Victoria – Review of ‘hate crime’ laws

Removal of Free Speech in VictoriaSalt Shakers E-News – Helping Christians Make A Difference

‘Hate crimes’ are under review in Victoria. If what is being proposed in one of the review documents is introduced into legislation, it will mean even MORE RESTRICTIONS on the freedom of speech.

In fact, if you OFFEND or INSULT a homosexual you could be hauled before the Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission – and with their NEW POWERS, the EOHRC could launch their own investigation into behaviour they think ‘offends’ someone! Churches and Christians will be under even more threat if this is put into legislation!

Last year Victoria’s Attorney-General Rob Hulls initiated changes to the Sentencing Act regarding the sentencing of hate crimes. The amendment requires a sentencing court to have regard to whether an offence was motivated (wholly or partially) by hatred of, or prejudice against, a group of people with common characteristics with which the victim was associated or with which the offender believed the victim was associated.

But that isn’t enough for Mr Hulls.

Mr Hulls has asked Hon Geoffrey Eames, a retired Supreme Court judge, to conduct a review of ‘Identity Motivated Hate Crime’ in Victoria to “determine whether current hate crime laws are adequate”. They are considering whether ‘hate crimes’ should be a specific part of the criminal law. (more…)

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Canberra Revival extended another night as crowd nears 300 people – Healing of deafness, severe spinal problems and more, Mormons get saved, and 51 people receive baptism of Holy Spirit!!!

Hungry for Holy SpiritDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,
 
The Canberra revival meetings have been once again extended for another night, tonight Monday the 19th of April at 6.30pm at Canberra High School, Bindubi Street, Macquarie. 

Do not miss this great opportunity you, your family, friends, and others to receive a miraculous life transforming encounter with Jesus Christ, the reigning King of kings and LORD of lords! 
 
We thank and praise God for His wonderful hand at work mightily in our nation’s capital city Canberra. Many who are attended the revival meetings commented that they had never ever seen anything like this in their lifetime in Canberra. Well, we believe this is God’s kairos time for our nation of Australia to rise up and step into His prophetic destiny, possessing this land that He has promised to give us as an inheritance, this Great South Land of the Holy Spirit!
 
Over the weekend people packed the hall once again and every service went on for more than 4-5 hours as people from 29-30 churches, of all ages, from many ethnicities, cities, and walks of life, absolutely soaked in the mighty life transforming presence of God!  Many people received Miraculous Healing, Deliverance, Salvation, Restoration, Reconciliation, and the list goes on and on as many glorified the Lord by giving testimonies of His amazing miracles, signs, and wonders in their lives!

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Revival meetings in Canberra extended this weekend – Youth / Kids weep at altar – Healing, Deliverance & Salvation of Souls!

Worshipping the Lord at the altarDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,

1) All glory and honour to the reigning King of kings and the Lord of lords as He continues to increasingly pour out His Holy Spirit on all flesh!

Revival meetings will be continuing this weekend in Australia’s capital city of Canberra on Saturday 17th at 6.30pm & Sunday 18th April at 10am & 6.30pm.  The venue is the Canberra High School, Bindubi Street, Macquarie.

Pr Daniel has cancelled hisPastors and spouses at altar weekend schedule in Melbourne to get back to Canberra to continue ministering in the ongoing Revival of the Holy Spirit and Fire! We at CTFM and many others across the wider Body of Christ are in awe of what the amazing Holy Spirit of God is doing in our nation’s capital of  Canberra!

Pr Daniel stated, “In the past 13 years I have ministered in Canberra on several occasions, but I have never ever experienced such an open heaven in our capital city to see the supernatural manifestation of the Holy Ghost and power of God. On the contrary,  I have told my ministry team that Canberra is the hardest place to breakthrough in all of Australia as there has previously been such a spiritual darkness over this city. But glory to God we are beginning to see the light of the glory of God breaking through as the demonic powers of darkness are losing their hold over the Capital of our nation of Australia. What the Spirit of the Lord is doing right now in Canberra is very significant for the Body of Christ and all of Australia. As our capital city Canberra increasingly catches the fire of the Holy Ghost revival, I believe that the Body of Christ and rest of our nation will experience a great breakthrough for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. I pray that manmade structures of religion, tradition, and political correctness will not get in the way of God’s divine glory and presence coming down from heaven to transform the earth.” (more…)

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Revival Ongoing in Canberra, Australia – Notorious Gang Leader / Drug Dealer Surrenders to Jesus

Catch The Fire MinistriesDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,
 
All glory and honour to Jesus the King of kings and Lord of lords for the ongoing Revival in Canberra, the capital city of Australia, in this Great South Land of the Holy Spirit!

Pr Daniel is still ministering in an ongoing Revival of salvations, deliverances, healings, miracles, signs and wonders in Canberra!

Tonight Tuesday the 13th of April the meeting will be held at the Canberra High School, Bindubi Street, Macquarie, at 6.30pm. Contact Pr Glen on 0414705847 for more details.

Yesterday, the consuming fire of the Holy Spirit swept through the place as many people soaked in the manifest presence of almighty God during the  worship service that went on for more than 4 hours. Although it was a Monday night, the place was packed out with people desperate for a life changing encounter with a miracle working God. Many people were asking Pr Daniel to stay in Canberra throughout the week to continue the ongoing Revival meetings, but unfortunately due to other commitments he will not be able to do so.
 
There was deep intercession and travailing in prayer as the holy presence of God gave people a real deep love for their nation of Australia. Many people reported that they could not sleep at night, as they were crying to the Lord of the harvest for souls to be saved.

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Options Plus Care Orientation Day Saturday 17 April in Melbourne / Pregnancy Counselling Service of CTFM

Pastor Daniel and baby saved through Options Plus Care Pregnancy Counseling

Dear family & friends in Christ,
 
In 1998 God birthed in Pr Daniel’s heart to start the Options + Care Pregnancy Counselling Centre in Australia.
 
He challenged him with the following words, “Will you be a Voice for the Voiceless?” 
 
The motto of this ministry is ‘Save A Life and Save A Soul!’
 
We have seen many babies saved through O + C over the past 12 years.  Now that God has provided us with a much needed Ultra-Sound machine, we believe that this is a new season to see more babies saved!
 
We believe even as we continue to pray for abortions to become illegal in Australia, we also need to act in order to save the next generation of Aussie’s in our nation.
 
Following is a opportunity for you to become a part of this great ministry serving the Body of Christ and local communities across our nation.
 
Options Plus Care (Pregnancy Counselling Service) – Orientation Day, Saturday April 17th, 2010 -  10.30am to 12.00pm at CTFM Base, 23 Melverton Dr, Hallam.  
 

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President Obama’s anti-Israel hysteria and plan to microchip citizens

President ObamaDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu
 
President Obama is definitely de-Christianizing America, making it an Interfaith nation to further the Antichrist’s diabolical agenda of a One World Government, Religion, and Economy.
 
He is planning to microchip citizens in America and trying his very best to divide Jerusalem. We must continue to pray that the Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will continue to stand strong and not let this happen.  Pray for Israel and especially Jerusalem!
 
I am shocked that thousands (perhaps millions) of Christians are so misled and do not support Israel. Thank God for the nameless and faceless remnant who will rise up and take a stand for the soon coming King of kings and the Lord of lords! These Kingdom warriors will prepare the way for the second coming of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We must remember that where there is darkness, the light shines even brighter. So let your light shine!
 
Following are 2 very interesting and alarming articles regarding President Obama’s anti-Israel hysteria and plan to microchip citizens.
 
Jesus is coming back very soon!!! ARE YOU READY TO MEET HIM?????? Please pray for the nations!!!

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Glorious Easter Weekend at CTFM in Melbourne as Holy Spirit ministers life, healing, freedom and hope to many people!

Some of CTFM family enjoying a picnic, cricket, and fellowshipPastor Rex Douglas from USADear family & friends in Christ,

1) We thank and praise our loving Father in heaven for this wonderful Easter weekend gone by, as we corporately celebrated with the wider Body of Christ in Australia and around the world, the sacrificial death and victorious resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ!

What a glorious weekend it was to see so many Christian believers and even some non-Christians mightily transformed by the resurrection power of the Cross of Christ and the anointing of the Holy Spirit at the CTFM apostolic centre in Melbourne (Hallam)!

I am sure you have many exciting testimonies to share of what the Spirit of God is doing across the nations!

The Good Friday Prayer Service followed by an all night prayer meeting saw more than 70 prayer warriors stay back to intercede for Australia’s transformation, with many who were still there crying unto the Lord at 6am the next morning!

On Easter Sunday the Lord ministered supernatural life, healing, freedom, hope, and restoration to many people gathered at the CTFM apostolic centre in Melbourne (Hallam) through His anointed servant Pastor Rex Douglas from the US. Particularly, many Christian believers were set free from generational soul ties, emotional traumas and offences, as the prayer altar was full with people pressing into the presence of almighty God for hours to drink the new wine of the Holy Spirit! (more…)

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Don’t Try to Tame the Holy Ghost

Fire in My BonesJ. Lee Grady Newsletters – Fire In My Bones – 2nd March 2010

Too often the American church has tried to put the Third Person of the Trinity in a box.

Hundreds of years before the Holy Spirit was poured out on the early church on the day of Pentecost, the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel, newly anointed as a priest, got a free preview of how God would send the Holy Spirit to empower His people. The preview came in the form of a Technicolor vision that included a stormy wind, a cloud that glowed with fire, flashes of lightning and strange, four-faced cherubim that were empowered by God’s divine energy.

Ezekiel wrote of these heavenly creatures: “In the midst of the living beings there was something that looked like burning coals of fire, like torches darting back and forth among the living beings. The fire was bright, and lightning was flashing from the fire. And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning” (Ezekiel 1:13-14, NASB).

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Pastor Daniel on 2CC Radio Canberra in Australia / Easter Blessings in Christ / Passover Report from CTFM

Passover PlatePastor DanielDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,
 
1) Following is the link to Pastor Daniel’s recent interview with Mike Welsh of 2CC Radio Canberra regarding several young women from Satanism in Australia experiencing the power and love of the Lord since the national spiritual breakthrough ‘Taking the High Places for Jesus’ on Mount Ainslie in Canberra last October 2009.

After clicking the following link scroll down the page to ‘Catch the Fire’:  http://www.radio2cc.com/podcasts.html

2) Pr Daniel, his family and all at Catch The Fire Ministries would like to take this opportunity to wish you all ‘A VERY HAPPY AND BLESSED EASTER’!  May the Lord bless you and your loved ones mightily as we continue to serve our risen Saviour, Christ Jesus our reigning King of kings!Passover Breaking Matzah
 
Below is an exciting report of the recent Passover meal held at the CTFM apostolic centre in Hallam (Melbourne), led by Jill Curry who is a part of CTFM and also the coordinator for Jewish Prayer Focus.
 
Pr Daniel stated, “This was my first time at a Passover meal. Praise the Lord God of Israel, as I really enjoyed every bit of it! It brought so much revelation to me and those Christians who gathered. The body of Christ in Australia and around the world must pray for the people and nation of Israel in these very last days before the 2nd coming of Jesus!”

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Another young woman from satanism experiences the power and love of Jesus / All out prayer assault needed this Easter weekend

Dear family & friends in Christ,

It is with great joy we report that another young woman from a satanic background experienced the supernatural power and life transforming love of Jesus last Sunday night at the CTFM meeting in Hallam!

This young woman who was born into a satanic coven and grew up as a Satanist, has reconfirmed her decision in living in the light and truth of the Lord Jesus Christ rather than in the darkness and deception of Satan. This is another breakthrough in relation to the spiritual warfare prayer operation on Mount Ainslie in Canberra in October 2009, ‘Taking the High Places for Jesus!’ 

Satan and his demonic powers of darkness are definitely beginning to lose their hold over Australia! We believe at CTFM that as Christians rise up in their God-given spiritual authority in Jesus, stand their ground in the authority of the Word of God and the finished work of the Cross of Christ,  pray, fast and sincerely love these precious people, there will be a supernatural harvest of souls coming out of the kingdom of hell into the Kingdom of heaven! (more…)

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Netanyahu’s AIPAC Speech in Washington Receives Standing Ovation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahuby Teresa Neumann : Mar 24, 2010 : Israeli Prime Minister’s Office

“The connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel cannot be denied. The connection between the Jewish people and Jerusalem cannot be denied. The Jewish people were building Jerusalem 3,000 years ago and the Jewish people are building Jerusalem today. Jerusalem is not a settlement. It’s our capital.”

(Washington, D.C.)—A March 23 report in Haaretz describes the highly charged difference of opinions addressed in Washington when Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. In contrast, however, at the same time, the Prime Minister received an overwhelming voice of support and a standing ovation from nearly 8,000 attendants after delivering a powerful speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).

The Prime Minister reportedly spoke several hours after Secretary Clinton charged that Israel’s building in parts of Jerusalem that the United States does not recognize as being under Israeli sovereignty “undermines” U.S. policy.

Noted the report in Haaretz, when Netanyahu spoke, he “pointed out that Israel has made constant to the concessions to the United States and Palestinian Authority but drew the red line at Jerusalem, reasoning that building houses for Jews in all of united Jerusalem in no way precludes the possibility of a two-state solution. More than half of the American Congressmen were among the more than 7,000 people listening to the speech at the annual conference of the pro-Israel lobby group in Washington. The speech was delayed in order to allow people to enter the packed convention hall.” (more…)

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Police chief hails power of prayer in driving down town’s crime rates

Inspector Roger Bartlett (left) pictured with street pastors in Exeter: The policeman asked churchgoers to pool their efforts in calling on a higher powerBy Beth Hale on 22nd February 2010

When Inspector Roger Bartlett realised his patch had one of the poorest crime detection rates in the area, he decided he needed help.

So he asked churchgoers to pool their efforts in calling for back-up – from God.

Three years after encouraging Christians from local churches to say prayers to help policemen, detection rates have soared, road accidents have fallen and Mr Bartlett is convinced it is evidence of divine intervention. 
 
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Obama Says NO to Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

Older photo of Obama and Nethanyahu as Obama censored all media coverage of their recent meeting in D.C.Following two lengthy meetings at the White House on Tuesday between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama, including a second unscheduled meeting, relations between the two nations remained icy. The White House refused to release the normal photos or briefings that would accompany such an event, leading observers to wonder if the silence was intended to punish Israel for the “insult” to Vice President Biden of announcing the construction of homes for Jewish people on Jewish land during his visit.
 
Observers had hoped that the high-level meetings would begin to repair the relationship, but that does not appear to be the case. The sticking point appears to be the Obama Administration’s insistence that Jerusalem is an issue that must be negotiated rather than acknowledging the ancient City of David as the rightful and eternal capital of Israel.

But despite the pressure, my friend Benjamin Netanyahu is standing firm. “Jerusalem is not a settlement—it is our capital!” he proclaimed at a dinner prior to his meeting with President Obama. He further told Secretary of State Clinton that Israel’s policy toward building homes in Jerusalem has remained unchanged for more than forty years and that it will not be changing, despite the protests of the United States. (more…)

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Powerful Prophetic Men of God from AFRICA & USA to minister at CTFM over the next 2 weeks

Dear friends and family in Christ,

1) For those of you in the Melbourne area, Pastor Bonface Kinyua from Highway of Holiness Ministries in Nairobi, Kenya, who moves mightily in the Prophetic and Apostolic Anointing, will be ministering on spiritual warfare prayer this Friday 26th March at 7:30pm at our weekly intercessory prayer meeting.

This mighty man of prayer and the Spirit of God from Africa, will also minister at both the 9:30am and 6.30pm services this Sunday 28th March.

Join with prayer warriors from other churches and denominations in the Body of Christ in crying unto the Lord for Australia’s transformation!
 
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Divorce-proofing your marriage

By Greg Laurie – February 13, 2010
 
My wife and I celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary a little over a week ago. I remember the day we were married as though it were yesterday. Cathe was a vision of beauty as she walked down the aisle, while I had long hair and a big, bushy red beard. I was also wearing the ugliest tuxedo ever made. Now as I look at those old photos, I have to ask, “What was I thinking?” But we are grateful for how faithful God has been to both of us over the years.

Sometimes couples will ask me to redo their vows. I don’t have a problem with that, but I have never felt a great desire for Cathe and me to do this. We haven’t broken them yet, and we don’t plan on breaking them. So I think once is good enough, because I meant them when I said them to Cathe, and I know she meant them when she said them to me as well.

From the very beginning, we sought to build our marriage on biblical principles. Now, I know a little bit about marriage and a little bit about divorce. I have never been divorced, but my mother was married and divorced seven times. She went through a lot of what might be described as relationships, though I don’t really think they were. So for many years of my childhood, I saw how not to do things. Then, when I was getting married, I knew that I was about to make a lifelong commitment that I planned, by the grace of God, to honor and keep. (more…)

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