From Dr. Mark Virkler, Author of How to Hear God’s Voice and President of Christian Leadership University

Mission: To equip you to do everything as an outcome of your daily conversations with God, and to train others to do the same.

A Newsletter Full of Inspiring Stories! – Mark Virkler
This newsletter is full of wonderful stories which will encourage your faith. First, we are thrilled to announce the birthing of the Certified Lamad Prayer Counselors network! Check out the article and website below for more information on this exciting new ministry resource.

Next, we have Gina Burmeister’s inspiring story of how God has taken her into the inner city to teach at-risk children how to hear God’s voice. Read her journaling, the actions she took in obedience to the Lord’s words, and the incredible ministry He is now using her in as a result of her willingness to follow Him, wherever He leads!

Also, we have an opportunity to put our trust in God’s promise concerning financial blessing. I discovered that God commanded me to test Him concerning money. “Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this,” says the LORD of hosts, “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. Then I will rebuke the devourer for you, so that it will not destroy the fruits of the ground; nor will your vine in the field cast its grapes,” says the LORD of hosts. “All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land,” says the LORD of hosts (Mal. 3:10-12).

I told God I really didn’t want to put Him to the test. Instead, I wanted to simply give out of my love and obedience to Him and His principle of tithing.

He said, “Mark, if you want to obey Me then do what I have commanded you to do and TEST ME with your giving. Give your tithe and offerings IN FAITH believing for a financial blessing back. Believe I will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing upon you until it overflows. Mark, do what I have commanded you to do. TEST ME! Give IN FAITH and obedience, not simply in obedience!”

I said, “Fine, God, I will test You if that is what You want.”

He said, “That is want I want!”

That journaling was years ago, and today God is saying to me, “Mark, you can give your way through this recession.”

So folks, I am presenting later in this newsletter a chance for you to receive back a financial blessing from God by seeding in faith into the transformation of the nation of Colombia through supporting Russell Stendal who is on the front lines of a radical Christian ministry.

Finally, read a CLU student’s powerful testimony of experiencing deliverance by watching a DVD!

As we team up together, we will accomplish God’s purpose of saturating His world with the ability to hear His voice. Please ask God who He wants you to teach to hear His voice!

Bring a group to an upcoming seminar and receive FREE books, free admission to the seminar (maximum value $20), and $125 off your next Christian Leadership University course! Click here to find out how.

Seminar details available at cwgministries.org/itinerary.

April Discount Special & Course of the Month – God’s Economic Recovery Plan!
When we watch the evening news or look around at the disaster that has become of our global economy, what a relief it is to remember that we are no longer living under the world’s systems but we are now citizens of a totally different kingdom with a totally different economic system!

Though the mammon of this world is under a curse, we have received instructions for how to move out from that dominion and into the blessing of the Kingdom of God. God’s promises to His children have not changed with the whims of government or Wall Street, nor have His directions for how to walk in those promises. We can “choose not to participate” in the economic recession that is around us if we instead choose to obey the logos and rhema of the Lord and enjoy the blessings that result.

So for our Course of the Month in April, we offer you God’s Economic Recovery Plan, and His is guaranteed to work! The Fulfill Your Financial Destiny course will give you Scriptural support for the belief that God delights in the prosperity of His children (Ps. 35:27). It is His desire that we lend and not borrow. We are to be the head and not the tail, above and not underneath (Deut. 28:12, 13). God Himself teaches us to profit (Is. 48:17) and has given us the power to make wealth (Deut. 8:18). Several hundred verses on silver and gold are examined, showing that we are to create and release wealth into the kingdom of God. Specific actions that release poverty and prosperity into our lives are revealed, giving you the choice of where you will choose to live.

During the economic storms that are swirling around us, wouldn’t it be wise to build your financial future on the rock solid truth of the Word of God?

Fulfill Your Financial Destiny discounts for April 2009

Join in God's Economic Recovery Plan today!

Certified Lamad Prayer Counselors Network Launched!!
We are so excited about the work that has been done by Salvatore Cerniglia and Andrew Hardy in creating and developing a Lamad Prayer Counselors network! Drawing together the revelations and teachings that are central to Communion with God Ministries and Christian Leadership University, they have developed standards whereby individuals may be certified as Lamad Prayer Counselors, and a methodology for helping those seeking such counselors to find them.

If you are a Lamad-style counselor, please join us! Visit the website to learn more about this wonderful new ministry and how you can become a part of it.

www.LamadPrayerCounseling.com

“Invest in a generation that seems lost to most.” Before long God was knitting my heart to children in the inner city and He was also stirring up my passion – connecting others to God’s heart through an intimate relationship with Him. Emboldened by God’s words to me through my journaling, I began to ask children if they would be interested in meeting with me for an hour in a small group for several weeks to learn how to hear God’s voice.

“The “big top” is moveable and you will move as it moves.” Because this is a mobile neighborhood ministry, our meeting location varies. Often we will meet at a picnic table, Burger King, my vehicle or a nearby center. All materials - pencils, small spiral journals, Bibles, books and snacks – are kept and transported in my “portable filing cabinet” each week which is the back of my vehicle.

“Continue to plow amongst the children teaching them to learn to hear My still small voice.” Each week I hold up a sheet of paper with the “Steps to Hearing God’s Voice” printed on it and together we repeat aloud the “steps” and the “special key” as well as doing the corresponding hand motions.

Below are a few of the children’s remarkable testimonies…

From a 9 year old boy – A boy tried to hit me at school and just as I was getting ready to haul off and hit him back, I remembered Jesus and the steps. Jesus said, “Don’t hit him. You could hurt him and you could also get suspended again.” I had been suspended before for getting in a fight. Jesus was right so I didn’t get into a fight and instead I walked away.

From an 11 year old girl – …I told Maria we should ask God about [the situation]. So I taught her the steps to hear God’s voice on the playground. I got stuck on the third step and then I started doing the actions and I remembered it was to tune to the flow. We did the steps together and we heard from God what we should do. We went over to the other girl and told her what God wanted us to tell her… We are all friends with each other again.

From a 9 year old boy – While I was at my uncle’s house I shared with everyone the steps to hearing God’s voice. There were lots of us (aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and my mom). I described a Bible scene just like Gina does that everybody pictured with me. It was of a mountain and Jesus was waiting for each of them at the top.

One of my uncles who used to go to church heard God say to him that if he would appreciate what Jesus had done for him on the cross and go back to church he would able to turn his life around. And guess what??? He told us he wants to do just that!

Everybody heard God speak to them and there was excitement in the room!!! God later thanked me for doing this for Him. Then I saw Jesus give me a great big hug and it felt good.

“I have entrusted My children to you for a little while.” It’s been one year since the first small group began. More than thirty children have since learned to hear God’s voice, six children have received Jesus as their Savior, relevant and personal relationships with Jesus have been ignited, many are teaching other children and adults how to hear God’s voice and one life has been saved (through one girl teaching her suicidal friend to hear God’s voice at school)!

You can read the rest of this amazing story to learn more about how Gina’s ministry was birthed out of the voice and vision of God, as well as find many more examples of children’s journaling and pictures on our website here.

Gina has also developed a booklet that teaches the four keys to hearing God’s voice for preteens and early teens called Glimpses of God’s Heart for Me. This is the workbook she has been using with her groups before she takes them through the complete How to Hear God’s Voice: Teen Edition and she has made this wonderful resource available for purchase through our ministry. Thank you, Gina, for your excellent work!

Get this new youth ministry tool today (40% off introductory discount)

Let’s Seed into South America!
A good friend of mine who was a missionary to Colombia has recently made us aware of the ministry there of Russell Stendal. Russell air-drops pamphlets and radios into remote areas controlled by guerillas. The radios only tune to a Christian radio station which plays solid scriptural teachings and Christian music. Amazingly, this station has the respect of the guerillas, the right wing paramilitary, plus the government. It is amazing how this has happened. Of course, the Stendals have been on several assassination lists. Just recently a hit man was on the way to kill Russell, listened to his radio broadcasts, got saved and turned himself in. Some of the top evangelists working with Russell are former guerillas.

Stendals’ March 23rd newsletter describes an amazing opportunity to blanket Colombia with Christian Radio. Please read their POWERFUL newsletter here.

They have been asked by the commanding Army General to put in a major radio station on top of a high mountain that will cover most of Colombia and $50,000 is desperately needed to get this up and running.

Russell is fighting on the front lines and we can support him in his fight. You can give financially to this project by following Russell’s giving instructions at the end of his above article. Let’s give our way out of this recession, as we build the Kingdom of God here on earth.

(Note: For an overview of the ongoing missionary work of Russell Stendal, please see the excellent article in “The Washington Times”.)

Delivered of demons while watching a Prayers That Heal the Heart DVD
“I have just finished watching the last DVD for the Prayers That Heal the Heart course, the DVD on the Model Healing Prayer Session where you minister to Heidi. As background to my testimony, I need to let you know that I have had an issue with fear of abandonment. While I’ve gone through deliverance for several demons, the problem I’ve had with the fear of abandonment was not, to my knowledge, ever addressed head-on.

“Well, as you prayed for Heidi, I was thinking about how much I identified with her pain and how much compassion I had for her. Then suddenly, I began to cough very forcefully and almost to gag. I knew instantly that a spirit of the fear of abandonment had come out of me! I had to write to tell you that, even though you were not personally ministering to me, that demon of the fear of abandonment had to obey the Name of Jesus. Glory to God!”

MaryAnn Diorio, CLU Student

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New Translations Posted – Help Us Spread the Word
Special thanks to Daniel Renger who has translated the “How to Hear God’s Voice Seminar Workbook” into Dutch. It is available for free downloading.

Also, special thanks to Thang Khan Sain for translating the “4 Keys to Hearing God’s Voice” into Burmese.

We have received offers from individuals around the world to translate our books into various languages, and we now have free material available on our website in over 30 different languages. We appreciate each and every person who has given of their time and talent for this work. If you would like to volunteer to translate any of our materials, please contact Mark Virkler.

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