Hey bloggers,

Thanks for the comments on the other site…it’s just something I’m experimenting with. I’ll get back to posting MITN here in a minute…

One thing about the whole “Laws of Attraction” thing that completely rings true with me is the fact that the more you acknowledge and even celebrate little joys…the little miracles…the more they keep coming. It’s why Jesus said that to those who have, more will be given…

So today I'm celebrating the little things...I'm happy that Debye and P. Avery found such a great flight schedule to the Philippines...I'm excited about going to Chicago in the morning...I'm looking forward to us having Sofia next week while Christina visits Daisson, and taking her (Sofia) to have her picture made with Santa, and to ride on the Pink Pig at Lenox Square...Judah made 100 on a very important project (that he really needed to)...Jonah got the lead role in the school play...Jared texted me and said he wants to hang out next week...and every phone call that I got yesterday was just nothing but good news...Bishop Huskins called to ask if we could host the ICCC Conference here in May (we'd be honored)...Dr. Chironna called to talk about getting together soon (first time in a long time)...Pastor Carey Harrell and Pastor Don Hughes both called to schedule me at their churches (and I love both of their churches)...I found a really cool Christmas song to sing this Sunday...our house looks beautiful all decorated (the Newton Citizen called to ask if they could photograph it for the paper)...

These are all just little things, but I'm celebrating them today.

We have so much for which to b e thankful!

Saturday, 5/24 - Saturday, 5/31

Hey bloggers…I’m going to post here for the whole week because I’m not taking my laptop to the Middle East. Here’s the day by day information so that you can keep up with us, and can know how to agree in prayer with us for each day…


Saturday, May 24____________________

Today is Judah’s graduation...he is graduating from Eastside High School in Covington, and the commencement exercises for his school will be held this morning at Church In The Now (the final one of three held at CITN this week). It just seems like yesterday that Debye and I were sitting at a restaurant with John and Jane Conyers, talking about how they and we were trying to have a baby, and, literally, in just a matter of days from the time of that conversation, Debye was pregnant with Judah, and Jane was pregnant with Aaron. Now it’s 2008, and Aaron graduated last night from Rockdale High School, and his commencement was also held at CITN. Back then the ministry was housed in an old, converted grocery store, and at the time we wouldn’t have even imagined that our church (then called Word of Faith Christian Center) would one day be called Church In The Now, and would sit on 43 acres on I-20. It nearly seems surreal to think that we had those babies that we talked about that night in Shoney’s restaurant, and now those babies are young men, graduating from High School in a building that, at that time, we wouldn’t have known would or even could exist. But, really, on some level, I always saw a picture of today’s events in my spirit. For years I carried an image of a church like CITN in my inner man, and then along the way, I developed an inner picture of a property that could house that ministry. I even had a picture of Judah in my spirit…long before he was born I visualized a tall, young man who looked like Debye (because I wanted her to have a family member that looked like her), with long, blond hair, who sang and played the piano under the anointing. Judah’s Senior Class voted for him to sing a song at today’s graduation, and when he does, I will see the manifestation of a picture within a picture within a picture…the young man I saw, playing a song in the building I saw, which is the home of the ministry that I saw. Amazing. After his graduation we will have lunch with the whole family, and then Debye and I have to head to the airport. Agree with us today for a safe flight.


Sunday, May 25____________________

Today I have a great word for you. Even though I left the country several hours ago, I will be ministering at CITN today through new, very cool technology. Judah will also be ministering with me, as he emcees the service, and leads worship with Bliss (the Mix’s worship band). I didn’t want to have to leave so quickly after his graduation yesterday…wanted to stay and spend the whole day with him, but it couldn’t be worked out…so it would really mean a lot to me, and would make me feel better about having to be away today, for you all to come out and support him ITB. And please don’t forget to give. The church requires a lot to function. On top of the bills, staff payroll, utilities, taxes, mortgage, insurance, etc., I need to send some support to Safehouse, and to Bishop Tommy Smith in the Philippines (I received an honorarium from speaking in Washington last week, and sent it straight to him), and we are completely underwriting the meetings in Uganda, on top of everything that needs to be taken care of here. If everyone just does their part, we’ll be OK…and that goes for the hundreds and hundreds of households who stream every week. If just all the regular streamers supported the church, we would have more than enough. So whether you are ITB or ITS today, PLEASE DO YOUR PART! And tell me what you think about the new technology. It’s going to be an awesome service! At the same time, Debye and I will be arriving in Jerusalem, and attending the orientation for the Interfaith Summit on Peace in the Middle East, and meeting the Ambassadors for Peace from Israel and Palestine. Agree with us today for a wonderful outpouring of the Spirit at CITN, for all of our financial needs to be met, and for us to have favor with the people here in the Middle East.


Monday, May 26____________________

Today we are in Jerusalem. We begin the day with Interfaith Prayer and Fellowship (the theme of the summit is “Bringing the Family of Faiths Together for Peace”). We have the first MEPI Plenary Session on Historical Perspectives. Then we will go sightseeing in the Old City of Jerusalem, visiting the Mount of Olives, the Garden of Gethsemane, Mount Scopus, the Western (or Wailing) Wall, Church of the Ascension of Christ, the Tomb of Mary, the house of the Upper Room, the Tomb of David, and the Basilica of the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion. After dinner we will walk the Stations of the Cross, and visit the 700 year old home of an Ambassador for Peace in the heart of the Old City. Agree with us today for open communication and understanding.


Tuesday, May 27____________________

Today we are in Jerusalem. Once again we begin the day with Interfaith Prayer and Fellowship. Then we attend Plenary Session II – “Abrahamic Faiths: from Coexistence to One Family Under God”. After lunch we will have Plenary Session III – “Israeli Perspective and Roundtable Discussion”…Then it will be time for dinner and then we will have more fellowship with the internationals. Agree with us today for the formation of covenant, and for a manifestation of the anointing.


Wednesday, May 28____________________

Today we are in Jerusalem. Again we begin the day with Interfaith Prayer and Fellowship. After breakfast we leave for Ramallah. Once we are there, we will attend Plenary Session IV – “Palestinian Perspective and Roundtable Discussions”. Afterwards we will tour Ramallah…I WILL ALSO BE MINISTERING TONIGHT AT CITN VIA STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY!…I have a great word for you about the Fruit of the Spirit, and you’re going to love it! Agree with us today for protection as we travel in Palestine, and for open doors of ministry.


Thursday, May 29____________________

Today we are in Ramallah. As we did in Jerusalem, we begin the day with Interfaith Prayer and Fellowship. Then we attend the Closing Session: “Strategies for Peace – Non-violent Social Change.” I’ll be ministering some time today, and we’ll also be touring the Dead Sea. Agree with us today for favor on the ministry, and for the making of peace.


Friday, May 30____________________

Today we begin the day in Ramallah, and then spend some free time, sightseeing on our own with some of our pastor friends. Later in the day we leave for the airport in Tel Aviv to fly all night. Agree with us today for a safe flight.


Saturday, May 31

Today we return home! Agree with us today for a prosperous culmination of the trip.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May they prosper who love you.
(Psalms 122:6 - NKJV)

P.S. Check out the new info on the ICCC site. Go to the CITN site and under "About Us", go to "Staff and Care Pastors", and under my picture click on the link for ICCC.

Blessings from Buffalo!

Hey beautiful bloggers!

I found a computer and a minute to write a little something, so I want to make contact with you. I've been reading your comments...the timing of some of them is really interesting, and some of them are just interesting any time. There is so so so much to tell you, and I will share more when I can have some real alone time and can get my thoughts together. Everything here is...I don't know what words to use anymore...I would say "incredible", but I don't want to say that because I have the faith to believe that what is happening in the Spirit-realm is, indeed, eniterely credible. It's a temptation to use "awesome", but that word is overused..."cool" doesn't quite get it...I'll just say it's all good and it's all God!

I've been to Washington twice this week, and both times were...amazing (there's a good word). The hotel we stay in is right next to the Pentagon and Arlington...our room had a great view of the Capitol and the Washington Monument...prayer began at 5:00 AM (well, it's not technically prayer...there's a Korean word for it that I don't know how to spell) but it was really something to watch the sun come up over the the Capitol dome while it was going on. That lasted a couple of hours and then we were invited to have breakfast with Rev. Moon and his wife (they call them Father and Mother Moon or the "True Parents"...I'll tell you more about that later). We had a lovely time and they asked me to sing something so I stood up right there at the table and sang How Great is Our God. It was incredible, awesome, cool, good, God and amazing all rolled into one).

There was another session where I met and talked with the president of the Washington Times who expressed interest in doing a story on CITN. After that we had a little meeting with some leaders to establish some understanding about the future of my relatiosnhip with these organizations and to discuss the Israel trip (apparently I will be preaching in Ramallah!)

Then we flew to Buffalo for the ICCC conference...had a little mix up on the flight so we missed the service last night, but I spoke this morning...had a wonderful time...and then the College of Bishops and some of the other ICCC Bishops drove up to Niagara Falls and were met by the Mayor who gave us a proclamation and then we took a little trip on the Maid of the Mist (my hair is still wet even as I write this)...I had been to the falls before but I had never taken the boat, and all I can say is OH MY GOD!

Tonight in the service we will be installing some new Bishops, so it should be a beautiful service, then we have a session in the morning and then we fly home...

That's just some highlights...I'll share some more Sunday...

And listen...everything's cool with the blog and the church and the way home people celebrate me...everybody relax...I'll be home soon and will get back on schedule, and you'll be fine. I love you all, and appreciate your passion and your insights, but be cool, my babies...I'm in a really good place.

I speak a blessing over you, and say that, because you are connected to me in the Spirit, you are receving the benefits of what I'm receiving right now. Put your hand on your monitor screen, and as you do, realize that I am speaking life and peace to you...this may sound too cosmic for some, but I'm giving you a big cyber-hug whenever you read this (like when your computer says "You've got mail", when you click on this I am saying "You've got blessing!")

I feel your prayers and I love you all very, very much.

Count Your Blessings!

Hey bloggers,

First of all, the trip to Washington was absolutely wonderful...the anointed presence of the Holy Spirit manifested exactly as it did in Korea! I’ll tell you more about it later (for those of you who are part of CITN/cyber-CITN, I’ll talk about it tomorrow night). We may even have to fly through there Thursday morning for another meeting, on the way to the I.C.C.C. (International Communion of Charismatic Churches) conference in Buffalo, NY, where I’ll be speaking Friday morning. And I’ll be back in Washington on May 17 ( the day before the church anniversary and Kim Clement’s meeting) to speak to the A.C.L.C. (American Clergy Leadership Conference). I always say “the more you do, the more you can do”, so I’m living out that reality right now.

One thing I do need to say is that there has been a change of date for the Global Peace Festival. I had originally told you that it was going to be on August 23, but in the meeting yesterday the date was moved up to Saturday, August 9. I know that many of you are planning to attend it, and are already making reservations and arrangements to be in Washington, so I wanted to let you know about the change. But that's the date for sure (www.globalpeacefestival.org). The reason for the move is that the staging area for the festival will be set up right in front of the Capitol steps, and they will start building the inauguration platform for the new president around the middle of August, so that space won't be available on the 23rd.

Today is our Sofia's 1st birthday, and here are some shots from her party last Saturday...as you can tell, I'm really into the Grandfather gig...
...Sofia and Poppy crash after a long day..."ain't that a pretty name? Sofia, Sofia, Sofia!" (Harpo to Mr.)

One more thing before I go...regardless of what is happening in your life today, God is still good and you are still blessed...you have every reason to be grateful, so don't waste this beautiful day with being preoccupied with the negative...remember, to those who have MORE will be given!