March 02, 2014–The Break before The Breakthrough

March 3, 2014 By

woodvale prophetic conferenceThis past weekend Sulojana and I were blessed with the awesome privilege of ministering with anointed friends, Ron & Nancy Mills and Darren Canning at a Prophetic Conference in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

As anticipated, the Conference began to crescendo with every session. By the time Saturday evening came, we just had a sense that God was about to do something incredible.

It was quite evident that apostolic leaders Joe & Bella Garcia and their teams had ploughed the ground with intercession and watered it with the Word. Intimate worship turned into spiritual warfare that foiled every attempt of the enemy to run interference.

The atmosphere was pregnant with anticipation for something new to be birthed. Ron Mills decided to postpone the offering time and brought Darren Canning on to the platform right away.

Darren shared some wild stories in his inimitable “in-your-face” style of delivery. There was laughter, there were tears, there was the inevitable punch to the Body designed to evict every religious spirit that had taken up residence.

Now it was time to transition to Holy Spirit-driven ministry. Darren called up the anointed Worship Team to lead in singing: Break every chain. As we kept repeating the powerful lyrics, we were also waiting for Darren to give directions on what to do next.

Well, it did not happen right away. Holy Spirit totally took over the meeting and started to move with power. Some fell to their knees, some lay on the floor, some started to weep and even cry out aloud. Clearly we were all being touched in varying degrees.

To his credit, Darren simply let it all happen without any attempt to help Holy Spirit make further progress 🙂 After a prolonged break from speaking, he handed the microphone to Ron and then to me and asked us to pray as we were led. This resulted in a powerful time of repentance and cleansing as Holy Spirit released a baptism of fire.

And then the prophetic flow began. All three of us released words from the heart of the Father over Pastors Joe & Bella. Then the glory of God started to manifest in gold and oil on people’s hands. Virtually everyone received a tangible measure of the glory.

We then moved into a time of healing, followed by more prophetic ministry. It was an amazing time in the Presence of the Lord. Pastor Joe remarked that he had not been touched so deeply since an encounter at the Brownsville Revival nearly 20 years ago. Wow!

Clearly, there was breakthrough happening at the individual level. We also prophesied breakthrough for Woodvale and released it over the Region.

Holy Spirit pointed out to me that all of that happened because Darren obeyed His prompting to simply take a break and let Him move as He pleased.

Dear DWOD friend, as you race toward your destiny, don’t be surprised if Holy Spirit prompts you to take your foot off the gas pedal and step on the brake instead. It may seem awkward, it may be totally out of character for you to come to a standstill.

But you will be amazed at what He can do when you take a break at His bidding. You will soon realize, as we all did Saturday evening, it was simply the break before the breakthrough. Praise God!

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March 01, 2014–Seeing through God’s eyes

March 2, 2014 By

(Be blessed by this DWOD for March 01, 2014 by guest contributor Os Hillman)

SeeingLife Thru God's eyes“They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.” (2 Samuel 1:12)

How would you respond if you heard something bad happened to someone who had been trying to cut off your head for several years? King Saul had been seeking to kill David for many years before Saul was thrust into battle against the Amalekites. In this final battle, a sword killed Saul.

When the news reached David, instead of rejoicing that his enemy was no longer a problem for him, he responded in a totally different manner. He mourned. Imagine that; he mourned for the one who sought to kill him.

This is a sign of one who can look past an individual who is the source of pain and consider how God views him. God looks on that individual and sees his needs and knows why he responds the way he does.

When we begin to see people as God does, we’ll no longer look at them as enemies, but as souls in need of grace. This is how Jesus could give of His life for us. He saw our great need, not what we did to Him.

When someone wrongs you, do you seek to retaliate, or do you pray to understand the need behind the offender’s actions? For several years a person was a source of constant pain and retaliation toward me. There was nothing I could do to change it. God allowed me to go beyond the person’s actions to understand what was the source of his need.

When I gained that understanding, God gave me a picture of this person inside a prison cell and in bondage. This bondage made him respond to life in this way. I was able to pray for him and genuinely love him in spite of the fact that he persecuted me. This is the kind of love Jesus wants us to have when He tells us to love our enemies and pray for those who spitefully use us.

I believe God does a special work of grace in those who go beyond the realm of normal response to persecution. He brings us to a level of grace we never thought possible. Describing how God worked in Joseph’s life, Francis Frangipane reveals what happens when we tap into this grace:

God made him fruitful in the very things that afflicted him. In the land of your affliction, in your battle, is the place where God will make you fruitful. Consider, even now, the area of greatest affliction in your life. In that area, God will make you fruitful in such a way that your heart will be fully satisfied, and God’s heart fully glorified. God has not promised to keep us from valleys and sufferings, but to make us fruitful in them. [Francis Frangipane, Place of Immunity (Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Arrow Publications, 1996), 93]

(Reprinted by permission from the author. Os Hillman is an international speaker and author of 15 books on workplace calling. To learn more, visithttp://www.MarketplaceLeaders.org)

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Feb. 28, 2014–Live like Jesus did

March 1, 2014 By

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(Be blessed by this DWOD for Feb. 28, 2014 by guest contributor Kenneth Copeland)

But [Christ Jesus] made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. (Philippians 2:7)

The truth of this verse hasn’t really dawned on most people. They mistakenly think that Jesus was able to work wonders, to perform miracles, and to live above sin because He had divine powers that we don’t have. Thus, they have never really aspired to live like He lived.

“Oh my,” they say with great humility, “I could never live like Jesus did. After all, He had an advantage. He was God!”

They don’t realize that when Jesus came to earth, He voluntarily gave up that advantage, living His life here not as God but as a man. He had no innate supernatural powers. He had no ability to perform miracles until after He was anointed by the Holy Spirit as recorded in Luke 3:22. He worked wonders, not by His own power but by the power of the Father, saying, “The Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works” (John 14:10).

And when He prayed, He prayed not as a divine One who had authority as God, but as a man who walked obediently with God. And, as Hebrews 5:7 says, “His prayers were heard not because of His deity, but because of His reverence toward God” (AMP).

Jesus, the divine Son of God, set aside the privileges and powers of deity for a time and lived as a man on earth. Once you grasp that, it will absolutely thrill your soul! Why?

Because it means that you, as a reborn child of God, filled with the same Holy Spirit as Jesus was, have the same opportunity to live as He lived on earth. In fact, that is exactly what He intends. In John 17:18 He said to the Father, “Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.”

Jesus has sent you into the world to live as He lived. Through the new birth, He’s enabled you to exchange the sinful nature of Adam for the sinless nature of God.

He’s given you the ability and the command to live above sin, to live in fellowship with the Father, to preach the gospel, to heal the sick, to raise the dead, to cast out demons, and to make disciples.

Once you realize that, you’ll throw off the shackles of doubt that have held you back. You’ll begin to live as Jesus meant for you to live–not as a sin-ridden son of fallen man, but as a reborn child of the Most High God. Then those around you will actually begin to see Jesus–in you.

(This post appeared first in “From Faith to Faith“, a daily guide to Victory. To subscribe to this daily devotional and access other great resources, please go to www.kcm.org)

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Feb. 27, 2014–An Occasion for Testimony

March 1, 2014 By

Christian-persecution-1024x682“They will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake.  But it will turn out for you as an occasion for testimony.”(Luke 21: 12-13)

It is one of those good news/bad news scenarios. Jesus is talking about how difficult it will be for those who follow him in the end times.

The bad news? They would not escape persecution.

The good news? It would turn out to be an occasion for testimony.

Many of our subscribers are familiar with what happened to me in 2010. A giant polyp in my colon was threatening bowel obstruction. The only medical option was surgery to remove part of the colon and do a “re-section” with the small intestine.

I was losing weight at an alarming rate—nearly 30 pounds over a two-month period. Needless to say I was weak and spent a lot of time simply lying down, coping with the intense pain of the periodic violent spasm that would come and go with a vengeance.

Sulojana recalls how she couldn’t even get herself to pray at times. She would simply trace the sign of the cross on my stomach while I was sleeping. On those occasions that she did pray (I was awake through some of them), she would end her prayer with these words that the Holy Spirit gave her:

“There is a testimony coming from this.”

Neither of us could really fathom what that testimony would be. Would it be a speedy recovery from surgery? Would it be a miracle that would result in the polyp being removed without the need for surgery?

We could not really tell in advance. Obviously, we wanted the latter option to be the focal point of the testimony.

Holy Spirit reminded me of this incident as I read these words of Jesus in Luke 21 recently.

Persecution is not something a follower of Jesus looks forward to with great anticipation. A polyp that threatens bowel obstruction is not exactly cause for celebration.

But there is a promise Jesus makes: It has the potential to produce a great and powerful testimony.

In the scenario from Luke 21, the persecuted can exploit their time in court by sharing who Jesus is, what He did for them and even include an invitation to the listeners to discover Jesus for themselves.

In the case of the polyp, God could use this occasion to work a miracle and cause a testimony to arise that would give glory to Jesus.

To find out what happened in our case, you may wish to watch this brief video clip: Pastor Jeeva’s Healing Testimony at CTF.  Let’s just say that it turned out to be an occasion for testimony.

Dear DWOD friend, are you going through something that is as unpleasant as persecution? Are you enduring a time of testing that is exasperating?

Jesus wants to assure you today that as undesirable as your situation may be, He can cause a testimony to come out of it. You will experience a breakthrough, as I did. Or you will be used by God to testify the truth about Jesus to an unbeliever.

Either way, Jesus wins! Keep on declaring that your present adversity is an occasion for testimony…and watch as it comes to pass!

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