April 2009

Become more effective at hearing God’s voice and praying with faith. Excellent for individuals and prayer ministry teams.
You will receive help to:
- Develop two-way communication with God
- Pray more effectively for healing
- Discern God’s will for everyday situations
- Develop a lifestyle of obedience of God’s voice

“Ted’s Holy-Spirit anointed teaching was dynamic and revolutionary, and sparked something in the hearts of our leaders that set the church ablaze.” Rev. Paul L Burmeister Lighthouse Community Church-Reformed Church in America

www.hearinggod.org 616-374-1341 Ellen Vipond for more info

Harvest Community Church - 620 6th Ave, Lake Odessa, MI 48849 616-374-8697

Sponsored or Endorsed By

Church Prayer Leaders Network

Harvest Community Church

Harvest Prayer Ministries

Ada Bible Church
Doug Bishop

First Baptist Ionia

Keynote Speakers:

Ted Kallman is the co-author, with his son, Isaiah, of Stark-Raving Obedience: Radical Results from Healing Prayer. Ted is a well-known speaker at prayer and healing conferences who has also lectured a large cross section of churches and organizations. Ted and his wife, Claudia, are lay prayer leaders in Grandville, Michigan, where they lead a prayer and healing service every Wednesday evening called the “W.” Ted and those he has taught on healing prayer have seen thousands healed over the past six years. Ted also is a strategic advisor and business consultant. His consulting practice ranges from executive coaching to management and organizational turnarounds. He is the creator and co-author of the Unified Vision Framework which is the basis for an MBA program in project management at Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences in Kokkola Finland.

Cost: This Conference is Free (an offering will be taken)

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Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinks within himself, so he is.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (NKJV)
13b because when you received the word of God... you welcomed it...as it is truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.

Ephesians 4:32 (King James Version)
32 And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake has forgiven you.

Jeremiah 33:6 (New King James Version)
6 Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.

Malachi 4:2
But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so they could have children again,

Exodus 15:26
He said, "If you listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the LORD, who heals you."

Exodus 23:25
Worship the LORD your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you,

Zechariah 4:7
"What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of 'God bless it! God bless it!' "

Isaiah 42:5
This is what God the LORD says— he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it:

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Greetings all who wrestle for the Kingdom.

Before or After?

A few weeks ago I shared a short teaching at the “W” related to faith. It was asking the question ‘when does faith occur, before or after you see a result?’ We looked at I Cor. 10:6-12 and the five things that God disliked about the children of Israel while they were in the desert. These are;

1.) Craving evil things

2.) Idolaters

3.) Acting Immorally

4.) Trying the Lord

5.) Grumbling

The ‘evil things’ that the people craved were actually some pretty basic items; food, water, life itself. So why was God upset with them in their strong desire to survive in circumstances that appeared to be insoluble? Because they really did not trust Him. They had seen the miracles in Egypt and during the crossing of the Red Sea and yet when new problems rose they did not trust that He would take care of them again. Why?

They never had faith, or trust, in God during the previous tough places and Moses did.

Ps 106:6-15 helps unpack this a little more. Read verses 11 and 12 you see that they only believed after they saw the entire Egyptian army engulfed by the waters.

After.

Verse 13 says “…but they quickly forgot”. How could you forget this massive move of God? They did not forget that it happened as a fact. However, they did not have a base of trust prior to the last situation so when a new difficulty rose they still did not trust God. They forgot to believe. To believe that God is not only able to come through, but that He has been and is faithful. That we can trust Him once again, even when we do not see how it can possibly be resolved without a miracle.

Faith happens before you see, not after.

May God grant us all spiritual eyes to see and hearts to believe and trust Him in situations we do not understand, or see the way out of.

Here are some testimonies of God’s faithful response to trust filled prayers over the past few weeks;

REPORTS:

• A woman who is part of the Wider Wrestling Team wrote us an email;

Jesus is awesome! Last night the bones in a woman's foot moved in alignment with the Word of God as we prayed for her. Thank you, Jesus :)

What a mighty God we serve.

• A man came for prayer regarding his back. He has three degenerated disks and was in constant pain. He reported back that since we prayed it is tender but the pain is gone. God, You are the best.

• A woman who comes to the “W” once and a while wrote this on her Facebook page (she gave assent when we bumped into each other at a restaurant last week);

… My twelve year old daughter sits, after attending a prayer conference the day prior, telling me that she thinks she will pray more - that prayer makes a difference. "And mom, did you know that some people told stories of prayer actually healing people?" Did I know? Yes, I did. "And mom, I think I should pray more for other people, I guess I'm just really realizing it makes a difference." Her words burned in my heart because of their truth and because she did not learn them from me.

"Tell her, (the writers name spoken here). Tell her your story".

"No, Lord, please." I beg.

"It is time, she can hear it. There will not be a better time"

"(Daughter’s name), I have a story to tell you". I say, with fear tugging at the back of my mind. What will she think? Mothers should be invincible, nearly perfect, strong. Will my admitted weakness shake her view of me?

"She may see you as human, but she will see me as God."

"Yes, Father, I will tell her."

So the story comes out - my story of depression. No wrenching details of sleepless nights, endless searching or fights of will and lack of desire. Just simple facts. Ten years of medication. Ended by prayer. Ended by the Healer who chose to act in response to the prayer of one believing man. I search her eyes as I speak, my sentences halting in my flailing attempt to not do what I am doing.

"Wow, mom, that is really cool." She says. I believe she means it.

Cool indeed.

• A family was down to its last $.87 and as they left the “W” found $50.00 in the wife’s purse. They had not mentioned their situation to anyone but had put the request in the “box” for prayer. Father, You are above and beyond our expectations.

• A woman who was fighting depression reported back that the cloud has lifted and the depression has not returned. Yes.

• A woman has had a severe addiction for 30 years and she wanted freedom. She came to the “W” and two people who had been freed of addictions (one two years ago and one in the past month) prayed for her. As they prayed she said she felt a huge weight lift off her shoulders and she felt clean. We bless you cleansing Lord.

• A person who was named in a huge lawsuit had asked for prayer and ‘out of the blue’ the suit was dropped. Father, You still move in our lives in response to prayer.

• An intercessor that is a part of the WT was having harsh sinus pain. She was prayed for and the pain dissipated within a few minutes.Thank you Father.

• A man who was prayed for at the “W” gave the testimony that three times in the past year he was prompted to have ‘unusual’ physical things checked out by his doctor. Each time it caught ailments that were dealt with early and without any problem. Each ailment could have been severe to life threatening if not caught early. What an awesome God.

• A family was down to the last few dollars and a bill came up that needed to be paid that day. They prayed and when the mail came it included a statement from the Credit Union for a personal account. It was an account that had been set up months before to meet a requirement of the CU and they had put $300.00 in it to start it up. They drove to the CU and withdrew the money needed for the day. God uses even a memory lapses to glorify Himself.

• A woman asked for prayer at the “W” for a relative who was going in for prostrate surgery. She reported back that the doctors got it all, there was no cancer and the doctors commented that the procedure went “amazingly well”. Wow, God You do “amazingly well” indeed and demonstrate a great love for Your children.

• A woman was having back spasms and was in a great deal of pain. Her husband laid hands on her and prayed and as he prayed the pain left. Amen to effective prayers.

• A woman prayed for a vacation since she had not had one in years and could not afford one. Within a short period of time she obtained a frequent flyer ticket from a friend, had a place to stay for free and met someone with a car at the same place and got an extra day of work that picked up the cost of the incidental costs. We serve an awesome God who even cares about vacations.

• A person was prayed for in proxy at the “W” who had tumors throughout the bowels and back. We prayed that they would not be cancerous and they are not. Now we are praying that they go away. We trust you Father to act based on Your Word.

• A young man in Kenya was prayed for to find a job and for an illness his daughter was fighting. He found work within a week and the daughter became well. There is not time or space with you God. Our prayers here impact the other side of the world when You are the one moving.

• A story came in from a mother who was prayed for at the “W”. Her daughter asked for prayer because her car had died and she could not afford a replacement. The day after we prayed the mother went to a funeral and the person who died had a car that nobody in the family needed so they gave it to her. Father, You provide today.

• A woman lost the ability to see in the middle portion of her field of vision. She called asking for prayer. Within a short time her vision went back to normal. Father, miracles are normal for You.

Here are some additional things to be aware of as WT members;

OPPORTUNITIES:

· Please continue to pray for the staff and workers at Mars Hill.

· Please pray for the team that is in the process of identifying and bringing in a new Teaching Pastor/Shepherd to work alongside Rob. They need wisdom and the mind of Christ to see with spiritual eyes the person who is needed.

· Please continue to pray for Ted and Claudia and the OMWB as they speak and minister;

o For the pending release of our book “Stark Raving Obedience” this summer.

o May 7^th OMWB will be leading worship for the National Day of Prayer meeting for the community of Lake Odessa, MI at 7PM.

o June 10 Ted will be presenting Listening Prayer and the Unified Vision Framework to the national leadership team of the Atlas Group and also the executive team of Pizza Ranch in IA.

o July 26^th the OMWB will be leading worship at the Gun Lake Chapel south of Grand Rapids.

o We will be having a regional Church Prayer Leaders Network conference in Grand Rapids August 21-22. These Regional conferences will be in support of the publication of our book Stark Raving Obedience. Ted will be a Keynote speaker but also with Claudia and Isaiah and others leading breakout sessions. Location to be announced.

o We are also planning on additional CPLN Regional conferences this Fall.

o Ted will be a Keynote speaker at a regional Church Prayer Leaders Network conference on November 6-7 in Lititz, PA (near Hershey and Lancaster).

· The April team leaders for the Wrestling Team will continue to be Steve and Ruth Zwierzinski (thank you Steve for leading the “W” last week, it was great) and Joe Martino. They will be “on the ground” before and during the services to assist with any questions or prayer needs that might come up while we are in and out of town.

You are appreciated and prayed for often.

Ted and Claudia Kallman

Wrestling Coaches

“We are not our own: in so far as we can, let us therefore forget ourselves and all that is ours. Conversely we are God’s: let us therefore live for him and die for him. We are God’s: let all the parts of our life accordingly strive toward him as our lawful goal.” Institutes of the Christian Religion, John Calvin quoted from The Evangelical Renaissance by Donald Bloesch

“The work of the Holy Spirit brings man into conformity with Christ in the life of holiness. It is the Holy Spirit who effects regeneration and sanctification, inward cleansing and separation from sin. Man is made holy not by ascetic or mystical feats but by continual surrender to the Spirit of Christ in faith.” The Evangelical Renaissance, Donald Bloesch

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Things We Should Know

There are a number of new people who have recently joined the Wrestling Team so we thought it would be prudent to list out a number of functional items that might be helpful as you serve on the Wrestling Team.

1) Our purpose is to pray. Keep the socializing to a minimum and invest the time in prayer.

2) Please come early and stay late.

a) We pray with Rob and the worship team prior to the 9AM. Please come at :20 before the service to participate in this time.

b) We man the prayer room after each service to pray with people who want prayer. If you are not a designated Care Team Member (if you are in bold on the schedule you are a part of the Care Team) then we would appreciate it if you would pray in the room but not attempt to minister to people. There is training that is available for people who would like to participate in the direct ministry effort and you should contact Matt Krick if you would like to pursue becoming a member of the Care Team.

3) If you sit too quietly in the prayer room the lights go out (motion activated lighting). If they go out, move and they will come back on.

4) What do we do if someone comes for ministry as the team is praying? There is another room available during the services over by the main doors to the shed (Room 301). Have one or two of the team members go and pray with the person while the balance of the team continues to pray for the service.

5) What if I cannot make my slot? You own the responsibility of filling your slot. Please call someone from another day and/or time and try to swap. It is important that we take this seriously and we appreciate the faithfulness of the WT members over the years.

6) Resources? The room should always have Pastoral Care Brochures, a Bible, anointing oil, CPI’s (white envelopes that can be given to people who would like to set up a Freedom Appointment), blank paper for prayer requests, tissues (seem to be used a lot), the Weekly for that day and any prayer requests that have come in during the week.

I am certain there are more self-evident issues that can be included on this list. Please let us know your thoughts.

Blessings

Ted

Matt 4:23-24 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people. 24 Then His fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all sick people who were afflicted with various diseases and torments, and those who were demon-possessed, epileptics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

Matt 8:1-3 When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. 2 And behold, a leper came and worshiped Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." 3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Matt 8:5-8 Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, 6 saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented." 7 And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him."

   Matt 8:14-15 Now when Jesus had come into Peter's house, He saw his wife's mother lying sick with a fever. 15 So He touched her hand, and the fever left her. And she arose and served them.

   Matt 8:16-17 When evening had come, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed. And He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick, 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: "He Himself took our infirmities And bore our sicknesses."

   Matt 9:18-19 While He spoke these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped Him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay Your hand on her and she will live." 19 So Jesus arose and followed him, and so did His disciples.