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April 2016 Volume 1 Issue 3

In This Issue Letter From The Editor

1 The Feast of Tabernacles part 3 We have had many emails on how much people
Neville Johnson are enjoying the E-Mag as the mailing list continues
6 Prayer: The Weapon that Works to grow daily. I have had emails asking what
Bobby Conner happened after the blood moons in September.
To many it seems that nothing has happened.
11 The Lion is the Lamb
Joe Sweet However if we take a closer look we will find that
a number of things happened that will shape the
16 John G. Lake: An Apostle of Faith future from here on out.
Paul Keith Davis

22 Radical Reformation The Shemitah of 1966 triggered:


Kent Mattox A stock market collapse.
24 The Time is at Hand
Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj The Shemitah of 1973 triggered:
A stock market collapses and long term recession.
26 The Finish Line is in Sight
Bruce Allen
The Shemitah of 1980 triggered:
31 Israel and Islam News An economic recession leading to a stock market
collapse.

The Shemitah of 1987 triggered:


A stock market collapse and black Monday the
worst stock market collapse in history to that time.

The Shemitah of 1994 triggered:


The Greatest Bond Market Collapse in history up
to that time.

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The Shemitah of 2001 triggered: over 70%. Resulting in falling prices at the gas
The long-term stock market collapse and an stations and the fall of energy stocks by 52%.
economic recession.
In the last quarter of the Shemitah the Chinese
The Shemitah of 2008 triggered: financial system began collapsing into a free
A global financial Collapse and economic fall ending in Chinas Black Monday. Stock
recession. markets went into free fall around the world.

So what happened in 2015? Over 50% of container ships now are


Most were not aware of the global shaking anchored off shore and remain idle as a
that would begin to reshape everything in result of falling world trade.
the financial realm. Within a short period the
world stock markets began to collapse. Now things may seem to change as oil prices
rise a few precent and the stock market
19% of the British markets were wiped out. may seem to be stabilizing a little, however
this is expected before the final economic
20% of the German markets were wiped out. collapse which will be the greatest yet to
date.
18% of the French markets were wiped out.
The Kingdom of darkness is being shaken and
4,000 points from the Indian markets were the true Kingdom of God will begin to arise
wiped out. like never before. The true church will begin
to be empowered to arise and confront the
12,000 points from the Brazil markets were darkness. The churches finest hour will begin
wiped out. to be seen resulting in a harvest of souls that
is unimaginable with billions coming into the
A whopping 2 trillion dollars were wiped off Kingdom of God.
the U.S markets. In all 11 trillion dollars from
the worlds financial realm. I trust you will be blessed by this 3rd addition
of: Our Finest Hour
The demolition of world trade
Global trade began to collapse which
will result in further economic devastation Neville Johnson
Container freight rates have plummeted by April 14th 2016
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1 Discover Divine Strategies


Bobby Conner

7 Going Behind the Veil


Paul Keith Davis

12 The Anointing To Finish


Kent Mattox

15 The Test of Love


Joe Sweet

19 A New Day and the Final Lap


Neville Johnson

24 Changes Decreed
Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj

32 Past Prophetic Words

Volume 1 Issue 2

1 The Feast of Tabernacles


Neville Johnson

6 Proceed to the Next New Level


Bobby Conner

8 Awakening to Destiny
Paul Keith Davis

12 This is the Hour of Your Promise


Bruce Allen

14 As Long as he Sought the Lord


Kent Mattox

17 The Bride Has Made Herself Ready


Joe Sweet

22 Run The Race Set Before You


Sadhu Sundar Selvaraj

27 The Old Paths


C.H Spurgeon
Watchman Nee
Oswald J. Smith
Now God has planned the greatest ongoing revival that will reap
the greatest harvest of souls that has been ever known

W
e are now in a time of profound of Passover representing the born again
change on many fronts. We are experience).
moving on from Passover and Exodus 23:14
Pentecost on to the final stage in the purposes
of God for the church, namely the Feast of Then fifty days later after Israel left Egypt they
Tabernacles. While Passover was and is a were to keep the feast of harvest. Fifty is the
wonderful experience, being born again by number of Pentecost. Fifty days after the
the spirit it God is a life changing experience death of Jesus the early church experienced
and likewise Pentecost, these two powerful the baptism in the Holy Spirit in the upper
experiences of salvation the baptism in room.
the Holy Spirit are not enough for the days
that lie ahead of us. We must move on to And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy
experiencing the Feast of Tabernacles. labours, which thou hast sown in the field:
and the feast of ingathering, which is in the
Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me end of the year, The feast of ingathering is
in the year. an aspect of the (The feast of Tabernacles)
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened when you have gathered in thy labours out
bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread of the field.
seven days, as I commanded thee, in the Exodus 23:16
time appointed of the month Abib; for in it
thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall Three feasts and three experiences are
appear before me empty:) (This is the Feast represented here.

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1)The feast of unleavened bread or Passover. And when they had this done, they enclosed
a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
2)The feast of First fruits or Pentecost. A limited And they beckoned unto their partners, which
harvest was reaped in the were in the other ship, that they should come
Early Church. and help them. And they came, and filled
both the ships, so that they began to sink.
3)The Feast of ingathering at the years end, Luke 5:5 -7
this is the Feast of Tabernacles the final great
harvest. The early church started well but eventual the
net broke, and a decline set in ending in one
While Pentecost is a wonderful experience thousand years of the darkness, where there
and produced a limited harvest in the early was very little harvest of souls brought into the
church. It was not the final feast or experience kingdom.
that God wants you to enter into. There in one
last great feast, the Feast of Tabernacles. The second fishing trip took place at the end
of Jesus ministry which speaks of the End
WHAT CAN WE EXPECT TO HAPPEN WHEN THIS Time church and the last days harvest of
FEAST IS ENTERED INTO AND EXPERIENCED souls

The Feast of Tabernacles was held at the end Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to
of the Jewish year at a time when the great land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty
harvest at the end of the year was gathered and three: and for all there were so many, yet
in. This Feast of Tabernacles was also known was not the net broken.
as the Feast of Ingathering Exodus 23-16. John 21:11

Jesus spoke of this harvest in Mathew chapter There has been a lot of speculation and
thirteen. theories on what the number 153 means, but
to be honest I dont know. However I do know
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a this, God has a plan! And He knows what He is
net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered doing. Roughly calculated, statistics show us
of every kind: that there are more people alive in the earth
Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, today than all the people that lived and
and sat down, and gathered the good into died from Adam up to the early 1980s. Now
vessels, but cast the bad away. those who believe in the Darwins Theory of
So shall it be at the end of the world: the Evolution which is only a theory which NO ONE
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked HAS YET BEEN ABLE TO PROVE, would disagree
from among the just, because they believe that the first people on
Matthew 13:47-9 this earth started evolving in to humans from
around 50,000 years ago. However as we know
The sea represents humanity, and the time mankind has only be around since Adam was
period is the end of the age. Jesus also said created around 6,000 years ago. Calculating
that there would be two differing harvests this reality into the mix along with those who
gathered in, good and evil. died in the flood in Noahs day, we have a
completely different set of calculations. There
Jesus was involved in two fishing trips. really are more people alive in the earth now
One at the beginning of His ministry and the than all the people from Adam who lived and
other at the end of his ministry died up to the early nineteen eighties.

The first was at the beginning of Jesus Now God has planned the greatest ongoing
ministry and speaks of the early church revival that will reap the greatest harvest
harvest of souls that has been ever known. This
ingathering of the harvest at the end of
And Simon answering said unto him, Master, the year (the end of the age) is a Feast of
we have toiled all the night, and have taken Tabernacles phenomenon. God has planned
nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let to scoop the pool when the population of this
down the net. world is at its highest. Understanding this, it is

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conceivable that there will be more who end Again he measured a thousand, and brought
up in heaven than those who end up in hell. me through; the waters were to the loins.
God has always had a plan and His ways are (This stage paved the way for the final
not our ways. fullness of Gods purposes in us the feast of
Tabernacles)
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will
make you fishers of men. Afterward he measured a thousand; and it
Matthew 4:19 was a river that I could not pass over: for the
waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river
Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom that could not be passed over. (The end time
shall be preached in all the world for a witness church Tabernacles)
unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
Joel 2:23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou
and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath seen this? Then he brought me, and caused
given you the former rain moderately, and me to return to the brink of the river.
he will cause to come down for you the rain, Now when I had returned, behold, at the
the former rain, and the latter rain in the first bank of the river were very many trees on the
month. one side and on the other.
Then said he unto me, These waters issue out
And the floors shall be full of wheat, (harvest) toward the east country, and go down into
and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. the desert, and go into the sea: which being
(A double portion anointing) brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be
And I will restore to you the years that the healed.
locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the And it shall come to pass, that everything
caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great that lives, which moves, whithersoever the
army which I sent among you. rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be
Joel 2:24-5 a very great multitude of fish, because these
waters shall come thither: for they shall be
Countless millions will come to the Lord over healed; and everything shall live whither the
the next few years. I have always believed river cometh.
that if more people ended up in hell than in And it shall come to pass, that the fishermen
heaven, Satan would have won the battle for shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto
mankind. One thing is sure God never loses a Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread
battle. forth nets; their fish shall be according to their
kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding
Jesus is not returning for a little flock, He will many.
return for a great company out of the human Ezekiel 47:2-10
race who have acknowledge Him as the
saviour of the world and the one and only While of course this prophetic word spoke
king of kings. about the restoration of Israel , it has major
implications for the end-time church today.
The prophet Ezekiel spoke about this
Then brought he me out of the way of the In the last day, that great day of the feast,
gate northward, and led me about the way Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man
without unto the utter gate by the way that thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath
waters on the right side. said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
And when the man that had the line in his water.
hand went forth eastward, he measured a But this spake He of the Spirit, which they that
thousand cubits, and he brought me through believe on him should receive: for the Holy
the waters; the waters were to the ankles. Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus
(The Early Church Passover) was not yet glorified.
John 7:37-9
Again he measured a thousand, and brought
me through the waters; the waters were Jesus did not say this about Pentecost
to the knees. (The Early church Pentecost) he said this in connection with the Feast

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of Tabernacles. He was at the Feast of daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
Tabernacles when He spoke these prophetic Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and
words. There was a part fulfilment of this at thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged;
Pentecost in the early church, but it was not because the abundance of the sea shall
in the fullness of which Jesus was speaking be converted unto thee, the forces of the
about here. This prophetic word about this Gentiles shall come unto thee.
flowing of the mighty river of Gods spirit was Isaiah 60:1-5
seen by Ezekiel in three parts of levels.
WE ARE NOW COMING TO A PLACE WHERE
1st Water to the ankles, Passover our IT WILL BE SAID THAT THIS WAS THE CHURCHS
salvation FINEST HOUR IF YOU ARE ALIVE TODAY YOU
2nd Water to the waist or loins, speaking of WERE BORN FOR THIS
Pentecost
3rd Final waters to the loins or waist. A The Lord would say: I will do all that I have
river to swim in. promised in My Word, I will restore all that the
prophets have spoken of, the restoration of all
In the last day, that great day of the feast, things. Light shall appear in the darkness and
(Tabernacles) Jesus stood and cried, saying, the darkness will not be able to prevent it. See
If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and what I will do! I will do a work that you would
drink. not have believed if I had told you of it. Eyes
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath has not seen nor has it entered into the heart
said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living of man what I have purposed for these last
water. days. Great light shall appear in the darkness
John 7:37-38 of these times. I will, and have already started
to bring to light many hidden things both
And it shall come to pass, that everything good and evil. I will uncover that which has
that lives, which moves, whithersoever the been covered, shaking, shakings, exposure,
rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be scattering the evil ones. Release of revelation
a very great multitude of fish, because these hidden things which have been reserved
waters shall come thither: for they shall be for this time. Revelation, insight, wisdom,
healed; and everything shall live whither the wealth, time and purpose are merging and
river cometh. this catalyst will release anointings that have
Ezekiel 47:9 not been known up to now. From the womb
of the morning will come forth a new day
This gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached and a new way. Much change and great
to every tribe and every nation garthering release, the day of my power has come, no
in the fruit of the land at the end of the age more delay no more time. I will now do what
bringing billions into the Kingdom of God. I have said I will do, your patience will now
While great darkness covers the earth at the be rewarded. Angels have gathered and are
same time God with His people are arising with prepared. Floods in natural echoing floods of
great light. Darkness can never overcome My Spirit, earthquakes in the natural echoing
light. It is light that overcomes darkness. In a spiritual earthquakes of my power. Nature
dark room it only takes one to turn on the light convulsing, fire and water all mirroring the
to abolish the darkness. work of my spirit among my people. All that
has been sown from the beginning of time will
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory be reaped both good and evil, reaped in this
of the LORD is risen upon thee. generation. From the womb of the morning a
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the new day, the son of righteousness will arise with
earth, and gross darkness the people: but the healing in his wings. Redemption, redemption,
LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall birthing, birthing. Dreams and visions birthed,
be seen upon thee. no more time no more delay. Rivers in the
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and natural flooding rivers in the spiritual flowing
kings to the brightness of thy rising. like never before. I will pour out my Spirit in its
Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all fullness on all flesh and restore, restore. As it
they gather themselves together, they come was written for this generation I will now make
to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy good.

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For He looked down from the height of His
So the nations shall fear the name of the LORD, sanctuary; From heaven the LORD viewed
And all the kings of the earth Your glory. the earth,
For the LORD shall build up Zion; He shall To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To
appear in His glory. release those appointed to death,
He shall regard the prayer of the destitute, To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, And
And shall not despise their prayer. His praise in Jerusalem,
This will be written for the generation to come, No more delay no more time, ready or not I
That a people yet to be created may praise am coming.
the LORD. Psalms 102:15-20

Neville Johnson
Living Word Academy
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Australia

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If the devil can keep our prayer lives silent,
he can keep Gods hand withdrawn

T
his global shaking that is now upon us Hebrew 12:26-29
was actually promised 2000 years ago
in 2 Timothy 3:1-7 and also in the book of Truly, we are not left helpless and unarmed
Hebrews: to face these perilous days alone. Because
the entire world is in a season of swift shifts
Then [at Mount Sinai] His voice shook the and turbulent turns, the Body of Christ must
earth, but now He has given a promise: Yet understand one of the greatest weapons at
once more I will shake and make tremble not our disposal--prayer!
only the earth but also the [starry] heavens.
Now this expression, yet once more, indicates Why is prayer so crucial? The devil knows a fact
the final removal and transformation of all that most believers simply dont understand:
[that can be] shakenthat is, of that which if the devil can keep our prayer lives silent,
has been createdin order that what he can keep Gods hand withdrawn. This is
cannot be shaken may remain and continue. true! Gods actions on earth depend upon
Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is our actions in the prayer closet. When the
firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer saints of God humble themselves and truly
to God pleasing service and acceptable seek God in prayer, standing on the revealed
worship, with modesty and pious care and Word of God, heaven invades earth in the
godly fear and awe; For our God [is indeed] most transforming manner.
a consuming fire.

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... and the devil, not God, is silenced! accordance with the working of the strength
2 Chronicles 7:14 of His might.
Eph 1:18-19)
Truly, prayer is one of the most powerful
spiritual weapons we can imagine. This is a season of released revelatory light.
God is releasing deep, hidden truths that
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be we have sought for and longed after. In 1
praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies Corinthians 2:6-16, Paul the Apostle declares:
Psalms 18:3
However, we speak wisdom among those who
The following are three key functions of this are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age,
tremendous weapon of prayer, three keys to nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming
help you understand how prayer empowers to nothing. But we speak the wisdom of God
you to 1) forge the future, 2) bring heaven in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God
to earth and 3) impart resurrection life to ordained before the ages for our glory, which
overcome the enemy and advance the none of the rulers of this age knew; for had
Kingdom of God! they known, they would not have crucified
the Lord of glory. But as it is written:
1. Forge the Future ... through Prayer
In a very memorable prophetic encounter, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard,
the Lord said said to me, Tell My people, I Nor have entered into the heart of man
chose them in eternity past, to live in the The things which God has prepared for those
present, to forge and shape the future. who love Him.
1 Corinthians 2:6-16
Think about it: we have been given power
by God to shape the future for His glory! How But God has revealed them to us through His
does this happen? Read the Gospels: what Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the
we see in the life of Jesus Christ is what our deep things of God. For what man knows the
Father God wants to accomplish on earth things of a man except the spirit of the man
today--the blind receiving their sight, the lame which is in him? Even so no one knows the
walking, the dead being raised and nations things of God except the Spirit of God. Now
coming to a saving knowledge of the Lord we have received, not the spirit of the world,
Jesus Christ. Jesus promises that we can have but the Spirit who is from God, that we might
the same full manifestation on earth today as know the things that have been freely given
when He walked on earth physically--and as to us by God.
it is in heaven today.
These things we also speak, not in words
In fact, He actually commands us to pray for which mans wisdom teaches but which the
Heavens release. Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things
with spiritual. But the natural man does not
Truly, we are called and commissioned to be receive the things of the Spirit of God, for
ambassadors and agents of divine change. they are foolishness to him; nor can he know
How? Through prayer. God has positioned them, because they are spiritually discerned.
the church as the living bridge between But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he
the terrible conditions on earth and the himself is rightly judged by no one. For who
wonderful solutions from Heaven. How does has known the mind of the Lord that he may
this happen? Through prayer! Prayer is the instruct Him? But we have the mind of Christ.
most powerful agent of change we have.
Prayer forges the future. We have been given the mind of Christ so we
may declare and decree His will on earth,
The Apostle Paul wrote, bringing heaven to earth for the glory of God!
We are to forge the future according to our
I pray that the eyes of your heart may be understanding of His will.
enlightened, so that you may know what is
the hope of His calling, what are the riches In these chaotic times, however, people who
of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, do not know the Lord are desperately looking
and what is the surpassing greatness of His for answers concerning the future. They, too,
power toward us who believe. These are in want to forge the future through their own

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wisdom and power. Many are being driven guidance as we seek Him (Nehemiah 9:20).
by stress, anxiety and fear, and are seeking
help from a plethora of occult and demonic Our Father gives us access to the future right
sources including fortune-tellers, astrologers now through His Word and prayer. If we fill our
and psychic hotlines, all pretending to be heart and soul with the Word of God, then
able to see into the mystery of the future. we will know the mind of Christ, know exactly
what to pray and have the faith to believe.
Never will you hear truth or receive clear God has called not only His prophets and
direction from these workers of darkness. They intercessors but every believer to live by faith--
are operating from a source of dark light not to wonder and worry about the future but
described in Matthew 6:22-23: to create the future through the knowledge
of the mind of Christ, through His Living Word
The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore and prayer (Isaiah 48:6-7).
your eye is good, your whole body will be
full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole 2. Bring Heaven to Earth ... through Prayer
body will be full of darkness. If therefore the What should we pray? We are called to
light that is in you is darkness, how great is that speak the heavenly will of God into existence
darkness! within this temporal, earthly sphere. The Lord
Matthew 6:22-23 Jesus told us plainly that we should pray, Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it
The warning concerning the misuse of light is is in heaven (Matt. 6:9-10 KJV). And consider
also found in Luke 11:33-36: the promise of 1 John 5:14-15:

No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar Now this is the confidence that we have in
or crypt or under a bushel measure, but on Him, that if we ask anything according to His
a lampstand, that those who are coming in will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears
may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your us, whatever we ask, we know that we have
body; when your eye (your conscience) is the petitions that we have asked of Him.
sound and fulfilling its office, your whole body 1 John 5:14-15
is full of light; but when it is not sound and is not
fulfilling its office, your body is full of darkness. Jesus promised this in Mark 11:22-24
Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in
you is not darkness. If then your entire body So Jesus answered and said to them, Have
is illuminated, having no part dark, it will be faith in God. For assuredly, I say to you,
wholly bright [with light], as when a lamp with whoever says to this mountain, Be removed
its bright rays gives you light. and be cast into the sea, and does not doubt
Luke 11:33-36 in his heart, but believes that those things he
says will be done, he will have whatever he
The only true source of information about the says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things
future is the Word of God and the Holy Spirit. you ask when you pray, believe that you
He alone will reveal to us the mind of Christ receive them, and you will have them.
and guide us into the future. Consider John Mark 11:22-24
16:13:
We can look at the conditions of the world
But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving and faint or look at the possibilities through
Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth God and take faith.
(the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His
own message [on His own authority]; but He How do we bring revival to earth? Pray for the
will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; reality of Gods kingdom to be made manifest
He will give the message that has been given on earth today. Jesus was not offering His
to Him], and He will announce and declare disciples a millennial prayer focus, for that
to you the things that are to come [that will rule of Gods kingdom is coming whether we
happen in the future]. want it to or not; no, Christ calls us to pray for
John 16:13 Gods kingdom to manifest itself in our world
today.
Christians must realize that God condemns
demonic, fleshly probing into the future. The Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as
Holy Spirit of God alone will give us clear though God were pleading through us: we

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implore you on Christs behalf, be reconciled power!
to God. For He made Him who knew no sin
to be sin for us, that we might become the In other words, the power of Gods might is His
righteousness of God in Him. resurrection power. What does resurrection
2 Corinthians 5:20-21 mean? It means that things that look dead
and lifeless can be touched by God and
Scripture states we have not because we ask raised to life (Psalms 36:9)! Think about it: the
not (James 4:2). Simply put, if we dont pray, resurrection power that God has given to us
God will not release His will upon the earth. is the same potency He demonstrated when
The reality that God has planned will always He raised Jesus out of the grave. Right now,
manifest first in the prayer life of His prophets because the strength of God Almighty is
and people; in fact, everything good and attached to our prayer lives, we can look on
holy that we see manifested in people, in things that are absolutely dead and declare,
churches and in life itself was first conceived in prayer, eternal life!
and then birthed in the womb of prayer.
If the devil challenges your prayer, remind him
How does this happen? When you hear a that you are seated with Christ far above all
revelation from the Living Word and then pray rule and authority and power and dominion,
His Word, which is His will, you are impacting and every name that is named, not only in
the as-yet-unformed essence of life with the this age but also in the one to come (Eph.
Spirit of God Himself: this is why God calls us 1:21). Christs authority is final.
not only to know His Word, but also to pray it.
But not only did the Father put all things in
Take this to heart, beloved believer: as a true subjection under His feet, He also gave Him
follower of Christ, you must not intellectualize as head over all things to the church, which
Gods Word. You must be impregnated by it. is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in
No one can experience this intimacy on your all (Eph. 1:22-23). When I played defense on
behalf. You and you alone must encounter our school football team, my coach would
the Living Word in order to bear fruit resulting always teach us that if we were going to be
from intimacy with that Word. The more you successful in tackling an opponent, we had to
meditate on the Word, allowing His seeds to keep our eye on his head because where the
be planted deep within your spirit, the more head goes, so the body goes! Notice how the
fruit you will bear as you pray His Word from Lord Jesus Christ uses anatomical metaphors
the place of faith and intimacy. Your job is to explain the downlink of authority: Christ is
to meditate on the Word with your whole the head of a body that has all things put
spirit and soul, then to pray His will; His job is under its feet.
to watch over that Word to perform it on the
earth (Jeremiah 1:12). This is a most profound understanding of our
role as believers: what the Head, Christ the
3. Impart Resurrection Life ... through Prayer King, has attained, the feet of the church
This is our God-ordained mission, our purpose walk out.
on the planet: we are called to impart
resurrection life and power to situations that God Delights in Answering Prayer!
are lifeless and hopeless. As we truly, passionately and accurately
submit to Christ in prayer, the kingdom of
A divine power accompanies every genuine Heaven steadily enters our now-prayed-for
Christian, a power that is greater than one world. The key, of course, is to know Christs
can imagine: the surpassing greatness of Word intimately, to have encountered Christ
His power. This power is not human power in His Living Word, for our authority does not
but the actual strength of His might. How originate from our own power or might, nor
mighty is this power? God demonstrated this from our intellectualizing the Word, but from
power toward us who believe first in Christ, the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
when He raised Him from the dead and God (Ephesians 6:17).
seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly
places (Ephesians 1:19-20). God longs to answer your prayers (Jeremiah
33:3) and, surely, over and over again, Gods
This is the same power that raised Christ from desire to answer our prayers is revealed in the
the dead! You have been given resurrection Bible (John 14:13). We have answers to prayer

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all around us (Matthew 21:22) and when we of prayer is submission and revelation. As
see these answers, our hearts should overflow we submit to the revealed Word of God,
with joy (John 16:24), joy unspeakable and full persevering in prayer, the future is changed.
of glory! The earth is filled with the glory of God, life
becomes conformed to His will, and heaven
The essence of this supernatural weapon invades earth! Amen!

The modern church suffers from a serious identity crisis.


Many Christians don t know who they really are in Christ.
Churches languish in the land of lack, listless, powerless
and with little influence in the world. This is about to
change! God is birthing a new thing in the church. He
is calling all believers to embrace the anointing of the
Holy Spirit and walk in His divine power to change the
world.

The harvest is plentiful and the coming end-time revival


needs a vibrant, anointed church that is ready to
receive that harvest. God doesnt use just superstars;
He longs to anoint ordinary people to do extraordinary
things. He longs to anoint you. If not you, who? If not
now, when? Now is the time!

Available at all good book stores.

Bobby Conner
Eagles View Ministries
P.O Box 933
Bullard, TX 75757
903-894-6481

www.bobbyconner.org

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He did not overcome with force, but with love,
by laying down His life as the Lamb who was slain

A
startling revelation of Jesus is found in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as
in the book of Revelation as John though it had been slain, having seven horns
describes a scene in heaven. and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of
God sent out into all the earth.
And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on Then He came and took the scroll out of the
the throne a scroll written inside and on the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.
back, sealed with seven seals. Revelation 5:1-7
Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a
loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll The scroll contained seven seals which, when
and to loose its seals? opened, released seven judgments upon the
And no one in heaven or on the earth or earth (Rev. 6). Although it appeared that no
under the earth was able to open the scroll, one was found worthy to open and read
or to look at it. the scroll, or look at it one of the elders said
So I wept much, because no one was found to John : Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of
worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has
at it. prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its
But one of the elders said to me, Do not seven seals. When John looked to see the
weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, Lion of Judah, he saw a Lamb as though it
the Root of David, has prevailed to open the had been slain. The Lion is The Lamb!
scroll and to loose its seven seals.
And I looked, and behold, in the midst of the Fierce, powerful and victorious are words we
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of the Lord Jesus Who conquered satan, hell, He opened not His mouth; He was led as a
and death at the cross as He redeemed us lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before
back to God. The Lion describes the intensity its shearers is silent, So He opened not His
and victorious power of His redeeming love. mouth.
However, when John looked to see the Lion, Isaiah 53:7
he only saw a Lamb as though it had been
slain. The victory of the Lord Jesus over satan We are called to follow in the footsteps of the
and his works was wrought through the nature Lamb
of the Lamb Who laid down His life. For what credit is it if, when you are beaten
for your faults, you take it patiently? But when
Love defined: a laid down life you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently,
By this we know love, because He laid down this is commendable before God.
His life for us. And we also ought to lay down For to this you were called, because Christ
our lives for the brethren. also suffered for us, leaving us an example,
1 John 3:16 that you should follow His steps:
Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found
The book of Revelation begins with these in His mouth;
words: The revelation of Jesus Christ. Only who, when He was reviled, did not revile in
one time in the entire Bible (Rev. 5:5) is Jesus return; when He suffered, He did not threaten,
referred to as the Lion of the tribe of Judah. but committed Himself to Him who judges
In the Book of Revelation Jesus is referred to as righteously
the Lamb twenty five (25) times. Throughout 1 Peter 2:20-23
the Scriptures the Lord Jesus is called many
things: The Prince of Peace, the Bread from Just as Jesus overcame by laying down His
heaven, The Good Shepherd, The Holy One, life, we are called to follow Him and do the
The Messiah, The Chief Apostle, etc. The fact same. To him who overcomes I will grant to
that Jesus is referred to as the Lamb 25 times sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame
in the book of Revelation is itself a revelation and sat down with My Father on His throne.
that God wants us to receive about Jesus. He (Rev. 3:21) We can do all things through Christ
did not overcome with force, but with love, Who strengthens us (Phil. 4:13) because Christ
by laying down His life as the Lamb who was in us (Col. 1:27) is the hope of glory!
slain.
Revelation 5:6 describes the Lamb in the
The Lamb speaks of His sacrificial love in midst of the throne. The throne is the seat of
laying down His life. authority and power. The closer we come
to abiding in the love/nature of the Lamb of
John 15:13 Greater love has no one than God, the more we will walk in true kingdom
this, than to lay down ones life for his friends. authority. Real authority in the kingdom only
comes from being yoked with the King, and
Jesus is worthy because He laid down His life He is sacrificial love (1 John 4:16, 1 John 3:16).
And they sang a new song, saying:
You are worthy to take the scroll, and to
open its seals; for You were slain, and have Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing
redeemed us to God by Your blood on Mount Zion.
Out of every tribe and tongue and people Revelation 14:1
and nation.
Revelation 5:9 Mount Zion was where Davids tent and the
glory of God were. This verse is telling us that
Judgment is committed to Him because He sacrificial love is the glory of God! The more
gave His life for all men to be saved. (If we we learn to abide in the love of Jesus (that
have not been willing to lay down our life lays down our life) the more we will be filled
for someone then we may not be worthy to with His glory. This is what is happening now
judge them.) as the Lord is awakening His bride to arise
and shine (Isaiah 60:1-2) with the nature of
The Lamb is meek and obedient the Lamb in these last days.
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The Bride of Christ will manifest laid down The call of Jesus to every one of His disciples
love of the Lamb is: Follow Me.
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory,
for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone
His wife has made herself ready. desires to come after Me, let him deny himself,
Revelation 19:7 and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Matthew 16:24
This is not called the marriage of the Shepherd,
or the marriage of the Bread of Life, but the As the apostles followed Jesus, embracing
marriage of the Lamb. The bride will be a the cross and manifesting sacrificial love, the
suitable partner for the Lamb of God. She will life of Jesus was released through them to
share His nature. The bride will make herself those they were ministering to.
ready by intentionally growing in and abiding
in His sacrificial love. Just as He laid down His But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,
life to redeem us, the bride will, by the grace that the excellence of the power may be of
of God, lay down her life for the Lamb. This is God and not of us.
her preparation. We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not
crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
The glory of the New Jerusalem persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down,
But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God but not destroyed always carrying about
Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that
city had no need of the sun or of the moon to the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our
shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. body.
The Lamb is its light. For we who live are always delivered to death
Revelation 21:22-23 for Jesus sake, that the life of Jesus also may
be manifested in our mortal flesh.
The love/nature of the Lamb is the glory and So then death is working in us, but life in you.
the light of the New Jerusalem. The love of 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
God is the light of God.
1 John 4:16 God is love. This is the principle: As we allow death to
1 John 1:5 God is light. work in us (laying down our lives) the life of
1 John 2:10 He who loves his brother abides in Christ is released to others.
the light, and there is no cause for stumbling
in him. IN THE FINAL CONFLICT OF THE LAST DAYS the
saints will overcome the devil by laying down
their lives, even as Jesus laid down His life and
The apostles of the Lamb and the New overcame.
Jerusalem
Now the wall of the city had twelve And they overcame him (satan) by the
foundations, and on them were the names of blood of the Lamb and by the word of their
the twelve apostles of the Lamb. testimony, and they did not love their lives to
Revelation 21:14 the death.
Revelationh 12:11
The first apostles walked in the love/nature of
the Lamb These three things are vital to overcome the
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? forces of darkness: 1) the blood of the Lamb,
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or 2) the Word of our testimony and 3) loving not
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As our lives even to the death.
it is written:
For Your sake we are killed all day long; Most believers have understood the
We are accounted as sheep for the importance of the blood of the Lamb and
slaughter. the word of our testimony. It seems that a
Yet in all these things we are more than much smaller percentage of Christians have
conquerors through Him who loved us. realized that victory over the evil one requires
Romans 8:35-37 all three. We must learn to know the Lamb of
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By doing so, our own lives will be laid down, are similar. Sometimes, by the next month,
even unto death. When this happens, victory people will come back to testify of answered
is assured. prayer and of Gods merciful intervention.

Love defined - By this we know love, because Each month we do see the Lord definitely
He laid down His life for us. And we also ought touch people. We see salvations. We have
to lay down our lives for the brethren. seen notable healings and deliverances. But
1 John 3:16 we havent seen them on a scale that we
would like to see. We also see people that
A Testimony are very hard hearted and leave seemingly
We have been pastoring a church in unchanged. It is the minority of the people
Southern California since 1991. For about the coming who seem to be significantly touched
last 20 years we have conducted a monthly by the Lord.
evangelistic outreach in our city. By the grace
of God, we typically provide about 15,000 Recently, while in prayer, with our prayer
to 20,000 pounds of groceries each month group before an outreach, I was thinking
to the elderly, unemployed, disabled, single about this verse of Scripture:
mothers and anyone else in need. Typically
there will be a number of people on disability. But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled
Some are on mental disability. We see a to those who are perishing, whose minds
lot of addicted, oppressed and demonized the god of this age has blinded, who do not
people. believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory
of Christ, who is the image of God, should
We have many volunteers from our local shine on them.
congregation who work hard on our monthly 2 Corinthians 4:3-4
outreach preparing bags of groceries and
doing other necessary work. Our worship team I was reminding the Lord that people are
comes in early and prays, prepares and then blinded by satan and I was crying to Him: Lord,
fills the sanctuary with anointed praise and please do more! So many of these people
worship. We have a group of prayer warriors are addicted. They are despondent. Others
who spend about 45 minutes in intercession are suicidal. Many live in sexual perversion
for the people who are coming that day. The and seem to have no conscience. Lord, they
people who come to receive groceries are are blinded and bound by demonic powers.
invited to hear a Gospel message before they Please do more for them today!
receive their groceries. Our trained prayer
team is there to minister to people in need. As I was intensely pouring out my heart to
Typically, we have between 200-400 people the Lord, asking Him to do more, I heard the
come on our monthly Saturday outreach. On still small voice of the Holy Spirit speak to me
average, about 40 people each month will through Revelation 12:11:
make a public profession of Christ (either a
salvation or a re-dedication). Typically, about And they overcame him (satan) by the
20-50 people will also come forward and ask blood of the Lamb and by the word of their
for prayer ministry for specific needs. testimony, and they did not love their lives to
the death.
Many of the lives of the people who come Revelation 12:11
forward for prayer are devastated. Their
prayer requests reveal the horrific conditions You are asking Me to do more for the people
of their lives. It is not uncommon at all to hear who are bound by dark forces. However, My
requests like this each month: Please pray for saints overcome the devil by laying down
me. My husband left me for another woman. their lives, just as I overcame by laying down
My 15 year old daughter is pregnant and her My life. Are you willing to die more? If you will
boyfriend is a crack dealer. My son is in jail. lay down your life more, a greater measure
I have an eviction notice and only 10 days of My life will be released to them. Are you
before I have to move. I have no money. willing to die to self to see them set free?

Over and over, we hear prayer requests that Yes, Lord, what should I do?

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property, inside and out, was blanketed in the
Call the entire congregation to come presence of God. The powerful conviction
together on Thursday night and Friday night of the Holy Spirit was evident. I saw one
for intercessory prayer before your next man break down, sobbing and shaking in
Saturday outreach. Call Thursday and Friday repentance before the salvation message
to be fasting days. was even finished. The altar was full. The
power of the Holy Spirit flowed. People were
I immediately thought to myself of those in our saved and healed. It was a victorious and
congregation who I know would do it without glorious outreach. Why? Because some saints
hesitation. I thought of others who would not chose to die to what their flesh wanted, and
do it, and others who might do it. As I was allowed the love of the Lamb of God to work
pondering this, wondering how many would in them. Their lives were laid down for His will,
respond to this call to lay down our lives more, His people and His glory.
the Holy Spirit spoke again.
Every true advancement of the kingdom of
This is how My kingdom advances. God on this earth comes through people
Whenever you lay down your life for Me, My who lay down their lives. To the degree our
life is released. My life always overcomes the lives are laid down for the will of God, to that
powers of darkness. There is much defeat in degree the devil is overcome. This is how the
and around the church today because there Lion of Judah prevailed. He laid down His life.
are so few who will truly lay down their lives to What are we waiting for?
do My will.
And they overcame him by the blood of the
Thankfully, the majority of our congregation Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and
turned out for the two nights of fasting prayer they did not love their lives to the death.
meetings. Instead of relaxing at home in the Revelation 12:11
evenings, or whatever people might do on a
Thursday or Friday night, our sanctuary was Arise, shine; for your light has come! And
nearly full with saints who fasted for two days the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. 2 For
and were on their knees crying out to God. behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
and deep darkness the people; but the Lord
Needless to say, the following monthly will arise over you, and His glory will be seen
outreach was astounding! The entire church upon you.
Isaiah 60:1-2

Joe Sweet
Shekinah Worship Center
42640 10th St. West
Lancaster, CA 93534
swc-office@verizon.net
661-940-8378

www.shekinahworship.com

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PAUL KEITH DAVIS

Our ultimate personal destiny is to be conformed


to the image of Jesus Christ

J
ohn G. Lake was a man who experienced HAVING THE LORDS POTENTIALS
apostolic ministry according to first When the time came for the Lord to be glorified
century standards and changed the through the sacrificial offering of His life, He
world every place that he went. His life and made it clear that His life was likened unto a
ministry was a representation of a vessel grain of wheat. When this grain of wheat dies
yielded to God as a habitation for His manifest it is for the purpose of bringing forth multiplied
presence. Through him the Holy Spirit was able grains of wheat LIKE THE ORIGINAL GRAIN.
to heal the sick, cast out demons, save the lost,
and manifest the very nature and character Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain
of Christ. He demonstrated Jesus Christ is the of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it
same yesterday, today and forever. remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much
grain. (John 12:24)
By every Biblical definition, the life of John
G. Lake represented true apostolic ministry. The Bible teaches, when the Lord returns we
Through him the great commission became are to be like Him. The Holy Spirit residing in us
reality and the Kingdom of God was will reveal the same attributes through us He
manifested on the earth. Great lessons can did in the Lord Jesus Christ. This belief formed
be learned from his life revealing the keys to the cornerstone for the life and ministry of
his power with God. Careful examination of John G. Lake.
his life and ministry can help the Church for
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us to do the works He did without adequately the cross, entered the darkness of death, hell
equipping us to do those works. He once and the grave, grappled with and strangled
commented, We need to set our sights high the accursed powers of darkness, came forth
and refuse the traditions of men who say that again and finally ascended to Heaven in
it is impossible to do as Jesus instructed us. order to secure it for His Church.

True apostolic ministry is simply the extension He believed apostolic ministry is defined
of the ministry begun by the Lord, our ultimate and realized through individuals becoming
example. The power of redemption is so great the habitation of God. The Holy Spirit literally
that sinners saved by grace and filled with manifested in the spirit, soul, and body of
the Holy Spirit are given the opportunity of the believers taking total possession of His
carrying on the very ministry of Christ, doing Church, bestowing upon her His qualities,
the works He did. Lake is a token of this reality attributes and potentials. This process was not
given to the 21st century. Our sights should be merely a reformation; it was a renewal and
set equally as high. transformation. Men and women renewed by
the Spirit of God and transformed by the Holy
HIS DEFINITION OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH Spirit, becoming One Spirit with Him.
During the years preceding and following
the turn of the twentieth century, Lake made Union with the Holy Spirit was not merely
a very notable and revealing observation. a gift of power but of God Himself. Out of
During those years there had been a necessity, Lake became acquainted with the
tremendous outpouring of the Holy Spirit healing power of God through the ministry of
with great manifestations of power, signs Alexander Dowie. During the later years of
and wonders. Their generation realized they the nineteenth century he was miraculously
were given an extraordinary opportunity of healed of terminal illness along with his
seeing the return of genuine apostolic ministry brother, his sister, and his wife. In addition,
through the revelation of His Kingdom. another sister was literally raised from the
dead through the ministry of Dowie.
Lake later discerned his generation missed
the mark by not realizing the true definition This introduction to the power of God began
of the Apostolic Church. Some attempted a quest in him to not only know the healing of
to build an apostolic ministry around the Godbut the God of healing. His desire was
doctrine and manifestation of healing power. fulfilled, he describes, when he became the
Others aspired to establish the apostolic habitation of God in a powerful encounter
Church around the restoration of the gifts with the Lord and His Glory.
and speaking in tongues. Others endeavored
to create and establish the apostolic order HIS EXPERIENCE
around the doctrine of holiness. At the age of sixteen John G. Lake came to
know the saving power of Christ. His salvation
All of these qualities are attributes of the Holy experience was a very real one as displayed
Spirit and essential to the Church, yet do in his changed life. Many around him
not singularly sustain apostolic ministry. Lake observed this transformation and said, You
observed the people were absorbed in the are baptized in the Holy Ghost.
phenomena of God and not the Person of
God. While friends around him were saying he
had been filled with the Holy Spirit, Lake
According to Lake, the truest definition of experienced a hunger for more of God that
the apostolic Church can be expressed in was almost unbearable. He began to pursue
the awesome and reverential experience of the Lord and came to know the sanctifying
union with God and becoming One with Him. power of the Holy Spirit through the ministry of
He believed the Church of his day did not a layman named Melvin Pratt.
regard the fullness of the Holy Spirit with the
reverence due an experience so sacred and This precious brother introduced Lake to the
so terribly costly. washing of the water by the Word producing
in him a much richer and anointed life. Those
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had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. On another occasion he submitted himself
Yet Bro. Lake hungered for more. to the scrutiny of microscopes and x-ray
machines so doctors could witness the Power
Several years later, Lake was introduced to of God as he prayed for individuals. They
the healing power of God through Alexander would actually attach the instruments to
Dowie. After experiencing first hand this great patients and watch through the most powerful
power, he moved to Zion, Ill. and associated instruments of science as tissue began to be
himself with Dowie. He received from the restored and human cells responded to the
Holy Spirit a tremendous impartation of the power of prayer.
healing anointing of God. Many miracles and
manifestations of the Spirit followed him. Those Finally his heart was satisfied he had received
around him again tried to convince him he the fullness of the Holy Spirit producing the
had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. nature and character of Christ within him.
He believed, as the Scriptures teach, this
By the turn of the Century Lake had realized a indwelling experience now equipped him to
powerful salvation experience, an even more carry on the ministry of Christ as did the early
powerful sanctification encounter and an Apostles.
impartation of the ministry of healing. At each
juncture those around him tried to convince TRIUNE SALVATION
him he had received the fullness of the Holy During the winter of 1913, Lake presented a
Spirit, yet his heart burned for more of God teaching to the Church of England entitled,
than ever before. Triune Salvation. This teaching revealed
a key secret to his power and intimacy with
As a result he began a season of fasting, pray God.
and waiting upon the Lord for a nine-month
duration. During this time he desperately So significant was its content that the Bishop
searched for the place in God that would of London wrote of it saying, It contains the
satisfy the longing of his heart. At the end spirit of primitive Christianity and reveals the
of the time of separation, Lake had an distinction between the Christian soul of the
awesome experience with the Lord. In it, Lake first and twentieth century, the Spirit of Christs
found himself surrounded in a cloud of glory. domain, by which Christianity attained its
Volumes of virtue and power surged through spiritual supremacyIt is one of the greatest
his innermost being with waves of glory. sermons I have ever heard and I recommend
its careful study by every priest.
Lake later spoke of this experience saying,
the glory of this experience remained in my In this study, Lake reveals the important
soul. I found that my life began to manifest significance of our complete redemption
in the varied range of the gifts of the Spirit. on all three levels of human life. Complete
Healings were of a more powerful order. My redemption of our spirit, perfect deliverance
nature became so sensitized that I could lay of our soul (mind) and complete freedom of
my hands on any man or woman and tell what our body.
organ was diseased, and to what extent.
Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify
He knew he had been immersed in the Holy you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and
Spirit and become a dwelling place of God. body be preserved complete, without blame
His heart and soul were now satisfied the Holy at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1
Spirit was residing in him speaking through him Thessalonians 5:23)
and saturating every fiber of his being.
Lake taught it was the tendency of the
It was during this season that science even average Christian to cease in their quest
testified to the healing and re-creative power for God at the atonement of their spirit. He
of the Holy Spirit. Lake would visit hospitals believed it was equally as important for the
and begin to diagnose cases the doctors believer to allow the Holy Spirit to sanctify the
were unable to analyze. The physicians later soul and the body in order for the individual to
testified his diagnosis was correct. become the habitation of God.
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the impartation of the mind of Christ. John once said, Think not that thou shalt attain
Wesley defined sanctification as possessing the highest in God until within thine own soul
the mind of Christ and all the mind of Christ. a Heavenly longing to be like Him who gave
This level of consecration was essential for His life for us possesses our own heart.
our thoughts to be perfectly in tune with the
Lords thoughts and our ways consistent with Holiness and sanctification are sometimes
His. used interchangeably in the Scriptures. A holy
and sanctified condition can only be realized
Complete sanctification of our soul and mind when our own fleshly nature is first revealed
also involved the renewal of our emotions. to us. Once the tares of our human soul are
Many believers are trapped in the tyranny of uncovered we then call upon the grace of
grief over the past. We are a new creation God to separate us from all that is ungodly
and all things have become fresh, past failures and purge our spirit, soul and body from every
have been erased by the blood of Christ. worldly tendency.

Grief will ultimately lead to bitterness and Pursue peace with all men, and the
bitterness will defile. Consequently, it is sanctification without which no one will
essential we allow the Holy Spirit to thoroughly seeThe Lord. (Hebrews 12:14 )
consecrate and sanctify our soul, mind,
and our emotions in order to become the As Lake once put it, There arises in the heart
tabernacle of the Holy Spirit. the desire and prayer for the Spirit of God to
eject, crucify and destroy every tendency of
Complete triune salvation also involved the the opposition of the Holy Spirit
separation of the believer from all that would
defile, recognizing our body is the temple of The heart of man must be purged by holy fire
the Holy Spirit and should be consecrated and washed from every stain by the cleansing
accordingly. Romans 8:11 declares, But if blood of Christ. Those who desire to be a
the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the partaker of the nature of Christ must ever feel
dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus the purging power of Christ within. Once the
from the dead will also give life to your mortal Holy Spirit takes up residence in us, there is a
bodies through His Spirit who indwells you. release of power through the indwelling Spirit
The Lords imparted life granted through lifting us above the lusts and desires of this
the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit world allowing the believer to live a holy and
will provide divine health and freedom from consecrated life.
the lusts that are the result of mans fallen
condition. This desire for the purity of Gods nature
reveals a vital ingredient in the life and ministry
Lake taught that the genuine Christian is a of John G. Lake. As he put it in 1916, Holiness
separated person. Alienated forever unto is the character of God. The very substance
God in all the departments of life; his body, of His being and the essence of His nature is
his soul and his spirit are forever committed purity. The purpose of God and the salvation
to the Lord. This absolute abandonment to of mankind is to produce in man a kindred
God or triune salvation is the real secret to holiness, a radiant purity like unto that of God
the successful Christian life and essential to Himself.
becoming the habitation of God.
CLOTHED IN A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY
Unconditional consecration makes the Another important attribute in the ministry of
Christian, according to John G. Lake, a Lake was his commitment to living in a spirit of
Christ-man and reveals the secret of life and humility. Lake often quoted:
communion with God through the Holy Spirit You younger men, likewise, be subject to
secured within our entire being. your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves
with humility toward one another, for God is
NOT WITHOUT HOLINESS opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the
Without holiness the complete purposes of humble. (I Peter 5:5)
the Church cannot be fulfilled. A Holy God If we are to return back to the future, our true
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must adhere to the qualities demonstrated by day of Pentecost had fully come. It is one thing
our apostolic fathers. to receive anointings or gifts from the Lord,
yet altogether another to become the literal
In Acts 20:19, the Apostle Paul acknowledges dwelling place of the manifest presence of
his commitment to humility in his service to God.
the Lord. The resolution to humility by the first
century apostle burned equally as bright in Lake knew the reality of the empowering
the heart of John Lake, a twentieth century presence of God abiding within, anointing
apostle. and equipping him to, not only minister
healing and salvation to a lost world, but to
Lake desired to follow the example evidenced also express the radiant presence of a Holy
in Moses and seek to be the most meek man God. As he expressed it, becoming a Christ-
in the land. By virtue of this commitment to man having all the potentials through the
humility, he was able to say the Spirit of God Holy Spirit that resided in Christ Himself.
ran through my person like a river of Heavenly
fluid. Cancers withered under my touch, His indwelling presence makes the believer a
cripples of every type were instantly restored master over every power of darkness that is in
and works of creation in the bodies of men the world. He is to be Gods representative in
took place as a result of humbling myself the world. His presence in a Christian is to be
under the mighty hand of God. as powerful as the Holy Spirit was in the life
of Christ. Consequently, fear of evil spirits and
Like Moses, he desired to not only see the demonic opposition is out of the question.
acts of an awesome God but to understand Not because of any merits of our own but
His ways. As a result, he discovered the Lords because of the Lords dominion and victory.
way is through servanthood and a spirit of
humility clothing the believer. Lake spent a season of prayer and fasting
precisely seeking a special anointing for
It is only through amazing grace the nature casting out demons. The Lord graciously
and works of Christ can be exhibited through responded to the request of his servant by
us. God gives His grace to the humble. Humility imparting a powerful authority and boldness
is truly a key ingredient to the restoration of necessary when dealing with evil spirits. As a
true apostolic ministry and the return of the result, people traveled to his meetings from
shekinah glory to the Church. all over the world to be delivered and set
free from demonic opposition. Tremendous
Alexander Dowie, a mentor of Lake, once testimonies are on record as evidence of this
said of humility, in becoming an apostle, it ministry.
is not a question of rising high, it is a question
of becoming low enough. It is not a question The Lords empowering presence also
of becoming a Lord over Gods heritage, but carried Lake to substantially broadened
it is a question if a man shall be called to be understanding of the Scriptures. Powerful and
an apostle whether he can get himself low revelatory sermons emerged from the apostle
enough to say from the depths of his heart of faith as he allowed the Holy Spirit to unfold
as did the Apostle Paul, it is a faithful saying, the mysteries of the Kingdom. According to
worthy of all acceptance, that Jesus Christ numerous reports, he had the capacity to
came into this world to save sinners of whom inspire faith in the hearts of those who heard
I am chief.. him.

THE EMPOWERING PRESENCE Lake was a man without compromise when


As with the first century apostles, Lake would it involved the Spirits revelation of the Word.
not attempt full-time ministry until he had He utterly refused to jeopardize the true
been endued with power from on high. revelation of the Word for a false unity that
he believed resulted in spiritual weakness. He
Even though the early apostles had received believed principle is better than unity and
an anointing from the Lord for casting out evil the ultimate end of principle would result
spirits and healing the sick, they had not yet in the true unity of the faith as described in
become the dwelling place of God until the Ephesians 4:13.

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Lake believed the secret to Christianity is the Spirit and power. It is by becoming one
not in DOING but in BEING. It is in being the with the Father that we know peace in the
possessor of the divine nature of Christ and midst of storms. It is through the Lords abiding
His empowering presence. We are to be presence we find the secret place of the
the reflection of Christs character and our most High and abide under the shadow of
message should be in the demonstration of the Almighty.

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KENT MATTOX

We must be radically changed ourselves to go and make


disciples who will preach the Truth of Gods Word

T
here are times in life that circumstances your wings I will rejoice; those who seek my
and situations keep bombarding us until life to destroy it shall go down unto the lower
there is nowhere left to go. That seems parts of the earth, they shall fall by the sword,
to be the point that many of us reach out to they shall be apportioned for the jackals.
our heavenly Father and perhaps, for the first God reminds us that the enemies that have
time, lift our hands in faith, trusting that He will stood at the gate will not stand forever.
somehow, some way, turn our circumstances
around. Lifting our hands to worship is a great Combining faith, praise, and worship is life
place to begin. When we lift our hands, we changing but taking faith to the next level
place ourselves in the position of surrender is where the Body of Christ finds itself in the
and submit to Gods supernatural ability to 21st century. Church as usual is not cutting
overcome our intellects and begin to sort out it any longer. Traditional churches are on
our circumstances. We are then in position the decline due to a change in our culture.
to focus on deliverance from our bondages Millennials (as a people group) are not
because we know God is at work in our lives. regular church attendees. We have found
that this trend is not a matter of lack of faith
When we meditate on the things that God has or a lack of belief in God, but they are just not
delivered us from in the past, we recognize satisfied with only attending church services.
that He will bring us through whatever we are Millennials are more civic minded and desire
in the middle of now. When we remember to be more hands on. Our research has shown
Him, we are not looking at where we are, we that only providing church programs does
are acknowledging that because You have not reach this generation. Also, technology
been my help; therefore in the shadow of now provides ministry to peoples homes

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through live streaming and social media. actively involved in ministry. We have zones
Through research, we have discovered that with volunteer leaders and 100 small groups
most people who are attending services on where people are being disciple and trained
a regular basis in traditional churches are through fellowship and Bible teaching.
spiritually unemployed. They sit each Sunday
and watch professional clergy do ministry We have prison ministry, missions outreaches,
instead of being actively involved in ministry food packing and distribution, ministry to
themselves. Research confirms that it is not the homeless and poor, and many other
a lack of desire, but there is little, if any, outreaches carried out by volunteers. These
opportunity to participate in hands on ministry outreaches provide opportunities to practice
and missions work. our missional mandate for people who are
committed to serve and meet other peoples
Martin Luthers Reformation in 1517 was a needs instead of only their own.
creed of words: Jesus Christ, our God and
Lord, died for our sins and was raised again for Our goal is strategically growing deeper in
our justification (Romans 3:2425). He alone is discipleship, relationship, and vision. Moreover,
the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of we believe this change in philosophy is
the world (John 1:29), and God has laid on going to result in exponential growth and
Him the iniquity of us all (Isaiah 53:6). All have multiplication instead of addition, and will
sinned and are justified freely, without their result in a strong church that is committed to
own works and merits, by His grace, through social and civic needs that will last for years
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, in His to come.
blood (Romans 3:2325). This is necessary to
believe. This cannot be otherwise acquired or We understand that life changes, relationships
grasped by any work, law or merit. Therefore, it change, people change and that the only
is clear and certain that this faith alone justifies real constant in this natural life is change.
us. Nothing of this article can be yielded or Knowing Christ as Lord and Savior, having
surrendered, even though heaven and earth an intimate relationship with our heavenly
and everything else falls (Mark13:31). Father, and trusting that the Holy Spirit is truly
our Comforter, are the only constants we
The present reformation is a creed of deeds. can really count on. Jesus Christ is the same
In 2009, we began to make drastic changes yesterday, today and forever. We must be
in our organization. We slowly downsized radically changed ourselves to go and make
our staff from 50 fulltime employees to 17. disciples who will preach the Truth of Gods
We began to change programs in our Word. The question that is being asked of
church from attractional to missional, with those who believe in the Good News of the
programs that prepare people to become Gospel is, Are you all in?

Kent Mattox
Word Alive International
Outreach
122 Allendale Road
Oxford, Alabama 36203
contact@wordalive.org
256-831-5280

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Beloved saints of God, so then,
we must not sleep like the rest. We must stay watchful in prayer

D
uring the first week of June 2006 a upon us. The word sorrow in Greek is odin
prophet friend and I were preaching which means, to travail. More specifically,
at a conference in Nazareth, a small sorrows refers to the birth pangs a woman
town in the state of Tamilnadu in South India experiences just prior to the birthing of her
bearing the same name of the biblical town child.
in Israel.
Saints of God be forewarned. The apocalyptic
During one night meeting, this prophet shared events that occur when the seven seals are
a startling message: God had revealed to him broken are not the birth pangs. Rather, they
that soon the seven seals mentioned in the are the beginnings of the birth pangs. The real
Book of Revelation will be broken (Revelation birth pangs begin when the seven trumpets
6:1-17). That word resonated deep in my sound and when the seven bowls of Gods
spirit. I was shaken with a holy fear of the judgments are poured upon the whole earth
imminence. (Revelation 8:7-11; 14:15-16).

The following morning as I was waiting on Why this birthing pain? What will it give birth
God, the Word of the Lord came to me: to? The Scripture says:
Read Matthew 24:8. I quickly opened my
Bible and read to my horror the words: All For we know that the whole creation groans
these are the beginning of sorrows. For the and labors with birth pangs together until
next three hours the Holy Spirit then showed now. Not only that, but we also who have
me the order of the apocalyptic events the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves
mentioned in Revelation 6-16. The time of groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the
sorrows, the Lord counseled, will soon come adoption, the redemption of our body.

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Romans 8:22-23 horse of Zechariah is riding the length and
breadth of the earth to spy the land.
The birth pangs will give birth to the SECOND
COMING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST as King I humbly believe the RED HORSE I saw in my
of kings and Lord of lords (Revelation 19:11- visions signifies what is going to happen next
16). on the face of the earthwars and rumors of
wars, the fulfillment of Matthew 24:6-7.
The Horsemen
From December 2006 till now, I have seen with As alarming as it may sound let us not be
growing alarm a series of three similar visions troubled. Lets pay heed to the counsel of the
of the valiant galloping fiery red horseman on Lord: All this is but the beginning [the early
a flaming red horse. In the book of Revelation pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable
four horses are mentioned there: White horse, anguish] (Matthew 24:8, AMP).
Red horse, Black horse, and Pale horse. Their
riders seem to be empowered to unleash Is there anything then that we can or should
terrible and destructive judgments on earth do? Again pay heed to the counsel of the
(Revelation 6:1-17). Lord: Watch therefore and pray always that
you may be counted worthy to escape all
Another horseman is mentioned in the book these things that will come to pass, and to
of Zechariah: stand before the Son of Man (Luke 21:36).

I saw by night, and behold a man riding on Beloved saints of God, so then, we must not
a red horse, and it stood among the myrtle sleep like the rest. We must stay watchful in
trees in the hollow; and behind him were prayer. We must remain sober, looking at
horses: red, sorrel, and white the signs of the times, for we are living close
Zechariah 1:8 to the consummation of the end times (I
Thessalonians 5:6).
Who is this horseman? The Scripture provides
the answer: these are the ones whom the Beloved saints of God, the time is now at
Lord has sent to walk to and fro throughout hand for the Lord Jesus to come as a thief
the earth (v.10). in the night. Let us be watchful. Let us keep
our spiritual garment clean and intact lest we
Before God poured out His judgments upon walk naked and in shame (Revelation 16:15).
Sodom and Gomorrah, He sent His angels
to spy the land (Genesis 18:21-22). Likewise, Maranatha!
before the seven seals are broken, the red

Sadhu Sundar Salvaraj


Jesus Ministries | Angel TV

Villivakkam, Chennai, India

www.jesusministries.org
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There is a question that must now be asked to those who desire to
run this race: are you willing to lay down your life to win the prize?

We are in the final lap of a cosmic race that I knew to pace myself so I would not expend
began before the foundation of the world. The most of my energy at the beginning of the
baton has been passed to this final generation race. That didnt mean I was to coast and
as we are tasked with completing this race take it easy no I had to challenge myself to
and crossing the finish line. Each one of us push the limits of my endurance to keep an
has the great privilege of being a participator acceptable pace and to stay in the pack.
in this race rather than a spectator. However, the time came when we entered
into the last lap, in particular the last 220 (half
There is a question that must now be asked a lap) that it was time to dig deep and give it
to those who desire to run this race: are you everything we had. The finish line was in sight.
willing to lay down your life to win the prize? Only one would be the winner in this race
so with all that was within you would push
Each proceeding generation had to wrestle yourself to the point of collapse to win.
with this question and from every nation,
from every generation, there were those who We must realize that to cross this finish line,
carried this baton and finished their course. the status quo of the Christian life and
This generation is unique. We will see the experience is not enough. We must choose
culmination, the climax of all that the Lord the consecrated life a life of discipline,
began from the foundation of the world. sanctification and holiness in order to fulfill our
destiny in this hour.
With that in mind, what must we do to prepare
ourselves for this race? Let me give you an example. Often times
while traveling and ministering I will have
I know form experience as a younger man individuals come to me wanting to know the
some of the preparation that it takes to run in secret of moving deeper into the things of
a race. My sport was distance running with God. They want a quick one off solution to
an emphasis on the mile and two mile events. walking in the spirit.

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meditating on what I was discovering. It
While this does show a measure of hunger and changed my life forever!
passion, there is a flaw that has pervaded the
church as a whole and that is the concept In the Old Testament the word name in
that everything scripture has to offer should every instance but two speaks of character,
be given with no effort on the individuals honor and authority. In the New Testament
part. This is not accurate nor biblical. the word name means character and
authority.
While Jesus paid the price for our redemption
He clearly states in His word that we are to In Proverbs 18:10 it says,
work out our own salvation. What does that
mean? I thought it was all paid for on the The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the
cross and Im a completed work! Yes and no. righteous run into it and are safe.
Proverbs 18:10

In John 1:12-13 it states, Let me define that for you based upon our
understanding of the word name.
But as many as received Him, to them He
gave the right to become children of God, The CHARACTER of the Lord is a strong tower;
to those who believe in His name: who were the righteous are conformed to it and are
born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, safe!
nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12-13 Now, thats an amplification based upon
study of the original Hebrew but it is accurate.
Notice it says that those who receive Him It is conformity to His character that brings us
(salvation), to them He gives the right or the into a realm of relationship and intimacy that
privilege or the power, to become children of so many want! Not only that but without this
God. Salvation is the starting point. Maturity conformity we will never fulfill our destiny!
is a process of the development of Christ like
character. In Genesis 17 we recognize the ongoing
story of Abram as he travels from his home
Every day each one of us is faced with land to a country and destiny that only the
challenges. In each challenge throughout Lord understands. But by faith he obeys the
the day we have an opportunity to make a voice of the Lord. He is given a promise that
choice of whether or not we will respond by his descendants will be as numerous as the
the spirit or react in a fleshly way. The simplest sand of the seashore and the stars of heaven.
example that most of us are familiar with is the I love this depiction as it gives us an amazing
road rage test! How do you react/respond revelation of what we as individuals are to do
when someone cuts you off on the road or with the promises the Lord has given us for our
is so slow that the artic ice shelf moves faster lives.
then them? Do we react by cursing them
and shouting or do we respond by praying for Every day while wandering in the wilderness
them? of the middle east Abram would look before
him and see sand! Every night as he would
The choice was ours. Though you are saved sit by his dwelling place and gaze into the
you are still in a process of becoming more heavens he would see stars! Day and night
and more like Jesus. Just like Paul we must the promise of the Lord for his life was
learn to die daily to the works of our flesh continually before his face!
that we may model the life of Christ.
We are to keep His promises for our life
Some years ago the Lord spoke to me over continually before our eyes so that day or
the New Year Holiday and said He wanted night, we are looking at His promises not our
me to study the word name in scripture. I circumstances!
had never even thought of studying a word
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No longer shall your name be called Abram, Now, I dont know about you but when I read
but your name shall be Abraham; for I have this I thought, What kind of blessing is this?
made you a father of many nations. I will Well, if you understand true biblical prosperity
make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make this would make perfect sense. From that
nations of you, and kings shall come from you. day forward Jacob was no longer able to rely
And I will establish My covenant between Me upon his own strength to get him where he
and you and your descendants after you in wanted to go. He became utterly dependent
their generations, for an everlasting covenant, upon the Lord to lead him!
to be God to you and your descendants after
you. Also I give to you and your descendants Still, Jacob persists and will not let this
after you the land in which you are a stranger, messenger go. He wants another blessing!
all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting Now pay attention to this messengers answer:
possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:5-8 So He said to him, What is your name?
Genesis 32:27
Abram had a promise and a destiny for his life.
However, he was unable to see the fulfillment Heres the blessing!
of that destiny with his current name/
character! The Lord was basically telling him And He said, Your name shall no longer
that he needed to submit to a change of be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have
character in order to see the fulfillment of the struggled/wrestled with God and with men,
destiny God had pronounced over his life! and have prevailed.
Genesis 32:28
Abram means exalted father. Abraham
means father of a multitude. Did you get that? The blessing was a change
of character! What is your name/character?
You see this change of character/name Im going to give you a new character a
many times throughout scripture. Sarai which new name!
means princess was changed to Sarah
which means princess of a multitude. Jacob went from being a man of deception
to a man whose character was prince with
Jacob at Jabbok in Genesis 32:22-28 is a very God or one who rules as God.
graphic example of this process of conformity
to Godly Character. Jacob, whose name In order to fulfill his destiny there was a deeper
means heal catcher, deceiver, supplanter work of sanctification that was necessary!
was a man with a profound destiny.
Throughout his life however he continually We are all in a race we are encouraged
tried to see that destiny accomplished to run that we may obtain the prize! To
through his own manipulations and strength. move towards the end of the age without
contending with the Lord for our character
Finally, after years of struggle he comes to a being conformed to Christ is the surest way to
moment of crisis and decision; a dark night not winning that prize!
of the soul experience. He is left alone at
Jabbok to wrestle with God. Jabbok means, In the New Testament we see some profound
to be poured forth, to become transparently truths as we look at some well known
empty. It speaks of a transition from the life scriptures with this understanding about the
of the flesh to a life in the spirit. word name.

In this dark place he is wrestling with the Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord,
messenger of the Lord (most scholars agree have we not prophesied in Your name, cast
this was a manifestation of the pre-incarnate out demons in Your name, and done many
Christ) until the breaking of the day. He is wonders in Your name? And then I will
desperate for a touch and blessing from the declare to them, I never knew you; depart
Lord. So the Lord blesses him! At once his hip from Me, you who practice lawelessness!
is put out of joint! (vs 25). Matthew 7:22-23

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Many today believe they are doing great Jesus walked in total submission to the voice
things in the name of the Lord yet when you of the Spirit of God. Forsaking what we think
examine their lives you find there is nothing that we know for the challenge of obedience to
shows them walking in Christ-like character. Jesus and His word. Conformity to Christ-like
There is a deficit. They may have exercised character is a must for those who desire to
their gifts to the point of being proficient in walk in the deeper mysteries of the Kingdom
them, but there was not a yieldedness to God of Heaven in this hour!
in the exercising of those gifts.
In John 14:13 we see a profound truth in
Many ministries while professing an intimate regards to the word name.
walk with the Lord still fall short of submission
to His will. They know they have a call and And whatever you ask in My name, that I will
so in an effort to see that destiny fulfilled they do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
embrace many of the ideals of the world to John 14:13
become more visible and successful. After
all, they state, we are to be wise as serpents Whatever we ask for with Christ-like character
and harmless as doves. We have to be He will do! So many have difficulty in the arena
culturally relevant. of seeing their prayers answered. Ive seen so
many give up in despair because it seems as
Allow me to make an observation the bible if the heavens are brass. Is it possible we have
is culturally relevant and has set the standard been coming to His throne of Grace without
for human conduct for generations. We do an understanding of what He is looking for?
not change the word to fit the culture! We
conform the culture to the word! We are not If we come to the Father in Jesus name/
call upon to embrace worldly standards of character then the Father sees Jesus! He
success to ministry. We are not encouraged sees an exact representation of His Son
to enact Madison Avenue marketing Jesus because we have been conformed
techniques to help us become more visible to His character! Now He will answer in full
and successful. confidence that we are not coming to Him
with the idea of seeing our own lusts being
We are called to be LIKE HIM! When His fulfilled and our flesh being enlarged!
light shines in us, the world will come to that
light. When we try and look like the world we And whatever you do in word or deed, do
become ineffective! We are doing our own all in the name (character) of the Lord Jesus,
works and not His. giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
Colossians 3:17
John 2:23 states,
Are you seeing this? Am I making sense? If
Now when He was in Jerusalem at the we are to take the baton and win this race
Passover, during the feast, many believed in then we must choose this lane/path of
His name when they saw the signs which He sanctification and conformity to Christ. If
did. we are willing to do anything to walk in
John 2:23 the supernatural realm and to experience
the powers of the age to come we must
Jesus works were an outward display of understand the process of maturity that is
His character! His works did not define His necessary for us to become like Him.
character, His character defined His works.
In John 5:19 He said that He only did what If we want victory in every area of our lives
He saw the Father doing. In other words this is the key! At the name of Jesus, every
He only did what the Father told Him to do knee shall bow and every tongue confess He
not what He thought was right or what He is Lord!
wanted to do. Not what the Denomination or
the current Theology said should be done. He As His character of developed in us we will
did what the Father told Him to do! realize a startling truth. When we walk into any
circumstance or challenge immediately we
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presence of the Lord then we must walk in His We continue to press toward the mark for the
Character! prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus!
We strive daily to enter this rest! We choose to
It is very telling throughout scripture when a die daily to the lusts of the flesh, the lust of the
demonized individual was brought into the eyes and the pride of life.
presence of Jesus they would immediately
bow their knee and confess He was the We are on a quest to run this last lap and win
Son of God. That is dominion authority and that prize! The choice is ours to make! The
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I
n Australia, an ISIS jihadi attacked an ex- Brussels where roughly half of Belgiums
soldier in prison. He had a hand-drawn Muslims currently live the Muslim population
ISIS flag in his cell. has reached 300,000, or roughly 25%. This
makes Brussels one of the most Islamic cities in
Australia is to cancel the citizenship of up to Europe. Approximately 100,000 Muslims live
110 Muslims who have joined ISIS. in the Brussels district of Molenbeek, which has
emerged as the center of Belgian jihadism.
In Canada, Muslim migrant children were
caught choking and brutalizing non-Muslim Current and former U.S. and European
students. Staff intervened. There are other counter-terrorism officials told NBC News that
concerned parents in Canada reporting the deadly attacks in Brussels raise questions
incidents of violence. about the ability of Belgian authorities to cope
with the scale of the countrys terror problem.
The triple terrorist bombings that killed at
least 31 people in the heart of Brussels the In Belgium, a March against Fear was
European Unions capital - prompted a swift cancelled for fear of a jihad attack.
reaction from European leaders, with Frances
prime minister declaring that we are at war In Brussels, jihadis worked in the airport where
and Britains prime minister asserting that we they killed infidels. Fifty more ISIS supporters still
will never let these terrorists win. work there. They have a security badge and
access to the cockpit of a plane.
The arrest of a jihadist linked to the November
attacks in Paris revealed a large network In Belgiun, Muslims celebrated in the streets
operating in the Molenbeek area, the after the Brussels jihad massacre while the
epicenter of terrorism in Brussels. media ignored them.

The Muslim population of Belgium is expected In Switzerland, a school has exempted


to reach 700,000 in 2016, or around 6.2% of Muslim boys from shaking hands with female
the overall population, according to figures teachers.
extrapolated from a recent study by the
Pew Research Center. In percentage terms, Germany wants Muslim migrants to integrate
Belgium has one of the highest Muslim or lose their rights to residency.
populations in Western Europe. In metropolitan

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In Germany, a train operator is introducing hands of Jesus fate ahead of his crucifixion.
women-only carriages amid fears over Exactly who is preparing to crucify the Muslim
migrant sex attacks. migrants?

European authorities have been overwhelmed Turkey and EU reps have reached a deal on
as hundreds of Islamic State fighters return a plan for handling refugees. Greece has
home. started shipping refugees back to Turkey.
Turkey will take back refugees entering
Sweden is on the verge of collapse due to Greece illegally in return for the EU taking in
migrant crime. Its legal system is about to thousands of Syrian refugees directly from
collapse as the huge influx of asylum seekers, Turkey. Turkey will be rewarded with more
criminal gangs and religious extremism money, early visa-free travel and progress in
have stretched the Swedish police to a EU membership negotiations.
breaking point. The situation is described as
catastrophic. Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia and Macedonia
have closed their borders to migrants,
In Sweden, with no vacant apartments, the following Bulgaria and Macedonias decision
welcome wagon here is a double row of to do the same on its border with Greece.
shabby, stifling trailers hauled in to house This leaves tens of thousands of migrants
the overflow from the nearby Arena Hotel. stranded, prompting Angela Merkel to say
There, almost 400 asylum seekers from Syria, closing borders is not the solution to the entire
Afghanistan and beyond live four to a room. problem.

In Sweden, 19 Muslim refugee children In Holland they have found ten Syrian war
rioted in a shelter and attacked staff with crime suspects among the Muslim migrants.
improvised weapons because the staff
would not buy them candy. Staff members Among young European Muslims, support
were forced to lock themselves in a room for for suicide bombings range from 22% in
protection. Germany to 29% in Spain, 35% in Britain and
42% in France, according to a Pew poll. In the
In Sweden, young male asylum seekers have UK, one in five Muslims have sympathy for the
turned Swedens public swimming pools into Caliphate. Today more British Muslims join ISIS
ordeals of rape and sexual assault. Swedish than the British army. In the Netherlands, a
politicians seem convinced that some survey shows that the 80% of Dutch Turks see
education on equality will change the ways nothing wrong in ISIS.
of men, who, since childhood, have been
taught that it is the responsibility of women not ISIS (ISLAMIC STATE)
to arouse them -- and therefore the womans Thousands of documents identifying 22,000
fault if the man feels like raping her. More and supporters of Islamic State in over 50
more Swedes are now avoiding public pools countries were handed over to Sky News by a
altogether. disillusioned former member of the group... It
said it had informed the authorities about the
Staff at Malms Hylliebadet family adventure documents, which were on a memory stick
pool were given strict instructions not to stolen from the head of Islamic States internal
report certain things, and above all, never to security force by a man who had been part
mention the ethnicity or religion of those who of the Free Syrian Army rebel group before
cause problems at the pool. joining Islamic State.

In Austria, a Muslim taxi driver beat up a gay The Islamic State group has trained at least
couple saying people like you should be 400 fighters to target Europe in deadly waves
shot. of attacks, deploying interlocking terror cells
like the ones that struck Brussels and Paris with
Pope Francis in his Palm Sunday homily orders to choose the time, place and method
decried what he called indifference to the for maximum chaos, officials have told The
refugees flooding into Europe, making a Associated Press.
comparison to authorities who washed their

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ISIS is indoctrinating children from birth through What we are now seeing in recent months...
an extremism-based education similar to that is the broadening of that threat, more plans
taught by the Nazi regime in a bid to create to attack Western lifestyle...going from that
a generation more lethal than themselves, a narrow focus on police and military and
study has revealed. symbols of the state to something much
broader, Rowley told reporters.
A top Pentagon official has said that Islamic
State jihadists in Iraq and Syria are losing the ISIS terrorists are planning to use drones to
lengthy fight against the US-led coalition, even spray nuclear material over Western cities in a
as the jihadists continue to mount attacks horrific dirty bomb attack, David Cameron
overseas like the one in Brussels recently which has warned. World leaders are concerned
ISIS claimed responsibility for. that jihadists want to buy basic drones that
are widely available online to transport
Turkey has identified the suicide bomber radioactive material into the heart of major
behind a recent attack in Istanbul as a cities in a strike that could kill thousands. The
member of ISIS born in the southern Turkish city Prime Minister warned that the dangers of ISIS
of Gaziantep. Turkish officials said three Israelis getting hold of nuclear material was only
were among the five people killed in a suicide too real.
bombing that rocked a main pedestrian
thoroughfare in the heart of Istanbul. At least ISIS terrorists have attacked Syrian army troops
11 Israelis were among the 36 injured in the with mustard gas in an offensive against a
explosion. Syrian military airport in the eastern province
of Deir al-Zor that borders Iraq.
A suicide bomber killed at least 29 people
and wounded 60 others in an attack on a ISIS crucified at least eight men on electricity
crowd gathered at a soccer stadium south of poles in its de facto capital of Raqqa, Syria,
Baghdad. ISIS has claimed responsibility. recently, according to human rights activists.

As ISIS expands its global reach by directing ISIS is expanding in Africa as Somali Muslims
and inspiring attacks in the West, the U.S. is pledge allegiance to the ISIS leader.
stepping up its offensive in Iraq and Syria,
including increased military operations, The number of ISIS fighters in Libya has
additional U.S. forces and targeted raids to doubled from last year and is now estimated
wipe out the militant groups top leadership. to be between 4,000 and 6,000.

The Pentagon will submit proposals to TWO-STATE SOLUTION


President Barack Obama for strengthening The Wall Street Journal has reported that the
military support to Iraqi forces in the near White House was working on plans to revive
future, a top US military official said. We the long stalled peace talks between the
have a series of recommendations that we Israelis and the Palestinians. However, his plan
will discuss with the president in the coming is to go directly to the UN Security Council.
weeks to further enable our support for the The disturbing part of this is that Obamas
Iraqi security forces, said General Joseph tactic, similar to the tactic he adopted in
Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. concluding the nuclear deal with Iran, is not
to have the parties sit down and deal with
Islamic State fighters want to carry out each other, but rather to go directly to the
enormous and spectacular attacks United Nations Security Council and have his
against Britain and the Western lifestyle in way enshrined in international law.
general, Britains most senior anti-terrorism
officer has said. London Metropolitan Police John Kerry declared that the Obama
Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley said the administration is looking for a way forward to
threat from the group which has taken over bring about creation of a Palestinian state. He
large parts of Syria and Iraq was evolving, said that Palestinian statehood is absolutely
and that it was keen to repeat elsewhere essential. Not just an idea worth exploring;
incidents such as last years Paris shootings not just something to be considered. Rather,
and suicide attacks that killed 130 people. absolutely essential. Kerry and President

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Obama have made up their minds and will that Gods promises have not been shifted to
not consider any alternatives. They have the Palestinians.
decided that establishing an independent Pray that the eyes of church leaders would be
Palestinian state is the only solution to the opened to the threat of Islam and Christian
Arab-Israeli conflict. Palestinianism

Each fall, when the United Nation General ISRAEL:


Assembly begins, a slew of resolutions The Ministry of Tourism is preparing to invest
condemning the State of Israel is offered up, an impressive NIS 11 million to promote
with very few resolutions condemning the LGBT(lesbians, etc) tourism to Israel. The
rest of the world ever proposed. This past ministry is planning a campaign targeting
November, the General Assembly adopted multiple countries, including many in Europe,
six nonbinding resolutions against Israel, and that is intended to promote Israel as a liberal
zero against Syria, North Korea, Venezuela, country and entice members of the LGBT
Sudan, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, community to visit.
Iran or the Islamic State group. This came
at a time when the Syrian regime was The Israel Air Force is highly disturbed by
massacring its own people in the most horrific the drastic rise in the threat of ballistic missiles
way imaginable, and the Islamic State group to Israel, and the ongoing Middle Eastern
was busy conquering huge swaths of North arms race, a senior air force official has
Africa and the Middle East, as they raped, said. Speaking at a conference in Tel Aviv...
plundered and decapitated. Brig.-Gen. Tal Kelman, Chief of Staff in the
Israel Air Force (IAF), provided a glimpse into
Envoys from the Middle East Quartet, made up the central challenges engaging air force
of the US, Russia, EU and UN, met in Jerusalem command.
recently to work on a report it is expected to
release in a number of months on the steps Israel has criticised the UN Human Rights
needed to create a political environment Council for voting to establish a database
conducive to a relaunch of Israeli-Palestinian of firms doing business in settlements in the
negotiations. occupied West Bank. The Israeli ambassador
to the UN called the database a blacklist
Pray for all those who are taking the gospel and said the body was acting obsessively
message to the Jewish people. May new against it. But the Palestinian envoy said the
converts be well-discipled. Pray for Messianic move was a message of hope for his people.
congregations, especially that they would Settlements built on territories occupied by
not be led into the deceptions flooding the Israel in 1967 are considered illegal under
western church. Pray for open doors and international law, but Israel disputes this
open hearts to receive the gospel message. position. About 500,000 Jews live alongside
2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank and
Pray for the Gospel message to reach the East Jerusalem.
Palestinians and all Muslims wherever they
live. Pray for Muslim children who are being The terror wave has continued, with 7 terror
taught to hate Jews and Christians and that attacks in 24 hours, with one dead and more
jihad and martyrdom are good things. than a dozen injured in the spate of attacks.
Muslims are the most under-evangelised Israel has a new device called the Obstacle
people group in the world. Pray for many that detects and collapses tunnels, even as
more harvesters. more are being built. The goal is to be able to
destroy the tunnels, without devastating the
Pray for the blinded church. Many of the structures above ground. Israel incurred the
mainline Protestant churches have been wrath of the nations for levelling Palestinian
actively boycotting Israel, encouraging pro- buildings as they took out the terror tunnels,
Palestinian activism and demanding that built underneath them, in the last two
Western governments stop sending aid to operations against Hamas in Gaza. The US
Jerusalem. Pray especially for eyes to be and Israel are collaborating on this project.
opened to see that Allah is not the God of
the Bible and that Muslims are not saved and PA President Mahmoud Abbas praised as a

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martyr a young Palestinian woman who $3 billion annually, expire in 2018, and Israeli
attempted to kill an IDF soldier with her car. officials have spoken of needing around $4.5
We see in her a martyr who watered the pure billion. US officials have balked at such an
earth of Palestine with her blood, he wrote in increase. At the heart of the dispute is how to
a letter to the parents of Amani Husni Sabatin, perpetuate Israels qualitative military edge
34, from the Palestinian village of Husan, near - a guarantee that it gets more advanced
Bethlehem, who was killed by IDF troops as US weapons than Arab states get. Israel says
she ran over a soldier in the Gush Etzion area. it needs to bulk up its armed forces, not just
The soldier was lightly injured. upgrade their technologies, to keep ahead
of potential foes.
A Muslim cleric has been given 11 months jail
for inciting violence against Jews. The Israelis have shut down a Palestinian
Islamic Jihad TV station that was encouraging
France has acceded to Netanyahus request Palestinians to attack Israelis.
to shut down a Hamas-run TV station that
aired content which constituted anti-Israel Messianic soldiers in the Israeli army are now
and anti-Jewish incitement. Netanyahu bolder that ever about their faith. From the
had earlier urged Hollande to move against survey results, it is clear that openness about
the transmission of Al Aksa television being Yeshua (Jesus) in the Israeli army is indeed
broadcast on the French satellite service the new normal. Of those Messianic soldiers
EUTELSAT. asked by KNI, a remarkable 96% say that their
fellow soldiers know of their belief in Yeshua as
After rocket fire from Gaza, Netanyahu has the Messiah.
warned that Israel will not allow Palestinians
to launch rockets into Israel. The Israeli Air Nearly six months of non-stop Palestinian
Force has carried out strikes against four attacks dampened prospects for an Easter
Hamas targets in the northern part of Gaza, tourism season that normally provides this
the Israel Defense Forces said. One 10 year- historic region a big economic boost.
old Palestinian boy was killed and his 8-year-
old sister was injured, according to Palestinian One year after commencing field testing,
medical sources and the Al Qassam Brigades, the Israel Defense Forces have declared
the armed wing of Hamas. that a new guided artillery rocket called the
Romach (Spear) is now operational.
Netanyahu has decided to complete the
security barrier in the area of Jerusalem in the TEMPLE MOUNT:
aftermath of the three terror attacks in one To commemorate the special nature of
day, in which an American graduate student the new Month, the Temple Institute, in
was killed and 15 people were injured. The conjunction with the Sanhedrin and other
attacks occurred around the time that US Temple organizations, held a re-enactment of
Vice President Joe Biden landed in Israel for the service as it would have been performed
a two-day visit. in the Temple. The ceremony was intended to
be educational for the spectators and a dry-
US Vice President Joe Biden criticized run for the priests who participated.
Palestinians for a failure to condemn a
stabbing spree that killed an American The Temple Institute has announced a
student and war veteran the day before, new initiative to identify, select and register
after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas kohanim who would be eligible to prepare
political party posted a statement online the Red Heifer, as part of reinstating worship
praising the stabber. at the Holy Temple in Jerusalem when it is
rebuilt.
Israels neighbors are buying arms on a scale
that threatens its regional military superiority, Israel has revoked permission for Palestinians
the deputy Israeli air force chief said, in remarks from the Gaza Strip to travel to Jerusalem for
that appeared aimed at helping secure more Friday prayers on the Temple Mount, claiming
defense aid from a reluctant Washington. US exploitation of the system and misuse of
military payouts to Israel, currently around permits granted by Israeli authorities. As part

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of a ceasefire agreement that ended the with Foreign Aid money. The PA has continued
2014 Gaza war, some 200 Gazans above the to award lifetime payments to convicted
age of 60 have received weekly permission to terrorists, despite a promise to end the
enter Israel in order to worship at the al-Aqsa practice, an investigative report published
Mosque. by The Mail on Sunday revealed. The report
was part of a broader investigation into what
PALESTINIANS: the paper described as the wasteful use of
The United Nations Human Rights Council British taxpayer money.
(UNHRC) in Geneva has approved a
resolution to gather a blacklist of Israeli and SYRIA:
international companies operating directly or As regime forces continue to beat back ISIS
indirectly in settlements in the West Bank, East in Syria, the countrys embattled president
Jerusalem and in the Golan Heights. This list is Assad is using the gains to his advantage to
to be updated annually. convince the West that hes a viable partner
in the fight against terrorism.
Hamas employs more than 1,000 operatives
to excavate underground tunnels in the Gaza As the Syria peace talks resume, President
Strip, Israel Radio has reported. According to Bashar al-Assad, backed militarily by Iran and
the report, the terrorist organization invests Russia, shows no willingness to compromise,
hundreds of thousands of dollars each much less step aside to allow a transition
month in the digging activities, paying each Western powers claim is the solution to the
operative engaged in the process some 300 conflict. Threatened by rebel advances
to 400 dollars a month. last year, Assad is now pumped up with
confidence after Russian air strikes reversed
In the Palestinian territories, Christians are the tide and enabled his army to recover
forced to live like dhimmis -- second-class lost ground from Sunni insurgents as well
citizens who survive largely by the protection- as the jihadis of Islamic State. While Syria
money they are required to pay to buy their experts doubt he can recapture the whole
daily safety. These barely-tolerated citizens country without an unlikely full-scale ground
exist only at the whim and pleasure of the ruling intervention by Russia and Iran, they also
Muslim majority. Muslim Arab discrimination doubt President Vladimir Putin will force him
against non-Muslims includes economic and out - unless there is a clear path to stability,
socially prejudicial behavior that makes it which could take years.
difficult or impossible for Christian Arabs to run
a profitable business or for their families to be The CIA is fighting the Pentagon in Syria! The
fully integrated into society. fractured situation in Syria is looking even
more bleak as forces allied with different parts
Father Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of of the US defense establishment are fighting
Jerusalem, falsely blames Israel for the against each other. The Los Angeles Times
ongoing spate of Palestinian violence against reports that the Kurdish-dominated Syrian
Israeli civilians. Catholics should raise this issue Democratic Forces (SDF), which is supported
with the Vatican. by the Pentagon, has been clashing with the
CIA-backed Arab Fursan al-Haq militia near
The preachers, who belong to the Hamas- Aleppo.
controlled Wakf (Islamic trust) Ministry in the
Gaza Strip, enter schools and ensure, through According to the Al-Hayat pan-Arab
the exorcism rite, that the children are newspaper in London, Russia has agreed to
repentant and faithful to Islam. These are the a long-standing demand of Syrian opposition
children who are later recruited as warriors forces that Assad be removed from power.
in the jihad against Israel and the infidels. The United States and Russia have agreed to
The Gaza City school video captures on let Assad seek refuge in another country as
camera the Palestinian leaders brainwashing part of a future political solution.
and abuse of their own children with children
crying. It should be noted that recently there have
been several contradictory reports on
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Russia regarding the fate of Assad. Al-Hayat president in 2014.
represents the Saudi hawkish line of coverage
of the Syrian crisis and therefore it is quite Four Muslim men detained by police for
possible that this is a leak emanating from attacking a church building in the Black Sea
one of the Gulf countries aimed at exerting region of Turkey last week shouted jihadist
pressure. slogans after they were released from
custody.
After months of condemning Russias military
incursion into Syria as merely propping up a A suicide bomb attack at a busy shopping
brutal regime, the Pentagon has conceded area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed at
that President Vladimir Putins air force has least four people, officials say. Up to 20 people
begun to strike the Islamic State terrorist army. were injured, three seriously. The area - Istiklal
Street - is reportedly crowded at weekends.
The presidents of Russia and Iran have agreed
to step up bilateral contacts, including over A car bomb tore through a crowded transport
the Syrian conflict, in which both countries are hub in the Turkish capital, Ankara killing at least
allies of President Bashar al-Assad. The Syrian 34 people and wounding 125 in the second
government and Western-backed opposition such attack in the administrative heart of the
are currently holding U.N.-mediated peace city in under a month. Israelis were targeted,
talks as part of a diplomatic push launched murdering three and wounding 11. The suicide
with U.S.-Russian support to end the five-year bomber had links to ISIS.
conflict in which more than a quarter of a
million people have been killed. The death toll in Turkey from terror attacks since
October was now at nearly 200, including 14
Former Israeli military intelligence chief Amos tourists.
Yadlin said...the Russian army remains in
Syria and its forces are not abandoning the New documentation shows that the Turkish
fight against Islamic State. Yadlin made the government is allowing Muslims to pass freely
remarks at a cultural event in Beersheba, through Turkey to ISIS.
weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin
said that the main part of Russian armed Turkey has been rounding up and forcibly
forces in Syria would start to withdraw. sending back about 100 Syrian refugees
nearly every day since January, according to
Russias Defense Ministry says its warplanes a new report by Amnesty International.
have struck targets around the ancient city
of Palmyra in support of the Syrian armys Belonging to ISIS or trafficking in slavery
offensive there. The ministry said Russian evidently do not constitute serious crimes in
warplanes hit 146 targets Sunday through Turkey. But signing petitions calling for peace
Wednesday, killing 320 militants. It said that and non-violence, or requesting political
Russian jets also destroyed five tanks, six equality for Kurds, are unspeakable offenses.
artillery systems, two ammunition depots and
15 vehicles. Backed by Russian strikes, Syrian We are not shocked that the defendants
government forces reached Palmyra, which have been acquitted. This lawsuit has
has been held by the Islamic State group become one of the hundreds of other lawsuits
since May. in our country in which the criminals have
been protected even though the evidence
TURKEY: against them is obvious. Association of
Turkey has moved closer to dictatorship with Progressive Women, on the acquittal of six
the seizure of the nations largest newspaper people charged with having ties with ISIS and
Zaman. The move to seize Zaman and trading in Yazidi sex slaves.
put it under the administration of a court-
appointed panel of trustees emphasized Requesting peace has become a crime in
what critics say is a rapid deterioration of free- this country. The state of Turkey has committed
speech rights under the Islamist government the gravest rights violations against those
of Mr. Erdogan, who was prime minister for who struggle for human rights, against the
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Korur Fincanci, President of the Human Rights Tehrans recent ballistic missile tests did not
Foundation of Turkey. violate a UN resolution and were not illegal,
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Professional criminals convince parents that said after being questioned on the issue by
their daughters are going to a better life Australia.
in Turkey. The parents are given 2000-5000
Turkish liras ($700-$1700) as a bride price -- Iran test-launched two ballistic missiles
an enormous sum for a poor Syrian family. emblazoned with the phrase Israel must be
Girls between the ages of twelve and wiped out in Hebrew, Iranian media reported,
sixteen are referred to as pistachios, those in a show of power by the Shiite nation as U.S.
between seventeen and twenty are called Vice President Joe Bidens visited Jerusalem.
cherries, twenty to twenty-two are apples, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called
and anyone older is a watermelon. From on world powers to punish Iran for this.
a report on Turkey, by End Child Prostitution,
Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children The United States and three allies are calling
for Sexual Purposes. for a Security Council meeting to formulate
an appropriate response to Irans recent
Although the desperate victims are their ballistic missile tests which they say were
Muslim sisters and brothers, wealthy Arab carried out in defiance of a UN resolution
states do not take in refugees. The people in and to threaten Israel. A report from the
this area know too well that asylum seekers US, France, Britain and Germany obtained
would bring with them problems, both social by The Associated Press calls the launches
and economic. For many Muslim men such destabilizing and provocative and says the
as wealthy, aging Saudis, it is easier to buy Shahab-3 medium-range ballistic missile and
Syrian children from Turkey, Syria or Jordan as Qiam-1 short-range ballistic missile that were
cheap sex slaves. fired are inherently capable of delivering
nuclear weapons.
After 10 months of urban conflict in Turkeys
war-torn southeast, the government has Over 450,000 people have joined the
expropriated huge sections of property, Iranian House Church Movement. Hundreds
apparently to rebuild and restore the historical of thousands of Christians are worshiping
centre of the regions largest city, Diyarbakir. secretly in a rapidly accelerating house
But to the dismay of the citys handful of church movement in Iran, as a London-based
Christian congregations, this includes all its theological center is aiding the movement
Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches. by training the next generation of its spiritual
Unlike the state-funded mosques, Turkeys leaders. The Iranian government labels
ancient church buildings some of which Christianity as a threat to the nations Islamic
pre-date Islam have been managed, identity and imprisoned over 100 Christians for
historically, by church foundations. The new worshiping Christ. Such crackdowns on faith,
decision has effectively made the Diyarbakir however, have not prevented Iranian house
churches one 1,700 years old, another built churches from blossoming into a movement
only in 2003 state property of Turkey, an too big for the Iranian religious police to
Islamic country of 75 million. contain.

IRAN: IRAQ:
Iran is covertly expanding an underground It is estimated that more than 17,000 civilians
network of ballistic missile construction and were killed in Iraq in 2014, four times as many
testing sites, despite new U.S. sanctions as 2012, after the U.S. withdrew its combat
aimed at deterring the Islamic Republics illicit forces. This is a far cry from 2011, when
program, which is believed to be focused on Obama announced the U.S. was leaving a
the delivery of a nuclear warhead. US Vice sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq.
President Joe Biden said that the United States
would take action against Iran if long-range A truck bomb at an Iraqi checkpoint south
ballistic missile tests Tehran said it carried out of Baghdad killed at least 60 people and
were confirmed. wounded more than 70, medical and security
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responsibility for the blast. organization that support the Boycott,
Divestment, and Sanctions movement, or
An Iraqi MP says that the Iraqi army doesnt BDS, which seeks to delegitimize the Jewish
have enough forces to liberate areas of state.
Iraq occupied by ISIS.
UN has used International Womens Day to
The much-awaited liberation of Mosul from attack Israel. The paper reportedly blames
ISIS stalled late last month almost as soon as Israel for all problems facing Palestinian
bullets flew, when Iraqi government troops women and downplays any Palestinian
once again fled from the black-clad terrorist wrongdoing against Israelis. One section, for
army, members of the broad coalition poised example, blames Israel for domestic violence
to retake the key city. against Palestinian women in refugee camps.
Israels ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon,
SAUDI ARABIA: has demanded that Secretary-General Ban
Saudi Arabia has already executed 82 people Ki-moon edit the paper to remove its bias.
this year and is on course to behead twice as This report is a distortion of the truth and it
many prisoners as it did in 2015, according to should be amended immediately, he wrote
new statistics compiled by a leading human in a letter.
rights organisation likely to raise fresh concerns
about the UKs close ties to the Kingdom. In the US, when Catholic Memorial School
and Newton North High Schools played
ANTISEMITISM: a basketball game recently, the Catholic
The United Methodist Church is following students shouted anti-Semitic epithets at their
in the footsteps of the Presbyterian Church opponents. You killed Jesus. The president
(USA), the United Church of Christ and the of Catholic Memorial issued a statement
United Church of Canada, who all passed condemning the abhorrent behavior of
resolutions boycotting and divesting from his students and promising to work toward
the State of Israel. They naively believe that ending it.
this will stop the conflict between Israel and
the Palestinians, but it will only make it worse. In Sweden, the municipality of Malm, with
The delegates from Africa have a more only 318,000 inhabitants, is providing tens of
sympathetic view of Israels plight. thousands of dollars in tax revenues each year
to organizations that spread extreme anti-
The BDS Movement has already fulfilled part Israeli messages. Apelgrdsskolan elementary
of its potential as a stalking horse for those school in Malm lends its premises on Sundays
seeking to destroy Israel by other means. ... Its to an association called Framtidsfreningen
committed not to peace but to a piecemeal [The Future Society]. The organization holds
elimination of Israel. Dr. Harold Brackman, a Sunday school, where, among other things,
Simon Wiesenthal Center. maps are handed out to children where Israel
has been removed, and schoolbooks are
The head of an organization representing distributed in which resistance against Israel
Jewish communities worldwide says it is is celebrated. Framtidsfreningen has also
launching a new initiative to counter the received $4500 from Malms recreational
anti-Israel boycott movement on college board since 2014.
campuses. Ron Lauder, president of the World
Jewish Congress, says his group will dispatch The UK Department for International
activists to as many as two dozen campuses Development (DFID) has announced that it
around the world to train students on how to will withhold its support for War on Want, a
organize and respond to anti-Israel activity. pro-BDS charity and one of the sponsors of
last Februarys Israeli Apartheid Week, The
Top colleges throughout the United States are Telegraph reported.
experiencing an unprecedented rise in anti-
Semitic incidents and anti-Jewish behavior... AMERICA AND ISLAM
The rise in the number and severity of these Obama: We have to reject any attempt
incidents is directly related to anti-Israel to stigmatize Muslim-Americans, and their
activities coordinated by a pro-Palestinian enormous contributions to our country

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from Spanish public schools by official
In a new interview published in The Atlantic enforcers of secularism.
magazine, President Obama says he is more
worried about climate change than the In Belgium, Muslims rioted and attacked police
terrorist group ISIS. ISIS is not an existential after the arrest of a Paris jihad murderer.
threat.
In France, a recent survey found that 25% of
A local Muslim leader in Miami, Florida, has French teenagers were Muslim.
been exposed for posting virulently anti-
Semitic material online, including Holocaust- In France, some police officers have openly
denial and support for the KKK. Sofian refused to protect synagogues or to observe
Abdelaziz Zakkout, the Director of the Miami, a minute of silence to commemorate
Florida-based American Muslim Association the deaths of victims of terrorist attacks.
of North America (AMANA), posted his According to a confidential memo, dated
rantings on his Facebook page, which were January 2015, from the anti-terrorist unit of the
then picked up by Frontpage Magazine. French interior ministry, France is already host
to 8,250 radical Islamists (a 50% increase in
Despite the continuing Muslim genocide one year). Some of these Islamists have gone
of Christians in the Middle East and Africa, to Syria to join ISIS, others have infiltrated all
American Catholic leaders continue not only levels of society, starting with the police and
to turn a blind eye to jihad terror and the the armed forces. There are police officers
persecution of their fellow Christians, but are who listen to and broadcast Muslim chants
actively aiding and abetting the forces that while on patrol.
are persecuting them. Recently, the entire
student body of St. Petersburg Catholic High In Australia, a Muslim has been accused of
School in St. Petersburg, Florida, was called raping six women and targeting 72 more.
together to hear a deceptive presentation
on Islamophobia from the notorious Ahmed In Canada, a Muslim who stabbed soldiers
Bedier, who openly supports the jihad terror had airport security clearance.
group Hezbollah and has worked for the
Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic In Britain, the Muslim population reached 3.4
Relations (CAIR). million to become around 5.3% of the overall
population of 64 million. Britain has the third
In Minneapolis a Muslim airport worker who largest Muslim population in the European
preached non-violent tried to join ISIS. Union, after France and Germany.

VARIOUS: The UK has Sharia courts run by clerics who


The Spanish government has published support amputation for theft, child marriage,
new guidelines for teaching Islam in public marital rape, and wife-beating.
preschools and primary and secondary
schools. The guidelines are being touted The UKs new national history curriculum
as a way to prevent Muslim children and mandates Islamic history but makes British
young people from being drawn into history optional. As Britain forgets its past
terrorism by exposing them to a moderate and teaches the alleged glories of Islamic
interpretation of Islam. On closer inspection, civilization instead, young Britons will not
however, the guidelines drafted by the value Britain or think it worth defending. This
Islamic Commission of Spain and approved is a curriculum designed for those who are
by the Ministry of Education are aimed at being readied for submission and subjugation.
stirring religious fervor and promoting Islamic No landmark event in British history has to be
identity among young Muslims in Spain. The taught. Magna Carta, the two world wars
new plan, which is the most ambitious in and Winston Churchill, for example, are
all of Europe, amounts to a government- included in the curriculum as non-statutory
approved program to establish a full-fledged examples of what teachers could include.
Islamic studies curriculum at public schools Previously teaching of the world wars was
nationwide, at a time when Christian religious compulsory. In contrast, certain topics are
symbols are being systematically removed placed on prescribed lists, for example either

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early Islamic or Mayan civilisation or Benin In the UK there is a Muslim school that is
must be taught. A Department for Education teaching that Jews are plotting world
spokesman said: Weve moved away from dominion. The private Muslim school has 140
the old narrow and prescriptive curriculum to students of elementary school age in classes
give teachers the freedom to deliver lessons which take place after the school day ends.
that will excite and inspire their pupils.

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