Praying for Maria

Therese, Jordan, Nikki and her son Neeko, and I all went to pray for Maria on Monday. We took some 8x10 pictures of Jesus, plus smaller pictures. We asked Maria how she has been feeling physically and she said that she is tired often and spends most of her time resting in bed. She said her doctors had discontinued chemotherapy because it was destroying too many cells, good and bad. After we gave her the pictures, Nikki and Therese and I laid our hands on her and started to ask the Father to heal her. We asked Him to reverse the process that was happening in her body. She has many cancer cells spreading all over her body and we asked Him to spread many, many healthy cells all throughout her body, and for health and strength and energy. After we were praying for just a moment, I called to Jordan to come and join us and lay hands on Maria with us and pray for her. Jordan came and stood by us and laid his hand on Maria's arm and started to pray for her. Maria told us a few moments later that when Jordan put his hand on her arm that she felt warmth go into her body through his hand and spread all through her body and that she felt the Holy Spirit, so we told her that the Holy Spirit had told us that Jordan has the gift of healing, and we told her about some people who have been healed in the past when Jordan prayed for them, such as the 17 month old boy whose bones were fusing together in his head, until Jesus healed him. (When the puzzled doctor showed the boy's parents the results from two different MRIs taken before and after praying for the child, the doctors said, "We don't know what happened. We cannot explain this." The father leapt out of his chair and shouted, "I know what happened! It was Jesus!" He called us later in tears to tell us that Jesus had healed his son.)

Today Nikki spoke with Maria on the phone. Maria told Nicole that she felt so much better yesterday then she has in a long, long time so she went over to a friend's house and cleaned their whole house in anticipation of a visit from a relative! Tomorrow she goes back to the doctor to take some more bloodwork tests. We are looking forward with joy and hope to see what Jesus has planned for Maria. How much He loves her! Whether He heals her or not, He is her Friend who cares deeply about her and all that comes to her in her life. We told her when we gave His anointed pictures that Jesus will talk to her and will show His presence by the Holy Spirit and that she will begin to hear His voice more and more. The loving relationship that deepens between them will be eternal, from this life in her natural body to her life in eternity. By Jesus' stripes we are healed, and by His love we are brought close to Him. Thank you to all our brothers and sisters who joined us in praying for Maria.

Pray for Maria

Today we are going to pray for Maria, who was told she has three months to live because of cancer found in her body. The Father told us to go and give some pictures of Jesus to her and to lay hands on her and pray for her, so we are going at 1:00 PM, our time, which is 3:00 PM EST. Join us in praying for healing in Jesus' name for Maria.

Pray for EG in Venezuela (and help him if you can)

Here is a link to the OJP IN RWANDA blog page with two new exciting reports about distribution of the pictures of Jesus within Rwanda: http://ojpinrwanda.blogspot.com/

The following is an email that we received from Venezuela this week:
Hello. I have given out all tracts, pictures and copies dvd from "The Passion of Christ" by Mel Gibson, you sent me. I need even more!. I have distributed it to spiritualists, catholics, atheists in communist political party here in Venezuela. But send only mail-bags or packets no exceeding to 4 pounds (American measurements) or 2 kilograms (Worldwide Measurements) in weight. Pray for me, I need funds for buying a computer, because my access to internet is only through cybercafe, and for payments to custom office, taxes in Venezuela are high, and religious material is no exempt. I am extremely poor. Tell on me to somebody in your country or in your mailing list, with wishes to help in evangelize to Communist Venezuela. - EG

This week also we mailed out twelve packages of pictures of Jesus, DVD's of the Passion of the Christ and the writing Jesus is Alive and Knows Your Name. Three of these packages went to other countries: Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The other nine went to various states in the United States: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. We still have approximately sixty packets to mail out and about four boxes of clothes (and pictures of Jesus) to go to an orphanage in Rwanda for children whose parents died from AIDS.

We received a request for more pictures from an inmate in a NM prison. Steve wrote to thank us for sending THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST to his brother, and now requests us to send a dvd to his sister, and some pictures of Jesus to other family members. What a wonderful opportunity the Holy Spirit gives to each of us to be evangelists, no matter where we are.

This last week, our friend Anthony was helping his sister move. While he was loading his truck with some of her furniture. a man from the same apartments that his sister lives in came up to him and said, "Do you need some help? If you have to move out of your apartment, you can come and stay at my house." Anthony replied, "No, thank you, I am okay." When he toook the next load down to the truck, the man approached him again to say, "Are you sure you are okay? If you need food, you are welcome to come over and we will feed you." At this point, Anthony was thinking to himself, "I need to give the man some of the free pictures of Jesus" so he went back into the house and got some of his sister's pictures of Jesus to share with the man and his family. He gladly received them and said he wants them to share with others. Later, the Father told me that He moved by His Holy Spirit on the man, with a strong desire to reach out to and help Anthony. The Father went on to say that He will move on many people all over the world to get the pictures out, both on those giving the pictures and those receiving them. There will be divine appointments as the Holy Spirit puts us in the right place at the right time, all to the purpose of sharing Jesus with a world that He loves. Whether we are in prison, or going to Uganda and the Sudan, or in the bank or the grocery store in America, the Holy Spirit will open doors to share Jesus, by giving the pictures and sharing THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST.

The Father wants response

Recently, we have been receiving some wonderful requests for the pictures of Jesus and marvelous testimonies about them. What a joy to participate with the Father in reaching out to the world in Jesus' name, with Jesus, their Savior, who really wants them to come to know Him.

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Here is an email we received from Pamela, whose mother needed surgery recently, and Silvana's reply, which shows exactly what is on the Father's heart. We had posted a prayer request about Pamela's mother on the OJP Home Page, asking people to pray for her before she went in for surgery, as you may remember.

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Hello Everyone - Wanted to give you an update on the results to Mom's pathology report!! Praise God!! It is great news. The pathology report showed that the cancer was contained in the one ovary and was nowhere else in her abdomen!! The Lord answered our prayers and I am so grateful for all of you who prayed for her...Apparently, less then 1% of ovarian cancers are contained like my Mom's. God is GOOD. As Steve has said "A doctor's diagnosis is no match for what God can do." Amen to that!! Thank you all for caring enough to pray. It is priceless to us! Steve and Pamela

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From Silvana: Now amid the rejoicing, we ask the Father, what can we do for You, to lift up Jesus to the world, so that they may know His healing and His love as we do? What people can you reach in your community, filled with churches that only have religiosity, which doesn't answer fear or pain? Go to the hospitals in your area, keeping Pamela's mother in mind, keeping in mind the stress of being sick or loving a sick one. Take the pictures which are free, and put them in the waiting rooms. This is no doctrine, no particular church, it costs nothing but love for Him and a little time from you; the pictures are free. Do as He leads. He wants His people who love Him to help Him reach people in the darkness, swiftly before they turn to drugs, or suicide, or crippling fear. He does the rest, He carries the heavy yoke. Go to the homeless shelters with pictures, leave them in restaurants. They are clearly having a good effect. Prisoners, the sick, the homeless, many are being touched by the Father and are beginning to talk to Him, to cry out to Him. Be a part of that because you love Him, and He loves them. I'm so glad about Pamela's mother, glad that the healing Shepherd loves her and all who suffer.

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One time while we were driving near the Mexican border, Silvana spoke prophetically of Juarez, speaking of murders that occur there. Several months later we saw in the newspaper that there was a group of men who were both raping and murdering women in Juarez, exactly as she had said. Here is a brief news article that we saw today: http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-02-15/film/1 This article talks about the fact that there is a movie being made about those murders and the director has received death threats. Obviously, a spirit of murder (the Father sees you and knows you) is still there, stirring up problems. But let's not forget that his deeds were pointed out by the Holy Spirit through Silvana when we went near Mexico. He has been exposed. Now Father, bring him to justice. In Jesus' name we ask You.

The Father sees the whole earth. He sees all the evil that is done, by human and by demon. He sees the heartache and the suffering. He sees the ignorance and the darkness. Recently He said strongly to me that He wants response from His people. When He shows something is His will, then there must be a response from whomever He is calling to act. He does not want us to see His will, hear His will, know His will, and then not act. The angels never do this. They are our fellow servants, created as we are, for fellowship with God and service to Him. When the Father shows something, when the Holy Spirit leads, they act. And we, as Jesus' friends, and His Bride, must do so also. Through us and with us, He will reach the world. To do anything differently than respond shows that really, we are just deceiving ourselves. Either we hear Him and do His will, (which we do with joy, for we love Him) or we have a religion in which we claim His name, but do not as He wishes.

The other day, on Feb 11, I saw the enemy in the spiritual realm. I saw him put up a barrier, like a blanket, as he tried to construct a wall of opposition against what the Father is doing. Many of us felt sick, problems arose. Then, as we began to pray for one another, I saw something that looked like a network being constructed. There was a light here, and a light there, and more and more, and they connected together, and before my eyes it became a blanket of response to the enemy's actions. Each light was a person praying for one another; talking to the Father about the needs of each other, of the needs of OJP. So, the enemy opposes and will oppose but we will answer him and our answer is the Father. Nothing Satan can do will stop the Father from carrying out His will on earth. No wonder the Father is saying that He wants response from us! Here is our opportunity to participate in what He is doing. Did you read the testimony from Pastor Jean today? The pictures of Jesus are having miraculous effect! If the Father told you to give, then give. If the Father told you to give out pictures, then rush to do so. If He tells you to pray, to carry one another's burden, then respond. Speaking of opposition from the enemy, pray that the box of pictures of Jesus, and the followup box with string and a camera and a dvd player for showing THE PASSION, arrive safely to Pastor Jean in Rwanda. The enemy hopes to interfere, so please join us in praying that they both arrive safely and in good time

In the Spirit, I saw a plant emerging from the ground, like a tendril of spring approaching. It is a hint of hope, of the promise of the world after Jesus' returns. Our long winter will be over, our God will dwell among us.

A miraculous sign

The day before yesterday the Father did an incredible thing to back up what He has been saying about "Call the things that are not, as though they are". Therese and I were talking on the phone, and she was telling me that she went to the Father after reading the blog where I wrote about Him saying this. She said she told the Father, "I don't get it. I believe it but I don't understand it." The Father told her, "When the Holy Spirit shows you something that you (OJP) should do, then go forward with it as though you have everything you need, because I will provide at the proper time. Call what is not yet there, as though it is."

As she was telling me about her conversation with the Father, I was in the Spirit and I said, "It is power! Not power to us as individuals, but power for His will to be done." About a half hour or so before this phone call, it had started to snow. The wind was blowing hard as it was snowing, like it does at the beginning of a blizzard. We had brought our dogs inside and we were all bracing for the new snow and the cold. I said to Therese, "Call the things that are not, as though they are is power from the Father. It would be as though I said, 'it will stop snowing in Jesus' name, because the Father says that it will'. The reason that I gave this example is because I saw by the Holy Spirit that it was a good example. Within a minute of my saying this the wind stopped, and the snowfall became very, very light. Within three minutes, it had stopped snowing altogether. Within five minutes, the sun was shining, the clouds were dissolving and we had the clearest and bluest day we have had in some time. The sky was beautiful. I stood by the window as Therese and I marveled at what the Father was doing with this miraculous change in the weather, and my back was hot from the sun. From blizzard to sun, in minutes of saying the snow will stop in Jesus' name. Then, the Father spoke again. He said, "This is a sign that what is said is true, 'Call the things that are not, as though they are".

Call the things that are not as though they are

Last week I heard the Father say, "Call the things that are not as though they are". Yesterday, I heard Him say it again. When He first said it, I saw what He meant. As we pray for the things that we see that the Holy Spirit wants accomplished, the things that the Holy Spirit wants to be so, then pray as though they are already happening, speak as though they are already happening.

Here is an example: there are many things that we need as we go forward with OPERATION: JESUS PICTURES. We need to outfit the RV so we can travel, as the Father leads us. We need to print many, many more pictures of Jesus ($8500 for a million pictures) since we give them out all over the world, and the Father is always opening new doors. We need to mail the pictures out, which takes provision for the postage costs. We need to provide for Pastor Jean in Rwanda, so he can expand his giving of the pictures of Jesus and the showing of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST in that nation where the Father is moving among the people who are so close to His heart.

On Friday we are sending the money so Jean can buy a TV, with which he can show THE PASSION from his new and larger house in Kigali, that has electricity. We still need to buy a refrigerator so he and Beathy can have food there to share with guests who come to see the film or get free pictures of Jesus, ($300 USD for a good used one) we need to provide furniture; benches and chairs for people as they watch the film, and gas money for his travels on the motor scooter. We need to provide an automobile ($3000 USD) so Jean can go about the Father's business in the heavy rains. Sometimes now when traveling on his motor scooter during the rainy seasons, he has to stop and stand under the eaves of a building, waiting for an hour or more before resuming his travels. Yet, still he faithfully takes the pictures out, whether there is rain or not. We need to get him a DVD projector for showing the film wherever he goes, and a power pack or battery box so he can show it when the electricity goes out without warning. In Kigali, this situation has been better since the Rwandan government bought four new generators, but when he travels to the villages, it will be very useful.

There are many needs that we have before us. And the Father wants us to speak of them, as though the provision already exists. Though it has not yet been provided, He is saying to speak of it and pray about it, as though it already exists, because He is faithful and He will provide, so what we are saying and praying is true. He wants us to look and see what the Holy Spirit means by what He says to us and shows to us, and then speak as though it is accomplished.

Of course, there are deeper ramifications to what the Father is saying: Call the things that are not as though they are, and many of you will see by the Holy Spirit what He means, and will act on it. Speak of revival in Rwanda, and healing to the spirits of the people. Speak of revival in the whole world, of people turning to the Father and leaving their darkness.

Let me confess to you a weakness that I have: the Father can say and show the most powerful things, and yet I never seem to go far from thinking about provision. We need the money for the mortgage, the gas bill, the OJP phones, to mail the pictures... the list goes on and on. I think of this holy God, whom I love, who leads us always, who has the whole world on His heart and mind, who sees widespread wickedness, who feels the suffering of billions of individuals, who sees the fallen spiritual realm and their continuous wicked onslaught against humanity, and yet the topic of my conversation with Him returns again and again, to what we need. I see the Father's heart, I see the angels singing, I hear Him speak directly, or through the prophet Silvana, of powerful events, sometimes of prophetic things that have been written about for thousands of years, yet almost before the words are out of His mouth in the present day, my mind turns once again to what we need, whether to the provision for what we are doing in Him, or the provision for our households. Has it been like this with you? If it has, then join me, in Jesus' name, to call the things that are not as though they are, and leave our the fretting about events in our lives, and the needs that He sees that we have, and bring to Him our petitions about provision, about our families, our neighbors, our co-workers, or others for whom we are praying, and then trust Him to provide, to act. Together, let us call the things that are not as though they are, and then we will see our great and wonderful and loving God act with power.

Preparing the RV, GATUMBA

The Father has been speaking of taking us out to travel in the RV. He called the RV, "a mobile church". He has been telling us to outfit the RV so we can stay in it for a few weeks, or for several weeks, at a time. Yesterday, I saw the Father with some plans unrolled before him. The plans looked like a map, that was from an aerial view of a city, with blocks and sections. I could see dark blotches in every block, some deeper and thicker than others. The Father showed that this is the presence of the enemy. The enemy is all over the earth, causing harm and pain and suffering, and separation from God, wherever he can do so, aided by the many demons who assist him. As the Father takes us out in the RV, He will come against the works of the enemy, in every city, every town, every area where we go.

During the Thanksgiving season in 2006, we had the opportunity to give pictures of Jesus at a church in Albuquerque who gave away free Thanksgiving turkeys to the poor. That was a joyous thing, standing and giving pictures to people as they went through the line to receive a turkey. We talked with people and prayed for people and gave everyone pictures of Jesus. We had been asking Jesus for an opportunity to reach out to those in need, so we rejoiced as we shared the pictures of Jesus through the outreach of this particular church. Last week, Doug and Therese's daughter, Emily, met a woman who takes food out to the streets of Albuquerque and gives it to people in need. Emily gave her 500 pictures of Jesus to share with the people as she shares the food. A few days later Emily talked to the woman again, and she had already given out 250 pictures of Jesus, so Emily is giving her another 500 pictures, and we will provide more pictures as she desires them. The Holy Spirit told me that this was a fulfillment of our prayers during the Thanksgiving outreach. I saw the woman as though she were our legs. Though we don't know her, she is carrying out the will of the Holy Spirit, as she reaches the needs of people, and shares the pictures of Jesus with many.

The Holy Spirit went on to say that this is what will be true in the RV. As we go out with the Father, He will speak and act and move, and the Holy Spirit will carry out what is shown by the Father. What is said in the spiritual realm will come true in the physical realm, just as our prayers and the desire of our hearts was carried out physically by this woman in Albuquerque. This is because of the greatness of the Father, and His love and His absolute authority over the earth and everything in the spiritual realm. No demon can resist Him. No humans are outside the Father's heart, and His plans and His actions will affect many. The mobile church - the church on the move - is a sign of the action that He always desired from those who love Him.

How we rejoice when we think of the Father coming against the darkness of the enemy's forces! How long they have preyed on mankind, from the cover of their invisibility. Despair and suicide have followed in their wake, deception and unhappiness widespread from their efforts. And every human being out there is our brother, our sister; the beloved of Jesus, who sees how lost they are and how much they need Him. So, we prepare. We are having the radiator in the RV repaired in preparation for our travels in the spring, and there are other supplies we need, which we are gathering as we can.

Today, we mailed to Brother Jean a package of pictures for Gatumba, Rwanda. It is a powerful box of pictures, with 5000 of the strung pictures, 3000 of the unlaminated pictures (that we normally send to prisoners) and 1000 wallet sized small laminated pictures of Jesus, 50 dvds of THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, 50 8x10s with one color and JESUS IS ALIVE AND KNOWS YOUR NAME in Kinyarwandan printed on the back. We also sent tracts of JESUS IS ALIVE: 500 in Kinyarwandan, 100 in English, 200 in French, and 100 in Swahili. We also included 500 copies of the Father's Message to Rwanda. Click here to read a transcript of a Yahoo Conference on January 18, 2007, where the Holy Spirit spoke of a demon strongman in Gatumba. The demon will be removed, the Holy Spirit will move, and the people of Gatumba will be helped. Jesus is coming into their midst!

End of Saddam, coming end of Satan

On the day after Christmas, Silvana, Therese, Felicia, and I, took some of the Passion Fruit and waited before the Father. We prayed for the believers in the days ahead. All the spiritual realm was listening as we cried out that Jesus Christ is Lord. As we asked the Father to kill Satan, to capture him, I saw angels outside. I saw that they also want an end to this terrible being, who has brought such great harm. Suddenly, I saw the angels standing over a body bag, that was blood red. It was blood red because it holds the remains of one who has shed much blood.

When Saddam Hussein was captured by American forces, the Holy Spirit said that it was a forerunner of the capture of Satan. When I heard today that Saddam would be killed in a few hours, the Holy Spirit showed me that the body bag was for Saddam, but it is a warning to Satan, because his end is sure, and it is approaching swiftly.