Ministry in Nicaragua

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Yvette

Hello everyone,

I will be on a ministry trip for two weeks in Bluefields, Nicaragua.  Three other ladies and I will be holding a women´s conference from Oct 26 to Nov 9th.   We will also be traveling to other communities via panga (dug out canoe) to minister in the remote villages.  

Some of the villages we will be ministering in are:  Pearl Lagoon, Tasbapounie, Orinoco, Brown Bank and Ratipura.  This is my first time in Bluefields, and I am looking forward to it. 

We will in Bluefields the first week, and the second week we will be visiting the villages  I just mentioned.   From what I understand, some villages do not have electricity and this will be an adventure.  I have my mosquito repellent packed!

Because the area is in deep poverty, we have to provide our own transport and expenses.  We are blessed as we have a place to stay at while we are in Bluefields.  

If you are able to donate  any funds for this ministry trip, I certainly appreciate it very much.  If not, then your prayers are just as important.    To make a donation, please  enter your gift amount at the pay pal button located at the left margin.

Thank you for your prayers and your blessings while I am on this trip.  I will be sure to report back to you when I return.

Blessings to all.

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The Girl only Sleeps

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Yvette

Mar 5:40 And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying.

In this passage above, Jarius  the ruler of the synagogue in Capernaum had asked Jesus to see his daughter, as she is  to the point of death.    Jesus began to follow him, but then the woman with the issue of blood showed up on the scene.  As she had touched Jesus garment, she  was healed and  caused a delay in Jesus arriving to see the young girl.

I imagine that there may have been other distractions, as the word says that there was a  multitude thronging Him, which means that there was a crowd on all sides of Jesus, probably making it difficult to walk and get through.

During this time, Jarius receives word that his daughter has died, and not to trouble the teacher any further.

When Jesus arrived at the home, he found the people wailing and weeping loudly.  He then asked them why they are making all this commotion, that the girl is not dead, but only sleeping.

When Jesus said those words, that she was not dead but only sleeping, He was ridiculed.

How many times have you been ridiculed by what the Lord shows you? Have you been brave and bold to step up and declare, the Lord has shown me this?

When Jesus arrived at the wailing crowd, I noticed that he immediately took control.  He was able to put everyone outside, in other words he got them out of the house, he put out distraction and commotion from His midst.  He only allowed the childs parents, and the three that were with Jesus,  which were Peter, James and John inside the girls room. It was then that Jesus commanded the girl to rise, and she did, and all were in amazement.

There are those around us that will not believe what we hear and see in the spirit.  Jesus was ridiculed, and we can only expect the same.  As like with Jesus, the Lord proved Himself faithful, and the same will happen to us. 

Jesus stood firm on his conviction of who He was and all that the Father had put into Him.  He took control of the wailing crowd, and we will have to do that as well at some point in our lives.

May you be greatly blessed.

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Speaking His Words

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Yvette

Mark 14:70 Surely you are one of them, for your speech shows it. 

Have you ever been in a party, and you decide to join a group joking and laughing around, only to find out  their speech would not be appropriate for Sunday morning?  

How about those that are negative, and everything around them is doom and gloom.  For me, those are the most difficult type of people to be around.  

A few weeks ago we sold an article that was posted in the classifieds.  When the couple and their friends arrived to look at it, it did not take long for  us to realize that they were   believers.  They did not wear crosses or Jesus T-shirts, nor did they carry a Bible in their hands.  Their car had no christian bumber stickers either. 

What gave them away was their speech. 

In the passage above, Peter was denying Jesus.   The servant gir recognized that he was follower of Christ because his speech showed it.

While this passage is talking about Peter´s  dialect, I would  liken it to the way we conduct ourselves speaking.    

As followers, we are to reflect Christ in all we do.  It may be visiting a friend, a phone call, cooking a meal or something as simple as an encouraging and uplifting conversation.

So my question to you is, what does your speech reflect?    Does it show Jesus or a party?  Can perfect strangers say that you are one of them, because your speech shows it?

For me, that would be the best complement ever.

 May you be richly blessed this day.

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Throw Aside your Garment

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Yvette

Mark 10:50 And throwing aside his garment, he rose and came to Jesus.(NKJ)

This passage of Mark tells the story of blind Bartimaeus who sat by the road begging.  When Jesus passed through town, Bartimaeus heard of it and began to cry out for Jesus to have mercy on him.

Those around him told him to be quiet, but hearing this he began to cry out all the more.

Then something happened.  Jesus took notice of him.  The word says that Jesus stood still, stopped what He was doing and commanded for Bartimaeus to be called.

Once Bartimaeus found out that Jesus heard him, he did three things.

  • He threw aside his garment
  • He rose
  • He came to Jesus

There will be a time in our life when a simple prayer will not do.  Our prayer request will not be answered in an appropriate time frame that we desire, and we will need to cry out all the more to Jesus.  Perhaps we need to get on our knees, or lie on the ground, but whatever we need to do, we need to do it.

When Bartimaeus found out that Jesus heard him, he threw off his garment, his cares, his problems, his blindness. Everything that was put on him was now being removed by the Son of God.

Bartimaeus then took action.  He rose.  He got up and went to Jesus. He did not hesitate.  He heard the call and came to his feet.  How many times do we hear the Lords plan upon our life? Many of us stop, listen and stay there.

Bartimaeus then exercised faith.  He took that first step towards Jesus and the moment he threw off his garment he knew that he would receive his sight, his miracle.

I dare say that many of us may not even cry out to Jesus.  We prefer to listen to the voice that says be quiet, your too loud, Jesus will never pay attention to you.  When we hear the enemy say that, that is when we increase our prayer time to the Lord.  Also when the enemy begins to tell us to be quiet, our answer draws near.

When Bartimaeus was with Jesus face to face, Jesus did not even lay hands on him. His request was already answered before he arrived because of his prayers, faith, perserverance and action.  Bartimaeus  immediately received his sight.

Are you believing for your prayers to be answered?  Jesus answers every prayer,  sometimes we just need to get  louder, pray longer and when the enemy tells you to be quiet,  get louder and drown out his voice until the only voice you hear will be Jesus declaring to you that your faith has made you well.

May you be richly blessed this day.

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Flowing in Power, Signs and Wonders

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Yvette

Mark 9:23 Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”

In reading about the life of Stephen, I asked myself this question.  How would I like to be full of faith and power, and do great  wonders and signs among the people?  (Acts 6:8)  Do you know that this is possible, even today, especially today?

I have some good news for you.  Flowing in the power that Stephen did is available to us right now.   To  understand  about the faith that Stephen operated in,  listed  are  types of faith described in Scripture.

Saving Faith  – Romans 5:1

Saving faith involves true repentance from sin.  We must hear, believe and personally accept the message of the Gospel.   Faith is a gift of God to man to enable us to be saved.

Sanctifying Faith – Galatians 2:20

Sanctifying faith enables us to live a holy life after receiving Jesus as Savior.  We must experience saving faith in order to receive sanctifying faith.

The Gift of Faith  1 Corinthians 12:8-9

The spiritual gift of faith has the special ability to believe God.  We know that God is going to do the impossible.  We can exercise the type of faith when others around us do not believe.

The Fruit of Faith  Galations 5:22

The fruit of faith is not something you can develop yourself.  It is a spiritual fruit developed in your life by the Holy Spirit.

Faith as a fruit is a character. It is an attitude of faith towards God.  It is developed through the process of His  life within you bringing you spiritual growth.

How to increase faith

We can increase our faith through hearing the Word of God.  So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.   Romans 10:17

Stephen was a man who kept company with the apostles and disciples.  He was probably with them when they told the stories of Jesus and his miracles.  I can imagine that these stories never ceased.  Stephen was  hearing the word of God, because Jesus is the word.

By hearing the word, Stephen´s  faith began to increase.   The word became so much a part of him that he probably began to envision himself doing the works that Jesus did.  He got to the point that he had no limits when it came to faith and working miracles,  just like Jesus.

Let´s get into the word. Let it be so much a part of who we are that we too will have no limits to what God can do through us.  It´s  a  promise from God, so let´s appropriate what is ours and begin to flow in great power, wonders and signs among the people.

May you be richly blessed this day.

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Walking as an Apostle

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Yvette

The Apostolic walk is a difficult walk, and one that not many can bare.

There are those that I appoint as Apostles in secret, and refuse the call.  There are those that claim to be Apostles for their own gain  that I have not anointed, and there are those Apostles that are still hidden and will make their appearance in the world and in my church.

These are the true men and women that I have called Apostles, those who do not seek titles or desire  to be called Apostles, but have a burden for my church and desire to see it flow in all that I have for them.

These true Apostles build structures and work side by side with others in ministry, never seeking fame for their own name but to exalt My name.

Look closely, for they are among you, hidden, not making any announcements but announcing one name only;  That of the King of kings and Lord of lords.

My Apostles are rising even now, they are being birthed in pain, it testing, in refinement and in my fire.  They are the ones that have passed the test and are ready to fulfill my great commission, to make disciples of all nations says the Lord.

I see Jesus placing crowns on those whom He has called Apostles and anointing them for the work that lies ahead.

I am anointing you now, rise and take the scepter and walk in the authority that lies before you says the Lord.

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Prophesy with Confidence

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Yvette

by Kathrin Bestler

1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue [agape] love, and earnestly desire spiritual [gifts], but rather that you may prophesy

Have you ever seen a prophet and admired him standing there and speaking the word of the Lord with great confidence?

Have you ever been at the place where you listened to others prophesying and you thought: “Wow! If only I could speak like this! Such a nice flow! Such a beautiful anointing in these words!”

If yes, I can feel with you because I have been there, too. Everybody around me seemed to be prophetic. They all saw visions and prophesied. I seemed to be the only one not to flow in this gift and felt very inferior. But I have good news for you today. You can come to this place where you speak the word of the Lord to his people. I will show now how you can get to this place to prophesy with confidence.

What is prophecy and what is it good for?

Prophecy is like a spontaneous little sermon. It is something that the Lord wants to tell someone to encourage him or to lift him up or to produce new faith, new hope and new love in a person.

Ask for the gift

The first step is that you need the gift of prophecy. Prophecy is one of the gifts of the Spirit. And your father in heaven loves to give gifts to his children. If you are one of them, you can come into his presence and ask him for this gift and he will give it to you. See yourself standing in front of your father and ask him to give you this gift and he will do it.

Start with yourself

Once you have the gift you start to do something with it. You have to train yourself. How do you do this? It is always the best to start alone in your prayer closet. There you can make all the mistakes you like, you can mess it up and mumble and talk nonsense. It just doesn’t matter. There is just you and the Holy Spirit.
I did this for quite a long time. I prophesied over myself. I sang over myself prophetic songs. Songs where the Lord talked to me, told me about his will for me, about his love and his tenderness for me. And this created a foundation in me, I got used to hear my voice and to speak prophetic words.
Once you are confident in this, you can ask the Lord to give you opportunities to serve others.

How to say it

How can you say these words of the Lord now? You might see a vision of a father taking his little child in his arms. This can be your starting point. You say for example: “Thus says the Lord to you: You are my beloved child. I have chosen you and I want you to show the love that I have for you. Open your heart and I will take you in my arms and I will reveal myself to you.”
And you speak this prophecy. It doesn’t matter if it is short at the beginning.
Or you have an impression of what the Lord wants to say and you follow this impression. Sometimes you have to step out with only three words: “Thus says the Lord…” and you don’t know yet, what will follow. So you step out boldly and speak the words and while you do you will get more to speak.

If you follow these pointers you will see yourself coming more and more to a place of confidence in prophesying.

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Casting Lots

Posted on September 6, 2009 by Yvette
Saul of Tarus on the road to Damascus

Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus

Acts 1:26 And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
(NKJ)

Jesus appeared to his apostles for  forty days after his resurrection. During this time, Jesus spoke many things to them pertaining to the Kingdom of God.  He also left  instructions;  do not leave Jerusalem but to wait for the promise of the Holy Spirit.

The apostles had witnessed many things with Jesus,  including Him  being taken up into a cloud.

One of the things the apostles wanted to do was to fill the position Judas left, the apostle that betrayed Jesus and later hung himself.  Now there were eleven apostles, and not the twelve that Jesus originally appointed.

The men got together and Acts 1:23 says that  they proposed two men for the job: Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.

They did what was customary in that time,  they cast lots.  The lot fell unto Matthias, and he was appointed as apostle.

Something I would like to point out is that the Bible says  ¨they proposed¨ a new Apostle.

When Jesus appointed the twelve apostles, the Bible says that he spent the entire evening in prayer asking the Father whom to appoint.

Luke 6:12-13 Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.  And when it was day, He called His disciples to Himself; and from them He chose twelve whom He also named apostles:(NKJ)

So who became the newest apostle?  I would like to say that it was Saul of Tarsus, not Matthias.   Man cannot choose who should be the next apostle,  that is up to the Lord.   We never hear from Matthias again.

When someone is called into apostleship, they will receive a direct call from Jesus.  We have the example of the original twelve, and the example of Saul of Tarsus

Acts 9:4-5  Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”(NKJ)

Have you ever tried to help God out with something, then find out later you just messed it up or made it worse?

Perhaps there is a void in your life, or maybe  something was removed  and you feel you need to fill it.  If that´s  the case, let God fill it.  Pray to the Father  as Jesus did.   Receive His instruction, and try not to cast any lots into your life.

May you be richly blessed.

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