FreshWind
Winter 2016
The Logbook of Fresh Wind Ministries
Teaching, Modeling, and Imparting Responsiveness to the Holy Spirit for Life and Ministry.
TEACHING: Avoiding Catastrophe by Mike Flynn
Too often I hear of catastrophes in which people are killed, seriously wounded, or woefully affected by some disaster. I want to share what God has taught me over the years about how to avoid such things. The first thing is to preempt the work of the enemy through protection prayer. Satan is a legalist who is always looking for a loophole through which to attack us. So I use all three of the protection prayers every day which are posted on our website under the Free Gifts header. All three of those prayers combine to provide sufficient covering to close loopholes. After saying them, I cover each of these persons with the Blood of the Lamb and the Light of the Cross’ resurrection: each family member, staff person, our home, our cars and every vehicle-driverpassenger-and load anywhere around us on the roads. Then I include people in these groups: intercessors, donors, board members, board of reference members, team members, clients, and associates, past, present, and future. From there I go on to include the clergy and lay leaders of TEC, AMiA, VCF, YWAM, SOMA, and regions wherever I have
done conferences (e.g., India, Uganda, the Southern Cone, The Pacific Rim, Honduras, all of California). Then I mention international heads of state, federal, state, county, and municipal elected and appointed officials. That all takes about 15 minutes each day. Prior to this routine we knew the names of ER doctors because we were taking our kids to them fairly often; we were taking our cars to repair shops frequently; there were housing problems; and money often didn’t show up on time. Another thing is to rebuke thoughts of disasters when they pop into our minds. Satan will put thoughts in my mind of my wife having an accident once in a while. If I don’t take control of those thoughts, Satan is allowed to affect details so that such an accident might occur. When I willfully rebuke such thoughts, he is preempted from arranging the accident. When St. Paul urges us to suit up in God’s protective armor he uses the Greek verb form indicating on-going habitual behavior: “Put on.” I’ve always been hyperactive and I told the Lord one
day, “Do I have to do this every day?” He replied, ‘You don’t seem to mind putting on clothes every day.” Message received! That verb form is in the imperfect imperative which in literal English goes “I command you to keep putting on….” Jesus said, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” Matt. 6:33. Part of seeking his kingdom is realizing that all ministry is spiritual warfare and you’d better get covered daily and then you can relax about everything else falling into line. I have been on two airliners that the enemy meant to take down. But the Lord had required me to put His blood and light on the plane, pilot, co-pilot, air traffic controllers, airspace, other aircraft, and all vehicles on the airports. So the pilots avoided crashing at the last minute. Incidentally, since I began also covering bag handlers over 20 years ago, I’ve not had one lost or late bag. I also test positive for TB. But as I wrote in the Free Gifts article “Fending Off Illness,” I’ve never had TB. Once it’s (Avoiding Catastrophe Continued)
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