Guest: Havillah Cunnington - Moral Revolution Executive Director.

Bio: http://moralrevolution.com/team-post/havilah-cunnington/

Wife first and Mom second. Husband is Ben Cunnington. 

Was in Estes Park, Colorado where a girl was saved, baptized in Holy Spirit, and wanting to get water baptized. She texted her husband saying look at what's happening because of how you allow me to go travel and speak. 

Bethel is unique because you were a big fish in your home church and here you are a small fish. Give yourself grace, relax and know that God will find you in all of this. Enjoy your time of anonymity and when God calls you to your calling be ready. 

John 10:10 - Engage Your Enemy

TD Jakes says you must understand your enemy for you cannot defeat what you do not understand.  

I grew up with my dad who was a traveling speaker 8 months of the year. Visiting churches she learned 

1) we just don't talk about the devil. When someone manifests an evil spirit, we send them to the back room and that one person is sent to deliver. 

2) every trail and tribulation is the devil. He is so powerful and messing everything up.

What do we do with the devil? We believe there is no fear because perfect love casts out fear.

Today we will learn how to deal with the devil quickly - because little annoying things should be dealt with quickly.

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. - John 10:10 

"Thief" in Greek is clepto - to steal - root word in clepto maniac. He wants to take take take. The enemy is a 24 hour vigilant force who, as long as we are on the earth, he wants to steal.

"To kill" - Greek word thuo (THEO) - to sacrifice. What he can't steal from us, he will eventually convince us to sacrifice. The enemy is not taking much from us, but the church is giving away. 

Partner with the Holy Spirit! You've come to far to not go after it. Bible says in Revelation is that we defeat the enemy

1) with the blood of the lamb

2) partner with our story

Story: 

She was 17. She went to church that night and they picked them up to take them to a party. Music was playing and she felt the presence of God in the car. She felt the HS say Havilah, you are called to more than this. She yells, turn the music down! She then says, "I have a call of God on my life!" She knew it was a turning point. Holy Spirit cheers us on in that moment. She then says, "I'm going to follow God, and you are welcome to follow if you want." Her sister and her were dropped off at home instead of brought to the party. They kneeled down at home and prayed, "Lord, if you can use me, I am available!" She didn't know what to give him because she couldn't read out loud or read her own hand writing. 

16 In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;

17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, - Ephesians 6:16-17

The Written Word of God - LOGOS. 

In verse 17, Paul doesn't use LOGOS, he uses the word RHEMA - a quickened, specific word from the Spirit. Roman soldiers would carry around a sword twice the weight of the dagger used in war. Soldiers were taught to stab 2 inches to kill the enemy. They studied the body to know where humans were vulnerable. They didn't slash and tear up the whole body. Christians need to use their quickened spirit from the spirit to deal with the devil quickly and move on. Jesus is tempted by Satan to prove his son ship by turning a stone into bread. Jesus doesn't fight the enemy by telling him how loved he is as expressed by the Father during transfiguration. Jesus says, "it is written..." He speaks two inches deep. Don't go wandering in the wilderness searching for the Word. Trust the RHEMA word. 

She would hear, "you are in sin. You can't preach" from the Devil and her response is, "no, I am clothed in the righteousness of Christ." 

The devil cannot read your thoughts. The devil is not God. He is a fallen created being with a "God-complex." The only one who is going to deal with the Devils thoughts in your head is you. 

The devil is an opportunist!

"and give no opportunity to the devil." - Ephesians 4:27

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. - 1 Peter 5:8

But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and for a helmet the hope of salvation. - 1 Thessalonians 5:8

The devil is likened to a lion - lions hunt at night or early morning. If you get a good nights sleep you will be refreshed. "Sleep on it." Great advice for indecision and to push away anger. 

What you sow this year, you will reap later.

Know your abilities - stay in your lane. If you try to drive as fast as others or drive in someone else's lane, you begin to strive and want to perform instead of be you.

Administrative Leadership: Human Government vs Kingdom Government

Administration 

Helps gift is often confused with administration.  (Filing, errands, data entry, etc.)

Administration covers detailed helps work all the way up to ceo or president of a country.

There are a lot of church leaders who don't appreciate admin and Admin gifted people who are in the church not given opportunity for admin. Yet, this gift is in 1 Corinthans 12

Moses - the great transition leader. 

1) LEADING: Exodus of Israelites - (understanding of the Power of God is key to him administrating millions) - he leads 1,000,000 men plus women and children and first he instructs the people to kill sheep and details how to put the blood on the door posts.  The showdowns with Pharoah give Moses the growing faith to lead the millions across the Red Sea into the dessert.

2) BUILDING - MANAGING - building a tabernacle. He is 40 days and nights in the presence of God on how to build a house for God! In the PRESENCE God is empowering Moses by transforming Moses into Gods image. Possibly the most intense experience any man has had ever. Then, on his third trip up the mountain God asks Moses to cut out two tablets (the first two God cut out - this time He asks Moses to do it since he broke it.) Moses asks God to show himself and God said "yes" but only the goodness of my backside. This causes Moses' face to shine. The first person to have the Spirit of God on him is a craftsman names Bezalel to build the temple of God. 

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah,

3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and intelligence, with knowledge and all craftsmanship,

4 to devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze,

5 in cutting stones for setting, and in carving wood, to work in every craft. - Exodus 31:1-5 

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.  - Isaiah 9:7

On Heaven as on Earth - what does government look like in Heaven? This question answers what government on earth should look like. 

Perfection of love, loyalty, honor and absolute security in the purposes/identity we have in the Godhead.

Purpose of govt is a family/society/community

God began to establish heavenly kingdom on earth and created Adam-Eve and Garden if Eden. We were removed from Garden for our protection. God can no longer look at hpHis kids. The rest of the story is "I want my family back!" God sends His Son to do what the Father can't do (have face to face relationship with humans). Jesus goes one step further and fulfills what humans can't do (be a sinless life and full of righteousness sacrificial offering). 

We are now called "ambassadors" - represent government on foreign soil. 

Human Government - Thomas Payne wrote govt is to control wickedness. 

Founding Fathers of US had a Kingdom influence - promoting the dream "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness." 

If the purpose of the govt is a community where we have a shared vision - God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit perpetuating love, honor and security culminating in a marriage relationship (not an election).

Righteousness and Justice misunderstood:

Righteousness - set of rules vs invitation to be like God

Justice - consequences for breaking rules vs everything you need to be righteous

Cross of Jesus is the greatest act justice and injustice ever!

Purpose of a kingdom Justice - restore relationships. Judicial systems need more focus on restoration into society.

When you are justified you have been lined up with the original standard (all to the left, center or right)

Govt we are to steward is a pre-eating of the fruit govt. 

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues. - 1 Corinthians 12:28

Lord of the Rings 3 - Kings name is Steward. 

Kubernetes - word for administration (steersman or helmsman)

Oikinonia - economy. Oikos (household) + nomus (law and rules).  (Eph 1:10)

Eden -> God

Tabernacle -> Moses builds -> God dwells

Temple -> Solomon builds -> God dwells

Incarnation -> jesus  -> God dwells

Church -> apostles builds -> God dwells

City of God -> Jesus builds -> God dwells

Presence and Power of God to advance the kingdom (bring heaven to earth)

Great Command: Love God and Neighbor.

Word for Presence in Hebrew is Face.

You can only love people as well as you love yourself. 

People with High level administration are "jack of all trades" because they can see the world through many people's eyes.

Michael Brodeur - Promised Land Church (from San Francisco. 7 children,wife Diane)

San Francisco has less Christians per capita than India. "Destiny Finder" book with Destiny labs and www.destinyfinder.com.

5 years ago he moved to Redding and worked part-time with Global Legacy and Jesus Culture. "Revival Culture" co-written by Banning Liebscher. 

1960s his parents move to SF to get away from Christianity and smoked pot and took LSD with parents. He didn't hear the Gospel until he started hitchhiking around world and Jesus Freaks shared the Gospel with them and he debated with them all. A pearl is formed in response to an irritation. Don't be afraid if awkward encounters. Introduce people to Jesus who invites people to a decision.  He gets dropped off in Boonville. Sabina Bell picked him up in 1974 when he was 17 years old who for the next 26 miles shared the Gospel. He went to a rainbow gathering and Native Americans sealed the deal. The first Christian among the tribe had a revelation open vision in a bar of Jesus. Part of lighthouse ministry and after 6 months with Diane they were married. 

After 6 months of marriage Diane had a vision that your calling will be made complete. Soon after they got a call to go to a pastors conference in Santa Cruz. It was prophesied over them that they were called to proclaim the gospel of Christ. Woked with John Wimber and Lonny Frisbee. 

Billion soul harvest. 110 years ago was Azusa street revival. Leaders of Azusa street saw Billion soul harvest 100 years later. Bob jones knew he wouldn't pass away until he saw the Harvest. He passed away and I think we are in the Billion Soul Harvest. 

In Jesus movements hundreds came to the beach to be baptized every weekend. 

Revival without souls is renewal. 

Can we catch the revival? Did churches know how to care for babies? Change diapers (deal with sin) and appoint new leaders.

We are pregnant and it's time to see OBGYN (baby Doctor) (obstetrician- gynecologist)

35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.

36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

37 Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;

38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." - Matthew 9:35-38

Gospel of the Kingdom is a larger message with the culmination being our hearts turning and being born again (salvation). Salvation does not begin when we die and "go to heaven" - it begins when we are born again. The Gospel of Salvation is a jewel that sits in the ring of the Gospel of the Kingdom. 

When Jesus saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 

We need to connect our brain 18 inches down past our heart and another 6 inches to our gut. 

Sin is the most expensive thing in the universe. Sins cost Jesus the physical pain of a thorny crown, striped back, pierced hands and side. Sin also cost Jesus break in relationship with God the Father.

Careful not to discount the costly weight of sin. Historians would call this season the world is moving into called "Anti-nomiasm" - where sin isn't spoken about.

In our quest for compassion don't overlook som and compromise the gospel.

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" Then I said, "Here I am! Send me."

9 And he said, "Go, and say to this people: "'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'  - Isaiah 6:8-9

Pray the Lord of the harvest! 120,000 in LA gathered to pray is a sign God is about to do something. This is when the baby is coming down the birth canal. If you want to hang out with Jesus - go to the harvest. Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest. 

Jesus said, "the spirit of the Lord is upon me" to sit in pews and roll on the floor ... No! 

1b because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; 

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; 

3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion- to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.  - Isaiah 61:1-3

There's only one thing that will happen on earth that will not happen in Heaven: souls being won that do not know Jesus! This needs to go up the flagpole of our hearts. Every soldier has a gun, but there are different guns. Some are more powerful but we need to be ready use them. 

I love the concept of societal transformation without winning souls isn't discipling nations. 

I believe we are using far too few words. I understand St Francis who is often quoted, "preach the Gospel all the time, and when necessary use words." The power of God is needed in our generation - go for something big. Welcome the discomfort of boldness.  

Moravian community in Germany help prayer meetings non-stop for 120 years. They began to go and one island of slaves in the Caribbean could not be penetrated for the owner despised Christians. A group of Moravians devised a plan to pe trade the island by selling themselves as slaves. They used the money to get their and standing at the dock with family crying they said, "For Christ be all the glory and honor!"

City Service Outreach - Testimonies & protocol with children

"The Spirit of the lord is upon me,"

Look at any fear that kept you from outreach... Look at it and say to it: "The Spirit of the lord is upon me!"

The heart of City Service is to create a lifestyle. 

Guest speakers: 

Michael Brodeur - 300-500 people a week coming to faith every week.

Sharice - "Jesus is fun!" Fall in love with Jesus and have fun with Jesus. SF ministry testimony: met a guy named Kristopher - prayed and prophesied over him. A few months later they saw him all beaten up and HS encouraged her that he needs Jesus. A month later she found out he died. We need Holy Spirit to possess us to show the love of Jesus to a dying world.

Lisa Means - children's dept at Bethel (extreme kids). Talk about Jesus in 14 public elementary schools and 15 neighborhoods.

A). In Rother Elementary they did their lesson and during snack time they asked if kids needed prayer and a girl shared her grandma is in the hospital. Next week the girl reported the grandma was released two days later and the girl told grandma it was Jesus who healed. Grandma ends up accepting Jesus. 

B). Told a girl that Jesus loves her and student replies, "I know - Jesus spoke to me last night." Last year you prayed for us to have Jesus in our lives and ever since Jesus has spoken to me every day!

City Project - Keith Alvord. Henderson Open Space just south of Cypress. Overgrown with blackberries and known for transients (homeless). Worked in partnership with rotary club. Thinned trees and removed a lot of fire hazards. City applied for a grant and a review committee came up.  They were blown away by number of hours (20,000 hours). They called Keith Alvord to confirm hours. No city in all of California has as many volunteer hours as Redding! We will give you more than what you are asking for! Redding is becoming known as a community that serves. 

Ethan - he volunteered with "The Bridge" and they saw an older man with a cane coming up. He looked angry and intimidating. He asked him if he needed prayer. He said, "yes! I've felt like a heart attack and was walking over here to see my friends for help." Ethen found out this man was kind and gentle. He rededicated his life and they found out this guy died 5 days later of a heart attack. 

Bridget testimony. Addicted to heroin for 32 years and now on fire for Jesus! She lost 52 pounds and went back to college.

God is such a good good Pappa. His love has wrecked my life. It's so important to be in community. I've been delivered from fear, sexual immorality, addiction. I've been going to Bethel for three years and part of the Boulder Creek community. I now have a full time job, a place to live and my own car. When I laid down my old life, the new man rose. My prayer for where I work is to be His hands and feet. When I see people there's no condemnation. I have God's love for people. All they need is hope - hope will be a tumbleweed blowing through our city.

Lisa Means - Protocol with Children

Be encouraged when you get your assignment - I didn't get my first choice. Now I'm running the department I was assigned to. You may not have a kids-focused city service but kids are everywhere. Our goal is to love the city of Redding and make sure both parents and kids feel safe.

Protocol for Working With Children

1. Don't ever be alone with a child. If the child has to use a bathroom, ask child to grab a friend and then go to bathroom.

2. Don't go into a house alone with a child. Always want to be invited by mom and dad into home.

3. Before kids join you to go do something, ask mom or dad

4. Side hugs, high fives and fist bumps are great. Kids don't sit on laps and no front or prolonged hugs.

Don't be afraid to have contact with them. 

Show interest in them:

1. Remember their name. 

2. Ask them how they are doing and ask how their events in their life went since the last time you saw them.

Kris Vallotton - best practices for the prophetic

P. 67

16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. - 2 Timothy 3:16-17

P. 68 - distinguishing spirits

Spirits - not evil spirits. You are a spirit.

Jesus grew in favor with God and man. There's different favor to people from God. We are not all equal. Have you ever sat near someone or went to a store and you felt exhausted or even became angry? 

Story: Kris and bill did three deliverances: 1) Kris felt anger and left early 2) Kris laid hands on him and had pornographic thoughts and left early 3) laid hands on him, had suicidal thoughts and asked if he had them too in case his feelings were discerning the evil spirit. 

Lesson learned: if you touch someone or enter a new territory and you feel there problem (it's a spiritual problem).  If you don't feel anything it's just a problem of the flesh for that person. Some people are diagnosed bi-polar who are actually very gifted in discernment. If you walk into a store and you feel heaviness - the employees carry that heaviness. The owners authority influences the employees. 

If you are angry or have self-pity long enough you will attract demons. 

26 Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

27 and give no opportunity to the devil. - Ephesians 4:26-27

"You are such a good teacher!" Shouted from audience.

Kris responds, "that's not a prophecy, it's a word of knowledge." :)

God writes history with prophetic purpose:

Children of Israel left Egypt and were baptized (Red Sea) on dry land and when the priests crossed the second river the priests had to wade through water to their chests. On their way to Promised land they had to pass through a city named Adam (leaving old man) and then a city named Sin, then another city named Gilgal where they were circumcised (hearts need to be circumcised). They were led by Joshua into promised land (Joshua is Hebrew name for Jesus which means Salvation). 

"Mind reading" is not only for occultic use. 

But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and a divided household falls. - Luke 11:17

Circumstances: 

Sometimes you don't know if you've run into a demon until you are going the same way.

P. 75

19 Do not quench the Spirit.

20 Do not despise prophecies,

21 but test everything; hold fast what is good. - 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21

Kris says there are people in his Facebook page weekly quoting this passage to call Kris a false prophet:

18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.

20 But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.' - Deuteronomy 18:18-20

Old Testament vs New Testament. 

Everyone before the cross had dead spirits. Everyone was absent of the Holy Spirit. A few people had the spirit visit them. People did not have the mind of Christ. Everyone who was adulterous or spoke falsely were stoned. Everyone was stoned under the Law pre-Jesus.

Jesus said "I will never leave you or forsake you." This is true only for those post cross.

29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others weigh what is said.

30 If a revelation is made to another sitting there, let the first be silent.

31 For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all be encouraged,

32 and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets. - 1 Corinthians 14:29-32

Prophesy is always about the future. How do you judge something that is to come true ten years from now? Judge the source. 

NT prophetic mistakes:

10 While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

11 And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" - Acts 21:10-11

What really happened:

32 He at once took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. And when they saw the tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

33 Then the tribune came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. He inquired who he was and what he had done. - Acts 21:32-33

Prophets didn't always get it right and it didn't label them "false prophet."

Develop a refuse (refuge) gate.

A body takes the nutrients releases the toxic or non-applicable "food."

If someone gives you or your friend a bad word ... Flush. Keep your toilet empty.

Keep order in Church

But all things should be done decently and in order. - 1 Corinthians 14:40

But don't create so many rules nothing is going on!

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.  - Proverbs 14:4

Story: Kathy asks Kris to go to Lamaze class. 6 week class where you watch bloody films with no plot. They teach mothers to look at a focal point as husbands remind them to breath. Kathy had a 28 hour labor. Kids come out sideways. Put a snickers bar up as a focal point. About three hours into it she got angry and started calling him names. He got so stressed out he ate the focal point. They went to delivery room and after passing out 6 times and with pale white face from seeing blood the doctor asked him if he wanted to cut the embelicol cord. Kris said, "what do we pay you for?!" All babies are not cute. His child had a blood blister on her head and her face was all squished together. He showed her to his mom and she said, "she looks just like you!" 

Lesson learned: when you birth something it's not clean, plastic wrapped and beautiful (at first). Be prepared for messy, bloody, ugly births.

Guidelines for judging prophetic words

1.   Word must be congruent with Scripture. Extra-biblical prophecies can't go against the core character of God or against the nature of the New Covenant. 

2.   It must bear witness with the spirit of the one who receives it. The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, - Romans 8:16

3.   The fruit of the fruit is that it brings the person closer to God.

"8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith- 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death," - Philippians 3:8-10 

4.    The prophets and leadership should be in agreement about interpretation and application. 

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. - Hebrews 13:17

Best advice you will get from me all year:

Build relationship with people around you before you need it. The scariest person is one with a huge gift but a very low relational ability (EQ = emotional intelligence). Think of a person that if you did something wrong you would feel anxiety telling them you failed (someone you look up to that you respect). Find someone who has time for you. Meet with them once a month. Who would you allow speak into your life where their opinion weighs more than your passion. Married couples find another couple you look up to and treat them to dinner once a month with the invitation for them to speak into your life.

P. 103 - warnings or judgments

When Agabus prophesied about a famine he tied sin to a judgment. If you attach a warning to a sin it is no longer a warning it is a judgment. If someone smokes and gets lung cancer it is not a judgment it is sowing and reaping. Jesus wants to get between our sowing and reaping. When I ask for forgiveness and repent I've broken the sowing and reaping by the power of Jesus. If you get a venarial disease (vd) you have recovered what you sowed. 

Stay away from warnings. When you are part of a leadership team that trusts you and you've prophesied good words, then step into warnings a little. 

Default: comfort, encourage, exhort 

 

Kris Vallotton - 4 Voices and Languages of God: visions and dreams

Review:

What did you learn about parables? It's the nature of God to hide things (whisper, not to shout). If you have gone a day or season without hearing from God, it doesn't mean he stopped speaking (we just weren't listening). When God is not trying to show off He is still infinitely amazing. 

God is proactive hiding things and asks of us to proactive rim seeking Him. We should wake up and think "The God of hope hid something for me today." 

We do things because they are right not because we feel like it - last night was one of those nights where I didn't feel excited about reading the Word. After the devotions I heard from God and felt such peach and encouragement.

P. 51 - mark 4:14. There's a war to keep you from hearing. I don't want you to have too big of a devil or no devil. Everyone is not going to heaven. The figurative example of hell being like a dump outside of Jerusalem doesn't mean there is no hell. Having no hell is what happens when teachers interpret prophetic words. Jesus said, "if I tell you earthly things and you don't get them, how will you understand heavenly thugs!?" There is a devil who has no power because all power is given to you.

When you prophesy you co-create with God. In the same way Adam named animals in the Garden he co-created with God. God made the animals he formed them out of dirt (not speaking it) leaving room for Adam to create some of its DNA. Why did he kill the prophets in the old testament and not the priests. Some people speak themselves to death. 

I could teach you to prophesy in two hours. But you wouldn't have the core values to create life in people. You don't give s 15 year old a corvette to drive as a starter car. 

P. 54 four voices that speak to you in the spirit realm

Your spirit 

Holy Spirit

Evil spirits

Angels

 

You need the gift discerning spirits if the devil comes to you as an angel. The Bible in the hands of the devil is not true. The spirit of suicide was used to attack Jesus with the Bible.

The spirit God you are to be developing a relationship with is the Holy Spirit. 

We will teach you to discern the voices but living in community is key. When the devil comes to you he doesn't feel like the devil. 

Story: 2003, bethel had 5 prophets come over 12 months. Every one prophesied rival will come from the youth. I have a passion for my grandkids to outgrow me. The 4th person prophesied on a Friday night and I fell to the floor and I wept with grief. Maybe I was going through "manopause" [play off the word menopause] - I ran out of the building and drove home. He asked God what was gong on and God said my prophets are speaking from the second heaven. What does this mean?! Revival is not coming from the youth. Acts 2:17 says, "'And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;" Omission is powerful. If a father says you are beautiful to just the second daughter how does the first daughter feel? What generation does the Bible honor - silver haired. What generation does your culture honor. The devil can't stop revival so he is trying to contain it to one generation. Malachi says, "And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction." - Malachi 4:6 

Lesson learned: 

1) the devil doesn't necessarily teach you something bad but just partially true. Stay in community. The wounds of a faithful friend. 

2) Your spirit can give you an encounter. You have a house of two spirits: a) good spirit and b) Holy spirit. The discernment challenge is "was that God or my spirit?" It gets more challenging as you become more and more like Jesus. Out of compassion you may give a "prophetic" word out of your good spirit. 

Chapter 4 - Language of God 

Vision - eyes open and you see a hologram movie

Dreams - close your eyes and imagine a purple alligator with a pink bow on it. That screen is the same one the Holy Spirit displays on. 

Typically the Holy Spirit is speaking in hyrogryphics. It's like Chinese - character language in pictures. 

Story: open vision (p. 60-61)

Two types of dreams

1) virtual reality dream - tell God if you give me dreams I will steward it. Then after s dream write it down and ask the Holy Spirit how to respond. 

2) reality dream - our body dreams but our spirit doesn't dream.

 

Genesis 20:3 - God comes to Abimelech in his dream and wants him that he is a dead man.

Matthew 2:13 - angel comes to Joseph in a dream

Not all dreams are from God. First thing to ask is "what is the origin - is this dream of God?"

The devil will tell you the truth as long as it condemns you. Don't blame everything on the devil - especially if you are stimulating bad ideas with bad movies and bad news!

If you have a bad dream, pray for protection, ask Holy Spirit for ways to intercede, until the spirit lifts. If it doesn't lift, he calls his group of 5 intercessors to pray it off. 

If it stays there after another 3+ days 

People who have recurring panick attacks have lots of faith - but, their faith is in the wrong kingdom. 

Rarely God prophesies doom to see if His people are listening and to see if he has a leader for His people. Exodus 22 God says I'm going to kill these people and make a new nation out of you. Moses, replies these are your people you led out of Egypt - what will the nations say of you if you kill your people? God changes His mind. Next God says I'm not going into promised land, instead I will send an angel. Moses says, I'd rather be in the wilderness with you than the promised land with an angel.

Trances: 

1) Kris is invited to a town devestated by a string of 5 deaths among teenagers who committed suicide in Oregon. He was asked to speak about life. A lady who sat alone in despair in the distance all three days. She joined them for the last session when Kris spoke on "Go can do anything." She challenged Chris and explained her son was one of the five that was dead. He heard the Holy Spirit say, "ask her if she wants to meet her son." He asked her and she said yes but not understanding what that meant. She fell back hard on the ground and entered a 3 hour vision. When she came out she joyfully shared how God took her to heaven and was comforted by her son that he was fine.

2) Kris was praying for people and saw a lady and knew she had 7 abortions. He spoke life over her and as he prophesied over her she explained she had 7 abortions. He asked if he would like to meet these babies. She soon went into a trance and had a vision of heaven where she met these 7 little ones who had died.

Kris explained this has happened many other times. 

Advanced Ministry Training Class - Kingdom Administration

Paul Manwaring

My story. My parents had general stores/post office in England. When I look back when I was 8 years old that's when it all began. I've never been in business and an entrepreneur but never for money. When I was 13, my father got sick. Two years later he died and I came to faith. So, at 13 I was co-running the shop with his mother. This post office also gave him opportunity to pastor to people.

I knelt on my father's dead body and gave my life to Jesus.  A couple years later I went through Evangelism Explosion training (dr James Kennedy ministry) and this is when I got the call to ministry. He asked a mentor, what should I do getting ready for ministry. Instead of bible school he said, get a job working with people. He worked for health clinics as a nurse and naturally began organizing patients and staff. He got married at 21 half way through nursing school. First baby expected in 5th year working in intensive care but it didn't pay bills so he moved into working for a brand new prison in psychiatric care. The manager was never there so he ran the wing. He was identified for leadership and they out him in an accelerated leadership program. For 19 years he ran the prison. He loves running prisons. He loves seeing changed lives. Now he loves changed nations!

Many ministry leaders never learn to manage themselves and their family. 

Few significant events:

* Working a S. London prison for terrorists in health department. He walked the perimeter and denounced the spirit of suicide. What happens in prisons is well known in parliament. He was recruited to solve the problem of 4 deaths at the Heathrow juvenile prison. He was named the strategic change consultant. Gift of administration is leading change. How do you take a rusty old prison mindset and catalyze change. 

* 1973 - 1996 he was part of a Congregational church where he preached once a year and very involved in Alpha and youth group. And everyone remembers his cooking. Toronto outpouring occurred and they attended. 

* 1995, Randy Clark visited a nearby church. 

* In1996, they moved to another church. 

* In 2001, his wife heard Redding is their home so they moved. Came as a student and after first year he traveled with Kris Vallotton and volunteered the second year. He called Chad Dedmond out of the back of the class and told him you are a leader, get to the front. Found out he was in the senior team during a presentation at Bryan's house in Nashville. 

* 2004 they left Assemblies of God. In early 2005, he was called into Bill's office to build a network to care for the people connected to Bethel. This evolved into Global Legacy. He was asked to build around these four things:

1. Wine skin - purpose: carry and pour out wine. It's all about the wine.

2. Build the structure and let God fill it. Look and see what God is doing.

3. Government of Honor - how far can we go without rules?

4. Bring Heaven to Earth - bring the order of Heaven to Earth.

Bill said before I met Paul I didn't have a value for administrative leadership, but PW does, so I do now.

Sept 2011 he finally got to go to Toronto. He is the opening night speaker for catch the fire conference. Preached on Glory. Carol Arnedt and Duncan Smith praying for him as he later down talking to God. He had one more message to preach and he had just one other message on administration. He argued then embraced the gift September 2011.

In America you have purses and in UK they have handbags. Why would he carry around his wife's purse when he has a wallet?

We need a reformation. 

Supernatural without administration will not reach its potential.

If you don't father an organization you will revert to a older brother legalism. You are either modeling a functional 

Is 9:6-7, child is born and government is on his shoulders. Direct relationship between son, father, disciple nations. Apostolic move of God is a relational move of God. 

It's always difficult to change what's above you. You can change what you are able to influence. He led strategic change seminars where employees came without their boss and it was a disaster. You can't create change without buy-in from the boss. 

Know who the people are above you, besides you and below you. Know who to call when you have a need in different categories. Administrative gifting is not a second class career. 

The desire to do a round table leadership structure is because there was an unhealthy (controlling or absent) leader in the hierarchy structure. Organizational structure needs to be built on love and not power. Bill can call him now and he will do anything because a true father has the best interest of others at heart.

Anthony - Paul Manwaring's associate leader. 

A. Work with pastors to see how they can partner

B. Organizational aspect of Global Legacy.

Background: grew up in England. Born in South Coast of England and fortunately not many clear days or they could see France. Grew up in non-Christian background. God grabbed hold of him at 14. Then Toronto hit two months in. He spent his first year in faith on his back laughing and weeping in the spirit. Got a job in corporate banking. Volunteered as youth leader and pastor asked him into volunteer leadership at 23. Another pastor invited him into associate pastor. Worked in all aspects of church for three years. Got a prophetic word at a regional pastors meeting by a South African pastor. Went to s Africa. And multiple people their said you need to start a business. He returned to England and started a life coaching business. In the mail he got a catalog from a college that certifies people in life coaching. 

God wastes nothing to get you ready. I know now why I had that rotten job or worked for that horrible boss. Jesus was in his destiny when he was an infant, talking to rabbis in temple at 12, working with wood under his father Joseph...

Stewardship: gifts, connections, responsibilities, relationships, positions of authority and money (not just money). There's never waste in the kingdom.

Faithfulness for what God puts in front of you.  Slow down so we can live in the present and not fast track to future roles and responsibilities. The things we are called to do can ruin us if we get to our call prematurely. Moses grew up in a palace to prepare himself to lead the nation of Israel. David, known as a king of war (learned to hear God voice and kill bears as he worked as a shepherd).