Jamie Rohrbaugh recognizes the many step programs and ministries dedicated to inner healing and deliverance from demonic strongholds. While she thanks God for each one that has helped believers find freedom from the oppression of the enemy, From His Presence—which she and her husband, Bruce, founded in 2012—takes a unique approach to inner healing and deliverance. She says their ministry has seen “incredible results all over the world.”

Through online instruction and conferences both in the U.S. and abroad, Jamie and her staff have taught a simple method of inner healing for all who need it. In essence, she says, inner healing requires only two things of the believer—childlike faith and obedience, being willing to obey God when He asks us to repent for our sins and forgive those who hurt us.

“My goal is to try to make living in the supernatural life simple,” Jamie says. “I want to help people understand that miracles and prophecy and all of these things are not limited to the lives of the people they may think are super-spiritual, the giants of faith, the Marilyn Hickeys and the Joyce Meyers among us. I want them to understand that they can walk in all of these things. So we work at that to build people’s confidence.

“The difference in what we do and what some other people do is that we’re saying, ‘God, this is what Your Word says. So I’m just going to repent of everything that would get in the way, as Your Holy Spirit shows me how to pray, and then I will just receive.’ As soon as you come to the Lord with that simple, childlike faith, He just heals and heals and heals.”

At one of her inner-healing conferences, Jamie, a graduate of Berea Seminary, said that she “encountered a precious sister who was already mature in the Lord, but the Lord was doing something new in her heart. She sat in her seat and cried for two days. Through simple, strategic prayer and faith, however, that sister received the healing for which she had been waiting—and her entire countenance was instantly transformed.

“All of a sudden, the Lord showed her one thing that she needed to break and receive healing from,” Jamie says. “She just sat back and received, and boom! It was an instant transformation.

“It doesn’t have to be hard to receive inner healing, wholeness and victory. Healing ministry doesn’t have to be a power play. I’m not opposed to digging, casting out, binding and loosing, of course; we do all those things when they are required. But my mission is to see other people healed the same way I was healed, which was to approach it with a simple, childlike faith and say, ‘Father God, everything that’s not from you, I’m just going to leave it all be, and right now, I’m receiving from you.'”

Through Jamie’s inner healing conferences, both internationally and at home, and a proprietary, formal inner healing path, she says she has seen tremendous results. A great deal of her work at From His Presence, however, is done through her website, . Since the ministry’s inception in 2012, according to her Google Analytics data, they have reached over 2.5 million individual people online through her main website alone—not counting those reached through the other online outlets for which she writes, such as YouVersion, The Elijah List, Charisma magazine and —and has seen over 7.4 million pageviews.

Now God is using this vehicle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since From His Presence is positioned to reach end users directly with the discipleship materials they need, Jamie has been able to continue ministering effectively despite global restrictions on in-person gatherings. At the site, she offers teaching articles on five specific subjects: 

The current, prophetic word of the Lord

Radical, faith-filled prayer

Inner healing and deliverance 

Finding your destiny and calling in God 

Kingdom wealth and entrepreneurship.

She has over 1,200 free articles on these topics, including how-to guides on how to heal from church wounds, how to receive the various gifts of the Spirit, how to walk in the manifest presence of God and how to receive breakthrough through fasting and strategic prayer. The website also offers free videos, including teachings on how to declare and decree increase and multiplication for your finances.

Additionally, the website has a “freebie library” with free study tools, including a seven-day mini-course on how to heal from rejection, a prayer for justice, a spiritual gifts inventory and a supernatural lifestyle toolkit. There is even a guide on prayer to find a spouse! The website also offers worship and soaking music to put believers in touch with Holy Spirit and bring them closer to God.

Jamie features webinars on her website either free or at a minimal cost.

“Our webinar series is one of our most popular offerings,” she says. “We have reached thousands of people around the world with them. A lot of the stuff we do is free, but we have a tiered pricing structure for webinars. When the class is basic information that every Christian should know, we offer that webinar free. When it’s more advanced, nitty-gritty training, we’ll charge a little bit of money—like $15, $20 or $40. And we charge a little bit more for professional training, such as technical training about blogging and websites. Our readers love our webinars, and they understand that when it’s a topic they really care about, they need to invest in themselves and in their own education and equipping.”

“But the biggest thing is that we’re reaching people for God’s glory online. People are getting healed, and reaching the end user directly with the Good News of Jesus and His victory is really effective. I praise God for that!”

Finding a Mentor

Jamie was raised in a Protestant denomination—one she didn’t want to name—but one that she said did not feed her spiritually.

“As far as inner healing goes, I came from a really challenging background,” she says. “I was a very messed up person in my mind and emotions.”

However, when she was 21, a woman she didn’t know invited her to a traditional Baptist church in Chattanooga, Tennessee—and she received salvation in Jesus when she attended one Sunday.

“After I got saved, I had a lot of healing and deliverance that I had to go through myself,” she says. “At first, I didn’t have anyone to mentor me or disciple me, so I just started digging into the Word. As a new Christian, it was really hard. I could read one or two verses, but I had to ask the Lord to help me and to disciple me. I read the verse that says you don’t need anyone to instruct you but Holy Spirit, who sent you the anointing. So I took God at His Word, and I just started studying my Bible, and the Lord started healing me.

“After a while, I did find a Spirit-filled Baptist church, which I attended for many years. It was a wonderful place to be for that part of my life. They had a seven-step deliverance program, and I walked through that; and I just kept worshipping and studying. I was single, and I was never a social butterfly, so I just spent most of my time with the Lord. Over the years of just laying on my face and getting in the Word, and staying faithful to attend that Spirit-filled church where I received so much from the Lord, the Lord just healed me. Some of that healing came from ministry, but most of it just came from Holy Spirit Himself.”

In 2017, after having cut her hours in half at her corporate job as a business analyst the year before, Jamie went into ministry full time. She also joined Judy Jacobs’ International Institute of Mentoring, a mentoring program for women who want to preach.

Before that time, Jamie had never had a mentor, but Jacobs, whose church Jamie now attends in Cleveland, Tennessee (Dwelling Place Church International), became just the person she needed to guide her and challenge her to grow in ministry.

“Pastor Judy has been on stage in ministry for over 50 years, and she and her husband, Pastor Jamie Tuttle, live their lives in the Word, in prayer and in fasting,” Jamie says. “When I came to her mentoring ministry, I needed a community of people to run with. I can’t think of anyone better to run with than those two. They are aggressively advancing the kingdom with everything they’ve got, and they encourage everyone around them to do the same.”

Fruitful in Ministry

In addition to inner healing and deliverance, From His Presence equips believers to operate in the prophetic—a gift God offers to all of His children but which not many have the confidence to try.

“In the Bible, they had schools of the prophets,” Jamie says. “But in many modern churches, even charismatic ones, the fivefold ministry is often perceived as ‘us four and no more,’ and so sons and daughters are not raised up in the prophetic. They are often only expected to support the existing ministry structure and are discouraged from trying to enter ministry themselves, even if they are called and are fruitful fivefold ministers.

“People have to learn how to discern Jesus’ voice from all of the other voices they hear, so I teach them. Basically, I try to dig into the Word and grab all of the gems I can find and present them. Number one, it’s about recognizing the checks and balances in the Word. How do you know for sure that this particular voice was really God’s? Also, if you’re going to learn to prophesy publicly, you have to learn some protocol. You don’t want to hurt people with your bad delivery. There are a few guidelines, but after you learn those, then you can prophesy with confidence as long as you stay within the safe boundaries of God’s Word.

“You must have godly character to do anything in the ministry, and prophecy is no different. But it’s so simple for every believer to walk in the prophetic if they just have a little confidence and a little training. God wants every one of us to prophesy, and it’s simple to do so. Hear God; say what He says. Easy … if we will just teach it that way.”

Another function of From His Presence is to help pastors of local churches—and full-time itinerant ministers—to transition their ministries into e-commerce. Jamie’s background as a business analyst has been a huge help in that area in assisting pastors and churches. She also makes a point to teach the financial principles that Jesus taught, helping many ministers build their ministries in the process.

“Half of our ministry is taking care of pastors in two ways,” Jamie says. “Number one, we help provide tech support, and two, there is the actual caring for pastors who sometimes are in real financial need, either personally or in their churches. We help them rework their business model.

“I’m really passionate about financial wholeness. One of the things I teach on all the time is that in God’s financial abundance, it is not a ‘name it and claim it’ type of thing. Instead, abundance is an ‘obedience’ thing. God’s financial principles work, whether you attribute them to God or not.

One of the biggest things the Lord talks about over and over in the Bible is not only money, but that we have to do business to make money. I’m so passionate about teaching Christians this, equipping them to be entrepreneurs. You can read about that in Proverbs 31, where God shows that the definition of ‘virtue’ involves making money, manufacturing and investing. And even though Proverbs 31 is mostly about women, there’s no separate definition of virtue for women versus men. We are all called to demonstrate virtue by doing business until Jesus comes.”

Jamie says she finds a great deal of gratification in all facets of her ministry, but there is one that really stands out.

“I love being able to reach people who are hurting and see them get healed and get whole in Christ,” she says. “But I’m also all about discipleship and helping people realize their dreams.”What’s burning inside of you that you want God to make happen for you? What do you want to do beyond what you’re doing right now? I love being able to serve God by helping others achieve their dreams, especially in ministry. We need all the laborers in the harvest field that we can get, and I want to spend the rest of my life helping to equip everyday Christians to become powerful, healed, whole followers of Jesus who then become ministers themselves.”

Shawn A. Akers is assistant online editor at Charisma Media.

Healed of what he calls “massive levels” of sexual brokenness, former Hollywood actor David Kyle Foster developed an overwhelming desire to teach others how to find freedom from this bondage.

Foster has no doubt that sexual brokenness is a demonic stronghold. Deeply involved in homosexuality, male prostitution and pornography early in life, Foster eventually discovered there was only one way out, only one way he could find freedom from a life that could have led to premature death and permanent damnation.

Radical transformation through Jesus not only saved Foster’s life, but it led to a hunger to share with others how to escape a life of depravity and torment that would lead to eternal separation from God.

Foster grew in his faith and founded Mastering Life Ministries (MLM), an organization that helps people crush sexual sin and brokenness through a close relationship with God the Father. MLM uses tools, including film, television, radio, seminars and publications, to communicate the truth of Jesus Christ.

“The main goal of everything we do in our ministry is to teach sexually broken people how God heals,” Foster says. “It is extremely important that people, especially in the body of Christ, know that there is healing from sexual brokenness.

“Most people find it difficult to leave a life of sexual bondage. The sexual drive is powerful. It is one of the more difficult strongholds of the enemy.”

Without a close, surrendered relationship with God, Foster says, freedom from sexual addiction isn’t likely.

“There are a lot of programs out there that are really good, but most of them deal with man-centered psychology,” Foster says. “A lot of them are good, and they are very helpful.

But many people put the cart before the horse.

“If you don’t develop this intimacy with the Father through a saving relationship with Jesus Christ, all you’re going to end up with is a maintenance program,” Foster says. “But God is offering a transformation program. He offers hope, and we’re offering the hope of God through our ministry and through our podcasts. 

Foster’s Pure Passion Podcast is available on the Charisma Podcast Network. The show has featured well-known guests, including Steven Arterburn, Ruth Graham, Francis MacNutt, John Sandford, Kay Arthur, John Bevere and Jack Frost.

Led Into Sin

Foster’s sexual brokenness took root early in life. At around age 8, he says he was sexually abused. Although it is difficult to remember, he has little doubt that he suffered abuse.

“I had all the signs of it,” Foster told Steve Strang on an episode of The Strang Report podcast. “I had become sexually obsessive and suicidal during those formative years, and that’s generally a sign of sexual abuse.

“I ended up having an addiction to masturbation and then to pornography, and it just got worse and worse and worse over the years. I tried to take my life several times. I felt very unloved and unaffirmed by my father.”

By the time he made his way to Hollywood in the 1970s, Foster says his sexual addictions and brokenness had grown “out of control.” What made it worse, he says, is that heads of studios actively pursued him for “sexual purposes.” That led to his delving deeper into a perverse lifestyle.

But in 1980, Foster became disillusioned with the atmosphere in Hollywood.

“People there love you as long as your career is doing well,” he says. “But then they tend to forget you, and I just became empty. I was looking for love, something, that wasn’t really there.

“So I decided to go find Jesus. I got on a plane and flew to Israel, and Jesus just met me there and just radically saved me and transformed my life. When I flew back to Hollywood, God started from there. … I went to see a pastor. Back then, there were no books, no support groups for this type of thing. Ministry counselors didn’t have a clue what to do.

“So it was me and God every night—me kneeling by my bed and saying, ‘OK God, what do I do? I’m being tempted to do this, but I don’t understand this.’ I was kind of forced into developing an intimate relationship with God the Father, and that is the key to permanent transformation.”

Counseled by God

But escape from his previous life wasn’t easy. In prayer, he continually reminded God of his attraction to pornography and other sexual activities, and God instructed him as to how to purge these activities from his life.

“I told God that I couldn’t drive down Hollywood Boulevard without stopping in that porn store,” Foster says. “And He spoke right back to me, ‘Well then, don’t drive down Hollywood Boulevard.’ At first, it was so simple and rudimentary. Someone who is bound in sexuality can’t even see the simplest things.

“Another night I was complaining to God and told Him, ‘These things are tempting me horribly, and I’m not sure I can resist.’ He said to me, ‘Why don’t you simply name the demonic powers that still control you, according to what they’re tempting you to do, and cast them out in my name?’

“So, I thought, well, that’s a unique concept, but I did it, and it worked. Within a week, the power those temptations had over me was gone. The demons had left. For the first time, I was able to say no to them.”

Eventually, Foster went to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he received a master’s in divinity. Years later, he received his doctorate of ministry at Trinity School for Ministry and became an adjunct professor.

Foster also established Mastering Life Ministries and Pure Passion Media, a subsidiary of MLM. He is the producer and host of Pure Passion, a televised outreach program that equips the church to minister to those in sexual bondage and brokenness.

Shawn A. Akers is assistant online editor at Charisma Media.

Frustrated. That’s how I felt.

I woke up this past week after more than a month of quarantine and social distancing, and I was frustrated. I was frustrated because I was still unable to gather together with my congregation for worship.

Technology is a blessing, but it just isn’t the same as being together in our sanctuary as our voices join in praise and adoration of our heavenly Father. I was frustrated because I missed my friends and family.

Yes, I can FaceTime, Zoom, GoToMeeting and Facebook with them. But there is nothing like the feeling of hugging someone whose heart G-D has knit together with yours.

I was frustrated because I like having order in my life and COVID-19 has changed nearly every plan I had for this year: Synagogue events canceled, speaking engagements canceled, conference canceled, weddings canceled, birthdays canceled, vacations canceled.

I am frustrated because of the division in the body of Messiah that is a result of the response to COVID-19. Some say, “If you don’t meet in violation of governmental directives, you are showing a lack of faith.” Others say, “If you meet together, you are not loving your neighbor as yourself.” I am frustrated because the entire world is seeing this division among believers in real time on their computer screens, devices and phones.

I am frustrated because the details of COVID-19 seem to morph every day so that there is no way possible to actually come to terms with the adjustments. I am frustrated because one day they say, “Don’t wear a mask because it won’t help,” followed by, “Wear a mask; it could save a life.”

I am frustrated because the media presents one doctor who says this virus is catastrophically horrible only to be followed by another doctor who says, “This whole thing is blown out of proportion.” I am frustrated that we are warned of massive casualties in the millions only to have those numbers thankfully reassessed to the thousands.

I was frustrated because the government in news conferences continually announces the soon release of upcoming directives for restoration of normalcy, only to later announce a new committee tasked with establishing the directives that were previously to be announced.

But most of all, I am frustrated because I am frustrated. I am a believer in Messiah Yeshua and I should not be frustrated. The above frustration all flowed through my mind in a flash of time—probably a moment. My next thought, though, was from a song I learned when I was a young child. I watched the stage version of the play Shenandoah and the lyrics of the first verse are:

“Freedom ain’t a state like Maine or Virginia/ Freedom ain’t across some county line/ Freedom is a flame that burns within ya/ Freedom’s in the state of mind.”

Those words from a song long forgotten lovingly shook my soul back into alignment with my spirit. These words brought back into focus who I was and Who is really sovereign in this world. I remembered that nothing going on is outside of G-D’s view and control. I was once again reminded of what Yeshua said in John 16:33 (TLV):

“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”

Paul said it this way in Philippians 4:11-12: “I am not saying this because I am in need—for whatever circumstance I am in, I have learned to be content. I know what it is to live with humble means, and I know what it is to live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment—both to be filled and to go hungry, to have abundance and to suffer need. I can do all things through Messiah who strengthens me.”

My frustration, which took weeks to build up within me, left in seconds when I allowed the Spirit of G-D to recalibrate my heart. Once that happened, I was once again set free because freedom is a state of mind. If you are like I was and are struggling with frustration, do yourself a huge favor and allow G-D’s Word to remind you of your freedom from frustration.

Yeshua said it this way in John 8:36: “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed!” {eoa}

Eric Tokajer is author of With Me in Paradise, Transient Singularity, OY! How Did I Get Here?: Thirty-One Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before Entering Ministry, #ManWisdom: With Eric Tokajer, Jesus Is to Christianity as Pasta Is to Italians and Galatians in Context.

In a world that is continually becoming more and more biblically illiterate and conformed to secular society, the need for Christian leaders who know God’s Word is becoming increasingly crucial.

Dr. Randal Langley, president and CEO of Christian Life School of Theology Global (CLST Global), believes biblical training is imperative if believers are going to win the world for Christ. And he believes every church must be equipped to provide that training to its members.

CLST Global is partnering with churches around worldwide to help provide the tools for them to start their own Bible colleges and raise up world-changing leaders to impact the culture for Jesus. With “uncommon education for uncommon leaders,” churches can bring a Bible school, personally branded, online in less than 24 hours. It is quality Christian higher education that is flexible and affordable.

“We’re not a college, but we’re a training institute,” Langley told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on the Charisma Podcast Network. “What we are, for the most part, is a provider of customized Christian higher education. We’re a servant organization that empowers these organizations, these ministries, to have their own Bible training center, structured around their own identity, the DNA of their organization.

“We’re trying to help them fulfill and create a dynamic tool to train and empower kingdom-minded leaders. I love the local church and what it represents. But in many cases, people are in the pews in our churches that have no practical plan to empower them. So, CLST Global is really impassioned to put resources in their hands of whether it’s an organization that wants to start a school, or whether it’s a man or a woman who just wants to come alive and is on fire with the call of God on their life.

“These are men and women who want to have a Bible college opportunity, and it makes it doable for adult learners. They don’t have to uproot themselves or go away, leave their job or whatever. It’s a way to empower high-capacity kingdom leaders so they can stand toe-to-toe with the enemy and be powerful for the kingdom of God right in their sphere of influence.”

For more about CLST Global, listen to the entire podcast.

For hundreds of years, theologians have debated and speculated about a bizarre passage of Scripture in Genesis 6 that tells the account of angels mating with humans and creating a race of giant hybrids.

While some may contend that this is only science fiction, author and filmmaker L.A. Marzulli, in his book On the Trail of the Nephilim, offers definitive proof that these biblical giants truly existed. His search for the Nephilim has taken him to Paracas, Peru, and other “relatively unknown places in South America,” leaving no stone unturned to reveal this incredible supernatural mystery.

Marzulli first learned about the Nephilim when he read Dr. . Thomas’ The Omega Conspiracy, widely accepted by many in the field of archaeology. The concept of his book, Marzulli says, stems from Genesis 3:15, where God says to Satan, “I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will bruise your head and you will bruise his heel.”

“That is the most important prophetic verse in all of the Bible,” Marzulli tells Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on the Charisma Podcast Network. “That’s the first mention of a man’s Redeemer. What we get from that is the outline of a seed war—the seed of the dragon will be at enmity, at war, with the offspring of the seed of the woman.

“And this has been bandied about for centuries. That leads to Genesis 6, where I believe that when it says when the sons of God saw the daughters of men they were fair and took wives from whoever they chose, and went into them in the biblical sense, they created this hybrid known as the Nephilim,” Marzulli says. “So we’ve got these fallen angels coming down and doing the unthinkable, mating with the women and creating this hybrid, which roamed the earth.”

On the Trail of the Nephilim reveals, in hundreds of excavated caves throughout the world, evidence of the Nephilim’s “genetic abomination,” and Marzulli sets out to topple what he calls perhaps the “‘greatest coverup’ in mankind’s bizarre history.”

For more information on this incredible story, visit and listen to the entire Greenelines podcast with L.A. Marzulli here..

As a former member of the LGBT community, Ronald McCray knows what it’s like to suffer sexual trauma and brokenness. But as someone who has been freed from that lifestyle, he also knows what’s like to experience Christ’s redemption.

Homosexuality is a sensitive culture subject, and McCray says believers, including Christian leaders, don’t always know how to address the LGBT community in the most loving way. But there is a way to show them the love of Jesus and transform their hearts.

McCray underwent a life-changing experience in 2009 and now has a wife and a family.

“Prayer is paramount because I believe that every approach is going to be different,” McCray told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on the Charisma Podcast Network. “One person’s response may be different than another’s.

“I’ve heard people say they responded to the hellfire and brimstone message, and they came out of that and gave their life to Jesus. I don’t know that the ‘scare tactic’ is that effective. We need to approach people with love, and that is where we can make the most impact. I would start by counseling.

“If I were in the position to give advice to coaches or pastors, I would say to understand how hurt this community has been and how bashed and broken they have been. Let compassion lead the way. I believe that as we are sensitive to the Holy Spirit, He will guide us as to how to be most effective in reaching people. I can’t make a blanket statement, but I believe if we loved like Jesus loved, we can reach this community. Show love and speak the truth.”

For more of McCray’s incredible story and how to purchase his new book, Is God Who He Says He Is?, visit and listen to this entire podcast.

Naturopathic Doctor Mark Sherwood says COVID-19 has exposed a flaw in the way many Americans, including believers, treat their bodies. And many have died because of a weak immune system, something that could have been prevented with a healthier diet and exercise regimen.

So, says Sherwood, founder of the Functional Medical Institute, it’s time for God’s children to start providing an example of how to live a healthy life God’s way—the way the Bible originally intended—so we can get and stay strong to lead people to Christ.

“It’s put up or shut up time at this point in the body of Christ,” Sherwood told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on the Charisma Podcast Network. “This COVID-19 has shown us our vulnerabilities physically, emotionally and spiritually.

“Any opponent that you’re fighting against shows you where he can attack you, and many simply don’t make the adjustments to defend themselves. I mean, that’s nothing more than either foolishness, or, perhaps even stronger, rebellion or laziness. We’ve got to do better and we really let ourselves down. You can’t disagree with the Scriptures because they are infallible. …

“The church is sick, chronically sick. We’re having people come to the altar in these ministry times who want to be prayed for [who have] type two diabetes, and we’re serving doughnuts in the lobby or we go out to eat, and it doesn’t work. We need pastors out here that step up and live by example. We all need to step up and live it. …

“Nothing comes from mankind. Everything is from God. As Solomon said, it’s important that you allow God to be the great physician, and He has a 100% cure rate. There’s a prayer that I have that says, ‘Father and great Physician, teach me Your ways, Your remedies and Your protocols to heal Your people.'”

For more about how to get healthy God’s way and to enhance your immune system, listen to this entire podcast.

Under “normal” circumstances, our non-liturgical church observes Communion on the first Sunday of each month and at special times, such as Good Friday.

With federal and local COVID-19 “stay at home” regulations limiting public gatherings and personal proximities, our leadership has chosen to surrender to God, but also submit to “all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,” for we know that “this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior” (1 Tim. 2:2).

This has negatively impacted our ability to share the spiritual strengthening “union” of “Communion” with our brothers and sisters in Christ. So, our pastors have wisely incorporated the observance of Communion within our weekly videocasts each Sunday online (), on (/myTCOTW) and (@mytcotw).

Family Communion

Each family, participating in their homes, is encouraged to prepare some bread or crackers, along with “the fruit of the vine,” and follow the instructions of the video pastor, in taking of these significant elements. Receiving the cup, individually by each believer, is representative of the blood of Christ and the breaking of bread is collective identification with His body (1 Cor. 11:23-25).

Prayerful participation, there among their own family members, confirms a covenant of spiritual commitment laterally, as certainly as it does vertically, between God and each believer in Christ.

The apostle Paul quotes Jesus as saying to the disciples at the Last Supper, “Do remembrance of Me” (1 Cor. 11:25). Then Paul instructs: “As often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes” (v. 26). He further taught us that we are not to partake of these elements “unworthily” (v. 27).

It is not a discernment of whether we are worthy to participate in Communion, but of any failure to attribute the full worth of Christ’s redeeming work on the cross. “For this reason, many are weak and unhealthy among you, and many die” (1 Cor. 11:30). He, alone, is “worthy” (Rev. 4:11) and, because of Him and His cross, we are to “walk” in His worthiness (Eph. 4:1-5).

We are called to participate in the fruit of our Lord’s death, not to reenact a ritual review of His sufferings on Calvary. This participation in Holy Communion “as often” as we may wish is meant to release celebration, not solemn self-flagellation. It is an occasion for sharing in the triumph of the cross, the power of its provisions and the joy of our hope in His soon return.

Some might find this family-based observance of the Lord’s table different and maybe alarming because it is not necessarily administered by an ordained clergy member, one set apart for this “sacerdotal duty.” But the only biblical requirements of this righteous celebration are: (1) that Jesus Himself be the central focus of the worship experience and (2) that prepared hearts approach His table reverently.

Pastor Jack Hayford has written that he rejoices “that thousands I have taught know and practice the celebration of His Table in their homes. In times of special challenge to faith or spiritual warfare, the bread and the cup are observed at home ‘as often’ as they choose.” In fact, many who sat under his teaching and ministry still continue this holy habit of sensitive, private Communion times frequently, some even daily, claiming New Covenant blessings and the joyous exercise of and edification from their spiritual language (1 Cor. 14:2-4)!

One Bread and One Body

Observing Holy Communion together while “social distancing” during this global pandemic, whether participating at home, online or in person with other believers, where and when that’s possible, can help keep us integrated as members of one body as we partake together of Him, in faith. Paul writes, “For we, being many, are one bread and one body, for we are all partakers of the one bread” (1 Cor. 10:17).

“To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen“ (Eph. 3:21).

Ordained to the ministry in 1969, Gary Curtis is a graduate of LIFE Bible College at Los Angeles (soon to become Life Pacific University at San Dimas, California). He has taken graduate courses at Trinity College in Deerfield, Illinois, and Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California. Gary served as part of the pastoral staff of The Church on The Way, the First Foursquare Church of Van Nuys, California, for 27 years (1988-2015); and served for the last 13 years as the vice president of Life on The Way Communications Inc., the church’s not-for-profit media outreach. Now retired, Gary and his wife have been married for 50 years and live in Southern California. They have two married daughters and five grandchildren.

As I was looking out my bedroom window one morning following the stay-in-home order set by the governor and mayor in my city and state of Wilmington, Delaware, I began to look up at the sky, and suddenly I had a vision.

As I looked through the window, I saw the word “creativity” in front of my eyes and imprinted in my vision. I was instantly taken to Genesis 1:1, where it says, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” We can see that God is the Creator of creativity. He is the originator of creativity.

Furthermore, we can also see in Genesis 1:26-28 where it says: “Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

The Lord later in Genesis creates a special species called “mankind” and gives them delegated authority and power over the works of His hands. As believers, we possess a delegated measure of authority that enables us to operate in what God desire us to do. This authority is a shared authority from the Lord Jesus because we as Christians are His commissioned representatives here on earth, acting as His mouth, hands and feet.

I love what Psalm 8:5-6 declares about God’s people: “For You have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.” Creativity is a part of the life of the believer, and we were created to create and procreate. Creativity, one of the core characteristics of God (Rom. 1:20), has been given to us, so we may go and be creative in His image (Ex. 35:31).

Creativity is so powerful. Taking the first 11 chapters in the Bible, we see creativity as a major theme throughout. God was speaking to me that in this time of being quarantined that greater level of creativity, innovation and inventive ideas will begin to come forth out of God’s people. This is not the season to allow fear, panic, anxiety, laziness, doubt, unbelief and stagnation to set into your hearts.

The spirit of creativity from the Holy Spirit will be activated and stirred up like never before. There will be new ideas, dreams, concepts and visions from God that will emerge in this down time, isolation and quarantine season. God says, “Don’t allow pandemic created by the coronavirus and limitation restrict and hinder your ability to flow with creativity and a cutting-edge nature by the Spirit of God.” What is the definition of creativity, and what does the Bible say about it?

According to Wikipedia, the word “creativity” means “a phenomenon whereby something new and somehow valuable is formed. The created item may be intangible or a physical object.” Another definition in the Oxford Dictionary says creativity is “the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work.” As we know, man has been created in the image of God.

In other words, man has been created in God’s imagination to reflect His nature and characteristics through the fruit of the Spirit. In addition, you must understand that you are God’s idea. You are God’s masterpiece and prized possession. He wanted an offspring of people who will rule like Him in the earthly realm. God desires that we take full advantage of this quarantine time that we are in by tapping into our Holy Spirit’s creativity.

Creativity creates productivity. Productivity brings prosperity and prosperity preserves your posterity. There is going to be, in the days, months, years and decades to come, prophetic creativity that will bless a generation. God wants His people to break out the mundane and mediocrity of life and to unleash the creativity within. As I was looking out of the window, the light bulb came on that there is more within God’s people than what meet the eye.

In other words, God is saying there is more within you that you have not seen before. The Lord desires you to break free and release the realm of productivity. No more boredom or stagnation in this next season. God is going to give you the cutting-edge anointing and prophetic advantage to seize the opportunity this season permits.

We must understand that the Lord is the one who release the gifts of creativity to men and women. We can see in the life of Solomon. who didn’t ask the Lord for wealth but for wisdom. and God gave it to him. We need the wisdom of God to be creative to bring in the wealth for kingdom purposes. Each one of us is blessed with the divine innate ability and certain gifts of creativity that must be used here and now on earth not in heaven. We must discover them and then utilize them for God’s glory.

Keep in mind that the Lord doesn’t give us gifts of creativity that He hasn’t graced and anointed us for. It is my heartfelt desire that the verses below will reveal to you that we all have creativity in areas God has granted to us all for particular purposes, and as always, they are intended to bring Him glory.

“Moses said to the children of Israel: “See, the Lord has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of craftsmanship, to design artistic works, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood in order to make every manner of artistic work” (Ex. 35:30-33).

I am reminded of Bezalel, who was given a special and supernatural ability and talent to work in a creative way as it pertains to the construction of the tabernacle of God. It was the Lord who gave Bezalel these creative gifts, and God expected him to teach these skills set to others (Ex. 35:34-35). Bezalel’s creative abilities included knowledge, intelligence, wisdom and divine skill in his artistic craftsmanship. It was through the desire of God that Bezalel was able to impart, teach, train and pass along these abilities. And so “He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan. He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work as craftsmen; as designers; as embroiderers in blue, in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen; and as weavers: as craftsmen of every work and artistic designers” (Ex 35:34-35).

“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, so that we should walk in them” (Eph. 2:10).

The anointing of Bezalel is being released for creativity because like him, we are God’s workmanship and we were created for the purposes to bring God glory in our good works. And understanding that these works were “prepared beforehand” for us so “that we should walk in them” or do great things for Christ in that work. As the body of Christ, we are called the body for a reason as the church.

Because we become God’s mouth, hands, feet, voice, and eyes, and to be a body is to physically do what Christ would do if He were physically here on the earth today. He is the head of His body—the church—and we are to be His body—the extension—doing what He has sovereignly appointed all of us to do daily.

We were created as His workmanship to operative not only in our lives but the lives of others. This quarantine time should not be view as a setback but a divine setup for perpetual breakthrough success in God.

What the enemy meant for our bad in the pandemic God has turned for our good with creative power. {eoa}

Dr. Hakeem Collins is an empowerment specialist, respected prophetic voice, apostolic leader, governmental minister, life coach, and sought-after conference speaker. He is known for his keen accurate prophetic gifting and supernatural ministry. Author of best-selling books: Heaven Declares and Command Your Healing. He’s been featured on many television shows: Sid Roth’s It’s Supernatural! The Word Network, and Cornerstone TV just to name a few. He is host of Prophetic Breakthrough podcast on Charisma Podcast Network. Follow him on:

COVID-19 has put on a stranglehold on the economy of many countries around the world the past few months, including the United States. But what about Zimbabwe, which had an 80% unemployment rate pre-COVID-19? And how has this number affected that country spiritually?

Michael Johnson of We Support Ministries says American ministries, churches and other employers have a huge opportunity to make a kingdom impact in Zimbabwe, a country starving for the gospel and for its people to make a difference in the workplace.

We Support Ministries creates opportunities for the people of Africa by outsourcing their talents to the world. The company helps finds the best employees for your organization and is providing hope and esteem to the people in Zimbabwe, a country with over 2 million university-educated men and women in all areas of expertise.

“We have an opportunity to go in and make the nation of Zimbabwe a bastion for Christianity,” Johnson told Dr. Steve Greene on a recent episode of Greenelines on the Charisma Podcast Network. “We can make it a place where God’s light can shine through all of Africa.

“But it’s going to take work. It’s going to take people getting employed. It’s going to take opportunities to work around the embargoes, the export problems, the import problems. What we are really doing is we’re allowing Zimbabwe to export their most vital resource—their talent.

“When you invest in the talents of people, and they get that economic burden off their back, then can really start thinking about making more of a kingdom difference in their communities. We would love to build an entity over there that employs literally thousands of Zimbabweans and gives them an opportunity to use their skills and gifts for not just their own spiritual growth and the impact in Zimbabwe, but the spiritual growth of the kingdom work all across our country and around the world.”

For more information about We Support Ministries, how it works and its kingdom impact, listen to the entire podcast.