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Change Your
Life Today!
From the desk of Gil Howard-Browne
During the past 20 years we have witnessed a move of the
Spirit of God that has swept through the church like a
mighty rushing wind. Thousands of believers have been
refreshed, renewed and revitalized by the power of God.
A fresh anointing resulting in fresh vision and purpose has
been poured out on the Body of Christ. All over the world,
people are crying out for a touch of God and He has
responded by fulfilling His promise in Isa 44:3 " For I will
pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the
dry ground".
In the midst of all of the blessings that have flowed to the
church, we have also seen a deluge of criticism and
faultfinding leveled at anyone who is moving in the
direction of the River of God. Christians are arguing over
doctrine and presentation, while the world are seeking for
answers in the wrong places.
Instead of finding common ground, Christians are hunting
for the heresy in the church instead of hunting for the
hurting and hell-bound in the world. We are losing ground
while we dismember the Body of Christ with our constant
bickering and faultfinding. The church seems to be more
interested in LOSING THE SAVED THAN WINNING THE
LOST.
What we need is an outpouring of love and compassion that
will break the hardness of people's hearts. What we don't
need is the intervention of man in yet another doctrine that
divides rather than bringing unity. We need a visible and
tangible sign of God's glory and presence in the earth. The
answer is not a change of doctrine, but a change of heart.
If you consider the Church today and all the “doctrinally
diverse“ groups, it would be impossible to suddenly have
everyone thinking and believing the same. God knows all
about our right and wrong thinking. Jesus paid the price
for all of us.
The answer is not in a doctrinally perfect church, but in a
people who will love God with all their hearts and
abandon their own purpose and agenda. And that can
only come from a divine intervention of God in the lives
of people.
We need to be cultivating a heart after God and this will
come when leaders quit their arrogance and pride and
"better than you" attitudes and set the example to God's
people of what it means to be "Christlike."
No single church or denomination has the answer. We
have too many differing opinions and doctrines for it to
work. God has strategically planned His whole move.
There have been and will be many errors, mistakes and
imperfections in the midst of His revival, but it is God
who sees all, knows all and is in control of all and He will
have His way with His Church.
We don't have to pray for revival. It came with the upper
room experience 2,000 years ago and has never stopped.
We need to pray for God's wisdom in knowing how to
encourage it and be willing to allow the Holy Spirit to
bring correction to our lives when needed.
God bless you.
Gil and Loraine Howard-Browne
Send the Flood Lord!!
“Bringing Times of Refreshing to the Body of Christ”