Dear Freedom House Friends,

John Adams, “The general principles on which the Fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity.”

Woodrow Wilson, “A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, does not know what it is today, or what it is trying to do.”

George Washington, “While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.  To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.”

Thomas Jefferson, “God who gave us life gave us liberty.  And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God?  That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?  Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever.”

John Hancock, “Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual…Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”

James Madison, “A watchful eye must be kept on ourselves lest while we are building ideal monuments of Renown and Bliss here, we neglect to have our names enrolled in the Annals of Heaven.”

Benjamin Franklin, “The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for conduct in every situation of life.  Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations.”

Patrick Henry, “The Bible . . . is a book worth more than all the other books that were ever printed.”

It’s evident with these few quotes, from some of the Founding Fathers and early statesmen of the USA, that they were patriots with deep convictions based on the Bible and faith in Jesus Christ.  My challenge to each of you reading this is to see how American liberty depends upon our understanding and grasping these foundational principles on which our nation was built.

We need to go back to the beginning to appreciate the truths upon which our constitution is built. Therefore, our rights as “We the People” are to move in a place of duty as citizens, first of the Kingdom of Heaven and then citizens of our nation to speak out about the issues of the day.

Historically, our nation’s role back in the day was to speak out about faith and politics and how our faith had shaped our politics. Additionally, the church’s historical role has always played a critical role in speaking out about faith and politics and how faith shaped our politics.  Where is our allegiance to our God and His truth and where is our allegiance to our nation under one God?

Did you know that our first three Universities established here in the US being Harvard, Yale, and Princeton were church colleges with the purpose of equipping and training for the ministry?  Did you know that nearly half of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence held seminary or Bible school degrees?

Also, a decade ago a political professor at the University of Houston did a research study of our Founding Fathers and who they quoted the most by examining 3,154 documents in the early part of our country.  That was the Bible—the solid rock on which they stood!

Yet, we hear so very often that phrase, “Separation of Church and State” which has actually been thrown around in a very wrong way, especially that it is NOT in the Declaration of Independence, NOT in the Bill of Rights, Nor is it in the Constitution.  So, have you ever wondered what that really means and how that came into being?  I’m sure you have.

Well, let’s set the record straight regarding “Separation of Church and State” so that YOU know truth and where we stand in speaking up and speaking out once and for all!!  In essence, what they really are saying unbashfully, “I don’t want to hear your faith, principles, and truth because churches and Christians have no say where government and politics are concerned.”  So, in other words, don’t mix religion and politics. Yet, it’s only another way to silence our voice, our opinions, and our right to express our views and values as sons and daughters of the King.

However, God commands us to have courage, to be bold in our faith, and to be a pillar of light, allowing the truth of the Bible to guide us in our daily lives in ALL areas including in the political arena and especially when it’s time to vote.

What this “Separation of Church and State” is really is saying is that the “wall of separation” is to keep government from influencing our religious practice, NOT to keep personal religious values separate from who we vote for and what issues we stand for and against.

Excerpts taken from a sermon by Ken Kersten Separation of Church and State

“It all started back in the day of 1801 with a rumor (things usually do get misconstrued with rumors).  A rumor was that the Congregationalist denomination was to become the official denomination of the United States. They were alarmed and sent a letter to Thomas Jefferson.  He responded with a letter back letting them know they did not have to worry about one denomination within Christianity taking over the government because, “the First Amendment has erected a wall of separation between church and state.”  (that is the origin of that phrase)

So, it’s very clear here that it has nothing to do with a separation of state and Christianity, but state and one official denomination within Christianity.  Jefferson went on in his letter to explain they need not fear the establishment of an official denomination, and while the wall of separation protected the church from government control, there would always be freedom of worship of all orthodox religious practices. Why? Because true religious practice would never threaten the purpose of the government.

For nearly one year the Senate and House Judiciary Committee reviewed and studied the petition to see if it would be possible to separate Christian principles from our civil government.  Both returned almost identical reports! This is from the House Judiciary Committee report on March 27, 1854: “Had the people, (the Founding Fathers), during the Revolution, had a suspicion of any attempt to war against Christianity, that Revolution would have been strangled in its cradle…  At the time of the adoption of the constitution and its amendments, the universal sentiment was that Christianity should be encouraged, but not any one sect (denomination).”

Additionally, it also said, “In this age, there is no substitute for Christianity… That was the religion of the Founders of the republic, and they expected it to remain the religion of their descendants.”

Two months later, the House Judiciary Committee added this declaration, “The great vital and conservative element in our system (the thing that holds our system together) is the belief of our people in pure doctrine and the divine truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

So, it’s very plain and clear that the committees explained that they could NOT separate these principles of Christianity from the government.  It was these precise principles that made our nation successful.  Our amendment emphasizes  “Congress shall make NO law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” meaning NEVER to separate Christianity from government.

It’s amazing that nearly a century and a half later the clear understanding of the first amendment was the prohibited establishing of a single national denomination; it had nothing to do with a separation of Christianity from government.

Furthermore, there was a case in 1878 called Reynolds vs. United States where a group tried to take this statement by Jefferson to prove a separation of Christianity and government.  In its response, the court quoted a lengthy section of the Jefferson letter and used it as a basis to prove that it was permissible to retain Christian values, practices, and principles as official policies of the government. For the next 15 years, Jefferson’s letter was used to prove the inclusion of Christian practice and religion in government.  When these debates had been settled, the letter went basically unused for the next 75 years until 1947.

Finally, there was a case Everson vs. the Board of Education where the court, for the first time, did not sight Jefferson’s letter in its entirety but instead they selected eight words from the Jefferson letter: “a wall of separation between church and state.” And the rest is history as they say.

For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV)

Fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. Acts 20:29-31

So, where do we go from here?  My heart and message to each one of you, my dear friends, brothers and sisters in the Lord, vote according to your personal consciences and biblical values.  Look at the issues and polices at hand and look at them through the lens of the Bible so that YOU will be equipped and ready to vote accordingly with the candidate’s policies and not personalities.

So many leaders are warning that we are standing at a very crucial and vital junction in our nation both morally and culturally as several earthquakes have shaken our faith, and our ability and capability to be that one nation under God, to be that light set upon a hilltop and not to be hidden.  Jesus commands us to occupy until He returns.  How are we occupying this nation?  Is it through division and separation of God’s moral law and to be politically correct through critical race theory?

Friends, we have an audience of ONE that we are accountable to which is Jesus Christ. He is asking us to vote from a place in our hearts that align with His truths and His polices. I am now sounding the alarm, I am that watchman on the tower, and I am blowing that trumpet and telling each of you—heed the warnings, do your due diligence in finding out what are the crucial policies and don’t look at personalities. Look at what each candidate stands for.  Policies will last a lifetime, but personalities come and go like the wind.

Here is a fundamental question to answer: How can we advance the Kingdom of God in and by our voting? Don’t stand on the sidelines, or don’t say I can’t vote this time around. YOU must stand in the place of truth to who God is in this election.  As Christians we NEED to pray, to stand up for our biblical values, and to vote because it’s our Christian duty.  Dwight D. Eisenhower said it this way, “The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter.”

Moreover, we need to advance the Kingdom of God for the glory of God, and to see this nation turned back to the principles that motivated our Founding Fathers and early statemen. Your vote needs to be counted, your voice needs to be heard, and your discernment needs to be quickened in and by the Holy Spirit.  Deception is slippery so things get slipped by because it sounds good.

Proverbs 26:24-26 – “Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit.”  Many Christinas are sleeping or are getting weary in all this division and descension.  See this as a battle for our nation, for our lives, our children and grandchildren’s lives. See it as good triumphs over evil and see it that we are not fighting against flesh and blood but, against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world (Ephesians 6:12).

Reminder:  God uses flawed, imperfect, and sinful people because we all fall short.  No one will be 100% perfect.  

Sorry to tell you this that Jesus is not on the ballot.

A few final thoughts for you to consider.  First, study about Israel and what the Bible talks about in the last days.  Who is for Israel?  Who signed the Abraham Peace Accords?  Genesis 12:3 – “God says clearly, I will bless those who bless Israel, and I will curse him who curses Israel.”  We need to be allies of Israel.

Secondly, ask yourself a few questions:  Who gave us three Supreme Court Justices to overturn Roe vs. Wade and bring it back to the states?  Who believes in killing babies in the ninth month?  Who believes in no borders but believes in invasion and lawlessness by illegal immigrants coming in?   Who believes in religious liberties and upholds the Constitution and does not try to change or pact the court with more Supreme Justices?

Thirdly, when thinking about the candidates ask yourself:  Who is transparent (sometimes too much) and tells you what he will do and what he thinks and then follows up with what was promised?  Who conceals, hides truth, (even hides in the oval office) and who hides from the news media, so they do not have to answer direct and hard questions?  Who hides reports, shuts down freedom of speech? Who hides behind Hollywood and the elites?  Who has lied for 3.5 years that Joe Biden was great, he was making all the decisions and that he was cognitively sound?  Who lies and tells us that men can be women and women can be men?

Lastly, think about the fact that 14 States currently have what are called “Trans-gender Health Care” shield laws.  Minnesota is now a trans Refuge State, meaning if a minor cannot obtain gender confirming care because one or both parents object, Minnesota law now allows courts to have quote “temporary” emergency jurisdiction over the child.  Who signed this into effect?  Answer: one of the persons who is running for VP.  Oh, how I can go on and on.  But you get my point.  Which is why we need Jesus to arise so our enemies can be scattered.  We need Jesus to turn this nation around, and Jesus needs YOU and me to do it.  Vote because it is not just a right but it’s our duty and it’s also our duty to uphold God’s truth, beliefs, and ways.

Proverbs 14:34

“Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.”

Proverbs 29:2

“When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule the people groan.” 

Pray with me.

Dear Father,

We need you desperately in this election. We need You to open heaven and release Your truth and take us back to our Founding Fathers’ faith, beliefs of the Holy Bible, and Your Holy Word that is everlasting to everlasting.  Lord, Your Word has not changed for it is the same yesterday, today and forever more.  Open the blind eyes to see what truth is according to Your statues and percepts.  Open our ears to have spiritual discernment to hear what is really being spoken so that we do not fall prey to sweet–talking words filled with empty promises.   Father, let there be honest voting taking place.  Keep the schemes of the enemy out so no cheating, no deception of a rigged system will take place.

Father, bring back our nation under YOU, the only true God and for Your truth to become valued and honored once again in America.  For Your Word promises the truth will set us free.

Father, I ask you to pour out Your Spirit of repentance on our nation so that we can see You and find You as our forefathers found you.  Lord, they were not perfect men by any means, but Lord, they sought You for wisdom, and for Your truth for they knew of Your ways through Your Word.  Jesus, save America, save this nation, and save our constitutional republic.

We pray in Your precious Name Jesus, Amen.

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My prayer and hope as you read Romans 8:37 is that YOU see yourself as a winner, a champion in Christ your Savior, today.  That your starting place is being a winner, a champion, and a victor in Christ. That is the foundation of which our feet are firmly planted on.  These are not my words but His words to YOU.

Let’s face it—there are real problems, real trials, and battles in this life that God already warned us about.  However, He also gave us promises to hold onto when those insurmountable battles begin to take hold of us.

I believe we need these daily reminders of His promises being deposited into our heart and spirit as a framework of knowing, believing, and receiving His “Overwhelming Victory.”   This “Overwhelming Victory” is already ours through Christ because He loves us and desires for us to know  His love continuously and regularly in all matters of life.  If we have His truth of those promises for us deeply embedded in our hearts and spirits NO MATTER what we are facing, we can walk in His “Overwhelming Victory.”  Being convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love—nothing—and knowing that that promise alone can lead us to His “Overwhelming Victory.”

“Overwhelming Victory”—what a powerful vision.  Not just victory but “Overwhelming Victory” which means irresistible, crushing, and awe-inspiring victory.

I think for so many of us, we perceive ourselves as losers, mistakes, and failures and that can be a big problem because as we think so we are. (See Proverbs 23:7) What we think and believe will affect our personhood in Christ as well as with others.

My question to you is:  “How do YOU think of yourself?” As a loser, as a mistake, as a handicap to others, to life, and to your circumstances?

Our mind and spirit are the most powerful tools that God has given to you and me because  they can and will shape our reality.  They will control our life, and will create our world either as a loser or as a winner.

I genuinely believe what we choose to focus on will be vital and a fundamental priority for us to step into the reality of the Kingdom of truth.  Certainly, it’s not by the world’s standards of truth and reality but by our Savior’s Kingdom truth.  If we choose to focus on the promises of the Kingdom then we will empower, enable, and inspire our mind and spirit to soar in His love. Then His Kingdom truth and reality will flow through us and into every circumstance releasing in us His “Overwhelming Victory.”

As Paul states it, Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue and if there be any praise,  think on these things. (Philippians 4:8 KJV) (emphasis added)

It’s hard to believe, but this very statement was written by Paul in the most dire and insurmountable situation.  He was in prison!  His conditions were awful and dreadful, and yet he focused on His Savior’s Kingdom of truth not on his present situation.  He focused on rejoicing and eager expectation. His hope and confidence were in Christ because Paul filled and flooded his thoughts and spirit with the Kingdom of Truth and “Overwhelming Victory.”

When we dwell on the things of this fallen world—the “prisons” where we find ourselves—we will move in fear, doubt, and anger along with a network of self-pity, anxiety, and worry.  We need to see from heaven’s perspective and promise what “Overwhelming Victory”really means.

To expand our understanding of this verse,I want to introduce you to other translations of Romans 8:37:

1. No, all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us – (Holman Christian Standard Bible)
2. No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! (Good News Translation)
3. None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us – (The Message Tranlation)
4. No! In all these things we will do more than win! We owe it all to Christ, who loved us. (New International Reader’s Version)
5. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. (KJV)

A few phrases stand out:  more than victorious through Him; complete victory through Him; we will do more than win; more than conquerors; and none of this fazes us! Such powerful, so formidable, and so resolute are these promises from our Savior and from our heavenly Father who loves us and loves to see us move and breathe in Him and through Him in “Overwhelming Victory.”

Next, I would like to take you on a little cruise of what “more than conquerors” means from the Greek because I believe this holds even a stronger and more determined meaning for us to anchor in.  This excerpt is from Denise Renner.

“More than conquerors comes from the Greek word “hupernikos”, a compound of the words “huper” and “nikos.”  By joining the words “huper”  and “nikos”   together into one word, Paul is making one fabulous, jammed-packed, power-filled statement about you and me.

The words “more than” are derived from the Greek word “huper”, which literally means over, above, and beyond.  It depicts something that is way beyond measure.  It carries the idea of superiority – something that is utmost, paramount, foremost, first-rate, first-class, and top-notch; greater, higher, and better than; superior to; preeminent, dominant, and incomparable; more than a match for; unsurpassed, unequaled, and unrivaled by any person or thing. 

Now Paul uses this same word to denote the kind of conquerors we are in Jesus Christ.  We are huper-conquerors!  Paul uses this word “huper” to dramatize our victory.

We are greater conquerors, superior conquerors, higher and better conquerors! We are more than a match for any foe!

We are utmost conquerors, paramount conquerors, top-notch conquerors, unsurpassed conquerors, unequaled and unrivaled conquerors!

When you put these two words together, they form the word “hupernikos,” which declares that in Jesus Christ, YOU are an overwhelming conqueror, a paramount victor, or an enormous overcomer.  This word is so power-packed that one could interpret it as a phenomenal, walloping, conquering force!.”

WOW!  I would say begin to look at yourself in this way regardless of your present and/or past struggles and begin to see what God sees in YOU. Begin to declare who YOU are in Him and begin to see yourself from the Kingdom’s truth—for that is YOUR reality.   “A Walloping and Conquering Force!”

To drive the point futher home, I remember reading this story years ago in my early 30’s, and I have never forgotten it.  It gives you a true picture or visual of what it means to be more than a conqueror, more than winners, and living in His “Overwhelming Victory.”  I pray that this story will release a new spiritual vision to see in His Kingdom reality when He sees YOU.

Imagine a prize fighter who trains rigorously for a big match.  He endures countless hours of grueling workouts, sparring sessions, and strict diets.  On the day of the match, he steps into the ring and fights with all his might.  Despite his best efforts, he loses the match.  He’s bruised, battered and defeated.

However, after the match, something unexpected happens.  Jesus steps into the ring, takes the prize check meant for the winner, and hands it to the prize fighter.  The fighter didn’t win the match, but he receives the reward as if he had.  This is a powerful illustration of grace and victory we have in Christ.

Jesus took the blows, the pain, and the suffering on our behalf.  Through His sacrifice, we are more than conquerors.  We receive the reward of eternal life and victory of sin, not because of our own efforts, but because of what Jesus has done for us.

Clearly, this story represents something so powerful that as we are in Him, as we are focused on His truths, His promises and all of  His possibilities we can experience “Overwhelming Victory” despite our circumstances.  We can have and gain a decisive victory in our battle.  We can have a battle cry of “Overwhelming Victory” in Christ despite our difficult condition.  We can share in the glory of more than, above and beyond measure, walking in His supremacy and authority that is paramount in ALL things, in ALL trials, and ALL tribulations because we ARE more than conquerors.

Whatever your battle is right now, move into faith like Paul did when in prison in the New Testament and what Jehoshaphat did when facing a vast army in the Old Testament. Even in his fear, he set his face to seek the Lord and prayed in 2 Chronicles 20:12-13—Our eyes are on you and God gave a Word:  “Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours, but God’s…You will not need to fight in this battle.  Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf. (2 Chronicles 20:15, 17) Thus, God brought about a great victory, an “Overwhelming Victory,” more than a conqueror’s victory.

Remember:  The fullness of God dwells in Jesus and our identity as a son and daughter is rooted, embedded, and established in who Jesus is and what He has done for you and for me.  We are in Him and find our completeness as all His promises are “Yes” and “Amen.”  (2 Corinthians 1:20)

For we are joint-heirs, alive with Christ, under divine grace as we are one with Christ, and made righteous in Him, and have the complete acceptance and forgiveness and redemption along with peace beyond comprehension.  To know His love will never fail us, He will always fight for us, He will supply all of our needs in Christ Jesus.  He promised all things will work for good to those who love Him (Romans 8:28), and He will finish the work He started within us and the best promise of all—He will never leave us nor forsake us. (Hebrews 13:5)

FHM Updates

• FHM Facilitated Elijah House Schools begin Saturday, September 14, 2024. Come and see how good the Lord is and experience power on high as we adventure together through realms of healing, love, and growth. Although the official application deadline has past, you can still register, c ontact Dorie Lorden, 224-434-1200 or drlorden@att.net
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• Tommy & Mari Anne just came back from a great trip to Norway visiting family and friends.
• This summer was spent with some time away teaching and ministering, and some fun in the sun with the grandkids at home.
• The Mentorship Program went very We had several guest speakers who gave more in-depth understanding and their wisdom on several topics including Deliverance, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), Personality Disorders, and Transgender.  We were pleased with this Mentorship Pilot Program and will tweak the details moving into this new ministry year.

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We know that charitable giving is not front of mind for donors during the summer like it is at other times of the year. Vacations/traveling, family visits, taking the grandkids on outings, gardening, hiking and biking, beach and oceanside relaxtions are top and center, and rightly so.  Yet the work of FHM prayer ministry counseling goes on as many feel the lonliness of not being able to partake in those summertime activities with family and friends.  Also, with September coming up, FHM has the additional tasks of planning for the new 2024-25 FHM School Year, reaching out to perspective students, handling registations, and training staff. So, each donation is more important than ever during this time due to the decrease in giving volume.  Thank you, «First_Name», so very much for your generous financial gift at this time of year. Please know that we never take that for granted.

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A fresh start, new beginnings, a name change, and a heart change as well as a mind change from the chaos of our lives can give way to our true identity, true personality, and true destiny. So, let’s look at what the Lord has done in my life, in the lives of our students and clients. In this special newsletter, I will be sharing a few testimonies where God truly came to do a mighty work of salvation, redemption, and transformation.

Freedom House has been dedicated for the last 30 plus years to release the Good News that with God all things are possible. Through our Prayer Counseling, our Schools, and our Seminars, we see God’s glorious and wondrous healing love springing up in people’s lives. Truly, it is an honor and privilege to watch and witness such miraculous transformations. We actually see how our vision statement for Freedom House literally comes into full reality in people’s lives based on God’s promises.

“Proclaiming Liberty” is to free those spiritually imprisoned,
to heal the broken hearted and to comfort those who grieve.
Isaiah 61:1-4

“Releasing Destiny” is to empower believers to go forth in their gifts and talents doing good works which the heavenly Father prepared in advance for His sons and daughters to fulfill.
Ephesians 2:10

“Harvesting Humanity” is to pray forth and prepare mature, obedient,
hard workers for the great end-time harvest.
Matthew 9:37-38

FHC in the following Testimonies designates the Freedom House Counselor

Testimony # 1 – AP
For the last two years, I struggled with a break-up, where the pain of the break-up has lived longer than the relationship itself. The longevity of this hurt had left me confused, wondering why I was still grieving over a man that mistreated me on so many levels more than he treated me well. We never had one good week. It was always some drama. A lie here, a yell there, his way or the highway all the time. Why did he still live in my heart? Why is there still a pit in my stomach even when I wake up in the morning, the pain is there. The freedom of not being broken hearted has been a longing that has never been fulfilled.

The grief of that relationship brought the previous rejections (and they were more than I can count) and abandonment from previous relationships where my soul has unconsciously longed for the love, affirmation, and validation that I never consistently had, especially from a father. My mother got on drugs when I was about 9 years old; my stepfather was my caregiver, but a habitual cheater. My biological father never accepted me. I was so broken and didn’t know, that was probably why I was attracting and chasing other broken men. But I know two broken-people do not make a whole person.

I tried counseling from many so-called Christian counselors who told me to listen to a lot of worldly men, and even encouraged sexual immorality. I fasted, prayed, ended all communication with my ex, got in a single Christian’s accountability group, but the pain never subsided. Life just became unbearable, and though I mustered up enough courage to live life, part of me didn’t care if I died because I felt so alone. What is the purpose of life if nobody cares about me, no accomplishment even mattered. Many times, I just laid in a dark room all day and cried. Even in my dreams, my ex would reject me. All I could think was that all the sins I have committed, I was paying for them and then some.

Then I came to Freedom House for Prayer Counseling and met my FHC. Unlike other counselors, I was not just another client or a number—I was a soul, and I was her sister in Christ. She prayed with me, allowing the Holy Spirit to enter our sessions, held me accountable for my behavior, and took the time to figure out the bad fruit I had produced, the bitter root judgments I made, the bitter expectations, and the bitter roots. This helped me think about my issues in a more objective way rather than from a victim mentality. I have processed my pain and the root of it to ascertain why I continued in certain patterns because I’m yearning for a father’s affirmation and nurture, something I had never experienced.

I realized the pain I was feeling is not really about my ex, but rather some of the things he has given for me that I always longed for, including a taste of marriage, which I had never experienced, and actually missed. This has caused me to soak in the Father’s presence and receive true love from him so I will desire, but never be desperate for human love. I have accepted this season in my life, and though I am not fully where I desire to be, I know I am not where I was a year ago. I am living with faith and hope that God gives good gifts, and he will give me good gifts, and provide a testimony that I am humbled by when it comes to my future husband.

So, thank you Freedom House for your genuine love for me, celebrating me on my birthday. Love you all, and it is only the beginning of seeing God’s power which I am now more excited to impart in the lives of others. Love you all.

Testimony #2 – TB
Last year I came to the Freedom House Graduation to support one of my best friends who graduated. Little did I know it was a “set-up” from God. I remember telling God if I too can live in complete freedom from my past, I was all in. I wanted it so bad. In the past few years, I have seen my life as an onion. The Lord would randomly show as the layers were being peeled away.

I would always say the further I get to the inside of the onion the slinkier it gets, but what I’ve learned is that on the very inside of the onion is where my freedom stands. So, this powerful testimony starts at the moment I heard the Lord speaking to me in my quiet time with him. You see I’ve lived a life of trauma and abuse since I was in my mother’s womb.

The Lord spoke to me to get in the car and go to each and every home where I had experienced trauma and abuse and seek Him. I wrote all the addresses down and there were 11. ELEVEN! In our small group one Saturday, my FHC prayed over each and every address. I was ready!!!

So, I was chauffeured around town on a mission to carry out the most important day of my life. I didn’t know what was going to happen at each address until I got there. This was one of the hardest things God has ever asked me to do. The beginning was at 848 8th Street. This is the home I lived in as an infant. This home was filled with hurt and violence. I didn’t know until I was an adult that My father didn’t show up the day I was born. Instead, he was out drinking with friends. He also left when I was 3, and I never saw him again. He never came back for me, but when we parked in front of the house all the emotions came flooding out. God showed up! My friend and I began celebrating my life! Praising God for little TB.

My mom remarried, but I never knew he wasn’t my real dad until I was 10 which brings me to this next address on Linway Drive. I found this newspaper clipping in the basement one day when I was 10. It was a divorce announcement with my mom’s name on it. I was confused and I remember just crumpling up the paper and throwing it. Well, my mom found it and asked who threw it there. I said it was me, and I was confused. It was then that she told me that my dad that I had grown up wasn’t my real Dad and that was it! I then began a life of sadness, rejection, loneliness and not feeling like I belonged anywhere.

When I sat in front of this house and prayed, the Lord showed me a vision of me standing in the front yard with a beautiful dress and gift after gift being laid at my feet. The next several addresses were where I lived as an adult. I married not once, but twice to very abusive men and lived through some of the most horrifying, traumatic, and painful moments of my life.

God healed me and spoke to me at the next nine homes. I was being freed from my past. Roots were pulled out, the victim mentality left me as I was being obedient to Him. I saw in visions that day all my stuff being given back to me. The Lord showed me trailers filled with promises and with everything the enemy has stolen from me. Although this was one of the hardest moments in my life, I knew I had to say yes! God loves me so much that He healed and delivered me from my past of trauma and abuse. He took little TB and integrated her in to 57-year-old TB. This is something only God can do. Look what you’ve done in me Lord. You brought me back to life, and I am forever grateful.

Testimony #3 – MP
I am so thankful to be working with my FHC at Freedom House Ministry. She has helped me to see a purpose and God’s work in even the most difficult situations in my life. Instead of looking on past relationships with defeat, I now see them through a lens of what God was teaching me through them.

Due to my past, I have had a tendency towards religious or legalistic thinking or attitudes, and my FHC has gently showed me how to recognize that and let go of those strongholds. She has encouraged and taught me to use my voice and speak my truth with love and not fear. For example, there were times I had to have some difficult conversations with people in my life, but I wanted to speak words that, while true, lacked the love and grace of Jesus.

I believe in those situations my FHC’s counsel beforehand literally helped save the relationship from the injury I may have caused through harsh or judgmental communication.

She has been a safe place where I feel I can open up and be my authentic self. She has made me feel affirmed in who God created me to be, and helped me see the Father and Jesus more accurately—as loving, gracious, and kind. I think it’s because the Lord is invited into every counseling session through prayer, and that’s what makes it so special and makes breakthrough happen.

Testimony #4 – HJ
Working with my FHC and Freedom House Ministry has changed my life in so many ways. When I first started prayer counseling, I was overwhelmed, anxious, and discontent, especially in my role as a mother. Through my counseling sessions I was able to uncover the roots of these emotions, many of which went back to instability from multiple moves in my childhood and even into adulthood. I didn’t see the frequent moving as something I needed to grieve.

Through prayer, I allowed Jesus to take me back to my childhood and comfort the little me that was scared and confused. I am so much more content and confident now, knowing who I am in Christ. Even my family and friends have noticed a difference in my demeanor. I am bolder in my faith, open to my kingdom calling, and so excited to see where God takes me!

Testimony #5 – MG
Counselling with two FHCs has been absolutely life-changing. I am a different person today than I was 6 months ago when we started, and I know there’s even more to come. First, I have never been more intimate and closer to the Lord before. I always felt he was a faraway father who was mad at me. But these ladies have spoken truth into my life and prayed for me in a way that has revealed a sweetness and tenderness in the Lord that I had never experienced before. I used to be extremely weak, scared, and insecure. They have built my inner strength through prayer, truth, encouragement, and helping me walk out God’s principles in my life. I feel I am more like ‘myself’ than I have ever been since I was a young child. They have really helped me understand my past and trauma (which I didn’t even know existed) and walk out of it and start healing from it!

Also, I was going through extreme turmoil with my family that I had not been able to resolve for several years. They helped me spiritually individuate from them, but also really practically know how to navigate extremely tense situations with them so I could be set free from human expectation and pressure that was not from God. I felt I was Joseph coming out of prison! I have been the happiest, most whole, and free I have ever been in my life, and I know it’s just the beginning. My FHC has also given me so many life-changing books, videos, and resources. I thank God so much for how He has mightily worked through her and healed my heart in a way that I never thought was possible. I am so grateful for her and to the Lord. His amazing healing power has been ministered to me so much through these vessels. THANK YOU!

Testimony #6 – TR
Making the call to Freedom House for a counseling appointment a few years ago was one of the most unexpected actions I have ever done. Hadn’t I gone through counseling over ten years previously, and, over time, thought I was healed and healthy? However, life happened. I had scars as well as fresh wounds. I found myself ill-equipped to bear the weight of this accumulation. I knew if I wanted a healthier life I could call Freedom House for solid counsel.

From my initial call (several years ago) to the present, I have never felt judged. Through counseling I have been encouraged, prodded (I mean this in the most loving way), prayed for, and given direction from my FHC. My previous outlook has transformed from hopelessness and shame-filled to having hope, direction, and anticipation. God is touching my very soul through the counseling I am undergoing. My relationships with others have improved, but more important, my relationship with myself has improved exponentially. My FHC has imparted courage as I navigate the layers of life. While my call a few years ago was unexpected (to me), it was also one of the most liberating actions I have done. How grateful I am that God has provided this for me.

My heart spills over with thanks to God for the way he continually empowers me, and to our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One, who found me trustworthy and who authorized me to be his partner in this ministry.

1 Timothy 1:12 – (Passion Translation)

Freedom House Ministries Updates

1. The FHM Schools – 2023-24 School Year Graduation was April 27, 2024, with Andrew Whalen, founder of Vanquish Prophetic Warriors, as our guest speaker. It was a great time, and the testimonies were outstanding! We also had joy and laughter from one of our own students, a true comedian, who does comedy routines. The 2024-25 Schools will be starting on September 14, 2024, with New, Repeat and Audit Applications due Wednesday, August 21.
2. FHM Mentorship Program – We have been training and interning 12 interns who have graduated from Courses 201 and 202. This mentorship has been a great and fruitful time over these last 12 months. Intern Duties: They were Small Group Leaders this School year. In Prayer Counseling sessions, each Intern sits in with Tommy or me, so they are getting “hands-on” training. Then after each session we have a debriefing time. The next stage will be moving the Interns into leading the counseling sessions themselves while Tommy or I observe.
3. Special Mentorship Program Trainings – The following key topic trainings were held via live Zoom for the Interns taught by our FHM friends and experts:
   DID (Multiple Personalities) Dr. James Friesen, PhD
   Depression, Anxiety Issues, and Personality Disorders by Dr. Grant Mullen, PhD
   Deliverance by Mark Sandford, Director Elijah Rain Ministries
   Trans-Formation – A former Transgender Responds to LGBTQ by Dr. Linda A. Seiler, PhD on her own eleven-year journey out of transgender desires and same-sex attractions who is now an ordained Assemblies of God minister. https://lindaseiler.com
4. Invitations for Prayer Counseling – Tommy and I have several invitations this summer to travel and teach: Kansas City for 9 teachings, Michigan for a Marital Intensive Weekend, and Bloomington, IL for teaching and sharing.
5. Prayer Counseling Ministry in Russia – I have my first invitation from Russia to minister to a young woman; we are trying to work out a translator. This is big!
6. FHM Prayer Counseling Ministry – All is going extremely well and there is even a waiting list. That is one of the main reasons we are training and equipping Interns, as we need help with all the counseling.
7. Our Children and Grandchildren – Karin Marie, Fillip, and Markus, our three children, are doing so very well, and we are so blessed by all of them. And of course,our great, wonderful, absolutely precious, and beautiful six grandchildren—Bram, Emerson, Soren, Sommer Grace, Mai Marie, and Rune—are growing greater and more glorious each day. Our hearts are overflowing with having all our grandchildren very close by. One of the greatest moments in our lives as grandparents is when we go to their sports games. In those moments while watching them play, we feel “all is well in the world.”

Let giving flow from your heart, not from a sense of religious duty. Let it spring up freely from the joy of giving – all because God LOVES hilarious generosity.
2 Corinthians 9:7 (TPT)

As the Director of FHM, I am asking for your prayerful consideration of giving generously and liberally from your heart. During the summertime, financial giving goes down as people are planning for their vacations. It is always a challenging time. Therefore, I appeal to YOU to seek God to see what He would have you do.

Directing FHM is one of my greatest passions and reading just “some” of the many testimonies that we have shared with you in this letter gives my heart and faith an overflow of gratitude. Honestly speaking, I need to appeal to Heaven as well as to YOU to help support FHM either with a one-time generous gift or an on-going monthly gift. We NEED you to dig deep into the place of God’s heart to see what He would have you do. It’s YOUR ongoing financial partnership with us and YOUR prayers that make it possible for Freedom House to bring a Genesis week to the chaos of many lives that reach out to us in desperation.

I thank you in advance for your prayers, your giving, and your thanksgiving in how God worked through the years and how He changes lives as you partner with us financially.

Dear Family & Friends,

This article on Jonah and Nineveh was actually written back on November 21, 2023, but I did not send it out to you.  No, question God was speaking to me back then, but I did not release it until now.  This article was sitting in the “Press-Room” of God until the right time.

Throughout the lessons in my walk with the Lord of 49 years, I have come to rely on some of my favorite scriptures because I see the beauty in them, I see the wisdom in them, and I have lived in the reality of them.  Thus, I have experienced depth and truth in each of my favorite passages:

1. He has made everything beautiful and appropriate in His time.  Ecc. 3:11 (Amp.)
2. And we know that to them that love God ALL things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.  Romans 8:28  (American Standard)
3. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much. Luke 16:10 (NIV)

So, with that being said, let’s dive into the book of Jonah who has great insights of God’s amazing grace and His abounding love especially towards the prodigals, towards the Christian who has a hard time speaking up for truth, and for those who are sitting on the fence where America is concerned with compromise, wickedness, and wokeness.

I pray that this little bitty book would open your eyes and heart even more to an all-consuming, all-compassionate God who is gracious, slow to anger and abounding in amazing love. We will also see in this book of Jonah how the Spirit of God “Loves His Enemies.” Furthermore, we will see God’s great merciful heart towards Jonah himself even when he get’s angry with God, has a pity party, and sulks because God’s enemies turned from their wicked ways and repented.

I also pray that you will see the significance and importance of what is happening on April 8^th with the Solar Eclipse and with America, along with what God is calling us to do – which is R E P E N T.  (More about the eclipse at the end).

Sit back, get a cup of coffee or a cup of tea, and sip in each word of this article because I believe God has released something in me to give to YOU in your season of your life and in the season of our times.

Know this my friend, YOUR prodigal, like Jonah himself, cannot outrun God for He is everywhere in your prodigal’s life and is always pursuing him/her to come home.  Just think, a city that was so hell-bent in sin, idolatry, evil, and perversity, yet God destined the people to not perish but be saved and redeemed.  The entire city turned to God and God saved them all!  America needs to see this happen NOW!

America is in a place in which all hell has been released, America is in a place of an “Anti-Christ” spirit, and America and the White House are going against God’s Holy Word bluntly celebrating dreadful acts of stupidity, foolishness, and insanity while serving up evil nationwide.
I pray that the eyes of your understanding will be opened to see how many of us have a “Jonah-like” attitude in our nature.  The places of selfishness, the places of anger and even the places of “NO’s” with God in what He is calling for us to do in our walk with Him as mature sons and daughters.

Therefore l, that call is to stand up for truth when lies are being preached, when the “softness” of the Gospel is being shared (meaning don’t offend anyone with God’s truth) in His Word.  God is calling on each of us to get out of our “Comfort-Zones” or out of our “Pet-Sins” of compromise and out of our smelling stench of rebellion.

This is a very strategic and pivotal time in our history, and it’s not a time to run away from Nineveh nor is it a time to hide in the belly of the boat.

The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai:  Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before.”  But Jonah ran away from the Lord and headed for Tarshish.
Jonah 1:1-3 (NIV)

Nineveh, as many of you might know, was the capital of the Assyrian Empire and was a large and prominent city in its day.  It was not a city of Israel at all; God called Jonah to go to a very pagan and very evil Gentile city and call them to repentance.  The Ninevites were the most wicked, brutal, and evil people who ever lived on this earth – The Assyrians.

Sadly, to say, America has turned the corner and is beginning to smell like Nineveh – the stench of evil and the hand of corruption and the celebration of immortally along with brutality of murdering the innocent and the youth rising up to go against the law of the land and inciting violence against police.

Our nation has not completely gone to the depth of the Assyrians; however, we have been on the road to major destruction with wokeness, being above the law, and acts of Anti-Christ thinking with idolatry of power, greed, and evil.

Where are YOU being like Jonah trying to escape what God is telling you to share with others about God’s truth?    Where are YOU running away from God’s call and purpose in your life?  Are YOU disobeying God’s directive and running in the complete opposite direction of God’s plan and will?

Jonah determined in his mind and heart that he didn’t want to go to Nineveh and tell them to repent  from their wicked ways, to tell them they are headed for disaster, annihilation, and extinction.  I’m sure he felt it was a treacherous and dangerous task as well as a very uncomfortable message to preach.

Thus, Jonah buys a ticket for Tarshish, and flatly refuses and disobeys God and runs into the most remote part of the world in the opposite direction to Tarshish.  He was running towards isolation and separation, while distancing himself from God. My friends, we are all created with a purpose, a mission, and a destiny.  And IF you don’t believe that or understand that, you will run far away from your God.  And we will take different journeys in our life and in the process we will prolong, delay, and even sabotage His glorious plan for our lives.  God wants us to NEVER lose sight of our purpose and our destiny on this side of eternity.

Have you lost your way and are you running to Tarshish?  That could look like turning the other way of what is happening in our nation today.  That could look like burying your head in the sand, and it could look like escaping into apathy and compromise.  Where is your remote place of escape which takes YOU down to the ship of sleeping and slumbering and closing off from the world like Jonah tried to do?

UNTIL a pretty bad storm begins all around us and it’s getting darker and dimmer day by day.  No matter where you turn you see craziness in allowing illegals to invade our borders, seeing all the crime and its broken laws from judges and officials.  Our nation has degenerated faster than we imagined, resulting in tragedy after tragedy.  Severe unrest in the Middle East, the world on the brink of war, murder rates like never before, laws being past to harm our children through manipulation of the transgender world and hatred for Israel that is rampant and widespread.

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Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop weeping. Look! The mighty Lion of Judah’s tribe, the root of David – he has conquered! He is the worthy one who can open the scroll and its seven seals.
Rev 5:5 (The Passion)

It’s Time for The Lion of Judah to Roar in 2024! No More Weeping – For the Lion of Judah Comes Loudly, Boldly and Triumphantly to Protect His Family – to Protect His Tribe and to Reclaim His Prodigals.

It’s A Sound of His Warring Shofar trumpeting to stand against the evil injustices and the tyranny of calamity.

Louder and Louder – Mightier and Mightier will the Lion of Judah Roar in 2024!

My people – YOU must Stand Strong – YOU must Stand Firm to Hear His Roar in 2024. 2024 will be His Roar!

Charging into the Jungle of lies. Charging into the weeds of deception and charging into the wildness of His prey. For the Lion of Judah will overtake and dominate with His Mighty Roar of Truth, Justice, and Deliverance.

Stand on the Side of His Light and Love – See, Hear and Listen, for the Roar of Truth will Abide and NOT Subside.

Fear Not! For your Lion of Judah shall Rise Up with Justice and Liberation!
Yes, it’s the sound of Warring Angels – It’s the Angel Armies coming to conquer – He’s roaring and thundering in our midst!

For the Lion of Judah Fights our Battles – He Fights for Truth, Justice, and Deliverance!
For this is a time to rise up, to mount up on His mighty armor of power and truth. This is not a time to run and hide.

For this is the time to take the SIDE of truth!

No one can stop the Lion of Judah – No One – He is Roaring with His power and Roaming in His Might to fight our battles!

For the Lord your God will go forth like a mighty warrior – like a man of war for He has now raised a war cry and the Lion of Judah will prevail against His enemies.

This is a time for each believer to take their place like never before in knowing who YOUR God is as the Lion of Judah and to know him closely and personally as our . . .Elohim – The All Power One – the Creator God!
Hold fast to Jehovah Shammah – Your LORD who is always there! For He will NOT let you go. You will see Him as our El Elyon – The God Most High – for He is Mighty and Strong in battle!

There is no other God like our Jehovah Nissi, who is our banner and protection, and we take cover and refuge in Him alone.

For He rising as our Lord of Hosts and as our Lord of Armies because He is our Jehovah Sabaoth.
He is our Everlasting God – the Eternal God – our El Olam, and He is always with us as our Immanuel – our God with US – a God for us and a God unto us!

Weep NO MORE in 2024 – The Lion of Judah will Roar!

Be Ready!

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