Karen

 Awesome! Thank you for all the work you all did to make this weekend exactly what God wanted it to be, for being willing to be used.  I have desired a deeper relationship with God for some time and this weekend He made it clear that in order for that to happen I would need to empty myself and let Him be my center and source.  The worship time was very meaningful. If you ever do a worship CD I would love to have one.  For I know that the days ahead will be a struggle to keep my commitment and listening to that music will help me to stay focused.  I know allot of work went into organizing this pasty weekend, thanks to all involved and may God bless you. 

Marilyn

Come to the Fire 09 was truly the most blessed conference I've experienced(I was a first timer) because of the presence of God. I felt I was on Holy Ground. I think it fulfilled the intentions of each speaker and music person to help us leave with a better understanding of a holy heart, as we surrendered our wills toHis . because of limited physical strenth due to much chronic pain;it seemed that Friday(13th) would be a total wash for me. That I would'nt make it through the day_- because of special prayers prayed over me by a group of prayer partners the Holy Spirit bathed me with a special sense of renewed physical and emotional strenth. Satan's plans were thwarted that day for me. And I sure for many others through healings of minds,bodies, and hearts. I left the conference with a greater determination to be totally surrendered to my Lord and Saviour. Looking forward to the next Come To the Fire Conference.

Pam

This was my first time to attend the Come to the Fire. I knew that I needed to get before the Lord in a 'REAL' way for some time. Six years ago I married my husband who was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Columbus Indiana. I was involved in my own church during our courtship, and WE determined that WE could remain with the same type of separate church attendance after we got married. I had my own ministry at my church (women's small group leader, deaconess, worship leader-singer...the list could go on). I'd been a part of some of my church family's lives for over a decade. There was no way I was going to change churches to go with my new husband who also was very involved at 1st Church (treasurer, men's ministry & board member..etc.).

Well this went on for about 5 years.....until God worked through many situations and circumstances to clearly reveal to me that I was to resign all my positions at my church, and start attending 1st Church with my husband. This process actually began after our home was flooded during the 100 year flood that ravaged central and southern Indiana in June 2008. 

When I became aware of God's plan for me, I was very upset over it. I did not want it (it was not fair...why didn't He make my husband quit his church and come with me to mine!?) Oh, my attitude over this past year...Horrible! Yes, I'd do it because I knew it was what God wanted....HOWEVER....I was not going to like it, I was not going to get involved, I was not going to open my heart to the people or to learn why the Lord called me 'from my perfect and wonderful comfort zone'.

Needless to say the past 12-15 months has been miserable. I grew bitter, aloof towards others, closed off and lonely. But the worst of all.....I was no longer was an instrument of God (my precioius Jesus could not even talk to me because I would not listen).

When I learned about the Come to the Fire, some of the ladies at 1st Church encouraged me to sign up.(Praise God they were loving me even when my attitude should have driven them away!) There had been a couple Sunday night services where they showed a few of the sessions from last year's Come to the Fire. I KNEW I needed to attend.

So, when I signed up, I offered my will to the Lord and deep inside my spirit I asked the Lord to do a work in my heart....to change the rock that it had become...to plese turn it back into being soft and pliable.

Oh, and how He did. How His mercy is ever new! My Lord is so faithful to me, while I deserve it not!

I offer my sincere thanks to each PRECIOUS person involved in the 2009 Come to the Fire. I am ever appreciative to each speaker and those who gave personal testimony. I needed to hear each one!

God used everthing and everyone as the vehicle I needed desperately to restore my relationship. My Friend and Lord allowed me to come to a safe place where I could seek forgiveness and receive it; to search my heart for unforgiveness towards others..and then to forgive from the bottom of my heart; and to be healed....and in Jesus Name...I have been HEALED. I am now walking in restoration and freedom. Glory to God!

Thank you and all the others who prayed many months in advance for those who 'would be coming'. I am ever grateful!

Patti

I came into the conference with great anticipation and faith knowing Jesus would be there.  I had been devasted with imprisonment of my child for 2nd DUI and 30 yrs. after the fact, an extensive confession of infidelity and deceit from my husband.  This was an emotionally killing and challenging year for me.  God met me strongly answering "yes" to every prayer for my child.  My husband is walking deep and free with Jesus as is my daughter. I lived condemned because I couldn't FEEL all the righteous fruit of the Spirit toward my husband.  I grieved and was angry.  The Spirit of Jesus poured scripture on me assuring me  of His love and specific understanding.  I kept crying out for a miracle for me.  Jesus required me to "be not weary in well doing for you shall reap if you faint not".  Joy cometh in the morning. Well, I still have no instantaneous moment of release but the steps are there as faithful as grace provides.  Beth said living a holy life is where God can!
 reveal the deeper areas of work still needed in our hearts.  I was taught  strongly of the eradication theory re carnality and sometimes I labor with condemnation when my heart doesn't please me.  Her words were an "aha" moment for me.  Jesus seemed to be saying that if my heart wasn't pure I wouldn't be so concerned when I see deficiencies in my human reactions to hurt.  My heart is softening and there are more warm moments at home.  I am more peaceful and assured that love and joy will be restored.  So for me the conference for me was worth it to know strides forward in my healing.  I was greatly blessed at the way the Spirit wove the inspired messages and personalities.  I loved them all!  Thank you for coming to Nashville.  Who knew what broken heart waited on Jesus and you there.  My cup is up and running over and I love Him Who bore my griefs and through His precious blood assures me that together we'll make it home safely--- you know, like the good old sheep dogs "g!
oodness and mercy".  Be blessed today.

Debbie

There are more than a few words to describe this conference for women on the "Holy Heart".  A few words or phrases that come to my mind, are: Awesome, Amazing, Spirit Filled, Wonderful, Full of GOD'S presence, Exciting, Humbling, Spirit led, full of God's Grace & Truth, Encouraging, Uplifting, the Holy Spirit's conviction, Powerful, Knowledge too wonderful to explain, and so many more!  It was not just an emotional experience, although there were many emotions present.  I really believe that the difference in this conference, is that it was born out of a prayer retreat, and that it is bathed in prayer, not just 40 days in advance, but for a whole year.  This was the second "Come to the Fire", that I have attended. I was not able to come to the first or the third one, but year #4 picked up where year #2 left off, only better still!  I told my husband that I would rather go to this conference that any retreat or conference that I've ever been to, and I've been to a lot of t!
hem.  To me, "Come to the Fire", surpasses them all!  I didn't really come with any expections, but I knew that God would be there and that it would be wonderful.  This second time for me, surpassed the first one that I attended in Kansas City two years ago.  Whatever this team is doing, keep it up!  Don't stop and don't change your focus: God the Father, Jesus Christ the son, and the Holy Spirit.  You are women who truly care, and who are filled with the Holy Spirit.  I just arrived home yesterday, and I still feel the fire burning in my heart.   Please pray for me, that I will be able to be a conduit of the Holy Spirit, to light more fires within the hearts of more women, and pray that it will also ignite the men who are touched by their wives, mother's, sister's and friends.  I am amazed at the difference that I feel in my heart, even now, a few days later.  I don't want to ever lose this fervency from the Lord.  I have to tell you that I am a Pastor's wife, who was very!
 weary from the trials of life and ministry.  I am revived because I h
ave found my first love again, in a brand new way.  ALL of the speakers, testimonies, and music, were sweet messages to hear, but the message where God really spoke to me, was the message from Linda Boyette.  Could you please let her know how much her message meant to me!?  I'm sure that many others were touched by her message "An Inheritance Worth Dying For"!  Tell her to keep her message going, through the power of the Holy Spirit.  He spoke to me through her spirit led and spirit filled message.  I was not able to say that "Jesus was Enough", but praise God, now I am able to say anew that "Jesus IS Enough"! Thank you Jesus, for speaking to me through your servant!  I was also privileged to have my Mom, from another state, with me at this conference, and she came to pray with me.  What a special blessing!  I was also able to be there with my best friend, which was a miracle and a story in itself, that she could be there!  Another lady came to be with my mom, and the bond !
we felt, was truly one of Christian love and fellowship.  Praise be to Christ Jesus!  I want to bring both of my daughters and any women who will listen to God, with me next year. I want them to be in the very presence of Jesus too, with me next year, in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.  I covet to pray for this conference for the coming year, that it will be full and overflowing of the presence of the Holy Spirit once again, and that more "fires" will be lit in the coming year, for Jesus!  Thank you for calling on the Lord, and for making this conference possible.  It is truly a life changing experience, each time!  I feel that I have been given a new name, "Deborah", and I also feel the Lord calling me to Prayer, more than ever, and I want to be whoever God is calling me to be, in the coming days and years.  May ALL the glory, honor, power and blessing, be given unto God, in the name of JESUS Christ His son! May God Bless you all!

Deborah

This was the first COME TO THE FIRE prayer conference I have gone to, and I am glad I attended.  It was awesome and overwhelming to realize so may women would be in attendance from all over the world!  [See how much we needed this?!] I personally found it to be both powerful and thought provoking.  The testimonies themselves were very moving and revealing as well as being verification of how God can and does move in HIs people today.

Becca

.  Fear of Interstate traffic - Prior to Conference prayed that God would show me a miracle and provide a 'way' to get through afternoon traffic.  Merging onto I-65 from I-24 - NOT ONE VEHICLE WAS IN SIGHT.  There was a massive group way ahead and one way behind once I merged.  I was able to make my exits without traffic.  It happened like this ALL weekend back and forth to the Conference!
2.  We (husband and I) are in a 'wilderness' place right now, wondering why God has us where we are, wondering when and if He will deliver!  Beth's last message helped tremendously - God is making a way, be patient.
3.  The fear thing grips me continuously - fear of traffic, fear of something happening to my family, fear of the future, fear of failure.  The healing service was one that convicted me.  I realize that not trusting God is a sin.  When fear starts to grip me, I'm learning to take a deep breath, pray, give it to God, and trust Him.
4.  My mom invited me and my daughters to this.  Being in the Nazarene church all of my life, this was the first time I had heard of this conference.  She met us in Nashville, shared her hotel room with us, and we all had a great time together.  This is a first in MANY years!  There have been things that have been said in the past to and about each other.  God had previously been convicting me of forgiving her for the past, letting go of my hurt feelings, loving her for who He made her to be, realizing that I have just as many faults as she, have said just as many hurtful things.  The past year, I have been praying this outloud and claiming this for us.  Although our relationship is not the closest one, it is a start!  She is a prayer warrior and I can once again begin sharing my prayer concerns with her.  I saw this past weekend how God has been working on her, as well as me.  It's a beginning of mending a relationship.  As she says, "I may not be here much longer."  I realize that and thank the Lord for this weekend we had together.

Charlene

This was my second time to attend "Come to the Fire".  What a wonderful experience again!  I could feel the presence of God so close to me, and I believe that closeness is still with me today.  I am the office secretary at our church and Women's Ministries Director.  We had 8 ladies attend with me.  They too enjoyed all the sessions.  I bought the DVD of the entire conference, and plan to show it and use it to encourage ALL the ladies of our local church.  Those who did not go to Nashville do not know what they are missing!

Thank you for all your hard work and your love and devotion to God.  I have enjoyed reading the daily e-mails you have been sending me.  I enjoyed (that cannot really describe it) all the sessions, but especially Carolyn on Friday afternoon.  Patsy Lewis is a friend and spoke at our church in September.  I am also so impressed with the talent God has given to Melinda.  Kim's testimony was so very powerful!

Beth

While at Come to the Fire, I knew God had some work He wanted to do in me. I had been harboring bitterness and unforgiveness due to a situation with a friend that had happened over a year ago. He had been urging me to forgive her, but I really didn't know how. I had worked through some materials on forgiveness but I refused to take that last step and actually forgive her. During the healing service, I forgave her and others who had hurt me as well. It has been a few days now since CTTF ended, and I am praying that God will be with me when my path crosses hers and that I will be open and obedient to what He wants me to do.

Liz

I enjoyed so much the entire ministery team.  You were all wonderful and spirit filled.

I look forward to next years' conference.

Thanks to all of you for a tremendious amount of work and effort that it took putting on this conference.