OCTOBER 2008 ISSUE – VOL. 8 #8
The Rev. Jim and Diana Wilson, Coordinators

Dear People of the Northstate Vision:

We enter the harvest season in the thick of an election season even more contentious than those of 2004 and 2006. There is more hate in the air on all sides – and even higher stakes. And for California the Culture of Life God seeks to usher in through the hands of His people who pray is both at risk and trembling on the brink of reality as we face the opportunity to declare that marriage is what God calls it to be (Prop. 8) and that parents must be told (Prop. 4) when their underage daughters plan to abort a child. For too many years the momentum of law has been toward the culture of death even as the momentum of the heart has been toward life. (In plain English that means more and more crisis pregnancies are resulting in chosen life while political leaders encourage death with laws allowing assisted suicides and marriage without covenant.) If these initiatives are adopted they won’t launch the millennium, but they will reverse the tide, and we need to pray this occurs. Scripture says if God’s people humbly pray (daily) and seek His face He will heal our land. Vote for whom and what God desires and pray.

But prayer for a political sea change is not enough – not even close. The weapons of our warfare are blessing, forgiveness, and the Supper of the Lord made available to those who hunger and thirst and for the envy of those who do not yet know how hungry they are. We are to be militant in the offering of peace and healing to all we meet – and that includes those we see as the merchants of death in all of its forms. Many ministries are joining in the call for days of fasting and prayer as the election approaches, and this is of God. But let us recall that His idea of fasting (Isaiah 58) is to set the captives at liberty and to feed the hungry. Our prayers must be as constant as the Northern Star, but they must be for healing more than for mere victory.

CURRENTPrayNorthstateEVENTS

PrayNorthState leads Building a House of Prayer: Some Assembly Required at Arcata First Baptist Church from Friday, October 17 through Saturday, October 18. The conference is designed to demonstrate and train for a culture of prayer – the kind God calls out when He says, “Pray without ceasing,” and “My house shall be called a house of prayer.” Call 707-822-0367.

Prophetic Acts With Impact comes to River Rock Christian Fellowship in Truckee from October 24-5 and to Jesus Christ Fellowship in Middletown , Lake County, from October 31 through November 1. The conference is held from 7-9:30 PM on Friday and from 8:30 to 5 PM on Saturday. Participants learn how to join with Christians across denominational lines through proclamation of the whole Word and projects of targeted prayer. Prayer Vanguard – praying on site with insight is both taught and practiced at this event. Also taught will be concepts of community transformation and the documentation of what God does. Contact Pastor Eric at 530-587-0149 (River Rock) or Pastor Jeff at 707-987-9082 (Jesus Christ Fellowship).

Jim’s new book – The Holy Spirit and the End Times: A Season of Unusual Miracles – will be released from Destiny Image Publishers on October 1. This is the book conference attendees have been urging Jim to write for the past seven years. It is a handbook on pragmatic prophecy and the prophetic community God has called forth since the first Pentecost. Look for it at local bookstores, on our web site, and at our events. The book sells for $16.00 when you buy it from us and the tax is included.

PRAYNORTHSTATE RADIO and TV for SEPTEMBER

KLXR, KBLF and KNTK:
10/4-5 – Anne Kalvestrand & Stephanie Merrill – Mission to Russia
10/11-12 – Joaquin Evans and Chris Gore – Healing Rooms, Redding
10/18-19 – Brad Dacus – Pacific Justice Institute
10/25-6 – Brenda Ballentine – Marriage and Family Therapist

Fox 30:
10/6 – Frank Agee and Megan Baker – The Perspectives Course
10/13 – Brad Dacus – Pacific Justice Institute
10/20 – Pastors Joe Walsh and Ted Rose – National Day of Prayer
10/27 – Pastors Joe Walsh and Ted Rose – National Day of Prayer

PrayNorthstate Radio is heard every Saturday Morning at 8 AM on AM 1490 KBLF, and 9 AM on FM 102.3 KNTK, Sundays at 7 AM on AM 1230 KLXR. See PrayNorthstate TV Monday Mornings at 6:30 AM on Fox Channel 30/Cable 2.
WHAT’S UP IN THE NORTHSTATE

Prayer is being coordinated all over California for Proposition 8 – the November ballot measure that will (if adopted) amend the state constitution to again state that marriage is an exclusive covenant between a man and a woman. (PrayNorthState is part of that coordinating effort.) Just as important is Proposition 4; this one would require parental notification when a minor seeks an abortion in California . Our prayer is that these initiatives will be adopted, and that their adoption will come as an affirmation of the Culture of Life we seek rather than as a political backlash. For that to occur the Body must mobilize as an agent of prayer and blessing, and not just as a political force. Multiple ministries are sponsoring a forty-day period of prayer and fasting that began on September 23. We urge participation on a daily basis, and as the Lord leads. If you did not begin at the beginning please let your beginning be now.

Sierra Ministries International is a longtime partner with PrayNorthState – and they have been around a good deal longer than we have! Sierra presents Prayer in the Making at Bidwell Presbyterian Church in Chico , California , October 10-11. The Rev. Dan Prout will lead this opportunity to put down deep roots of prayer, that we might become the House of Prayer our Lord calls us to become. There will be special emphasis on personal and city-wide prayer. Call 530-343-1484.

Sierra Ministries International will bring Healing Ministry Training to Warehouse Christian Ministries in Roseville , California , October 24-25. This seminar introduces the Biblical basis for modern Christian healing and will provide hands-on training. The Rev. Dan Prout is affiliated with Healing Rooms International. Call 916-960-1700.

Pacific Justice Institute is a Christian non-profit legal foundation with more than one thousand volunteer attorneys taking cases involving religious liberties and constitutional issues for no fee around the country. Based in Sacramento and Orange County , California , they conduct more than half of their ministry in our state – including the celebrated case in which they persuaded a California appeals court to reverse itself and again permit home schooling by non-certificated parents. President Brad Dacus will offer a ninety minute briefing for pastors and other leaders on Tuesday, October 21, from 9-10:30 AM at Faith Bible Church in Citrus Heights . The focus of the briefing will be potential liability issues for pastors and leaders should same sex marriage remain legal in California . Call 916-727-1490 to participate in this free event – a freewill offering will be taken – or call 916-857-6900 to schedule Brad for your own place of ministry.

House of David Ministries partners with Outer Court Ministries in Chico to begin a monthly Night of Prayer for Israel. These evenings begin this month and will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month beginning at 7 PM. Worship, praise the Lord, and seek His face for the nation of His firstborn. God says in Genesis 12:3 that He will extravagantly bless those who bless Israel – and American history since 1948 alone shows that we are strongest when we are most careful about loving and supporting Israel . Go to www.houseofdavidchico.com for information – whether you plan to attend or pray from another location on these strategic evenings. October 28 is the start.

Bethel Church will also host their annual Open Heavens conference from October 22-24 at the church’s Redding campus, and their semi annual Leadership Advance from November 3-5. Open Heavens is a Wednesday through Friday event while Leadership Advance runs from Monday through Wednesday. Pastors John and Carol Arnott (founders of Toronto Airport Fellowship) will keynote the earlier conference, along with Bethel’s Senior Pastor, Bill Johnson. Worship will be led by Worship Pastors Brian and Jenn Johnson, and Kim Walker. These events are frequently sold out long in advance and so any who are interested should contact the church ASAP. Call 530-246-6000 or go to ibethel.org.

PrayNorthState – through Jim – will offer a class at Redding’s Bethel Church on Wednesday Evenings beginning October 29 at 7 PM called Praying Home the Prodigals. Based on his book, Living As Ambassadors of Relationships, the class will run through Wednesday, December 17. We are in a season in which there have been more recorded miracles in the past fifty years – and more decisions for Jesus – than in the rest of recorded history combined. Yet the Lord states that the miracles have a purpose – and that is to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children and prepare a people for righteousness, in the words of Luke 1:17. Contact the church at 530-246-6000 to reserve space.

Lou Engle leads The Call California at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium on Saturday, November 1, from 10 AM to 10 PM. The meeting will be a time of fasting and prayer for the state of California with special emphasis on challenges to and opportunities for the culture of life in the form of ballot measures like Propositions 8 and 4 – and the spiritual climate consequences represented by abortion on demand – even for children – and the acceptance of same sex marriage in the state. Go to THECALL.COM for more information.

Another strategic event that requires advance planning for participation will the Focus on Marriage event from Focus on the Family. The conference will be carried live via satellite on February 28, 2009, and will feature Beth Moore (Living Proof Ministries); Dr. Gary Smalley (Smalley Relationship Center); Dr. John Trent (Center for Strong Families); Gary Thomas (Center for Evangelical Spirituality); and Dr. Del Tackett (Focus on the Family Institute). This conference is seeking hosting sites and has the potential to impact our lives in some fundamental ways. Go to focusonmarriage.com for more info or to register or to offer your church as a hosting site for the event.

UPCOMING PrayNorthState EVENTS

We introduce a new teaching series this Fall titled Praying Home the Prodigals that is based entirely on Living As Ambassadors of Relationships. The class will be adapted to a weekend or retreat format and taught at a clergy retreat at the ECCO Conference Center near Yosemite National Park from November 10-12 – a Monday through Wednesday event. Praying Home will also be offered at Victory Tabernacle in Sacramento on the weekend of November 7-8 from 7-9:30 PM on Friday and all day on Saturday. All are welcome to the Victory Tabernacle weekend event regardless of church connection; the clergy offerings are by invitation only at this time. We look forward to teaching the course in a number of venues; love offerings will be taken. Call Victory Tabernacle at 916-320-0249 for information. Call us for more info or to book an event of your own.

PrayNorthState plans host our first-ever auction in the first week of December and it will be carried live over our participating radio stations. We are deeply grateful to our radio partners for their offer of donated air time, and to the people who are donating auction items for the support of prayer ministry in California . Watch the November newsletter for details as they emerge – and please look for opportunities to bless the businesses that make this kind of support possible.

Anyone desiring to participate or to gain a fuller picture of any current or upcoming events should go to the PrayNorthstate web site at www.praynorthstate.org or call us at 530-941-3470.


WHAT THE COORDINATORS ARE UP TO

Jim preaches on Sundays at St. Anselm’s Anglican Church in Lodi at 1 PM and at Oasis Christian Center in Sacramento at 6 PM on September 28. He ministers at Copco Community Church in Montague on October 5, and at True Life Church in Redding on October 12 – both churches in the AM. He will be preaching at River Rock Christian Fellowship in Truckee on October 26, and at Jesus Christ Fellowship in Middletown on November 2, also at the morning services. Jim will also preach at River Rock Christian Fellowship in Reno , Nevada , Wednesday Evening, October 22, at their evening service, and he will begin teaching the Praying Home the Prodigals class at Bethel Church in Redding on Wednesday, October 29, at 7 PM.

Jim and Diana make prayer visits to the state capitol, and to Redding’s downtown mall during October as well, and Jim guests on the River Rock television program in Reno , Nevada .


Please pray for our leaders and media sponsors:
Please pray for PrayNorthstate’s Board: Jim and Diana Wilson, Dr. Andre Van Mol, Mollie Wilson, Charles Davidson, Charlie Harper, Bob Newell, and for our newest board member, Linda Hartman. Pray for Taylor Motors, Hue and Cry Security, Redding Custom Home Theatre, Nicolet Glass, TriCord Marketing, Ron Largent and Keller Williams Realtors, Carl Van Dyke Allstate Insurance, Fox 30/Cable 2 TV, Crown Motors, Western Business Products, Gallagher’s Heating and Air, Children First Foster Family Agency, Gallagher’s Heating and Air, Dr. Scott Kremer, Corning Ford, Mercy Medical Centers, St. Elizabeth’s Hostpital, Red Bluff, and Dr. Todd Royse. Pray for Imago Dei Ministries, Carenet Pregnancy Centers and LifeLight Pregnancy Center.




HOUSEKEEPING DEPARTMENT
Correspondence – and donations – may be addressed to PrayNorthstate, P. O. Box 493743 , Redding , CA 96049-3743 . Call us at 530-941-3470. Our web site is www.praynorthstate.org; our e-mail is praynorthstate@charter.net.



PRAYER FOCUS FOR FALL:
THAT GOD WOULD MOVE EACH MEMBER OF HIS BODY
IN CALIFORNIA TO COME FROM BEHIND CHURCH WALLS AND BECOME THE BODY OF CHRIST IN THE STATE, TAKING OUR EYES FROM HUMAN SUPERSTARS AND PLACING OUR ATTENTION EXCLUSIVELY ON HIM, PRAYING WITHOUT CEASING FOR THE CULTURE OF LIFE IN CALIFORNIA