Less than 5 Days Left on the Awakening Fast
Less than 5 Days Left on the Awakening Fast. Let’s finish strong.
1 CommentLess than 5 Days Left on the Awakening Fast. Let’s finish strong.
1 CommentIn this last week of our Awakening fast, fast with purpose.
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It’s not what goes in your body, it’s what comes out you need to watch.
Be the first to comment!We are half way through our time of prayer, fasting, devotion, and worship. Time to get focused!
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As we begin our 21 days of fasting, devotion, prayer and worship, I want to lay down my rules for fasting. I don’t have these written anywhere, and this is certainly not an exhaustive list, but I hope it portrays the spirit of what I believe about fasting.
It is great to make new goals at the beginning of the year but I find that goals with a deadline work better for me.
We have a little more than three weeks left in the year and now is a great time to finish up some things that have been lingering for you.
I have a few going on myself right now. One is a Bible reading plan that I made for myself in November. I also want to complete the four books I am reading right now. There are also some projects I want to finish and some journaling I have not done.
Take this time at the end of the year to finish up some lingering things you have not completed instead of waiting for next year to start dealing with them.
Go into the new year having dealt with the old year instead of dragging this season into the next.
Be the first to comment!Discipleship assignment:
If I disciple you then you have to watch the message Banning Liebscher preached at Bethel in Redding this week. He put into words something I have been trying to teach for years.
The message is titled “Build the Wall.”
Here is the video:
http://www.ibethel.tv/watch/1159/build-the-wall/2011/11/20
If you want the audio of it, here is the recording
http://www.ibethel.org/podcast/2011/11/21/build-the-wall
itunes fanboy?
http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/bethel-church-sermon-week/id76583739#
Be the first to comment!I went to the Voice of the Apostles conference this year for the first time. I was extremely familiar with the speakers at the event but was looking forward to hearing them all together. On top of that Jesus Culture was leading worship so it looked like a win on all fronts.
The conference is held at the Lancaster County Convention Center which is not really near anywhere. I flew into Baltimore, rented a car and drove the couple hours to the event. The parking garage was full, as it was every other time I tried to use it, so I had to park a few blocks away. When you get in the convention center there were two things you immediately notice, the venue is massive, and a third of the seats are reserved before the door opens.
This is not an auditorium or an arena. It’s 7,000 people in something like 80 rows of chairs all on flat ground. The first night we were something like half way back and you could barely see the stage. I have no idea what the folks in the back saw. Heidi Baker was speaking and the first thing she did was say there were open seats in the VIP section and I took off running. I am not ashamed to look foolish to be able to see the conference I paid money to see.
I wound up on the third row. Pretty sure Che and Bill were talking about me.

Heidi poured her heart out then wound up face down on the stage for the rest of the night. When I left she was still there. The next day she talked about how embarrassing it was. That’s what it is like to be Heidi I guess.
The next morning we devised a plan to show up when the doors opened to get decent seats, then go back to the hotel to eat breakfast and whatnot. We showed up an hour before the doors opened and wound up with seats about a quarter of the way back, about row 20 or so.
Steve Swanson lead worship during the day and Jesus Culture lead at night. Steve is really anointed. For some reason it was way easier to enter into worship when he was leading. It was really good when he lead.
That day the speakers were Larry Randolph, Bill Johnson, Heidi Baker and John Arnott. To understand this you have to understand that these are the folks (Less Larry), together with the host Randy Clark and the other speakers Che Ahn and Georgian Banov that form the Revival Alliance. Basically they are a group of friends in ministry. They get together once a year and have a conference. They invite a prophet, let Randy’s sons speak in smaller rooms, and have a good time.
The day sessions were all great. That night John Arnott spoke on the father heart of God and it was amazing. I had heard him speak on this a bunch of times both live and recorded but this was really good.
I am a big Jesus Culture fan both musically and personally. I love their music and everyone I have met from their group was really cool. But something about the venue really did not work for me when they lead worship. It felt more like a concert then a worship session. They sounded amazing but something did not work for me. At one point I found myself in front of the subs and thought I was being assaulted. I did snap this pic to let the folks back home know all was good.

I think part of the reason worship was difficult was how crowded it was. Check this out.
On day 3 I heard Che Ahn speak in person for the first time. He was even better than I thought he would be. He spoke on prophetic evangelism and told lots of personal stories. Really amazing stuff. The favor this guy has with world leader is kind of mind blowing and really provoked me. That night he spoke about the orphan spirit, again talking a lot about his personal testimony. This message provoked the most study when I returned home.
The final morning Randy Clark spoke on impartation and laid hands on everything he could get to. After that I had to run and drive back to Baltimore to catch my flight.
If you go to VOA for teaching or a concert you will be sadly disappointed. It is just not that kind of conference. The greatest part of the whole event was being around thousands and thousand of folks who “get you.” They have this same revival DNA. They are excited to hear about your testimonies. They are seeking miracles signs and wonders in the streets. They are pressing in for more. There was just an atmosphere of faith that surprised me.
I operated in a level of prophetic anointing that caught me off guard. I don’t really have the language for it but I prophesied on levels I never had before. The accuracy and depth of the words was astonishing. Also, every time I had a word for someone they gladly received it. Some folks wanted me to wait while they brought out a voice recorder. There was no weirdness or having to explain myself.
Also the healing miracles I saw were really on another level. I don’t mean the miracles the speakers did, I mean the ones I saw when I prayed for people in the audience. There was lots of opportunity to do this and again, the folks were more than happy to have you pray for them.
And it wasn’t just me ministering. I was laying on the floor one session when I felt like I should sit up. I sat up looking if God wanted me to pray for someone when an older man walked up to me and asked if he could pray for me. I did not really think the ministry time was applicable to me but I like prayer so I agreed. This man went on to quote what seemed like whole chapters of Scripture over me. You know those little phrases of encouragement you know? This guy knew the Scripture, then the next twenty or so. He went from Ephesians to Philippians to Romans back to Ephesians then on and on. When he was done he got up and when I tuned around to thank him he was gone. I literally could not find him.
On the last morning I was in worship with Steve Swanson leading. One line from one song resonated in my spirit and it would not go away. That turned into a vision. At the end of the ministry time when Randy got to me that vision became a prophecy and a call for this season of my life. I can’t overstate how profound it was.
If you went not understanding this group and their history together all you would have seen was an overcrowded conference. I went to encounter God and I did.
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