New Hallmarks of Christianity in the Kingdom Age

For many reasons we believe that we’re currently crossing an epic historical threshold into a new Biblical age.  From both secular and Biblical history, we can clearly see that each age has its uniquely God-ordained emphasis and graces.  So, what does this newly emerging age hold for us?

In a pointed prophetic word, God said, “I will change the understanding and expression of Christianity on earth in one generation” (Mike Bickle – 1982).  Everyone will have to evaluate the veracity and the possible outworking of this statement.  But if you believe it to be true, what could possibly be substantial enough to make people have a different ‘understanding and expression’ of Christianity?  It has to be more than polished preachers, glitzier media, shorter meetings… OR even more prayer, healings, miracles and a few more resurrections from the dead.  Here are just a few inspiring possibilities which would definitely change everyone’s perceptions!

1. Victory over death the final enemy… immortality of the saints (I Cor 15:26)
   1. “And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel… “ – II Tim 1:10
   2. “For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.  When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” – 1 Cor 15:53-55
   3. “To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, He will give eternal life.” – Rms 2:7

2. Our corporate gatherings meet in Heavenly places – Heaven is manifested in open-eyed awareness of Heavenly surroundings
   1. The first corporate ascension: “Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of sapphire stone, and it was like the very heavens in its clarity…  they saw Him, and they ate and drank.” – Ex 24:9-11
   2. Other passages: Isa 2:2-3, Mic 4:1-2, Lk 9:28-35, Heb 12:23-23

3. Our corporate gatherings physically travel across the earth
   1. “Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.” – Jn 6:21
   2. Ladies of the Golden Candlestick – whole intercessory group ‘left’ for days and came back with artifacts

4. Participation of the saints in manifested form in our gatherings – guest speaking, encouraging, exhorting
   1. Jesus the Pattern Son, modeled how this works on the Mt of Transfiguration – Lk 9:28-31-35
   2. Sadhu Sundar Singh reports in ‘The Mystery of the Maharishi of Mt Kalish‘ that a 300-year-old Christian saint visits and intercedes for people around the world
   3. Chris Reed prophesied in 11/21 – John the Revelator is alive in Turkey and will help people understand his book – Revelations (see video)
   4. Possible church announcement: “Next week Abraham will be speaking to our gathering.” (or Elijah, David, John the Baptist, etc)

4. Participation of angels manifested among us – with open-eyed awareness
   1. “Large army of angels” appear to the Shepherds heralding that “a Savior is born in Bethlehem” – Lk 2:8-15
   2. “For He shall give His angels charge over you…“ – Ps 91:11
   3. “There were many lamps (possibly angels) in the upper room where they were gathered together.” – Acts 20:8
   4.  Consider various angelic options: Heb 1:7, Acts 2:2-3, II Kng 2:11, II Kng 6:17

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What if: Our words short-circuit our faith?

So many questions…

If we “ARE seated with Christ IN Heavenly places”… if we already “WERE raised”… if we “ARE hidden with Christ IN God”… if we “ARE blessed with all spiritual blessings IN the Heavenly places”… if we “ARE IN Christ”, etc… then, how relevant are words like: PORTAL, VEIL and THIN PLACE?

And let’s include a couple of common prayers, such as: “O Lord, that You’d come down” and “Let’s invite the Lord to come to our service today.”

But wait!  Didn’t Jesus already come down… 2000 years ago!!  And didn’t He obliterate the veil 2000 years ago?  And don’t we already have Christ the hope of Glory living IN us NOW?

Then, do these words and phrases create faith for now… or do they promote a mentality of distance and delay… distance from God… and delay before we can experience union with Him?

The truth is, those words and phrases were power packed for us, back in the day.  They’ve inspired us and put wind in our sails for many years.  But we’ve grown in our understanding, and now it seems that there may be some incongruency between our  vocabulary and Scripture.

Is it possible that the best narrative and revelation that we had yesterday, isn’t appropriate for today?  Is it possible that holding onto yesterday’s vocabulary could be creating an unbiblical reality in our minds and thereby preventing our faith from having experiential union and oneness with Him today?  And if our outdated vocabulary prevents us from experiencing union and oneness with Him, could we also be short circuiting our faith for walking in our inheritances?

What if we updated our vocabulary to reflect the union that Scripture says we have with God NOW?  What if we simply agreed with God’s word regarding our positioning with Him now, despite what we’ve been taught… or what we feel like?  Would that create a difference in our faith… would it mandate a change in the vocabulary of our prayers… and would it manifest in better experiential realities?

As good as they were in their day, PORTAL, VEIL and THIN PLACE (and related concepts) might have to be filed in the archives. 

Just musing….

Video – ‘No more willy-nilly auto-pilot mode!’ – 10mins

-MLH

Angels drove my car

Stories to Inspire

Don’t you just love it when the Heavenly realm makes itself known in overt ways in our lives?  Wow!  It inspires us to be more committed to walk in sync with Heaven… because who doesn’t want to see the supernatural manifested in the natural realm!  And BTW, that is most definitely a big part of our inheritance… to walk on earth and in Heavenly realities simultaneously. 

This happened for Chris.  Angels spared her life!
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Angels drove my car

This is my first experience of seeing in the Spirit realm. 

I was at a hospital with a friend and her family, in Portland, Maine.  My friend’s brother had been in a serious motorcycle accident and was declared brain dead.  After being in the hospital for 48 hours straight, in the very early morning hours, my friend and I left the hospital in one car while her family followed in a car behind us.  I was driving home and very tired.  I closed one eye to see more clearly… and put my head outside the window, etc.  That worked for about an hour.

All of a sudden I was overcome by shear exhaustion where I knew I could not keep my eyes open.  I know this section of the road very well.  There were cliffs on both sides of the road.  I thought, “O my goodness I’m going to crash.  Our friends will drive up on us and find us in a devastating accident.  What more could happen to these people?!”  My eyes seemed to almost be forced closed and I didn’t have time to pull over.  So I said, “Jesus help!”  Then my eyes closed. 

With my eyes closed I saw 3 huge angels around my car.  When I saw them, I remember thinking, “O Thank You, Jesus”… because there was no way I could open my eyes.  I don’t know how long I had my eyes closed, but when I opened my eyes, I could still see the angels.  They were huge beings… like really buff strong, strong men.  The had really long hair.  Their faces were very bright, there was a brightness about all of them.  They were wearing white.

They were around the front of my car and then I realized that there were angels all around my car.  And I noticed that my car was lifted off the ground… not 10 feet… just a little bit.  I took the steering wheel and whipped it back and forth, but the car didn’t respond at all.  I thought, “O my word! There are angels lifting my car off the ground!”

That jolted me so much that I was now wide awake.  I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.  At the point that I was fully awake and aware, the angels gently lowered the car back down those few inches onto the ground.  I could feel it… like the smoothest airplane touchdown landing that you’ve ever felt.  I can still feel it today. 

The car was now back on the road.  Then I took the steering wheel and whipped it back and forth again.  This time, the car veered back and forth and then the angels were gone.  I was in awe.

I jabbed my sleeping friend pretty hard, “You won’t believe it!  I just fell asleep, and angels drove the car.”  She said, “Maybe you aught to pull over and sleep a bit.”  I said, “Are you kidding me, I could drive to California now, if I needed to.  You don’t get it, I fell asleep and God sent angels to spare our lives.”

That experience gives me much consolation when I go through difficulties.  It was amazing to have that Heavenly veil pulled back a little bit for me to see that I have angels assigned to me.  They actually have a tangible effect on things in my life.  I’m still in awe as I tell the story today! – CH

Angel of Courage

Stories to Inspire
Angel sightings and angel engagements are on the rise.  Heaven is releasing a greater grace for us saints to engage with our angelic partners.  Approximately 300 mentions of angels in Scripture give many examples of the partnership of angels and saints.  So, should the ‘former house’ have a greater experience than the ‘latter house’?  Of course not!

Jesus said, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”  Which means that if we are born again, WE CAN SEE!  As someone models this for us and as we are trained, our faith begins to rise to walk in our God-given inheritance.  Sometimes, all we need is for someone to tell us that we can!!!

You can see! We all can see! It’s our inheritance.
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Angel of Courage!

Recently, I was at a celebration-of-life service for a long-time friend Dennis.  His son Pat, had promised his dad that he would sing and play a certain song at the funeral.  But Pat was so flustered that he messed up royally on the guitar.  Frustrated he stopped, turned aside and was about to give up completely.  Everything was awkwardly silent for a few moments.

As a father, I felt compassion and was compelled to ‘come alongside’ him so that he didn’t walk away defeated.  I instantly engaged an angel to impart courage and strength for him to press on.  In just a few moments, Pat regained his resolve and sang the rest of the song a cappella.

As I stayed engaged in the Spirit with Pat, I wondered if I could see the angel with my eyes open.  So, I focused my attention on that part of the stage and sure enough there was an angel who wrapped his arms/robes around him and held him.   It was a glowing soft apparition about 5-7’ wide and about 7-8’ tall.  The angel stayed with him the whole time.

Several times, I checked to make sure I was really seeing this angel and even though the outline wasn’t crisp and clearly defined, it was unmistakably an angel.  I’ve ‘seen’ many angels with my eyes closed, but I’ve only seen them a few times with my eyes open.

This graphic is constructed of an actual but trimmed picture of Pat singing during the funeral.  The angel wings around him are photo-shopped in a way that portrays something very close to what I saw. 

Later that evening, I messaged Pat the above account.  He was grateful… and replied with the following…

FB Message from Pat
“I just want you to know that I could feel it.  I had a friend with me that came to honor my dad.  Last night after I walked off stage, he told me with the biggest smile I’ve ever seen on his face…  “Dude… when you put your head down weeping, I thought you were going to quit for sure.  Then, when you looked up and started singing a cappella, it sounded like the voice of an angel.  It was the most powerful experience I’ve ever seen and the hairs stood up on my arms.  God was with you and I think He touched me too.”

“I’ve never heard my friend talk like that.  Thank you for sharing this Mark, thank you for serving with and loving my dad.  Thank you and Debbie for being there and for your prayer.” – PD

Interesting note
My friend who passed away, was the principal of Dominion Christian School where in 1989, the school was visited with a very unusual and powerful move of God.  Many of the children saw and engaged with angels and were escorted to and through Heaven… some great stories!  How appropriate to have angels in attendance at the celebration of his life! – MLH

For more stories like this, click here: Stories to Inspire

Heaven Is Here, Heaven is Now

A brand new song
This song expresses, in thumbnail fashion, the essence of what has gripped our hearts in recent years.  And to our great pleasure, we’ve found many others on a similar journey… and together, we’ve experienced some amazing discoveries.  This reality is Biblical.  It’s inspiring.  It’s for real!  And it’s for us… NOW! 

Influencers/leaders
Over the years I’ve heard several leaders express the following sentiment, so I’m not sure who to attribute it to.  But here is my version of this powerful truth!

“If you want the body of Christ to be somewhere in 5 years, write songs about it now.” – MLH

My ‘dream’
Imagine that the mindset of a whole society of believers is gripped with the revolutionary awareness of our residency in Heaven – NOW!  No distance, no delay.  Heaven is here… Heaven is now!

This powerful revelation is so pervasive and so gripping, that stadiums are filled with men and women caught up in ecstatic joy and wonderment.  Football stadiums have never had such a fever as the overflowing jubilation of saints experiencing this greater reality of their salvation.  Their bodies and souls are being brought into oneness with their spirit man – which is in the Heavenlies.  Our spirit, soul and body are now integrated… in sync with one another… and together, they are brought into oneness with our Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit.  And in this limitless vibrant reality (which is an integral part of our inheritance) there are Heavenly frontiers on all sides waiting to be possessed.  This is life and life more abundantly!

Click here: Heaven Is Here

For reference: John 3:13, John 10:9, I Cor 6:17, II Cor 5:17, Eph 2:6, Col 3:1-4, Heb 12:22-23, I John 4:17, Rev 4:1 and more…

As Mario Bros says: “Here we goooooo!”   Enjoy!

Takin’ it to the streets – 54th St Grill

Stories to Inspire

Heaven is waiting to be invited, engaged, activated.  Really!  Jesus said He could have called for thousands of angels (Matt 26:53).  (He didn’t because that would have foiled His ultimate mission at the Cross.)  Abraham bargained with angels, Manoah inquired of an angel, Jacob wrestled an angel for a blessing, Zechariah told an angel what to do, Mary questioned an angel, etc. 

Wouldn’t it be disappointing if we tried to tough it out alone, only to find out that we had the hosts of Heaven waiting for our signal to bring us into triumph? 

In this next story, angels were solicited and engaged over this business, which yielded a rather dramatic outcome.  What a blessing to discover all the Biblical possibilities we have with all of the Heavenly hosts… and learn the Heavenly protocols to engage them!  We’re going to get good at partnering with Heaven!
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Takin’ it to the streets – 54^th St Grill

A few years ago, my friend Walt and I were looking for ways to invade and impact the business world with Kingdom realities.  We knew an assistant manager of the local 54^th St Grill and asked him for permission to come in every Tues morning before they opened so that we could pray over the building and for the business and staff, etc.  He agreed and we prayed for about an hour each Tuesday morn.  We aggressively engaged angelic ministry and assistance over the whole operation.  The assistant manager and manager listened in from time to time.  After about 6 weeks, it sort of felt like our assignment was over so we notified the manager that we were finished. 

A few days after that, there was a bank robbery in downtown Kansas City.  The thieves drove their get-away car south through Grandview, MO and past 54^th St Grill.  For some ‘strange’ reason they decided to stop and rob the restaurant on their way by.  They entered the store with guns drawn and were in the process of robbing the store.  But just at that time, as the Lord would have it, a police officer spotted the get-away car, entered the store and quickly, without incident, stopped the robbery, apprehended the criminals… and recouped the stolen bank money, too.

Afterwards the manager excitedly exclaimed, “The reason that robbery got foiled is because Mark & Walt have been releasing angels over this restaurant for the last 6 weeks!  It was because of those angels!” 

Angels are waiting to be invited into our lives and into Kingdom activity and to minister to all that pertains to us.  Don’t let them get bored! – MLH

“Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” – Heb 1:14

Holy Spirit surprise – travel in the Spirit

Stories to Inspire

Holy Spirit prays powerful prayers through us (Rms 8:26). And His prayers are always:
             
              Perfect prayers
              Powerful prayers
              Timely prayers
              In alignment with Father’s will
              Always gets answers to all of His prayers

And Paul says, “I will pray with the spirit, and I will also pray with the understanding. I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the understanding.” – I Cor 14:15

Have you ever asked Holy Spirit what He’s praying through you when you’re praying in tongues?  Try it next time.  You might get a most wonderful surprise like we did.  
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Holy Spirit surprise – travel in the Spirit

I was in a prayer meeting.  We were all praying in tongues.  I suggested that we ask Holy Spirit what He was praying through us and then ask if we could participate with Him.  Within a minute or so, and without warning or any lead-up ‘thought trail’, I found myself ‘flying’ over Northern San Diego County – Vista and then Carlsbad, CA.  I ended up about 150 feet above RC’s house.  I could see the ocean in the distance and I could see down inside his house… but I didn’t ‘go in’.  I was aware of the essence of the ‘burden’ that I was praying in tongues, but didn’t say anything in English.  That lasted a few minutes and then the encounter ended. 

At the end of the prayer meeting I told the group about my very vivid experience and informed them that the tickets were already purchased tickets for my wife and I to travel to SD County in two weeks.  After that point my ‘flying’ encounter got completely ‘sealed off’ to me.  I didn’t even think about it once, until near the end of this story.

My wife and I traveled to SD.  Without any thought of my spiritual ‘flying’ encounter, I called up my friend RC, and invited him and his wife out to dinner.  RC said, “Come over to the house, we’ll talk and then go to dinner afterwards.”  We did… and we had an amazing time.  (In retrospect I realize that our conversation touched the essence of what I prayed about in the encounter.)  We went out to dinner and had two hours of a super good time.  Debbie and I remarked when we drove away, that was probably the most meaningful time we’ve ever had with them. 

Two days later, I was riding in a car with another friend MH, who said, “Isn’t that where RC lives?”  At that moment, the ‘flying’ encounter that I had with Holy Spirit in the prayer meeting two weeks before, suddenly reappeared from my memory.  I quickly exclaimed, “MH, I came here in the Spirit two weeks ago and in our recent time with RC and his wife, we ‘lived out’ essentially everything that I encountered two weeks ago.  Wow!  It all unfolded like the encounter.”

We were both amazed!  Two weeks ahead of time, Holy Spirit had taken me to set some things in place and in motion.  Then He sealed it up, so that memory wouldn’t guide me.  Then two weeks later, after the great time of fellowship was over, God unlocked my memory so that I recalled the encounter and could see the power of traveling in the Spirit and traveling in time. 

Wow! Wow! Wow!  This ‘above the line’ world is so fascinating and captivating.  More Lord! – MLH

2nd Annual ALC KC 3-Day Gathering 2022

Dear ALC friends,

Heads up!!!!!!

Second Annual
ALC Kansas City 3-Day Gathering
2022
is only 4 weeks away!!
Thurs thru Sat, Oct 27-29

You are most heartily invited to join us for the highlight of our ALC year.

Among all the meetings that we participate in during the year (zooms, small groups, regional and monthly meetings), this annual event is the most exciting and impacting!  Last year’s ALC KC 3-Day Gathering (Oct 2021) was definitely a high-water mark for most of us.  The fresh territories, the open mic and spontaneous times together, the meals and relationships, the corporate Heavenly experiences, and the free-flow worship… all made it very unforgettable.

Since last Oct, we’ve held three more regional 3-day gatherings (San Juan Capistrano, CA – Los Angeles, CA – Nashville, TN).  These times have also been life changing and bar-raising for most of us.

Folks, we’re onto something bigger and better than we’ve ever imagined.  And it’s not just an isolated or trendy thing!  It is where God is taking His church in this newly emerging age.  I think He’s saying, “Ready or not here I come!” O boy!

If this interests you, please mark your calendar… set aside 3 days to marinate, activate and levitate (ascend).  I’m confident that this 2022 Gathering is going to be another new high water mark for all of us! I can feel it now!

This is a FREE event.  But we really need to know how many are coming so that we can provide the appropriate amount of food and seating for everyone.  To register or to know more, click here: Second Annual ALC Kansas City 3-Day Gathering 2022

We are more than excited about rallying with you soon!  Plan on it!

Details, location, schedule and objectives will be explained when you register.

To get acclimated to the topics, styles and culture of ALC meetings, check out the hundreds of videos on our ALC website

See you really soon!

Our love and blessings,

Mark & Debbie Hendrickson and ALC Team
816 260-0053

Angels on assignment

Stories to Inspire

Most of us believe in angels.  It’s likely that many of us believe that angels attend to us.   But most of us have very little understanding of angels and much less interaction with angels.  What would it do for you to ‘see’ your angels actively engaged in their assignments over your home and over you?  Would that inspire you?  Would you feel more protected, secure and emboldened in your life and family?  I think the answer is unquestionably, “Yes!”

That’s what happened to a couple of our friends.  Without any preconceived expectation, they saw something which gave them a great deal of faith to believe that they were receiving the supernatural help from angels on patrol, protecting their home.

I think you’ll like this simple but impacting story from Tyler and Crystal.
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Angels on assignment

“A few weeks ago, our neighbor drove by and said that they “saw our cat entertaining a family of raccoons” in our front yard.  That neighbor called and suggested that we view it on our security cameras.  We accessed the camera memory and found something very different. 

We never did see the cat and raccoons, but were surprised to see this wispy ‘figure’ move across our yard just in front of our porch, as if it was an angel on patrol.  Very encouraging and inspiring!

A few days ago, without any prompting, our daughter said that she saw an angel in our back yard and said it was very similar to what was on our cameras a few weeks ago.

Thank God, the Heavenly realms are becoming so much more real, these days!” – TS/MO

(Click here – About 5 seconds in, a figure moves across the lawn from our right to left.)

And I will manifest Myself to him

Stories to Inspire

How many times have you discovered a phrase tucked away inside a verse that you know so well?  It was like the Light of Heaven shone on it in a brand-new way, revealing a brand new rhema.  And when that rhema bursts alive, you find that it is easy to embrace or walk in the reality of that new insight. 

That’s the power of Revelation.  When revelation comes, it also brings the permission and empowerment to walk in the reality of that revelation.  This is so clear in Col 3:4.

“When Christ, who is our life, appears, we shall appear with Him in glory.” – Col 3:4

Let me elaborate on that verse, like this:

“As often as Jesus appears to you and in whatever way He appears to you, He brings with Him the permission and empowerment for you to manifest in that same glory that He just manifested.” – Mark’s Expanded Version

O boy!!!  So Julie found a little phrase tucked away in a familiar verse.  There it was.  Had it been hiding in there all this time?  Of course it had.   Evidently God thought it was time to take the next step.

And so she did.  She engaged with the living Word of God.  You’ll like her story.  And you’ll want to try it.  That’s the power of testimonies. 
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And I will manifest Myself to him

Yesterday morning, my husband Jeff and I were talking about John 14:21, which says,

“And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.” 

After Jeff went to work, I remained in the living room, sitting in one of the fireplace chairs, pondering this verse that seems to promise us that if we love Jesus He will personally appear to us.  What an amazing promise! 

So I closed my eyes and said to the Lord, “I love you, Lord, please manifest Yourself to me.”  Then when I opened my eyes and looked at our couch, this is what I saw! 

On the velour blanket, there was an image of Jesus‘ hand… and His arm up to His shoulder… and the sleeve of His robe.  Do you see it? And can you see the nail print on His hand?

What an amazing God we have!  So faithful and true to His promises!

So the next morning, guess where I had my quiet time?… in that very place, in His arms! – JE/KS