
paralegals. They record
all the same things I do, and then they take the records of your failures and
sins and such to Satan
and make a case to Satan that he can take to God to petition God for permission
to attack you. When you
have an argument with your wife that is not settled, or you fall into sin, then
Satan uses that as legal
ground to ask God to attack you.
It was then that Daniel realized it was an angel and not a man he was talking
with.
All of us are under observation 24/7. Not only by God, but by Satan’s kingdom
as well. Let us be soberly
aware of this and be much in prayer for the wisdom to keep ourselves and our
relationship in such a way that
Satan cannot use them to attack us. Because or the spiritual warfare, in the
next couple of newsletters,
I will be reviewing some of the important basic weapons we all need to be using
daily.
Message
from Joshua Ang
February
22, 2008
The Lazarus
Factor: How Resurrections Trigger Conversions in India
By J. Lee Grady
This week
I interviewed two people who were raised from the dead during an evangelistic
meeting
in the
Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
During my
26 years as a journalist I've interviewed some interesting people and heard
some
amazing
stories. But this week set a new standard when I met two people in southern
India who
experienced
biblical-style resurrection.
Six-year-old
Jyothi Pothabathula looks like a typical girl from Andhra Pradesh, a state in
southern India.
She has
wide brown eyes, mocha-colored skin, slick dark hair and a shy smile. When I
asked her who
brought
her back to life when she was 2 years old, she demurely answered,
"Jesus," in her native
Telugu
language.
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Message:
I’ ve been on this site at least a thousand times, and recommend to this many.
Time: 5:11:46 on 17/01/08
Message from: Tesfahun
Subject: God bless you
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Message:
I got your website when I am searching about the Holy Spirit anointing.
I never read this kind of details of the anointing.
Really I appreciate your humble heart. And I am encouraged that the spiritual
is real.
We need this kind of teacher who can show us the things of the spirit.
Thank you
Time: 5:09:59 on 7/01/08
Dear brother Peter Tan and
his beloved team,
Greetings in Jesus mighty
Name! well, first of all I would like to give my best glory to our beloved God
because of your generous heart and faithful work!
Then I really appreciate
you and your great work. I am proud of you all! Thanks be to God,
there are beloved Christians like you! Beloved brother Peter, I really really
thank you very much for what you have done, to share
free great messages in
text and audio. May God big bless you now and in that wonderful day (time
of heavenly reward). Glory, Glory, Glory to our beloved God for ever !
Amen and Amen.
Your brother
Berhane
Dear beloved gracious in
Christ
Hearty greetings to you
and your dedicated family in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ, It is nice to hear about you and your great
ministry from your website .thank you
for it. Be of good courage and know that we will pray for your faith to remain
strong in the Lord.
First of all, I would like
to give thanks to God to giving a chance to pray for you and your your family
and your people safe. My name is SUNIL PAUL CHAPALA servant of Christ from
India.
I have regularly
conducting prayer meetings and continual Bible study and sharing Jesus with
others. Teaching Bible classes and on going involvement in Christian works and
social work in India
In this connection I need
appropriate encouragement from choose once loves you. Could you please strength
me in Him. humbly request you that kindly pray for me, my family, orphans and
widows and leprosy work and Gods work and we need your fellowship prayers and
you Holy suggestions and blessings to do the Gods work. I am forwarding my
orphans and church work pictures .Please keeps them in your family, friends and
all of your brothers and sisters prayers
We love you much, looking
forward with many prayers for your kind reply,
Yours in Christ,
SUNIL PAUL CHAPALA
JONNADA (PO) 533 233
E.G.DT.A.P.South.INDIA
sunilpaul@hotmail.com
October 16, 2006
Robert S
Response to Charlene
Pritchard – heavenly
I don't know if this would
classify as heavenly music as you are describing it, but I'd like to relay a
dream I had about six weeks ago.
In the dream, I was
walking in a gently flowing stream, knee deep in water. It was beautiful with
lots of trees and shrubs along its banks. I could see some fish in the water,
and some fishermen here and there. The atmosphere was quiet and serene. As I
was waking along, suddenly a young woman in a
white or cream colored satin dress appeared beside me and walked with
me in the stream. Shortly after she
appeared, she began to sing in a beautiful way, as though she had more than one
voice to sing with and was producing the most delightful harmony as she sang. I
remember saying to myself in the dream, "I've never heard such beautiful
and unique singing like this!".
As she sang, packages like
gifts or provisions began to appear in her hands, and she began to place them
in the stream for people that would walk by at a later time to pick up. As she
placed each package in the stream I had the sense that she knew exactly who
each one was meant for, as she seemed to be placing them in a way, or was
labeling them so that the right individual would be able to identify the
package as being theirs. As she placed one in the stream and straightened back
up and continued walking and singing, another one would appear and she would do
the same. I awoke that morning with feelings of peace and delight I don't know
exactly what this dream means at this point, but I do think that this was a significant
spiritual dream.
On the topic of dreams, I
would just like to say that over the last 2 years I have been building myself
up spiritually by praying in the spirit for longer periods of time, and my
dream life has become quite active as a result. I'm certainly not saying that
all these dreams are from God, but I truly believe that some such as this one
are.
While I'm not really sharing any insight, I
hope you enjoy this testimony as it may be a small touch of heavenly music
experienced by yet another person.
Blessings.
Robert
George H.
Love the new messages, and
I'm very enriched spiritually by them; they make me want to press in deeper for
the things of God. May God continue to bless the ministry and His name be
glorified!
In His Love,
George
March 10, 2006
Charlene
Pritchard
The Wonders of Heaven by
Paster Peter Tan should be studied by every believer!
Dear Christian Friends at
Eagle Vision Ministry;
I love to read the
comments and insights your readers send in, don't you? Do you get the
feeling that you receive some of the most interesting and anointed e-mail
on the Internet? Maybe your readers are lifted to a higher realm
when writing of their own experiences, in response to one of articles they
have read here. There were so many comments about Pastor Tan's
"Wonders of Heaven" series and I had to see what they were raving
about. Well, I learned so much, and also was chastened by the Lord in
areas where I have failed, thanks to Pastor Tan's straight talk. Yes, even Grandmothers need
correction and discipline, and the good Pastor applies this correction
with tender care, but doesn't hold back.
Our Christian singles at
christiandatemate.com were introduced to your site months ago, and we have
many links to encourage them to visit often, for they come from across the wide
spectrum of the faith, and we have many seekers who need spiritual nourishment
as well.
The Melodies of Heaven
chapter especially touched me, as my son has experienced dreams that turn
into "concerts" of what he believes is Heavenly
music! I have never heard great angelic hymns and magnificent
music in my sleep, but I've heard wonderful stories of this music
appearing in revivals, so there is hope I will be able to hear it here on
Earth one day, too! We would love to hear from anyone who has had
this experience in dreams. If I may have your permission, could I invite
anyone with insight into this unusual gift to write us, either in our Guest
Book or at the e-mail address below? If you are interested in this
subject, I could share any insights sent to us, as well as my son's
personal testimony about the dreams, which, of course, you would be welcome to
reprint or use in any way you wished.
Your sister in Christ,
Charlene
Pritchard
http://us.f343.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=webmaster@christiandatemate.com
christiandatemate.com
March 4, 2006
Agatha Tembo
Greetings to eaglevision,
I just wanted to say thank
you for your testimony which i had the opportunity to read today. I thank God
for Ministries such as yours & what the ministry is doing in general. You
are an encouragement to a lot of people like me. Your testimony has shown me in
a different way the love of God. I also admire the way you mention that your
desire is to just carry out the perfect Will of God.
I hunger to know the Lord
so much that sometimes it hurts & i cry. I dont know why i go thru this
emotion at times. I know if I'm desperate to know Him, i have to read the Word
on a daily basis & meditate on it. Unfortunately, I'm not proud to say that
i havent found the discipline to read the Word on a daily basis, but i try to
work at it each day when i can.
Your testimony is
encouraging in that it shows your determination & hunger to pursue the
things of God & to carry out his perfect Will. I pray that there are &
will be more & more people with your passion.
May God bless you &
your Ministry richly & may you continue helping others in pursuing
Spiritual things.
Thank you.
Agatha.
Jeanne Lee
I was overjoyed when I
chance across your , well not really, I need confirmation for the things God
was showing me and not many people understood the many messages, revelations
through conversations, prophecies, dreams and visions. I am not one that could put
so much together in writing but you did it all for me and I planned to share
these revelations as the Lord guides me.
I thank you for your
obedience to share your revelations and also I pray that we will be able to
meet one day that we could work together for the glory of God. Presently God
has give me India and simultaneously I would be moving into China and …..the
earth, yes the earth is the Lord’s.
In His Love
Jeanne Lee
A servant of the Lord of
lords and King of kings
Faith Leaders
International Ministries, Inc.
Alfonso Ramirez
MY NAME IS ALFONSO
RAMIREZ . I AM FROM TAXCO GUERRERO, MEXICO. I WAS TRAVELING THRU THE WEB
AND I FOUND YOUR SITE. AT FIRST I STARTED READING AND THEN DOWNLOADING SOME OF
THE MESSAGES. BUT AS I STARTED TO SEE THE DEPTH OF THEM AND HOW MUCH IT IS
COVERED IN THE SPIRIT I REALIZED THAT THIS SITE IS A UNIVERSITY OF GOD.
I DO HOPE TO COME FOR
MORE. AND DO PRAY THAT I MAY HAVE THE WISDOM TO GRASP EVERY SPIRIT WORD THAT
GOD HAS FOR ME.
BLESS YOU WHO EVER YOU ARE
BROTHER/SISTER
MAY GOD PROVIDE FOR YOU SO
THAT YOUR MINISTRY GROWS AND YOU AYBE MORE BLESSED TO GIVE FOR HIS KINGDOM.
THANK VERY MUCH.
HASTA LUEGO
QUE DIOS LOS BENDIGA
MUCHO.+
ALFONSO RAMÍREZ CASTILLO
Joy Odom
I just wanted to let you know
that I have greatly enjoyed you site. It has ministered to me
abundantly. Also, I wanted to share this vision/word with you. May
God bless you always.
Jan 9, 2001 5:17 PM
As I was praying, asking
the Father to take me to that Secret place, to the King's Chamber, this is what
I saw. I was praying and meditating upon this verse when I entered into the
vision. Isa 66: “Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is
my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place
of my rest?”
A large bed made of the
purest gold. The linens were made of the finest material ever seen. They were
of the deepest wine/purple color I have ever seen, like the fire of a Brazilian
Amethyst. Across the canopy of the bed was fabric of red velour/velvet. This
was almost Garnet/Bloodstone in color, also known as Sardis in the Scripture.
The canopy of the bed was pure gold, topped with Ivory. The headboard was also
pure gold, inlaid with many precious stones. I recognized Sapphire, Emerald,
Ruby, Garnet, Amethyst, Diamond, Onyx, Pearl and Topaz. I saw other colors that
I didn’t know. One looks like Mother of Pearl or Opal.
There is brightness to the
room, but I don’t see a light source. The King Himself is the Light. There is a
footstool by the bed. It is gold and pearl. The cover is red velvet, the same
as the canopy cover. There is no carpet in the room. The floor is transparent
gold, almost like Diamonds. The floor reflects perfectly the Glory and Light of
the King. There doesn’t seem to be any walls in the room or any ceiling. Then I
saw the strangest sight; a silver door. From the outside of the Kings Chamber,
there is red carpet laid out right up to the door. I see the Bride coming to
the door. She does not have her Bridal Gown on. She has a Radiant Gown on. It
is beautiful, but it is so simplistic. It is pure white, looks to be made of
silk. She has her bridal bouquet in her hand. I saw white roses, red roses,
lilies, carnations, and orchids. There is something pure about her. A gentle
smile, a hungry look in her eyes, a longing in her face. She reaches her hand
to knock on the door, but as she does, the door is opened.
As I saw the next part,
the Spirit of the Lord overwhelmed me. I was slain in the spirit, the Lord
spoke that He was burning this upon my heart.
I saw the King standing at
the door. He was clothed in the most beautiful garments. His robe was purple,
same as the bed linens. He has a sash around His waist that was deep red,
inlaid with gold. He seemed to be enveloped with Light, the Light seemed to
emanate from Him. His eyes were flames of fire. That fire met every hunger in
the Bride. She began to be weak, which caused her to begin to fall. The King
caught her in His arms. He carried her to the bed. He gently laid her upon it
and lay down with her, caressing her head. He held her in His arms and began to
whisper His secrets in her ear.
I am feeling the Spirit of
the Lord even as I type this. He is so real to me right now.
Interpretation – I don’t
have much but here is what I have.
The wine/purple color
represents Royalty.
Red represents the Blood
of Jesus that was shed for our salvation.
The colors of the stones
do have a lot of meaning; will have to search them out.
Jesus, the King Himself is
the Light of the world, of Heaven.
The silver door represents
redemption.
The red carpet represents
that we can only enter the presence of God through the Blood of Jesus that
bought our redemption.
The Bride having on a simple
gown represents humility. It is radiant because she has been in the Glory of
God. His favor is upon her. There is purity in the Bride for the fires of God
have tried her. She longs to she her King, her Ishi; she is hungry for His
presence. She smiles, knowing that He is about to answer her hearts cry. She
begins to knock on the door, but the King, knowing her hearts cry opens the
door to her. Isaiah 65:24 says “And it shall come to pass, that before they
call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.”
When we enter into that
Secret Chamber of Our Lord and King, His beauty and His majesty will overwhelm
us, to the point of being pliable in His hands. He will be able to take us and
move us into any place He would have us to be. That Holy Fire in His eyes will
burn away every impurity in us; it will meet our every longing, our deepest
hearts cry. He will take us into His arms, hold us near to His heart and will
share the secrets of His heart with us, for He knows that He can trust us.
God bless,
Joy Odom
Mike
I just wanted to let you
know that your has been a tremendous
blessing for me. I have a dear brother in Christ who I pray with,
and God speaks through him and there's no doubt he has a prophetic gifting.
And I've been so confused some times, but I wait on God and allow those things
to pass. Unfortunately, after he gives the message, the dear brother
never remembers what he says, and can never answer what exactly it means.
I've been praying to God for someone I can go to for deeper answers in the
spiritual realm. Your contained
every answer to just about every question my brother prophesied for me in our
periods of prayer and fasting. I had no idea what it meant, "I will
teach you to stand in my presence " or "I will take you to the Holy
of Holies." I just knew it must be a consecrated place of deeper
communication with God. I'm glad I read your article on the realms of
prayer, and I was so intrigued by the power of that message. It confirms
what God has been telling me all along about leaving behind all things of this
world and spending long hours daily in prayer. Also, the article
about standing in the presence of God, and about the Joshua generation. These
are all things God spoke to him about, but he himself wasn't sure what they all
meant. I really want nothing more than communion with God, and I know
that the key is sacrifice in life, and death to self. I press toward the
mark, and I thank God for you. I knew God wouldn't give me those prophetic
words if I wouldn't know what they mean, and I'm glad now I more
deeply do. My only desire in life is to know God, and speak to Him
as a man speaks to his friend. If that's what the Holy of Holies is then
that's all I want. If there's any additional suggestions you can give me on how
to pray and deepen my walk so I can enter into that kind of communication with
the Lord, please let me know. I'm so hungry for the Lord, and I feel so
alone in that hunger sometimes. I know the people around me are sincere,
but I really don't have anyone anymore that always and only wants to
pray. I'm still a baby Christian drinking milk. I want to know what
it means to get to the "promised land" or the "land of milk and
honey." I'm sending you a prayer, and if you get a chance, send me
one to. And I'm sure you must have a busy schedule, but I would be very
encouraged if you would drop this 23 year old college student hungry for the
Lord a little line.
in His Love,
Mike
Liesl Alexander
I thank God for your page
and for my deliverance and healing 30+years ago, I was an atheist, brought up
in a "haunted house" filled with fear.
I was reared with an
alcoholic mother, a very distant angry father, and an alcoholic grandfather. A
blind grandmother and a neurotic great aunt aided in rounding out this
dysfunctional family along with a twin sister and other siblings at least 12
years our senior.
After leaving home for
school, I was told my boyfriend (age 13) had committed suicide. This was when I
began to dwell on death...what did it mean?...what is it?..
The rest of my schooling
seemed to be a waste of time...because I could not think of work, only of
death.
Because of surgery, I had
to leave school early. For one year I went home to live with a drunken mother
whom I hated in a fear-filled household and, in the end, decided to go into
nursing.
But I continually pondered
death....but received no answers...It was at this time that I got involved in
the occult. So things went downhill from there.
Inside I just wanted to
die...I seemed to be a black hole with no way of escape!
I took an overdose of
drugs stolen from the hospital ward, cut arteries in my wrists and waved goodby
to the world, but I awoke in pain and with stitches! Yet I was not truly sure
if I was really alive. They placed me in a room about 6x4 and I stayed there
for several years!
I was given 36 plus drugs
a day, and strapped in a straight jacket on occasions. No window, no visitors,
no furniture. Just a mattress on the floor. No clothes on me either!...where
was I? I did not know it then, but I
was in a padded cell!!
After 17 months they moved
me for short periods, to have treatments. The treatments did not work. I hated
life, feared everything, felt alone. There was no God...
The doctors advised
therapy which meant going outside the grounds into a high security wing of a
psychiatric hospital... In other words, an asylum.
On one occasion I managed
to escape but was captured and returned. The consultant said to me,
"Liesl! Stop running away, you are here for life, the quicker you accept
this the easier for us and the easier for you. This is now your home for
life." I just wanted to die.
On one occasion I escaped
and got into the black market drug scene and became an addict. My plan was to
die from all these drugs. Later on, I escaped once again but still only wanted
to die. On the way went into a hall, I heard a man say, "God can do
anything, absolutely anything! He can heal the sick, heal the mentally sick and
set the drug addict free!" The *God* bit made me angry...then I heard a
lady say, "Jesus loves you! He
knows what a mess you are
in, He really cares." Now a new 'record' was in my mind.
I returned to the
hospital. Eventually, there were many escape attempts; some succeeded, and some
failed.
One day some Christian
visitors came to see me in hospital.. they laid hands on me and I was
healed....It was after that that I accepted Jesus into my life...accepting Him
as Lord and Savior...Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
These are not mere words
but reality:
'In My name they will
drive out demons'
(Mark 16:17)
Many don't accept this but
Jesus would never tell us to do that if demons do not exist! Jesus drove the demons
from me, so I know it is true!! Jesus is the Victor. We have all power in Jesus
and He does heal the sick today and set the captives free. He is wanting His
people to believe His words.
YOU are his people. You
are the ones He calls. He demonstrates his power with the lost and the sick and
the bound. Praise Him for the faith of those who came into my cell and simply
asked Jesus to touch this girl's mind.
Praise Him..Amen.
Liesl Alexander
Free To Live Ministries
http://www.free2live.org.uk/
Bob Sanders
Hello Peter and Joshua,
I am really getting a lot
from your teachings. At this time, I am spending alot of time in your
"Praying in the Spirit" series. I am getting blessed, encouraged,
inspired and motivated in amazing ways through these teachings.
I thank God for your
Spirit led, selfless approach to make these teachings available to me.
They are the most amazing writings I have ever read. I have read the Practice
of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence many times. For me that book was very
inspiring but I needed more handles. Your writings are filled with Holy Spirit
depth, wisdom and also the practical handles I have longed for. I Thank God for
making these teaching available. I have read most of Watchman Nee's writings. I
was raised up in the Lord with much of his writings, starting with the Normal
Christian Life. Your writings seem to be taking me deeper and into greater
refreshment and liberation than any other teachings I have read.
I hope it is okay to give
you this feedback. I know humility is something extemely important in your
life. I offer this out of gratitude and as encouragement from me to you for the
diligent, faithfilled seeking you have engaged in and therefore reaped. I
know your writings will effect my ministry in the Lord first and foremost to
Him and also to thousands of people in Mexico and the United States.
You are ministering to me
in these spiritual things, is there a way that I can minister to you through my
finances. It may not be a large amount but it will be out of gratitude.
I'd also like to keep you
updated, if that's okay, with our weekly prayer letter called "Baja (BCM)
Prayer Letter" Baja stands for Baja Mexico, the pennisula where we
have a ministry of evangelism, church planting, house building and food
distribution to the poor. Our ministry
is http://www.eaglevision.com.my/www.bajachristian.org if you want to
see what we do. Also I write devotional poetry. I would like to send some
of these poems to you from time to time if that's okay. Your depth of Devotion
to our Lord and your capacity to receive so deeply from Him has inspired me and
made me want to somehow stay in contact with you. I must say that I have not
met anyone in my journey with the depth of wisdom and understanding that comes
through your writings. I would be honored to someday meet you. God bless you!
With Gratitude, Bob Sanders
Steve Beacock
Thank you for your web
site, Eaglevision. I glean much from your writings and the word is so easy to
entreat. I just finished reading several of your articles and the one
titled Crossing the River Jordan was very good. I am at a place where I
struggle between natural circumstances and spiritual understandings. You wrote
that we do have our natural responsibilities in this realm to take care of and
that's not a problem. In the past, I would keep my focus and mind on the things
of the Lord and the Lord would be communing with me but the natural things
would begin to come undone then I would switch and devote all my strength and
energies to natural responsibilities and my unction would become weakened. I
became kind of confused going back and forth and would lose a lot of momentum
that I need to accomplish what needed doing and not quite ever completing to
the degree that I needed to fulfill either in the natural or the spirit. Now my
position is more stable but there are still things that are not complete. The
things that the Lord has in His riches in glory are of a heavenly substance and
I believe that they are to be brought into this realm as the scripture says
"Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it (already) is in
Heaven". There is a certain responsibility that we need to
provide for our families, those in need and the ministry, etc..., but when
these things are hindered and we know that "the Lord will provide all our
needs... and ask whatsoever you will in my name that your joy may be made
full," etc, ALL the promises that we know, what do we do that brings the
transfer from the heavenlies to the earth where these things are needed. I have
read a lot of E.W. Kenyon and F.F. Bosworth and many of today's preachers that
say to thank Him for the things that are not seen as though, by faith , you
have already received them because Christ has already made them available. Are
they stuck somewhere between these two realms? Are the angels on strike?
Did I miss some jot or tittle in my prayer or somehow disqualified myself
because of some hidden form of unbelief? (smile) I could thank the Lord all day
for something that I haven't received in this realm yet but it is of no
practical use just floating around in the ethereal. When someone prays for the
sick, our healings are "by His stripes we were healed" but how does
one bring the manifestation of that glory to this earth and isn't that
what the Lord desires that we all do and partake in and destroying the works of
the devil?
Here is where I
have been stuck for quite a while now. The Lord has done many wonderful things
for me and are not short of being miracles but is a consistency better
than occasional blessing (which I am grateful for)? Can you help me get
"unstuck" from this frustrating place? I would be very grateful if
you could break this barrier that I have been up against for quite some time.
Thank you again for
all you have written on your web site and for taking the time reading this
letter.
From my heart, be blessed.
Steve
Beacock
Portland, Or.
Jody
Hi, I just ran across your
, I am born again 3 years and I have been speaking in tongues for 2 1/2 years,
I was made to feel guilty at first by other Christians and my husband who I
know is born again but he just isn’t there yet, As i was reading the
levels of tongue speaking, my spirit just got excited and wanted to speak that
was strange I never have experienced that before, I really want to
experience a deeper experience with the lord, I have not seen any visions and I
know I’m a new Christian, I am also a mother of 8, and I get distracted
all the time, and I’m jealous for more time with the Lord, I have sung in the
spirit, however its a melody not the language at the same time I cant seem to
do that, or if I do it just sounds like stammering, But I want more, Is it
wrong to find out all this knowledge? Because now that I read your I know more intellectually, Also I don’t get
to worship with charismatic Christians because my husband, I want to hear from
the Lord, I don’t want to be vain, I desire this, By the way my husband has had
visions with the Lord while he prays, and he still doesn’t understand tongues I
am jealous of that, is that wrong, I just need good advice from a charismatic
Christian,,, Also my 7 year old hears him speak to her heart and he tells her
to read the bible, But she also hears a bad voice in her head, Which I believe
to be a Demon, When she hears the voice she believes to be the Lord, She says
she is filled with love as he speaks, I did have her pray for the gifts of the
spirit after she was saved when she was 6, My husband thinks she might want
attention , This has been going on 2 years now, I believe her, I tell her to
rebuke the bad voice in her head, The one she thinks is the Lord does tell her
only biblically aligned things, like he loves her and to read her bible and to
obey and so on, Help, I’m such a new believer..... Jody
Bob Sanders
I wanted to write you for
sometime now and thank you for your wonderful help. Your teaching's on the
Eagle Vision are so powerful and so edifying. They have blessed me,
inspired me and helped me alot. I thank God that He has given you such
wisdom!
I have a ministry of
evangelism and church planting and house building amongst the poor in
Mexico where houses are funded and built via our ministry by United
States Christian Churches and volunteers in Baja CA, Mexico. We also have
staff pastor's who are bi-lingual in spanish and english who I am starting to
get some of your printed teaching's material to, starting with
Pastor Salim Barraza. I wanted you to know this because, the fruit of your
wonderful teaching's will soon be effecting some very precious poor saints in
Mexico.
Along with my love for the
Lord and a love for His Word I also have an interest in researching
herbs, nutrients, and medicinal foods. So when you mentioned the
"papaya" in one of your teachings I was interested. You
mentioned something like, science is limited in much research, perhaps the
papaya has something in it. Perhaps you should eat papaya for a month.
Those are not your exact words. But my memory recalls something like that.
I read that teaching about 2 months ago. Anyway, I did quite a bit
of research on papaya and indeed it is incredible and does have something in
it. In short it has a digestive enzyme that digests proteins, even years
of undigested proteins in the intestinal tract. My wife and I eat
papaya just about everyday, quite bit too, and so do some others I've
told. I would be glad to send you those research articles via
e-mail if you're interested in seeing them. I have discovered other foods
that help in partial fasts as well over the years.
I am impressed by the
depth of your love, devotion and wisdom in our Lord. I would love to meet you
sometime, Lord willing. Even a board member and I talked about flying to
Malaysia to see you sometime. If that could work out for us, would that be okay
with you?
Most of all, I
wanted to make contact and say thanks again! I have never seen teachings like
yours, and even in such abundance, that have and could help me more than
yours. I thank God for you! Bob Sanders
Rick Almodovar
I was truly encouraged by
your testimony and you provoked me to Holy jealousy. I have had many
wonderful revelations, visitations and 3rd heaven experiences in the
Lord. This very morning I got into a heated discussion with my wife
because I am not satisfied with my church going mundane circle of boredom
life. She doesn't understand and she was very defensive about her place
in the Lord. We used to walk in a greater revelation of the Holy Spirit’s
Presence. After a myriad of persecutions by the denominational
church leadership we have since shrunk back to becoming, "normal
Christians." I am so unsatisfied with my spiritual condition.
I hunger for the real manifestation of God. That Revelatory Presence that
gives you wings to fly... Sometimes I get angry because much of the known
church leaders are so controlling, so manipulative, so overbearing. I
believe that’s one of my faults that I'm not an overbearing person. Some
see this as a weakness, I believe in letting people experience and express themselves
in God, even if they are making mistakes. I hate taking the first place
in almost anything. I'm an established worship leader, with one recording
to my credit (by God's Grace), but I don't think this is something to hold on
to as a great accomplishment. I simply want to be found in the center if
His will. Only the unfolding of His will in my life can satisfy
these unsettled spiritual cravings. I am soooooo dissatisfied...
Below I have included a
thought that blesses me when I meditate on the Lord...
Walking with the Master,
Can we begin to imagine
what Mary experienced as the Eternal Son of God was living inside of her
physically or when she first held him in her arms there in the manger.
Was His Father’s light shining through his tiny little eyes? And when she
peered into them was she able to get glimpses of galaxies, wonders, colors
beyond her minds comprehension. Did she sense and or see the mighty throng of
angels as he lay in her arms?
Can you imagine how it
must've felt for the disciples to have walked with our Master Jesus. When
they looked into His eyes what was it that they saw? When they slept near
Him, what were their dreams like? Was He
speaking to their very
souls as He watched them sleep so many times? The axis of all creation
and eternity was now in their midst. The essence of all communication was
in their midst. Surely angels were walking with Him on a continual
basis. Did they ever get any glimpses of these servants as they
ministered unto The Captain of our Salvation? To walk with Him should be
our greatest endeavor. To live for Him, and live with Him, to laugh with
Him, cry with Him, run with Him, and wait on Him. Being with Him on a
daily basis is better than all the endeavors of this world. He is the sum
of all that the Father Loves. In Christ are the Wonders of all of Heaven
and earth. One word in season from Him can change our lives eternally.
The Graces to be with Him are boundless and breathless. He is the Royal
Diadem of all creation. The Chief Precious Cornerstone from which all
created things proceed. He is the blueprint of Heaven and all its
gathering and also the spectacular earthly created wonders.
He is The Eternal
Craftsman who has chiseled sunsets, sunrises, oceans and seas, rivers and canyons,
stars and galaxies, trees and mountains, earth and sky, all that’s living in
its original design. He is the one whom all
creation adores.
He's the Fathers beloved and Holy Son. More than words can ever
describe. He is the author of all the sounds of creation, the music, the
thunder, and soft elations. He is the song of angels mighty in power, the
maker of every scented flower...more than our minds can comprehend...the
beginning and the end. History is His-story. Walking with the
Master is the most rewarding endeavor any believer in this age, past or future
could ever hope for. In Genesis the word declares that Adam walked with
God in the cool of the evening. The bible also declares in Genesis that
Enoch walked with God and he was raptured. Moses walked with Him and God
spoke with Moses face to face. Interestingly enough this has
been God’s desire from the
very beginning. To walk with us and among us. People in history and even
today have aspired to walk and talk with persons who have impacted history in
one way or another. But it is God’s deepest
desire for us to walk with
Him and for Him to commune with us on a daily basis. I asked Jeremy (my
10 year old son), who is the most important person he would like to talk to?
His answer was quick and almost spontaneous, he said God. In his own way
he expressed to me that there is no one person more important in the whole
world than God. He also told me that he had a dream that God had let him
be God for a few minutes. He said that in his dream people were so tiny
but that he could see their problems and every thing about them. He had
to control the weather and the seas and so many other things. He was so
busy trying to figure everything out that he got frustrated and told God, "I
can't do it God, You alone are God." Then he said the next most
important person would be the President of the United States (smart kid).
When we desire to walk with the Master and we give ourselves to walk with Him,
He will give us a very different view of life in general, that’s His view.
Together with a new mind
and a new heart. There are those in this generation that will walk with
God in unprecedented intimacy, power, and glory. This should be our
highest quest, not some position in church,
ministry or to be received
by men. We should desire above all things to walk with Him in the cool of
the day and all His Wonders. Christ knows the language of every
individual heart. He is the power by which my blood runs its course
through my veins. Christ is the magnificent architect who constructed the
very sinews of my being, my mind, my soul, my spirit. He knows all the
days of my earthly journey. He sees the very last breathe I will take and
where I will take it. He knows my trials of tomorrow and the worries of my
today. He truly is the answer to all in all. Can we begin to fathom
the mind of Christ, His unsearchable thoughts and ways, past beyond finding
out. He searches out the hearts and minds of the believer and nonbeliever
alike. Nothing is hid from Him and all our days are written in His heart.
Rick Almodovar
Give us the Grace to Walk
with Christ O' Father
Rick Aramis Almodovar
Reward of the
Martyrs:
I had called upon the
Lord in my desperation and he put a scripture upon my lips, of the
which I was unaware that it was Mathew 7:7 "ask and you
shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and the door shall be
opened."
Interestingly enough I am
the 7th child born unto my parents.
I was caught up into
heaven in a dream. I saw a window that was 3 feet squared in the heavens
and a mighty rush of the wind of Gods Spirit swept me into this door in the
heavens. As I entered this place of wonder I found myself clothed in a
gown made of sackcloth. I also noticed that my ten toes were missing.
(A person who does not have toes cannot balance properly, walking is a
difficult task and they certainly cannot run. After this dream the Lord
told me, "a prophet is not without honor except in his home
town." This was symbolic of my walk in that my family was going to
make my walk with the Lord difficult. I have 5 brothers, 3 sisters, my
Mom
and Dad equalling 10
persons who are relationally attached to me. After this dream it
certainly unfolded this way. My entire family rejected me for a very long
season. Anyhow back to the dream.)
Then I looked around and
saw that this room had walls made of a light substance which emanated a
heavenly soothing glow. Suddenly I saw two heavenly angelic beings. They
penetrated the farthest wall in front of me with awesome grace. They were
hovering in mid air, slightly above me, in front of me. They had on these
beautiful white flowing
gowns that emanated light. I could see the wind of God’s Spirit blowing
gently upon them. Their faces were shining brightly as an overwhelming
joy seemed to pour out from them. It was as if they were
overjoyed to see me.
Then I noticed that they were holding in between them a beautiful white
gown. They drew near me and gently place this white gown over my shabby
sackcloth gown. It covered the sackcloth gown perfectly.
Then I looked around in
the room and noticed that I was not alone. There were others in this room
who were also dressed in perfect beautiful white gowns. We never spoke a
word but our communication was complete as we spoke with our eyes. I knew all
their thoughts and they knew mine. There was no contention
whatsoever. Our hearts were knitted as One in the sweet fellowship of the
fullness of God’s Spirit. Love was in our communication,
a Love beyond any earthly
Love I have ever experienced. We were truly one with God and each other
in this place of great Glory. This was the fulfillment of Jesus prayer,
"Father that they may be One, as You and I are One, I in them and You in
me, that the world might know." Then without one thought I opened my
mouth to sing unto the Lord and all of us as a mighty army never breaking its
stride we were singing in harmony and a heavenly synchronization beyond any
earthly human comprehension. We were literally one voice and our worship
sounded like a mighty roar in the heavens. Our voices together sounded
like peals of thunder yet within it
was music unlike I have
ever heard. As we were singing the Spirit of the Lord moved like a
rushing wave over and through us as this room began to increase in light, glory
and power. We all knew the King was receiving our
worship. We were a
Mighty Army, terrible with banners, yet never breaking its stride. We all
knew in our thought as One that we were created for this very thing. To
Worship our God, our King, our Lord!!! Then our
worship came to a quiet
stillness as the Presence of the Lord was blowing through us, enveloping us,
resting on us in a dimension of infinite Wonder.
We were fused into the
eternal Oneness of our Triune God and we were complete lacking nothing.
Then as One, we turned to our right (again we were an army in perfect unison)
and we beheld another group there. This group of men, women and children
was an amazing sight to see. There bodies were mangled, broken, cut into
pieces. some were missing different parts of there bodies, yet they were
alive. It was not a grotesque sight, it was wonderfully intriguing to
us. Somehow we knew we were One with them also. So our group (with One
voice and thought) we asked them what their gift was. Again we did not
speak, we were able to communicate with our eyes as we looked upon them, but
our thoughts were louder and deeper than audible words. Then amazingly
so, their bodies became perfect right before our eyes. They too had on sackcloth
garments. Then a multitude of angels appeared and unto them were given
perfect white gowns to wear. As these angels clothed them with their
gowns there seemed to be a deep moment of reverence and honor among the angels
together with us. Then to our amazement we beheld that these martyrs were
given a body of great virtue.
They seemed to be able to
levitate from the ground with the greatest grace we ever witnessed. (this
part is hard to explain) We looked upon the chest and back area of these
martyrs new bodies (men, women and children as they levitated on the wind of
the fullness of Gods Spirit) and within their bosom we beheld an amazing
gift. Their chest and back area had built into it sort of like a see
through transparent crystal like diamond. Again it encompassed the whole
chest and back area. Within this transparent crystal like diamond was a
holy living fire whose multi-colored flames were dancing about. The color
of these multi-flames are not found in the earthly realm of the color spectrum
(eye has not seen, nor ear has heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man
the things that God has prepared for those who love Him, but we have received
these things by the Spirit). It seemed as if they were given to carry
about within themselves the tangible Omni-Glory of the Holy flames from the
altar of the Lords Heart. Every martyr had their own unique distinct
multi-color like flames within their bosom. Their crystalized diamond
chest and back area seemed to magnify the flames-like dancing spectrum of their
distinct colors so that they emanated these color prisms for all to see.
They truly were shining lights of the Holiness of our Gods Omni-Glory.
They were lighting up the room, each and every one. It was the most breath
taking spectacle one could behold. Then as an Army never breaking its
stride they all turned to face different parts of every wall within this
room. Each one levitated toward the walls with great grace and (they)
each one gently penetrated the walls of this room as they left.
Each one had left an individual painted Living Mosaic on the walls with the
multi-colors they had within their chest area. We all drew near to these
Mosaics that seemed to be alive with the Wonder and the Glory of God. These
paintings were emanating the very same living multi-colors as they shined forth
the different spectrums of the Eternal Light of the Life of our Christ.
(Glory to God, I want to shout about now!!!) They were permanent living
witnesses of the Eternal Omni-Glory Light of our God and Christ for any
one to behold. Each Living Mosaic seemed to speak a Living message that
proclaimed, "Behold the Wonder and Glory of Our God!" Then I
awoke from this dream.
Hebrews 11:35
" Women received
their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting
deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection."
"The battle lines are
being drawn...Joel's Army is getting ready to cross over into the Promise
Land...stand strong...stand vigilant...be faithful...and watch the Salvation of
the Lord's Hand prevail!"
As we cross over from
death unto the Resurrection of the body of Christ, we will begin to mirror the
newness of Christ’s new body (the which even his disciples did not recognize
after His Resurrection). Many religious zealots and heresy hunters
will not be given eyes to see it, (ironically so spiritual blindness is being
repeated, read Isaiah: "God has given them a spirit of
stupor.") because they have spoken such harsh words against the
Spirits Fresh Habitation amongst us. Some who's hearts are
genuinely pure before the Lord, but obviously clouded by religious
traditions, will be set free, they will be used in greater extreme
miracles (sort of like Paul: he persecuted the church with great zeal, yet
after his conversion he became a flaming witness of the Power
of Resurrection Life).
Rick Aramis Almodovar
May you and
yours take the Fragrance of Christ everywhere you go.
Rick Aramis Almodovar
I have
been truly blessed by your insight into the birth of Jesus Christ and so
many other studies. I have a notion in my heart that you will
be writing many books...I see a row of volumes standing together that speak of
the Glory of God’s Son. I also see a soul who is wearing
tattered and torn dusty gray colored clothing even as
he reaches out to pick up one of your books. His
face has a look of desperation, weariness, great drought
and he is stooped over as if carrying burdens to heavy for him
to bear. The clothing he is wearing is symbolic
of religious ideologies that once used to be a manmade armor,
but now has no glory and is become his grave clothes (Lazarus at the tomb comes
to mind). God will use your life to bring forth a Lazarus
generation that has been bound up and locked away by controling religious
demons that have used institutions as their guise. He will cause many to
begin to walk in their inheritance (which is the Kingdom Realm on earth as it
is in Heaven). This is truly a new day for the church.
Lazarus
means- given Grace
Lazarus-latin form of
ELEAZAR found in the New Testament. Lazarus was a man from Bethany, the brother
of Mary and Martha, who was restored to life by Jesus.
I can sense even as I read
your writings that the body of Christ is receiving greater elevation into the
Spirit Realm Life. The word restoration is flashing in my
spirit, restoration of all things that are in agreement with the old testament
prophets and all they foresaw. I also see a foundation that is
squared and made of a chiseled rock, it is not a perfect square
because it has the markings of a sculpturer, but that only adds to the beauty
of it. It is interesting to me that the building which stands on
this foundation is transparent; it is a spiritual building (almost
invisible). It is not apparent to everyone but only to those
whose hearts are set upon Zion. Wow...I also see thousands of babies
sitting around this spiritual building gazing up in amazement, though many of
them do not understand much of what they see they are definitely filled with great
joy because they know the King is there. Around
these babies there seems to be an amazing fruitful garden with
all sorts of beautiful trees, fruits and greenery. It is a safe
haven...a place of refuge...a resting place...where the children can be nourished
and new life is a big deal! I hear the Spirit saying, "no small
thing...no small thing." The New Life that Christ is imparting
is no small thing!
Rick Aramis Almodovar
May the Fragrance of
Christ be with You at all Times.
Duncaster Wally
I Give You Power!
And when He had called His
twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them
out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease. Matthew 10:1
For God has not given us a
spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7
A paradox of modern day
Christianity is that it has become a religion of words by men who have a form
of godliness and deny its power rather than a demonstration of power by a
mighty God! Yet God’s word is unchanging:
Then Philip went down to
the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one
accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of
many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. Acts
8:5-7
"how God anointed
Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing
good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
Acts 10:38
We see in these passage of
scriptures the sickness and diseases are oppressions by the devil whom anointed
ones like Philip and Jesus healed! And modern day Christianity knows very
little about demons and casting them out? God’s word is unchanging:
'Give no regard to mediums
and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the
LORD your God. Leviticus 19:31
'And the person who turns
to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My
face against that person and cut him off from his people. Leviticus 20:16
“Familiar spirits” is the
designation of a specific type of evil spirit. It is so classified because of
its chief characteristic: namely, familiarity. It is a relationship, a
familiarity, with a person or personality. For example, a woman, whom Paul
encountered in Macedonia, had a familiar spirit which gave her powers of
divination and Paul dealt with it. God’s word is true:
Now it happened, as we
went to prayer, that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination
met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune-telling. This girl
followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, "These men are the servants
of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation." And
this she did for many days. But Paul, greatly annoyed, turned and said to the
spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of
her." And he came out that very hour. Acts 16:16-18
Familiar spirits are common
amid the practices of spiritism and witchcraft, but their activity is by no
means limited to persons and practices so obviously occult. Evil spirits are
personalities. They can reason, decide, express emotions and communicate.
Personalities have the capacity to relate to one another. Two human
personalities can form a relationship; and, through communication and
communion, that relationship can be enhanced. Likewise, a person can form and
develop a close relationship with an evil spirit. When a person forms a
relationship with an evil spirit (which can be done either willfully or through
ignorance), he then has a familiar spirit.
Satan assigns one of these
spirits to an individual or family. The basic idea is to determine whether or not
a particular party is susceptible to spiritual things. If the person is the
least bit susceptible, the demon spirit starts watching the individual closely
from the outside spiritual realm. The spirit "starts a file", you
might say, and watches the intimate things that an individual does, making
notes on everything. The spirit may not have the legal right to demonize the
individual, but it accumulates detailed information as to everything personal
and intimate that takes place in their life and their family. After a while,
the demon spirit learns exactly how the victim will respond to various stimuli.
The spirit can actually determine patterns of thought by using the power of
suggestion.
In this file the familiar
spirit collects details of things like: the person's talents, habits,
neighbors, resources, friends, enemies, mental abilities, educational
abilities, responses to many varied situations, etc.. He becomes
"familiar" with everything in that individuals life, without being
noticed, because he is in the spiritual realm. Once the familiar spirit becomes
very familiar with the "do's" and "don'ts" of a person, he
works the best he can to manipulate that person and to influence him in certain
situations.
Communication is the chief
characteristic of a familiar spirit. The spirit responds quickly to the summons
of the medium. A medium, such as the witch of Endor whom Saul consulted (I Sam.
28:7), is a go-between which forms a communication link between the earthly
world and the demonic realm. Thus, anyone who becomes a channel of
communication for an evil spirit is a medium. He has a familiar spirit.
A familiar spirit is
something that a person has, because it is a personality identified with a
certain individual. In the same sense that one has a book, a friend or a cold,
one can be personally identified with a demon spirit.
When a person yields to a
familiar spirit he becomes a medium for the spirit to speak through her/him!
But what many of God’s people are not aware that there are many sincere Christian
folks who are unknowingly yield to familiar spirit who cause them to say and do
foolish things and even prophesy things that come from a familiar spirit, not
God. It’s a fact that familiar and unclean spirit plays all kinds of games with
many Christians and they don’t discern what is going on!
Deception is one of the
great tools of the devil that he uses on all people including Christians.
Deception is always present in one's relationship with a familiar spirit.
Usually, the one having a familiar spirit believes that his spirit-companion is
good rather than evil, or thinks that something beneficial will come out of
that relationship. He erroneously believes that the spirit is a true benefactor
who will provide him with helpful information. He may even believe that the
familiar spirit is the Holy Spirit. He will; therefore, be reluctant to part
with something he believes is beneficial or that is of God.
The person having a
familiar spirit may not recognize that it is a spirit entity with whom he is
having a relationship. He may think that his experiences are only within his
imaginations and fantasies or part of his personality. Or, he may believe that
he has contacted God's spiritual realm through his mind rather than through his
spirit. Thus, he may be ensnared, not because he is seeking something evil, but
because he is seeking something good in a wrong way. A familiar spirit can also
work within a person giving them the impression that a god or God is talking to
them or even making them believe that they have lived past lives.
Necromancy, a supposed
communication with the dead, is a facet of the familiar spirit's operation.
Necromancy is an outright deception. Rather than communicating with a
particular person, the medium is in contact with a spirit which is familiar
with that dead person. The spirit is able to give information and produce
manifestations which lead the necromancer to suppose that he has contacted the
spirit of a certain dead person.
There are many avenues
through which familiar spirits can be acquired.
1) Divination -Through
divination, an attempt to discern future events or to discover that which
cannot be known by normal methods, a familiar spirit is sought to assist a
person in his quest for hidden knowledge, guidance and power. There are many
expressions of divination. Divination includes the practices of occultists,
spiritist mediums, witches, Haitian voodoo priests, American medicine men and
Siberian shamans and the Ouija Board.
2) Transcendental
Meditation -Through Transcendental Meditation passive meditation coupled
with trance-producing techniques and the chanting of a mantra, opens a person
directly to the demonic realm. In his attempt to discover true enlightenment,
the TM practitioner empties himself of all self-identity and will-power. He
opens himself to deceiving spirits who impersonate Deity and divulge false
revelations of secret and hidden mysteries. It is not unusual to find a child
who has an imaginary playmate.
3) Imaginary Playmates -
The invisible companion is very real to the child. In fact, the playmate may be
invisible to others but appear visibly to the child. The imaginary playmate
becomes a companion and a teacher of the child. What begins, in the child's
imagination, as a technique to offset loneliness, evolves into a relationship
with a familiar spirit which brings about a change in the child's personality
and behavior.
4) Visualization -
Visualization is a method used for centuries by sorcerers to contact demonic
powers. Visualization which is a counterfeit of faith is an attempt to see, by
the function of the natural mind, that which can only be seen by the spiritual
eye of faith. Faith has spiritual eyes which enable one to see the invisible.
"Faith is the evidence of things not seen" Heb. 11:1.
5) Drugs - Drugs,
especially the hallucinatory drugs, provide a straight corridor into the
demonic realm. This is true of all sorts of drugs ranging from the ancient
peyote to modern drugs known as LSD and PCP. Such drugs alter the function of
brain cells, and pave the way for an infinite variety of supposed revelations
which are fostered by familiar spirits that were contacted via the drug-induced
hallucinations.
6) Necromancy - God's Word
clearly forbids communication with spirits of the dead. "There shall not
be found among you anyone who...calls up the dead" Deut. 18:10,11. Some,
whose loved ones have died, are tempted to communicate with them. Instead of
contacting the spirit of their loved ones, they come into contact with familiar
spirits who impersonate deceased friends or relatives. Sometimes, displayed
pictures of deceased parents, brothers, sisters, grandparents or other dead
persons can attract familiar spirits. At one time, a friend of ours kept
pictures of her deceased parents and other family members in our bedroom. It
gave her a sense of their continued presence in her life. The Holy Spirit
convicted her that her dead parents were not her source of comfort, security or
help. The pictures were put away.
There are some people;
however, who have been taught to pray to Mary, the mother of Jesus, or to other
departed saints, as mediators. When men pray to the spirits of the dead, they
are practicing necromancy and courting familiar spirits. Therefore, it is easy
to understand why there are so many reported visitations by these forbidden
mediators. For example, there is the "Virgin of Guadalupe" and the
"Virgin of Medjugore", because familiar spirits manifested themselves
when people prayed to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
7) Games and toys and rock
music - Games and toys and music are a powerful influence in the training of
children but the devil has used many of these things to introduce them to or
seduce them by familiar spirits and people get influence by them without knowing
it. They develop quirks and behavior patters that become part of their
personality. A five-year-old-boy, was emotionally attached to the hideous
looking little creature known as E.T., an extra-terrestrial being. E.T. had
ceased to be a mere fictional character in this young boy's experience. E.T.
had become a living companion and friend who visited his bedroom and talked
with him. He was conversing with a demon: a familiar spirit. In such ways the
devil is conditioning children to relate to demons as friends. The child
becomes accustomed to these demonic creatures to the extent that he is even
comfortable with them when they materialize. Tom, a young man in his late
teens, was controlled by a false personality. The alter ego was acquired
through his involvement with the game "Dungeons & Dragons." The
game requires role playing, and the player becomes totally identified with a
fictional character. Often, the players dress in identifying costumes which
portray the character they are to represent. Tom had gradually lost his own
identity and had taken on the identity of his familiar spirit. God’s word is
unchanging:
Now the Spirit expressly
says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to
deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, 1 Timothy 4:1
8) Great Crisis – When a
person goes through a devastating trama or situation like a loss of a family
member, a loss of a job, a loss of a home or a loss of other things, he or she
becomes very wounded and open to the operations of familiar spirits who come in
through the disguise of sympathy, wishful thinking or a suggestion such as
committing suicide! When demons gain entrance to the physical body, they
work singly or in numbers. Demons will attempt to evade detection, or to call
reinforcements. (Matt. 12:43-45) Jesus pointed out that even after being cast
out, if the person does not fortify His life with the full armor of God, a
demon can enter with others more wicked than itself. Jesus therefore warned:
Sin no more lest a worse thing come upon you. (John 5:14)
9) Sexual Promiscuity-
Yes, unclean familiar spirits are found to have been acquired through sexual
promiscuity. Fornication, adultery, pornography and any sort of sexual
deviation will give opportunity to spirits of sexual lust. Some familiar
spirits come to people when they are sleeping and interact with them through
vivid sexual dreams or fantasies to carry out different evil and wicked desires
for the mind is a gateway the enemy uses to influence many people. God’s word
is unchanging:
And you He made alive, who
were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to
the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the
spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all
once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of
the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the
others. Ephesians 2:1-3
9) Spirit of Infirmity –
This is a spirit that deceives many people that they have an infirmity because
of old age or because this kind of sickness has been in their family! The
spirit of infirmity creates a weakness in the physical body, or comes to
reinforce weakness in the body. There is nothing in scripture which indicates
that this spirit limits its influence to that of bodily weakness. But in
operating in the physical realm, it can and does work in conjunction with other
disease causing spirits. Many forms of disease such as cancers, diabetes, etc.
come in this way. As disease has a gateway or an entrance to the body, the
"spirit of infirmity" then is the initial "life giving
spirit" of many a disease. Jesus illustrates in the gospels that "the
spirit of infirmity" is a demonic spirit working even in the lives of
those people of God who have faith, when Jesus said: Shall not this
daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo, these 18 years; be loosed from
this bond on the sabbath day? (Luke 13:16)
Observe that Jesus in no
way condemns this child of God, but rather He commends her, calling her a
"daughter of Abraham." We notice here, that this demon as some do,
resided within the body for many years, and in this case occupied this person's
physical body for 18 long years, the woman bent over so that she was unable to
lift herself up.
Many people are bound by
the spirit of infirmity and demons even today. Only our gracious Lord Jesus
Christ can deliver them from such spirit of infirmity. Irrespective of the
nature of our infirmities and the number of years we suffer from, only our
Almighty God can grant us complete deliverance from such infirmities.
Solution - God’s people
need to repent and renounce all familiar spirits that have entered their lives
through whatever means possible and be delivered from all the lies and
deceptions of familiar spirits by the power and anointing of God. Here is a
suggested prayer.
Satan, I renounce you, and
I take back all the ground that I ever yielded to you. God is my source of
wisdom, knowledge, guidance, strength and power. You familiar spirit, leave me,
in the name of Jesus. Lord Jesus, I belong to You. You have saved me and
redeemed me by Your blood. I have need of no spirit other than The Holy Spirit.
Forgive me for having sought from other spirits that which should only come from
You. I renounce and separate myself from all familiar spirits, however
acquired. I call upon You, Lord, to deliver me from the lies and deceptions of
familiar spirits and heal me of all their works. Teach me Your truth and Your
ways. It is my earnest desire to walk in Your will and to glorify Your name.
Amen.
Father God, You are the
wonder-working God. I come boldly before Your throne of mercy and grace seeking
healing for my body and blessings in my finances. Deliver me from every
bondage. Heal me from every infirmity. Guard me from all forces of darkness.
Cleanse me from all unrighteousness by Your precious blood. Remove every fear
from my heart and let Your divine light shine in my heart. Grant me the
strength of Your divine spirit and strengthen me. Lord Your word
says that You are the God that heals us of all our diseases, all our sickness,
redeem us from destruction and satisfy us with good things. You said that
You would take my sickness away from me and bless me coming in and going
out. Your word says that You desire above all things that we prosper and
be in good health. Therefore I know that it is Your will for me to be in
good health. Therefore, in the name of Jesus, I come against this spirit
of infirmity and spirit of poverty that is trying to overtake me, and render it
helpless in the mighty name of Jesus. Father in the name of Jesus, I bind
every spirit of sickness and disease, every spirit of infirmity, and every
other demonic spirit that the enemy is trying to use against my life in any
way. By the authority of Jesus Christ, I pull down every stronghold of
the adversary against my body, and command him to flee from every area of my
body, as well as my life and my finances, in the name of Jesus. Satan I
render You helpless, powerless, and ineffective against my body and my finances
in the name of Jesus. For greater is He that is in me that he that
is in the world, therefore You will not overcome me, for I have overcome by the
blood of the lamb and the word of my testimony, and I say to You “ BY THE
STRIPES OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH I AM HEALED, BLESSED AND MADE PERFECT,
WHOLE AND COMPLETE!
Heavenly Father, we come
in faith believing that Jesus Christ is healer. We are created in your image
and we speak as you speak. We command bones in the feet and legs to be
strengthened so that the lame may walk. We speak to sores, cankers, diseases,
infirmities, cancers, growths and tumors and decree by the shed blood of Jesus
Christ that they are healed! We praise you Lord God that is so. Amen.
Father, You said if we had
faith the grain of a mustard seed, we could speak to the mountain and it would
be removed. So I speak to my mountain of sickness, poverty and lack in my
life and in the name of Jesus Christ, I command it to be removed, uprooted,
and cast into the sea. In the name of Jesus, I command it to die at the
root, and never to spring up again. By the authority of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth, I claim total restoration of every organ, every cell, every part of
my body, and in the name of Jesus my body will function in perfection, the way
God made it to and for my finances that my storehouse be filled to the brim and
be overflowing . I loose great and wonderful miracles of healing and
restoration and blessing of every kind spiritual, physical and financial for me
my family my loved ones my special friends and for your people in Jesus
name.
Father, I thank You for
hearing my prayer. I thank You for interceding for me, and not letting
Your word return void. I thank You that You watch over Your word to
perform it, and that Your word will always accomplish that which You sent it to
do. Father in the name of Jesus, I receive my healing, my
deliverance, my blessing and prosperity this day and I praise the name of Jesus
for all of it. In Jesus name, I pray all this and give you all the praise and
glory and honor for what You have done, are doing and shall do! Amen and amen!
Rick Almodovar
Subject: Holy Desperation:
Heavens doors are
multiple. As many souls there are alive and have been alive through time
and will be alive are the number of heavens doors and their
accessibility. Jesus is the Master key that unlocks those doors.
The more in union we are with His heart the greater accessibility we are given
by the Father into the mystery of Gods Holy Union. The wonderful thing
about these doors is that they mirror our lives as they are meant to be by
Heaven’s design. They also mirror our lives where we are and where
we've been. One of the other mysteries is that every door is tied to
every soul on earth and these doors carry within the mystery and
revelation of the Son of God; Jesus himself. It is our sin that has
sealed and marred the revelation of the Son of God within. When we
endeavor to go up into the Heavenlies and this by faith in the Son of God as
our Most High Priest, King and Prophet we can receive these treasures.
Heaven is the blueprint for all our lives, individually and corporately.
For every soul that has been lost into eternal darkness these doors have been
sealed, but not entirely. God has made provision to reveal himself
here on earth as it is in Heaven. There are some who
have walked with the Lord so intimately that these doors are opened for
them continually. Enoch and Elijah are two examples of how they
accessed these doors of intimacy to such a degree that death could not
overcome them. In this way the Lord took them home as their
flesh was no longer corrupted by this world’s sin. God is a
consuming Fire and there is a level of intimacy that when it is
crossed into union with Him we will no longer be affected by this world’s
fallen ways. The question is, how deep do we want to go? Do
we want to go where few have been before? Are we willing to
seemingly look foolish in the process for the prize that awaits those whose
hearts would be unsatisfied otherwise? If we are still afraid
of losing control it is because we are still bound by the fallen nature
that keeps us from the Heavenly nature. To lose control is to
give control to someone else (Christ), this is deeper faith. To keep
control is to be complacent in our familiar ways. Religion has many
cloaks and is defiant to Christ no matter what level of knowledge
we enter into. One of the ways to overcome this spirit is to
inquire of the Lord that He would interrupt our lives with His ways which
we cannot control. Divine chaos does not make sense to the
earthly man. It makes things inconvenient. It challenges
our thinking, our thought processes and makes us turn to God. It
destroys our confidence to be in control because we really are not.
It keeps us humbly dependent upon God and it certainly destroys our
presumptions of God. The ways of God are foolishness to the natural man
(natural way of thinking). These doors of
eternal revelation can be accessed to the degree we are willing
to lose our carnal understanding of God. Their is a carnal
understanding of God that prides itself in knowledge and spiritual
understanding. There is also a heavenly understanding of God
that desires to lose everything for the sake of that most precious
Pearl. The Pearl of Great price. To those who are tired
of the vicious circle of doing things they will be willing to pay a price (no
matter how great) in order to live in the experience of the greater
substance of the Lords Kingdom. Some will be willing to lose it all in
order to live as though dying. The Pearl of Great price is
found in the depths of God’s vast, intimidating, mysterious ocean and it is deep.
Someone once said that fear is the greatest enemy of our faith in
Christ. This is true to a degree. But another enemy that
we seem to overlook is also called faith. It is that complacent
psuedo-faith that tells us to settle for things as they are and
causes us to desire the word of God intellectually, conveniently and
historically. Sometimes we make excuses and defend our
position as a powerless people. In the interim we are powerless
to free the captives, the demon possessed, powerless to heal the sick from
their chains of darkness. We cannot give what we do not live
for. Jesus lived every waking day of His ministry life to see the
Power of Heavens Kingdom destroying the realm of satan’s power
on earth. He came to set the captives free! I personally am
tired of the powerlessness we live in. I am a bit frustrated with
myself and others around me for our present powerless
condition. How many excuses can we make for our powerless
condition? The monotonous church services are beginning to frustrate
me. Is this the faith Jesus suffered so much for? I'm feeling
like a lion caged up. I'm not sure what all this means but I just
envisioned a lion in a cave pacing back and forth. Not out of
desperation, but out of inclined resolute contained purpose that must break
out. God Loves us, is compassionate toward us, and
is still calling to the ends of the earth for a people who will count
the cost and arise to do the exploits of the Lord. Jesus appeared to
destroy the works of the devil, and God anointed Jesus Christ as He went
about doing good for the Power of God was Him. We need to
access Heaven’s doors of provision by going up into the Heavenly realm by
faith, because we know he has promised to empower us for Heavens purpose,
while here on earth.
I am tired of seeing the devil
work his works right under our noses and the power we've been given is limited
to goose bumps on the back of our necks. God, teach us to let the
Lion Roar!!! Roar in our land!!! Set our captive brothers
and sisters free through us. You have given us power and we have not
given the power back to you. To enter a door takes the initiative of
our free will. We must first believe that there are doors of Gods
expressive power we have not experienced. Then we must ask the
Lord to help us overcome our unbelief by the greater measures of His
Grace. Then we must endeavor to let Him move and do as He
pleases. This might mean that He will offend our thinking, our
processing, our direction. I believe that these are some of
the things we must sacrifice in order to experience Him in ways
others have not. My 10-1pm on Sundays and 7-9pm
on Tuesday is just not cutting it. I am truly disappointed in
God if this is true Christianity. I want to experience the God
of the bible and not just read about Him.
Rick Almodovar
Anna Holcomb
May God richly bless you.
I really love the subject on praying in the spirit. I have not tried the rest
yet, but I'm working on it, I’m sure they are just as wonderful as this one is.
I'm a pastor’s wife and my life is all about praying and seeking God. I have
been saved for 20 years and I'm just as excited about seeking God now as day
one. I'm setting up a Prayer Training Camp and I have been seeking God about
teachings on Prayer and then I ran across yours on the internet and I could not
help but to cry and praise God because I have experience these things in my
prayers and your subjects are just causing my spirit to rejoice. I would like
to use your outline just as it is and teach from it if I may. I plan to make a
binder and place your topic inside to teach from. I would like to know your
name, church, etc so that I can give credit to where credit is due. I'm so
sorry but your teaching are so exciting to me, I also put a link on our at http://www.prayerwarriors78.com/ to link to your so that people can enjoy
these teaching as well. Eagle Vision Ministry is listed in the middle of the
page as you scroll down, and praying in the spirit is listed on the right side
as you scroll down you will see it.
Anna
PASTOR. PRASANNA JEEVA
BABU .G.TH.B.TH
Greetings to you in the
precious name of our lord and savior Jesus Christ.
Myself is pastor P.Prasanna Jeevan Babu.G.TH,B.TH 25 years of age I
am residence at MUGGALA living in small stitched tent. Mine’s is a very
poor family. But rich in faith. I am carrying on my life preaching the God’s
word and by gathering some believers of Jesus and conducting service on Sunday
I also visit the house and preach the word of God I also distribute scripture
of the bible to all people.
I am also running Sunday school for the children. I have gathering of above 25
families. I want to do more work but at I am poor and as I have no other source
of financial support and I am unable to work full strength.
But still by the Grace of God