Newsworthy updates...

Here are some important newsworthy updates...

1. I've been studying the breakthrough anointing. I also know that with this anointing comes an extra measure of problems... (oooyyy...I wish I knew everything I knew now about this anointing in early 2008; it would have really saved me from some serious problems!)

2. Wanted in Myanmar: 100 apostolic church planters that can rapidly make disciples of Jesus. Must be firmly rooted and grounded in the love of Jesus, radically love Jesus, love people, and be prepared for hardships, opposition, and have a martyr spirit (i.e. "I'm ready to pour out my 'steaming blood' in this place for Jesus...")

3. May 7th 2009 is the 10 year anniversary for IHOP-KC. We were all asked as staff and IHOP family to share our memories and honor people. I had to pick on the "AA" association from my pastoral care days.

4. Reading a new book, "Healing the Tongue" by Derek Prince. It seems like my tongue needs healing and my pocketbook needs a prolonged "restoration" process (thanks to IRS).

It seems after a long period of lots of nothing happening...that something is happening again.

storm spotter training.

Yesterday, I went to the final session on storm spotting in Peculiar MO. Before coming to IHOP, I have always had a fascination with weather and storm. Here is what I really want to see:

1. A relatively calm storm season nation-wide until...

On a very strategic day...

A sharp negative-tilt trough punching in from the Northwest with height falls in excess of 200 Mb; A rapidly deepening surface low tracking from central Kansas to central Iowa between 18z and 06z with a central pressure of less than 995 mb falling to less than 980mb; LLJ from SSW at 60+kts; 500mb jet from the SW at 100+ kts; 300 mb Polar Jet and Subtropical jet blowing 120 kts+ interacting with strong divergence; several days of rich gulf moisture advecting northward; surface temps into the low 80’s and dew temps in the upper 60’s in the warm sector across eastern Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Eastern Texas, Eastern Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, and into the south east; overtopped by lapse rates of 8 degrees Celsius/km; with rain/snow on the back side of the mid-latitude cyclone (temperature contrast of 50 degrees or so).

For any meteorologists out there, lets root/pray for a set up like this...

Writing on and on...

Well, it appears that there may be some hidden open doors forming related to my writing. This next Wednesday Meeting will be really interesting as it is a potential opportunity to "sell" my writing.

I guess I have 3 different books on my heart-

1.) Spiritual warfare at the End of the Age; This one is in the works. More on this one later.

2.) Governing prophetic people- the heart of the matter; Prophetic people can either cause a breakthrough or a breakdown depending on the humility level of the prophetic people AND the rest of the team. Bottom line- HUMILITY IS REQUIRED!

3.) Something on Israel and practically why it is necessary to pray for Israel. (Most of the wildest prayer stories I have are related to Israel.)

60th birthday party

This last weekend, I briefly "snuck up" north to celebrate my dad's (Kerry Gjerstad) 60th birthday. It was sort of an interesting weekend because I ended up staying with a relative who's values do not match mine.

However, seeing my dad's face in reaction to seeing me was worth the trip.

Scripture tells us that we need to honor our father and mother (that it may go well and your days may be long on the earth). If you have two parents who actually love each other and love you, you are one of the declining percentage of youth or children who are extremely blessed. Divorce is a pandemic in the Church and fatherlessness is an epidemic. This has led to all sorts of problems including a really distorted image on who God the Father is.

No one on earth has a perfect earthly dad-sorry, they simply don't exist (Mine might be next to perfect though). However, it is really clear that in raising me that my Dad did a lot of things right for which I am really grateful.

things looking really interesting suddenly...

Well, things suddenly look and feel very interesting in walk with Jesus. A few pieces of evidence in the last week suggest a major season shift is underway. It may be the start of the shift from a winter season to spring.

For those of you who follow this, Spring is a time to plow and to plant. It is time to sow righteousness at a deeper level than previously happened in the winter.

Also finished a study on presumption...(Ouch) It is good to get rid of this now. Some significant fasts were called in the past based on some hidden wrong assumptions that have now come to light. (In God's wisdom and grace, it did not diminish the impact of the fast on my life or on many others. However, hidden false assumptions at the heart level gave the enemy a target for counter-attack.)

Will be working on how to get rid of false assumptions.