The God Who Breaks Through

It always amazes me that God equips us with exactly what we need to fulfill His assignments, and for us that is the spirit of breakthrough.  As we go to the nations to make Jesus known to those who have never heard, we feel we are on the forefront of the Kingdom of God being advanced.  To accomplish this, God has given us authority to bring change, to shift the atmosphere, to open up the heavens creating portals of His Presence.

We have heard story after story that after we came and prayed the impossible became possible. “When you came to Thailand with the prayer team everything has changed.  Churches are growing, souls are being saved, there is more unity and faith.  We are experiencing breakthrough in many areas for the first time.”

“When you came to Cambodia, even before you left, everything changed.  The roadblock to ministry that we thought was impossible to move was removed. Now there is freedom, joy and much fruit.”

“You came and prayed for a woman who was the only Christian in her village.  She had a tumor on her neck.  She was healed and now there are 20 believers in that village.  Everything has changed.”

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Speaking of Breakthrough…

God just did an amazing thing for us on our last trip. On August 5th the Indian army seized Kashmir arresting all of the government and business leaders. Nearly 1,000,000 soldiers flooded the area.  The entire state was on lockdown with no press, phones or internet (and is still very much affected).  We were very concerned as we have done much prayer there and have some dear friends that were caught in the middle of this military takeover. 

I kept asking the Lord to open Kashmir to me before I left India so I could go  there and pray.  And the God of breakthrough answered!  A week before I was to leave India, Kashmir opened and we quickly bought tickets, jumped on a plane and landed in Kashmir.  For three days we were able to stay with our Muslim friends who took us all over the city to pray. Literally, there was a soldier dressed in riot gear with a machine gun every 50 feet. Obviously, God wanted us to go there and pray at this crucial and strategic time.

Please continue to pray for safety for all our friends in this region. Please pray for the people to turn to Jesus in the middle of all their pain and fear and that there will be a great harvest of souls in Kashmir.

Training and Equipping Leaders

Recently we were able to establish our first ISOM (International School of Ministry) training with 10 pastors. There are 160 classes on video with some of the best teaching available anywhere in the world.  If you have a computer you can have a Bible college.  There has been a move of God in this region and there are many pastors in leadership that have no solid training.  Through ISOM we will be able to train and equip hundreds of pastors to become strong in the Word. Please pray with us that many more training sites will be quickly established and that many pastors and leaders will enroll this coming year. Pray for these leaders to grow in knowledge, wisdom and faith and have fruitful ministries that will multiply!

North India – Fall, 2019

What an incredible prayer journey! We had an international team of eight people who came from Egypt, Thailand, India and America.  We had a wonderful time prayer walking high places (one at 18,380 feet!), monasteries and other power points throughout two states and were able to do some personal ministry along the way.  One state was primarily Buddhist while the other one was primarily Hindu.

Recently, there has been renewed persecution against the Christians here.  We were able to connect with some dear friends that have been working in these difficult areas for a long time.  God used us to minister to them bringing renewed faith and encouragement. He also used us to release some divine strategy of how to continue to grow even as the churches and Bible schools are being attacked and shut down.  We were able to do teaching on how to implement a house church strategy.  Everywhere we went the pastors listened intently and received the teaching with eagerness and open hearts.

Another strategy we were able to release was the establishing of ISOM training centers.  ISOM is the acronym for International School of Ministry.  There are 160 classes on video with some of the best teaching available anywhere in the world. 

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The Moravian Lampstand

The elderly woman was slender and frail.  Her long grey hair hung in a ponytail down her thin back.  She looked tired as she took my hand and looked up at me, her dark brown eyes brimming with tears, the pain of her soul on full display.  “Please pray for my husband,” she pleaded.  “He is very broken.”

It was the summer of 2018 and this woman was the wife of the pastor of the Moravian church in the far North East corner of India along the Tibetan border.  They had been ministering among the Buddhist people here for more than 30 years.  But nearly five years ago there was a great conflict that arose in the church and it was deeply divided.

The pastor’s wife shared with me that the severe personal attacks and division had taken a toll on her husband emotionally and physically.  After 30 years of faithful ministry he was preparing to retire feeling broken and defeated. We had come here to conduct 26 hours of nonstop prayer seeking God to bring healing and unity to this church that had once carried the fire of God.

The Moravian church had begun in Germany during the early 1700’s.   God poured out His Spirit and the result of this visitation was 24/7 worship and prayer that lasted more than 100 years.  Out of this womb of intimacy missionaries were sent out all over the world to share the gospel of Christ.

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Time to Return

God has answered prayer and has given us a wonderful team for our fall trip. We have five people from the U.S. along with people from Egypt, Thailand and India joining us. We arrive India on September 20th and will be prayer walking in Northeast India, ministering at the Moravian church and then going into the mountains working with a local pastor. This team will leave India October 1, and Dan will continue to do mountain village ministry for the next 18 days.