January 2008 – God’s Voice
Worldwide
From
Dr.
Mark Virkler, Author of How
to Hear God’s Voice and President of Christian
Leadership University
Mission:
To equip you to do everything as an outcome of your
daily conversations with God, and to train others to do the same.
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Date
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| Jan.
18,19 |
Go
Natural! |
Owego,
NY |
| Feb.
1,2 |
How
to Hear God's Voice Mini-seminar |
St.
Paul, MN |
| Apr.
18-20 |
Prayers That Heal
the Heart |
California,
MD |
| May
2,3 |
How
to Hear God's Voice |
Tuscaloosa,
AL |
Seminar details available at cwgministries.org/itinerary.
New
Year’s Resolution
Did you make any New Year’s Resolutions this January? If you’re
like most of us, I imagine they might have included something like:
“Lose weight.” “Get back in shape.” “Take better care of
my body.” “Get some energy back.” “Take charge of my heath.”
Well, if that is you, we congratulate you on your decision and want
to offer our help in achieving your goals.
First of all, we invite you to a live seminar on “Go Natural!”
Join Mark
Virkler at the Abide in the Vine Church in Owego, NY on January
18th and 19th where he will discuss biblical principles and current
scientific studies that reveal ways we can be proactive in improving
our health and quality of life. Let’s live long enough to fulfill
our destinies!
Can’t make it to the seminar? How about a CLU course?
This
is what Patricia Cain had to say after taking the
“30 Day Challenge” which is part of the HEA102 Take Charge of
Your Health course:
“During the month of October 2007, as I read the book entitled Fast
Your Way to Health by Lee Bueno-Aguer, I started to cry as I
read the chapter entitled “Eating to Live or Living to Eat.” I
realized that I was sinning by not taking care of my body—the
temple of the Holy Ghost. I would see 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 as clear
as day, which states: ‘What? know ye not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of
God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are
God's.’
“I asked the Lord to forgive me for abusing His temple. As I
recalled the events leading up to my reading this book and taking
the class, ‘Take Charge of Your Health,’ which was about June
2007, I could not walk from my car to Wal-mart or the mall without
getting out of breath. I felt bad and tired all the time. I thought
I was dying.
“In church, I could not jump and shout as I love to do in
praising God. And I was constantly praying to God to please don’t
let me die before the congregation. As I drove in my vehicle, I was
praying ‘Lord don’t let me kill myself or anyone else on the
highway.’ My family did not know how sick I really was. Even
though I was taking medication, my blood pressure continued to rise
(190/101); I felt as if my life was over and crashing right in upon
me. I even had a dream that I got angry with my husband and fell
dead in the kitchen. It was the tears of my youngest grandchild
which revived me. She said to me, ‘Don’t die, grandma!’ And I
promised her I would not.
“I could not get that dream out of my mind. When I went to my
doctor, he increased my blood pressure medications. I told my doctor
that I was going to take charge of my own health. He did not
respond. The increased medication was not working, my pressure was
still elevating and I felt lousy. I started praying for strength to
do what I had to do to get well and walk in divine health. On August
29, 2007, my youngest son-in-law gave me a jar of pure coconut oil
as a birthday gift. I started taking a tablespoon of it twice a day
and within weeks I started feeling good inside.
“On September 27, 2007, I decided I was going to take full
charge of my own health. So I started walking but I could not walk
ten minutes without being out of breath and hurting in my legs and
back. But I was determined to continue to do the things that Dr.
Virkler suggested in his book, Go
Natural!
“I also started eating more fruits and vegetables and drinking
8 glasses of filtered water. I realized one day that I was not
feeling tired any more and I could walk from my car to Wal-mart and
around in the store without feeling bad or out of breath. I could
even jump and shout in church. Hallelujah! Praise God!
“During the first week of October, I started taking
multivitamins and other supplements, such as drinking two capfuls of
superfruit
juice twice daily. By November 30, 2007, my pressure was 115/66;
I am feeling great, walking, exercising and loving every minute of
it. As a matter of fact, I am now walking 4 laps in 22 minutes.
Glory to God!
“Also, I have lost 19 pounds in the process. It is my desire to
walk 2 miles in 45 minutes and come off some of the blood pressure
medication. I pray by June 2008 that I will see an even greater
improvement in my health.
“This class has been a blessing to me. I can safely say that it
saved my life. And I thank God for leading me to take classes
through this school. I pray that everything that God leads you all
to do will be even greater than you could even ask, think or
imagine.”
And
Gwendolyn Brown from Jonesboro, Georgia also Took Charge of Her
Health
“I took the ‘30-Day Challenge’ from the back of the Go
Natural book and my commitment to the Genesis
diet, exercise, water, and vitamins and herbs has permanently been
altered. The way I look and the way I feel has changed my entire
life.
“I was suffering with chronic bronchitis, arthritis in my
knees, and fatigue. Before the Genesis diet I was tormenting myself
and blaming the food industry. I tried all types of diet plans and
they were not working. So I’ve made a conscious decision to every
day plan my meals. I am 70% meat free. I don’t eat any red meats,
only fish and chicken and turkey.”
Course
of the Month Discount
During the month of January 2008, you can request
a 25% discount off the books and tuition of the CLU course HEA102
Take Charge of Your Health. (Students already receiving
financial aid may request an additional 10% discount.)
And if college sounds a bit scary, we have one more option to offer
you. You can sign up for the Take Charge of Your Health module with
a Personal Spiritual
Trainer who will be in contact with you once a week for 12 weeks
to encourage and support you. You will be expected to do all the
work of the Take Charge of Your Health course but only for your own
benefit. You will not be graded on it or take any tests.
So, no more excuses! You made the resolution. The tools are here
before you. It’s time to glorify God in your body!
A
Prayer Approach for Healing Cancer
This free
download is two pages long and is provided by Tom and Edie. It
incorporates many great principles of healing prayer and applies
them specifically to healing cancer.
Journaling
– The Past Has Been Forgiven
“Lord, why has it been so hard for me to organize my life and
schedule to do the work of the ministry like I used to? It seems
like I just can’t get to the things I want or even feel I’m
supposed to do. What is going on inside of me?”
“Terry, let Me tell you why you are having difficulty. You
are still living in fear. Fear that you will fail, not sin…but
fail as a pastor…because you are afraid that because you failed
and sinned that you are destined to a life of mediocrity. You must
settle inside of your heart…have you been forgiven or not? Are you
a new creation or not? Have I made all things new? Do you trust that
I can truly restore?
“I know you believe in your head the idea, but you still
struggle in the back of your mind with the feeling that you will
forever be second rate. That you can’t ever accomplish anything of
significance, and that you are destined for obscurity, and a work
that will never truly have success. I love you, Terry! Because you
have proven your heart to Me over and over.
“But I must say, you still struggle with that inner peace
and knowing that your past is past…and that I am not going to hold
your past against you. Do you believe that, Terry? Or are you still
that afraid of what others think about you…And you are looking for
validation from the public, or validation from Me, that will
convince others that I am back in your life?
“Well, Terry, I will not be bound by the manipulative
spirit that tries to force Me to operate in that spirit. I have
called you. I have placed My anointing on you. I have healed your
heart, and am still healing your heart. You are a new man. If that
isn’t sufficient, I don’t know what else can be done. You must
accept resurrection as My gift, and My pathway…and that is not
possible for you unless you die to these old, and wrong ideas.
“You are My man…and My vessel. And My anointed. I will
bless your work, but it will be in My time not yours or when you
feel you need validation. Stop worrying and fearing about what you
can’t control. Let go...and rest in Me. Okay? Let Me have your
fear…I will so remove it from you, that it will never be an issue…but
this is holding you back...and has been the problem from the
beginning.
“And you have felt that going to the building you are in,
that somehow that is My punishment, and not My blessing. I am trying
to restore what the enemy has stolen from you and from that place of
worship. It will be Mine. And I will have my place of Victory…and
you will lead and direct what I do in this area...from that
location.
“Do not fear! Cast off fear and walk in My peace. Speak the
truth, Terry. Speak what I have said to you. And stop cursing
yourself, with negativity and fear. It will only hinder and prevent
My purpose from being fulfilled in your life. But deal with it now,
Terry, and settle it. For it chains you to mediocrity and futility
and frustration, and a feeling of inadequacy, and a fear of man and
so much more... and it is definitely not of Me.
“I cast it down in your life, Terry. And you must do the
same. I have bound it in heaven...now will you bind it on earth so
we can get on with the work I’ve called you to do? No more, My
son. You are anointed…you are powerful, and you do have My heart…and
that’s all I want. Don’t back off, and stop pressing on. Be a
positive influence in others and allow your faith to flow out of
your mouth and your confession and see that I will accomplish what
you say.”
Get
Connected
Are you looking to tell people what God is speaking to you, or see
what God is saying to others? Check out the Forum at
www.cwgministries.org/forum
and register (completely free) today, and get the opportunity to
share and be encouraged!
Another
Fun Right Brain vs. Left Brain Test
Do
you see the dancer turning clockwise or counter-clockwise?
I most commonly see her as going clockwise, which means I have moved
more to the right side of my brain. However, by staring intensely at
her feet and the shadow by her feet, I can see her spinning
counterclockwise. (Mark Virkler)
Laughter
Is Healing to the Bones – Country Funeral
As a young minister, I was asked by a funeral director to hold a
grave-side service for a homeless man, with no family or friends.
The funeral was to be held at a cemetery way back in the country,
and this man would be the first to be laid to rest there.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods area, I became lost; and
being a typical man did not stop for directions. I finally arrived
an hour late.
I saw the backhoe and the crew, who were eating lunch, but the
hearse was nowhere in sight.
I apologized to the workers for my tardiness, and stepped to the
side of the open grave, where I saw the vault lid already in place.
I assured the workers I would not hold them up for long, but this
was the proper thing to do. The workers gathered around, still
eating their lunch. I poured out my heart and soul.
As I preached the workers began to say “Amen,” “Praise the
Lord,” and “Glory!” I preached, and I preached, like I'd never
preached before, from Genesis all the way to Revelation.
I closed the lengthy service with a prayer and walked to my car.
As I was opening the door and taking off my coat, I overheard one of
the workers saying to another, “I ain't never seen anything like
that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years.”
CLU
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“I have grown to love the
lamad
approach to learning, and the way that it takes us back to
revelation knowledge.
“My own academic background was so caught up in British
rationalism [soul destroying], even though since I was born again 26
years ago I have always received revelation knowledge. My education
did much to confuse me, but God has, in His great mercy, continued
to help me to turn aside from the horrors of rationalism.
“The courses I have been doing with you have given an excellent
Biblical foundation for the life that is lived with Revelation
knowledge integrated into every part of it, whether that be
academically, or any other part of life. In the BTh programme which
I teach, I trust my students will get a far better education than I
did because of the lamad concepts of learning. I am making these my
own, and I would thoroughly recommend CLU to my students.”
Andy Hardy from England
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