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Thursday, April 30, 2020

Anne Graham Lotz on ‘Silver Lining’ In Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘You Can Have Peace, Whatever Comes’

Anne Graham Lotz on ‘Silver Lining’ In Coronavirus Pandemic: ‘You Can Have Peace, Whatever Comes’

04-28-2020 CBN News Talia Wise
Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz knows a thing or two about hanging on to Jesus in tough times. In the last five years, she has lost her husband, Daniel Lotz, her father, the Rev. Billy Graham, and faced her own battle with breast cancer.
Through it all, she says she has learned to lean on the Lord for every need and she says connecting with the Holy Spirit is key for getting through any storm. 
“We are going through a worldwide, life-altering, game-changing event and I believe it is time to look up. it is time to get right with God,” Graham Lotz said. 
Graham Lotz considers the COVID-19 pandemic a very dark cloud but shares that in the middle of the storm there is always a silver lining. 
“I’m reminded of those fierce storms now because the threatening black cloud of the coronavirus has enveloped our nation.  Its powerful impact is ricocheting from “peak to peak”– place to place–from our families to our homes, to our schools, to our businesses, to our sports, to our economy, to our churches, to our healthcare facilities…to our entire way of life, she wrote on her blog, Latest with Anne.  “It seems to be obliterating our view of freedom…of peace…of happiness. The swiftness of this storm’s advance is stunning and almost breath-taking (pun intended).”
“I think the silver lining is when you are a child of God, God is with you,” she told 700 Club host, Terry Meeuwsen. “The Bible says He will never leave, never forsake me. I have faced death in the last four years…but I’ve never lost my peace and never lost joy. And one reason is because of the constant companionship of the Holy Spirit.”
Graham says consistency is the key. She is challenging believers to take time every day to read the Bible and to spend time in prayer. 
“You will have peace in your heart, whatever comes,” she said. “Your faith is going to be stronger, your relationship with the Lord will be closer and I think that’s the silver lining,” she said. “This could be a moment that God would awaken the Church and brings us to that point of revival.”
Grahams adds that this pandemic also provides an opportunity to share the Gospel with those who are afraid and lonely. 
“God has put us in their lives to, for this moment, to help draw them closer to the Lord,” she said. 
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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

'Ripped from Tomorrow's Headlines': What Joel Rosenberg Reveals in 'The Kremlin Conspiracy' - CBN News

Joel Rosenberg and Pat Robertson on the 700 Club

'Ripped from Tomorrow's Headlines': What Joel Rosenberg Reveals in 'The Kremlin Conspiracy'

CBN News 03-06-2018
berg has written numerous gripping political thrillers – many of them dealing with radical Islam. But his latest book takes on a different threat to the US and the West – Russia.
Rosenberg's past efforts have turned out to be prophetic, "ripped from tomorrow's headlines." His latest book mirrors today's disturbing global developments once again.
In the book, an American president is focused on growing tensions in North Korea and Iran, even as an ominous new threat is emerging in Moscow.
Pat Robertson talks with Joel C. Rosenberg about his latest novel, The Kremlin Conspiracy, on Tuesday's 700 Club.
A czar is rising in the Kremlin, a Russian president feverishly consolidating power, silencing his opposition, and plotting a brazen and lightning-fast military strike that could rupture the NATO alliance and bring Washington and Moscow to the brink of nuclear war.
But in his blind spot is the former Secret Service agent, Marcus Ryker, trained to protect but ready to kill to save his country. Everything he learned to protect our president, he must use to take out theirs.
Rosenberg says the Russian president in his new book is not precisely meant to be Russia's Vladimir Putin but is "Putinesque."

"Vladimir Putin poses an existential threat to the United States," he said. "Putin is more dangerous to us and our allies than radical Islam, and that's saying something."
Although his book does not go into the prophecies of Ezekiel 38 and 39, Rosenberg told CBN News Russia will play a role in the end times.
"The Bible says Russia will become a major evil force in the last days before the return of Christ, that Russia and Iran and Turkey will form an alliance against Israel," he said.  "We're watching Putin build an alliance with those very leaders that the scriptures mention. That doesn't mean that we're necessarily at the point where Gog and Magog, as it's called, is going to happen soon, but I don't know that we can rule it out, either. It's a very dangerous situation."


On the 700 Club Tuesday, Rosenberg reflected on how his own family escaped from Russian Czar Nicholas II and his anti-Semitic pogroms at the start of the 20th Century. He says Russia's current leader is similar, calling him "a czar" and a "mafia crime boss" who threatens the world.
"The challenge is that much of American leadership, and the American people, have been focused on Iran, North Korea, ISIS, al Qaeda – and these are serious threats. But Putin as a threat is rising," Rosenberg said.
"He's invaded the country of Georgia, and he occupies 20 percent of the country still. He invaded southern Ukraine, Crimea, and he annexed it, made it part of Russia. He invaded eastern Ukraine... and he controls it today. He sent military forces into Syria to help Bashar al Assad and the Iranians slaughter hundreds of people and create a foothold for Moscow for the first time in a generation or several generations."
"He is invading one country after another, and you know the saying, 'If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk. Putin has eaten a whole bag of Oreos, and now he just grabbed the dairy farm and no one is stopping him."
Rosenberg talks about the growing threat from Putin's power grabs, saying Christians need to pray that President Trump finds a strategy to confront Putin to hold him in check.
The Kremlin Conspiracy is available in stores and online beginning March 6.
Watch 700 Club interview here: Joel Rosenberg

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Sheila Walsh "It's OK Not To Be OK" - shares her testimony at Transformation Church - Oct. 15, 2017


Sheila Walsh "It's OK Not To Be OK"
Video testimony


- former 700 Club host, Women of Fatih speaker, CBN

Transformation Church
Indian Land, South Carolina
Oct. 15, 2017



Pastor Derwin Grey, Sheila Walsh, husband
Transformation Church


YouTube Published on Oct 15, 2017

Sheila Walsh speaks of her testimony at Transformation Church - Oct. 15, 2017 Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Exploring the Roots of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal - 700 Club CBN News

Exploring the Roots of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal

700 Club  CBN News  June 14, 2017

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Cheryl Wilcox - 700 Club Producer
Lucca, Italy
1895

Kneeling in solitude, Sister Elena, a devout Catholic nun and foundress of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit, prayed to God again and again.
“Generi, in nome di Jesus, trasmettono avanti il vostro spirito e rinnovano il mondo.”  
“‘Father, in the name of Jesus, send forth Your Spirit and renew the world.’ ‘Father, in the name of . . .’ over and over.  ‘Father, in the name of Jesus . . .’ Wow! Elena Guerra prayed the way we pray.  She was like a prophetess of this new coming of the Spirit.” 
As the world stood poised to enter the 20th century, sister Elena’s passion for the Holy Spirit would spread far beyond the walls of her small order.
Elena Guerra was devoted to her faith from a young age and established her own congregation in 1866 in order to educate young women. Her deepest passion was to see the Holy Spirit renew the world.
Patti Mansfield, the author of As By A New Pentecost reports: “Elena said things about the Holy Spirit like, ‘If only—if only we would want Him.  If only we would seek Him. If only we would pray to Him, He would surely come.’ "   
Between 1895 and 1903, Sister Elena penned 12 confidential letters to Pope Leo the 13th. She urged the Pope to lead the Church back to the “upper room”—to a posture of expectant prayer displayed by the apostles, Mary, the mother of Christ, and other believers before Pentecost. Elena wanted the Church to experience a “perpetual Pentecost.”
“And the amazing thing is, the Pope took it very seriously, and in fact, responded to that,” states Al Mansfield, Director, The Catholic Charismatic Renewal of New Orleans.
Prompted by Elena’s letters, Pope Leo called for a special time of prayer each year between Ascension Day and Pentecost. The Bishops and Cardinals soon lost passion for the special prayers, but Elena did not.  She encouraged the Pope to teach more fully on the Holy Spirit, which inspired him to write a letter to the Bishops. The letter, titled “Divinum Illud Munus,” emphasized the indwelling and miraculous power of the Holy Spirit.
According to Al Mansfield, “A landmark document on the Holy Spirit. t's still looked on today as just a milestone of writing on the Holy Spirit.”
Still not satisfied, Elena urged Pope Leo to invoke the hymn, “Veni Creator Spiritus”—“Come, Holy Spirit”—over the first day of the new century.  (That would be January 1st, 1901.)
“Pope Leo XIII went into St. Peter's Basilica and, surrounded by the Bishops and Cardinals of the Church, saying in a solemn way, they need Creator Spiritus, ‘Come Creator Spirit.’  And he (Pope Leo XIII) solemnly dedicated and consecrated the 20th century to the Holy Spirit. And, of course, at the very same time January 1, 1901, in Topeka, Kansas, there was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the little group there gathered at the Bethel Bible School,” reports Al Mansfield.  
Agnus Ozman, a student at the Bible school, received the baptism in the Holy Spirit and spoke in tongues late New Year’s Day after prayer and the laying on of hands. Her experience—echoed by several other students—sparked the modern Pentecostal movement.  
“You see this amazing convergence of prayer to the Lord for a new coming of the Holy Spirit,” reflects Patti Mansfield.
“It's very interesting how the Lord began the 20th century by pouring out His Holy Spirit that way,” states Al Mansfield.
By 1906, members of the Bethel Bible School group, most notably William J. Seymour, were leading the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles.  Healings, salvations, and the renewed power to witness all flowed from Azusa Street, just as signs and wonders flowed from the upper room of the disciples’ day.
“We owe a great debt to our Protestant brothers and sisters who have been witnesses to the reality of the Holy Spirit for so many years,” states to Dr. Ralph Martin, a Catholic Theologian.
Sister Elena’s prayers again bore fruit in 1958 when white smoke billowed from the chimney over the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of Pope John the 23rd, who, like Sister Elena, longed for the Holy Spirit to renew the church. He said the Holy Spirit had inspired him to reset the Church’s relationship with the world.  It was time.   
Dr. Ralph Martin says of the era, “As we see the hostility to Christ and the Church that's growing in our culture, people are realizing, ‘ You know what?  If we keep on doing business as usual that's not gonna work.’ ”  
In 1962, Pope John convened a church council, later called Vatican II, hoping to pave the way for Christian unity. He asked Christians everywhere to join him and “joyfully echo” his prayer to the Holy Spirit: “Renew your wonders in our time, as though for a new Pentecost.”   
“He was looking for energy.  He was looking for power from on high.  He was looking for God to do something. He was looking for new Pentecost.
He anticipated that Vatican II was going to open the windows of the Church to the Holy Spirit, and apparently to signs and wonders,” says Dr. Martin.  
Pope John passed away in 1963 before Vatican II concluded. Pope Paul the 6th followed and found the world devolving into chaos. A new generation was thumbing its nose at convention. Students took to the streets in protest. Turbulence ruled the decade.  
“At that point a lot of people were questioning everything and questioning God,” recalls David Mangan.
David Mangan was a graduate student in physics at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. He belonged to Chi Rho society, a group of Catholic students who met before classes to pray and study Scripture. Hungry for more of God and seeking this “new Pentecost,” they went away together on retreat at The Ark and The Dove in February 1967.  
“We were given a little paperback book called The Cross and the Switchblade by David Wilkerson, who was a Pentecostal pastor who worked with drug addicts and, in miraculous ways, brought them to healing and salvation merely through prayer,” remembers Mangan.  
Patti Mansfield recalls, “I kept saying, ‘This is happening today? Well, why aren't these things happening in my life?’  I thought, ‘Here I am, I’m baptized, I’m confirmed, I’ve received the Holy Spirit. Why isn't the Holy Spirit doing this in my life?’  And, we were told to to do three things, first, pray with expectant faith. The next thing was to take the Bible and read the first four chapters of the Acts of the Apostles. To tell you how ignorant I was of the Scripture, I had no idea where to find the Acts of the Apostles. I figured it was the New Testament because I knew the Apostles were in the time of Jesus.”   
The students opened each session of the retreat with the hymn “Veni Creator Spiritus”—“Come, Holy Spirit”—the same hymn Pope Leo invoked over the 20th century. One of the speakers taught from Jesus’ words in Acts 1:8 (NLT), “. . . but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you.”
“The word for power is the same Greek word where we, in English, would get the word dynamite. And He (Jesus) likened the coming of the Holy Spirit to dynamite”, says David Mangan. “And, that struck me extremely deeply, because although I’d been raised a good Catholic boy, and I was with the Lord. He hadn’t abandoned me at all and I knew that’s where I belonged and where I was but, I don't think I could have used the word “dynamite” as an adjective to describe my spiritual life at that point.“
David joined his small group session and asked a question: “Where is the dynamite?” He later recorded in his notes his desire to hear someone speak in tongues. “And then I put a dash.  And I put ‘me!’ with an exclamation point.”
David went off by himself to reflect on the teaching.
“When I opened the door and walked into the chapel, the presence of God was so powerful, I could hardly move. The only way I could say this, ‘I was lost in Christ, and happy to be so.’  And, I forgot—completely forgot—about all my pushing to say, ‘Where's the dynamite? Where's the dynamite?’ And that's exactly what it felt like. It felt like little explosions in my body were going off as part of this whole experience. I don't even know how to describe it beyond that. So, I started opening my mouth to thank God for what he had done, and I started praying in another language,” recalls Mangan.  
Later Patti joined David in the chapel.
Patti Mansfield remembers, “I began to tremble.  I remember thinking, ‘But God is here.  And he's holy, and I’m not holy.’ And so, just kneeling there in the quiet of my heart . . . I said, ‘Father, I give my life to you.  Whatever you ask, I accept it.’ I was lying there prostrate, and I felt immersed in the love of God. I felt like I was swimming in the mercy of God. I remember thinking, just [whispering] to Him, ‘Stay, stay, stay.’ “  

Other students were drawn into the chapel.   
“Some people were laughing for joy, others were weeping for joy.  Some said they felt like they wanted to praise God, but they didn't know if it was going to come out in English.  We were there and just in awe of the sovereign God,” recalls Mansfield.
David Mangan remembers, “Everything changed at that point . . . Now, I didn’t spot it all right away,  but  I mean everything was different, as it turned -   after-after this happened to me.”
The small gathering of Duquesne students who walked away from that retreat center say they were never the same. But, what they didn’t know at the time was that their life-changing experience was meant to be shared—and it was just the beginning. 
Learn more about the Manifestations of the Spirit.

Thursday, May 4, 2017

Jerusalem Log -Thursday 05.04.17 Jerusalem, Israel #5 - “Jerusalem Wall of Life” mural by Steve Martin

 

“Jerusalem Wall of Life” mural
Steve Martin


Jerusalem Log #5
May 4, 2017
Jerusalem, Israel


Greetings to you from the Promised Land!

It sure is great when the Holy Spirit guides you. Once you ask Him to of course.

After driving the short 25 minutes from Jerusalem to King Herod’s Palace and tomb (three videos I recorded are here), when I was finished, and tired from the many steps, I asked “Where next, Lord.” His reply was “Derek Prince’s gravesite.” And so I went back to Jerusalem, to Germantown.

I had been to the Alliance Church Cemetery twice before, but wanted to see it again. It is in the southern part of Jerusalem, in what was/is known as Germantown. I somewhat knew the way, but again was asking the Lord to direct my steps (as I drove.)

Traffic is packed full of buses, taxis, motorcycles, mopeds and cars no matter where you drive in the capital city of Israel, and with a rental car, parking is even more of a challenge. But I found a lone spot two blocks from the cemetery entrance.

Once inside, I started the circular walk to the right, with Derek’s grave not too far from the metal door entrance, part of the stone/block wall that surrounds the Alliance Church Cemetery. To my amazement the mural, which I had first heard about on the 700 Club on CBN a few years ago, was completed! It began in the right, southwest corner of the walled-in resting place, and filled the 12 foot tall wall the entire 70 yards (my estimate) of the right side. Then it turned the corner and ran another 30 yards or more on the eastern wall. What a glorious site!



From Genesis to Revelation, with Abraham, Moses, Joseph and to the reign of Jesus (Yeshua) in Revelation, the complete Bible story is told, painted by Patricia Solveson from Wisconsin, USA. It took her six and a half years.



And how do I know that? When the lady sitting on the wooden bench at the end of my walk around the area, after taking several photos of graves, asked me if I was a photographer, I replied, “I like to take pictures.” I asked her who she was. She softly said, “I am Patricia. I painted this mural.” Wow!

Patrica Solveson

Patricia then went on to say how the Jerusalem Wall of Life came about, beginning over seven years ago when she was asked to do the mural. The director of the cemetery had seen her painted artwork she brought to Jerusalem for several years, giving it away as gifts, and wanted her to paint the mural. Once started, six and half years later, when coming in the spring and fall with her husband Carl, Patricia beautifully put the story of salvation on the Jerusalem wall.

Many people visit the cemetery to see graves of the believing Gentiles buried there. As she shared stories with me, she described how a Jewish man would come often, asking her why this and that was depicted. In time, as she explained the plan of God to him, he too became a believer and now still comes regularly to visit. Other Jews who come in off the street, out of curiosity most times, wonder why the Star of David and Christian symbols are on some sites.



The last few years have seen several Messianic Jews laid to rest here. May the Holy Spirit continue to share the message of hope and salvation to all who come.

You can read more about Patricia and the mural at the website Jerusalem Wall of Life - It is Finished!

Ahava (love) and Shalom (peace) from Jerusalem!

Steve Martin
Founder/President

Love For His People

P.S. I had the honor and privilege of working with Derek Prince Ministries for a total of eight years – three in Fort Lauderdale and five in Charlotte, NC.


















Patricia said she painted the computers in this section, "To show we have modern day idols."


Patricia Solveson near Derek Prince's gravesite.