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"Go in(to the Temple) and see the wicked and detestable things they are
doing here." ... They say, 'The Lord does not see us' ... He then
brought me into the inner court of the house of the Lord, and there at the
entrance of the temple, between the portico and the altar, were about
twenty-five men (priests). With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and
their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun in the east. (Ez
8:9,12,17)
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The wake-up call to the American (western?) church is still ringing - yet
many Americans have turned off their TVs and gone back to everyday life. This
is the time for the CHURCH to repent, turn and seek God with all her heart. When
we look in the Bible, God never brought judgment on the heathen nations, but
on His own people. Let us return to Him with all we have and are and stand in
the gap because He'll relent even with 10 righteous people being found (see
Abraham). This is the time for the church to rise up to all she's called to
be. We're on the verge of a world-wide awakening. The leader of the lowest
caste in India with 300 million people has announced that they will turn to
Christ now, since their own religion couldn't give them hope.
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT - PRAYER & FASTING
Shirley Smith started teaching on fasting, then we learned about prayer and
intercession, today we covered weeping and wailing and the Spirit of God came
powerfully applying the teaching to us. Shirley has a very strong message
that sometimes makes people 'fear' her. A major part of this class is the
required 90 min with God every day, at least half of which has to be in the
morning.
Books:
GOD'S CHOSEN FAST by Arthur Wallis - classical book on fasting, we finished
that topic
SECRETS OF THE ARGENTINE REVIVAL by Dr.Edward Miller - awesome book on how
God started moving powerfully in Argentina 50 years ago, out of which came
present days move of God like Toronto, Pensacola and Smithton.
REES HOWELLS INTERCESSOR by Norman Grubb - yet to read (I read it two years
ago - great book)
Papers:
Prayer & Worship Life of David
Prayer Life of William Duma (powerful minister in South Africa)
Prayer Life of Praying Hyde
HEBREW CULTURE & PERSPECTIVE
My favorite class. It's awesome how the Bible suddenly comes alive as truth
illumines passages. And yet it's horrible to realize how we've misinterpreted
the Bible from our western perspective.
Example: There were two kinds of rabbis - Torah-teachers and itinerant
rabbis. The latter had disciples and had a yoke. A yoke was the one command
or verse all of the rabbis teaching was centered around. Jesus's yoke was
"love the Lord, your God,... and your neighbor...". Itinerant
rabbis also had semikah (authority). They were given semikah through the
laying on of hands of two rabbis with semikah, with an elder as a witness. When
Jesus was baptized, the Father and the Holy Spirit took the place of the two
rabbis, and John was the elder witnessing it.
Books:
EVERYMAN'S TALMUD by Abraham Cohen - awesome book written by a Jew
Papers:
The Office of a Prophet in the NT
Hebrew Idioms in Matthew's Gospel
The Dead Sea Scrolls
REVIVAL TRAINING
Pastors Tom & Diana Trout teach the principles they've learned over the
years and how to apply them practically. We've covered the ministry team, the
intercessors, what keeps the revival going. The key to the revival here is
what they call the POWER OF ALL. Everyone giving their everything, doing
everything together with one mind and heart. I've never seen a church in that
regard - everyone comes to every service, everyone contributes, everyone
(96%) tithes, everyone is sold out to God, etc.
Books:
REVIVAL TRAINING MANUAL compiled by the church
Papers: none (thank God)
THEOLOGY OF REVIVAL
Senior pastor Steve Gray, a pastor to pastors who travels world-wide bringing
revival, teaches that class. It's so awesome to study God's word, the
revivals in there, and principles that can be applied today. Example: there
are three ways for revival to come 1. 2.Kings 2 - invite a revivalist to your
church 2. 2.Kings 3 - God sovereignly brings revival 3. 2.Kings 5 - we have
to go somewhere else
Books:
WHEN THE KINGDOM COMES - Lessons from the Smithton Outpouring by Steve Gray
Papers:
Theology of Revival
Defining Aspects and Application of Revival
CHURCH HISTORY
J.D King takes us through the last 2000 years, and it's so awesome to see how
God never removed His Spirit, how He's always been moving in power, how the
charismata never ceased, how Greek thinking has distorted our Christianity,
still influencing us powerfully. The Greek exalted knowledge above everything
else. When Constantine made Christianity the state religion in 313 A.D., it
was the beginning of the 'destruction' of the church. By the way, did you
know Augustine renounced his teaching that the gifts ceased with the apostles
at the end of his life? The reformers however picked up his teachings
discarding that he'd confessed having been in error.
Books:
2000 YEARS OF CHARISMATIC CHRISTIANITY by Eddie L. Hyatt
VOICES FROM THE AWAKENED COMMUNITY by J.D. King
Papers:
Revivalist John G. Lake
The Smithton Outpouring
NEW PARADIGMS OF THE PROPHETIC - at Forerunner School of Prayer (IHOP,
started by Mike Bickle)
Jill Austin, an internationally recognized prophetic voice, seeks to impart a
hunger for God and His presence more than simply conveying teaching. Every
week she stirs us up to seek Him more, makes us hungry for more of Him with
her stories and prayers, and she always allows Holy Spirit to move and He
comes in a very powerfuly way, touching lives. She has a very close
relationship with her friend Holy Spirit (I love how she omits the article
before His name).
Books:
GLORY - WHEN HEAVEN INVADES EARTH by Bob Sorge - awesome book!!! THE COMING
PROPHETIC REVOLUTION by Jim Goll
Papers:
The Prophetic Journey of Rebekah
Taking the Prophetic to the Streets
GUITAR I - at Grace Training Center (founded by Mike Bickle)
I'm really enjoying that class, even though it's still very basic and for the
most part a revision. No papers to write :-))
If you're interested more in any of these classes, I'd be happy to e-mail you
a word-file with my notes.
I just love all those classes! We start at 8.15 a.m. with worship, followed
by 2 classes from 9-12. On Fridays we have a chapel service. Guitar and the
prophetic class are on Tue and Wed. On Thu, Fri, Sat night we have services,
as on Sunday morning. At the end of the month pastor Steve is traveling to
Europe (if the situation allows it), to London, Paris and Frankfurt. If you
in any way can make it, and if you're hungry enough for God, for revival,
then GO THERE! I don't have exact locations or dates yet either.
FRIENDS
We're about 22 full-time students, two thirds of which are between 18 and 21.
I'm thankful for those I'm getting to know better. Sue has become my best
friend - she's a single Mom from Minnesota and lives a few meters from my
apartment. Samuel (from Singapore), my neighbor, has also become a good
friend, as we ride to school together, alternating cars.
GOD'S PROVISION
I was getting a little fed up with not having a desk and my books lying on
the floor, still praying and believing. Two weeks ago, they brought a
truckload of old stuff up from Smithton and told the church, we could take
whatever we wanted. That way I got a great desk, bookshelf and three smaller
shelves. PRAISE GOD!
Also, He provided the exact amount of money I needed to pay my bills for
October. Hallelujah!
VISA
I applied for a 'Religious Worker' visa, yet I got a letter saying they were
processing me for a student visa. I guess, the letter of a SCHOOL of Ministry
kind of excluded me from the other visa. However, I ALREADY HAVE a student
visa (thanks to my linguistics study in summer) which is valid until 2006 (as
long as I'm enrolled). Originally the problem was that the school was not
accredited, however, it's in the process of being accredited and will be in
the next few weeks. That means, I paid 120$ for the visa application in vain.
Also I need to call them and sort things out.
SUPPORT
The downside is that I'm not allowed to work now. The Christian school turned
out to be 'nothing' (they want substitute teachers to come in for full days).
All I do is translating an online devotional, trusting God for the main part
of my provisions. Also, I've found a few people who'd like to learn French or
German, yet they still haven't started. And then God showed the way... There'll
be two classes - a French and German class, and we're allowed to use the
School of Ministry classroom. I had planned to get paid for that, but I'm not
allowed to work now, and then God spoke to me saying, I could tell the students
how much I would get and should trust Him to provide. I hope we can start
those classes soon. It will be much fun.
VIENNA APARTMENT
Please keep praying that everything works out - Bärbel, who's been in my
apartment, will take it over from me. Everything's in that process now. Pray
also for God's blessings on her.
MECHANICAL BREAK-DOWNS
A few days ago the washing machine in our house broke down, my laundry being
in there. Two days ago my toilet got problems and flooded the bathroom. And
then yesterday:
MY CAR
What an adventure! I was planning to go to the airport twice - 80 miles (130
km) each. In the morning to bring Neil from Australia to the airport, in the
afternoon to pick up Samuel, who had been in Toronto. In God's providence,
Sue said she'd accompany us in the morning and we ended up taking her car. In
the afternoon I took off alone to pick up Samuel. As I was riding in the car,
it suddenly started smelling burned and the car's behavior changed. As it got
worse, I got worried and took the next exit. It was then that I realized that
the engine was boiling. So I was stranded, realizing I didn't have any phone
numbers on me. I then did find two numbers, but they both weren't at home. Finally
I remembered a card I had received in June, with an emergency number of the
care pastor - thank God! He sent someone to pick me up. After 70 min. of
waiting, he came and we drove to the airport. 90 minutes after his arrival we
finally picked him up and drove back to the car. We poured water in and tried
to drive home. However, it immediately ran hot again, a few times. I had to
abandon the car on the interstate (freeway). The guy who was helping us said
it would probably be a few hundred dollars if it was what he thought.
Today, I found someone to help tow the car off the interstate. When we got
there, someone had broken a window to get into the car (there wasn't anything
valuable in there). They looked at it again, and it doesn't look good. Besides
a missing window, no heating in winter, there seems to be something major
wrong with the engine. There's a mechanic in my church who'll have a look at
it. However, I believe its life is over. I exactly have 20$ left, besides a
major repair probably not being worth it.
For now, I'm thankful of having lots of people from church in the street
here, which makes things easier. Still, you're immovable without a car here. I
don't know what to do.
MALI
Over the last week God's taken me into deep intercession for Mali. You might
not have heard that there have been floods there, affecting 30000 people,
having swept away lots of farmland, threatening the people with hunger and
cholera. They need our prayers.
CHRISTY
My American friend Christy spent two weeks with me here. It was great having
her here, it was even greater seeing how God powerfully worked in her life. Every
time she came into His presence, He did a deep work in her, changing her
visibly! Praise God! There's nothing like His presence! Please pray for her
as she went back into a very complicated situation. Pray that His fire will
be her protection.
And: THERE'S ROOM NOW for YOU to come visit me!!! Are you hungry for God? Are
you desperate for more of Him? My house is open for you...
PLEASE PRAY FOR:
* wisdom concerning the car, maybe provision for repair/of a new car
* strength - I'm having a hard time battling tiredness and adapting to a
revival schedule
* total dedication to God - that He and His honor is foremost in my life, for
deeper hunger for more of Him
* wisdom with time-management - writing of papers, classes, church, meeting
people
* financial provision, esp. since I'm not allowed to work
* Vienna apartment & Bärbel - if you know of any Americans moving from
Vienna to the US, having a container with some room, I'd like to move some
more stuff over here
* Mali, Christy
I love you all and appreciate your friendship and support. May the Lord of
heaven and earth be with you always!
Love,
Claudia
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Mag. Claudia R. Wintoch
Linguist ~ Teacher ~ Translator/Interpreter (also via e-mail)
8498-4 Lane Drive
Kansas City, MO 64138
USA
(+1)816-353-9586
claudia@healing2thenations.net
www.healing2thenations.net
www.healing2thenations.injesus.com
Talk to me online - I'm "healing2thenations":
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Your support - whether by prayer or giving - is greatly appreciated:
Europe: Bank Austria, bank number: 12000
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USA: possible via injesus.com
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