The Trumpet by Bill Burns -- August 18, 2008:
God is always faithful to give us signs to confirm His word. On 08/08/08, at our Friday night service (for those who were not here), we had an amazing demonstration of God's presence at exactly 8:00 p.m. a tremendously heavy rain came. We could hear it thunder on the church roof. It reminded me of Hosea 6:3 -- Let us know, let us pursue the knowledge of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, like the latter and former rain to the earth. Then, the rain lasted for a short time and when Jeanine held up the 8- minute card for the preacher, it stopped. It didn't just dwindle; it stopped as if a switch was thrown. I'm also reminded of the Olympic games and Phelps' new record of winning 8 gold medals. God is demonstrating in this time of new beginnings a re- establishment of faith and a time of victory. I keep being reminded of a vision I had at our last conference, which is usually a time when God sets a prophetic pattern of what is ahead. I remember seeing in this vision a high plateau before us with a river running down from the top of it. God's people were in the water down below and were trying to get to the new plateau; some were paddling and some were swimming, and we were really struggling to try to get there. The water was fast, rough, and turbulent, and we weren't making much headway and had to really fight. That's where we are now in transition. But, in the vision there was a point when the river changed the direction of its flow, and it began to carry us up to the plateau that God had prepared for us. I sense today that we are almost to that place. Don't quit. Continue to fight through to reach that point where there is a change in the flow of the river that will carry you to a new place in the Spirit.

Small Straws In A Soft Wind by Marsha Burns -- August 18, 2008:
I am reminded of the scripture Matthew 17:20 If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. Many of us have mountains before us, hindering forces arrayed against us that need to be removed. We must rise up in our most holy faith for those mountains to be removed, and they will be. Amen!

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