Springing Forward
Ben Peters
Mar 11, 2008

www.ohmint.org March 11, 2008

Greetings Friends,

March is one-third gone and Spring is on the way in the northern hemisphere. Here In northern Illinois, we are very grateful and full of faith that we won't have much more snow until next winter. It's a season for hope. New life is beginning to Spring up. There's more sunshine and less darkness. Surely, God has established seasons to remind us that our dark and dreary times have to come to an end. It's time to "Rise, shine, for our Light has come."

So many of our team and friends are going through severe attacks at the same time. We are being tested and have come to realize that we need to come together more to stand with each other and believe for the miracles that our brothers and sisters need. This is a year for winning wars, but we must come together as a united army and not try to fight our battles alone.

The key is that we focus on someone else's needs and let God lay our burdens on others to hold us up. Another key is that we understand that our battle is not about us, it's about the enemy trying to hurt the whole body of Christ and disable it one member at a time. If he can separate us from each other, he can pick us off one by one, but if we stay with the team, he has no chance.

MARCH CHALLENGE

If you're reading the New Testament this month with us, you may have discovered that many of the chapters in the gospels are very long - especially Luke. But cheer up! If you have kept us so far, the rest will be easy. And if you're behind, it won't be too hard to catch up if you take 20 minutes or so each day.

MINISTRY REPORT

Since our last letter we have had some great meetings where God came and touched many people. He also helped us out of the ministry "box" we've found ourselves in. Some of our team members were with us in Madison last week and God used them in an awesome way. They were going to people in the crowd and prophesying and praying for them. We also began to move more into the healing ministry that Shawn Bolz prophesied over us and listened for words of knowledge as a team. Many were touched and we know that God did more than we could see.

We also had wonderful experiences this past weekend with the Unity Night - Heaven's Rehearsal project. We spoke at the Friday night banquet and were treated to some incredible music by world class musicians, Huntley Brown and Yuki Ishita. The next night we also heard Paul T. Finley, an amazing singer from the Carribean.

After the services we ministered to many of the guest speakers and musicians. Pastor Cruz from FaithWorld International Church invited us to minister at his church in Chicago the next morning. That was another awesome experience. There were many nationalities there in a church with about 1,000 members. I love preaching with live background music. They drank in the word that God gave me for them and I thank God for the opportunity.

Last night we ministered at a Korean Presbyterian Church in Chicago and God blessed these precious saints with words that touched their hearts.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Tonight we will be at a home meeting in Wheaton and this weekend we will be in Albany, New York, for meetings at the Prayer and Healing Center and at a church in Schenectady on Sunday morning.

The following Saturday, March 22, we will be doing a one day Missions Prep 101 for those wanting to go to Mozambique. We don't have room this year for anyone that is not already signed up, but you are welcome to come to the training which will be in Grays Lake (Gages Lake) from 10 AM to 5 PM. If you are interested write to Jonathan Seiver - doulos2@gmail.com.

The final weekend in March we will be in Atlanta, Georgia, ministering at the Atlanta Revival Center with Vance Murphy. We anticipate great times there. Our daughter Barbie and her family are now there with the Murphys and having a wonderful time.

APRIL CONFERENCE - SOME CHANGES

We do have some changes to announce for the conference called SIGNS OF HIS GLORY, WONDER - FULL JOY April 23 - 26 at Lakeshore Tabernacle in Kenosha, just across the border into Wisconsin. The changes should be posted soon on the website with a revised brochure. The main change is that Jeff Jansen is not able to come because of an accidental double booking. He will be in South Africa instead. I know many of you will be very disappointed.

But we are delighted to have Vance Murphy with us for the Thursday morning and evening sessions, when Jeff would have spoken. He carries such a strong anointing with a pure heart. He is actually one of my favorite speakers now.

Our other speakers will all be coming. We will lead off Wednesday night with Rolland Baker. You don't want to miss what God is doing through him in these days. Friday night will be David Herzog and Saturday night will be Georgian Banov. They will also each speak once during the day sessions. Our son, Ken, will also be back for a day session and Brenda and I will minister some as well. It will be another off-the-charts conference. We are very excited about this one. Please try to come for as much as you can.

God bless you all and PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR US!!!

Your servants and His,

Ben, Brenda, Family and team