October 2019 Prayer Letter
Dear Free Indeed Intercessors, Winsome Love for Jesus Softens My Heart Friday mornings are when Joel Endress and I regularly meet. But last Friday was no ordinary meeting. I asked Joel, “Where are we as Free Indeed Ministries and where are we going?” I didn’t record his answer; I wish I had. He spoke of the unity that we have on our team, the passion for the body of Christ to be one, and a God-given gift to help that happen. Then he spoke, as he always does, of his King Jesus with such love and tenderness. He rattled off so many...
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Dear Free Indeed Intercessors, August was an encouraging, faith-building and refreshing month Not too long ago, I started blessing my wife morning and evening with the words God told Aaron to speak over the Israelites to place his name on them so that he would bless them. These blessings were helping her through a rough patch. Numbers 6:22-27 Then I read the blessing Romans 15:13 one day in The Passion Translation and sensed that it would also enliven Robby. It did. It became my morning blessing over her every day. We both find it...
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Two ladies were on our team of four sharing the love of Jesus. Dear Free Indeed Intercessors, Jesus went around doing good and healing… And you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. Acts 10:38 NLT Several times during June and July, I’ve gone out someplace in the city with small teams of younger people, starting with the Awaken Northwest Workshop. Our goal is always to do good and heal like Jesus...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, Knitting the body together in love… by re-connecting and updating with Daniel’s family of origin and the body of Christ in Spokane Preparing for and participating in these two gatherings left us a little tired, but ever so satisfied. The live wires at our Grether family reunion were the eleven in the youngest generation, ages 16-8. They ate and played together happily and found bodies of water (pools, a lake, and a river) to swim in day and night. What a joy it was to watch these children from Texas,...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, The strongholds are coming down! “The strongholds are coming down!” was part of Joel’s prayer-declaration as we concluded our visit at noon Friday. All of his prayer was full of Holy Spirit, but this phrase was highlighted in my spirit. Victorious faith was revived as Joel prayed. Little did I know how quickly this prophetic declaration would soon bring great freedom. That same afternoon, my accountability partner and I met. We both needed to and did speak openly and honestly about our current...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, Confession of Specific Sins A solid but neglected principle of discipleship and harvest was highlighted to me by a new friend’s testimony this month: confession of specific sins in the presence of another. (James 5:16) This has power to cleanse us from bondages. My thoughts go back to many accounts of agonizing confessions of sins like those in the young church in Korea. It hit me that this practice is often not a part of how we lead someone to Christ. My new friend pointed me to a video of a ministry...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, Our hearts are so blessed by the delightful, surprising, rich connections with the Lord’s kids this month. Let me share just two. We were in Costco Friday evening and Randy Artz came up and greeted me warmly. I introduced him to my wife Robby and he introduced us to his wife Sheena. They were preparing for the ninth weekly dinner they’ve served with live music and a brief message of Good News at the West End Community Center of the Spokane Tribe Reservation. They both have Native American heritage and...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, During the Sonrise Apostolic Meeting our plenary speaker spoke every day about the good news of King Jesus and the kingdom of God that is now active and advancing on planet Earth. Jesus said, “I will build my Church,” but that is what we usually try to do. He told us instead to proclaim the good news of the kingdom. There was such a group of kingdom-minded people at the meeting sharing testimonies with all of us that we experienced many vivid examples of what our speaker was saying. All of this...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, The most important news in this new year has to be an increased awareness of the incredible value of regular extended Abiding in Christ as fruitful branches in the vine, fresh revelation in the word and greater face-to-face intimacy with King Jesus. I’ll share just one tiny example. I don’t think I’ve ever been so emotionally undone and brought to tears as when I recently looked up into Jesus’ face and he immediately conveyed a personal message beyond words to me of his love, close relationship and...
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Dear Free Indeed Ministries Intercessors, Holy Spirit was very active in us and our area in December. Let’s jump right into what our awesome King Jesus did. Answered Prayers for December 2018 Answers in italics. *Asterisk: not requested, but answered. *December 1-2: Stephen Mbogo, the CEO of African Enterprise from Kenya, was with us in Spokane, thanks to our son-in-law, Jamie Morrison, Executive Director of African Enterprise USA. Stephen is a powerful evangelist and strategist for additional kingdom work in Africa. December 3: Mondays...
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