Desire to have God’s best. Our desire for God must be stronger than the pressures of the world. In Ps. 37:4 and 5 David wrote for us to delight in the Lord and He will give us the desires of our hearts. We are to commit our way to Him, trust in Him, and God will bring it to pass. It takes both knowledge and desire. We are to be built up in our faith by praying in the Spirit and check our desires each day. We may not fit into the world’s mold; Jesus didn’t. Coming to church is not about the experience, but it’s about the heart for Jesus in worship. Don’t hold too tightly to the relationships in the CWI body, because we are a sending-out church. Ignite the fires and allow the Holy Spirit to fan the flames. Before anointing, there’s desire. Have a supernatural mindset that our desire for God will not be stopped by circumstances. Words were spoken over Gideon and Rhonda Lapp.
Desire
No Condemnation in Christ: Empowering Grace
Freedom from condemnation is because of freedom from sin. Grace is more than forgiveness. Grace empowers you to live holy in the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. What we lack in self-discipline (which is the same as those in the Buddhist or Muslim religion), God supplies with His Holy Spirit. Grace isn’t a cover-up, but it is an empowerment. We cannot avoid temptation if we are alive. We need to draw on the grace of God. How? 1) Practice the presence of God. Devotion to God is a lifestyle and an approach to life. 2) Recognize your need for God and His strength. Make God the supremacy in your life and depend on Him. Grace is more powerful than sin.
Go Deeper Down Into The Well
We are a possessing generation, but oppression will try to haunt those who need to possess. Rom. 5:17 says that those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through Jesus Christ. The righteous are bold, have the ministry of reconciliation, and don’t quit. We possess the Holy Spirit, the free gift of salvation and righteousness, and life by faith. God’s righteousness is revealed to us from faith to faith in the gospel of Christ. If we know who we are, we won’t give into strife, gossip, jealousy, and sin. We won’t receive oppression and the spirit of fear, because we’ll know it’s our enemy. There’s a call on our lives to take possession. Don’t pet the devil. He wants to take you out of your reigning. Jesus already defeated Satan, and we have already won. We have a new family and bloodline. (Listen as Pastor Bob defines righteous and oppression.) There were many prophetic words given
Your Body is Not the Real You Don’t Let It Condemn You
(John 8 and Rom. 8) Listen to powerful testimonies of how God has ministered in Russia. Pastor Dale exhorts us to spend so much time with Jesus and in the Gospels that you speak and think and act like Him. Do not listen and look at everything. The conflict is between your inner man and your outer man, your flesh and your spirit. Your body is not you. Condemnation is a negative view of yourself that conflicts with the Word of God. The mind is the gate-switch that either puts you in agreement with the flesh or with the spirit. As long as we have bodies, there will be lusts. You can’t resist on your own, but you can by being strong in the Lord. The conviction of the Holy Spirit is stronger than the power of the devil to tempt you. Which one are you focusing on?
Possessing a Conquering Spirit
Dr. David Kandole shares about his recent trip to Uganda and Kenya and about impartation of truth and the importance of our words. Jesus had a conquering spirit, and we are conquerors, too. We all have the same Spirit and the Word, regardless of age. You need to watch with whom you associate, so that you and the church can build a conquering spirit. Listen as Dr. David establishes the truth that we are in Christ and Christ is in us. Jesus released all the fullness of God in us. We don’t have to wait for God to move! That’s Old Testament and pre-resurrection. We move God to cause something to happen. Faith produces what you need. You don’t need someone else to receive from God. Your faith is your connection to possessing a conquering spirit. (Rom. 1:11; John 6:63; I John 4:4; II Cor. 5:17; Rom. 8:11; Eph. 3:17, 18; Eph. 1:19, 20; II Cor. 2:14; John 5:1-7)
Revival
Rom. 6:4. We ought to walk in this life by the glory of the Father, which is the Holy Spirit. Then we can walk in the newness of life. If we want to walk in revival, someone has to preach the Gospel. Listen as Pastor Bob gives many definitions of the word “revival”, from “the return from death to life” to “to recover from neglect or depression”. We are the ones to awaken the church. To do this, we must be being filled with the Holy Spirit, so that we will flow in the Holy Spirit, and He, the Holy Spirit, will flow from us. Living in the Spirit is fighting in a war. We must rely on God. There was ministry to those who wanted to be filled or “re-filled” with the Holy Spirit. (Other scriptures: Ps. 138:1-8; Eph. 5:14-21; John 7:37-39; Eph. 3:14-21; Deut. 30:19; Rom. 6:1-3.)
His Goodness Will Change You
Ps. 34:8-10 The Lord is good and blessed is the person who trusts in Him. Healing is a good thing, and God is not holding it back from you. If you’re not receiving your healing, God is not the problem. Don’t get comfortable with your mess. You must use faith with works, not having sin hanging onto you. If you seek Him, you should not lack any good thing. To receive His promises, you probably need to change. You need to repent. (Listen to the meanings of repentance.) What are the areas of your life, your thinking, that need to change in order for your behavior to change? Check up on your heart and make sure it doesn’t have anger, jealousy, unforgiveness, gossiping, lying, etc. in it. Repent (think differently) first and believe the Gospel, so you can pull what you need from the spiritual realm into the natural world. Ps. 27:13, 14; Rom. 2:4; Prov. 4:20-27; Mark 1:15; Mark 9:23.
The One
Dominic Russo, international evangelist, who ministered to the youth at their retreat/conference this weekend, exhorts CWI to seek for the lost “one”. How do you reach that “one”? 1) Feel the “one”. Go to where the people are and be consumed with finding that “one”. Jesus reconciled us to God and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. 2) Locate the “one”. God has given us a global mission. There are 66,000 unreached people who die every day, and we are so privileged and blessed. We must have a global vision. 3) Go to the “one”, no matter what! Leave your comfort zone. Dominic ministered to those who are willing to go to the “one”, and Dominic and Lindsey laid hands to give an impartation to those who have a call to be evangelists. Pastor Bob gave a word to the Russos.
Walking in Grace Toward Others
We are to walk with the living Jesus, which means we will love others as Jesus did, not condemning them, and at the same time not condoning their sin. (John 8:1-11) Don’t even listen to other people’s accusations of another person. Why do people consider the church an enemy? They do not see God’s love or our love. Get to know Jesus so that you can act like Him. Remember the devil tries to get people to not operate in mercy and grace. Romans 8:1-6 People act according to their nature. When a person gets born-again and gets God’s nature, he might still sin because he has a body, and he need to (re)train it. You don’t have a fight with your flesh unless you have a new nature to fight against it. Peace comes when you change your old nature. Operate in the law of the Spirit of life and not the letter of the law. A person’s body should submit to his/her soul and his soul should submit to his spirit. Your spirit should rule you and lead you in love. We need Jesus and His love for ourselves and others.
Fervent Effectual Prayer
After a prophetic word and ministry time, Pastor Bob preached on James 5:13-20. He spoke prophetically about reaching back-slidden Christians, not letting the devil come into the church bringing schisms, offenses, and division, and having assignments to bring the gifts of the Spirit to others. To get there, prayer is needed to open the doors to push through the new thing. This prayer must be dynamic with a corporate anointing backing up the work and workers. We need to be persistent (Luke 18), stand when you have done all you can, ask for wisdom and apply it, and believe the Word and not our circumstances. The answer to prayer is linked to praise. James 1:2-7 tells us faith, patience, wisdom, and not doubting are keys to receiving from the Lord. The prayer of faith is always bold, confident, and has a peace that goes beyond understanding. Do not settle for anything from the devil, because it does not belong to you. Live in your covenant rights and fight. Faith always obtains the victory. There was also a time of praise and worship, prayer for Dr. Kandole and intercession for a young man in a coma.
State of the Ministry Address
CWI is a Word of Faith church. We are part of the Body and members of one another. Pastor Dale relates his experience of being called into the apostolic ministry while he was pastoring a church and feeling the pull of “either-or”. When he was in Russia, he felt that he should be in PA pastoring his church, and when he was home, he felt tugged to be in Russia. He quit and realized he can do both, because it is not either-or. He can be a pastor and still be an apostle. Listen as he tells how he came to Lancaster. CWI Lancaster is to be an apostolic ministry. The Great Commission is still in effect. It is time for breakthrough. Be a “lion-flipper”. Don’t react, but respond. Pastor Dale briefly informs us of special times of ministry coming during the first part of this year.
Spiritual Gifts
Pastor Dale teaches on the gifts of the Spirit from I Cor. 12:1-3, with a focus on prophecies and testing them. In I Thess. 5:16-22 we are told to test and judge prophecies, holding on to the good in them and avoiding and abstaining from the evil in them. He shares various testimonies of himself wanting to receive a prophetic word with the wrong motive, and other people who did not judge correctly prophetic words they thought God had given them. A prophetic word should bring glory to God, not to the one giving it. A woman spoke prophetically to Pastor Dale, telling him that it is not necessary to test the distrusted (those words that are from “flaky” sources), but to test the words given by a tried and true minister/prophet. We are of God, and we know that Jesus came in the flesh, because He has come in OUR flesh personally. His Spirit is in us. The false religions may acknowledge that Jesus came in the flesh, but they do not believe He comes into our flesh.
No Condemnation
Pastor Dale teaches on John 8:1-12 and Rom. 8:1. Do you believe that Jesus does not condemn us? Do you understand that He loves us, even when we sin, and yet does not condone sin? Satan uses condemnation, which becomes a worse problem than the sin you committed. Everyone has sinned, and condemnation will only drive you away from God. Godly guilt is an indicator that you need to go to Jesus when you sin, and then run to Him. Pastor Dale tells a story of a hard-hearted mechanic, who had been hurt by a pastor, and how condemnation almost sent him to hell, but God’s grace saved him on his deathbed. Christianity is not morality and ethics. It’s the redemption of man from sin to righteousness. The real you, the hidden man of your heart, is a new creation. After being born-again, your flesh and mind can sin, but you can train your flesh to righteousness, because your flesh obeys you. Where does condemnation work? It works in your flesh, so do not give in to your flesh. Pastor Dale tells an experience of ministering to a senator and how he was victorious over the flesh, but how the devil made him feel condemnation. Stop condemning yourself. Celebrate the victories in your life.
Cycles of the Kingdom
Ben shares two revelations the Lord gave him after the first night of the CWI Prophetic Conference. 1) 2010 would be the beginning of the decade of supernatural harvest, and 2) it would be the decade of the apostles. The Lord said that we are sitting in the middle of an outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 2:17 and 18 He said that He would pour out His Spirit on all flesh and on our sons and daughters. MaryAnn Stoltzfus shared a vision the Lord had given her concerning bringing the children in with you in the Spirit. Ben told us that the first portion of the anointing according to Acts 2 is the believer’s anointing. The second portion is the anointing on those dedicated to a life of service, such as pastors. The personal cycles of a believer are: 1) You become intimate with God through prayer and fellowship with Him. 2) You are filled with the Holy Spirit. 3) You get personal victory in a challenge in your life that helps you to grow. 4) You help someone else. The corporate cycle of the Kingdom in the Body of Christ is: Corporate prayer and prophecy, which result in an outpouring of the Holy Spirit (during which time you push hard and expect greater results), which results in evangelism and outreach, which results in discipleship and mentoring. We are in the evangelism and outreach cycle, but we must need to go to discipleship.
Offering and Tithe teaching
Phil. 4:9-17; James 2. If you hear the Word and don’t do it, you will enter into deception. Giving to someone in need is an opportunity. God wants us to receive. Peter gave his boat to Jesus to use, and then Jesus provided a boatload of fish for him, causing Peter to repent. Faith grows. You can’t expect to believe for miracles of big things, when you have not learned to use your faith for small ones.
Praise and Worship Part 6
Pastor Dale preaches on Ps. 100:1-5; Ps. 8:2; Matt. 21:16; Phil. 4:6. Learn to quiet the devil. How? Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord when the enemy comes. The devil hates women and also praise and worship. Learn about and focus on Jesus and remember the devil is scared of you. Look to the Lord, not at the problem. Praise will help you keep your perspectives and motives straight. Listen to many powerful experiences Pastor Dale has had to demonstrate the power of praise in the face of serious conditions.
Activation for Action: Supernatural Living for Extraordinary Results
II Tim. 1:6 and II Peter 1:12, 13 tell us that we need to be reminded to stir up the gift that’s in us. Dr. Kandole gives experiences and talks with us about stirring ourselves up to supernatural living for extraordinary results. What does God expect of us for all that we have received? The world needs what we have to give. We are the light to go into the darkness. GO AND PREACH THE GOSPEL! Talk about Jesus Christ and introduce Him as the Healer, Savior, and Deliverer. The lost will come if we stir up the anointing. Find one person to share what you have and begin to release what’s in you and signs will follow you. Mark 16:15 … Signs will follow you IF you activate them. You have the authority over the devil. You do not need an angel appearing to you, because you have the Bible and Jesus’ words which are as strong. Walk in His power.
Prophetic Conference Part 6
This is a new decade. It’s important how we start it. God is going to do surgery on our hearts. (Prov. 4:23) We need to allow God to take the anger, resentment, bitterness, and pride out of our hearts. Ezekiel 36:25, 26 tells us that God will cleanse us, give us a new heart and a new spirit. God is cleansing the pulpits and down through the pews. He and Mary ministered to individuals and couples and then the pastors and Keith and Mary laid hands on each person to receive a new heart- cleansed spiritually and healed in the physical.
Prophetic Conference Part 5b
Pastor Bob ministered prophetically and then shared: “In the Door of 2010 into the Advancement of God’s Kingdom”. We are drawing on God, and we need more and deeper revelation. He ministered the prophecy for CWI: supernatural favor to God’s faithful ones, seasons of natural and supernatural impartations, seasons of separation for many, and the moving of the Holy Spirit to understand the fear of the Lord.
Prophetic Conference part 5a
Listen as Pastor Dale teaches on giving in a unique way through Bible examples and his personal experiences. He also teaches on the need for the prophetic gift. Anna the prophetess and Simeon probably birthed Jesus’ coming. Jehoshaphat received God’s help through a prophet. Prophetic words can warn and direct and help in turning points.