Dear Beloved Partner,

Grace, Mercy, and Peace are unto you from our God and our father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. I would like to take this time to present to you what the Lord has laid on my heart concerning the body of Christ. "WE SHALL RECOVER IT ALL" (2 Kings 8:1-6).

God allows trouble to come following a period of prosperity in order that he may test our motives. He sends the famines of life in order to see if you will trust him even in the most difficult moments.

"God sometimes used a famine in our lives as a wake-up call for His people to return to Him in fear and reverence. Amos 8:11-12

There is an unsettling feeling in our world today, "things are getting worse and it seems there is no end to our troubles. Consider how you have fared. You have sown much and harvested little; you eat, but yet you hunger; you drink, but yet you thirst; you clothe yourselves, but your still not warm ,and you that earn wages it seems as if it goes into a bag with holes? (Hag. 1:5-6)

Behold, the days cometh, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

God will send a famine. His life-giving word will go silent. Its absence will be noted. They will look for it high and low. But it will no longer be available. It will be off-line. God saw what happened to me, he even allowed it but he never lost track of his loving purpose for my life. This has caused a famine among the believers but God had restoration in mind and he does not care how bleak things looked in the natural. God was about to demonstrate that even in changing, difficult times, he is still God. He is about to establish the coming of the Kingdom of God whereby no human beings will ever suffer from hunger and famine again.

A SEASON OF RESTORATION IS UPON US…..

It seemed right to expect that years of spiritual famine will be restored to ensure smooth transition into new beginnings. In a season and time of restoration God gives double-portion blessings. In Isaiah 61:7 God promised, "Instead of your shame you shall have double honor," and, "Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs."

The prophet Elisha foresaw a seven-year period of famine in the land and then warned the Shunammite woman with whom he already had a history of the miraculous power of God (2 Kings 8:1). He advised her to relocate to a place of her choice with her family for the duration of the famine. She dwelt in the land of the Philistines for seven years. On the seventh year mark, the Shunammite woman made a decision to reposition herself, along with her family, to their original land of birth. She trusted in the word of the Lord out of the mouth of the prophet that the famine would end after seven years.

Many believers have literally dwelt in the land of "gigantic problems" in the last seven years, but have survived (gigantic problems). We the Messengers for Christ is now embarking on our 8th Anniversary of the founding of the World Healing Center and so the time has come to reposition into God's original intended plan for this Ministry and our lives so that the prophetic word of the Lord may locate us.

This year the theme of our 8th Year Anniversary celebration is "WE SHALL RECOVER IT ALL" commencing from the 25th October through the 6th November 2009 ….

• Location: Messengers for Christ World Healing Center
• 1215 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216
• (Mailing: P.O Box 80388, Brooklyn, NY 11208)
• Direction: Between: Bedford & Nostrand Aves (Upstairs)
• For information please call 718-623-2421
• Schedule: Sunday, October 25th at 5:00 PM. Monday, 26th - 6th November Convention continues at 7:30 nightly.

Those whose hearts are open to the new moves of God your lives will never be the same. It will be greatly impacted in these two weeks of ministry from prophets such as…Dr. Ross Collette (Detroit, Michigan), Prophet Brian J. Mosley (Atlanta, Georgia), Pastor Otasowie Osaigbovo (London, England), Bishop W.K. Washington (New York). Dr. David Wine (Florida).

In a time such as this, the process of recovery regains the past whilst restoration brings the future into your now, thereby making you a person who never really suffered loss. Thus this 8th year is indeed a year of new beginnings that serves as a doorway for future rewards also. Similar to Job, God has released by command a season to restore to Believers "twice as much" as they had before (Job 42:10).

In this time of restoration, God releases recovery anointing to secure what was lost. He determines "how" what was lost is to be returned, not just in its original value, but its current, up-to-date value. In this time of restoration, spiritual and natural gaps are closed through God's supernatural ordering of the steps of the good man or woman, such as was the case with the Shunammite woman.

The recovery anointing released in this season is to reposition Believers spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically to recover from years of defeat, loss and oppression. As we embark on our 8th year of ministry abundance will be restored to those who believe in this season of double-portion blessings. The Seven years (7 years) of intense personal and corporate spiritual warfare of colossal magnitudes similar to that endured by both Job and Joseph are over.

These are days when Believers will need to pray daily about their movements (Psalm 119:105). The Shunammite woman who was to be restored was no longer just a storyline. The king had no choice but to appoint an officer to oversee her restoration. He made a decree: "Restore all that was hers and all the proceeds of the field from the day that she left the land until now" (2 Kings 8:6). The Spirit of God revealed that this is the year that, Believers who are standing in faith for breakthroughs in areas of past challenges He will give back what the devil tried to prevent or taken.

As others become fearful and pessimistic, Be different from everyone around you, believe God! Sow in your land! Keep going to church! Keep giving and tithing! Keep helping your brother! Stand fast! Hold on! Don't give up! Don't be discouraged! GO NOT DOWN TO EGYPT!! But at the "Messengers for Christ World Healing Center" on 25th October through the 6th November 2009…..Come celebrate our 8th year of "Getting Back Our House and Land."

God richly bless you

Your best friend and prayer partner

Dr. Paul Lewis

P.S: The pattern God uses for restoration is 1) return, 2) cleansing from sin, 3) enablement of spirit, and 4) prosperity. This is the same pattern He used when He foretold Israel's restoration after the exile when Moses restated the Mosaic covenant on the plains of Moab.