I keep hearing "refresh" from God!
I'm seeing all of you as you labor in the Kingdom, endeavoring to live as Christ,
to live out the word of our God, so I want to declare Holy Spirit's refreshing
over every one of you (us!) today! Like water poured out over a plant that's
begun to wilt or ground that's a little too dry, may you be refreshed and
renewed today by His love and everlasting joy! You are on His mind and heart. He's delighting in you, beloved child! He's anointed you with His presence to live today in exuberant joy!

"He has brought me to his banqueting table,
and His banner over me is love.
Sustain me with raisin cakes,
refresh me with apples,
because I am lovesick.
Let His left hand be under my head
and His right hand embrace me."
Song of Solomon 2:4-6

He is eager in His refreshing, to pour His love and glory over you, because
you've become lovesick for Him!

See Wes' bio under “people.”

Saints, I hope this encourages you as it has me not to sit down in my grief...but to grieve as  I go.........

The just shall live by faith.  There is no darkness of grief that can hide Yeshua's face from our faith.  Sometimes we don't understand what takes His promises so long to come to pass, and the grief is at times almost too much to continue in.  But, we make the choice not to move off of our faith in Yeshua and His promises which are a continual resounding YES AND AMEN!!!

Whatever one’s grief may look like, Yeshua is there in the midst to bring us to the promises.  Look unto Him who is the author and finisher of our faith!!! No matter how much darkness the enemy tries to surround our promises from Yeshua with, faith can swallow up that darkness.

It is faith that brings the very atmosphere of heaven into any discouragement that the enemy brings against the promises of Yeshua, and in faith HOPE is re-born!!!

So no matter how dead the promises of God may look, know that by faith there is resurrection.  The more dead a thing looks, the more glory Yeshua receives when He brings resurrection.  Yeshua receives much glory for doing that which looks impossible to man.

We have the precious Holy Spirit to help us have the God kind of faith.  He will inspire our hearts with confidence and faith to receive the promises.......YEAH Holy Spirit!!!

Mary Anderson lives in Summerville, SC.  She brings Word and Vision through her ministry, Rivers of Oil.

I am thankful for a safe place where I don't have to "please" anyone, but GOD! That is freedom!!!  A place where offenses roll off our backs or are handled God's way. So we can continue to walk together shoulder to shoulder, in covenant with one another. What we have is rare ... and I am overcome with gratitude.

Donna 

Holly Kramer

I was recently struck by the words of a friend about what God wants to do on this Earth, for his land and his people.  She was saying he wants to restore, reclaim, reform, etc.  The titles God gave my husband and I for the sculptures from a recent Piccolo Spoleto Art show are Refresh, Reveal, Restore, Revive, and Reclaim!  The pieces were created using old, worn, found furniture and household items. 

I think sometimes when I think about myself, whether it be physically, emotionally or spiritually, or when I think about other relationships it occurs to me that maybe it would just be easier to chuck it all and start over with something new!  Now, that’s just a brief thought and then I get back in alignment with God’s truth; but in all honesty it does occur to me.  I think about how easy it would be for God to wipe the slate clean and start fresh.  But in Gods amazing mercy and grace he’s not doing that!  In his infinite wisdom he has decided to REFRESH, RESTORE, REBUILD, RECLAIM, REFORM, REVIVE!

During a recent gathering at Catalyst 61, Todd H. spoke about the rebuilding of the wall around Jerusalem using old, burned stones in the rebuilding.  Using the old stones for the wall around Jerusalem made it stronger.  Typically things that go through the fire, come out the other side stronger.

It would have been so much easier for JR and I to buy brand new doors and furniture to create the sculptures we did.  We wouldn’t have had to scrape and sand the old paint.  We wouldn’t have had to search for weeks for just the right piece.  But then the end result would have been far less meaningful and in my mind beautiful.  All of the scars, holes, and imperfections are what gave the pieces beautiful character. 

Holly and JR Kramer and their two sons are residents of N. Charleston, SC.  The Kramers own and operate REMARK, a landscape architecture studio, and pursue visual arts through painting and sculpture.

Daniel Huckaby

2 Corinthians 10:5 (AMP)  -  "[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One)."

captive

n.

1. One, such as a prisoner of war, who is forcibly confined, subjugated, or enslaved.

2. One held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion.

adj.

1. Taken and held prisoner, as in war.

2. Held in bondage; enslaved.

3. Kept under restraint or control; confined: captive birds.

4. Restrained by circumstances that prevent free choice: a captive audience; a captive market.

5. Enraptured, as by beauty; captivated.

God spoke to my heart recently about taking thoughts captive.  The verse is awesome, but doing it was a different story for me and always somewhat elusive.  

While I was thinking about the verse, God asked me what I would do after I took someone captive in a combat situation who had been approaching/penetrating my perimeter or boundary; the person not yet having been identified as friend or foe.

I replied.... well, after taking them captive, the standard protocol would be to forcibly question them to gather info, such as:

"Tell me who you are."

"Where did you come from and who sent you?"

"What is you purpose for being here?"

After the identification is found, an enemy would be brought under the authority and jurisdiction of the commander.  A friend would be allowed entrance and would tell you their reason for coming; whether to aid, reinforce, or reveal new intelligence.

God said to do the same with the thoughts that come to my head. I’m to grab a thought by the collar and fiercely question its motive for being in my head.  It's a God-tool to discern and hear His voice; especially when thoughts travel through my head as if it were a train station!

The fifth definition of captive (above) is equally important.  When God gives us a thought we are still supposed to take it captive, but in an entirely different way--  it actually takes us captive (enraptured, as by beauty; captivated)!

Daniel and his wife Megan live in Summerville, SC.  Daniel is a graduate of the Citadel, engineer, and member of the Army National Guard.

As I read this I immediately was prompted by the Spirit to what I see God doing in the Body of Christ.

He is uncluttering, quickening us in exponential personal growth and thus establishing a greater sense of security in our relationship with Him. A real vine and branches relationship  is manifesting, so to speak.

Song of Solomon 5:16 says; " He is altogether lovely". 

I am seeing the Body of Christ coming ALL TOGETHER, as one, as these things occur and it is beautiful, lovely and an aluring aroma to those outside the faith.  

The name New Heart came from a prophetic blessing spoken over us 3 years prior to being an established ministry.

Today we have a new facility to house the ministry and in keeping with our flow the Lord has had us name the building something different from the name of the body of believers.

As we know the church is a people you are with, not a building you go to. Therefore, we sensed the Lord sounding out a name for the building that was different from the name of our gathering. While NHG will meet in this facility it is not who we are. We are New Heart Gathering that meets at Catalyst 61.

The Lord has desire for this building to be used for what He calls city church. We are to be stewards (a channel of which the gift flows) of this building and a host to other ministries in the city that have the Lord's heart for the city.

 If you haven't guessed it by now, the prophetic word for the building was Catalyst 61.

a catalyst= accelerates the process or rate of change to something.

61= coming from the passage in Isa. 61 ( It is also located on Hwy 61)

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has anointed me

to preach good tidings...

to heal the broken hearted

to proclaim liberty to the captives

to open prison doors to those who are bound

to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord

to comfort those who mourn

to give beauty for ashes

to give the oil of joy for mourning

to give the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness

to rebuild the old ruins...

Put these two prophetic concepts together and you have a place that is intentioned to accelerate people's process so that they can experience all that Isa 61 says the Spirit is set out to do through His anointed.

All of the other things that would come - evangelism, missionary journeys, surviving persecution, displays of power - would happen within this context.  It built their faith and showed all the possibilities of God in this Church He was calling together.  As the Church grows, so much of Paul’s instruction is to build, encourage, and submit to this connecting work of God, and it’s for the sake of the relationships themselves, not so they can be used to get to something else. 

It takes only a quick glance at the isolation, loneliness, desperation, and division in the world today (and in the church today) to see that bringing together people that really love each other, that have all things in common, that give to each as they have need, that claim nothing as their own, and are truly of one heart and soul is absolutely miraculous.  It is as supernatural and powerful as any other demonstration made by the Church.  Only God can do this.  Of all the miracles (after salvation), this joining together, this perfecting into one is the most enduring and the most pervasive, because it meets a need for connection that’s in every one of us for our entire lives. 

 I may only need to be healed once in my life; I’ll need to be loved and connected always.  Through the Holy Spirit’s work, to be made one with God, one flesh with my wife, one soul with my friend, and one heart with the Church will change every part of my life.  If I really believe in this, if I really allow the Spirit to do this in me, it will fundamentally change who I am and how I live. 

Rather than parking themselves beside a well of strife, they name it  for what it is and move on to dig another well. However, the next well they uncover they have a similar problem. They find contention with the locals at this well's discovery. It's name translated to english means, you guessed it, contention.

Now, they could've easily been deterred by these two negative experiences and lost hope as they only found  spirits of strife and contention but they don't allow the dysfunction of those around them to determine their course of action. Rather they search for other wells to satiate their thirst. And in turn they  find a third well. You know the old idiom "threes a charm". The Hebrew name they give this well means "wide place". A well with broad borders that has no constricting limitations by strife or contention.

 How many times do you go seeking to find refreshing streams for your thirsty spirit and only retrieve strife and contention from those around you?

If what you've experienced in your search for God is only strife and contention in your "going to church experience". Let me tell you, don't stop there. Keep digging. There are expansive wells of experience with the Lord and His church that you just haven't tapped into yet. Broader than a building you just "go to". It is a people filled with dynamic relationship with God and one another you'll find released. Not a languishing puddle of discord but vibrant streams of living water you can drink in.

 There is something to a people who are persistent not to allow deterrents like strife and contention to keep them from the living water that brings an expanse in peace, joy, and right connection to God. That is the life Jesus said his living waters would produce. If you've been experiencing some strife or contention as you are on your search for God's refreshment let me encourage you not to pitch your tent around the bitter waters of these things. Press on to the wide places God has for you to be refreshed. He takes the bitter waters of disappointment and turns them into opportunities of sweet reward

Come join us at Catalyst 61 and find a place that's boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places. A safe place,  in which you can experience the wide Kingdom life that God has for you. Come dig new wells with us, as servants of the Lord our God.

There are over 2000 phobias recorded today and so, as in bible days, fear and its cousins worry, anxiety and panic are still very formidable foes to people of faith.

 I'm encouraged when I find the bible characters like Timothy and David, Joshua and the disciples were dealing with fear too. After all, David slew bears, lions, a giant named Goliath. Joshua took God's people into the long awaited promised land and fought thirty some victorious battles to do so. And of course, the disciples were only accused of turning the entire WORLD upside down.

Why it is paramount for us to overcome whatever fear we are facing? It is not just for your own peace of mind but also it may very well be a major block to your calling. I would like to go so far as to say that I believe fear is a "tell" to the assignment of your calling. A tell is language that poker players are familiar with. One of the key skills most good poker players have is the ability to read their opponents at the table. When there is a nervous twitch that communicates whether your opponents cards are a good hand or a bad one, that is a tell. So I believe whatever the enemy attacks you with, fear-wise, is like a tell. It is a way to read just what God has designed you to be about in His Kingdom. And so the fear is a tell that could reveal the hand of the enemy and how he has attempted to keep you from the very thing you are assigned by God to fulfill.

 In other words, whatever you are most fretful and fearful of is often a sign pointing to the assignment God has for you.

The fears you overcome can be the very ministry you help others break through.

As those fears are revealed for what they are, we have the authority in Jesus name to loose ourselves and take those thoughts captive. For it is the love of Christ that casts out fear and He has given us a spirit of power, love and a sound mind to overcome them. In Joshua 1:9 it says; "Be courageous and do not fear, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go."

May it be unto you according to this word.

The gatherings are currently assembled at Abundant Life on Bee's Ferry Road at 6:30 PM. NHG believes this to be a vital part of making the corporate expression as the apostle Paul spoke of in Ephesians 3:11f

We are praying that the Lord will knit us together across the greater Charleston area to make the manifold wisdom of God known in this region.

When Jesus came his first declaration was, "the Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the gospel."

This gospel was the gospel of the Kingdom.

When we speak of restoration of the church we are saying there is something much larger at hand than church as we have known it.  There is a mindset of who we are as the church that desperately needs a paradigm shift.

We are speaking about the gospel of the Kingdom of God. A kingdom that has come and is coming until all of His enemies are under his feet. A Kingdom that has a King presently enthroned, not waiting for a bailout plan from its responsibility. A Kingdom that brings an empowerment to its operatives that will bring a cultural penetrating light to a world that is darkened in its comprehension and blinded to the reality of such a realm. A realm that  is truly heavenly in nature and teaming with a life that is overflowing with joy, transforming power and freedom from limitations to knowing the heart of our God, intimately. It is progressive in nature and advancing in influence, as we speak.

Likened to a river that changes the landscape as it cuts through the terrain and washes over the rough places and makes them smooth.

This is more than a "myopic", "me- centered" gospel where personal salvation is the end goal. This Kingdom gospel involves an earth that is groaning for its redemption. A new heaven and a new earth that is awaiting its transformation. ( see Romans 8). Come visit with us for more regarding this gospel of the Kingdom.

"Be of good courage, and let us be strong for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD do what is good in His sight." (1 Chron 19:13 NKJV)

Represented in the gathering were Voice of the Lord, Deliverance Praise, River Church, Messiah's Church, Abundant Life, Dayspring, Women of Action, Crown Leadership Academy, Celebration Station, Kingdom Voice, Samuel and Geraldine Cox ministry, Church of God in Christ Knightsville and NHG. Just to mention a few.

Hearts were rent for the Kingdom expression to come into alignment with the plan of God for our city. It was such a shot in the arm of inspiration and affirmation to us all.

Many thanks to the obedience of the AWC team to come alongside and encourage us in such a fashion.

His greatest strategy is ours too:  love and give yourself so fully that we cannot be separated.  He gives Himself so completely to us, so that we can then give ourselves so much to each other that the enemy’s threat becomes empty and powerless, because we are inseparable.  My life is inextricably joined with the Father, with my wife, with my friends, with my brothers and sisters, with the Church, and we can be separated no more than Jesus can be separated from the Father and the Spirit, no more than I can be separated from Jesus.  In Him and with Him we are perfected into oneness, and together we live freely. 

Sean Quental is a minister with a message of restoration for the heart, mind and soul. His Bible-based teaching on the mind, body and spirit connection considers physical, emotional and spiritual health. His ministry focus is to show people how to live in relationship with God and ultimately find peace and bring health and wholeness to the body of Christ.

New Heart received so much insight from this conference into the renewing of the mind. There is no restoration without transformation and transformation begins with the renewing of the mind. New Heart has received much more than we ever expected from Sean's teachings and our minds are being renewed daily since his coming.

Dysfunctional thinking is diminishing and truth is overtaking the lies.

For more reading on this subject see:

Dr. Carol Leaf's book "Who switched off my brain?".

Sean's itinerary includes ministering in Wagner SC on Jan 23-24th and in Fort Mill Feb. 12-13th. More info to come on these dates.

• Spotless bridal preparation for the Body of Christ
• Oneness for the Body of Christ
• Fullness in the Body of Christ
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• Wholeness to our marriages
• Abundance to a shared life in the community of Christ
• A safe place for the wounded, battered and scarred of this world
• Freedom for the captives
• Mending for the heartsick and hope to the hopeless
• Joy unspeakable to all who enter in

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            If you come to God, which hopefully we all have, then you must believe two things. First, God is real. That is the entry point for every person being born into God’s Kingdom. It starts by believing God is real. The second one takes us a bit by surprise. You must believe that God is a rewarder. The scriptures can say just as much by what they omit, as what they actually say, and the Holy Spirit could have said anything He wanted to when this was being written. Imagine all of the doctrinal specifics that you might expect to find after the words, “you must believe _______.” You have to be totally convinced in your mind and heart that the Lord wants to reward you. He wants to give to you more than you have ever realized. All that the Lord asks is that you seek Him. It doesn’t matter if you fail or stumble, just seek Him and He will reward you. Learning to believe that God is looking for ways to give you gifts can revolutionize your faith.

            If we don’t believe this fundamental doctrine, we can get stuck in an unhealthy mindset. The devil has done a great job lying to us about this subject; he has been telling us we are all one easy sin away from feeling God’s wrath. Believers all over the world feel like this everyday, and a good many would be Christians are held back from putting their faith and trust in Jesus because they think God is looking for an opportunity to drop the hammer. I was surprised, in my own life, how much I prayed, ministered, and lived under the assumption that God was more inclined to punish than to give. You don’t realize how much the religious devices of the devil have snuck in on you until you experience the freedom of accepting God’s rewards and gifts. Even more, he doesn’t want you to experience them in a trickle; he wants you to get overwhelmed in a flood of His generosity.

Since the Lord is holding his hands out to a complacent, lukewarm church, and His hands are full of rich blessings that will transform us into something glorious, then I would expect the devil to try to convince us that the “spiritual” thing to do is not ask for too much. I have seen whole congregations that have quietly given up on experiencing the glory and power of God because they don’t believe God wants to give them more than they could possibly imagine. But, when we truly believe it as a foundation of His character, it opens up a door into His presence that allows us to access all that is in the heavenly realms.

14 "To the angel of the church in Laodicea write:

The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this:

15 ' I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.  16 'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth.  17 'Because you say, " I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,  18 I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that  the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.  19 ' Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent.  20 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.  21 ' He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.  22 ' He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" (Revelation 3: 14 – 22)

What makes me love this letter so much is that it is possibly one of the most positive church letters in Revelation. It is less harsh in its judgments and contains more astounding promises than some of the others. Read the letter closely and look for the blessings. It is a letter that is full of gifts and promises.

I think we have been studying this letter with a preconceived notion that God is spiting them out because of sheer repulsion and is absolutely disgusted to the point of rejecting them. What is really going on is that He has a special blessing for them that not only will break them out of apathy, but will usher them into a visitation with Jesus Himself. The letter to the Laodiceans is not about judgment, it is about giving. The crux of the letter is that God wants to give the Laodiceans something radical, and He wants to do it because He loves them.

Continue to keep them lifted up as they develop a new ministry team and help those walking through the leaving behind things of the past and pressing on to what lies ahead.

They have found a great home to rent and are plowing new ground into the city there, making connections with other ministries and edifying the body for the Lord's work in that region.

 NHG has been standing with them in prayer and propulsion to go unto this nation and bring the Kingdom revelation in an Malta like fashion from Acts 28.

 Continue to pray as they endeavor to influence governmental athorities and and other national leadership.

The Hadley family just returned from a trip to Sanford Florida to go and support the home ministry of this mission. The picture is one of the ministry team there praying at the break of dawn to send prayers over the waters to Sao Tome. It was a powerful declaration as we stood as one together in prayer.

The ministries are, Dunlace Christian Fellowship and the graduate students that Drew built relationship with who are seeking to build relationally and see a restoration afresh of the body of Christ in that region.

The Charleston Christian Surfers ministry will be hosting the movie premier of "Walking on Water"

The T Culler band will be performing with New Heart's very own, Jonathan, will be playing lead guitar.

Todd Brazell will be sharing his testimony and NHG will be there supporting in word and deed.

We believe there is an inherent power in the Word of God in that the Holy Spirit not only inspired the written Word of God but is the teacher and guide of its applicability into a persons life. The Spirit of the Lord liberates a person from the trappings of a the life that is seperated from it’s creator so that one can truly know God relationally.

Since the original documentary concerning man (Adam and Eve), man has lost his rightful position in relationship to God. Romans 3:23 says that, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God and the result of that sin is death (death of a relational, spiritual kind). However, in John 6 Jesus says the words that he speaks to us are Spirit and Life. It goes on to say that these words quicken us.

Jesus also professes that no one can come to him unless the Father draws that person. We believe that drawing to be the working of God’s Spirit on a persons life – drawing, quickening, convicting us of our sin and showing us our need for His mercy and grace.

If you are sensing those kinds of things happening in your life, we would love to talk with you more.

Email us from the “contact us page” or come to one of our gatherings. It would be a joy to talk with you about such things.

House 1 = you as an individual and your personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.

House 2 = your closest partnering relationships

House 3= your local covenanted church gathering

House 4 = the global church

(Much more to come on this teaching)

It was a team effort and the encouragement we gave to one another was truly inspiring. Even little Lydia made it to the top!