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Dear friends and family-

I really don’t know where to begin but let me tell you that our Father is good beyond measure. There is no end to His goodness because He is goodness. He lavishes His love on us because He is love. There are things, I believe, that we miss out on because we do not ask. If we ask, we will receive. I have asked for His blessing on and in my life. When you ask for something like that you don’t really fully grasp what that all entails, well at least I didn’t. I don’t want to drag this out any further so I will tell you that His blessing for me right now consists of allowing me to go to Peru for a week!

How did this come about? Well, for those of you that are not aware, I have been working at the ministry of Institute in Basic Life Principles for the past 2 ½ years (no I haven’t dropped off the face of the earth for those that may have thought that(: ) We have had countless delegations come through at various times. Many of the delegations have come from China, Romania, India, Mexico and recently, Peru. The delegations usually consist of officials, educators, pastors, police officers, and other occupations. The Peruvian delegation that came was mainly people that were involved in politics. It was so amazing to be with this group of people. They were so excited about being here and were so full of life!

So, you have the background now for how we got involved with them. Now, here is what will be happening. Actually, I don’t a detailed list of what will be happening but I can give you the rough outline. We are leaving on July 11, 2010 and returning the July 18, 2010. We will be meeting with the President of Peru and other officials on the first day. Throughout the week we will be helping with various conferences, building houses, cleaning and painting, doing children’s programs, and of course eating a lot of Spanish food :) It is going to be packed from the crack of dawn and through the late night hours.

Let me clarify who the ‘we’ actually are. The people that are going to Peru are various members of the staff of IBLP. They vary in age and come from all over the U.S and even Mexico. Mr. Gothard will also be heading over with us for the week.

I want to close with asking for you to do battle throughout this coming week. The battle of prayer is the most important battle that we can fight. Please keep us all in your prayers.

Eph 6:12 “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of thisdarkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness inthe heavenly places.”

May our Father be lifted High and praised in every aspect. Please pray that we will bless Him and die daily to ourselves. The only way to live life is in Him-please ask with me for abundance of LIFE to be spilled out among us.

Be blessed

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I don't know if you have thought much about that fact that we are in a war. Imagine with me for a moment. The dark cloud approaches and begins to bring terror to your being. Fear is itching to inject its filthy claws into you and release its venom. As you come to your senses you realize something, you have power that has not yet been tapped into yet. You have only to ask for it. As you speak the words the darkness is assaulted by this blinding light. The light rips through the forces of darkness and it is commanded to leave. All this is done on your knees as you come before your Warrior King in prayer. He is the fearless leader and will always be there.

Heavenly Father, I bow in worship and praise before you. I cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ as my protection. I surrender myself completely and unreservedly in every area of my life to You. I take a stand against all the workings of Satan that would hinder me in my prayer life. I address myself only to the True and Living God and refuse any involvement of Satan in my prayer.

Satan, I command you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to leave my presence with all your demons

I bring the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ between us.

Heavenly Father, I worship You and give You praise. I recognize that You are worthy to receive all glory and honor and praise. I renew my allegiance to You and pray that the blessed Holy Spirit would enable me in this time of prayer. I am thankful, Heavenly Father, that You have loved me from past eternity and that You sent the Lord Jesus Christ into the world to die as my substitute. I am thankful that the Lord Jesus Christ came as my representative and that through Him You have completely forgiven me; You have adopted me into your family; You have assumed all responsibility for me; You have given me eternal life; You have given me the perfect righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ so I am now justified. I am thankful that in Him, you have made me complete, and that You have offered Yourself to me to be my daily help and strength.

Heavenly Father, open my eyes that I might see how great You are and how complete Your provision is for this day. I am thankful that the victory the Lord Jesus Christ won for me on the Cross and in His resurrection has been given to me and that I am seated with the Lord Jesus Christ in the heavenlies. I take my place with Him in the heavenlies and recognize by faith that all wicked spirits and Satan himself are under my feet. I declare, therefore, that Satan and his wicked spirits are subject to me in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I am thankful for the Armor You have provided. I put on the Girdle of Truth, the Breastplate of Righteousness, the Sandals of Peace and the Helmet of Salvation. I lift up the Shield of Faith against all the fiery darts of the enemy; and I take in my hand the Sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. I choose to use Your Word against all the forces of evil in my life. I put on this Armor and live and pray in complete dependence upon You, blessed Holy Spirit.

I am grateful, Heavenly Father, that the Lord Jesus Christ spoiled all principalities and powers and made a show of them openly and triumphed over them in Himself. I claim all that victory for my life today. I reject all the insinuations, and accusations, and the temptations of Satan. I affirm that the Word of God is true and I choose to live today in the light of God's Word. I choose, Heavenly Father, to live in obedience to You and in fellowship with Yourself. Open my eyes and show me the areas of my life that do not please You. Work in me to cleanse me from all ground that would give Satan a foothold against me. I do in every way stand into all that it means to be Your adopted child and I welcome all the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

By faith and in dependence upon You, I put off the fleshly works of the old man and stand into all the victory of the crucifixion where the Lord Jesus Christ provided cleansing from the old nature. I put on the new man and stand into all the victory of the resurrection and the provision He has made for me to live above sin.

Therefore, today I put off all forms of selfishness and put on the new nature with its love. I put off all forms of fear and put on the new nature with its courage. I put off all forms of weakness and put on the new nature with its strength. I put off all forms of lust and put on the new nature with its righteousness, purity, and honesty. I am trusting You to show me how to make this practical in my daily life.

In every way I stand into the victory of the ascension and glorification of the Lord Jesus Christ, whereby all the principalities and powers were made subject to Him. I claim my place in Christ as victorious with Him over all the enemies of my soul. Blessed Holy Spirit, I pray that You would fill me. Come into my life, break down every idol and cast out every foe.

I am thankful, Heavenly Father, for the expression of Your will for my daily life as You have shown me in Your Word.

I, therefore, claim all the will of God for today. I am thankful that You have blessed me with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. I am thankful that You have begotten me unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. I am thankful that You have made a provision so that today I can live filled with the Spirit of God with love and joy and peace, with long-suffering, gentleness and goodness, with meekness, faithfulness and self-control in my life. I recognize that this is Your will for me and I therefore reject and resist all the endeavors of Satan and his wicked spirits to rob me of the will of god. I refuse in this day to believe my feelings and I hold up the Shield of Faith against all the accusations and distortion and insinuations that Satan would put into my mind. I claim the fullness of the will of God for my life today.

In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I completely surrender myself to You, Heavenly Father, as a living sacrifice. I choose not to be conformed to this world. I choose to be transformed by the renewing of my mind, and I pray that You would show me Your will and enable me to walk in all the fullness of Your will today.

I am thankful, Heavenly Father, that the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds, to the casting down of imagination and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge God, and to bring every thought into obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, in my own life today I tear down the strongholds of Satan and smash the plans of Satan that have been formed against me. I tear down the strongholds of Satan against my mind, and I surrender my mind to You, blessed Holy Spirit. I affirm, Heavenly Father, that You have not given me the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love and of a sound mind. I break and smash the strongholds of Satan formed against my emotions today and I give my emotions to you. I smash the strongholds of Satan formed against my will today, I give my will to You and choose to make the right decisions of faith. I smash the strongholds of Satan formed against my body today, I give my body to You recognizing that I am your temple. I rejoice in Your mercy and goodness.

Heavenly Father, I pray that now and through this day You would strengthen and enlighten me. Show me the way Satan is hindering and tempting and lying and distorting the truth in my life. Enable me to be the kind of person that would please You. Enable me to be aggressive in prayer and faith. Enable me to be aggressive mentally, to think about and practice Your Word, and to give You Your rightful place in my life.

Again, I cover myself with the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and pray that You, blessed Holy Spirit, would bring all the work of the crucifixion, all the work of the resurrection, all the work of the glorification, and all the work of Pentecost into my life today. I surrender myself to You. I refuse to be discouraged. You are the God of all hope. You have proven Your power by resurrecting Jesus Christ from the dead, and I claim in every way this victory over all the satanic forces in my life. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ with thanksgiving. Amen. -Victor Matthews

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This was written by a person who used to work at IBLP. It paints such vivid images that I can't pass up posting it. I know it has been a while since writing, wow does life go full throttle at times!!! There is so much that I can write about, it just may take me a while. Anyways, please enjoy this-

Great with Destiny!

My willingness to carry life is the revenge, the antidote, the great

rebuttal of every murder, every abortion, and every genocide. I

sustain humanity. Deep inside of me, life grows. I am death's opposition.

I have pushed back the hand of darkness today. I have caused there to

be a weakening tremor among the ranks of those set on earth's

destruction. Today a vibration that calls angels to attention echoed

throughout time. Our laughter threatened hell today.

I dined with the greats of God's army. I made their meals, and tied

their shoes. Today, I walked with greatness, and when they were tired

I carried them. I have poured myself out for the cause today.

It is finally quiet, but life stirs inside of me. Gaining strength,

the pulse of life sends a constant reminder to both good and evil that

I have yielded myself to Heaven and now carry its dream. No angel has

ever had such a privilege, nor any man. I am humbled by the honor.

I am great with destiny.

I birth the freedom fighters. In the great war, I am a leader of

underground resistance. I smile at the disguise of my troops,

surrounded by a host of warriors, destiny swirling, invisible yet

tangible, and the anointing to alter history. Our footsteps marking

land for conquest, we move undetected through the common places.

Today I was the barrier between evil and innocence. I was the gate

keeper, watching over the hope of mankind, and no intruder trespassed.

There is not an hour of day or night when I turn from my post. The

fierceness of my love is unmatched on earth.

And because I smiled instead of frowned the world will know the power

of grace. Hope has feet, and it will run to the corners of earth,

because I stood up against destruction.

I am a woman. I am a mother. I am the keeper and sustainer of life

here on earth. Heaven stands in honor of my mission. No one else can

carry my call. I am the daughter of Eve. Eve has been redeemed. I am

the opposition of death. I am a woman.

- Christianna Reed Maas, 2010

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WhatEverItTakes:.Day Four:.

How Beautiful the hands that served

The Wine and the Bread and the sons of the earth

How beautiful the feet that walked

The long dusty road and the hill to the cross

How Beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

How Beautiful the heart that bled

That took all my sins and bore it instead

How beautiful the tender eyes

That choose to forgive and never despise

How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

And as He lay down His life

We offer this sacrifice

That we will live just as He died

Willing to pay the price

Willing to pay the price

How Beautiful the radiant bride

Who waits for her Groom with His light in her eyes

How Beautiful when humble hearts give

The fruit of pure love so that others may live

How beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

How beautiful the feet that bring

The sound of good news and the love of the King

How Beautiful the hands that serve

The wine and the bread and the sons of the Earth

How Beautiful, how beautiful, how beautiful is the body of Christ

It was beautiful yesterday. But it was a hard day where darkness fought with everything it had. As the day went on it became more intense. I watched women filled with pain battle and men that were bound struggle. I don't even have words to describe what happened yesterday because I just don't have any.

Later in the afternoon I was asked to share along with Daniel about how we handled our parents sin when it first happened. It was one of the hardest things to do but so amazing at the same time. pouring out is a hard thing, but do you know what is so amazing?! Getting filled back up....through the embraces of people and words of hope. It was awesome. He was glorified in so many aspects, Daniel shared things that he didn't have to but instead he died to himself and poured out life.

The evening came and the lights were turned off and the candles were lit. The bread and juice was set on the tables and the hall was lined with candles. The music played as the couples came up and entered the room. Immediately I wept seeing each one enter the room knowing that He was here waiting for them to come to Him.

Today is the end of the conference. It is not over yet though.Keep praying.

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WhatEverItTakes:.Day Three:.

Have you ever looked in someones eyes and seen everything you need to know about them? Ever looked at a face and saw it etched with the years of pain and hurt? Alot of that was seen yesterday as people were getting purged from their pasts. When truth is in the midst and is heavy and thick it pushes out the lies that are in there. Truth shines in the dark and castes it out.

As yesterday went on I watched the lives around me acknowledge the truth that was presented to them, i saw others also reject it. One that shook my world was a couple that was in the hallway with my parents. What broke my heart was listening to this father care less about what was happeneing to his family. He was so self centered and blind to those that were falling apart around him. I was allowed to speak life to the man that I so badly wanted to slap. But Jesus showed me that this is where we could be like Himself to this man that didn't deserve it at all. When truth in love was spoken to him, he broke and tears flowed as he cried. It was amazing and impacted me so much.

What was amazing was hearing how the different women here have also taken on the roll of Jesus to their husbands. Those that have been through hell and have not allowed themselves to stay in the pit. Those women that have surrended their lives to Jesus and have allowed Him to love through them to the unloveable. They spoke life to the women that haven't come out of the pit yet and it was a beautiful thing to watch and listen to.

I know that my thoughts are not flowing so great together right now, there is just so much going on in there that it all gets jumbled trying to see what can come out first! So the bottom line is that He is doing amazing things here(I know I use the word amazing alot but it really is :) )

Keep praying. The battle is not over yet.

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WhatEverItTakes:.Day Two:.

"We are expecting God to meet us with a miracle"

"Walls have been broken down, I am actually able to experience emotions now"

"We have been able to start enjoying God's goodness"

"I WILL NOT STOP- I will DECLAIRE goodness, delieverment and freedom to the spiritual world"

HOPE in the dark-light is on the way

Come let us worship and bow down. Let us kneel before the Lord Our God and Maker

Those were a few words of life that were spoken just durning our team leader meetings yesterday. Each one of those quotes were from couples that had attended any where from 2-7 WIT conferences. We sat in a room that was still under construction (saws running, hammers pounding, dry wall dust drifting in the halls) But it didn't matter because there was a peave and a stillness in the midst of it all. We stayed in that room for 3 1/2 hours as every person shared what was going on in their lives. No one held back anything, all masks were taken and stripped away. It was the most beautiful thing that we experienced in that room.

So the entire day was packed with getting ready, preparing everything for the couples that were soon to arrive. Then they did start arriving. I jsut say back for a bit and watch each face, some were evident of years of hurt and others did a good job of hiding it, yet when they thought no one was looking it showed up clearly on their face. The couples came into the auditorium and as soon as the worship was over the wedding march was played as Ray and Jane walked down the aisle in full wedding garb. After the skit, Paul and Jenny started off with the first session.

The night ended and again I just say back and watched each person that walked around me. It was amazing to see the diversity that was around me. Old,young,conservative, liberal-it was all here. I know that he is going to do amazing things in each of their lives. It was so awesome to see them all interact and talk with each other...they enjoyed that so much that a couple of them almost missed thier shuttle to the hotel :) After every one had left we transformed the room - tore down chairs and set up 11 round tables with complementary kleenex boxes and chocolate. Once that was complete we prayed and went to our rooms. It was an amazing day. HE was so good-every detail was taken care of, there was no stress at all throughout the day. He receives all the honor and glory.

Here is a list of team leaders that you can pray for-

Rey & Jane Alvaranga

Tom & Cathy Gaige

David & Juanita Burkey

Mark & Sue Hinrichsen

Jason & Kathryn Kempson

Boone & Pam Nicolls

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WhatEverItTakes:.Day One:.

Have you ever been woken up consistenly in the night by this loud, obnoxious sound that is commonly reffered to as a train whistle? Well, its been a while but there was no missing it last night! Here we are at Verity in Indianapolis for the WIT Conference. We traveled down yesterday and made it safe and sound (after getting a bit lost) and here all in one piece(besides the fact that someone put shaving cream under my door handle when we stopped at a restraunt for dinner!)

Today will be a day of getting prepped for when everyone arrives this aftenoon. Oh, by the way, Sara Smith came along for the adventure. Jenny Cooper is here as well, along with this guy named Ben (well they are sorta together (: ) it is so good to be with everyone that is here...

So here is a break down of what will be happening this weekend:

Thursday-
7:30pm Conference Begins

Friday-
9am-8:30 pm Sessions

Saturday-
9am-8:30pm Sessions

Sunday-
9:30am Sessions start
1pm End of conference

Please pray starting right now....all your prayers concerning it will be needed.

So - "Yet I am confident I will see the LORD's goodness while I am here in the land of the living." Ps27:13

[Also, just so you know there will be about 80 couples that will be attending....I will try to put up the names in another post so you can specifically pray.....]

http://www.witministries.com/

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