CTFM Carol Service / Israel Trip Deposit Extended to January 10th 2010 / Office Move Update‏

Full House at Christmas CarolsDear family & friends in Christ,Worshipping our Saviour King, the Lord Jesus Christ!

1) Merry Christmas Greetings in the precious name of Jesus!

What a glorious season to remember the birth of the King of kings, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!

Pastor Daniel said, “I get so excited when I go to the shopping mall and hear Christmas carols celebrating the birth of Jesus! This is the only time of the year that the name of Jesus Christ is so freely mentioned and highly exalted through songs of praise and worship! I pray you will have a great Christmas and that God may bless you richly in the New Year 2010!”

The CTFM carols by candlelight was a great evening of singing, praise & worship. This Holy Spirit anointed night included special musical items, African rythm and dancing, children’s presentation, and a great prophetic word from the Bible regarding the birth of Jesus!

The new Catch the Fire Ministries Apostolic Centre was packed out with men, women, and children from many denominations, churches, and nationalities!

The ushers had to bring more chairs from the offices to accomodate the swelling crowd of worshippers!  

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Obama’s latest target: Ousting baby Jesus

Nativity and Traditional White House crècheDecember 08, 2009 By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 WorldNetDaily

White House guest: President planned to break tradition with ‘non-religious Christmas’

The Obama administration sought to ban baby Jesus from the executive mansion as part of its plans for a “non-religious Christmas,” according to a participant at a White House luncheon.

In its Dec. 4 issue, the New York Times published an article highlighting accomplishments of Desirée Rogers, the new White House social secretary.

Rogers, a woman who markets what she refers to as the “Obama brand,” is responsible for every event that takes place in the White House.

“Her job is to carry out the vision of the president and first lady, and to make their social events reflect their sensibilities,” the Times reported.

As part of that mission, a participant at a White House luncheon for former social secretaries said Rogers announced that the Obamas were planning a “non-religious Christmas.”

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Don’t Let Feelings Fool You

Charisma Magazine – Tuesday, 27 October 2009 – Joyce Meyer Columns – Straight Talk

Following God is easier when we are led by His Spirit rather than by our emotions.

It is God’s greatest desire that, as believers, you and I progressively learn how to be led by His Spirit. However, there is a powerful enemy that stands in the way: our emotions. Satan is the most powerful enemy we face externally, but internally, it’s our emotions that give us some of the biggest problems.

Emotions are strong, complex internal responses that result in bodily changes. They are sometimes helpful and at other times hurtful. They come in positives and negatives. They are not evil, but they also are not holy.

Emotions can make you laugh one hour and cry the next. Not wanting them doesn’t stop them from coming, and wanting them doesn’t make them come. They are apt to quit on us when we need them most and flare up when we wish they would go away.

The truth is, we are always going to have emotions, and it’s not a sin to have them. It’s when we follow them that we often get into trouble.

But I believe through the power of the Holy Spirit, you and I can learn how to recognize our feelings and realize where they are trying to take us. Then by His grace, we can learn how to manage our emotions instead of letting them manage us.

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ENGLAND HAS CEDED ITS SOVEREIGNTY TO THE EUROPEAN UNION-AUSTRALIA WILL BE NEXT IF THE LISBON TREATY IS SIGNED BY KEVIN RUDD.

As of 1st December 2009, England no longer exists as a sovereign country. Gordon Brown has signed England over to the European Union and the emerging One World Government. He did this by ratifying the Lisbon Treaty.

There has been huge opposition and uproar from the English people who were not given any opportunity to vote or to have a say in the matter despite Gordon Brown promising that they would be given a referendum to decide the matter. Gordon Brown would not give the public information about the ETS and the treaty, he would not answer questions, he did not explain the pros and cons to the people and he responded with insults and name calling such as: deniers, flat earthers, rebels, skeptics, dissenters etc. etc.
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR??

WHERE ARE THE MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT THIS HUGE AND SIGNIFICANT EVENT? THIS IS BIG NEWS OVERSEAS AND WE IN AUSTRALIA HAVE HEARD NOTHING ABOUT IT.

THIS IS WHAT KEVIN RUDD INTENDS TO DO TO AUSTRALIA AT COPENHAGEN. IF NOT AT COPENHAGEN, HE WILL TRY TO DO IT AT A LATER DATE.

GLOBAL WARMING, THE ETS, CLIMATE CHANGE ARE A LIE AND AN EXCUSE TO SIGN THIS LISBON TREATY.

On 19th November 2009, Herman Van Rompuy was appointed (not elected by the public) as the first permanent president of the European Union. In his acceptance speech, which can be found on the web by googling “Herman Van Rompuy”, he says that with the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty at Copenhagen, the New World Order (One World Government) will come into force.

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Can Vladimir Putin handle the truth? The real Bible truth?

2009 WorldNetDaily – November 15, 2009

The Russian prime minister will soon get that chance as “Shocked by the Bible: The Most Astonishing Facts You’ve Never Been Told,” the Amazon.com No. 1 best-seller that champions the absolute truth of Scripture, continues to sweep across the globe, now being translated from English into Russian.

Thomas Nelson, the top Christian publishing company in America, has announced a licensing agreement with Nova Littera / Eksmo Publishing to produce a Russian-language version of “Shocked by the Bible” by Joe Kovacs, the executive news editor of WND.

“This is fantastic,” said Kovacs. “It wasn’t that long ago that the official position of the Moscow government was that God did not exist. Now, all those who speak Russian will have the opportunity to learn Bible truth like they’ve never heard it before, including the incredible destiny of all mankind to be born into the actual Family of God!”

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Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after ‘Danish text’ leak

The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents. John Vidal in Copenhagen – guardian.co.uk – Tuesday 8 December 2009

Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN’s negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol

 The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents.

The UN Copenhagen climate talks are in disarray today after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an agreement that hands more power to rich countries and sidelines the UN’s role in all future climate change negotiations.

The document is also being interpreted by developing countries as setting unequal limits on per capita carbon emissions for developed and developing countries in 2050; meaning that people in rich countries would be permitted to emit nearly twice as much under the proposals.

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EVANGELISM TO BE MADE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE IN RUSSIA

Source: Intercessors Network

Legislation introduced this month threatens to make evangelism nearly impossible in Russia. “Only religious groups registered for at least 15 years will be allowed to engage in evangelistic or missionary activity,” says Bob Provost of Slavic Gospel Association. “If an overseas church were to send a youth group over to help with a summer camp (which happens a lot), or if they were to send over a music group to help with evangelistic activity, it would not be allowed. The legislation also outlaws local churches from missionary activity within hospitals, orphanages, or homes for the aged.  

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ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH PRESSURED TO CLOSE SERVICES IN TEHRAN

The leaders of the Central Assemblies of God Church in Tehran, have announced that Friday worship services will no longer take place and only two Sunday services will be conducted in future. The Church has been conducting 2 worship services each Friday afternoon in what represented the largest formal public gathering of Iranian Christians inside Iran, It has been under extreme pressure from the Ministry of Information to shut down its Friday meetings. The decision to close the Friday services was made in the best interest of the membership of the church.  

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Abbott and another Costello – Abbott’s high calling

The Australian December 01, 2009 – Drew Warne-Smith and Natasha Robinson

A WEEK ago, when Tony Abbott determined to run for the opposition leadership, he did what he has always done at a critical juncture in his life: he rang Emmet Costello.

A “somewhat retired” 85-year-old Jesuit priest, Costello was formerly the chaplain at St Ignatius College Riverview, on Sydney’s north shore, where Abbott was schooled.

And for the past 35 years he has remained Abbott’s mentor and closest confidant; a man he credits as “the most important male influence on my life” apart from his father.

“Tony rang and said, I’m going for it; I’m going for the leadership, and could you remember me in your prayers,” Costello told The Australian yesterday.

“I said, don’t worry about that, I’ll storm Heaven for you. God can’t say no to me!”

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Parliament of World Religions – ACT NOW – Prayer and Witness

The Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne is being held from 3-9 December, 2009.

The event is being held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, with around 650 programs. (PWR website)

Your help is needed!
* Wherever you live, you can pray.
* If you live in Melbourne, please volunteer to be part of the silent witness each morning from 7.30 to 9.30am and on Thursday evening from 6.30pm to 8pm. MORE DETAILS below!

The Acts 4:12 Committee is concerned about the influence of interfaith activities and is keen to promote the claims of Jesus Christ who says “I am the way, and the truth and the life – no one comes to the Father except through me”‘ (John 14:6).

A website has been set up – http://www.pwrdeception.com/ 

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Oprah or Jesus: Who’s right?- Evangelical author Josh McDowell takes on theology of media icon

Oprah Winfrey - New Age / False ProphetPosted on WorldNetDaily on October 04, 2009

DALLAS, Texas – “One of the mistakes that human beings make is believing that there is only one way to live, and we don’t accept that there are diverse ways to being in the world. There are many paths to what you call God.”

Oprah Winfrey said it. And when she did, many Americans who love Oprah believed it. But one of the best-selling living evangelical authors, Josh McDowell, is not about to sit back and let that statement go unchallenged.

The result is a very unusual book – both in Christian publishing and in the world of secular literature.

Get your autographed copy of “O God” exclusively from the team that published it – WND Books and the WND Superstore.

It’s called “O God: A Dialogue on Truth and Oprah’s Spirituality” – and its official debut in bookstores nationwide comes tomorrow.

“As Christian apologists who believe that salvation is by God’s grace alone, through faith alone, and in Christ alone, we wanted to create a fictional, almost Socratic dialogue that would cover many of the themes of Oprah Winfrey’s spiritual teaching in recent years,” explain McDowell and co-author Dave Sterrett in their preface.

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When Perfect Pastors Divorce

Pastor invloved in adulteryCharisma Magazine – Tuesday, 13 October 2009 – Tamara Lowe

Pastor Jack (not his real name) stood before his congregation in tears. He said, “I have to confess that I have been involved in an extramarital affair. Effective today I am resigning as the senior pastor of this church. I’m sorry.” The congregation sat in shocked silence. Many wept.

I never saw it coming. Just a week earlier I had taken the pastor’s beautiful wife, Angela, out to lunch. She acted as if she didn’t have a problem in the world. Everything was great. I asked her, “How did you meet Jack?” Her answer is still vivid in my mind.

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Brazil’s March for Jesus Draws 1.5 Million Evangelicals

March 4 Jesus BrazilBy Ethan Cole|Christian Post Reporter Tue, Nov. 03 2009

The annual “March for Jesus” event in Brazil drew more than 1.5 million evangelical Christians Monday.

In its 17th year, the event brings together hundreds of evangelical churches in a country that is home to the world’s largest Roman Catholic population. Seventy-four percent of the country describes themselves as Roman Catholic.

The march is held each year on the same day the Catholic Church celebrates the Corpus Christi holiday, which is not observed by evangelical Protestants but is a national holiday in Brazil.

Participants marched 2.5 miles in San Paulo and heard music from Christian bands and messages from preachers and local celebrities, according to The Associated Press.

The event was sponsored by Reborn in Christ Church, whose leaders had recently returned after serving a combined year’s worth of U.S. legal punishment for attempted money smuggling. The punishment included a prison sentence, house arrest, and probation. Estevam Hernandes Filho and his wife, Sonia Haddad Moraes Hernandes, had failed to declare $56,000 in cash that they had carried on a flight from San Paulo to Miami. The money was hidden among a child’s backpack, a Bible case and other bags.

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Scientology is a criminal organisation rife with beatings, abortion, and fraud, claims Australian Senator

Senator Nick XenophonDear family & friends in Christ,
 
We thank our Most High God, the Lord Jesus Christ, for the Light and Truth of His Word increasingly revealing the hidden works of spiritual darkness in our nation! 
 
“Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops. And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Bu rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.” Matthew 10:26-28
 
On 17th October on Mount Ainslie in Canberra, we prayed that Satan’s kingdom and his diabolical activities in Australia would be increasingly exposed and justly dealt with in the righteous Name above all names, the Lord Jesus Christ!
 
First it was the Copenhagen Treaty (Global Warming), the One World Government plans for Australia and the Nations of the World!
 
Now it’s “Scientology”!  Read below the article ‘Scientology is a criminal organisation rife with beatings, abortion, and fraud, claims Australian senator’.
 
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Praise God for Free Speech Victory

by Andrea Minichiello Williams of Christian Concern for our Nation in the UK

Dear Friends and Supporters

We are writing with wonderful news of deliverance from the pernicious attempt by the Government last night (11th November) to remove Lord Waddington’s free speech shield from the face of the laws of this land.
 
In a remarkable debate the House of Lords stood firm against the Government’s fourth attempt to impose its will upon them. Thanks to their steadfastness the vital democratic right to free speech was upheld, the police will have clarity about cases they do not need to investigate and ordinary, peaceful Christians and others who wish to be free to express orthodox Christian views on sexual ethics will not have their freedom so to do unreasonably interfered with.

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