YOUR SOTERIA® AT WORK THE STORY Of SOTERIA® {so-tay-ree’-ah} Greek for SALVATION, DELIVERANCE, & HEALING Confrontation! April 15 has come and gone. We have many people calling, emailing, and asking “has GOD showed up yet?” It reminds me of the prophetic words spoken by Kim Clement, an internationally known prophetic voice. He had stated God was going to begin to change many things in the heavenlies in March. So many people didn’t see a marked difference in our world so they assumed he may be a false prophet, etc. They quickly forgot the word ”begin”. When God prophetically does something in my life it never ever looks or comes in the way or time that I thought. If it did I would question if it was God or just a coincidence. God isn’t and doesn’t want to allow you the room to think what He is doing is nothing but Himself! So, when the Word comes forth through His prophetic people that He is going to begin a visitation in April, mainly April 15, then expect things to begin to happen. We’ve seen and heard many reports of His Majesty manifesting in the streets of downtown, in other coffee house meetings, and in other denominational churches where it would be least expected. We too have experienced an upswing in the presence of God in our midst on Sunday afternoons during our gathering time. W e were even richly blessed to have a surprise visit on Friday April 29 by Bishop Bill Hamon, the founder of Christian International and probably the longest known prophetic minister alive in the world today. We’ll talk about what he imparted to us later. But for now, know this, we are in the midst of the Spirit of the living God coming through all of us. He is not visiting one place or one ministry. He is touching the places He knows need touching first. He is bringing alignment to places, people, and organizations that need to be brought to a place of absolute capacity for use. The Lord is allowing us to realize exactly which part of the body we are! April has been a challenging month to say the least. We had expected the Lord to provide all we had to invest in order to equip and stock the Soteria location downtown for what it has been called to do. He showed me exactly what this ministry site was to look like and we’ve built it to the specifications I saw in visions and Words of Knowledge. But we do not doubt and we do not despair. We know He will show up in His timing with the funds to pay off the debt the ministry has now incurred. I have seen many things in the supernatural taking place all around us this month. There are numerous angels all around the mountain tops waiting on prayer to give them charge over us. God has mounted an army to do battle on our behalf. We need to exercise our gifts and pray them into service. Bishop Hamon released an atmosphere of war over our ministry during his visit. He also charged us with the authority to overtake the enemy and establish the beach-head for the army of God to march into downtown Asheville and take back the city. He also charged us, by what he saw in the Spirit, to hold a thirty day prayer vigil. During this time we are to corporately pray in tongues for at least an hour a day. The Lord will give us the strategy and pray through us to execute His vengeance upon our enemy and restore what has been stolen in this territory. Please watch our website and emails for the scheduled prayer times each day beginning Monday, May 16. We believe this is critical to bringing more of His Spirit to the area. Make sure you sign on for a time to join us, even if you cannot physically be in our location. con’t SPECIAL THANKS! “Dorothy Hawkins, Elaine & Julie ” For their steadfast Love APRIL 2005 © Soteria Ministries 2003 EDITION 3 Vol. 4 Our SOTERIA At Work is a monthly publication to inform and enlist everyone to work out their Salvation by Loving others and living a disciplined life unto CHRIST! WORD FOR THE MONTH In YOU! Mathew 11:11 "I assure you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the most insignificant person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! 12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching and baptizing until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people attack it.* Eph 3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, 1Pe 4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: Beloved, you are my most significant ones. I am in you as you are in me. Release me through your prayers, worship, ministry gifts, and acts of righteousness. You have the power to make your enemy flee, subdue your flesh, and bring in my presence. For YOU ARE MY PRESENCE!