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God
bless,
John and Lily
our
vision
We are a Christ-centered
ministry, and our vision is simple: practice the
presence of God.
Out of this single discipline, ministry is
multiplied through the favor and power that accompanies
the anointing of the Holy Spirit. Many ministries focus
on doing the "stuff" of the Kingdom, yet many quickly
forget to keep the main thing the main thing. We must
focus intimately on Jesus. When He is lifted up, He
will draw all men to Himself. Anything else is religious
strife and ultimately ineffective.
Our vision is
to cultivate a deep lifestyle of soaking in His
presence to such a degree that it overflows powerfully
into our ministry to people. We want His oil on the
books and resources we produce, and on all the
conferences and foreign mission engagements we sponsor.
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what we
believe
It is paramount that the
people of God contend for sound doctrine. Yet it is
equally important that the doctrines of our faith are
not reduced to mere intellectual theory. Even as Jesus
is the Word of God made flesh, so does the Lord seek a
people who will embody the powerful, living truths of
His Kingdom. God longs for us to birth the
invisible realm into the visible -- to be change agents
as He pours Heaven into earth. Here's what we believe. .
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john's
story
Some people meet God during an altar call at
church. Others meet Him during an acid trip at a night club.
Check out John's wild and powerful testimony: how
he was instantly delivered from drugs and
alcohol and how he was arrested and thrown into
a psychiatric ward during his first attempt at
prophesying...
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lily's
story
Facts you may have never known
about Lily: For instance, did you know that, as a
massage therapist, she often layed hands on her
secular clients and prophesied over them until they
wept? Did you know she was first filled with
the Holy Spirit as a child after a word of
knowledge from prophetic hippie evangelist Lonnie
Frisbee?
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our vision . .
.
We are a Christ-centered
ministry, and our vision is simple: practice the presence of
God.
Out of
this single discipline of intimacy, ministry is
multiplied with favor and power
through the
quickening
of the Holy Spirit. Many ministries focus on doing the "stuff"
of the kingdom, yet many quickly forget to keep the main thing
the main thing. We must focus intimately on Jesus. When
He is lifted up, He will draw all men to Himself. Anything
else is religious strife and ultimately ineffective. Our
vision is single: Fixed on Him and Him alone. Yes, we want the
nations, we operate in the gifts and we want souls brought
into the Kingdom. But it all starts with gazing at
Jesus.
Our
vision is to cultivate a deep lifestyle of soaking in His
presence to such a degree that it overflows powerfully into
our ministry to people. We want His oil on the books and
resources we produce, and on all the
conferences and foreign mission engagements we sponsor.
The anointing truly breaks the yoke.
That said, we consider
our ministry three-fold: To the Lord, to the church
and to the
world.
ministry
. . .
TO THE
LORD: Our
vision for ministry extends first to the Lord, and secondly to
His church and to the world. We recognize that our chief act
of ministry and obedience is in worship to the Lord, primarily
through loving Him with all our hearts and with all our souls
and with all our minds; and out of this should flow all other
acts of service, including, foremost, to love our neighbors as
ourselves (Matt 22:37-40).
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soaking
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We
minister to the Lord through intimacy. We long to cultivate
such a tangible presence of God in our lives and ministry,
that the supernatural becomes more of a reality than the
natural realm. And so, we view our
highest call to be that of intercession to the Lord
Himself. As simple as this may sound, one would be surprised
at how many full-time ministers spend no more than 15 minutes
in prayer a day. Unspiritual men produce unspiritual
ministries. Our ministry will only be as effective as the
level to which we have decreased and the Holy Spirit has
increased within us. Therefore, we not only place a high
priority on soaking/worship/contemplative prayer, but we also
focus heavily on divine intimacy in our teachings, conferences
and resources
.
. .
TO THE
CHURCH: The
purpose of our ministry to the church is
to prepare God's people for works of service, so that
the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in
the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become
mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of
Christ (Ephesians 4:11-13). We seek to
include all elements of the five-fold model in our ministry
for balance, although the Lord has clearly called us
to major on prophetic teaching and to operate in
revelatory giftings.
::
publishing & revival
::
In application, this call to
equip the body will, for us, be demonstrated primarily
through our resource publishing
and itinerant revival and
teaching ministry at churches and
conferences.
.
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TO THE
WORLD: We recognize that ministry extends outside the
church, as the Lord has those who will listen to His voice,
whom He desires to bring into his own body (John 10:16).The
ministry of Jesus to the world consists primarily of preaching
the gospel, healing the sick, raising the dead, cleansing the
leper and casting out demons. Out of intimacy, we are to
destroy the works of the devil (Matthew
10).
Our ministry to all mankind is rendered as service
to God, acknowledging that whatever we do, even to the “least”
of all people, we have done to Him. This includes acts of
service such as feeding the poor, clothing the naked and
visiting the prisoner (Matthew
25:35-36,40).
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::
We
have a strong vision for reaching the world with the gospel,
and plan to continue working on several
large evangelistic healing crusades a
year.
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what we believe . . .
We believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of
heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son our
Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and
was buried; He descended
to the dead; the third day He rose again; He ascended into
heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father
Almighty; and He will come again to judge the living and the
dead. We believe in the Holy Spirit; one holy church; the
communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection
of the body; and the life
everlasting.
the word
We recognize the inerrant authority of the 66
canonized books of Holy Scripture, and acknowledge dependence
upon the Holy Spirit for their accurate interpretation and
application. We hold the Word of God (Logos) as the supreme
authority in matters of faith and
conduct.
jesus
Jesus
Christ is the Word (Logos) of God. He was with God in the
beginning, and He pre-existed as one with God. "By Him all
things were created, both in the heavens and on earth" (Col.
1:16). Jesus Christ is the Purpose of God found in all of
creation. Jesus is the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and
the End. In the beginning, it was the ultimate purpose of God
for all things to be summed up in Christ (Eph.
1:10).
Jesus Christ pre-existed with God in the form of
God. He emptied Himself to become fully a man that He
might be the propitiatory sacrifice for the sins of mankind.
Through His sacrifice made on the cross, all who believe in
Him and His sacrifice have their sins remitted and are
restored to the fellowship with God lost by man's
transgression.
Because the first man, Adam, transgressed the
command of God, the process of death entered him and all of
his descendants. Therefore, all have sinned and are worthy of
the sentence of death. Because of this, all must trust in the
atoning sacrifice of Jesus for the remission of sins.
"There is one God, and one mediator also between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (I Timothy 2:5). All who
seek restored fellowship with God must go through Jesus and
cannot approach God through any other
way.
The
resurrection of Jesus' physical body after His crucifixion was
literal, as will be the resurrection of both the just and the
unjust on the Day of Judgment. For those of us who have been
justified by faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on our
behalf, this resurrection is for eternal life in fellowship
with God. Those who are not justified by faith in Jesus are
resurrected for an eternal judgment.
faithqworks
True faith
is of the heart and not just the mind (Romans
10:10). We believe all Christians are called into a life
of separation from sinful practices, and that they should
promote righteousness and godliness. Good works and godly
practices are a fruit of true faith, and all men are called to
repentance and holiness. However, good works
and practices have no bearing on our acceptance, standing or
approval with God, all of which were accomplished by the cross
of Jesus Christ
alone.
. .
.
We
acknowledge the ordinances of water baptism and of the Lord's
Supper, however, neither are for the purpose of remission of
sins. Water baptism is a visible representation of our
death, burial and resurrection with Christ. The Lord’s Supper
is a means of fellowship with the spiritual body of Christ. Both of these ordinances offer
spiritual benefits, but the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the
cross is the sole means of remitting
sins.
the
spirit
We believe in the baptism of the Spirit and the
accompanying gifts, power to witness, graces and fruit of the
Spirit. We
accept, acknowledge, encourage and seek all of the biblical
gifts and ministries of the Holy Spirit as present and vital
for the church to accomplish her full purpose today. We
believe the Holy Spirit reveals Jesus.
We
believe that physical, emotional and spiritual healing are all
available through the person and work of Jesus Christ on the
cross.
We believe that
the kingdom
of God is not a matter of
talk, but of power (1 Cor.
4:20).
the
church
The
chief purpose of man is to glorify God by enjoying Him
forever. We believe man is to seek first the
kingdom
of God,
foremost by dwelling and walking in His
presence.
We recognize that our knowledge and understanding of the
Lord is limited , and our goal is to
grow into a fuller recognition of Him (1 Cor. 13:12).
We recognize that God is still restoring truths
and light to His church, and therefore, we place no limit on
further revelation. However, all revelation must be
substantiated according to the Scriptures.
We recognize our interdependence upon the entire
mystical body of Christ, of which we are only one small part; and we acknowledge that we are
incomplete without
unity.
We seek to promote sound doctrine, but recognize
that division is not God’s preferred alternative to adversity
or doctrinal dispute. We choose to extend liberty in all
"non-essential" doctrinal matters.
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john's story . .
.
I would like to tell you about a radical encounter I had with
God that rocked my life and brought me into realms of
supernatural visitation that I never before could have
imagined. I met Jesus on an acid trip, and what a long,
strange trip it has been ever since! Here’s the condensed
version of my story:
I grew up amid a Bible Belt Pentecostal background
and chose to embrace God when I was 8 years old. I was
eventually turned off by the forms and legalism of religion.
Not knowing that God had destiny for me personally, I sought
purpose elsewhere. I was bored with my mundane life, and I
wanted something deeper, so I turned to substance abuse. By my
first year of college, I had become an
alcoholic, sometimes
downing up to 36 beers in a single day. I smoked pot from
the time I woke up to the time I went to sleep, and took any
kind of drug I could get my hands on. I had sexual
addictions, battled depression and carried serious baggage
from growing up in a broken home (I’ve had a total of
eight parents) – but most of all, I was just trying to escape
from God.
My deliverance was sudden. I was in a bar on an acid
trip one night, when instantly my eyes were opened to the
spiritual realm. Of course, under such circumstances, I was
only aware of the demonic activity around me, and it freaked
me out. I somehow knew what people were thinking before they
spoke, and I knew things that were about to happen before they
occurred. The enemy began to trigger into the prophetic call
that he saw on my life, and I was gripped with fear. Suddenly,
I knew beyond a doubt that I was going to die that night (and
in a way, I did).
I knew that I had hit rock bottom and that this was my
last and final chance to turn back to the Lord. I knew that if
I went to sleep that night without changing my ways, I would
surely die. Somehow I knew that God will not strive with
man forever and that this was the day of salvation.
I could take it or leave it. My only hope was to trust in the
work of Jesus Christ, but I had given Him a lot of lip service
before. Under such pressure, I felt the only way to make my
confession real was to make it public immediately. No more
closet Christianity, and no more living in sin. I went for the
Bible on my bookcase and that night, I immediately began
preaching to my friends. Walking to the bookcase was the
hardest thing I have ever done, but as soon as I did it, I was
transformed.
“This is real! God is real! Everything in this book is
true,” I said. Suddenly, I felt every effect of the drugs
leave my body, and in an instant, I was filled with the Holy
Spirit. In fact, the Spirit ripped through me. The very page I
first opened to at random said, Ask the Lord for rain in
the springtime (Zech. 10:1). Although I didn’t understand
it intellectually, the Lord was pouring out the rains of His
Holy Spirit on me and calling me out of darkness to be a
forerunner in his last days church. Power surged through me
like I had never experienced, and the words leaped off the
page.
At first, my friends laughed. But when they saw that I
was serious, they went nuts. Their demons started manifesting,
as one girl ran out of the room screaming. Another friend,
normally a very calm, laid back atheist, began yelling and
going crazy. It was about 2
a.m.,
but I woke up all of my roommates because I had to tell them
about Jesus, too. One of them kept telling me to shut up, but
when I kept preaching, he threw me against the wall. Thus was
my introduction to the Kingdom.
I was buzzed in the presence of God for days. The
Lord released a spirit of revelation on me that was so
intense, I could literally feel my Bible
itself vibrating, almost glowing. I had never
encountered anything like this before. I was filled with this
pure, tangible spiritual substance that seemed to electrify
everything. At first, I didn't even understand that it was the
indwelling of the Holy Spirit. I was instantly delivered
from drugs and alcohol, immediately smashing all my bongs and
drug paraphernalia and ripping out the small marijuana farm
growing in my closet. I immediately lost all taste for those
things which once held me with addictive chains. I was
experiencing the high of the Most High, and it was a very
real, pleasurable thing.
The dead, religious Christianity I had grown up with
was out the window. I was plunged into a realm of danger,
adventure and spiritual ecstasy that was better than any drug
I had ever tried. The first few weeks of my Christian walk
were an intense process of sorting out the voice of God and
discerning spirits. Although I was very immature in my faith,
I was fiery and willing to do anything I believed the Lord
required of me.
For instance, I once left the house to preach naked
like Isaiah; I almost plucked my eyeball out, literally
following the admonition of Jesus, because it caused me to
sin; I once threw away my wallet and eye glasses to prove to a
friend that nothing matters except for God, then I left his
house almost completely blind. Of course, this was all pretty
fanatical stuff, but I didn't know any better. Rest assured, I
have preached fully clothed ever since!
I preached to my family so wildly in those first few
days that they called the cops on me – I then preached to the
cop, who handcuffed me, and I preached to him all the way
to the hospital in the back of the squad car. I
preached through the emergency room until a doctor
anaesthetized me and sent me to a rehab center. Everyone
thought I had flipped on drugs at that point, but my intellect
was totally in tact. I had simply been impacted by God to the
point of no return. They quickly realized that I was not
technically crazy, only a religious nut, and there were no
drugs left in my body for them to test, so they let me go.
That
was just the first week of my Christian walk! The Lord took me
into the wilderness and trained me, tested me, purified
me. I
began to experience the grace and intimacy of God. He began
speaking to me on a deep, intimate level as a friend speaks to
a friend. He fathered me where I needed fathering. I
learned that God is not after servants, as much as He is
after lovers. I just wanted to devour anything that
smacked of Jesus. Over the years, God tempered my
zeal with wisdom. He began maturing my prophetic
call, keeping me hidden away for a decade. He forged in
me a hunger to know Him in the place of stillness and
contemplative prayer. Out of the place of stillness, I began
to experience His power.
More
and more supernatural occurrences began to unfold. As I
prayed for the sick, I found they were often instantly
healed. Today, the Lord allows me to supernaturally discern
conditions of the body, reveals emotional trauma that needs
healing and often gives me divine words of knowledge for
people as I minister. I have pulled people out of wheelchairs,
opened deaf ears and effected healing of eyes, limbs, organs
and families. Gold dust and other supernatural phenomena
now appear in some of my meetings, and the Lord often
graces me with visions, dreams and angelic encounters. This is
not because I am special or exclusively gifted, but because
God is pouring out His Spirit on an entire generation of young
warriors, and it is our inheritance and birthright to
experience Heaven on earth through the shed blood of Christ.
Not
every day is full of signs wonders and miracles, but God’s
presence is always at hand. Ours is a ministry that was simply
birthed out of an appetite for His presence. I have
seen the Lord transform hopeless nothingness, oppression and
confusion into a thing of great beauty and wonder. The blood
of Jesus can give us a new start, and one touch of His
presence can literally transform us overnight. Even as He
changed my life in an instant, so is God doing a rapid work of
transformation and maturity for those who are willing to
respond to His call in these days. The Lord has given us
a vision to facilitate the release of His mighty,
end-time army to operate in greater intimacy and
power than ever before. We want to raise up others who will do
even greater exploits than we accomplish, because ministry is
not about the guy in the pulpit. God is not looking for just a
few prophets in this hour, but a prophetic generation.
Take His invitation to step into your own call and
destiny.
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lily's story . .
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My parents were Jesus Movement hippies when I was born in
Paia, Maui.
My father lived in a commune, and my mother would invite
hitchhikers to come home and live with her. I always felt a
call of God on my life and remember writing worship songs from
the age of 5. When I was six, the famous hippie evangelist
Lonnie Frisbee (who helped to start both the Calvary Chapel
and Vineyard movements) was speaking at our church, which
doubled as a Christian commune. That was when I responded to
give my life to the Lord.
Later, at the age of 15, Lonnie was at a home group
meeting I attended. I remember him calling me out specifically
with a word of knowledge and I was baptized with the Holy
Spirit. I fell to the floor shaking. I was the only one in the
room that this happened to, and I didn’t know what hit me. I
had never been around this type of thing in my teenage years.
I was not expecting it, and I remember crying a lot. When the
power of God hits you, you don’t care about anything else in
that moment.
As a teenager, I remember leading worship for a short
while at my youth group. As a teen ager, I served
as youth director for Christian Surfers
International. I was even arrested once for protesting at
an abortion clinic with some friends, and I remember preaching
to my high school speech classes. But a lot of this was just
religious activity. Ironically, I fell away from the Lord when
I was 17 and I soon ended up pregnant with our first daughter,
who John would later adopt. I really lacked a sense of respect
and value for myself. I believe the Lord allowed this to
happen to keep me from falling further away from Him. At that
time I moved to Alaska,
and I soon reached a very low point in my life where I became
extremely depressed. It was then that I recommitted my life to
the Lord.
Soon after this period of time, I met John, and the
Lord was restoring my sense of value and worth. He also
restored a very sweet, childlike relationship that I always
remembered having with Him. Since then, my main focus has been
on raising a family, which I consider to be my main ministry.
Our children are already prophesying and seeing angels at the
ages of 7 and 3, and even our 1-year-old daughter will lay
hands and pray for you, although she can’t speak English yet.
The Lord has given me creative ministry avenues outside the
family as well. I had a women’s massage business where I would
often lay hands on my clients and prophesy over them – most of
them unbelievers – as I was giving them a massage. Some of
them were brought to tears as the presence of the Lord
surrounded them. The Lord has also given me a heart and the
equipping to work alongside John in prophetic evangelism and
healing ministry.
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