The Prince of Wholeness: His Waging of Peace

Our friend Jeff Ghiotto has put together a one-day workshop he calls "The Prince of Wholeness." It's a deep, interactive look at the practical and miraculous implications of that Jesus-name "Prince of Peace," from Isaiah 9:1-7. (Blog here.) I attended the first session with  about a dozen others; it was a good day, God was in a good mood, and people experienced truth and healing. (Including a physical one, which is way cool.)

"Peace" is the usual translation for the Hebrew word shalom (שָׁלוֹם). But shalom is one of those too-big-to-print-in-English words; it means safety, happiness, wellbeing, prosperity, peace, rest, welfare, wholeness, and health. (And that's just the literal meanings...contextual definitions enlarge that some more, but that'll do for now.)

Too many Christians are waging war against people and peace against the devil. Jeff invites us into the question, "What will our lives look like if the Prince of Peace wages peace on people, both in us ourselves, and through us to others?" (Which has wonderful implications for us and nasty ones for the devil, as it should be.)

Jeff and his family lived for many missionary years in Central and South America, and are fluent in Spanish. Jeff had a friend in Venzuela who translated his workshop pamphlet into the local dialect, and is now traveling through that country sharing Good News for "people in darkness" (the Isaiah context). For a 10-day tour through Hugo Chavez's Venezuela through the eyes of a man waging Peace among the believers, please go to his blog, princeofwholeness.blogspot.com. Hey...maybe your group of believers could use a dose of Shalom.

If you'd like a sample, you can hear Jeff (and other elders) on the Clearwater Vineyard teaching archive here. You might start with "Shalom Distribution" here, and "Ruling Your Sphere" here.

Peace.
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