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News & Field Reports for The Warrior Class Frontline News – November 2015 Developing Your Destiny TWC Testimonies Inside This Issue: Developing Your Destiny By Graham Cooke Anaheim, CA October 15-17, 2015 A packed auditorium; a production team with quality filming; an excellent worship band with prophetic songs that spoke to people; a great hotel; a brilliant team putting on their eighth major event; and a hungry crowd who love to be part of a conference that builds from one level to another during the cycle of meetings. “Developing Your Destiny” was designed and crafted to achieve some significant purposes. The plans of God include redeeming us from the past and redefining our future in the course of freedom. That means no baggage, but lots of luggage in “Brilliant” language. Nothing from the past to hold us back, and lots of new insights about the future to unpack in the present. The antidote to our past is not in our present being sorted out, but in our future being determined. We live in the present, with our future in mind. We do things now in relation to who and what we want to become in the time that is approaching. Jeremiah 29:11 proves that the word of the Lord is given with the future in mind. We get to work with God’s word in the present because the future, in terms of destiny, is secure in His hands. Those words create an expectation, favor, and an outcome designed to facilitate focus and alignment with God in the here and now. When our future is secure in God’s heart we know that our present is the training and proving ground to empower us to become all that God sees about us. Every incident, each circumstance, and all relational difficulties can become the place where we can determine who God is for us now! It is this partnership that elevates our relationship with God from the place of being much-loved children to fully mature sons and daughters. When “God Declares Our Future” (our first session), He is opening up a pathway to our identity, calling and destiny. It is both our identity and destiny that unfolds as this partnership takes precedence in our lifestyle. We walk that path in a very deliberate, confident manner in the Spirit. This spiritual roadway has many more times the power and significance of any career vocational path. Developing Your Destiny 2015 Graham TWC Leadership Training TWC Training Day Q&A with Graham Why you should attend a Team Brilliant Event? “Breaking the Mold” ARISE! Allison in MN Christian Healing Ministries Member Spotlight Dorothy Cruise

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Page 1: Developing Your Destiny By Graham Cooke

News & Field Reports for The Warrior Class

Inside This Issue:

Frontline News – November 2015

C

Graham’s Visits to Portland

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A

E

Member Spotlight

D

F

G

Developing Your

Destiny

TWC Testimonies

Inside This Issue:

Developing Your Destiny By Graham Cooke Anaheim, CA October 15-17, 2015

A packed auditorium; a production team with quality filming; an excellent worship band with prophetic songs that spoke to people; a great hotel; a brilliant team putting on their eighth major event; and a hungry crowd who love to be part of a conference that builds from one level to another during the cycle of meetings.

“Developing Your Destiny” was designed and crafted to achieve some significant purposes. The plans of God include redeeming us from the past and redefining our future in the course of freedom. That means no baggage, but lots of luggage in “Brilliant” language. Nothing from the past to hold us back, and lots of new insights about the future to unpack in the present. The antidote to our past is not in our present being sorted out, but in our future being determined. We live in the present, with our future in mind. We do things now in relation to who and what we want to become in the time that is approaching. Jeremiah 29:11 proves that the word of the Lord is given with the future in mind. We get to work with God’s word in the present because the future, in terms of destiny, is secure in His hands. Those words create an expectation, favor, and an outcome designed to facilitate focus and alignment with God in the here and now. When our future is secure in God’s heart we know that our present is the training and proving

ground to empower us to become all that God sees about us. Every incident, each circumstance, and all relational difficulties can become the place where we can determine who God is for us now! It is this partnership that elevates our relationship with God from the place of being much-loved children to fully mature sons and daughters. When “God Declares Our Future” (our first session), He is opening up a pathway to our identity, calling and destiny. It is both our identity and destiny that unfolds as this partnership takes precedence in our lifestyle. We walk that path in a very deliberate, confident manner in the Spirit. This spiritual roadway has many more times the power and significance of any career vocational path.

Developing Your

Destiny 2015

Graham

TWC Leadership

Training

TWC Training Day

Q&A with Graham

Why you should

attend a Team

Brilliant Event?

“Breaking the Mold”

ARISE!

Allison in MN

Christian Healing

Ministries

Member Spotlight

Dorothy Cruise

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God works with us now in the context of how He sees us in the future (Genesis 18:17-18). Working from the future back towards our present, He lights that path with truth, perspective, and wisdom that align us with ongoing purpose, giving us both certainty and direction. We “Enter Into A Dialogue With God Because of Our Destiny.” In these 2nd and 3rd sessions we explore the process that becomes illuminated. Identity, who we are becoming, and destiny, what we will be doing, become the latitude and longitude of our spiritual compass.

God’s intention is always revealed in His declaration.

He calls into being in each of us the things that did not exist for us until He spoke. His word gives us a grounded expectation rooted in His integrity and love towards us. We break the mold of the old self by engaging in the present/future where our identity begins to take shape in the desire and purpose of the Father through the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Identity is always focused on perspective, which is the lens with which we view life, people, events; mindset, the thinking from Heaven that transforms us as people; and the language we use to redefine everything so that our words match His Word in the same creative power. In process, our intention is to profit from every circumstance of life. The life of God is designed for us to overcome, not merely survive the elements of this world. We are learning to thrive and prosper by exploring our favor and practicing the art of training for reigning. “As He is, so are we in this world” (1 John 4:17). “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world” (1 John 5:4-5). Do we see what God sees about us in this situation? Are our thoughts about Him and us actually growing up in maturity? Does our language reflect the dialogue He is constantly having with us in these circumstances? 1 Corinthians chapter 2 declares that life in the natural world provokes a dialogue in the spiritual realm. This dialogue is created by the circumstances we are in now as we live before the Lord. What are we learning about who we are? Our destiny unfolds in the trial and the training.

Destiny is the level of life above us; identity is the process by which we reach it and remain in it as we practice our

relationship in spirit and truth. When we learn to abide on this level, a new one opens up as the Father declares to us another piece of our destiny. The joyful process begins again as we are elevated to a new height in Christ. Continued…

“Destiny is the level of life above us; identity is the process by which we

reach it and remain in it as we practice our relationship in spirit and truth.”

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Destiny releasing identity is a constant practice in our spiritual development. We cannot live effectively in the present without exploring and reaching out to our future. In this way we are designed to live as prophetically as the Creator. In the 4th session, “Setting Up Our Trust Fund,” we look at the importance of being a co-heir with Christ. All promises come with resources attached. We are given a placement in Christ. All promises come with resources attached. We are given a placement in Christ and are now considered to be joint heirs with Him before the Father. Life in Christ is the training ground for understanding the dynamics of our inheritance and learning how to step into its fullness. As a fellow heir in Christ we accept everything in Heaven…as is! We accept nothing on earth…as is! The difference…God is unchanging…everything in the world can be challenged and changed. We live under the tutoring of the Holy Spirit who stewards all our life expectancies in Jesus (John 16:13-15). He is the Spirit of Disclosure. We are learning the business of how to be co-heirs in the Kingdom. The focus of an heir is on the reality of our inheritance, and how we move in it with reality. Abundance must cause an increase in our mindset…a crucial way of thinking! The Holy Spirit is developing us as an heir, and our inheritance is our trust fund. All of God’s promises, prophecies, dreams and scriptures are full of resources so that we may learn the lifestyle of absolute trust as we pursue our identity into the destiny that He has envisaged. God’s nature is our trust fund. His word is our trust fund. “These things I have spoken so that …” (John 15:11 &16:33). The key issue with our inheritance is that we learn to use it as our trust fund. In our 5th session we concentrated on “Keeping Our Focus,” an intensely practical guideline to working within the process that the Lord is using for our growth and empowerment. Promises are designed to break up the fallow ground of our hearts and inspire us to trust again. All prophecy is a proceeding word that must create the purpose for which it is spoken (Isaiah 55:10-11). If the truth has not set you free, you must find the lie that

is binding you. Continued…

Music by Bob Book

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Matthew chapter 13 details the parable of the seeds, and the soil that produces and prevents germination. All of our life and growth is tested so that we may increase and abound. We must turn into the test, and not away from it. When we turn away from the examination of what we believe in Christ we also turn away from the fulfillment of His word and purpose at that time. Fortunately, we cannot fail that test because in His kindness the Lord permits us to take it again…until we pass. Our increase is part of the test. Can we grow into that provision, that substance? Our final session was “Acting In Accordance With Your Destiny”. We live according to Who God is, what He is saying and what He is doing. Walking in accordance with God is concerned with becoming consistent in our agreement, alignment, harmony, assent and focus with God and His purpose. That requires the eradication of conflict, double mindedness, holding back on trust and not allowing our circumstances to contend with our agreement.

A promise, prophecy, specific scripture or dream triggers an upgrade in our current identity.

There are always two outcomes here. The first is the upgrade in you becoming the person in the Spirit who can be trusted with these things. The second outcome is what you will do in partnership with the Lord regarding His purpose for you.

We must all recognize the prophetic moment that we are in. Your identity is being shaped now. Your response conceals or reveals your identity. Destiny occurs when we behave according to our promises, not our circumstances. God measures growth, not time. The issue is not how long you have believed for something but what is the growth in your identity because you have believed the promise? When the space within you is in agreement with God’s word, you begin to look at your outer life differently. Realignment occurs when your internal disposition in Christ begins to act on your external circumstances. Your awareness of the prophetic moment and your alignment with God’s purpose will empower you to recognize when the time has fully come. On the day of Pentecost Peter said, “This is that which was spoken.” If you have a promise about being a warrior or fighting the good fight, learn how to stand, learn how to fight…now! Don’t wait…practice your identity. When you lose less often, you can begin to win more often. This event was crafted and designed to empower people to understand their destiny and to learn how to bring that outcome into the present so that we could use it to work on our identity and become like Jesus. This is one of the most powerful partnerships in the Kingdom, and the Holy Spirit is our personal trainer in enabling us to focus on God’s intention.

- Graham

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The best way I can put the conference into context was that I walked away full and busting at the seams. I was personally challenged to see myself in the light of how the Father sees

me in all of my circumstances.

Revelation was imparted that brought this concept into my present day and I was encouraged by the heart of the Father

and how much He has invested in me.

I was challenged to own and explore the immensity of who God really is (Isaiah 40) and Graham reminded us all that it is

God who schedules all of our conflicts. We are really only challenged by the goodness of God and not our

circumstances. I loved Graham's line when the Father challenged him to try and bankrupt Him. Lets try and bankrupt

God this year in rest, peace, goodness, and belief....what a challenge!

Jeff Green

Northern Lights Team

One of the most powerful statements that God highlighted to me during DYD was “God is not a “user,” He partners with you. The idea of someone “using” me

sounded repulsive after Graham spoke that word. Have any of you ever wanted people to “use” you? We have

all at one time felt abused, used, voiceless and helpless. But God treasures, empowers, and highly

honors us. How can He not, he fully lives in us, and we gloriously abide with Him in Jesus in heavenly

places. He desires to partner with us in our hearts desires for He has given us a new heart. I have spoken

that statement throughout my Kingdom experience, “God use me.” That now sounds so impersonal, I

desire a more intimate relationship, one with a delightful conversation of what He’s up to and a co

partnership of the fabulous things we can do together.

Jimetta Maybe Lead Coach

Graham preparing for the conference

Continued…

Developing Your Destiny Conference

TWC Testimonies

Thank You TWC for “The Gift of Time” From Graham at the TWC Training Day in Anaheim:

“I wanted to thank all of you for your finances that

have enabled me to take this step of having more free

time sooner than I expected. It’s incredibly special

and it’s allowed me to get three months jump on the

rest that I need right now. I expect to be even more

terrible to the darkness when all of this is finished. I

so appreciate your gift. It was outrageous - and I am

extremely, extremely grateful.”

~ Graham

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Quote from DYD: "Truth doesn't make an 18-inch DROP from

your head to your heart. It begins in your heart and works its way UP."

Graham spoke at DYD that if you don't feel there's a next chapter in your book it's because God has a new book for you. I'm excited to be

exploring my identity and walking into a new story.

Sandy Lauland

Overwhelmed in such a lovely way by the love of the Warrior Class. Thanks for lots of good conversations that

just lifted my eyes and heart up and up and up. A company of people characterized by such love, humility, passion and power. Loved my time in Anaheim. Going to love the 'unpacking' even more. I am truly honored to be

part of such a company. Love you, beautiful men and women of God!

Linda Smallbones

Int'l Team - S. Africa

Graham referenced this many times at Developing Your Destiny: Overcoming one of the 8 key fights (passivity/mediocrity) requires Engaging With Our FAVOR. I am currently exploring my favor at new levels, listening for heaven cheering me on ("Come on. You can do it. That's the direction."), wondering what sorts of favor I have left unexplored and even pushing into the territory of borrowing unused favor off of others. This is a commodity I have not embraced like Theresa Cooke, but I've been challenged to do so by Graham! If the 8 fights are about territory, then what territories of favor are you challenging yourself about? Let's embrace favor and love the depths of this fight, warriors! Our destiny depends on it! Yahoo! Libby Kinkead Int'l Team Leader

Word In Motion - Dancers Underground Church - Hollywood

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TWC LEADERSHIP TRAINING DAY

Identity – who I am in in Christ – has been such a huge (and fun) revelation for me in TWC. So when Christine Casten said she was going to do some activations around identity, I was all ears, all in. Using one specific statement from each of us, to both open a coffee shop, and start a band, was revealing in both how we approach situations from our own identities and others from theirs. The interactions among the group was revealing - how we bring what Papa has deposited in each one of us to bear on various situations. More fun, more insight from Christine! Madeline Rooney Lead Coach

Christine Casten Director of Intel

Faith Donaldson Director of Intel

I started our TWC leader training day reflecting that it was just last year in Anaheim where it was announced that I would be a team leader of a new team. As we explored the five keys of leadership, we were asked pivotal questions: - What unclaimed blessing(s) does the Father have for you as a leader? - What new quality as a leader does the Father want to add to your Identity? - What outcome can you imagine in your life - and in the lives of others - when you accept God's blessing and new identity in leadership? - Are you stuck in just being thankful to be in the room? Add to the questions two quotes: "The keys we have both unlock and lock doors"; and "As leaders we go first into a territory". - Am I fully utilizing those keys? - Have I stepped into who I am designed to be as a leader? - Have I taken possession of my territory? I have been given the keys and it is time to use them! It has been the wildest ride since last October, and (duh!!!) that should have been then first clue this is going to be awesome! I need to be whom I am - a stakeholder, rooted firmly in place, unwavering, with fierce confidence in my identity and truly soaring to new heights. No more just thankful to be here or a poverty mindset. I am activated and the time to be proactive is now. The process is what makes us rich. I feel like I just won the lottery! Erin Shepherd-Ham Soaring Heights Team Leader

Continued…

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Leadership Pop Ups: Our "pop-up's" were given by Team Leaders who shared in three short minutes something that they had done with the Team that made a difference.

“I am going to get alone with God and gold mine through my old journals, throwing away the ‘Old Woman’ junk, and keeping only the treasure.” “Asking Papa if it’s time for a new plate, not just a bigger one, is a shift, and what to take off or add. Mindset shift!!!”

Leadership Training with Faith Donaldson:

She gave us a paper with 3 questions to ask Holy Spirit. He gave me answers that wrecked me, gave me deeper revelation and aligned my course with His. Then, He gave me many opportunities to take my blessing for a spin. Unbelievable what came out of the test drive! Questions: What unclaimed blessings/does the Father have for you as a leader? 2. What new quality as a leader does the Father want to add to your identity? 3. What outcome can you imagine in your life – and in the lives of others – when you accept God’s blessing and new identity in leadership? Evidence of Transformation: Had greater heart connections with members of TWC, attendees at DYD and with my husband. Definitely entering new territory, establishing it joyfully and intentionally exploring it with my identity. YAHOO!!!

Connie Jennings Dream Team

Lead Coach Madeline Rooney with her Team Leaders:

Charlotte Allen, Erin Shepherd-Ham, Kathy Huff

I really enjoyed the Leadership Training Day in Anaheim! I loved getting those beautiful keys! I've got loads of unpacking to do with those little treasures! Joyfully, Lorri Hernandez Vanguard Team Leader

Leadership Training day was taken to new heights this year. We had extended time and it was filled with nuggets. With Activations, words pictures, real life applications and joy and laughter throughout. We walked away with tangible treasures to use with our teams, our local communities and great thoughts to meditate on with Daddy. The anticipation is escalating and finishing 2015 well with a time of resting and refreshing in our Ebb brings us into 2016 where momentum will continue to build as our anticipation overflows into discovery. With Joy, Kelly Megonigle Lead Coach

The responses tied to the large key were in response to the questions, "What is God

saying about you as a leader? How does God see you as a leader?"

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From “Lunch with Libby” At each conference, International Team Leader, Libby Kinkead is available to have lunch with anyone at our Training Day who isn’t there with a group.

“I really enjoyed Lunch with Libby. It made the process more personal and by sharing my story and journey, my excitement grew!” Our Identity Board: “I enjoyed being asked to own and post one of my identity statements. These are so personal and meaningful, that to have a room of fellow warriors that I trust with that kind of information was precious.”

Q&A with Graham “This is always a special time. I feel myself expanding, getting ready for the download every time, but every time, it is wonderfully more than I imagine. There are so many riches for all of TWC to unpack and I greatly appreciate these investments into who we are.” “The idea that passivity is from not comprehending our favor opened up a whole new thought. Once again, it’s not trying to be intentional, but filling up on the abundance of favor that transforms us.’ “The idea that ‘if nothing is happening, it’s time to ask a bigger or different question’. “Graham’s discussion of what he wanted ‘Divine Confrontation’ to be and how he would do it now makes me want to read his version!” “I’m taking what I’m learning (and unlearning) today to the Hispanic community I am a part of and I’m really excited about that!”

TWC Training Day 2015 Q&A with Graham

Janice Riley & Krica Flaming

Janice Riley & Allison

TWC Training Day…

Continued…

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From our guests “Thank you for the warm welcome. As a guest, I felt like you really cared that I was here.” “Thank you for my invitation to be a guest. I’m not sure I’m a (TWC) warrior, but I love the community, the focus and the common language everyone speaks.” “I love that everyone is at a different level, but everyone is cheering everyone on for an upgrade!”

From Exploring Our Key Fights - Allison:

“I am so excited about the key fights. I’ve already identified two of these for my city. I can’t wait to see this unpacked more and for us to take territory in our regions!” “It’s so good to know that the enemy only has a few tactics he is working with and that we are more than conquerors in Jesus.” “I too noticed the pattern of these key fights a while ago. I love that we are embracing them and going deeper into what they are and what it means… As always, the intel applies not just to events, but to our lives.” “I enjoyed seeing the Key Fights paired with the ‘Insteads’… Because of this discussion and the presentation on intel, guests and team members had amazing questions and really began to understand how the Holy Spirit teaches us in TWC.” “The discussion of the Key Fights was particularly good and how my identity fits into each of them.” “The statement, ’At the end of prayer, is prophecy’, it brought intercession to a whole new level for me. We get the opportunity to pray into someone (or something) identity and destiny, talk to God about it and then speak what He says!” “I loved hearing that there would be changes! I’m excited to hear what they specifically will be. It makes me want to explore how I will play a part.”

Engaging Personally with the 8 Key Fights

I am truly amazed at the revelation of the 8 fights our intel process has revealed. During DYD I began asking Holy Spirit

“where’s my next upgrade personally and corporately within those 8 fights?” He was so faithful to reveal it to me as I listened

to myself share with someone and the word “JUST” was highlighted. He then brought to mind statements I have said “I’m just…..” “I just want…..” “I just desire…..” Out of my mouth was the upgrade God wanted. So many of my “just” statements were

mediocre expectations and poverty mindsets developed by circumstances of lack. I am saying NO to Poverty Mindset. There

is no Just in the Kingdom. We partner with an extravagant God! What Just does God want to upgrade in your life?

Jimetta Mayne

Lead Coach

8 Key Fights Activation by Allison

Continued…

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“Arrows to the Target” – Christine Casten: “God gives us the strategy and plan, and we have the pleasure of implementing it through declarations.” “The prophetic activation of the bow and arrow was impactful, then with Graham talking about hitting the bulls-eye, I’ll be unpacking that for a while!” “The fight from joy and rest was my arrow shot. ‘What you put your time and attention on is what you will move towards’.” “(What was powerful was) as an act of intercession, was what Christine had us do with shooting the arrow. It was not just a nice play action. It was an upgrade in identity, as well as opening up a new perspective on the fight.” God showing me what was on my compass blew me away! I loved the whole word read over us by Christine. There was a lot to explore in that.” “I know my next season is mentoring in the prophetic, and I’d already seen my bow and arrow, but during Christine’s teaching, I saw the vengeance that God will release with each arrow… Each single arrow will hit multiple targets at once - and how everything in my life has led to this moment. This is grand vengeance. Totally wrecked me!”

Allison with Team Leader

Lorri Hernandez

TWC hitting their targets!

Group Activation 1

Group Activation 2

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Why you should attend a Team Brilliant Event??

I love The Warrior Class, oh, let me count the ways! I am so profoundly thankful that I have a tribe where each member has a similar heart yet it manifests in each life in beautiful and varied ways! The October Brilliant Event in Anaheim, CA – Developing Your Destiny – was a wonderful opportunity for TWC members to gather and bond. At these big events, there is always a specific day for face-to-face training for The Warrior Class members. I like to think of it as hand-to-hand combat training. Did you know about this special Training Day? It is a day of boundless joy, face-cracking smiles, tears of healing, and hugs galore. You get to meet team members, folks you’ve “met” through Facebook, leaders you’ve read their articles in TWC publications, and new warrior-friends you didn’t realize were essential for your journey.

Walking into a TWC training room, you’ll notice it’s a celebratory atmosphere. The energy in the room is full of possibilities. A place where your heart is open to receive what God wants to pour into you.

I want to clearly articulate that each TWC member is encouraged to attend one or more of these events each year. I would like to suggest you make it a HIGH PRIORITY in your heart, your mind and your faith. In 2016 the current plans are for another Brilliant Event in Anaheim in October again. Start thinking about putting aside money towards it. Start releasing your faith towards it and watch God make a way. It will likely require airfare, shuttle, hotel, food, and conference costs. Is this an investment you want to make in your life and development? I say “YES!” Meeting my team members face-to-face was so encouraging. I’m looking forward to our Team Calls now because I actually know them on a personal level.

The prophetic activations opened me up to a whole new world. I am looking for God’s sweet voice in all kinds of visual art but also in nature and in sounds as I live my life hand-in-hand with Him.

Attending a Training day is a BIG flamboyantly wrapped present that you are invited to open if you choose. I want you to be aware that this present is for YOU. And honestly, I want you to want it. Why? Because I was unable to attend Anaheim this year for very good reasons. I missed my invitation to unwrap this super-cool gift. A part of me ached to be there, yet I celebrated with my fellow warriors who were there. I prayed for them, I joked with them on Facebook, and I plan to glean from each person what they absorbed from the whole experience. I’m glad that my heart grieves that I missed the opportunity. Why? Because the pain shows me what I value. And I truly value Training Day, I value meeting Warrior friends face-to-face, I value the jokes and laughter, I value the deep truth touching and healing wounds, I value being part of The Warrior Class.

Written by Sonda Hansen Stonebridge Team Leader

~ Sonda

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WARRIOR FRIENDS

Nette Rose Yamada & Angie Boyce

Nette Rose Yamada, Susan Morningstar Jimetta Mayne, Kristy Lindvall, Mara Roberts & Judy Austin

Mariette Vermooten, Mark & Anna Barber, Angie Boyce

Madeline Rooney, Dale Shannon & Maricela Damerow

Janice Riley, Krica Flaming, Doris Chapman & Sam Penny

FREEDOM FIGHTERS Dewey Compton, Graham,

Eric Dystra, Jan Limiero, Junetta Peck, Janice Riley, Lynn Hare & Krica Flaming

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Covering two sessions at the “Breaking the Mold” conference for Arise Women in Minneapolis, MN for Graham was all those things and more. It’s a fabulous act of war to step up when the enemy thinks he has succeeded in taking out a key threat… and to make him regret that he thought it was a good idea. It’s a terrific opportunity to establish identity, knowing who God made you to be and not making any comparisons that He isn’t making. And it’s extremely precious to have the friends that know you best, cheering you on. I’ve worked with Denise Siemens and Arise! before, and was warmly welcomed. While it was requested that I do familiar topics (“How You Are Known in Heaven” and “Establishing Your Internal Overcomer”), they were, of course, my own unique brand of Kingdom. After an introduction to how molds are broken when our capacity for majesty expands, I based each session around Key Questions that this community could continue to explore in their UpLink teams: For “How You Are Known In Heaven”: What lens are you using when you look at yourself… and is it the same one that God is using when He looks at you? It’s a question of how our perceptions impact our identity, filtered through Samuel’s experience when he went to anoint David. Samuel was not a rookie in his life with God when this occurred. He had already seen what a people-pleasing king resulted in… and yet, he needs an upgrade in perceiving how God really sees, just as we often do. Do you think about yourself the way God does? This is a question about mindsets, built around the truths found in Psalm 139 regarding both the quality and abundance of God’s brilliant thoughts towards us and how we align with them. All life in God is a matter of alignment, not attainment, since God’s ways and thoughts towards us have always been present. What is our greatest manifestation on earth of how we are known in heaven? This is a question of outcome. Our perceptions and thinking will manifest in language and action. Are those expressions aligned on earth with how we are known in heaven? Manifesting life on earth from how we are known in heaven is not a matter of mere activity, but of acts that are a response to how we have perceived and thought about God and who He created us to be. I used one of my favorite stories from my prison ministry years, where on my first day with the criminally insane, Jesus took back every ministry gift He had given me as we walked across the enormous yard, gently saying, “Will you trust me to hold that for you?”. By the time I arrived at the entrance to these units, I felt quite empty - until just before the door opened, when He kissed my head and simply said, ‘Here’s My heart. Take it. That you’ll need”… and the miraculous times that followed. “The darkness and the light are both alike to You” Psalm 139:12 says, and it became a reality that day. His love for us, manifest through us, overwhelms all opposition. Setting captives free never goes out of style. That’s our greatest manifestation on earth of how we are known in heaven. Continued…

“Breaking the Mold” Conference ARISE! St. Paul, MN

By Allison Bown

Stepping into new territory always intrigues me. I expect to see a new level of majesty that I’ve not seen before, discover something amazing about who God will be for me and encounter a fresh revelation of how much He loves and cares for people. His beloved ones always deserve our best, and the days of preparation for these meetings were some of the sweetest I’ve known.

Denise Siemens & Allison

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Key Questions for “Establishing Your Internal Overcomer”: We began with the truth that you can’t become an overcomer unless you have something to overcome! Therefore, what we often refer to as “warfare” is simply a matter of training. Since this is an enormous topic, I focused Establishing Your Internal Overcomer through the lens of promise. Are you looking for a Promised Land… or a problem-free one? A problem mindset works the problem. A promise mindset asks, “What problem?” We understand that challenges offer opportunities to inherit promises that can only occur if there are giants to overcome. Seemingly unanswered prayer is often because we are praying in the Language of Problem to a God who can only speak the Language of Promise. Listen in the Language of Promise for answers. Are you trusting in Promises or details? We think we’ll feel more secure if we know what’s going to happen, but it’s an illusion. Check out Joyful Intentionality pgs. 26-28 for more on this. Are your promises fueling the joy of the journey as you travel, or are you holding off your joy until the outcome is evident? I adore Moses’ journey from servant to friend, as he continues to discover who God will be for him, to him and through him. It’s a New Testament relationship, found in an Old Testament hero as a prophetic picture of the real Promised Land of relationship with God after the cross. (Also found in Joyful Intentionality pgs. 135-143) Throughout the sessions, we would pause and exchange our lesser thoughts for God’s more brilliant ones. Ministry was woven throughout the teaching - sometimes in ways I had expected, and at other times, in moments that surprised me. People experienced freedom from old lies of disqualification from failure, feeling alone on the journey and more. Disappointments were disempowered with the truth of empowering grace. At the end of the day, the response was extremely positive and our impact was strong. I believe those present discovered that this life is not confined to one, very brilliant, British friend of God, but that there is a growing community of us that are identifying, taking and establishing the relational revelations we’ve been taught. Truth increases in its brilliance as more facets appear. All my thanks to the Warriors on site, some who travelled quite a distance, to lend their support to that. Together, we took some excellent ground and equipped a vibrant, emerging community for the next level of their identity and growth.

~ Allison

Allison’s time in Minnesota was amazing, she

took ground and expanded our territory! She

handed out some rich questions for

exploration and made a couple of what have

become key statements for me.

The first was:

We are looking for Alignment not

Attainment.

We are already welcomed and embraced in

the Kingdom, we are not looking to attain to

something in order to be received. If the

missing piece is shown it is to help us back

into alignment with the Lord and His

purposes for us, because in alignment we

have strength!

The second that caught my attention was

more a question,

“Am I looking for my promised land or my

problem-free land?”

In my promised land there are promises to

cover my possibilities (in other circles known

as problems :) So as I encounter my

possibilities, what are the promises in my

promised land? When I look for my

promises, instead of solutions to problems,

I’m establishing my internal overcomer to

become more than a conqueror.

I am loving the exploration!

With Joy,

Kelly Megonigle

Lead Coach

Friends and fellow Warriors

Diana & Joe Gray

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What wonderful partners Christian Healing Ministries have become to us. Not only Francis and Judith MacNutt, but the entire team has always welcomed us with open Kingdom hearts, amazing hospitality and hunger to explore more of the beautiful nature of God they have always exemplified. The worship here is always wonderful, creating a great atmosphere. And lots of TWCers were on hand and we had a great lunch together (so great that I forgot to take pictures!). Graham empowered over 800 people with the truths of: "Jesus took our sins. Why would anyone want to bring them back to work on them?" "Working on the Old Man in a New Man world is like trying to play football with baseball rules!" "Adam talked with God in the Garden. What language did he use? What if the first language of man was tongues... and at Pentecost, God restored the language of heaven? At the Tower of Babel, people learned to speak the language of the world. We have been restored to speak the language of heaven." "90% of prayer (what is called "prayer without ceasing") is relational. 10% of prayer is focused on a purpose. It's what we call 'times of prayer' ". "The communion of Jesus, Father and Holy Spirit is our greatest reality... God sets a table before us in the presence of our enemies. Have you ever noticed that you can't be attacked until the meal is done? God schedules our conflicts. Not the enemy." "You don't need a self-image. You need a God-image of you." "Can you handle the glory of seeing yourself as God does?" But the best heaven-to-earth moments were in the last session. I have no notes, because we put down our pens. It was an encounter with wisdom on a warrior's life that is exceedingly powerful. We'll definitely be sharing it in the future. I've listened to the session several times, but can't take notes on it yet. It's still soaking in.

Theresa Cooke, Judith McNutt & Allison By Allison Bown

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The session started with a word from Graham for the CHM community that captures our hearts for these partners in this good fight: "There are several reason I like working with Francis & Judith. Francis has been my hero for about 30 years. I’ve read, listened, and seen a quiet man just get on with it. No fuss, no undue attention, no gathering to himself – just quietly, graciously, lovingly serve the Lord. And seeing, you know, Judith, what a man can do with a good woman next to him and what a good woman can do when a good man believes in her – that’s a compelling partnership. But I also believe they have prevailed through times when nobody understood what they were doing or what they were teaching & a lot of people thought there wasn’t really a need for that – they just stood & and got on with it and prevailed. And here’s the thing – ministry’s not supposed to be easy for the one doing it. It’s a war - & you’re challenged every day on every front. You’re challenged financially, physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually. You are challenged & the only way you can survive in ministry is to live in The One – is to understand the power of the one with The One. You have to get that because there’s no hiding place in ministry. ...The other reason I really want to be involved with CHM is I recognize what is coming to them & what may be long overdue but obedience is just a long road & I firmly believe that Francis will live to see the day of all he has fought for & prayed for. And I believe not only will he live to see the day but he’ll be part of that day. I expect to see him get stronger. We know in Christ there ain’t nothing that’s not reversible. Right? Everything is reversible – everything is reversible & I think I’m not so much contending with the enemy for Francis’s health as I am standing before the Lord contending with the goodness of God for this man. That he would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living & that God would grant him time and energy and zeal to finish this race greater than when he started it. I don’t want him bowing out – I want him going out at the very apex of his game! That’s it.“ So now we have the joy of joining with the CHM community to say "Lord, You said..." as we continue to pray for them and our growing partnership. With Joy,

Allison

At the Captivate 2015 Conference, Graham said, this: "In

warfare, we can encounter the ‘heavens’ in our

circumstances, not the ‘earth’ in our circumstances." That

statement resonated in my spirit so deeply because what

Graham said was exactly what the ministry at CHM had

done for me years ago. Through prayer ministry, the

"thoughts" of pain and hurt in old experiences that had

lingered in my memory were transformed by seeing His

presence in those memories. He WAS there in my midst

as a child and He sovereignty walked with me through

those horrific experiences. He was that precious balm

being applied to that old experience. Although in my heart

and mind I didn't interpret that situation as a positive one or

a "heavenly one", I realized my Savior was there all

along. It brought such healing to my wounded soul. There

is a supernatural encounter with the Resurrected Christ

during the prayer. I was set free of wounds that had

caused so much pain. Healing prayer is a form of warfare

and as only Graham can so eloquently say, Heaven was

invited into those circumstances and the presence and

power of Jesus set me free.

The thing that had the most impact on the CHM community

was Graham’s expectation that Francis would live to

see that day, when what he has fought and prayed for

comes to be; and that he would be stronger and go out at

the apex of his game. We were really impacted by the fact

that Graham said long ago, that people didn't understand

what the MacNutts were teaching or really see the need for

it - that affirms that Graham does see it, and we can all

work together to bring heaven on earth for the glory of God!

~ Lee Ann

Graham’s word to CHM

By Lee Ann Rummell

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“Comfort brings a

release. Freedom

is the outcome of

truth being spoken”

“We prophesy in line

with love, grace and

truth. We are

touching people

often in areas of

difficulty and

inadequacy and

releasing them to the

blessing of God.”

“Prophecy should

inspire people to

overcome! We win

by persisting in the

person of Jesus,

who can easily

outlast the enemy

in patience!

We always practice

our persistence at

a higher level than

the circumstances

or we gain nothing.

Prophecy that

Inspires provokes

us to know that

God will fight for us

and that He will

keep us in the

fight.”

My name is Dorothy and I qualified as one of those Graham has described as "playing a bit part in a

movie of your own life." Having been born a twin, called "Twin", I had no sense of who "I" was- there was

only "we". Even as a married woman I was not "me", I was so-and-so's wife....

Today that bit part has been transformed - wonderfully - into a oneness with Him who knows exactly who

I am and how He sees me AND is pleased to continually reveal fresh insights. It is my joy to share with

you that I am a Ruth, abandoning all to love deeply!

My Identity Statement

I am a Ruth, abandoning all to love deeply.

I am a Ruth, resting as the Lord works.

I am a Proclaimer of God's Favor and Grace.

I am a Mother of Israel, distributing morsels of heavenly Bread.

I am a Proclaimer of Release to imprisoned captives of darkness.

I am anointed to bring eye-opening Light.

I am a beautiful crown, a royal diadem in the Lord's hand, His gift.

Becoming the Beloved

My heart leaps with joy as I think about the words “Becoming the Beloved”, for they offer the promise of

becoming the very thing for which my heart has craved all my life. I have been astonished to learn the

offer has NOT expired and never will expire as long as He lives!

Being the Beloved is becoming the core of who I am, bringing me into His Favor, His Grace, His

Permissions, His arms, His heart. It is the relationship that fills my deepest need.

What Part of God's Nature are you currently exploring?

It is my ongoing pleasure to be discovering that God loves being my Father, but not only Father -

DADDY! As I sit at His breakfast table each day I receive a huge portion of Daddy's kindnesses.

He knows the loss I suffered as a child and so He is carefully and intentionally allowing me to discover

that He is THE WORLD'S BEST DADDY!

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: Dorothy Cruise

Watchmen Team