The Effectual Door

Happy Saturday! We have another testimony to share with you about what God did in India during our trip last November:

The Blind Widow from India

When we were ministering at the Widows’ Home in India, I saw a widow who was blind. I started to pray for her in my seat. But the Holy Spirit interrupted my prayer and asked me if I would be bold enough to get out of my chair and to go and lay hands on His daughter whom He loved so much. After hesitating for a moment, I did get up and go to her. I didn’t know at that time if it was okay to do this but I felt a firm push by the Lord. As I was walking toward her, I was verbalizing out loud the conversation that I just had with the Holy Spirit. Everyone cheered me on and Gary Doughty came over and laid hands on her with me. We prayed for her eyes to see. It seemed like we prayed for about ten minutes. She started to see flashes of light behind her eyes. We felt released to stop praying. After we left the Widows’ Home, I continued to pray for her throughout the day. That evening or morning…I forget which… Mama Murudula received a phone call that the blind widow was starting to see shadows and was able to move around the home without assistance!!!

-Joy Pharo, Sanctioned Love Team Member

In this time of uncertainty for our nation and all over the world, we felt it was appropriate to have a simple reminder of the God we serve. He is not dictated to by the ever-changing conditions of the world we live in. But neither are we, as children of God. 

I’m reminded of the scripture from Matthew 6 where Jesus is teaching us about how to pray. 

Matthew 6:5-13 – “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen ,Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. “This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’

Our Father is so good. He knows what we need even before we ask. The currency of heaven is faith. We need to go before our Father with boldness, asking for what we need. But also, just because he is who he is. He is our Father. If you feel anxious or maybe even down-right-scared, sit in His lap and let him comfort you and bring you His peace. 

I don’t think that the Gifts From His Heart conference came at the time it did by accident. God has been preparing us to use the gifts of the spirit to help a hurt, lost and dying world. Our friends and family need a touch from God. Our co-workers and neighbors need to know there is God who loves them. 

We have another conference “Amazing Pursuit: The Effectual Door” coming up in July that we have been in prayer over for many months. In prayer, God gave us a very specific scripture and name, and it is starting to make more and more sense as we have come into this trying time as a nation. The Lord showed us the scripture in Corinthians 16:9:

“There’s an amazing door of opportunity standing wide open for me to minister here, even though there are many who oppose and stand against me. (The Passion Translation)

God is beginning to release something in the spirit that we have never seen before. There is such a powerful move coming, and even though there are many adversaries (disease, fear, jealousies), our God is opening wide a door of opportunity to bring in the end time harvest. 

God even showed us specific prophetic colors to use in the conference: fuchsia fading into a light pink, with indigo blue around the edges and a silver shimmer over the entire surface. We looked up the meaning of the colors and we were blown away. They mean “Kingdom, heart of God, kingship, authority and dominion, revelation.” 

He is positioning us to walk through a door one way, with all the old things that have tried to hold us back, and as we walk through this door of revelation, we will come out changed and ready to stand up in the specific positions of influence He has for us, ready to help be the hands in the field to bring in the mighty harvest of souls. 

You can register for the early bird special price until April 15th right here on the website or you can send a check to our P.O. Box:

Attention: Sanctioned Love

P.O. Box 7478

KLAMATH FALLS, Oregon 97602

God never promised us that this life would be easy. Actually, he promised us just the opposite! 

John 16:33 says “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” 

We can have peace in the middle of the storm because He is with us. We find out peace in who He is. Whether we live or die, have much or nothing, He is on the throne. 

God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and a sound mind. Satan has tried to steal our peace, destroy our resolve, and kill our faith. But God is greater than any plan of the enemy! He has come to give life and life abundantly. As Christians, we have the answer. We have the antidote. We all have the opportunity to reach out. How will you spread the love and power of God in this time?

In His Name,

The Sanctioned Love Team