7 Thunders Newsletter
October, 2005
Much has been
happening in this last month within 7 Thunders. Recently, on October 15th,
Isaac Bennett and Morgan Hennigan were joined in marriage. The ceremony was held
in
Cookeville
,
TN
, which is Morgan’s hometown. The wedding was absolutely beautiful, as most
weddings are. But something was different about this one. You could feel the
tangible presence of God. You could almost see Him smiling down on them. It
truly was a blessed marriage.
Also, Andy and Bek Hickman have now returned to
New Zealand
to have their baby amongst family and such. They feel
the Lord is telling them to stay for an extended amount
of time to help support the House of Prayer there and to
really labor in prayer for their home country.
This was of course very difficult for all of us
to say good-bye, but we know that it is God’s will and
we will see them once again. They will continue to serve
on staff with 7 Thunders as much as they can with their
new baby girl.
Transition
This past month has
been a “seek the Lord” month for the whole team as
we have just gotten back from our Summer of Siege.
God has disrupted all of our lives in such a way
that we could not go back to life as normal. We all knew
that God had something big in store for us. As most of
you know, we have been closely connected with Lou Engle
in
Washington
D.C.
and Bound4Life in
Charlotte
,
NC
. We have been up to Washington D.C. several times to
partner with Lou in conferences and such and more
recently we took a trip down to Charlotte, NC to check
out the Bound4Life Base down there and to see some
friends.
With prayer and understanding from the Lord we
have felt that the Lord has invited us to go build the
House of Prayer in
Charlotte
,
NC
(
Fort
Mill
). The property we will be on is the old Heritage
USA
and PTL property that Jim Bakker owned for years. It is
now under construction and they’re rebuilding parts of
it. This is also where MorningStar Fellowship is based
and a few other ministries are based. Bound4Life is
based there also and the Bennett’s and 7 Thunders have
been asked by Chuck Mervin and others to come and Father
and Mother a House of Prayer there.
The
location of the House of Prayer will be in building that
was used as a general store when Heritage
USA
was up and running. It has been abandoned for the past
17 years and is going to need a lot of work to fix it
up. Pray that God gives provides finances and grace to
be able to accomplish this.
We believe that God has divinely planned this and
that He truly has gone before us and prepared the
way.
This
is a big move and will take a lot of work so we ask for
your prayers for the Bennett family and for an easy
transition. Mike Bickle and the leadership team in the
House of Prayer Kansas City are cheering us on and will
be officially sending us out with prayer and an offering
at some point in November with the thoughts of us
leaving in December if everything goes smoothly. We feel
from the Lord to take 100 intercessory missionaries with
us to help build the house of prayer.
Prayer
Requests:
* The
7 Thunders staff –
Luke Ahrenholtz, Courtney Arrington, Katie Bennett, Andy
and Bek Hickman, Rebekah Myers, Mercy Falkner, and the
siege teams. That the Spirit of Grace and supplication
would continue in them to pray and prophesy as we make
this transition to Charlotte/Fort Mill.
*
Kirk - Pray that he has understanding and revelation on
a Priesthood Culture of Life
* Dee-
Total and complete healing of
Dee
’s thyroid. There is a growth diagnosed as a cyst. We
have decided to pursue the healing hand of God for this
disease after 20 years of medication. Pray Psalms
103:2-3 Also for special grace to be upon her as she
takes on this task of packing and moving 15 hours away.
*
Isaac and Morgan- that God would bless them and give
them new revelation as they have just been married.
*
Katie – Is carrying the sound of the Life Movement in
her worship leadership.
*
Abby – Increased joy and zeal for God. Something of
real power is continuing to happen with our children,
and we’re asking for the Spirit to guard and disciple
them in it.
*
The I.H.O.P.s – There are houses of prayer springing
up all over the world. We have had the extreme privilege
to be friends with an amazing number of them. Pray for
ways to keep those friendships alive, viable, and
strategic.
*
The Bennett’s - Pray for the health and well-being of
our family, our finances, and understanding in our
lives.
*
Pray the 22 word Prayer 7 times daily – Jesus, I plead
your blood over my sins and the sins of my nation, God
end abortion and send revival to
America
!
*
Trips - guidance and direction concerning this year.
*
Moving – That God would pour out grace and that things
would move quickly and efficiently.
testify to this
couple about Jesus and how He wants this baby that they
want to abort. The couple wasn't for sure about what we
were saying, but they ended up not going
