Week Four: 52 Days of United Prayer to Build God's Wall for You!
[Or, "How to be sure to take advantage of the new move of God"]

This is week four of praying in tongues for 30-60 minutes a day. I keep getting more and more reports of people joining in from many different nations. God is releasing a new movement; we want to be sure that we are formed and adjusted so that what God pours into us will not be lost or stolen.

Here are more results we can expect: (See Psalm 4)
* 1. We will find ourselves loving the things God loves and not wasting our time on worthless things (vs 2)
* 2. Will know the Lord has set us apart for Himself (vs 3)
* 3. Assurance that the Holy Spirit is co-laboring with you (vs 3)
* 4. Control of anger and negative emotions (vs 4)
* 5. Know that He sees and is pleased with your “acts of righteousness” (vs 5)
* 6. Higher level of trust (vs 5)
* 7. Joy and gladness (vs 7)
* 8. Increased revelation and strategies from the Lord (“grain” in vs 7)
* 9. Increased anointings and joy (“new wine” vs 7)

Remember the key is acceleration! Expect much every day!

China Report – Thank you for praying while I was there to visit some friends and also to meet some new people. Now is definitely the time for the AP. The Lord began to give me new strategies for Arise while I was there. I will share more details later on.

Korea – We are just finishing our Korea conference and it is amazing. Bishop Hamon is teaching on the “3rd and Final Church Reformation.” What I saw and sensed last month (Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia) is again happening here. Clearly we are passing from an “old” into a “new”. Last night I prophesied. I will share more about this in coming weeks, but some very pivotal things are now occurring.

Prophecy – “The Lord says, ‘Fear not. I have already released the angels, released the anointings, the connections, the strategies, and even the finances to those who enter and who will propagate this movement. It is not your agenda, it is my agenda’ says the Lord!”

I highly recommend Bishop Hamon’s new book, “Prophetic Scriptures Yet to Be Fulfilled During the 3rd and Final Reformation”

Japan and the Apostolic-Prophetic Center (AP Center) – This weekend, Bishop Hamon will be with us in Japan. 10 years ago we built the AP Center and have been using it ever since. However, I feel that now we are finally entering into the fullness of God’s intended purpose for the building. It’s much more than a church; it’s also a center that opens the heavens for the whole nation. I believe it is also to be a model of apostolic evangelism for nation’s transformation.

The whole process was such a miracle that I thought I should include the whole story...

[Note on Japanese currency: 10,000 yen (¥) is known as 1 man. Using man is much easier than using yen in larger calculations. Amounts in USD have been adjusted to reflect the average exchange rate for the given year. As such, there is some fluctuation between the dollar amount and the actual yen value at the time.]

Miracle 1 – Finding the Land
In 1998, Apostle Leon Walters released the prophetic decree that God wanted an apostolic training center in Sano for Japan. It was a divine decree expressing the heart of God for this nation. We were astounded. Two months later, Bishop Hamon prophesied to me that we would find land and that God was giving us a three-month window to secure it. Within a week of getting back to Japan, we found 780 tsubo (2,578.68 square meters, or 27,752.4 square feet) of land – our 1st miracle.

Miracle 2 – Buying the Land
We only had 3000 man (1998, approx. $229,000) of the necessary 8000 man (1998, approx. $611,000), but the prophesy from Bishop Hamon said, “Like Joshua, put your foot on the water...” So, we put down a deposit. Unbeknownst to us, banks had stopped lending out for land. On the day before the deadline of losing our deposit, a 1000 man (approx. $76,000) offering came in and on the deadline day, an acquaintance miraculously offered a loan of 4000 man (approx. $305,000).

Miracle 3 – Groundbreaking
A year passed, and Bishop Bill Hamon had visited us. I asked him to prophetically discern when we could begin building. After a minute, he said, “begin in September.” I was shocked! That was two months away and we were still paying off the land. We declared the vision for the AP Center, and money began to come in from all over Japan and other nations.

We held the groundbreaking September 5th, 1999, with a member of parliament. Every person took a turn on the shovel and shouted “Grace, grace, grace” – including the parliament member. By this time, 3500 man (approx. $307,000) had come in.

Miracle 4 – Building Commences
The projected cost for building was 15,000 man (approx. $1,316,000). Since we only had 3500 man (approx. $307,000), I felt that we were stuck. The builder came to me and said, “Give me that amount now, and we will begin construction. Pay me another 3500 man by the end of February, and the remaining 50% after you move in.” I told him that was very generous but that I couldn’t guarantee another 3500 man by the end of February. The non-Christian contractor looked at me and said, “Where is your faith?”

Miracle 5 – God is Faithful...
People prayed and sacrificed, but by February 27, we only had 1500 man (approx. $140,000), and were short by 2000 man (approx. $187,000). However, I had peace about the situation.
All day the phone rang with people giving. Another large private loan came in. By 6 p.m. we had reached the amount!

Miracle 6 – Moving In, Seed Offering for CI
We moved in and held our first service on Easter of 2000. Later, when praying about how to handle the final portion, which by now totaled 10,000 man (approx. $925,000), the Lord showed me to raise $10,000 (roughly 100 man) for CI in America – Which was 1/100th of what we needed. We sent CI that offering!

I knew that God would miraculously supply the rest. He has been faithful. For the past ten years we have made monthly payments and the debt has drastically been reduced.

Miracle 7 – Seven Means “Completion”
Currently, we only need 2000 man (approx. $227,000) to entirely pay off the debt! I believe the Lord has spoken that this will be completed by 2010. If God moves you to help us, please let us know. A sample pledge form is included below.

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2010 Arise Apostolic-Prophetic (AP) Center Building Fund

I (We), __________________________, pledge...

1 man, 5 man, 10 man, Other __________ to the 2010 Arise AP Center Building Fund.

Printed Name _________________________________
Email:
Phone:

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Schedule
July 18-19, Arise 5 with Bishop Hamon, Sano, Japan
July 24-25, Arise Tokyo Church
Aug 2-5, CI Korea

Facebook Keeps Growing!
Look me up on Facebook (Ron Sawka) for updates in English, Mandarin, and Japanese! For me, it’s overwhelming to hear from so many who are being helped by our teaching updates!

Apostolic Supporters/Arise Members - Be Sure To Send Your Prayer Requests…
Be sure to send your prayer requests. We want to be faithful in praying for you and seeing God bless you greatly.

Thanks for aligning with us,

Ron and Teddy Sawka

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Donor Information:

USA: Christian International, PO Box 9000, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459 USA . Funds must be
designated to "Sawka Mission Fund" instead of "CIAsia".
Or, you may give via Harvest Fellowship (Please note the address change.)
1025 NW 6th, Ardmore, OK 73401.
CANADA: Joseph's Store House, 21530 103rd Ave, Edmonton, AB T5S2C4 Canada
TAIWAN: Chinatrust 42854-041347-0
Others: Please contact us for details for direct bank transfer to Japan

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As always, thanks for praying.

Ron Sawka