I am about to rush out to Bible study and was quickly checking my emails and I found what you will see below. I thought it was a great read and really challenges us all to go deeper. Let the Holy Spirit speak to you as you read it without taking your own opinions to it. Currently we are I believe on the verge of a great revival, and history shows with all revivals of the past man shuts them down. I wonder can we this time as the body of Christ work with God in submitted hearts and surrendered wills to see many touched by Him?

Dear Beautiful Body of Christ,

It is with GREAT pleasure that I write this email. I have been waiting for some time to write this email. We are being bombarded with the question "is this a genuine move of God?"

I know that there are those who are genuinely interested and want to be walked through this. I'm here for you to help you to understand and get to the other side of your questions. On the contrary, there are those who wish to take shots at what is presently happening in Florida and all over the world, forwarding emails around from people claiming to know that Todd is a false prophet and claiming that this is not a genuine move.

I will try to be as diplomatic as I possibly can. I submit this in Love.

Church, it's really time for us to wake up. There are emails going around from the critics/pharisee's (sometimes it's hard to tell the difference) that are trying to shut down what God is doing all over the earth. These naysayers are the exact same people that have criticized past moves and will criticize even the day of the Lord's return. It's amazing that we give more thought and time to the critics than we do to the Holy Spirit. We go to our prayer meetings during the week, cry out for revival and an outpouring (on our terms of course). We go to church on Sunday's and ask Him to come and be present in our meetings, but then we take sides with the critics and entertain the thought of this not being God and result in judging this current move of the Spirit. Then we wonder why the Holy Spirit is grieved and not wanting to hang out in the church. The real battle here is the battle against the spirit of religion that says it's gotta look this way or that way. Right now on the earth, there really aren't many options as to where God is really moving. God is still moving in Toronto, He's moving at Morningstar, He's moving through Joshua Mills, Patricia King, and our friends Trevor & Sharon Baker in Dudley, U.K., but apart from these and other pockets, there really isn't much. Maybe we should be looking at that and encouraging the church to get set on fire rather than trying to critcize that which we don't understand.

I don't want to be amongst those that one day stand before the Lord and He asks me the question, "Why did you criticize and judge a move of my precious Holy Spirit?" My greatest fear in life is to grieve the Holy Spirit. Rememebr when Jesus said in Matt 7,

1."Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2.For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
3."Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4.How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5.You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
6."Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.
Ask, Seek, Knock
7."Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8.For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
9."Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10.Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11.If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12.So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
The Narrow and Wide Gates
13."Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. 14.But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.
A Tree and Its Fruit
15."Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16.By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17.Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19.Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20.Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.

Just because someone has tattoes and earrings does not disqualify them from being revivalist's and leaders of genuine moves of God. Maybe you prefer the polished look. Take Todd Bentley out of the picture and put your favorite preacher there. Are you happy now? Is it now a move of God? We need deal with our religious spirit that is holding us back from entering into the fullness of what God has. I suggest giving more time to listening to the voice of the Spirit rather than the opinions of man. Let's forward the emails around that are edifying to the Holy Spirit and let's stop trying to rescue mankind from falling into some sort of cult where we may all end up laying on the floor with same color running shoes. Todd is not a cultist. I have spent much time with him while he was here with us and he is the real deal. Not perfect, but the real deal. This email may offend you but what offends me is people having a go at my friend Todd Bentley who is an amazing man of God, full of the Holy Spirit, and a carrier of the anointing. He is the man that God has raised up in this hour to lead a worldwide revival. He is the real deal. He is not the Anti-Christ as some would portray him to be. Let's stand behind him in this hour. What he really needs right now is our prayers and support. He is doing an amazing job at hosting these nightly revival meetings.

Let me ask this question. Where in the Bible did satan EVER heal, deliver, save, raise 18 people from the dead, cause people to fall in love with Jesus, bring glory to the Father, and worship Jesus? I can't find it anywhere. But what I did find was that he loves to bring division and use God's people to do it. He did bring sickness upon people and cause people to turn away from God. Come on church, let's wake up and get in touch with the reality of what God is presently doing all over the earth.

A majority of the critics have never been to Lakeland, Florida and experienced for themselves what is presently taking place. Amanda and I were there for 2 nights and we can honestly say, the presence of the Lord was really strong in those meetings. It wasn't the presence of satan. I can promise you that!!!!!!!!

In closing, we at Revolution Church want to make a statement. Our church and ministry fully support and stand behind Todd Bentley and Fresh Fire Ministries and what God is doing through him. If you're not into the present move of God on this planet then Revolution Church is certainly, most definately not for you. The greatest move of God since the day of Pentecost is sitting right at our door. God is looking for a place to birth this baby here in our nation. Is your Inn full?

In Daddy's great & awesome love,