the enemy of your soul

The enemy of your soul wants to rob, kill and destroy you. The devil hates you. What he has come to rob, kill and destroy is your future, purpose and destiny. The devil does not care if you have every thing or nothing. He doesn't care if you are rich, and live in a mansion, with a pool, three cars, a yacht, a summer home and all the fixins. He doesn't care if you live in a shack, if you have even one car or any luxuries or even necessities. The devil does not care if you are crippled, or not. If you are sick or well. He doesn't care if you are a nice person, or not. He plain does not care about the relationships of the people around you. He is not about robbing the things that you have. (although he will, if that is what it takes.) He doesn't want your stuff. He doesn't really care if you do or do not have stuff. His real and only goal is to cause you to doubt the promises of God. To not believe what God has said. Just as the serpent said to Eve in the garden of Eden, "God didn't really say......" Now you fill in the blank....... "God didn't really say that this sickness would be healed...." "God didn't really say that you would lead your people out of this hellish excistance they are in." The enemy of your soul wants to rob, kill and destroy the very word that God has spoken to you. Now, how he does that comes in sly ways that look like an accident.... or in his lies and deception, makes things look like this is God's will for your life or the people around you. He can create nothing. His power is in deception, lies, robbing, killing, and destroying. Whether he uses outside things in your life to cause you to question or the antichrist spirit is whispering in your ear, "God didn't really say that, did he?" He is wanting the same outcome. To rob, kill and destroy your destiny in and for the one true God that does say "yes I am the way, the truth and the life!" Jesus is saying don't look back just come and follow me and I will show you great and mighty things. You will heal the sick. Signs and wonders will follow you everywhere you go. You will lead your people out of Egypt. You will have life and LIFE in abundance. You will do greater things than I.
Stand against the enemy of your soul. Stand in what God says. When you have done all else, just stand. You do not stand alone. We stand together. Do no do this on your own strength. Don't just hang on to the rope dangling in mid air. Wrap the rope around you and let the rope hang onto you. Don't just hang on to the promises of God in your own mind and reason. Wrap God's promises around you and swing free.........

I Say Again, THIS SCHOOL ROCKS

We are about to conclude our first trimester. Students are fighting to catch up on their homework and instructors are trying to catch up on grading their homework. Thursday marks the end of the the fall trimester.

Today we had yet another Holy Spirit melt-down. Pastor Darren led in a prophetic session and God was amazingly PRESENT. I am in awe. Last Thursday the Holy Spirit stepped in in a similar way and we were overwhelmed. Classes melted into a "Kingdom Come".

A prophetic word came forward today that blew my mind. God used our school name and said, "Firebrand School I have called you to see the heavens opened above you. I call you up into the heavens to be completely soaked into the power of the Kingdom".

Hey, Firebrand....lets take God at His Word and launch into the heavens!

Darren Hose Benefit

A benefit account has been established in the name of "Darren Hose Benefit" at Anchor Bank New Richmond, WI. The address is Anchor Bank PO Box 475 New Richmond, WI 54017-9935. Or you can simply go to that bank and give any amount to a teller and tell them it is for the Darren Hose Benefit. Keep praying!
Pastor Randy

prayer

I want to share what God is saying to me about the election. It's so amazing how it fits in with Pastor's preaching, isn't it? We do have an amazing God!
On election day, I voted at 10:30 in the morning. I voted for John McCain, knowing that he was not who was going to become president. It is the right, priveledge and responsibility of the people to vote. It was a busy day and I didn't check to see who actually won the election. The next morning was early morning prayer at church, I still didn't check or know the outcome, but I knew, and was very excited about it. In prayer, God said, pray for the nation.
In intercession, the Spirit showed me a mulitude of people crying out for a king. Many of these peoples were being led by racial motivation only. God gave them their king. There was still a great excitement with this. Because God was saying "If My people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, and turn from their ways, then I will heal their land. The excitment is in the greatness of our God and those things that look impossible are the very things that are possible with Him! It would not be seen as a miracle from God if the election went the other way. God is ALWAYS in control. Then, that night at church Pastor Randy preaches on Barak Obama being like King Cyrus. And God having his hand on him. This is so good! So exciting! What an exciting time in history! In this culture of honor, I honor this man. He is very intellegent, and we are in for a totally cool ride. But again, I want to stress that the people of God, those called by His name, must turn from their own ideas, ways and thoughts on this whole thing and pray!! God will hear our prayers and heal our land!!! He hears our voice and we are living under an open heaven in this place! God forgive us for being prayerless. Forgive us for doing our own thing, we want your will and your ways for this country. For all of the peoples. For generations to come. Use this man, Barak Obama, to carry out Your plans for Your kingdom. Transform his heart before our very eyes. Heal our land on earth as it is in heaven!! God, let President Bush finish his tasks well and go out of office with honor.... And bless our new President. May you bless him and keep him, and may your face shine on him... Your will be done, Your Kingdom come, here on earth as it is in heaven! amen. I encourage you to keep praying for our nation!! Love you guys!

The Healing Lab Rocks

The healing lab has been awesome! Sometimes it is hard to recognize how God works because He works in ways we don't always understand. As students of the Firebrand School of Ministry, the healing lab has allowed us a chance to experiment in a classroom setting that actually allows God to move. We have had the opportunity to gain "Bible experience" by praying into heaven where God shows us what He is doing and what He wants us to do. We have a potential that we can live up to, if we so choose. That potential includes how much of heaven we bring to earth. So, we need to move how God leads. This means not limiting Him by how we think He operates. God "colors outside of the lines"- He shows Himself in unusual ways. For example, we have been seeing and finding feathers all over the church. Some would say this is a coincidence, but I say, "Thank you God", for thinking of us! I have learned I have to allow God to move outside of my "box" of thinking. He will do things outside of my reasoning mind! He can, He is God! We, as Christians, should be able to see God when He moves! Look for Him.

Healing Lab Reports

In the last week we have done 2 healing labs for my class, "Kingdom Culture". I challenged the students with the very words we are learning, "Bible knowledge without Bible experience is worthless." The first time we did it I asked for those in the class with any physical issues to share them with us. The first student had a knee problem and everyone went after it in the manner that the Father was showing them. Long story short, after 3 attempts in 3 different approaches, the knee got healed! Then, the second student shared about her shoulder pain. I instructed everyone to "pray into heaven and see what God is doing." Almost instantly God spoke through 2 or 3 students to "speak the Word" of healing without any one moving. It was awesome.

In the second "lab" I instructed everyone to start praying into heaven and have God show us who needed prayer without anyone tipping their hand as to their need beforehand. If I remember correctly, all 5 students in the class received a Word that was completely accurate for the need of someone else in the room.

Like I said in an earlier post, "This school rocks."

On the first day of school, God gave me this scripture.......
Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you as well as every dry tree: the blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from the south to north will be burned by it. all flesh will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched. Ezek. 20:47-48
I am reminded of it again. Get ready! God is going to consume you again and again! He is the all consuming fire that is set as a seal upon your heart! Isn't He awesome!! He is an all consuming Forest fire!!
He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire! His winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Luke 3:16b-17
All consuming fire, Come baptize us! again!

Congrats!!! to Megan and Tyler!!
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Wedding memories to treasure!
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This School Rocks

Yea, yea, I know....I'm biased....but it's still true; this school rocks. This first year class of 7 is a complete pleasure to teach and lead. Thank you FSoM! I am completely proud to be your spiritual father. Pastor Randy Dean

Repentance in it's purest form

I have been waiting all of my 24 years of not being an overcomer in my christian walk to hear a message on repentance that would require change! To repent beyond an overcoming lifestyle.

I used to say, " if I do not hear a minister stand up and cry for repentance I do not know what I will do" I did not know what the message was but I knew desperately I needed it!

I started getting thrown into treatment at a very young age 12 or 13 years old. I remember thinking if I need to stop using just to be a "good girl" it's not enough.

I've in some ways carried that thought process into my christian walk.

This principle of repenting to the fullfillment of not just an overcoming lifesyle for myself and others but repenting all the way to recieve the full destiny and see the destiny of others come to pass as we pull the whole deal of The Kingdom of Heaven to this earth!

In prayer before service we were crying out for the real deal God we want the real thing here God "what is it going to take" we want your fire to fall like never before in history God. We want the real drink served here. Give us new wine skins for the new wine God. Touch your people in this place...show us how you want us to pray God...

Our prayers were answered, "Pastor Randy is moving into incredible boldness and is so incredibly transparent and real, we love him!" We will stand behind him in prayer!

As I was saying our prayers were answered, we have a new revelation that the Holy Spirit can now use to direct us in prayer, to repent into what God has for this place and the people in this place to never stop repenting we are going all the way with you God, there is no other!!!

Iv'e heard it said before to live a life of victory you need to live a life of repentance. If your mind like mine was defining repentance just to be a good girl or a good boy, you know then that just was not enough. Then Iv'e heard it said also to repent is to change your mind and go another direction but if your mind is not changed about repentance and you do not get the revelation of repenting into your destiny, your mind will never be changed to go another direction. Wow!

How incredibly wonderful is the word of God, our Father, the work of Jesus Christ, the precious Holy Spirit and the manifestation of the Sons of God!!!

Thoughts about Daddy God

So this weekend I went home to say goodbye to my dad as he left for a Job with the government and not knowing how long he'd be gone, but knowing that the next time I'd be seeing him is at my wedding in November.

But one thing that we did was all of us at his goodbye party went around to say one thing that we appreciated about him. We don't have to wait for someone to die or for someone to leave in order for us to tell them how we feel about them. In fact we should be doing this regularily as the body of Christ. We all said differnt things, some said how they appreciated how my dad would drop everything and selflessly go to help with all things. Others were thankful for the ways that he encouraged those around him. Some who weren't family, were blessed by how he'd raised his children to be people of God.

And as I was in worship this morning I was thinking about the very same thing with our Daddy God. There are things I so appreciate about my Daddy in Heaven.

Here are some of those:

I appreciate that He doesn't rule us with an iron fist or with a sword, but He rules over us with love.

I appreciate how He picks me up time after time, when I fall, or am in need of His grace

I love how He loves me with out condition, or without need, he just does.

I love that He provides for my every need.

I love that He gives of himself without us deserving any of His love, but still He gives it.

I appreciate how He speaks to me, showing me time and time again that He loves me.

I love the example that He sets for us in His son Jesus. The example of what a good husband, father, mother, and child looks like.

I am eternally grateful for how He sent Jesus to die so that I might live, and share His kingdom with others.

I have so much to be thankful for. Should there be a limit to our thankfulness?
I think about the message we heard at church about the 10th leper who returned to show his thankfulness to Jesus. Yes Jesus had sent the 10 away to show themselves to the preist. but only one returned to the True High Preist to give the thank offering to a God who deserved his thankfulness.

Lord may our lives be like this leper, who having nothing, yet gained everything, only to lay it down again at the The Preist's feet. I want to be that Human tithe, I want to be the life expended for the Kingdom's expansion. Thank you Lord for revelation, In Jesus' Holy Name!

Just some thoughts to share...

• Every once in a while, History delivers up a violent one. One who will by force, change the status quo. One who defies the cultural norm. We see Michelagelo who worked as if unto God. We see the early Greeks who put into motion the spirit of democracy. An Idea by which we still live.

• I want to take you on a journey back into time. A time where life was quite a bit different than what we have come to know and expect. A life where people of many differing backgrounds would come together, and actually live together. In the days of these ancients were ideas and ideals that spoke to the human as a whole. It was in these days that men (philosophers) like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle would break the everyday mundane with thought that provoked the entire history of mankind into new ideas and ways of thinking. Many of these early ideas haven’t changed over the centuries. This ancient world was a world where families would live all together communally, with extended families and good friends all sharing the entire home as their own. It was commonplace for homes to have a large central courtyard where they could gather to drink and discuss issues of the day. It was in these courtyards that we see a violent one, Jesus talking and eating with men like Zacheus, it was in this type of setting that he was invited to heal the Rabbis dead or dying daughter. There wasn’t a sense of this is mine and you aren’t entitle to it. Nearly everywhere was considered a public space, except the inner part of the synagogue. For here you couldn’t enter as an unclean person. It was this idea that caused the man to stay at the sheep gate outside Solomons temple. It was this idea that caused early church leaders to drag a woman from her home, naked, and ashamed. It was this idea that a violent one came to change. This violent one named Jesus. The bible says that the kingdom of God suffers violence. What really does this mean? Does it mean that the enemy of our soul is acting violently on the Kingdom, or does it mean that other such violent ones are pummeling the walls of the kingdom to gain access to its contents? I suspect both, however it is my goal to inflict a holy violence on the treasure that God has entrusted us with. This is the violence in which Christ operates out of, a sense that if He doesn’t move, doesn’t bring about change, doesn’t transform lives than he hasn’t real purpose. You see people all fight to have purpose; we fight to scratch out our identity. We want to be valued and be valuable. We want to show the world how important we are. If not the whole world, certainly the world around us. An example of this can be seen in King Louis XVI, who wanted to be known as the “sun king” or Napoleon who wanted to be known as “The Holy Roman Emporer”. I ask what is it that you want to be known by? By what name do you find your value and your valor? There is no more a valuable name than the very name of “Jesus” or “Jeshua”. The very worth of this name contains a violence that devastates the untouchable places within us, within our souls. This one beautifully violent name, commands water to be silent, to become solid. He commands fish and loaves to be multiplied. This violent one turns the very notions of society completely on their heads. He isn’t interested in what we have come to know as political correctness, rather he seeks to inflict an entirely different set of values on the human race. The value of “Son-ship” to a “King”, the one and only King and Creator. There is no other violent one who has had such a violent impact on the gates of the kingdom since Jesus.

It's official!

Well it's officially started! The Firebrand School of Ministry is here and now we've been through almost two weeks of classes.

it's been an amazing journey since God originally gave the idea and concept to us a few months ago. But its here and we're expecting God to move in HUGE ways!

For more information about our school please visit the church's website at http://www.lwc1.com/ or check back here for more posts to follow!