:: Rushing Streams - Martin Frankena Ministries ::

Welcome

We are committed to resource and equip individuals as well as congregations, to focus on healing and deliverance from spiritual oppression, generational bondages, individual and corporate strongholds.

We endeavor to do this through personal ministry, and through our schools and seminars.

We are a ministry founded and rooted on the words of Isaiah 61:1-4

Isaiah 61:1-4
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners;
To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn,
To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.

Our mandates are:

To heal (Isaiah 61:1-3)
To bring healing, deliverance and wholeness to the body of Christ.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; to proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, to grant those who mourn in Zion, giving them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.

To transform (Isaiah 61:3)
To live from a position as a son of the King.

So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

To equip (Isaiah 61:4)
Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations.

Resources

Prayers of Power: Breaking Through to Wholeness

Training Schools - School CD's

Itinerary

The Reward Trap – Part 2

When we have grown up learning and believing there is no such thing as a free lunch, one of the hardest things to do is receive something without having worked for it. We think a gift always requires a pay-back in kind. Anything of value has to be earned. We don’t understand having someone else pay a price and freely give us a thing of value. Therefore we persist in trying to gain the grace of God by feverishly working for Him, hoping to gain the favor which had already been given to us.

John 1:12-13

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,

13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

When we lose our awareness that we are a delight to God and that the love of God is the very reason we do things, then we revert to striving, serving to earn that which is so freely available and can never be earned.

As we do so, our relationship with God becomes corrupted.

When we lose sight of the fact that we are loved because of who we are, we will revert to our habitual way of relating to others, working to earn love and acceptance.

If our serving does not come from a place of restful acceptance and confidence in who we are in God, we will operate from a place of anxiety, fear and striving.

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