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We're praising God for:
Our new motorcycle and tent trailer.
A prophetic word about the ministry
at a recent retreat with our church. We were told that we
have always attracted unusual people, that we would receive
a fresh anointing, and that there would be a great harvest
among these people. We will impart the Holy Spirit to them
and they will influence the world as they go out.
Emil's opportunity to give his testimony
to a youth group from Central Christian Church in Mesa. He
had a great time and was honored to share.
We're asking God for:
His replacement for Karen in the
IT Department at Frontiers to come ASAP!
Our "old" bike to sell quickly for full price.
Continued increase in our support
base.
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- God Stops A Train
Roadside Report from Emil
" The lengths to which God will
go...
"Be on Rittenhouse at 11," God had said. I got to
the spot, put up the signs, and a train stopped across from
me. Three engineers got out. One waved, then walked across
the tracks, down the hill, and across the field to me. He
said he'd like prayer for a wife, a house, and a family. I
felt the Lord say, "Ask him where I am in his life?"
I did and he replied, "Oh, I'm blessed. I have a blessed
life." I said, "Well, that's good but have you ever
asked Jesus into your heart, to receive His forgiveness and
His blessings?" "I only have about 30 seconds,"
he said. "Great! It's a 30 second prayer that lasts all
eternity! Would you like to pray?" He said, "Yes."
When I asked him to repeat, "Lord, I'm a sinner,"
tears rolled down his face and he looked up to the sky and
yelled, "Lord, I AM a sinner. Jesus, forgive me."
I gave him some scriptures and a paper on salvation, and he
hugged me and laughed and jumped and skipped across the road.
He turned and said, "Do you know why we stopped here?
We just left the train yard but the rear engine suddenly quit
and we can't move until it's recharged." I replied, "The
Lord told me to be here because he wanted to talk to someone
at 11. That someone was you." He laughed and agreed,
"I guess so!" He and the other engineers hung out
the windows waving as they pulled away and blew the horn for
a couple of blocks. Afterwards, it really hit me! Jesus cared
so much about the salvation of this man that He actually stopped
a mile-long freight train.
" She wasn't crazy and she
wasn't possessed
She thought her boyfriend was trying to drive her insane by
planting sound bytes, the voices of a man and a woman, everywhere
she went. She had been on paid medical leave from her job
for over a year because of it. Medication had no effect on
the voices. God told me that it was a spirit of violence and
a spirit of torment and had me ask her about "the game
her boyfriend plays." She said it's an internet role-playing
game which he sometimes plays 16 hours a day. The Lord said,
"Tell her that when he plays this game, he opens the
door to the demonic. It's like living in a bad neighborhood
and every time her boyfriend comes home, he leaves the front
door wide open. Eventually some bad people come through the
front door and they come after her." She could actually
picture that. "Tell her it's the same way with this game.
He's opening the door to the demonic realm. They are trying
to get her to commit suicide because they're afraid that she
might turn back to Me and bring him with her. They want her
gone. Tell her she isn't crazy or possessed. These demons
have attached themselves to her." I saw a picture of
a man and a woman standing on each side of her, hanging on
to her shoulders, and speaking into her ears. She said, "I
can't believe I've been here an hour and 45 minutes and I
feel so much better. You've explained so much about my life...more
than my psychiatrist at $450 an hour for over a year."
She said, "I know God is telling you these things because
there is no other way you could know." She then rededicated
herself to the Lord, came out of agreement with the spirits
and commanded them to go. For the first time in years her
mind was totally quiet and she felt completely at peace.
Where Are You Taking Us, Lord?!
God promised that things would
happen when Karen gave her notice
at Frontiers, so…
- On a Monday she gave her notice.
- The next day, Tuesday, God said, "NOW...THIS is
your bike!" and it jumped off the page to Emil. Not
a Goldwing after all, but a 2004 Kawasaki VN 2000, a bike
big enough to pull a trailer! "And order it only in
purple," He said.
- On Friday we were approved for the loan and we ordered
the bike...in
purple.
- On Saturday, friends called to say that God had spoken
to each of them separately that they were to GIVE us their
motorcycle tent trailer!
His promises are real!
And He is faithful to them.
So, where are we going and when?
We'll let YOU know when WE find out!!!
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"You Told Me the Truth! He's
Real!"
By Emil
A husband and wife pulled up with
tears in their eyes. His truck had been confiscated by his
company when he failed a surprise drug test. He said, "Why
does God hate me so much? Why does He want to destroy me and
my family?" The Lord said to tell them, "I
didn't do this to them. They did this to themselves. Drugs
are not of me; they're of Satan.
I never intended for them to become
drug addicts." The reality of it hit them very hard.
After explaining to them about Jesus and His plan of salvation
and that God wanted them to be free of this lifestyle, his
wife said, "I want to ask Jesus into my heart and get
delivered right now!" and he lamely agreed. The Lord
said to me, "He's only doing this for his wife."
I said to him, "I can't pray with you because the Lord
said you really don't believe so therefore it doesn't count."
Instantly, anger rose up within him and he began to question
everything about God and the validity of the Bible. For almost
two hours, the Lord kept giving me one thing after another
to answer his questions and accusations. Finally, God said,
"Tell him that if, after six months, I have not proven
to him that I am real, he can denounce me and tell me to go
and I will go." His mouth dropped open when I told him
and he said, "I could never do that!" I laughed
and said, "So you DO believe there is a God, don't you?"
"Yes, I guess when you put it that way, God does exist,"
he admitted and then said, "I want to accept Jesus into
my heart right now." I could tell this time it was real.
The three of us huddled together
and prayed. They both sobbed. Then I prayed for them to be
filled with the Holy Spirit. When they renounced the addictions
and commanded the demons to leave, he yelled out "DAMN!"
at the top of his lungs. "You told me the truth! He's
real! I felt someone walk into me as you prayed and I can
feel Him inside of me. I can't believe this is real."
He said, "Look at my arms...all the hair on my body is
standing on end. I can feel Him." He began to cry and
said, "I've been a druggie all my life and I've never
been this high. Look at me, I'm shaking. He's REAL!"
Two days later he called and said that he and his wife were
both clean and sober and had no cravings at all. They are
going to take their kids to church so they can meet Jesus.
And a friend is loaning them money to buy a new truck. Thank
You, Jesus!
- Joining the Ministry Full Time
By Karen
During worship at church one Sunday
morning, the Lord said to me, "Your heart is divided.
You are torn between your job and wanting to be with your
husband on the roadside. I have made Emil to be the breadwinner,
not you." My heart leapt and my eyes filled with tears
because I had never thought of that and never expected to
hear it. He continued, "As he is obedient, I will provide.
I want you to leave Frontiers and be in the ministry full
time."
After church I told Emil what I'd heard and we began to pray
for confirmation and for the date I should give my notice.
God impressed upon us that now was the time, "Things
will start happening in the ministry when Karen gives her
notice."
On November 11th I decreased my hours
to 20 per week, and my final date of employment will be January
7, 2005. I just celebrated five years with Frontiers so I
will leave with some sadness and I will miss all my co-workers
as well as the mission of Frontiers. I am blessed that my
boss and the leadership want what God has for us and agree
thatBikers with Boundaries Ministries is where God has called
both of us.
I must admit that I was both excited and a little frightened
about this step. I had much greater faith when God told EMIL
to leave HIS job! I had no doubt that it was the Lord and
that He would provide for us. But leaving my job means we
are moving to another level of trust, having no other income
but what He provides. I had to work through these fears and
concerns and finally got to the place again where I know that
it is God and I know that He will take care of us as we walk
closely with Him.
WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IN THE FUTURE ON THE ROADSIDE!
James 5:19-20 My brothers, if one
of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring
him back, remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error
of his way will save him from death and cover over a multitude
of sins.
I Peter 1:8-9 Though you have not
seen Him, you love Him; and even though you do not see Him
now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible
and glorious joy...
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