End of publication Statement from Presenceleader

17 11 2011

Hi…. again! This is Fletch, owner of PresenceLeader.com. Several days ago you received a new post from me labeled ‘Hi’ …and that was the end of the communication. I received a large number of replies back from you ranging from hi back, to I thought you had died, to hooray! He’s back. Well, I can at least respond that no, I’m not dead. The communication however was not from myself. It was from my web development team related to a company I run who were routinely testing my new servers & settings which happened to share the same space as Presenceleader.com. The actual posting was an accident-I apologize that you opened the email, expecting some type of site update or communication. 

I have not updated the site for several months now. I think I’ll use this opportunity now to communicate my lack of communication. :)  

For over 2 years I updated the site either daily or multiple times a week. I am very proud of what this website was able to accomplish for the Kingdom of God during that time. From a humble single page beginning it grew to an enormous 200 page site that contained over 100 hours of audio teachings, 300+ devotions & articles and at it’s peak had more than 13,500 visitors a month spread over 6 continents and 185 countries.

Thank you ...Goodnight & God Bless.

Over the last 11 months I’ve encountered many challenges that sorely tested my Christian character…. As God builds a Christian’s character, we must all go through times of testing… this is non-negotiable in the believer’s life, and we need look no further than opening the Bible, Old or New Testament. An old phrase says ‘beware the leader who doesn’t walk with a limp‘, referencing Jacob wrestling with God. Now, I did not wrestle with God, nor experience some type of moral failing, nor engaged in any unethical behavior. What I experienced was multiple deep woundings from Christians unrelated to one another, that came like an assault seemingly week after week, to the point where at the beginning of September I knew I needed severe spiritual medical assistance, if you will. At this time of writing a few months later I would describe myself as being in an ICU, not stable, nor recuperating.

I simply did what Christians before me have done, I turned the other cheek, tucked my tail between my legs, and disappeared. I choose not to respond to accusations, nor to speak out in defense of myself. By now, some of you are at least nodding your head saying ‘aah, he’s in that leadership season’ Yes, I am. A week and a half ago I went to a church to see a friend lead worship, we entered late to avoid people, and I lasted about an hour before a  panic attack started,…  and we exited quickly.

Some of you may be aware that Mouse & I have led worship with a local ministry in our city for several years. This remains unchanged. I have spoken in-depth with the Pastor  regarding where I am at,  and the counsel I have received,  which I trust 100% because of an incredibly accurate gift in hearing God is to stay connected and involved. I feel safe, and I need the fellowship and connection. I am incubated in an incredibly caring, small tucked away ministry that flies WAY, WAY below the radar. In stepping aside from this site I did however also step aside from updating this ministries bulletins & audio teachings. For those who did follow this ministers updates simply type in their name in Facebook and you will be able to follow the weekly updates there. Mouse now does these updates and forwards them to the Facebook account for the ministry.

In the last 6 months a business opportunity was literally dropped in our lap by the Lord that has been cultivated through hard work and focus into an incredible situation for Mouse & I.Our business grew from just Mouse & myself to a specialized 8 person team with emerging business relationships & networking spanning overseas in multiple countries, and further expansion continues to burst forth. We have become a VERY dominant business in our respective area of specialty in a very short period of time. God is literally supernaturally depositing methods and strategies in my lap weekly.

I debated whether to shut down the site, and have not felt to do so, though i did choose to no longer want my name to be associated with ministry-thus the name change to presenceLeader.com. Perhaps the articles and teachings will continue to have a life and ministry of their own without further input by myself? Perhaps in time I will return? For those who emailed me asking how they can access my worship CD I released earlier this year email me at fletch@rockstarzusa.com requesting a copy and I will happily send you the mp3 files for free of the songs from the CD. If you go to YouTube the 5 songs videos are still uploaded and available to watch there too.

Thanks for your support, I trust some of the energy here as beneficial for you in your walk with God. -Fletch Whipp


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Being significant for God…at my job?

1 09 2011

This story really resonates with me because after many years working in the music industry, I still felt empty. I too drew the conclusion that Christian vocation was calling me, yet, as Os Hillman states below. It was like trying to put a square peg in a round hole. All Os’s words to sink in, and weigh where your true calling may be… perhaps it’s impossible to see because it’s in plain sight. 

“May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us- yes, establish the work of our hands.” Psalm 90:17

Many of us begin our careers with the goal of achieving success. If we haven’t entered our work as a result of God’s calling, we will eventually face a chasm of deep frustration and emptiness. Success flatters but does not provide a lasting sense of purpose and fulfillment. So often we enter careers with wrong motives-money, prestige, and even pressure from parents or peers. Failing to match our work with our giftedness and calling is like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. If that happens over an extended period, a person crashes.

At this time, many make another mistake. Workplace believers think that beginning a new career in “full-time Christian work” will fill the emptiness they feel.

However, this only exacerbates the problem because they are again trying to put another square peg into a round hole. The problem is not whether we should be in “Christian work” or “secular work,” but rather what work is inspired by gifts and calling. If there is one phrase I wish I could remove from the English language it is “full-time Christian work.” If you are a Christian, you are in full-time Christian work, whether you are driving nails or preaching the gospel. The question must be, are you achieving the God-given calling for your life? God has called people into business to fulfill His purposes just as much as He has called people to be pastors or missionaries.

It is time for workplace believers to stop feeling like second-class citizens for being in business. It is time workplace believers stop working toward financial independence so that they can concentrate on their “true spiritual calling.” This is the great deception for those called to business.

Significance comes from fulfilling the God-given purpose for which you were made. Ask Him to confirm this in your own life. 


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Eileen Fisher – Of grace & judgment

23 08 2011

Here is the latest Word from Eileen Fisher released August 23rd during her weekly School of the Holy Spirit meeting in Colorado. I love reading the concept of extending grace, and breaking from judgment. “Know the hour of grace. 
Embrace the hour of grace. Embrace the grace I would bestow upon you, and in turn give grace to others. I am breaking off judgment over you this night,” Enjoy!

Eileen Fisher

I heard the Lord say, “I have not called you to walk this walk alone. I would never, ever require the flesh to walk supernaturally. I would merely ask that the flesh would be in submission to My Spirit. Let My Spirit walk supernaturally through your flesh. I created your flesh and I said all is good. A surrendered flesh is a tapestry I can stretch, I can mold, I can move, I can use so that My hand can be stretched forth.

“I am looking for hands of the flesh: flesh, blood, bone. All I have made, I am looking to use for My glory. Will you give me your hands? Will you place your hearts in My hands? Will you place your will, your dreams, your visions under Mine? I am looking for a submissive people who will prefer Me above all, people, and all things, what is good I will bring to you. What is bad I will break off. I have come so you may have life abundantly. May, I say to you. I would say chose this night, for I set before you: flesh or My Spirit. If you chose My Spirit, My Spirit will witness and chose you.

“I waited in accord for My people and then I took them and I brought them into one accord to where this cord will be linked from Heaven to Earth, and to Earth to Heaven. I provided the cord. That cord is My blood. Remember how costly one accord is, for it was bought by My one blood sacrifice. A Holy cord, a cord set aside, a cord that could be knitted to you, Spirit to Spirit, heart to heart. As you learn how My Spirit is flowing and acknowledge His flowing, then I promise you by Myself for there is no greater, you will recognize where He has been, and you will recognize where He is going. I have sent Him to teach and I have asked that He would guide. He, too, has chosen to be with you. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit in one accord. We have wrapped you in Our cord that Our glory can be spread through a weary world. I am calling My own, whosoever will, to pick up the glory of My cross and let My cross glory. As I be lifted up in worship, in praise, in thanksgiving, with a grateful heart, with an expectancy of My goodness, then My Glory comes.

“I look to and fro: do not judge the ways of others. Commit them to Me for I have not come to judge, but to save. Know the hour of grace. Embrace the hour of grace. Embrace the grace I would bestow upon you, and in turn give grace to others. I am breaking off judgment over you this night,” says the Lord your God. “Judgment that the world, that man, that religion, that even you have touched for it has grieved My Spirit because you have been grieved. Judgment is a curse. I am not judging, I am filling. I am filling you to overflow to where you will not be thirsty. For I am not looking for you to strangle yourself, with your thoughts, strangling your own faith with unbelief. I want you to learn to breathe in My Spirit and breathe out My Spirit. In doing this, you will be not only the bearers of My light, but the bearers of My breath,” says the Lord your God.

Love and Blessing, Eileenhttp://www.eileenfisher.org

Colorado Springs, CO (Meeting Canceled September 20th)
Weekly Meetings of the Holy Spirit
(All are welcome to attend, no registration fee)
Every Tuesday @ 7:00pm
Every Home for Christ, The Jericho Center http://www.ehc.org/
640 Chapel Hills DR
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Use upper entrance
Update and bad weather cancellation info, phone 719-272-7091 (Meeting 
Canceled September 20th)
Also ministry update information is available on Eileen’s face book, 
search for Eileen Fisher Colorado Springs, CO

Eileen will minister this September
in Lawton, OK
September 9-10-11
Freedom Christian Fellowship
http://www.freedomchristianfellowship.org

Casper, WY September 16-17-18
Speaker: Eileen Fisher
Wyoming Aglow Fall Gathering
http://www.wyomingaglow.com/


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Eileen Fisher – Rest your head in My glory

15 08 2011

Hello saints, here is the more recent prophetic Word through Eileen Fisher spoken during last weeks meeting. I love the line ‘I will cause those who are weary and have been sitting by the riverbank to be called to come in’. The nature of the true prophetic always leads us to shift our focus & gaze to Christ, and is always encouraging, comforting and building. It must line up with 1 Corinthians 14:3. Enjoy, -Presenceleader
I heard the Lord say, “Be not afraid.” The Lord said, “Do not be concerned for when you hear of this work and that work not going forth, but be concerned when you hear where My Spirit is not going forth; for I am causing My own to rise up and I am causing them to understand My word that it is not by power and it is not by might, but it is by My Spirit,” sayeth the Lord. “And as My people come and understand, they will come under, they will come in and they will come out in My Spirit.

“Be encouraged. Know that My Spirit is wooing My people. Know that My Spirit is healing My people. Know that My Spirit is administrating truth to My people. Know that My Spirit is plugging in and unplugging. Know that My Spirit is flowing. Know that I will cause those that are weary and have been sitting by the riverbank to be called to come in. To come into the river of life to where life will come back over where death has had it’s work. For I say unto you, you will understand what it means. You will understand the deep meaning that a seed must first die, but then comes life. Know that within each one of you and those across the world who are called by My Name.

There is a seed of salvation that has been wooed and planted by My Spirit. Now there will be an oil and an outpouring on those seeds. For yes, revival and renewal will come forth. First it will come forth with refining: refining fires that will cleanse those of an ambitious spirit to be pulled down. It will cause those that would come with a hidden agenda to be exposed for I will not allow My Bride nor My Spirit to be used or misued or abused. For I am not the abuser,” says the Lord. “I am the coverer and the glory and the lifter of your heads.

Tonight I would cover your heads with My glory. I would say, ‘Rest your head in My glory’. Let My glory do the work in you that it has done in My disciples. Let My glory rest upon you. Be clothed and dressed in My glory. In this process, you will come to understand that I have called My own to go from glory to glory in Christ Jesus,” says the Lord your God.

Eileen Fisher

EILEEN FISHER MINISTRIES


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Receiving during a drought

12 08 2011

I read this Word from Doug Addison below and I felt prompted to put it here on the site. I trust it will speak to you. If you’re in business of some sort (as we are here at PL) then I encourage you to look further into the distance than you have before. For ourselves personally, and by way of confirmation to this Word below, the Lord has been causing us to do exactly this. I recall a phrase I heard an investor speak once. If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten’ Don’t like what you’re viewing… change the channel! 

Doug Addison

You can be blessed during any economic downturn. God is doing something new and preparing us for greater impact in 2012 than we have ever seen. There have been delays, setbacks and sidetracks. But if you press in and do not give up, you will see something radically new in your life begin to unfold this fall.

August – September: Implementation of Divine Strategies

August is a time to get new strategies from Heaven on how to respond and get lined up for what God is doing. Now through September 30th (Rosh Hashanah) is a time to ask God to repay you for all the losses and things that never took place over the last nine years (since 2002).

It will require us to step out of how we would normally think or respond. What God is bringing will require us to “think differently” and step out of our comfort zone and normal routines. If you normally hear God a particular way, then try something totally different and watch as deeper revelation begins to unfold.

September will be a time to implement new plans and start new things. God is looking for people to go way outside the normal way of doing things and tap into His creative knowledge and revelation. Once you get God’s strategy, then implementing it will take a step of faith because it may look unusual to you. Those around you may not agree with the strategy, but get confirmation from God and be sure you have peace about your new decisions.

Our roles and assignments are shifting for 2012. We need to move more into our uniqueness as individuals, businesses, churches and ministries.

Prophetic Word Regarding Unemployment

God spoke to me that the plan of the enemy is to get Christians isolated, discouraged and financially ineffective by keeping them unemployed. If you do not have a job it is time to make every effort to get one right away and not to wait for any benefits to run out. You will see new energy come and discouragement leave as you take the steps toward this.

God is lining us up right now for sudden promotion, blessings and strategic relationships that will be used in 2012. Make every effort to have a job to receive this, so that you can positively impact people around you.

Similar to Genesis 26

We are in a time right now that is similar to what Isaac experienced in Genesis 26. There was a worldwide famine and economic downturn. Isaac’s first response was to do what his father did previously—by going to Egypt. God spoke to him and gave him a strategy that was opposite. He went into the land of the Philistines (enemy) and made an agreement with an ungodly king.

Because Isaac listened to God and followed a strategy, he was greatly blessed during the downturn. This is a prophetic word for us today. Do not fear, instead listen to God and He will give us instructions and prophetic insight on how to be blessed during any economic downturn or tragedy on earth.

Genesis 26:12 NIV: ”Isaac planted crops in that land and the same year(year of the famine) reaped a hundredfold, because the LORD blessed him.”

He went on from there to begin reopening the wells his father had dug but the enemy had filled in. As he was trying to reclaim previous generational inheritances and blessings, Isaac ran into resistance. He did not let it stop him but moved on and continued to try again.

Each time he attempted to get established someone would take it. He ran into disputes and opposition on his first two attempts but on the third attempt he said, ”…Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land”(see Genesis 26:19-24). After that, Isaac had a visitation from God that reaffirmed his role and destiny.

Key to Breakthrough

Many people are experiencing this right now. You attempt to move forward but you encounter resistance in the form of theft, losses, disputes, and opposition. The key to breakthrough is to not argue but adjust your plans and stay moving. You will discover room for your gifts and callings and God will reaffirm your calling, making your destiny clear.

This is not a time to be in fear and to pull back but to move forward and like Isaac, discover God’s strategies that caused him to be blessed in an economic downturn.

Doug Addison
InLight Connection


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Eileen Fisher – Be not afraid of My presence

8 08 2011

The Lord has been communicating His good plans concerning His saints to me over & over in the last week. I, like many of you probably, have needed to hear these words of comfort, during difficult circumstances. The church excels at wounding its own. Unfortunately, the devil finds many willing and able vessels within the church to become aroused in judging & mauling their fellow brothers and sisters…. but it is not the heart of the Father. Jeremiah 29:11 informs weary, tired saints of His true nature and character toward His own. Allow the Lord to speak to and through you in this Word from Eileen Fisher from last weeks meeting below! 

 

Eileen Fisher

You see I am washing your hearts. You see I am washing your minds. I am washing your spirits. I am bathing your wounds. I am placing you in the pool of healing this night. As I place you in this pool of healing, I will know where to place you for I will heal you where I know you need to be healed.

“I am taking depression off of you. I am breaking isolation off of you. I am pouring oil in your wounds. I am jump starting your faith for some of you have shut down even feeling My presence because you felt I was angry with you and have abandoned you. In My word I have promised I would never ever leave nor forsake you. Everything else is contrary to My word. Let My word forever be settled this night: in your hearts, in your minds, in your spirits; until you can be free in Me regardless of circumstances, regardless of broken promises, regardless of broken dreams, regardless of a broken heart. I have come to heal the broken-hearted and set the captives free.”

He said, “Some would come to mock, some would come to belittle. Some would come to put Me in a box and have Me presented as a small God.” For He said, “I am an eternal God. Be not afraid: be not afraid of My presence; be not afraid of my intentions towards My own, for I have plans for good. When all other plan comes to you, and it is not for good, know that it has not been issued from the throne: for I have plans for good. I do not have plans for compromise; I do not have plans for indifference. I have plans for purposes. I have plans for provision. I have plans for production: to reproduce My Son and the love that He had for the people who were broken. I would reproduce that love and make you producers of My love to where you would reproduce My love, broken-hearted people would be healed. They will pull you by the sleeve and they would say, ‘Show me your God who is so good.’ I would say unto you, ‘The world will declare My goodness.’ Your nation will see My goodness. Your households will come into My presence for you carry My presence,” says the Lord your God.

Eileen Fisher

EILEEN FISHER MINISTRIES


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Two by two

5 08 2011

I enjoyed reading this short teaching from Os Hillman below. I have operated our music studios for the last 7 years. I am so thankful to do what I love, meet some amazing people & enjoy the Lord’s favor in remaining prosperous during uneasy economic conditions. In the last season however the Lord has really caused my wife, Mouse to be used in a John 21:1-9 manner. ‘Throw your net on the other side of the boat’. Through Mouse’s input I believe the Lord has been steering us successfully into area’s I would never have considered. An important lesson was learned. God allows us to have vision, but there is strength in multiplication, as detailed throughout scripture. The disciples were sent out two by two, Proverbs tells us over and over to seek counsel and wisdom from others, and the scripture below from Ecclesiastes illustrates the point well.

“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work.” Ecclesiastes 4:9

(Os Hillman) Have you discovered yet that you are incomplete by yourself? During my “warrior” stage of life you would have been hard-pressed to convince me that I needed you or anyone else. I know few people willing to admit their need for others, but many who live according to this principle. However, sooner or later we discover God’s truth regarding our need for others.

God made us to need others. We may not discover this until we fail – fail in a business, a marriage, a close friendship, or in a client relationship. We are incomplete without the ongoing input from others into our lives. An independent spirit is one of the most detestable sins from God’s viewpoint. It is the highest form of pride. “Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice” (Prov. 13:10).

Are you working independently or in tandem with another? (pic courtesy Paul Mannix)

God has made each of us so that we have only so many gifts. He did not give any of us all the available gifts. Hence, we learn to depend on others and to humbly trust others to complete us where we are deficient.

David had Jonathan. Paul had Silas. John Wesley had George Whitefield. Martin Luther had Philip Melanchthon, who was 14 years younger. Martin Luther learned that he needed someone in his life to complete the work God called him to do. Luther had the greatest respect for this friend who helped him reform the Church of their day, and the Church as we know it at present. Luther learned a great deal from Melanchthon, who was a great scholar at a young age. He could speak several languages, and he became Professor of Greek at the new University of Wittenberg at 21 years of age. This was ten months after Luther posted his famous theses on the church door in Wittenberg. Melanchthon helped shape the Protestant movement of the sixteenth century through his research, writings, moral purpose, and religious conscience. Luther and Melanchthon became inseparable, and when they died, they were buried next to each other.

Who has God placed in your life to complete you? Perhaps it is a mate. Perhaps it is a close friend. Perhaps it is a business partner. If you lack this in your life, I encourage you to seek someone out who can speak into your life. If you have someone like this, tell him or her how much you appreciate the role he or she plays in your life. 


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