Merry
Christmas!
By
now, most of you should have received the
snail-mail version of December's
newsletter. This mail out was necessary in order to
keep our bulk mail permit active. I realize there
are many of you who still prefer the newsletter
electronically, so I am making both available to
you. However, I have included some extras
electronically that the mailed version doesn't have,
including a ministry update as well as a December CD
special. If you plan on ordering CDs this month with
the product order form that was mailed, just cross
off the shipping to receive the special.
I
have discovered a website worth visiting: www.Adventconspiracy.org
Advent Conspiracy was started in 2006 by five
pastors who decided to make Christmas a
revolutionary event by encouraging their faith
communities to
-Worship Fully
-Spend Less
-Give More
-Love All
Thanks
for shining so beautifully during this Advent
season!
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Prayer
Requests
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Pray for the lives of those touched through Healing
Wings to walk in freedom and transformational power!
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Pray for God to release His strategies necessary to
operate in this new place.
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Pray for an increase in financial and prayer partners
so we can fire back up to FULL capacity.
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Pray for greater ministry opportunities and that we
accomplish God's ordained purposes wherever we go.
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We are expanding our board of directors. Pray for God
to hand pick those who have the same vision as HWM.
▪ Pray for the Body of Christ to have a deeper
revelation of God's love and heart for them during
these trying times.
Ministry
Needs
▪ We are looking for inexpensive office space.
▪
We need help in sponsorship and fundraising: if your
business or employer has a policy for charitable
donations, please call us so we can set up a meeting.
▪
We are looking for a professional website designer to
take our website to the next level or at least advise
us.
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We also need help and advice on: Downloadable
promotional materials made available on our website;
Archiving previous newsletters and Teachings; Help
with converting video footage to upload high quality
MP4s to You Tube; Podcasting
Praises
▪
For God's faithfulness to sustain us and move us
forward!
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Robin has begun to see God's healing hand upon her
neck!
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We would like to thank the following people/businesses
for their continued support, and for sponsoring our
year end newsletter: Eric Moore, Lance Larkin,
Divinely Clean, Sensible Business Solutions and Mark
Czarnecki
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Who
Wants an Upgrade?
The
image of God we carry in our hearts is the
single most important thing in our life!
Because of this, we must actively seek to
upgrade that image. You see, without even
realizing it, it's possible to allow our
relationship with Christ to become mundane. We
find ourselves just going through the motions
and before you know it, we're in a rut! We
need to continually press in for more, taking
the time to stay sharp, focused and sensitive
to the Lord's voice. Otherwise, our praise and
worship, our prayers and our service are in
danger of becoming empty rituals.
One
of the ways we upgrade our relationship is
through our worship, because worship is all
about relationship- a living, breathing
relationship with our Creator. That alone
should just blow our minds! The God of our
universe wants to be in relationship with us!
God doesn't just tolerate our presence; He
longs for it and delights in our worship!
Anytime we turn our face towards Him, anytime
we set our hearts upon the One who has created
us, there is an immense joy that fills His
heart, and becomes explosive as His laughter
spills over in an overwhelming flood of
delight. Ah, to be able to evoke that kind of
emotion from the Father should cause us to
worship like the angels.
God
doesn't command us to worship Him for His
sake, but for ours! He knows that the quality
of our life is elevated when we get our eyes
off of ourselves. And that is just what
happens when we worship! Our focus shifts from
our problems and frustrations to Him!
God
doesn't just sit on His throne and bask in the
praises of heaven and earth, He joins in! I
had a picture one Sunday morning on the way to
lead worship at church. Jesus was on His
throne with all the fanfare of heaven- dressed
in all the finery of His royal robes- all the
color of His glory filling the throne
room...and as His church began to worship Him,
He laid all that aside, stepped down off His
throne and began to dance among us, joining
in. Wow! That's what I call RELATIONSHIP!
Relationship
is always two sided. Therefore, worship is a
reciprocal flow of love and adoration. It is a
mutual exchange between the Bride and her
Bridegroom. We fall at the feet of Jesus, we
tell Him how beautiful He is and adore Him,
which in turn causes Him to proclaim His great
love for us.
Before
the fall of Adam and Eve, we don't read about
them going to a church meeting and singing
songs. No, their worship consisted of constant
communion and fellowship with their Creator.
God formed man from the dust of the ground and
breathed life into his nostrils. And thus the
relationship began!
Beloved,
it is time to upgrade our worship! That means
letting go of our notions, opinions and
preconceptions of what we think worship looks
like, so God can reveal more of who He is to
us and for us. I'm not talking about
foundational beliefs here, but getting stuck
in our opinions and ideas. If we're not
careful, preconceptions can create
immovability. Healthy relationships are always
growing, living, breathing and moving.
Therefore, we need to hold loosely our
preconceptions, because there are always new
depths, heights, mysteries, secrets,
revelations and insights to discover and
experience in God.
Let's
upgrade from coach to first class! Let's
upgrade our thank-yous; let's upgrade our
sense of celebration; let's upgrade our
rejoicing! Let's worship outside the box
picturing the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit mingling with us and dancing among us.
Let's picture the laughter of God roaring in
delight as we worship Him for all He is worth!
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Ministry
in Action
We've
had a very busy fall schedule of events.
October opened up opportunities once again
to partner with Prison Fellowship at
Cheyenne Mountain Re-entry Facility, Canon
City Prison Complex and Denver Women's
Correctional Facility. All of which ushered
men and women into the God's kingdom!
November
took us to Illinois for a week of concerts.
My husband's aunt was able to travel with me
in Robin's place to help out with each
ministry event. Thanks Aunt Wendy!
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Year
End Giving
If
you are looking for a life impacting ministry
to give a year end contribution to, we would
love to help you out by putting your money to
good use!
Healing
Wings Ministries is a faith ministry supported
by donations and love offerings. All
gifts are tax deductible.
Please
make checks payable to: Healing Wings
Ministries
P.O.
Box 11182
Englewood,
CO 80151-1182
Or,
you can give through Paypal by clicking on the
link below.
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Upcoming
Events
Sunday,
12.14.08 @ 10:30am
New Life Church of Denver
1457
Nelson Street
Lakewood
· CO
Please
visit our website for Debbie's upcoming
ministry events: Calendar
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