8th August, 2008
Prayer Meeting In San Francisco
Kathy and me were just part of a great prayer meeting in San Francisco. Awesome, so awesome was the presence of God and the prophetic prayers. God’s mercy endures forever.
James 2:13 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Give Thanks to the LORD, for He Is Good
Psalm 106:1 Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD,for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!
The power of the Lord was healing and He was manifesting Himself through the prayers and the faith of those praying. God has a great plan for San Francisco! For years we have prayed for a move of God in the Bay Area! We are so enthused and reinvigorated about this hope!
Help us and the rest of the world pray for San Francisco and revival, deliverance and healing.
Prayer moves the Hand of God
Dennis
All scriptures in thie blog post are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers.
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29th July, 2008
Caring For The Hurting
For several years my heart has been focused on the care for the outcasts of society. I asked my self why I do this and come to the same conclusion each time: This is where Jesus found me, as an outcast. The Church never found me nor did it care too but He did. Today as I serve poor, intolerable people in the streets of Santa Cruz, CA I see myself before Christ and I also see them after Christ. It really is not an easy ministry when you get cussed out and threatened, but the ministry Jesus had was not easy either!
I was cleaning out the “new” church that I am “fixing” from years of church abuse and I saw a book about to be thrown away. The name of the book is: The Caring Church by Dr. Oliver McMahan. I stopped the person from throwing it into the trash and suggested that they read the book! What I really believe everyone reading this blog should realize that it was almost prophetic what happened. (I know, how can something be almost prophetic?) Here is a book written by a a man who has detailed the position the Church should be in on the subject of “Care” yet it was being thrown away in the trash. It seems to me that the Church has often thrown away what really needs to be attended to.
As I was gardening today I realized just how important the matter of caring is. There are so many hurting people in church today!
I look at churches that are really alive in worship and active in the Word and I see a caring church. When I see churches with people who refuse to worship and pray I see a church that is uncared for and not really caring for the hurting. They are inward, confused, and very dysfunctional.
Kathy and I have come to some really important decisions in our ministry: One of those is we do not want to tolerate dead churches anymore. We want to be around life and worship. We are headed into that with the new church we are serving right now. The church we have in Santa Cruz is already there and it continues to be a rockin’ ministry for Jesus. Everyone that visits and sees what God is doing in Santa Cruz, states this: “AWESOME!”
I really believe that God is AWESOME and He is really COOL in everything that He does! Try caring for the hurting and see just how COOL God can be!
Best
Dennis
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27th March, 2008
Time Is On My Side
Oh, yes it is. When this song was song by the Rolling Stones it seemed that time was on the side of those that had the world by the world’s standards. Yes, the Church was doing its religious thing and not wanting anything to do with those hippies and dirty people. They are of the devil! Now nearly 40 years later the Church is still doing its religious thing! However, I wonder if the time is still on the side of the religious people? There is a generation out there in this world who are searching, yes, searching for “real” truth, not lies that sound like truth. The Beatles sang, “All We Need Is Love”. Would I be so courageous to say that maybe these bands were prophesying to us? I certainly also can say, with real comfort, that the song “Comfortably Numb” by Pink Floyd was a prophetic statement to the Church today! It is time to wake up, get up and stand up for the “real” truth and shine a bright beacon of hope to those that are searching!
My Heart To Yours
Dennis
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