POWER OF A TESTIMONY

Can a TESTIMONY change us? Is there something released as we share our stories that can transform lives around us? When we impart stories of God's goodness, doubt turns to faith, fear turns to courage, and disappointment turns to expectation! The very atmosphere shifts when we release HEAVEN'S REALITY in the face of natural "facts"!

YOUR KINGDOM COME

"Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven." Matt 6:10

This should be our focus in prayer. When God gives us a revelation from His Word, it is to help us pray with that focus in mind! ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. Let's exercise our authority! "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." Matt 18:18

S.W.I.M. TESTIMONIES

~ While praying in the East Village, I saw a woman in the spirit who felt trapped with no way out. She was completely surrounded by darkness and God reached down and plucked her out of a compromising situation and set her in a safe place. As we walked further, one of the women on the team revealed that the person I saw was her! She was blown away that God met her right there and gave her the strength to do what she needed to do.

~ Our team sat with and listed to a group of homeless guys. God gave us prophetic words over their destinies and physical needs. They were blown away. One of the guys kept saying he was a scumbag. I responded, "No, you're a treasure. I would be a scumbag too, if it wasn't for Jesus." God gave me a picture of him being a speaker at prisons and high school assemblies. His friends agreed saying, "You're so right. He is very well spoken and articulate."

~ As I was praying the morning of SWIM, I saw a picture of a tattooed man with nodules all over his body. The tattoos looked like a timeline of events in his life. Later that night, God highlighted Dave as we walked through the East Village. Amazingly enough, he had been a target of God's love the week before with some girls from our group, who had a word of knowledge about his leg that had been shattered. He experienced healing and was not limping at all this week. We showered him again with destiny words and God's love!

Dave then introduced us to his friend Justin, who had a reputation of being really dangerous on the streets. With a huge "F...the Police" tattooed across his chest, he fit the profile. On the street corner, he experienced deliverance as we declared the mind of Christ over him and even felt the power of God hit his chest. He then turned around and prayed for Dave. They were both served LOVE by three preppy girls with LOTS of BIG ANGELS and a BIG GOD!

~ During a prayer time, one of our team members received the prophetic word "cookie". She had no idea what it meant. Later, we felt led by the Lord to stop at a psychic shop and the women inside was named "Cookie". She allowed us to pray for her and bless her. She was very receptive as we prophesied over her destiny and imparted the LOVE of God to her, all the while making a HUGE deposit of the Presence of God in that place!

WORSHIP TESTIMONIES

~ During a worship service in NYC, the leader began to spontaneously sing, "let there be light" and as I sang with her, I felt something open up in me! As a five year old, I had experienced abuse from my father. In that moment, I was taken back to that place and began to cry from a deep place in my gut. Right then, God picked me up, held me, and was bouncing me on His hip while we worshiped. My crying turned to laughter as He began to shine His healing light on that wounded place.

~ Then, at the last CKE "seek" during worship, I felt a heaviness and knew God was doing something in me again. I realized I had to give up control and allow Him full access to the deep places inside of me. He then opened me up like a cabinet door and pulled out clusters of sin that looked like black stones. He highlighted some of those stones as "self hatred" and "hating my body." I confessed this as sin and felt God working and restoring me right there during worship.

God is so GOOD. He is always in a GOOD MOOD. He is WITHHOLDING NOTHING from us!!!

VESSEL OF LOVE

This was a spontaneous song by Aaron Horton & Johanna Macden at CKE Identity in Manhattan on July 30, 2010. The pictures span the last 2 years of ministry on the streets of Manhattan and in times of worship at Creative Kingdom Expression (CKE) "seek".

JUNE...A MILESTONE MONTH!

SUDDENLY

Get ready...get ready...get ready...put your seat belts on! There are legendary adventures to be had in God's Kingdom and He longs to share them with YOU! This was a word the Lord gave about the month of June, we encourage you to declare this over your lives and trust in God's ability to keep His word over your destiny.

JUNE

This month life will be going in one direction and all of a sudden God will invade the scene with His breakthrough power and things will change - everything will change!

Major strongholds will fall and crumble, and dreams and prophetic words received years ago will come to pass quickly, right before our eyes.

Those things that have been assaulting us will be no more! This is the last time the enemy will have a stronghold in the area of lack. (Specifically address the area you're believing victory for.) We are going from faith to faith, victory to victory, glory to glory! Not from lack to more lack or stress to more stress. NO MORE!

This is the month of unique God set-ups, extreme creativity, and surprising Kingdom alliances!

This is the month of walking in abundant prosperity - land FLOWING in milk and honey!

This is the month to experience the culture and atmosphere of Heaven like never before!

This is the month to encounter the laughter, delight, and pleasure of Abba God like never before!

This is the month to bask in His goodness and tender affections, to know Him and His ways, and to encounter the depths of His Presence like never before!

This month everything will change - SUDDENLY!

Isaiah 65:24 - "It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear."

God is always faithful and has a great, proven track record of keeping His promises! If you are weary in waiting for His words to come to pass, remind yourself of His character, His Word and His love for you!

STEPS YOU CAN TAKE

• Note down the limitations that are holding you back (finances, past disappointments, unbelief etc.) and present them to Him.

• Talk to Him about those hindrances. (He loves honesty...He's not religious!)

• Trust Him in and with the process of seeing those words come to pass.
  
  
• Declare His Word over your life!
  (Here are a few scriptures to get you started: II Corinthians 1:20, II Peter 1:2-4.)
  
  
• Now begin to thank Him for the fulfillment and manifestation of those desires He's deposited in your heart!

Be sure to leave comments of what God has done for you this month and what you're expecting to see fulfilled! Your testimony of breakthrough will build someone else's faith!!

UPCOMING CKE EVENTS

June 17th & 24th 5:00 - 7:00 pm
SWIM (Signs and Wonders In Manhattan)
Prophetic Evangelism Outreach
Manhattan, NY

June 18th 7:30 - 10:00 pm
Launch of CKE IDENTITY
Manhattan, NY

June 20th 6:00 - 9:00 pm
CKE Worship Team leading at the Matt Sorger Monthly Meeting
Crowne Plaza Long Island
Holtsville, NY

June 26th 12:30 - 5:30 pm
CKE Prophetic Evangelism Intensive
$10 registration fee
(15 min. from Times Square)

June 26th 7:00pm
CKE Night of Worship in New Jersey
(15 min. from Times Square)

If you would like to join us for any of these events, please email info@ckenyc.org for location and details.

NO ONE LEFT BEHIND

Imagine a body of believers that are so together in unity that not one person is left behind as entire groups tap into the heart of God and experience His tangible, transforming Presence. What if we had this mindset: We will not let anyone be left behind in what they’re believing and dreaming for. Imagine the breakthroughs and creativity that would come out of that culture of unity and encouragement!

When we corporately begin to make much of the Word of God, pursue His Presence, declare the reality of Heaven instead of the natural "facts", and dream the dreams that He has placed in our inmost being, then we will see transformation on a large scale. We will be examples of purity, of supernatural peace that passes all understanding, and perfect love in the face of fear. The world will have no choice but to take notice!

CHANGED BY YOUR PRESENCE

As Bill Johnson says, “The ‘reach’ of His presence is transformational in nature, changing the climate that people live under.” There may be many areas in our lives that need God’s transforming work. Even now, just focus on one area that you desire change in, and as you believe God’s truth, instead of the ‘impossibility’ of that situation, you will begin to experience radical changes for the better.

It all begins with seeing ourselves as God sees us, thinking what God thinks, and speaking what God speaks. Whether it's getting out of debt, improving in time management, overcoming a physical or emotional issue, or a sin that keeps us in its grip...the enemy would want us to buy the lie that we are powerless and nothing is changing. But, when we put our trust in God’s word and see our lives from His perspective, He gives us the supernatural ability to be who He’s called us to be. The very area the enemy wants us to be bound in, is the very area God will begin to use us in powerfully!

CHANGE YOUR CONFESSION

Make a declaration today, to speak LIFE and HOPE over your lives, dreams, and relationships! Unbelief and fear will fulfill their own expectations if we give place to them. As you choose to speak in alignment with what God says, the Lord will bring increase and restoration. From that place of building a foundation of Heaven's reality with your words, it has no choice but to supersede the natural "facts" that may be surrounding you.

THE DREAMER IS IN THE ROOM

What would life be like without dreams? God is the One who gave us the ability to dream and it's so good to know He hasn’t given up on our dreams, or on us. When we release the pain and disappointment of unfulfilled dreams and begin to dream again with the One who created dreams, He imparts hope and life into us.

Isaiah 42:3 says, "A bruised reed He will not break and a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.”

Even if our dreams are a bruised reed or a dimly burning wick, His breath is powerful enough to breathe fulfillment and give us the strategies to see those dreams be made manifest in the natural.What better time than now to see your dreams come alive? What better people than you and me? God has good intentions for your life...the Dreamer is in the room...what are you willing to dream about with Him?

There is a dream that is straight from the heart of God. That dream is for men and women to begin to see the reality of Heaven take natural form and effect not only them personally, but begin to cause everyone around them to be caught up in the draft of their transformation. Let's take a stand together to see NO ONE LEFT BEHIND!

LOVE IS IN THE AIR

SEASON OF SINGLENESS IS OVER

The evening started before there were even any introductions with a clear prophetic word as Holy Spirit completely took over. ~ There is a ‘cupid’ angel in the room. The Lord is going to assign more ‘cupid’ angels all over this room. These angels are going to follow you guys. Not just for the single people, but for those who are married as well. They are trumpeting LOVE, the LOVE of God, and a LOVE for each other over you. Hear the sound of love. The season of singleness is over!

FREQUENCY OF LOVE

Hear the sound of love. There is a frequency of love that the world and creation depends on. Love is the culture of the Kingdom of God that is within you. You are the expression of love. God created you to be, the very expression of love in Heaven, here on earth. There is a vibration of love that will shake the nations, because you are a reflection of Jesus, who is PERFECT LOVE. Even as the vibration that is within you will shake the nations, imagine what happens when relationships are formed to create notes, melodies, chords and harmonies. This is the sound and the music God has written that is coming together... shaking, moving, and perfecting.

ROMANCE IS RELATED TO ROYALTY

Romance is related to royalty in the Kingdom of God. Only when you truly know who you are in Christ, as one who is an “heir of God and joint heir with Christ” (Rom 8:17), can you truly love as you were created to love. In the midst of a society where divorce is prevalent, covenant is cheapened by selfishness and convenience, and love is mistaken for lust or greed, how can we find TRUE ROMANCE? It is in the place of intimacy with God, where He is telling us who we are, then inviting us into this EPIC LOVE STORY with Him. Here we realize we are not orphans scrambling for anything we can get, but instead sons and daughters of a Father whose resources are immeasurable, and whose love is perfect.

SPIRIT OF ROMANCE
(spontaneous songs)

Spirit of Romance come...awaken our hearts...awaken the sleeping hearts...let love’s fragrance fill the air, intoxicating air like a thousand roses...take our hands and lead us out of the shadows into the light of Your garden. Let it be safe for us to be fully known...for You to receive us fully...in the warmth of Your safety, where we can truly be ourselves in intimacy with God. Look with Your eyes into the faces of each of us God and impart the bearing of royalty. Impart the substance of who we are in You...the spirit of adoption. As You awaken our desire for You, we realize that our love and passion has been asleep. Burn in our hearts from the inside out. Let us be Your gold. Let us be men and women who know we carry this huge resource of Your Kingdom. Spirit of Romance come! Cover us with Your Love!

LOVE WINS

Love wins as God resurrects that which has been broken and dead. Jesus is writing His children’s LOVE STORY, and He wants US to consume the world with it!!!! The picture of Hollywood is fading. The picture they have painted of love is fading. The world is waiting to see real love and real romance. As you have unveiled your heart, EPIC LOVE STORIES have begun to unfold. God is establishing the standard of purity that reveals perfect love...love that can never be broken...love for a lifetime. That purity draws us into worship, making us beautiful, and stirs up a love that is real and untainted. Love is in the air!

HOLY ALIGNMENT

Jesus is fighting for you! He is here winning your trust back, from those who have broken your trust. Angels are aligning you. New breed. Transformation. You thought you were headed one way, but He is aligning you in a different and right direction. Holy alignment. New friendships. Wholly aligned. New relationships. Marriages that are a sign and a wonder. Holy alignments...everything to glorify the Lord. There is a red carpet in the Spirit where people are being aligned in Kingdom relationships. I did not create you to be alone. You were created for relationship. You were created for love. You were created for relationships in love. You may not see it, but I am working on your behalf. Be alone no more. I’ve created you for love. The King is escorting the bride down the red carpet and pairing people off. There is a pot sitting over a fire in the hearts of everyone in the room. Inside of that pot, love is marinating!!!

BABIES OF LOVE

With great leaders all around us who have marriages that are falling apart, there is an assault of the enemy, not only against existing marriages, but also marriages that have yet to take place. There are “BABIES OF LOVE” that the enemy is trying to kill even as Herod, in his fear, killed babies of a certain age in order to attempt to kill Jesus. The enemy is trying to implant seeds of fear that will choke out the love that God has planted into hearts of men and women who have fully committed themselves to Kingdom purpose. It is imperative to rise up against this spirit of fear. It is time for Godly marriages and relationships. They are crucial in this hour to be a sign and a wonder. Marriage is the reflection of Jesus and the Bride. It is time for a group of radical lovers of God to be joined together in covenant relationships because they must break the back of divorce and break the back of fear. This isn’t just ‘fear of marriage’, it is FEAR...Godly marriages are key to breaking the back of FEAR because perfect love casts out all fear!

PURE LOVE

We declare that our relationships will be a reflection of the selfless, pure love of Jesus. We declare that we will stand up at the altar of marriage as a sign and a wonder with no regrets as a testimony to the nations. We declare that existing marriages will be restored to the picture God painted them to be from the beginning. We declare that PURE LOVE is rising to the forefront!!!

LIVING A LIFE OF EXPECTATION

In a room packed with abandoned worshipers who came with hunger and passion to pursue the face of God, it was a night of expecting HIS Presence to transform us!

* Everything changes when He comes and His presence consumes our very being!

* Can you hear the sound of a company of radical lovers of God, calling for the atmosphere of Heaven in unity and one voice? This sound reverberates the very foundation of the earth, as sons and daughters of God are being revealed and take up Kingdom positions in their spheres of influence, with boldness and humility.

HOPE

* What is HOPE? Confident expectation in God’s character and His ability to fulfill HIS promises. He has a great track record of being God.

* Just like a pregnant mother is "expecting"...we are to confidently expect God to fulfill His words over our lives.

* Though Abraham could’ve given up hope, he ‘hoped against hope’ because he respected the promise of God, did not waver in unbelief, and grew strong in faith – which resulted in God being glorified. God had him counting stars that represented his descendants long before he had a child or even the possibility of a child. That is hope.

ARE YOU ALIGNED WITH UNBELIEF?

* In a day and age when it’s crucial to have proper alignments in relationships and ministry associations, it’s also important to look at what we’re aligned with in our thoughts and belief systems. As Bill Johnson says, “We cannot afford to have one thought in our heads that is not in His.”

* Are we aligned with God’s perspective (truth and faith) in how we think about ourselves, our lives and how we respond to others? Or are we aligned with unbelief? When we are aligned with unbelief, we empower the enemy.

* What are some areas of unbelief that are hiding in your heart?
- I don't deserve to be loved.
- I’m not talented enough to do what God has called me to do.
- I’ve made too many mistakes.
- I’m not as spiritual or as gifted as the person next to me.
- God doesn’t speak to me like He speaks to everyone else.
- I’m not qualified for this job.

* Jesus, though He was God, was not able to do miracles among the people because of unbelief, as we read about in Matthew 13:58

* Mark 9:23 says, “ALL things are possible to him who BELIEVES.” When we believe, we align ourselves with God’s supernatural ability to create unlimited possibilities. This is why the enemy attempts to undermine our faith and cause doubt and unbelief in what God has spoken and promised to us, just as he did, with Adam and Eve in the Garden.

* Ask God to reveal the areas of hidden unbelief, confess it as sin, and look into His Word to see who you are. Then align yourself with God’s perspective instead of unbelief.

LISTEN TO HIS VOICE

* God is always speaking. Sometimes without words. When we quiet our hearts and focus our eyes on Him, He speaks mysteries – using images and words, to communicate His desire for us and our destinies.

* This week, take the challenge to tune into Him and become conscious of His Presence, even at the most inconvenient times and places. (i.e. At the conference room, as co-workers are going around and around over the same problem and a solution is needed; On Monday as you’re on your way to work, in your car, during rush hour; When you’ve just received a report about a job loss, a medical problem or a reoccurring family issue).

* When we become still enough to receive His life, His wisdom and His words – creative ideas flow in ways we’ve never imagined, solutions to puzzling problems become glaringly clear, truth is released into situations...and not only do our lives transform, but we also impact those we’ve been called to.

MOVE FROM "LOOKING FOR A JOB" to "STEPPING INTO KINGDOM STRATEGIES"

* This is NOT a season to just look for a "job." Don't kid yourself...EVERYTHING is strategic in this hour. You may not see it in the natural, but atmospheres are being prepared even now to receive what YOU carry. Even as a woman's body begins to change and prepare to "house" a baby, there are changes being made in order to "receive" you into your POSITION OF INFLUENCE. You are part of birthing the Kingdom in a strategic place in the Spirit, as well as strategic "physical" areas where LAND is needed to come under the subjection of the Kingdom of God.

Let’s live with an EXPECTANCY of God fulfilling His promises as we fully believe and trust in Him!

2010 - KINGDOM PROGRESSION

The excitement and anticipation for what God is doing in 2010 is almost overwhelming! This is a year of KINGDOM PROGRESSION that cannot be measured by "natural" steps. Near the end of December, God began to set us up for what was coming.

NEW LEVEL OF ANOINTING AND CREATIVITY

There was what appeared to be a whirlwind with lightening circling above our heads at all times. God said to just reach up into it, without intimidation, and grab what you need. There are ideas, inventions, stories, screenplays, artistic creations, solutions, new ways to create wealth, languages and there is power. There is ACCESS and ANOINTING to do what you can't do and what has never been done before at your fingertips.

INCONVENIENT TIMES AND PLACES

He told us to "create sanctuaries" to focus and tune into Him in the most inconvenient times and places and always have something available to write or record. The ideas will come hard and they will come fast. You must GRAB THEM! God told us to walk around with the expectancy that 30 seconds of FOCUS on Him can ignite a movement, change a society, and fund a nation.

SEASON OF SURPRISES

2010 will be a season of surprises and sudden breakthroughs! Don't just look at your expertise, your ability, or your limitations. EXPECT God to explode things out of you that you cannot do, accomplish even a little, or haven't even desired to do before. Be diligent...don't look at the "normal." Do not be surprised when EXTRAORDINARY promotion comes. Do not be surprised when you feel "conflicted" because what you have known to be "normal" isn't God's "normal." Everything has changed for you! It is as if you are stepping into a NEW CLOSET...in a NEW HOUSE...filled with NEW CLOTHES. That which has been hard in the past will be as easy as FLIPPING ON A LIGHT SWITCH.

SUPERNATURAL SIZZLE

It is as if God is stirring and charging up every cell of our body in order to be greater receptacles for what He is pouring out in this next season. Thank Him for INCREASED CAPACITY!!! What you have been praying for and declaring "by faith" manifests into REALITY. It all starts NOW!!! Expect it. See it. Step into it.

Want to impact the world? Let the WORLD participate in the goodness of God in your life as you release the testimony of His love and power. There is nothing like seeing someone's jaw drop as they see miracles happening right in front of them. Yay God - Our Heavenly Father gets all the glory!!!

Our prayer for you in 2010 is that you realize that we are all called to be CREATIVE KINGDOM EXPRESSIONS of His heart.