Greetings to you all;

Well, I am back in the U.S.A. It was good to be home for the weekend. I am actually home now until January and I am looking forward to the unusual length of stay in the home nest. It is good to be with my natural family and my church family. We have family Thanksgiving this week and we will probably eat too much!

I have been stirred since our September conference. Our theme of ‘Establishing God’s Name In The Earth’ has sparked a look at the testimony of our family name. We are the family of God and our true testimony is in who we are, not merely what we do. I want to touch a bit on the subject of our humanity today.

Religion often portrays that humanity is a bad thing, but when God created mankind He said that it was very good. To be human is to be an earthly expression of that which is heavenly. We were created in the likeness and the image of our Father in heaven. We are human! We are humus – man, man in humus. God created us to be the substance of Him in the substance of the earth. We are heavenly real estate and we are meant to make the glory of God visible in the earth.

We are made of three parts. We are spirit, soul, and body. The salvation of God in our lives is not just for our souls, nor is it that we merely have regeneration in our spirits. The salvation of God in our lives is for our whole being. We will even receive a resurrected body in the scope of eternity. It will be raised incorruptible, but it will be raised! The seed remains in the ground, but the mystery of the resurrection does come from the seed. It is a truth that is clearly seen in nature, as God has designed it to reveal His mystery in all things. God want to sanctify us completely in our spirits, souls, and bodies (1 Thes. 5:23).

How can we express God’s glory in our humanity in this world? The secret is found in the power, the throne, and the authority of our lives. The decision making part of our lives is found in our souls. It is the seat of rule and government in our beings. This is the throne of our lives. Religion has tried to communicate to us that our souls are soulish and therefore bad. Religion has said the flesh is corruptible and is therefore a testimony of death. According to religion the only redeeming factor for humanity is found in the spirit of man. I believe these things to be doctrines of demons. They are doctrines of demons because they divide, degrade, and devalue our humanity. I am not talking about carnality. I am talking about humanity. I’m describing a Spirit empowered, Spirit led, Spirit testifying human being. Religion has taught us to feed the spirit, control the soul, and kill the flesh. I believe that true humanity feeds the spirit, impassions the soul, and envisions the flesh. Jesus was not only fully God; He was also fully man. He live as a human being alive by the Spirit, moved by the Spirit, and He made the Spirit known by being the word made flesh. God offers salvation to our full man. We were created good in every way, but fell to sin in every way. God has paid the price to bring us back to the place of knowing the fullness of His life.

Our spirits must be one with the Spirit of God in our hearts, but the life of the Spirit is seen through the ruling throne of our lives. The throne of our lives is our souls made alive by God’s saving grace and His engrafted word. Our souls are to be prosperous in all things (3 John 2). Our lives can prosper when our souls prosper. Our souls are the expression of the life of God that others can see. However, we are not to be led by our souls. We are to be led by our spirits that are made to be one with the Spirit of God in Christ. The secret to a prosperous soul is a prosperous spirit. When our spirits are one with the Spirit of God our souls become filled with the life of God. When our souls become filled with the life of God we then become able to express the life in the physical beings of our lives. Our lives can become prosperous. To have a prosperous life is to make the word of God manifest in our flesh. The Word became flesh on our behalf in order for us to become expressions of God in our lives. We must become testimonies to His living word! To do this is to become redeemed human beings.

The secret to who we are as human beings is found by the life of God’s Spirit and it is found in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is not some event to take place within our nations; it is the reality of Christ in us. The kingdom of God is within us. It has nothing to do with what we can or cannot see in the natural world around us.

Luke 17:20, 21 Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, “See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you.”

The kingdom of God has nothing to do with what we can see. It has to do with what is going on inside of us. I can also say that the kingdom of God has nothing to do with what we can see in the natural world around us, but the kingdom of God influences the natural world around us. The kingdom of God is within us and it is what happens within us that influences the world around us. It has to do with a prosperous spirit, a prosperous soul, and a prosperous body (natural life). This prosperity is revealed through righteousness in the Holy Spirit, peace in the Holy Spirit, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:17 …for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

A prosperous spirit comes by righteousness. It is the result of a right relationship with God in our hearts. Our spirits made one with God’s Spirit is the power of life within us. It is a place of right relationship with Life that gives us life. Jesus is the way to life. Righteousness is not about being right; it is about being in a right relationship with God. True righteousness is not based upon what we do, but rather upon who we are. When we are in a right relationship with God we become children of God. Being children of God causes us to grow up and act like sons of God. We can do right things and life, but never discover a right relationship with God. But having a right relationship with God will cause us to do right things in life. Righteousness in the Holy Spirit is the key to a prosperous spirit. It is the key to the power of life within our humanity. A right relationship with God causes my heart to cry out; “ In Him I live!” This is the first step to our redeemed humanity in Christ. We are human beings who forever seek the life of God’s Spirit within our hearts. It is the power of the kingdom of God within our hearts. It is also the key to changing the world around us. The kingdom of God has nothing to do with the events of the world, but the events of the world are crying out for a manifestation of the kingdom of God within us. Righteousness in the Holy Spirit allows us to love God with all of our hearts.

A prosperous soul comes by peace. That peace is not the absence of conflict, but rather the reality of being one with God. There is no gap between God and us in Christ. Peace is not about merely being peaceful. It is about walking with God as the house of God in the earth. Peace in the Holy Spirit is a place we live from, not a place we strive to attain to. Jesus made peace for us through His blood upon our cross. We are a house for God’s Spirit and the Spirit of God is leading our souls wherever we live. In Him we move. We have been granted a throne of life in Christ. Peace in the Holy Spirit allows us to love God with all of our souls.

A prosperous life comes by joy. It is the authority of life. It is not just joy to us by the presence of God in our lives, but it is the ability to bring joy to the world we live in. That joy I the testimony of Christ’s life to others around us. The joy of the Lord is our strength and it is the testimony of our lives to the world in which we live. Joy in the Holy Spirit allows us to love God with all of our strength. It is the key to our influence upon the world in which we live. In the presence of the Lord there is the fullness of joy and His joy is the influencing authority of life to the world.

These are the inward secrets to the outward testimony of our lives as human beings created in the likeness and the image of our Father in heaven.

Blessings to you all,


Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Greetings to Everyone;

I am sorry I am late with this blog. I just finished a week of ministry in Bulgaria. God was awesome! I have been coming here every year since 1992. I come every six months and I have seen the fruit of God’s ministry in a great way. It is awesome to see people I have grown to know. Many are growing in maturity, confidence, and the testimony of God’s grace. God is so good! Whenever I come to Bulgaria the ministry schedule is full and long, but much ministry happens around dinner tables and on walks in the streets with people on a one-on-one basis. I have seen many come to Christ and become effective members of the church here. I have led many in the prayer of salvation on this trip as well. Some have experienced the prophetic ministry of Christ for the first time. Some have experienced the power of the Holy Spirit for the first time. It is wonderful to watch God work.

I started in Blagoevgrad with a church I minister at every six months. What a wonderful group of people and what a wonderful pastor is there. The people are hungry for God’s word and for Gods Spirit. I see many healings and deliverances there. The church is growing in its foundation. They have built a building from nothing and are in need of finances to finish the structure. It will be awesome when it is done, but they need about $50,000 U.S. dollars at this time to bring it where it needs to be. I am praying that God will make a way. They started as a church in an open air park setting and have built a building with their hands and own resources. They have finished the basement level and meet in it at this time. Our Wednesday evening meeting was full to the wall. The upper level’s are built with style and vision, but is only a concrete shell at this time. It has such potential in a city that is in such need of Christ. I know God will grant them the grace to complete all that they have begun.

From Blagoevgrad I went to Plovdiv. I did a conference there with my spiritual son Svetilio and his wife Vesi. What a growing and strong church it is! These are my grandchildren and God moved so powerfully. We had many salvations and saw many transformations happen in people’s lives. The word flowed with revelation and with power. Several other churches joined us as well. One church from Vidin joined us. I have ministered to the pastor and his wife many times before. They came with such great expectation and a testimony of how the prophetic words I have spoken to them and their church have come to pass. This is a season of great fruit for them. When I first met them a few years ago they were in a desperate state, now God is making all things work together for good. It is great to see the fruit of previous labor!

Another church that joined us was from Sofia. I went on Sunday evening and ministered there as well. They have doubled in size since the last time I was with them, which was six months ago. The prophetic ministry I released to them the last time inspired them to be very hungry for what God did this visit. They are hungry for God’s power and presence! Most of the church there are new converts. Many of them are x convicts. They have a very effective ministry with the prisons in Bulgaria.

I can’t tell you how many one-on-one meetings I had with my spiritual children and grandchildren while I was here. Each encounter was life changing and life-transforming. I cannot tell you how awesome it is to see expediential fruit each time I come. God has surely extended my influence and authority in this nation and I look forward to the future testimonies of God’s life.

The church in Plovdiv receives me as an apostle and spiritual father in their lives. Six months ago I challenged them to put practicalities to the expression of the kingdom in the church. They have cleaned the grounds, planted hedges, built fences, and implemented discipleship groups with saved and unsaved.  They are growing in their responsibilities and the power of God’s presence. Their worship is from the heart and many salvations are transitioning to disciples in the church. I pray that God does what He is doing here in many places in the earth!

I head in a homeward direction today. It will take me two days. I can say this trip has been life saving for many and life-inspiring for me again. I cannot wait to go to my family at home though. I believe I attend the best church on the planet and can’t wait to see everyone!


Blessings to you all,

Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Greetings to Everyone;

I hope you are all doing very well. I am writing this from my good friend John Marsden’s house. I have been ministering here in Wales for the past several days. God is doing great things here. Pastor John is doing an awesome job here in Prestatyn and the church is continuing to grow in numbers, maturity, and content. The young people did the evening service last night and it was awesome to see the level of hunger and enthusiasm for the things of God. It was also very refreshing to see the level of commitment from those with white hair for the younger generation. Surely these people are the new wineskin of God’s presence in Wales. We did our annual retreat at Beachwood Court and God did awesome things once again. It was fantastic seeing some beaming with the presence of God who only a year ago were either at the beginning of a Christian journey or coming out of a time of trial. God is surely good!

For those of us in America, I want to address the issue of transition in government in the recent elections. I must say that things did not turn out the way that I would have liked, but I do trust God in all of His goodness. I have lost a little sleep in my concern for the condition of the heart of America at this time. I have to also say that my concern is for the heart of the world at this time as well. It is amazing that a little financial discomfort tends to change the priorities and principles of many. My heart especially breaks for the lack of desire to see the moral issues of life addressed in a covenant way. Should government make statements in regard to moral values? If the standard of rule has no standard to rule by, how can there be a boundary in the spirit that opens the door for the values and standards of life? Thank God there is a rising desire in America for things of moral standards! My hope is in Christ!

In my time of all night prayer I felt that God spoke to me in regard to a principle of God. That principle is the sovereignty of God. Is God sovereign in all of His ways? Perhaps He is sovereign in all of His ways, but not all the ways of men are the ways of God. If God is indeed sovereign, does He choose to exercise His sovereignty in all situations? Is it possible that He chooses for the will of man to choose things intended for evil at times? In my prayer time I heard God speak to me in regard to His sovereignty. I heard Him say that “religion holds on to the sovereignty of God, but relationship depends upon the goodness of God”. When we depend upon the goodness of God we can even know that what the enemy intends for evil God will turn for our good. Is it because God is sovereign or is it because God is good? I believe it is because God is good. In looking at many issues and decisions made in the recent elections of America, I must say that I believe many decisions have been made that were not the will of God. I also believe that because God is good His will can prevail in all situations!

I pray that our new president has an encounter with God in a way that influences the direction of my nation to choose godly standards and godly ways. May his encounter with God be stronger than the pull of people’s desires upon his heart. I pray that God will move upon all the places of governmental influence that His will may be done in all things.

The nation of Islam leader in America, Louis Farrakhan, made a statement in regard to the soverinty of Allah. You can find his complete speech on youtube. In Farrikhan’s speech he states to a crowd of thousands of Islamic followers, "You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

If you listen to the entirety of Farrakan’s speech, you will discover that he believes that the sovereignty of Allah could not be stopped in the election of Barack Obama. While Farrakhan has heralded Obama to be the Messiah others have heralded him to be the antichrist. I proclaim that he is neither. He is a man who needs the will of God to move within his life. I don’t believe his appointment is by the sovereignty of God, but rather the will of the people.

I am concerned for a people who are moved by their stomachs and their appetites before the heartbeat of God. My hope is not in the sovereignty of God, but rather the goodness of God. If God’s people will continue to humble themselves and pray God will heal their land! Now is the time to humble ourselves and pray for all who have been placed into the office of governing. Let’s pray that the grassroots revolution of life will prevail in America and in the world.

I pray both protection and life for president elect Obama that God will act in His goodness in my land. May God give him wisdom and grace in the coming days of America. I also pray that the standards of life in America will increase! May the values of marriage as a man and woman in God’s likeness and image be established in my land. May a standard for life be raised up with protection for the unborn children of my nation. May the church let go of judgmental attitudes and may God grant us true answers to the iniquities of men. May God grant us grace to disciple the nations to embrace covenant standards of life! My heart’s cry is for the mercy of God in all things!

Let us pray from faith and hope, not fear and despair. Our lands will not be healed by political process and elections. Our lands can only be healed by the goodness of God. God can turn all things for good if we fall into the hands of a good and merciful King! God is good and His mercy endures forever!

Blessings to you all,


Apostle Ted J. Hanson

I am sorry I didn’t get my blog out yesterday, but I was out on a mission. I was able to take a day and investigate the possibility of putting some elk on the table for Thanksgiving. It was wet, it was cold, and it was wonderful! Sorry to say, the elk did elude me. Strike another one up for the beast! I did find a herd of around 100 members with a choice king selection in its’ charge. Unfortunately they decided to hold up in a gated community and all the hunters had to drool from afar. In light of the amount of rain coming down today, the number of hunters in the thicket yesterday, and the fact that I leave for Wales tomorrow – here I am writing my blog this Tuesday morning.

Today is a big day in America. My prayer this day is for God’s mercy. My concern is not so much for the economy; my concern is for the future generations of America. My concern is that America will not exchange the godly values set in its foundation for things that can be spent upon a single lifetime. Let’s expect God to do miracles in our land today! Pray! Pray! Pray! Don’t pray from fear, but make declarations regarding the generational plans of God in our land. Pray that our land might be healed by the good God of heaven and earth! Come Lord Jesus, Come! Your kingdom come, your will be done, in America as it is in heaven today! Adjust America – In Jesus Name!

I have included some prophecies given by me in a prophetic gathering this past week. Let’s believe the word of the Lord in this season!


Words by Ted J. Hanson:

For the Spirit of the Lord would say, “Did I not declare that there would be three things that would unfold? And as I bring forth the grassroots revolution there is going to be a vision from the heart that proceeds. For I will not move My people from the appetites of their stomachs, but I will move My people from the vision of My heart. And there is going to come forth that that releases the passion and compassion and causes there to be righteous decrees that will turn even difficult walls and cause mountains to even move. And there is coming forth that which will be fleshed out, that which will manifest My glory in a way of longevity.” For the Lord says, “I have not come merely with a notion, nor have I come with an antidote of a potion. I have come to cause there to be a generational mindset and generational concept that comes forth into the activities of My people. That they will move forth from the vision of My heart and from that place the Lord says I am going to increase even the strength of that which would impart. For My people will be transformed from being a people of appetite to being a people who are of power and might.” And the Lord says, “I will cause the vision of My heart to be the vision in the heart of My people. And even now I am setting into motion those things that would come forth into the longevity of generational truth.” For the Lord says, “That truth will be embodied. That truth will be fleshed. That truth will rise up and it will come forth. Even as the bones that Ezekiel saw there will be a coming together of bone to bone and a binding forth of sinew and strength that causes them to rise up.” For the Lord says, “I am moving by My Spirit and I am causing things that appeared that though they were dead to connect and to come together. And there is going to be a raising up of My force, and there is going to be a raising up of My purpose, and a raising up of My plan. For those bones are not bones that lay there merely by accident. They are bones of generations.” And the Lord says, “I am raising up a generational thought. But My people will rise up not from the appetite, for those bones could not eat. And I am declaring that those bones will not rise up because they are seeking to eat, those bones will rise up because they are ready to meet the heart of destiny. And the Lord says, “My wind and My Spirit is even blowing now and I am setting in motion, so trust Me with all your heart, trust Me with all your soul, and trust Me with all your mind. For the Lord says this is a generation that will rise up with longevity and there will come forth a purpose of My way. And even now I have set the stage to declare that the enemy will not thwart My plans, but My kingdom is on the advance. Did I not say that this was a time to step forward? That my people will be the righteous cause of heaven’s gate, and that it would not be early and it would not be late?  But it would be in the timings of that which I would bring forth.” So God says, “I have set it in motion and yet it is still coming forth. So in this season and in this time you will see the shift come to even a new level. For it will come from a grassroots revolution. It will come forth from the heart of My people. And My people will no longer be a people who are moved by the stomach, but they will be moved by the heart. For they will be moved by heat beat of vision that is with Me”, says the Spirit of the Lord.

The Sprit of the Lord says, “Do not fear adjustments. Do not fear adjustments, for even as I bring My plan together what appears to be laying in one direction will adjust to another direction. And those adjustments will come because that which is being joined together is not from the vision of the stomach, but it is from the vision that comes from My heart. So what appears to be laying and strewn about will come together in order. And it will come together to receive that which I have declared to be. For even now I have set it in motion,” says the Spirit of the Lord. “So expect the adjustment to bring forth the glory of My heart.”

The Lord says, “I am bringing this adjustment at every level. Think it not a shocking thing that it would even come to your home, your house, and in your family. Think it not a shocking thing that it would come into your corporate gathering and the place that you call family.” For the Lord says, “I am moving My people from being a people of appetite to a people of vision.” So the Lord says, “This process is in place, and this process is increasing, and this process is unfolding, and this process is processing, and it is coming forth to be to the glory of My transition in this time. So embrace it at every level. Embrace it at every level! And what you thought you had owned, understand that you have never owned it at all. But you have possessed it for the generations. So as you envision that which you find your hand to do, understand that vision leads to the provision of the next generation. But it cannot be disjoined from the vision that you see for I will not have my people to be a people of appetite, but I will have My people as a people of vision. Even now there has been a shift in the area of ministry.” And the Lord says, “That which has been sought to be supernatural has not always appeared to be supernatural at all, for it was moved by the appetites of My people.” But the Lord says, “I am bring forth the miraculous in an unprecedented measure, but it will not stand in the instability or the temporariness of that which is of the appetite of the stomach, but it will stand in the permanence of that which comes from the vision of the heart. Watch and see as I bring forth cures of diseases in a new way. Watch and see as those diseases that are cured are not merely physical diseases but they are diseases of nations.” For God says, “I have declared that there was a mantle and a grace that would bring an authority of heaven to disciple nations. And things that seem to appear to be one way will turn another way for a generational cause.” And the Lord says, “This shift has already started to take place and some of it is not comfortable. For in the place of fasting, in the place of abstaining, there seems to be that which is lacking the appetites of the past.” But the Lord says, “I’ve got to wean you from the appetites of the past so that you get a vision of that which is eternal and lasts.” And the Lord says, “There is even going to come a shift in this season that what appears to be abstaining is going to come a season of abundance. What seems to be a season of lack is all of a sudden going to come forth as a season of prosperity. But it will not be a prosperity to be spent upon yourself. It will not be a prosperity to be spent upon that, which lacks vision.” For the Lord says, “I want to bring forth the treasures of My storehouse to the treasure that is My storehouse. And I am wanting to bring forth those treasures for the purpose of that which would cause generations to rise up with a generational mindset and a generational heart.” But the Lord says, “I have had to move in the place of the stomach and I have had to move in the place that you felt you couldn’t stomach. I have had to move in the place that you felt couldn’t be to your own palate and your own appetite.” For the Lord says, “I have been declaring that there’s been a shift in your heart. Now watch and see, watch and see, watch and see as I cause there to be an abundance now for longevity. But get it in your heart to see what I see! Get it in your heart to expect what I expect! Get it in your heart to make plans that are long term and go into the future generations beyond even that which you could eat.” For the Lord says, “This is the season when the sower will over take the reaper and the reaper will overtake the sower. And one season will lead to another season, which will lead to another season, to another season. For the generation that unfolds will be a generation of vision and a generation of purpose and a generation of destiny.”  And the Lord says, “I have been shifting the heart of My people and I’ve been sifting for this very thing. So rise up from the dust of complaint, rise up from the place that you think is restraint, rise up from the place of limitation and step forward into the plains of expectation. Did I not declare to you even in the beginning of this season that you call now - did I not declare this was a season of pregnancy? This was a season of expectation? Did I not declare to make preparations of the things that you see and the rooms that you move in to? Did I not declare that what you put your feet to and your hands to would be a declaration of what you put your heart to? So now is the time to rise up again and to declare, ‘We expect it! We expect it! Not to be consumed upon ourselves but to come into our hands that we might bring it forth into the land and bring it forth into that which would understand that the earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof. And that the generations that are coming forth are generations that are unfolding.’ “Inheritance shall be a harvest that you shall know and inheritance shall be a harvest that you shall show and inheritance shall be a harvest that you shall grow! And it shall be reaped and then again it shall be sown, and then it shall be reaped and than again it shall be sown, and then it shall be reaped. For there will be a connection and no longer will there be a disconnection from the purposes of My way.”



Blessings to you all,



Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Greetings to Everyone;


I hope you are all well. My greatest news is that my granddaughter called me ‘grandpa’ yesterday for the first time. That is pretty big news! Now let me give a word of encouragement.

We are living in interesting times. The pressures of life tend to change our focus a bit at times. I want to remind us all that the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17). If you are really facing crisis today, you probably know this to be true. When things shake the things that cannot be shaken become manifest. Our relationship with God in life is the key to every situation in life. When we love God and know that our purpose in life is found in the place of being loved by Him and loving Him, we can be confident in our hearts that everything in life is going to work our for our good.

Rom. 8:28  And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

There is nothing that can separate us from the love of God. God is for us, so who can be against us. Let’s all be reminded of this simple yet profound truth today (Rom. 8:34–39). God thoughts for us are thoughts of peace and not of evil and they are thoughts to give us a future and a hope (Jer. 29:11) God told the children of Israel at the beginning of seventy years of captivity to build houses and to dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit; take wives and have children; take wives for their sons and give daughters to husbands; that they would increase in the midst of their captivity and not diminish (Jer. 29:5-6). They were to pray for the peace of the city that they had been taken captive in. They were to pray to the Lord for the city to have peace that they too would have peace. Today is the first day of the unfolding thoughts of God in our lives. He wants to bless us. He wants us to have a future and a hope. It is not dependant upon any present circumstance. It is dependant upon God’s love for us. Let us pray for the peace of America. Let us pray for the peace of Canada. Let us pray for the peace of the United Kingdom. Let us pray for the peace of the world that we too might have peace. It is not the curses that lead people to God; it is the goodness and love of God that leads men to repentance (Rom. 2:4).

We need to be like the four young men of Israel that were taken captive to the service of a worldly king. You can find the story in Daniel, Chapter One. Their names were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. These were men of faith toward God in a changing time. They set their hearts to love God in whatever situation they found themselves. The world perceived them to be men without blemish, of good appearance, skillful in wisdom, discerning in knowledge, teachable with an eagerness to learn, and able to serve in a kings court. Could our neighbors as people of such attributes describe you and me? We should seek such a reputation in whatever situation we find ourselves.

There was something about these three men that was even more important that how the appeared to men. That was how they appeared to God. Their names give us the key and their actions attribute to the character of their names. Their actions were ones of faith toward God. They looked at what was required of them in their captivity and carefully chose what they could do in faith. They chose the water and the vegetables of Babylon. They didn’t focus on what they couldn’t receive, but rather sought for a way to be faithful to God in their present situation. Their Babylonian captors perceived these men differently that they were in truth before their God. Daniel’s name before God was “God is my judge”. He trusted God to be his judge and therefore he appeared to the to his captors as one who had treasures in secret (the meaning of Belteshazzar). Hananiah means “God is gracious”. His name speaks of the need to become like sponges in receiving all that God gives us. To the world this seems foolish and thus the Babylonians called Hananiah - Shadrack, meaning ‘one who sucks the nipple’. Faith toward God that willingly receives all the things that he gives seems like a baby’s response to the world, but it is a key to wisdom from God in a difficult time. Mishael’s name mean “God is awesome”. The Babylonian perspective of Mishael was to declare him to be Meshach – “controlled by force”. Faith toward God is filled with honor to the authority of God. The world will perceive it as being controlled by force, but it is an essential attribute in receiving the wisdom of God in difficult times. It is an attribute of honor and not one of bondage. Azariah’s name meant, “God is my help”. It implies not knowing anything and therefore needing to be fully dependant upon God. When we do this in faith it actually appears like we know what we are doing. The Babylonians called Azariah Abed-nego, meaning, "the god of science". They said that he knew everything when Azaraih’s namesake revealed he depended upon the One who knows everything.

No matter what you face today, know that God is your judge. He wants to give you all that you need. He wants to be the authority of life on your behalf. God wants to give you every answer in life. Let’s have a faith toward God that trusts Him in every situation, willingly receives all that He wants to give us, deserves our awe and honor in every expression of authority, and expects us to be fully and totally dependant upon Him.  


Blessings to you all,

Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Hello To Everyone;

Well, I am on the road again. I am writing this blog from the Memphis airport in route to Wichita, Kansas. As I travel I am thinking of Him, the one who loves me. His name is Jesus!

I spent the weekend with good friends in Mobile, Alabama. I ministered at Mobile Christian Center and it was good to see that God is continuing to touch the hearts of people in our country. I am so glad to have been born in a country that allows the freedom of religion. May God bless our nation to become one that hungers for and embraces freedom of God’s manifest presence. On Sunday night we had some hungry people calling out to God for His presence to be known. When God’s shows up, we tend to leak – don’t we?

As we sang songs of worship Sunday night, we were very aware of the presence of God in our midst. There is a song that was written by Misty Edwards called “I Won’t Relent”. Kim Walker sings it and adds a wonderful spontaneous line. It says: “I don’t want to talk about you like You’re not in the room. Wanta look right at You – Wanta sing right to You”. How many times to we gather together to worship our God and sing like He’s not in the room? Do we expect God to be in our midst? I felt challenged this weekend to return again to the simplicity of Christ. I choose again to return to my First Love. I say yes to Jesus and the manifest presence of His Holy Spirit. I say yes to not just the voice of my Heavenly Father in my heart, but to the presence of His person in my life.

Christ in us is the hope of glory. The world will not change through political elections. The world will change by the presence of God in our lives. It is not what we know about God that really counts. It is knowing God and living together with Him in life that really matters. He is the One who changes the world in which we live. Does He rest in your life today? Come Lord Jesus, Come! It is a matter of intimacy and presence of His life-giving kingdom!

I expect things to come to the fullness of His glory some day, but I also expect Him to come today! Let me remind us of some words of the apostle John that were for his day, and are for our day as well.

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

This Scripture has too often been placed in a day when Jesus returns again for the second time. I believe this Scripture has been true since the day the Holy Spirit inspired John to write it down. We can take of the water of life freely in Christ! Jesus said that those who thirst would see these waters flow from their hearts (Jn. 7:37-39).

Don’t be distracted by the events of the day. Look for the God of the day! Let’s be a people of God’s presence. Join me and let’s return to our First Love again! Let’s hunger for Him and see His manifest presence in our lives!

Thanks again to my friends in Alabama. I pray that God's presence will increase and fill your lives and gatherings with His supernatural goodness and person!



Blessings to you all,


Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Greetings;

I am writing this blog while sitting in the San Antonio airport. It is very early! I was up at 3:50 a.m. for my return trip to Bellingham. Oh the life of glamour! It is all a part of life, so much for the nostalgia of travel. After paying an extra $15.00 for my one check in bag on my cattle car seat I stood in the cattle yard line for some time to go through the all too well known security check. I can’t wait to see my family members and friends back home! I can’t tell you how many times I have felt the pain of being torn from my family, knowing that my little girl’s heart longed for her daddy back home. I remember the day that a young girl gave her dad to the nations with tears. I remember sitting in a hotel room thousands of miles away and felt the pain in my heart and the tears on my face as I thought of the difficult confession she made. Would I do it again? Without a doubt! God gave His only Son for the love of the people of the world. He paid the price to reconnect the human race to the reality of an eternal relationship with the one and only eternal Father of all men. It is all for a right relationship with God, a place of being one with God, and a life of knowing His manifest presence! This is the kingdom of God. It is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. It is the testimony of a human BEING! It is not what we do in life that matters so much. It is who we are in life that determines all that we do. When we discover who we are we will be billing to do whatever it takes to help others discover who they are in this journey in life.

I had a great weekend in Fredricksburg, Texas at Journey Church with pastor Michael Dearinger, apostle Andrew Shearman, and Dr. Bob Nichols. God touched many people’s lives and it was great to be with friends in the family of God. That is the “I AM” family of God.

We don’t love God for what He does; we love God for who He is. Because of who He is, we can trust all that He does. He is the I AM, not the I DO. A right relationship with Him is the true testimony of righteousness. I am growing in a spontaneous, broken, fervent, and passionate relationship with Him from the secret place of my heart. It is from that place that my confession of Him as my God has enabled me to pay the price of doing for over 35 years. It is not the doing that matters, but the place of being that empowers all that I do. I am growing in a spontaneous, broken, fervent, and passionate testimony that God and I are one. I live in His house and wherever I am there is a spillover of the evidence that I am a God-person. I am a part of His family and testimony of His household. It is a place of being, not merely a place of doing! I am growing in a spontaneous, broken, fervent, and passionate testimony that God and I live together. He thinks things, I think things, and we relate to one another as those who are meant to fill the earth with the goodness of our family name. We are increasingly living together because of who we are, not because of what we do Because He says, “I AM that I AM”, I can grow in this understanding of who I am. It is a place of BEING, not a place of doing. It affects everything that I do, but it is dependant upon who I am. It is time for us all to join the human race. We are human beings created in the likeness and the image of our Father in heaven. When we discover who we are in Christ, we can DO all things through Him.   

It is when we know these things that we can believe that God likes us, He wants to bless us, our enemy is our bread, and God is manifestly with us. Our Father in heaven commissioned His Son to bring us back to the place of BEING the family of God. The secret is found within us. The kingdom of God is within our hearts when we know this place of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Blessings to you all,


Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Hello Everyone;

After a very busy week we had services Sunday with a review of our conference meetings. You can check out the pod cast of the message from Sunday or go to the Abundant Life web link for Audio Teachings. We had an awesome time in the manifest presence of God on Sunday night. There was much ministry for healing as well.

I made an eleven point review of the conference on Sunday morning. I believe we must be faithful to respond to the word given us by God. This is not just for Abundant Life church, but it is a present word for the Body of Christ. It is time to establish the Name of God in the earth! To establish His NAME in the earth:

1.    We must become a place of BEING as HE IS in the world.

2.    We must know God as our Father and that we are called by His Name - CHRIST.

3.    We must create and live in a culture of honor and let go of fear and control.

4.    We must manifest God’s glory by externalizing the internal existence of Jesus Christ in our lives.

5.    We must reveal Christ’s character to the world and train and raise up a generation of noble children.

6.    WE must embrace kingdom thinking that attracts angels and God’s supernatural interventions.

7.    We must embrace our present moments in faith and allow God to rewrite our histories. We must lay hold of the shout of faith and make void the curses of the accuser of the brethren.

8.    We must live as the generational I AM tree of life with leaves for healing and fruit for feeding nations.

9.    We must know that God’s peace and kindness cannot be shaken. We must become a place of security, safety, trusted friendships, close friendships, and a place of wellbeing.

10.  We must be the church that prepares a way for the world to come into God’s house.

11.  We must give our lives to become mighty men and women of God. To do this we must be friendly to the instruction of the word of God within our hearts.

A significant prophecy came at the conference as well. This is good stuff and worth laying hold of and meditating on.

Given by Apostle Ted J Hanson on September 25, 2008:

Even now the wind of My Spirit is blowing – bringing forth a new focus and perspective in your minds. For the Lord says, “I am the filling up God, and I am the overflowing Spirit of life. You shall see that there is a filling up season that is coming. It’s coming to grow not merely coming to pass. For the growing season is a time to step forward and declare more - step forward and declare more - step forward and declare more. And where it would seem that your arm has been shortened,” the Lord says, “I am lengthening the outreach of your connection that I might bring My glory through the power of My affection. For divine connection shall come in this season and you shall find yourself in places where My amazing graces are abounding. You shall know that I am the filling-up God and I am the overflowing Spirit – I am the filling up God and I am the overflowing Spirit. And I am bringing forth My glory in a new measure. And when those who hide beneath rocks and those who hide beneath dusty crevasses and places that are barren of the goodness of My name…when those would say, ‘Where is He? Where is He?’ there will come forth a sound. There will come forth an atmosphere. There will come forth a river of life for,” God says, “I’m moving among my people even now to declare that I AM the filling up God and the overflowing Spirit. That which has sought to have been contained within the walls, within the boundaries of what has deemed to be Me is going to fill up and it’s going to overflow.” The Lord says, “I’m going to reach into places where My amazing graces will flourish and will abound. The Church will find a change in focus and a shift in their perspective - let the earth will be glad and the fields rejoice! The nations will rise up for what seems to be headed in one direction is going to be changed by the power of My heaven’s direction – for I AM THE FILLING UP GOD AND I AM THE OVERFLOWING SPIRIT!,” says the Lord.


I hope you all have an awesome week. I hope to get a couple of days in the woods alone with God. I should be there now, but there are a few irons in the fire. I am off to Fredricksburg, Texas on Friday. Please pray that God shows up in a great way!

Blessings to you all,

Apostle Ted J. Hanson


Conference CDs Available

Blessings to you all;

Wow! We just finished our annual conference in Bellingham and God showed up in a huge way! We saw many people touched by the love and power of God. Numerous healings have been reported and many lives impacted in a permanent way. Our theme this year was “Establishing His Name In The Earth”. A brief summary of the words spoken were as follows:

I began on Wednesday evening with a word from God in regard to the I AM reality of God. What is it going to take to establish God’s NAME in the earth? A NAME is not a place of ‘doing’ – it is a place of ‘being’. A NAME is a character, nature, way, power, and authority. God is interested in the place of being, not merely the place of doing. He visits the place of ‘being’ so that we become a place that He rests. It takes a place of God to establish the name of God in the earth. We must encounter God for who He is. He is the I AM, not the I DO. The I AM place is the holy place of God’s name. It is not what we will do for God that will establish His name in the earth; it is who we will be in Him. We are the “I Am” family of God in the earth.

On Thursday morning Apostle Andrew Shearman gave a word on a Christ generation. God’s name must be established in us before we can establish His name in the earth. There must be a circumcision of our hearts in order to become a people of inheritance. For us to become a nation we must be the generation that hallows God’s name. This is a Christ generation – a generation that knows the meaning of confessing “our Father in Heaven”. When we know Him as our Father we can then see His kingdom come and His will done in the earth. This will establish His name in the earth.

Following Andrew’s message, Dr. Bob Nichols gave a wonderful word on a culture of honor. We must seek to create and live in a culture of honor. Establishing God’s name in the earth is all about relationship and relationships are held together by honor. Where there is no honor there is fear and control, but where honor and love dwell there is a freedom. Kingdom leaders create a culture of honor whereby all are lifted to the place of destiny and greatness in the kingdom. To establish God’s name in the earth we must establish a culture of honor.

Thursday evening concluded with a powerful message from Pastor John Marsden on the glory of God. We were called and created to be people of God’s glory. God’s glory is the weight, the splender, the honor, the renown, and the might of God. The glory of God must be recognizable to us and recognizable through us. We glorify God to the degree that we externalize the internal existence of Jesus Christ. We must externalize the internal existence of Jesus Christ in our lives. To establish God’s name in the earth we must reveal His glory in and to the world.

After the impacting day of Thursday David Fredriksz began Friday with an awesome word on the character of Christ in our lives. Revealing God’s name to the world is revealing His character. Is Christ’s character in you being displayed in the earth today? We must train our children and our children’s children to stand before kings. God wants to create a royal race. We must know how to deal with our children to raise up a kingdom of responsible princes and princesses in the world. King David knew how to face his enemy with the sword, but he didn’t know how to confront his sons in love. We must not put rules of justice above development of relationships and the covenant nature of Christ. Fear is the most tolerated sin in the Body of Christ and we must not fear the price of Christ’s covenant name.

Dr. Bob Nichols followed David’s word with an impacting teaching on the importance of a kingdom mind and the power of our thoughts. There is a way of thinking that attracts the enemy and a way of thinking that attracts the blessings of God. We have to allow the thinking of God to destroy the strongholds of the enemy in our own minds. Those strongholds are the safe places for the destructive thoughts of the enemy and they actually attract the demonic forces of the devil. We must repent and allow our minds to see reality from God’s divine perspective. This will attract the angelic blessings of God. We must engage in thought patterns that are consistent with the kingdom of God. What we tolerate will dominate our lives. Our destiny is not within human reach, but is made available through the supernatural interventions of God. These supernatural interventions of God will cause of DNA to be fully equipped to think kingdom thoughts and inspire the people of God to serve Him.  

Apostle Andrew Shearman ended Friday with a life-changing message on God’s power to break curses and His ability to rewrite our histories in a moment of faith. By concentrating on our present moments and our future destiny we can rewrite our histories. Abraham’s name was written up as a man who never wavered in his faith. Although the Old Testament accounts appear to read differently, God rewrote his history. Our decisions today will determine the blessings of God’s garden in our world tomorrow. In the beginning God planted a garden, but Satan planted a doubt. God planted a garden and said it was good. God made our lives and said they were good. Is it possible to rewrite the destiny of our lives and of the world? We must be willing to believe the promise more than the barrenness of the earth. Abraham received a promise and then twenty-four years later he was willing to settle for barrenness. His decision to embrace the moment rewrote every waver of his past. It is time to shout and annul the curses of the accuser of the brethren. When we choose to embrace the present moment God annuls and voids the doubts sown by the enemies curse.

On Saturday morning I continued on the theme of the I AM NAME of God. The NAME of God is a place of healing and fruit. God’s NAME is evident in fruits for food. It is not what we do that brings glory to God. It is who we are and who we are is determined by our knowing Him. We are like trees planted in His presence. Our testimony is generational and will bring glory to God through the testimony of life’s touch and life’s fruit. The way of the righteous is to be as God is in the world. The present testimony of God is going to be seen in healing for the nations and food for their future. Instead of generational curses and sickness there will be generational blessing and healing. God is releasing a mantle of health, stewardship, and training with a generational grace. The leaves of the I AM family tree will change the results of the past and the fruit will enable the living testimony of an unfolding and future destiny in Christ.

Saturday night was filled with the power of Holy Spirit ministry and spontaneous life after Dr. Bob Nichols delivered a wonderful word on creating a ‘safe place’ of God’s kingdom in the earth. Leaders must let go of the vision to build things and lay hold of the grace to build a ‘safe place’ for the citizens of the kingdom of God. God’s covenant of peace will not be shaken. The landscape of societies can change but God’s kindness and peace will not be shaken. The Church must become a place of security, safety, trusted friendships, close friendships, and a place of wellbeing. God is calling for the place where His Spirit is Lord and there is liberty. The way of control and fear must be exchanged for the environment of God’s NAME relationally. There must be repentance from the way of control and an introduction of honor, peace, love, power, kindness of love and the establishment of an attraction of peace to the world.

Sunday morning was awesome! Just when we thought the week couldn’t get any better, Pastor John Marsden brought a passion filled word on the power of a healthy Church in the earth. His message was witnessed with a living testimony clearly seen in his delivery. The Church is the answer to the world’s problems. God wants a healthy Church. The Church must be a place that is so good and attractive, people won’t stay away. The Church must be a happy place, a place where God manifestly reveals Himself to people. We must open the gates and break down any barriers to the people of the world coming in. We must prepare the way for the people to come into the Church. We must remove the bottlenecks and lift up a banner that calls the nations to the house of God. It is time for the Church to rise up for the global harvest in the world (Isaiah 62:10).

The conference concluded on Sunday evening with a message by apostle David Fredriksz. God wants us to come from the place of being discontent, distressed, and in debt to becoming mighty men and women in His kingdom. The distressed, discontent, and the in debt came to King David at the cave of Adullam. At the end of David’s life some of those had proven to become mighty men. We are not a product of our environment but of what happens inside of our hearts. The environment within us determines whether we can receive instruction or not. It is God’s instruction in our lives that will form the character of His way in our lives. We need God’s word to instruct us, not merely inform us. We have to become friendly to the word of God within our hearts and be willing to receive His instruction to become mighty men and women in His kingdom.

We are looking forward to the fruit of all that God did in our time together. If you would like a copy of the CD's of our time together please contact me I we can make the set available for $50.00. You will be blessed in hearing the fresh word that God delivered in our time together.

Blessings to you all,

Apostle Ted J. Hanson

Hello to Everyone Once Again;

Well, this is the week of our annual conference in Bellingham. I know that God is going to do great things! You can always tell when something big is about to happen, because everything little seems to break out big just before the ‘suddenly’ of God. We have had a few emergencies come up in people’s lives in the past couple of weeks. Unfortunately, some plans have had to been adjusted by some who planned to attend our conference. I know that God is going to bless them with what He is going to do in spite of the fact that they have had to tend to sudden important issues of life. That is life. It is unpredictable, but God is with us in all things!

Yesterday I did a final message in a series of teachings on keys to the Promised Land. The Promised Land is not some geographical place. It is not some place of mere earthly temporal blessings. The Promised Land is the place of tapping into eternity and discovering righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit in every situation. That is a place of a right relationship with God where the cry of our hearts declares that He alone is God. A perfect world is one that doesn’t work without Him, but supernaturally works when we call upon His Name. A perfect world is being loved by Him and then loving Him in return. Righteousness is a place to discover, not a place to do right without God.

The Promised Land is a place of peace where there is no separation between God and us. It is a place where there is no gap between His house and ours. It is a place that grants the undeniable testimony that we are God’s people. It is true on good days and on bad ones. The testimony of Christ in us becomes the submerging atmosphere around us and upon us. The peace of God surpasses our own understanding and gives us the outward witness of His amazing power and grace.

The Promised Land is a place of inexpressible joy and glory. It is the reality of living with God in all situations. He is manifestly with us. The joy is in experiencing His manifest presence in all situations and His manifest presence causes all situations to work out for our good. God is good and where He is good must happen. When He walks into a dark room it becomes light. When He walks into dead places they are miraculously filled with life. When God visits the weak places they become strong in Him. There is joy in His presence and where His presence is joy comes too.

There are four basic keys to discovering this place of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. These four things were shadowed in the testimony of Joshua and Caleb in the Old Testament:
Numbers 14:8 & 9
“If the LORD delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’ Only do not rebel against the LORD, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the LORD is with us. Do not fear them.”

The four basic keys found in these two verses are:

1.    God Likes Us
2.    God Wants To Bless Us
3.    Our Enemies Are Our Bread
4.    God Is With Us

The foundation for God liking us is our beliefs. The testimony of God wanting to bless us is seen in how we act. Our actions activate the imaginations of our hearts. Life-giving imaginations give an increasing understanding that the opposition in our lives is simply food to the true testimony of God at work in our lives. As I have been writing in my recent blogs, what we believe determines how we act, how we act activates the imaginations of our hearts, and the right imaginations of our hearts facilitate the manifest presence of God in our lives.

The fourth key to living in the Promised Land of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit is to live in the place where God is with us. The key to living there is found in the foundation of belief, action, and imagination. When I know that God likes me I will live in the place that pleases Him. When I live in the place that pleases Him I will take actions to give His life to others and to expand the place of His blessing in the world around me. When I live a life of life-giving actions I will be inspired by God’s life-giving imaginations. This foundation will reveal the true testimony that God is manifestly with us in all things! Without these three keys we will not discover the full truth of God’s manifest presence. God is with us in situations that are greater than we are. We cannot let our hearts fail, be afraid, tremble, nor be terrified in any way. God is with us!

Deuteronomy 20:1
 
“When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.”


Deuteronomy 20:3, 4
 
And he shall say to them, “Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

Nothing can separate us from the Love of God. He is with us in all things! We must be strong and of good courage!

Deuteronomy 31:6 & 8

“Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”

“And the LORD, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.”

Our Promised Land is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. God is our God, we are His people, and we live together. Nothing can ever separate us from His great love and His amazing grace. Because of this we can know that even the temporal natural things of life will work our for our good. God is good and were He is good happens!

In the Name of the One who is with us in all things,


Apostle Ted J. Hanson