March 4, 2015

Dear Point To Hope Friends,

On behalf of the PTH team, I want to extend a sincere “Thank You” for you prayer coverage over the ministry in Georgia and South Carolina (Jan / Feb.)  Nancy and the team is now back in Alaska with awesome, faith-building testimonies of the power of the Lord.

Nancy had several individuals come back to her with prophesies they had received from past PTH ministries and shared how the Lord fulfilled every word spoken over them:  Personal healings, family prodigal (s) returning home, families back on the straight and narrow path.  Part of the message the Lord gave Nancy was to release the Lord’s Favor over the people.  Wow!  All I can say is there was much evidence of God’s favor:  simple to profound.  Favor in restaurants – being told it’s closed and no way a large group will be served … they were served and with much favor;  favor in car rentals – upon arriving to return a car “FULL” of luggage, the car rental attendant actually chased down the customer who had gone to retrieve a luggage cart(s), and offered to drive them right to their airline – FAVOR!  Report of favor at work, home, etc.  God’s Favor – His idea!

Nancy said she could just sense God’s power was moving in a new way!  God’s Redemptive Rest (this year’s PTH conference theme) is proving to be exceedingly abundant!  Not necessarily easy circumstances, per se, yet God’s Rest has been evident in so many testimonies.  Many were so very encouraged by the message and literally felt they had a new lease on life, many “ears to hear” – wide opened to what God had for them.

Again, thank you for your faithful prayer coverage over the team.  They experienced great traveling mercies, provision for God’s plans, and all were and are healthy!

NOW:  Canada

On Friday, Nancy and myself (Sarah) will be traveling from Alaska to Fort St. Johns, BC.  Nancy has been invited to minister in churches, hold prayer meetings, a 3 day conference, and travel into 3 surrounding villages (8 days).  The Lord has given Nancy words through the years regarding Canada, and He is saying NOW is the time to put the soles of feet to the land once again.

Please be in prayer for Canada … our neighbors!   “Love our neighbors as ourselves.”  🙂   We can’t thank you enough for the prayers!  A ministry without prayer is like a car without fuel!  Just doesn’t run!

If you get scriptures, words, visions / dreams, please do not hesitate to e-mail  (see website for event details and contact information.  We are grateful for your insight.

Sincerely,
Sarah Tarter
PTH Prayer Facilitator

Dear PTH Friends,

“War Cry! God’s Redemptive Rest” is the theme for this year’s Holy Spirit Encounter conferences.  Years ago, the Lord gave Nancy the format for conferences and the format remains constant:  “Holy Spirit Encounter”!   There is no better teacher, counselor, helper, etc. than the Holy Spirit!  The power of the Holy Sprit!; The ONE whom brings understanding to God’s Word and makes it “alive and active.”  Several places in the bible give references to heaven and earth passing away, but never His Word.  Hence, transformation comes with an encounter with the Holy Spirit … and that remains a constant in Point To Hope Ministries.

I say that to remind you of this:  “War Cry!  God’s Redemptive Rest,” Holy Spirit Encounter conference is about to take place:

Keynote Speaker:  Nancy Haney

When:  
    Feb., 5th, 6th, & 7th (Thur – Sat); 7:00 PM
Where:
    Straight Paths Church Worship Center
    155 Maxim Drive, Westminster, SC 29693
Hosted by: Pastors Ford & Jean Grant

It is probably safe to say, no one would prefer to give “War Cry” but it is a biblical principal and there is a time for peace and a time for war!  It is necessary!  And the Lord is calling this year “War Cry!”  Yet, He is also making provision in the midst of war;  His perfect peace found in “God’s Redemptive Rest.”  

Thank you for your continued prayers during this season.  The memorial service for Crystelle (Nancy & Henry’s grand daughter) was a beautiful celebration of her young life.  Nancy is now back in the Georgia / South Carolina area to continue with the ministry schedule; and first on the schedule is the conference listed above.  The Lord has given Nancy a powerful message for this year’s theme and with the power of prayer,  He will strengthen her to continue to carry His message in all situations.

One of the key points the Lord has given Nancy in the war cry message is that when faced with hardships, trials, death, etc., He doesn’t necessarily remove the bite of the circumstance(s) but He does make provision for hope and healing; for living.  “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’  So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.” (Numbers 21: 8,9).  Please keep Nancy sheltered in prayer as she continues to deliver the message the Lord has given her for this season.  

See the website for ministry itinerary www.pointtohope.org .  Again, thank you for your faithful prayers on behave of PTH ministries and the families and loved ones of those touched by the life of Crystelle.

“For the Lord is good and His love endures forever; His faithfulness continues through all generations.” (Ps. 100:5)

Blessings to all,

Sincerely,
Sarah Tarter,
PTH Prayer Facilitator

Crystelle L. Chilson, 20, a lifelong Alaskan died unexpectedly Wednesday, January 28, 2015 in Anchorage. Her Memorial Service will be held at Nikiski Community Recreation Center at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2015.

Dear Friends,

The Holy Spirit Encounter conference in Georgia this last week was a most powerful time with the Lord.  Lives were transformed, hearts healed, new revelation from Him and testimonies of greater commitment.
 
While we were involved at the conference, it was as though we were in a “corporate bubble” of the Holy Spirit’s sweet and convicting presence. We were enveloped in the anointing of the Holy Spirit with timely messages and workshops from the Word for 2015.  We were surrounded by the love of believers with the same language and heart.  It was a time of both corporate and individual enlightenment by the Spirit.  Truly a Holy Spirit Encounter!
 
The conference may be over, but not the illumination,  impartation and activation.   There were  both old and new relationships established in the Lord!  Most have returned home by now – “re-entry” time.  And this can be a challenge!  Many feel they are on their own.  In fact, sometimes, it seems satan meets us at the door.  We are back in the fray.  Just like soldiers,  we have come home from war.  We have been convicted unto righteousness.  Some of us won’t be accepted with what we have learned and how we have been transformed; even more, not honored for the renewed Spirit within us.  The battle for a soldier can be more demanding at home.  Some don’t understand what has happened to us.  This is where the enemy seems to have a “hey-day.”  And questions arise …”Have I really changed?  Am I really healed?  Do I really have favor?  Can it really be new beginnings?  Hope Unshakable?  I’m sure you could pose some questions in there, too.

Still, let me assure you!   We may think or feel we are alone, but as brothers and sisters in Christ remember His promise:  “The Lord NEVER leaves us nor forsakes us” (Heb 13:5,6 ).  So,  just as He has never left us, let us be diligent to be praying, communicating with others, and personally be in prayer to help us guard our hearts in Him!

I am exhorting all of us!  Be remembering each other and be lifting each other up in “Prayers of Agreement,”  in Jesus’ name.

Yes, this is a year of New Beginnings.  We can’t return to our old ways;  We shall cooperate willingly with the Spirit.  God has already caused a shift and we are encouraged to walk by His Word; The light unto our path (Ps 119:105).

Basically, the conference provided a platform for the Holy Spirit to teach us much!  Now is the time to press in and let God mature us and seal that great grace, revelation and illumination of His Word.

We will be challenged, tested, and affirmed in all that the Holy Spirit has equipped us with.  We must move forward as our minds have been transformed and renewed.  So it’s time to put into practice what we’ve learned.  We are not  just convinced, but convicted as was brought out by the Holy Spirit in the conference.  And so, our journey has started in “Sonship and Agreement,” Amen!

 
Lets us pray a prayer of agreement for all those who attended the War Cry! God’s Redemptive Rest Conference in Georgia last weekend.    Praying and declaring HIS Word:  Raise the hedge of protection (Job 1:9), declare the bulwark (Ps. 91:4), set the wall of fire about us (Zech. 2:5), asking God to give ministering angels charge as we walk through His assignments (Matt. 4:11).  Pray that we continue to walk under that corporate anointing of the protection of the Holy Spirit as we commune with Him (Jo 6:53-58).  The Lord promised an impartation to His favor.
 
We are still in Georgia as the ministry continues in Macon, then South Carolina and Northern Georgia.  We ask that you all would partner with us in prayer as we move forward in God’s will.
Your prayers are so appreciated!  Prayers for the intercessors, places we are going, open ears and hearts to receive HIM…for Lisa McDonald, Debbie Grimes, Ute Looney and myself, Nancy Haney!   Pray for the Host and Hostess to be blessed along the way (listed on website) …Thank you so much1

Please know you are held close to my heart and in my prayers!
May you be BLESSED BY GOD!

Love & Sincere Appreciation to All!
Nancy

January 2015

Dear PTH Friends,

Happy New Year!  Yes, that is a declaration … it will be a happy new year for those who stay in His redemptive rest … while at war.  Yes, the sun will rise on the evil and the good, and it will rain on the righteous and unrighteous (Matt. 5:45).  Regardless the weather or storms of circumstances we will be faced with …. “whatever war” …. we will have His rest & peace if we move with His Spirit.  

There is an exuberance about this year, yet there is also a weighty urgency to be ever so sensitive to the Holy Spirit and keeping one another hedged up with unceasing prayer.  As the Lord gave Nancy a word recently:  “Leave nothing to chance.”   To me that say …. “Leave nothing to chance!!!”

I love the ingredients found in Romans 12:12 … a no-fail recipe: “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.”  The statement “Faithful in Prayer” in Greek is: proskarterountes.  If you are anything like me … proskarterountes is still like the expression “Greek to me!”  … but this is what “faithful in prayer” means:  “It is a present, continuous tense of a very strong word.  It implies persistence, perseverance and insistence.  The Bible recognizes that most of us will have a struggle, not only to keep in an attitude of prayer, but also to spend real time in prayer  We are exhorted to be diligent and faithful in prayer since it is our access to God for a life of spiritual intimacy and is the means by which God advances His kingdom.” (Life in the Spirit Study Bible, NIV, Zondervan/Word Study Ro. 12:12).

No doubt we all want the latter part of “faithful in prayer”:  access to God, spiritual intimacy, and advancing His kingdom.  Yet, we must also contend for it and generally we have to war for it.  It requires persistence, perseverance, and insistence … “real time” and diligence.  Yes, war has a cost … freedom is worth the battle!

Here is a reality:  Our enemy of war has little interest in our matters unless we are led by the Spirit, believing AND walking in the promises of the infallible word of God.  Think of Peter:  He wrote a second letter as a reminder to believers / friends (2 Peter 3:1).  The basic theme of 1 Peter is suffering for the cause of Christ;  2 Peter includes instructions to virtually the same group of believers regarding false teachers.  It is no secret the devil is the father of lies (John 8:44), and he has a specific job description: steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10).  Yet, Peter had to write a again … second letter to encourage and remind seasoned believers.  He even said in 2 Peter 1:12, “So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have.”  

To me this is a form of:  “Leave nothing to chance.”  Peter goes on to say in 2 Peter 2:1, “But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you.”  And catch this:  …. “They will secretly introduce heresies….”  (Heresies – opinions, beliefs, free thinking, a religious or philosophical sect.)  

What does this have to do with 2015?  The enemy would love to wear us out … wear us down … keep us from God’s redemptive rest!  Peter recognized that even seasoned believers needed reminders to “be aware” because … guess what – false teachers are going to be SECRETLY introducing teaching(s) that do not completely line up with the Word of God.  These teachers are going to be in the churches … in conferences … in the writings, etc.   And it won’t be obvious!  They are not going to be announced as “false teachers”…. they are going to come “secretly.”  My guess is that some will even be advertised as “anointed teachers”, etc.  Here is my interpretation of “a gifted teacher / the anointing of teaching”:  It really boils down to the skill or ability of being able to take any concept, or any “belief” and break it down so all learners understand; making it believable and acceptable to all – right or wrong.  The difference is, what the Spirit behind the teaching?    Hence, we personally, regardless of our seasoning, must be in HIS WORD, eyes fixed on the Author and Finisher of our faith, led by the Spirit of the Living God.  Consider this:  If people of “more noble character” than other believers/followers of Paul found it necessary to examine the scriptures daily after listening to teachings from the great Apostle Paul, and in the synagogues – “the church” no doubt, then I believe we should take note! (Acts 17:11).  Simple reminders, like Peter gave believers because the false teachers / prophets are “among” us (2 Peter 2:1).  

Like I stated earlier, the enemy has no interest in our matters unless we are heading in the right direction and building the Kingdom of God.  Having said that, we, PTH ministries recognize we are about to engage in a war of greater depth.  Hence 2015 Theme: Raise the War Cry!  We have a great war weapon in the power of agreement!  Abraham Lincoln embraced it in his “House Divided Speech” (1858)… but God said it first in Mark 3:24,25).  “If a kingdom is divided agains itself, that kingdom cannot stand.  If a house is divided agains itself, that house cannot stand.”  We cannot be defeated when we agree on God’s Word.

On a personal level, lend yourself to “Be a David” – be very sensitive to allow God to search your heart.  Is there anything in your heart, home, influence, etc. that is not in agreement?  Let us be led by His Spirit to guide us so that we come into agreement so that when we go to war … continue in war, we hold the power of agreement … AND can rely on one another (Ecc. 4:9-12).

I know I included the below strategy in a recent PTH website post, but it is a clear prayer strategy the Lord gave Nancy for 2015; As we head into war:
1)  Place a Hedge of Protection: Start praying a hedge of protection (Job 1:9)
2)  Declare A Bulwark:  Bulwark is a wall of protection – pray it around yourself and others.  (Ps. 91:4)
3)  Set A Wall of Fire; Protection (Zech 2:5)
4)  ASK God: Ask for angels to attend to you; ministering angels
(Matt. 4:11) 
5)  Communion:  Do this in remembrance of ME:  take communion daily and leave nothing to chance (Mk 14:22, 23)

Please, if the Lord shows you anything: dreams / visions, scriptures, words, etc., I encourage you to e-mail them to myself and / or Nancy. … even if it doesn’t make sense to you or you may not have the interpretation.
 
Nancy is about to begin the itinerary schedule in Georgia and South Carolina (Jan.-Feb. – see website for details: www.pointtohope.org) The January GA conference is just around the corner.  Please target all areas of need for the conference:  workshop speakers, worship, traveling mercies, prayer shield, complete unity and agreement, sound / technical needs, housing, health, etc., etc., etc.  Your prayers for Point To Hope Ministries are so appreciated and I can’t emphasize enough, the need for prayer coverage for Nancy during this time of ministry.  The Lord has given her a powerful message for this year and we do not want to be found in war without being clothed in His Word.  Pray for supernatural physical and spiritual strength for Nancy and she brings forth the word!

Prayer Strategy:  
A) Faithful in Prayer (Rom. 12:12)
B) Worship ahead of the battle
    Worship War Strategy:  A few excepts from 2 Chronicles 20:
–  A vast army is coming against you (vs. 2)
–  Inquire of the Lord (vs. 3)
–  The people came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town to seek Him (vs. 4)
–  Declaration to the Lord:  “Power and might are in YOUR hand and no one can withstand YOU” (vs. 6)
–  Our eyes are upon YOU (vs. 12b)
–  For the battle is not yours, but God’s (vs.15)
–  Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you (vs. 17)
–  All the people fell down in worship before the Lord (vs.18)
–  Then (the people) stood up and praised the Lord, the God of Israel, with very loud voice (vs.19) … (notice it is not “voices” though it is many people …. let us stand as one voice – unity – agreement.
–  Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld (vs. 20)
–  People appointed:  to sing to the Lord and to praise Him for the splendor of His holiness singing:  “Give thanks to the Lord, for His love endures forever” (vs 21)
–  As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes…. (vs. 22)
–  The fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard how THE LORD FOUGHT AGAINST THE ENEMIES (vs. 29)

C) FAST:  However the Lord leads you … A FAST He has chosen for you:  “to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke (Is. 58:6)

Conference Details:
Theme:  “Raise the War Cry!  God’s Redemptive Rest” (Is. 8:9)
Dates:  Jan. 22-24, 2015
Location:
Grace Place Farm & Lodge
1422 Reynolds Farm Rd.,
Grovetown, GA  30813
Time:
Thursday:
7:00 PM Evening Session:  Nancy Haney
Friday & Saturday:
8:30 AM  Prayer
10:00 AM, 1:30 PM & 3:30 PM:  Workshops
7:00 PM Evening Session: Nancy Haney

Workshop Speakers:
Sarah Tarter – “War Cry:  Live to Love”
Mary Beth Schultz, West Virginia – “War Cry of the Mercy of God”        
Saebra Pauley, W. Virginia – “War Cry of Humility”
Dee Jones, W. Virginia – “War Cry of Grace”
Nancy Robinette, Thomson, Ga. – “War Cry:  Prophesy of Faith”
Debbie Anderes, Ketchikan, AK – “War Cry of Living Sacrifice”
Evelyn Glass, Delta Junction, AK – “War Cry of Many Members”
Ben Glass, Delta Jct., AK – “War Cry:  How to Behave”
Mark Blankenbeckler, Grovetown, GA – “War Cry: Overcome evil with good ”
Eric and Angie Bennet , Ohio – “War Cry: Renewing of the Mind”
Tom Smalley. Lincolnton, Ga. – “War Cry: Don’t Give Up”
Carolyn Schneider, Evans, Ga. – “War Cry: Prove What is Good and Acceptable and Perfect Will of God.”

Please keep Evelyn Glass and the worship team in prayer.   

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Embassy Report:  Washington DC (12/28-30/14)

Below is just a quick note regarding the visit to various embassies in Washington DC.  As many of you know, when the Lord calls Nancy to a country, He first calls her to the embassy of the country in Washington DC.  We (Nancy and myself, Sarah) went to the below embassies, but the time/season of travel to these countries is still in the making.  

In the mean time, below you will find a few prayer directions for these countries and / or other details:

Israel:  
 Rev. 2:17 “Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it.”
pray for Israel to call upon the Lord and rely on His strength; His Spirit, His Word, His Son.
The Word would be a light unto Israel’s path:  Father, Son, & Holy Spirit – Godhead- 3 in 1.
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China:
pray for their woundedness;
pray for healing from being war-torn
pray for “circumspective” view:  look from all angels
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Philippines:
unity is key for this country:  Phil. 2:4 “not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interest of the other.”
pray for healing: mind, spirit, & heart: a revelation of Jesus and the Holy Spirit:  To Believe
pray for righteous leaders to rise up to care for their people
God wants to take the least and push them forward
Pray for healing – their confidence in the Lord would arise
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Australia:
they have taken some hard hits
God has been a shield over this country
they’ve held on through hard times
walking away from the embassy the Lord said:  “The book of Acts is about to break out in Australia.   New fashion of the Holy Spirit is going to demonstrate Himself.”
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Iceland:
orderly
locked in place
Iceland is hidden but about to be exposed / known
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Russia:
what has been a protection has been blown apart
be praying for the Christians in Russia:  there are good Christians, but they have had to be somewhat hidden.
lots of shattered glass:  the Lord said He would show the root of it …. it is a wreck / an accident about to take place

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New Zealand:
lots of good foundation
pray for a saturation for the dry areas
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Greenland:
pray for men to come out of hiding
pray for warning signs to be seen
pray for fruit
pray for truth to come forth
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South Korea
Pray for God to heal heaviness
Pray for faith to be strengthened
Pray for people to put their trust in God
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Canada:
Pray for oil of the Holy Spirit to saturate the great piece of machinery
This is an strong country
The Lord would like to take care of some necessary details that are already above the surface

Blessings to All!

Sincerely,
Sarah Tarter,
PTH Prayer Facilitator

Dear PTH Friends,

I’ve heard it said that one of the quickest ways to spot a man-made religious systems is:  They are always active, extremely busy & working hard; making what God has made simple, complicated and complex.

2015’s Word is: Raise the War Cry ! Redemptive Rest!

All the commercial celebration and Christmas fuss sure makes me ready to welcome 2015 and the word the Lord gave Nancy regarding this year.  I love how Nancy shares the way God talks to her with numbers so I thought it worthy of taking another look at the number “2015”. …

2015:   The 2 and the 5 are like a hedge:  2+5=7.  7 represents God’s Rest.

Genesis 2: 2 – On the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on the seventh day He rested from all His work.  And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it He rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

Now what number is left?  ONE, as if to say, to find Rest get back to number ONE.   When you do, you are hemmed in on every side with God’s Redemptive Rest.  It’s your protection.   It’s getting back to the basics!  That maintaining simplicity! Yes, there’s a war cry to enter into His rest, being willing to be trained and equipped by His Spirit AND not forsaking our FIRST LOVE … the ONE!  It is yielding from our work, taking our focus off our labors that draws us into His presence; a place of freedom.  It is a willingness, a choice to engage in His rest.  It’s our path to wellness, wholeness, peace and the enjoyment of God, His Spirit and His Son, Jesus Christ.

2014 was all about the Sound of the Lord and it brought a hearing to us that caused us to listen in a new way.  2015 is calling the elect, the elite … the SEALs –  to hear the War Cry of His heart as if to say:
“You’ve heard but now listen closer.  Pay MORE CAREFUL attention to what I’m saying.”
1 Cor 2:1-5  Paul states he did not attempt to reach the people with human wisdom and eloquent words but rather he chose to present the person and passion of Christ Jesus.

Lift up Christ.  That’s what this hurting world will see and desire. For the fruit of right-ness is Peace.  The effect is quietness and confidence.  In quietness and trust is Strength!

May God be your Strength as you allow Him to hedge you in with His Redemptive Rest in this New Year.   I pray you find inward strength that outlasts and outwits the enemy, to have a determining factor to know how persecution and tough times are handled;  To endure to the end and never give up!  And to know you are His elite set apart warrior being called forward!   Raise the War cry! 

Not by might nor by power but by His Spirit says the Lord Almighty.  Zech 4:6b

We are an elite warrior – lead by His Spirit … that is maintaining simplicity in any war!  

Thank you for your prayer as together we raise the War Cry for His Glory!  Thank you for you continued prayer coverage for Point To Hope Ministries.  I know Nancy is very excited about this next year and the message God has giving her for this upcoming year.  Thank you for your targeted prayer coverage!

Blessings & Happy New Year,  2015   

Debbie Anderes,
Assistant Directer
Ketchikan, Alaska

Dear PTH Friends,

Does it seem like our world is spiritually deflated?  Like the wind has been knocked out of it in some fashion?  Truth is, a slow leak eventually reaps the same result as a gaping breach.

What answer do we have to “inflate” the world? … Puff it up, so to speak?  What solution is there to establish a spiritual form for a deflating world?  The world’s view would be to “work up” a solution – to fix it with knowledge, etc.  However, God has a divine plan!  It doesn’t require our knowledge, but it does require a yielded heart.  Otherwise, we are just inflating / puffing up in our own understanding.  “We know that ‘We all possess knowledge.’ But knowledge puffs up while love builds up”  (1 Cor. 8:1b).

Love and the very breath of our Living God!  That’s what will bring spiritual order to our world… to our everyday lives!  It is His world and we ought to be excited to be established according to His plan!  He already tells us in His word:  “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord Almighty” (Zech. 4:6b).  The greek word for breath refers to spirit or wind.  Yes, the very wind of God, the breath of His Spirit!  That is what is needed for our … His world.

So what does this entail for Point To Hope?  This next year of 2015, the word the Lord gave Nancy was:  “Raise the War Cry!  God’s Redemptive Rest.”    It seems like a bit of a spiritual conflict to talk about Love, War, & Rest in the same concept.   Yet, a deeper application of “War Cry” means:  wailing, shouting, shouting with joy, clanging, lamenting, etc.  This is what soldiers do when entering battle!  We are in His army!  He will defeat the enemy; We have to show up and yield to the wind of His Spirit.  

Yes, War and Love do go together because the Lord is not willing that any perish! (Matt. 18:14).  Below you will find a few updates and prayer requests for Point To Hope Ministries!

On December 26, 2014, Nancy and I (Sarah) will be heading to Washington DC.  We will be going to the gates of some embassies because the Lord is beckoning a call to those countries.  At this point, the Lord has not confirmed the specific embassies, but we will be listening to His Spirit and following His leading.  More to come later …. we are just as excited to hear what He has to say and what countries He is calling PTH to.

In January and February, Nancy and various PTH team members will begin the 2015 year in Georgia and South Carolina.   There are numerous meetings, gatherings, and churches on the schedule, so please see the website for details:  www.pointtohope.org

Point To Hope will also be hosting a PTH Holy Spirit Encounter Conference; Jan. 22-24, 2015, in Grovetown, GA.  Theme:  “Raise the War Cry! God’s Redemptive Rest.”  There will be 12 workshop speakers, and Nancy Haney will be the keynote speaker each evening session.  It will be powerful and you won’t want to miss it!  Again, check the website for details.

Lastly,  I want to thank you for your faithfulness to pray for this ministry!  God has been faithful in every circumstance and He has proved Himself again and again … All glory and honor is due to Jesus!  Thank God for His grace and mercy.  As the Lord continues to reveal His plans for this ministry, please be lifting up Nancy Haney.  She has shared testimonies about her health issues these last few years and how the Lord continues to sustain and strengthen her.  Still, this last year has held more challenges for her physically.   Please continue to uphold her with your prayers.  

I want to leave you with this prayer strategy the Lord gave Nancy:
–  Place a Hedge of Protection: start praying a hedge of protection (Job 1:9)
-Declare A Bulwark:  bulwark is a wall of protection – pray it around yourself and others.  (Ps. 91:4)
Set A Wall of Fire; protection (Zech 2:5)
ASK God: ask for angels to attend to you; ministering angels
(Matt. 4:11) 
-Communion:  do this in remembrance of ME:  take communion daily and leave nothing to chance (Mk 14:22, 23)

Raise the War Cry!  (Isaiah 8:9a)  

Blessings to all,

Sincerely,
Sarah Tarter,
PTH Prayer Facilitator

Dear Faithful Friends and Partners in the Ministry of the Gospel!

As you know, the word the Lord gave me for the year 2014 was:  Listen … The Sound of the Lord.  Just to recap a little, the Lord is making a sound.  If He is making a sound, we, His people, need to have ears to hear.   Some key concepts / words about His Sound for 2014 and what we need to be listening for:
– Alliance:  pay attention; listen because 2014 was a year of forming alliances; some might seem very unusual.
– Prayer, Praise, & Prophesy:  Are we declaring His Word when we pray?  Do we praise Him for who He is?  Are we speaking life?
– Inheritance:   Do you know your inheritance?  The Holy Spirit? Eternal life!  It is for now!

If you have attended any of the Point To Hope Conferences this year, you will know there is so much more that can be written.  The PTH Conferences are still available via audio online.  www.pointtohope.org

I was excited about 2014, but I must confess, I am ecstatic about the word for 2015.  It is about “Raise the War Cry:  His Redemptive Rest” (Is 8:9).  His seal is upon us with new beginnings, compassion, covenant, our first love, communion, and priesthood.

Several months ago, the Lord started speaking to me about the Navy SEALs.  He is continuing to reveal His mysteries, but I wanted to share a few key characteristic & phrases with you about the spiritual type and shadow of what the Lord is saying for this next year.

The Navy SEALs:
Navy – complete body of warships, vessels, equipment, & personnel.  Spiritually speaking, ships pass through seas and rivers and provide essential things for life.  Ships are carriers.  Did Paul, Jonah, & yes Jesus, not travel by means of vessels upon the waters to carry the truth?   The Word?  Are we not ships? … Carriers of the gospel?  Carriers of the Spirit of the Living God?  Romans 8:15b “…the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. The Hebraic view is more than an orphan being adopted; Rather, it about coming into maturity whereby the Father’s inheritance is bestowed upon him / her – including authority.  Navy SEALs are elite and mature warriors and they know the authority they walk in.  They believe who they are … and they serve according to their creed – their “Bible”

SEAL – “Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm…” (Song of Songs 8:6a)
“He anointed us, 22 set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.”  (2 Cor. 1:21b)
“When you believed, you were marked in Him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit” (Eph. 1:13b)
“And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” (Eph. 4:20).
We are His elite troops!  “With Your help I can advance against a troop (a barricade); with my God I can scale a wall.  As for God, His way is perfect: The Lord’s Word is flawless; He shields all who take refuge in Him.  It is God who arms me with strength and keeps my way secure.” (Ps. 18:29-32).

The Navy SEALs’ maturity is forged by adversity.  Our first inclination would be to shy away from adversity.  Yet, the Lord is saying, it is MY adversity and when My warriors battle according to My Spirit, it will be by entering My rest, an active rest.  “Rest” as in action!  “‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.” (Zech. 4:6b).

I also hear the Lord saying that 2015 will be a year of “going back to school – school of the Spirit.”  He is saying, if we want to enter this active rest, He has some new in-depth trainings and requirements for His saints.  If we are entering into rest during a war cry season, it is not surprising to consider that He will fully equipping those who enlist in His armed forces; His school of the spirit.

“Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.”  (Heb. 4:1).  “For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from His.  Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.”  (Heb. 4:10 & 11)  The key word in that verse is “their” … we will enter this active rest when we surrender from “our” work and enter His work BY HIS SPIRIT.  This yielding from our work takes our focus off our labors and draws us into His presence; a place of freedom.  It is a willingness, a choice to engage in His rest.  In Exodus 31:16-17, this rest is called “a perpetual covenant” between God and His people.  Perpetual is never ending, never changing, repeating so frequently that it is uninterrupted!  This is what work … rest …. work … rest should be like – they are one in the same when “work” is according to His work by His Spirit … that is our active rest!  Are you willing to enter His covenant rest for 2015.  It is a choice!

Back in 2013, the Lord showed me He was removing the “fence line.” This removal was a demarcation line; No more luke warm – make a choice.  As Joshua announced:  “Choose for yourself this day whom you will serve” (Josh. 15b).  It is not difficult but our fleshly feathers get ruffled.  Still, the War Cry is sounding.  A War Cry to rally the soldiers to battle.  A war cry to prepare soldiers to be Navy SEALs, an elite force by His Spirit.

There is a war cry to enter into His rest, being willing to be trained and equipped by His Spirit AND not forsaking our first love.  This is key for 2015 from Rev. 2:1-5.  God knows our works, labors, patience and perseverance.  He knows we have not embraced those who claim to be apostles but have been found to be liars.  He knows all this has been done for His name’s sake and we have not become weary.   Yet, in doing all these “deeds” we have left our First Love!  We have forgotten how far WE have fallen!  We can operate in spiritual gifts, faith, and knowledge, yet without love, we are a resounding gong (1 Cor. 13).   Grace and mercy have been given to us.  Not because we deserved it.  God is saying 2015 is abut compassion!  Freely giving what has been freely given to us (Matt. 10).  Loving the unlovely … loving our FIRST LOVE so much that we never forget where we have fallen from and we give up ourselves – completely yielded to our First Love.  Choosing to let our flesh die!  Knowing this, we will have sufficient courage so that Christ, our First Love, will be exalted in our body; dying to gain! (Phil. 1).  Yes, the onset of giving in to “self” is always a struggle because that ole’ flesh just wants to hold on!  However, once you give it up and let flesh die and live in that place of “rest” in the Spirit, looking back to yesterday is easy.  Like the motto of a Navy SEAL:  “The only easy day was yesterday.”

One of the ways the Lord speaks to me and reveals His mysteries to me personally, is through numbers.  So let me share with you what He told me by His Spirit about 2015:

2015:
20 = redemption
15 = rest
God’s Redemptive Rest

20 + 15 = 35 (Hope)

2+0+1+5 = 8 (New Beginnings)
New beginnings – Quit looking at yesterday; what ever you did yesterday, don’t worry about it; you can’t do it again.  New Beginnings today!

5775 Jewish Calendar year (for 2015)
5 = His Grace (or God’s goodness)
7= Completeness, Spiritual; Perfection
5+7+7+5 = 24 (The Priesthood); you are His royal Priesthood
5+5 = 10 (Testimony – Law of Responsibility)
7+7 = 14 Deliverance or Salvation

8 (2015/ 2+0+1+5) + 24 (5+7+7+5) = 32 (Covenant)
(New Beginnings)      (Priesthood)

Let me close with this simple yet profound truth as we move into this year of 2015, “Raise the War Cry! God’s Redemptive Rest.”  Believe and Obey!  We must believe with the evidence of obedience.  Trusting fully in Him!  “He is a shield to all who trust in Him,” (Ps. 18:30b).   We don’t have to strive or work in our own strength – it is by HIS Spirit!  The Spirit of our First Love!

Let us enlist ourselves in the school of His Spirit and yield to His elite training; Open up and compassionately give what has been freely given.  Activate our belief by faith!

Therefore, I close with these words with sincerity, “I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world.”  I remember you in my prayers at all times and I pray now at last by God’s will, the way has been opened, for PTH will be coming to you Soon!  AND, I sincerely long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong…”

Blessings and Prayers,
Nancy