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Tuesday, February 5, 2019
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Monday, February 4, 2019
After more than 5 years...it is time to be back.The silver-hairs are BACK AT IT!
Laurie Martin - climbing up once again.
After more than 5 years...it is time to be back.
The silver-hairs are BACK AT IT!
The silver-hairs are BACK AT IT!
Feb. 4, 2019
Dear friends of Love For His People,
I just want to share this testimony, for it has become a fulfilled hope and promised day for us. I strongly believe it will also be an encouragement for many others who think the time has come and gone.
On Feb. 3, 2019, Laurie and I were once again on a Sunday morning church worship team. It had been almost six years since the last time that had happened.
Then it had gotten to the point where we thought our time was done. The days were over. The years had come and moved on. We didn't sing in public since August 2013 - the last time with our group Ahava Love Band at a One New Man Saturday night meeting with Warren Marcus.
Then it had gotten to the point where we thought our time was done. The days were over. The years had come and moved on. We didn't sing in public since August 2013 - the last time with our group Ahava Love Band at a One New Man Saturday night meeting with Warren Marcus.
In fact, at times we considered, if not aloud but to ourselves, "Let the others do it now. I've done my part. I am tired, old, and time has passed." I can speak for myself, that this thought was just to cover up the longing I still had from the Lord to lead others into worship. And now that it seemed to have finished, I wanted the inner longing to stop. It almost was as if I didn't want to think about it, for it didn't seem that it would happen again.
The Bible speaks of that happening to others. They have a call from the Lord, they do it for a time, and then they are set aside; distracted into other areas, or just quit out of discouragement and "lack of use".
The Bible speaks of that happening to others. They have a call from the Lord, they do it for a time, and then they are set aside; distracted into other areas, or just quit out of discouragement and "lack of use".
But the Lord has His plans, His purposes, and His faith, which is bigger than ours. If the time is not over with Him, then it is not over with us. That which He has put in each of us may have been buried for a while, and even thought as dead. But it is only taking more process time to pressure the soft coal into a hard diamond, more so to enable the finest to come forth, beyond what would have done if completed earlier ahead of its time.
Character building.
The gifts may be there, but the fruit takes longer to develop.
Character building.
The gifts may be there, but the fruit takes longer to develop.
We give thanks for the Lord God Almighty, bringing us back into the place of leading worship, as we had been gifted to do for so many years before.
We also give thanks to the leadership of Antioch International Church, with Dr. Peter and Joy Wyns, Pastors Jesse and Elizabeth (Liz) Enns, who have given us this opportunity once again.
Our hearts are that we, being 64 (Steve) and 59 (Laurie) respectively, will be an encouragement to others who are "silver-haired"- that the Lord has much yet to do in and through you too.
He is not finished with us yet! There is much to do, increasingly coming forth as we step out in faith and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and the FINISHER of our faith.
If you have been out of the game for a while, seek the Lord to get back in. You are needed on the team once again.
With you in the Lord's service!
With you in the Lord's service!
Ahava and shalom,
Steve & Laurie Martin
Love For His People
(Photos by Steve Martin & Ed Brigham)
(Photos by Steve Martin & Ed Brigham)
Steve & Laurie Martin
Antioch International Church worship team
(Photo by Ed Brigham, Prayer Pastor)
(Photo by Ed Brigham, Prayer Pastor)
Also on the team (one of 5 teams that Antioch has in the church), are these as follows.
Worship leader Trista Smith (middle)
Also Christian Akker and Toni Bogart.
Bengie Austin (Bass guitar) and Chuck Smith (electric guitar)
Tommy Lopez
Tommy Lopez - flute and keyboard
Bengie Austin - bass man!
Chuck Smith (electric guitar) and Dan Adams (keyboard)
Megan Stephens (electric lead guitar)
The lady singers (L-R)
Christine Adams, Luanna Peterman, Laurie Martin
Two of the songs for the Sunday morning service
Christian Akker - acoustic guitar and vocal
Toni Bogart - keyboard and vocal
Tommy Lopez
(L-R) Christine Adams, Luanna Peterman
Steve & Laurie Martin
(Photo by Ed Brigham)
THANK YOU JESUS!
Unlocking and Releasing Your Story (Day 3) - Lance Wallnau, Mercedes Sparks on the Jim Bakker Show
Jim Bakker Show 2018 | Show# 3638 | Aired on February 4, 2019
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2007 Kim Clement Prophecy Says President Will Be Baptized in Holy Spirit, Build the Wall, Win Second Term - Charisma News
2007 Kim Clement Prophecy Says President Will Be Baptized in Holy Spirit, Build the Wall, Win Second Term Charisma News 01.31.19
In 2007, Kim Clement prophesied that a president would be elected who would pray in office—but would not start that way—and would build "walls of protection" and be elected to a second term.
Clement reportedly received a prophetic word in Scottsdale, Arizona, Feb. 10, 2007, in which he said, "There will be a praying president, not a religious one. 'For I will fool the people,' says the Lord. 'I will fool the people. Yes, I will.'
"God says, 'The one that is chosen shall go in, and they shall say, "He has hot blood." For the Spirit of God says, 'Yes, he may have hot blood, but he will bring the walls of protection on this country in a greater way and the economy of this country shall change rapidly,' says the Lord of Hosts.
"Listen to the Word of the Lord. God says, 'I will put at your helm for two terms a president that will pray, but he will not be a praying president when he starts. I will put him in office and then I will baptize him with the Holy Spirit and My power.'"
Later, in Redding, California, on April 4, 2007, Clement said Donald Trump would "be a trumpet" and also suggested that Bill Gates would have an important role to play in the church's future. He also said God would anoint a future president with His Spirit and there would be a praying man in the White House.
Clement says, "I will raise up the Trump to be a trumpet and Bill Gates to open up the gate of a financial realm for the church, says the Lord. ... It shall come to pass that the man that I place in the highest office shall go in whispering My name. But God said, 'When he enters into the office, he will be shouting out by the power of the Spirit, for I shall fill him with My Spirit when he goes into office, and there will be a praying man in the highest seat in the land.'"
Watch the clips for yourself here and let us know what you think.
Unlocking and Releasing Your Story (Day 2) - Lance Wallnau, Mercedes Sparks on the Jim Bakker Show
Pastor Jim and Lori Bakker welcome special guests Doctor Lance Wallnau and Mercedes Sparks as they talk about the steps you can take to unlock your life story and walk in the purpose God has for you.
A Morningside Studios Production
Quotes
When you are being manipulated, when you are being intimidated and when you are being controlled, a spirit of witchcraft is on you. -Doctor Lance Wallnau
If you agree with the devil about yourself you actually create almost in a weird way a self-sabotaging opportunity for a pattern to repeat itself. -Doctor Lance Wallnau
Scriptures
Mark 4:24 MEV He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. The measure you give will be measured for you, and to you who hear will more be given.”
Philippians 2:12 MEV Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but so much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
Matthew 7:20 MEV Therefore, by their fruit you will know them.
John 14:30 MEV After this I will not speak much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over Me.
Galatians 6:1 KJV Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Matthew 7:14 KJV Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Nehemiah 8:10 MEV Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Luke 19:13 KJV And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
Headlines
Israel Begins Building Massive Fence on Gaza Border - CBN News Steve Warren,Emily Jones
Israel's current barrier on its southern border. (Image credit: CBN News Jerusalem Bureau)
Israel Begins Building Massive Fence on Gaza Border
CBN News Steve Warren, Emily Jones
CBN News Steve Warren, Emily Jones
02.03.19
JERUSALEM, Israel -Israel's Defense Ministry announced Sunday it has begun the final phase of construction of a galvanized steel barrier 20 feet high that will run the length of its frontier border with the Gaza Strip.
The 20,000 ton barrier will extend for 40 miles along the Gaza border and have a "smart fence" that can detect Hamas attack tunnels underground.
"Over the weekend we began building the above-ground barrier along the Gaza border," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told journalists before the weekly cabinet meeting.
The barrier "will prevent terrorists from Gaza from penetrating into our territory on the ground," he said.
The wall resembles one along the Egyptian border, but more sophisticated.
"The barrier is similar to the one on the Egyptian border, but it has significant improvements and includes innovative security elements," according to the statement from the ministry.
The project will be completed by the end of 2019 and will cost approximately $833 million.
Israel began constructing the new barrier around the Strip in 2016. Israel first focused on the underground portion after the 2014 Gaza war in which Hamas used underground terror tunnels to attack Israeli troops.
Palestinians have gathered almost weekly for a year for protests that have often turned violent.
Israel accuses Hamas of using the protests as cover to carry out violence, including killing two Israeli soldiers, launching rockets and arson balloons.
Witchcraft Is Driving an Unhealthy Focus on Church Growth - JOHN BURTON CHARISMA NEWS
Witchcraft Is Driving an Unhealthy Focus on Church Growth
JOHN BURTON CHARISMA NEWS
A sinister spirit is behind much of today's church growth movement.
A recent post on Facebook resulted in a long stream of comments from people shouting amen, asking me to start a church, sharing heartbreak over today's church and dropping in a bunch of fire and bullseye emojis. Here's part of what I wrote: "I'm more convinced than ever that attempting to grow churches and develop programs and ministries has made it nearly impossible to see the remnant church so many are yearning for."
Pastors, please hear me. Stop the madness! Stop counting how many people show up every Sunday morning. Stop analyzing metrics. Stop setting numerical growth goals. Stop casting vision that's centered around your local church growing. Stop. For the love of everything holy, just stop.
I know, I know. The Bible tells us that the church was added to daily: "And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved" (Acts 2:47b).
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Notice, however, the Lord added to their number, not the assimilation team or the marketing team.
In fact, if we back up in the text just a bit, we'll clearly see it wasn't marketing or a seeker-sensitive, low water- level approach that resulted in growth.
With many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." Then those who gladly received his word were baptized, and that day about three thousand souls were added to them (Acts 2:40-41).
Unapologetic preaching and a call to repentance were the impetus for growth. A Holy Spirit-infused message calling people out of a lifestyle of wickedness is what triggered the awakening—not assimilation strategies. The apostles had no need for church growth. They simply preached a transforming message in the power of the Holy Spirit and watched God move. Can you imagine the early apostles sitting around a table in the upper room discussing how to form greeter teams, what coffee and donuts to buy and how to attract people to their services? The thought of it feels like blasphemy! Yet, today's churches do just that every week. The fear of the Lord is nowhere to be found: "Then the churches throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and were built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied" (Acts 9:31).
The fear of the Lord and the moving of the Holy Spirit—not programs and ministries—resulted in growth and impact.
In fact, consider this powerful truth: False prophets and false teachers are smart enough to know what will truly attract is an encounter with the supernatural—not programs and pastries: "For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect" (Matt. 24:24).
If false prophets are focusing on the (unholy) supernatural, why are so many pastors and leaders tied to natural ideas and gimmicks to draw in the people? It's foolishness. We need the fresh fire of the Holy Spirit to fall. We need to eliminate the distraction and undue stress of most of our church ministries and programs—and simply gather the remnant to pray.
Focus Must Shift to the Remnant Church
I absolutely believe in church growth, but I don't believe every local church must grow numerically in order to fulfill its purpose. The stigma of small churches has haunted many a pastor. Our focus must be on the city church and regional revival as opposed to local church numeric growth. The group of people on the local level that will spur on the pursuit of revival in the city is the remnant. It's the remnant church. These are your champions of intercession, holiness and passion for Jesus. They will zealously dive deep and advance into uncharted waters.
Note that I didn't say these people are your core group or your leadership team. The remnant should be the whole of the church. Everybody going deep together. The lukewarm, apathetic people with whom so many pastors attempt to grow their churches will be alerted to their condition and then left with a decision. They will either dive into the depths with the rest of the body or they will, by their own choice, shrink back. In fact, the Bible says they will ultimately die. Pastors, why are we trying to grow our churches with the spiritually comatose?
To the angel of the church in Sardis write:"He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars says these things: I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain but are ready to die, for I have not found your works perfected before God" (Rev. 3:1-2).
We need bold messages of awakening in our pulpits today! The call to holiness, prayer and revival must be continual. There must be a prophetic unction burning in the guts of pastors today. The goal is not church growth. It's obedience to Jesus and a lifestyle of intercession and fire!
When we understand that a group of 20 or 50 fiery, praying, devoted remnant believers can do more to minister to God and shake a city than a thousand mildly curious church goers, our energy will shift from church growth to kingdom impact. Are both mutually exclusive? No. But, the risk of compromise is great when we are attracted to numbers.
The Remnant Is Done With Church as Usual
Pastors have been duped into believing they need to (witch)craft their services in such a way that the seekers will be drawn, and not overwhelmed. They manipulate the environment to attract the largest possible group.
First, as I have already explained, the church wasn't designed for the lost. The call for all is to radically and immediately surrender and turn from their wicked ways. Creating a culturally relevant atmosphere that gives people a comfortable warming up period to the concept of God is no way to run a church. The church service was never meant to be used for evangelism. It's a believers' prayer meeting, not a place to assimilate seekers.
Second, when the lost do come in, when a move of God shakes the foundation and the neighborhood bars empty and the desperate line up at the church doors, they are not looking to be pacified and affirmed. They are ready to break! They want an encounter with deity. They don't want your programs or ministry philosophies. They want Jesus!
The remnant has had enough of these low-water approaches to ministry.
Those who are desperate for a move of God don't really care that much about being greeted with a handshake and a smile at the door as they arrive on Sunday morning, yet pastors invest much energy and focus on assimilation, hospitality, visitation and other people-centric strategies. The remnant doesn't care about being assimilated. They want to burst through the door and head to the altars alongside other desperate people.
They aren't impressed by a perfectly produced and executed worship experience led by people who haven't had an encounter with God in years—if ever.
They are not interested in the pastor's latest, greatest teaching if it's not burning with fire and dosed with anointing that can only come from hours in the prayer room.
They are bored with today's predictable, powerless, structured and forgettable church services.
The remnant simply wants to gather together with others that have the smell of fire on them and pray. They aren't looking to shake hands with others and they really could not care less about announcements, programs and special events. They want to be wrecked and rocked by the glory of God.
How far have we fallen as leaders when we think an unthreatening, casual environment would be the medicine for a spiritually apathetic people. Churches have the smell of death on them because they are attracting the dead to something devoid of resurrection power. Sometimes I wonder if there's any difference between those in the pews and those in the ground in the church cemetery next door.
A Sinister Spirit of Witchcraft is Driving Much of Today's Church-Growth Culture
My friend Jeremiah Johnson also posted this recently:
When the offerings are down ...When attendance is low ...When the attacks won't stop coming ...Will you continue to preach the gospel or go back to manipulating people?
If asked why they want their church to grow, pastors will offer some spiritual answers:
- We want to win the lost.
- Anything healthy grows.
- We want to impact our neighborhood.
While those points are good, and while there are many phenomenal pastors who are doing their best to serve God with obedience, I know there are other more honest answers to the church growth question we must consider:
- If the church grows, it's evidence that people like me.
- I need the money a larger group will bring into the church.
- My reputation will take a hit if I can't grow the church.
- If the church doesn't grow, I'll have to get another job.
- I'm being pressured by my board or overseers to grow numerically.
- We can only fulfill the vision if a lot of people buy into it.
- I'll feel like a failure.
- My identity is tied to my performance in ministry.
- We have been seduced by the success of other ministries and want to have the same success.
The pressure to grow numerically is insane. Pastors are falling into depression. Recently there have been horrible headlines of pastors committing suicide. The stress of leading ministries and meeting metrics can be too heavy to bear.
The allure and demand of church growth can be seductive indeed. If the Lord isn't bringing increase (due to a failure to host the Holy Spirit and to boldly preach offensive truth), there is another spirit that is more than willing to extend a wretched, crooked hand. A demonic, wicked spirit of witchcraft thrives on control and manipulation. This spirit rebels against the methods of the kingdom and against the purity of the Holy Spirit with tactics that will minister to the leader's need for success.
Please understand me. I'm not saying all focuses on numeric growth are impure. I'm really not. It's possible to possess an apostolic and prophetic spirit and to see through the eyes of God into a future of impact and explosive growth. It's possible to discern a coming harvest. It's possible to have the heart of an evangelist and to cry out for the lost and for a church filled with new, Spirit-filled, hungry converts. It absolutely is. In fact, a passion for the harvest, a cry for souls, must radiate out of every pastor and leader. Sadly, however, the allure of church growth is rarely born from such a pure desire.
Instead, an evil spirit is invoked, rarely deliberately, usually by default as an impure passion of the heart that demands satisfaction. Pastors' souls are sold for the promise of a full house—a promise that is rarely delivered on. Further depression and failure is usually the result. Sometimes the church does explode, but not with burning zealots. Instead it's a morgue, filled with people who are numb, cold and without signs of life.
The remnant church is wising up. While I have and always will teach that we must honor pastors and refuse to move in rebellion to God's established authority, a disturbing shift must come to the church, and fast.
Pastors, we must stop using people to build our own kingdoms.
The witchcraft necessary to coerce people to give financially, to serve the pastor's vision and to build a ministry for impure reasons is extreme. It truly requires quite a few very powerful demons to anoint such a venture.
Please understand, I'm not talking about pastors who are intentionally evil and manipulative. I'm talking about pastors who have heart issues, those who try to spiritualize their ventures, those who are attempting to grow their church just like most every other pastor they know, those who have been seduced but don't know it. They need to be shocked out of their deception and into the rest and peace that comes from allowing the Lord to bring the increase instead.
The Church We Are Yearning For
Someone asked how I'd like to see church services go. Here's what I said:
Start with an hour of fiery intercession in the sanctuary prior to the service. Let it keep going as people show up for the service. Let the musicians play behind the prayer for the first 30 minutes or so of the service. Then, as prayer continues, let the musicians kick into some prophetic worship for a song or two. Open up the mic for decrees and declarations. Have the dancers and flaggers and others fill the altars. Encourage people to pace around the room or hit their face and contend. After a couple of hours or so, there might be a strong prophetic message, or just some declarations of the Word. Then flood the altars as people lead in prayers of repentance and reveal prophetic revelation that was received during the service.
Of course, that's one model, but the point I'm making is that the coming remnant church simply isn't interested in most of what is offered today—at all.
Pastors, when we realize the church service was never meant for assimilating seekers or evangelizing the lost, the stress of church growth falls off. The pressure to grow numerically can be replaced by the joy and passion of ministering to God.
Again, yes, we most definitely can believe God for numerical growth—if that's God's desire for our particular local expression of the church. And, also, there are those who will overspiritualize their small congregation. They argue that their focus on holiness and revival doesn't allow for numerical growth. Ridiculous. Remember, where the fear of the Lord, the power of the Holy Spirit and bold preaching exist, people will respond. Many will mock. Many will marvel. The city will be impacted. The local church may or may not grow numerically, but it will in spiritual depth, and the church in the city will be impacted.
John Burton has been developing and leading ministries for over 25 years and is a sought out teacher, prophetic messenger and revivalist. John has authored ten books, is a regular contributor to Charisma Magazine, has appeared on Christian television and radio and directed one of the primary internships at the International House of Prayer (IHOP) in Kansas City. A large and growing library of audio and video teachings, articles, books and other resources can be found on his website at www.burton.tv. John, his wife Amy and their five children live in Branson, Missouri.
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