Those who recognize they need more of what God has for them arrive expecting to be changed. This transformation station is sitting atop a mountain that over looks Lake Chapala, at the beautiful Jucum facility for this year’s Wellspring International event. People from Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, Canada and the USA gained new insights, and a higher perspective on their potential. The Holy Spirit is always moving and He is ever at work.  John and Judy Whitener celebrate 11 years of providing a safe space for all to embrace what God has planned. Feel that breeze, that fresh wind of renewal? It is here, NOW. Grab it! Signed, Sealed Delivered

John confessed his reluctance to attend Wellspring as he stood on the finished work of the cross. Judy persisted, John prayed and he flew to Alaska.  “Wellspring adds nothing to the cross of Christ.  It expands all that the cross can free us from if we embrace it. Wellspring gives us a working strategy when we get irritated or tempted. We must work to maintain our victory.”  The same staff has worked at Jucum giving back after personally experiencing radical miracles for having taken the Wellspring course. Tears of gratitude flowed.

Eleven years ago, Judy hosted the Wellspring Curriculum to a small group. God has blessed her obedience, and this week the auditorium was filled with open, expectant hearts. Claudia translated as each person introduced themselves. Each person made sacrifices to attend, and God will reward each sacrifice we make to embrace His plan to change the willing. As we humble ourselves before God, He lifts us up to His view of us. We are acceptable in His sight, as we are His beloved.

Trauma: Medical procedures, war, divorce, rejection, abortion, rape, emotional abuse, or any accident. We may think we can just pull up our boot straps by ourselves and carry on, but do we have short tempers, get easily irritated, or feel depressed? If you could finally sleep better, dissolve anger, and feel free from bitterness — How would that improve your current relationships? Does your pride or shyness prevent you from asking for help? Read the book “Biblical Foundations of Freedom” and begin your journey of a fresh way of living a full life with increasing joy and hope. Trust Jesus, the best is yet to come!

After each session on fear, anger, bitterness, and trauma, we had the opportunity to pray, then listen and share what the Holy Spirit revealed. We mingled to get to know those who have experienced the power of God. Kit has worked at Wellspring for 19 years. The thrill of a new season looms before all in attendance. Our Father is delighted to watch us grow into the plans He has for us. Rewarding us with healing, He draws us close to the Agent of ALL Growth and Change, Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, our Provider, Miracle Worker, and Promise Keeper. HALLELUJAH! Claudia lives in Guadalaraja and works as a medical translator. She founded a nursing home in Ajijic for couples.

This couple from Florida was led by God as missionaries to set the captives free in Honduras. They provide study groups of the book “Biblical Foundations of Freedom.” As a result of this preliminary effort, the Holy Spirit is breaking down walls of resistance and denial. When the Wellspring conference comes to town, dozens are willing to be further trained to counsel others. The domino effect began with one person who humbly fell to their knees. In their obedience, this couple experienced blessings as they witnessed miracles during their 7 years of ministry.

Our Father desires to make us whole as He binds up broken hearts and sets the captives free. Our assignment on earth is to remain in agreement with His Word. We are challenged to capture every thought and consider the kingdom from which it comes and who we choose to serve. God’s Kingdom of Light, or Satan’s kingdom of darkness. We choose Whom we serve with each thought, spoken or withheld. People choose to live with “I’m Ok” and cease to seek God for His very best. His plan is exceedingly more than we ask for. We have not, because we ask not. We must BELIEVE He is able and available to deliver us from evil. Many who are unable to hear, choose to hang onto a buried bitterness. Many fear restoration because they fear change. Pride keeps others from admitting they need help. The sly spirit of shyness or envy works as a partner with self-bitterness and rejection.

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.” and I greet the light that pierces all darkness. As citizens of heaven, we are united by the Head of the church, Jesus Christ. His holy Presence embraces all who step onto this magnificent property. At Jucum, enter into the Shekinah Cafe and fill your cup to overflowing by hearing amazing testimonials. Housing is provided along with food for the spirit, mind and body. His provision for us ever exceeds our wildest imagination. All Glory to God. Our Lord sees us and He intercedes on our behalf that we shine bright as the Bride of Christ. Everyone attends a different building on Sundays, but we all serve the same Lord.

We are all God’s chosen kids and His plan for us is marvelous to behold. We were knit together in our mothers womb by the same finger of God that wrote the ten commandments. We were made in His image, and our thoughts about ourselves make us become more like Yeshua, or….the prince of the air that seeks to destroy our faith in God. The Word of God says “Fear not for I am with you.” Do not be afraid of change. Do not worry about what others think. Do not be apprehensive to seek freedom. Do not be concerned about the weather, economy, or lack. Through Wellspring we learn to uproot all labels of fear with the power and authority God gave us. We tell the fear monger to shut up!

Sin is anytime we act like the devil. If we use words to spread gossip to murder a person’s reputation, who are we serving? The accusing spirit — or God who gave us the mind of Christ?  God gave us discernment, which enables us to know good from evil. When accusing spirits suggest “They did you wrong, and your hate is justified.” Or the devil whispers,”You will never be good enough. ” In Jesus’ name, cast out these lies and command the enemy of your soul to be silent! Choose to walk in victory as you repent and forgive yourself and others. Do you have zero tolerance for gossip, envy, and jealousy? Do our words please God? Do we capture all stirred thoughts of anger before we spew? Our battle is not against those that wound us, it is a war that we fight with weapons. Ephesians 6.

Our conditioned responses are put on pause as we wait on the Lord and choose our words wisely. We are to love and forgive as we are loved and forgiven much by our Father. Fear and stress impact our bodies’ chemical reactions. Thank God for His intricate design of your mind and body. We are the fabulous work of our Father, and we are wise to thank Him for how He structured us in His glorious image. Hear any bitterness or blame in your conversations? Ask, “Where is the pain?” The accusing spirit seeks to justify our anger or bitterness. Let us pray to agree with God denounce Satan’s lies. Choose to freely forgive and love yourself and others. Capturing every thought keeps us busy. Obediently, we compare His way to our preferences. We rewire our brain with new pathways of thinking whatever is pure, good, noble and praiseworthy. We are responsible for every thought. Receiving thoughts and rejecting thoughts is our responsibility. We are in control! Hallelujah! We choose to agree with God, repent, forgive, and keep our victories in Jesus’ name.

The unseen influence or trauma in the womb of being unwanted, actually affects a developing babies supply of oxygen. When the mother is experiencing trauma during a rape, the child suffers from a bastard curse. The spirit of rejection enters which results in a need for acceptance. The four part prayer to evict that spirit allows one to heal and know that our heavenly Father accepts and loves us. ❤️ Matthew 13:44-46 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a Merchant Man (Jesus) searching for fine pearls. When He found one (Barbara) of great value, He went away and sold everything He had and bought it. The treasure is Isreal and the pearl is the Bride of Christ, His church. 🎵 🎶 I heard about an old story, how a Saviour came from glory. How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me; I heard about His groaning of His precious bloods atoning; and then I cried, Dear Jesus come and heal my broken spirit… and somehow – Jesus came and brought to me the victory. Oh, victory in Jesus my Savior forever. He sought me, and bought me, with His redeeming blood. He loved me in the womb, ere I knew Him, and all my love is due Him, He plunged me to victory beneath the cleansing flood. Oh there’s victory in Jesus, my Saviour forever. ❤️ Tears flowed, emotions let loose for many who received our Father’s blessing.

Know your enemy and hate his evil methods. If we know his plan of attack, and we are quick to discern the voice we are hearing — we deploy Gods authority and deflect, reject and defeat the accusing spirit. Like dogs get trained to sit, stay, and receive treats, humanity has been conditioned to treat all symptoms caused by deadly emotions with a pill. Our stress or resentment turns into a disease, a headache, pain or exhaustion. Our great Physician created us with an amazing, complex system that repairs itself. He gave us hormone secretions of adrenaline, cortisol, serotonin to keep us safe and perfectly balanced. Prolonged stress produces cortisol, and too much of it puts us in a dangerous red zone. God gives us His cure. Wisdom, discernment and prayer. It is our responsibility to use our weapons and choose His way to cancel attacks with forgiveness.

God gave us the authority to simply choose not to be offended. We choose to capture every thought so we can aptly discern who is speaking. God or the Deceiver! An auto-immune disease is when our body attacks itself. Chrones, diabetes, arthritis, and MS are all activated by toxic thoughts about ourselves or others. Even though we may not see or feel the Holy Spirit’s presence, just as the wind is always stirring, He is even with us and nudging us to look at things through His eyes. We get to shout Halleluiah when our thoughts include doubt, bitterness, or shame and repent. Deliberately we capture every thought and ask ourselves “Am I consciously choosing to serve God’s kingdom with that thought or action? Or do I get to renounce all Satan’s authority and choose to speak with authority and stand firm? “Sing to Him; sing praises to Him. Tell about all His miracles.” Psalm 105:2 NCV Remember the day of your deliverance, reclaim your freedom ‘in Christ’ and forgive yourself and others for any offense!

Notice who God uses in Scriptures. Messy folks whose imprisoned souls were set free, for God’s glory. Their transformed hearts were used to inspire hope. Paul, Samson, Rahab, David, Mary Magdalene. Today we defeat the devils schemes by using our authority. We use the armor God gave us. We are created in His image and we are fearfully and wonderfully made. It is a choice to celebrate who He created us to be. We are vessels of the Holy Spirit and we choose life or death with each word we speak. Choose to serve God’s kingdom with all your heart, mind and body. A commercial that runs repeatedly to train your mind against God. “Obey thirst with a Mountain Dew, or a glass of wine ” God says “Listen to what the Spirit is saying, deny your flesh, and obey Me.” Forgive and be forgiven.

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Go ahead and binge watch and fill your mind and heart to overflowing with the truth. “You are the Apple of His eye, loved beyond measure, precious in His sight. Believe that your name is written in the Lambs Book of Life! Our Father’s plan is to bless you for your obedience in keeping a pure spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation. Holding every thought captive is how we cancel the enemies plan to destroy our faith in God Almighty, as we bring our Father glory and hear Him say “Well Done My good and faithful servant.” Hallelujah and Amen

Jucum is owned and ran by YWAM “Youth With A Mission”. This global Christian movement has a motto of “Driven by God’s love we go to the ends of the earth.” We unite with a common purpose to know God and to make Him known. YWAM is almost in every country across the globe, and we have a beautiful facility in Chapala.

Do not let the sun go down without giving thanks to God for all He has done. Renewed by His Spirit, we rise with great expectations for what He has in store for all who seek to honor God daily with their thoughts, responses and actions.

Claudia, Joi, Joanne, Barb, Jan, Kathleen, and Sara are all certified Wellspring Prayer Counselors at Lakeside. Think about it, is it time for a Spring Cleaning A group of 7 is taking the time to meet once a week to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal His truth to us as we pray for one another. If you desire to sweep, mop and polish up the home of the Holy Spirit, click into the Spring Cleaning link and join us. We will read the book “Biblical Foundations of Freedom” by Art Mathias. The Wellspring Center in Chapala is non-denominational. Call for a prayer session with a 7 certified prayer counselors in either English or Spanish. Taste and see that the Lord is good and the Father has great plans for you. Wellspring International

My testimony of gratitude to God, my loving Father for setting me fully free from self condemnation. “I am His and He is mine!” Halleluiah! Our Father allows us to shop within …until we drop to our knees and repent. Whatever the Holy Spirit reveals, God heals. By our confession, we pray a 30 second prayer, and that buried bitterness was outed by the Holy Spirit, and we freely choose to confess, renounce and speak with the same authority of Jesus! Unforgiveness GONE — as far as the East is from the West! In 2023 I agreed to volunteer my servants burdened heart. We all have our plans, but God, He moves before us to modify our plans with His superior plan! Halleluiah. At the age of 71, at my 2nd Wellspring Refreshing, it was in His gracious timing that I get delivered and set FREE. The Holy Spirit magnified the generational curse of divorce, disease and depression. My hearts report card had many FAILED attempts to uncover what was blocking my freedom in Christ. The Wellspring program offers a safe place to “Confess your sins to one another so that you can be healed.”. After each prayer we ask “Holy Spirit, show me the truth about this situration…” Ask and you shall receive! With our obedience comes our Father’s blessings! Because I accepted my responsiblity to open every closed door, the Holy Spirit revealed bitterness, comparisons, and envy for the missing joy as a child of God. My Father gave me a voice to cancel all the plans set in place, in the womb, to destroy me. Graduating from Wellspring, I now have the priviledged opportunity to NOT BE SILENT and to assist others in trusting God for their deliverance and healing.

Thank you Abba Father for the willing sacrifice of Jesus, to seal the new covenant with His blood, that I can work for the Kingdom of light. Thank you Judy, for all your hours of work to graduate more workers into the field. Thanks to ALL the volunteers who fed us, and for Judy, Sarah, Melissa, Parker, Kit, and Diana who transparently shared their victories in Jesus, our Savior!

Suzanne gave me a word. “You are His scribe of God events.” After classroom prayers that end with Holy Spirit speak to me, this word was recorded. “Barbara, you are my beloved, set apart, fully accepted. You are free to receive love and to love others as I love you.” ❤️ The Spirit of God is moving and changing hearts.