Living In Revival
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April 23, 2010
On March 31st we began our first ever “Living in Revival Conference”. We were full of anticipation of what the Lord was going to do, but honestly He blew us away! We knew it was going to be wonderful, but I don’t think any of us expected what was to be unleashed during or what was going to follow this conference.
There was such a strong glory presence of the Lord present from the first moment we opened the doors. On the Saturday night Josh Radford, a good friend and one of the speakers at the conference leaned over to me and gave me the Word of the Lord. He said to me, “There is a momentum here, you need to keep this going.” It was then that the Lord started stirring in my heart that he wanted to do something special.
In short, heaven began to literally invade! We ended up doing 12 meetings in 19 days, it was like heaven on earth as the Lord began to sovereignly take us to greater and greater levels of His glory. The last weekend, the unseen realm of the glory of God was more real to me than what I could see with my natural eyes.
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OVER 10,000 DECISIONS FOR CHRIST AS HEAVEN INVADES EARTH IN DOS, CAMINOS!!!
by Hank Yonce
February 16, 2010
A heavenly invasion is the best way I can describe what we were so privileged to witness and be a part of in Dos Caminos, Honduras. On January 31st the first of a team of 17 Americans and 1 Brazilian arrived in San Pedro Sula Honduras (a large city about 20 minutes away from Dos Caminos). During the week that followed, this team was ignited with the power and love of God as they delivered over 3000 lbs of food & clothing and the power of the Holy Spirit to some of the poorest people on the earth. The team saw countless hearts touched by the love of God, families restored,miracles, healings and over 500 salvations before the crusade even began.
This was Releasing Glory’s first mass crusade and we had the privilege of teaming up with Grace & Glory Ministries to bring in this massive harvest for the Lord. The two night crusade began on Feb. 6th and let me just say Heaven Invaded Earth in Dos Caminos both nights. The first night, we lost count of the deaf ears that opened, wheel chairs were being emptied, crutches were being thrown down, mute were speaking for the first time, the blind were seeing and best of all thousands were swept into the Kingdom! The second night was no different, Heaven touched Earth again! We saw thousands touched by the love of God, so many miracles, we could not keep up with them all and thousand more were saved when the name of Jesus was lifted up!
This was by far the most impactful event that we have ever been a part of. All together we saw well over 10,000 decisions for Christ. We ran out of follow up books at 8,000! When we lift up the name of Jesus, something amazing happens! He draws all men unto Himself! The Gospel is still the Good News and there is nothing like seeing the multitudes come to Christ and receive His free gift of salvation!
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Greeting & Year End Report
by The Releasing Glory Team
December 15, 2009
Dear Family, Friends & Partners,
It gives me great joy to write to be able to write to you and thank you for your faithfulness in the Family and Army of God. It has been such a honor over the past few years to serve side by side with you all in the plan of the Lord. I pray and hope this letter finds you more motivated and passionate than ever to love and serve our wonderful and matchless Savior Jesus. I would like to take this time and share with you some of the exciting this the Lord as done through Releasing Glory in 2009 and some of the new and exciting doors that are opening for RGM in 2010.
Right now, more than ever we need our entire RGM family of family, friends and partners to gather and rally around what God is doing here at RGM. We need you all that God would increase our amount of partners that are pouring in their time and resources into this Kingdom work. We are standing in the threshold of major breakthrough and increase that could effect this entire region and enable RGM to take what God does here to the nations of the world. It is our desire that we build something that out last us and impacts the generations to come after us. Right now RGM reaches 1000's of people each year. We feel like with your help the Lord will increase that to millions within the next few years.
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The Harvest!
by Hank Yonce
October 28, 2009
Greetings friends, children of God and fellow harvesters,
You and I are living in the greatest moment and season in the history of the earth. The greatest days of harvest and ingathering of souls is at hand. We as the family of God must recognize the day and hour that we are living and not fail to seize the moment and be all who God prepared for us to be and do all that he has for prepared for us to do!
It says of Jesus in Matt 9:35, "But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered like sheep having no shepherd.". Jesus was moved with compassion or love for those who did not know Him; those who were lost and dying without him. He saw their weariness and weakness and wanted gather them unto himself. Just after He saw the lost and scattered multitude, with His heart full of compassion, He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.".
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Explosion of Miracles! - Fire & Glory Monthly Regional Gathering
by Hank Yonce
August 24, 2009
God has been true to His word. In the past 3 months, right here in DeLand, FL we have seen an explosion of miracles and healings. From back pain, chronic fatigue, bone spurs, depression, ringing in ears, hernia, nasal infections, inflamed uterus, dementia, diabetes and muscle pain to creative miracles such as, deaf ears opening, metal disappearing from bodies, new knees, new hips and all sorts of tumors dissolving. Two of the cases of tumors were stomach and breast cancer; which were both instantly dissolved by the power of God. The breast cancer was verified by the doctors…NO MORE TUMOR! God is so good!
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News from the Road
by Hank Yonce
June 29, 2009
Hi guys,
Wow…what an amazing two weeks.
Hank here and I’m writing to you from 30,000 ft flying home across the beautiful USA after 2 weeks of travel. As I sit here trying to find a way rather than just to give you a list of facts that happened in the past few months but communicate to you what is going on inside my heart I find myself fumbling over seeming totally inadequate words. I am praying that each of you would be able to hear with you spirit as you read these words and that the thankfulness, awe, and burning would be felt the deepest sense.
As many of you know Natasja and myself have entered into a very new season and the favor of the Lord continues to overwhelm us on all sides. First and foremost, I want to take a moment and thank the Lord who is ever faithful and those that wait on Him will never be disappointed. Right now, we are hungrier and more desperate than ever before for the glory of God and we are going after His heart in everyway. He is sending us out with a message of Glory of the Heart of The Father and we are calling out the sons and daughters of God to come and stand up in the place of the favor, blessing and power of their Father.
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It's a New Season!
by Hank & Natasja Yonce
May 1, 2009
Hi Guys!
We have some very exciting news!
For the past 3 years Natasja and I have had the privilege to pastor a wonderful local family call Embassy Church. During this time we have met so many wonderful people, many of whom we have cried and laughed with on many occasions. We wouldn’t trade this wonderful experience for anything. It has truly been an amazing time for our entire family.
In December of 2008 we started to feel like a shift was taking place in our life and ministry. We weren’t sure what it would look like, but we were sure that change was on the way. Over the next several months we prayed a lot and watched to see what the Lord was doing. This is when the Lord started to reveal His plan for us in this new season we are stepping into. We shared what we felt like the Lord was showing us with those that the Lord has put in our life to speak into it and it was easy to get the picture by their response that this was the Lord.
As of May 2nd, Natasja and I will be stepping down as pastors of Embassy Church to follow the mandate the Lord has given us to hold regional gatherings, conferences, revival meetings and mass evangelistic crusades. We are very excited about this shift and have never moved into a new season with so much agreement.
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Seed of Glory
by Hank Yonce
January 22, 2009
The Glory of God
Exodus 33:18-19 “And he said, “Please show me Your glory.”
Then He said, “I will make My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will gracious, and I will have compassion (love, mercy) on whom I will have compassion.”
Jesus did all he did to glorify the Father.
Beholding His glory in the Face of Jesus
2 Cor 4:6 “For it is God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in out hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
Brightness of His glory
Heb 1:3 “who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person and up holding all things by the word of His power, when He had by himself purged out sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high…”
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HOW TO TRAIN THE HUMAN SPIRIT
by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne
January 15, 2009
HOW TO TRAIN THE HUMAN SPIRIT
January 11, 2009
Foundation Scripture: Hebrews 8:10
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their minds, even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding, and engrave them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. Hebrews 8:10 AMP
I. How to train the human spirit:
* By giving the Word first place in your life
* By meditation in the Word
* By practicing the Word
* By instantly obeying the voice of your spirit
* By praying in the Spirit
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The Crown of Righteousness
by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne
November 16, 2008
THE CROWN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
November 14, 2008
Foundation Scriptures: II Corinthians 5:7-10; I Corinthians 4:4-5; II Timothy 4:6-8
For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. 9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
II Corinthians 5:7-10 NKJV
For I know of nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord. 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one's praise will come from God.
I Corinthians 4:4-5 NKJV
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing. II Timothy 4:6-8 NKJV
I. The Crown of Righteousness
• The Crown of Righteousness will be handed out to certain believers at the Judgment Seat of Christ, together with the other crowns.
• The Crown of Righteousness is the Winner's Crown - also known as the Overcomer's Crown or the Victor's Crown.
• It's a crown for those who finish their race.
• This is not a crown just for being saved and made righteous by believing in Jesus.
• The Crown of Righteousness is given to all those who look forward to His return - those who fight the good fight of faith, who have finished the race and who have kept the faith.
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Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment
by Kris Vallotton
October 2, 2008
Every time we see the heartless acts of destruction that deeply wound the heart of God, we must remember the depths of God’s desire to share love. The nature of love is that it requires us to be able to choose. If God took away our choice, people could only behave in the way that God programmed them to. Wars would cease, hunger would end, and poverty would only be an ancient memory. But the desperate cry of the human heart that beats with passion for a loving relationship with the most beautiful Being in the entire universe would be gone too.
Day after day, a loving Creator looks down on a broken planet longing for the day when the object of His affection will walk hand in hand with Him into indescribable beauty in the halls of eternity. In the meantime, the destruction continues, not because God is angry with man, but rather because men choose to kill, steal and destroy. This is the fruit of those who have chosen the wrong lover (satan).
Meanwhile, a hateful enemy is stalking a wounded and desperate people. He is seeking to paralyze us with fear, demoralize us with his arrogant boasts of destructive predictions, and harden us with hopelessness. Yet still, the future belongs to those who pray. Prayer is the bridge between what should be and what will be. The diligent prayer of a righteous people will ultimately determine the destiny of our children. Therefore, it is our responsibility to leave to those yet to be born a world in revival as their inheritance. Hanging in the balance of eternity is the ultimate climax of our Creator – the kingdoms of this world becoming the Kingdom of our God.
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"The Power of Your Presence"
by Sean Feucht
September 11, 2008
The Spirit spoke to me saying, "You must first lose everything - your titles, rights, accomplishments, reputations, safety, security, religion, and anything else that could get in the way. They will not help you in these waters – they are too deep and too dangerous. I am in control and the glory is in the power of my presence."
WOW.
After a long pause, I just whispered out "I've given up a lot Lord and I'll give up more."
Then I heard, "You are still too safe, Sean. You are too safe. You are too safe. You are too safe. My church is too safe. She must risk it all. She must risk it all and come into the treacherous waters of my Presence. She must lose herself in my waves as I usher her into something greater."
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All New Things Begin in Darkness: Transitioning Through Your Dark Night
by John Paul Jackson
August 25, 2008
This is a year of transition.
As this is the eighth month already, no doubt you’re aware that transition means things are changing. If you allow God to move in your life and do what He wants to do, you’ll enjoy the change. And if you don’t … then you won’t, for obvious reasons.
In this e-letter, I would like to talk to you about something that goes hand in hand with transition. It is the hardest part of change, actually, and is what makes change so often difficult.
Jesus said that whoever loses his life will find it (Matthew 10:39). Growing spiritually is possible only if you’re willing to let go of the old in order to gain the new. In other words, you gain by losing; you give up your life in order to find it.
But there’s a secret in that. What you need to give up is the thing that’s holding you back. You might think it is good, but it is actually keeping you from your destiny. It is a virus, an infection, a germ that needs eradicating before it can metastasize.
If God asks you to give up something, it is only what will destroy you — i.e., this isn’t something you want to keep!
Here’s the catcher: The in-between time when you’re coming to that conclusion is usually confusing, painful and completely black. You can’t see a thing, and you have no idea where you’re going.
Have you felt like that this year … yet?
Three Levels of Darkness
From pregnancy to creation, from anointing to new days, everything begins in darkness. It has been that way from the first day of creation, and it will continue to the end.
New things begin in darkness. There are three levels, or deep times, of darkness that we encounter on the road to our destiny and true, pure spirituality: the Dark Night of the Wilderness or Desert, the Dark Night of the Soul and the Dark Night of the Spirit. With each one, you will feel like you are immersed in a deeper darkness than you have ever been in before.
You will see less clearly, if at all, where you thought you were going. You most likely will not understand the purpose of it and why God is allowing you to go through such a dark, difficult time. Depending on what God is after, this time may shake you to your very core.
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It is Our Responsibility
by Pastor Louis DeSiena
August 13, 2008
Many people want more anointing and more authority in the earth. We want to be able to heal the broken hearted and set the captives free. This is obviously a great desire and should be pursued with everything you have. I have found something in my walk with the Lord that helps me to increase. If I am willing to take the responsibility then I can have the authority. The purpose of authority is to fulfill what you have been assigned to do. Therefore, you have to change some mindsets that we have allowed to flourish in the body. I was asked recently this question. “I have seen others healed when I pray for them, why am I not healed?” Well, I could have told him he did not have enough faith or maybe there is hidden sin. Instead I told him it is my fault, I did not have enough faith. I told him that I am praying for more faith and authority and I take full responsibility for him not being healed. Why? I never saw Jesus rebuke someone because He could not heal them. He always rebuke His disciples for their lack of faith. Too many times, we blame the person in need because it relieves us of our responsibility. If you do that however, you will level off at that level of authority and you will not increase.
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Surviving Your Story
by John Paul Jackson
July 21, 2008
Do you remember a time when you first got saved, and somebody said you were “overzealous”?
Perhaps you were, in some ways. You were a baby in your faith, and like any young person, you had to learn wisdom.
But here’s the issue: Nothing says you have to lose your dream while gaining wisdom. In a strange and twisted way, some people view having wisdom as a lack of courage, but that just isn’t true. As a brand new believer in Jesus, you dared to be great. You dared to give Him everything and not care what others thought. However, in the process of growing in wisdom, many of us lost our ability to dream of what we could be, of what we are: the hero or heroine of the story God is writing.
That is what we are called to be. A hero. A heroine. Most of us know this at the beginning of the story, but as life treads forward and we’re bogged down in the middle, in the details, it isn’t so easy to remember.
Several times in my life — that’s a conservative estimate — I have wished that my story was different. You know what I’m talking about: sitting down, burying your head in your hands and wishing that the story of your life was, perhaps, more bookish — meaning, you could flip to the end and read the last page and make sure that, at the conclusion of all things, everybody’s still alive; you succeeded in everything you wanted to do; and that for much of the story, you were happy, contented and peaceful.
Yeah. Right.
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Smile! You’re in a Transition
by John Paul Jackson
June 20, 2008
Transition is a good topic this month because of two reasons. First, I suspect that as this year progresses, many of you will experience the most intense time of transition you have faced, and you’ll need to know this topic well. The balance of 2008 will be the “best of times and the worst of times.” For those who do not take the past with them, it will become the best of times. For those who live in the past, it could be the worst of times.
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The Heart of a Steward
by Jerry Couglin
May 28, 2008
These two men provide an interesting contrast. We have one multi-millionaire who denies himself anything more than the barest essentials he needs to survive and another who denied himself nothing to the point of going broke. Their tales of woe remind me of the story of the prodigal in Luke 15. The younger son received an early inheritance, denied himself no pleasure and soon was penniless, like “Player X.” The older brother seemed to be totally unaware of the fact that he was even entitled to an early inheritance and consequently lived the life of a servant, like the plumber. Neither the son who spent all nor the son who spent nothing were good stewards of their father’s wealth; just as neither the plumber nor the baseball player were good stewards of what God had blessed them with in this life.
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Florida Healing Outpouring
by Hank Yonce
April 24, 2008
Florida and the world (by media technology) is experienceing a great outpouring of Gods healing and glory. Todd Bentley and the Fresh Fire team are leading the way releasing a fresh move of God in the earth. This is for everyone. Everyone needs to get in some of these meetings and get some of this anointing that is being released. If you can't get there you can watch the meetings nightly at 7pm EST on the Fresh Fire website, just click the following link: http://www.freshfire.ca/ffmstream/index.php
GOD TV is also airing some of the meetings live. Check their website for scheduele: www.god.tv
Get some and do something with it!
We are experiencing a great increase in the glory and healing flow of God in our own ministry. It started about a month ago, when a good friend of ours Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne gave us a word that great healings and miracles where going to break out in our ministry. Then Lakeland happened just a weeks after recieving this word. We went and received impartation and we have already seen a massive increase in healings and miracles, to the point that we have seen cancer instantly healed (Dr's have verified). We also had Kira Mitchell (Fresh Fire Associate) come and minister with us and we saw metal rods disappear from a womans back after 24 years! That same night a woman was delivered and healed of cist in her breast. God is doing amazing things. If you are in the DeLand area, check our schedule and join us as the power of God is poured our upon us. Bring the sick and oppressed, nothing is to hard for the Lord.
Click the "read more" and check out a report by Pastor Stephen Strader of Ignited Church (the church where the outpouring began).
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YOU ARE A CITIZEN
by Pam Spinosi
March 13, 2008
If we know that we are kings and priests to God, appointed to great works, anointed to be like Him, we will exert the boldness to act on that knowledge, and we will find ourselves able to do just what He did. We will draw on our inheritance as effortlessly as I whip out my EU passport and breeze through European checkpoints. I can get off a plane and land a job just as easily in Budapest as I can in Baltimore because I know that I am an EU citizen, and I know my rights as one. That is why and how I applied—and got—jobs in both the UK and France. I may not look like a European or even speak Italian, and even though I was born in Beckley, West Virginia, my Italian passport is honored everywhere I go. It affords me the legitimate privilege to do anything any other European can do.
You, too, have dual citizenship. You were born again with Kingdom citizenship. You didn’t earn it, and you are still working on learning the language, but you have all the rights and privileges of a citizen of the Kingdom. Once you really know that, you will be able to do the things you had previously only dreamed of—the impossibilities that are your birthright in Christ.
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destined for glory. destined for the sound
by Sean Feucht
February 1, 2008
Bob Jones was supposed to speak at one of the gatherings but his illness prevented him from coming. So I was picked to take one of his sessions..WOW...if thats not enough to scare a person to death!! Try walking in that dudes shoes!! I unleashed my usual tirade of BURN 101 gear complete with the Psalm 132 Davidic mandate and Tabernacle of David lingo. But this time I tied it into the destiny over the region...and prophesied building a place where new sounds and creativity would be released again. This time around it would roll back the veil of darkness covering the hearts of the people and usher in the Kingdom! As I was speaking, people just began to weep and weep. It was surreal...I have carried this mandate all over the world this year...but there was such a hunger in the people and it broke open a new paradigm. I am still getting pounded with radical emails from that night. Several people came running up to me afterwards and hugged me crying on my shoulder "THIS IS IT!! THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!! THIS IS THE ANSWER FOR OUR CITY!! THE PRESENCE!!!" They began to convince me after I had just spent time convincing them! I actually came away from the whole deal with with so much faith in my heart for this continuing journey we are on.
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What Goes Up Must Come Down
by Dan Duke
January 8, 2008
We are all like farmers in that we are in need of a harvest. That's how we live. We sow time, talents, and years of our lives into an endeavor that we hope will produce a harvest sufficient to meet our needs. As needs increase the harvest must increase and therefore the seed must increase.
I am surprised that so few Christians understand this law by which we all live. Once a person understands this principle and puts it into practice, they move from a natural realm to a supernatural realm of provision and reality. This is so simple even a child can understand it; every seed has an assignment to produce what it is. Apple seeds always produce apples never oranges or carrots. If you want apples plant apple seeds.
Two important things are predetermined when a seed is planted; first the seed determines the harvest, and second, where the seed is planted determines where the harvest will be. If the Kingdom of God is to be your source of provision then seeds must be planted there. Jesus taught people the need to "lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven." (Matthew 6:20) He also warned of the possibility of being rich here on earth and poor in heaven. (Luke 12:21)
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"There's Something so Remarkable Going On in the Church,and Few,Even in the Church,Seem to Be Seeing
by Rick Joyner
December 12, 2007
"What we should be looking for more than anything else is for the Lord to come forth in His people."
The Biblical day began with evening and then morning. Likewise, throughout Scripture it usually became darker before the light would be given. Therefore, when troubles come we should always look expectantly for the light.
Because of wrong or extreme applications of some teachings on faith, there are many Christians who will not listen to warnings about anything bad happening. They believe that if they have enough faith nothing bad will happen. They are usually the least prepared for troubles and the least able to cope with them when they do come, proving ultimately to have the weakest faith of all. The Bible is quite clear about why bad things happen to even the best people, like King David.
When Samuel prophesied over David that he would be the next king of Israel, it was not long before those that he was prophesied to rule over, were seeking to kill him! It looked as if the opposite of what Samuel had prophesied was coming to pass. However, it was these trials that made David into the great man of God that he became.
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DOVES EYES: THE PURE IN HEART WILL SEE THE BEAUTY OF JESUS
by Rick Pino
December 5, 2007
THE PURE IN HEART WILL SEE THE BEAUTY OF JESUS: “I am about to release the full revelation of My beauty to anyone who would be willing to allow it to steal their gaze.” This is a quote taken from a word I released in September concerning the unveiling of Jesus‘ beauty. The difference between then and now is that, He is not just “about“ to release this revelation, He is doing it right now!
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"The Kingdom of God is Emerging--God's Word will be Displayed in Power and Action"
by Bobby Conner
November 28, 2007
The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! We are to declare the same message as our Master. He has entrusted His Body, the Church, with the administration and expansion of His Kingdom on earth, which He established. We must extend to the world the same invitation as Jesus did when He said, "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). This is an open-ended invitation for all who will to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
The time is now! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!
"The Kingdom of God is more than a good method or a great message. It consists not of eloquent words--but is a demonstration of the power of God."
Jesus Christ is the most single-minded person who has ever lived. His entire earthly life, including the whole of His public ministry, was focused on one thing: announcing and establishing the Kingdom of God on earth. He announced it with His preaching, teaching and healing; He established it through His death and resurrection. The first recorded words of Jesus deals with the Kingdom: "From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, 'Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand'" (Matthew 4:17).
When Jesus taught His disciples how to pray, the first thing He told them to ask of the Father was for His Kingdom to come to earth: "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your Kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in Heaven" (Matthew 6:9-10).
Because the Kingdom of God was so central to the purposes and plans of Christ, He wanted His followers to constantly seek after its unveiling. If the Kingdom of Heaven was Jesus' central priority, it must be ours as well. We must keep the main thing the main thing.
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"IT'S TIME TO PUT OUR FEET ON THE NECK OF THE ENEMY!"
by Bill Hamon
November 21, 2007
We knew the Lord was telling us that we have victory over these five "kings" (demonic spirits) that have been coming against us. Jane Hamon helped research the meaning of each of the king's names to understand the spiritual implications for the Body of Christ today. As you read these brief descriptions of each of them, consider how these spirits may have had access to your life:
Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem (this is before the Israelites took possession), represents a spirit of oppression that leads to injustice, fear, poverty, confusion and defeat. This spirit is after your peace and tries to instill worry and fear. The oppression can cause head pain and constriction in the chest.
Hoham, king of Hebron, represents the spirit of religion, which drives people into religious performance to try to perfect themselves through legalism rather than the leading of the Holy Spirit. This can lead to passivity, retreat, moral corruption, exhaustion, weariness and broken relationships. It causes an inability to move forward in the things of God and will always resist spiritual warfare.
Piram, king of Jarmuth, represents a spirit of besiegement that can lead to barrenness, poverty, isolation and death. It wants to keep you wild, unbridled and too proud to submit to true spiritual authority so that you will be isolated.
Japhia, king of Lachish, represents a spirit of blindness. This spirit will try to get you to shine the light on yourself and demand your rights, so that you take God's glory for yourself and lose the ability to receive revelation from God. It can darken your spiritual understanding, bringing a lack of joy and a feeling of bondage.
Debir, king of Eglon, represents a spirit of accusation. It seeks to get you to attack others' reputations, to bring discredit to leaders, and to stop true prophetic revelation from going forth or to release false prophets. Its goal is to cut off the voice of the Lord, stop the war cry of the saints and remove the presence of God from your midst.
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THE BELL RANG 12 TIMES
by Danny Steyne
November 14, 2007
Historically, the church has moved further and further away from the intent of God for family. Jesus didn’t say he would give us bigger and better organizational ministry structures. He didn’t tell us we would have more interns, and more programs to facilitate the harvest…. He told us we would have family…. brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, children. The promises of God to the church in this hour is relationships that adjust to a family organism rather than a ministry organization
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GO!
by Pam Spinosi
November 7, 2007
The study on my heart at the moment is the mystery of what happens when we arise and go! I know now that there is something to that concept, something that has taken me years to discover. Looking at my life, I see that I have roosted on both extremes of the spectrum between abandoned risk and fear-induced paralysis. Lately, I have constructed a memory collage of unrelated events in which I now see a common thread: something needed to be done; I arose and went. And in the going, I ran right into my miracle.
The footprints of those who understood go are all over the Bible. Their stories seem to have common elements: a difficult situation, the character’s own inability to meet the problem, the character’s resolve to rise up and do something, God’s miraculous intervention.
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Potential. Passion, Purpose
by Dan Duke
October 31, 2007
Some things we learn early in life like don’t play in the street or don’t stick an object in the electrical outlet. Other things we learn later in life. Such has been the case with me.
It has been my privilege to be a reference, mentor, and spiritual father to hundreds of people over the years. That’s something I’m grateful for and in past years people in whom I could see potential always impressed me. I found myself eagerly encouraging them to develop their potential and find their purpose in life.
I suppose some of my greatest disappointments have been at the hand of those in whom I saw potential. I still cannot explain why I was so slow at realizing everyone has potential and that it in itself means practically nothing. Everyone has potential!
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"CALL TO PRAYER--LET'S CONTEND FOR OUR BREAKTHROUGH!"
by Jessica Miller
October 24, 2007
Many ministries, individuals and places are experiencing unprecedented difficulty.
The onslaught seems to be targeting health, protection, relationships and finances (provision).
Much of it is clearly demonic harassment; some are signs and wonders and the shaking and dethroning of principalities and powers.
ALL of it needs prayer. But also this--praying with wisdom, led by the Holy Spirit. If ever there was a time to remember the "Bigness" of our Father in Heaven, this is the time.
Also, if ever there was a time to cry out for the manifestation of God's Kingdom to come and His will to be done--this is also the time!
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Three Myths About Your Destiny
by Stan Smith
October 10, 2007
How many meetings have you attended that promise breakthrough? We rightly hunger for destiny. We believe it’s out there somewhere, a transcendent touch of God's kingdom. But destiny is not as far away as we think.
The Bible tells of ordinary people who heard something from God that launched their destiny. Many scriptures suggest that God will do the same with each of us. For instance:
I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11)
Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him. (I Corinthians 2:9)
And of course there are more.
But sometimes we reach for the river and land in a swamp, just enough water to get wet, but not enough to swim in. Some settle back into low expectations. Others want the whole church to change. A few press through the difficulties and step up into God's highest purposes for their lives.
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"GOD TOLD ME SUPERNATURAL SIGNS AREN'T MEANT ONLY FOR THE CHURCH BUT FOR THE WORLD!"
by Danny Steyne
October 10, 2007
Signs then are "markings" on the trees...Jesus has been here. This is the way--walk in it...as You pursue Him with all your heart!
Mark 16:17-18 -- "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."
Signs are for unbelievers to turn to Him...not for saints to have parties over! We are partying around street signs when the King has just simply walked that way down the block! He demonstrates He is on us by these signs, but He doesn't leave us to simply hold a sign...He wants us to hold Him!
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Tomb of Remembrance and Having Communion
by Penny Pennell
September 27, 2007
Last night during worship I saw us the people as keyholes in the spirit. God reached His hand in like in Song of Solomon to unlock the door. The keyhole was in our solar plexus and very ethereal looking, like the prophetic art of stairway to heaven. Anyway, he reached in, if we would allow, and unlocked us- we were the door. Instead of us being a finite space or room into which He then came, (like into our heart or something, which is what I expected I’d see next), the door was just a gateway to a vast expanse of His Glory. We, as doors, were the door to a realm of His domain, a portion of His realm that is assigned to each of us as sons and daughters to have domain in/over; territorial inheritance which is ours now.
It grew very large, and very brilliant in Him. So by allowing Him to reach into the keyhole in our spirit and open the door which is our will in the spirit (hmmmmm), we open up not only ourselves to Him, but also the domain He has assigned to each of us- which is a very large sphere of influence. So if we allow Him to open us, He opens not only us but then He magnifies our obedience to include our sphere and invades that too. So it’s not just us and Him (it’s not about us) its about us, Him, His realm and our realm which is an allotted portion from Him. Our portion’s size depends on our willingness, obedience and stewardship.
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"STRATEGIES FOR SOLDIERS--ARE WE WILLING TO GO FORWARD IN THE MIDST OF NOT KNOWING HOW?"
by Jill Austin
September 11, 2007
God wants His soldiers to be carriers of resurrection life. He wants us to move in ways that help people be saved, healed, and delivered. Who did that best? Jesus, of course. God sent Jesus to reach people in ways that they could relate to. To the fishermen, He talked fish. To the field people, He talked crops. To the tax collectors, He talked money. To a woman with a pitcher, He sat by a well and talked water. He was able to walk alongside anyone and speak his or her language. God is relational, and He trains His soldiers to be like Him.
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The Anitdote of Heaven
by Ryan Wyatt
August 14, 2007
Prepare yourself! We are in times a great change! A generation is arising, and is even already on the scene, that is no longer settling for “Sunday Morning Christianity”. Please know and understand that I love the Church, the real Church. However, “church” as we know it is about to dramatically change. We are going from “attending church” and catering to “Sunday Morning Christianity” and we are moving into “being the Church”, a mighty, supernatural army filled with power and equipped to offensively advance and establish the Kingdom of God throughout the earth!
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WE STAND ON THE VERGE OF THE LARGEST HEALING MOVEMENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH!
by Bobby Conner
July 30, 2007
I have experienced the outstanding privilege of being in ministry meetings when suddenly the entire room would be filled with the overwhelming smell of fresh baked bread. In most of the cases when this occurred, we would experience marvelous manifestations of divine healing. Jesus states that healing is the children's bread (see Mark 7:27). This bread for the sick and hurting is the Lord Jesus serving the bread of His Presence, for He is the Healer. The Holy Spirit is releasing an awesome anointing for healing in our day; this anointing is going to be placed upon the Body of Christ.
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Apostolic Teams
by BIll Johnson
July 6, 2007
Change is in the Air
There are major changes in the “wind” right now. For the last several years people have started to gather around fathers instead of doctrine. In the natural, it would be easy to imagine a father with two very different children – one politically liberal and the other conservative. While discussions would probably be quite lively at the evening meal, they would not bring an end to the family. Gathering around fathers gives a stability that enables people to endure differences in opinion without falling under the influence of the spirit of offense. Fathers bring an element of peace that is impossible without them.
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Being An Example For All Believers
by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne
June 25, 2007
Paul obediently submitted himself to the Word and Spirit of God, following the example Jesus set, not for his own benefit alone, but as an example, or a pattern, for us to follow. Jesus is our ultimate example. We are to follow Him and be an example and pattern to others of His love, humility, grace, and purity. Even if we are young in age, we can still walk in the wisdom of God and His righteousness, earning the respect of others. God expects us to be a good example to other believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity.
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Overcoming Offense
by Kevin Thompson
May 23, 2007
Several years ago I sat in a leading pastor’s office while he proceeded to ask me how I heard and recognized the Lord’s voice (looking back it was more of an interrogation). I explained there were several ways that I knew and recognized the Lord’s voice. Being very insecure around spiritual authorities, and wanting to be accepted by that authority, I sat there in his office waiting for a response. His response came in the form of crossing his legs, taking a knife and orange, beginning to peel the orange, all the while never even making eye contact with me. Then all of the sudden he lifted his head quickly to stare me in the eye and tell me that he “couldn’t relate to anything” I just said and that “he didn’t believe me”. BANG! I wasn’t just crushed, hurt or even angry, I was so wounded I became offended he would speak to me that way. I was offended he would treat me like that. I was offended he wasn’t willing to recognize the prophetic calling on my life. After all, “how could somebody, especially a pastor, speak to me like that.” My hurt took me instantly to a place of offense.
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Soaking - The Key to Intimacy with God
by Gary Oates
May 14, 2007
Draw Near
Intimacy with God begins when we radically pursue Him with our whole heart. King David wrote, “When You said, ‘Seek My face,’ my heart said to You, ‘Your face, O Lord, I shall seek’”(Psalm 27:8). God invites us in James 4:8 to “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”
God is saying to us, “Seek my face! Draw near!” Our hearts are crying out, “YES!” But our flesh is screaming “NO!” The sad part is our flesh usually wins.
We are instructed in Psalm 46:10 to “Be still, and know that I am God.” The wording “be still” literally means to cease from striving. It means to let go and relax, to turn down the volume of the world and listen to the quiet whisper of God. It’s getting still and coming into a place of rest. It means soaking in His Presence. The result is that you will know He is God.
The word “know” is literally an experiential knowledge of God. It’s not being still and knowing about God. It’s being still and knowing God experientially. You will experience God. You will know the Presence of God.
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CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING FROM THE LORD
by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne
May 1, 2007
Your children are blessed even before they are born. This is a promise that you can hold onto—that God's hand of protection and provision will be upon your children even in the womb. Some people treat their children like they are a burden or a curse, but God calls them a blessing! You must see your children as God sees them—blessed and a blessing!
Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. 4 As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. 5 Happy, blessed, and fortunate is the man whose quiver is filled with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their adversaries [in gatherings] at the [city's] gate. Psalms 127:3-5 AMP
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"THE CONQUEST HAS COMMENCED - NOW IS THE TIME TO GIVE YOUR ALL TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD"
by Bobby Conner
April 18, 2007
AWAKE--ARISE--ADVANCE
The command from Heaven is extremely clear. As followers of Christ we are to: Arise! Advance! Our objective is taking the Kingdom of God forward. Every reservation and fear must be overcome. Standing strong in the knowledge of God's will for our life, we will tread down timidity. The overwhelming knowledge of who Christ is in us and who we are in HIM, will result in us becoming brave. God's promise to Joshua is for us as well:
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The Truth That Sets You Free
by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne
April 13, 2007
Jesus said that if you abide in His Word you are truly His disciple and you are truly free. Abide means that you believe His Word and you commit to His Word. It means you conduct your life according to His Word. God’s Word shapes your decisions and your choices. You become a doer of His Word. When you have done this, you will know the Truth and this Truth will set you free. People in the world think that being free is about the liberty to do whatever you want to do – to sin without guilt or restraints – but Jesus said that if you continually sin, you become sin’s slave. The rule of thumb is this: whatever God wants you to do will bring you into more and more freedom, but whatever the devil wants you to do will bring you into more and more bondage.
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Desparation
by Hank Yonce
March 2, 2007
I believe there comes a time at least once in every believer’s life when they come face to face with the reality of the One they worship and serve. Every moment like this, whether realized or not is an invitation to pursue their Creator in the reality of who He is, a loving Father wanting to share Himself with His children. Some believers at this moment shrink back into their comfort zone and do not allow themselves to be taken beyond their current understanding of His Glory and Grace. Other’s allow themselves to be taken into the pursuit by the momentum of the moment, and having no root of desperation in them, they find themselves in a place of dissatisfaction in where they are at, but are either unwilling or unable to pay the price to pursue the Living God. And yet others become so consumed with His heart of passion for them, that they are willing to do anything and give up anything just for one glimpse of His Face.
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Speak Only What You Hear Him Say
by Dr. Rodney Howard-Browne
February 7, 2007
The Holy Spirit takes, receives, and draws upon that which belongs to Jesus and which comes from Him and He reveals it to us. Therefore and thereby, He honors and glorifies Jesus! He brings glory to Jesus, because He speaks only the words that come from Jesus. He brings glory to the Father, because He speaks only the words that come from the Father. Obviously, then if we or anybody else speaks words that do not come from the Father, Son or the Holy Spirit – words spoken on our own authority, by our own opinion, and coming from our own heart and mind - then they are not the truth and they will not bring glory to the Lord.
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Ancient Paths
by Guest Author: Louis DeSiena
January 9, 2007
Moses says that he wants to know the Lord. This is amazing. Moses who talks with God face to face wants to know God. Let me explain why this is. Many people know God in the administration of their office or gifting, but they don’t know God intimately. God desires such a deep relationship with us that we have not come close to the reality of it. This always excites me and creates a great hunger in me. At one point I am excited because there is always more and at the same time I am hungry for it.
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Perseverance
by Hank Yonce
October 28, 2006
We must be taken by God into impossible circumstances if we are going to get to our destiny! So what ever limitation, whatever mountain, whatever boundary, whatever ocean or sea that is in front of you, take what God has placed in you, in your mouth and on the inside of you and lift it up and the limitation will fall, the mountain be crumble and the sea will part! You will see the enemies of the last season fall behind you! It is part of your inheritance to see the enemies of our life and destiny fall behind you; never to return!
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The Anointing and the Glory
by Hank Yonce
September 7, 2006
In an encounter I had with the Lord recently, I was taken in a dream to a room in Heaven. The moment I entered the room I was instantly aware that this was a council room and a room where mysteries where revealed. This room was different than any room I had been in before, the ceiling was as the universe; it was like it was a place in the Kingdom where things took place, but there were no visible walls. While sitting and talking with someone (I didn’t know who) I became aware that there were two large warring type angels flying and circling above us. As this was going on I realized that I was actually watching my spirit man receive revelation straight from the Heaven.
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July - Teaching - The Tangible Kingdom of God: Part I
by Hank Yonce
July 18, 2006
Most of the Christian world is sitting around waiting on Jesus to come back, while the Bible in Acts 3:21 says that the heavens must receive Jesus until the restoration of all things. And again the Bible says in Psalm 110 that Jesus must stay seated at the right hand of the Father until all His enemies are made His footstool. I have great news saints, WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST! WE GET TO ENFORCE THE VICTORY OF CALVARY !
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The Road Less Traveled
by Revivalist Hank Yonce
June 1, 2006
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