Humility and Power

Archive for July, 2009

As we come down toward the end of the month, we again are facing a shortage in our monthly giving.  I’m being pressed deeper and deeper towards our new home business to look for the light at the end of this tunnel.

I know many tend to cringe a bit when you mention a home business but thats because so many compnaies have done it poorly and besiaclly set people up to fail. We knew that we had to find something different that really worked well with no chance of anyone getting hurt, especially being in a public ministry like we are, and we have found that.  Now we just want like minded people to let us explain it to them so they can make a choice about it for themselves.

Head over to my site for some details and fill out a contact page with a good time to call and we will.  http://comeenjoylife.com

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The 2009 Weekend of Fire is in the books and I am happy to report that it was by far and away the most powerful and most successful event we have ever produced in the history of this ministry.

Lori and I hosted this event as opposed to playing a direct role in the ministry end of things and it was just wonderful to watch things unfold.  John and Linda Wood did an incredible job ministering to all in attendance Friday night driving out devils and bringing wisdom to many in the area of rejection.

This ministry has a new friend in Desiree Lamphire.  As I shared with the live crowd on hand,  God spoke and said to invite her. I told the Lord that I didn’t even know the woman.  God answered me back and said, thats ok, I know her, bring her in.  She did an incredible job with the crowd on hand Saturday night and brought a fresh mix of joy and encouragement while flowing and ministering.

CJ and Lanita Gaul have shown us here locally time and time again that they simply have a deep passion for people driven by a deep passion for Jesus. This conference would not have been what it was without their investment of time, talent and energy and Lanita’s gift of leading worship shined like a diamond ring in the sunshine. Thanks as well to their whole team as each one brought wonderful talents and giftings.

We had over 200 people watch our web cam feed over all three nights and the live attendance was 62, 51 and 40 each night for a collective attendance of 153 people.  Offerings were enough to bless the ministers involved and cover the Face Book ads we ran.  As many of you know, a few generous people gave in advance allowing us to not charge a pre-registration fee.

We are looking to do another conference in September so we will be detailing dates very soon.

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First of all, my appologies as I have not been updating here daily like I want to. It’s good to be back at the keyboard on this page again for sure.

Last night we kicked off the 2009 Weekend of Fire and all I can say is WOW!  There is such a beautiful expectation that far outweighs any previous year by far.  Some themes that continue to emerge are being childlike and the Kingdom coming into the earth and both were very true last night in our gathering.

Thank you to CJ, Lanita, Charolette, Tom, Steve, Jan and Brian Riggs for doing an incredible job in worship last night.  Having a full worship band is always a more full group expression toward and then into the Father’s heart and thats exactly what it was last night.

John and Linda Wood did not disappoint either.  Linda shared some testimony and John gave some foundational teaching about being on “legal ground” and went on to walk thru the crowd ministering deliverance to many. John would go on to minister for quite a while and the night eneded with a deep Joy in many hearts.

I want to add too, we peaked out last night at 35 viewers on the camera feed and we had 61 live in attendance with us here in Central Ohio.  Thank you to everyone locally working behind the scenes and to the wonderful staff online who for the most part go unnoticed to the masses, but who have incredible rewards both here and in Heaven for their selfless giving of themselves to help others enjoy the manifested presence of God.

Overall, the night went just under 4 hours and was an incredible way to kick off the weekend.  Tonight we are all looking forward t Desiree Lamphire and everything the Holy Spirit wants to do.

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I believe a core blind spot in the body of Christ right now is one of provision, finances and to a larger degree, wealth in general. The Internet is full of notes and videos rebuking people for having or making money. Of course, they don’t directly say that, but that’s what the strong underlying message is. The devil has put out the lie to the body at large that to truly by holy before God, you had better be poor. People readily gobble up this lie like it’s candy and then try to use to to demonize people of means.

People who are always in a financial pinch seem to be aware that God wants to bless them but commonly miss that when God wants to bless you, He’s going to do it thru a person. A person wrote that check in your mailbox. A person paid for that car that “God gave you”. A person handed you the cash at church at the last minute. ..and when God wants to do a financial miracle in your life, guess what He’s going to use? If you said a person, you are correct.

Now, this presupposes that you believe God indeed does desire TO bless you in the first place. If you don’t believe that, then that is the first place the Spirit of God wants to go and bring some gentle correction.

Most who have ever believed God for a financial miracle and gotten one understand that God uses people in the equation. Here is the things… you cannot give what you don’t have! I cant buy your groceries at the store if I don’t have the extra money to do it with. I can’t buy you a new car, even if I feel I’m supposed to, unless I have the means to do so. I can’t give you one of my houses unless I have an extra one to give. Jesus said if someone asks for your hat, give him your coat too, but this assumes you have a coat in the first place. The body has missed this for the most part.

God wants you to have extra so you can then be a source of blessing to others.
Is it not hypocritical to ask God to bring a person your way to bless you if you yourself are not willing to be elevated into the place where God could use you to bless others? We must be delivered of the fear of wealth. We go around speaking of how God owns it all and then out of the other side of our mouths we come against preachers who say it’s ok to have extra.

I know, sometimes this attitude is hidden behind “wealth can’t be the primary focus” but who works a full week and doesn’t expect to get paid? Is it more holy to go to your employer and tell them to just keep their money this week? We really need to get our thinking straightened out about this and bring ourselves into alignment and agreement with God on this issue of Kingdom Finances.

Wealth, Provision and Wisdom go hand in hand in hand in the scripture. We have got to stop letting the devil have all the money. The illegal drug trade and the adult film industry alone make enough money to fund and increase almost every ministry in the earth today. When God wants to start to tip that balance back toward His Kingdom, guess how He’s going to do that… if you said with a person, you are correct.

The question becomes, are you willing to let Him elevate you into a place of wealth? Is it not true humilty to accept God’s best for our lives instead of being stubborn and insisting we remain in less than He wants us to have?

It’s a hard place to be in as many will judge you as evil just because you are not struggling to get by like they are. Others will secretly resent you for not making them your personal charity case. It will cost you friends in your life currently who relate to you because of your social class instead of around the unity of Jesus. And of course, it’s a very narrow road that requires you to walk VERY tightly with the Father because you will need loads of Wisdom to maintain, spend, save and invest for and toward the Kingdom of God. This will be a somewhat lonely road for most.

Its been said that if all the money in the world was collected and redistributed evenly to everyone to start with the same amount, within 3 to 5 years the same people that have it now would have it again. For God to increase your money, He will need to change your thinking about it. You have to stop believing that it’s more holy to have less. You have to stop believing God somehow authors lack. You have to stop believing that God wants to punish you by withhold from you.

In a revelation of God’s Love is also a Revelation of God’s Wealth, Provision and Wisdom. Don’t move in one without the other.

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Well, its been a good week now since I updated last but a lot has happened, most of it good.

I am down to 329 pounds now. I started in March of 2008 at 491 pounds and have lost a total now of 162 pounds.  That brings me to 30 more pounds and I will be under 300 pounds for the first time in roughly 15 years.  Also, another 38 pounds of weight loss and i will have lost a total of 200 pounds!

Melaleuca is going very well for us and I would like you to join Lori and I in it of you are not in already.  Ive set up an information based site to help answer some initial questions for people.  When your done looking around, simply fill out the contact form and Lori or I woll call you.
 http://comeenjoylife.com

More later!

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