National Mission America Conference in Orlando

Tuesday afternoon I presented an overview of presence-based transformation to leaders from all over the United States who lead cityreaching ministries. The presentation was an overview of what transforming revival and supernatural transformation are, the role of the manifest presence of God in transformation and the process He requires to transform the church and a community. I also presented the first documented transformation testimony in the United States - Manchester, Kentucky! I ended by showing a clip of the newly released documentary "Appalachian Dawn". It was powerful! What a privilege to speak to these leaders and encourage their hearts and stretch their faith to belief God for more than human strategies but for His Kingdom to come where we live!


Monday afternoon I had my first meeting with the Orlando House of Prayer leadership team. Oh my goodness! 6 1/2 hours later I got back to my hotel. It was the most amazing time! It was like the fire of God came as we shared our hearts and vision - what a powerful connection! I LOVE these guys and what the Lord is doing through their ministry. We all sensed divine purpose in our time together - it was just awesome! At the end of our time we prayed for each other. When they prayed for me, the Lord used them to prepare things in the spirit for my presentation the following day. Thank you Jesus for Kingdom friendship and divine purpose!

I had a great time at the conference connecting with old friends, some from the first cityreaching school in 1995 when I worked with Ed Silvoso! I reconnected with many leaders from cities I have known through the years. Some were very exciting divine appointments for future ministry! The most exciting divine appointments were with 2 national leaders of InterVarsity! The Lord is already using them to open new doors on college campuses for the "Face to Face" consecration process next Fall! I also got to speak to several national leaders about the REVIVAL book and that is stirring hearts!


Tina and Rhonda

I also had a lot of fun spending time with one of my best friends! Tina and I have been friends since 1997 when we ministered together in Dallas preparing the city for our national revival conference 'Light the Nation" with all the Argentines! She lives in Orlando now so she came to pray for me, help with the book table, etc. Tuesday night Tina, her husband and I went out for a fabulous dinner, and it was a nice time to relax after a very intense day!


Florida is full of alligators! This guy was in a pond outside the conference building. When we stopped to look at him he came right out of the water. Needless to say we all jumped back in the car! He didn't look like he had lunch yet! Ha!

In Christ, Rhonda

Transformation Leader's Retreat in Seattle

Rhonda with George Otis, Jr.

I joined 10 other ministry leaders to spend a week together with George Otis, Jr. to pray, fellowship and seek the Lord about transformation in North America. We had an amazing time! The fellowship was great, we laughed, shared and prayed together in addition to meeting for almost 12 hours every day. It was intense but awesome!

The Lord was really with us! It was a strategic time to plan how our ministries could form a coalition and increase our focus and attention on transformation in our nation. By the end of the week a new fellowship entity was formed! We are now on our way to releasing a new “voice” for presence-based transformation activity in the United States! You’ll hear more in the coming months!

Rhonda with Doug and Linda Abner


One of the highlights was spending time with Doug and Linda Abner from Manchester, Kentucky, the first transformed community in the USA. They are incredible people and have so much to share about what the Lord has done! Their story is one of humility, desperation, prayer and divine intervention! For more information get the DVD on our website “Appalachian Dawn”. , http://shop.fusionministry.com and you can watch the trailer at http://www.glowtorch.org/Home/AADwbanner/tabid/2731/Default.aspx


I also was able to spend time with many friends I don’t get to see very often, like Alistair Petrie from Canada, Nalia from Jamaica, friends from Florida and Arizona – we had so much fun being together with the Lord and being about His Kingdom business!

Rhonda

Texas A&M Divine Experiment Celebration!

The “Face to Face” consecration at Texas A & M was a powerful time! Hundreds of people gathered Sunday night March 6th for the Celebration service where for 3 hours testimonies were shared about all the Lord had done among His people as they humbled themselves, prayed together seeking His face and repented for their sins. The Lord came and visited people in mighty ways!

One man who was on life-support and given no hope to live was touched by the Lord after prayer and returned home to his family! A worship leader who was hospitalized and tested positive fir viral meningitis was healed and new test results showed no virus and he was released! Marriages were restored! Many people had supernatural encounters with the Lord! Students became bold in their faith and are ministering to many on the campus! People were saved, healed and delivered and the name of Jesus is being made known in the community and on the campus! For more testimonies visit: www.thedivineexperiment.com!

People cleansed their homes from defilement and brought the items to the altar at the evening prayer meetings.

Call to Radical Devotion: Texas A & M University!

We had an amazing Divine Experiment launch at the university on Sunday afternoon! The chapel was packed with over 200 students and the atmosphere was full of joy and expectation! I joined several campus ministry leaders and pastors calling the students to radical devotion to Jesus for the next 21 days. They are fasting food, media, Facebook, internet, canceling activities and gathering every morning to pray together from 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Saturday night I met with a bunch of spiritually hungry students and spent hours sharing transformation stories with them and challenging them to believe God for more than they have ever seen before. These students are radical! Some began the fast a week early to prepare their hearts! Many turned off their Facebook 5 days before the launch! They want more of Jesus in their lives and on their campus!



I received a report when I got back to Kansas City Monday morning, the first devotional prayer meeting on campus was full of the presence of God and repentance had already started. The leaders are saying it's already "beyond their expectation". Jesus is so good! Please continue to pray for the students and 2 congregations involved for the next 21 days! Our team will return to Texas A & M in 3 weeks for the Celebration Service to celebrate all the Lord has done among them during this time!

Call to Consecration! Texas A & M University Campus

Last Thursday night I stood in the chapel of the seventh largest university in our nation (47,000 students) and invited students and campus leaders to consecrate themselves to the Lord for 21 days using the “Face to Face Divine Experiment.” They said yes! And they said now! So, on February 13th almost 400 students on the campus will commit to radically realign their hearts with Jesus and separate themselves from the influence of the spirit of the age!

Many of us believe that this is a stake in the ground for a broader consecration on this campus and even other campuses in our nation next Fall. We are already seeing other doors begin to open – Jesus wants to consecrate this generation in radical devotion and prepare them for a spiritual revolution unto transforming revival in our nation!



Let’s contend together and trust God for unprecedented breakthrough on this campus and in College Station, Texas! May it truly be a stake in the ground for His Kingdom to advance on campuses in the coming months!

Please be praying for me this coming weekend when I return to Texas A & M for the launch Sunday afternoon. Pray the Lord gathers, ignites and gives grace to their hearts as they begin their “exodus” from captivity into restored intimacy with Jesus!

Rhonda

Mike Bickle announcing new book release at Onething 2010!

Our new book on revival was just released at the One Thing conference with 27,000 young adults in Kansas City. The book has already sold over 300 copies and doors are opening into national leadership networks here in the United States, in England, and several nations in Asia.

We had a launch party at Wes Adam’s house where we celebrated the arrival of the book with friends and family. We thanked the Lord and dedicated the book to His purposes for revival in the nations!

The Sunday night after the One Thing conference Rhonda, Marie and Adam hosted a party at Rhonda’s house for international friends from Holland, Sweden and Indonesia. We cooked, ate and fellowshipped together. The Swedish guys were gripped by the “PURITY” booklet and read it through while they waited for dinner!


Following dinner we had a powerful prayer meeting! The presence of the Lord came so strongly as we cried out for more, wave after wave of the Holy Spirit broke in on us. It was like the awakening services at IHOP in the middle of Rhonda’s living room! We prayed, ministered and prophesied over one another until late that night. The Lord ignited a fire in us and through us and left a fresh deposit of His presence in the house!

Explosive Weekend in Indiana!

Adam shared Friday night and it was powerful! He challenged people to believe God for more than the status quo but to see the Kingdom of God come to the earth! We had a good mix of young adults and most of the adults from the seminar came as well! People were so hungry! The young adults lead the worship and the presence of God was so thick in the room! They continued with their house of prayer after the meeting.



Saturday we had a packed church for the leadership consultation. It was amazing! The Lord literally gave Steve and Rhonda each message before they spoke. His heart was focused on the communities becoming a dwelling place where He could rest among them. We felt the passion in God’s heart for His people to worship Him.



That night we applied the teaching and gathered to be a house of prayer. We had a sweet time of worship and then we prayed together out of Ephesians for the church to be “rooted and grounded in the love of Christ”. It was a great night of prayer!

Sunday night we hosted the premiere of “An Appalachian Dawn” the Kentucky transformation story at the Methodist church. The place was packed out! Rhonda told stories of transformation before the documentary was shown for those who arrived early. The documentary was one of the most powerful the Sentinel Group has ever produced and it’s right here in the United States!!

The weekend was a breakthrough weekend! To the extent that the religious spirit that prevails over the area was provoked. At the conclusion of the documentary Sunday night a man manifesting a religious spirit hijacked the meeting with a bizarre “message from the Lord”. Despite most kind attempts he persisted until he was escorted out. It was a very awkward and unfortunate ending to our exciting night. However, it was a great exercise for the church in her discernment and convictions!