TIME FOR A NEW REVOLUTION, 'SECRET PLACE' HAS MAJOR IMPACT, THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO RENEW MARRIAGE VOWS IN MANHATTAN, WHAT IS TRUTH?

"WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT... THINK ON THESE THINGS" PHIL. 4:8

Welcome! What a pleasure it is to be in touch with you again. The FMI Report always documents the previous month's activities. We would like to thank all of you who have been forwarding these messages to your friends and family. 

In This Month's Report:
* Editorial - "Time for a New American Revolution"
* June Events - "Songs from the Secret Place"
* June Ministry - our ministry activities over the last month
* Coming events - Traditional Marriage Renewal Day, July 25
* Tips and Resources - A Christian Think-tank
* Products - order "What is Truth?" (see link below)
* Partnership - invest in God's program for the Northeast of America

We would love to hear from you, so send us your feedback today. Don’t forget the ever-popular 'GOD THOUGHTS' at the end of this report. Enjoy! JB

"We know the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. ...An Angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm." - John Page, July 20, 1776

INTRODUCTION

There comes a time in the history of some nations, when they are fast approaching the brink of implosion, that the grass roots of the population realize that it is almost too late to stop the slide into anarchy, however, they rally themselves for a last ditch effort to rescue their nation from possible oblivion. And so America is faced with this scenario today.

BONDAGE TO BONDAGE

Soon after the first American Revolution, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

'A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.'
 

TIME OUT
'The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence: from bondage to spiritual faith; from spiritual faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependence; from dependence back into bondage.'

What incredible, and almost prophetic, insight Tyler had some 230 years ago which has frighteningly come to pass in this nation. For 200 years America stayed true to her God given purpose of being a gospel light to the world, but beginning with the social revolution of the Sixties, the last 40 years have seen a slide from liberty and abundance to complacency and apathy, bringing us today to the brink of dependence and possible bondage.

WAGGING THE DOG

In a time when laws are changed by unelected judges, America has long ceased to be democratic and the welfare of the majority is held for ransom by the personal opinions of a few. Thomas Sowell comments, "The problem with the 'gay marriage' issue is that the more fundamental issue is not 'gay marriage.' The real issue is who should decide such issues -- that is, what kind of country and what kind of government do we have or want to have? What does democracy mean if any headstrong minority can violate the laws passed by a majority and enshrined in centuries of legal precedents? ...The time is long overdue to start impeaching judges who think their job is to veto laws they don't like or condone lawlessness that they agree with. The time is also long overdue to re-examine lifetime appointments of judges, which allows them to act like little tin gods, at the expense of our freedom and the country's elected government."

REVERSE REVOLUTION

It's time for a new revolution! The radicalism of 40 years ago has become the mainstream culture of today, so if America is to avoid the precedents of the life-cycles of previous civilizations, then a reverse revolution is crucial. Those who are not lost in a quagmire of religious formalism, but live and breathe on the leading edge of God's will for today, will understand that true Christianity is, and always has been, counterculture! They trust that '...an Angel rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm!'
 

Founding Father, John Adams' words are as appropriate today as they were over 200 years ago, "But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations.... This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution." Now you know why we need a change. #

'Songs from the Secret Place' ('At the Crossroads') Theatrical Production has Major Impact at New Jersey City University - After months of preparation and rehearsals, the Hope Center Tabernacle of Jersey City, NJ, performed their music, dance and drama production, 'Songs from the Secret Place' on June 18th at NJCU.

Essentially, a showcase for their new worship CD, 'The Secret Place,' the production was a revolutionary message presented through original songs from worship minister, Sam Cintron, accompanied by original choreography, poetry by Pastor Leigh Piatt-Gonzalez  and fine art by renowned Brazilian artist, Duda Penteado. The production also featured some striking wide-screen video played along with the music and dance numbers.

Introduced by AG Sectional Head, Pastor John Czubkowski, the show moved along at a fast pace from song to song to a packed audience in the NJCU Theatre. The night was sponsored by the university, which caters to 30,000 students.

In attendance were many local dignitaries including Jersey City’s Acting Mayor, L. Harvey Smith, NJCU President Carlos Hernandez and many others.

As well as being a vibrant inner-city church, The Hope Center is also a center for training in the Visual & Performing Arts. Pastors Mario and Leigh Gonzalez remarked, "At Hope Center Tabernacle, ministry is not something we do, it’s a way of life. When Paul addressed the heads at Mars Hill in Athens, he described Christianity by saying, 'In Him we live. In Him we move. In Him we have our being.' Ministry is our way of externalizing Paul’s magnificent obsession... 'Christ in us.'"
Earl Munyan, Pastor of First Assembly of God in Bayonne sent this testimony, "I'm not exaggerating when I say that it was the best concert I have ever been to in my life. I enjoyed it more than any Broadway or off-Broadway production I've ever paid money to see... There was no showmanship and the message was clear. I was amazed from beginning to end and felt re-energized in my commitment to Christ. ...I was captivated by the way all of the different forms of art that were employed came together that night. The music, the choreography, the poetry and prose, the words that were spoken in between, Duda's artwork... all these things were woven together into a tapestry that was expressed in the language of the culture of our day. I was profoundly affected by it. What a blessing!"
 

In the middle of the "At the Crossroads" production, I was asked to deliver a monologue based on the vision of "The Big Wet and the Big Dry" (see http://www.firepowerint.com/prophecies.htm ) which is part of the prophetic vision God gave me for the Northeast of America, something the Hope Center believes in.

The night culminated in a large altar call which saw in access of 200 people respond for salvation and a call to a greater walk with Christ.