Recently an evangelist by the name of Don Dobson visited our church and preached a message on "Praying Through the Tabernacle". He had spoken with our pastor and mentioned that he had a message for our church that God had been dealing with him about since the beginning of the year. Having grown up in the church I have heard a lot of different sermons but I could not recall ever hearing about praying through the tabernacle. Bro. Dobson went into much detail about the proper method of praying so I purchased the CD so that I could listen to it again. Another gentleman in our church also was very intrigued by the sermon and had also been listening to it over and over. A few weeks later as my wife was getting ready for church I turned on a service from the Pentecostals of Alexandria. Pastor Anthony Mangun was preaching on Heaven to Earth: The Tabernacle Today. As I listened to the message I realized that Pastor Mangun was preaching about the same thing that Rev. Dobson had been preaching about. I did some further research and realized that Pastor Mangun was teaching a series on this manner of praying and that he had learned it from his father. I became consumed with this series and passed it on to the other gentleman in my church who was studying the method. The Pentecostals of Alexandria posted the sermons as a podcast so I was able to access the entire series. I quickly bought a large package of CDs and started making copies of the sermons and handing them out to my Pastor and other leaders in our church. This series has had such an impact on each of us that my Pastor ordered the complete set of DVDs from Alexandria and we have been viewing the series during our Wednesday night Bible studies.
The series is available via podcast at www.thepentecostals.org/podcast and on DVD and CD at www.whitesteeple.com.
I would encourage everyone, but especially those praying for a prodigal, to listen to this series. It will change you!
The List Continued:
Chanel - Tennessee
Introduction
At a time when many Apostolics are 3rd, 4th or even 5th generation, many are losing sight of the landmarks that our previous generations have left us. This eagerness to depart from the things that identify us is not always a lack of love for truth, but is often the result of a lack of adequate teaching. This is reflected in my own life. Being a 4th generation Pentecostal myself, I fell for the "it's only a consecration" philosophy and for a period of time lost my way. It was not due to a lack of love for God, but it was because I had only been taught "The Rules" without ever really learning the reasoning behind them. By the grace of God my wife and I found our way back to fullness of truth and for that we will be eternally grateful. In retrospect we now know that by turning away from our heritage God opened our eyes to see that what before seemed like bonds and burdens was the very thing that brought us back and into deep relationship with Him.
Because of our past experience, God has given us a burden for what we will call Prodigals. The dictionary defines prodigal as a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance. This seems very fitting as many former apostolics are using their God-given talent wastefully. Many fine singers, musicians, and even preachers are using their talents for pursuit of worldly gain rather than to glorify their Creator. We know that everyone is called to be a minister in some capacity and we pray that you will join us in praying for these that have gone astray.
Many days I will simply post the prayer requests that I have received while other days I may be able to post an encouraging scripture or story. To subscribe simply click the RSS subscription button below or simply visit this page to check for updates. Because of other excellent resources for prayer, such as World Network of Prayer (www.wnop.org), I ask that your requests would be limited to lost children of Apostolic parents. I will be accepting prayer requests, praise reports and encouraging stories for entry into the blog. If you or anyone you know is praying for a son or daughter who has wandered or has been led astray, please do not hesitate to send me a prayer request through the comments section below. Comments are not public and only prayer requests, praise reports etc. will be published. In order to maintain anonymity only first names along with the state of residence will be posted on any prayer list.
This blog is a new venture for me entirely and I will apologize in advance for any growing pains we may experience over the next few months. I pray that you will be patient with me as we begin this journey together.
Thank you for taking the time to view this blog. I hope and pray it will be a blessing to you.
For the Kingdom,
Mark Barnes
Sunday, December 12, 2010
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