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Holy Lord Jesus, I need Your perspective on ministry appeals that says give them a certain amount of money within a given amount of time and be blessed with great and unrealistic returns. As you know, I react badly to some of these appeals. Ben, I know that I recorded that blessings follow giving. This is a truth. However, when religious people manipulate this reality for their own benefit, it is no longer truth - it is extortion! I know this sounds harsh, but I never intended for My people to manipulate My truths for their own benefits.

Following are some wondeful laws of the Spirit that will set your heart and mind free. You can be vibrant and happy and excited about life and about new possibilities, but part of what is required is that you let go of heartaches of the past, so that your past hurts do not control your future. Forgiveness Is a Choice In My Thoughts... I will not dwell on the incident or replay it in my mind.

An excellent article titled: “Biblical Principles Concerning Ethics and Protocols Relating to New Testament Prophetic Ministry” is available for free downloading here.

If you desire to hear God more clearly, or remove some besetting sin, then let the testimonies below encourage you. How to Hear God - Pastor Sean Peterson I was frustrated and asking GOD to help me hear HIM better and that's when I saw Dr. Mark Virkler on the Sid Roth Show and knew I had to get his teaching on How To Hear GOD. I have ministered to thousands of people for over 10 years including Navy Seals, Youth, Business Owners, Veterans, Homeless, Bikers and Seniors to name a few.

It is a joy to read the papers submitted by Christian Leadership University students, and I just need to share this amazing paper on experiencing the presence of the Holy Spirit during worship. Personally, I hunger to encounter Jesus in every worship service, and I do it best by presenting the eyes and ears of my heart to the Holy Spirit to fill, and fixing them on the worship taking place around the throne in heaven. After picturing that scene, I then tune to flow (Jn. 7:37-39; Eph.

Nothing thrills us more than to be able to make a difference in people's lives, helping them step forward into the fulfillment of their God-given destinies. David Rocha was first introduced to our curriculum while in prison. Now he is a CLU graduate, ordained by our ministry, and powerfully serving the Lord. Be inspired by his amazing story! Testimony from Pastor David Rocha Hello, God bless everyone who is reading this. My name is David Rocha and I pastor a new church in downtown Modesto, CA.

Does your church take an offering or receive an offering? In semantics the difference between these is whether the initiative is on the part of the one giving or the one getting. It may be customary to refer to taking an offering, but it is, or should be, the case that any offerings are freely given. Perhaps you have had the experience of an appeal for an offering made with pressure or guilt or manipulation. In this case the terminology of taking an offering is indeed correct, but this is not my approach.

Do you give advice freely? Do you also receive vast amounts of unsolicited advice? Do you receive advice that seems self-serving on the part of those who give it, tailored to their tastes, interests, and preferences rather than yours? Perhaps they feel the same way about the advice you give them. Wouldn’t you rather hear my voice on your own behalf than make something up for yourself out of your own imagination?

Have you ever encountered something that was presented as being true, yet as you heard the whole story it was obvious that it was not? Did you find the false claims of validity annoying? It would have been better for the story to be presented with no claims, and left you free to decide for yourself. In the end this is what you will do anyhow. In my word I tell you not to swear at all as a means of enhancing your credibility, but to let your yes be yes and your no be no. It is evil to add more. Truth carries its own validity.

My life was transformed when I learned how to hear God's voice one bright morning in 1979. Even my wife agrees! She said her marriage improved greatly when I began hearing God’s voice through two-way journaling. That was because God told me to love her just as she was and to stop pressuring her to change and become more like me. God took me through inner healing prayer, and my arthritis disappeared within two weeks. My inner compulsions to fear and anger disappeared as God healed deep hurts in my heart. A throat problem was healed when God touched me.