Monday, March 31, 2014

Ramona Mathany: What Is God Saying About YOU Today?

Ramona Mathany: What Is God Saying About YOU Today?
by Ramona Mathany
March 30, 2014
From the desk of Steve Shultz:
I LOVE this article by Ramona. My wife and I sat at the table with Ramona recently, and she shared how she has begun to agree with Heaven for prayer.
She said she prays, "Jesus, what is Heaven praying for me today, so I can join in and agree?"
I was so taken aback by her story, I pleaded with her to write this up so our readers could begin to pray the way that I've now begun to pray. What a simple yet profound concept – AGREE WITH HEAVEN EACH DAY!
Enjoy this. But then, why not try it out! Give it a "road test".
Blessings,
Steve
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Ramona Mathany: What Is God Saying About YOU Today?
"What Is Heaven Praying for Me Today?"
In 2013, I had an incredible increase in my relationship with the Lord, myself, and others around me. It began with a new prayer life. Every day, and sometimes multiple times a day, I look to Jesus and ask, "Jesus, what is Heaven praying for me today, so I can join in and agree?"
A prayer of agreement is so powerful and needed, but we forget to agree with what God is saying about ME today. After I ask, I sit in silence, fix my eyes on Jesus, and await an answer. Sometimes it comes as His presence of comfort, other days, words...
When I hear from Heaven, I agree. I put my full agreement with Jesus. As my friend Baxter Kruger would say, "I take sides with Jesus."
I am willing to agree with what Jesus says about me rather than what the world, the devil, or myself wants to say. As I begin to agree with Heaven for myself, I see myself as in HIM. And in Him I am free to be me – the way I was created to be: loved and to love. I am free to be me, the real me, you know, the one He created to be in relationship with, the beautiful one He says is capable of seeing the goodness of God, like Moses, in the cleft of the rock.
The glory of God is the goodness of God. God is light, and in Him there is no darkness. And prayer is just a conversation between two people. When I hear Jesus talking to His Father about me, it changes me. It moves me to agree and join in the conversation. When I first started this practice of agreement, I thought I needed to do lots of spiritual disciplines to get ready to hear.
Let Yourself Be Loved
However, over the past year, I have come to understand that there is no separation from Jesus and me. So now I just experience His relationship with His Father in the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and I am smack dab in the middle of it.
No pre-qualifications required; it's just about recognizing I am in HIM. Siding with Heaven has changed everything for me in the past year. In turn, it becomes so easy to side with Heaven about others as well. Let yourself be loved.
The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are excited for you to see yourself and others through His eyes. He has a desire to see you agree with the truth about you and others. In my experience, once I have agreed with Heaven, I have felt more comfortable in my own self than ever before. Jesus, what is Heaven praying for me to day, so I can join in?
Receiving love is imperative to being loved. Matthew 22:39 says to love your neighbor as yourself. All this is part of the love relationship that Jesus has invited us into: His relationship with His Father, in the Spirit.
Enjoy your prayer life in 2014. May The Lord show you how incredible and loved you are. Now that is something I can agree with.
Ramona Mathany
American Admin, Inc. / All PEO, Inc. / All Star Labor and Staffing
Email: Ramona@allpeo.com
Website: americanadmin.com / allpeo.com / allstarlabor.com
Ramona Mathany was born in the Bahamas, and at the age of five, she moved to Oregon. She met the living God, Jesus Christ, at a Billy Graham crusade in Portland in the early 1990s. Her radical encounter with Him changed every part of her life. Her testimony is one that not only moves hearts, but changes lives. She carries an anointing to release passion and the love of God to the hearts of all. Ramona's life and message will be sure to send out the call to pursue Jesus and know Him like never before.
For over seven years, Ramona has been cultivating relationships and releasing hope to the women of the Oregon State Women's prison. A queen from the inside out, Ramona offers love, identity, beauty, inner healing, and restoration to the women that most of the world would leave behind in the tragedy of their pasts. Ramona and her teams offer life, hope, forgiveness, freedom, and a fresh beginning by presenting the Gospel and the reality of the presence of God as they share truth, love, and acceptance with these beautiful women that are simply in need of a Savior. Currently, Ramona owns and manages a staffing business that provides local businesses with employees, especially those that need a second chance. Her passion for this business springs out of her prison ministry.
Ramona lives in Lake Oswego with her husband, Jim, and their four children. Her relationship with Jesus has led her to four foundational truths: We are saved by GRACE ALONE, through FAITH ALONE, in Christ ALONE, and all the GLORY TO GOD ALONE.
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Victoria Boyson: You Have a Spiritual Heritage - Your Eternal Wells Are Overflowing!

Victoria Boyson: You Have a Spiritual Heritage - Your Eternal Wells Are Overflowing!
by Victoria Boyson
March 29, 2014
From the desk of Steve Shultz:
God hears our prayers over our family and loved ones...yes! This is an excellent word from Victoria Boyson on the importance of prayer and leaving a spiritual heritage for others.
Be encouraged by what Victoria shares: Listen to me, the prayers you pray for your loved ones cannot go unanswered. You may not see it. In fact, you may see the opposite happen in the natural, but God promised and He cannot break His Word.
Remember that your prayers are powerful: "The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective" (James 5:16).
Enjoy!
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Victoria Boyson: You Have a Spiritual Heritage - Your Eternal Wells Are Overflowing!
Digging Family Wells
My mother, Ellen, who died when I was 16, celebrated the 30th anniversary of her graduation to Heaven on March 14, 2014. I am very happy for her, but I miss her. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Ellen Mae Thompson. My great-grandma Ellen was married to a large man named Matthew. He was extremely strong and from a strong Scandinavian/Viking ancestry.
Back before there was machinery to dig wells, he was famous for the wells he dug. If you needed a well, you got a hold of Matthew Thompson. He dug faster and deeper than any other well digger in the area, because of his incredible strength! Unfortunately, Matthew had a temper to match his physical strength.
He and Grandma Ellen had five girls and then had five boys – two of which died in infancy. It was of great importance to my great-grandmother that her children knew God, and she faithfully read the Bible to them. But Matthew believed spending time on religion was a waste and would become furious when she read the Bible to their children. He wanted the kids out in the fields working. Anytime she read the Bible to them, he would storm at her and bellow and holler at her.
But she stubbornly refused to stop reading to them...
She quietly continued through his storms of temper and kept on teaching her children about God. She knew what was important in life and was determined her children would know it too. She dug wells full of living, eternal water into her children, and after she died, her children continued to love her God. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
My grandfather, Elvin, who I loved very much, was the second youngest of her children, and although he did not live for God, he did love God. And when my mother, Ellen, who was named after his mother, was born to him, he adored her. When she decided she wanted to start going to church, he went with her, because he loved her so much.
As my mother grew in the Lord, the wells my great-grandmother dug to produce the eternal well-spring of life in her family and their descendants became more and more apparent. She was a fountain of the life-giving water. My mother, Ellen, was never anyone this world would consider "great," but she was known by Heaven for the way she loved the Lord and His creation.
Not one time, that I can remember, did she teach a Sunday school class, lead worship, or have any position in the Church. In fact, she was often shut down when she would try to share her passionate love for her Lord. But she didn't care, she knew positions didn't matter – to her, people were what mattered and she loved them. She loved EVERYONE, regardless of who they were or what they did. The love of the Father had full reign in her life.
I can attest to the fact that SHE dug wells of God's love in my life. She laid the foundation of everything God's done in me. She showed me that the key to the amazing life she lived was to bind myself to Christ – to seek Him for everything and in everything, for God alone was her strength. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
She had such extraordinary wisdom, because she was simply dependent on Heaven's wisdom (see Proverbs 3:5). She had all of Heaven's knowledge because she had the mind of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 2:16). And her simple, loving wisdom blessed everyone who was blessed enough to come in contact with her.
It has been 30 years since she went to be with her Lord, and people still talk to me about the wisdom she shared with them in her life on earth. She never failed to take advantage of sowing seeds and digging wells in peoples' lives. No matter who you were or what religion you were, she showed you respect and love – it was her greatest pleasure in life.
She loved everyone, and they loved her in return – she was like sunlight in human form! And when she and my younger brother died in 1984, over 700 people came to their funeral, and our hometown population was only 750! There was no church in town big enough for her funeral – we had to use the school gymnasium, and even it was full to capacity. Every business in town shut down during her funeral so the business owners could attend her service.
Now, even 30 years later, my mother's and great-grandma's wells are still producing the eternal water they intended they would. I doubt any of my great-grandpa's wells are still producing, but mom's and grandma's are! And if I have anything to do about it, I will tell everyone about my famous (to Heaven) well-digging mother and grandmother!
So, I say to all you mamas and grandmas – dig your wells for the eternal Kingdom – you will never be sorry you did! You never know what God will do with your seemingly insignificant love.

Spiritual Heritage
In 2 Timothy, the Apostle Paul was confident, not in Timothy's faith, but in the seeds of faith imparted to him from his mother and grandmother. "I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also" (2 Timothy 1:5).
Seeking to encourage him, Paul reminded Timothy of the heritage of faith that was imparted to him from his mother and grandmother. If Timothy had little faith in himself, he could have faith in those whose lives and faith had affected his own. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons by Pierre Edouard Frere)
Paul sought to encourage Timothy's faith by reminding him of the spiritual heritage he was given, and he breathed the life of the Spirit on the seeds planted in his heart by his faithful family who loved God. He knew they had discipled Timothy in the great love of the Father, and Paul wasn't going to let the eternal seed of God's Word lay dormant in him.
Listen to me, the prayers you pray for your loved ones cannot go unanswered. You may not see it. In fact, you may see the opposite happen in the natural, but God promised and He cannot break His Word.
The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry. It is the same with My word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it. You will live in joy and peace.
The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands! Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where nettles grew, myrtles will sprout up. These events will bring great honor to the Lord's name; they will be an everlasting sign of His power and love. Isaiah 55:10-13
The Lord has promised. Truly, He has obligated Himself to His Word. So, don't worry if those you've shared the Word with do not seem to receive – it will bear fruit. It may look to you like the enemy has gained the advantage in their lives, but God has promised that where once the thorns grew up in their hearts, He would make the cypress trees grow. Trees! Not just tiny plants or blades of grass – TREES! Large, beautiful cypress trees. And where the nettles grew, HE would cause the myrtles to grow! (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
His Word is more powerful than our minds can even conceive of on this earth, and He has committed Himself to His Word. So, as you share even the simple truth of Christ's love, you are digging a well that will have lasting, lasting, lasting, eternal effects on those who drink of its life-spring of water!
Vital Importance
Many years ago, after my mother died, God gave me a dream. In the dream, I was a very little girl and my mother had dressed me in a beautiful dress, brought me to a church, and sat me down on a sofa against the side wall near the front. I could see the minister in the pulpit up front and the congregation listening to him. In front of the sofa was a coffee table, and on it she placed precisely everything I would need and arranged it neatly for me.
Amidst this peaceful scene, in walked a woman dressed in battle fatigues and she was very angry. She screamed at the pastor as he tried to speak to his congregation, and she called him all kinds of names, lying and slandering him. He stood there, unable to speak.
As she continued to harass him, I caught his eye and shook my head, mouthing the words to him, "Don't listen to her." That's all I said, and the woman turned her attention on me. She started to scream at me like she had at the pastor, so I rebuked her.
As I awoke from the dream, I felt an overwhelming sense that my mother had prepared me for whatever I would encounter in the future. I had that dream about 20 years ago, and a lot has happened since. But what I learned from my mother was the work of the Lord is mercy, grace, and love, and His works are as powerful today as they were when He used them to turn the world upside down! (Photo via Flickr)
My mother embraced these truths as foundational, and they penetrated every area of her life. She lived by them and taught me to as well. These truths override so called truths that entangle us in anger, hostility, and strife. If your truth turns you into an angry person, hating the lost instead of loving them, then you've gotten off your foundation. We can have different views on relative beliefs, but still keep loving those we disagree with – that is CHRISTianity! They will know we are Christians by our LOVE!
Dear friends, my mother died when I was 16. I had only 16 short years with her. If the Lord gives you even 16 more years on the earth, what will you do with them? I think you can plant a great many seeds and dig many wells.
We are not promised tomorrow, but if God gives you tomorrow, what will you do with it? Will you use it to prepare the next generation for the future they will have to live? I hope so. My mother's preparations in my life have been some of the most important and powerful things God has used to help me. Don't live your life for today, but for eternity – what you have to offer is of vital importance.
Don't let your life live you, but you live your life for Him!
Victoria Boyson
Speaking Life Ministries
Email: victoria@boyson.org
Website: victoriaboyson.com
Victoria Boyson met Jesus at the age of seven. At thirteen, she started ministering using music as a platform to tell others about Jesus. She and her husband, Steve, ministered as pastors in the mid-west, but in 1999, the Lord told them to move to work for Francis Frangipane, who was extremely influential in their development as Christians and as ministers.
Victoria is a powerful prophetic voice to this generation and co-founder of Speaking Life Ministries. Based out of the Houston, Texas area, she is called to awaken and prepare the Bride of Christ for the end-time harvest and compel His Church to embrace a passionate relationship with their Heavenly Father. She is the author of The Birth of Your Destiny and His Passionate Pursuit.
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Todd Burpo: Heaven is for Real – An Exclusive Interview with the Author Aimee Herd - Breaking Christian News

Todd Burpo: Heaven is for Real – An Exclusive Interview with the Author
Aimee Herd - Breaking Christian News
March 27, 2014
Intro From Julie A. Smith:
Our own Breaking Christian News Editor, Aimee Herd, recently conducted an interview with Todd Burpo, author of "Heaven is for Real" and the father of Colton, the little boy who went to Heaven.
I recently read this book and highly recommend it... I couldn't put the book down! My favorite chapters were "The Throne Room of God" and "Jesus Really Loves the Children". I immediately thought of this Scripture as I read through all the accounts of Colton's experience in Heaven, as Jesus said: "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 18:3.
The movie from this book, "Heaven is for Real" comes out next month...and I can't wait to go see it. I find it fascinating that the director of the movie "Braveheart", Randall Wallace, also directed this film as you'll read below. Todd Burpo quotes Randall Wallace as saying, "Faith is not just a decision of your intellect, but one of the heart and your whole being, and I wanted to make sure that was in this movie."
Enjoy this interview and follow the link at the end of the article for more movie details and showings.
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Aimee Herd Interview with Todd Burpo: BCN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: "HEAVEN IS FOR REAL's" Todd Burpo—Father Whose Son Experienced Heaven—Talks About His Story and the New Movie
The movie, "Heaven Is For Real" opens in theaters on April 16th!
Having recently screened the new movie adaptation of the book, "Heaven Is For Real," I spoke with Colton Burpo's dad, Todd, about all that his son experienced, and what he thought of the movie that tells their story.
Aimee Herd: As you've written the book and now the movie is finished and set to be released, do you feel it was accurate to what Colton and you and Sonja experienced?
Todd Burpo: That was one of the big concerns and overwhelming questions as we started this project; [because of legalities] they had to create a town and create some characters... I asked, "How do you avoid the legal obstacles and still tell the same story?" I really struggled with that, but at the end of the day—three years later—they really accomplished that. They did create characters who were compilations of [real] people, but they had all the same conversations that Colton had—just different characters, but the same events.
Of course our family was the same, and especially when it came to the family dynamic and interaction, even people who have read the book, and who have seen the movie (in a pre-screening) really love it, because it's so true to the book and what really happened.
AH: That's good to know, because I loved the book, so I admit to feeling a little doubtful prior to the screening, but once I saw the movie, I was really impressed.
Tell us about Connor Corum, who played the role of Colton; he was an amazing little actor, and I thought he did a phenomenal job, but you're Colton's dad, so what did you think of his portrayal of your son?
TB: Well, you almost have to understand how God brought Connor to this movie. Conner has never acted before. It's miracle after miracle in the way that God selected Connor—God had to find a kid who was just like Colton. My wife and I were having lunch one day with Connor's parents (he was with them), and while we watched him and talked with him, we said, "This is Colton!" When Colton met Connor, it was like him meeting his "mini me." Essentially, Connor was not acting. In the scene where Connor holds the spider at the butterfly pavilion, he was really scared—he was not acting—we didn't know whether we would get him to hold the spider or not. (Laughs) But at the same time, that's why Connor does an incredible job [in the movie].
AH: When your son Colton first began to speak about Heaven, how long did it take before you were sure that his experiences were real, that he had truly experienced Heaven?
TB: Well there were two mind-blowing conversations I had with him that I had to wrestle with. The first one was when he said he was sitting on Jesus' lap and that he could see me during his surgery. When he was able to back that conversation up [what I said to God], with factual information... The movie depicts this accurately and honestly—I had his from everyone else, no one saw me in that room, and I was yelling and screaming at God. And my son could describe [what I said] to me. There was no earthly explanation for that, only a Heavenly one. (Photo: Todd, Sonja and Colton Burpo/via USA Today)
The next conversation [that convinced me] was when he could speak of things that he saw in Heaven that I knew he had never [yet] read about in the Bible—and he was so Biblically accurate. Then things started to turn for me. But when he talked about meeting his sister in Heaven and talks about my Granddad and speaks about how I played with him as a little kid—and he's not missing any details and these details are right! There's no way a four-year-old can invent things like that.
All those things just continued to penetrate... I think what I really struggled with was not so much my faith about Heaven, but I had no experience with near-death experiences; I had never met anyone who could talk about what Colton was able to talk about. I have been at the bedsides of many people who have passed, but not someone who has come back like my son, and who shared what he's shared.
I think all of that is depicted accurately in the movie.
AH: Did Colton's experience and what he shared with you mess with your own concept of Heaven? How did you reconcile that?
TB: There were a few things (like people getting wings), but most everything he talked about was Scripturally accurate so it really bolstered my concepts of Heaven. I would say more than anything else, when I would talk with Colton, it helped me put some of the pieces from the Bible together. I'm not a big puzzle fan, but during the holidays I get talked into doing one, and the first thing I do is look at the picture on the front of the box. I wish there was a picture on the front of the Bible of what Heaven's really like. But when my son started unfolding all that he saw, it gave me a picture... I could see how this verse matched this verse and how it came together. And I was able to start seeing a bigger picture [of Heaven] that I could never see before. So, my son's accounts of Heaven were a little like the picture on the front of the puzzle box, and they really bolstered my convictions about Heaven instead of undermining them. (Photo: Connor Corum playing Colton via heavenisforrealmovieresources.com)
AH: The movie depicted some turmoil that you experienced in your church, and as a pastor, because of what Colton shared. I hadn't really thought about that aspect before, was that accurate?
TB: Well, in the sense of me taking a leave of absence and then coming back to preach, that was part of what they added to the movie because of time; you have less of it to tell the story in a movie than you do in a book. But, beyond that, all those different reactions we had from so many different people, both in and out of the church, were all honest.
AH: Now, Randall Wallace—who directed "Braveheart" was the director of "Heaven is For Real"—how did that come about?
TB: (Laughs) God had way more to do with that than I did. Joe Roth was the main producer of the film, and he knew that this was a movie that Randall Wallace was supposed to do. Joe called him and told him he had a movie for him and he was the guy to do it. And Randall made it his own. I tell people this is a "no mascara" film, and it is. Emotionally, there are moments where you may cry, because you identify with what it feels like to almost lose a son, and then I've seen audience members jump and shout because they're excited. Randall Wallace just brings it—brings all those elements to this film.
AH: And prior to the movie—in the screening I saw—Randall spoke about his involvement in the film, and he seemed very genuine that he had been affected by Colton's story.
TB: One of the perspectives he shared is that "faith is not just a decision of your intellect, but one of the heart and your whole being, and I wanted to make sure that was in this movie." I think he did that beautifully.
AH: Todd, can you tell me what was the most recent revelation or experience that Colton has told you about during the time he was in Heaven?
TB: Oh man, I'll have to think about that for a second... [Colton doesn't share] them nearly as much now, as when he was younger... I can think of one time, I was reading a Bible story to Colby—it was the story about the rich man and Lazarus. In that Scripture Jesus tells of a chasm between Heaven and Hell that you can't pass. So I was reading that story, and Colton was walking through the room and he just stops. He turns to me and says, "How did you know that? You didn't see that Dad." I said, "I'm reading what Jesus said." Colton said, "Oh He knows." And he just kept walking. (Laughs)
AH: So he saw that? (Photo via heavenisforrealmovieresources.com)
TB: He did.
AH: Wow.
TB: Colton also told me around the same time: "You know Dad, satan used to have a throne in Heaven, but they tore it down a long time ago." The commentaries even say that.
There are many things, and so many conversations in which Colton has shared with us...
AH: What does Colton think of the book and the movie?
TB: He says, "It told the truth, that's exactly what happened." My son's a 'black and white' kid. I don't care what the critics say, if I was going to keep the respect of my son, there was no way I was going to be able to exaggerate or make anything up. I was concerned, as a parent—was he going to be okay with the movie. And he is, he really likes it.
AH: Are those experiences in Heaven still vivid for him today, and does he speak about it much apart from the book and the movie?
TB: Well, some of them have faded. I think all of us, when we get older, can't remember quite everything [we experience as young children]. But fortunately, the people he met and spoke with in Heaven—those memories are still very clear to him—family members, and especially Jesus. I'm very grateful for that.
We've prayed so many times, "Oh God, this is so important, please let Colton remember [his experience]." I believe God has answered those prayers.
AH: I can't help but wonder... yes he had that experience, but what about Colton's own faith walk? Does he have a strong faith?
TB: He does, but you have to understand his perspective growing up... which most of us cannot. I mean, who starts off having visited Heaven before you turn four, y'know?! (Laughs) When he was still little, he used to ask me, "Dad, why don't adults believe in the Bible, what's their problem?" How do you answer that? My best answer to him was, "Well, no one's seen what you've seen." It took him a while before he realized he was different from everybody else; he thought everyone else knew what he knew.
AH: Has Colton met Akiane?
TB: He has, about a year-and-a-half ago. We met her on the Katie Couric Show, which we were also on. We got to go out to lunch—that was the first time he got to meet her and spend time with her. It was a great experience. She is a very unique person, and is also featured in the film.
AH: Todd, would you say that looking back, Colton's experience in Heaven has also deepened your own faith?
TB: It's definitely given me some peace. Peace is a powerful thing. When you know that you're right, and you have more evidence and confidence in that, it changes your boldness... it changes the fact that you don't have to argue with people. You can still talk to them.
Colton's confidence, I think, really shows the rest of the Church how to talk to people that question [Heaven]. I remember he was on ABC Nightly News, and Professor Stephen Hawking had said there was no Heaven. They asked, "Stephen Hawking says there is no Heaven, Colton, what do you have to say about that?" (Photo by Kinley Q. Nichols/via csceagle.com)
His answer was perfect. He said, "Well, he can believe what he wants to, but I know what I saw, that doesn't change anything." He doesn't feel like he has to fight, but he doesn't compromise either.
That same uncompromising child is depicted in the movie. I just wonder how much more effective the Church would be if we would be like Colton when dealing with the doubters.
AH: Good point! Todd, what is your hope when it comes to the book and now the movie, "Heaven is For Real"—what do you hope those who read and see it will take away from it?
TB: I think my hope has always been that people would realize that what Jesus did for Colton, He wants to do for them too. If we will just be open to let Jesus do that in our lives. The love and the peace and the healing that He wants to bring to peoples' lives is real. Heaven's real because Jesus is. When people see this movie, that is—more than anything else—what I hope they take home from it. That they would open up their minds to say, "I want that, I need that."
Find where "Heaven Is For Real" is playing in a theater near you by Clicking Here; it opens on April 16th.
Source: Breaking Christian News

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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Cindy Jacobs: Prayer Alert for United States Locations - The Lord Says, "Shields Up!"






The Lord has been talking about His angels more so recently to many, including me.  As you put your Shields Up for prayer battle - ask the Lord to send a battalion of angels to the locations you are praying over.


Cindy Jacobs: Prayer Alert for United States Locations - The Lord Says, "Shields Up!"
by Cindy Jacobs
March 27, 2014
From the desk of Steve Shultz:
Cindy Jacobs and I agreed that this is definitely for the Elijah List readers. She originally sent this to a large group of intercessors, USRPN (United States Reformation Prayer Network), but she agreed that "we need all the prayer we can get," Cindy told me.
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Cindy Jacobs: Prayer Alert for United States Locations - The Lord Says, "Shields Up!"
Warning for America
Several months ago I began to feel a great unease again about the safety of America. As I prayed, I felt the Lord warning me that there were attacks being planned on America – in attempts to strike terror in the heart of the nation. These would be planned on a systematic level and carried out by radicalized persons.
What I saw at the time were the kinds of bombings that occurred in England and Israel at public places. We know that we already dodged a major bullet when one such attempt was averted in NY Times Square through what I believe to be God-ordained sequence of events.
This is what I am hearing today:
For the Lord says, "Shields up! This is the time for the watchman to have keen eyes and discernment. The enemy is at the door and wants to stir up havoc, but I will give My people eagle eyes to see what is being planned."
After I heard the Lord give this warning and admonition, I received the below email from the Times of Israel that gives details of the kind of attack that I had seen (follow the link below to the full news article). Please read it prayerfully. If you are in one of the areas mentioned, perhaps you might want to prayer walk and ask the Lord for a strategy to uncover everything being hidden.
Mark 4:22 says, "For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open."
From the News Site: The Times of Israel
As quoted in a recent article from The Times of Israel: Al-Qaeda Magazine: Strike NY, DC with Car Bombs
"New issue of 'Inspire' lists specific targets in America, Britain, France – with a bizarre emphasis on tennis matches"
"America is al-Qaeda's primary target for car bombs, specifically Washington, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, according to the latest issue of Inspire, a slick online English-language magazine published by the global terrorist organization.
In a section entitled "Car Bombs inside America," instructing readers how and where to carry out car bombings, a writer going by the name of "AQ Chef" writes that "America is our first target, followed by United Kingdom, France and other Crusader countries." Read more...
Thank you for reading and praying!
For the nation,
Cindy Jacobs
Generals International
Email: rpn@generals.org
Website: usrpn.org
Cindy Jacobs is a respected prophet who travels the world, ministering not only to crowds of people but to heads of nations. Her first calling is and always will be prophetic intercession. Each year she travels, and she has spoken on nearly every inhabited continent to tens of thousands. Yet, in her heart is the memory that Jesus left the ninety-and-nine to go to the one. Generals International is an international church movement, reforming the nations of the world back to a Biblical worldview. They are achieving societal transformation through intercession and the prophetic.
Cindy has authored seven books, loves to travel and speak, but one of her favorite past-times is spending time with her husband Mike and their children Daniel and Mary Madison, along with her five adorable grandchildren.
Cindy Jacobs' Itinerary:
Note: Events are subject to change at the ministry's discretion. We suggest you always check first with the event contact listed here and/or directly visit their website for latest updates on each event.
April 10 – 11, 2014
Watchman Intercessors 
Christian International Ministries 
5200 US Hwy 98 East, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 
Contact: 800-388-5308
April 15, 2014 (7pm)
CFNI Tuesday Night Encounter
Christ for the Nations campus
3404 Conway Street, Dallas, TX 75224
Contact: 214-302-6438
April 22-25, 2014
Revival Alliance and HRock 20th Anniversary Celebration 
The Ambassador Auditorium
131 S. St. John Ave. Pasadena, CA 91105
Contact: 626-720-8106

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