Reinhard Bonnke: Why Americans Take the Holy Spirit for Granted

Charisma News – 1/12/2013 – Reinhard Bonnke 

“AFRICA SHALL BE SAVED.” I heard God’s message so clearly. In response my family moved from Lesotho to South Africa in 1974. But how was Africa going to be saved? Clueless, I sat with my head in my hands. As unknowns, we moved out into the unknown, with no prospects mapped out for us, hoping for further instruction from the Lord.

And sure enough, God spoke again. I was to rent the National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana, for a gospel crusade. The only group willing to work with us was a church of 40 members.

I walked through the little city, not knowing how to put the loose ends together, and made a provisional booking for the stadium by faith. It was the right move.

To my disappointment the campaign began with only 100 people in attendance but then God entered the field. Before I had prayed for the sick or said anything at all about healing, my sermon was interrupted by dramatic healings. It was as if Jesus just could not wait to do His wonders! He was “itching” to start.

As a missionary I knew what it was like to preach to no more than five people at a time, but now I had 10,000 of them, with many receiving salvation and many being healed. As the news spread, the stadium filled up and the miracles of salvation and healing multiplied.

Then came another impulse from heaven: “Pray for converts to be baptized in the Holy Spirit!”

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Media Release – Aussies Pray for Protection on Australia Day / Guest speaker – Pr Wally saved from execution in Saudi Arabia

Media release - For immediate release On Australia Day January 26 from 10am – 1pm hundreds of patriotic Aussie’s from different churches, denominations, ethnicities, and states will gather in Melbourne,…

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Uganda’s President Publicly Repents

Teresa Neumann (Breaking Christian News – Nov 27, 2012)

“We want to dedicate this nation to You so that You will be our God and guide. We want Uganda to be known as a nation that fears God and as a nation whose foundations are firmly rooted in righteousness and justice to fulfil what the Bible says in Psalm 33:12: ‘Blessed is the nation, whose God is the Lord. A people You have chosen as Your own’ . . . And I hereby covenant Uganda to You, to walk in Your ways and experience all Your blessings forever.” -President Yoweri Museveni

(Uganda)—A report in Uganda’s leading daily newspaper, New Vision, states that at the National Jubilee Prayers in Namboole, President Yoweri Museveni made history when he openly repented of his sins and the sins of Uganda.

The following is the text of Museveni’s repentance speech:

Father God in Heaven, today we stand here as Ugandans, to thank you for Uganda. We are proud that we are Ugandans and Africans. We thank you for all Your goodness to us.

I stand here today to close the evil past—especially in the last 50 years of our national leadership history. [We are] at the threshold of a new dispensation in the life of this nation. I stand here on my own behalf and on behalf of my predecessors to repent. We ask for Your forgiveness.

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Salvations & Baptism in the Holy Spirit in Canberra/Pr Daniel Sydney

Dear family & friends in Christ,The crowd worshipping
1) We praise and thank our amazing Heavenly Father for another wonderful weekend of ministry filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit!

Pr Daniel ministered in Canberra on Sunday morning & evening. We are so thankful to God for the people who gathered from several different churches to hear the Word of God.

At these services two young people gave their lives to Jesus at the altar, and one of them was just sobbing and crying in the presence of God.

The whole church responded to the altar call, and many who had never ever prayed in tongues before got baptised with the Holy Spirit, and proceeded to pray in tongues for the very first time. The Pastor and his wife stated, ‘This is the begining of revival!’

At one point, the people at the altar started worshipping the Lord and the place was filled with the presence of the Holy Ghost. Suddenly, just an amazing warfare anointing entered the place, and people started travailing and praying for Australia, and in particular Canberra. Just then Pr Daniel had prophetic Word for the church in Canberra.

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Exciting update with photos from Christmas & New Year at CTFM / Pr Daniel ministering in Canberra this Sunday 6th Jan

Dear family & friends in Christ

1) What an amazing Christmas season it has been with Christmas carols being played in shopping malls around the country, people catching up with each other, lots of food, parties, etc. and I know that many of you would have taken the opportunity to share with someone, ‘Jesus is the Reason for Season!”

If you had an opportunity to do so, please send us a brief email of your testimony as we would like to share your story with our network around the world.

We at Catch The Fire had a fantastic Christmas Carol’s service, singing many Christmas carols, with special items & yummy food. Then we had a great Christmas Eve service, and dawned Christmas at church. It was just so wonderful.

On Christmas Day, Pastor Daniel and his family joined together with people who do not have family in Australia and had a special lunch at church. This was so wonderful. Two things in particular caught the eyes of everyone present. One young man called Barry, was suddenly spotted crying in a corner by Pr Daniel and others.

Pr Daniel put his arms around him and asked him why he was crying. He responded, “I am the only child in the family. Mum & Dad are no more, as they died a few years ago. I am feeling very lonely.” Then others too came around him and told him that we were now his family and that we love him very much. Minutes later Barry was smiling and telling people, “I found a new family. Glory to God.”

Another gentlemen called Jeff came for the Christmas lunch, and that was his very first time in church. He too had no family. He was living alone all by himself. Many people from church welcomed him and showed much love. Pr Daniel spent some time talking to him, and then led him to Jesus. Glory to God, on Sunday Jeff came to church and shared a brief testimony. He said, “I feel I have found a new family, as I didn’t have a family”.

We thank God for every opportunity He gives us to love and share the Good News of the Gospel to another precious soul!

New Year’s Eve was also great night as the church was packed out, buzzing with great excitement. People worshipped, praised God and thanked Him for all His wonderful blessings in 2012.

As 2013 dawned, the people shouted out with joy and then declared ‘AUSTRALIA FOR JESUS’ in 2013 three times!

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Wishing you a blessed CHRISTMAS and a victorious New Year in 2013!

Dear family & friends in Christ in Australia & around the World,

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and blessed Christmas, in addition to a victorious New Year in 2013, overflowing with the supernatural power and glorious presence of the Holy Spirit!

I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for believing in and supporting the vision of Catch The Fire Ministries and Rise Up Australia Party to take Australia and the Nations for JESUS!  Thank you for your support, prayer, action and many forms of contact that have been such a blessing to me, my family and each team member.

I pray God’s richest blessings upon you and your family during this extraordinary season of remembering the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ!  I just love Australia and the people of all nations. I just absolutely love to see souls won into the Kingdom of God.

I look forward to working in the Spirit of unity with all of the body of Christ in the New Year in 2013 and beyond until His Kingdom come on earth as it is heaven! United we stand; divided we fall.  

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Jesus Is the Reason for the Season

12/17/2012 – Steve Strang

 As our society becomes increasingly secular, it seems that celebrations of the birth of our Savior are less and less popular. At one time, it was common for cities and towns to have a Christmas tree and Christmas display. Then, due to “separation of church and state,” the displays had to be secular somehow and involve various other celebrations.

While I’ve decried that trend editorially, I don’t really expect the secular government to display Christmas symbols. I think churches and private individuals should do it. A few churches do, but most don’t. In fact, several years ago I wrote an editorial on this topic saying we should take the initiative to display Christian symbols at this wonderful happy time of year.

I decided I should practice what we preach. So we replaced the small, lighted nativity scene that we used for years in front of our home with some large commercial-grade figures we found online. Because they are pretty costly, we bought only Mary, Joseph and the Christ child to start. Each year, we’d add one or two.

As you can see above and below, we now have quite a display, complete with a star that we hang on the house. Several of our Jewish neighbors have commented how they know that Christmas is around the corner when we put up our display after Thanksgiving. Last week, one of our Jewish neighbors emailed me saying she enjoyed our Christmas lights.

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Luis Palau Reaches 30,000 Young People at Australian Festival

Charisma News – Ann Carroll – 11/26/2012

More than 30 years after his first campaign in Newcastle, evangelist Luis Palau returned to help more than 100 local churches reach new generations with the love and Good News of Jesus.

An estimated 30,000 people flocked to Newcastle’s Foreshore Park Nov. 17-18 for CityFest—two days of live music, kid-friendly shows and activities, and the gospel message presented nightly by Palau. “I have seldom felt the presence of God in a crowd like I felt tonight,” he said after speaking on Saturday.

CityFest included performances by Australian Idol winner Stan Walker, New Zealand rockers Evermore, and praise powerhouses Darlene Zschech and Hillsong. Stunt demonstrations and personal testimonies by extreme sports athletes highlighted the festival’s youthful bent.

Palau’s son and co-evangelist, Andrew Palau, also shared the stage. By the end of the weekend, several hundred people had made the decision to follow Jesus Christ according to response cards.

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Pr Daniel on 2CC Radio Canberra / RUAP on Channel 9 Win TV

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Another Age newspaper article regarding mosque / Pr Daniel’s radio interview in America / Daily Telegraph – Sydney’s violent wild, wild west

Dear family & friends in Christ, 1) You may click the following link to read another Melbourne Age newspaper article in regard to our opposition (and much of the local…

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Triple bypass operation cancelled as Jesus heals / Live webcast with Pr Daniel this Sun 9th Dec / RUA Prayer Melbourne this Fri 7th Dec

Dear family & friends in Christ,

1) A few months ago a lady came to church and gave her heart to Jesus. Then she shared that she used to be a Mormon and how excited she was to now be a born-again Christian. She came to church because she received a Rise Up Australia Party brochure and wanted to know more about the political party.

She then received Pr Daniel’s book on his life story called “Worship Under Sword”. She read the book 15 times in just a few months. A few weeks ago she was baptised in water at our Sunday service as her husband also gave his life to Jesus.

 However, then suddenly she had a heart attack and the doctor discovered that she had 3 blocked arteries. So she was scheduled for a triple bypass operation. Many in the church were praying for her, but she was very worried about it all. At this point Pr Daniel prayed over a tissue, put anointing oil on it and sent it to her home through her friend with the instruction to keep it on her chest and thank the Lord for her healing.

She did exactly that which was told to her. She kept the tissue in her blouse and when she went to sleep she kept it inside her pillow case. All at Catch The Fire were praying for her.

On the day of the operation, at the operating theatre, the doctor started the procedure by trying to put the stint into the small artery which was blocked. As he was about to do it, the doctor, the nurse and the others received a great shock, because suddenly the block cleared up on the screen while they watched it!

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Gold Coast & Brisbane great success / Perth Catching the Fire / RUA Prayer Melbourne this Fri / Live webcast with Pr Daniel on Sun 9th Dec

Dear family & friends in Christ,

1) Several weekends ago, Pr Daniel ministered in the Gold Coast & Brisbane, which was a great success as many were mightily touched by the power of God!

In the Gold Coast at the Rise up Australia Party meeting on Friday the 23rd of Nov, Pr Daniel addressed a public gathering at the Southport Workers Club. The RUA Party QLD State Exec was very encouraged as around 80-100 people attended the meeting. The RUAP Gold Coast branch did a fantastic job in organizing this meeting. All who gathered were very challenged and greatly encouraged through Pr Daniel’s speech. As he finished the speech, people stood up, started clapping and would not stop!

On Sat & Sun, the meetings in 3 different locations in Brisbane were just glorious! Many responded to the altar call and received a mighty touch from God. Sunday night was possibly the highlight of the weekend as the church in Redcliff was packed out with people from many different churches. At one point while Pr Daniel was speaking, the presence of the Holy Ghost fell in the meeting so powerfully that the people got up, shouting, clapping, speaking in tongues and some were weeping!

Some people gathered described it as a “Holy Ghost explosion!”  It was just absolutely wonderful with people rejoicing and shouting for joy as Pr Daniel shared the vision to take Australia for Jesus. The meeting went for almost four hours, but the people were just glued to their seats, as the presence of God was so great! This church meets every day at 6am to pray for revival.

People were greatly excited to hear the news of RUA Party. As they heard the slogan “Keep Australia Australian”, they started clapping. Many signed up for membership. Many others stated, “Thank God for the hope He has brought back into our lives!”

Last Sat, the RUA Party Candidate Training Day for Victoria went very well, with around 25-30 potential candidates in attendance. We thank the Lord for a mighty army of men and women of God who are getting ready to storm parliament in order to protect our Judeo-Christian Heritage and Keep Australia Australian!

2) All glory to God for His Holy Spirit revival fire outpouring over the last several weekend in Perth at 4 different churches (Pro-Israel and Miracle Healing Meetings) where Evangelist Jason ministered the prophetic Word of the Lord, as more precious souls were born-again into the Kingdom of Heaven (including many children and young people), with many others healed, delivered, set free, restored, revived, transformed and revolutionised by the manifest presence, glory and love of our Almighty Father in Heaven!

People at every service were fired-up about Rise Up Australia Party as they took many brochures to hand out to their families, friends, neighbours and others.

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God Is on Your Side

If the Lord had not been on our side when men attacked us … they would have swallowed us alive. … Praise be to the Lord, who has not let us be torn by their teeth. —Psalm 124:2-3, 6

Do you know what it is like to have somebody physically attack you? The trauma is one that, humanly speaking, you don’t overcome easily. Or perhaps you have been verbally attacked. You know the awful feeling when somebody points a finger of blame at you.

The Lord’s people in this psalm were the objects of anger. It is very frightening to be near someone who is angry. Perhaps you live in constant fear of a co-worker’s temper or the angry outbursts of a loved one. You know how it feels to live in a situation from which you wish you could be delivered.

The truth is, your real enemy is the devil. The devil’s work is to cloud your mind. He can come as an angel of light; that means that he will work through someone who has the appearance of being very righteous, a person of integrity, a person who is believable. Or he may come as a roaring lion.

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Pr Daniel ministering on live webcast this Sun pm 2nd Dec / Pr Daniel in Mildura on Sat 15th & Sun 16th Dec

Dear friends and family in Christ,

1) Pr Daniel will be ministering God’s prophetic Word and praying for people at CTFM in Hallam (Melbourne) at both the 9.30am & 6.30pm services this Sunday 2nd December.

Please note that evening service will be broadcast live here at www.reformationharvestfire.com beginning at 7pm (Australian Eastern Standard Time -AEST).

If you’re watching from outside of Australia, please note that the live stream time is AEST (UTC/GMT +10). Click the following link to find out the time difference from Melbourne, Australia to your part of the world.

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/australia/victoria/melbourne/

We would also greatly appreciate if you can promote this broadcast amongst family and friends.

2) Please pray for Pr Daniel who will be ministering God’s prophetic Word and sharing about RUAP at Holy Spirit Revival Meetings in Mildura on Sunday 16th December.

He will also be speaking at a Pastor’s & Leader’s Breakfast in addition to a RUAP public meeting in Mildura on Saturday 15th December.

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Study: Americans Don’t Know the Facts About Jesus

10/3/2012 Jennifer LeClaire  Do you know Jesus? Do you really? Following the recent unveiling of a papyrus fragment in which Jesus reportedly says, "my wife," many historians are now questioning…

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