Reality Check: Don’t Forget Your Persecuted Brothers

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 – J. Lee Grady Newsletters – Fire In My Bones 

Last week many of our brothers and sisters lost their lives for Christ. How should we respond to the cry of the martyrs?

Last week while millions of Americans crammed into theaters to see Alice in Wonderland in 3-D, many Christians in other parts of the world were attacked, raped or killed for the cause of the gospel.

This past weekend I received an urgent message from my friend Christopher Alam, a U.S.-based evangelist, who was writing from Southeast Asia to inform me of a terrible atrocity in Myanmar.

“As long as our brothers and sisters are dying for Christ in other nations, we cannot take off our armor or live in a fantasy world of prosperity and instant blessing.” (more…)

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Son of Hamas Founder Shares Faith Journey, Reveals He Spied for Israel in New Book

Son of Hamas Founder now following Christ02 March 2010 – Ken Walker – Featured News Charisma Online
  
The son of a Hamas founder whose Christian conversion made international headlines released the complete story of his faith journey Tuesday in a memoir brimming with spy-novel-like drama.

Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef details a six-year-long conversion process that originated with a Bible study in Jerusalem and resulted in his departure from the Islamic terrorist organization. He was baptized in 2005 near Tel Aviv in a ceremony performed by a San Diego woman visiting the church that Yousef attended.

The 31-year-old says his faith has sustained him ever since, particularly since leaving his homeland in 2007. The pain of separation is better understood when one reads his account of the lifelong, close-knit ties forged by Palestinian families.

“Whenever I compare my pain to [Christ’s], I forget my pain,” said Yousef, who lives on the West Coast.

“When I feel alone in this journey, I know that He feels with me because He went through much worse. Every step I get closer to the cross I learn more about His sacrifice and pain, which absolutely makes me forget about my pain.” (more…)

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Report on Options Plus Care Orientation Day – Pregnancy Crisis Counselling

Counsellors watching a live ultrasoundCounsellors at Options Plus Care Orientation Dear family & friends in Christ,

 

Around 100,000 babies are aborted every year in Australia.

 

We at CTFM thank the Lord for every single person who has been working tirelessly to reduce this number and we continue to pray against the legalisation and practice of abortion.

 

No one thought that the slave trade would stop, but thanks to William Wilberforce and others it did. So too, we pray the same regarding the ending of abortion.

 

I know we all need to pray and lobby our politicians, but what is equally important is to help these people not to have an abortion through counselling and supporting them. Yes, this is what Options + Care is all about. Even if someone decides to have an abortion after counselling, we will continue to love and help them as much as possible. 

 

Thank you so much for your prayer and practical support as the Options + Care Orientation Day on 17th April was a great success. Pas Daniel shared the vision that God gave him in 1998 while he was in the USA to be a Voice for the Voiceless. Sister Geraldine, the coordinator for O+C , shared her heart and passion to save the next generation of children in Australia. Then the team watched a very challenging DVD titled ‘After The Choice’ that included a group of women talking about what happened after their abortions. There was not a dry eye in the place as everyone watched these ladies share how they all suffered in silence for many years and pleaded with others not to have an abortion. (more…)

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Many pray in Tongues for the first time, Healings & Salvations as Holy Spirit fire falls in Bellingen (Coffs Harbour), Canberra, & Hallam (Melbourne)

Praying at the altarSome of the youth were baptised in the Holy SpiritDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,

1) What an amazing weekend it has been with exciting reports coming in from 3 different locations across Australia of God’s mighty presence transforming lives over the ANZAC weekend!

Pas Daniel ministered in Bellingen in NSW on Saturday night and at 3 services on Sunday as many people travelled from the surrounding country towns of Newcastle, Kempsey, Eungia Rail, Macksville, Nambucca Heads, Urunga, Coffs Harbour, Torminna, and Dorrigo to catch the revival fire of the Holy Spirit  as God moved so powerfully in radically transforming lives for Jesus at all the meetings!

On Saturday night the service went on for almost 5 hours! On Sunday night 17 people (mostly youth and teenagers) responded to the altar call to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit and within 7 minutes 14 of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and started praying in tongues for the very first time in their lives! Pas Daniel stated, “The youth were so excited, they were jumping for joy. This brought so much joy to my heart. This is the next generation being empowered to rise up for Jesus!”

A young man, who was known to some in the church as a real rascal in town, walked off the street into one of the meetings. He was radically touched by God and gave his life to Jesus on Saturday night. Pas Daniel prayed over him and gave him a BIG HUG. This somewhat surprised the young man and then he received a prophetic Word from the Lord. The next night he came for the meeting, sat through the whole service, then responded to the altar call for prayer, was filled with the Holy Spirit and prayed in tongues! He then approached Pas Daniel and gave him a hug. Glory to God as the supernatural transformation of this young man happened in just 24 hours! What a mighty God we serve! (more…)

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Revival in Canberra this weekend with preacher from Kenya / Pr Daniel in Coffs Harbor, NSW / CTFM Schedule in Melbourne

Hungry for Holy SpiritDear family & friends in Christ,

1) We have great news for those of you in the Canberra area.  Once again the Holy Spirit revival meetings are continuing this weekend on Saturday 24th at 6.30pm & Sunday 25th at 10am & 6.30pm. The venue is Canberra High School, Bindubi Street, Macquarie.

Pastor Kinyua from Kenya is a mighty prophetic intercessor who has tremendously blessed the people at CTFM in Melbourne over the past few weeks and will now be ministering in Canberra in the Holy Spirit Revival. This man of God ministers with an apostolic anointing of intercessory prayer and revelatory teaching to take others deeper into the river of God’s holy presence.

Do not miss this great opportunity for 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! 

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Canberra Revival for Jesus – Amazing Testimonies of Healings, Supernatural Dreams, Visions & Encounters with Angels

Woman healed of spine problemMan healed from hip problems and gives life to JesusDear family & friends in Christ in Australia and around the World,
 
Over the past several weeks the increasing outpouring of God’s Holy Spirit in Canberra, Australia has been experienced by many hundreds of people from all walks of life! On some nights at the revival crowds of up to 300 people packed the hall at Canberra High School.
 
Once again Monday night was glorious with spiritually thirsty people drinking from the river of God’s Presence while praising and worshipping Him for several hours at the altar!
 
Pas Daniel said, “It was like an army that had just won a battle, celebrating its victory, and on its way to Praying at the altarclaim a nation! I was so blessed to see so many young people absolutely drunk with the new wine of the Spirit of God, worshipping the Lord so freely with tears streaming down their cheeks.”
 
Many at the revival meetings in Canberra received prophetic words from the Lord. On Monday night there was a real anointing for spiritual battle and the people stepped right into intercessory warfare for Australia. There was also an amazing sense of God’s Agape Love pouring out into everyone present as people hugged each other as one big family.

Many testified of having supernatural dreams and visions over the past few nights, including Angels being empowered in the heavens to triumph over Satan’s demonic powers of darkness, bringing great revival and transformation to Australia! They saw that the corporate worship and praise given from the united body of Christ to the Lord Jesus Christ was a key for the Angelic hosts of heaven to be further equipped and empowered to reclaim Australia for Jesus! (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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Residents stunned as hundreds of fish fall out of the sky over remote Australian desert town

Lajamanu in Northern Territory of AustraliaFish falling from the skyBy Richard Shears – 2nd March 2010

Residents of a small outback Australian town have been left speechless after fish began falling from the sky.
Hundreds of spangled perch bombarded the 650 residents of Lajamanu, shocking local Christine Balmer, who was walking home when the strange ‘weather’ started.

She said: ‘These fish fell in their hundreds and hundreds all over the place. The locals were running around everywhere picking them up.
 
Lajamanu resident Christine Balmer took this picture of some of the spangled perch she collected in a bucket after they fell out of the sky
 
Remote: Lajamanu is 400 miles south of Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory

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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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Mighty outpouring of Holy Ghost in Canberra, Australia – Revival meetings extended for Mon & Tues nights

Pastor Daniel preachingDear family & friends in Christ,
 
1) Are we in Australia currently living in the end time outpouring of the Holy Spirit before the 2nd Coming of Jesus, which Smith Wigglesworth prophesied nearly 100 years ago?

Yes, we at CTFM and many others in the Body of Christ believe it is so, as our nation of Australia is beginning to experience an ever increasing and unprecedented move of God’s Holy Spirit!

Pr Daniel ministered in several revival meetings in Canberra over the weekend where the Spirit of the Lord did exceedingly abundantly above all he could ask or imagine! Many Christians from many different churches in Canberra stated, “We have never seen anything like this in our city!”
 
Each service went on for more than 4 hours as people were born-again into the Kingdom of God, and many others were healed, delivered, and set free from demonic spirits!  As many demonic spirits left the people, they screamed and shouted, and some people had to be held down by 4-5 people. Most people who had never seen anything like this were amazed at the power of God demonstrated in the meetings.
 
People just burst into intercession and warfare prayer at every meeting. The worship team from the Samoan church led the people into high praise and worship to the King of kings and the Lord of lords as people at the meeting were absolutely consumed by the mighty presence of the Holy Ghost!
 
Pr Daniel stated, “I am so excited to see God move so powerfully in our Capital City of Canberra. This is certainly God’s kairos time for revival and reformation in Australia. We cannot afford to miss this opportunity. I was so excited to hear the testimonies of lesbians and witches who were born-again and set free from their bondages. Jesus loves everyone. People are desperate to encounter the living God. I have never seen such a hunger for God in Canberra in the past 13 years I have come to this city. This is the first time I felt such an open heaven over the place. I believe with all my heart that our spiritual warfare prayer mission on Mount Ainslie from last October 2009 played a big role in seeing this breakthrough.”
 
Pr Daniel has postponed his return flights to Melbourne and has re-arranged his busy schedule in Melbourne to stay back for 2 more nights of revival meetings in Canberra as he feels that this is God’s kairos time for Canberra. Tonight Monday the 12th of April the meeting will be held at 6.30pm at the Pavilion Hotel at 242 Northbourne Ave. We will inform you of the venue for tomorrow night or call Pr Glen on 0414705847 for more details.

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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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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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