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7/28/2010
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So you want to be spiritual? It all happens in prayer. In Acts 10:9, it was while Peter was secluded in a place of private prayer, "Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about noon . . . he fell into a trance." So confident was the Apostle Peter because of what he had seen in the Spirit WHILE PRAYING, that he without a shadow of a doubt closed his prayer time with God and went downstairs to meet the men who sought him. Acts 10:21, "Then Peter went down to the men who were...[more]
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7/28/2010
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A Season, a Time and a Word
Season - an indefinite period of time
Time - a measured or measurable period
Word - a brief remark or conversation
Would it ever end? I was certain I felt myself aging. There I was, waiting for it to be over and waiting for the Lord to return - wondering which would happen first. The place? Prayer meeting!
I was seven. At that time, prayer was probably around numb...[more]
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7/15/2010
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Do you ever look at the early church and wonder why we don't have the same results? Think about it. When is the last time you went to church and saw the dead raised or the blind receive sight? I have to be honest and tell you that while I did hear stories from Brother Richards (my pastor when I was a child), I have never personally witnessed anyone raised from the dead. If God is the same, yesterday, today and forever, I have to wonder why it isn't happening now. Maybe it wou...[more]
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7/6/2010
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"We carry checks on the bank of heaven and never cash them at the window of prayer." - Vance Havner
If I wrote a check to you for $1 million, and Bill Gates wrote a check to you for $1 millon, would they be worth the same? Do you think Bill's check would be worth more than mine? It's true that Bill's account is much larger than mine, but actually, Bill's check would be worth the same as the check that I wrote out to you -- Why? -- because it's only wo...[more]
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7/6/2010
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God has meticulously placed you and your church right where He wants you! The more mature we become in Christ, the fewer choices we make on our own by allowing the Holy Spirit to lead us. "For as many as are led by the Spirit, they are the sons/daughters of God." One true indicator of the mature child of God is that the Lord is making the choices in our lives and our will becomes increasingly submitted to His perfect will.
The reason God has planted us in our...[more]
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7/1/2010
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Sister Flo Shaw hails from the South Texas District and serves very capably as the district prayer coordinator. Thanks to Sister Flo for her contribution to the Saturday morning of Summons in St. Louis. She had experienced a vision of the earth opening up at the equator and the Lord showed her the center and very core of the earth. She wondered about this vision until the next day Morton Bustard preached that where there is a gathering of intercessors w...[more]
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6/22/2010
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Pastor Don Rogers, who spoke so powerfully to us on Saturday morning, June 12 at Summons to Sacrifice in St. Louis, sent a report to us from Milwaukee. Following 40 Days of Fire, which their local church participated in by fasting and praying, they conducted a crusade at Clark Square Park in Milwaukee. There was a powerful outpouring of God's Holy Spirit upon the HURTING and the LOST. Pastor Rogers writes, "This is a very dangerous part of the city where gang and drug violence prevails." How...[more]
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6/21/2010
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Over 34 states were represented at the recent Summons to Sacrifice International Prayer Conference where a depth of intercessory prayer prevailed. Beginning at 2pm on Thursday, June 10, the early arrivals gathered from to 2 to 4pm for a pre-conference prayer meeting. Thanks to all of you who came with hearts hungering after the Presence of the King! Thank you for the sacrificial offering you gave to perpetuate this prayer ministry.
Each of you contributed your own u...[more]
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6/15/2010
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"From a very early age, I was taught the importance of prayer and what it meant to really pray. Countless prayer meetings and countless family devotionals cultivated a desire within me to communicate with my Creator."
"So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning…" Job 42:12
Heritage undoubtedly greatly affects who each of us are and who we become. Great names such as Rockefeller, Kennedy, and Bush tout great conquests financially, politically, and so...[more]
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6/2/2010
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Darrien and Marlyn Alicea is a brilliant young couple who are youth pastors in the New York Metro District. I had the distinct privilege to interview them both recently. They have implemented a rather innovative youth prayer schedule based on II Chronicles 7:14. It is entitled "Operation 7:14." This prayer program requires every youth in their local church to pray for 14 minutes a day, 7 days a week. On July 14, 2010 their youth group will have completed 100 days of prayer i.e...[more]
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