Phil. 4:6, 7. We are to not fret or have any anxiety for anything. God wants you to be free from anxiety and worry, but how can you do that? You turn your cares into prayers and your worries into thanksgiving. I Peter 5:7 tells you to cast your cares on Him for He cares for you. Make sure your prayers are full of thanksgiving and rejoice in the Lord. Pastor Dale tells of the time he and his wife, Teri, needed a place to live in Moscow and how they prayed and thanked the Lord for His answer. God gave them what they needed and even what they wanted. If you’re not at peace, keep thanking and praising God and look at the good. Phil. 4:8 tells us to look and think on things that are true and noble and just and pure and lovely and of good report and virtuous and praiseworthy. Just as you can lock out channels on a TV, put a lock on your mind. You choose what you think about, so speak scripture in your mind before you go to bed, and you’ll wake up with those scriptures on your mind. Negativity will take away your thanksgiving and praise. II Cor. 10:4 says that you are to pull down strongholds and imaginations, like an enemy building his castle on your property. You have to fight to pull it down. Don’t allow the stronghold to be greater than God. You can be free from depressive thoughts. You cannot stop yourself from what you’re thinking about, so you have to think about something else. Put the Word of God into your mind. (Prov. 6:20-22) (Ps. 112:1-3). Discriminate your thoughts against the Word.

Matt. 6:1,2,4,16,18; Acts 10:30, 31; Acts 13:2. God sees your heart when you give, fast, and pray. Giving pulls the greed out of you, and fasting pulls the bad out of you. God wants to show Himself strong on your behalf. Cornelius received an angelic manifestation after praying, giving alms, and fasting. (Angels help when a person does what they can, but there’s part that they need assistance, or they appear to encourage those who are not confident to do it. The purpose of Cornelius’ angelic manifestation was to bring the Gospel to the Gentiles. Pastor Dale has a word for Gene Olon. Sermon: Pastor Dale gives the history of Bob Hawk’s connection with him from the 1980s and the beginning of Church of the Word International. The first part of the “International” was meeting a man from the Philippines, and Bob was sent out to the Philippines. (Pastor Dale releases a word.) Another time in a home-church setting, Pastor Dale anointed Bob to go to all the world, even Russia. (Pastor Dale releases a word to Bob about the curtain being pulled back and that he would be going to Indonesia, that it would be a small door, and he would have to push through three times and then return immediately. The door will rip wide open and God will give him that nation. He will have to find trusted souls like Elijah and blow on them until they’re flaming. There were many other words for Bob and Sharon, such as assignment, not opportunity. Teri speaks over them, and then Steve Broich. Different people spoke prophetic words to them. Bob and Sharon prayed and prophesied over Dwight Miller. Debbie and Pastor Dale spoke about the importance of ministry to children.

Offering message: Matt. 6:1, 4, 6, 16, 18. Jesus guarded us for our breakthrough. Jesus is our lawyer. The manifestation is like a curtain pulled back on miracles. Get rid of the “I don’t deserve it” mentality. Don’t look for scriptures to condemn yourself. Remember, God isn’t against you. You will fight for what belongs to you- I. E. healing. Why live in poverty when Jesus died for you? Sermon: God wants to reveal your future. What can we know about the future? 1) You win. You are blessed. You are victorious. II Cor. 2:4. 2) We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. You are created for purpose. God has already been where you are going. II Tim. 1:9 God has called us before time began. 3) Is. 45:11 Decree where you are going. He tells us to ask Him of things to come and command Him concerning the work of His hands. The congregation made personal and family decrees and declarations, as well as Pastor Dale and Teri, Bob, and Gene. There was ministry to those who are “Jonahs”. Pastor Dale had a word for Gene Olon.

Pastor Dale again reinforces the link between giving, praying, and fasting in secret and God’s rewarding us openly in manifestations of the Spirit. Art Remington shared more details on G. C. Bevington, a surrendered believer and pray-er who fasted. Bob Hawk gives a word about precise precision and an exhortation to stop walking around the mountain, and then Bruce Ladebu ministered to those who felt that they were going around the mountain repeatedly. Both Bruce and Bob ministered strong prophetic and encouraging words and strong declarations of thanks and love to Gene Olon. Gene Olon spoke also.

Prophetic Conference: The next Decade (Second Night) Offering message: Acts 10 and Matt. 6:1 and 2. Fasting, praying, and giving are keys to the open reward, the manifestation. Pastor Dale: pray for yourself to have the spirit of wisdom and revelation. Deut. 34:9 tells us that Joshua was full of the spirit of wisdom after Moses laid hands on him. The Eph. 1 prayer is that we should pray for the spirit of wisdom and revelation. Gene Olon ministered on being baptized in the Holy Spirit and then ministered and laid hands on two men, who in turn ministered the prayer for receiving the spirit of wisdom and revelation along with Gene.

This service consisted of an offering sermon about fasting, praying, and giving alms (Acts 10:1-4 and Matt. 6:1 and 2). Pastor Dale shared about the powerful testimonies of Gene Olon, an Armada missionary to Romania, who is strong in seeing people baptized with the Holy Spirit and healed, along with seeing God’s provision. Sharon Hawk shared a testimony of a homeless man who saw God’s goodness and was born-again and baptized in the Spirit. Bob Hawk spoke out a word from the Lord, and Pastor Dale taught briefly about the victory of Judah by obeying God to put the praise and worship “team” in front of the army and to watch God put ambushes against the enemy (II Chron. 20). We must all enter into obedience of what God is telling us to do.

Text: Prov. 1:28-29; Prov. 2:1-5; Acts 51-11. Preparation of the heart is needed for declaring a fast. You need the fear of the Lord. What is it? It is to hate evil. Sin will make you want to hide, and if you do, then your conscience becomes hardened. Sin keeps you from intimacy with God. So what should you do when you sin? Repent, and He will pour out His Spirit. Our high-stimulus society desensitizes you to sin in the negative and to the Holy Spirit in the positive. What should you do when your heart has been seared? Listen, cry out to God for discernment and understanding. Search for God and wisdom. CHOOSE THE FEAR OF THE LORD! Listen as Pastor Dale gives personal examples of the fear of the Lord coming to him and groups of people. Just as you can choose to walk in the fear of the Lord, you can choose to walk out of it. Ananias and Sapphira did not fear the Lord and were struck dead and great fear came on the church. It’s not the experience that bring the fear of the Lord, but it’s the word that brings the fear of the Lord. You must touch and step into the fear of the Lord to know and understand it. God’s presence changes you.

II Chron. 20:1-3 tells us that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, feared the Lord, set himself to seek the Him, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. The fast was called to seek the Lord and to hear His voice. Fasting changes the person. Spiritual things follow the physical. Cleansing takes out the toxins and wastes, just as fasting does, to help usher in a sense of the holiness of God. Before there is a corporate (a church body) fast, God has to bring unity. In Acts 10:30-34 Cornelius was fasting, praying, and giving alms, seeking the Lord, and an angel appeared to him. Did Cornelius know what he was fasting and praying for? No, but they helped prepare him to hear and obey God’s messenger. During this corporate 21-day fast in January, present your body as a living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1) and keep it under.

Text: Prov. 6:6-11. Ants cooperate and communicate and do what would appear to be impossible. Be like the ant. If you do not reach your potential, you have been robbed. How do you fulfill what God has for you? 1. Know where your time goes. Use your calendar. How much time do you waste? 2. Focus on results. Get things finished. Not getting things done shows your view on time. 3. Build on your strengths. Know what is fitted for you and do what you are good at doing. Connect with people who are strong in what you are weak. 4. Know your priorities, or someone else will give you theirs. Setting a goal and priority gives you motivation. 5. Make the right decisions. If you set priorities, decisions will make themselves. Successful people master their time.

Pastor Dale continues to expound on the “Parable of the Sower and the Seed” from Mark 4. The seed that is planted is the only seed that will grow. The Word’s (the seed’s) roots need to grow so that the Word will continue to grow. Your heart’s condition (the soil) determines what you hear, so take heed to what you hear and how you are hearing. Receive the Word, and it will grow, even what you don’t understand. Watch out because Satan will tamper with your heart. Prov. 4 tells you to guard (keep) your heart. In John 15 Jesus explains that God is the gardener, and if you are born-again, you are producing fruit. He will prune and purge you WITH THE WORD (not calamity, etc.!). John 15:5- Jesus tells you that you can do nothing without Him. In Mark 4 the disciples couldn’t cast out the demon, but Jesus could, and ironically, Jesus tells you that He couldn’t do anything of Himself, but could only do what He saw Father God do (John 5:19). The father of faith is the Word of God. The mother of faith is fellowship with Him. You can hear from God for yourself. Don’t let a prophetic word be a substitute for hearing from God for yourself. Also listen to the story of Mr. Reese of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Chester Petersheim’s testimony of God’s provision.

In Isaiah 55:8-11 we learn that God’s thoughts and ways are on a higher level than ours. In order to apply what we know, we must drop our old way of thinking and grab hold of God’s thinking, like taking out the old tape recording (or CD) and putting in a new one. You will reap what you sow (Gal. 6), so sow positive-Word thoughts. Your thought-life is not faith, but it can bring you to faith. God tells us that His Word will accomplish what He pleases, and it will prosper in the thing for which He sent it. Spend time with the Lord to know His voice. It’s only the planted Word that changes people. Hold onto the rhema word and verses that God drops into your spirit. Satan is afraid of the seed being planted, but God watches over His Word to perform it (Jer. 1:12). Release and hear God’s Word, and then do what He has told you to do. Identify with the Word He’s spoken to you. Don’t fight what you need and who you are in Christ Jesus.

Pastor Dale is calling for a fast in January 2011. In Matt. 6:1-16 Jesus talks about giving to the poor, praying, and fasting as producing a reward (manifestation). All three are to be done in the secret place of your heart. “Openly”, used in this passage is the Greek word which is translated “manifestation” in other places. God wants to reward you in your giving, praying, and fasting. In Acts 10:1-4, 30-31 Cornelius gave alms, prayed, and fasted and an angel appeared to him. The secret to breakthrough and manifestation is a lifestyle of giving, praying, and fasting. It’s easier to go to a higher level of each of these if you have been doing them as a lifestyle. Fast often, as often as you give and pray (II Cor. 11:27). When you fast, you are saying “no” to the flesh and ruling over your body. You are responsible for your body, and when you rule over it in the physical, you can move out in victory in the spiritual. Fasting reveals what is in the heart. One fast is the Esther fast: no food or water for 3 days. Another is the Daniel fast: no meat or sweet bread for 21 days. Fasting works! Say “no” to the lusts of the flesh. If Jesus needed to fast for victory over the devil, you need to do so, too.