First Presbyterian
Church of Sparta
 est. 1786

for May 2007

A few comments from my trip to the Dominican Republic.  Unfortunately, Tony Loeffler and I have not been able to get into Cuba yet.  However, plans go forward and we continue to make the effort.  The purpose, when we finally get there, will be to train pastors in healing ministry.  This could have profound effects on the churches there as you could imagine.  Since we had the week open and we had the opportunity to go to the DR, we decided to go with Al Dykstra, Tony's brother-in-law from Hackettstown.  We had the opportunity to pray for a number of people, lead a chapel service in Azua Prison, visit a woman who had been healed of cancer (Tony and Al had prayed for her six weeks earlier).  When they prayed for her; she was bedridden with a tumor that made her look pregnant and unable to feed herself.  When we got to her home she was sitting up in her bed talking on her cell phone with a huge smile on her face and the tumor was gone.  SHE WAS HEALED BY THE POWER OF GOD.  God had given a mother back to her four small children and a wife back to her husband.  God is so good.  God is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

For the Kingdom,

P.S. On May 9-11 Jamie and Emily Galloway of Global Awakening Prophetic Expressions will be in our church teaching on prophetic ministry (see 1 Corinthians 14: 1-12). Paul says prophecy speaks to men and women for their strengthening, encouragement, and comfort. In other words, prophecy is a message given to you by God that builds people up without subjecting them to condemnation or judgment. What a gift! I have wanted to learn more about prophecy for some time. I can see the day when we are all exercising some level of the gift of prophecy in our efforts to encourage, strengthen, and comfort one another. You can imagine how strong the church becomes when everyone focuses on building others up to the glory of God and speaking divine destiny into their lives. Jamie and Emily have a heart to spread extreme intimate encounters with Jesus and His Kingdom across the nations. He believes God is calling His church into realms of His presence which former generations could only imagine. Jamie and Emily desire the bride of Christ to rise up in this hour and be the influence of this generation and of those to
come. Whether it is in the ministry or in the marketplace, Jamie's vision is to see the works of Jesus in operation and a great end-time harvest come to pass. Jamie ministers itinerantly both nationally and internationally, and his ministry is marked by signs, wonders, and miracles. Jamie has launched Global Awakening Prophetic Expressions under the covering of Randy Clark and the Apostolic Network of Global Awakening.

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