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The Call and Vision of
Cyrus Ministries International
God has called us to do this. Seven different times He has given
specific directions for our ministry.
1. In 1975, while I (Rich) was in my office at
IBM, the Lord moved me to pray for His church to become a place of
healing. Wave after wave of His Spirit came upon me to affirm
His desire to use me in this way. Since then we have ministered
healing and taught healing seminars under His anointing in our home,
our church, the nations, and most recently in our Big Rock facility.
The impartation of healing accompanies the teaching of it.
2. Feed My lambs; shepherd My sheep; feed My
sheep. God spoke this to me while I attended a Campus Crusade
for Christ seminar; it was part of my thoughts for several days, as
it was being written on my heart. From 1975 on, we have always had
small groups meeting in our home. There were periods when the total
attendance of the various groups during a week was over 120. Now God
is using us to teach and train others in leading home groups. We
have prepared discipleship training booklets and a ministry manual
to help others learn how to pray for release from spiritual,
emotional, and physical bondage.
3. The Cyrus anointing. In 1977 the Lord
spoke to Kay and me about the ministry of Cyrus as described in
Isaiah 45. He also brought the anointing He placed on Cyrus upon
each of us. Since then He has broadened our understanding of the
Cyrus anointing and shown us how He wants to use us as He brings His
people out of the spiritual Babylon into His heavenly Kingdom--the
New Jerusalem. He is asking us to bring others into the
understanding and experience of the Cyrus anointing and to establish
International Cyrus Healing and Restoration Centers, beginning in
Big Rock.
4. Jesus is speaking from heaven.
The message of Jesus speaking from heaven during the times of
shaking is described in Hebrews 12:22-30. This was one of two words
God gave while I visited with Him at Mt. Sinai in 1979. In November
of 1978 God had told me to go to Mt. Sinai in February of 1979. He
affirmed this call by pre-announcing the sex and birth date of our
second child when Kay was 8 months pregnant. On December 29, Tim was
born, according to God’s word to me. We need to live in the reality
that Jesus is speaking from heaven, and worship and reverence
Him. We are personally experiencing a deeper understanding and
experience of abiding in Christ and of His indwelling presence, and
we are helping people learn to listen to, hear, and respond to God’s
voice. He is shaking us individually, as a church, and as a
ministry, and He is shaking all of the heavens and the earth. He is
establishing His kingdom in all His people and preparing His bride
for the coming spiritual battle and for our heavenly and eternal
purposes. We are establishing our Big Rock Restoration Center as a
place for people to hear from Him, to worship Him and to follow Him
as He fills heaven and earth with His will and glory. We expect to
have continuous prayer and worship in this facility.
5. God is establishing His foundations in
the heavens, on the earth, and in His people. Based on Isaiah 51:16,
this is the second word God gave me at Mt. Sinai. We are to bring
truth into the inner spirit of people, as God reveals the lies they
have received, believed, and are acting upon. His Word brings truth,
which brings freedom and healing. Through prayer and prophetic
intercession and declarations, God is establishing His word in our
families, communities, churches and nations. He is preparing His
bride to reign with Him and to bring His judgments onto the earth.
We are participating in this work through training His people,
helping them to come into their eternal destinies, and “following
God as He unites heaven and earth in Christ.” The latter statement
is the theme of this ministry. We do this locally and
internationally.
6. CMI is to be an International Ministry,
called to serve the Jews and Arabs in Israel, and peoples from many
nations. This word came in January of 1990 as the Spirit of God
visited another elder of our church and me during an elders’ prayer
gathering. During this time God gave us His heart for Israel
and told me to lay down Cyrus Ministries. When I did that, He said
to receive the mantle of Cyrus Ministries International. God has
increased our ministry with other nations; now several
internationals are coming to our Big Rock facility to receive
training, equipping, and impartation.
7. CMI is called to be an international
healing, training, fathering, restoring, and releasing
ministry. We are to relate with, serve, and shepherd
individuals, churches and ministries in other locations. In January
of 2002, 18 leaders from churches in Kenya, individually and
collectively asked CMI to oversee their ministry. Their Bishop
brought the same request. Since then, other local and international
churches and ministries have made similar requests. Prophetic words
from others have confirmed these requests. We also network with
other apostolic and fivefold ministries to come under their counsel
and fellowship. We are using a facility in Big Rock, Illinois to
accomplish God’s purposes. The work done at this facility is to be
replicated in all the nations, so we can fulfill our part of God’s
command to “be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and subdue it.” We
are to use what God has given us and charged us to be, so that CMI
can be one of God’s vessels in His eternal destiny for His world. He
will provide the leaders, staff, finances and facilities for Cyrus
Ministries International to do this. All glory be to Him!
Revised 7-18-2009
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