Ministry

So, I’ve pretty much been with John G. Lake Ministries for the past 4 months or so. We just had our annual conference and I would have to say that it was a big success. I will be editing and training someone how to edit using the conference footage. Lots of great messages by Joe Funaro, Tim Jorgensen, Curry and others. Definitely worth checking out.

I will be training people how to do the editing for two reasons: 1. We need to have people cross trained in different areas so that it can hopefully be done faster and more efficiently and leave room for some of the team to travel while others stay back and edit 2. I will be leaving on a trip at the beginning of November and will not be coming back to edit (I will probably be coming back to Dallas though)

I’m very excited for this trip because we will be relying on God to provide us with contacts and places to stay as we travel. We will be preaching the Gospel and just going about and doing good because God is with us. It’ll be awesome.

I have also decided to go to India either at the end of December or in January of next year. I have yet to decide how long I will be going for but I expect it to be for several months. Pretty exciting.

I am doing very well. The Lord is so gracious. I am thankful to be a son of God and am learning so much more about this all of the time.

Here are a couple of recent testimonies:

I was in downtown Dallas with a bunch of friends ministering in West End. I saw a man approaching leaning heavily on his cane. He seemed to be in a large amount of pain. I spoke to him and he told me that he had pain in his back and had surgery on his ankles and had screws in them which limited range of motion/flexibility. I prayed for him maybe three times after which he said that he was completely free from pain and had full range of motion. I can’t describe what his face looked like as I told him about Jesus and he told me that he wanted to get to know the One who had just healed his body. He was shocked/full of joy. It was so great. Glory to God.

This past Sunday I was at a church in Sherman, TX. It’s about an hour north of Plano, where I live now. Such a wonderful community. So loving. Anyway, one of the saints was saying goodbye to us as we were getting in our car. I noticed that he had a hearing aid and so I prayed for him. I prayed maybe 2 or 3 times and by the end he could hear me across the parking lot and he said it was the best it’s been since he was 18 years old. (He was maybe 40ish?) So awesome.

God is good. He confirms His Word. I might be blogging again soon. Maybe not. You’re loved!

Whirlwind of Activity

I love Jesus.

I  just got back from an awesome trip so I figured that I should write about it. I got to go to the Rhema Campmeeting 2011 in Tulsa, OK. The highlight was definitely listening to the speakers. I got to hear Kenneth Hagin Jr., Charles Cowan, Darrell Huffman and Mark Hankins. I would have to say that Charles Cowan was my favorite. He taught on the fundamental elements of faith and believing. AWESOME. A lot of us “charismatic” “tongue talkers” have heard so much about healing and the power of God… sometimes it’s just nice to revisit the basics and hear about CONVICTION and BELIEVING! I really appreciated it. Check Cowan out at http://www.victoriousliving.org/

Went to Jim Hockaday’s church and heard him speak about healing. It was pretty great. Really lines up with Scripture and sounds a lot like the JGLM message in my opinion. He spoke about how when we have JESUS, we have LIFE. We have the very life of God in us and that is what gives life to our mortal bodies. Anyway, it was cool to hear this from a different perspective. Check him out at http://jimhockaday.com/

Also, I got to go down through Austin and San Antonio to Corpus Christi to help a brother move his family up to Dallas. Everything here at JGLM is getting better all the time and I know that the Lord is really just uniting us as a family before the intense work ahead. I’m stoked.

I will be heading to Chicago on Tuesday, August 2nd for the Jesus Culture Awakening conference. Life has been busy lately but I’m definitely loving it.

The gospel is being preached but our efforts must increase. There are people dying. We need to go out and reach them. Nothing else matters. Anything that I do to learn must be put into practice and be for the purpose of spreading the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. I love Him! He’s worth it.

Back in Plano

Got back from the trip to Michigan a couple of days ago. It went great. Went from Texas to Arkansas to Tennessee back to Arkansas to Missouri to Illinois to Indiana to Michigan. Whoo…

It was a lot of fun getting to see all of these places but the most powerful part of it all was seeing people get free at the conference in Hudsonville, MI. Strongholds and imaginations and doctrines of devils and traditions of men were torn down. Bodies were made well. Lives were touched by God.

Personally, I’m growing a whole lot. My faith in God is stronger than it’s ever been. I know I’m blessed (Ephesians 1:3) and now expect to see the manifestation of that wherever I go. It’s my Dad’s good pleasure to give me the kingdom. It’s not by my works or even my sowing. It’s Him. What does that mean? It means I can do more, give more and meet more of other people’s needs because what is His is mine so I’ll never run out. Awesome.

We got to go through Zion, IL and see John Alexander Dowie’s house. Really cool stuff.

On the way back to Texas we went through Iowa and Missouri. In Iowa a crazy ridiculous storm hit so Adam and I told it to move aside. It did. We were suddenly in the eye of this thing with lightning all around but only a tiny bit of rain on us. The wind stopped pretty much completely. When we got to the hotel it was done. If you think I’m crazy for saying that we calmed a storm in the name of the Lord, Oh well.

The next day, we got to go through IHOP in Kansas City. Cool place overall.

Anyway, God is good.

I’m excited to see what’s next. Excited to go to Chicago in August.

Video and Michigan?

Back in Plano. Arkansas trip went really well and already I’m planning to maybe head out to Grand Rapids, MI with the ministry on Sunday or Monday. If we do go, we might have a chance to go through Zion, IL which would be awesome. Just the number of people who went through there when Dowie was in control is astounding. John Lake and F.F. Bosworth are just a couple of the guys influenced by the move of God and power being displayed in that town back then. I hear that the town is completely different than it was back then but I’m still excited to see it, if I get to go.

I’m working on editing the video for the New Man seminar and it’s going really well. I hope it’s something that will impact the Church in a big way. I’m excited and thankful to be a part of it.

Been out here just two weeks but am definitely feeling very invested in what’s going on. Great people. Great mission. Great God!

If you feel like praying for me, please just pray that I would have wisdom to make good decisions and strength to continue in the work of the ministry.

I am a blessed man. :-)

New Man

I’m in a hotel room in Searcy, AR about to go to sleep. Tomorrow, JGLM is having the New Man seminar. I’m very excited to be a part of it, for many reasons. It’s a great opportunity to see the behind the scenes workings of a ministry and how these things work. It’s great to be doing video stuff for this and to be traveling.

Above those things is the message that Curry will be delivering tomorrow. The New Man seminar is based on the Pauline Revelation of redemption and of the new, spiritual man. Powerful, necessary and almost unbelievable revelation of Christ in you, the hope of glory.

This is the message E.W. Kenyon, John G. Lake and so few others understood. The veil is being lifted from the church’s eyes, so to speak, and it’s about time. I’m excited. This is huge.

Testimonies

Last night we went to downtown Dallas and prayed for some folks.

Jose’s leg grew out and his long time stomach problem was fixed. He was so moved that he told us about his relative in Mexico who’s in the hospital. We’ll be praying for him. He didn’t tell us about his hearing problem until he was boarding a bus but we prayed real quick and I’m sure he’s good to go!

Prayed for Steve. He had arthritis in his knee. He moves furniture for a living. He wouldn’t test it out.

Maria, the evangelist from Hawaii, had back pain. She felt better when we were done.

Celeste, waitress, said we made her day when we blessed her on her future endeavors and her trip to Spain. Needs financial provision. Prayed for that.

Brother and sisters from Victory Outreach were out preaching and we prayed for Brother Mike. His sore throat was better after prayer.

We prayed for a woman on a motorized scooter. She wouldn’t test her legs out.

We prayed for others too. Was a good night.

Plano

I’m sitting in the living room of the house I’ll be living in for at least the next couple of months. It was a long drive from San Mateo, CA to Plano, TX. Stopped a few times. Some places were familiar and some were definitely not. I had a lot of time to reflect on life, especially the new life that I’ve been living since January 2009. The Lord has carried me through many difficult things since then. By the grace of God, I am no longer the things that I thought I was destined to be. I am new. I’m learning how to act based on that and not based on my emotions or memories. It’s difficult sometimes, but worth it.

Anyway, the drive was great. Didn’t wear me out too much. I actually keep feeling like I need to tell people that it wore me out cause that’s the thing to do… Kinda funny. I actually felt fine pretty much the whole way.

I arrived in Plano at around 4:30pm and met the guys I will be living with. Godronically enough, the guy who has been doing the video/audio editing moved out this morning. Crazy how God set that up. I think I could help out quite a bit in that area. It’s all for JGLM (www.jglm.org).

Tonight we got to go out and minister to people in downtown Dallas. So much fun. I’ll post more about that later. As always, I post tons of pics on FB. Check them out if you wish.

Grace, love, peace and truth

Texas/ My Pops

So, I’m moving to Texas tomorrow and I think the story of how that was decided is a good one. Here it goes:

I went down to a conference in Victorville, CA a couple of weeks ago. The conference was a DHTT (Divine Healing Technician Training, see www.jglm.org). I went down there not having a place to stay or any connections at all. When I arrived, I met the pastor of Desert Rock Church in Victorville who gave me an awesome place to stay completely free of charge. Along with that came the opportunity to meet Curry Blake, head of John G. Lake Ministries. Long story short, I was invited out to Dallas, put in my notice at work two days later and now I’m about a day away from hitting the road.

A lot more happened that weekend… most of which took place in my heart. God did a work in refreshing and renewing my faith in His provision and His ability to manifest His goodness in a yielded life. Along with providing me with a place to stay and an opportunity with JGLM, he gave me a fighting chance at a restored relationship with my father.

The day after the conference, I drove to Los Angeles and spent a few hours with my dad. I hadn’t seen my dad in a little over 10 years. It was honestly a great time of just being together. I also got to spend time with my little brother and sister (21 and 18, so not so little) whom I hadn’t seen in even longer.

I believe that it was the start to something great and I plan to see them tomorrow on the way to TX.

I’ll write a little more about the purpose of this blog later… The gist is that God makes all things new when you come to Christ. We just need to live and walk that out… so I’m not needing revival. I am revived. It’s the world that needs revival and we, as Christians, are here to bring it.

Btw, At the conference, a woman with MS was completely healed, instantaneously. Another woman who hadn’t been out of bed in several years was up and walking around the room. Beautiful stuff.

Until next time.

Iz