Let Us Unite with Jonathon Serenil

We catch up with Jonathon Serenil, Unite San Antonio about the memorial day weekend city-wide gathering Let Us Unite in San Pedro Springs park. I was down there along with Josiah Armstrong and Jonathan Friz. With Jonathan having just came up to our similarly styled gathering here in New England called The Body United just couple weeks prior. It was another regional exchange in the Kingdom of God!

We will discuss the power of John 17 and Psalms 133 unity.

That they may be one just as We are one… that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

John 17:22-23

Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, the beard of Aaron, running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the Lord commanded the blessing—Life forevermore!

Psalm 133

And we follow up on the business and ministry network being assembled in San Antonio called Unite SA. There were food trucks, merch tents, the police, various ministries and church organizations represented. The original Oral Roberts tent was there as well – another connection to past revival wells. Did you know that 10% of the city came out 100 years ago to worship God and reach the lost, baptizing them in the name of Jesus Christ!

We talk about the Storehouse Vision in action in San Antonio, with a “Gideon’s Army” arising through contributing $1000 each toward putting on the event as one aspect.

When God’s People Came Together

• 3000 people were part
• 100+ baptisms
• 60+ salvations
• Healings, Deliverances, and Miracles

Background Posts/Pods

• Unite SA – Christian Business Network
• Apostolic Ministry Centers
• Mission City

Referenced on the call

Jonathon Serenil shared a word at The Body United on the midwifery of the baby God is birthing in New England…

Holly Otten, intercessor and part of the New England Alliance prayer team shared related word – New England Revival Baby

Greg Johnson, felt too that the beginning or the birth of the NE Covenant was at The Body United in NH May 2025 – New England Covenant

Discussion – Open Letter to US Government Leaders

Join us tomorrow to discuss why some of us in the Body of Christ felt it was necessary to write to our National government elected and appointed officials appealing to them to turn back to God at this critical time.

Read and sign the letter here: change.org
Background on the initiative: https://www.timeisshort.us/

Joining us will be David Warn, Forerunners of America.

And Gary Crawford, One OMC

But wait, you might ask, aren’t we already turning back to God given the outcome of the 2024 elections? The overturning of Roe v Wade?

We discuss: Is this enough? (hint: it is not).

According to Scripture, America has committed the four great sins that lead to national destruction:

1. Forsaking God
2. Sexual Immorality
3. Shedding innocent blood (abortion), and
4. Greed (economic injustice)

Scorecard: How are we doing by these 4 repentance measures? Have we in the USA repented 4 out of 4? or are we more like 1.5 out of 4?

Greed

The economic part of repentance relates to greed, or saying it another way: trusting in our money rather than God. Mammon. Fear of financial future. Pride of wealth.

Here is a one minute video the seriousness of the issue: Coming Financial Judgment USA – John Mulinde

You can read more about that here: Come out of Babylon and here: Unbanked and Underbanked and here: Banking for the Working Poor. Here’s even a video David Warn and I did together:  Biblical Banking

Here is one example we can discuss tomorrow. This is one microcosm of the issue of publicly traded companies systematically profiting from the poor (aka greed).

Join the conversation and sign the letter!

We just got back from an amazing time during Pentecost at the 10 Days of Prayer summit in Western PA. Something is brewing in Grove City! We were hosted by a united prayer and mission base there called The HUB, founded by Brad McKoy.

As we got to talking, it turns out Brad’s vision is very much similar to what we have been envisioning and experiencing in the New Breed of Business, and others – as part of the Storehouse Network – have been experiencing in their cities (such as Gary Crawford in Bradenton, FL with King Station and Chrisopher Lucey with the JAMA base “ARK” in Lindale, TX and Jonathan Serenil in San Antonio with Unite SA. That is to say, a city-wide base for house of prayer, worship, business incubation, church unity, common space use, mission to the city, engagement with all aspects of their community, including the local college campuses.

What’s crazy is the Holy Spirit was speaking to me during worship there at the HUB saying – Grove City is a “Goshen“

 after one of our speakers during the summit – Joel McGill, All America – was speaking about “God is extending invitations to the body of Christ to Goshens throughout the United States.” (or similar).

Grove City is at the crossroads of i80 and i79 in Western PA

Another one of the speakers – Neil from Big Life – was encouraging us to “prayer walk” Grove City as a way of touching the lost and the afflicted. I personally felt led by the Lord back to the Marathon gas station near town, so Brett and I ventured out looking for guidance from the Holy Spirit as to who to speak with. Well, long story short, we prayed with one of the cashiers there – let’s call her Monique, who was in need of prayer. Turns out she knew Brad, the HUB and viewed her as a spiritual Dad, having gone through much in her own life – including going to heaven and coming back from the dead. Wow. All of this so confirmed the importance of The HUB – and new wineskin ministries like it all throughout the United States.

The HUB

The hub was established as a prayer and mission base in Grove City, Pennsylvania to serve spiritual family in our region and beyond. The vision for the hub is rooted in the desire to see an “Antioch Community” established in western Pennsylvania, where believers grow in their relationship with God, are trained to follow His teachings and sent out to see the good news of His love spread. In 2011, the Antioch Overflow Experiment (AOX) was planted as a community of simple churches that would host and steward the vision of the hub.

As our house churches began to grow, we started praying for a space to host trainings and times of prayer and worship. In the spring of 2012 we were approached by a local pastor who asked us to pray about whether God would want us to have the building that their church had been meeting in. As we walked through the space, we felt like the space would serve the vision that God had given to us. 

ClearSound Consulting

Bio

Brad and his wife Adriane live out of a heart to see generations transformed by love. They have been married for 26 years and treasure their 18 year old daughter, Abigail. After spending over a decade pastoring and church planting, in 2009 the McKoy’s moved to Grove City, PA to pioneer the Antioch Overflow Experiment (AOX), a simple church community whose mission is to disciple, equip and release sons and daughters of the King to transform every sphere of society for the Glory of God.

Brad enjoys coffee and creativity and can regularly be found at local shops discussing and developing new ideas with friends. An entrepreneur at heart, Brad loves coaching and helping launch young leaders into business. Together with a small team of entrepreneurs, Brad serves as a founding partner in Clearsound Consulting, a branding and marketing consulting company that focuses on providing real world solutions for locally owned businesses.

Mary Bruce Interview

Widowhood: A Calling to Leadership

I’ve known Mary for years now, and she is really a remarkable woman of God. She has led the National Day of Prayer for the 9-states of the North East, has been an intercessor in Connecticut most of her life, including praying for the government up at the Capitol. She also continues to serve as a pastor with House of Prayer Church, Waterbury with Pastor James Lilley.

But one of the most defining moments of her life was at the sudden passing of her husband over 20 years ago, leaving Mary wondering how to move forward and trust God in faith, not fear.

Mary will also share how she has changed her perspective on money, housing and resources. Trusting God more with her finances, including getting out of debt.

Amazon link

Interview questions:

• You wrote a book on widowhood being a call to leadership. Explain what you mean by that?
• And what prompted you to write it?
• After you moved to Mississippi, you took a harder look at how you handle your finances and how you think of money.  Would you speak about that?
• How did the NECAP (New England Storehouse) and your son help you change your approach?  Your heart?
• What do you think of sales, marketing, profits and so forth?
• Why do the terms marketing and making money sometimes not describe your heart well in having people read your book, who you also want to help minister to personally and relationally?
• What happened that morning that prompted you to reach out to me ?   

Bio

Our culture and the Bible both paint widows as victims.  Yet not every woman gets to be a widow; it is a divine calling. Mary authored a book with this different perspective on loss entitled: Widowhood: A Calling To Leadership.

Mary, who became a widow in 2001, is a former homeschooling mom, retired nurse, associate pastor and ministry leader with a different perspective. Born and raised in Waterbury CT, she initiated a grassroots movement calling people in CT to pray on the National Day of Prayer. This grew into a regional calling with the ministry for the northeast states. In spring of 2020, she heard the calling to move from New England and south to Mississippi, where her daughter lives.

Mary is still on assignment for New England, praying for Connecticut and NE pastors and leaders. As she likes to remind herself, she still owns a piece of the Nutmeg state!

Contact Info

You can reach Mary on maryrbruce@hotmail.com and newst.heart@gmail.com.

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Heartbeat Israel with Roddey live from Jerusalem

Join Gregg and Grant tomorrow for an eye opening discussion with Roddey – a believing Israeli who now gives biblical teachings, tours and ministry. He grew up in the Carolinas like any other American. He left the house when he was 14. After a stint in the corporate world, he later came to help his Jewish Grandmother in Israel who was dying, and never returned to the United States, having made Aliyah to become an Israeli citizen together with his wife Sheila. He no longer holds US citizenship.

Here is a video Roddey took looking out his window in Jerusalem last week on April 14th. He was in the thick of Iranian missiles raining down over his apartment in Jerusalem…

Last week, Roddey was with a group near the Egyptian border guiding them to an ancient agricultural site in the Negev, contrasting the ancient methods of farming to the Moshav methods of agriculture today (similar to a Kibbutz, but more co-operative business community and not as socialistic).

The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy.

– Isaiah 35:1-2

Roddey discusses a tour near the Egyptian border of ancient agriculture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshav

We made this video together inside the old city of Jerusalem walls just past the Jaffa gate at Christ Church in late 2022, where he explains the importance of Mt. Zion using a diorama of ancient Jerusalem:

For more on our Heartbeat Israel monthly Zooms, including past recorded episodes, click there.

Romans 911 and NBB Parallel Study – Part 12: God’s Glory Plan

Romans 911

Prep

• Read p171-184 Romans 911 Study Guide

Discussion

• What is the Glory Plan?
• Raising a Remnant
• 24/7 Prayer and Worship
• Obstacles
• Pure Intercession 

New Breed of Business

Prep

• Read through Come out of Babylon page

Discussion

• Entering into God’s grace and glory economically
• Financial shakings and revival will catalyze
• Firehouse HOP inspiring creativity and incubation

Romans 911 Project and New Breed of Business Joint Study

P1 September’s Study: R911/NBB Study Intro
P2  October’s Study: Key Principles Part 1
P3  November’s Study: Key Principles Part 2
P4  December’s Study: One New Man Obstacles
P5  January’s Study: Divorce Baal/Mammon
P6  February’s Study: Renew Your Mind
P7 March’s Study: What Realignment will Achieve
P8 April’s Study: Restoration Bridge
P9a May’s Study: Legs and a Face
P9b July’s Study: Walking it Out
P10 August’s Study: Eschatology
P11 September’s Study: Five Fold

Joint Study Syllabus

Next joint study: P13 will be on Wed, Feb 28, 2024

Heartbeat Israel

March: What is God saying through Israel?
October: Israel at War
November: Rise of Anti-Semitism

Romans 911 Project

New FREE R911 Abbreviated Video Teaching – Romans911.org

Interview and Round Table Discussion

Today we interview Stephen Burke, The Lord Will Provide ministries who will share his perspective on what is going on with the war in Israel, how it relates to a God given strategic vision he saw (that changed his life), and how this relates to what God is doing on the earth in preparation for His return. Topics will include: Aliyah, cities of refuge, preparing the Bride, coming storms and judgment, coming persecution of Jews and believers and how the Church is positioned to help. You won’t want to miss…

Stephen Burke worked for 18 years in advertising and public relations before God called him out of his profession in 2004 to begin a ministry He named, The LORD Will Provide. The work began in Guatemala and involved church planting and missions. However, in 2008, God unexpectedly gave Stephen a 2-hour open vision of unprecedented future difficulty that is coming to America and the world. In this vision God also showed Stephen that He is raising up places of refuge to hide, protect and move His chosen people. So, since 2009, the Lord has been connecting Stephen with these places of refuge around the world. His role has been to encourage them and to let them know they’re not alone. God has a global plan for His people in the midst of trouble and even now is preparing for these days.

https://thelordwillprovide.org/

https://thelordwillprovide.blogspot.com/

The Vision

1. Two hands grasping a batton, but the batton was disintegrating. Stephen knew this represented people gasping on to / trusting in our US banking and financial markets / systems, but they were not as solid as they appeared, and were turning into dust.

2. Next saw a beautiful tapestry woven together. Masterfully done. Represented the USA.

3. A flash of light came from far away in the east (across the Atlantic ocean). Stephen now believes this represents the unprovoked Hamas attack killing 1200 Jews in Israel. It was a significant event in the vision. And as such Stephen believes it begins the time of the “Hunter” spoken of in Jeremiah 16:16, for the end-times scenerio, where Jewish people make Aliyah to Israel more urgently.

4. A dark net was unseen but woven into the fabric of the US. Then, suddenly a T-Rex made out of the hidden dark webbing, stood up and was hinged on the east coast and began to devour anything that rose up against it. T-Rex means “tyrannical ruler”, which Stephen believes represents the anti-Christ spirit.

5. The interstates shut down. Electricity shuts down. Many things we depend on no longer function. There was a platform from which Stephen could see these things happening.

6. There was a underground bunker down from the platform where many beleivers gathered. There was food and other essentials stored there. Many were freaked out and were initially a burden to the remnant group who had prepared for such a situation. After a while, they too became productive and could help assist people get to where they needed to go in times of difficulty and troubles.

Prior Heartbeat Israel Discussions

Heartbeat Israel – Pilot Episode

Heartbeat Israel – War

Heartbeat Israel – Anti Semitism

Importance of Mt. Zion

Merry Christmas from Bethlehem

Cities of Refuge / Apostolic Hub Discussions

Cities of Refuge
Apostolic Ministry Centers
Areas of Refuge
The ARK
Original Manatee County

Storehouse Discussions

Storehouse Vision
Storehouse Intro
Starting a Storehouse
Break-Away Bridges
Precious Metals
Stories of Provision

End-Time Understanding

IHOP Prophetic History
IHOP End-times Teachings

Mully Movie

Mully

Roundtable Discussion – Financial Faith 101 with Jonathan Friz

We discuss in 2 parts the Proverbial wisdom surrounding work, wealth, productivity, frugality, generosity, and righteousness (we are calling this “101”). Much of which is focused on having good character. Not taking shortcuts. Working diligently. Helping the poor and the disadvantaged. Also how wisdom is superior to material wealth. And heavenly riches are superior to early wealth.

Then in part 2, we will see how Jesus builds on these truths, taking them further in the department of trusting God with all by Faith, even if it is to our seeming detriment (to make a way for ourselves, to defend ourselves or bring justice). This also includes operating in miracles and wonders in the area of provision. (We are calling this “201” or “301”).

Quick Example:

Foundational 101 Proverbial Wisdom: “A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich” (Proverbs 10:4)

Supernatural 201 Faith in God: “Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given unto you as well”  (Matthew 6:33)

We discuss wealth. The difference between material wealth and spiritual riches. How material wealth is desirable and can be a good thing. If it is brought by the hand of the Lord and by diligent work, that is a wholesome thing. However, if it comes from worldly, even evil character traits (selfish ambition, profit at the expense of others, idolization, unhealthy material desire, etc.) it can be a corrosive and corrupting thing. Think of Zacchaeus before and after.

The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, and he adds no sorrow to it

Proverbs 10:22

Other Referenced scriptures

Lazarus and the Rich Man – Luke 16: 19-31

Parable of the Shrewd Steward – Luke 16:1-14

Discussion Reference Paper

Click link More Precious than Jewels Wealth and Wisdom for PDF. Jonathan Friz author.

Other Background

Contentment – link to NBB Devotional: Secret of God’s Economy (download)

LaRed Workbook – deeper dive educational material based on many scriptures in Proverbs regarding business practices. 40 studies. (courtesy of Gary Crawford)

Financial Faith with Jonathan Friz – Jan 2021 podcast

God’s Economy Including Videos

The Rise of Anti-Semitism

On today’s discussion we look at the rise of Anti-Semitism globally, and why it is important for the Church to always support the Jewish people and stand by Israel.

How the Hamas attack against Israel is part of a broader strategy to turn people and popular opinion against Israel and against the Jewish people. To use the Palestinian people as not only human shields, but an anti-Semitic foil through the UN and the mainstream media. Ultimately, the terrorist groups of Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi, and Iran have publicly declared their strategic intent of the elimination of Israel and the extermination of the Jewish people.

We not only need be aware of this, but we can not grow complacent in our support for Israel and the Jewish people. We love both the Palestinian people and the Jewish people and pray that “all would come to the saving knowledge of Christ”. But, we cannot just throw up our hands and say oh well is a 50% / 50% war that’s been going on forever, so let’s just stay out of it. No.

I will bless those who bless you and I will curse him who curse you. And in you, all the families of the earth shall be blessed

God’s promises to Abraham – Genesis 12:3

A really good read is Bibi, the auto biography of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It really reveals the terrorist tactics used against Israel and the Jewish people, starting with the death of his own brother Yoni in Uganda on the hijacked El Al aircraft in the 70s.

Global antisemitism soars by 1,180%

Hamas Antisemitism Strategy: Hamas has to fight Israel – UN has to protect the Palestinians

The Subtleties of Replacement Theology

I would not have you be ignorant of this mystery…Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come… in this way all Israel will be saved

Romans 11:25-26

Mike Bickle teaching on the error of Replacement Theology being baked into most seminaries and seminarians. That Calvin and Luther both embraced this subtle form of replacement theology – that Israel should be treated as a spiritual matter only, no longer a political, physical matter of the Jewish people and the promised land of Israel.

The Fishers and the Hunters

Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the Lord, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks

Jeremiah 16:16

Interview with Dan Coakley, PMG Affordable

We hear from Dan Coakley, friend and fellow ex-Wall Streeter. Dan and I met here in Westport, CT in 2008 at the Firehouse (our old offices) and he has an amazing testimony you won’t want to miss.

Dan’s Story

My personal journey and being pursued by the Lord starts after I was on Wall Street in the late 1990s and 2000s. And the sort of lifestyle that entails and all the darkness it brought me into.

(Dan started his Wall Street career at Lehman Brothers in investment banking, then moved into private real estate investment, but prior to that he was a speechwriter in Congress for an elected official after graduating Dartmouth as their #1 tennis player.)

God never gave up on me. He used Gregg and the New Breed of Business Bible study as a lifeline and way back to Him – which kept me connected, even if by a thread, with St. Paul Westport. St. Paul ultimately, years later, played a huge role in both myself and my daughter being saved by Jesus. I really feel God’s main purpose in keeping Gregg and I close and St. Paul in the picture was so I would be able to later bring my daughter to Church as a highschooler, at a time when we both needed Jesus desperately. And through that, and in the years that followed, I was brought so much closer to the Lord in my own relationship with Him (including through a St. Paul mission trip I went on with my daughter this past summer).  

I truly have seen miracles happen and many of my prayers answered – including in the recent hiring of a Christian ex-colleague where I work. God’s fingerprints were all over that. It’s still a real challenge for me to fully rely on the Lord. I was always programmed growing up with the value of self-will, self-power and hard work, etc. I really need to have Church and friends and small groups and things like that so I don’t stray too far off the path and become overwhelmed.

(Today, Dan still works in real estate, but he is now focused on affordable housing and trying to make a difference in what he does at work to help people.)

Background on Dan

Article about Dan and Affordable Housing
Dan’s Linkedin
PMG Team
PMG launches PMG Affordable
Dan’s Bio

Mentioned in Interview

Affordable Housing topic – Mission Grove in Texas

The New England Center for the Abolition of Poverty – origin story

Storehouse Vision

Heartbeat Israel

What is God saying about the Hamas attacks?

Before going into P12 of our joint study material, we discuss with Grant Berry the worst terrorist attack in the history of modern Israel. Its geo-political consequences. The Abraham Accords. The future of Gaza. Israel and the Church’s prophetic destiny leading up to the Yeshua’s return in the one new man, and prophetic fulfillment of scripture.

Psalm 122

I rejoiced with those who said to me,
    “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
Our feet are standing
    in your gates, Jerusalem.

Jerusalem is built like a city
    that is closely compacted together.
That is where the tribes go up—
    the tribes of the Lord—
to praise the name of the Lord
    according to the statute given to Israel.
There stand the thrones for judgment,
    the thrones of the house of David.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
    “May those who love you be secure.
May there be peace within your walls
    and security within your citadels.”
For the sake of my family and friends,
    I will say, “Peace be within you.”
For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
    I will seek your prosperity.”

Related Background

Mike Bickle – Understanding the Conflict
Chuck Pierce – Israel Prophetic Update
Rick Ridings – How to pray for Israel amidst Hamas War
Rick Ridings – Large Storms Word
Daniel and Amber Pierce – Israel Update
Heartbeat Israel Discussion from March

Hospital hit by failed terrorist rocket, not IDF

IDF presents proof Gaza Hospital parking lot hit by errant Islamic Jihad missile not IDF. Hospital building still intact.

WSJ Video Analysis Shows Gaza Hospital Hit by Failed Rocket Meant for Israel

https://www.wsj.com/articles/video-analysis-shows-gaza-hospital-hit-by-failed-rocket-meant-for-israel-544df40e

Romans 911 Project and New Breed of Business Joint Study

P1 September’s Study: R911/NBB Study Intro
P2  October’s Study: Key Principles Part 1
P3  November’s Study: Key Principles Part 2
P4  December’s Study: One New Man Obstacles
P5  January’s Study: Divorce Baal/Mammon
P6  February’s Study: Renew Your Mind
P7 March’s Study: What Realignment will Achieve
P8 April’s Study: Restoration Bridge
P9a May’s Study: Legs and a Face
P9b July’s Study: Walking it Out
P10 August’s Study: Eschatology
P11 September’s Study: Five Fold

Join Study Syllabus

Next joint study: Wed November 1st, 9-11am for Part 12: God’s Glory Plan