Spirit of

Might

Cherie Burger
Living Word Ministries

Dedication

I Timothy 2: 1-6,
Therefore I exhort first of all that
supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
giving of thanks be made for all men,
for kings and all who are in authority, that
we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all
godliness and reverence.
For this is good and acceptable in the sight
of God our Savior,
who desires all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth,
For there is one God and one Mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be
testified in due time,

In all my undertakings and studies, I desire

first of all to give honor and glory to my
Savior and Lord Jesus Christ! I am so
thankful that He saved me and called me to
be His own. There is nothing and no one
who can compare!

I would also like to honor and acknowledge

those who are my Spiritual Authority and

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covering. Without them, I would not have
the opportunities I have been given to share
Jesus and speak about the wonderful things
He has allowed me to see and share. These
people do not seek this acknowledgement,
but surely are worthy of it.

We are told to give honor to whom honor is

due. So, I would like to honor Rev. Judy
Covington the Co-Founder of The
Missionary Church International along with
her husband Bishop Ben Covington, who
has now gone on to be with the Lord. Judy
has labored tirelessly these last 25 years.
Thank you, Judy! None of us would have
been able to serve the Lord as we have done
had you given up when things became
difficult. Thank you, again!

I would also like to honor our Senior Bishop

Bob Coulter and his wife, Rev. Ginny
Coulter. They have been involved with
TMCI for many years. As true servants of
the Lord, they have helped bring TMCI to
the place it holds today in the world. Bishop
Bob is also a man who flows in the
anointing of signs, wonders and miracles.
The Mantle of the Spirit of Might truly rests
on him! As ministers of TMCI, we are

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blessed to have him as our Senior Bishop.
Thank you, Lord!
I would also like to say that we have a
number of Bishops and Reverends who
minister powerfully in the Spirit of the Lord.
I have been blessed to know them and see
the Spirit of God rest upon them. Many of
them have flowed with the Spirit of Might
for some time in their ministries. I believe
they will operate in a deeper level in this
anointing in the days ahead. Amen!

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

Seven Spirits Before the Throne .............. 6

Hebrew Year Date 5774 .......................... 12
Confrontation .......................................... 14
Weighty Mantles ...................................... 17
Refining .................................................... 20
Authority Over all the Power of the
Enemy!...................................................... 25
Prophetic Dream ..................................... 33
Proper Alignment and Association ........ 37
Commissioned and Empowered! ........... 44
Impartation .............................................. 49
Do You Know? ......................................... 53
Prayer of Salvation .................................. 54
Power to Live Life ................................... 55
Prayer for the Baptism of the Holy Spirit .... 56
About the Author .................................... 58

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 Seven Spirits Before the Throne

I have been studying the 7 Spirits found in

Isaiah 11:2 for a number of years. I have
come to believe the 7 branch Menorah of the
Temple represents the 7 Spirits of God
before the Throne. (See: Revelation 1:12-
20 and Revelation 4:5)

In Isaiah 11:2, the Spirit of the Lord is

represented by the center lamp of the

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Menorah and is known as the Servant Lamp
in Jewish writings. The Menorah also
represents the 7 Feasts of the Lord found in
Leviticus 23. The Servant lamp as the
center lamp, is the 4th one if you are
counting from right to left. The 4th Feast
just happens to be Pentecost! This is the
very same Feast in Acts chapter 2, where the
Spirit of the Lord was poured out on the 120
people who were gathered in the upper
room.

I personally do not believe in coincidence.

Everywhere you look in the Old Testament
there are pictures, mysteries, types and
shadows of Jesus and Father God’s plan of
redemption. When we are willing to
become students of the Word of God, He
always will reveal to us His marvelous
mysteries.

Looking at Isaiah 11:2 after the Spirit of the

Lord is mentioned, we then see three
groupings of two Spirits each. The first two
sets of the Menorah are the Spirit of
Wisdom and (Spirit of) Understanding. I
believe these two Spirits release to us
wisdom and revelation from the Lord. (See
Paul’s prayer in Ephesian 1: 16-19.) When

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the Spirit of Wisdom and the Spirit of
Understanding work together, they release
the Spirit of Revelation. I spoke about this
in my book “7 Spirits before the Throne.”

When the Spirit of Revelation is present

there is Holy Fire! He releases
understanding and insight, which then
produces in us a Holy Zeal for God. We
become energized to do the things that God
is revealing to us to do and putting in our
hearts to accomplish.

The next dual set of the Menorah are the

Spirit of Counsel and (Spirit of) Might. It is
when these two Spirits function together;
that we are able to move in the realm of the
miraculous. Demons are cast out. The sick
are healed. The maimed are made whole.
The Power of God is released into situations
that seem hopeless to us. God shows up.
People are set free. Lives are transformed.
The Lord is glorified!

When these two Spirits are in operation

together, the Spirit of Glory is present. We
often refer to this as the Manifest Presence
of God. The Glory Cloud may be seen
tangibly in our midst. I have had the

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opportunity to see the manifested Glory of
God in meetings. It is an amazing and
humbling experience to have God show up
and do mighty miracles in our midst.
Encountering the Manifested Presence of
God is one of the things that will bring
unbelievers to Jesus.

The Hebrew word for the Glory is Kavod. It

is the weighty Presence of God. We can
sometimes feel such weight upon us that it is
difficult to stand up under the Power of God.
There is a great deal that I could say about
the Kavod, ( the Glory of God.) That in
itself would take a whole book. What I do
know is that humility is required of the
minister of God when walking and operating
in this realm. We are not the source of
power. It is God’s Glory, God’s Presence,
and His Power alone through which these
signs, wonders and miracles occur. We are
privileged to be the vessels He chooses to
use. It is always about Jesus and all that He
has accomplished for us and in us.

Often the man or woman of God who flows

under this weighty Mantle begins to receive
such adulation and acclaim that people begin
to “worship and revere” them as though they

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were the source of the power. It is in this
place that we must always acknowledge that
the Glory belongs to God and not to us. It is
correct to give honor to the men and women
of God, but the Glory is the Lord’s.

An Old Testament example of the Glory of

God manifesting is when Solomon dedicated
the temple. When the Cloud of Glory came
in, the priests were not able to stand and
minister. They all hit the floor! ( 2
Chronicles 6: 41 through 7: 1-3.)

To have the Spirit of Counsel and Might

upon your life is a desirable thing. Who
does not want to be able to cast out demons,
heal the sick, make the maimed whole and
walk in the Power of God? It is never a
thing to be taken lightly. Some people have
the faith to believe for and walk in
demonstrations of the Miraculous. But the
more of God one has or desires to have, the
greater the cost required. God is a Holy and
Powerful Creator. Because God is kind, He
will sometimes withhold a gift from us, if
that gift or mantle would destroy us or
others. The reason He would withhold the
gift is because our character is not yet ready
to support the weight of the mantle of the

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Miraculous. There is a maturing process
and preparation needed to carry the
responsibility of such a weighty ministry. It
takes prayer, fasting and a Holy lifestyle.

None of us want to start strong, but finish in

disgrace because our lives could not support
the weight of the mantles or gifting we had
been given. What I have heard recently
from the Lord is “Finish Strong!” I take that
seriously. Jesus said to count the cost! Are
we willing to pay the price? Are we willing
to walk through the dealings of God and
have our hearts refined? The dealings of
God will come to all of us, but how will we
respond to them?

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 Hebrew Year Date 5774

It was the Jewish year of 5774, the year of

the open door! It signified the opening of
strategic doors of opportunity and the
empowerment to flow in the miraculous for
the needs of this hour. The open door
signified the releasing of the Spirit of Might
into the lives of those who have been
diligently seeking the Lord, to minister in
this new season with greater authority and
power. The need for the miraculous in
people’s lives is always great. Those with
compassionate eyes see the reality of
suffering in the lives of others.

How do we go beyond the sympathy we feel

when observing the hurt and need in others
to release the Power of God to relieve their
pain?

God Himself has released the empowerment

and mantels necessary for us that we may
now take up the call to minister in the
Mighty Name of Jesus and set free those
who have been laboring under sickness,
disease and the bondages of the enemy.

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Because the hour is so late, and the need of
humanity is great; I challenge you to read
on, renew your call and receive the increase
of God’s Power necessary to fulfill the
Divine mandate on your life.

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 Confrontation

Where are the Elijahs? Elijah walked in

the Spirit of Might. Power and authority
accompanied his ministry. He confronted
the Prophets of Baal and won!
There was no compromise in him. (I Kings
17- 2 Kings 2)

Peter confronted Simon the Sorcerer in Acts

8: 14-25. History tells us that Simon the
Sorcerer became the father of the false
Gnostic cult. Likewise, the man or woman
of God may expect confrontations with the
enemy and with those who are his followers.
Holy confrontations will be seen in the days
ahead. Holy boldness and courage are part
of the equipping of the Spirit of Might.

The Mantle of the Spirit of Might confronts

the works of the enemy. These are:
Sickness! Disease! Demon Possession!
Darkness! Lies! Compromise!
The Spirit of Might calls for repentance and
commands us to run to Jesus!

With the Spirit of Might, victory is released!

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John the Baptist, who came in the Spirit of
Elijah, fearlessly confronted the religious
and political strongholds of the day. He
called for repentance and prepared the
people for the coming of the Messiah!

In 5774, the Year of the Open Door, people

are being thrust into the Harvest Field. That
is why miracles, signs and wonders are
being released through the Spirit of Might.
New opportunities, new Mantles and new
Exploits are being released by the Spirit of
the Living God.

We are commanded to be clothed with the

Spirit and to be endued with power from on
High! Let the Spirit fill you, clothe you and
mantle you for the Harvest of the Nations.
The Call is going forth now! Laborers go
into the Harvest Field. Do all that the Lord
God commands you! The time is now! The
doors are opening now to fulfill the call of
God on your life.

We are in a season where the mysteries of

God are being revealed. This whole decade
has been the Ayin of God, the Eye of God,
the Revelation of God. There is new
revelation of the understanding of the Blood

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Moons and the Shemitah Year. We are
coming closer to the coming of the Lord.

Increased revelation and insight is given to

the Body of Christ that we may understand
the Mind of the Lord in this season. God
wants us to be prepared ahead of time. God
is giving warning and signs in these days
that we may not be caught unaware of what
is coming. We are to be more sensitive to
the Holy Spirit. Obedient to the Spirit! We
are to be holy-set apart-sanctified in this
season. That call is becoming stronger as
we move forward. We also are to be
empowered to move in the Spirit of Might.
Awesome days are upon us!

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 Weighty Mantles

True Mantles from the Lord are weighty.

The Man or Woman of God who would
wear them must be tried in the fire of God.
What gives a person the strength to carry
them is proven character. Without proven
character you will fall or collapse under the
weight of the mantle. The fame that
accompanies signs, wonders and miracles
will be difficult to stand up under without
pride creeping into our hearts.
History has been littered with great ministers
of God who actually did have true miracles
occur in their services or prayer ministries.
The adulation that came with the successes
too often revealed flaws in the character of
the one who stood under the mantle of the
miraculous.

Paul warned Timothy in I Timothy 3:6 not

to put someone who was not mature into the
office of a Deacon, “not a novice, lest being
puffed up with pride, he fall into the same
condemnation as the devil.”

It is absolutely imperative that God is

allowed to do a deep work in our hearts.

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It is in the fiery trials of life that our
character, belief systems and our very nature
are tested and tried. I Peter 4: 12, “Beloved,
do not think it strange concerning the fiery
trial which is to try you, as though some
strange thing happened to you;”
It is in those dark hours of the soul and spirit
that we are tried. They come to us all. How
we respond to them, whether we go deeper
with the Lord or wrap ourselves in self-pity,
self-justification or self-comfort determine
the outcome of the call of God upon our
lives. They are sent for our refining. None
of them seem welcome or desirable. But it
is here in God’s crucible that we become
truly known. Humility, Humility, Humility!
The humble servant of God becomes His
friend and is now trust worthy of the greater
things in the Spirit.

It is in these times when life seems to not

going well for us or our loved ones that our
character is being tried and formed. We
have choices to make. We can turn from
God and become angry, bitter, rage and take
charge to do things our own way or we can
submit to God on a much deeper level than
previously experienced.

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Deeper, deeper in Jesus! Let Him take us
down to our roots and core beliefs. It is here
that He will form a stability and foundation
for our future. Then we can carry the weight
of the Mantle He has prepared for us.

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 Refining

I don’t know about you, but I really don’t

like the testings, trials and refinings of God
at the time they are happening to me! No
one is immune to the refining process if they
choose to go deeper into God. Testings and
trials can come very quickly into our lives.
Often it seems they come, just when we
thought things were going so well.
Bam…we find ourselves in situations and
trials we did not see coming! Sometimes, it
feels like the trial or affliction in our life will
never end. I have had a few trials in my life
that have driven me to my knees for an
extended period of time.

But God is faithful. If we can somehow

trust in Him, turn our focus on Him and His
Promises in His Word and let the Holy Spirit
be our comfort and guide, we will come
through it all in victory!

How long will it take? Depends! It depends

upon how deep a work God is doing, how
easily we yield to His will, and how trusting
and loving is our attitude.

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Not all circumstances are the same. Not
everything is all about us. If we endure true
persecution, it may be about the ones who
are persecuting us for Jesus sake. Or it may
be about those who are observing how we
respond. It might be about them and not us
at all!

How well we respond to our circumstances,

hurts, wounds, losses, injustices etc. reveals
our character and true relationship with the
Lord. Sometimes we need to welcome what
is happening to us. We must allow God’s
perfect work to be done in our hearts.
Please understand me; I am not saying we
should not pursue healing or any good thing
from God. But there really are some things
beyond our ability to change. Some
circumstances just might be there to develop
the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit in our
lives. We perceive so many things from a
negative perspective. If we can just look
beyond the negative and see Jesus, they may
not be for our harm after all.

It is here in the crucible of our lives that our

character, nature and belief systems are
formed. Our core values are discovered in
the midst of trials. These things give us the

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strength we need to carry the Mantle of the
Miraculous released with the Spirit of
Might.
Do we really want to be used of the Lord?
If so, soldier on! We need to keep our
hearts right!
Proverbs 4: 23,
Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of
it spring the issues of life.
Another important promise in the midst of a
trial is:
Psalm 139: 8,
If I ascend into heaven, You are there;
If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are
there.

I actually had a night a few years ago, that

felt as though I was living in Hell! The Lord
gave me this Scripture in the midst of that
horrible trial. He strengthened me through it
and brought me out on the other side of it in
Victory!

Whatever “hell” our situation feels like:

Jesus has been there first! He has preceded
us. He literally went into hell and He arose
again in victory! He arose from the dead.
Hell could not restrain or keep Him! He

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won the victory over death, hell and the
grave for us! Yes, Lord!

He is a Prophetic Picture for us as well! If

we are in Him, then “hell” cannot restrain or
keep us as well. We have the victory, too!

He has revealed to us that no matter what we

are walking through, He has been there first.
He brought captivity captive when he came
out of the grave. (Ephesians 4: 8, 9)

This Scripture also shows us that He is

taking us up before the Throne. We do not
just get out of the “hell” of our situations,
but we are presented to God before the
Throne! Therefore, we have a future and a
hope,(Jeremiah 29: 11.) We must see Jesus
and look beyond our situations.

It is here in those dark places, the dark night

of the soul and the dark night of the spirit,
that our roots and character are formed.
These provide the ability to sustain the
weight of the mantles that God has released
for His people in this season.

We are in extraordinary times in God.

Things will be happening that are far beyond

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our understanding and expectations. Things
will happen that we have no concept for!
Our God is a Big God! He is Mighty!! In
fact, He is Almighty!

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 Authority Over all the Power
of the Enemy!

Luke 10: 19,

Jesus said, “Behold, I give you the
authority to trample on serpents and
scorpions, and over all the power of the
enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt
you.”

The Spirit of Might not only mantles you

with Power (dunamis) it mantles you with
Authority (exousia).

Authority is much stronger than raw power

alone. We are given the Authority and the
Power to set the captives free!

The Spirit of Might confronts the demonic.

The demonic needs to be confronted!
Demons will stay in a person’s life wreaking
havoc and destruction as long as they are
able to. The demonic will use people under
their influence to cause chaos and damage to
others. The Authority given by Jesus to cast
them out releases the power needed to
remove them.

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Sickness and disease also need to be
confronted. They are not anyone’s friend!
They bring damage and destruction where
ever they have the opportunity to do so.

The Spirit of Might reveals the enemy.

Remember when Jesus would walk into a
synagogue? How many times did the
demons cry out? I am sure they visited the
synagogue before, but never made their
presence known. But when Jesus came into
their midst, they did not remain silent and
hidden. The more we carry the Spirit of
Might and the Authority given by Jesus, we
can also expect to have the demons manifest
when we come around. In the Name of
Jesus, they have to flee! Use your authority
to cast them out and keep them out!

The Spirit of Might, the Power of God,

carries the Breaker Anointing to raise the
dead, cast out demons, heal the sick, work
miracles, signs and wonders. The Power of
God is released into every situation. The
Glory of God is seen in the working of these
miracles. Lives are transformed and Jesus is
seen as Lord!

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The Power Gifts of I Corinthians 12: 9-10,
Faith, Gifts of Healings and Workings of
Miracles accompany the Spirit of Might.
The Gift of Faith is a supernatural
manifestation of the Spirit of God to believe
Him for the answer in any situation we may
face. This Gift of Faith is absolutely
necessary to operate in the Gifts of Healing
and the Working of Miracles. They function
with each other.

The Fruit of the Sprit that flows in the

Believer as they operate in the
Spirit of Might with the Gifts of the Spirit
manifesting are: Longsuffering or
endurance needed to stick with it as Faith
has her perfect work. Kindness is
demonstrated with Gifts of Healing.
Goodness accompanies the Working of
Miracles. Everything in God flows together,
cooperates with one another and balances
out the Gifts, Fruits and Mantles that God
releases into a person’s life.

Jesus was the Perfect model of how the

Spirit filled life is to look. All things flowed
properly in Him. He was complete with all
7 Spirits manifesting in His life with all 9 of
the Gifts and all 9 of the Fruits. We seem to

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fall short of this, but we are encouraged to
press into the things of God that we might
grow in grace and be filled with the Spirit of
the Living God!

Father, we pray, Let the Spirit of Might

go forth. Mantle us, breath upon us that
we might carry the weight of the signs,
wonders and miracles to break the
bondages that are over the lives of your
people.

During the year of the Open Door, the

Power of God goes out through the men and
women of God to release those who have
been kept in bondage.

The Spirit of Might breaks open territories

that are Gospel hardened. Even in places of
great darkness. When healings and miracles
are manifest, when the deaf and the blind are
healed, the people who do not know Him
will take notice and give God the Glory.

I Corinthians 2: 3-5, Paul tells us:

I was with you in weakness, in fear and in
much trembling.
And my speech and my preaching were not
with persuasive words of human wisdom,

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but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power,
That your faith should not be in the
wisdom of men but in the power of God.

If Paul needed this, how much more do we?

The door of the Harvest is open. As we are

moving deeper into the last days, the enemy
is making his move, because he knows his
time is short.

God’s people need to awaken. The men and

women of God need to arise and do the
work of the ministry.

TMCI and other Ministries are being

propelled forward because the Harvest Field
is white.

We have never been this way before. And

we will never come this way again. God is
doing a new thing. We are being catapulted
– propelled into the things of God, into our
destinies by the Spirit of God through the
Open Doors that are put before us by God.

We have been aligning, preparing and

positioning ourselves for this season in the

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Lord. God has been doing a refining work.
He has been increasing humility in us. Life
seems to be about being humbled and our
responses to these experiences. We are
being refined by these experiences and
learning to walk in humility dependent upon
the Lord. Then God can use us. He is ever
increasing our faith in the circumstances we
have endured in these last seasons.

This last year was a Prophetic Year of

adjustment and alignment to bring us into
the new season. There has been and there
will be a release of the Power of God as we
go through the doors of ministry set before
us. We will need the Spirit of Might to
empower us for this next season.

Let me give you another piece of insight that

came out of a conversation I had with a
friend of mine. We were talking about the
differences between open doors and other
related names given to them:

There are different ways at looking at Open

Doors and other related names given to
them. Open Doors speak of opportunity.
Open Gates speak of our own personal gates
(eyes, ears, mouth). Open Portals speak of

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Open Heavens either to the 3rd Heaven or
into the 2nd Heaven. The 3rd Heaven is
where the Throne of God is located. We
want those open Portals! We desire to
experience Him and receive from Him as
well.

The 2nd Heaven experiences are not so nice.

That is the place the demonic is located. 2nd
Heaven although it is not specifically
mentioned in Scripture is a logical
conclusion based on the premise that our
atmosphere is the 1st Heaven and the 3rd
Heaven is where the Throne of God is.
Logically then, the 2nd Heaven is the
spiritual realm of the fallen angels and the
demonic entities.

This year of the Open Doors will bring

greater opportunities of ministry and greater
experiences in the Lord. But do not be
surprised, because we will also see greater
opposition as there will be an opening of
opportunity for the enemy. These things we
have seen in the increase of persecution of
the church as well as such things as Ebola,
etc. We should be aware that there will be
greater spiritual activity in both realms as
we see the Day of the Lord approaching.

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Remember, the Spirit of Might confronts. It
isn’t just for the days of Elijah or the
Apostle Peter. We have the same God. He
is the Almighty, Creator of the Universe and
He has filled us with His Holy Spirit and
commissioned us to go forth in Power and
Authority in the Name of Jesus!

We will have power encounters. God give

us the Authority to overcome! No fear! Go
forth in the Mighty Name of Jesus!

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 Prophetic Dream

I want to share with you a dream experience

I had this last year. It was disturbing to me
at the time, because it involved people I
knew. I have since come to believe that it
was not so much about them, but that God
used people I knew to help me remember the
dream after I woke up. There was an
important prophetic lesson He wanted me to
see. We are in a time when many forces
have come to play upon the church to
influence her to lose her message and
ministry.

The Dream of No More Compromise:

I was in Casper, WY (close to the center of

our state) at a conference with a well-known
Prophetic minister. There was somewhere
around 300 to 350 people most of whom I
knew. It was intermission and the speaker
had not yet begun the session.

I was sitting behind a couple of people that

I knew. Directly behind me was someone
that also was an old friend. That person
began to catch me up on the last few years

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of their life. They had made a decision a
number of years ago, that they did not
realize would affect their whole future and
take them off course from the call of God on
their life. They had been a strong prophetic
intercessor involved with a well-known
ministry. Now as they were relating the
details of their life, they were telling me that
there had been a complete role reversal for
them. It affected their faith and they no
longer believed that “tongues” was of God.
They had given everything up.

Deep within me came a holy anger. This

was not because I was angry at this person,
but because the enemy had stolen their
Spiritual Destiny! I jumped up and began to
command in a firm voice with my prophetic
finger pointing at them, “No more
compromise, No more compromise, No
more compromise.”

One of the people who sat in front of me,

tried to hush me as I was embarrassing
them. Others around the room were
uncomfortable and wanted me to stop.

What I believe the Lord was saying was that

as the Prophets begin to cry out “No more

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compromise!” Many in the Body of Christ
will be uncomfortable and try to hush the
Prophetic Voices.

God is calling us to Holiness, to choose

Jesus before anything else. That means
before us or our own desires or preferences.
The cry of our very being is to choose Jesus!
We must not cease from following Him!

We cannot have the fire and the zeal of God

with the Spirit of Might mantling us and
walk in compromise! We must sell out to
God. God requires that we love Him with
all our heart, soul and might. (Deuteronomy
6: 4-6) When we make this commitment,
this will bring us to the inner branches of the
Menorah of the Spirit of the Understanding
(of the Lord) and the (Spirit) of the Fear of
the Lord. But that is for another book.

God has a definite plan and protocol in

bringing us into intimacy with Him. He
desires it even more than we do. Can you
not hear Him wooing you?
His love has been reaching out to us down
through the ages calling us back to Himself.
His love is fiery!! It burns intensely within
His being. He loved us enough He would

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die for us. It is an all-consuming love.
When we look into the eyes of Jesus, we
will see that intense, burning, consuming
love for us. Then we will know true love
that never goes out or grows cold.

Compromise will cause our love for Him to

grow cold and die out. Catch fire for Him.
Allow Him to mantle you with the Spirit of
Might for miraculous ministry. Allow Him
to so flow through you that the desperate
cries and needs of others can be met by the
Savior. His glory will be seen. His mercy
will be experienced and souls will be saved!

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 Proper Alignment and Association

Those of us who love the Lord want to be

mantled and clothed with the Spirit of the
Living God; endued with power from on
High! It is a life quest and heart’s desire to
be found walking in the Spirit and also filled
with the Spirit continually. We need to be
clothed with the mantles of the 7 Spirits
found in Isaiah 11:2.

We desire the things of God to manifest in

our lives. The choices we make either draw
us closer to the Lord or cause us to step
further and further away. Sometimes we do
not really understand the full intent of our
choices. What we choose reveals our true
heart condition.

We receive the plan of God for our lives by

faith and obedience. It takes not only
believing for God’s best, but a consistency
in our daily walk. We are called to align
ourselves with men and women of God as
the Spirit leads. There is true Godly
influence from these men and women upon
our lives.

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The opposite is true when one chooses to
spend time with and become in close
relationship with those who lives are full of
sin and violence. We become like those we
associate with. So often, little thought is
given as to whom we put in our lives.

Good questions to ask ourselves are: Whom

do I spend my time with? Whom do I talk
with daily? Whom do I admire and want to
be like? What are they about? What is
important to them? How do they treat other
people and God? If we can honestly answer
those questions, we have a window into our
desires and ambitions for life. If we desire
to be like Elijah then we must first be an
Elisha and give ourselves to serving,
following after and just plain spending time
with an Elijah.

In October 2010, I heard the Spirit speak,

“Governmental Change” while taking
Communion with another TMCI minister
before our Women’s Conference in Aurora,
Colorado. The Prophetic Word that the
Spirit of the Lord gave me for the Time of
Transition we were moving into was as
follows:

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In this Time of Transition, God is giving us
Increased levels of Influence, Increased
levels of Influence by the Spirit of God
and Expanded Territories.
Our outreach in this world, countries and
nations and in our personal territories will be
expanded.

However, I heard the Lord say into my

spirit, “this Word is conditional, not an
automatic word for every minister or every
person associated with TMCI. There are
conditions to it.

The conditions were obedience to the

dealings of God. God has been dealing with
all of us in areas of our lives. He is calling
us to obedience to submit to those things He
is speaking to us about. He said, “Who
your alliances are in this season are very
important.”

These things, your obedience to the dealings

of the Holy Spirit and whom you align
yourself with will determine if you are able
to move into this time of Governmental
Change, Increased Influence and
Expanded Territory. Each one of us has to
answer that between us and God.

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We can corporately go forward as the
leadership of TMCI. Choose obedience;
prayerfully consider whom we align with,
but as for the individual minister: You must
choose for yourself to go forward and to
come up higher. God wants to bring us to
new levels of service.

I also heard Him say, “Those who have been

given in ministry to personal profit and
personal ambition will not come up into
this Governmental Change.” Our hearts
must be pure and it must be about Jesus. It
must be about Jesus.

He said one more thing, “The Wind of

Holiness is blowing.” It’s not coming. It’s
blowing! We had a major move of the Wind
of Holiness many years ago. But as we are
getting ready for the Harvest, God is
refining His servants, the Harvesters!

And Holiness is blowing! We are seeing

it. We will see more! It uncovers. The
wind uncovers and exposes! And all will
see our hearts! This a good thing. It may
cause us to be fearful, because none of us
are perfect. But as we obey and yield to the

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Holy Spirit, it will be a good thing. We will
be closer to the coming of Jesus!

Since I heard the Holy Spirit speak these

words to me, I have seen the increase of
influence and expanded territory given to the
ministry of TMCI. God has been faithful to
increase favor upon TMCI, its leadership
and individual ministers. It has been
wonderful to see the expansion of the
Mission Field these last few years and not
only in our ministries, but in all those who
love the Lord and follow Him.

Obedience, proper alignment with others

and allowing the Holy Spirit to do a work of
holiness in our lives is key. This is
fundamental to being positioned now for
release of the Mantle of the Miraculous to be
operative in our lives.

That Mantle has now been released. It has

been exciting to watch those who are now
operating in the Mantle heal the sick, cast
out devils and move in the miraculous.
Signs and wonders follow them as they obey
the leading of the Spirit and walk in Holy
Boldness. God is moving mightily and will
continue to do so in the days ahead!

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There are those who seem to have the
natural bent and Spiritual calling to move in
the miraculous. I believe that we have
different giftings, callings, natural make- up
and mantles, but there is also a general call
on the Body of Believers to cast out demons,
speak with new tongues, heal the sick and be
exposed to deadly things such as poisons
and serpents without being harmed. (Mark
16:17, 18.) This promise is for all of us.
May the Lord release the Spirit of Faith
needed to move in these things as we have
opportunity. Is there not a heart cry in each
one of us to walk in the miraculous? God by
His Spirit has made it possible!

James 1: 17,
Every good gift and every perfect gift is
from above, and comes down from the
Father of Lights, with whom there is no
variation or shadow of turning.

God has given good gifts. He has released

them to us by His Spirit to be received by
faith in Jesus Christ!

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Ephesians 1: 3,
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in
Christ,

We must position ourselves to receive the

promises now! It is from the Lord Himself
that we receive. We must pursue intimate
relationship with Him! He is our source.
Our choices will reflect what we value the
most. Do we really desire and value the
things of God? Then what we choose, our
life relationships and acts of obedience to
the known will of God will be evident in
how we live our lives.

There is not one person that God does not

have something for. So, we must open our
hearts, our spirits and our eyes and ears to
receive from the Lord! The cry of Heaven is
that we must position ourselves and receive.

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 Commissioned and Empowered!

I am releasing the Prophetic Word given at

our Women’s Conference to our TMCI
Senior Bishop Bob Coulter and Co-Founder
Judy Covington. I have two intentions for
this. First of all, they give spiritual covering
for all of the TMCI Ministers. What is
placed upon them by the Lord affects all
who are submitted to their covering. God’s
call, mandates and mantles on them are also
released upon the rest of us. Secondly, there
are others within the Body of Christ in
positions of ministry who are experiencing
this increased release to move in the
miraculous!

To the honor and glory of our Lord Jesus

Christ, may the weight of His glory increase
upon all those called into His Service! Let
Jesus be glorified and the captives set free!

Judy Covington is my Spiritual Mother and

dear Friend! I have known her now for
some time and have found her to be a
genuine and true Sister and Mother in the
Lord. To think of her brings me to tears that
the Lord would be so kind as to allow me

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the privilege of having such a woman of
God in my life. You may think that I
exaggerate, but I assure you I do not. She is
a blessed, blessed woman!

What I heard from the Lord is:

Increased, Increased, Increased in
Spiritual Authority and Favor with Heaven.
Your words! Mark your words, because
they have power in Heaven. Things are
changing.

What I saw is that you will be speaking

things in the night seasons and in prayer that
Heaven is going to act upon immediately.
You have come to a new level.

I heard the Lord say: Proven Character,

Proven Character, Proven Character!
You have been refined. You’ve been
through the fire. Faithfulness,
Faithfulness, Faithfulness! Humility,
Humility, Humility!

The Lord is extending your tent pegs, Judy,

and the covering you give to those who are
sent out into the Mission Field from TMCI.

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What I heard also, Judy, is because you walk
in humility, this favor that God is releasing
to you is not given to fill your heart with
pride, but with thankfulness, that He has
allowed you to be the vehicle that thrusts out
laborers in to the Harvest field all over the
world.

Ginny Coulter:
The Lord told me to have you stand with
him (Bishop Bob Coulter), because you
really are his right arm. Everything God
chooses to do with him, you are a full
partner! The anointing and blessing and
authority that rests on him, rests on you.
So, as I share this, I want you to stand with
him.

Bishop Bob Coulter:

Bishop Bob, what the Lord has shown me:
because you have chosen a number of years
ago to align yourself, sit under and receive
from the Prophet’s mantle on Hayst Harold,
your mantle, authority and office has
expanded. You have come to a new level in
the Spirit.

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New Vision, New Revelation!
The Spirit of Revelation has been upon you
for some time. I’ve seen it. He, the Spirit of
Revelation, will continue to increase in the
days ahead.

And now, the Spirit of Might mantles you

with new authority and power over the
enemy and the works of the flesh!

God is releasing to you fresh courage and

boldness. There is an increase of the gifts of
healing, miracles, signs and wonders.

Because that mantle is upon you, this will

also increase upon the TMCI ministers this
year.

The door has opened for the miraculous.

And you (and Judy this is also upon you!),

you will see into the darkest corners of the
earth and release the Spirit of Might upon
the TMCI ministers thrust there.

You will see that the Spirit of the Lord is

transferable to those under your authority in
the Lord.

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New levels of Power, New levels of Vision,
New levels of Courage, Faith and new
levels of Intercession!

And New Mantles are released this night

upon you and upon TMCI worldwide.
Amen!

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 Impartation

Perhaps you have wondered, “What is a

Mantle?” “How do I get one?” “If God has
released them, is it just automatic?” Good
questions!

A Mantle simply put is a covering. A good

example would be the Prayer Shawl that the
Jews use in the synagogue or as you see
them at the Western Wall. Elijah’s Mantle
most likely was his Prayer Shawl. There is a
Spiritual covering that is given to believers.
Sometimes we refer to being anointed.

There are different expressions for the same

or similar things. On the Day of Pentecost,
the Believers were endued with Power from
on high. Some translations refer to being
clothed with the Spirit. They received the
Holy Spirit when He came upon them with
the manifestations of wind and cloven
tongues of fire. They were changed by Him.
When you encounter the different aspects of
the Holy Spirit you will be empowered and
changed. You are given a Spiritual ability
beyond what you possess naturally.

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Whenever we receive a gift, we should take
care of it and respect it. When we do, we
honor the person who has given us the gift.
If this is true in the natural, how much more
when the Giver of the Gift is the Lord?

Are there some requirements to being able

to receive from the Lord?

I would say the first requirement is faith.

We must believe that the Lord is the
rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
(Hebrews 11: 6)

Within our believing or desiring a spiritual

gift from the Lord, we must believe that it is
a genuine gift and it is for us! We come to
that place by studying and understand the
Scriptures.

Then we must position ourselves to receive.

Whom we align ourselves with becomes
very important. The example given was
Elisha and Elijah. Elisha deliberately chose
to serve, accompany and learn from Elijah.
There were many prophets in Israel at that
time, but only Elisha received Elijah’s
Mantle.

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Then we allow the refining process to have
its complete result in developing within us a
mature character. Elisha did not receive the
Mantle from Elijah immediately after he had
been chosen to replace Elijah! There was a
process of development even for Elisha.

After we have obtained the desired Mantle,

we must guard our hearts giving Glory to the
Lord for every victory, success and miracle.
After all, it is His Power and Glory that gave
us the victories, successes and miracles. It is
all about Him.

Then we must press on to know Him. We

can’t stop with the signs and wonders,
giving ourselves to doing the work of the
ministry that we have no time left for Him.
Jesus Himself found time in the wee hours
of the morning to fellowship with His
Father. How much more should we. It’s not
about the Power, but it’s all about Him!

There’s no one and nothing like Jesus! He

fills our hearts with joy and wonder.
How could He so freely give us everything?
He alone is worthy of all our Praise!

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Prayer of Impartation:

Take us deeper Father, right into

your very heart! Clothe us with
your Presence. Fill us with your
love. Direct our lives that we might
be useful in Your Hands!

We love you and commit ourselves

once again to Your plan for our
lives. Mantle and clothe us with
Your Spirit that we might bring You
Glory and pleasure. Let others
know that Jesus is real by breaking
their bondages and healing their
afflictions. May Jesus be Lord over
all!

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 Do You Know?

Perhaps you have arrived at this point and

realize that you do not know Jesus as your
personal Savior, or are unsure about your
personal destiny. We have included here a
simple prayer to pray that will change your
life and bring assurance and peace to you.
The Bible says, “If you confess with your
mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your
heart that God has raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9
Salvation is God’s gift to you. “The gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord” Romans 6:23.
When someone offers you a priceless gift,
the wisest thing you can do is accept it!
This very moment you can receive Christ’s
gift of salvation [and the ASSURANCE of
your salvation] by sincerely praying this
simple prayer from your heart.
Just praying this simple prayer from the
depths of your heart right now assures you’ll
have a home in Heaven with Him, and after
you die.
You will receive His Covenant Blessings
of Peace, Presence, Power, Protection and
Provision here on earth:

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 Prayer of Salvation

Dear God, know that I am a sinner. I

know that you love me and want to save
me.
Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God,
who died on the cross to pay for my sins.
I believe God raised you to pay for my sin
and by faith I now receive you as my
personal Lord and Savior. Come into my
heart, forgive my sins, and save me, Lord
Jesus.
In your name I pray, Amen.

If you prayed this prayer, and meant it with

all your heart, you are saved!
I John 1: 9, “If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Please contact us so we can rejoice with you
and offer you assistance as you begin your
new journey as a child of God!

To contact me, E-mail

office@living-word-ministries.com

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 Power to Live Life

The Baptism of the Holy Spirit releases the

Holy Spirit in the believer to overflow and
manifest outwardly.

Once you have accepted Jesus Christ as your

personal Lord and Savior you ASK God to
baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

The Bible says, “Ask, and it shall be given

you” Luke 11:9.

Secondly, believe you have, in fact, received

this gift from God.

The apostle Paul, writing to the Galatians,

said, “Did you receive the Spirit by the work
of the law, or by hearing with faith?”
Galatians 3:2

You will have to believe that if you ask, you

will receive.
 

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 Prayer for the Baptism
of the Holy Spirit

Heavenly Father, I come to You in faith.

I thank You that Jesus saved me. Holy
Spirit, come upon me. I ask You to
baptize me in the Holy Spirit. Right now,
I receive the baptism in the Holy Spirit by
faith in Your Word.
Manifest the gifts of the Holy Spirit in my
life, Lord Jesus, with the initial sign of
speaking in tongues. May the anointing,
the glory, and the power of God come
upon me and into my life that I will be
empowered for service from this day
forward.
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for baptizing me
in Your Holy Spirit. Amen.

Now, having asked and received begin to

practice the power of the Spirit.

“What is it, then? I WILL pray with the

Spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also:
I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing
with the understanding also.
I Corinthians 14:15

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A good place to begin is where the first
apostles did, praising God in a new
language. How? Simply begin praising
God out loud in whatever words come to
you, whether one word or several. Tell Him
how much you love Him. Thank Him,
worship Him and yield your voice to Him.
Let Him give you new words of praise you
have never heard before.

The Bible states, “…open wide your mouth

and I will fill it.” Psalm 81: 10. “And these
signs shall follow them that believe; in my
name they shall cast out devils; they shall
speak with new tongues”
Mark 16: 17
 

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Cherie Burger is the founder of Living Word Ministries,
along with her husband, Charles Burger.

How do you condense a ministry into a few words?

Is it about teaching? ... Ministering prophetically? ... Prayer and
fasting? ... Making disciples? ... Doing prayer ministry to help
someone find freedom, inner peace and healing? ... Coming
alongside others in ministry with support and encouragement?
Yes, all of that is true…but the heart of the matter is this ministry
is about Jesus Christ; serving Him and giving Him to those
seeking Him, doing whatever is needed to be obedient to the
Holy Spirit. It is only in Jesus that we can give life and hope to
others. He calls this ministry to teach and encourage others to
know Him and learn how to have their own personal relationship
with Him.

Living Word Ministries purpose is to equip the saints for the

work of the ministry, for edifying of the Body of Christ.
Ephesians 4: 12. Our desire is to:
1.) Help others become the person God created them to be, to
fulfill the call and potential on their lives; 2.) Introduce others to
Jesus and strengthen their relationship with Him (this is of
utmost importance); and 3.) Encourage those who have been in
life’s battles to not lose their courage, hope and faith (this is
absolutely necessary).

You see, Jesus is the Living Word given to us by the Father. He

is love Himself fresh from the heart of our Father. He so loved
this lost and dying world that He gave Himself for us. He is full
of love and full of life for each one of us.

The Living Word is the Prophetic Word. The angel in

Revelations 19:10 rebuked John for falling down at his feet and
worshiping him. “See that you do not do that! I am your fellow
servant and of your brethren who have the testimony of
Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of
prophecy.”

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