House of Friends Newsletter (March)
One of the areas of my life I’ve been a little bit silent about is my involvement with House of Friends. House of Friends is a group of people that was brought together by this guy in January of 2008 in an attempt to launch missions movements all over the earth in the context of orphanages, night and day prayer, and church planting.
Since I’m a huge fan of caring for the poor, touching the nations, night and day prayer and church planting, being involved was real no-brainer for me. I’ve been shocked at what Jesus has allowed us to be part of even though we aren’t very large. This summer I’ll be part of a team going to Ethiopia to scout out some possibilities for more involvement there. (You’ll probably here more about this later.)
Anyways, I’m going to make an effort to provide the cause a little more cover here on the blog, starting with publishing the most recent newsletter. There is actually a little more in-depth article about our time with Gizaw and John Gross which I talked about here and a lot of information about how you can get involved helping widows, orphans, and the lost of the nations. If you’re interest is piqued, you can check out our website here or join our cause on Facebook here.
Check out the newsletter here. I will post more as they become available.
“Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. (James 1:27)“
What does it mean?
I just found this on Alan Hirsch’s blog. My question for you is this: What does the information presented in this video mean for us? What does it mean for us as believers living at the end of the age? How does it change how we perceive and do mission at the end of the age? Can what’s happening all around us further the Jesus movement we’re called into and to extend? What does it mean? And how do you respond?
God’s Heart For Restoration
Last summer I wrote a short history of the Lakeland Revival that was hosted by Ignited Church and lead primarily by Todd Bentley. For reasons I may look at shortly, this is still the most popular page on my blog. My intention was that when I had a little more time I would write an appeal to the body of Christ at large to pray for Todd and his restoration to ministry. My appeal never “made it to print” but the reality that Todd needs people praying to be restored has not changed.
I bring all this up for this reason: Todd has begun the restoration process. Todd has now moved to Morningstar Ministries in the Carolinas and is working with Rick Joyner and their team to repent and be restored. I applaud this step. No matter what you think about Todd, being big enough to admit mistakes and submit to a restoration process in a sign of great humility. I also applaud Rick and his team for being willing to take this head on.
Please begin to pray for Todd and his family as he begins this process. Pray for Morningstar as they take this new step forward in their calling. The level of warfare they experience will surely increase. Whether you agree with everything Todd does or not, he caries a genuine gift of miracles that we haven’t really operated in here in the West. God was forming a gift in Todd to give to the larger body of Christ. His restoration will be of great importance.
Below you’ll find the first of several video updates Rick and Todd are doing to keep the body of Christ up to date on the process. I hope that you’ll use them to interceed for the situation on a more personal level. More video updates can be found here.
We in the body must be about restoration of those who have fallen, no matter how seemingly significant or insignificant they are. We may not in a place to restore a Todd Bentley, but most of us know someone who needs restoration and ALL of us can pray. The days will come when many will be falling away from their walk with the Lord and many will not return to Him. But some will find mercy and for those that do, we must prepare now. Please, join with me in praying for Todd and extending mercy to others around us. I believe the Lord will be pleased.
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Pursuing Glory 