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

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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I contacted George Otis to invite him to speak at our Amarillo regional convention in 1973. He gave a powerful testimony and made an altar call for the baptism of the Holy Spirit. Thirty one people came forward and he told me to pray for these people so that they would receive the gift of tongues. I had no choice but to lay hands on these saints and I am sure that each one of them received tongues. At the end of the convention he invited me to go with a group he was organizing to Israel in spring.

I had always wanted to visit Israel and I experienced a trip of a lifetime with George. He had set up short wave Christian radio stations in Israel and the Middle East. We visited a radio tower broadcasting from the valley of Armageddon where the battle of the ages will occur. When we were there, we saw the abandoned tanks that the enemy had used in the brief war of 1973. It was awesome to see in the 1970s how the Lord was restoring His land through farming, roads and other construction. Israel then was a third world country like when Jesus walked on the earth–very different from the modern Israel Gerri and I experienced in the year 2000.

In the 1970s George and his broadcasters received many death threats and actual bomb attacks that destroyed a few towers that were promptly rebuilt. Today there are short wave Christian radio stations all over the world where the gospel can be heard in remote locations in many dialects and languages. Because of the High Adventure Ministry, churches have been started in Cuba as a result of the preaching heard in Spanish from a station in Puerto Rico The most recent addition has been in Urdu for the people of India, Pakistan and other Middle Eastern countries. I remember giving blood for a Jewish Hospital and planting a tree in memory of the people lost in the Holocaust. George went to be with the Lord in 2006 and just recently, I was able to send money to have a tree planted in Israel in George Otis’ honor.

I want to encourage you to ask the Lord what He wants you to pray about. Remember if you have already prayed, well go pray some more.

Terry H Peters, DC
02072008

Before the Lord saved me in July of 1970, my searches for spiritual truth lead me to study many religions which ultimately made me feel like I was headed to hell. It is amazing to me that even false religions can expose our wickedness. Prior to giving my life to Christ, I decided that I would try to get along with people by a philosophy of live and let live. In other words, you do your thing and allow me to do mine.

The end result of that philosophy was a wrecked marriage and havoc in my life. Although I had finished my degree and received my chiropractic license, I was unsuccessful in every goal I attempted. After my divorce, I was so depressed that even the people who loved me could not stand being around me. My brother and his wife moved from Houston to Wisconsin to get away from me.
After the Lord saved me and baptized me in the Holy Spirit, I learned to rely on the saving power of the blood of the Lamb and began sharing my testimony. I found that as I prayed in tongues, I was building up my spirit with Holy Ghost boldness to proclaim the word of God and to testify boldly of the problems and failures I had, prior to receiving a Savior in my life.

I learned to give my testimony of a failed life without Christ and the awesome difference my Redeemer’s grace has made in my life with Christ. As I give my testimony I have seen people’s lives changed direction from hell to heaven, from failure to joy and peace. I want to encourage you, businessmen and women to share your testimony after you have prayed in tongues. You will find that the people around you will be blessed and that you will be filled with joy.

We all need to recall with gratitude where the Lord found us and be willing to share our testimony with the people we encounter every day. We need to see people being saved, encouraged and transformed by the word of our testimony. By praying daily and giving our testimony, we can avoid becoming complacent and judgmental in our Christian lives.

So, go pray in tongues and ask the Lord to give you opportunities to help others overcome Satan with the Blood of the Lamb and the word of your and their testimonies. Get excited about what Jesus has transformed in your life and share your testimony today!

Terry H Peters, DC
12/17/2007
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“The popularity of the healing evangelists [in the 1950’s] and their support of FGBMFI led to ever more explosive growth for the Fellowship.” p. 60

We all believe we are living in the end-times and that Jesus is returning soon for His bride. Let us work together in the great harvest using the tools the Lord has given us including the Vision the Lord gave Demos in reaching the whole world through business men. We are advertising the Healing Crusade on 2 TV and 2 radio stations which reach a 200 mile radius. To encourage you all to come let me tell you about my experience at a charismatic church on Sunday December 2, 2007 where there were 500 people attending.

About 10 received Christ, 50 received the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues, over 100 came forward for healing and about 30 were slain in the Spirit.

Terry H Peters DC
12/9/2007
Office phone 210 927-7910
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The appointed evening came and we prayed that Jesus would baptize her in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues. No sound came from her mouth. We kept praying in the spirit and out-loud but got no response. Then suddenly weird sounding words in a voice that was not hers came out of her mouth. I asked who was speaking. The voice said it was the spirit of Jezebel who had lived in this lady since she was molested at age 5. We cast the demon out in the name of Jesus and she immediately spoke in tongues. Praised be Jesus!

Gerri and I are sponsoring a Bilingual Miracle Crusade in a Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas from Friday, December 28, 2007 through Wednesday, January 2, 2008. We are following the format that has been successful in Pakistan, India and Nigeria – praise and worship in their native language, gospel preaching in English with simultaneous translation and praying for the sick with signs and wonders following. We are going to do this every night for 6 nights at 7PM. We are targeting our wonderful patients who have trusted us with their and their family’s health. We have a mailing list of over 11,000 households, most of whom are Hispanic, who will be invited.

The Spanish and English Miracle Crusade will be held at the Crossroads Mall Convention Center, 4522 Fredericksburg Rd, San Antonio, TX 78201 which can seat 900-2000 people auditorium style. We have a chiropractic office across the hall from the Convention Center at that mall. Many of our patients are in business for themselves and would benefit from business principles applied from the bible. I am inviting all who belong to the FGBMFI, the FGBMF America and BMF to start Hispanic chapters in San Antonio. If you want to share God’s wisdom on how to run a business according to the Word of God with our guests, please make plans to come to San Antonio. The Marriott Springhill Suites on the Crossroads property has set aside 10 rooms at $103 plus tax for two beds, all suites, no smoking rooms, with breakfast every morning. The Springhill Suites, 3636 NW Loop 410, San Antonio TX 78201 (210) 737-6086 must have your commitment by December 7, 2007 to guarantee that price for the Miracle Crusade.

If you are not sure you can come but your heart aches for the lost in San Antonio, please RSVP so we can unite in prayer that the Lord make a way for you.

Terry H Peters DC

12/03/2007
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PS
In addition to the huge auditorium, the Convention Center has two classrooms which we can use for prayer meetings and teaching bible business principles. We can use the facilities during the day prior to our opening to the public at 6:30 pm. The 6 days are December 28, 2007 through January 2, 2008. Please come!