2009

We will never experience the true fire of the Holy Spirit without close fellowship with Him.
You can live a life of extraordinary, supernatural power! The secret is actually quite simple. God’s power is obtained through a lifestyle of intimacy with Him.

Jesus understood the connection between power and intimacy. Luke 5:15-16 says, “Great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed” (NKJV).

Over the last several months the Lord has impressed a word on my heart. That word is PRESS. I have been sensing very strong from the Lord that a new hour of increase is upon us. The Lord wants to place a new level of authority, power and glory upon people. But we have been in a season of PRESSING THROUGH to the BREAKTHROUGH. August through September will be crucial to make this push through into the next season God has for us. It is a time to consecrate yourself in a fresh and deeper way before the Lord. It is a time to wait before Him and allow Him to deal with every obstacle in your life. Allow His Spirit to search out hidden attitudes and sins so that your life is clean and pure before Him. This preparation will bring you into a place where the enemy has nothing in you and you are prepared and ready for the increase God wants to entrust to you.

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.

The conference was AMAZING (to say the least)! Matt Sorger, Joshua Mills, and James Goll ministered with the fire and power of Holy Ghost. We all witnessed heaven touching the earth this past weekend. How awesome it was. The worship of Steve Swanson and Catherine Mullins opened the heavens and the glory of God fell and touched many in powerful and innumerous ways. If you were not present, I highly suggest you get the DVDs and CDs of the conference! God’s people were equipped, set free, and many left transformed with new hearts. God placed His super on MSM’s natural and revival mantles, blueprints from heaven, and new wine was released upon all present.

One of the characteristics that will mark this fresh outpouring of God’s Spirit is a revival of the fear of the Lord. The fear of the Lord is vital in order to live a successful and vibrant Christian life. It doesn’t rob the joy out of your life. In fact, it causes you to live your life to its fullest potential in God and releases supernatural joy, peace and prosperity! There are many benefits to living a life filled with a healthy and holy fear of God. The true fear of the Lord is to hate all evil. It is to love everything that God loves and to hate everything that He hates. This standard and plumb line of righteousness and truth will keep you strong when you are tempted to compromise what is right. It will cause you to overcome in life and fulfill everything God has for you to be and to do. As we allow the Holy Spirit to do His deep work in each of our lives, we will experience every blessing that comes along with embracing the fear of the Lord.

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.

A Tribute to Jill Austin
by Matt Sorger

I can remember my first encounters with Jill and the fiery anointing she carried on her life. I was attending a conference at Harvest Rock Church with Che Ahn and Jill Austin was ministering in the meeting. She preached with her usual dramatic flair and passionately stirred the hearts of the people into a radical hunger for God. I’ll never forget as she walked around the alter waving her hands at people as the power of God began to swirl around the room. Bodies were thrown all over the place as the realm of God’s glory invaded the atmosphere. I was sitting on the front row that night. When Jill came near me I was overcome with God’s presence and was caught up into a divine encounter with the Lord.