What is in a name?

God speaks and we respond. Do you? Do you hear Him? He is speaking. Sit outside, open your eyes and really look. Ask Him, 'what are you saying to me'? He is definitely speaking.

He said to me, 'call up 10000 warriors' and I kept the word close to me for a few days. After sharing it and being sure of what God wanted from me, I spoke about it to those around me and then to more. Before I could give the project a name, it had taken on a life of it's own. Such was the excitement with the idea that people were already calling it ... 10000 warriors.

So we went with the flow. Since then I have wondered if we should have been more thoughtful. Did this best express the idea of rallying people to pray. To incite a Holy Spirit wave of 'crying out', so that we, together could take some ground in the name of our King. Hmmm Father, give me wisdom, love the name but want to KEEP YOUR NAME HOLY. It is my desire to bring you honour, help us to do this in every way. Not my will but yours be done. A warrior wonders?

Frankly ...

Why don't people pray. Because it is boring ? ... yes sometimes. lonely? yes again. Don't know how? Yes I think that is true too.

People don't pray for a variety of reasons and we can sit in judgment of ourselves and them or we can inspire and facilitate prayer. God is asking us to pray. So here are some ideas; Pray the Lords prayer. Go to the letters in the New Testament and every time Paul prays, copy it and turn it into a personal prayer or a prayer for your Church. Ask a friend to pray with you weekly, fortnightly, go to a Church building that is open if it helps you or sit at home. Try walking and praying or just worship Him. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE WORSHIP. Out of it comes a heart that beats with the heart of God and rarely struggles for inspiration to pray.

It is officially not funny anymore, we must pray and we must start immediately. Do not be put off. Experiment with ideas for praying. Then Pray. God help us.

Can you feel God's smile?

If what you do for the Kingdom seems small, then Look up, because God is smiling, maybe even laughing with joy! If it is still a dream then start, do something. The seed thought begs to be planted and can not grow until it is. Zachariah wrote;

"Do not dare to despise these small beginnings, (if fact that is the only beginning you can have) ... because the Lord rejoices when the work begins, when the plumb line is in your hand" There is work to be done, praying, loving, giving and sowing your life into a future that glimmers with hope.

Believe in the thing that is in your heart. The steps of a good man are ordered by God ... THE STEPS. Walk it out, live loud and feel the smile of God as you go.

Troubled Times

In this world you will have trouble ...Jesus spoke these words and went on to give a real life strategy for soul survival. How true it is, trouble all around. Global financial crises with a domino effect traveling at breakneck speed across every continent. Our kids need braces; the car needs new tyres and workplace gossip wounds even the strongest soul. Trouble happens!

Another time there was a soldier who was asking this God-Man for help, his daughter was very sick. His associates caught up with him and told him it was too late and not to trouble the teacher any more, she was already dead. this is a famous story from the Gospel but it resonates with truth for us to glean. We think, why bother, nothing can be done, our dream is dead, no-one cares, why trouble God or others with our issues.

Jesus' words are coming at you today. "Take heart, I have overcome ..." He offers us courage, by example and by insight. He knew what we must learn. God will not forsake us, if we call on Him, He will hear us. He hears you know. If you are alive you will experience trouble, but take it one day at a time. You only have the power to manage one day of trouble at a time. Whatever happens today is dynamically changed by how you approach and interact with it. So take heart, you will face it better if your burden is not wieghed down with yesterdays and tomorrows trouble. Yours for the journey, Julie

What Next ...

So here we are, a couple of battles under our belt and I would think plenty to go. Jesus has won it all. We are indeed the victors. However we seem to have trespassers in our inheritance. It appears we must fight, or at least occupy our territory aggressively to maintain our Status as the Victors.

The great apostle Paul admonished us to take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ, our Captain. So, this is a moment by moment occupation. We can not easily slip from our position in Christ but incrementally we can descend into a way of thinking that is not Kingdom oriented. If we do not address this, our old nature begins to assert itself and the voice of the accuser gets louder.

Therefore, lift up your eyes, strengthen your knees, laugh at the future and celebrate who Jesus is and the incredible power that His death and His resurrection delivered to us. With a constant praise for God in our mouth and the Sword of Truth in our hand, that's how we experience the Victory. The joy, contentment, the peace that passes understanding, then guards our mind and keeps our peace. If we are diligent and our thoughts are challenged and allowed in, only if they are congruent with truth, then we live daily in Victory..

As this applies to us individually, it also does to our Churches and our cities. We are stewards of the Kingdom reality. Jesus taught us to pray, Your Kingdom come and Your will be done. Pray it daily and persistently, don't worry, pray instead and the peace is guaranteed. Do not grow weary while you are at it and the reward is ours together. WOOO HOOO !!!!!!

What if?

If you met Jesus at the park today, and He talked with you about the Kingdom, the future and His dreams for His Church, what would you do. If He went on to talk about the part that you play, laid His hands on you and you were then gloriously filled with the Holy Spirit, and you could feel His fire all over you. With this infilling a great calling came over you and Jesus began to speak over you, declaring your purpose and the mandate He has given to you, (all of us) to "GET OUT THERE INTO THE WORLD AND MAKE DISCIPLES, TEACH THEM TO OBEY ALL THAT I HAVE SHOWN YOU..."

What would you do? Please consider going to the park and meeting with Jesus, remember your calling and with fresh eyes and an unveiled mind, go and do all that He has inspired you to. If you have ever had a desire to go and do something for God ... Go now and do it soon! The Kingdom awaits your contribution.
Yours for Revival, Julie

Celebrate

Well hello fellow soldiers. We have participated in another skirmish and stood with our mates in NSW for the advancement of the Kingdom.

In Blacktown, last weekend, a faint echo was heard that resounded across the heavens. It was just the beginning of birth pangs. Revival is our destiny and she will be born on the shoulders of those who pray.
Churhes will yet rise up and take their mandate to ..."make disciples" seriously enough that people will begin to walk in their destiny and see 30, 60, 100 fold increase. And to that day we look, it is even dawning on us NOW!

As I talk to people across the Body, I hear a new vigour, a fresh excitement indicative of a fresh wave of souls. Let your Kingdom come and your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven.

I do believe in Jesus.

Zechariah

DO NOT DESPISE THE DAY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS, THE LORD REJOICES WHEN THE WORK BEGINS, WHEN THE PLUMB LINE IS IN YOUR HAND.

Let the seed of your dream grow into all that God destines it to be. Let the water of the Word nourish it. Be blessed.

It is just the beginning of a time we will never forget!

The Beach Head

A Beach Head is a dangerous operation. It usually has many casualties and takes great courage to participate in.
The stirring that is happening across the Body of Christ at the moment is a beach head for a new wave of prayer. For some, it is an invitation into the supernatural realm where 'working with God' on a daily basis is our new NORMAL. So if that is you, welcome, and don't forget to have fun in the new thing God is asking of you. This past Saturday, all over this great nation and in other parts of the Pacific Region there have been stirrings in both the natural and the supernatural.

Suzette Hattingh is a recognized voice in regards to Prayer and its impact on nations. Through much struggle in both the physical and the spiritual realm, she brought the Word of the Lord to us at an event in Blacktown, Sydney. She took the platform with some Australian statesmen and along with groups, large and small, we, together asked God for our nation as our inheritance. She confirmed to us that way more was going on than our physical eyes can see. God will be glorified in His Bride.

So Glory be to God and May His name be kept Holy. I am now asking God for strategies and ideas to manifest the things He has promised us. Many of us are poised for the next season and we should not hesitate. The moment the King catches your eye, RUN!
Yours for the Kingdom, Julie

5 Days to Go

This Saturday is the 10th of the 10th. There will be 10000 Warriors lifting up a prayer for our Nation. Its a 'no brainer'. God is stirring up His people to pray. How will they, (WE), respond. My prayer is that we won't lose perspective. This life is a vapour, a breeze to be spent in honour of the King. It is His desire to see the whole earth come under His Lordship, His love.

It is my desire to please Him. Please join me this Saturday for 10 minutes, whenever and wherever you are and pray that His Spirit be poured out across our Nation. In our schools, our Churches, families and people groups.

Never tire of asking God to move. For God so loved the world that He gave His son, His life as a ransom for all who come to Him. Talk tomorrow

Forgiveness - thats the good news.

What a beautiful Saviour we have. Hanging on the cross, he said, "Father forgive them, they don't know what they are doing".

Lord grant me grace to sow forgiveness. Weave it so tightly into my personality that it flows out as naturally as swimming to a duck. Lord I want to follow you, be like you. You are the example of life.

If the people of God would let stuff go, free their spirits of dusty old baggage, then we would be participating in the global purification of 'The Bride' and obeying the command in 2 Chron 7 v 14 ...

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray, turn from their SIN, and seek my face, then I will hear from Heaven, forgive their sin ... and heal their land.

AMEN ... so let it be - soon.

Pedro Fernandez De Quiros

Let the heavens, the earth, the waters with all their creatures, and those present witness that I Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, in the name of Jesus Christ hoist this emblem of the Holy Cross on which His person was crucified and whereon He gave his life for the ransom and remedy of all the human race, on this day of Pentecost, 14th May.

I take possession of all this part of the south as far as the pole in the name of Jesus which from now on shall be called the Sothern Land of the Holy Ghost and this always and forever, and to the end that to all natives in all the said lands, the Holy and sacred evangel may be preached openly and zealously.

These were the words spoken over our nation and the Pacific Islands while we were not yet a nation. This declaration was in the name of Jesus and we stand together and agree that it shall be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

In honour of the King

When we pray we co-work with the Holy Spirit. God is stirring up the warrior spirit within us to cry out, 'Come Lord Jesus'.

The call is for the people of God to turn away from entanglement in meaningless things, and to turn toward a life that pleases Him.

Revival is not about us, nor is it about 'them'. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him would not die, but have eternal life. Revival is about Him. God wants to restore all things to Himself. So we GO, full of the Holy Spirit and invite people to become a part of this family. We are people who proclaim 'peace on earth' and declare that now is the time of the Lords favour. The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!

So pray with passion. This is what pleases Him. It's all about Jesus, it's all about Life!

Ten Days of Solidarity

"Never doubt that a small group of committed people cannot change the world. In fact nothing else ever has!" Margaret Meade.

So do not grow weary while doing good, because if you do not lose heart, you will receive a reward. This is an important moment. Invite a couple of friends over on Saturday the 10th and read the prayer through together, it will take about Ten Minutes. Talk about Revival, Transformation, and what it might look like in your city. There are people everywhere believing with you that God is working on our behalf to bring all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Do it with a song in your spirit. I remember one I used to sing as a child went something like this;

Oh how I love Jesus
Oh how I love Jesus
Oh how I love Jesus
Because He first loved me!

Yours for Revival ... Julie

You do not have many Fathers ...

I have been looking into my family's spiritual heritage and discovering how dysfunctional the Body can become when we lose our Fathers. Not just our Fathers biologically, but our spiritual Fathers. Who are they and how do we recognize them?

God is Love. That would the place to start. A Fathers heart is motivated by love. This person may or may not be a leader but they are a 'lover'. They understand what Paul meant when he said, 'What comes on me daily is my deep concern for all the Churches'. The Fathers heart hopes all things. As they look at their sons and daughters they genuinely HOPE that the best case scenario will happen in all circumstances. Fathers are people of Faith. Of course they have faith, but to be a Father in the Pauline sense, one must forsake the praise of people including their spiritual 'children' and be fully persuaded that the path that God has chosen for us as His children is the only option to please Him.

How many times have you heard someone say, "I have no spiritual Father. I don't feel like anybody is interested in mentoring me". If this is you, then start to serve someone you admire. You could get hurt but God will use that too. Be compassionate towards the one you choose and love them. Commit for at least a year to honour them especially and learn what it is that created that admiration you have for them.

As well as that you could ask the Holy Spirit, who needs your influence and encouragement? You could GROW UP and choose someone or several and begin to love them, hope with them and live out your faith with them. Invite them into your home and do not hide from them. When Paul said 'imitate me', this included copy my brokenness, my repentance, my humility, my choice to go in the face of fear. We have much to learn and a very gracious Father in Heaven who began the work and will complete it until it is done. I want many sons and daughters who I can say to, 'copy me because I am trying my best to copy Jesus'.

What happened next ...

The book of Acts is ... What happened next. Jesus came out of the tomb, spent a day here and there with His disciples, gave some very important instructions and then, left to take His place outside of time and to send our precious Friend, Holy Spirit.

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT is what happened next. The Acts of the Apostles. These are the same guys a few pages earlier who shared the Last Supper with Jesus. Now they are the caretakers of the Truth, as are we. These devastated and humble men and women then had to overcome their grief and look as Jesus did, at the needs of others. Jesus had recently wept because the people were so lost.

How long since you read the book of Acts. Do it today. This is a big clue into what the Church could look like. People who are full of the Holy Spirit, taking care of each other and providing for the needs of the ministry. Bold, organized, PRAYING, looking out for each other and declaring this Good News no matter the circumstances. Ship wrecks, prison, whatever is an opportunity to do what Jesus did and mingle with people downloading the goodness of God.

As I read I was looking for the Supernatural. I wondered as I read how I would respond to people if they told me some of these stories on the weekend.

...'an angel visited me ... I fell in a trance and had a vision ... I was in prison but the doors opened by themselves and I followed and angel down the street ...' This is what happened next. Lord we need a Revival!

Will you not pray with me ... one hour

These words of Jesus to his disciples on the night of his betrayal are confronting. Have you ever heard him say these words to you. I hear them now. As I read through the '10 minute prayer' this morning I felt a very real sense of the Holy Spirit gaze at my soul, reminding me of the enormity of the responsibility he has bestowed on the Church.

This burden is one that I carry with joy and with reverence, often unworthily and yet I feel the smile of God on my life in a way that resonates of the Amazing Grace for which he is well known.

A survey was done on American University Campus' and they were asked; 'What is Jesus best known for?'' The answer of the majority was, 'he was the one who said, 'Love your enemies'. This is as it should be because the apostle Paul said, If I do this and that and pray and fast and be the VERY MOST SPIRITUAL Christian I can be and do not have LOVE, then I am NOTHING ... NOTHING!

Sobering isn't it, so as you pray, if you remember that someone has an offense against you, leave and love and come back knowing the devil has nothing on you. Keep on Asking, you will receive what you ask for.

I love Jesus, Julie

Now is the time to Worship

In the valley of dry bones the angel begins to explain the vision in Ezekiel 37, and he says to the prophet; 'This is the whole house of Israel, (the church), they say our bones are dry ...all hope is gone, THEREFORE PROPHESY!

According to this scripture the antidote to dryness and hopelessness, is to Prophesy. When we sing and worship God, declare His Majesty and His promises coming into His presence we set ourselves up for the Spirit of God to move in us and on us to Prophesy.

Come on people ... Now is the time to worship, not with rules and regulations, not with sacrifices and offerings in an attempt to appease our God. Through Jesus Christ the veil was ripped, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, so that we can come as His adopted children into His presence with the assurance that we accepted in the Beloved. Don't let anybody put a trip on you that there is still some requirement of the law to Please Him. Jesus was the requirement fulfilled totally. Follow Him.

Jesus said, now you can ask the Father anything, using my name and He will give it to you. I will not ask for you but you ask,using my name. Keep on Asking, everyday because God is your Father.

Lord we are asking for You to visit this land in Power. May every place of worship, that names your name as the King of Heaven and the Returning Son of God, experience a Dynamic encounter of our precious Holy Spirit that begins a work in the hearts of your people that is carried forward.
Let those who follow you hear the call to, Arise Shine, the Light has come, the Spirit has been poured out, now let Your Kingdom come! We are desperate for you. We refuse to live without Your Presence in our lives.

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.

WARRIORS - don't be like the 'foolish Galatians' who were born again in the Spirit but then started to work in the flesh to achieve their righteousness. The veil was torn, from top to bottom, by God Himself, so that we could be in His presence. We could not ... cannot achieve that. By Jesus Christ we have access to our Father. We are the children in this relationship and as such, make mistakes.

HEAR ME GOOD, It is by grace we have been saved and even this is not of ourselves, but a gift from Him. There are some and because of their own feelings of inadequacy will attempt to get you to work to get favour with God. Receive this word, Nothing can separate you from His love.

I don't fully understand the grace of God, but I do know this; from the Gospel of John, that Jesus was FULL of grace and FULL of truth.

We thank you Jesus, for your undeserved mercy poured out to us. It is your love that constrains me, motivates me and inspires me to follow you, allowing you to fulfill your promise to complete the work you began in me.

Yours for Revival. Julie

The enemy within.

Good day, warriors. Today is Jemiah's birthday. She is 2. She is beautiful and she is free. She dances as if no one can see her. She sings like no one can hear her and she loves like some one who has never been hurt.

Jesus said, 'unless you become as a little child, you cannot enter the Kingdom of God' When we were 2 we found it easy to be as a little child and yet now we have become encumbered by all our sophisticated notions of being a grown up.

May be we should all try to grow down, become childlike. Forgive easily and move on. That is the quickest way to retard and remove the power of sin from our lives.

When we stand in our authority and pray for peace and freedom for our cities....we must ensure that the enemy is not within us, or the foothold could become a stronghold and destroy the work that God is doing in our lives.

Forgive us AS WE FORGIVE those who offend us. For yours is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, Forever!

AMAZING Sunday 13th Sept

GOD IS MOVING ACROSS THE NATION - IN SYDNEY, SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE BIRTH OF 10W HERE IN QLD, A GROUP OF PEOPLE LAUNCHED A PRAYER OFFENSIVE AND CALLED IT -
10,000 Warriors. Peter Madden from Blacktown Sydney will be speaking at Good News Company. GNC meet Boronia Hts Primary School Hall, (Middle Rd) at 9 & 6 on Sunday and we are believing for a knitting of hearts to the dream of Revival. If you are free - then you are welcome to join us. Keep on Asking, Keep on Knocking and Keep on Seeking

typo

Sorry Warriors ... it is actually 31 days to go! Pray Hard - If He asks you to Fast - do it!

Majesty

Majesty! As I came into God's presence this morning I felt that familiar smile forming across my face. As I enjoyed being with Him, I considered how amazing it is that to be here I had followed no protocol rules.

Yes, I was thankful and I had lifted my voice in praise because these are the ways to experience His presence for sure. However I had no fear that I might say the wrong thing or look silly to Him.

If I had an appointment with the Queen or the Prime Minister, it would be expected that I would behave a certain way and be sure not to mention certain things. Well ... not when I am sharing the time/space realm with my Father, Abba, Daddy. He is my Majestic King and yet I smile and sing like I should be able to with anyone who is so secure that they need no assurances from me. If I did not praise Him the rocks would so my Father in Heaven does not need me to confirm that He is above all. Majesty!

Narrow Road

Hey... Today I read the Gospel of John and half of Mark. I am determined to build my 'house' on the teachings, (the words), of Jesus. He said 'if you remain in my and my words remain in you. I don't know if that comes easier to you than it does to me but I have to engage all my energy to remain in Him. And even though it is challenging to operate COUNTER CULTURALLY I will, by His grace give it my best shot.

What is the deal that we can call ourselves believers or followers of the most Radical person to EVER walk the planet and be ordinary...dead set mediocre. Come on people, if you have to be alive then you might as well Live! Can I put it out there, lets say for the duration of this prayer campaign which culminates on the 10th of the 10th, (32 days left) we read only the gospels, unless the Holy Spirit specifically directs you to something else of course. I am desperate to please my King...He is worthy of all honour and praise. Yours for Revival Julie - A Warrior with Dreams

Its all we have!

This (today Monday 7th September) is the day that the Lord (God who created the first day) has made, you might as well rejoice and be glad in it (now, while it is happening)

You have read this scripture so many times, now do it....REJOICE!

Today pray with passion, put it on if you have to. The apostle Paul said, 'put off the old man and put on Christ' Jesus was a man of passion, he was constantly moved with compassion. If passion, feeling and conviction was your Christ-likeness guage, pay attention. Get passionate, Rejoice, pray with conviction. This is not a dress rehearsal...truthfully Today is all you have!

Welcome Family - especially Dads

Welcome 10000warrior family. I have so been looking forward to keeping you up to date with all that God is doing through our prayers and celebrating the twists and turns of our journey together.

Today is Father's Day so I would like to honour the men of God who have embarked on this pilgrimage of prayer, who, by their faith, are creating a better future for our nation, our cities and our children. It is no small thing for a man to challenge the status quo and offer up fervent prayer.

I think it is worth my while here to say up front what we, at 10000warriors (10w) use as a working definition of the term 'Revival'. It is less of a mysterious cloudy type of floating, hope it comes this way, idea, as it is the Church standing up in her potential and reflecting the Glory of God. It is the people of God, side by side, establishing His Kingdom in time and space.

I have been blessed by so many of you, but let me share this good news story.

One man told me a detailed vision of a large black mosquito net that was draped over a city. The peoples prayers were being caught in the veil and were not penetrating through it. As he began to pray with the knowledge that many others were joining the taskforce, there appeared a brilliant metal cutting implement on one of the edges of the veil. Then in the vision a nick was made on the edge and with momentum it weakened the side and began to split the entire dark covering and releasing the prayers en masse through to the heavens.

The conditions are ripening for the Church to Rise Up...to stand together and begin to walk and then run in her destiny. So here's to the journey...why don't you grab a friend and tell them to get on board. I fully believe that God is leading us forward and that if we remain in Him and pure in heart, we can do this. We can co-work as the Body of Christ and with the Holy Spirit, lay down any agendas we have where they do not honour the calling of God. Trust Him, He loves you.

Lord I sign off now with a prayer...May your name be kept holy. Your devoted daughter Julie