M16 Ministries

As a minister involved in spiritual warfare, my favorite past time is arm chair quarter backing so-called experts on paranormal shows. I don't come out and say things too often about these shows. This time I need to though. The shows are leaning more and more to getting “THEE” demonic experience to show their viewers. A lot of these shows are self-professed experts in the supernatural. Attending a demonology seminar, operating a K2 meter, a digital microphone and digital video camera doesn't make you an expert on the supernatural. One of the shows that absolutely makes me cringe is “Ghost Adventures”. The adventures of 3 investigating dudes, Zac, Nick and Aaron. It has the friendly California, surfer turned investigator feel which makes the show appealing. They're like the extreme snowboarders going out and having the extreme supernatural experience and capturing it on video. But the message this delivers is extreme danger, especially with the popularity of ghost huntin...

Friday February 26, was turning out to be a not so good day weather wise. It rained and hailed during the day. One thing is certain though about Night Strike, God always orders the weather to be still for us. We arrived in San Francisco to a nearly cloudless sky. Above us the heavens beckoned with the twinkling of stars. The weather was absolutely beautiful for this evening. My friend Joe decided to come out this evening. There was also a team from Celebration (Livermore) about 15 people. A lot of young people high school age. For that reason, I sent Leah on her last trip to Polk St., with Tim (from Cornerstone) as her assistant. We had no people tonight for the Polk St. team since the majority of the team members were minors. This was Leah's last night leading since her and Elyssa are moving to Texas. God's got new ministry plans for them there. Leah and I had intended to extend Night Strike and find a bar or a Starbucks afterwards to try out dream interpretation ministry...

Another beautiful evening in the city. Morgan and I drove in together so it was great catching up with him. Morgan and I arrived around 8:30-ish. Leah and Elyssa were on the seen. One of our long time Night Strike friends was waiting for us too. Demons attack him in his sleep and sometimes he sees them during the day. He has been fighting a long up hill battle and winning. I sent out the Night Strike teams into the streets so Elyssa, Leah and I could minister and pray with him. Each time we pray with him he gets stronger in battling his demons and is making progress. Some battles are slow and long fought but the victories are many. Ellen and her team went out to Market St and Bob Johnson and his son Nash went out with that team. Ellen posted her teams testimony for the evening previous to this one on the Facebook Night Strike fan page. Bill Boehner with Andrea and Tim took their team out to the Tenderloin district. I didn't return in time to catch up with them before they lef...

On Tuesday February 9, 2010, I ventured to Mission San Jose to participate in contemplatio - Contemplative (pronounced con-temp-lah-tive) Prayer session with the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose. Contemplative Prayer is similar to soaking only you sit in a chapel where there are no sounds and no light. Only a single candle illuminates the room. My prayer session was led by Sister Beth of the Dominican Sisters. There were four of us in the chapel. We sat in chairs, setup in a semi circle around a large globe with a candle, on the floor. The purpose of the quiet and dark is to stay quiet before the Lord and long for God to be with us. The Contemplative Prayer session on this evening, led by Sister Beth, was divided up into 3 sections. The first was a 20 minute session of silence. Sister Beth has a small chime she taps three times. We stand up and bow, our hands in front of us in praying hands position, and we acknowledge the presence of God in us in the room. Then we sit back do...

The Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare now has a publisher! With blessing, favor, and lots of praying the project is in the hands of Destiny Image. The manuscript is completed and now it has entered the production phase. This book is different from the rest of the books currently on the market with the same subject matter. The testimonies are recent and all come from Northern California. See how ministry teams are praying and witnessing miracles that most people only believe happen on mission trips in Africa. That was a key component to this book from its inspiration. I wanted my neighbors to read about the glory of God right here in our own backyard. Come along and see how Night Strike teams use prophetic evangelism on the streets with the homeless, drug addicts and prostitutes. Learn about your priestly kingdom authority to preach the Gospel, heal the sick, raise the dead and drive out demons.  Field Guide to Spiritual Warfare Promotional Video Get equipped by the M16 Ministr...

Sunday, January 31, 2009 I drove up to Grass Valley to Gospel Life Ministries to listen to Mark Neitz share the Gospel. Jason and Bekah Amarant, of Lion's Pride ministries were there too. From our friendship and involvement in Night Strike and our overseas missions we always travel in our groups to hear each other speak or worship. We each had nearly a 3 hour drive our from homes to Gospel Life Ministries. I managed to time the drive to get their about 20 minutes before the service started. Mark elected to spend the night in Grass Valley on Saturday to avoid the early AM wake up and long drive. The Amarant's and I elected for the early morning drive. While waiting for the service to start at Gospel Life, I had the opportunity to spend some time and talk with Mark and Coy Nix as the people started coming in to take their seats. One woman in particular, Sarah, caught my attention in the spirit. Sometimes, people walk by and God points them out to you. You don't know why, y...

Deliverance Dependancy Syndrome. I know it sounds like a late night television commercial. “Are you suffering from Deliverance Dependancy Syndrome, have you been exposed to a generational curse? Then call the law offices of Strongman, Cheatsem and Howe”. I am having a bit of fun with you but I do want to highlight and issue in deliverance ministry I see becoming more and more mainstream. The issue I would like to see corrected is the Deliverance Dependancy Syndrome, DDS. This is a name I made up to address a stereotype of people seeking deliverance and turning it into counseling sessions. I could give you a definition, but instead, let me provide you with the classic DDS scenario I am encountering far too frequently. A person with DDS will attend a deliverance prayer meeting to be set free from their soul-ish shackles and made whole. Only this isn't there desired intention for coming to the meeting. When an issue is brought to the surface, by the gifts of the Spirit,  I ask the pe...