Reconciliation Assignment – Great Success on Palm Island, QLD

Group Photo of Intercessors in Townsville after time of prayers over our nationDear family & friends in Christ,Prayer, Repentance & Reconciliation Mission in Townsville & Palm Island, QLD

We thank and praise God for opening the doors for the CTFM team to visit Palm Island, QLD on a very special God given assignment to bring Reconciliation & Healing in between Indigenous peoples and others who have called Australia home.

A group of 21 intercessors led by Pastor Daniel from CTFM arrived in Townsville, QLD and then proceeded to Palm Island on the ferry on Thursday 20th March.  The group was joined by intercessors in Townsville led by Indigenous Pastor David Gela and the whole team set sail to Palm Island.

Right throughout the 2 hours the ferry rocked with worship, prayer and intercession over the waters of Australia. There was intense prayer and repentance for all the wrong we have done in our nation in the past, followed by much more prayer and prophetic declarations for the future.

As the ferry arrived in Palm IsWashing of the Indigenous Leaders feet and asking for forgivnessland it started to pour down with rain.  The Island’s Indigenous Elders were waiting for us and welcomed us on their land.Uniting as one

Later that day at the meeting for Reconciliation, the CTFM team washed the feet of several Indigenous people and asked them forgiveness for the wrong done to their forefathers.  As we humbled ourselves and washed their feet, there were many tears of love & joy.

Many of the Indigenous Elders stated, “We have never had the white man wash our feet.”  They were absolutely shocked.

One elder stated, “When the former PM Kevin Rudd said sorry, we were happy, but we knew that it was more a political statement.  However, what you people have done has brought real love and healing to our community. Thank you so much for coming all the way.”

Pr Daniel ministeringThen, we all stood in a circle and sang “Bind us together, Lord bind us together.”  As we started singing this song, the rain started to pour very heavily again and continued until we left.  Since the Island had not received hardly any rain for a long time, the people on the island called it ‘an act of God’.Humbling ourselves before the Lord praying for healing in the land of Australia

Yes, indeed, it was definitely the hand of God.  In Deuteronomy 28:12, the Word of God speaks specifically speaks of God sending the rain as a blessing when He is pleased with His people.  Isn’t that amazing. Glory to God.

“May the Lord open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand.”

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LISTEN: Rev. Bill Owens and the Coalition of African-American Pastors Call for the Impeachment of Attorney General Eric Holder for Trying to ‘Coerce States to Fall in Line with the Same-Sex Marriage Agenda’

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr.February 25, 2014 – CBS DC

A coalition of African-American civil rights leaders and pastors announced a campaign to gather 1 million signatures to impeach Attorney General Eric Holder for attempting to undermine states’ authority to “coerce states to fall in line with same-sex marriage.”

Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, the Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP) is calling for Holder’s impeachment for “attempting to impose ‘same-sex marriage’ throughout the nation despite federal law, rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, and state constitutional amendments to the contrary,” reads the online petition.

“What we have in Attorney General Holder is a man so political in his zeal to redefine marriage that he is willing to run roughshod over the rulings of the Supreme Court, binging federal law, and the United States Constitution along with the constitutions of a majority of states,” the Rev. Bill Owens, founder and president of CAAP, said in a statement.

This comes as Holder announced on Tuesday that state attorney generals are not obligated to defend laws in their states that ban same-sex marriage if they do not believe in such legislation.

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Where is Evangelical Outrage for the Persecuted Church?

Believers around the world are dying for their faith. Where's the evangelical groundswell for themBy CLG on December 30, 2013 –  Halee Gray Scott

Believers around the world are dying for their faith. Where’s the evangelical groundswell for them?

Swiftly on the heels of Christmas comes the feast of the Holy Innocents. On December 28, churches around the world commemorate the first Christian martyrs–those who lost their lives when King Herod ordered the execution of all males two and under in the vicinity of Bethlehem. (Greek liturgy maintains that 14,000 boys were killed, while several medieval writers claimed 144,000. Given the small population of Bethlehem, most modern scholars agree the number to be closer to 20.)

We consider such atrocities relegated to the ancient past, a barbaric time of intemperate, megalomaniac rulers. In today’s enlightened era of diplomacy, such evil would not go unchecked.

And yet, Christians today are massacred on a far greater scale than from any edict issued from Herod. According to Open Doors, which provides support for Christians around the world, Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world today, with 100 people martyred for their faith each month. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life reports that Christians suffer persecution, discrimination, and harassment in 133 countries–a full two-thirds of all countries worldwide.

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Despite Strong Prayer Movement, Indonesia’s Religious Freedom ‘In Peril’

The Batak Protestant Church near Jakarta was torn down in March 2013, just after being built. World Watch Monitor2/26/2014 World Watch Monitor

A new report paints a bleak picture of religious freedom in Indonesia.

Indonesia: Pluralism in Peril, which was launched at the U.K. Parliament Tuesday, says that in the world’s most populous Muslim nation (251 million, 86 percent Muslim), minority religious groups such as Christians are subject to “spiraling intolerance,” which threatens to destroy Indonesia’s erstwhile reputation as a place of inter-religious harmony.

The report, written by Christian Solidarity Worldwide’s East Asia team leader Benedict Rogers, says extremist ideology has spread nationwide; that local, provincial and national authorities have been guilty of inaction and complicity; and that the majority of Indonesia’s Muslims have failed to speak out against intolerance.

While stressing that he deeply admires all Indonesia’s achievements as a multi-faith society, Rogers says that as it approaches national elections this year, it is “crucial” that the new President, who in July will replace Susilo Bambang after a decade in office, steers the country back towards its roots as a pluralistic nation whose founding motto was “Unity in Diversity.”

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6 Ways to Prevent an Embarrassing Ministry Scandal

Is the next generation prepared to avoid ministry scandals2/26/2014 J. Lee Grady

The recent sentencing of Dr. Yonggi Cho of South Korea is a reminder that we need a fresh commitment to integrity.

I was devastated to learn last week that South Korean megachurch pastor David Yonggi Cho was found guilty of embezzling $12 million in church funds. I was aware that the famous hero of faith was struggling with problems at his massive congregation, Yoido Full Gospel Church, which is in Seoul. Cho’s 56-year effort to build what is now the world’s largest church made him one of the most respected spiritual fathers in the Pentecostal movement.

Some American leaders knew that Cho’s problems were linked to his son Cho Hee-jun, who was also convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for his role in an elaborate stock scheme that involved millions of dollars of church money. Hee-jun was immediately jailed. Thankfully, the elder Cho will not have to serve his prison sentence (it was suspended), but he will have to pay a $4.7 million fine.

I still respect Dr. Cho. A former Buddhist, he had a dramatic conversion to Jesus and was used by the Holy Spirit to bring the gospel to a nation that for centuries was closed to Christianity. Cho remains a legend. But the events of last week serve to remind us that even the greatest spiritual giants have feet of clay, and even the biggest ministries can fall into scandal if principles of integrity are not practiced.

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How Social Media Will Help Us Finish the Great Commission

Social media, such as Facebook, is a great way to spread the gospel. (creationswap.com)3/1/2014 Brandon Cox – Charisma News

Social media, such as Facebook, is a great way to spread the gospel.

The church is living in an age of tremendous evangelistic opportunity.

As we venture into the social, digital era, the gospel can travel further and faster than ever before. If the church is a vast volunteer army of people carrying the Good News of Jesus to the least, the lost and the last, then it is safe to say this army is better equipped and more effectively mobilized than any other age to carry out its marching orders—the Great Commission.

We began planting Grace Hills Church in the summer of 2011 and officially launched weekly services in a local movie theater in January 2012. We don’t have a building. We don’t have a sign. We’ve never done a direct mail campaign or sent any postcards. We don’t advertise in the local newspapers or on television or radio. But in January 2014 alone, we met almost 100 new people in our weekend services. How? Facebook.

Each week, we post a short video just a few minutes long that explains who we are as a church, what we value and what we will be talking about in our upcoming weekend services. We then “boost” that post so that it sees thousands of eyes within a 10-mile radius around our community, and we challenge all of our faithful attendees to watch it, “like” it and share it with others. On Mondays, we look through our communication cards to see how our guests heard about us, and it’s not difficult to spot the pattern: Facebook, Facebook, Facebook.

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Is booze behind Australia’s violence?

Posed picture depicting domestic violenceFebruary 24 2014 – WASHINGTON POST-BLOOMBERG

SYDNEY – A single, unprovoked punch to the head from a stranger was enough to kill teenager Thomas Kelly as he walked through Sydney’s most famous nightspot with his girlfriend. Almost two years on, authorities are fighting back.

His death sparked a public outcry against alcohol-fueled violence. That outcry intensified after another 18-year-old died last month from an attack in the same Kings Cross district. More than 90 people have now been killed in Australia since 2000 in one- punch assaults that researchers say are mostly tied to alcohol.

“The viciousness is increasing,” said Gordian Fulde, head of emergency medicine at Sydney’s St Vincent’s Hospital, which treated both teenage victims and a 23-year-old man with severe head injuries after a December beating near Bondi Beach. “All of it because of excess drinking. It’s totally unnecessary.”

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Media Alert – Pastor Daniel Nalliah leads team of 30+ Christians to Palm Island on a Reconciliation Mission with First People on 20th March 2014

General Immediate Media Alert – 19th March 2014 A team of more than 30 Christians from across Australia will be led by Pastor Daniel Nalliah, the President of Catch The…

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Special Invitation to WA Senate Re-election Campaign Rally at Old Melbourne Hotel in Perth on 31st March 2014 / Guest Speaker – RUAP National President Daniel Nalliah

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New York Times and politically correct Islamist hate

Slaughter_of_Christians17 February 2014 – Raymond Ibrahim

The New York Times has finally found a victim of Islamic aggression in Nigeria worth reporting on: homosexuals. In a big spread complete with pictures appearing last week, the NYT’s Adam Nossiter wrote “Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays.”

While it’s all well and good to expose the persecution of any group, why does the NYT remain silent about the much more endemic and savage jihad to “sanitize” Nigeria of Christians—a jihad that has seen countless Christians butchered and countless churches destroyed?

A 2012 meeting of Nigerian church heads concluded that “the pattern of these killings [of Christians] does suggest to us a systematic ethnic and religious cleansing.”

Among other things in the group’s bid to cleanse the Muslim-majority north of all Christian presence, it has threatened to poison the food eaten by Christians and “to strike fear into the Christians of the power of Islam by kidnapping their women.” The group frequently storms areas where Christians and Muslims are intermingled—from villages to colleges—and singles the Christians out before slitting their throats.

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During Sunday Morning Altar Call, Bishop T. D. Jakes Says ‘You Don’t Need Iyanla, Oprah, T. D. Jakes, or Dr. Phil to Fix Your Life…You Need Jesus’

Iyanla Vanzant, Oprah Winfrey and Bishop T.D. JakesFebruary 18, 2014 – Teri Addison – EEW Magazine News

Though many respect Iyanla Vanzant, 60 year old host of “Iyanla: Fix My Life” on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network, not everyone believes the spiritual leader can live up to the title of her show—namely, Bishop T.D. Jakes.

On Sunday morning, Feb. 16, during an altar call at his The Potter’s House, the 56-year-old Dallas mega pastor, known for being outspoken on pop culture issues, said, “You don’t need Iyanla to fix your life.”

His statement, which was met with applause, was not a direct indictment against Vanzant, though it could be taken that way, but rather, a small part of a larger point.

In context, the popular pastor, who has toured with both Vanzant and Oprah as part of the media mogul’s “Lifeclass,” was discussing the supernatural power of Jesus Christ and how only the son of God could truly fix anyone.

“Salvation is free. You don’t have to labor for it. You don’t have to fix up for it. You don’t have change yourself and then come and present yourself worthy to come,” Jakes said.

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Another amazing miracle at Monash ICU – Girl recovers after prayer shocks doctors

14 year old girl with Pr Daniel after prayerDear family & friends in Christ,14 year old girl before prayer

Last week on Wednesday the 5th of March we received an email from a mother who was desperate for a miracle from God and wanted prayer for her daughter who was in Monash ICU in Clayton. The daughter had undergone a operation to remove a cyst which was touching the brain.

However, things did not go as planned after the operation.

Prompted by the Holy Spirit, Pr Daniel went to the Monash ICU with 2 others from CTFM. When they met the family, the mother told them that the doctor had said that this 14 year old girl might not walk, talk or recognise anyone. If at all, it might take a very long time for her to do so. Since this family were born-again Christian believers from another local church, many were already praying for this young girl.

At this point Pr Daniel anointed the girl with oil and prayed for a miracle. In the natural it seemed not good at all, but praise God that in all things are possible in the supernatural in Jesus name! Pr Daniel rebuked the spirit of death and declared that this young girl will walk, talk and recognise her parents. He also shared some of the amazing miracles which had happened at Monash ICU in the past few months, which resulted in the salvation of around 100 souls.

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Fake Faith

We wear a mask when we say something but don't believe it.1/12/2014 Kim Martinez

“Fake it ’til you make it.” We’ve all heard those words. It’s great advice when you are in front of people, trying to make a good impression or learning a new skill.

When it comes to faith, faking it doesn’t help—it hurts.

Hebrews 11:6 says, “Without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” You can see why people might fake faith; it is impossible to please God without it. So, just like kids trying to earn a treat, we try to be what we think God expects. When we fall on our face, the tendency is to hide it under the proverbial rug instead of openly admitting our lack.

What Does Faking Faith Look Like?
Imagine a relationship with someone you don’t quite trust. Do you tell them you don’t trust them? Not usually—you fake it when you are around them. You put on the smile and pretend that everything is fine. When we fake faith, we do the same thing to God.

About 10 years ago, we were in a difficult time financially. Every month, the bills would pile up. I was never sure where the funds were going to come from, so I faked it. I tried to walk in “faith,” proclaiming that God would provide, but inside I stressed like crazy.

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