2009

REACHING INTO THE HEART OF THE PERSECUTED CHURCH

I thank you partners for praying and sowing into our recent outreach into China. On many levels it was a great success. The Bible talks a lot about love. One thing is true. Love is more than just words. Love has action. During our time in China that is exactly what I saw and was a part of. Love in action.

Our ministry there took on several different dynamics. One of our major focuses was spending time with what many in the west call the “underground church.” In China they prefer to call it the “house church.” We also had the opportunity to visit with a government church. The government church is known as the Three Self Church.

Personal Reflections
by Matt Sorger

I am witnessing an alarming trend in some of our charismatic circles and services. I travel full time on the road all across the United States and other parts of the world. Each week I am ministering in another state to a new group of hungry believers wanting to live in the fullness of God’s Spirit. Several times in the last few months I have encountered a disturbing and grievous observation. Before I share it with you, let me give you some of my personal background.

While on my recent trip to New Zealand we witnessed and experienced an outpouring of the Holy Spirit within the Catholic Church. We were invited to come and minister to the Catholics by Brother Andrew of Christ the King Church in New Zealand. They were very open and very hungry to experience the power of the Holy Spirit and were very Christ centered in their faith and theology. There is truly a deep love for Jesus and a hunger for the Holy Spirit in the Catholic Church in New Zealand. It was wonderful to worship with them!

Immediately after midnight New Year's Eve, January 1, 2009, I waited on the Lord with several of our MSM team members.
"Waiting on the Lord" is an almost forgotten key in drawing closer to the Lord and hearing His heart regarding your life. Simply put, you put yourself before Him. You have worship music on. You pray in the Spirit. You listen. And then you ... wait. Wait for the Lord to begin speaking to you.