Thank You

I want to thank all of you for your prayers and sacrifices for my family and myself!

To be honest, I didn’t want Lauren and Leah to ask people on email or Facebook to fast and pray for me because I don’t really like attention. Mary had the nerve to suggest that I might have a pride issue :-) It’s hard to imagine how a guy who cannot do anything for himself could still have “pride issues.” However, I now know it’s possible because all of your prayers, sacrifices, loving and encouraging messages have truly humbled me so I must not have been humble before :-)

It was overwhelming to hear that family and friends were fasting and praying for me, but many of you didn’t even know me personally before, yet you joined in - now you are my friends!

Like us, I know all of you face trials too; I cannot do much, but I can pray so please contact me when you have a prayer need.

Thank you all again, this past week has been so good for me!

Love you guys,

Bill

“…we do not lose heart…For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:16-18)

The Process of Promises

Go to iTunes, search in podcasts for "Bethel Church", free sermon podcasts every week. POWERFUL.

Here is an excerpt from Kris Vallotton, The Process of Promises, 9/13/10:

Everyone has a desire for a deep sense of significance: “I was born to be amazing, I was created for greatness, I was born to disciple nations…” The negative side of that message is that sometimes God takes along time to act suddenly. Between the time that God gives us a promise and the time that we actually see the fulfillment of that promise, there are times of process. BUT we need this process to stay in the promise. There is an enemy in every land that there is a promise. They are strategically placed. They are not meant to beat you but to treat you to build up your character and increase your faith so you can rule in the promise land. Jesus was led into the wilderness by the Holy Spirit to be tempted by the devil. The Holy Spirit knew that in order that Jesus needed public ministry He must first have private victory. Everyone needs a wilderness experience. In order to have a public ministry you must first have private victory. IN YOUR WEAKNESS HE IS STRONG.

Your Private victory gives you a public platform. Jesus learned obedience through suffering. The more times you get the same word, prophetic declaration, there is a reason you keep getting the same word over and over. Sometimes the circumstances go the opposite direction-because God wants to take you ALL the way down to the depths. God's kingdom is not always instant. There is a process to greatness.

Dream

I had another dream of Daddy walking last night!

He was in a large field. All his family was with him...and we took family portraits :D

It was as if everyone was EXPECTING it to happen!

Then we ate barbecue.

Love,

Leah

"He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because He delighted in me."

-Psalms 18:19

Not a Secret

10/5/10

I have been so looking forward to this day since I received your email. It is such an honor and joy to be able to pray for your dad's healing. The more I pray the more I am convinced of God's power and glory and ability to give this healing. He is so glorious. I picture his throne and heaven being filled with the light of his glory and I could weep over the awesomeness of who and what He is. I am believing with you this week. I am believing God is going to heal your dad and also give healing to many others. As I pray for your dad, names of other people who are waiting for healing are coming to my mind and I am overwhelmed at God's goodness and desire to heal them all. He is a healer, and He gives life!

10/8/10

I have been keeping up with the blog. And just in my own prayer time I got Isaiah 48:16. It has not been spoken in secret that God is going to heal your dad. What we are believing for has been declared boldly. Jesus healed freely and publicly to all who believed in Him. God's will to heal his children is not a secret! I am praying for your dad and family. And I have truly felt God's spirit moving in my heart over these past days of fasting and prayer for your dad. I know He is strengthening and building up the body. Our faith is growing and I can feel people pushing in prayer for your dad and for others who need healing. Words can only express a small part of how I have been blessed, humbled and strengthened through this time.

Love you dearly,

Brittany Kutter

"Come near me and listen to this:

From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;

at the time it happens, I am there."

And now the Sovereign Lord has sent me, with his Spirit.

- Isaiah 48:16

"Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first and I am the last. My own hand laid the foundations of the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they all stand up together." -Isaiah 48:12-13

"This is what the Lord says: In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make covenant for the people, to RESTORE the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, to say to the captives, 'Come out!' and to those in darkness, 'Be free!" -Isaiah 49:8-9

I got these verses while praying for your dad this morning! The Genesis 1 Creator of the Universe who spread out the heavens and restores the captives hears our prayers!!!

Love,

Katie Rose

Here's the podcast sermon from Pastor Alan about Bill: "Encouragement" from The Ark Church last Sunday. It's really an excellent talk and worth your time, but if you don't wish to listen to the entire talk, just slide over to about

20:40 and listen through about 24:23,

http://www.thearkchurch.com/media/messages/Down-But-Not-Out

Battle at Kruger AND Mary's commentary below

When I saw this youtube a couple years ago, I saw a spiritual picture…

a) the baby buffalo represents a child of God

b) the lions and crocodile represent Satan and his demons

c) the buffalo herd represent the body of Christ

The baby made a mistake by not staying near the herd so he was vulnerable. We need to stay close to each other as the body or Christ. “Where two or more are gathered”, “three strands are better than two”, “there is power in number”…etc.. He was also a baby and not very strong yet to fight off the enemy. “Satan goes around like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour”. The lions saw he was away from the flock and that make him weak.

The lions and croc thought that they had him and were going to devour him for lunch. At this point, the baby was dead and he had no way out. However, the herd of buffalo saw one of their own about to be devoured so they ALL went to rescue the baby. The herd outnumbered the lions so they were powerless. We (the body of Christ) can fight for ours family members who are facing deaths door. But unlike those buffalo, we have The One who conquered death and the grave living IN us! Satan and his demons have to flee just at the name of Jesus! How much more powerful are we when we all pray in one accord for one purpose? From the physical sense, Dad is like that baby buffalo; it looks like he doesn’t have a chance but then the body of Christ (warriors) are coming to fight off the enemy who is trying to steal him from the body of Christ and his earthly family. We have to have warriors who are not afraid, who are full of the Holy Spirit, who can fight off several hungry lions. We have that group praying for Bill right now. Did you notice that baby buffalo gets up and WALKS away when seconds before he was in the mouth of a crocodile and several lions? It took a herd of determined buffalo to fight for just one of their own. We all need that fight in us that this herd had.

God brought this video back to my memory last night as I was praying. I don’t think it was a coincidence either. He wanted to let me know that this was a fight and that it was going to take a body fighting together to take back what is ours. I never thought of Dad as representing the baby buffalo until now. It looks like he is in the mouth of the enemy about to be devoured but he’s kicking and fighting with The Word but he needs the body of Christ to help him as he is tired and weak but his spirit is still strong and has a fight. We all need each other and we all have our battles to fight, Bill’s is just one of illness. That’s why Paul says we need to “bear one another’s burdens”.. We are all one in this; when one is hurting, we all hurt.

Thanks for fighting.

Love,

Mary