Dear friends,

            God is good!!!  The circumstances around us may not always verify it, BUT God is good!!!  In addition, this good God has promised the nations to His Son (Psalms 2:8).  Our State is part of one of those nations.  He desires to touch our State.   There are a number of issues that we want to be praying about.

            Yesterday, we came back from Staten Island, NY.  As we entered Pennsylvania, we saw our state advertising motto: “Pennsylvania, the State of Independence.”  Of course there are some real benefits to this.  It was in Philadelphia that the US declared its independence.  As believers, we want to be independent from the control of the enemy and any bondage that may be in our life.  However, when it comes to believers, individual congregations and denominational and apostolic networks independence is not so good.  It is so important that we come together in unity so that we can seek and serve the Lord together in every way that we can.

            We must pray that God will help us to come together in love and acceptance in spike of the fact that we are different.  We must pray that God will help us to appreciate the differences that  exist between us and to realize that the differences are actually good in that we can touch a broader base of people  and  that our differing gifts will make a  larger  whole.

            The Lord desires very much to have the yeast of the gospel penetrate every strata of our society.  Let us pray that God will raise up Spirit-filled leaders in government, education, healthcare, criminal justice, entertainment, media and the church who will bring such change that the Lord’s Kingdom will invade each area and fulfill its intended purpose.

            Paul tells us that God has given apostles, prophets, evangelist, pastors and teachers to equip the saints for the work of ministry.  According to the passage this process of ministering to the Body, who then minister to one another leads to believers reaching the stature of the fullness of Christ and leads to the Body of Christ supplying to each other all that is needed.  This kind of mature, covenant-keeping Body will penetrate the darkness and establish the Kingdom of God. Let us pray for (not attach) those whom God has placed in leadership over us.

            As all of us know, we will elect a governor this year.  This is a matter for prayer because the governor has an impact upon that climate of the State by setting the legislative agenda.  Therefore, let us pray for God’s choice to serve in this office and others throughout our state.

            Many in our society would like to redefine marriage and/or allow for legal domestic covenants be made for those outside the traditional/Biblical definition.  A redefinition will have an impact upon our society in many ways.  It will mean a further deterioration of the family which is in trouble in our state.  It will mean a change in our schools because what is taught about family will change even more.  It will also mean a change in our heath care and costs.  There are legislators and organizations seeking to legally define marriage as between one man and one woman.  Let us pray that this type of legislation will pass in our state and others. 

We should be encouraged by the recent changes of climate in various states over issues relating to abortion.  Let us continue to pray about both the abortion and family issues.  Let us also pray that ministries will emerge which will help mothers care for their children when they decide to keep them and when it is no longer legal to abort them. 

            Even though the vast majority of school boards have voted not to take money from slot machines, companies continue to spend huge amounts of money making applications to host casinos.  We must band together with communities like Gettysburg and Bethlehem, who are seeking to keep casinos out of their regions.  We do not need the influences and devastation brought to families and territories by gambling.

            On a positive note, a major world wide Buddhist/New Age event had been planned by leaders for the northeastern part of the State in 2007.  The event has been moved to India (I am not happy about this because we have been ministering regularly in India recently and they do not need any setbacks.  Recently nearly 1 Million people received Christ in India because of a Billy Graham TV special and cooperation from 61, 000 congregations.  The conversion rate has eclipsed the birth rate.  So pray for India).  However, it is an answer to pray concerning our State.  Kerry and I will be part of a meeting next week to continue to mobilize intercessors to continue to pray for this region and that God will overturn the influence of the New Age Institute.

            Please remember the Harp and Bowl training coming up April 28-29 in Reading.  Contact Chad Eberly at

Kerry and I will be in Croatia and Slovenia April 11-24 doing prayer trainings and Prayer Strikes.  May God bless you.

If the churches in your region would like to host a regional prayer event in the Summer or Fall, contact us at john@kquestministries.org or call 717-968-0766.  Please note that this will be the only email up and running starting April 1.

John (writing for Kerry and  myself)