Wilderness Outcry, 6/14-18

There is a significant gathering this June, where thousands will come to one place, in Missouri, to worship and pray, day and night, to cry out to God for revival in America.  Read the info below, and check out the website.  See if you can be there in mid-June!

The Outcry Story

John the Baptist became a "voice crying out in the wilderness, preparing the way" for the Lord. It is significant that God required John’s generation to leave the comforts of home and meet Him in the wilderness. And I believe that again today, there is an invitation from God to unplug from our modern conveniences, humble ourselves and, with undistracted devotion, seek only Him. That is what Wilderness Outcry is all about.

This summer, June 14-18, 2010, thousands from around the nation will come together in night and day worship, fasting and prayer, and crying out to God. The way the Holy Spirit has sovereignly orchestrated this gathering with dreams, God-encounters and supernatural events has been amazing. I feel it may end up being the most significant gathering I have ever participated in. This is not a conference or one ministry’s event. It is a joint effort of several leaders asking believers to come together in unity and consecration before a Holy God. I believe it will be a time like that talked of in 2 Chronicles 7:14,

"if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land."

During this critical season we must erase our denominational lines and individualistic thinking, and come together to call on God on behalf of our nation.

Through a series of "it could only be God" stories, Jerry and Sandra Murphy became the owners of a beautiful ranch near Poplar Bluff, Missouri: 444 County Road 543. Through the years, Jerry has prayed Isaiah 44:4 over this property and believed that a generation would one day gather there to cry out to God for awakening in America.

In September of 2009 Lou Engle (founder and leader of TheCall) and I stood on this property praying about the possibility of using it for just such a purpose. It is very hard to describe the feeling that overtakes a person as he or she steps onto this beautiful land—God’s presence is truly there. As Lou and I prayed, dreaming of thousands of people gathering there before the Lord, Lou, knowing nothing about Jerry’s prayers, suddenly began to exclaim, "this is Isaiah 44:4!"

God is indeed coming to Poplar Bluff, Missouri this summer to fulfill Isaiah 44:3-5, “I will pour out water on the thirsty…I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring…they will spring up like poplars by streams…one will say, ‘I am the Lord’s’…and another will write on his hand, ‘Belonging to the Lord’…” I truly believe this has the potential to help launch the Third Great Awakening in America. Be a part of God recapturing His dream for America. I assure you this is His idea—and He will come! It’s not a camp, it’s a consecration!

Suzy coming back to the NW!

Suzy Yaraei and her husband Kamran are coming back to Port Orchard, WA, in late October to lead a worship conference!

To register, CLICK HERE

Below is the information on the ministers/workshop leaders of the conference (and the respective title of the workshops).

Kamran Yaraei is a former Shiite Muslim from Iran who came to America through a series of miraculous events. His conversion to a Spirit-filled passionate Christian is an amazing testimony, which has led many into Jesus' love. He is a man who literally walks with God everyday and teaches from this intimate relationship imparting beautiful revelation of the love and passion of Christ.

Kamran speaks from His heart connection with God entertwining his testimony conversion from a Shiite Muslim to a lover of Jesus! His first book, “Food For The Heart” is an amazing compilation of His close walk with God and the conversations that spring from this relationship. Come to get your heart freshly lit for you first love, Jesus!

Suzy Wills Yaraei co-led the Worship Department of MorningStar Ministries in North Carolina with Leonard Jones for eight years. Prior to joining the MorningStar ministry team, she sang professionally with Reba McEntire, Wynonna Judd, and several other successful American recording artists. Her four CD's Simple, Shining, Spin and Praise is Beautiful are powerful tools for worshipers. Suzy's greatest desire in ministry is to help free people to worship God with abandon so they can discover who they truly are in Christ. She has a heart to teach and release all worshipers to flow in the power of the Holy Spirit during worship through prophetic and spontaneous song, sound, movement and art.

Suzy brings fresh prophetic revelation, joy and impartation through worship. She has a heart to see the body of Christ free to worship and sing unto the Lord a new song! She will sing prophetic songs, bring prophetic words and fresh praise we can all enter into together! Come ready to sing, dance and celebrate the joy of Jesus love for his church and the world!

Fathering Worshipers: Expanding your vision for strategies to build the worship and arts community for regional transformation.
Michael and Penny Proctor pastor Elisha's Request Ministries, a local church with a regional mission to help people encounter God's love and power.  They will impart a greatly expanded vision of how worship and the arts are key to establishing and growing the culture of the kingdom of heaven.  A must for pastors and leaders. 


Releasing God's Love and Power in the Marketplace: Training and outreach to love people and advance the kingdom.
Tyler Johnson and Mike Wallace are founding members of the Northwest's Dead Raising Team, and will teach how to practically minister the love of God in the marketplace with the expectation of miracles and the demonstration of power.  Tyler Johnson has studied theology and missions at Biola University, is a graduate ofBethel's School of Supernatural Ministry in Redding, California, and a member of International Fellowship of Ministries .Heis a hospital chaplain, speaker, and functions in healing, miracles, and prophetic evangelism. Mike Wallace has a passion and vision to gain the rare wisdom and revelation of God that few possess and fight with everything we have to make it common.

Keyboard Creativity in Worship: Unleash the power of creating and using new sounds that will enrich the worship experience.
Paulette Wooten, Suzy's band director, is a gifted musician, songwriter and singer.  Paulette will teach techniques for creating new sounds "on the fly" and leading worship from the keyboard.  She is a true artist that will give you a greater vision and impart creativity in worship.



Modern Electric Guitar in Worship: Expanding your concepts of how to enhance the worship experience with electric guitar.
David Puleo's electric guitar playing adds tremendous creativity to the worship band through both outstanding technique and the creative use of tone and effects.  David will teach modern guitar techniques, equipping worship guitarists with new tools.


The Worship Rhythm Section: How to build a solid foundation for creativity and liberty in worship.
Jesse Proctor and Bruce Norris play drums and bass respectively and have become experts at providing the solid rhythm section that is the foundation of any band.  Jesse and Bruce will teach the importance of the role of the rhythm section, and how drums and bass played well provide a musical backdrop allowing increased liberty for worship leaders, musicians, and the congregation to enter into greater creativity, freedom and expression in the Holy Spirit.

Capturing and Releasing Creativity: How to express what the Holy Spirit is saying both vocally and instrumentally.
Rebekah Proctor is an annointed keyboardist, outstanding songwriter and worship leader known for spontaneous creativity both musically and vocally.  Rebekah will teach how she "captures creativity" and "releases" the heart of heaven both instrumentally and vocally. She has been releasing the joy of heaven in prophetic worship for more than 10 years.

Vocal Training for Worship: Maximize the use of your voice to express your heart to God and God's heart to people.
Linsey Wallace has a wealth of vocal training experience, having performed in select vocal choirs and jazz groups since she was a teenager.  Linsey will teach how to develop your vocal technique and how to get the most from your God given talent.  Linsey is an outstanding singer and songwriter with a powerful anointing to lead people into God encounters.

Visual Prophetic Art: Expressing heaven's heart.
Natalie Duncan is a walking encourager of joy and creativity in life.  She heads up visual worship arts at ER Ministries.  Natalie will teach how to tap into what the Holy Spirit is saying and express visually the heart of heaven.  She will help artists differentiate between what is self-inspired and God-inspired.  Natalie's art has communicated and affirmed a 'present' word of God in meetings, echoing and enhancing worship, revelation and ministry.

Remembering a great spiritual hero, Jill Austin

Jill Austin passed away last night.  She was one of my favorite prophetic minister/speaker.  She was so fiery and anointed, and you would get "blasted" by God (in a good way) listening to her.  She was so sensitive to the Holy Spirit, so humorous, and so radical for the Lord.  She knew how the Holy Spirit wanted to move in a meeting, and signs and wonders and miracles and healings followed her preaching.  She also imparted to the people the heart of Father God.

Jill was a forerunner in creative worship arts.  She spread the message of the gospel through her drama and pottery.  She was also an author, and her books carries on her legacy.

Even though I was not able to see Jill minister live in person, I know, when all is said and done, we will meet her in our heavenly home.  May we carry on the torch that Jill set ablazed in her life, and impact the nations for the glory of God.

New CD release! Tears of Joy : instrumental soaking worship by Samuel Liu & Shujen Chen

On Sunday, November 23, 2008, my new instrumental worship CD was released!  This CD, titled, "Tears of Joy," with me on electric violin and my friend Mrs. Shujen Chen on keyboard, is probably the best soaking album that I have done.  The whole session was recorded live in a continuous flow, and everything was spontaneously improvised.
In the middle of the set, the Holy Spirit led us to launch into a spontaneous arrangement of "Nothing but the Blood," and at that moment the entire soaking set went up to a higher level in the Lord.  You would have to hear it and experience His presence for yourself.

If you would like to buy the CD, it's $10 plus shipping.  Just contact me and let me know how many you want to get.  Below is my official "notes" on the album, and the explanation of the Cover Photo (above).
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Tears of Joy is Samuel and Shujen’s second collaborative album, recorded in October 2008, two years after My Offering.  Recorded at Soaking in the Father’s Love Weekend at Word of His Grace in Bothell, WA, Tears of Joy is one continuous live soaking session.  Following the orchestration of the Holy Spirit, the music was entirely spontaneously improvised.  The violin and the keyboard flowed as one river, carrying the listener into deeper intimacy with Father God.  Even the pivotal track “Nothing but the Blood” was unplanned.  The heartfelt arrangement of this classic hymn by Robert Lowry can be only attributed to the Holy Spirit.

    Samuel explains the title, Tears of Joy.  “When this album was recorded, I was in the midst of five weeks of deep inner healing.  During this time God flooded in and ministered to my past wounds and hurts.  Embracing me through the brokenness, pain, and suffering in my life, His love brought healing and restoration, and I am set free to be!  So what you hear in Tears of Joy is my heart responding to Jesus in gratitude.  The music imparts healing and thanksgiving, joy and peace, and ushers you into the rest of God.  And truly, those who sow in tears will reap in joy.  ~Ps 126:5”

About the Cover Photo:
the children and their teacher out in the Russian countryside.

It’s a picture I (Sam) took on my first mission trip in 2000.  These beautiful children were orphans and street kids in St. Petersburg, Russia, rescued by the local Christian orphanage I was serving at.  I had the privilege to befriend them and share with them the love of God.  I took this photo in the final days of my month-long trip.  I don’t know where these children are now, but whenever I look at their faces in the picture, God brings back memories and tears of joy.

Samuel’s websites: lightamp.com , myspace.com/samliumusic
Shujen’s website: www.wwgmusic.net (Chinese)

Special thanks to: Brent Thompson, Bill & Linda Boone
Mastered by: Jeremy Reimherr
Produced by: May Ridaliste

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Track Titles:

1). Tears of Joy
2). Rising
3). Playful Procession
4). Free to Be
5). Nothing but the Blood
6). Rest
7). Longing for Him
8). Discovering
9). Everlasting

Amazing past Friday at Heaven's Sound conference!

This past Friday I went with my friends Beau, Relissa, and Theres to the Heaven's Sound worship conference in Port Orchard, WA.  This conference was led by one of my favorite worship leader, Suzy Yaraei, from my old church MorningStar Fellowship in Fort Mill, South Carolina, where I attended for over 2 years from 2004-06, before I moved to Seattle.
I was really excited to worship with Suzy again!  (She and her husband Kamran came around here last year as well)  This time they brough Paulette, the young keyboardist/worship leader from MorningStar with them, and it was a tremendously powerful time in the Lord.  Kamran preached the heart of God in the morning, and Suzy spoke at night.  All of us received supernatural breakthroughs and greater freedom than ever before!  I was even re-activated in the prophetic arts.  God is so good!

Below is a video of Suzy's live worship at MorningStar.  The Spirit of God is all over this song.  Watch it!  And the subsequent video is Kamran's personal testimony of how he grew up in Iran as a Muslim and yet met Jesus later on, and now that his life is radically on-fire for Jesus!