Volume 27 / No.11

November 2017

A WORD FROM RICK JOYNER

GOD'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES- BY EDDIE KINCHELOE

HERITAGE, HATE, AND HOPE – BY ROBERT WHITLOW

THIS IS THAT!- BY JORGE PARROTT

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A W O R D F R O M

RICK JOYNERDEAR FRIENDS,

I posted this about a month ago on Facebook, but because not all of you get our Facebook posts, I wanted to share the following because it represents a major transformation.

At present, the culture wars in the U.S. are igniting everywhere and over just about everything. This should not disturb us because it is necessary. Recently, the NFL has been the main focal point with some players kneeling or sitting during the national anthem. Much good will come from this great clash.

While praying in 2014 for our next President, I was told, “patriotism is going to win.” I knew then that our next President would be a great patriot, but I also felt that this was for other countries as well. Patriotism is rising around the world and will ultimately win. We’re told in Scripture that God created the nations and gave them boundaries. God’s unity is a unity of diversity, not a unity of conformity as the globalists are seeking. God wants every nation to be preserved with its heritage, history, and national identity.

To have a strong national identity does not mean that we are against other nations—it is actually required so that a nation can properly relate to other nations. The more we are clear and confident about who we are as individuals, the better we will relate to other people and not feel threatened or intimidated as easily. The same is true of nations.

Now back to the NFL. One way to honor any nation is by giving that nation’s flag and national anthem due honor and respect. As you see in venues such as the Olympics, all nations pay due respect to the flags of other nations. To disrespect a flag or national

anthem is to show disrespect for that country and its people. For players to sit or kneel during our national anthem and the presentation of the flag is a basic show of disrespect for our nation and its people. If we have disagreements about the policies, leaders, or customs of a nation, we have many ways to express our disagreement without showing a basic disrespect for them, which makes it harder for that country to hear our complaints.

Of course, we have the freedom to demonstrate our disrespect, and we should be thankful for this freedom and do what we can to protect it. How-ever, this freedom is freedom from government repercussion. Employers have this freedom as well. Any employer has the freedom to fire or in other ways penalize those they feel are being disrespectful to anything that offends the employer. That is an important part of this freedom. Likewise, employers who tolerate their employees being disrespectful can expect the employees to interpret this as the employer being okay with this disrespect. If this offends customers, the business will likely be hurt.

As patrons and fans, we also have the freedom to not watch or support those we think are disre-specting us. To disrespect the flag of a nation not only disrespects those who have fought and died for that country, but also disrespects all the workers who labored to build it. One of the biggest offenses to Americans when such disrespect is shown by professional athletes is that these athletes are paid many times over what those in our military, or the workers in our country, are being paid—just to play a game. To disrespect the country that has given them such opportunity is no doubt hard for any thinking person to understand.

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HERITAGE, HATE, AND HOPEby Robert WhitlowPAGE 4

GOD’S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCESby Eddie KincheloePAGE 6

MISSIONSTHIS IS THAT!by Jorge ParrottPAGE 9

PARTNERS FROM THE DESK OF DAVE YARNESPAGE 12

WHAT’S HAPPENINGWE ARE THANKFUL FOR YOU—OUR PARTNERSPAGE 13

VISIONby Sarah OlejarzPAGE 15

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The NFL claims that this is about freedom of speech and expression. Really? Then why did they not allow Tim Tebow to kneel as an expression of his thanksgiving to God after scoring? Why would he not be allowed to write “John 3:16” in his eye black? At best, this is a matter of blatant hypocrisy on the part of the NFL. Obviously, the NFL will only allow freedom of expression if it fits with their politics. Therefore, this is also revealing of just what their politics are, and right now they look anti-American. The Commissioner of the NFL, Roger Goodell, complained that President Trump disrespected the NFL with his comments, but Goodell and the NFL are disrespecting the entire country.

PREDICTION: PATRIOTISM IS GOING TO WIN.

The NFL will lose 25% or more of its fan base and television viewers, and the bleeding will continue unless there is a radical change in their present stance on respecting the flag, the national anthem, and the country they represent. If this demonstration spills over into other sports, they will suffer the same decline.

WHAT WILL THE ULTIMATE RESULT BE?

The idol that professional sports has become in America is coming down, and the American people will win. As the NFL loses market share, the people will get a huge part of their lives back that they have wasted watching games. They are also going to get a large part of their resources back that have been spent on attending games and buying parapherna-lia. It would not be surprising to see flag paraphernalia eclipse NFL paraphernalia.

Other great benefits—such as the time formally spent in watching games, talking about games, and thinking about games—will be reinvested in relationships and getting out and enjoying our great country, meeting new friends, and having new experiences. Many will find these things to be far

more interesting than any sport. Many will start to find what is far more interesting than anything else on earth—God. This will help prepare the way for the greatest revival of all.

Do not be dismayed by this great culture clash. Just get on the right side of it as fast as you can. Have your own personal and family revival with all of the time you now have. Time is one of our most valuable resources, and what we spend it on is a big reflection of what we really value—and in some cases, what we really worship or have affection for more than God.

THE PATH, PART II

I have finally got back to working on the next edition in the Fire on the Mountain series. I did not have any idea it would take this long, but as I’ve been able to work on it again, I think it may be even more timely. I still have a lot of work to do, but I think I will be able to release it soon. Thanks to those who have kept asking for it, and I especially appreciate your prayers as I complete it.

Thanks again for being our friends and co-laborers for the Gospel. I think our team is more focused and ener-gized, and we’re seeing more fruit than ever. In almost every way I think the ministry is stronger and positioned for our biggest growth yet this coming year. As always, I pray constantly for the II Corinthians 9:6-12 grace in your life.

In His Service,

Rick Joyner

I Corinthians 15:58

“God’s unity is a unity of diversity, not a unity of conformity as the globalists are seeking. God wants every nation to be preserved with its heritage, history, and national identity.”

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B Y R O B E R T W H I T L O W

Heritage, Hate, and Hope

Have you seen the bumper stickers, t-shirts, or caps usually embellished with a Confederate battle flag, which proclaim Heritage Not Hate? If so,

what is your reaction? Does it make you fighting mad? Do you agree with the historical sentiment behind the declaration? Does the slogan speak of a cruel past or a courageous ancestry? What is the message you take away from these three words?

On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court issued its decision in Brown v. Board of Education, striking down segregation in American public schools. Three weeks later, I was born. I grew up in Cartersville, Georgia—at that time a small town about forty miles north of Atlanta. I spent much of my boyhood outdoors, playing in piney woods during the day and scratching chigger bites inside the house at night. Cartersville lies in the path of General William Tecumseh Sherman’s march from Chattanooga to Atlanta in the spring and summer of 1864. If some-one in my youth mentioned “The War,” they weren’t referring to World War II or some other national conflict—they meant the Civil War, which ended one hundred years earlier. War on home turf has a long shelf life.

My family attended the First Presbyterian Church, and every Sunday morning in the children’s assembly we sang the following chorus:

Jesus loves the little children.All the children of the world.Red and yellow, black and white,

they are precious in His sight.Jesus loves the little children of the world.

I don’t recall any added commentary to those straightforward words. It was manifestly apparent truth.

At home, my parents had a zero tolerance policy for negative racial or ethnically based comments or jokes. As a small child I knew that anyone who said such things was, to put it bluntly, ignorant—and ignorance was an enemy. I’d hear racial jokes on the school playground, but I knew the things spoken weren’t right or true. Childhood influences are profound, whether for good or ill.

Fast-forward over fifty years to August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a gather-ing of white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and others resulted in death and chaos. Ignorance, when translated into action, can be deadly. It’s as easy to identify the evil inherent in “white supremacy” rhetoric and “neo-Nazi” anti Semitism as it is to see the truth that Jesus loves all the children regardless of ethnicity. But is that the end of the discussion? Looking back, we can recognize the errors of the past. What are we missing in our day?

Any form of racial or ethnic superiority, whether red, yellow, black, or white is rooted in ignorance. No exceptions, no excuses. Justification for such thinking as a necessary antidote for wrongs of the past or injustices of the present is a first cousin to the evils that caused the wrong in

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ROBERT WHITLOW is a lawyer and novelist. His new novel,

A Time to Stand, tackles some of the issues addressed in this

article. Robert and his wife, Kathy, have been members of

Morningstar Fellowship of Ministries for over twenty years.

They reside in Charlotte, NC. For more information, visit

robertwhitlow.com.

the first place. Banners, slogans, or names adopted by a racial or ethnic group that include skin color or any synonym of pride are an affront to the dignity of humanity as a whole. Listen again to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a Dream” speech. Isn’t this truth at the core of his prophetic message? Xenophobic movements based on racial/ethnic arrogance are irrefutable proof of a bad tree bearing bad fruit. In modem times, consider Nazi Germany and Imperialist Japan. But it doesn’t have to be national in scope to be wrong. The micro is just as wicked as the macro. Stop and run through your internal list of groups currently on the scene. How many cross the line?

In its unflinching honesty, the Bible tackles this issue without apology. Jesus, a Jew, rebuked the ethnic superior-ity of His Jewish listeners. Peter had a vision in Joppa in which God destroyed the apostle’s paradigm of distinctions within humanity. As a result, the Gospel was preached throughout the world. If the Bible presents a righteous and enlightened perspective of race and ethnicity, what is our response? It’s not complicated. We should search our hearts and minds and ask God to expose and expel every evil, prideful root wherever it’s hiding and regardless of the benign name assigned to it. We should be willing to speak the truth to others when given the opportunity to do so. Like my parents, we should have a zero tolerance policy for prejudice in any and every form.

One other perspective on this issue is worth sharing. To do so, I need to return to the Civil War and another place where I’ve lived—Dalton, Georgia. After the battle of Chickamauga in 1863, a Confederate Army under the command of General Joseph Johnston spent several months in northwest Georgia. During the winter of 1863-64, there was a major religious revival among the 50,000 Confeder-ate troops bivouacked in the area. Local churches were packed and soldiers crawled through the windows to hear the message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Multitudes were baptized in freezing cold streams and creeks. Generals came to faith in God. It was a time of tremendous spiritual renewal.

The Confederate cause was wrong. Slavery was a wicked, evil institution. Arguments that the Civil War was primarily about issues such as state’s rights and regional self-determination are unsupportable. Everyone knew then

and now what was the issue. So, what did God do? He poured out grace upon the undeserving. He opened the doors of salvation for men who others would consign to eternal punishment. He showed that even when people are wrong, He would extend mercy because that’s His nature. Many of the soldiers who came to faith that winter died within months of fighting for an unrighteous cause. They’re in heaven today. Are you okay with that?

This brings us back to our time. What else can we do? We can pray that God’s grace will be poured out on the wicked, proud, arrogant, deceived, and ignorant—the white supremacist and neo-Nazi, those marching under banners of racial pride and a myriad of other people in groups that aren’t mentioned here but you know exist. That’s what God does and it’s what we should do, because in the end, God’s message of hope will triumph.

My visit to the new church plant was a reminder that we must be careful in handling Scripture, making sure we’re “rightly dividing the word of truth” (see II Timothy 2:15). Even the devil quotes the Bible, after all (see Matthew 4:1-11). As a former attorney, I’m keenly aware of how dangerous it is to only present one side of a case, while conveniently ignoring any contrary facts.

Our Savior was full of grace, but also of truth (see John 1:14). He opened the pathway to heaven, but also warned people of the dangers of hell. And yes, He cautioned us not to be controlled by a quest for earthly possessions—even as He promised to give us an abun-dant life (see John 10:10).

I’m convinced the truth will set you free today (see John 8:32), especially if you embrace the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help us, God.

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B Y E D D I E K I N C H E L O E

God’s Special Operations Forces

I’m sure you’ve heard of them—they have names such as Delta Force, Green Berets, and Navy SEALs. Their rigorous training prepares them to function at the highest possible level of self-discipline. Once their grueling training is complete, exhaustion can’t stop them; they press forward no matter what. Their disciplines and trials exceed imagination. They have “learned obedience by the things which [they’ve] suf-fered,” and “having been perfected” (see Hebrews 5:8-9), they now stand complete, prepared for any assignment.

Injected into a world of humanity (originally created Godly but now fallen and iniquitous), Jesus came as the Head of heaven’s special ops forces, sent by the Father to train an army. As with Jesus Himself, this army can only succeed when equipped with the Spirit of power and love.

Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount is this army’s training manual. In this discourse, Jesus said His

In America’s armed forces, basic training instructors keep a constant lookout

for champions—those qualifying as “special-operations-forces material.”

With a passion to excel, these candidates possess extraordinary mettle—the

physical and mental power, not only to endure hardship, but also to relish every

challenge thrown at them; to execute every task with excellence; and to remain

devoted throughout their service, ready to die if necessary.

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forces should be “perfect, just as [their] Father in heaven is perfect” (see Matthew 5:48). So if we consider ourselves under His command, don’t His orders include turning the other cheek, loving our enemies, blessing those who curse us, doing good to those who hate us, and several other orders most of us don’t obey? Think about it: How many of us lend money in hopes the recipient doesn’t pay it back? Which one of us chases down the jerk that just stole our tunic to also give him our cloak? Jesus said when these principles become our standard for living we qualify as “sons of [our] Father in heaven” (see Matthew 5:45). Yet even with such clear instruction, flesh still dominates much of the church today.

Romans 8:29 says we are “predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,” indicat-ing we are not conformed. The part of God’s image lost at the Fall was His holy character. It was replaced by Satan’s character. The Scriptures call it flesh or iniquity. It manifests by fear, selfishness, pride—the list is long. The sermon’s principles are arrows aimed at its heart. When applied, they restore what was lost, re-conform-ing us to His image.

Think about it: Adam wasn’t created with iniquity, yet the entire human race is rife with it, including, sadly, many Christians. Christ came to vanquish the Fall, but redeeming us with a newborn spirit didn’t eliminate the flesh from our minds and bodies. To qualify as sons of the Most High, it is essential we overcome the flesh. We overcome it the same way He did—by the cross.

Christ’s sermon is a word picture of the cross, designed to kill our flesh. We bear our cross by employing His standards, a new lifestyle of a higher life form. Though it is an instrument of pain, our cross is also a gift from God, the chisel He uses to conform us to His image. For too long our re-born spirits have been buried under the flesh’s unrelenting antics, concealing the Christ within us.

The sermon presents spiritual calisthenics de-signed to build the spiritual muscle needed to resist even greater temptations. As the flesh weakens, the Spirit’s strength is released.

Flesh can never become good; it must be crucified. When it is dead, totally silent, then we are “perfect,” trained as God’s special operations forces. The title conferred on these believers by Scripture is “the manifested sons of God” (see Romans 8:19) for whom all creation eagerly waits.

Teleios is the Greek term for perfect. Sometimes translated “mature,” teleios means “complete, finished, nothing left undone, it is fully mature integrity and virtue” (Strong’s NT: 5046).

When special operations forces reach perfection, they are sent around the world to discharge perilous assignments, both overt and covert. To graduate these men and women before they are ready would endan-ger them, their fellow soldiers, and the task at hand.

This principle is also true in God’s kingdom. To give immature Christians responsibilities that de-mand teleiotees, “perfection,” would put these believers at risk for falling away. The sons of God

“Christ came to vanquish the Fall, but redeeming us with a newborn spirit didn’t eliminate the flesh from our minds and bodies. To qualify as sons of the Most High, it is essential we overcome the flesh. We overcome it the same way He did—by the cross.”

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function in God’s love, the power of His word and His Spirit, in magnitudes immature Christians cannot fathom. Hebrews 6:4-6 calls the perfected sons “those who have tasted the powers of the age to come,” adding, were they to fall away at this level, it would be impossible “to renew them to repentance.” Hebrews 6:1-7 indicates God will not permit non-perfected Christians to operate at high kingdom levels that could yield catastrophic results for the same reason we don’t give our five year old the keys to the car. He loves His own too much to let them destroy themselves.

Because the sons of God are Satan’s greatest threat, he targets them for some of his greatest temptations and suffering, even death. But the perfected sons of God are not afraid of dying—they are not afraid of anything, for they have overcome the Fall and the fear that came with it. Not attracted by fame or fortune, they have already died to all the world has to offer. They run to the fight as David ran to Goliath, overcoming Satan “by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony,” loving not “their lives to the death” (see Revelation 12:11). Aware of the gravity of their assignments, the sons’ only aversion to death is that it might preclude the fulfillment of their calling.

Very few soldiers make it to the level of special ops forces, and very few Christians will heed the call to die to self—“Many are called but few are chosen” (see Matthew 22:14). We may never make it to perfection but we must be willing to die to self, an impossible endeavor if we’re still attached to this world. Think about it.

God’s special ops soldiers walk as Christ did, in the powers of the age to come. The same love and compassion Christ possessed are their offensive weapons. Having overcome by crucifying the flesh, they live only for Christ and His kingdom. Their old man is graveyard dead. They know Christ in “the fellowship of His suffering and the power of His resurrection” (see Philippians

3:10). They love not their lives unto death because they are already dead; bodily death is only a promotion. Their sole purpose for remaining on earth is to do the Father’s will.

Is it possible that you can withstand the pain of bearing your cross to be one of God’s chosen, special ops forces? Few will make it but I propose we all must try. You can begin by living accord-ing to the tenets of Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. Think about it.

“Because the sons of God are Satan’s greatest threat, he targets them for some of his greatest temptations and suffering, even death. But the perfected sons of God are not afraid of dying—they are not afraid of anything, for they have overcome the Fall and the fear that came with it. Not attracted by fame or fortune, they have already died to all the world has to offer.”

EDDIE KINCHELOE has been a partner of Morning-

Star Ministries for more than fifteen years. He and

his wife, Donna, live in Oklahoma City where she is

a realtor and he manages their rental properties.

Eddie has attended the MorningStar Writers

Conference at Moravian Falls and has a self-pub-

lished book available on Amazon titled: Grace:

I Had No Idea it was So Amazing. This article is

a snippet from his current project, Christ in Me –vs

–The Flesh in Me.

B Y J O R G E P A R R O T T

This Is That!

M O R N I N G S T A R M I S S I O N S

Star’s Ft. Mill and Moravian Falls churches freely give their time and talent to bless the nations with intercession and prophetic ministry. We hear amazing testimonies of what the Lord is saying through this powerful team ministry of friends serving friends. Many times, the teams of volunteers are blessed as much as those they minister to, confirming that the Lord is present and strong each time. We need to be equipping everyone, not just those in full-time ministry or the clergy. The great harvest will be so big we need to equip the MorningStar global prophetic community to be ready for the tsunami of souls entering the kingdom.

Often, people ask what we do in Eagle Missions (also known as MorningStar/CM Missions), the official missions arm of MorningStar Ministries. We are on fire for more of the Lord releasing His holy fire while blessing with fresh bread from heaven and

We see the Acts 2:16-18 prophecy unfolding before our eyes. It will only continue to increase:

“But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel:‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,

that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.

‘And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.’”

In the midst of expanding darkness, chaos, and evil, we see the body of Christ awakening. Like the sleeping giant in Gulliver’s Travels, the body of Christ has been tied down by tiny ropes of unbelief, lies, fear, and doubt. We are breaking the chains of self-imposed limitations with a fresh boldness and faith to take the land as we awaken to our true identity as sons and daughters of the King, Jesus. As more of the world’s problems are beyond human and earthly governmental remedy, the ecclesia awakening is releasing a new sound from heaven with clarity and revelation, providing answers and direction in the days ahead.

Much fruit is growing as our Father spoils us. Testimonies are increasing as we connect our teams in the U.S. to the sixty-nine nations we serve with depth of revelation, clarity, words of wisdom, and knowledge through our Prophetic Sky (Skype) Teams. Over two hundred volunteers in Morning-

This is that! Hope is being fulfilled and perfected even with all the turmoil, wars, rumors

of war, earthquakes, mammoth hurricanes, fake news, and terrorism. We stand in

portals of glory and God’s peace knowing all of His promises are yes and amen.

“Over two hundred volunteers in MorningStar’s Ft. Mill and Moravian Falls churches freely give their time and talent to bless the nations with intercession and prophetic ministry.”

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meat in due season—bringing His body together for completion of His heart and plans. New strategies are being released for how we can best impact the nations for the days ahead.

WHAT WE DO

Simply put, this is what we do in Eagle Missions: We connect people hungry for genuine, authentic relationship with the Lord and His people. We are here to love, connect, equip, and send. Our purpose is to fulfill the Great Commission so that many can align with the Lord and our network of apostolic and prophetic leaders. We bring friends like you to the table of God’s love for common unity (communion) with heavenly strategies and divine encounters as we go on bold faith adventures that transform individuals, communities, and nations for the glory of the Father. Unlike many other ministries, we send over 90% of all mission funds received to the nations.

BOB JONES RADIO TOWER AND THE

ENDS OF THE EARTH

Often in prayer, the Lord shows me the vision of the radio tower Bob Jones spoke about repeatedly. It sends out the Gospel message from a mountain in Moravian Falls to the ends of the earth.

Many are receiving revelation of what an amazing gift we have in this century to use technology for the Gospel. Along with online prophetic and intercessory ministry and leadership and mentoring, we use technology to expand the kingdom by producing and distributing micro-SD cards for delivery into many places Americans are not welcome.

We send these micro-SD cards into difficult nations with our trusted and proven network of missionaries who blend in much easier than we can in such places as Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Turkey, and other nations in the 10/40 window. We are able to place entire Bibles, courses, and the Jesus film along with MorningStar resources on these tiny storage chips in native languages to impact many with life transforming messages and worship.

In areas where we drill wells, we provide our pastors with a set of seventeen DVDs usable with any language. We also provide hygiene training, health education for women, children, and men, community development ideas, business training, and more. This leads to personal and community transformation and economic sustainability.

We are also launching micro-loans to help start chicken and goat businesses and sustainable agriculture methods. This produces businesses that help folks end systemic poverty, become self-sustainable, and break the entitlement spirit while building their faith in Jehovah Jireh, our provider.

THE LORD’S PRECIOUS CHILDREN

We ask for your prayers in helping us with our growing number of beautiful children in many nations, currently over two thousand, many without a sponsor. These are orphans, but we prefer to call them “The Lord’s Precious Children.” These need love, a home, education, food, and clothing. For only a dollar a day you can change a life by helping them to know the love of the Father, and that they are not abandoned or forgotten.

DISASTER PREPARATION, DISASTER RELIEF,

AND COVERT MISSIONS

Last year, our generous Partners helped send over $50,000 to trusted members of our network in Cuba and

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“Often in prayer, the Lord shows me the vision of the radio tower Bob Jones spoke about repeatedly. It sends out the Gospel message from a mountain in Moravian Falls to the ends of the earth.”

RIGHT: Rick Joyner, Jorge Parrott, and Al Wood with a Cuban Pastor who just received his Doctoral Degree from our MSU College of Theology.

BELOW: Anna Marie Parrott, Jorge Parrott, Andy Surace (MFM Pastor in NJ), and Tom Hardiman (MFM Director) praying for the President of the Dominican Republic.

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Haiti to aid in rebuilding churches and members’ homes impacted by Hurricane Matthew. With hurricanes Harvey and Irma, we helped send teams to aid friends in Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean nations of the Dominican Republic and Cuba.

When disaster strikes, our Rapid Response Team moves speedily to get funds to our friends with “boots on the ground” because they already live in the affected area and can get help to church family members quickly. Some of our churches in Cuba suffered wind and flood damage, and many homes of our church families in Cuba and the DR suffered damage and needed emergency aid. Often the first thing needed is clean drinking water, food, and medicine. Thank you for your prayers and generous support in times of disaster.

Sadly, persecution and brutality is spreading in many parts of the world. Yet many unbelievers are coming to

Jesus, even having visions and dreams of “the Man in white.” Several key friends risk their own lives and the lives of their teammates daily. They are actively engaged in ministering love and Jesus to refugees in Iraq, Syria, and other nations in the Middle East and Asia. At times they feed thousands each day and provide urgent medical care as they demonstrate faith in action. Often they face death threats and jail as well as real bullets and bombs. We do need to remember our brothers in chains. Your prayers and generous support help us save lives, ease the pain, and move people safely in our “underground railroad” network in the 10/40 window.

LAUNCHING PASTORS AND NEW CHURCH PLANTS

Every year we launch many new pastors who have been trained with a solid biblical foundation in church planting to win souls, disciple the saints, and bring

maturity in the body. As we sow into them, we make sure they teach the basics on sowing and reaping and tithing. This is a biblical concept for believers to know the reality of the Lord (see Malachi 3:10). It is also done for the pastors to see how the “order of the house” is established and maintained for the long term, until Jesus returns. To that end, we subsidize new pastors during their first two years to give them room to focus on their flock as shepherds, seeking the Lord, and raising up new leaders. For fifty dollars a month you can “adopt a pastor” to

help them get established during these difficult first two years, helping to ensure their success and longevity.

We thank you for your prayers and generosity in our work around the globe to expand the kingdom and destroy the works of the enemy. To learn more or to invest in global futures, go to http://eaglemissions.org/urgent-needs/ or call the Missions Office at 803-802-5544 ext. 392. You can also email us at missionsbase@gmail.com

F R O M T H E D E S K O F

DAVE YARNES

I’m often tricked as my outward efforts start to be concerned with being more like Christ. In essence, I’m focused on the things I do, the things I eat, and the words that come out of my mouth, but this is not part of the caution in Colossians 2:21: “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!” There is a deeper issue—the sanctification of the heart. There is a consecration made by realizing the profound provision that Christ has made for me to live a life of holiness. This sanctification is outside of external acts—the very life of God is within my grasp.

I believe that God is calling us to this consecration now, a sense of holiness and being set apart. He is calling us to a right standing before Him based solely

on His work in us. There are no personal efforts we can rely on or boast in—the very fiber of our beings is indebted to God. Let’s embrace this new nature not just to serve Him, but also to please Him. The external outworks of this might be the smallest things, but our very will, our life, is consecrated to Christ. This is the essence of cultivating sanctification and holiness.

In His service,

Dave Yarnes Executive Vice President, MorningStar Ministries

When I consider the faith-act that is deliverance from sin, how Jesus does

all the work and I simply accept it by faith, I find the problem is that I

want to participate somehow. I want to show God that there is some-

thing good in me. But the more I try, the more I dig deeper, I find that my best efforts

come up short. In an act of self-preservation, I continue to look for something good in

me. This is the epitome of pride—that someday I will come to a place where I can

resist temptation and please God in my own strength, where I can show Him some-

thing redeeming from my nature. Praise God for the day that we realize this will never

happen—even our best efforts come up short. In this we find Him, and He has already

made provision by creating, through faith, the ability to reckon our mortal bodies as

dead to sin and as crucified with Christ.

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We are Thankful for You—Our Partners

AAs we enter the holiday season, it feels good to remember the things we are thankful for. This month, we wanted to let you know how thankful we are for you and all you have helped us achieve this year. Below are a few words from

some of our MorningStar leaders, straight from their hearts to yours!

Dear Partners, as the Director of MSU, I very much appreci-

ate all that you do for this ministry. Your constant support

enables us to raise up spiritual leaders who will impact this

world for the kingdom of God. Recently, I met with two young

women, former students of MSU. One of the graduates is in mis-

sions and has started a school in Haiti with one hundred and twenty

students. The other graduate started a multi-million dollar business

with a vision to transform impoverished nations. These are just two

of many testimonies that speak to the impact you are making

though your generosity towards MorningStar Ministries. Thank you!

Nathan Plowman, Director of MorningStar University

The Bob Jones Vision Center is truly becoming a sacred

space of encounter: Quiet mornings of contemplation

and praise as the sun rises over the lake, focused times

of corporate intercession for unfolding current events, whole

families dancing in abandonment, 24-Hour Burns, conference

attendees weeping on the floor, healing rooms, night watches,

candlelight communion on the deck, and so much more. Thank

you for investing in this end-time expression of extravagant

prophetic praise and prayer!

Robert Rummage, Head of Intercession

It is so great to meet fellow

Partners at the 50+ events

and other conferences at

MorningStar. You 50+ Partners

are making a huge difference and

are going to help usher in the

next move of the Father together!

We will make a kingdom differ-

ence. Thank you all!

John Boneck, 50+ Pastor

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W H A T ’ S H A P P E N I N G A T M O R N I N G S T A R

Partners, thank you so much for helping us spread

the message of God’s kingdom around the world

through our TV programing, social media, and

publications. MorningStar is committed to nourishing the

body of Christ with “meat in due season,” and this would

not be possible without your support. From all of us in the

MorningStar Communications Department, thank you!

Emilie Plowman, Communications Director

The ministry of Heritage

Communities is so grateful

for our Partners. We now

have ninety-five residents enjoying

the time of their lives at Heritage

with upgraded common areas.

Make sure to visit the courtyard

next time you’re on campus. Our

residents also enjoy all the ministry

outlets that you make possible

through you generosity. Thank you!

David Herr, Heritage Communities

Thank you for helping support the MorningStar Missions

department. Eagle Missions works in sixty-nine nations

with over five hundred leaders fulfilling the Great Commis-

sion and connecting people hungry for a genuine relationship with

the Lord. In some nations, we work in “covert” missions due to

increasing persecution. We provide resources, funds, and disciple-

ship materials to transform lives. We could not do this without

ongoing support from those who partner with us. Between

90-96% of all funds received annually go directly to the mission

field. For more info, visit EagleMissions.org. Thank you!

Jorge Parrott, Missions Director

Dearest Partners, on behalf of all the Heritage Internation-

al Ministries staff, we want to thank you for the contin-

ued contributions put towards restoring this property.

These improvements have given us greater opportunity to serve

the body of Christ as we move towards our calling of being a “city

of refuge.” Recently, we hosted five hundred evacuees from

Hurricane Irma. Thanks again for all you do and God bless.

Erika Robinson, General Manager of H.I.M.

The students and staff at

the Comenius School for

Creative Leadership are

extremely grateful for the

support (in all forms) from the

Morningstar Partners. You have

provided upgrades to our

gymnasium and computers for

our classrooms. Discovery Kids

Day Care, a feeder program to

our school, appreciates the new

tablets for the pre-school

classes. Thank you for your

contribution to the education of

the next generation.

Sandy Woods, CSCL Principal

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A new breed of kingdom warriors is rising on the earth. Many have been forged in the wilderness, in hidden places of testing, refinement, and preparation. The

enemy has frantically tried to abort the promises and destinies of these emerging stallions because he knows that what will be released through them will shake the foundations of the kingdom of darkness. Even so, God has used the resistance to develop champions of peace, integrity, strength, discernment, and courage. These warriors will be released at the right time and in the right way in accordance with God’s strategy, and they will run to their positions in the battle from every corner of the earth.

The Lord is raising up a people who will burn with the fire of His name and walk in the beauty of His holiness. The Holy Spirit is calling us deeper into lifestyles of purity that will not only attract His presence, but will release the manifes-tation of His glory. We need this purity because we need His glory. As we begin to see the Lord and walk in the light of His holiness by the power of the Holy Spirit, the Consuming Fire within us will captivate the nations because Jesus will be lifted up and He will draw all men to Himself (see John 12:32). After all, it is those who know their God that will do extraor-dinary exploits (see Daniel 11:32).

Now is the time for the sons and daughters of God to be revealed. Now is the time to refocus, reprioritize, and reen-gage. It’s time to wake up. It’s time to rise up. The King of glory is coming, and He is calling us to join Him. How will we respond?

MorningStar Ministries

MorningStar University

There’s still time to sign up for

MorningStar University! MSU is

taking applications for the winter

semester, which begins in January. The MSU

College of Leadership offers core leadership

classes designed to train up high-impact

leaders, and the program includes two

optional specialty tracks to choose from:

SPECIAL FORCES – A NEW PATH TO A NEW

STANDARD OF LEADERSHIP

This is an intense, physically demanding

wilderness leadership training program

designed to push individuals beyond their

perceived limits to promote resilience and

growth. Leadership is a difficult path to walk.

This program will prepare you for it.

WORSHIP SCHOOL – RELEASING THE FATHER’S

HEART THROUGH WORSHIP

Under the leadership of Leonard Jones, our

professional instructors bring decades of

music, worship, and recording industry

experience to teach and disciple young

worship leaders and musicians into both

a greater skill level and the true heart

of worship.

For more information, visit MStarU.com or call

803.547.8494. Your journey begins here.

S A R A H O L E J A R Z

V I S I O N

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