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Prayers That Heal the Heart - Revised & Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition
Prayer counseling that breaks every yoke! Everything you need to experience deep healing of your soul and spirit.
Did you know that you don't need to be continually plagued by negative thoughts, feelings, pictures or memories?
It is not part of the "human condition" to feel the constant nagging of doubt, insecurity, or anger. No matter what sin you are trying to overcome, what lie you think you'll always believe, or what traumas your heart has suffered in the past, you will receive total freedom and restoration by praying these prayers in faith.
While 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice has always been our most popular teaching, Prayers That Heal the Heart has been a close second. In celebration of two decades since the printing of the original book, we are releasing the Revised & Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of Prayers That Heal the Heart: Prayer Counseling That Breaks Every Yoke.
You will experience a completely re-written book and LEARN workbook, along with a re-taped video series that contains brilliant graphics. These complementary materials flow together seamlessly and you will discover simple, easy-to-use prayer worksheets which guide you through each prayer. We have added key principles we have learned over the past 20 years, plus made the entire process extremely user-friendly.
What is NEW in this revised book and newly taped video series (2021)?
- The big word is "USER FRIENDLY." Now it is easier than ever to experience each necessary step to heal your heart. We begin by reviewing the four keys to hearing God's voice so He can lead you in the prayers. Then we define what the language of the heart is, and the names of typical heart wounds (anger, fear, rejection, etc.).
- Next we explore a biblical basis for each of the seven prayers, along with simple steps to take to experience each prayer. We couple this with user-friendly worksheets so you can easily and effectively experience the full healing power of each prayer.
- We have a brand new video series with outstanding graphics. Being 20 years wiser, I can teach with more clarity, smoothness, and authority than I did 20 years ago.
- As I was writing the revised book, I spent three days with twenty leaders who head up many of the major Spirit-filled counseling ministries in the U.S. I was able to dialogue with them and asked them to write sections for the book which expressed the heart of their ministry approach. With these now included, I expect we have the most complete and eclectic presentation of the various Spirit-filled healing models available.
- The basic seven prayers are identical to those being used by Restoring the Foundations. The new edition includes sections by SOZO and Elijah House, Jim Banks' Trauma Prayer, plus insights by Karl Lehman and others. I have also added a prayer approach on "Inner Healing for an Organ."
- There are brand new chapters and videos sessions with 100% continuity between the videos, book and LEARN workbook. These are just a few of the improvements you will find in the Revised & Expanded 20th Anniversary Edition of Prayers That Heal the Heart: Prayer Counseling That Breaks Every Yoke.
May you experience complete healing of all heart wounds and may faith, hope, joy, peace, and laughter bubble up continuously from your heart!
You Do Not Have to Hurt Forever - There Is an End to the Pain
Are you tired of ineffective prayers for healing? Learn how you can experience deep healing of the wounds in your heart by applying seven specific prayers to each heart wound. They are not a magic formula that require nothing of you but rather ways of praying that, when entered into in faith in Jesus Christ, bring victory and release from the deep pain of your spirit. These supernatural prayers will guide you in using the language of the heart to:
- Break generational sins and curses
- Sever ungodly soul ties
- Replace negative beliefs with God's promises
- Renounce inner vows and replace them with Godly purposes
- Receive divine visions to heal painful scenes
- Break word curses spoken over you
- Cast out every demonic stronghold that has connected itself to these inner wounds
We will teach you how to stay healed by guiding you in an intensive Bible meditation experience where you receive revelation knowledge from God which closes the door so the adversary cannot return.
What Makes Prayers That Heal the Heart so Effective and Life-Changing?
Features | How This Helps You |
Prayers That Heal the |
We define what a |
We define the language |
We teach and apply |
You are trained how to close the door of your heart. |
You learn how to positively fill all five senses of your heart. |
DVDs promote a group setting |
90% of the counseling time is prayer time. |
How to Get the Most Out of This Teaching
The DVDs and CDs correspond with the Prayers That Heal the Heart book and LEARN Prayers That Heal the Heart notebook. For maximum growth and internalization, we recommend utilizing them both along with either the CD or DVD set. One copy of the book per family is fine, and one LEARN notebook for each individual is recommended. The LEARN notebook provides an outline to follow as you watch the DVDs or listen to the CDs. Also included are application exercises and classroom activities.
For maximum results, invite some friends into a home group or Sunday school class and watch the DVDs together. Practice and apply the seven prayers as you learn about them. Pray for one another. Share your victories and struggles together and assist one another until everyone seeking freedom is completely free! The DVDs bring an anointed trainer to your group, and your interpersonal sharing gives you instant feedback and confirmation, and an opportunity to process and apply the seven prayers to your life. An unbeatable combination!
Since these prayers assume you can already hear God's voice and see vision, we strongly recommend that your group first do the 3-month training package on 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice. Follow it up with this module on Prayers That Heal the Heart. You will notice that at the end of Prayers That Heal the Heart you are to do intensive Bible meditations on the areas from which you have been set free. Your group could continue for another 2-3 months encouraging everyone to share what they are discovering as they each do these follow up Bible meditations. For example, if someone has been set free from fear, doubt and unbelief, they would research those topics as well as their opposites (since they represent their goal), which would be faith, hope and belief. Their prayer is "Lord, please show me what I need to learn in order for me to live in faith, hope and belief." As you each complete your Bible meditations and share what you are learning, a tremendous spirit of life will be present, and you will greatly encourage one another by offering your support and suggestions. So in nine months you would complete three training experiences and everyone in your group will be greatly transformed!
Details of Various Items which Go Along with in the Prayers That Heal the Heart book
Contributing Strands Worksheet
An extremely easy-to-use prayer counseling worksheet to use yourself or for a counselor to use as he works with a client. It guides you through the seven prayers, ensuring that you are asking the right questions, covering all the key bases, and recording what the Lord is saying and revealing through vision. It is to be given to the client at the end of the prayer counseling session so it becomes a permanent record of the healing the Lord has taken them through. Packs of 10 can be purchased for $5 or you may freely download and reproduce it. The purchased copies are 11x17, folded and stapled. This is an excellent aid in prayer counseling. It normally takes about three hours to take a prepared client through all the prayers (if you keep things moving and don't stop or digress). Download free here.
Prayers That Heal the Heart DVDs
15 sessions, 30 minutes for each of the first 14 sessions and final session is 80 minutes
These are ideal for focused learning with the LEARN Prayers That Heal the Heart notebook and for use in classroom settings. They are identical in content to the CDs. For maximum results, draw together some friends into a home group or Sunday school class and watch the DVDs over a 16-week period. Pray the prayers and share your results together. Spend extra time ministering to one another as the need arises. The DVDs bring an anointed trainer to your group, and your interpersonal ministry and prayer times allow you to leap forward as you apply what you are learning. An unbeatable combination.
Prayers That Heal the Heart CDs
15 sessions, 30 minutes for each of the first 14 sessions and final session is 80 minutes
These are ideal for repetition and review as you drive, work or exercise. Hearing Mark teach this series releases an impartation, revelation and spiritual understanding which, if internalized, will completely transform your life. Mark shares his struggle and story in an honest and down-to-earth way that relates to every listener. Every time you review this series the Holy Spirit reveals more to you. Do yourself a favor and listen to them over and over until the revelation is complete. Rushing on to another topic without internalizing this truth does not result in cultivating Christian spirituality.
Session | Title | Length | |
1 | Healing Begins by Experiencing the Father's Love | 32 Min. | |
2 | How Do I Minister Effectively to a Wounded Heart | 24 Min. | |
3 | Breaking Generational Sins and Curses | 28 Min. | |
4 | Severing Ungodly Soul Ties | 22 Min. | |
5 | Renouncing Unbiblical Beliefs and Inner Vows | 23 Min | |
6 | Replacing Ungodly Beliefs with Godly Beliefs | 18 Min. | |
7 | Replacing Word Curses with Blessings | 29 Min. | |
8 | Traumatic Pictures Healed Through Inner Healing | 39 Min. | |
9 | Delivered from Demons | 36 Min. | |
10 | Maintaining the Victory by Staying Filled with the Holy Spirit | 31 Min. | |
11 | Clearing Cellular Memories | 21 Min. | |
12 | The Trauma Prayer | 30 Min. | |
13 | The Kingdom Lifestyle | 35 Min. | |
14 | Pray for One Another & Tips for the Prayer Minister | 16 Min. | |
15 | A Model Healing Prayer Session | 82 Min. |
LEARN Prayers That Heal the Heart Notebook
This 30-page Life Enrichment And Review Notebook is designed to go along with the CD/ DVD series and/or PowerPoint presentation. If receiving training in a group, we highly recommend that EVERY member of the group have their own copy.
It offers you the following four benefits:
Deepened Learning Through Note-Taking
The opportunity to take notes deepens the learning experience. When you write something with your own hand, it is a much stronger learning experience than simply hearing it. God puts a BIG emphasis on writing as a way of learning. Look at His very first requirement of anyone who became a king in Israel:
"Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel" (Deut. 17:18-20).
Greater Internalization Through Previewing and Reviewing the Key Ideas
The LEARN notebook also gives you an opportunity to easily preview and review the teaching. None of us catches everything the first time through and as you review it several times, you will pick up things you did not hear before. More truths will begin to "click" and more lights come on!
This process of repeated review results in greater revelation and greater personal transformation. Jesus urged us to cultivate and give attention to new ideas being sown in our hearts until they bear a crop of 30, 60 or 100 fold (Matt. 13:18-23). So listen, review and focus until God has granted you personal revelation and transformation! Anything short of this causes the seed to be aborted and die. Hearing without doing is a waste, the Bible says (James 2:17).
Application Exercises Allow God to Speak Directly to Your Heart
Application exercises are included in the LEARN notebook for class times and for increasing personal revelation at home. Hearing a truth is one thing. Letting God speak to you concerning how to apply it in your life is another. These application exercises will give you the opportunity to seek God and ask Him what He wants to say to you concerning the truth, and how He wants to see it applied in your life. This is exactly what you need to hear and act upon. This is spiritual growth and development. Please review our short article on "How to Cultivate Christian Spirituality."
Interactive Group Activities Cultivate Sharing of Revelations Together
Suggestions for group activities which promote seeking God together and a lively interaction where people are encouraged to share the revelation they are receiving are also included. This helps avoid lecture which can easily become boring. The activities are well designed so people are not just "spouting off" and sharing ignorance but instead are sharing together what God is revealing to them.
Summary and Lots of Free Extras!
As you pray in faith through the materials included in this package, you will begin to feel an immense weight being lifted off of you. You will be taken step-by-step through each of the seven prayers, and you will experience the transformation that can only come from the power of God mending your broken soul. Be prepared for a miraculous encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ!
Many Free Extra Bonuses Are Available Here! These include: Deliverance Cheat Sheet, Deliverance Pictured, Suggested Approach for Counseling, Prophetic Prayer Counseling links, TV and radio interviews with Mark Virkler on Prayers That Heal the Heart, online prayer rooms for Prayers That Heal the Heart, and more.
"Mark and Patti's book goes a long way towards filling [the] 'how-to' gap. Their book is really a workbook, an invaluable hand-out for counselors to assign to their counselees. Much healing and transformation can result from its use."
Co-founder of Elijah House
For those who have not been trained to hear God's voice, this book is a must buy! In it you will find 7 interlocking prayers to experience thorough healing of the heart and practical worksheets making each step easy to follow and apply. Once you understand God is interested in connecting with you, you will be able to allow the Holy Spirit to lead you into freedom!
– DAWNA DE SILVA, Founder and Co-Leader of Bethel Sozo betheltransformationcenter.com, Author of Sozo: Saved, Healed, Delivered, Shifting Atmospheres, Overcoming Fear, 90 Day Declarations, and Warring With Wisdom
This book, Prayers that Heal the Heart, is another confirmation that experience is indeed the best teacher. Mark's personal experience has provided needed insight and has paved a very practical way for people to become healed from the wounds, bondages and mindsets that accompany the ups and downs of life. I am particularly thankful for the worksheets and exercises provided that help individuals thoroughly process their way through each element of the healing process. Well done!
Founder, Jim and Pat Banks Ministries
Over the years, I have used the principles and teachings of this book to pray through my own heart issues as the Holy Spirit has led. Whether you are new to inner healing as I was in 2003 or have gone through much healing, this way of praying WILL revolutionize your life. One student told me that after 20+ years of her healing journey, she experienced what she called a "great spiritual tidying up" due to Prayers That Heal the Heart. I encourage you to take a deep dive into this new and enhanced edition. I am confident that it will be a well-worn resource in your library.
Sunodía Prayer Counseling sunodia.org
Mark and Patti have creatively and concisely expressed the Lord's revelations to them, to us, and to others. We are delighted that the revelation, understanding, and necessity for the Integrated Approach to Ministry will be shared even more broadly throughout the Body of Christ. The Virklers have expressed these revelations in a very user-friendly and practical way. With the exercises and worksheets, anyone that desires can use these tools to receive more healing and freedom from the Lord. This is His Heart, that our hearts be healed.
-CHESTER AND BETSY KYLSTRA, Founders and Overseers of Proclaiming His Word Ministries
Mark Virkler's book is a foundational healing resource which I heartily recommend. As a veteran of inner healing, as a recipient, a student, a teacher and now a trainer of prayer ministers, one of the most important concepts in heart healing is that healing doesn't happen outside of relationship. This book makes that clear. Learning to receive and experience God's love as a right hemisphere brain experience is not only necessary, but vital for true healing to occur. Dr. Virkler lays out simple but powerful tools which guide people into transformational encounters with the tangible love of God. When done in partnership with a praying friend or guide, the process carries even greater effectiveness. I appreciate this book and highly recommend it to anyone desiring to receive healing for themselves or help others.
Co-Founder and Director Face to Face Ministries, facetofaceministries.org
Dr. Mark Virkler is one of the most gifted authors and teachers of our day with a powerful anointing to brilliantly boil down big concepts of the Christian life into simple and accessible bites. In Prayers That Heal the Heart, he beautifully lays out proven tools for the reader to experience greater emotional freedom—prayers that will move you from places of fear, doubt, anger, and unbelief into true joy, peace, love, and gratitude. This book is a beautiful companion for your healing journey.
Co-Director, Face to Face Ministries
"Mark Virkler's new book is a very practical guide to how the keys to healing that are contained within Scripture can be applied with great effect in the life of a believer."
International Director of Ellel Ministries, England
"Dr. Mark Virkler's Prayers That Heal the Heart deals in a comprehensive way with the prisons we find in our minds and hearts—prisons of repetitive sin, self-hatred, traumas and pain that seem never to go away, and demonic oppression and attacks. Many Christian leaders are still carrying wounds that only Jesus can heal, and these wounds become destructive time-bombs that Satan sets off to destroy leaders at the peak of their fruitfulness for God's Kingdom. Prayers That Heal the Heart effectively helps to defuse these silent time-bombs by letting the Holy Spirit pinpoint the lies that need to be exposed and the memories that need to be healed. This book will show you how Jesus still heals the brokenhearted and sets the captive free."
Former Educational Advisor, Wagner Leadership Institute
Testimonies of Healed Hearts
Testimony from Paul Mortimer in England
"Thank you so much for your teaching and ministry. Our church is doing the "Hearing God's Voice" course which is great. However, I noticed the "Prayers That Heal The Heart" advert in the seminar guide, and I've been going through the teaching. I've been a Christian for 25 years and I'm pretty well read. I've been struggling for many years with a terrible wound in my heart which has dominated my life. Like you, I was able to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit but was dogged by fears and dominated by traumatic pictures.
"I've read many, many books on curses, healing and deliverance and whilst I've had...demons cast out, the key root issues didn't seem to be dealt with. After only a couple of days with your teaching, I have found amazing healing through the prayers, and in particular using vision to re-visit traumatic experiences of the past and see Jesus begin healing my wounded heart.
"As an example I had a dream of a deep sea diver, slowly descending into the deep darkness of the ocean with no rope, I woke up in great fear. So I journalled this, and Jesus explained that the diving suit was my self-protection and vows and the heavy boots were my sins and that he was going to jump in to set me free and swim to safety. This is being fulfilled through your teaching.
"For instance, after going through some of the prayers through vision, Jesus took me back to my childhood home, he took me through the house and upstairs into my parents bedroom. I saw myself standing next to their bed, they were asleep. I had a knife in my hand, and my hands were covered in blood. Then Jesus took me downstairs and out into the garden. We sat and chatted, and then I wiped my hands clean on his white robe. Amazing. This is only one instance.
"I'm opening the eyes of my heart to see Jesus in everything I do, I can now sit for hours and see Jesus come and heal and speak. Incredible. Priceless. Glorious. My life is being transformed daily, from one degree of glory to another. Your teaching (divine flow, life in the spirit, journaling, etc) is vital to anyone who truly wants to become all that Jesus is. For the first time I have real hope that Jesus can (and is) setting me free. Thanks again."
How Jesus Healed the Emotional Turmoil in My Heart! by Dr. Mark Virkler
At age 15, when I accepted Jesus into my heart, I felt a wonderful new freedom in my spirit. I was absolutely bursting with joy in the Holy Ghost! However, 25 years later, that freedom was gone and emotional turmoil ruled in my heart. People and circumstances had hurt me, and in response, I had put up walls and embraced negative beliefs which had invited darkness and confusion back into my soul.
When someone hurt me, I remember saying, "People are evil and hurtful, and so I am going to withdraw myself from them." There you go: I had established an ungodly belief and a corresponding inner vow. The ungodly belief is that people are evil and hurtful, and the inner vow is, "I am going to withdraw from them." Of course satan and his demons were glad to help me with such beliefs and actions, and so they came and filled my heart with fear and defensiveness.
When Jesus healed this ungodly belief, He said, "Mark, people are hurting and that is why they hurt others. I want you to stay open and vulnerable to people and not withdraw yourself from them. If you do this, I will make you two promises: First, people will hurt you, and second, I will be standing right beside you and if you turn to Me, I will heal the hurt."
I said "OK, Lord," and God's light flooded my darkened heart, as I removed an "anchor" that demons were using to attach themselves to me. This helped clear the way to cast them out through deliverance prayer.
Deliverance was not easy for me to begin to do. I had been taught that demons could not infest a Christian. Then an elder in my church approached me wanting deliverance for an uncontrollable sin. I, along with two other elders, prayed deliverance prayer and cast about five demons out of him. When I checked back with him over the following years, he confirmed over and over that that sin area was now controllable. Deliverance prayer was powerful!
So I entered the deliverance area and cast thousands of demons out of hundreds of Christians over the next several years. People testified to wonderful transformations in their lives. Then came a day when I spent 45 minutes shouting at a demon to leave in Jesus' name, but, while the demon would manifest, it would not leave. I had no idea why a demon would not obey the name of Jesus, since every knee must bow to that Name. So in theological confusion, I stopped doing deliverance prayer.
Then ten years later, I needed deliverance because my heart was wounded and I lived in a state of constant battle with fear, fear of rejection, doubt, unbelief, anger, hatred, rage, and several other sins.
I discovered a wonderful Spirit-filled prayer counselor who together with her husband cast about 20 demons out of me in three hours. And I was free again! The war was over! The joy and peace were back! I was thrilled.
Because I wanted to keep the demons out, I spent the next two months searching for and memorizing verses which would close the door so these demons could not come back. I memorized verses on the opposite side of the coin from the issues I had been delivered from. For example, to keep anger out, I memorized verses on love and mercy and forgiveness. To keep fear out, I memorized verses on faith and trust and belief, and so on.
I also did extensive two-way journaling where I asked God what He wanted to show me about these areas, so I could think differently and respond differently when tempted to go back into my old ungodly thought patterns. His daily counsel through journaling was invaluable!
One journal entry which was completely life transforming was this: "Mark, whatever you fix your eyes upon, grows within you, and whatever grows within you, you become." He taught me never to look at my sin or my weakness or my strength, but to look only at Him. This way Jesus grew within me (Gal. 4:19), and I became Christ-like, because I become a reflection of that which I fix my eyes upon (Heb. 12:1,2; 2 Cor. 3:18; 4:17,18).
The lady who prayed for me and cast the demons out had prayed six other prayers before attempting deliverance prayer. And it was these six other prayers which removed the anchors within me that the demons were attached to. Then, when she got around to deliverance prayer, it was not a 45-minute shouting match. It was a simple command for them to leave, repeated three or four times, and since they had no legal right to stay, they left.
There was no intense shaking or violent manifestation, no protest, because they recognized that their legal right to belong with me was now broken. Now I understood: You should not try to cast out a demon until you have removed all his legal ground for being there. Finally I had found a smooth, easy protocol for getting demons out and for getting people healed! I was ecstatic and taught people to use all seven of these prayers.
Initially I thought that we should determine which of the seven prayers a person needs, and then offer them only those. However, after working with a number of people, I realized that everyone needs all seven prayers. To me, this is like taking a plow through a field and getting the weedy, neglected ground broken up and ready for a new planting. These seven prayers break up all the hardened soil of our hearts, so we can cooperate with God's desire to remove our hard heart, and receive the new heart He has for us.
And if a person takes the time to pray a prayer that he didn't really need, no damage is done. But if a person misses a prayer that is needed, then a root is left to allow the demon back. I decided it is better to be safe than sorry. I now pray all seven prayers with everyone, completely removing all legal rights.
The seven prayers are: breaking generational sins and curses, severing ungodly soul ties, repenting of ungodly beliefs, renouncing inner vows, receiving inner healing, breaking word curses, and finally casting out demons. And don't forget the follow up two-way journaling and Bible meditation. They are essential!
It is crucial that as you apply these seven prayers, they come from your heart and not just from your head. A mechanical recitation of the words will not bring healing. You must use the language of the heart to heal the heart. Through careful Bible exploration, God has shown me that the language of the heart involves flow (Jn. 7:37-39), pictures (Acts 2:17), emotion (Ezek. 3:14), pondering and meditation (Ps. 77:6). So as I pray, I need to see what I am praying and tune to flow.
For example, in inner healing prayer, I invite Jesus into the painful scene and ask Him to move freely. I tune to flow and watch what He does as the scene comes alive with the life of the Holy Spirit.
One lady could not get past the pain of never seeing or holding her stillborn child and loving him. In inner healing prayer she entered a vision in which she was in heaven and Jesus was walking toward her holding a little baby. He handed her the child and said, "This is your son." She cuddled him and counted all his tiny fingers and toes and nursed him. Finally Jesus said, "It's time to go." She kissed her baby good-bye and placed him in Jesus' arms, and she returned to earth, with a healed heart.
Does it work? Yes, my heart is free and has remained free for the last ten years. This story has been repeated by hundreds I have ministered to. It will work for you and for your loved ones!
Wholeness involves letting God's truth, light and revelation fill us, which drives out demons and their darkness and lies. We can do this on our own, but for greater effectiveness, we can connect with others who are on the same path. I love teaming up with like-minded believers.
Jesus chose to send His disciples out by twos, and the Bible says that a chord of three is not quickly broken. Whenever I recognize a need to grow, I unite with others who are also seeking similar growth, or who are ahead of me in the area. In light of these principles, I make the following suggestions to you:
Learn to clearly hear God's voice and see His visions. Then apply this skill by praying ALL SEVEN prayers that heal the heart, and do it with a group of friends.
You do not need to live with your emotional pain. God wants to heal it! Let Him!
My Journey to Freedom – Dr. Joy Hong, New York City
I was exposed to "inner healing" during the year 2000 when I attended an inner healing seminar. Since then I had attended many seminars on deliverance from evil spirits. But I found the seminars didn't help me at all. I had been tormented by my inner wound continually. I also went to California retreat center that was the place mainly famous for the deliverance work. But it didn't help me either. The pastor there tried to cast out evil spirits from me but it didn't work.
So I gave up my attempt to drive demons out. Instead I began to meditate on the Word of God; the Love of God. Daily in the morning, I would meditate on the Word memorizing verses about Love, Joy and Peace. I soaked deeply in His Love and Word. This caused my inner pain to diminish somewhat and I felt a gradual healing. It was a long journey to freedom and I still had not arrived.
Then in May this year, while on the internet, I discovered Mark Virkler's teachings on "How to Hear God's Voice" and "Prayers That Heal the Heart". I have had a hard time learning to hear God's voice. In the past I had thought I heard God's voice but I then discovered that it was not God's voice. So I was passionate to learn to hear God's voice more clearly.
I attended an intensive 3-day teaching by Mark Virkler on how to hear God's voice. We covered the four keys of stillness, vision, spontaneity and journaling. After I attended this conference, I found I was able to see Jesus by looking for vision and I could hear His voice. My spiritual eyes and ears were opened by the grace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. For the next one month, I did daily journaling which prepared me for the follow-up conference on "Prayers That Heal the Heart."
As I journaled I found how deep and beautiful the Love of Jesus is. I saw a vision of Jesus playing with me. He embraced me in His arms. In my vision I was about 5 years old and I asked Him to play with me and He did. It was so vivid and healing.
I saw a vision of Him as the Lion of the Tribe of Judah and I rode on His back. As we journeyed down the street, I noticed that all the other spiritual beings were trembling. I was extremely strengthened through this experience of His strong presence.
His voice became clearer as I continued to journal. Sometimes, in my vision, Jesus became as a mother hen who gathered her chicks under her wings. And under His wings I enjoyed God's love, protection and rest. Sometimes He became an eagle which I rode as He took me into 3rd heaven.
Before taking the seminar on "How to Hear God's Voice" my image of Jesus was that of an authoritative being with frozen postures and no smile. But through two-way journaling and vision, I found Jesus was full of joy, funny, playful, humorous and one who willingly played with me. As I played with Him often I became transformed into a joyful being.
Then July 19, 2010, the conference "Prayers that Heal the Heart" started. I was taught to apply 7 specific prayers and as I prayed through each prayer I began to feel lighter in my chest and in my spirit. As I finished repenting of my negative expectations and inner vows I felt so much lighter and better.
Then I invited Jesus to come into the traumatic pictures in my mind of things that had happened in my past. I was able to see these negative pictures in a new light as I saw Jesus there, moving and doing things. Finally I was able to interpret these events positively. I felt relieved and free from the negative power of these past memories.
After I worked through all 6 steps that are part of the process of dismantling evil spirits' homes, I sat down with my group (4 people including me) in my hotel room. We began to pray for each other to cast out the evil spirits by following the instructions given to us. We all experienced wonderful freedom. My self-hate and fear that had been tormenting me finally left.
Through this experience my faith has been strengthened. I found I can cast out evil spirits in the name of Jesus. It works! I realized that I needed the training "how to hear God's voice" first in order to go through the process of healing of my heart. I needed to see Jesus alive and hear His voice in order to be healed.
Victory comes through His work and power, not any human's ability or power. Previously I failed because my eyes and ears were closed and I did not know I needed to dismantle the demon's house before trying to cast it out. Now I am set free. Glory to God! Thank You, Lord. Also I am really thankful for the teaching of Mark Virkler who has well organized these principles to reach the freedom. We are called to be free.
Mark Virkler's comments on the above testimony
Joy Hong (see article above) called our offices after watching my TV interview with Sid Roth on Prayers That Heal the Heart requesting prayer for healing. Since she is Korean and I was doing two Korean Wagner Schools over the next two months, she agreed to fly from New York City to Chicago to attend them.
The first was on "How to Hear God's Voice," followed a month later by "Prayers That Heal the Heart." Notice from her testimony how important it was for her to be able to hear God's voice and see vision, and how this prepared her for successful deliverance after trying unsuccessfully to receive inner healing and deliverance for 10 years! It is the bringing in of God's light that drives out demonic darkness.
Also, notice that deliverance worked when the anchors that the demons were attached to were first repented of and removed! Then the demons were easily cast out. I encourage you to walk people through this process. It works! People do get set free, even after a lifetime of struggle, and it is generally a smooth and easy process.
Host the 12-week series on How to Hear God's Voice, followed by the 12-week series Prayers that Heal the Heart. It is a small investment to take only six months to transform one's life through establishing spiritual intimacy and then driving out demonic darkness.
And, of course, you keep the door shut to further intrusion by satan by doing a 1-3 month Bible meditation on the topic that is on the opposite side of the issue you just received deliverance from. For example, if you are delivered from fear, doubt and unbelief, then you do a Bible meditation on faith, trust and belief. This process is taught in the Prayers That Heal the Heart series.
When I experienced deliverance prayer ministry in 2000, I was delivered of several clusters of demons so I did a Bible meditation in several areas. I spent a total of two to three months ensuring all doors were closed so the demons could not return (Lk. 11:24-26). I have shared the Bible meditations I did in the appendices of our book Prayers That Heal the Heart. I also continued to do two-way journaling, thus continuously bringing in God's light and truth. In addition, I repent daily of my sins and through these means I have been able to remain free of demons over the last 10 years!
So I can vouch from my life's experience and that of many others, that these steps toward freedom can and do work! Nine months for freedom is not too high a price to pay (that is, three months for How to Hear God's Voice, three months for Prayers That Heal the Heart and three months for an intensive Bible meditation). Do you want to be the same person next year that you are now, or do you want to grow in the Lord and be free of that besetting sin and controlling wound? Please use these steps yourself and teach them to others. Let's get people free in Christ Jesus and show them how to remain free! May our lives of wholeness bring glory to Almighty God!
"If I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you." (Matt. 12:28) "And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them." (Mk. 6:13) "These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues." (Mk. 16:17) |
Delivered of demons while watching a Prayers That Heal the Heart DVD
"I have just finished watching the last DVD for the Prayers That Heal the Heart course, the DVD on the Model Healing Prayer Session where you minister to Heidi. As background to my testimony, I need to let you know that I have had an issue with fear of abandonment. While I've gone through deliverance for several demons, the problem I've had with the fear of abandonment was not, to my knowledge, ever addressed head-on.
"Well, as you prayed for Heidi, I was thinking about how much I identified with her pain and how much compassion I had for her. Then suddenly, I began to cough very forcefully and almost to gag. I knew instantly that a spirit of the fear of abandonment had come out of me! I had to write to tell you that, even though you were not personally ministering to me, that demon of the fear of abandonment had to obey the Name of Jesus. Glory to God!"
MaryAnn Diorio, a CLU Student
Leaving Home—Finding Home: My Journey from Shame to Sonship through Journaling by Jessie Mejias
Jessie is a Christian prayer counselor who shares her story of how she took the "7 Prayers that Heal the Heart" teaching and applied it to her own life, resulting in extensive healing and life transformation. Come and read Jessie's story, and let it touch your heart.
This is the perfect companion book to both Prayers That Heal the Heart and 4 Keys to Hearing God's Voice. Jessie provides a detailed model of how to pray through a heart issue. It also takes the reader through a series of conversations with God that He initiated to extend Jessie's healing beyond what she even knew was possible.
As Mark Virkler wrote in his preface to her book: "God is the one who gives us new hearts, peeling away the destruction in our former hearts and making all things new. As Jessie shares how God replaced ungodly beliefs and inner vows with godly beliefs and Spirit-anointed purposes, we see God healing her heart step by step.
"This book describes a healing that has come through direct, ongoing divine interaction with Almighty God, the Creator and Sustainer of our lives. This is a PATTERN for us to use as we work with others in helping them receive healing for their wounded hearts."
The promises and truths that God revealed to Jessie as He spoke to her heart through journaling were not just for her—they are for every believer! You will be inspired to persevere in seeking God's heart—and your own heart's healing—through journaling, as you realize the depth of the love that He has for all of His children.
Find out more about this book and purchase it here.
Take It to the Next Level
To ensure that this message transforms your life, we offer you four options. Any of these choices will assist you in internalizing this teaching, helping you to be a doer of the word and not a hearer only (James 1:22) and allowing you to produce a bountiful harvest in your life.
Opportunity 1 – Host a home or church group
This home group in Slovakia shows the excitement of learning to hear God's voice together!
We learn more quickly if we are surrounded by others who are seeking to master the same skill. Pray and ask God who you know who might want to grow in this truth also and open your home to them for 10-12 weekly sessions (or host a small group in your church). We provide several resources to help you present this powerfully and effectively in a group setting, including DVDs and application activities. Experience the joy of cultivating skills together with a group of friends! Discover how to create and post your group…
Opportunity 2 – Hire a Personal Spiritual Trainer to coach you
Coaching or discipling is the method Jesus used to train the twelve disciples.
When you team up with someone ahead of you in an area to mentor you, and you share your questions and steps of growth with them, receiving their counsel in return, you ascend more quickly into mastery in that area. We have trained coaches who have mastered this topic who will commit to working with you for a 90-day period.
- The name of this PST Training Module is: Prayers That Heal the Heart
- Discover how to hire a PST for $1 a day to coach you in this training experience
- Click here for the steps to sign up for a Personal Spiritual Trainer module
Opportunity 3 – Take this as a college course from home
Earn college credit while being apprenticed to mastery in this area! This topic is available as a course which you can take from your home through the distance learning program offered at Christian Leadership University. You may enroll in this course as a lifelong learner or apply it toward an Associate, Bachelor, Master or Doctoral degree.
- The name of this CLU college course is: COU301 Prayers That Heal the Heart
- Learn how you can take CLU courses from your home
- Click here for the steps to enroll in the corresponding CLU course
Opportunity 4 – Host a seminar for your community
Transform your church and region by hosting a weekend seminar with an anointed trainer, where an impartation is released by the Holy Spirit into your community. Mark Virkler and others are available to be scheduled.


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Day of the Dead Party Planning in Ashburn
Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, is a Mexican holiday that focuses on the remembrance of family members and friends who have died. Those who celebrate Day of the Dead will come together with their loved ones who are still alive to pray for and support the spiritual journeys of those who have passed on. It is a public holiday in Mexico and is also associated with Halloween, since it takes place around the same time. However, the holiday used to occur at the start of summer each year.
Hiring a Day of the Dead Party Planner
With so many details that go into planning a Day of the Dead party, consider hiring a party planner to make your event more successful with less stress.
Day of the Dead Decorations
Decorations are some of the most important aspects of any party, and a Day of the Dead celebration is no exception. It's important to create an altar within your home or other venue, since the celebration typically includes prayers and remembrance for those who have died. Other decorations you might add to your party include painted skulls, gravestones and other cemetery-themed items, and things that are Mexican-themed such as cacti, Mexican flags, and sombreros. Monarch butterflies also symbolize death and life after death, so create a wreath with fake butterflies to decorate the door.
It's fun to have activities for your guests at the event. One restaurant in Chicago will give papier-mâché skulls to paint during its Day of the Dead celebration. You might also have paper or other art supplies available for children to create artwork that honors their deceased loved ones.
Day of the Dead Menu
Start your party with some "Day of the Bread," or "Pan de Muerto," which is a popular menu item that you can form to look like bones when you bake it. Classic Mexican dishes such as tamales, tacos, burritos, and enchiladas are popular entrees at a Day of the Dead party, paired with beans, rice, and fresh tortillas. Help each guest satisfy a sweet tooth with dessert such as churros, skull-shaped sugar cookies they can decorate, or ginger-dead men, which are gingerbread cookies iced with white frosting to create a skeletal appearance.
Don't forget the cocktails! Tequila is a staple at any adult-friendly event, and adding seasonal flavors like pear, lime, or pumpkin can take your beverage menu to the next level. If you're serving shots, look for skull shot glasses that will match the décor.
Plan Your Ashburn Day of the Dead Party with Cascades Celebration and Corporate Event Center
Hosting a party is always a big task, putting a lot of responsibility on your shoulders. If you're planning a Dia de los Muertos party in Ashburn, our Day of the Dead planner at Cascades Celebration and Corporate Event Center can transform your venue into the perfect spot to honor your loved ones who have died. Your party planner will also create a menu and invitations and handle any details that may arise.


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By MARY TABLANTE
ANNAPOLIS—The Maryland General Assembly passed a bill in the recently completed session that prohibits juvenile courts from committing a child to the Department of Juvenile Services for out-of-home placement for minor offenses, including trespass and possession of marijuana.
The aim is to reduce the number of youth sent to long-term, juvenile facilities. Instead, the youth will receive services in their communities.
Examples of out-of-home placement include foster homes, group homes and independent living programs. The bill, HB 916, will go into effect Oct. 1.
Other offenses that will also not be eligible include thefts of less than $1,000; prostitution; malicious destruction of property; disorderly conduct; or if the most serious offense involves inhalants.
The new law does not affect juveniles who commit violent crimes or other more serious offenses.
The bill includes exceptions for juveniles with three or more separate previous offenses, for the protection of the child, and for other cases where the court decides an out-of-home placement is necessary.
(The bill) will help youth by ensuring that they are in the least restrictive settings to get the services they need and thats not always in out-of-home placements, said Angela Johnese, the newly appointed director of the mayors office on criminal justice in Baltimore and the former juvenile justice director of Advocates for Children and Youth.
The Department of Legislative Services estimates the bill could save up to $12.5 million if DJS placements are reduced by 20 percent.
Community services
also cost significantly less than out-of-home placement and result in better outcomes for young people, Johnese said.
Services for youth depend on what type of help they need, but can include mental health counseling and substance abuse treatment.
Another juvenile justice bill, HB 786, sponsored by Delegate Jill Carter, D-Baltimore, established a task force that will study issues within the juvenile court. The group will decide whether or not to eliminate certain offenses that result in automatically charging youth as adults.
"What we've found is that over the years we're overcharging youth as adults, and we saw (this) recently with the decision not to build the $70 million Baltimore detention center for youth
we really don't have a need for that many bed spaces because were overcharging," Carter said.
Carter, who is chair of the Juvenile Law subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, said 70 percent of youth initially charged as adults are reversed back to the juvenile system, or their cases are dismissed after they've been housed in adult facilities.
Carter said the bills that passed are a piece-by-piece approach to reform the juvenile justice system.
"We need to treat youth as youth," she said. "Of course there are going to be exceptions, but we need to deal with those on an individual basis."
Other juvenile law bills were unsuccessful this session.
SB 454/HB 848 would have allowed a child to remain detained in a juvenile facility even after the juvenile court determined that the youth could be tried for a crime in adult court.
The goal was to keep young people out of the adult system to make sure they have the services they need.
DJS opposed the bill because it would have resulted in a significant increase in the population in the states juvenile detention facilities.
Johnese said she expects the legislature will reintroduce the bill in the future because it would keep youth safe from the physical and mental harm they might encounter in the adult system.
Another bill, SB 788/HB 966, would have established a task force to study law enforcement programs diverting children away from juvenile services, but it received an unfavorable report from the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee.
Monique Dixon, the director of the criminal and juvenile justice program of the Open Society Institute-Baltimore, said that DJS has already taken steps to reduce the number of young people in the juvenile justice system. These steps include supervising juveniles charged with minor offenses and allowing them to return home with their parents.
In the 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012), 61.7 percent of newly committed youth were committed for misdemeanors, while 20 percent were committed for violent crimes, according to the most recent DJS data.
"Unlike adults, young people are amenable to treatment and would be more likely to receive that treatment in the juvenile justice system than in the adult system," she said.


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The Triad Park concept was first proposed in 1966. A unique partnership between Forsyth County, Guilford County and the State of N.C. to develop a 6,000-acre park located between Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point. Financing the park land acquisition was not approved in 1968, and land for the new regional park was not acquired. Many years later in 1988, Guilford County voters approved a bond referendum for land acquisition (1.5 million) and in 1989, Forsyth County voters also approved matching bond funds.
The partnership between the counties was unique in that each county contributed matching dollars for a common goal of acquiring, developing and operating the new Triad Park. By December 1993, 414 acres of land were bought. In 1994, a master plan was prepared and approved by both Forsyth and Guilford County Commissioners.
Triad Park is a reality because both Boards of County Commissioners had the forethought to offer the citizens an opportunity to vote for park bond funds and the people approved. Leaders of all the communities lent their time, vision, and expertise to the project.
"Triadism", a regional concern, is a reality with Triad Park, the flagship of cooperation and dedication showing the best of what communities can do when they work together for the common good.
The majority of funding of Triad Park comes from Forsyth and Guilford County Funds. We have been fortunate to also receive State of N.C. grant funds (Parks and Recreation Trust Funds) to help with development too. We have received donations from "A Cleaner World" ($25,000) for trees, Abee Seed Company (Farmers Market) donations for daffodils, Boy and Girl Scouts have donated their time to help with park projects, local High School volunteers have completed maintenance projects, the Audubon Society has built bird houses and maintenance, etc. We welcome other additional partnerships and other organizations or individuals.
For more information on Triad Park, please call (336)703-2500.


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Cannes 2012 Review: Garrone's REALITY is a Fascinating Place
In his 2008 Cannes Grand Prix winning Gomorrah, Matteo Garrone took us deep into a crime ridden community to give an initmate taste of modern Italian society. In his follow up four years on, Garrone again plays tour guide to the Italian psyche, this time with the reality TV obsessed middle class in his crosshairs. By putting a greater focus on character, Garrone has crafted an even more engaging and every bit as facinating journey into Italian culture.
Garrone opens his film during an oppulent wedding with guests in high fashion, drinking free flowing champagne in all their wealthy glory. In a genius stroke of storytelling, we soon realize these obvious celebrities are nothing of the sort, their extravaggant surroundings merely rented for the day of celebration. The family that we folllow as the story continues is, in fact, squarly middle class. Its patriarch Luciano (Aniello Arena) owns a seafood stall at the local market and runs a side business with his wife Maria (Loredana Simioli) selling gray market pasta robots.
Luciano is a bit of a celebrity in his neighborhood and certainly within his tighlty knit family. His sisters' fawning and mother's undying encouragement, coupled with the pleas of his daughters, compel Luciano to seek national celebrity on Italy's version of reality TV sensation, Big Brother. When the audition goes well, the echo chamber of Luciano's neighbors and family propel a cycle of expectations that puts Luciano into a position where anything less than television stardom would be a catastrophe.
Garrone does a fantastic job of foreshadowing Luciano's propensity for obsession from the character's first moments on screen. This is a man who thrives off the adoration of others. But instead of staying in Luciano's head throughout, Garrone shares focus with other characters, most notably Luciano's wife Maria. As Luciano begins to lose himself in his own confident smile, we remain grounded because of her. In Gomorrah, Garrone told his story through multiple characters, without bringing us all the way inside any. Here we see his filmmaking evolved to a level that allows that same exterior perspective, yet with character depth that greatly personalizes the experience.
Smart decisions prevail throughout Reality and many small moments prove to be brilliantly meaningful upon reflection. Garrone's clever juxtaposition shines as one of the film's most impressive qualities, right down to the question of just what is represented by the title. There are enough "ah-ha" moments here to impress any student of film. But in the end, it's the rich and fascinating world created by Garrone through his characters that make this such a rewarding experience.


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Here's Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They're Banned — The stories over the weekend were bad enough - the Associated Press, with a long history of suing over quotations from their articles, went after Drudge Retort for having the audacity to link to their stories along with short quotations via reader submissions.
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Caroline McCarthy / CNET News.com:
$15 to check a bag, but free to charge an iPod — United Airlines has been subject to some pretty bad press recently for being one of several airlines to slap a $15 fee on checked bags, but here's a perk: the commerical carrier announced on Monday that it's starting to install iPod and iPhone connectivity features in its airplanes.
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Nokia E71 — Having been using the Nokia E71 for a little while now, Steve Litchfield delivers his verdict - what's new compared to its predecessor, the E61i? And how close does the E71 get to being the perfect smartphone for the modern professional? — Version Reviewed: — Score: 85
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eBay, PayPal Open Up to Developers — EBay opens its platform to developers while PayPal offers new tools. — EBay and PayPal are rolling out new developer initiatives. — At the eBay Developers conference in Chicago June 16, eBay announced Project Echo, which is designed …
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AMD, Nvidia graphics chip designs diverge — On Monday, AMD and Nvidia are launching graphics chips based on distinctly different design philosophies. — Nvidia's GTX 280 and GTX 260 are designed to deliver the biggest performance bang per chip. A so-called "monolithic" …
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T-Mobile to sell 3G iPhone from 1 euro in Germany — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTEGn.DE) T-Mobile will sell Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) new iPhone for as little as 1 euro ($1.54) for the 8-gigabyte version together with a 69 euro monthly contract, it said on Monday.
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Apple's iPhone 3G Is The New iPod, Sales To Triple (AAPL) — The iPhone 3G's faster speeds, cheaper price, apps platform, and wider distribution will lead to a breakout holiday quarter for Apple (AAPL), reminiscent of the iPod's December quarter in 2005, when sales tripled year-over-year …
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The iPhone's Impact on Rivals — As Apple looks to make further inroads with its soon-to-be-released 3G device, both handset makers and wireless carriers may suffer — It didn't take Apple (AAPL) long to make its mark on the mobile-phone industry. In the first year after the introduction …
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Average teenager's iPod has 800 illegal music tracks — Teenagers and students have an average of more than 800 illegally copied songs each on their digital music players, the largest academic survey of young people's music ownership has found. — The research also showed that half of 14 …
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Web Do-Over: ABC Gives TV Advertisers Makegoods—Online — Broadcast networks are starting to experiment in giving makegood inventory in digital streaming episodes in lieu of traditional TV commercial time. — This past season, a handful of advertisers took makegood inventory from ABC …
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Google Docs gets limited PDF support — Google Docs, the online office suite from the search giant, now has some limited but still useful support for PDF files. — People using the service now can upload and view documents encoded with the widely used and now standardized Portable Document Format initially created by Adobe Systems.
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Apple's open secret: SproutCore is Cocoa for the Web — One of the biggest revelations at WWDC was quietly unveiled in a session on Friday morning entitled "Building Native Look-and-Feel Web Applications Using SproutCore." While Apple maintained high security during the entire NDA-sealed WWDC session …
Microsoft Introduces First Embedded Operating System Optimized Specifically for Portable Navigation Device (PND) Manufacturers — Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 provides a platform enabling original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to quickly build next-generation connected PNDs.


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KITCHENER -- Cannabis edibles are now for sale in pot shops across the province, but for anyone living in Waterloo Region, buying them won't be easy.
The Ontario Cannabis Store has released 59 new products, including edibles, beverages, lotions and concentrates.
They're only available in retail stores and won't be available online until January 16.
But if you live in Waterloo Region you'll have to wait a little longer, or drive out of town, if you want to try the new products.
Three store locations are coming to the region, but so far, none have opened their doors.
It's been a slow start for the industry considering weed has been legal for more than a year.
Tony Millar, the co-founder of Alternative Cannabis Consumption Awareness, says Waterloo Region came up short in the provincial lottery. The region was grouped in with both Hamilton and Guelph and since those cities already had several illegal dispensaries, it showed that they had stronger markets for cannabis.
"Kitchener did a really good job on combating illegal cannabis stores when they started popping up," he says. "I think because of that, there is less of a need for the legal ones to come in and kind of take them over."
Plans are already in the works for three pot shops in Waterloo Region – King Street in Waterloo, Fairway Road in Kitchener, and Pinebush Road in Cambridge.
"There's a lot more loopholes to jump through," says Millar. "Privately-owned stores can open up a lot more quickly than franchise ones. That's the bottom line."
The Ontario Cannabis Store says there will be limited amount of edibles for sale but that they have a plan in place to quickly replenish store supplies.
They also hope to roll out more products over the coming months.


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On May 12, 2016, the Power BI team held the first live Dashboard Makeover, and it turned out to be one of our most popular webinars of the year! Power BI Principal Program Manager Marc Reguera remodeled eight different dashboards during the hour-long webinar, dispensing excellent advice on readability, choice of visuals, and making the most of your dashboard workspace.
If you missed it live, the Dashboard Makeover webinar is available in its entirety on-demand, and we've got a couple of tips from the presentation below.
Lesson one: create a clear message
This dashboard uses public voting data to highlight details from the current U.S. Presidential campaign. Marc commented that the "before" version of this dashboard lacks a clear message and purpose, the scrolling checklists on the left-hand side of the screen are difficult to use, and it needs descriptive titles for each of the visuals.
The "after" version of this dashboard is sleek and focused. There is a clear purpose – displaying the difference in candidate votes for each party by state. Marc got rid of the unintuitive map and added a custom visual, the tornado chart. He also used the default political party colors of blue for Democrat and red for Republican to add a layer of meaning to the design of this dashboard.
Lesson two: group related visuals
The "before" version of this loyalty dashboard demonstrates some excellent design choices, such as a good use of titles and the application of borders to create a clean look. However, some of the visual choices are misguided, and the data could be more intuitive with the application of background colors.
Marc oriented the bar charts horizontally, and created two columns to delineate metrics that apply to the number of customers, and metrics that apply to total sales. Each column was given a unique background color to tie them together visually. A new card visual is placed at the top of each column as a quick reference.
Watch the full webinar presentation to see more makeovers and learn all of Marc's tips for creating great dashboards.


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After the U.S. government shutdown you'd expect Republicans and Democrats to remain at each others' throats, so different was their vision for the country, or so it appeared.
In reality, however, only a bit of the political theater was reserved for "Tea Party" Republicans to invest in their political future by denouncing Obamacare, which they know will enrage millions of people forced to buy shoddy corporate health care; many of these future victims of Obamacare will become diehard Teapartiers.
But the real intent behind the government shutdown was lost on the mute American media. The Republicans were once again allowed to use the threat of government default to steer the Obama administration to the right — the right-leaning tail wagging the dog of government in the direction of a "Grand Bargain" to cut "entitlement" programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and other public services.
But like real dogs, government body and tail cannot be separated: the Democrats are allowing themselves to be "wagged" because they fully agree with the Republican's neoliberal agenda.
The essence of neoliberalism can be reduced to the following: government should be used exclusively to help big business and the wealthy with tax cuts, subsidies, privatizations, anti-labor laws, etc., while all government programs that help working and poor people should be eliminated. It's really that simple.
In practice, Obama's neoliberalism is blatant: after bailing out the banks he continues to approve of the printing of thousands of billions of Federal Reserve dollars to give to the wealthy and big banks who are racking in record profits, while the jobs crisis is ignored and public services slashed on a state by state level without hope of a government bailout.
Since Obama has been in office, a shocking 95 percent of income gains went to the richest 1%. This is not the blind hand of the free market, but government policy, which can be adjusted to reflect the priorities of working people.
Obama dodges responsibility for his neoliberal policies by giving empty speeches about "hope" and whining about the very wealth inequality that he creates via policy. He gives speeches to labor unions about how it's "unfair" that the rich just happen to be getting richer, while working people continue to suffer. Working people learned long ago to ignore Obama's "progressive" blather, while the leaders of national unions drink in his words as if gulping from the Holy Grail.
The first steps of the coming Grand Bargain have already been taken: the "sequester" — massive cuts to national social programs including Medicare — have been extended as a result of government shutdown "negotiations." And now the media is casually reporting that a Grand Bargain that further "reduces entitlements" is inevitable, but it will be only a "small" bargain, so no need to worry.
The New York Times reports:
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are determined to mitigate those [military sequester] cuts by spreading them among various social programs, like education and Social Security…"
Obama has said several times that he's more than prepared to use Social Security as a bargaining chip in his Grand Bargain.
At a time when more services are needed, they will be cut instead. Aside from the suffering it will cause millions of people, a "small" Grand Bargain will also create a precedent for even more "bargains" in the future, since the first step in creating negative social change is often the hardest, but once the foot is in the door the process accelerates.
Neoliberalism has already advanced on a state-by-state basis in the U.S., with Democrat and Republican governors in bi-partisan agreement that has drastically cut education and other social services, attacked the wages and benefits of state workers, while lowering the state taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Large scale neoliberalism on a national level — like the coming Grand Bargain — is sometimes referred to as a "structural reform," meaning that a major component of a nation's economic policy is shifted, or eliminated.
For example, Social Security and Medicare are two bedrock social programs that constitute a major piece of U.S. budget spending, affecting hundreds of millions of people.
The attacks on Social Security, Medicare, and public education are neoliberal-style "structural reforms," essentially a corporate attempt to change the underlying social compact of U.S. society that was created under Franklin D. Roosevelt and expanded under Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" programs.
How was the U.S. social compact formed? Like all social policy, it was a reflection of power, specifically the balance of forces between the corporate and working classes in the U.S. In the 1930s and 1940s, massive strike waves led to an ever-larger unionized workforce that repeatedly flexed its muscles by demanding living wages, health care, and other social programs.
These demands were backed up by waging mass demonstrations and industry-wide actions along with sympathy strikes. After WWII a third of the U.S. workforce was organized in labor unions, which shifted the entire labor market in favor of all working people, while also shifting the ground on which national social policy was created. A semblance of democracy was not possible without recognizing the demands of the powerfully organized working class.
When arch-conservative Richard Nixon famously declared "we're all Keynesians now," he was merely recognizing the balance of power that existed in the U.S. political system, and the unwillingness of the elites to challenge this social pact for fear of the destabilizing effects that would result.
This Keynesian consensus was essentially a truce declared in the U.S. class war, where the power of both sides — capital and labor — were balanced, both independently strong enough to repel attacks from the other. In response, Nixon's economic policies make Obama seem like a right-wing neoliberal fanatic.
But while Nixon agreed to the Keynesian consensus at home, he gave his blessing to the radical right-wing economist Milton Freidman to "reform" the economy of Chile under the bloody dictator, Pinochet, whom the U.S. brought to power over the corpse of the democratically elected President Salvador Allende, as well as the thousands of his supporters who were butchered. Chile was essentially a neoliberal experiment that, if successful, would be transferred to the United States.
Due to the Keynesian consensus, Milton Freidman's radical pro-corporate doctrine was at the time viewed as right-wing fanaticism, which it is. Now, however, with labor's faltering power, the corporations feel confident enough to flex their muscles unhindered. To enhance their new power they needed an accompanying ideology — Friedman's neoliberalism, free market capitalism unleashed.
Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan's "revolution" ushered in the neoliberal transformation of the U.S. after seeing the "success" of the Chilean economy. Chile successfully increased corporate profit rates by removing "barriers" to profits, such as trade unions, socialists, and any democratic voice that opposed the "restructuring" of the Chilean economy to reflect the interests of the rich, finally unshackled from the "constraints" of wealth accumulation. Reagan and Thatcher followed in lock-step, targeting unions for destruction, lowering tax rates for the rich, and preaching the virtue of neoliberal "trickle down" economics.
Implementing the neoliberal shock doctrine breaks the social contract and thus ends the truce of the class war. The first shots were fired by Reagan and the onslaught has continued under the two Bush's as well as under Bill Clinton. The 2008 recession has pushed both parties to double down on neoliberalism as their solution to the ongoing economic crisis.
Naomi Klein's book, "The Shock Doctrine," tells in gruesome detail the brutality that has accompanied the "implementation" of neoliberal reforms across the globe over the last 30 years. And while the U.S. has slow played this process since 2008, U.S. politicians are slated to follow the example of the European Union elites by accelerating the cuts on a national level.
The labor and community groups that have tried to deal with the corporate attack by hiding from it still have time to unite their forces to fight for full funding for a national jobs program, expanded Social Security, Medicare for all, accessible, quality public education, and other public services, all to be paid for by taxing the rich and corporations.
Shamus Cooke is a social service worker and an elected officer of SEIU 503. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Extensive research has shown that, when well designed, online courses can be as as effective or better than campus courses in terms of student results (see for example the review of research findings in The Effectiveness of Online and Blended Learning: A Meta-Analysis of the Empirical Literature, Means et al, 2013). The key words are well designed and this must be the focus of all courses whether online of face to face. The poor reputation of online education stems from the large number of poorly designed and under-supported online courses that have been produced over the years, often by institutions who have not fully understood the principles and simply focused on content delivery and then left the students to self-study. Such courses have suffered further from the fact that many teachers are assigned to online teaching with little or no training or support and the results should hardly be surprising.
The case against online education is not, in fact, without merit. In the hands of underfunded and poorly managed public and private institutions, online learning often delivers mediocre education at best. If those failures represent the sum of online education, then faculty members who reject it have every reason not only to be suspicious of it but also to discredit it.
The most important barriers to mainstream acceptance of online education are based on attitudes and practice.
- Those most opposed to online learning generally have little practical experience of the field and are unaware of the opportunities available in today's digital media.
- Online teaching is seen as a threat to the traditional model, challenging the massive investments in campus facilities and weakening universities' control.
- Online teaching has very low status in universities and getting too involved can even have a negative effect on career development.
- Successful online learning demands a rethink of traditional classroom pedagogy. The concept of the teacher being in sole charge of a course behind closed doors is threatened when the course goes online. Online courses require teamwork (as all courses should).
Going online is like moving to a foreign country, where you must learn a new language and assimilate a new culture.
The move to online teaching involves a major effort but if that responsibility is shared by working in course design teams that effort is shared and the work can be a major learning experience for all. The main point here is that delivery form (on-site versus online) is not the real issue. Successful courses in any environment have exactly the same success factors. The best classroom teachers are generally also best in an online environment. Whatever the delivery form enthusiasm, empathy, a genuine interest in students and good planning are absolutely crucial to student engagement and success. I wish we could soon stop comparing delivery forms and focus on what makes a course successful, namely professional course design, clearly stated pre-course information and requirements, creating a sense of community, teacher engagement, a supportive environment, formative assessment, frequent feedback and meaningful examination methods.
Whatever the delivery form, on-site, online or a blended format, the success factors are the same.
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A network of canals encircles the medieval city center of Amsterdam. Planned at the end of the sixteenth century and built during the seventeenth, the city is a "masterpiece of hydraulic engineering," according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). By draining swampland and digging canals, Amsterdam's designers created a port city that inspired planners in England, Sweden, and especially Russia—where Peter the Great hired Dutch engineers to transform swampy terrain into St. Petersburg.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra satellite acquired this image of Amsterdam on July 24, 2012. ASTER combines infrared, red, and green wavelengths of light to make false-color images. In this image, urbanized areas appear in shades of gray; vegetation is red; and water is blue. The concentric canals appear as blue semicircles spreading out from the historic city center.
Centuries before it took on its present configuration, Amsterdam was a small fishing village on the banks of the Amstel River. People living in the region constructed an earthen dam to hold back the sea; when a bridge over the Amstel was connected to the dam, there was soon a route for overland traffic. Deriving its name from "Amstel" and "dam," Amsterdam was declared a city in 1306.
Trade brought prosperity, and by the end of the sixteenth century, Amsterdam was growing past its medieval defenses. City planners undertook an ambitious project of swamp draining and canal digging to extend the city. Once roughly confined to the area within the Singel, the city was expanded outwards to the Singelgracht. After the concentric canals were dug, smaller canals were added and stretched straight out from the city center. The new, straight canals created dozens of islands, now linked by hundreds of bridges. Today, residents and tourists alike can easily navigate the city on its municipal canal-bus system.
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The great god of flocks and shepherds among the Greeks; his name is probably connected with the verb paô. Lat. pasco, so that his name and character are perfectly in accordance with each other.
Later speculations, according to which Pan is the same as to pan, or the universe, and the god the symbol of the universe, cannot be taken into consideration here.
He is described as a son of Hermes by the daughter of Dryops (Hom. Hymn. vii. 34), by Callisto (Schol. ad Theocr. i. 3), by Oeneis or Thymbris (Apollod. i. 4. § 1; Schol. ad Theocrit. l. c.), or as the son of Hermes by Penelope, whom the god visited in the shape of a ram (Herod. ii. 145; Schol. ad Theocrit. i. 123 ; Serv. ad Aen. ii. 43), or of Penelope by Odysseus, or by all her suitors in common. (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 16; Schol. ad Lycoph. 766; Schol. ad Theocrit. i. 3.)
Some again call him the son of Aether and Oeneis, or a Nereid, or a son of Uranus and Ge. (Schol. ad Theocrit. i. 123; Schol. ad Lycoph. l. c.) From his being a grandson or great grandson of Cronos, he is called Kronios. (Eurip. Rhes. 36.)
He was from his birth perfectly developed, and had the same appearance as afterwards, that is, he had his horns, beard, puck nose, tail, goats' feet, and was covered with hair, so that his mother ran away with fear when she saw him ; but Hermes carried him into Olympus, where all (pantes) the gods were delighted with him, and especially Dionysus. (Hom. Hymn. vii. 36, &c.; comp. Sil. Ital. xiii. 332; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 22.)
He was brought up by nymphs. (Paus. viii. 30. § 2.)
The principal seat of his worship was Arcadia and from thence his name and his worship afterwards spread over other parts of Greece; and at Athens his worship was not introduced till the time of the battle of Marathon. (Paus. viii. 26. § 2; Virg. Eclog. x. 26; Pind. Frag. 63, ed. Boeckh.; Herod. ii. 145.)
In Arcadia he was the god of forests, pastures, flocks, and shepherds, and dwelt in grottoes (Eurip. Ion, 501; Ov. Met. xiv. 515), wandered on the summits of mountains and rocks, and in valleys, either amusing himself with the chase, or leading the dances of the nymphs. (Aeschyl. Pers. 448; Hom. Hymn. vii. 6, 13, 20 ; Paus. viii. 42. § 2.)
As the god of flocks, both of wild and tame animals, it was his province to increase them and guard them (Hom. Hymn. vii. 5; Paus. viii. 38. § 8; Ov. Fast. ii. 271, 277 ; Virg. Eclog. i. 33); but he was also a hunter, and hunters owed their success to him, who at the same time might prevent their being successful. (Hesych. s. v. Agreus.)
In Arcadia hunters used to scourge the statue, if they hunted in vain (Theocrit. vii. 107); during the heat of mid day he used to slumber, and was very indignant when any one disturbed him. (Theocrit. i. 16.)
As god of flocks, bees also were under his protection, as well as the coast where fishermen carried on their pursuit. (Theocrit. v. 15; Anthol. Palat. vi. 239, x. 10.) As the god of every thing connected with pastoral life, he was fond of music, and the inventor of the syrinx or shepherd's flute, which he himself played in a masterly manner, and in which he instructed others also, such as Daphnis. (Hom. Hymn. vii. 15 ; Theocrit. i. 3; Anthol. Palat. ix. 237, x. 11; Virg. Eclog. i. 32, iv. 58; Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. v. 20.)
He is thus said to have loved the poet Pindar, and to have sung and danced his lyric songs, in return for which Pindar erected to him a sanctuary in front of his house. (Pind. Pyth. iii. 139, with the Schol.; Plut. Num. 4.) Pan, like other gods who dwelt in forests, was dreaded by travellers to whom he sometimes appeared, and whom he startled with a sudden awe or terror. (Eurip. Rhes. 36.)
Thus when Pheidippides, the Athenian, was sent to Sparta to solicit its aid against the Persians, Pan accosted him, and promised to terrify the barbarians, if the Athenians would worship him. (Herod. vi. 105 ; Paus. viii. 54. § 5, i. 28. § 4.)
He is said to have had a terrific voice (Val. Flacc. iii. 31), and by it to have frightened the Titans in their fight with the gods. (Eratosth. Catast. 27.) It seems that this feature, namely, his fondness of noise and riot, was the cause of his being considered as the minister and companion of Cybele and Dionysus. (Val. Flacc. iii. 47; Pind. Fragm. 63, ed. Boeckh; Lucian, Dial. Deor. 22.) He was at the same time believed to be possessed of prophetic powers, and to have even instructed Apollo in this art. (Apollod. i. 4. § 1.)
While roaming in his forests he fell in love with Echo, by whom or by Peitho he became the father of Iynx. His love of Syrinx, after whom he named his flute, is well known from Ovid (Met. i. 691, &c.; comp. Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. ii. 31; and about his other amours see Georg. iii. 391; Macrob. Sat. v. 22). Fir-trees were sacred to him, as the nymph Pitys, whom he loved, had been metamorphosed into that tree (Propert. i. 18. 20), and the sacrifices offered to him consisted of cows, rams, lambs, milk, and honey. (Theocrit. v. 58; Anthol. Palat. ii. 630, 697, vi. 96, 239, vii. 59.)
Sacrifices were also offered to him in common with Dionysus and the nymphs. (Paus. ii. 24. § 7; Anthol. Palat. vi. 154.) The various epithets which are given him by the poets refer either to his singular appearance, or are derived from the names of the places in which he was worshipped.
Sanctuaries and temples of this god are frequently mentioned, especially in Arcadia, as at Heraea, on the Nomian hill near Lycosura, on mount Parthenius (Paus. viii. 26. § 2, 38. § 8, 54. § 5), at Megalopolis (viii. 30. § 2, iii. 31. § 1), near Acacesium, where a perpetual fire was burning in his temple, and where at the same time there was an ancient oracle, at which the nymph Erato had been his priestess (viii. 37. § 8, &c.), at Troezene (ii. 32. § 5), on the well of Eresinus, between Argos and Tegea (ii. 24. § 7), at Sicyon ii. 10. § 2), at Oropus (i. 34. § 2), at Athens (i. 28. § 4; Herod. vi. 105), near Marathon (i. 32. in fin.), in the island of Psyttaleia (i. 36. § 2 ; Aeschyl. Pers. 448), in the Corycian grotto near mount Parnassus (x. 32. § 5), and at Homala in Thessaly. (Theocrit. vii. 103.)
The Romans identified with Pan their own god Inuus, and sometimes also Faunus. Respecting the plural (Panes) or beings with goat's feet, see SATYRI.
In works of art Pan is represented as a voluptuous and sensual being, with horns, puck-nose, and goat's feet, sometimes in the act of dancing, and sometimes playing on the syrinx.