The Manna Reserve

A couple weeks ago a friend of mine told me about this amazing website that contains lots of free Christian resources available for download (MP3s, eBooks, etc.).
Just go to www.themannareserve.org to check it out!
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The Call Sacramento is coming up!

The Call Sacramento, a weekend of corporate worship, prayer, and fasting for America, is coming up 9/3-5, in the capital of California.  Click here to watch video clips by national church leaders on what The Call is and why you should go!

Katy Perry: 'I'm Still a Christian'

Just read this blog (text below) by Mark Moring, about current pop star Katy Perry.  Let's pray for her to truly know God, be transformed by the Father's love, and live out a life that is fully devoted to Him!

Eight years ago, I interviewed Katy Hudson for a cover story for our sister publication Campus Life, our now defunct magazine for teenagers. The story, titled "The New Girls of Christian Music," also featured Stacie Orrico, Rachael Lampa, Paige Lewis, and Joy Williams, all of whom went on to enjoy more successful careers in Christian music than Hudson. But today, all four could well be featured in a story titled, "Where Are They Now?"

Not so for Katy Hudson, who has since gone on to change her name to Katy Perry, becoming one of the biggest female pop stars in the world. I could hardly imagine, talking to the then 17-year-old Hudson, that she'd someday be an international music idol, in a sense. But even back then, she seemed to be seeking craving attention in unique ways. After a concert at a local church, she met people at her merch table with the words "I'm Katy" written on her forehead with a black Sharpie. She had also put a black star around a big zit on her chin (today, ironically, she's a pitchwoman for Proactiv acne treatment), and she'd blackened out a tooth.

At the time (that's her one and only Christian CD cover, at left), I wrote, "Katy Hudson's motto might well be, 'What you see is what you get.' And with Katy, you never know what you'll see. Or get." I described her as "a regular teen, trying to figure out faith and life and everything in between." And she told me, "I just want to be real. I'll never wear a mask."

She's not wearing much of anything in the brand-new cover story of Rolling Stone, an article titled, "Sex, God & Katy Perry." (Caution: The cover photo and several inside photos are quite steamy.) And she's not holding much back as she tells her story of growing up in a Christian home, of her brief dalliance with Christian music, her longing to be a pop star, her relationship with fiance Russell Brand, and her present-day beliefs.

RS writes that "one would think her religious past is behind her, but [Perry] still considers herself a Christian." She tells the magazine, “God is very much still a part of my life. But the way the details are told in the Bible—that’s very fuzzy for me. And I want to throw up when I saw that. But that’s the truth. . . . I still believe that Jesus is the son of God. But I also believe in extraterrestrials, and that there are people sent from God to be messengers, and all sorts of crazy stuff.

"I look up into the sky and I’m just mindf---ed — all those stars and planets, the neverendingness of the universe. I just can’t believe that we’re the only polluting population. Every time I look up, I know that I’m nothing and there’s something way beyond me. I don’t think it’s as simple as heaven and hell.”

Fascinating but also confused observations from a young woman (she's now 25) who is still trying to figure things out, having come out of a childhood in a Christian home where both parents considered themselves pastors and where speaking in tongues was commonplace. "My mom and dad practice ‘tongues and interpretation’ together—my dad speaks in tongues, and my mom interprets it,” Perry told RS. “That’s their gift.” The three children, including Katy, spoke in tongues as well. “Speaking in tongues is as normal to me as ‘Pass the salt. A lot of religions use meditation or chanting as a subliminal prayer language, and speaking in tongues isn’t that different—it’s a secret, direct language to God. If I felt intuitively that I had to pray for some situation, but I didn’t rationally understand it, I just let my spirit pray for it.”

Perry said that after her Christian label shut down and that it was clear that "my gospel career was going nowhere," she started writing love songs and pursuing a pop career -- not rejecting her faith in the process, but not exactly fully letting it define her, either. "Letting go was a process,” she said. “Meeting gay people, or Jewish people, and realizing that they were fine was a big part of it. Once I stopped being chaperoned, and realized I had a choice in life, I was like, ‘Wow, there are a lot of choices.’ I began to become a sponge for all that I had missed—the music, the movies. I was as curious as the cat. But I’m not dead yet.”

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Video: Tamara Lowe Rap

Watch this, it's really good.


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Upcoming IHOPNW event: Corey Russell

Corey Russell will be coming to Federal Way, WA.  He will be speaking and ministering at International House of Prayer Northwest soon.  Check out the info below for more details.


Friday, April 30th through Sunday, May 2nd  “The Eternal Glory of the Intercessor” with IHOP-KC’s Corey Russell.

Saturday Time: 1pm & 6pm (2 sessions)

Corey will also be speaking at the Friday PM and Sunday AM Encountering God Services (EGS).

From Genesis to Revelation, God has made it clear that when He manifests Himself on Earth, he desires active involvement of humans. He created men and women to partner with Him through intimacy and prayer. But the intimate relationship between God and humans was severed when Adam and Eve fell. Throughout the Bible, we see God searching for someone to stand in the gap between Himself and humanity, someone who could reconcile Heaven and Earth. In the fullness of time, God sent His broken humanity to be reconciled to God and gave them the glory and honor of being seated with Him in heavenly places. The purpose of the Cross was to join men and women with the eternal Intercessor in His perpetual ministry before the throne, both in this age and int he ages to come.

This series, in conjunction with IHOPU and IHOP-NW’s Forerunner School of Supernatural Ministry (FSSM) was designed to awaken believers to the glory of union with God and to the dignity of their calling to intercessory prayer. We have dominion and authority in the Kingdom of God through intimacy. Through knowing God, we understand His desires, and we intercede for those desires to be fulfilled. When we come into agreement with God’s heart and purposes by living lives of prayer and fasting, His will is released in the earth.

Registration Limited Due to Space. Please don’t wait to register, because we have a seating limit of 250.

Corey Russell is a senior leader at the International House of Prayer Missions Base in Kansas City, Missouri, where he lives with his wife, Dana, and their two children, Trinity and Mya. In addition to teaching at the Forerunner School of Ministry, Corey travels nationally, preaching on themes of intercession and the pursuit of the knowledge of God.

Video: Tim Tebow Prays at National Prayer Breakfast

Watch this video below of college football superstar, Tim Tebow, praying at the National Prayer Breakfast.  Tebow is a strong Christian and pro-LIFE!  Read the news article about Tim at the Breakfast here.

“Christian Elephants” Attack Persecutors in India

I just read this report from the Asia Harvest newsletter (you can read the full newsletter at this link ).

This report is very fascinating.  I've never heard of anything like it before.  Check it out below.

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In 2008, a severe persecution of Christians broke out in the Indian state of Orissa. The end result saw more than 500 Christians murdered, and thousands of others injured and homeless after their houses were reduced to ashes. As a result, Asia Harvest responded and helped the persecuted believers, including building homes for many families. Recently, a strange and dramatic event took place in Orissa, which has many people talking and wondering.

In recent months, herds of wild elephants have stormed villages that are home to some of the worst persecutors. In one village where in August a year ago the Christians had to run for their lives while their homes were being destroyed by rioters, a herd of elephants emerged from the surrounding jungle, the Restoration India Mission reported, “Exactly one year later, at the same time of the day, the persecutors had to run for their lives, from nothing less than a herd of wild elephants! These elephants first attacked a rock crusher machine owned by a key leader of the persecution movement. They then went on to destroy his house and farm. Gaining momentum, they rampaged through other non-Christian homes, demolishing gardens and singling out the homes of persecutors, leaving Christian homes untouched. People ran to the police station to report the disastrous news. In one case, a police jeep that attempted to drive away the herd was attacked and the occupants barely escaped. Truly, God is the avenger of the helpless. These strange attacks have spread, and according to a newspaper report the elephants have already destroyed more than 700 houses in 30 villages, and killed five people.

Nobody in this area has seen or even imagined the unique appearance of a herd of wild elephants such as this. The elephants are not ordinary elephants; they appear to be on a mission. Typically, smaller elephants enter a village first, appearing to survey the community. They then rejoin the herd, and larger elephants soon follow and get the job done. “Just what is their job?” you might ask. We think that it might have something to do with avenging the blood of martyrs. In fact, the fear of God has fallen on the local people, who have labeled these elephants, ‘Christian elephants.’”

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Matt Redman coming to OCC!

Matt Redman, Brenton Brown, and other well-known worship leaders are coming to Overlake Christian Church this weekend for a Christian Music Summit.  Check out the info here.
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Kim Walker Smith at Gig Harbor this weekend!

Here is the info:

Kim Walker Smith
Two Nights of Worship
& Impartation

Hosted by: First Love Church

Fri, Nov 13th
Sat, Nov 14th

Doors Open @6:30 PM
$5 Cover


Harbor Ridge Middle School
9010 Prentice Ave, Gig Harbor

For More Info:
www.firstlovechurch.com
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Powerful video testimony: Man died, met God, came back to life

Soaking in His Presence Weekend, 9/11-13...

...at my church, Word of His Grace, with Darrin & Daphne Clark from Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship.  I will be attending.  Below are the registration info:

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Thursday & Friday night at 7 pm, 9:30 am, 2 & 7 pm Saturday
Registration is $49 single, $89 couple.

Register online at www.tacf.org or call 866.500.0003
Weekend Topics
§ What is soaking?- Soaking is intimate time spent with Jesus
§ Hearing God's voice – Learn how to discern the voice of God vs. the voice of the enemy or your own thoughts

§ Father heart of God - This teaching will bring you into a deep revelation of the love of God as your Father
§ Intimacy with God – Learn how to cultivate intimacy with the Father so that you are able to run into His arms and let his love soak into your heart
§ The power of the Cross – See what Jesus went through and how much he suffered to pay the price for our sin
§ Performance - Learn how to walk in your inheritance as sons and daughters and not as orphans
§ The importance of forgiveness – Learn how to receive the freedom that comes as you forgive those who have hurt you

§ Contemplative prayer – Learn how to live out of your spirit not your flesh

Bill Johnson's moving defense of Todd Bentley Video

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Heaven invading Hollywood! This November!

God is releasing the sound of heaven over Hollywood through his anointed prophetic worship leaders!  For more information check out the website http://www.heaveninvadinghollywood.com/ !

"What's so great about Christianity" book

I just finished reading this book "What's so great about Christianity" by Dinesh D'Souza.  It is excellent, powerful, persuasive, insightful, and revolutionary.  I highly recommend it to anyone, Christians, atheists, skeptics, followers of other faiths, scientists, etc.  Go buy a copy at amazon.com , you'll enjoy reading it!