CWG Ministries Newsletter - God's Voice World Wide - August 2004

August 2004 God's Voice Worldwide From Dr. Mark Virkler
Author of Communion With God and President of Christian Leadership University
Vision: To Saturate the World with Communion With God

This newsletter contains: New CWG Cassettes and CDs; Parenting Course Now Available; New Book; Journaling about Wading Deeper; Attend an Upcoming Seminar Free; CLU Students Write; Dreams; Fivefold Summary - Free Download; Health; New Translation Posted

New Communion With God Cassettes and CD's Available!
After 10 years, we have re-taped Mark Virkler teaching Communion With God at Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship. It was a lively group with excellent journaling and dynamic discussion. It follows the CWG seminar guide exactly (available for $3.95). The 10 hours of cassettes are available for $34.95, and the same 10 hours on CD are available for $49.95. Order them today for yourself and your friends. Spread the gift of life to others. Remember, Christmas is coming! These will make a life-changing gift!

New Parenting Course Available!
The much anticipated COU305 Parenting for Success course is finally available! Based on books by Larry Keefauver, Gary Smalley and Mark and Patti Virkler, this course will help you become the parent God wants you to be. Featuring CLU's unique emphasis on divine initiative, you will learn to listen to the voice of God for wisdom in every aspect of your home and family. Enroll today!

New Book Available Wading Deeper Into the River of God ($14.95)
This book is Mark Virkler's testimony of how God led him into truth after truth about living in the river of God. For Mark it was a slow, arduous task, and his steps are now laid out clearly in story form. Wading Deeper is a condensation and summary of almost every major book that Mark has written throughout the last 25 years! This book will be a guide and encouragement to those seeking a deeper walk in the river of God, opening up paths which you yourself may take. Come celebrate life in the River! Order today at 1-800-466-6961 or online.

Journaling after reading Wading Deeper Into the River of God Rudi Swanepoel
I was truly refreshed reading this book. I found that there are some crucial elements needed to establish a flow of the River of God in my life. I have asked the Lord questions and He answered them. Some of the questions I asked were stirred in me because of the contents of this book and others came up in my spirit as a result of the work of the Holy Spirit in my heart.

Lord, how important is Your River in my life?
Son, My River is much more than a physical body of water flowing in a predetermined direction through life. It is through My River that I guide you and it is through My River that you are connected to Me. Too many people never recognize the flow of My River within them and they fail to really connect to Me. The water in My River brings life and contains My words, will and thoughts for your life. Some days you will drink of the water and it will be like words flooding your mind. Other times the water will be in the form of holy emotions that will stir you in the core of your being. Depending on your specific need on any given day, I will meet those needs from the same source: My River flowing within you.

Son, you have seen the great rivers in America and the vastness they represent. Always remember that My River is much more than a small stream with a trickle of water. The greatest river on the face of the earth cannot be compared to the size and stature of My River flowing within you! With its source in My Throne Room, it extends across time and space maintaining a powerful flow even within your heart. It is important that you remember this, because every time you surrender to the might of the flowing water within you, I will amaze you with the sheer power of the flow. The currents within My River are both diverse and abundant, designed to bring every yielded vessel to My determined plan for their lives.

Trust the flow of My River in you. Enjoy its refreshing and power. In doing so you will effortlessly attain great distances in reaching My destiny for your life.

Lord, what about the foundations I am building on in my life? Are they sure or faulty?
Son, in 1994 I caused many of the foundations in your life to crumble. In one week I caused the water level to rise significantly in your life. Back then you were determined that I establish a strong flow of My River in your life. Today, that flow is still present. The result of the continuous flow of My River in you has been a flooding in the low-lying areas of your life. These areas were once dry and flat, ideal for the building of foreign and faulty foundations. Today they are covered with water flowing from My throne and because of the strong current, it would be impossible to build something foreign in the river. I will cause the water to wash away any foreign objects.

Son, as long as you desire more of Me and as long as you welcome and embrace the flow of My River in you, the River will be My foundation in your life. Fix your eyes on Me do not lean on your own understanding and I will teach you the way you should go.

Lord, I want to experience the deep waters of the River.
Son, I am causing a deepening within you. Just like the Israelites prepared the dry river bed for water, by digging trenches to accommodate more water, I want you to prepare your spirit by digging trenches in your life. Make room for more of Me and I promise you I will fill all the room you make for Me. River-life demands a periodic scraping of the bottom of the river. As time passes by, a river becomes shallow because of sediment that settles to the bottom. Be aware of sediment that settles in your spirit. This sediment represents your growing familiarity with river-life. My work is fresh and up-to-date. Do not allow the frequency of things in your life to take away the freshness of My Spirit's power in you.

Lord, please help me to optimize Your flow through my heart and mind.
Son, let Me remind you that faith is what causes the River to flow. Faith is also what will keep the flow of the River in your life. Believe in Me and rely on what I show and reveal to you. Every step of faith you take, results in a stronger flow in your life. He who believes, out of his inner most being shall flow forth rivers of living water!

Son, I want to keep equilibrium in your life. A balanced life is a successful life. This balance is not between good and evil. It does not represent spiritual compromise in any form. Rather it represents the role of the Word and the Spirit in your life. I said in My Word that My Spirit will always lead you into all the Truth. I am the Truth! My Spirit always complements My Word. The Holy Spirit reveals the Word in your life and opens your understanding to Who He really is.

How can I broaden the scope of the gifts of the Holy Spirit flowing through me?
You are right in identifying a need in the Church today. My people have regressed into a very narrow flow of My creative power, especially when it comes to the gifts that I made available to them. Many operate in the gifts based on an outdated example they saw some time in their past. Carried through generations this powerless activity has gone unchecked and has in many cases not been corrected.

I am looking for people who will boldly put their trust on Me and step out of this narrow box. I am ready to show fresh revelation and new applications of the gifts flowing through My Spirit that will cause many to be astounded. What was new before has grown stale, but I have newer things yet available. Step out in faith and do not draw back in fear. As you step out in faith I will unlock secrets to you that will become common in My Church again.

What you have seen as coincidence and incidental before, you will now view as deliberate and significant. You will recognize My fingerprints even in the mundane things of your life. The people you meet and the things that cross your path will bring you closer to My destiny for your life. Not only will I bring you to destiny, but I will bring destiny to you.

Be sensitive to the happenings around you. Speak with caution to the people around you. Use words and actions that will flow from the River in you. I will change the pictures around you. If you take the time, you will see Me in every picture and vision I show you. When you look at people's lives, yes look at the picture and vision of their surroundings, but never fail to see where I am in the picture. Where I am is where the need will be.

Teach My people to yield to the flow of my River frequently and in real life situations. Teach them that I am practical and not theory. I cause My River to flow through life in its entirety. Help them to discover that flow within them.

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Date	Seminar	City/State
Aug. 4,5	Communion With God	Colorado Springs, CO
Aug. 27,28	Counseled By God	Waterloo, ON
Sept. 9-11	Communion With God	Toronto, ON
Sept. 17,18	Communion With God	Saginaw, MI
Sept. 24,25	Communion With God	Vernon Hills, IL
Oct. 8,9	Communion With God	Harrisburg, PA
Oct. 15,16	Communion With God	Buffalo, NY
Oct. 22,23	Communion With God	Springfield, PA
Oct. 29,30	Prayers That Heal the Heart	Vernon Hills, IL
Nov. 19,20	Communion With God	Quebec, Canada
Nov. 26,27	Prayers That Heal the Heart	Brockville, ON