We talked for a while and then he asked me, “Why don’t you come to Pakistan?” I thought for a minute and said yes! I will go. To be honest I did not know where Pakistan was but I had been praying for 15 years about reaching the multitudes. I promised to go to his city of Lahore, Pakistan. Dr. Johnson then asked me to send him $6,000.00 and “we will do something.”

Remember prayer opens doors that only God can open. The date was set and the money God provided was through my chiropractic business. Praise the Lord! I arrived in Lahore and no one was at the airport to meet me because the plane was 6 hours late! Dr. Johnson had called my wife in San Antonio to find out if I was coming to Pakistan. She had a sleepless night wondering why I had not arrived at the appointed time.

My Pakistani friend found me at the airport. As we were driving into the city, I asked him—what is the plan? He told me, we are having a crusade! I asked him, who is the preacher? Dr. Johnson answered, “You are!” He had rented a large tent, lights, microphones, speakers and stage for a six nights miracle crusade. We started with about 400 people and it grew to 5,000 people by the sixth night. Most people walked to the crusade. They were drawn by the miracles and healing. Others were brought to the altar to have demons cast out during the meeting. According to my friend, in that first crusade over 5,000 people were saved! To God Be the Glory!

I attribute this wonderful outreach and bountiful harvest to the hours spent on that dusty old prayer road outside Hereford, TX, where Morris Means taught me to pray and then to go pray some more. In 1992 I sent Dr. Johnson money so he could purchase a tent that could be use for future crusades. When I returned in 1993 to preach the next miracle crusade over 10,000 people were saved. I have been to Pakistan 4 times for crusades that have reached the multitudes with the profits of my business. If you want to be used by God, make a commitment to make time and to find a place to go pray some more. God wants to use you to make a difference in His kingdom. For God is not a respecter of persons. If he can use Dr. Terry Peters, He can use you. All you have to do is…Go Pray Some More!

Dr. Terry H Peters
May 29, 2010
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I learned this scripture in 1970 shortly after I was saved. By 1972 the Lord began to open ministry opportunities through the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship in Amarillo, Texas. Since I was trained by Morris Means to pray and then to pray some more, as chapter president I started a weekly one hour prayer meeting to seek the Lord’s face and His favor to reach lost souls in our area. Only two other men would pray consistently with me every week. Because the Lord promises that if we pray, He will hear, forgive our sin and heal our land, we were able to minister in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Oklahoma through chapter meetings and conventions.

Throughout the 1970’s I experienced people praying and living the promises of 2Chronicles 7:14. Quoting scriptures is not the same thing as praying. I witnessed an increased anointing in Morris Means’ ministry when he decided to pray a minimum of 8 hours per day. He reasoned that his primary job was to pray and seek the Lord’s face. At any other full time job, he would have to work at least 8 hours per day. Why not pray 8 hours per day?

He was attending a small country church in an abandoned school house at that time. The pastor left and the people asked Morris to step in as pastor. The church continued to prosper under Morris’  leadership and Morris continued to pray faithfully 8 hours per day. Soon the church outgrew the schoolhouse and built a new church and school in a town of 5000 people. The facilities were paid in full but Morris found himself busy taking care of the flock and managing the school. One day he noticed that the anointing was leaving him. And the church was not flourishing. He called a meeting with the Elders and told them his concern about the loss of the anointing. He stressed that he had to go back to praying 8 hours a day like he had done at the old school house.

The Elders told Morris that since he was being paid a salary, Morris had to work at the school and take care of the congregation. Morris knew he needed to pray to have God’s anointing, so he resigned as pastor. When you pray like it says in 2 Chronicles 7:14 an anointing comes on you that exceeds any thing you could have desired. Seek a relationship with God like Morris did 8 hours per day. Do not read the scripture; do what it says and God will marvelously heal your land, your family, and your circumstances. Morris took his job to pray very seriously and sought God’s anointing. Because Morris prayed he reached people who today have Christian ministries all over the world. Remember, if you already pray, well go pray some more!

Dr Terry Peters
Jan 26, 2010
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When we arrived, we found the basement of that church filled with townspeople. I gave my testimony about prayer and talked about the miracles we were seeing in the Hereford youth prayer meeting. I took 30 minutes to give a teaching on receiving the Holy Spirit and made sure everyone who wanted the gift of tongues, had received it.

I had noticed that someone had brought two people who were crippled to the meeting. I asked my friend who had accompanied me to pray for the sick. While I was making sure everyone had received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, my friend took off and the two people were seated in the center of the basement with the other congregants seated in a circle around them.

The man had a metal brace on his short leg. I figured the Lord could not heal him while the brace was on. I escorted the man to the bathroom so he could remove the three inch lift. He limped severely back to his seat. I knew the Lord healed people because I had seen it at Morris’ home prayer meeting. I lifted the man’s legs and prayed in the name of Jesus and nothing happened. I prayed in tongues for this man’s healing and again nothing happened. I felt new boldness in my spirit and declared under my breath: OK, God, I did my part. Now do yours! Immediately the man’s leg grew out and the man could walk on his own–without a brace–without a limp. The girl was crippled due to an Achilles tendon cut in her feet. She was immediately healed when I prayed for her.

The Lord got all the glory for healing those two people. And many lives were changed that night when they were touched by the power of the Holy Spirit. But I would have never been so bold if Morris had not empowered me with the tools of fervent prayer. If you have already prayed, well go pray some more!

Dr Terry Peters
Jan 8, 2010
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A chiropractor friend of mine took me to a small pentecostal church asking that I keep an open mind  during the service. We were a little late so the worship service had already begun. As my friend was trying to find us a place to sit, I noticed that the people had their hands lifted up, eyes closed and smiles on their faces. They actually seemed happy to be in church and I wanted a little bit of the peace they had. That July of 1970, I was born again!

Three months later, I was still separated from my three children, going through divorce and living in my parents’ home as an adult and licensed chiropractor. But I had peace that surpassed understanding and more than anything, I wanted to share my Lord and Savior with the people I had known in my hometown of Hereford, TX. My thought was to open a new practice and have home prayer meetings in that office.

I needed a sign on my door and several people recommended a Christian sign painter by the name of Morris Means who lived in Hereford. Since I was not busy with patients, I began to talk to Morris about the Lord. Shortly into our conversation, Morris asked me if I prayed. I answered, yes, I pray. Then he asked how long do you pray? I answered at least 15 minutes. He never told me how long to pray. He always said, well go pray some more! That conversation started a lifetime of fellowship and prayer.

I had many issues to deal with especially with my troubled marriage. I would seek Morris for his advice. He could have sent me to the counselor, the pastor, the psychiatrist. Instead, he would look at me and tell me to go pray some more. Morris mentored me to pray and seek answers from Jesus on his prayer road. We would pray together out loud and in tongues for hours. I have always walked fast and when Morris figured I was walking the prayer road too fast, he would take me out to the country and leave me with a bible for 5 hours so I could pray with fervor and without interruptions.  Fellowship with Jesus in prayer made my problems go away.

Soon Morris invited me to attend a youth prayer meeting at a lady’s house. The prayer meeting grew so big that we had to move it to Morris’  house. Every room in the house was filled with high school kids on their knees praying for renewed hearts and for the salvation of their friends. When people came with physical problems, the young people and I would pray for the sick in Jesus’  name and they would be healed. Many of those  young people  have successful ministries all over the world today because they learned to pray some more as Morris always instructed.   Seeking Jesus through prayer was the foundation on which to build our Christian walk.

Dr Terry Peters
01/06/2010
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A los quince días asistí a una reunión de oración en la casa de una pareja Católica carismática. El anfitrión explicaba el don del espíritu santo con la manifestación de lenguas y una señora que habían invitado no podía entender de qué se trataba ese don. Sugirió la señora que quizás si hablaran en lenguas ella podría entender un poco mejor. Lo recuerdo como si fuera hoy. Los anfitriones y todos nosotros nos pusimos de pie. Alzaron sus manos, hablaron en lenguas y yo también hablé en lenguas. Ese don hizo que yo entendiera la Biblia como nunca la había entendido.

Hay muchos que reciben en espíritu santo y oran en lenguas, pero nadie les ha enseñado la importancia de orar continuamente en el espíritu. Por ignorancia no se dan cuenta que al orar en el espíritu santo lo hacen sin egoísmo y en unión con el espíritu santo que habita en todos nosotros. Lo único que hay que hacer es rendir nuestra boca y permitir que el espíritu santo fluya a través de nosotros en una oración perfecta.

Al poco tiempo de haber sido salvo y haber recibido el espíritu santo con la evidencia de lenguas, me mudé a mi pueblo de crianza, Hereford, TX. Mi intención era de testificar a los amigos de mi juventud. Mi consultorio quiropráctico necesitaba un letrero con mi nombre y le pedí a un señor cristiano, Morris Means, que me lo pintara. Mientras pintaba, me hacía preguntas sobre la oración. Le contestaba que oraba por lo menos quince minutos todos los días. Y sin titubear me decía, necesitas orar más; según él, un poco más.

Nos hicimos amigos y cuando le platicaba de mis problemas—me estaba divorciando y no podía ver a los niños—el consejo de Morris era una pregunta, ¿Has orado? Y sin importarle mi respuesta, el consejo era el mismo, pues…ve y ora más. Me enseñó a buscar en Jesucristo la solución a mis problemas. No me mandaba al consejero ni al líder de la iglesia sino al camino polvoriento que rodeaba su casa que él usaba para orar. Como yo tenía mucho tiempo para orar y oraba por horas principalmente en lenguas.

Observé en Morris Means una vida transformada por la oración. Abrió su casa a reuniones de oración para la juventud y por lo tanto se creó un avivamiento en la escuela superior de Hereford en los 1970. Como pastor se entregó a orar 8 horas diarias. La iglesia prosperó con más de 400 miembros cuando decidió que su labor principal era buscar el rostro de Dios con fervor.

Si usted desea prosperar en negocios o en el ministerio cristiano, permítame aconsejarle como Morris lo hacía conmigo. ¿Has orado hoy? Pues…ve y ora más. Quiero animarlos a que hagan una conexión vigente con el Espíritu Santo que vive dentro de usted. Ore un poco más…en lenguas.

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Dr. Terry H Peters, Quiropráctico

Traducido por Gerri Iruegas-Peters

2 de mayo, 2008

]]> http://godsarmytx.com/blog/prayer-exhortations/oracion-846/feed/ 0 http://godsarmytx.com/blog/prayer-exhortations/exhortation-846/ http://godsarmytx.com/blog/prayer-exhortations/exhortation-846/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 17:06:07 +0000 admin http://godsarmytx.com/blog/?p=60 I was born again in a small Pentecostal church in 1970, because I wanted some of the joy those people had on their faces when they were praising the Lord during worship service.  I knew I was different inside even though I did not know the vocabulary of being  saved  or what having a  born again  experience meant for my eternal soul.

Two weeks later, I was at a home prayer meeting hosted by a Catholic charismatic couple. The man was teaching about the importance of praying in tongues. A lady, who was a guest, said she really did not understand about praying in tongues. She suggested that maybe if she heard tongues, she would understand the concept. I vividly remember that we all stood up and raised our hands. Our hosts prayed in tongues and I prayed in tongues. When I received the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues, the Bible became alive to me.

Many people receive the Holy Spirit and even speak in tongues, but they are not taught to pray continually in the spirit. They do not realize that they could be praying in the spirit– praying unselfishly–interceding according to the Holy Spirit who lives in us. All we have to do is open our mouths and let the Holy Spirit flow through us in a perfect prayer.

Shortly after I was born again and had received the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues, I moved back to my hometown of Hereford, TX. I wanted to start a prayer meeting so I could witness to my childhood friends. My new Chiropractic Office needed my name painted on the door and I heard about a Christian sign painter named Morris Means. As he worked, he asked me if I prayed. Of course, I said. Yes, I pray. Then he asked, for how long do you pray? Oh, at least 15 minutes, I answered. Then he told me that I needed to pray more, and as he put it some more.

Whenever I talked to Morris about my problems–my wife was divorcing me and would not let me see our three children–Morris’  advice to me was a question: Have you prayed? Regardless of my answer Morris always said “Well, go pray some more.”   He trained me to pray to Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Because I sought the Lord in prayer, I noticed that my problems seemed to diminish. Morris did not send me to a counselor or a church leader, but directed me to the dusty prayer road outside his rural home. I had lots of time to pray so I spent hours and hours in prayer mostly in tongues.

I observed in Morris Means a life transformed by prayer. His home prayer meetings caused a revival among the high school teenagers of Hereford, TX in the early 1970s.  When as a pastor, he prayed 8 hours per day for the church. It grew to over 400 members, all because he understood his job description as a fervent seeker of God.

If you want to become prosperous both in business and in Christian ministry or leadership, let me give you the advice I received from Morris every time I talk to him:  Have you prayed today? Well, go pray some more! I want to encourage you to reconnect with the Holy Spirit who abides in you. Go pray some more in tongues!

Dr Terry H Peters, Chiropractor 04/28/2008

Cómo orar: los pasos para lograr una vida disciplinada de oración

1. Reconozca que el diablo es nuestro enemigo. Satanás usara todo poder a su alcance para impedir nuestra oración sobretodo si oramos en el Espíritu Santo. Cuando oramos en lenguas, nuestra petición no es egoísta.
2. Haga una agenda de antemano de su semana. Incluya un horario predeterminado para orar durante esa semana ya sea por una hora, por 5 horas o quince horas por semana.
3. Determine dónde va Ud. a orar. Busque un lugar libre de interrupciones cotidianas. En nuestro barrio no hay mucho bullicio y las banquetas son parejas y bien niveladas. Así es que camino y oro a la vez. El orar es buen ejercicio para el alma como el caminar es buen ejercicio para el cuerpo.
4. Si no encuentra tiempo para orar, ore por dos horas consecutivas el domingo por la tarde. Voy a cumplir 70 años y he tenido que alterar mi horario del consultorio para tener energía para orar.
5. Si realmente se encuentra demasiado agotado para orar, busque la manera de enchufarse a Jesucristo, nuestro intercesor. San Pablo nos mostró una vida ejemplar de oración. Explicó su motivación en Efesios 6:18-20 “Oren en el Espíritu en todo momento, con peticiones y ruegos…Oren también por mí para que, cuando hable, Dios me dé las palabras para dar a conocer con valor el misterio del evangelio…Oren para que lo proclame valerosamente, como debo hacerlo.” En otras palabras San Pablo oraba en el espíritu continuamente par predicar el evangelio con valor que podría interpretarse como osadía o atrevimiento.
6. El orar en lenguas es equivalente al dar el diezmo. Entre más tiempo ore, más tiempo tendrá para jugar golf, visitar a los nietos o hacer otras cosas que le agradan.
7. Así es que les recomiendo como lo hacía mi padre espiritual, Morris Means. Me preguntaba, “?Has orado?” Sin importarle mi respuesta, me decía, “Pues…ve y ora un poco más.”

Dr. Terry H Peters, Quiropráctico
Traducido por Gerri Iruegas-Peters

1. The devil is our enemy. He will use every power he has to stop us from praying – especially in tongues, which is the only unselfish prayer we can utter.
2. Plan your week ahead of time. Schedule time to pray in tongues whether it is one hour per week, 5 hours per week or 15 hours per week.
3. Plan your place of prayer away from life’s distractions. We live in a quiet neighborhood with good sidewalks, so I walk and pray. Praying is good exercise for the soul as walking is for the body.
4. If your schedule is as busy as mine pray for two hours straight on a Sunday afternoon. I’m almost 70 years old and have cut my work schedule to have energy to pray.
5. If you are too tired to pray consider plugging into the source of energy – Jesus, our intercessor. St. Paul modeled an energetic prayer life and in Ephesians 6:18-20 stated “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” In other words He prayed in the spirit continuously in order to preach boldly the gospel.
6. Praying in tongues is like tithing. The more you pray, the more time you have to do what you enjoy like playing golf or spending time with the grandchildren.
7. So as my spiritual father, Morris Means, would ask, Have you prayed? Regardless of the answer, his response was “Well, go pray some more!”

Dr Terry H Peters Chiropractor
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“Al que puede hacer muchísimas más (obras) que lo que podamos imaginarnos o pedir, por el poder que obra eficazmente en nosotros… (Efesios 3:20)

“Como creyente, usted tiene el poder del Espíritu Santo dentro de usted. Pero ese poder no puede obrar hasta que usted lo haga trabajar.

El Espíritu Santo no usará sus músculos fuertes para subyugarlo. Ni bajará del cielo para apagar su televisión ni lo levantará de donde esté usted sentado obligándolo a que lo escuche. ¡No! El Espíritu Santo es todo un caballero. El está dispuesto a ayudarle a hacer la voluntad de Dios, a fortalecerle, a aconsejarle…pero no hará ninguna cosa al menos que se lo pidamos.

En el libro de Santiago nos dice que debemos orar si estamos en problemas o afligidos. Es porque la oración es el motor que moviliza el poder que vive dentro de nosotros.

Piense en lo increíble que es el tener es Espíritu de Dios, dentro de cada uno de nosotros. El mismo Espíritu que llevó acabo la palabra de Dios en la creación. Ese Espíritu solo desea que usted lo llame y todo su poder estará a su alcance.

Si Jesucristo llegara a su casa y pudiera sentarse a su mesa, usted abandonaría todos sus quehaceres para platicar con Él, ¿verdad? No lo saludaría apresuradamente ni haría excusas para no conversar con él. No le platicaría de su cansancio, su falta de energía ni malgastaría su tiempo en quejarse de lo mal que nos va en el mundo. No le daría el pretexto de lo cansado que se encuentro ni de su necesidad de relajarse delante de la televisión. No se le ocurriría decir que quizás a la otra vuelta, pasaría más tiempo con Él.

Si Jesucristo estuviera en el cuarto donde usted lo pudiera ver, se postraría ante Él para adorarlo. Lograría la oportunidad de estar con Él. No se acordaría de necedades cotidianas, sino pondría todo su enfoque en lo que Él quisiera decirle.

El Espíritu Santo habita dentro de usted. Él está esperándolo a usted. Está dispuesto a recibir esa llamada no importa si es de día o de noche. Él nos dice, “Aquí estoy para ayudarte y para fortalecerte. Ese problema que cargas, yo quiero sacarlo de tu vida.”

El Espíritu Santo quiere enseñarle como resolver las cosas que lo tienen agobiado. Él lo está esperando con todo su poder para quitar los obstáculos de su vida. Haga tiempo para orar. Ore en el Espíritu Santo. Ore con entendimiento. Ore y active el poder que quiere obrar hoy mismo y que vive dentro de su ser.” ¡Buena palabra, Lief!

Traducido por Gerri Iruegas-Peters 7 de abril, 2008

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us.” (Ephesians 3:20)

As a believer, you have the power of the Holy Spirit inside you. But that power won’t go to work until you put it to work!

The Holy Spirit won’t just muscle in on you. He won’t come in and turn down the television set and jerk you up off the couch and say, “Now you listen to me.” No. He’s a gentleman. He’s sent to help you to do the will of God, to strengthen you, to counsel you, but He won’t do a thing until He’s asked.

That’s why the book of James says if you’re in trouble or afflicted, pray.  It’s prayer that puts the power within you to work.

Just think about that. The spirit of Almighty God, the Spirit that hovered over the face of the deep and carried out God’s Word at creation, that same Spirit is inside you waiting for you to call on Him!

If Jesus came into your house and sat down at your table, you would put aside everything to talk to Him, wouldn’t you? You wouldn’t just rush through and say,  “Jesus, I’m so glad to see you. I wish I had the energy to talk to You, but You wouldn’t believe what kind of a day I had today. I mean, everything in the world went wrong and now I’m just too tired to do anything but lay here and watch TV. Maybe we can spend some time together later.”

You wouldn’t do that, would you? No! If Jesus were sitting there in your room where you could see Him,  you’d fall on your face and begin to worship Him. You wouldn’t care how tired you were or what kind of day you had. You’d jump at the opportunity to fellowship with Him.

The Holy Ghost is in you.  He’s waiting on you. He’s ready any time of the day or night. He’s saying, I’m here to help you and strengthen you. I want to comfort you today. You know that problem you’ve been having? I want to help you get that out of your life.

The Holy Spirit has some things He wants to show you-things you’ve been trying to figure out on your own. He’s waiting there with the power to overcome every obstacle in your life. Take time to pray. Pray in the Spirit. Pray with understanding. Pray and activate the power that’s working within you today. Good word, Leif!!