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Sharing with the Net of PrayerABOUT PRAYERBy: Chuck-JOHNEL (File: About Prayer)

Hello and Praise the Lord!

The HOLY SPIRIT put it in my heart to begin a new series on and about prayer. In part,I perceive that one purpose is to bring us all up to speed in matters of prayer, so we all havea basic level of understanding and also a level of agreement as we pray on a variety ofneeds and issues.

I prayed about this on and off for a few days and decided that to start I will just follow theHOLY SPIRIT leading and write whatever comes to mind.

PRAYER itself is fairly simple to define at one level — it is simply talking to God.Anyone can talk (pray) to God and I will probably surprise you by saying that God doeshear ALL prayer; however, whether He answers it as the one praying desires is a wholedifferent matter.

Not all prayer has to do with asking for something, or seeking, or knocking on Heavensdoor. Sometimes the best and most precious prayer is simple relationship talk with Father,waking-up in the morning and saying, "Good morning Jesus!" Or walking down the streeton the way to work or the store and talking to Father inwardly as you go saying somethinglike, "Hello Father, it is a beautiful day you have made. How's your day going? "

PRAYER is only half of the conversation — we ought learn to quiet ourselves no matterwhere we are at to hear, listen to God's reply to our talk. Have you ever met a person whowanted to talk your ear off and never gave you a chance to respond or make a comment?!Well, my point is that talking to God is great but one should be fair and give God a spaceof time to listen to His reply.

DOES GOD HEAR ALL PRAYER?One time many years ago, I was drawn into the Heavens and found myself up before GODTHE FATHER on the MOUNT OF THE MOST HIGH GOD. This is the very top of a HolyMountain in Heaven where God has His Throne Seat. The beauty and splendor of this placeis beyond any words I could gather in an attempt to paint the picture of what I knew andsaw.

Leading up to the Mount of The Most High GOD is a staircase carved out of rock, it is a

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DOES GOD HEAR ALL PRAYER? Continued very high staircase as itstarts at the base of this Holy mountain and goes all the way to the top.

Usually the Holy mountain of GOD is wrapped in dense clouds but on this day I could seeclearly from the top all the way to the base of the mountain.

Here I saw multitudes of people praying to God, from every religion you could imagine,Buddhists, Moslems, Hindu's and on and on. I noted that ^ pj.y the Christians actually cameinto God the Father's Presence with their petitions, only those under the Blood of JESUSCHRIST had the boldness to actually come before Father God on the Mount of the MostHigh and in every sense of the Word these had God's ear and attention.

Nonetheless, GOD THE FATHER heard all prayer, believers in JESUS CHRIST andunbelievers. These others were bent to their faces and were afraid to draw anywhere nearto Father God, so I saw them (Buddhists, Moslems, etc.) located down at or near the baseof the mountain, some on the steps leading up, but none dared Zook towards Him directlyor to come anywhere near the Father GOD on the Mount of the Most High, only Christians.

Later I realized I was seeing what is in John 14: 6 when JESUS said, "I am the way, thetruth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me..."

Of course, on saying this I might get a battery of questions or challenges from thosebrethren bound by doctrinal rigidity. One might say that a Moslem praying to Allah is notpraying to our God. True enough at one level. However, the Apostle Paul made it plain inRomans 1: 19-21 man is given by God to know that He is. It is therefore possible thatanyone not in the Christian faith can retain God in their knowledge, can glorify Him as Godand can therefore also pray to Him.

I remember a story I read many years ago (no longer remember where I read it) reputed tobe factual about a Frenchman who sought "truth" near the turn of the century (180O's) andturned to eastern religions for the answer. Along the way he heard of a monk in Asia (India,I recall) who had reached the highest level of enlightenment and knew the "truth". So this

Frenchman traveled by train, then boat to India, then by train and horse carriage, donkeyand lastly on foot to reach the monastery in some mountain heights. It took him some timeto reach this place and there he found this enlightened monk (Buddhist as I recall). Whenhe asked this monk what the truth was, the monk replied, "JESUS CHRIST." TheFrenchman was stunned and said, "Why I heard about JESUS all my life in France, thatcan't be right!" The monk replied, "Yes, He is the truth, the only truth."

So it is not only possible but I can bear witness that there are many non-Christians on earthwho genuinely seek the true God (otherwise I would not have seen them praying toFATHER GOD), and if they seek Him with all their heart, He will let them find Him — allroads lead to JESUS CHRIST in such quests.

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DOES GOD FIEAR ALL PRAYER? (Conthj However many other menof other religions do not like to retain God in their knowledge (Romans 1: 28) and so Godgives them over to a reprobate mind. These who do this would not be found praying at theHoly mountain of God.

PRAYER ACCUMULATES: In 1983 we began praying about the coming accidentalnuclear attack. It is now 18 years later and we are still praying about this coming accidentalnuclear attack. Why? What do we aim to accomplish? What is going on?

I remember reading about a man who prayed for a revival in his city, he prayed every dayfor 25 years, he worked to enlist others but he alone persisted in his prayers. Then the mandied. The day he died a wonderful, powerful Holy Spirit revival swept that city.

JESUS in Luke 18: 1 says, "that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (loseheart)" JESUS then gives the parable of the unjust judge and the message is clear, we areto persist in our prayers, not lose heart, hold on, pray through until we see God's answer.

I know that Lucifer is behind the accidental nuclear attack coming, it was the Devil's planto trigger a Nuclear World War in 1982, that was blocked, then he tried to trigger a NuclearWar by targeting 9 U.S. cities to be "accidentally nuked." The Net of Prayer blocked thatand spared five cities, leaving four to be hit, but this would not trigger a nuclear world war.

From then to now Lucifer has sought persistently to overcome the mercy prayer hasobtained, to get grounds for a greater slaughter, to take more lives, not less. Our prayerscontinually go up to God to see more lives spared not less, to see a greater introduction ofGod's mercy, not less, to improve on the mercy obtained and not see it go static or belessened.

The Devil hopes that we will NOT persist in our prayers, that instead we "lose heart"whereby his evil persistence triumphs.

I know that GOD is storing up our prayers and in the day of need we will see wonderfulmiracles of God's intervention. It will come in a mighty rush and all the work of prayerover all these years will bear fruit in precious life-giving ways. All we have to do is persist,year in and year out and so make a difference whereby God's mercy is extended to manywho would otherwise perish before their time.

I invite you to write me and ask questions about PRAYER, make reference to ABOUTPRAYER and I will pray to select those questions the HOLY SPIRIT would have meaddress in the next Newsletter. A

God bless and keep you in every way.

LrJ3eJU- w, QII &K

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MOVIE REVIEWSby Chuck-JOHNEL St Nancy-TONI

In the year 1979 JESUS Commissioned me to review movies out of Hollywood on a regularbasis. In all the years since I have seen Hollywood become aggressively anti-Christian inthe way they produce movies and then also positively pro anti-Christ and pro-Devil at thesame time. The Church has ignored the warning signs, worse they do very little if anythingabout what is going on. It would not surprise me on a strictly human level (if I were notJesus' Prophet) to see Christians being herded into camps and subjected to the horrors ofdeath camps after seeing all the hatred and murderous intent being directed at them byHollywood movies. We are living in a time when genocide against Christians is not onlybeing encouraged but the movies also give tutorials on"how to mass murder Christians."

I have wanted to present some movie reviews but there has not been time, space oropportunity until now.

I give movies one of three classes of ratings, these being:

The Pitchfork: When you see this symbol it indicates that the movie hasconsistent and/or strong anti-Christian content or theme and is the productof demons out of hell. One "pitchfork" signifies the hellish content is minoror subtle but enough to tag it as a movie out of hell. Two or more pitchforksindicate that the presence of hell in the movie is greater.

.`l " " The Halo: When you see this symbol it indicates that the movie hasconsistent and/or strong Christian moral and/or Spiritual content and is

I ' worth seeing, The greater the number of halo's indicate increased Christianmoral and/or Spiritual value.

Worth Seeing: When you see this symbol it indicates that the movie ismorally and/or Spiritually neutral. It may however be uplifting and/orinteresting and/or entertaining and therefore "worth seeing".

TERMS USED:

THEATER = This movie is presently being shown in movie theaters.VCR — This movie is available to rent on VCR Video tape.

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Movie Title: "SERGEANT YORK" Black & White 1941 with Gary Cooper. VCR.

This is the true story of Alvin C. York, a renownedhero of World War I. It is one of my favoritemovies that portrays the conversion of a man to

Christ and then how he coped with worldly issues in a way that won him the CongressionalMedal of honor. Gary Cooper won an Oscar playing York in this film.

Movie Title: "THE DISH" Color 2000 with Sam Neill on VCR.

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a0 Q and the moon landing of 1969. There is a brief period of

"strong adult language" in the middle of the movie thus itsrated PG- 13. Other than that it is both interesting a nd entertaining - worth seeing.

Movie Title: "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" Color 2001 in Theater.

4^4 tiNll This is an open invitation to children to get into

witchcraft. In fact, in parts it is a tutorial forbeginners. One statement made in the movie tellsyou the thrust of it when it was said, "There is

neither good or evil only power. " I have not seen such a blatant, in the open and in yourface advertisement for hellfire ever before that targets children. This is a slick production,well financed, well acted, well directed, with all sorts of special effects that is sure to drawmany young minds into spiritual death. Dangerous!

Movie Title: "Behind Enemy Lines" Color 2001 in Theater.

iIThis movie starred by Owen Wilson with GeneHackman is very, very, very loosely based on theAir Force aviator Sco tt O'Grady story (who was

shot down over Bosnia in 1995). In fact, the only resemblance to the Scott O'Grady storyis that he was shot down over Bosnia. The real Scott O'Grady survived and gave testimonyto God's help and his faith in Jesus Christ -- Owen Wilson played a pilot who lacked anymilitary bearing, was rebellious, prayerl ess and reckless. I was particularly troubled by themovie makers showing the bad guys (Serbians) wearing insignia with the Cross of Christprominently displayed as they murdered people (Moslems and Wilson's co-pilot) withbrutal efficiency. Associating Christians with cold blooded murderers was deliberate. Themovie itself is fiction in the extreme to the place of being pointless. I considered this movieto be a waste of time and money and not wo rth seeing for any reason. The only interestingpart was the attempt by the U.S. fighter to evade a SAM missile; but frankly it's not worththe price of a ticket just to see that.

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Movie Title: "BLESS THE CHILD" Color 2000 with Kim Basinger on VCR.

This is an Icon Production which is partlyowned by Mel Gibson and filmed byParamount Pictures. This is a genuineChristian production that leans towards

Roman Catholics and presents a fictional account of a confrontation with the Devil and hisworkers by Christians who defeat them soundly in the final outcome. It touches on"Spiritual Warfare" and some of the things we have learned in prayer warfare over theyears are clearly stated in the movie.

I only give it 3-1/2 Halo's because there is some brief strong adult language (the F word)in the movie at one point. This movie is rated R because of violence. However, it portrayswhat is happening in this world in stark terms and for once we see special effectspresenting a strong Christian theme which is Victory in Christ over all the power of hell.If you are not faint hearted, I'd recommend this movie.

Movie Title: "DR. SEUSS' HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS."

Color, 2001 - on VCR. Starred by Jim° ° C' Carrey. This movie is one of those

rare "worth seeing" types. Jim Carreywas born for the role of the Grinch and

under Ron Howard's direction the movie excels in the entertainment end. The theme of themovie brings focus to the issue that Christmas is about a "Spirit", not gifts or materialism.JESUS is not mentioned, Santa Claus is mentioned; but I don't discern any real anti-Christian views anywhere in the movie. There is a bit of crude humor in the movie thus itearns the PG rating.

Movie Title: "Planet of the Apes." Color 2001 - on VCR.

^,^ ^^,^ This is a remake of the Planet of the Apes moviesof many years ago and frankly it is no where nearas interesting. I would have probably given it a V2"worth seeing" except for the obvious mockery

of religion as an underlining theme and then more pointedly the mockery of Jesus' Returnrepresented by an ape flying down in a space craft (a chimp trained to fly the vessel). Thesekinds of movies are not very subtle in that they obviously aim to discredit and also mockChristian beliefs as well as to discredit the military. It is subtle until you see it and then itis obvious. Not worth seeing at all in my estimation.

End of movie review for now. Any comments? Please write: Chuck-JOHNEL.