PRAY CENTRAL
FLORIDA
Dear
Fellow Prayer Warrior, October, 2006
Greetings
in the name of the Lord. Tuesday November
7th will be a critical day for our nation. Of course I am speaking
of the elections. Much hangs in the balance including which party leads the
U.S. House and Senate. We are a few days into a 40 day period of fasting and
prayer for the elections that concludes on November 8th.
Intercessors for America has a one-page 40-day prayer guide you can access at www.40DaysUSA.com. There are only a few
weeks left, if you know anyone who is not registered to vote please encourage
them to do so. Learn about the candidates, pray and campaign for those the Lord
puts on your heart and please VOTE. The voter guides are being updated from the
primaries so if they are not available yet please check back later. Christian
Coalition: www.ccfla.org/guides.php, Florida Catholic Conference: informedvoter.thefloridacatholic.org/,
Florida Family Policy Council: www.FLfamily.org. Here’s another scripture
about why it’s our duty to be involved in our government. We are called to be
salt and light. The light illuminates but doesn’t touch. The salt gets right in
there with the food and changes the taste of it.
Florida Prayer Network election prayer points
Florida
Prayer Network can be reached at fpn@floridaprayer.org or www.floridaprayer.org
GodTV
I want to let you know about
a great new resource that has come to America. GodTV
started in England and has now come here via various cable and satellite
venues. You can also watch it on the web at www.god.tv/WatchOnline. They have some
of the same shows our Christian TV has but others are from other countries and
they have some good conferences.
Marketplace Focus Groups
Marketplace Focus
Groups will continue on the Thursday nights October 19th and November
2nd, 16th and 30th at 7:30 p.m. at Florida Christian
University, 5950 Lakehurst Drive, Orlando. These groups will encourage, envision and equip people to have an
impact for the Kingdom at their place of work. Please call Judy at 407-905-0444
for details.
See page 2 for Current Prayer Events
An E-mail version of this
newsletter (with more stuff!) is also available - send me an E-mail to sign up.
See this newsletter on the web at www.christiansnet.com/praycf/praycf.htm.
George Kern, 405 East Jersey St, Orlando, FL 32806,
407-245-1132, praycf@juno.com
Pray
Central Florida – Praying for Central Florida and encouraging the Church in
Central Florida to pray
PRAY CENTRAL
FLORIDA
Page 2 October,
2006
October 6th – 8th
– The
Orlando Furnace Big Weekend – Solid
worship and prayer from Friday night at 6:00 p.m. until Sunday morning at 6:00
a.m. See their web site www.orlandofurnace.com
for the schedule or e-mail Sharon at sharon@js-now.com
for details. The Location is “The Porch”, 720 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, just
North of 50 and Orange.
September 24 – October 23 – 30 Days Muslim Prayer Focus – www.30-days.net.
There is also a new youth site called 30DaysFire.net with Hot Links, Sights and Sounds and the Prayer
Material.
October 21 – 8:45 – 4:00 – Arise and Build Prayer Clinic. Speakers: Diane Buker
and Sharon Gonzales. Location: Living Waters Church, Ocoee. Cost: $35. Info: www.orlandofurnace.com.
October 26 – 29 – Sanford
Celebration Community Outreach. Sponsored by the Sanford Ministerial
Fellowship. Location: Ft. Mellon Park, Sanford. Info: Jim Bradshaw -
407-322-4371, jimbrdshw@bellsouth.net. Intercession for the event is Tuesdays at
noon at Lion of Judah House of Worship in Sanford, contact Tammy Abramson at 407-324-0936 for info.
November 9 – 12 – Releasing
of Eagles Conference. Speakers: John Paul Jackson, John Sandford,
Bobby Conner, Bart Malone. Youth track with Joe Manno.
Location: Florida Mall Hotel. Info: register@orlandobcf.com,
www.orlandobcf.com, or call (407)
574-3309.
November 12 – International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church - www.persecutedchurch.org
November 18 – Prophetic
Worship Workshop - www.orlandofurnace.com
Weekdays –
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – all day worship and prayer hosted by Love of Christ Ministries (Mack McCambridge). Location: Faith World church, Orlando. Call
407-292-0966 for info.
First and
Third Mondays – 6:00 p.m. - Strategic Intercession for Sanford. Location:
Good Samaritan Home 1704 W.9th Street Sanford, (W. of 17-92). Info:
Thelma Mike 407-322-3321.
Tuesdays – 6:00 a.m. - Sanford Ministerial Fellowship -
Pastors Praying for Sanford. Info: Jim
Bradshaw - 407-322-4371, jimbrdshw@bellsouth.net.
Tuesday
evenings - 6:00 p.m. – Community Healing & Prayer Service. All Saints Church, 338 East Lyman Av. Winter
Park. Call 407-647-3413 for info. www.allsaintswp.com.
Tuesday
evenings - 7:00 p.m. - Servants of the Most High Interdenominational
prayer group meets in the Longwood area. For more info, call Maureen at
407-332-7286.
Second Tuesday – 6:30 p.m. – Aglow – women’s fellowship and prayer
meeting for Apopka/Ocoee. Contact: Rhonda, 407-884-0238.
First Wednesday of month – 7:30
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. – Vision Orlando monthly meeting. Prayer at 7:00. For more information e-mail steve@visionorlando.org.
Thursday Evenings – 7:30 p.m. Oviedo Healing Rooms - Healing in the Name of JESUS through the Power of GOD's Presence and Prayer. 145 W. Broadway Blvd., Oviedo. Call
407-529-7111 for appointment (suggested but not necessary) www.OviedoHealingRoom.com.
Friday evenings – 7:30 p.m. – International
Concert of Prayer – prayer for Orlando, USA & the world. At Greaterlife Church in Oviedo, call Pastor Jeff Good for
information at 407-365-5950.
Third Friday of
month – 11a.m. - Pray for the Troops
– Praying for our troops in harms way. Location: 24/7 Prayer Room at The Porch,
720 North Orange Avenue, one block North
of Colonial Drive (50). Info: www.lzrussell.org/PrayForTheTroops,
or call Greg at 407-327-4422.
First Saturday of month - Prayer for Muslims -
10:00 a.m.-Noon, Orlando. Peter Shadid - 240-6272.
Second Saturday of
month – 9:00 a.m. - KNEC (Kingdom Network Empowering Communities) – 6864
Silver Star rd, Orlando. Contact: Pastor Helligar –
407-299-6677.
Second
Saturday of month – 3pm – Aftercare Network Street Meeting. Networking ex-inmates
and Aftercare Providers. Call Chaplain Fleeks at
407-836-0384.
Third Saturday of month – Prayer for the Persecuted
Church. Longwood. Email amystrang@aol.com.
And
here is the extra stuff you don’t get with the snail mail version...
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(1) Orlando Furnace Big Weekend – October 6th – 8th
(2) Marketplace
Focus Groups – Continuing this month
(3) Arise
and Build Prayer Clinic - October 21.
(4) Guidelines for Political
Activities by Churches – repeated from last month
(5) The Truth Project –
November 10 – 11
(6) Joseph
Company Journal, October 2006
(7) Terrorist threats expected during Ramadan
(8) Rapture during church service – online
video clip
(9) Extreme Prophetic on GodTV
(10) PrayerNet
Newsletter exerpts – review of “One Night With The
King”,
Alice’s
new book and some free classes you can listen to.
(11) Powerful quotes from preachers
(12) FFM Teaching Of The
Week -- THE RAW SPIRIT OF REVIVAL
*NPPN -
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A
Ministry Network Of The Mission America Coalition
OUR
VISION-
Identify
And Encourage Pastors' Prayer Groups In Cities And Communities
Across
America So That Pastors Lead Their
People
Into Praying For And Sharing Christ With Everyone In Our Nation.
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(1) Orlando Furnace Big Weekend – October 6th – 8th
Note: the
following schedule was copied from www.orlandofurnace.com
From Friday, October
6 2006 - 6:00pm
To Sunday, October 8 2006 - 6:00am
The first
weekend of each month is open for 36-hours of nonstop worship and prayer for
central Florida. Worship teams throughout metro-Orlando and Florida takes
turns participating. The style is a combination of prophetic worship
mixed with harp and bowl. Everyone is welcome to partipate
by praying, worshiping, and soaking in God's presence.
FRIDAY
6-7pm Shabbat Sabbath
7-9pm
Song of Solomon prophetic worship and teaching
9-11pm
Prophetic worship
11pm-1am
Radical youth worship and prayer
SATURDAY
1-7am
Audience of One
7-11am
Devotional worship
11am-noon
Children's watch
noon-2pm
Prayer and worship for America
2-4pm
Prepare the Way- ministry to the homeless
4-7pm
Prophetic worship; harp and bowl
7-9:30pm
Radical healing worship and prayer
9:30-11:30pm
Marketplace watch
11:30pm-6am
(through Sunday morning) Audience of One
virginia@windsoffire.us; sharon@js-now.com
THE FURNACE
The Furnace is calling for Pray-ers
It's amazing how the Lord has arranged the first weekend of each
month to harmonize 25 segments of worship teams for a full 36 hours. Every
month we are awestruck with God's beauty and goodness as we experience unity
among believers.
Now we want to know who can plow in prayer! We are calling for
those who can plow in prayer, or who want to grow in plowing. It's a unique
thrill. We are asking the Lord for teams of pray-
ers who will commit to engaging in corporate prayer
for some of the segments. We have schedule openings for those who have been
wanting a place to pray, and haven't been able to find it.
What is your prayer burden, or your prayer passion? It can be
fulfilled at The Furnace. Email Sharon Gonzales or Virginia Sullivent to be included.
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(2) Marketplace Focus Groups – Continuing this month
From: "Judy Braland"
<prayerforce@earthlink.net>
Subject: Invitation
Dear Marketplace Leaders:
Sometimes it can get rather lonely trying to
cope with the challenges of marketplace. As new levels of awareness are
being directed toward the importance of believers placed in this area, it
can become a swirl of information as to our potential and where we land in the
mix. To help establish your mindsets and find direction, Lion's Roar International is
partnering with business professionals who understand the trends and how they
associate with Christian endeavors for changing times. Whether you are
just beginning in the marketplace, well established with enterprenural
background, or a business professional with years of experience, you're welcome! Perhaps you
will have something special to share during the discussion time that will add
valuable flavor to the mix and lend support to others.
Our purpose in offering these pilot groups are
two-fold: 1) To establish a
foundation in the city for moving into a harvest mentality; 2) To support
those of you already in the labor force and assist you in advancing your
call. An added incentive for these groups will be to consider
making them available after the first of the year as ongoing encouragement and
backing. Your participation will help make the decision.
If you are interested in support, please review
the attached flyer [editor’s note – the information from the attachment is
pasted below this letter] and RSVP ASAP.
Please feel free to ask questions regarding the sessions which, by the way, are
free....no fee for any of the sessions. You can sign up for one, two,
three, or all but we ask that you DO
respond so we can properly prepare.
We look forward to partnering with you for
affecting the city through your gift.
Judy Braland
Contact Info.:
407-905-0444 (Office)
407-656-7082 (Fax)
Marketplace Focus Groups
Pilot Program
Need
some inspiration, encouragement and direction?
Then you won’t want to miss these informational meetings designed to
give you a “taste” for what’s ahead in 2007.
Each coach will conduct two classes covering their area of interest
&/or expertise then provide you insight toward the group of your choice in
the new year. Only 1 1/2 hrs in length,
they will be quick hitting with discussion to follow.
Remaining Focus Group Sessions & Presenters
October 19 - Dr. Paul Sorchy. Presentation: The Unseen Essential in
Business.
November 2 & 16 - William Stear, President of The Stear
Group and The Life Network. Presentation: Business and Finance
November 30 - Judy Braland, President of The Ruth Company (an intercessory
team), and co-founder of Lion's Roar International. Presentation: Marketplace
Christianity.
~ Presentation titles may
change ~
Sessions will run from 7:30 pm —9:00 pm
Group Session Location:
Florida Christian University
5950 Lakehurst Drive, Orlando, Fl. 32819
(Please do not phone the college for directions or
information.)
RSVP IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND!
Contact Judy Braland
407-905-0444 (Office)
407-877-7767 (Fax)
EMAIL: prayerforce@earthlink.net
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(3) October
21 – Arise and Build Prayer Clinic.
Download registration form (pdf)
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(4) Guidelines for Political
Activities by Churches – repeated from last month
PASTORS AND CHURCHES CAN DO A LOT PRIOR TO
ELECTION DAY
Legal experts say that
church leaders have wide latitude
Let us earnestly pray that godly pro-life and
pro- marriage candidates be selected, supported, protected and find favor with
the voters.
On Tuesday, November 7,
U.S. voters will elect on entire House of Representatives, one third of the
Senate, many Governors, and scores of local and state officials. They will also
cast votes on referenda of historic importance, such as same-sex marriage, etc.
Many pastors, churches and nonprofit groups may be wondering about the legal
limits of their involvement in the political process. Legal experts state that
pastors and churches have wide latitude in terms of their involvement. Pastors
are free to talk about key issues of the day, urge people to vote with a
biblical worldview, and may encourage them to be involved in the political
process. The only area of involvement that is specifically prohibited is that
of advocating for or against specific candidates.
In addition, in order to dispel fear from many groups’ efforts to “gag” the
voice of Bible-believing Christians in a critical election year, the James
Madison Center for Free Speech has posted “Do’s and Don’ts for Political
Activities of Pastors” and “Guidelines for Political Activities by Churches and
Pastors” on its Web site, www.jamesmadisoncenter.org.
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA
P O Box 915 Purcellville, VA 20134
Fax 540-751-0984 ifa@ifapray.org web: http://www.ifapray.org
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(5)
The Truth Project – November 10 – 11
From: "Florida Family Policy Council" <actionalerts@floridafamilyaction.org>
To: "George Kern" <praycf@juno.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:18:56 -0500
Subject: The Truth Project is Coming to Florida
"You are going
to be amazed!"
The Truth Project is coming to
Orlando, FL
November 10-11, 2006
Dear Friends of the Florida Family Policy Council,
In our world today, we are
inundated with many messages-most of them rooted in false "truth
claims," lies set in direct opposition to the truth of God's Word. We call
this the cosmic battle, a battle for the hearts and minds of people. It is a
battle which pits the truth claims of God against the lies of the world, the
flesh and the devil. It is a battle over what you really believe.
Of course, when we, or the friends
and family members we love, buy into these empty and deceitful messages, we
suffer the consequences.
However, the good news is that God
desires to teach us to discern between truth and lies, building our lives on
the solid rock of His truth. This brings me to the reason I am writing you
today.
We are excited to announce the
launch of Focus on the Family's The Truth Project - a DVD based small group curriculum designed to impart a
systematic and comprehensive biblical worldview for all of life. This one project represents the
potential for exponential change within the body of Christ by transforming
believers through the renewing of hearts and minds (Romans 12:2). Watch clips from Del Tackett, Ravi Zacharias and Os Guinness on the transforming power of The Truth Project You will be amazed...
We invite you to participate in
this innovative ministry by attending The Truth Project Training Conference in
preparation to lead this innovative small group curriculum:
Dates:
Orlando, FL Nov 10-11
Location:
First Baptist Church of Orlando [added by George]
Cost: $119* per attendee or $149*
for attendee and spouse
* Includes The Truth Project DVD
set comprised of 12 lessons
(13 hours of total content)
Register today for The Truth Project
Training Conference HERE:
(www.thetruthproject.org/events/
) [web site added by George]
I look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
John Stemberger
President, Florida Family Policy Council
www.FLfamily.org
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(6) Joseph
Company Journal, October 2006
From: "International House of Prayer Missions Base" <webmailservices@ihop.org>
To: "George Kern" <praycf@juno.com>
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 21:48:14 +0100
Subject: Joseph Company Journal, October 2006
Welcome!
The Joseph Company is getting ready to host a very special event next
month: the Call to the Wall National Summit. Mike Bickle
and Rick Joyner will be joining us as we spend a weekend in prayer calling for
the Kingdom to come in the marketplace. Find out more in my interview below.
Plus: give some time to reading this month’s Kingdom Profile and be encouraged
that your 9-–5 world really matters to God.
We hope you like the new format and are finding time to read the full journal
on our website, do give us your feedback at jocojournal@ihop.org
Every Blessing
Bob Fraser, Director of the Joseph Company
Interview
Call to the Wall Interview with Bob
Fraser / Pippa Kendall
Bob Fraser shares his heart and vision for the first Joseph Company Call to the
Wall National Summit. Find out why this event is going to be different from the
average conference. more >
Prophecy
The Call to Prayer: Making the Esther
Second Choice / Bob Hartley
Bob Hartley outlines the vision for “cities of God” the Lord gave him and
explains how prayer is vital to seeing these realized and what making the
Esther second choice means. more >
Kingdom Profile
Workplace Slave? The re-defining of
Bradley Askew / Pippa Kendall
Your alarm goes off, you wake up once more, and trudge through the day. But you
love God. How does it matter? Do you wonder if you’re really doing all that God
has for you? Check out Brad’s story for some encouragement that your 9-5 really
matters to God. more >
Upcoming Events
Call to the Wall National Summit,
November 10–12, 2006.
Join Mike Bickle, Rick Joyner, Bob Hartley, Bob
Fraser, Allen Hood and hundreds of leaders from across the body of Christ as we
cry out corporately as “watchmen on the walls” for the "city of God"
to come forth—for His kingdom to be established in every area of life. more >
Joseph Company Leadership Retreat,
February 5–10, 2007 more >
The Joseph Company
PART OF THE
INTERNATIONAL
HOUSE OF PRAYER, KC
International
House of Prayer
3535 Red Bridge Rd, Kansas City, MO 64137 USA
www.IHOP.org
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(7) Terrorist threats expected during Ramadan
IFA
TERRORIST THREATS
EXPECTED DURING RAMADAN
SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 24
Help end "Nazi Islamic Fascism.”
The global 30 Days of Prayer for the
Muslim World begins on September 23 and will continue through October 22,
coinciding with the annual Islamic fasting period of Ramadan. For a prayer
guide visit www.30- days.net. IFA and other prayer ministries are encouraging
strategic-level intercession to “cut” the Nazi roots spiritually empowering
Islamic terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah.
See “Nazi Islamic Fascism” page at www.ifapray.org.
Please join in prevailing prayer and fasting -
Various ministries burdened to see the redemptive purposes of God fulfilled
toward the Jews, the Arabs, the Palestinians and all of the peoples of the
Middle East are circulating this call for strategic-level intercession to sever
Nazi roots and dismantle the strongholds and systems of Islamic fascism. It is
intended to complement the prayer guide for the 30 Days of Prayer for the
Muslim World, September 23 – October 22, 2006. (www.30-days.net)
Armed struggle is the
only way to liberate Palestine - -
and aims at the elimination of Zionism in Palestine.”
Palestinian National Charter, Articles 9
and 15
“Commando (Feday’ee) action
constitutes the nucleus of the Palestinian popular liberation war. This
requires its escalation, comprehensiveness, and the mobilization of all the
Palestinian popular and educational efforts and their organization and
involvement in the armed Palestinian revolution - - Accordingly, the
Palestinian people look to all spiritual forces in the world for support.”
(Articles 10 and 16, Palestinian National Charter, 1968)
THE NAZI CONNECTION TO ISLAMIC TERRORISM
Adolph Hitler and Haj
Amin Al- Husseini
By Chuck Morse
Chuck Morse relates the remarkable story of Haj Amin Al-Husseini, who was in many
ways as big a Nazi villain as Hitler himself. This book describes the various
connections that Al-Husseini had with pro- Nazi
leaders like Adolf Eichmann,
who came for a visit with him in Palestine in 1937 and subsequently went on the
payroll as a Nazi agent. Order Item #B657, $13.95 + $3.50 shipping. Call
800-872-7729 or order via our website - ifabooks.com.
INTERCESSORS FOR
AMERICA
P O Box 915 Purcellville, VA 20134
Fax 540-751-0984 ifa@ifapray.org
web: http://www.ifapray.org
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(8) Rapture during church service – online
video clip
You have to turn it up loud to get the full gist of it.
Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/v/SmLhyPjHVes
Thanks Fran and Joy!
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(9)
Extreme Prophetic on GodTV
From: "Greater Life" <office@greaterlifechurch.com>
To: <praycf@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:26:04 -0400
Subject: [http://GreaterLife.injesus.com] Sexual Sin - Patrica King on Extreme Prophetic
Sexual Sin - Patrica King
on Extreme Prophetic
GLC
Sep 25, 2006
Sexual sin is
destroying our culture and our nation. It is everywhere. On TV and in the
movies. In advertisements. And all over the web. And it is poisoning us.
Watch as Patricia King shares deeply from her heart that it is time for the
church to rise up and say enough is enough. If we don't, the sin of sexual
perversion will take our nations down.
This isn't about condemnation, this is about rallying the voice of morality before
we lose a generation to perversion. Let's be that voice!
Watch
Enough is Enough
Now!
Extreme Prophetic TV is on GodTV Now!
Extreme Prophetic TV with Patricia King is now available all throughout Europe,
the UK, Ireland and many other countries on GodTV. If
you have GodTV, you can now watch Extreme Prophetic
TV every Sunday at 13:30 (1:30 PM) on God Channel 1. (Or watch ONLINE at www.god.tv/WatchOnline)
Please take the time to forward this e-mail to anyone you might know in the
areas mentioned above.. If you don't have GodTV and
would like to find out more, simply go to www.god.tv
.
Subscribe:
GreaterLife-subscribe@MyInJesus.com
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(10) PrayerNet
Newsletter exerpts – review of “One Night With The
King”,
Alice’s
new book and some free classes you can listen to.
PrayerNet Newsletter
U.S. PRAYER CENTER
Eddie and Alice Smith Ministries
Toll Free: 1-800-569-4825
E-mail: usprayercenter@cs.com
Visit our Web Page: www.USPrayercenter.org
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September 25, 2006
6. A powerful new Christian movie release
The huge box-office successes of The Passion of the Christ and The
Chronicles of Narnia have Hollywood
mining religious congregations for
possible new audiences. Hollywood wants religion!
On Friday, October 13th, 'One Night With The King' will be
released
to theaters nation wide. This impressive motion picture chronicles
the amazing life of Esther, one of the Bible's most beloved and
courageous heroes, and is based on our friend Tommy Tenney's best
selling novel Hadassah: One Night With The King. It stars silver
screen
legends Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif.
We have seen portions of it and found it to be breathtakingly
beautiful and spiritually powerful. We urge you to purchase
tickets early
and attend on Friday night, October 13th. The opening night
attendance is what the industry uses to guage
the success of a movie.
Plan to bring your family, friends, home group, and church!
View the movie trailer, purchase tickets and group tickets, and
find a
theater near you. Goto:
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7. Alice's newest book to be released Nov 1!
November 2006, Alice's next book will be released.
It is a powerful and necessary new book entitled: 'Delivering the
Captives: Understanding the Strongman--and How to Defeat Him'.
It is based on her 35 years of ministering deliverance around the
world.
Stand by. We'll let you know more really soon.
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8. We have two gifts for you
Earlier this month Eddie taught two one-hour teleclasses.
One was
from his next book, 'How to Be Heard in Heaven: Praying Prayers
that Move God.' The teaching was recorded and is available online.
Turn up your computer speakers, or put your headphones on, and goto:
Eddie's second teleclass related to his
role as a writer's coach.
It is a one hour instruction on how to write a Christian book and
get it published. It too is available for you online. Goto:
George. we trust these teachings will bless you!
Eddie and Alice
'America's prayer coaches'
[Note from George: here is another one from Eddie]
"Tapping in To the Power of Single-Minded Prayer."
http://eddie-smith.blogspot.com - Eddie's Blog
www.USPrayerCenter.org - Our ministry website
www.PrayerBookstore.com - Our own books, tapes, and CDs
www.WindsOfFire.com - Our large renewal bookstore
www.PrayerConference.com - Exciting conference opportunities!
www.TeachMeToPray.com - a FREE 52-week School of Prayer!
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(11) Powerful quotes from preachers
== 1 of 1 ==
Date: Sat, Sep 16 2006 6:23 am
From: Esimteam@gmail.com
POWERFUL QUOTES - From Preachers:
Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell; I wish to run
a
rescue mission within a yard of hell. -- C.T. Studd
We talk of the Second Coming; half the world has never heard of
the first. -- Oswald J. Smith
No one has the right to hear the gospel twice, while there remains
someone who has not heard it once. -- Oswald J. Smith
Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and
desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be
clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and
set up the kingdom of heaven on earth. -- John Wesley
While women weep, as they do now, I'll fight; while children go
hungry, as they do now I'll fight; while men go to prison, in and
out,
in and out, as they do now, I'll fight; while there is a drunkard
left,
while there is a poor lost girl upon the streets, while there
remains
one dark soul without the light of God, I'll fight - I'll fight to
the
very
end! -- William Booth
Quotes from Leonard Ravenhill:
"A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet
reaches your conscience."
"The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were
'Repent!'"
"I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians
in the
United States are truly born again."
"What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you
have
been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip?"
"Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than
Jesus
was?"
"Today's church wants to be raptured
from responsibility."
"My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted
list."
"When there's something in the Bible that churches don't
like,
they call it 'legalism.'"
"There's a difference between changing your opinion, and
changing
your lifestyle."
"Our seminaries today are turning out dead men."
"How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even
have the strength to turn off your TV?"
"Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he
was
performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was
being stoned to death."
"If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's
something wrong!"
"Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so
seriously. But
do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise
me,
saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously'?"
"If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach
today, He would never have been crucified." -- Leonard Ravenhill.
"The fundamental difference between many of us and the rich
young ruler is this: He believed what Jesus said was required of
him to inherit eternal life and walked away sadly, while we don't
believe what Jesus said was required of us to inherit life and
walk
away rejoicing in our self deception." -- Brother David.
"Are you saying that there is a price to pay to follow Jesus?
I can't just believe the right things? I have to actually do
something
that may encroach upon my comfort zone?
Now I remember! I am to pick up my cross daily if I want to be His
disciple." -- Dennis
Curtis
City Church International
http://groups.google.com/group/cciunity
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(12) FFM
Teaching Of The Week -- THE RAW SPIRIT OF REVIVAL
[Note
from George – this is four full pages but is worth it!]
Fresh
Fire Ministries - Evangelist Todd Bentley
Sep 5, 2006
Last week, Todd discussed several vital
keys that are essential to rekindle our “first love” for Jesus Christ---passion
and ravenous hunger for God, repenting and returning to the Lord. This week
Todd reveals a secret that God taught him about cultivating and maintaining
intimacy with Him; you’ll come to understand how to abide in the momentum of
God’s glory and anointing.
THE RAW SPIRIT OF REVIVAL ~ CONCLUSION
by Revivalist and
Founder of Fresh Fire Ministries, TODD BENTLEY
God wants us to be carriers of His glory
and anointing moment by moment, hour by hour, and day by day! There is a
momentum, like riding a wave; a momentum that comes in prayer, comes in the
glory and in the anointing, that God wants us to abide in all the time.
But hang on. Before I speak further about
this, let’s reflect on last week’s teaching. I want to emphasize that the
personal testimonies I shared last week are just meant to provoke a hunger in
you to want Jesus! The glory goes to Him! So I want to build from that
foundation.
We discussed several points relating to
these keys:
GETTING INTO THE FLOW
Something changed the first time I said,
“Holy Spirit I want to know you!” It was like my prayer life went from ten to
one hundred! Everything “ramped up” to the next level just because I invited
the Holy Spirit to come. Yes, I was already baptized and speaking in tongues,
but I knew there was more.
I remember years ago when God started to
move on my life in power. In the beginning although I wanted to pray for an
hour and wait on the Lord, it was more like me yelling in tongues or telling
God all my junk and then praying for my friends or whatever else came up! After
only ten minutes I had already run out of things to pray about, and I didn’t
even know how to pray. In fact I didn’t know how to have intimacy with God. Ten
minutes of prayer was like work. I needed to learn how to get into the flow and
stay there. Yet, at that time, my attitude was like this: who wants to pray?
But, I knew this---I wanted the manifest presence of God and I wanted to
feel the Holy Spirit.
I remembered God’s word that if I would
seek and search for Him with all my heart, He said I would find Him (Matt.
7:7). If I called upon the Lord, He would answer (Ps. 91:15). So I said, “God, I
want to hear Your voice!” I was hungry for what I read in the Bible---the
miracles, signs and wonders---the ministry of Jesus and all the good stuff that
was spoken of in the Book of Acts. I was crying out to God for that.
Although I did not see miracles, signs
and wonders happening in the church, I said, “God, I want that. I am hungry. I
am undone. I don’t know how to get more of You, and I WANT MORE!” Have you ever
been in that place where there is this aching inside and you want more but you
don’t know how to get more? I remember thinking: God, it’s not fair for me
to be this hungry because I can never get enough.
But in my desperation and hunger, the
Lord did visit me! I would have these incredible times in the glory. I mean I
couldn’t even get off the floor sometimes for hours and hours. I’d just lay
there and shake. It would feel like electricity was going through my body. But,
then all of a sudden, the visitation would stop and I would wonder why the
Spirit had left me.
Well, I learned something. God never
leaves, we do. Jesus said, “Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of
the age” (Matt. 28:20b). Have you ever been in the presence of God and it’s so
great you wonder why you would ever leave? Or when you are in the anointing you
wonder why you ever left the last time. And then what’s more, you realize that
you didn’t pray all week, or you left last time because your family needed you
or a friend called. You know what I mean.
Something else I came to realize is that
the biggest thing about connecting with the presence of God is learning to
still the mind---learning to focus. Worship helps us focus. Have you ever felt
a wave come in your own prayer life---maybe you were praying in tongues or you
were worshipping, you have some music playing, and you are praying in the very
presence of God---when all of a sudden His presence just lifts. The minute we
break that flow and that momentum, the wave is gone. Or it’s like God’s
presence wanes. Boom. He was there and then He disappeared.
I’ve noticed that some of the time God’s
presence lifts for no apparent reason. Here I am pressing in, God’s presence
comes, and then all of a sudden, POOF, it’s gone. It’s like no more anointing.
No more presence of God. No more feeling of the glory. So I just want to move on
and do something else.
Yet, God never let me move on to do my
own thing. Instead, He began to teach me how to stay in the flow of His Spirit.
RIDING THE WAVES OF
GOD'S GLORY AND ANOINTING
One day I was pressing in maybe an hour
soaking in God’s presence, and then it just lifted. So I got up and thought: You
know what God, I want more. I’m going to press in again as if I didn’t even
pray that last hour. I am going to pretend that hour didn’t even happen.
So I started praying as if I was just
starting from the very beginning---put on the CD and started worshipping. Even
though I’d already prayed an hour I began pressing in as if I’d not even
prayed. Then God came! Boom! I stayed on the floor for an hour but then it was
like God was gone again and so I thought: Where is God going?
My impression was that He wasn’t leaving
completely but the intensity of that fire was gone. And then a revelation came
to me. I got up and thought: How hungry am I? My challenge was this: Am
I going to wait and press in for another wave and go deeper, or stop? I
began to realize that God was moving the boundary. By that I mean, it was like
He was saying: “Come on son. Hide, and go seek. Come on son. Come on a little
bit deeper.” Well, that was it! I started chasing God!
I’ll never forget that first time when 12
hours went by ... pressing in, God would leave, I’d give chase, and God would
come and catch me. I’d be like: ahhh ... God would
leave, I’d chase Him again. He would come and catch me, and then He would leave
and I’d chase Him again! We went back and forth for 12 hours until I got so
deep I was thinking: I’m really out here in the heavens. I’d don’t know if
I’m ever going to get back to earth!
Listen. When God’s manifest presence
comes and then His presence wanes, what should we do? We wait for another
wave. We press in for another wave and we stay hungry. That’s the secret
that God taught me and that is the challenge for me and for you.
I did that for three months, four to
twelve hours a day. God gave me such determination, and this brought results.
Basically that’s my testimony concerning how our ministry was birthed---I got
absolutely desperate for God; so hungry; and I said I’m going to go after the
anointing. You see, there is this momentum that comes in prayer that enables us
to ride the waves of God’s glory and anointing. A momentum that God wants each
of us to abide in all the time.
I realized on the one hand that if I kept
pursuing God everyday an incredible breakthrough would happen, but on the other
hand, if I stopped (praying) for two or three days, it was hard to get back in
the flow. Five days might go by with no real prayer, and I’d still be thinking
that I was going to go back into the glory like I had the previous week. Not!
I’d go back to prayer and it was the hardest thing to do. It was like starting
all over again.
As a result, I took it seriously to
continually build up “this place” in prayer and to keep pressing in for the
anointing. For example, I would start feeling the presence of God and then the
next day God’s presence would come in less time, perhaps only 20 minutes, and
then the following day I’d experience God’s presence after only about a minute.
Then the next day it was like no effort---BOOM---there He is! The same for the
next day---BOOM!
Listen. Cultivating and maintaining
intimacy with God goes hand in hand with pursuing Him constantly. In
fact, that’s the way we learn how to wait for the next wave and how we learn to
press in deeper and ride the momentum of God’s glory and anointing. Look. If
you get hungry enough to wait and you begin to pray and if the Spirit of God
comes, that momentum will carry you through the night and the next day and it
will carry you into the next week and the next month! As a matter of fact, when
you get a grace and a momentum and a spark and a fire, you’ve got to ride the
wave!
What’s more, you don’t have to stay in
your prayer closet in order to ride God’s waves. You see, there is a wave in
the anointing and when you hit the wave and experience the momentum, you’ll
start moving in the anointing. For some, you’ll be getting out on the streets
evangelizing. For others, you’ll start prophesying and your gift will get
sharper and sharper. You’ll be hitting this “groove,” but you need to stay
hungry for God to stay in the groove!
HOW HUNGRY ARE YOU?
I remember in 1998 I got so hungry and
desperate. I just wanted God so I could feel His presence all the time. Around
this time, man, I was crying out (sitting in my apartment), when all of a
sudden a wind came out of heaven. I felt that wind come in and go out of my
lungs. When that happened I was mute, I couldn’t even speak! Then I felt like
this electricity and this warm oil, almost like honey. I began to feel this
“atmosphere” (it was getting hot); it was manifesting off to my left, and I
felt it come out of my kitchen. I can only describe it as a
glory-liquid-honey-cloud. When it came out of my kitchen and started moving
into my living room I was thinking it was like the cloud of glory, or the
pillar of glory described in the Old Testament that Moses experienced (Ex.
24:15–18; Ex. 33:9).
I could feel it all over me and can best
describe it this way. It was like swimming in warm, liquid honey. It was
sticky. I had never felt the presence of the Lord like this before. When it
moved into the living room, it got heavier and heavier---the weighted glory.
Pretty soon I just fell out of my chair onto the carpet on my face, eating rug!
I was just lying there and it was like this swirl around me, this oil, warm,
and it was like electricity. It went on for two or three hours and then lifted.
The wave was gone. I thought: Wow. That was awesome.
The next day when I was in my kitchen
about to get a glass of juice little did I know another wave was coming! God
was teaching me how to press in for all His waves, to learn how to wait for the
next wave, and how to press in deeper and ride the momentum. Here’s what
happened. I opened the refrigerator and pulled out the juice and suddenly a
Person (not a presence), a Person, Jesus, stepped into my kitchen and I saw His
feet under the fridge door.
Of course the juice stayed on the counter
and the fridge door stayed open! I fell under the power and I started weeping
at the feet of Jesus, taken in the spirit to the Garden of Gethsemane (that’s
another story). But I was thinking: Something happened yesterday when the
glory-liquid-honey-cloud came because today you know, it’s like the waves are
just showing up at my house now. Boom. Boom. It’s like I am getting flooded
here.
The wave continued. The next day I went
into our baby’s room to pray, expecting to press in and do whatever it takes to
come into God’s presence. I opened the door and stepped into the room, and then
closed the door behind me. As I turned around to begin praying, Jesus was
standing in the middle of the room! I just started weeping and weeping and I
didn’t even get to prayer. He was already there waiting. This was true
intimacy.
There were times when I would come home
from work and run downstairs into my bedroom and most times God was already
there waiting for me. Think about that now. I would go into my room and as soon
as I went into my room I would start weeping. No effort whatsoever to worship
pray press in, He was there. It was as if God was just excited about waiting
for me.
Nevertheless, even after abiding in the
glory and the anointing in encounters with the Lord like the ones I just
described (as well as other encounters that time does not permit me to share in
this teaching), all of a sudden Jesus would just leave. When this happened,
that same question would come into my mind---“God where are you going?” And
then I would hear that same answer from the Lord---“How hungry are you, Todd?”
That is God’s challenge to all of us
today! There is a contagious holy provoking from God---“How hungry are you?”
This holy confrontation drives me to be concerned that you have an encounter
with God and that your heart cries: “God, I want to know You!”
THE REVIVAL SPIRIT
If I could give you anything it would be
an impartation of holy hunger, desperation, anointing, and Holy Spirit
presence. These four manifestations combined with the cry, “God I want to know
You,” mark what it takes to release the raw spirit of revival. In fact, I
believe there is that kind of revival spirit here today! That’s what this
generation needs to catch!
You see, I got really hungry, and so can
you! I said, “Holy Spirit I don’t know You in fellowship. I want to begin to
talk to You, worship You, and be in Your presence!” Then after I started
inviting that raw power of God, that’s how Fresh Fire, everything that we are
today as a ministry was all born. And that raw power enabled me to boldly ask
God to use me to save multitudes. Friends, in the last eight years we’ve seen
hundreds of thousands of decisions for Christ in about thirty-five different
countries. Only God knows the ripple effect!
When people ask me how this happened I
tell them, “It’s really simple; I can’t take any credit. It’s God!” But also,
the fact is, I wasn’t short on hunger, desperation and passion, and everyday I
spent all that I had on Him. If you would go after that, spend all that you are
on the Lord, everything else would just show up---those waves of God’s glory
and anointing.
But remember, before we can actually ride
those waves, we need to return to our first love, Jesus Christ. That’s why I
shared some of my testimony in this teaching series, because I thought if this
generation is really going to catch any of what God wants to release, I need to
share what I did in the beginning. How we paid the price and how important it
is to rekindle our first love for Jesus. Part of that is my own journey right
now.
Quite recently I took half a year off, a
Sabbatical. Actually God destroyed me and crushed me; for six months we just
laid everything down. I lost all my desire, all my love, all my passion, and
all my hunger. But God restored something in my heart. He said, “Todd, as I
bring you back, I want you to return to that true raw spirit of the revival.”
So friends, it’s time to have an
encounter with God. Are you ready to stir yourself up and remember the grace
from which you’ve fallen, and repent and go back to those first works? (Rev.
2:4). Back to those simple times? How many of you are challenged in your
prayerlessness and the routine of what Christianity has become and you’re ready
to say: “Soul, why have you become cast down?” (Ps. 42:5a, 11a).
Let’s invite the Holy Spirit to come. I
just love being in His presence and seeing Him show up and mess people up. We
get so polished sometimes, in such a routine. What if God came down and just
wrecked our whole paradigm and shook us to the core? “Come, Holy Spirit, I
invite you. Come into my life, everything. Shake me, visit me, and change me.”
Just begin to pray now.
Jesus, we want to return to You, our
first love! God, thank You for the invitation to run with You and to ride the
waves of Your glory and anointing each day!
Would You stir our hearts with ravenous
hunger so that we’re transformed into fiery lovers marked by a holy passion to
see Your name and Your fame spread far and wide in the earth.
O Lord, without You we can do nothing. God, we are a desperate
people. We need You and we cry out for that raw spirit of revival to break
forth, to rock us to the depths of our being. And then Lord, send us out into
the harvest fields, those fields that are white with lost souls waiting for
Your powerful salvation. Let it come Lord, we pray. In Jesus’s
Name. Amen.
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