September 2018 Newsletter
Dear Friend of MLM
MINISTRY UPDATE
Thank you for both your financial support and prayer support for Linda and I and the work we are involved with.
We had a great time in Fiji. We served Marion Males a 35+ year Australian missionary to that island nation. We really did not see much of the vaunted resorts of Fiji but we did minister among some beautiful people. Much of the ministry was at Northern Christian Training Centre near Labasa. I included the following quote from our hostess in a recent donor thank you letter. “Just wanted to thank you and Linda so very much for coming to Fiji. I have a feeling this is the first of many visits. The husband of the house meeting near me, rang me last night and said how their family is on fire after you prayed for them.”
We have finished over half of our assignment in Northern Ireland. We have ministered with Roy and Lynne Stewart of Celebration House in Ballymena. They were our hosts for Ireland 4 Jesus in 2017. Yesterday we ministered at Karmel City Church in Belfast. Glen and Mardy Dunlop lead this church. We have partnered with them as well on other occasions.
COMING OPPORTUNITIES
As I write this we still have one more week in Ireland. We really feel quite at home with the people of this nation. We will preach at least one more time at Karmel City Church and then spend three days with Brian and Karen Ashworth at Kingdom Harvest Church.
We are returning to the Philippines in November-December of this year. We will be ministering at the Quad District Prayer Conference for the Assemblies of God in Santiago, Isabella.
We will be ministering in Fiji September 2-9. We are currently scheduled to minister at least nine times while we are there. As I write this the Fiji Islands are being rocked by a series of large earthquakes.
We will be ministering in Northern Ireland September 16-30. We had a great time there in 2017 with I4J. We will be returning to Ballymena and Belfast.
We have been officially invited to the Philippines in November-December of this year. We are working on schedule now.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Thank you for your response to our financial support need.
For those who can become involved financially support can be sent via check to Mike Livengood Ministries, PO Box 1455, Danville, IL 61834-1455 or by Pay pal at www.paypal.com. For Pay pal donors our email address is mikliven@aol.com.
SOCIAL MEDIA
We are on Facebook at Revival Reports from Doorkeepers. Linda and I also have personal pages on Facebook. We share a lot of teaching on these sites. Doorkeepers New Zealand is a Facebook page devoted to sharing our books.
We have two YouTube sites. One is for testimonies and stories. This is at https://www.youtube.com/user/doorkeepers. You can find videos of me reading “The Wow Factor” on another YouTube site. Address is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkJ__yN-Bfa2jWm581ZXG_KNxjLh6VicI
Yours for Revival
Michael
ITINERARY
Sept. 25 Belfast, N. Ireland Karmel Trust
Sept. 28-30 Belfast, N. Ireland Kingdom Harvest
Oct. 4-6/7 Columbus, IN (USA) Northview Church
Oct 12-14 Odin, IL (USA) Gospel Lighthouse
Oct 19-21 Robinson, IL (USA) Robinwood AOG
Oct 26-28 Strafford, MO (USA) 1st Assembly of God
Sept. 25 Belfast, N. Ireland Karmel Trust
Sept. 28-30 Belfast, N. Ireland Kingdom Harvest
Oct. 4-6/7 Columbus, IN (USA) Northview Church
Oct 12-14 Odin, IL (USA) Gospel Lighthouse
Oct 19-21 Robinson, IL (USA) Robinwood AOG
Oct 26-28 Strafford, MO (USA) 1st Assembly of God
THE HOLY HOUR CONCEPT
I am sharing what has become a life’s journey for me. The teaching of Dick Eastman hugely impacted my life forty years ago regarding an approach to praying one hour per day. In the last three months I have shared three steps of the twelve steps I usually follow in my daily prayer time.
After a time of worship…after a time of waiting upon the Lord…after a time of temple cleansing I usually move to reading the Word of God. This particular reading is devotional. I am not reading for sermon preparation. Rather I am reading to hear what the Lord wants to say to me. I usually plan on spending about five minutes in reading God’s Word. The average chapter in the Bible contains about 25 verses. Normally I can read that in about five minutes. This is not the only time I will spend in Scripture. Indeed at two other points in the hour of prayer I will come back to the Word. Additionally I will spend at least another two hours per day in study of God’s Word. However, at this time in prayer I take a few minutes to read the Word and allow God to speak to me through His Word.
Psalm 19:7-11 describes the Word of God in the following way, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned:and in keeping of them there is great reward.”
God’s Word brings cleansing to my heart and life. It converts my soul. The Word of God gives me wisdom. God’s Word is always right and it brings joy to me as I read it. Listen to these descriptions of God’s Word: perfect…sure…right…pure
…clean…endures…true and righteous. What does God’s Word do for me? It converts…makes me wise…brings joy as I read it…enlightens the eyes. It brings warning into my life and in keeping of God’s Word there is a great reward.
No wonder the Psalmist would exclaim that the Word of God was of greater value than gold and sweeter than honey.
Job said, “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” (Job 23:12). Here is a guideline I follow. “No Bible, no breakfast.”
A video of my teaching the entire twelve steps is available on YouTube. The link is https://youtu.be/RWkDuhfxGEM at wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.”
The waiting time is one of our secrets to maintaining our strength. Some have asked how we keep the schedule we keep. The yada time - the time of intimate knowledge of God - is a part of that strength.
Psalm 27:14 says as we “wait on the Lord…he shall strengthen thine heart.” Dick Eastman challenged me with the Living Bible of Ecclesiastes 5:2, “God…is in heaven and you are only here on earth, so let your words be few.” This may be the time God arranges my prayer agenda for the day.
I am sharing what has become a life’s journey for me. The teaching of Dick Eastman hugely impacted my life forty years ago regarding an approach to praying one hour per day. In the last three months I have shared three steps of the twelve steps I usually follow in my daily prayer time.
After a time of worship…after a time of waiting upon the Lord…after a time of temple cleansing I usually move to reading the Word of God. This particular reading is devotional. I am not reading for sermon preparation. Rather I am reading to hear what the Lord wants to say to me. I usually plan on spending about five minutes in reading God’s Word. The average chapter in the Bible contains about 25 verses. Normally I can read that in about five minutes. This is not the only time I will spend in Scripture. Indeed at two other points in the hour of prayer I will come back to the Word. Additionally I will spend at least another two hours per day in study of God’s Word. However, at this time in prayer I take a few minutes to read the Word and allow God to speak to me through His Word.
Psalm 19:7-11 describes the Word of God in the following way, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned:and in keeping of them there is great reward.”
God’s Word brings cleansing to my heart and life. It converts my soul. The Word of God gives me wisdom. God’s Word is always right and it brings joy to me as I read it. Listen to these descriptions of God’s Word: perfect…sure…right…pure
…clean…endures…true and righteous. What does God’s Word do for me? It converts…makes me wise…brings joy as I read it…enlightens the eyes. It brings warning into my life and in keeping of God’s Word there is a great reward.
No wonder the Psalmist would exclaim that the Word of God was of greater value than gold and sweeter than honey.
Job said, “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” (Job 23:12). Here is a guideline I follow. “No Bible, no breakfast.”
A video of my teaching the entire twelve steps is available on YouTube. The link is https://youtu.be/RWkDuhfxGEM at wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint.”
The waiting time is one of our secrets to maintaining our strength. Some have asked how we keep the schedule we keep. The yada time - the time of intimate knowledge of God - is a part of that strength.
Psalm 27:14 says as we “wait on the Lord…he shall strengthen thine heart.” Dick Eastman challenged me with the Living Bible of Ecclesiastes 5:2, “God…is in heaven and you are only here on earth, so let your words be few.” This may be the time God arranges my prayer agenda for the day.