Introducing Joe Brock, Our Newest Blogger

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You have already experienced a couple of blogs which contain material from CLU student, Pastor Joe Brock. He spoke at our Sunday morning service a few weeks ago, leading the congregation on a trip to heaven (check it out here), and in the second blog we published, he shared a vision of Jesus playing solitaire, and asking us to come, commune with Him so He is not so all alone. 

This blog lets you get acquainted with Joe's background and life and from this point on, Joe will be blogging under his own blog spot on the CWG website. We believe he has many rich things to share with us. Welcome, Joe!


I want to start by thanking Mark and Patti Virkler, their daughter Charity Kayembe, and the entire Communion with God staff. My walk with Christ has been enriched because of these fine people.

I believe in the 4 Keys of Hearing God’s Voice and teach them at least once a year at the church I pastor and everywhere else God allows me. The exciting thing I get to admit is I have an entire church of people that hear God all the time. Watching them grow and bring God’s Kingdom with them into their everyday lives is incredibly exciting. I owe a lot to these people and feel highly privileged to be able to minister with them. Thanks Mark, Charity, and the rest of the gang – you are a great bunch of people.


I begin by introducing myself and giving some background to who I am and the perspective I will be writing from. My name is Joe Brock. I am 45 and live in central Indiana. I have been married for close to 24 years; have 4 children with one on the way. I have a Bachelor’s degree from Bethel College in Northern Indiana and am on a trajectory to receive a Doctorate of Theology through Christian Leadership University.

In my undergraduate years, I was fortunate enough to have 3 years of New Testament Greek and 2 years of Biblical Hebrew. Of all that I have ever studied, the languages are what I have loved and value the most. I have pastored and done itinerate ministry for over 21 years. I am at present the senior minister at an Assembly of God church in our 9th year of service.

I would not define myself as a Pentecostal, Charismatic, or a Third Waver. I simply believe and expect to see and live in ALL the Bible teaches and instructs. If the Bible says it, I believe and accept it. I grew up in a mainline Evangelical church that preached wonderful messages of justification by faith but had very little available to follow this. The message was get saved and get busy doing something for God. There was never any talk of God’s relational love, daily conversation with Him, or the joy He has in His kids. I was afraid of God and did a good job avoiding Him for many years. It was because of a prophetic word I received from the speaker at a chapel service almost 24 years ago in college that God finally apprehended me – and I am so glad He did. 

While in college, I spent three years studying Evangelical theology with very little emphasis on the things of the Spirit. God had plans that were bigger than I could see. A man came and spoke for a chapel service. We had immediate rapport. I began to visit him and found out he and his wife were heavily involved in the deliverance ministry. While spending time with them, I was introduced and trained in many of the aspects of the deliverance and inner healing ministries. Things simply evolved from there.

Over the next few years while God was ‘unteaching’ me so many aspects of my growing up years, He was also simultaneously teaching me about the prophetic and revelatory ministries, angels, dreams, visions and learning how to enter into heavenly encounters.

Because my initial years in church had none of these as a part, I was very cautious and Biblically driven to ensure all that we were learning could be found in Scripture. It was this self-imposed demand that gave me peace as God transitioned us from average Sunday church attenders to alive and hungry sons and daughters. The life called Christian that I am growing to know is more exciting and fun than anything else I have ever known.  

As I blog, I will do my best to break down and explain God’s Word from the original languages when I feel it necessary. I am no scholar, but can see and bring out things that the English Bibles do not.

However, I am not satisfied with just a good translation. The Bible is a book that chronicles the encounters of God and man. I want and long for the same encounters. I want to hear God, walk with Him, know Him, see Him, and visit Him. He came to earth to save me and went home. If He loved me enough to come to me, it is my longing to go to Him and be with Him. Remember, it was Jesus who said in His explanatory prayer – Our Father, who art IN HEAVEN. If this is where He is, this is where I long to be.


 

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4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice

by Mark and Patti Virkler | 305 Pages | Retail: $16.99

Have you ever wished you could just sit down and have a long talk with the Lord? Wouldn't it be wonderful to move beyond having a theology that states that God loves you to actually hearing Him whisper words of love into your heart? When you're worried or confused, wouldn't you love to see the situation from His perspective and hear how He wants you to respond?


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Dialogue with God

by Mark and Patti Virkler | 296 Pages

This top seller for 30 years from Bridge Logos provides a narrative, right-brain presentation of the principles of how to hear God's voice. Especially enjoyable for personal use, it makes a great gift for introducing a loved one to the voice of God. This book teaches the four keys to hearing God's voice in readable style, and also devotes two entire chapters to moving samples of people's journaling (i.e. their two-way dialogue with God).

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Have you ever wished you could just sit down and have a long talk with the Lord? Wouldn't it be wonderful to move beyond having a theology that states that God loves you to actually hearing Him whisper words of love into your heart? When you're worried or confused, wouldn't you love to see the situation from His perspective and hear how He wants you to respond? When things don't seem to be going your way and your prayers aren't answered the way you had hoped, wouldn't it be great to hear Him tell you where He is in the midst of it, and what He is working out in your life? Are you ever just a little bit jealous of others who say with such confidence, "The Lord said...."?

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How to Hear God's Voice

by Mark and Patti Virkler | 317 Pages

We recommend that you order the newest revision of this book titled 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice. It includes 95% of the content of How to Hear God's Voice but is reorganized so it fits perfectly with the 10 DVDs on this subject by Mark Virkler. In addition, it gets you started using the four keys earlier in the book and gives you more journaling samples and exercises. Since we have removed the large margins, it is a smaller and less expensive book.

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Prayers That Heal the Heart - Revised & Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition

by Mark and Patti Virkler | 320 Pages

Prayer counseling that breaks every yoke! Everything you need to experience deep healing of your soul and spirit.

Did you know that you don’t need to be continually plagued by negative thoughts, feelings, pictures or memories?

It is not part of the "human condition" to feel the constant nagging of doubt, insecurity, or anger. No matter what sin you are trying to overcome, what lie you think you’ll always believe, or what traumas your heart has suffered in the past, you will receive total freedom and restoration by praying these prayers in faith. 

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Twelve Weeks to Spiritual Mastery - Group Coaching

A group coaching experience with Mark Virkler

Because I could not find a Spirit-anointed teacher/coach, I spent ten extremely frustrating years seeking to hear God’s voice!!! Suggestions offered did not help me, things like: “You just know that you know. It is a still small voice. He speaks from your heart.” No one could give me the answer I needed which was: Hearing God’s voice is as simple as quieting yourself down, fixing your eyes on Jesus, recognizing His voice as spontaneous, flowing thoughts and writing down His flow as it is coming. Test what you have written after the flow is done, NOT while it is occurring.

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Counseled by God

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Have you ever been defeated by negative emotions such as anger, fear, guilt, inferiority, condemnation or depression? Have you tried to fight them off unsuccessfully? Is there an answer that is deeper than simply trying to mentally reason yourself out of these emotions? Is there a way that Jesus can speak a word of life into the depths of your emotional despair and bring healing on a deep level? Is there a form of Christian counseling that begins and ends with the movement of Christ within your heart, rather than simply with the words of man?

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Hear God Through Your Dreams Workbook

by Mark and Patti Virkler | 92 Pages

A newer book has been released that accompanies this workbook: Click here for Hearing God Through Your Dreams by Charity Kayembe and Mark Virkler (featured on Sid Roth's "It's Supernatural", with almost a million views just on YouTube).


Do you often wake up feeling there was a significant message in your dream, but you’re just not sure what it is? Like Daniel and Joseph, do you long to be able to help others understand their own dreams and win them to Christ as you explain His night messages to them? Wouldn't it be nice if you could receive mid-course corrections from the Lord while you sleep? Do you wish you could be receiving divine inspiration, creative solutions to problems, and direction from the Lord during that third of your life that you’re “just” sleeping?

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Hearing God Through Your Dreams

by Mark Virkler and Charity Virkler Kayembe | 292 Pages

Learn How to Hear God’s Voice, Even When You Are Sleeping

It is always fun to be on the winning team. Well look what God has done with Charity's new dreams teaching. It has taken off like a rocket with a live TV interview on Cornerstone Network and her Sid Roth interview which has almost a million views on YouTube!

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Everyday Angels

by Charity Virkler Kayembe and Joe Brock 289 Pages

You can partner with Heaven’s angelic hosts!

Do you have guardian angels? Does God want you to know them? Find out what Scripture reveals and how YOU can interact with the company of Heaven!

The supernatural realm permeates our natural world! Therefore, experiencing angels should be an everyday occurrence–we simply need to open our spiritual eyes to their reality and role in our lives.

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