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“twenty eleven is here”

PEOPLE OF PRAYER

The beginning of the New Year always feels promising - new horizon, fresh attitude, and great hope. People set goals, make resolutions and take inventory of their lives and where they would like to go in the upcoming year. It is a great time to evaluate where God is taking you. The promise about being a Christian is you know that your future is full of life, adventure and victory. This year Prayer Matters Magazine and our parent organization, The Joshua Group has new and fresh things coming as well. Soon we will be rolling out an exciting online platform for people who want to become Premium Members of the ministry. Premium Members will enjoy added benefits dedicated to the encouragement, enrichment and spiritual well being for them and their families. Look for a special email outlining this exciting new opportunity. As you begin this New Year, remember how valuable and special you are and be determined to overcome anything that comes your way. I ask God to bless you with His best and Happy New Year! v RICK THORP, Publisher

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Wa it in g for M ira cle s

By Deborah Cozzetti

2010 was a year that many were glad to see come to an end. Full of surprises, turns of events and an economy that is still hitting many very hard. But those of us whose hearts are turned to our Lord continue to put faith, hope and trust in the only One who can bring forth something out of nothing! Just like Abraham and Sarah, we are waiting for miracles.

ity to bring forth a child had come to an end. This was a fact. As they lived each day their bodies were a reminder that apart from God, their promise was out of reach. And nothing in their lives was encouraging them to think otherwise. With each passing year, Sarah felt her desire toward her husband change and her ability to bear a child diminish, until it was now impossible. But the Lord visits Abraham again and speaks of the child being born within a year. The planned time for the birth of the ‘Son of promise’ was approaching. God would get all the glory!

Genesis 17:17-18: 17then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Shall a child be born to a man who is one hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?” 18And Abraham said to God, We read that Abraham was one hundred “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” years old and Sarah ninety years old when the Lord brings up again the promise He By now so much time had passed and his had made to Abraham so many years prior hope gone, that all Abraham had to hold on about having a son. The Lord had visited to was Ishmael, his answer to God’s promise. Abraham at ninety years old and made a His heart had lost the vision. All Abraham covenant with him, changing both his and could see was what was before him - IshmaSarah’s name. And once again the Lord el, whom he loved. spoke of the ‘son of promise’. Sounds like a done deal, right? The promise should be And Sarah, as she overheard the conversaright around the corner! Hope springs up tion, could not believe what her ears were again after many years of silence, that yes, hearing! The desire and energy to even a son will be born to them both. (Genesis think about conceiving and raising a child had become a long lost memory. 17:15-16) Another ten years passes and any hope had Genesis 18:10-14: 10And He said, “I will cernow been released as their bodies went tainly return to you according to the time of life, through the process of aging and their abil- and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” 3

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(Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him). 11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 12Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?” 13And the LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’ 14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. But the time had come for God to show His power and bring about the restoration of their youth! In fact Sarah, as God restored her body to prepare for the conception of their son, was so restored of her youth that Abimelech, the king of Gerar, was so taken by her beauty (at ninety!) that he had her brought to him that he may know her. Just think, if God had not come to Abimelech in a dream to tell him to give her back to Abraham, the coming of the ‘son of promise’ would have been aborted. For her time to conceive had come. But God did intervene.

as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken. 2For Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. As you look back and reach for promises that you had released in 2010 because it looked as if God had forgotten or that you had made too many mistakes to bring about His promises in your life, know that there are some things, if your heart is turned towards Him, that God will bring about regardless of your weaknesses or mistakes. And your life, which for now seems dreary and without hope, will be restored as the brightness of your youth returns while waiting for the promise to arrive. The restoration is the sign of the promise being on its way! Yes, many of God’s promises are conditional on your actions and reactions. But then there is the ‘son of promise’.

I take great comfort in the fact that His thoughts are higher than my thoughts and His ways are not my ways. Many of us would have given up on ourselves and others long ago! (Isaiah 55:8-9). Praise our God 6 Genesis 20:6-7: And God said to him in a who knows all things and is above all things. dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the in- Hold on to Him as we all begin 2011! v tegrity of your heart. For I also withheld you Deborah Cozzetti is Founder and Presifrom sinning against Me; therefore I did not dent of ROAR Ministries, in Puyallup, Washington. Deborah is strong 7 let you touch her. Now therefore, restore the in prophetic intercession, worship and teaching the prophetic word. ROAR man’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray Ministries believes in being a voice in for you and you shall live. But if you do not rethe community and with that, Deborah helped to start a local school district store her, know that you shall surely die, you coalition named Franklin Pierce YOUTH and all who are yours. FIRST! in 2001 and was chair for the first two years of oper-

God does not lie. The time of fulfillment was at hand. And nothing, not even Abraham’s weakness or mistakes was going to stop what God had promised. Genesis 21:1-2: 1And the LORD visited Sarah

ation. She currently is co-chair but stepped down as chair in 2003-2004 to help start a nonprofit organization on behalf of homeless and displaced youth in her county. In February of 2004, ‘Youth Resources’ became a recognized nonprofit organization. Deborah has been the Executive Director of Youth Resources since 2004. Under “Dabar Ministries”, a writing ministry, Deborah teaches the Word of God, declaring the heart & truth of the Lord and destroying the false spirit of this age. www.roarministries.com

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DOESN’T WORK (part 1)

by Rick Thorp

Everyone knows that prayer works – right? There is something wrong if you are a Christian but you don’t believe that prayer works. Of course it does! However, prayer doesn’t work all the time. Just because a person says something directed to God, doesn’t mean that God will hear or even answer that person’s prayer. Prayer is more than just talking to God - anyone can do that, but it must be done according to God’s way. Prayer is not meant to get “things”. Prayer is not meant to make us comfortable. Prayer is not meant to be an exercise to make people do what we want them to do – that’s witchcraft. Prayer is communication with God based on an intimate relationship with Him and that is congruent with His Word. Over the next several months, we will examine why prayer doesn’t work. In doing so, we will discover how prayer does work. Prayer is powerful and if used as God has intended, it will accomplish everything that He desires. This month, we will outline a major barrier to answered prayer – unrighteous anger, specifically anger towards God. (continued on page 7)

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JANUARY | 2011 all over the yard chasing and yelling at our beloved pet. Of course, the dog had a look of complete and utter terror in its eyes, but kept on weaving and bobbing until my Dad was exhausted. Finally, after realizing that the dog was getting the best of him, he picked up his hammer, said a few nasty words and threw it at the dog, barely missing it. The dog ran off and my Dad found his hammer and went back to work.

Anger can make us do crazy, and sometimes, destructive things. I know a man that broke the windshield of his car with his fist because he was in a fight with his girlfriend. I’ve seen a wall with holes in it from an angry kick or punch; I’ve watched a man almost pass out because he was screaming so loud into a pay phone. The stories go on and on. These are examples of some serious anger issues. I could go deeper into the areas of rage that leads to crime and murder, but for the purposes of this article, that is not necessary. On the flip side, there are some humorous stories of anger that reveals the craziness of it all. My Dad is one of the kindest people I know, but there was one incident that momentarily made him lose his mind. When I was a kid, the dog did something that made my Dad furious. I remember my Dad running

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Another humorous story involves donuts. “Krispy Kreme” donuts are some of the best in the world. They fry them up right in front of you and hand them over while they are still hot. When you eat a Krispy Kreme, your eyes get a little wider out of disbelief that a donut could taste so good! Despite the fact that the donuts are hundreds of calories each, it simply doesn’t matter. They melt in your mouth and make your day seem a little better. A husband and wife that I know bought a box of Krispy Kremes by the mall one day, but before they ate them, they decided to go in and do a little shopping. Evidently, things didn’t go so well, be-

JANUARY | 2011 cause not long after they went into the Is It Okay? shopping mall, the wife became furi- Some people believe that it is okay ous at her husband due to a comment to be angry at God. I read an article he made about the shoes that she was about this subject and the author said, interested in. Whatever he said must “Its fine, God can take it. After all, He have been quite insulting because the already knows how we feel anyway!” wife became so mad that she quickly Get things off your chest, it will make walked out of the mall in an uproar. Of course, the husband was timidly chasing her down the long corridors of the mall wondering what he possibly could have said to make her so mad. The wife quickly made it to the car, opened the door, grabbed the box of Krispy Kremes, threw them on the ground and proceeded to stomp all over them, squishing them to complete oblivion. Wow! When someone takes out their anger on a dozen Krispy Kremes by dancing all over them, that’s anger! The stories are humorous to us, and probably even to those involved, but it illustrates that anger can make people do things that they normally wouldn’t do. Maybe we could tell a story or two about someone or even ourselves. According to the Bible, anger doesn’t have a very good reputation. Righteous anger, such as the type directed toward the devil or other evil forces, is a strong force that is needed. But when we turn our anger toward God, it becomes something that is unhealthy and will lead us down an agonizing path. Anger toward Him manipulates our thinking and puts us into an arena of selfishness and pride. And like the examples above, anger makes us do crazy things.

you feel better and God will honor your truthfulness.” “There is nothing wrong with letting God know that you are mad at Him. It’s actually healthy to release that anger toward Him.” I’m not exactly sure what scripture this person was using to justify this advice, but as you will see shortly, the evidence against it is plentiful. Many people, including Christians, channel their earthly anger toward God. They blame Him for all of their problems and He becomes the catchall for the bad that happens. I’ve seen people stay away from church because they are mad at God. They think that

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JANUARY | 2011 somehow they are punishing Him since He let something negative happen in their lives. They might say, “OK God, since you let this horrible thing happen to me, I’m not going to go to church anymore, or “I’m just not going to talk to you, God. In fact, I’m going to completely turn my back on you!” “If you won’t make things better in my life, then, forget you, I’ll take care of things on my own!” “When you start answering my prayers and making things better in my life, then I will serve you, so there!” This line of thinking is incredibly immature and a deceptive tactic from the enemy. We simply cannot blame all bad things on God. When terrible things happen, why does Satan get off the hook? After all, isn’t he the one that desires to kill, steal and destroy us (John 10:10)? Isn’t he the one that works tirelessly to keep us from our destiny? The enemy manipulates things around us to keep us down, frustrated, hurt, and most importantly, mad at God. He is pleased that we take out our anger on the very One that we serve. That way, he goes unnoticed. Anger at God doesn’t help Him answer our prayers. When my grandkids throw a tantrum, they usually get a time out until they calm down. If they are disrespectful or naughty, they won’t get what they want. And oftentimes, even when they do behave well, it still does not guarantee that they will get what they want. Just because they nicely ask for candy before dinner, doesn’t mean

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they will get it. Why is it any different with God? He knows what we need and don’t need - and He is always right! Although it’s wrong to try to ‘punish’ God for our problems, one nugget of truth about the scenario is that we tend to not want to talk to God when things are going bad in our lives. At first, we may plead and beg and cry to Him, but what do we do if He doesn’t make things better quickly? Most of us lose patience. This mentality is really a result of something deeply rooted, such as lack of faith or misunderstanding the true nature of God. What Does Scripture Say? Being mad at God is futile and I don’t believe that shaking your fist at Him is ever a good thing. One does not have to search the scriptures very long to get an idea about what God thinks about unrighteous anger: “If you cannot control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls, open to attack.” (Proverbs 25:28) “Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:9) “Let all bitterness and wrath and anger

JANUARY | 2011 pened to respect. I can’t find too many places in the scripture where man has gotten his way by being disrespectful to his Creator. In scripture, the men and women of God who go before the throne approach Him with a very high “My dear brothers, take note of this: Eve- level of honor and humbleness. For ryone should be quick to listen, slow to example, David’s prayer in 2 Samuel speak and slow to become angry, for man’s 7:18-29 is a beautiful recital of reveranger does not bring about the righteous ence. life that God desires.” (James 1: 19-20) 18 Then King David went in and sat before “Make no friendship with a man given to the LORD, and he said: anger, nor go with a wrathful man, lest “Who am I, Sovereign LORD, and what you learn his ways and entangle yourself is my family, that in a snare.” (Proverbs 22:24-25) you have brought me this far? 19And “A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a as if this were not wise man keeps himself under control.” enough in your (Proverbs 29:11) sight, Sovereign LORD, you have “An angry man stirs up dissension, and also spoken about a hot-tempered one commits many sins.” the future of the (Proverbs 29:22) house of your servant—and “I want men everywhere to lift up holy this decree, Soverhands in prayer, without anger or disput- eign LORD, is for a mere human! 20 “What ing.” (1 Timothy 2:8) more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign LORD. 21 For the There are many more scriptures like sake of your word and according to your the above, therefore, it’s easy to under- will, you have done this great thing and stand what God is saying. If God feels made it known to your servant”...His this way, then does it make sense that prayer continues in a similar manner it’s ‘okay’ to unload our anger on Him? great respect. Of course not! It would be foolish, just like the scriptures point out. Other prayers of reverence include Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:1-11) and SoloLet us remember who we are serving. mon (1 Kings 8:1-54). Also, you will I remember a sermon where someone find numerous incidents of people referred to God as their ‘buddy’. What standing before the Lord that would happened to reverence? What hap- immediately fall in His presence. One and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.” (Ephesians 4:26-27, 31-32)

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JANUARY | 2011 such example is when the Apostle John had the vision of Jesus in the book of Revelation, he said that, “When I saw him (Jesus), I fell at His feet as though dead.” (Revelation 1:17).

sage that we have a hard time praying if our minds are not clear and we are out of control. Considering that ‘outbursts of anger’ is a deed of the flesh (Galatians 5:19) and one of the fruits of the Spirit is self-control (Galatians 5:22), we can see that Peter knew We must understand who we serve. what he was talking about. What right do we have to be angry at God? If you died tonight, how would How do we react to God if something in our you approach the throne of God? Would lives goes wrong? What is our attitude toyou shake your fist at God or fall down ward Him? Do we blow up with rage and and worship Him? If you would fall start stomping on donuts? Do we chase our down and worship Him in heaven, why dog with a hammer? Do we stop talking to would we act differently here on earth? God? God should not be placed on our level. His power and authority is beyond our Again, let’s realize who it is we are serving, thinking and exceeds what we as hu- honor God with everything that we have, mans can comprehend. stop blaming Him for all of our problems, be clear-minded and self-controlled, and foWhen we pray, when we speak to God, cus our anger at our spiritual enemies. That we are speaking to royalty. He is the is when our praying will become more effeceternal, most high God; righteous and tive. forgiving, full of mercy and grace, He is our Banner, our peace, our healer, Next month, we will focus on another reaour avenger. He is the first and the son that prayer does not work. v last, the beginning and the end. We Rick Thorp is the Founder and are presenting our voices to the wise, President of The Joshua Group, immortal, eternal, loving, compassiona multifaceted prayer movement that includes ministries ate, holy, sacred, supreme, all powerful, such as Prayer Matters MagaRedeemer. A powerful scripture that is oftentimes overlooked, especially in the area of prayer, is 1 Peter 4:7. It says, “Be clear minded and self controlled so that you can pray.” Are you clear-minded when you’re filled with anger? I don’t know about you, but when I get mad, my mind tends to go places where I don’t want it to go, and if not self-controlled, sometimes I can say or do things that I normally wouldn’t do. It is apparent in this pas-

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zine; Prayer-for-a-Million; and PrayerMap, a unique prayer program for churches. Mr. Thorp has been in church leadership for over 31 years and is ordained under John Eckhardt, Founder and Presiding Apostle of The IMPACT Network. He is a passionate writer, speaker and teacher with a mission to spread revival and the power of God to the saved and unsaved alike. He resides in Tacoma, Washington, USA, with his wife Jennifer; has a daughter Ashley and two grandchildren. For more information, go to: www.thejoshuagrouponline.org

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The power of prayer is not the result of the person praying. Rather, the power resides in the God who is being prayed to. 1 John 5:14-15 tells us, “This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him.” No matter the person praying, the passion behind the prayer, or the purpose of the prayer - God answers prayers that are in agreement with His will. His answers are not always yes, but are always in our best interest. When our desires line up with His will, we will come to understand that in time. When we pray passionately and purposefully, according to God’s will, God responds powerfully! v Adapted from www.allaboutprayer.org

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W h y Fa s t i n g fo r To d ay.

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Kim Butts By Dave and Kim Butts

Perhaps no spiritual discipline today is as much misunderstood as fasting. Why to fast, how to fast, when to fast, how long to fast, what type of fast, SHOULD I fast . . . etc. In simplest terms, fasting means to abstain from food for a period of time for a spiritual purpose or goal. As a Christian, obviously the first question we need to ask is, “What does Jesus say about this?” It is obvious in Scripture that Jesus fasted, but because He did, does that mean that we ought to as well? In Matthew 6, Jesus discusses three specific spiritual activities and gives instructions as to how the disciples should perform these activities in a way that is pleasing to God. His language indicates that He assumes the disciples would al-

ready be doing these three things: giving, praying...and fasting. This is an interesting combination. There’s not a believer who would argue that God does not expect us to pray or to give; however, when we talk about fasting, all sorts of arguments begin to be put forth as to why this important spiritual discipline isn’t for today. For many in this busy, self-centered world, fasting is just not an option, or even a consideration, even though we see numerous references to fasting throughout the Scriptures: Joel 1:14-15, Neh. 1:4, Dan. 9:3, Lk. 2:37, Acts 13:3 to name only a few. Because Jesus modeled the practice of fasting, and took the time to instruct His disciples in the discipline, it should be a (continued on page 17)

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JANUARY | 2011 pretty strong indication that He still de- • It empowers us through God for service. sires us to fast today. God’s Word tells us that God “opposes Although not everyone is called to the same the proud, but gives grace to the humble” levels of fasting, we believe Scripture indicates that all Christians who seek to grow and mature should remain sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit in this area. (Fasting is never intended to be done out of guilt, or in cases where it is medically unsafe. if you are unable to fast from food because of medical reasons, please consider fasting from something which would be a sacrifice for you - TV watching, for example. Set aside that time to seek the Lord instead). Ronnie Floyd, in his excellent book, The (James 4:6). How can we walk in humility Power of Prayer and Fasting, has one of the before our God? By recognizing that humilmost succinct and understandable exhorta- ity puts us in a position to be able to receive tions to fast: “God’s gateway to supernatu- from Him. As individuals, families, churchral power can become ours when we come es, communities and nations, we are in to our heavenly Father with contrite hearts desperate need of a fresh touch from God... and obedient spirits in fasting and prayer.” of hearing His voice instead of the clamor He goes on to say, “One purpose of prayer around us! We live in a society of “I’ll do it and fasting is to bring our hearts to a place myself” mentality. However, there always of being filled with a sacrificial love that comes a time when “self” just can’t do it results in godly attitudes in our lives. True anymore. Eventually, we realize that we are fasting will draw us closer to God and His not God, but we are in desperate need of purposes.” Him! We see three main purposes in Scripture for fasting:

That was the situation in Judah during Jehoshaphat’s day. An army from several nations was on the march against them. Out• It allows us to come before God in hu- numbered and in despair, they turned to mility and repentance God and fasted and prayed. Their fasting put them in a place of humility where they • It helps us to focus on the God who de- could pray the right prayer. Jehoshaphat’s sires intimacy with us, and helps us to prayer, after they had fasted, was not a become sensitive to the leading of the prayer asking God to bless their efforts or Holy Spirit. to do what they wanted Him to do. Instead, 17

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JANUARY | 2011 it was an astonishing prayer of humility in which he said. “O Lord, we do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you (2 Chronicles 20:2-12). Fasting brings us to a proper place of humility before God where we are able to pray such a prayer of faith and dependence. Fasting also helps us to focus ourselves upon God and the leading of his Holy Spirit. Doing without food for a period of prayer helps us to put away distractions and to turn to Jesus. We are living in a day in which Jesus is calling His Church back into an intimate relationship with Himself - a time when we come directly to Him and get to know Him deeply. Christian author, Steve Hawthorne, recently described a seven day fast he experienced as he was seeking direction for ministry. At the end of the fast, a friend asked him if he received the guidance he was seeking. Steve replied, “Probably not... but I do know the Guide better now.” This should be our focus - to know the God of intimacy who desires relationship with us! Fasting is also a way for us to be empowered by God for service. There seems to be a release of spiritual power when fasting and prayer are combined. The great men and women of God down through the ages have come to God in prayer and fasting to receive power for greater ministry. Jesus Himself launched His ministry after a forty day fast. Esther went to the king for mercy and salvation for Israel. It was her day of greatness and ministry to God’s people, but it happened after a three day fast undertaken by herself and many others.

Our ability to be empowered by God for service, relates back to the first two points. When we humble ourselves and draw near to the Lord through fasting and prayer, then we are ready to receive power to be used in God’s service in an even greater way than ever before. Having learned humility and intimacy, we are able to be entrusted with greater power because we realize that it is not our doing, but God working in and through us. God desires to raise up a people who will surrender their lives to be used by Him in these critical days. Without God’s people being set ablaze in prayer and fasting, the revival He longs to send cannot happen. Evil will continue to pervade the earth, and Christians will continue to watch weakly wishing there was something they could do. We believe that fasting is part of God’s plan for His children. Ronnie Floyd says, “Unless we surrender completely to God’s plan, we are destined to drift in a sea of disappointment, disillusionment, and depression. We are in constant need of supernatural power.” Elmer Towns has said, “If every Christian fasted, the results could shake our society like a windstorm bending a sapling. Christians would demonstrate that they live differently, that their faith is imperative, that the Almighty works in their daily lives.” Is fasting relevant for today? What is God saying to you personally about it? How will you respond? v Article was used by permission of Harvest Prayer Ministries. www.harvestprayer.com

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January 6-8 | Albany, OR WHAT IS GOD SAYING IN 2011? Kimberly Daniels, Churck Pierce, Dutch Sheets, Denny Cline, Steve Shultz www.elijahlistministries.com

January 27-30 | Kansas City, MS ARISE WOMEN’S CONFERENCE, WORLD REVIVAL CHURCH Featured Speaker: Kathy Gray www.worldrevivalchurch.com

January 13-15 | San Antonio, TX LEAP OF FAITH Patricia King, Georgian Banov, Todd White and Ryan Pena he Ahn and Gaspar Anastasi www.extremeprophetic.com

January 27-30 | Pasadena, CA WHEN HEAVEN INITIATES Bob Hartley, James Goll, Graham Cooke, Mark Chironna, Stacy Campbell, Chuck Pierce, Kris Vallotton www.hrockchurch.com

January 14-15 | Tucson, AZ START THE YEAR OFF RIGHT, AZ! Cindy Jacobs, Chuck Pierce, Dutch Sheets www.styoraz.com January 20-22 | Seattle, WA OPEN WIDE Bob and Bonnie Jones, Kamran and Suzy Yaraei www.seattlerevivalcenter.com January 27-29 | Crandford, NJ THE HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN FOR TWENTY-ELEVEN Joseph Garlington, Stacey Campbell, Barbara Yoder, Julie Meyer, Steve Mitchell www.mantleofpower.org

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BOOKS For these and other Spirit-led books, go to www.arsenalbooks.com

Crafted Prayer Graham Cooke

In Crafted Prayer Graham Cooke examines the discipline of approaching God in listening prayer. He encourages us to ask God what He would like us to pray when we consider the issues surrounding our lives. Over time we can create a crafted prayer consisting of words given to us by the Lord, which are appropriate to our current needs, and begin to pray in the cer tain knowledge that the Father will delight in answering that which He has given us to pray. v

Churches that Pray Peter Wagner

Churches That Pray gives you concrete examples of the way God is answering fervent “action prayer” in every corner of the planet. This book also gives you practical steps to take so that you can use “action prayer” in your church and your community. You’ll learn why God often waits for our prayers before He acts and you’ll discover how you and others can pray with more power. v

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