Gateway on Mt. Zion Blog

Someone in our Gateway family knows the 71 year old J6 Praying Grandma, Rebecca Lavrenz.  She lives in Colorado Springs, so we asked if she would share her powerful and inspirational story with our church.  She accepted our invitation and was available to speak this Sunday, May 5th.  WOWSERS!!!!!

Most of you know she was arrested for peacefully PRAYING outside the capitol building.  She saw the doors of the Capitol open, so she went inside, had a cordial conversation with a DC policeman, prayed for ten minutes, and exited the building. The FBI decided to make an example of her and arrested her.  She was recently tried and convicted on 4 misdemeanors and is scheduled to face sentencing in August where she could receive up to 3 years in jail and over $250,000 in fines, plus legal fees.

She has appeared on countless news channels such as Steve Bannon, His Glory,  Flash Point, News Max to name a few where she preaches the gospel of salvation and gives her testimony of faith.  What the enemy has used to “take her out” has turned into a platform where the “Praying Grandma” is now the “Preaching Grandma”.  She speaks to her situation alone and makes it emphatically clear she cannot speak into any of the charges and/or convictions brought to other J6ers regarding their guilt or innocence.

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FREEDOM!! 

The famous last words of William Wallace in one of my all-time favorite movies, Braveheart, just before he was executed. When I went to Washington DC to participate in the now infamous January 6, 2021 rally, I went there, knowing I would be standing alongside 100's of thousands of other liberty-minded fellow Americans who were unwilling to have our freedoms and liberties stripped away from us. Particularly in that event, the liberty established for us by our founding fathers in the words of the 1st Amendment: to our United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

I cannot speak for the others that were there that day, but for me I knew that those liberties were not given to me by man but by a God who loved me, sent His only Son to die for me, and to Whom I had given my entire life to, for Him to use however HE chose. Because of my foundation with God, I also knew that he WOULD have an answer for our country. I just wanted to follow His leading to do my part and so I did!! And you all know the rest of my story.
 

Gateway Ministries welcomes Dan Juster as the guest speaker on Sunday, June 2nd at 10 AM (MST)! Dan is an acclaimed international speaker on the relationship of Israel and the Church and an author of several books relating the modern church’s responsibility to embrace Israel as a key to the Kingdom of God.
 
However, in all the accolades of apostolic and prophetic work for the Kingdom of God and Israel’s significance that Dan and Patty Juster have done, they are known as covenant relationship people who touch the lives of the people they are with now in a personal and transforming way.
 
The Juster’s have been in covenant relationships with Paul and Luanne Wilbur for over 30 years and with Rabbie Stew and Millie Lieberman from "Or Chaim Congregation" for 15 years.
 

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A place where families with children can feel like they belong. A place of fun and fellowship that serves as a foundation for sharing the love of Jesus in practical ways that enhance the season that they’re in. God is the author of families, and He desires them to be strong and purposeful as a unit. He desires families to be a safe place where His legacy can take root and grow. He is a generational God. 

For this reason [seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, For whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name].
Ephesians 3:14-15 

Strength Our strength comes from our identity as God’s children – We are His family. The strength of His bloodline, heritage, and inheritance is meant for us. Strength, through families, is the foundational fabric of every nation.

Johnny and Elizabeth Enlow on the Rise Website say it like this: “It is a generational strength that was meant to help us as individuals stand against the storms of life when everything else falls apart and the one safe place you can always come back to for acceptance and love.”

Time Together We have been created for community and fellowship. 

This is not the time to pull away and neglect meeting together as some have formed the habit of doing. In fact, we should come together even more frequently, eager to encourage and urge each other onward as we anticipate the day dawning.  Hebrews 10:25

Relationships are built through time and experiences. We can build each other up and strengthen one another.

Be devoted to tenderly loving your fellow believers as members of one family. Try to outdo yourselves in respect and honor of one another.
Romans 12:10

One-Accord We are spreading the fragrance of God and powerfully impacting our surroundings with the kingdom when we operate in this level of unity.

All the believers were one in mind and in heart. Selfishness was not a part of their community, for they shared everything they had with one another…Not a single person among them was needy. Acts 4:32-35

Nuclear foundational to God’s will in the earth…the family unit and the church family were designed to have authority and dominion, as a nucleus determines the function of a cell….so the health of the family determines the function of the ecclesia.

I give you the name Peter, a stone. And this rock will be the bedrock foundation on which I will build my church – my legislative assembly, and the power of death will not be able to overpower it! Matthew 16: 18

Games, recreation, and fun! God is the author of fun and joy and he created us for His pleasure. He created the earth for our pleasure and dominion. The Joy of the Lord is our STRENGTH! 
 

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