2 Chronicles 16:9 (NASB) "For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His".
I am a living testimony to the Power and Presence of Almighty God! Praise His Great Name!
On March 6, I was at a Prayer Warrior Equipping Conference in Jacksonville, Il. led by Apostle Jim Chosa of the Montana Crow Nation. (Apostle Jim is one of my main mentors in the prayer movement). Later that evening, I began to feel ill and uncomfortable. Upon waking and returning to the conference the next day (about 45 minutes away), I found myself unable to walk or sit properly.
After getting home that afternoon, and doing my shift at an all day prayer vigil at church, I was again unable to walk and developed fevers. I later found out that a huge boil and cyst was developing in the area, where one sits! The fevers and chills soon followed with me being unable to go to church the next day or work the day after. After forcing myself to go to work the following Tuesday March 10, where I had some work to clean up, the pain was so intense, that I made an appointment to see my doctor later that day. By then, the cyst was about 6 square inches in area!
Once they got a look at this thing at the clinic, I was dispatched immediately to the Specialist, who fortunately was just across the street from Memorial Hospital! He took one more look at it and said we are off to surgery right away and he could not wait even 12 hours to work on it! Within 90 minutes, I went from sitting in a clinic office to laying on a gurney getting prepped for surgery at 10pm!
This was the providential Hand of the Almighty! A huge bacterial infection had developed in me where that cyst was and was three inches into my body. Had the abcess reached my organs within that 24 hours or the bloodstream, it was Goodnight forever! It's kind of like an appendix bursting and it was too late to make it to the hospital! Dr. Hoffman said it was the worse abcess he has ever seen in all his years of surgery! They poured a massive amount antibiotics into me because my fever was over 100 for most of the surgery. Again, the Lord Jesus kept me from getting hospitalized for days right after the surgery! I was discharged two hours later!
I don't know why the Lord let me live, but I am so grateful. A fast moving bacterial infection is nothing to joke with and am just blessed with how He lined up doctors and nurses etc to get this thing taken care of. I have a month to recover with a drainage tube preventing me from sitting for a long time, but it has led me to reevaluate not just my life, but how I can intensify my relationship with the One Who Saved me! It has been a painful and soulsearching process, but He restored not just the power of the prayer/encouragement ministry He has given me to work in, but the Joy of being in this blessed Kingdom assignment! It carries no riches on earth, just the treasure of being in that oh-so-close intense nearness with the Savior.
As I mentioned, these past weeks have been a walking/talking testimonial to the Power and Love of God....the God who not only GAVE IT ALL on the CROSS, but reached down and touched a nobody here in the cornfields of Illinois, who is just one of His footsoldiers. I love you Lord, and I praise Your Great Name!
"From the Rising of the Sun, to the setting of the same, the Name of the Lord is greatly to be praised!"
Thank you, Adonai.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
ANOTHER LUTCHMAN IN MINISTRY - IN THE CARIBBEAN
Youngest Lutchman brother - Vinay (seen here at left with the black beret), heads up the Men's Ministry at his church in the Caribbean island of Trinidad. He is seen here with two of the "DISCIPLES IN CHRIST" group from St. Joseph Presbyterian Church. This was at a recent Christian Youth Rally in the south of the tropical island. (Others in photo Dr. Ian Sammy, center and on the right Shane Bacchus, BP Engineer).
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
LUTCHMAN FAM SING @ BMIC COUPLES DINNER
The annual Business Men in Christ Date Night Dinner was held on February 21 at the Holy Grounds Coffee House in Springfield! What a blessed and powerful sold out
event!We had an amazingly convicting message by James and Donna Smylie of
Victory Through Praise Ministries, which was launched that night as well as fun and anointed worship music led by Bernie and Vicki Lutchman, of Lutchman Family Ministries.
Monday, February 16, 2009
LINCOLN'S 200th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED IN HIS HOMETOWN BY ILLINOIS AND SANGAMON VALLEY YOUTH SYMPHONIES
The Greatest President who ever lived, anywhere - 16th President of the US - Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday was celebrated in Springfield, Il. recently. An emotional 2 hour concert of mainly Gospel and Patriotic music at the Prairie Capitol Convention Center attracted many thousands of citizens. Lincoln impersonator Fritz Klein, for WBBM and A&E journalist Bill Curtis and others took part in this amazing celebration! A salute to all US Military services and the St. Andrew's Bagpipes were some of the major highlights.
Photos show our son. Bernie Lutchman III, 4 year percussionist with the Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony on the kettle drums on "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". Fritz Klein's "ABE" does the famous Gettysburg Address!
INVOCATION AT THE ILLINOIS STATE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHAMBER, FEBRUARY 14, 2009
On Saturday February 14, 2009, the Annual High School 4H Legistlative Mock Debate was held in the House Chamber of the Illinois General Assembly. It was facilitated by House Speaker Madigan (D-Chicago) and Republican Rep. Bill Mitchell of Central Illinois who led the dozens of young men and women through the Legislative process and history of this ornate chamber.
Thanks to all those who invited me to be their Chaplain this year and open the meeting with God's blessings!
Friday, January 16, 2009
Where climate change abounds...apostasy aboundeth even more!
Happy New Year! Good to be back in the blogosphere again. Oh the cold winter nights....makes you love God even more! What a Creator! Hallelujah, what a Savior! What a Mighty God we serve!
The church in America is at a crossroads, my friends....and they have punched in the wrong coordinates on their GPS systems! A few years ago, some well known evangelicals led by Saddleback's Rick Warren (creator of the end times sounding GLOBAL P.E.A.C.E. plan) and former National Assn. of Evangelicals lobbyist Richard Cizik jumped on the "Global Warming" bandwagon.
There must be something in the water with these megachurch types. Most of them have to compromise something to keep the "beautiful people" and the media on their side....so, now it is "climate change". Warren even had the two presidential candidates at his California church last summer who believe this nonsense with him.
The winter of 2009 is God's answer to this Apostasy. Since there is no national "christian" leader who will speak God's Truth about the Climate, here is what the Creator of Heaven and Earth has to say about Climate. There are more verses, but Job 38: 18-38 NKJV says it all! THESE ARE AMAZING VERSES FROM DAYS OF CREATION!!! WOW!.............
"18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 “ Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, 20 That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home? 21 Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great? 22 “Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail, 23 Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 “Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt, 26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass? 28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
The church in America is at a crossroads, my friends....and they have punched in the wrong coordinates on their GPS systems! A few years ago, some well known evangelicals led by Saddleback's Rick Warren (creator of the end times sounding GLOBAL P.E.A.C.E. plan) and former National Assn. of Evangelicals lobbyist Richard Cizik jumped on the "Global Warming" bandwagon.
There must be something in the water with these megachurch types. Most of them have to compromise something to keep the "beautiful people" and the media on their side....so, now it is "climate change". Warren even had the two presidential candidates at his California church last summer who believe this nonsense with him.
The winter of 2009 is God's answer to this Apostasy. Since there is no national "christian" leader who will speak God's Truth about the Climate, here is what the Creator of Heaven and Earth has to say about Climate. There are more verses, but Job 38: 18-38 NKJV says it all! THESE ARE AMAZING VERSES FROM DAYS OF CREATION!!! WOW!.............
"18 Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. 19 “ Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, 20 That you may take it to its territory, That you may know the paths to its home? 21 Do you know it, because you were born then, Or because the number of your days is great? 22 “Have you entered the treasury of snow, Or have you seen the treasury of hail, 23 Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, For the day of battle and war?
24 By what way is light diffused, Or the east wind scattered over the earth? 25 “Who has divided a channel for the overflowing water, Or a path for the thunderbolt, 26 To cause it to rain on a land where there is no one, A wilderness in which there is no man; 27 To satisfy the desolate waste, And cause to spring forth the growth of tender grass? 28 Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? 29 From whose womb comes the ice? And the frost of heaven, who gives it birth?
30 The waters harden like stone, And the surface of the deep is frozen. 31 “Can you bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the belt of Orion? 32 Can you bring out Mazzaroth in its season? Or can you guide the Great Bear with its cubs? 33 Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth? 34 “Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, That an abundance of water may cover you? 35 Can you send out lightnings, that they may go, And say to you, ‘Here we are!’?
36 Who has put wisdom in the mind? Or who has given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, 38 When the dust hardens in clumps, And the clods cling together"? JOB 38: 18-38 NEW KING JAMES VERSION
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!!! AMEN!!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Christmas Concert with our Symphonies!
The Sangamon Valley Youth Symphony, led by Conductor Richard Haglund, took part in the Annual Holiday Pops Concert on Saturday December 21, 2008. The concert is held each year at the Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois, Springfield Ill
inois and is a production led by the famed Illinois Symphony Orchestra (ISO).
Each year, the SVYS gets to play alongside ISO and this year, they were allowed three Christmas favorites! Bernie Lutchman III, 16, is a percussionist with SVYS in his 4th year and can be seen in the background as Maestra Karen Deal, of the ISO conducts both orchestras!!What a blessed and fun time for our family and all families involved in this excellent music adventure! There was such a great
Christmas spirit ev
erywhere!
inois and is a production led by the famed Illinois Symphony Orchestra (ISO).
Christmas spirit ev
erywhere!
Monday, December 22, 2008
NEW SONG FREE FOR CHRISTMAS FOR THE US MILITARY!
Hello Folks,
Just a short note. My dear wife, Vicki Lutchman, composed a song called HOME FOR CHRISTMAS which is really inspired!
It was just completed a few weeks ago in a church with my nephew playing piano. We have copyrighted the song and are sending it out free, via email, to anyone to listen to and forward to a soldier or military personnel serving overseas.
If you wish a copy, please email Vicki at vlutchman@comcast.net!
God bless you and God bless America!
Just a short note. My dear wife, Vicki Lutchman, composed a song called HOME FOR CHRISTMAS which is really inspired!
It was just completed a few weeks ago in a church with my nephew playing piano. We have copyrighted the song and are sending it out free, via email, to anyone to listen to and forward to a soldier or military personnel serving overseas.
If you wish a copy, please email Vicki at vlutchman@comcast.net!
God bless you and God bless America!
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