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June 22, 2014 | El Dorado

Jesus: Part 7: Supremacy of Jesus Over Sin, Sickness, and Satan

Part 7 of the series about Jesus' supremacy over all things.


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Sunday School : John 21
Testimonies : Bert Anderson

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June 18, 2014 |

Prayer & Evangelism: R.A. Torey

The most important human factor in effective evangelism is PRAYER, Every great awakening in the history of the Church from the time of the Apostles until today has been the result of prayer. There have been great awakenings without much preaching, and there have been great awakenings with absolutely no organization, but there has never been a true awakening without much prayer.   And not only has it been demonstrated over and over again in a large way that widespread revivals are the certain outcome of intelligent and prevailing prayer, but in smaller circles the power of prayer has been demonstrated over and over again. In a very obscure village in the state of Maine, where apparently nothing was being accomplished by the churches, a few earnest Christian men got together and organized a prayer band. They selected apparently the most hopeless case in all the village and centered their prayers upon him, importuning God for his conversion. The man was a drunkard and a wreck. In a short time the man was thoroughly converted. Then the praying band centered its prayers upon another man, the second hardest case in the village, and he was converted; and so the work went on until about 200 were converted in a single year.

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June 15, 2014 | El Dorado

Jesus: Part 6: Supremacy of Jesus in our Families

Sam and Amy preach together about the supremacy of Jesus in our families.

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Sunday School : John 16
Testimonies : Shem Hatfield

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June 11, 2014 |

The Sun Has Not Set On America

Amy and I just returned from celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary in Washington D.C. We dove deep into the rich history of our nation which is saturated with acknowledgement of the Lord and His Word. It was refreshing to see all of the scripture quotations in the speeches of our past leaders, but it also highlighted that we live in a very different culture now.

It does not take much discernment to see that our nation has turned more and more secular while becoming less and less spiritual. The moral decay rots the very fabric of our culture as we seem to get "richer" and "smarter" while all along the crescendoing cry of independence from Jesus increases day by day. The law of sin and death is operating at a corporate level as we choose to be wise in our own eyes and redefine love and truth in our own terms. 

In a Romans 1 fashion, the wrath of God is being manifested as the Lord "turns us over" again and again to our own ways. His absence increases the presence of our depravity which in the end will kill the individual and eventually the nation.

Some say it is too late. They say that our day is over and that we have passed the point of no return. And though it is bad, I personally cannot agree with this because of the revelation of scripture. The scriptures reveal a line of Ninevahs, Ahabs, and Sauls- who all hated the Lord but turned through His intervention. Humility and repentance opened up a wide door of grace that manifested in the salvation of many. 

I believe that the sun has not set on our blessed nation. The greatness of His mercy and the great unlimited potential of prayer tell us not to give up. Let us press in for a sweeping revival that would put our nations greatest days ahead of her, instead of behind her.

Praying for America,
Sam

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June 08, 2014 | El Dorado

Jesus: Part 5: The Supremacy of Jesus as Head of the Church

Ryan Vandenberg preaches on the church being the body of Jesus who is the head.

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Sunday School : John 15
Testimonies : Samuel McVay III
Testimonies : Discipleship: Dick Kuhns

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June 04, 2014 |

Jesus Supreme in All Nations

Jesus Supreme in All Nations 
This Sunday was a unique Sunday in our history because we had a blessed brother from India with us who is now giving all of his life to discipling India for Jesus. 

Below is the link to a sermon/dialogue/testimony between myself and Shanmugam. At the end there is a special time of me praying for India in English, and Shanmugam praying for America in Tamil language. May the Lord bless both of our nations. 

We share about Jesus being Supreme in every nation from Psalm 96 and hear of the amazing salvation of this past lower-caste slave Hindu boy who was transformed by Jesus into a saved and free son of the living God. 

Enjoy the blessed time of sharing and prayer,

Sam

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June 01, 2014 | El Dorado

Jesus: Part 4: The Supremacy of Jesus in the Nations

Shanmugam, from India, gives his testimony. Then Sam and Shanmugam preach a message together about Jesus being supreme in the nations.

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Sunday School : John 5

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May 28, 2014 |

India for Jesus

India for Jesus
India is 1/4 the size of America with 4 times the amount of people. Near 33% of the people eat just one meal a day. In 2011 it was reported that only 2.3% of the 1.3 billion people in India were Christian. Also, India has just elected a strong Hindu man that is very anti-Christian, so persecution has already risen and will continue to rise. Obviously, this is a nation in great need of Jesus. 
 
This week we have an apostolic brother here from India who has been beaten for his faith in Christ many times. He spends his life making disciple all over India, as well as a few surrounding countries, as he praises God for the privilege to suffer for Christ's sake. He was saved out of a life of idolatry in Hinduism while living in a village of 4000 people where there were no known believers. Since that time his whole family has come to Christ as well as many in his village.  The Lord has used this humble man to plant many house churches as well as to train over a thousand leaders in the ministry. He has been one of our main partners in the mission to disciple the nation of India. 

I have had the privilege of spending full days with this precious brother going to discipleship meetings, prayer meetings, house church meetings, prophetic meetings, as well as spending hours digging deep into the word together.

He is being treated like royalty at Bert and Jan Anderson's house this week. And he also loves to spend time with Pate and Josh bonding over computer games:)

 May the Lord use this time to accelerate his glorious purpose in India. Jesus will one day rule India and it is our prayer that it is heavily populated!

Shanmugam will be sharing this week at both New Life services and I know you will be blessed.

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May 26, 2014 | El Dorado

Keystone Training Report

Our flight on Sunday night out of Denver got cancelled due to the lack of a flight crew, so we suffered for Jesus at a 4-star hotel on United Airlines tab. 
Arrived Monday evening in keystone and immediately went to a 3 hour testimony time, where all 30 international leaders shared their personal stories, ministry objectives, and prayer requests. This was especially helpful for us in that we could get to know about each one  in a very short time. 
Sam & were amazed at the stories of persecution and suffering these precious brothers and sisters shared. Many had been literally beaten and/or socially persecuted for their faith. One Indian brother asked prayer for "faith like the disciples to be willing to die for Jesus" when he got home. Wow. 
This testimony time gave us a good opportunity to prophetically watch and pray as each of these leaders stood in front of us. 
Tuesday was a very full day. And, as we had prayed when our flight was delayed, God accomplished more in 1 day than we could in 2 (or 200). 
We worshipped with the group, then Sam taught the first session on the Apostolic Focus of the Supremacy of Jesus. This was a simple, straightforward call that I believe really blessed these internationals who were on the tail end of 1 month of daily teachings and study, that had possibly overwhelmed them. 
Sam & I prayed through lunch because of the weight of importance on the next session on being a Prophetic Community. (We both felt weak and particularly unable to do anything good without the immediate help of the Spirit).  Sam then did a 20 minute teaching on the prophetic and then we led them in a lab time. For the next hour or so we prophesied to everyone in the room. It was the "uncorking" time we'd prayed for. Too many words to recount now, but I believe all were refreshed by this ministry time, and many had life-changing, confirmation-type words. 

After this, Sam had one more teaching session on the Second Coming of Jesus- but he was having a difficult time on getting the Spirit's direction. Even though the prophetic time had been so good, there was still a bit of static to work through. We waited and prayed, got a word and he got faith to speak from his heart.  
He began the 3rd session prophetically teaching them about what had just happened to him! He Spoke about how Elijah heard The Lord in a whisper, and how we MUST be careful to guard against our propensity to look for The Lord in the earthquake, wind and fire. And that we must be willing to wait to hear the small whisper. ( this was very good, and was the release of faith we'd prayed for)
Sam then taught the rest of the session that afternoon on the 2nd coming. At the end of that session, Sam asked everyone to stand who was going out to minister to an unreached people group. 
EVERYONE in the group stood up!!  We believe this represents 30-50 new people groups (as some of these leaders have multiple).  
Sam walked through the group hugging and thanking them for not only blessing those people groups, but for helping speed the day of The Lord and bringing Matt. 24:14 to fulfillment. This was awesome. 

Tuesday evening we had a great dinner with Richard where we prophesied to him regarding a word we received for him about the Keystone ministry and then got updates from him on how we can serve them in prayer. (By the way, there has been MUCH kingdom order brought at Keystone since our last visit in September - thanks to answered prayer). 
After dinner, we visited the college intern housechurch where we worshiped with about 12-15 of them and Keystone staff. Sam taught on spiritual gifts, spirit-soul-body, and the prophetic. Then we prophesied to all of them for an hour or so. Again, too many words to recount, but a very powerful, anointed time from our perspective. Total of about 2-3 hours with them. 
After that, Sam had great late-night meeting with LJ Evers, keystone's #2 guy who leads a discipleship movement on the front lines in inner-city Houston. Sam encouraged him and had a fruitful talk. 
Wednesday morning Sam gave a spontaneous and needed word about spiritual gifts, personal holiness, and then taught on the Lord's Prayer. Then had everyone pray individually for a while. 
After that, we ministered to more pastors and headed to the Rapid City airport - where we found out our Denver flight was cancelled due to tornados and hail @ DIA. 
NOW, we're driving through Nebraska in a rental car as we play planes, trains and automobiles. (Sam is John Candy) 
Thanks for the prayers. 

Jonathan Brickley

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May 25, 2014 | El Dorado

Jesus: Part 3: The Reign of Jesus

The supremacy of Jesus is manifested as the Reign of Jesus, which is the controversy of nations, cities, and our hearts.

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Sunday School : Ephesian 6
Testimonies : Dana Vallejo