In Korea on the way to Mongola

 





Friends...

We (Paul and I) are waiting in the Seoul airport to transfer planes to the capital city of Mongolia.  We will have a busy schedule meeting with pastors and leaders....and may not get to a computer any  time soon.  Thank you for praying for us...and we treasure your intercessory prayer covering.
 Following is
information regarding Paul Vermes, who will be with me in Mongolia and
in Korea.  We will team together as arrows sent from the Pacific
Northwest.

About Paul:  Paul
carries a passion to see the body of Christ repositioned into the
purposes and plans of God throughout the earth.  He has a  Masters of
Divinity as well a degree and training in Business, counseling and coaching.    Along with pastoring, Paul has been actively involved in the 24/7 prayer movement.  Presently
he has a coaching business focused on seeing cities changed through
influence of God's people through businesss and the government.  He
resides in Victoria, Canada and is married with two wonderful children.

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I (Darrell) do not take these assignments lightly.  Following are prophetic
words spoken over Carlene and I over the past few days regarding this
trip to Mongolia. I transcribed them from audio recordings.  I offer them as jump off points of prayer and
intercession.  Some of them are prophetic in some of them are blessings
spoken over us.  There is and has been a challenge with the preparation
and timing of this mission, and I am unashamedly asking for you to ask
the Lord about covering fire for this adventure.

Prayers From Area Leaders
  
Apostolic Leader's

Jerry:

We cannot do
this... you must do this...we  speak an impartation of direction,
protection, and provision.  All that was in the cloud by day and the
pillar of fire by night, Lord go on ahead.  In him, upon him, around
him, and through him, as well as the team.  Do exceedingly and
abundantly above all that we are able to ask or think according to the
power that works in this right now.  We thank you for the dynamic in
this room life now, in Darrell right now, in intercession and
proclamation we declare abundance over this journey.

  
Mark:

May
the God of hope fill you with great joy, as you trust in him.  Thank
you for guiding and directing everything that is said.  It's for your
purposes and your glory... open the doors of the hearts of pastors and
leaders and let your word come freely and powerfully.  May the word
have its full impact because you said your word would not return void. 
Lord we send him, with an apostolic blessing.  This apostolic blessing
is going to be protection.




Pacificministries Fellowship

Don:

 You are an
extension of each one of us, thank you for binding us to him that we
can be a part of this.  You will guide his steps and his voice.  He
will speak for all of us in describing the wonderful things you have
done.  We speak unity into the church in Mongolia.  Open ears to hear
about relationships with you and with each other.


Wayne:

Thank you for the supernatural power flowing through
Darrell.  He is your hands extended to this country.  Thank you that
you will empower him to do much beyond what he even thought the in the
name of Jesus.  We thank you for your supernatural protection.  For his
family here while he is away to hear what you're saying to them.


Joyce:

Lord as a father, give him supernatural words of
wisdom for this country.  That power would flow from you into the hands
of these young pastors like Elijah.  If they were shoot their arrows
straight.  Spiritual milestones will be accomplished on this trip.


Karen:

If you would send Lord a great company of Angels
around the property and the buildings and surround the pastors and the
people that will be attending these meetings.  May the enemy be held
back and that hearts will be opened and humbled and broken.  Any spirit
of poverty or the making of money through the gospel would go because
of humility.  Awakening in them the bride of Christ... that we are in
relationship with you.  Come Holy Spirit that we would be getting our
garments ready... clean and white.  Lord coming and set straight what
might be off.  Bring your beauty realm into this country.


Jerry:

Already now you have planted a seed in the hearts of these people.  As Darrell steps off the airplane darkness would leave.

Sarah:

Lord
that Darrell would move in the divine not only in the old-fashioned
sense but in the areas of the country which have deep wells and rich
deposits... and that he would teach them how to dig... how to mine
these riches in Mongolia.


Josh:

Lord that these people would return to their first
love and with walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have
called them to.  That Darrell would present the bridegroom calling out
to the bride.  That Darrell would see it, would sense and would teach
this.  Lord open up their eyes of understanding.  They would see a
revelation of you that would be so profound that the only reaction
would be falling deeper in love with you.  Bless them with discernment
in every way.


Mary:

Lord thank you for Darrell and Carlene and their
marriage... a strong marriage that is based on you that would withstand
everything that happens in our lives.  You are big and you are great. 
There would be such a oneness even though separated.  Through the
spirit... that they would know without a doubt they are one.  Do
something very special between them.  Lord thank you for a freshness,
for healing these sores must go than the name of Jesus.  We ask for
cleansing in her body... give her peace.  The Lord has carried all
sickness in his body.


Jerry:

He is doing a heart change in the deepest parts of
your being.  I see you on a plain... this trip will be different you
will stand with your arms opened and your hands raised.  What you will
speak will not need translation.  He is going to bring you to greater
freedom.  Just be who you are


The word is lightning bolt.

Elisa:

How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news and news of happiness.

Mike:

I saw a picture of a pebble or a stone... and there will be a ripple effect... it will keep spreading out.  


Connie:

All the things that you have experienced all the
things that you have gone through will have a ripple affect.  Bring the
pastors back to their first love.  Love the Lord your God with all of
your heart and soul mind and strength... and love each other.  The
arrow to Mongolia will affect China, Russia.


Glenn:

You are not going to Mongolia to work for the Lord, but to work with him.  Open up ears and eyes to hear every word from you.


This is from a brother who was heard us share on Sunday....he has been to the country:

PROPHETIC
WORD FOR MONGOLIA

                                                                                                                                                                                 

Karl Petit

May    
2007 
 

“
Mongolia”, says the Lord, “ is my Diamond in the Rough”……The
Lord loves to take those defeated, those scattered, those barren, those
who do not realize their identity, those seemingly lacking purpose,
and turn them  into His treasures!!!  He will raise up Mongolia
out of the ashes and display His Glory, His Splendor, and His Majesty
to her and through her.  Mongolia will be a nation of Princes and
Priest who will walk in a very deep intimate revelation of who Jesus
Christ is .    

1
Peter 2:1-10

Therefore,
laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking,
2 as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow
thereby,   3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.

You
are His chose stone, and His chosen people.

4
Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen
by God and precious, 5 you also, as living stones, are being built
up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices
acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. 6 Therefore it is
also contained in the Scripture, 

"Behold,
I lay in Zion

A
chief cornerstone, elect, precious,

And
he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame."  

7
Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are
disobedient,

"The
stone which the builders rejected

Has
become the chief cornerstone,"  

8
and

"A
stone of stumbling

And
a rock of offense."

They
stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.

9
But you MON GOLIA are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy
nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of
Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; 10 who
once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained
mercy but NOW have obtained mercy.

NKJV 

There
is an invasion of Heaven into the earth in Mongolia, that is in motion. 
I saw a purple shawl flowing from the top of a temple on top of a mountain
( The mountain is Mongolia raise up by the Lord), stretching across
Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and across the Northwest Coast of the USA. 

Mongolia
is vital to all of us in the Kingdom of  God.  It is perhaps
the one ingredient that the stew simply cannot do without!! 

A handful
of some of the most anointed Men of God to ever walk on the face of
this planet will emerge from Mongolia. 

Eph
3:8-12

To
me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given,
that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
9 and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from
the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things
through Jesus Christ;   10 to the intent that now the manifold
wisdom of God might be made known by the church to the principalities
and powers in the heavenly places,  11 according to the eternal
purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in whom we
have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him.

These
dear brothers will be laid down lovers of Jesus, firm in the embrace
of Father God.  Fierce Warriors…. In fact…Key end time Royal
Kings, that will topple and destroy serious principalities.  Causing
a shift and a ripple effect in the Spirit World, that will result in
a domino effect of Breakthrough and Blessing for all of the earth.  Extreme,
Extraordinary signs and wonders will follow the believers in Mongolia.  

   

A Reunion, a Report, a Request, and a Reminder

Dear Friends,

A Reunion

Carlene and I are celebrating the return of our number two son Matthew after nearly 7 months serving in Iraq.  There are no appropriate words to describe what it meant to our family to see him turn the corner at the Portland airport and embrace him.  There are no substitutes for a hug.  Matthew is grateful for many who prayed for him and he recalled situations where he was totally depending on God's wisdom to accomplish his mission. His unit was the last Marine Company to leave Iraq, and Matthew was selected out of a hundred fellow Marines to receive a medal.

He's a great storyteller, and we laughed at his creativity and impact on his fellow Marines.  I'll share briefly one of these stories:

The Marine commander of his unit required all military people to destroy shelters that had been constructed during their operation and in the 120° heat, left the Marines with literally no shade.  Matthew promised his buddies on their return from a daylong mission that somehow he would have shade for them.  Matthew's primary role was an engineer working with large earth moving bulldozers which were effective in destroying earthen berms which insurgents utilized to conceal their activities.  Matthew decided to uproot palm trees with his earth mover and literally created an oasis in the desert with the transported trees.  The guys strung up lights and built a barbecue pit... and the result?  Matt's Bar and Grill, complete with palm trees for shade.






A Report

On another note, Carlene and I were a part of a leadership event which brought together leaders from Spokane, Vancouver British Columbia, Seattle, and the Portland area.  Our guest was Jim Watt, an 86 year old "young man" who is the last surviving elder of the 1948 latter rain revival.  His vision for the four cities of the Pacific Northwest was powerful.  He has been a mentor for us for seven years.  You may find information concerning his Ministry on his web site:

A Request

Equally meaningful were the prayers from our Pacificministries fellowship and other leaders for my trip to Mongolia.  I leave Sunday, August 30 for eight days in the capital city Ubantar, where pastors and other leaders will gather from other cities for worship and encouragement.  I will include updates for this assignment and specific prayer points in a few days, and you can follow all posts on our blog.  I will also include audio podcasts and pictures. We especially hunger for your prayers for our family while I am gone.  The timing of this mission is difficult for our family.  Thank you for your intercession.

A Reminder

Please mark your calendar for:

Worship at the River

Sunday, September 20, 2009  6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
(please note that this is the third Sunday in the month, but beginning in October, we will consistently meet at our Troutdale community center on the second Sunday's of every month from 6 to 9 p.m.)

Sunday, October 11

Sunday, November 8

Sunday, December 13

Thank you for praying for our family and for the Mongolian team.

We bless you,

Darrell and Carlene

PS
If you'd like to give to Pacificministries, you may use any major credit card (or Paypal) for a tax deductable donation HERE.

Matt Home

My sister and her family greeted Matt when he got off the bus. He had no idea my sister was back from vacation and was not expecting anyone until he heard his name being yelled. My sister and her family are the best. He is home, tired, hungry and looking forward to some R&R at my sister's place first then we will soon see him when he has rested and gone through their week of debrief. Thanks for praying for him. He still needs the prayer for the post stuff that all military persons go through. Again, thanks,
Carlene

My Endorsement

I've been a part of these gatherings the past few years. I wanted to post this information so we are all on the same page. This coincides with other meetings...we've been worshiping at the River for a reason!

Preston is a (as we say in Korea) a GOOD MAN!

Darrell

Columbia River Prayer Journey Itinerary V2 7-28-09

 

Columbia River Flush Prayer Journey – August 11-22, 2009

 

Columbia River Prayer Journey

River Flush Columbia

There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5 God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts.  7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.    Ps 46:4-7

A. What are we doing?

1.      Praying and interceding in concert along the major river systems in the Pacific Northwest. This initiative is similar in focus but different in approach to the River Flush conducted on the Mississippi River and its tributaries conducted in April-May 2007.

2.      There will be teams on the Columbia, Snake, Willamette, Kootenai, Pend Oreille, Cowlitz, Spokane, Deschutes, Lewis, Yakima, Wenatchee, Okanogan, Kettle, and Sandy Rivers as well as several tributaries to cover the greater Columbia watershed.

3.      We will be traveling on the journey as each team is led by Holy Spirit from June 15, 2009 to Sept. 5, 2009.  All teams will assemble in Spokane, WA, on Sept. 7-9, 2009.

4.      Intercessors from around the country but especially along the river passages will be “Lighting the Passage” with worship during the period of the journey.

B.    Why are we doing this?

1.      The most important reason for the journey is simply obedience to the Lord.  During our preparation for a preceding prayer journey in Spokane in addition to other previous prayer journeys, he showed the importance of a corresponding journey down the length of the Columbia River and its watershed.

2.      We understand that each river we are journeying has already been prayed for, perhaps numerous times.  Our journey’s prayers and intercession will build on what has been done before, and we expect subsequent prayers over the same rivers to continue to build. There is no limit to God’s blessings.

3.      One of the primary purposes of this journey is to break the stronghold of water spirits associated with bodies of water which affect the people that live in the land, bringing pride, addiction, fleshly pursuits, manipulation and control, attraction to the occult, and a fascination with death and darkness.  In essence, we are doing deliverance ministry to the Pacific Northwest and the Western Gate of the North American Continent.  We will be publishing at a later point the Biblical foundation for understanding and addressing water spirits.

4.      Third, we have seen prophetically that the Spirit of Baal, a demonic structure that has led our land into pursuit of the flesh, has in fact been drawing life from our nation.  In the same way that individuals develop heart disease through fleshly addiction, our nation is being robbed of life. Our prayer journey through the circulatory system around the Northwest of our nation is intended to cleanse the arteries and bring new life.  We are continuing the cleansing of our national and continental water systems preparing the way for the address the same Baal and Mammon and other occult spirits and spiritual strongholds of wickedness.

5.      Fourth, the Lord has shown us that every apostolic and prophetic declaration and intercession along our river pathway will be spiritual dynamite that will explode cracks in the power grid of the enemy over our land.

6.      Fifth, as our teams from around the country merge where the rivers converge, we are making a powerful apostolic declaration of unity in the Body of Christ.

7.      Sixth, we are taking spiritual possession of rivers used as demonic highways and establishing them as Highways of Holiness unto the Lord through worship, repentance and apostolic intercessory declaration.  Waters that were created to nurture the life of God’s creation will be restored to their full original purpose in the natural and spiritual spheres of Earth. 

C.    Who is doing this?

1.      We are in affiliation with Cascadia Apostolic Summit; Dan Hammer, Washington State Apostle U.S.A.R.; and many others.

2.      Our guiding apostles are Jim and Faith Chosa of Day-Chief Ministries, Yellowtail, Montana, 406-666-9183, jim@daychief.org.

3.      The journey leader is Preston Jackson, Spokane, Washington, 509-290-3218, preston.jcksn@gmail.com.

4.      Through Jim Chosa and other Native leaders we have and will continue to gain indigenous authority as their representatives in the territories of the land encompassed by this river system.

5.      River team leaders include prayer journey leaders from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, CA. and teams are comprised from many different states.

6.      Each river prayer team consists of an “onsite team” traveling the river by car and one or more “base camp intercessory teams”.

7.      State intercessors are supporting the journey from every state touched by the rivers on the journey as well as intercessors from around the nation and the world.

D.    What are we doing on the journey?

1.      We will be traveling 2 by 2 as Jesus sent out the 72 to prepare the way before Him in Luke 10. (Or as many as will conveniently travel in one vehicle.)

2.      We will be praying at specific locations revealed to us by research and through revelation by the Holy Spirit.

3.      In particular, we are looking for places of iniquity due to false authority, false worship, bloodshed, broken covenants, and immorality.

4.      We will establish, at key points, “stones of remembrance” that declare “The Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness, thereof.”

5.      We will reconcile God’s true ownership of the Earth through communion at key sites as directed by Holy Spirit.

6.      We will establish, at key points, “boundary markers” that declare the principle of “You shall set bounds for the people all around saying, ‘Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.”

7.     We will do all things as unto the Lord and whatever the Lord shows us to do.

E.    Journey culmination.

1.      We will convene in a corporate Malachi 3:16 convention on Sept. 18-19, 2009.

2.      We will repent for these defilements and receive the forgiveness of the Lord for the iniquities committed in the land.

3.      We will prophetically and apostolically apply Jeremiah’s Commission to uproot every kind of iniquity.

4.      We will break and sever the connection of evil and wicked spiritual forces to the land and water of this river system.

5.      We will sanctify the water and the land.

6.      We will apostolically declare the word of the Lord through scripture and revelatory, prophetic expression.

7.      We will, out of the blessing of God, bless the land and the people of the land influenced by this river system with a special focus on the Body of Christ.

8.     We will unite, through the Blood of Christ and Holy Spirit, our prayers to all the prayers that have been uttered before us.

9.     We will apply 2 Cor. 10:6 to the entire Columbia River Watershed area.

Feedback from the River

As we worship I listened to the voice of the Holy Spirit, this is what he told me;

“It is your heart that I desire, your love that pours out from within.  Step in, step into the river of my love, let that river that is from within you pour out.  Let it pour out for within you, pour out from your heart one to another, pour out from your heart to mine.  I long for your heart to be solely mine.  I long for your gaze to be upon my face.  Seek me and you shall find me.  Seek after my heart and it will be made known to you.  It is you that I desire.  It is your heart that I long for.  Seek me with all that you are and I will make myself known to you.”

I sensed a shift in the spirit and I heard; “A change of tide.  A change is coming.  Shift into the new position.  Shift gears, make room for the new.  Change your perspective.  Change your mind.  A shift of my spirit is coming, get ready!  Get ready for the new to come!  Get ready!  Make way!”

Beth


Was awesome worship tonight!!  I am excited to see what is coming our way!!!!

Hi, It just seemed more anointed then ever, so touching, must have really touched the Fathers heart
I always enjoy our times in Troutdale but tonight was special. I had a class from 4 to 6 pm clear over on the west side so of course I arrived late. As I walked toward the Sam Cox building the music filled the outside air with "I will give You all my worship, I will give You all my praise; You alone I long to worship..." It was beautiful.

For the testimonies I shared
"I praise God because He is transforming me by His Word and His Spirit and I will behold the day of His power."

For the response of our hearts to God's word to prepare for change:
I feel God is asking us to lay down the weights that so easily beset us. The weights are different for each of us; mine is stuff and paper. As we let go of all that is unnecessary in our lives we can run unhindered by the weights. We can be available for what God has for us. We can see His path and His plans without the clutter of all those extra things. We can move more easily.

The radicals on the other end of the line live and breathe and eat and sleep their cause. It is uppermost in their minds and lives. They train and prepare for their "mission" every day. They have let go of all that is not necessary for their immediate purpose.

And God has more for me to do than to mend and iron and polish my things. He has territory for us to take. He has much higher Kingdom purposes and assignments for us as we run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith.
 

Dear Friends,

Dear Friends,


Three simple announcements:

Just a reminder:    Our worship gathering at the (Troutdale Community Park) River this Sunday evening, July 19, at 6 p.m.
Again, the primary purpose of our gathering is to lift up Jesus and to
worship Him.  We look forward to the creativity of Holy Spirit as we
listen and respond.


For your encouragement:   Recently, Graham Cooke, and the
leadership team at his home church experienced a tragedy with the death
of David Crone's daughter, Amy.  Graham responded with  an article
entitled "Sad... but Oddly Triumphant".  You can find the full article on the Web at pacificministries.blogspot.com

.  An excerpt:


Our faith statement is found in Daniel 3:13-18. It is the story
of three friends in Babylon who were ordered to worship a statue of the
king or face a grim death. Their answer was an in-your-face
declaration:“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
furnace of blazing fire, and save us from your hand. But even if He does not,
let it be known to you O King, that we are not going to serve your gods
or worship your golden image.”  It’s called a pre-determined response.
They knew the consequences of their decision before they had an
audience with the king. No matter what it costs they were not backing
down from what they believed. It was a wholehearted acknowledgement of
who they were as Hebrews.  As a community this tragedy has united us
and defined who we are going to be. It has called us up to a new
place…brought an ascension in the Spirit. We will go after:

Heaven on Earth


Being made in His image

As He is, so are we in this world

Greater things shall we do

We
will go after the Glory of God. We will embrace His Nature, His love,
Mercy, Grace, Kindness and Joy. We will choose to view our life through
the eyes of His Goodness. We will go after Resurrection, Healing,
Miracles, Power and Abundance until we see it, we apprehend it, and it
becomes a normal occurrence. We want this fight!


Carlene and I agree and want the same for our gathering at the River.

Finally, a FREE OFFER:   Nearly 8 years ago, I recorded a CD entitled Christmas Piano.  A few years later, I recorded the second CD, Garments of Deep. 
I have sold or given away nearly 10,000 of these albums, and with the
increased move toward downloading music through MP3 technology, I am
offering Garments of Deep online for the price of... nothing.  Free.  Gratis.  I am anticipating another worship recording this fall, and e-mail Pacificministries@gmail.com for your link to the download.



Bless you as we go after God!

Darrell

Pacificministries
PO Box 1401

Port Townsend, WA 98368
Pacificministries@gmail.com
http://pacificministries.blogspot.com/

Sad.. but Oddly Triumphant: An Announcement.

Just a normal day. Saturday, eating lunch, watching New Zealand beat the French at rugby. My cell rings and tragedy comes through the air waves. Amy Crone, daughter of my good friend and senior team leader David…has had a cardiac arrest and passed away.

Scrambling to the hospital. Theresa and I join with a small group of family and Amy’s friends in the Emergency Room. My daughter Sophie, her friend Kellie who works for me in Brilliant Book House, both come for tearful hugs. We are all shattered. Amy? Funny, creative, life of the party, mother of two Amy…gone?

I stepped into the room where Amy lay. Deborah, her mom, is stretched out over the bed sobbing. David sitting head bowed at his daughter’s feet. Mark and Tammy, good friends giving stellar support. We prayed, touched, stayed connected till the Coroner came and took the lovely girl away.

David and Deborah emerged, shell shocked. They thanked and hugged everyone. I half expected David to say to me, “Is there anything you need? Anything I can help you with?” Typically the way most conversations ended with Dave. Watching the two of them walk across the parking lot holding hands is one of the most gut wrenching things I have ever seen.

Just a little later my cell phone rings. “We want you to stand with us and pray for Amy’s resurrection.” Absolutely, no problem. I’m on it. I can’t remember what I actually said to my friend but I had never wanted a fight more than I wanted this one. Another wonderful friend Bob Book our worship leader at the Mission and our wives Theresa and Barbara met that evening to plan the Sunday morning gathering at the Mission.

The Crone family were gathering too and would do battle at the family home the next morning. Not wanting to be a distraction or a focus for grief and shock they chose their site of battle sensibly. Word went out all over the world. Our great friends at Bethel, Redding, Bill and Benni Johnson, swung everything behind their love for David and Deborah. People from all over the States and many countries united to pray.

That Sunday morning at The Mission will live long in my memory. I have never seen a spirit of unity manifest itself with such hunger and open delight. The worship was astonishing. The truest and best celebration of the wonder of Jesus. We exulted in the Lord our God. In worship we take what we know to be true of God in our experience and we stand in that place to rejoice, praise and offer thanks as an expression of our confidence in the goodness of God.

Lamentation is the highest form of praise that exists on earth. It is unique to earth. Heaven cannot copy it because there are no tears or sorrow in Heaven. Lamentation allows us to do something that Heaven cannot…worship the Lord when we are in a place of utmost distress.

Lamentation carries with it a “though” and a “yet” [Habakkuk 3:17-19; Job 13:15]. “Though” we are in a place of critical distress, where we are burdened and saddened beyond our strength to bear…”yet”, we will exult in the Lord.

To exult means to be delighted, full of elation, in high spirits, jubilant, overjoyed, in celebration. God does not ask us to put aside our grief or our burden. He asks us to make it an offering. To step into the place of His Majesty and Beauty and bring it with us. Use it. There is never a good enough reason not to rejoice. Lamentation allows us to step into a place in the Father’s affection where our tears mingle with adoration and He has first place ahead of our suffering. This is where worship enters the realm of glory.

As a spiritual community we are learning about, living under an Open heaven, being made in His image, doing the things that Jesus did, living from Heaven to Earth. We are learning, growing and developing in the practice of, “on earth as it is in Heaven.” Not experts by any means but in passionate pursuit of real Christianity.

It felt to me that we were under observation by a great cloud of witnesses. At one point we broke through into Heaven. Hundreds of people in delight. One heart, mind, voice and spirit…and our worship massively escalated. We joined in with Heaven. The sound was incredible. Half of our main band was out of town. We had cancelled the band for the day. All we had was Bob on vocals/acoustic, Byron on piano, and Ned playing a djembe! Suddenly, collectively, we were embracing a sound we had never heard before. It lasted for moments and then faded leaving us stunned, astounded and with enlarged hearts.

I shared briefly from John 11 and Mark 5…the stories of Lazarus and Jairus’ daughter. Jesus spoke of death as a form of sleep from which people could be awakened. At the Mission we fully believe in all that God is for us and all that He can do. We rejoice in His goodness and we stand firm in His power and intention. As a people we are learning to stand in the place of devastation, degradation and despair as we bring the Goodness and the Kindness of God to a hurting world. Our desire is to bring Heaven to Earth with miracles, signs and wonders. We want the authority of the Lord of Life; therefore, we are choosing to fight every circumstance…joyfully.

We prayed as one heart, we commanded life to return with one voice. In football terms we left everything out there. Father’s Day, how appropriate. Over the next few days, we gathered in small groups to continue the joyful proclamation of resurrection power.

Amy never came back to us. Dear, sweet, fun loving, zany, irreverent (she disliked organized religion/churchianity), Amy never returned from the place of delight.

The funeral was outrageous. Typical of the Crone family. It was a masterpiece of prophetic pioneering spirit. They set a whole new trend in graveside committals. No memorial church service, Amy would hate that. Instead a small number of family and friends met at the cemetery. We were all instructed to be dressed casually. Lots of jeans, bright colors, no formal wear. Two stretch limos pulled up and out popped the Crone family. A lone piper played Amazing Grace as they pulled two ice chests out of the trunk.

We gathered around Amy’s coffin as David and Deborah spoke movingly of Amy’s life. Lots of laughter and tears as people told story after story of this irrepressible young woman whose passion for God and life could never be dampened no matter how hard life became for her. We hooted with laughter and blinked away tears at the same moment. We were all given pink flowers to hold (thanks Amy) and spread over the coffin in last goodbyes.

Champagne and cider came out of the chests as we toasted the life of a loyal, sassy, individualist, free spirit who no doubt is teaching King David how to really dance before the Lord. Bill Johnson gave a short and moving address on the importance of mourning properly…to let both joy and sadness move in you…to suppress neither because that’s harmful, but always let joy have the last word each day. He exhorted and encouraged us to be true to who God is and to contend always for Life. Amen to that.

The next day, our core leaders, Bob Book, Dan McCollam and myself met with David and Deborah to plan the next Sunday gathering. More laughter, more tears, great cookies.

The Sanctuary was full on Sunday. People came from all over the world to celebrate Amy’s life. Moving, happy, sad, delightful…it was all that. Great rejoicing. Great family. Great community. Great Oneness.

We never got the resurrection that we fought for. Does that means we step back from what we believe? Do we now occupy a lesser place of no risk and maximum safety? Or do we step up, freshly determined to see:

Your Kingdom come, Your will be done?

We are the belief that never goes away. We plan to weary the enemy by being ever present with Jesus. Our ongoing joy and passion for God’s real kingdom will eventually wear the enemy down. God did not take Amy; she was stolen from us and now we will make the enemy pay.

Our faith statement is found in Daniel 3:13-18. It is the story of three friends in Babylon who were ordered to worship a statue of the king or face a grim death. Their answer was an in-your-face declaration:

“Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire, and save us from your hand. But even if He does not, let it be known to you O King, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship your golden image.”

It’s called a pre-determined response. They knew the consequences of their decision before they had an audience with the king. No matter what it costs they were not backing down from what they believed. It was a wholehearted acknowledgement of who they were as Hebrews.

As a community this tragedy has united us and defined who we are going to be. It has called us up to a new place…brought an ascension in the Spirit. We will go after:

Heaven on Earth

Being made in His image

As He is, so are we in this world

Greater things shall we do

We will go after the Glory of God. We will embrace His Nature, His love, Mercy, Grace, Kindness and Joy. We will choose to view our life through the eyes of His Goodness. We will go after Resurrection, Healing, Miracles, Power and Abundance until we see it, we apprehend it, and it becomes a normal occurrence. We want this fight!

We are in the process of making new decisions that define us as a community. We are not going back.

Graham Cooke

The Cascadia Awakening (Timothy J Sherman)

The Cascadia Awakening 

Timothy J Sherman
 

   I have seen a reoccurring vision for four years and the Lord consistently calls it, “The Cascadia Awakening”. I have seen a kaleidoscope of events with warnings of the catastrophic and the fulfilling of the glorious, and some are beginning. The Seattle Quake in 2002 was a warning to prepare for great shaking. On a map of the Northwest are cities on fire with Gods glory. Arrows of revival and Reformational fire are being shot by revival reaper angels. Targeted cities are ignited by fires of revival that are burning and spreading all over the Great Pacific Northwest. These cities are blazing on regions of the map. I see great crowds of people running to these regions, not from them. I have seen this chariot of fire with Elijah riding in it sweeping into the gatherings of people and circling them in a flaming whirlwind of white light as the chariot is going up and the Elijah mantle is coming down.  This vision of the map is of Northern California, Washington, Idaho and Oregon. It is an Elijah Revolution. The increase of the Holy Spirit has begun. This awakening will be confirmed by the years end with wonders in the heavens above and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke, all increasing over the next 14 years. It is time for the saints to see the 2020 vision.  This Cascadia Awakening is stirring a new breed of worshipper’s with sensitivity to heavens desire. Worship is the ongoing catalysts and springboard for an end to legalized abortion.  The earth is travailing like a woman in birth pangs. The Jezebels liberal agenda of perversion, control and antichrist mindsets are about to be shaken loose. The Lord is bringing a shaking with the waves and the seas roaring, the nations shall be shocked with the reports of overflowing and rushing waters. There are a passionate people in the “revival of romance”; those seized by the yearnings for love of God and the waves of revival and spiritual revolution are mounting of tsunamis proportions. They languish in sorrow and pain, crying, sighing and some dying; a spring harvest is upon us! There are holy saints contending for the unity of the faith who are embracing the new paradigm of “The Cascadia Movement”. This is a visitation that has and is being nurtured for a Holy Habitation. It is a “building revival” with reformation, not a flash in the pan but the patient mining of the mother load, a pure vain of the gold of Gods glory found in the living deity of His nature. It is with an apostolic and prophetic under girding of worshipful intercession. It’s through a new vanguard of humble servant leadership, seasoned ones, some young in age, trained from the womb. They are not interested in titles, fame, personal or greedy riches or selfish extravagant benefits leading to the snare of the devil and a falling away. This is a new breed of pastors, evangelist and teachers who are in the fire, and praising Him in it. They are desperate, desperate, and more desperate for Gods intervention and leading. They finally, patiently, endure in love! Now ready to lay down unholy controls and heiarchary church structures, their own kingdom building and personally ambitious agendas, their Isaacs are on the alter. I will shake the kingdom of religion and division displacing it with these listening ones. It will cost something, through suffering and tears not just a talking but a holy and resolved attitude of youthful zeal, “Just Do It” is the youthful attitude This is decreed by “The Watchers” in the Northwest region effecting nations of the earth. He is now being revealed in a unifying of ministries. They’re seeking together to bring heavenly encounters. Regional churches will displace local churches swallowing them up in His glory and power to affect their regions. The lifestyle of yielding to this cleansing and purifying fire is in His kingdom seekers. It is coming in the unity of the glory found in the prayer of Jesus in John 17.

 

1. The beautiful and majestic natural geographical environment of the Northwest speaks a spiritual significance and the greatness of the plans of our God for this region of America.

1. The four State Area: Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho have the four faces of God; California the Ox, Washington the Lion, Oregon the Eagle and Idaho the Man.

2. The Columbia River is the water gateway to the inland Northwest from the Pacific Ocean. Columbia means “The Dove”. Rivers of living water flow out of the midst of the Cascade Mountains through the “Dove” and The Snake River in Idaho. The Snake is the food of the Eagle.
3. The Snake River winds through Idaho and is swallowed up by “The Dove”, or Columbia River. The Columbia River is the center border for much of Washington and Oregon’s adjoining boundaries. These two states are joined by the waters of the Columbia and will be unified by the Holy Spirit, The Dove and are like twin states. This entire four state area was part of and once called the Oregon Territory. Oregon means*********
4. There are six major regions that have been prophetically designated by the Lord for visitation in the NW , they are as follows:
1. Albany Or up to Portland/Vancouver Wa. .
2. Seattle/Tacoma into Vancouver B.C.
3. The Columbia Basin of Moses Lake, Tri-Cities of Pasco, Kennewick, Richland to the Yakama Valley.
4. Spokane Wa. /Coeur d'Alene Id.
5. Eugene/Springfield
6. Redding Ca.

The Cascade Mountains stretching from Lassen Peak and Mt. Shasta in Northern California up into British Columbia are a volcanic range and in the Ring of Fire.  There are fifteen major peaks or areas of the Cascades that are in their origins volcanic and very active. These mountains are all connected underneath the earth by a volcanic rivers and reservoirs that are released as a lava flow. The rivers and reservoirs of fire and molten rock called magma flow under these volcanoes and connect them. They are along incredibly long and large earthquake faults for they set on the continental plate called the Cascadia Fault. The Cascades receive a very thick snow fall and snow pack yearly and have several glaciers in this volcanic mountain region. The bible speaks of the treasury of the snow, Job 38:22 and Isaiah 55:10-12 says the word of the Lord is as rain and snow that comes down from heaven. The rain fall levels are higher in western Oregon and Washington then most anywhere in the Continental U.S.  The Cascade Mountains melt off feeds the Colombia and Snake Rivers which will see a wall of water at flood stage due to mans errors at the flood gates of the Dam and when there is great shaking at the fault lines. This flood wall of water coming through the Columbia Gorge is decreed by a high spirit to strike areas of population along the Columbia River and especially the Portland/Vancouver region.  Its deadly devastations will be lessened or even prevented through unified and corporate efforts in prayer and worship, which will blow the trumpet in Zion and Gather the People together, sanctifying the solemn assemblies. This must come through my leaders and the humble army who will unify and fight on their knees with hands raised in absolute surrender and total abandonment to the worship and prayer for the God given promise of the John 17 prayer of Jesus. Father, release the glory of Christ within us so that we may be one. The spring melt of “the secret of the snow” provides life for natural resources of all the Columbia Basin in central Washington and the orchards and vineyards of Washington and Oregon. In a spiritual allegory, life in the spirit through worshipful prayer is found in these rivers.  Portland is an inland port visited by cargo ships, tankers, naval ships, and others.  Portland is a portal as a gateway to the entire Northwest.  Barges transport goods up and down the Columbia River Basin; there are wine vineyards and orchards, wheat, barley and corn and all manner of vegetables and produce grown in mass in the Columbia basin and all over the these regions are supplied. All of this in the natural is with spiritual significance of the fruit and bounty of the move of the Spirit of God being released. This part of America is ripe for such a spiritual harvest of souls and such an explosion of revival from the flows of the water of the spirit and word. The Great Pacific Northwest is poised for a Jesus Revolution, even creation is declaring it.  Per capita it is the least populated area in the United States concerning believers, churches and Para-church organizations. The grass roots, organized and unorganized, worship and intercessory prayer movement, the Lord has created here, is the strongest and largest I have seen, in my travels of our great nation. 

The saints will arise and I will fit them together, declares the sovereign Lord. Because of this, a building revival for reformation cannot tarry any longer the door will now be blown open soon and very soon. It has begun in this season we are now in and my foolish ones see it. No more delays, no more delays, say the Spirit of Grace! The trumpet is being blown to gather my people together from the four corners (States) of this region.  It has already started in the hearts of those who hear and see in the Spirit! Politically, it’s been liberal and its agendas have had regional strongholds in densely populated areas, but the Lord says this is about to change for I will remove the politics that divide in the church. It’s by a new moral standard even at the educational levels. I will bring revival into the universities and the colleges through my holiness and the fear of the Lord in the spring of the year. It will come in a divine visitation through my new music that touches the intellectual and emotional. Arguments will rage as my sword divides and persecution will cost lives. It will come with Godly sorrow unto repentance; it will be a deep work of cleansing on the collage campuses starting small but spreading fast as demonstrations because of this new war. The Lord will rip the scales from their eyes suddenly with weeping and wailing with great joy following deep repentance.  A radical zeal for good works and extreme holiness will shock many. The northwestern mindsets of the fiercely independent will be used in this revolution that will close campuses. Even though they are not conducive to the united gathering of spiritual leaders of the region, I will use them. Leaders wait for a strategic trumpet to be blown with a clear sound. I am setting the trumpet to my mouth in the so called rebellious youth, declares the Lord of Changes, handcuffs, iron bars and steal doors will not silence them. Where sin abounds grace does much more abound for they speak my heart. The Spirit of Grace will change these mind sets even though the mighty fall. It will come through a response to the voice of the foolish prophets and in the great shaking that will shake from the Portland region into Canada. It is causing my leaders to unify as they feel the ground shake and hear the trumpet blown. It will rally my leaders through tears and my people for battle in the war of zeal. The Lord will establish some new voices in the entire region for the power and order of My Kingdom of love. It is now blowing in by the winds of change and it will be declared and confirmed with prophetic healings, signs and wonders working through my Holy Ones who will work the miraculous in the midst of crisis. The saints will arise to harvest the bounty of souls and the resources of natural wealth of the region and nations for my Kingdom purposes. The Josephs will arise in this land. The Spirit has spoken through a few unknown and notable voices and the prophets are declaring the word across the globe but few hear now. This will change, for many will finally seek for the hearing of the word.  It will affect the world and it will especially shake and spread to the Asian ring of fire. It will be the same outpouring of my Glory declares the Spirit of Grace. Who will hear and prepare says the Lord of Changes?

Worship at the River Sunday, July 19 at 6 to 8:30 p.m..

Dear Friends and Family,

(PLEASE NOTE THE DATE FOR THIS JULY IS THE SUNDAY THE19TH)


Just a short note to invite you to Worship at the River Sunday, July 19 at 6 to 8:30 p.m..  In the past years we have met on the second Sunday of each month, but this month of July will meet on the third Sunday.  This will be a Pacificministries sponsored worship gathering.  Carlene and I have been in the Midwest with family weddings and other obligations, and look forward to seeing many of you.  Again, the primary purpose of our gathering is to lift up Jesus and to worship Him. 



May 2009 Gathering at the River

Many have read books by Frank Viola (Pagan Christianity.... From Eternity to Here) and I highly recommend his writings.  Recently, he has put forth a document I'd like to include in this update.  Frank writes in his newsletter:

A JESUS MANIFESTO for the 21st century with my friend Leonard Sweet. Len says that this may be the most important thing he's ever written. To our pleasant surprise, the document is beginning to go viral. This week, it will have been sent to over a quarter million people. Some are calling it a “95 Thesis” for our time. But it's being posted on the Internet rather than a church building door. (The document only contains 10 thesis.)

We trust it has the fingerprints of the Spirit of God on it, as it seeks to magnify the Lord Jesus in a day when He’s gotten short-changed in so many places.

You can read the manifesto and also comment on it here: http://ajesusmanifesto.wordpress.com

Again, we will meet on Sunday, July 19 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Sam Cox building in the Troutdale Community Park.  We look forward to seeing you!

Darrell and Carlene

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Great Word from Frank Viola

So many Christians I meet today, whether in person, on social networks, or through emails, tell me that they are living in a spiritual wilderness. They feel alone, spiritually isolated, and they don’t have too many Christian friends that they are experiencing a rich and full fellowship in Christ with.

Some of them attend a church on Sunday morning, yet still, they are living in the desert and they know it.

Some have given up on the traditional form of church altogether. And they are in serious pursuit of an expression of church that provides authentic community centered on Jesus Christ. But they cannot find such an expression in their city.

All of these people love the Lord and they love the Body of Christ, but they feel quite alone. And spiritually, they are dry and empty.

In short, they are experiencing the wilderness.

Looking back at the Old Testament pictures, Canaan was God’s goal for His people. Jerusalem was there, and that’s where God’s house was to be built.

However, God’s people had to pass through the wilderness to travel from Egypt to Canaan. They also had to traverse the wilderness to travel from Babylon to Canaan. The wilderness, then, is a divine requirement. But it’s a detour; it’s not home. How long you spend there is mostly your decision.

Let me unravel that a bit.

After the children of Israel exited the treasured city of Egypt, they quickly traveled to Mount Horeb. They then wandered in the desert for forty long years. Why? Because of their unbelief (Heb. 3:15-19; 4:1-11).

The trip should have only lasted eleven days (Deut. 1:2).

The wilderness is temporary, unless you choose to build a home there. God will eventually make a way out of the wilderness. But when that day comes, your faith will be tried. Leaving the wilderness may come at an obscenely high price. It is for this reason that many do not leave it.

I strongly believe that God’s living quarters cannot be built in the wilderness. All that happens in the wilderness is temporary. God’s goal is the Land of Promise. (I am speaking spiritually … Egypt, Babylon, the Wilderness, and Canaan are all shadows that point to spiritual realities for the Christian.)

Granted, the tabernacle of Moses was built in the wilderness. But it was a movable tent. It was highly temporal, and it was headed toward Canaan to find permanent rest.

I would now like to make several observations about the wilderness. If you happen to be living there right now, I hope this article will be of help to you.

First, God will always take care of His people in the wilderness.

He will supply them with Christ, even though it’s not their natural habitat. However, the Christ that is given to you in the wilderness is not adequate to meet all your spiritual needs. Let me explain.

When God’s people dwelt in the wilderness after leaving Egypt, God gave them water from a rock and bread from heaven. The bread was called “manna.” It was a picture of Jesus Christ, our spiritual

food (John 6:31-35, 49-51; 1 Cor. 10:1-4).

However, it didn’t take Israel long to grow weary of the manna. In the same way, you and I will eventually grow tired of the Lord that is given to us in the wilderness. And like Israel, we will be tempted to murmur against him.

There is only one kind of food given in the wilderness. And it’s not sufficient for the long haul. The manna is designed to get you and me through the wilderness experience. But we cannot live off of

it beyond that point.

By contrast, in Canaan, the fullness and the superabundance of the land are fully available to us. When we are living on the building site, the produce of the rich and good land becomes ours to enjoy. And that produce is inexhaustible.

Second, if you remain in the wilderness, you will eventually die.

Leaving the counterfeit habitats of Egypt and Babylon is not enough. If you don’t exit the wilderness, your bones will bleach in the desert.

God always brings His people out so that He might bring them in.

You can chisel that in stone.

He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our

fathers. (Deut. 6:23 nasb)

Third, the wilderness has but one goal: to sift us, to reduce us, and to strip us down to Christ alone.

Those of us who have left Egypt and Babylon need to be emptied of a great deal of religious baggage. The wilderness experience is designed to do just that. It’s the place of religious detox.

Consider John the Baptist. He preached in the wilderness. Those who wished to hear his message had to go out into the desert to hear him. During John’s day, God was through with Judaism. He was finished with the old wineskin. The Lord raised up John the Baptist to call the people out of Judaism, the organized religion of the day.

Those who followed John in the wilderness were being stripped of everything that the old Judaism had to offer. They were dropping the religiosity of that system and coming up to ground zero. From where did Jesus Christ get His disciples? Most of them were followers of John the Baptist. Therefore, they had a wilderness experience that brought them to ground zero. That experience brought them to a “nothing situation.” Compared to the Pharisees, Sadducees, and scribes, they were clean slates for the Lord Jesus to write upon. They were empty wineskins for the Lord to pour His new wine into. John the Baptist stripped them of the old, and Jesus gave them the new.

Please burn this into your mind: We cannot receive the new until we first let go of the old. Old wineskins don’t patch well. For this reason, God has never been in the business of pouring new wine into old wineskins (Matt. 9:16-17).

In addition to the Twelve, Paul of Tarsus also had a wilderness experience that brought him all the way up to zero. In fact, Paul had to climb a long way up just to get to the bottom.

Shortly after Paul’s conversion from being a racist, sectarian, self-righteous, bigoted, highly religious Pharisee to a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, God led him to an Arabian desert for three years (Gal.

1:17-18). What was he doing there? Detoxing.

Undoubtedly, he was allowing years of human religiosity to drain out of his veins. Everything that Paul knew as a zealous Pharisee bled out of him in the desert. Paul was beyond being reformed. He had to have a spiritual lobotomy. And that’s what the wilderness is for.

In that wilderness experience, God came to Paul in a way that he had never before known. He came to him in “the face of Jesus Christ” (Gal. 1:11-12; 2 Cor. 4:6). Although Paul was given his gospel by

divine revelation in the wilderness, that revelation was limited. It took five years of living in the right habitat, in an ekklesia in Antioch, Syria, for him to learn the fullness of Christ.

So Paul got unplugged in the wilderness. He was sovereignly stripped to ground zero. This experience was necessary for Paul’s apostolic ministry. Because in order for him to be a dispenser of the new wine, he had to be drained of the old.

Fourth, the wilderness is a symbol of new beginnings.

After their forty-year stay in the wilderness, Joshua led the people of God across the Jordan into the Promised Land. In Hosea’s day, God led Israel through the wilderness to woo the nation back to Himself (Hos. 2:14). After Israel had been in exile in Babylon, the prophets spoke of preparing a pathway in the wilderness so that God’s people could return home.

John the Baptist marked a new beginning for Israel by introducing God’s people to their long-awaited Messiah in the wilderness. And Paul of Tarsus began his apostolic ministry only after he spent time in an Arabian wilderness.

Leaving the wilderness always involves a cost

We have a biological drive for God’s house. We have a spiritual taste for it. We have a longing, a biological instinct, if you will, driving us to our destiny. And we will never be satisfied until we make the

decision, no matter what the cost, to be part of God’s building work.

That cost may involve the loss of friends. It may mean harassment or shunning from religious leaders. It may mean vicious and ugly rumors, slander, and gossip. It may mean walking in the steps of Abraham, who left all and headed for a city that he could not see.

It may involve selling our comfortable home and leaving our present job to relocate to another city where there are living stones who are being assembled to form God’s house. (I’ve moved in the past for this. And many of my friends have as well.)

It may involve gross misunderstanding, criticism, and perhaps thornier problems like persecution.

Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. (Heb. 13:13-14)

What is the high calling of God for you and for me? It’s to give ourselves to God’s ageless purpose, to let Him build us together with others in the way that He has always wanted. For what reason? So that He might have His house upon this earth. The words of Ezra are apt: Let the house be built! (Ezra 6:3).

I sincerely hope that this will be true in your own life.

If you are living in the wilderness right now, God will provide a way out. But it will involve a price. The question before the house is, are you willing to pay it?

Update

Dear Passionate Worshipers,

There is something in the air...I know Spring is here, but it's more than that. I am looking forward to worshipping...exalting...and magnifying Jesus.  And we anticipate doing it with friends we have not seen in a while.  We'll update some of our travel adventures but the primary focus us worship!

A REMINDER.. our worship gathering at the River is this Sunday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at our normal meeting place at the Glenn Otto Park in Troutdale. Also to clarify we will host a fourth a regional rendezvous of intercessors, prophetic people and worshipers Sunday, May 31 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. (the LAST SUNDAYS in April and May) For more information visit: May Rendezvous. The website has been updated to reflect the intent of this gathering.

I have listened to Graham Teaching' several times...I believe he has captured this "sense" of expectancy without resorting to the kind of charismatic hype we've all heard before. I have transcribed the teaching on our Website. I love this quote from the teaching:

Your intimacy with God intimidates the enemy.  Worship makes the enemy nervous.  The enemy is depressed by praise and rejoicing.  The Lord is not looking for laborers for the harvest... he said pray for the laborers, he is looking for worshipers.


Looking to make the enemy nervous....

Darrell

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Notes from Graham's Recession BusterTeaching

Number one sign of a religious spirit is passivity.

We are bombarded with negativity, and as the church we have listened and have been impacted with so much negativity it forms our thinking.

We have underestimated the ability for a believer in partnership with the Holy Spirit to overcome any obstacle in his path.  We have borrowed thought patterns... we echo what the world proclaims around us.  We need to learn how to develop the supernatural lifestyle.  It is not about signs and wonders that is the consequence of the supernatural lifestyle.  The supernatural lifestyle is where we get to the point when we speak like God, think like God and act like God.  We are heaven's expression on earth.  We are on the earth exactly like God is in heaven.

The Lord is always getting us to see as he sees.

Moses Illustration

Moses could not have stepped into his supernatural role as a deliverer unless he saw himself as God sees him.  Exodus 7:1... see I have made you as a God to Pharaoh.  There are levels of power, influence, and productivity that will lift you above the opposition that resists you.  The Holy Spirit will turn problems into promises and creates prophecy out of passivity.


What is the keyword in this passage:
 The Year of the LORD's Favor
 1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
       because the LORD has anointed me
       to preach good news to the poor.
       He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
       to proclaim freedom for the captives
       and release from darkness for the prisoners, [a]

 2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor
       and the day of vengeance of our God,
       to comfort all who mourn,

 3 and provide for those who grieve in Zion—
       to bestow on them a crown of beauty
       instead of ashes,
       the oil of gladness
       instead of mourning,
       and a garment of praise
       instead of a spirit of despair.
       They will be called oaks of righteousness,
       a planting of the LORD
       for the display of his splendor.

The keyword is: instead.

When we learn to move in the opposite spirit, we move into the heaven's economy.  We must learn to live in the expectancy of his favor.  What is favor?  It is bias ... it is prejudice.  In every conflict between you and the enemy or wicked evil, he is biased and in favor for his people.... for his beloved.

What if in every situation we encounter in this life, the Holy Spirit is training us to live underneath the favor the smile of God?  What if God wanted us not only to live in his favor, but to become favor?  This favor it is written on your heart and comes out of everything that you say and do.  You do not just act in favor but you become favor.  Jesus is the living embodiment of favor... God has put us in Christ so that we are guaranteed of his favor.  So that in a time of lack we might not just survive, but thrive because of the place we are in Christ.

Heaven is not in a recession.  God has abundance, the enemy has a budget.  What a fabulous opportunity for the Lord to teach us to become what we are designed.  This is life!

This is our moment to become a visual aid for what heaven is like.  To do violence the kingdom of darkness.  The enemy is going growth... he can no longer afford to corrupt the nations... he is running out of cash.

Why does the enemy use intimidation?  Because it's cheap.  You can send one person to affect a nation.  David and Goliath.  The whole nation is held in ransom because one man brings an intimidating message.  If ever there was a moment to invest and to give more it is now he is God refuses to be out given.  We move we live in the opposite spirit.

Intimidation effects a nation until there is one person who stepped forward and demonstrate intimacy.  Your intimacy with God intimidates the enemy.  Worship makes the enemy nervous.  The enemy is depressed by praise and rejoicing.  The Lord is not looking for laborers for the harvest... he said pray for the laborers, he is looking for worshipers.

This is the time to upgrade our worship.  Intimidation works until someone comes along and can't be intimidated, because they're too busy being fascinated by God.  Problems do not bring intimidation but intrigue because we get to see the answer God is bringing.  Jesus is the one who reveals these ways of God.  We draw all of our resources and pictures from Jesus.

What if the situation you find yourself right now is the training to help you discover the riches and provision God has for you right now.

What is the reason God made man?  Let us make came in our own image.  Let's make people... and then train them to be like us!  So that nothing overwhelms them, nothing overpowers them, they get stronger and stronger with each trial and persecution.  And then to top it all off, we will give them the Holy Spirit and put them into Jesus who is all things, and holds all things together.

The keyword in Isaiah 61 is: instead.  It is displacement.

God is so biased toward you it is unfair.  So people who look at us and are so impacted with the goodness and grace that God has for his people that they declare: It's Not Fair!

We should be living examples of what God's favor is.  That is why healing, physical and relational is what God wants us to give away as an example of his character.

When God looks at you, he sees way more than what you or anyone else can see.  Vengeance is whatever the enemy has done against you not only will God heal and restore you, but he will extract vengeance and give you a Ministry in the very area that you have suffered loss and pain from.  Whatever you are a victim in you can become an authority in.  Revenge is you can set someone else free from the very bondage you were in.  That is pay back.  What ever has become a threat will become a provision.  You can turn the tables on the enemy.

Instead means in place of... an alternative can happen.  When the enemy has a purpose, the Lord has a purpose... instead.

We get to learn to live in the instead.

Illustration: one God has a different house for you... instead.

Instead means that the father has something better.  Instead of being overwhelmed what we are now we can be overwhelmed with what Jesus is creating in us.  No weapon formed against you can prosper.

Every curse proclaimed against this God promises to turn into a blessing.  When you receive a prophetic word, it is God's promises of what he will do instead of what circumstances you encounter.  God will use the enemy to point to your provision.

What ever we are threatened, think about what's provision is coming which is part of our inheritance.  Move toward the problem and position yourself for a blessing.  Because you have the mind of Christ.

The ultimate revenge against the enemy is that what ever he imposes against us makes us stronger.  We take the very thing the enemy is using against us and turn around as the left and against him. Turned into our advantage.  This is overcoming and this is more than conquering.  David killed Goliath with his own sword.


Every evil purpose becomes a blessing.  Favor will produce vengeance.  Every curse becomes a prophecy.  Every area of defeat I will turn to victory.  Everything against you I will turn into a promise.

The whole earth will one day notices the bride of Christ in all of her glory.

What if pastoral Ministry is getting people to see what the instead is?

Instead of intimidation been the rule we can come bold.  We are learning to move in the opposite spirit.

All of God's promises are yes and amen... what does that mean?  You don't have to work at getting in to that place, you have to work at staying there.  That is called: staying there... abiding.  Our role is never trying to get into a place, we must learn to stay in that place.

Husbands and wives, practice this together.  Families practice this together.  Groups of friends, practice this together.  Businesses, practice this together.  Holding people accountable to the promises and provision is the best kind of accountability.  The keyword is: instead.

Write a list of everything that is against you... keeping you from your destiny right now.  Number each one.  Defects in your personal character.  Ask the Holy Spirit to create another list of the opposite promises.

What is the prophecy over this promise?  The second list becomes your only list.  If we want to know what the Lord has for us in this season... it is on and in this list.  Promise, prophecy, and blessing will be attached to everything on the second list.

This list becomes of permission to believe in the promises of God this season.  We will become everything on the list because each item carries yes and amen.  This is the will of God for you.  As we get together with friends, we will compare what is on our list.  We will have copies of our friends list.

What's next on our list?

Dear Friends,

Dear Friends,

This month, I want to share two important calendar events, direct you a free teaching series by Graham Cooke and announce our address change.

Firstly, a reminder of our worship gathering at the River this Sunday, April 26 at 6 p.m. at our normal meeting place at the Troutdale Community Center.  Secondly, we will host a fourth a regional rendezvous of intercessors, prophetic people and worshipers Sunday, May 31 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. (the LAST SUNDAYS in April and May) For more information visit: May Rendezvous
 
Most of us have experienced the challenge of a declining global economy.  Some have experienced  job loss and pay cuts.  As I have traveled in seven different countries over the last six month's, I've seen firsthand the challenge many ministries and churches are facing in this difficult economic climate.  Yet I have felt, even as the economic news gets worse and worse, than the Lord is challenging the church to rise above this negative thinking... it could be our finest hour.  Recently, I came across Graham's teaching on this very subject.  Graham says:

This month, I am pleased to share with you my new Recession Buster series of MP3s. I recently recorded the series and felt compelled to give it away, distributing it as widely as possible. You can click this link: Graham Teaching Please consider passing the web page on to those you know who may benefit from it. We live in overwhelmingly negative times, and we need God's power and positivity to change the tide.

Finally, for the past 8 years, Carlene and I have served in a Teaching/Worship
Ministry among the body of Christ, both locally and internationally. 
If as you pray the Lord encourages you to believe Pacificministries is
worthy of your support and prayers then we trust it will be His kingdom
you are supporting, and not ours. If He leads you to support this
ministry we firmly believe your gifts of assistance will result in
glory to His name.

Because biblically there is no justification for the concept of a hired professional clergy, we make no attempt to pressure the body for anything that looks like that type of thing. As ones called, per 1 Corinthians 9: to establish and strengthen the body of Christ globally, and Galatians 6 : to teach the body of Christ principles for walking successfully with the Lord, we are very appreciative of the financial assistance from those who believe the Lord is leading them to contribute to Pacificministries expenses.  Your giving will be used to cover general living expenses, airfares, general ministry expenses, and monies spent to support the ministries and needs of others in the body. It is our desire to encourage a purification of the use of ministry monies in the body of Christ.

For purposes of encouraging integrity in the ministry, and towards financial accountability, we have a council who help us oversee all the monies received into this ministry.  We do not support any form of extravagance or wealth making from ministry monies.  We believe in living a moderate lifestyle.

We bless you in this season of the Kingdom's finest hour!

Darrell and Carlene

PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF PACIFICMINISTRIES ADDRESS CHANGE

Pacificministries
P.O. Box 1401
Port Townsend, WA 98368


Pacificministries Itinerary

April 23-25          Northwest Gathering of Leaders in Wenatchee Washington
April 26               Worship at the River
April 27-May 5    Seoul Korea
May 7-8               Cascadia Regional Gathering in Spokane Washington
May 14-18           House Church gathering in Victoria B.C.
May 31                May Rendezvous