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Lifting Jesus High!
Bringing Biblical Light to Your Questions
about the Lakeland Outpouring & Todd Bentley
June 8, 2008
Dear Friends,
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter and for hearing my
heart on some of the issues that seems to be causing division and some
confusion in the Body of Christ. Throughout the Old and New Testaments
and in every age following, as far as I can determine, the Lord has
given His people dreams and visions, signs and wonders, heavenly
encounters and divine supernatural experiences that, for the most part,
we cannot understand with our intellect. In the spiritual realm, God
isn't limited by our thinking!
God's ways of communicating with us hasn't changed from the
beginning of time, although the Bible is the mainstay of His
communication to us in today's Church. Sometimes pictures say a lot,
though, and the Lord does speak to us through visions and dreams, just
as He spoke that way to the people of ancient days and just as He has
promised us that He would in the Last Days. God says, "I am the LORD, I
change not" (Malachi 3:6).
Whenever God pours out His Spirit, dreams and visions become
integral to the move of God and are especially a Last Days phenomena
according to Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17. God-given dreams and visions are
often because of the gracious outpouring of the Holy Spirit. They fall
into the category of the miraculous when supernatural revelations are
imparted. Ezekiel, the prophet operated in a continuous miracle ministry
in the revelatory realm.
Some people desire Scripture for every manifestation of God - for
every detail of every God-given, Holy Spirit inspired vision, dream,
encounter, or demonstration of the supernatural realm of God manifested
on the earth. While I firmly believe that we're to defend the Gospel of
Jesus Christ, I don't believe we're to defend divine manifestations of
God, because they are proof within themselves of the Gospel, wherever
the Word of God is sent forth. Discern yes, but defend, no. Consider
that many of the "greater" things that Christ said we would do hadn't
even been done yet and weren't recorded in the Bible.
On Visions
While it's good and right and biblical to test the spirits to see if
they are of God, it's vital to realize that just because a type of
vision or a sign is not listed in Scripture, that it's unscriptural, to
be discounted, or false. For instance: If you dream of Jesus visiting
you, and in your dream, Jesus, the Man, was the most handsome man you'd
ever seen, would the fact that the Bible described Him as having no
beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that
we should desire Him (Is. 53:2b), discount your dream as being
scriptural or genuine, relative, and of God?
Just as no two people are alike, no two experiences are alike.
Guaranteed, the Bible doesn't list the details of each dream, each
encounter, or everything that God has, does, and will eventually reveal
to His people. It doesn't record every detail of every dream, or
everything someone has seen in the spirit realm, or on earth for that
matter. Nor does it record every possible miracle, but it does say that
nothing is impossible with God (see Luke 1:37; Matt. 17:20). We have no
account of miracles like amputated limbs growing back, but the absence
of this is Scripture doesn't mean that such a miracle unbiblical.
If a person is of the mind-set that everything spiritual that
happens or manifests in our lives has to be found in Scripture to be
divine and of God, then that standard or belief would have to be applied
to every area of one's life. God responds to each one of us in different
ways so the specific way He speaks to any of His children should not
become a doctrine of correctness.
Someone once said that limiting revelation is like trying to fit an
ocean into a cup. God is continually restoring truth and light to His
Church. Therefore, we should place no limit on further revelation. To
have a view that everything that happens in someone's life because of
God's loving response to us as His children should be listed in the
Bible or else it's wrong or evil, is like saying that Jesus, who is the
Word represents a list of do's and don'ts. Jesus is a Person who,
through intimacy and relationship, we perceive and understand by the
Holy Spirit what is good and what is evil. If Jesus listed for us
everything that we needed to know, then knowing Him would have become an
option. It's in knowing Him, who is The Word that we enter into what He
has prepared for us.
To apply doctrine to the response of God in our lives is wrong. For
someone to assume that something that happens to us isn't of God because
it's not in his or her doctrine or knowledge of Jesus is, in my opinion,
to grieve the precious Holy Spirit. I believe each experience is unique
and tailored to the individual's background, experiences, circumstances,
capacity to receive, and personal relationship with Jesus. The
experience is usually one that a person can relate to. The Lord meets us
where we're at and often shows us things in a way that gets our
attention, in a way that we, as individuals, uniquely understand and
relate to.
Some are questioning the soundness of my visitation from Jesus while
I was in Redding, California. I stated in an interview that it was as
though He came into this realm and I saw Him as I would imagine Jesus
would be with the disciples on the Earth, as the Son of man, a humble
servant as He walked the earth, not in His resurrection glory. The
purpose of this experience was for God to impart to me His supernatural
peace in my life. God chooses, in His infinite wisdom, to reveal Himself
in different ways, and in various aspects so that people can understand,
relate, and even receive Him. Why do some think it so bad if God wills
to come in His grace and reveal Himself to us in whatever manner He
chooses?
Focus on the Revelation
This can be drastically different from one person to another. What's
important, however, are not the details of, for instance, a vision, but
how it points to Jesus, the revelation gleaned, what we learn from the
experience, how we apply it to our life, and/or speak it into the life
of another, and how it draws us closer to Him, for His name's sake.
Because one person may not be able to relate to a dream, vision, or
experience of another, he or she may attribute this to the devil or to
the flesh, or hallucinations, for example. I'm sure many have seen
strange things happen in our meetings - things that puzzle, things that
aren't normal to them, but understand - God doesn't seek approval for
how He manifests through His people or in signs and wonders.
The Bible is full of visions, encounters, signs, wonders, miracles,
and manifestations that people have experienced, some of which may be
downright hard for many to wrap their minds around, let alone believe it
could happen today. Again, it's all relative to each individual, their
experiences, and backgrounds, and with what they have learned through
intimacy with Christ Jesus, and what they have received as a love
response from God. I spend hours and hours at the feet of Jesus and
perhaps the next person doesn't.
As I can recall, Smith Wigglesworth once had a vision of Satan. He'd
been sleeping in bed during a thunderstorm that had rattled the windows
and made the lights flicker. Suddenly he saw a vision of Satan standing
at the foot of his bed. However, he wasn't in the least bit disturbed
because he had first-hand knowledge and experience of God's protective
nature and understood the power of the name of Jesus. "Oh, it's just
you," he said to the devil, and turned over and went back to sleep.
If this were a new, breaking story today, how would people receive
or respond to the account of what he saw? It would all be relative to
what you know or have experienced relating to demons, or the knowledge
that you have about the authority that you have as a blood-bought child
of God, even to the church climate. If you've never cast out a demon
from your life and seen him run at the mere mention of the blood of
Christ Jesus, you wouldn't understand.
Angels
Likewise, if I say that I had a vision of an angel, or encountered
one or even spoke with one, but you haven't doctrinally or
experientially, come to terms with the reality of angels being in our
midst, then you may not attribute it as valid. You may even tag me as
someone who worships angels, seeks them for counsel, ministers under the
power of, or misrepresents them in some way. In the case of the angel
called "Emma," who I described as having mother-like nurturing
qualities, some have automatically assumed that my doctrine is that I
believe in female angels. This has never been the case! For whatever
reason God chose to show me this angel in a female persona, He did. This
isn't to say that the angel was female. Angels are spirit and appear in
many forms. Perhaps that's the form God chose this angel to take for the
purpose of the revelation He gave me. They are spirit beings of light,
created out of God's glory, without gender, and appear in whatever form
God chooses to send them to us.
Let me throw this out there for you to think about. If someone
encounters an angel on earth that has come in the form of a female human
being, and even refers to the angel as a "she," it doesn't raise
eyebrows. We know they must sometimes appear to us in human form because
the Bible tells us not to forget to entertain strangers, "for by so
doing some have unwittingly entertained angels" (Hebrews 13:2). There is
biblical precedent for angels appearing in human form in the example of
the two angels who came to Sodom to warn Lot before the destruction of
the city in Genesis 19. They visited, had a meal, and even spent the
night. Their human "form" even fooled those who tried to accost them and
the angels struck them blind.
Even though they appeared as men, they are still genderless. Emma
appeared to me in angelic form appearing feminine, which is not to say
Emma was female or had a gender. This was the first angel I'd ever seen
in feminine-like form, in this motherly nurturing type of persona that
opened up a well of healings and breakthrough.
Mary, Paul, Peter, Jesus, the shepherds, and several disciples, and
many Old Testament folk like Abraham, Hagar, Daniel, and others had
angelic encounters and some interacted with them in conversation. That
doesn't suppose they worshiped these angelic beings or sought them out
for revelation apart from God. I never summon angels directly. I do ask
God to send angels to encamp around me, and others. Let it be said, that
I seek only God for revelation and should He send an angel to me to
impart revelation, get my attention, or open wells of revival and
healing, so be it. I'll echo Mary's words when the angel Gabriel visited
and conversed with her "You see before you the Lord's servant, let it
happen to me as you have said." And the angel left her (Luke 1:26-38).
Christ paid the price for our spiritual blessings and access to
heavenly things - angels included. Where I would be concerned about
angelic revelation as being deceptive or as angels actually being
demonic spirits, is where not-yet Christians claim angelic revelation
while rejecting the cross of Christ.
Angels have a purpose in God's plan. It shouldn't come as a surprise
to the Body of Christ that an angel, called the "Winds of Change" should
usher in a new move of God.
Of the angels we learn, "He makes His angels winds and His servants
flames of fire" (Heb. 1:7, NAS; see also Psalm 104:3, 4). If God has
chosen to send them to us, it behooves us to welcome their presence as
we usher in the presence and move of the Lord.
We see a manifestation of God's presence and power by means of "wind
and fire" in the New Testament on the day of Pentecost "when suddenly
there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind and it
filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to
them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And
they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance" (Acts 2:1-4).
Angels are messengers from God in heaven to His church on earth, and
they seem to appear at the most critical points in the history of
salvation. We get the sense also that they observe what's happening here
on earth at least in the life of the Church. Christ ended two of His
parables saying "there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over
one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:7,10, NKJV). They are also reapers in
the great harvest, "...the reapers are the angels" (Matt. 13:39).
Described as "ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who
will inherit salvation" (Heb. 1:14, italics mine).
Encounters/Visitations
Some people have even ventured to say that my visions and
visitations are false. That's like telling someone who's just told you
about a dream they had in their sleep that they didn't really dream it.
In the case of my encounter with Paul the apostle, just as Paul
didn't know if he was in his body or out of his body when he was taken
into the third heaven, I don't know whether my encounter was in a vision
or an actual encounter. I do know that it was not of the adversary. God
had reason for this experience and for the revelation that transpired
from it. These things I cannot refute.
It's not that far out there when you consider that the apostle Peter
beheld Jesus, Moses, and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration and was
actually commissioned while in a visionary trance, to preach to the
Gentiles (see Matt. 17:9, Acts 10:19).
Some may not find my experience doctrinally sound, and liken it to
speaking to the dead, and unbiblical, citing the apostle Paul's warnings
in Galatians 1:8, and 2 Corinthians 11:14, of which I'm very aware. My
accountability team and I, through careful examination, determined that
this vision was not outside of God's realm. God had a purpose and a plan
for the revelation He gave me and it all pointed to Christ.
In visions and encounters that I share, I emphasize that it boils
down to Jesus Christ who is the essence of everything and is the All in
All. It's all about Him, the Way, the Truth, and the Life. An encounter
with heaven is an encounter with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Many people don't see what's happening in the spirit realm, viewing
things only from the physical realm. This is one reason why there's so
much division right now. I have found that many are judging things by
what they see or hear in the natural, by their natural senses, to
feelings, or without having relevant supernatural experiences
themselves.
No Prototype for Revival
One of my colleagues told me of a pastor and his wife visiting
Lakeland from Las Vegas last week. They pastor a church of over 5,000
people. They shared that they had to repent for believing in their
hearts some of the concerns that they'd heard or read about, without
first seeking the Lord about it or attending the outpouring, and
experiencing first hand what God was doing here. They were amazed by the
power and the glory of God there, and have headed back to Nevada with
good reports!
This seems to be what I hear from many attending, and from what I
read on blogs from people who've experienced the fire of God at our
meetings. Every night we see hundreds of pastors and leaders all hungry
for the fire of God to touch their churches, to disarm the religious
paradigms that keep God in a box, quenching the work of the Spirit.
People may see me or others sprawled out on the floor, or in
heavenly laughter, or shaking because of the glory and presence of God,
but try to look beyond and understand that something's happening in the
spirit, trusting that there's that other realm that you may not see.
Revival is often messy because there's a lot happening and sometimes
it's hard for people to take in everything they see in the natural. Many
come and some do manifest fleshly things, but for the most part,
everyone is sincere and of good intention at a revival. Trust it's
better to be full of life with a little untidiness than to be dead.
Also, trust that God is big. He can handle it and can separate the tares
from the wheat.
Revival shakes paradigms. It doesn't fit the mainstream Church's way
of thinking. Revival is an upstream move of God that breaks away from
the stagnant pools of religion and tradition. Those bound by tradition
and inside a paradigm of do's and don'ts who give way to an upward
stream, find transformation, and a new supernatural, empowering paradigm
for their lives.
Moves of God like this are never normal. Do you think what happened
in Acts looked normal to the disciples, or even to the onlookers?
Pentecost was way, way out there, pretty far out, and must have caused
much talk. No one had ever seen anything like it before. Revival is
about new things happening, so it's important not to be quick to judge.
There's no prototype for revival. It's not a cookie cutter thing. We're
only in our baby stages - and there's a lot to learn, but what we need
now is the support of the Church because unity is crucial.
If you cannot understand the supernatural things of God, or even if
you disagree or choose to discount or discredit me in any way, then I
urge you to look at the fruit. Every day we're seeing salvations. Every
day people are being healed, not only physically, but emotionally too!
Every day, people who thought they knew Christ are discovering Him in a
fresh and powerful new way. Every day, we're teaching people how to use
their gifts to evangelize. We're equipping and sending hundreds into the
streets and marketplaces to talk about Jesus.
It's not even limited to this region. We're seeing this move of God
as exponential growth because people carry the anointing and glory of
God home to their churches and regions, empowered to "do the same stuff"
and ignite more fires.
Before You Pick Apart the Worker...
Please examine the fruit before you pick apart the worker. People
are being saved! Certainly this is common ground with every believer -
our hearts should always be for the lost. Can we not come together and
make this our mission, understanding that our theologies may be
different but that we agree on this very important and vital commission.
We serve the same God. God is the Father of all of us. We are His
children. We are all in the same family. We are all running the same
race but at different paces. The Word planted on good soil bears good
fruit!
Salvation of the Lost
If you're watching out a window from a distance and see a child
running around a busy street and in obvious danger of being hit, but see
someone close-by who could help, what would you do? Would you first
judge the person to determine if he or she is "fit" enough or qualified
to lend assistance, in your eyes? Would you check to see that the person
is wearing an "S" for "Superman" on his shirt? Would you wait for the
right person to come along that fits your mold, or would you throw open
the window and yell, "That child - save that child!"
Please. Our mission is to save the lost. Period. Everything that is
happening at Lakeland is to that end. God is good. People are being
saved. That should be the priority of every believer. You may not
understand some of the things that you see. It may be out of your
paradigm or traditional way of thinking, but trust that if God didn't
want this to happen that He is more than capable of shutting it down
single-handedly without the help of man.
Jumping into rivers of condemnation, disapproval, even censure
before experiencing things for yourself could make you responsible for
the loss of the one who may have come to the Lord but for quick
judgments or criticisms. God is doing new things! Church history should
never be used as a blueprint for experiences or beliefs, that's what the
Word of God is for.
New Wineskins and New Garments
This move of God may not fit your perception of revival, especially
if you are basing it on previous revivals, or even on the traditions of
the Church. So too, I likely don't fit the mold of the traditional
evangelist. Jesus used the Pharisees' disapproval as an opportunity to
teach why it was important that He didn't fit into their mold. First, He
used the metaphor of the patched garments and said "No one tears a patch
from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have
torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old"
(Luke 5:36). To try to attach a new, unshrunk garment to the old will
not only tear and destroy the new but also the old won't look right and
will eventually tear again. Jesus contrasted the old and new again with
a parable about new wine and old, saying that if a person pours new wine
into old wineskins the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will run
out, and the wineskins would ruin (Luke 5:37, 38).
What could possibly be so new in Jesus' day as to be ruined by being
attached to the old? The radical Gospel! Man-made rules and tradition
would hinder the work. Jesus wanted them to see that the dead
Pharisaical traditions didn't result in heart transformations. It would
be easier for them to clasp onto and justify what was familiar and
comfortable, than to be led by the Holy Spirit but the two can't be
combined. Jesus wasn't throwing out the law or discounting it but came
to fulfill it. The Gospel needed to be free of the confines of tradition
and religious comfort zones to work its power. Jesus wanted to restore
the hearts of the people, to restore life to the core of the Hebrew
faith. Those external things, as Paul wrote in Colossians 2:23, "have an
appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and
neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the
flesh." Their system of laws had lost Christ who was their substance.
They had the shadows but not the substance of Christ. Pride pretended to
penetrate heaven but hadn't.
Signs, wonders, and miracles should be proof of the Gospel. However,
Jesus said there would be false signs and wonders in the last days that
were not done by Him (Matt. 7:21-23). Of this, I am well aware. Some
people may do these things in His name and yet never really have a
relationship of love and fellowship with Jesus. Salvation is knowing
Jesus and being known by Him - it's much more than spiritual works or a
verbal confession. I understand that lofty places in this visible
kingdom are no proof of anyone's acceptance with God, and neither are
the mighty works, even done in Jesus' name. However, the condition of
the heart is what truly allies us with Him. This I've stressed
repeatedly in my ministry. The heart changes when someone spends much
time with the Lord. This is the foundation of my ministry and my walk
with Jesus. From the outset of my salvation, my ministry, and even
today, I spend hours in the secret place of His presence. I seek Him and
His will for every meeting. My team here at Lakeland knows that several
hours of every afternoon; before every meeting, I'm not to be disturbed
as I spend time with Jesus. Signs, wonders, miracles, dreams, and
visions I believe are His loving response - the fruit of fellowship.
Spend time in His presence and you won't be as resistant to change.
You won't be afraid to be a new wineskin, God's present wineskin. You
won't even be the same wineskin as tomorrow, because with God wineskins
are new and newer. New wineskins won't limit God or what He can do.
When Did the Devil Change His Plan?
From what I've been hearing, my heart is saddened because critical
people are bringing more attention to the supposed "works of the devil"
in my life, and here in Lakeland than to the very real and wondrous
works of God. Too much credit is being given to the devil and to man to
the detriment of God's sovereignty and power. Some are even attributing
good and wonderful manifestations of God's loving response to His
children, to the devil! But this exalts no one but themselves when they
choose to make a ministry out of their judgments and criticisms in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Since when did the devil come to heal the
sick, raise the dead, open deaf ears and eyes, lead people to salvation
in Jesus, or preach that the Kingdom of God is at hand? Just when did
the devil change his plan? Jesus promised life and life more abundantly,
and that's the fruit that we're seeing in Lakeland.
For this reason, I asked my staff to remove from our website,
articles that are causing such strife and division and deterring the
Body from the very real and pressing focus of these last days. Jesus
wept when people missed the purpose. Every blessing flowed and people
received, but they missed the purpose. Don't miss the purpose!
Again I emphasize, it's good and right to search out the Truth and
to discern the spirits, God expects us to do so. Nevertheless, it's also
important to do so outside of one's comfortable box, not mistaking
discomfort for discernment, and realizing that God is not only a God who
is the same yesterday, today, and forever, but also a God of new things.
Realize also, that if you spend time in His presence, in fellowship with
Him, and if daily, you put on the full armor of God and spend time in
His Word; you'll be more comfortable erring on the side of extravagance
rather than quench the Spirit. A body of believers without the Holy
Spirit is a breathless, lifeless body.
Accountability
I am accountable to God, and to those who He has sent to me to speak
wisdom into my life and ministry - (I submit to an accountability team
that comprises my pastor and spiritual overseers from varying
backgrounds and denominations). They have not discounted the things that
the Lord has shown me just because they don't fit the mold of tradition
or the old wineskins that some are carrying. The dreams, visions, and
experiences that I've brought forth have been solely for ministering to
the Body of Christ. My experiences have made me even hungrier and more
zealous for God. That hunger transfers into a hunger to see others
experience what I know to be true. They've been substantiated through
the Word of God in principle, and accepted and given the go-ahead by my
accountability team.
I also have an entire department of our ministry devoted to
intercession, to coordinating and administering prayer covering over my
life and family, over the ministry, and to those to whom we minister. We
have an email list called The Firewall that comprises hundreds of
intercessors from around the world who keep us covered in prayer.
Steadfast Word of God
Certainly, some people may not understand the visions God has given
me, just as I may not understand theirs, but I'll always hold and stand
firm on the truths and the promises He's given me because He lines them
up in my life with the Word. What eternally matters is His Word, which
is steadfast and true. My visions may fade away but God's Word never
will. As long as I have the Word, I don't even need manifestations to
prove to me that God is God.
However, God has promised that it shall come to pass in the last
days that He will pour out His Spirit upon all flesh: that "your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your
young men shall see visions" (Joel 2:28). God is raising up an Ezekiel
company empowered with the gifts of faith and the working of miracles,
with voices like trumpets commanding and heralding the miraculous power
of God. Effectiveness and power isn't limited to clergy. God will pour
out His Spirit upon all flesh.
We have to be immersed people. I want to be saturated with
everything that God has for me - including dreams, visions, miracles,
signs, wonders, and everything accessible to me as a child of God in the
supernatural realm of His kingdom. I want the same for you, and so does
God.
Go the Distance
People may criticize me for my boldness and zeal, for my methods and
ways, for my intensity and urgency, but when we follow the Holy Spirit,
He often leads us to do bold and even unexpected things - even outside
of our norm. Samuel prophesied to King Saul that the Spirit of the Lord
would come upon him and that he would prophesy and be turned "into
another man" (1 Sam. 10:6). I am another man. Try to look beyond my
paunch and the tattoos, and see how God has used me, and see how He can
use you, and is using others.
Christianity shouldn't be a dead religion but full of life, vim, and
strength! Supernatural signs and wonders so often lead people to the
saving power of the Lord Jesus Christ. Whether people know it or not, no
matter which way a person comes to Christ, the supernatural is involved.
It's vital for us to go the distance with God if the world is ever
going to experience the might of who He really is! Walking in communion
with God and in the reality of heaven on earth is the distance to aim
and reach for but you have to be open to the impossible happening, even
if it bursts your wineskin. The realities of heaven that have happened
in my life, and that are happening here at Lakeland are to glorify God
so that the lost would come into right relationship with Him, for He is
mighty to save.
Take Part in the Feast
God uses the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. For
some reason, He's chosen a bald-headed, red-bearded, tattooed, pierced,
imperfect man as an agent for revival. I understand why I would come as
a shock to the religious camp. Nevertheless, trust that if what I'm
doing is of the flesh or of the devil, I will fail, but if what's
happening is from God, nothing and no one can quench this blazing
revival fire unless God wills it.
We're throwing a feast and we're inviting the sick, the poor in
spirit, the oppressed, and those bound in old wineskins. We're going out
to find and minister to those that no one else can touch to bring them
in, and we're seeing an outpouring of God's blessings such that we
cannot contain. Is it the work of the devil?
Spend time praying for souls. I pray you can see past my
imperfections and gaze at the perfection of Christ Jesus. Break through
your old wineskin and into the present one. Trust the wisdom of God and
His hand in all of this.
I'm thankful that people are being watchful in these last days, just
as I am watchful. Questions are good when we're uncertain of things.
Trust too what a respected Pharisee advised in Acts 5:38, 39: "And now I
say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this
plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of
God, you cannot overthrow it - lest you even be found to fight against
God."
I understand that people have questions, and God understands too! I
invite you to come to Lakeland to see what God has for you, and to see
for yourself the mighty and wondrous things that God is doing here.
Thanks again for hearing my heart. It is my heart that we can bring
unity to the Body of Christ to see a great harvest.
Fresh Fire to you,
Todd Bentley |
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Holiday Inn LAKELAND-SOUTH |
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Southern Hospitality at it's
business best! This friendly full
service hotel is conveniently
located between Tampa and Orlando
just minutes from Lakeland's
downtown historic dining and antique
district, Sun 'n Fun site, the
Florida Air Museum, Lakeland Linder
Regional Airport, The Lakeland
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Holiday Inn LAKELAND I-4 HOTEL & CONF CTR |
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Welcome to the Official Winter
Home of the Detroit Tigers! We are
Lakeland's full-service Hotel &
Conference Center,The Holiday Inn
Hotel Lakeland, conveniently located
just off I-4 at Exit 32 between
Tampa and Orlando. Featuring 5
flexible meeting rooms and Grille
498 Casual Dining & Spirits. We...
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Snowbirds Inn |
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Located in Polk County just
minutes away from major central
Florida attractions such as Disney
World, Sea World and Universal
Studios in Orlando, as well as Busch
Gardens in Tampa. Just a short drive
to Spaceport USA at the Kennedy
Space Center, Florida's Gulf and
Atlantic beaches and Tampa and...
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Hampton Inn Lakeland |
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Hampton Inn Lakeland is located
at I-4 Exit 33.[OLD EXIT#19}
centrally positioned between Tampa
and Orlando. We are 41 miles east of
Tampa Airport and 51 miles west of
Orlando Airport. Area attractions
include Joker Merchant Stadium, home
of the Detroit Tigers, shopping
malls, Busch Gardens, Sea...
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Hyatt Place Lakeland Center |
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All-suite hotel in the heart of
Lakeland's business district and
attached to The Lakeland Center. The
hotel caters to business, group and
leisure travelers, featuring
over-sized suites, completely
furnished kitchen, large living
areas and all the comforts of home,
including a deluxe continental...
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Suburban Hotel Lakeland |
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Suburban Extended Stay Hotel is
conveniently located 1 mile North of
I-4 within walking distance of
Lakeland Square Mall. If dining is
your pleasure, we have 26
restaurants within 1 square mile of
the hotel property. Lakeland is a
beautiful town with lots of lakes.
Come and visit and let us here at...
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The Terrace Hotel |
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The Terrace Hotel is Lakeland's
only full-service hotel. Located in
the heart of the downtown district,
it is within walking distance from
nearly 100 specialty shops and
cafes. The hotel re-opened after a
$13 million renovation in 1999 and
has subsequently been granted
historic status. The...
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Quality Inn & Suites |
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Hotel is a centrally located
hotel within a short ride to all
Orlando attractions as well as the
Tampa shoreline and business
districts. They are nestled in a
courtyard setting with easy access
on and off Interstate 4.
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Courtyard by Marriott Lakeland |
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The hotel designed by business
travelers, Courtyard surrounds you
with all the conveniences that make
business and pleasure travel easy.
The Courtyard Lakeland is
conveniently located three miles
from Breed Technologies, The
Lakeland Center and Publix
Headquarters, four miles from
Florida Southern...
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Imperial Swan Hotel and Suites |
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Lakeland's largest full service
conference hotel. Featuring 168
designer-decorated guest rooms
including 30 junior and executive
level tworoom suites with whirl pool
tubs, over 10,000 square feet of
conference space including 10
different break out meeting space,
the four-star rated restaurant...
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Days Inn & Suites Lakeland |
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Days Inn and Suites Lakeland is
a brand new state of the art 100
percent Non Smoking Facility
featuring top notch services and
amenities with a touch of Southern
Comfort and Hospitality. Besides our
Southern Hospitality, we offer
Complimentary Hot Continental
Breakfast, 27-Inch Flat Screen...
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Comfort Inn & Suites |
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Hotel is conveniently located
within walking distance to Lakeland
Mall, movies and an assortment of
restaurants. Lakeland Civic Center
is only minutes away. Appealing to
the leisure and business traveler
who are looking for a quiet,
convenient escape from the average
hotel. FREE Continental...
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Safar Inn Lakeland |
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SAFAR INN LAKELAND IS LOCATED
ACROSS FROM BEAUTIFUL LAKE PARKER ON
HIGHWAY 92, 2 MILES FROM DOWNTOWN
LAKELAND. OUR CLEAN AND SPACIOUS
ROOMS INCLUDE INDIVIDUALLY
CONTROLLED AIR CONDITIONING AND
COLOR TELEVISION.
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Best Motel Lakeland Inn |
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The Best Motel Lakeland Inn, a
Magnuson Hotels affiliate, is
located in Lakeland, FL centrally
located between Tampa and Orlando
area activities. Enjoy day trips and
come back to Best Motel Lakeland Inn
your home away from home. Please
note that some websites do not add
extra person charges to...
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Hilton Garden Inn Lakeland |
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The Hilton Garden Inn Lakeland
Florida hotel is located at the
Lakeland Linder Regional Airport,
home of the annual Sun N Fun Fly
In... the second largest aviation
convention of its kind, adjacent to
the Florida Air Museum (open all
year round) and conveniently located
midway between the cities of...
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Value Place Lakeland |
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Value Place is a short term
residential product that blends the
best of extended stay lodging and
furnished apartments. Our rates are
priced for a minimum one week stay,
and are not adjusted to a daily rate
if the stay is less than one week.
When your stay goes into the next
week, another weekly...
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Residence Inn by Marriott Lakeland |
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Residence Inn by Marriott is
designed to make you feel at home
for a day, a week, a month or more.
Our suites give you fifty percent
more space than most traditonal
hotel rooms. The Residence Inn
Lakeland is located one quarter mile
from Lockheed Martin, two miles from
Lakeland Center, Lakeland...
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Baymont Inn & Suites Lakeland |
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Located between Orlando and
Tampa, the Baymont Inns &
Suites-Lakeland is surrounded by
beauty with abundant lakes and
exciting activities. While you are
here, attend events at such places
as Lakeland Center. USA Speedway is
only three miles and we are only
five miles from the Frank Lloyd
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Wellesley Inn and Suites Lakeland |
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The Wellesley Inn and Suites
Lakeland is located two blocks north
of Interstate 4 off Exit 18, next to
beautiful Lakeland Square Mall and
just five minutes north of lovely
downtown Lakeland. This Wellesley
Inn proves to be the most popular
choice of business and tourist
travel destinations. A new...
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Sweet Dreams Inn |
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Newly renovated hotel on 4 acres
of lakefront property and a
resort-type setting. Relax and
conversate with friends on our Tiki
Deck, while enjoying a wonderful
view of the lake. Take advantage of
the serene, peaceful setting you
will not find anywhere else in
Lakeland.
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Jameson Inn Lakeland |
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The white columned colonial
style property has a pool with an
adjacent fitness center. We provide
a free breakfast express buffet,
newspaper, local calls and HBO on a
25-inch color TV with remote.
Premium rooms are available
featuring a recliner, microwave and
refrigerator. Jameson Inns, Inc...
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Terrace Hotel |
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The Terrace Hotel is Lakeland's
only full-service, luxury hotel.
Located in the heart of the downtown
district, The Terrace Hotel is
within walking distance to nearly
100 specialty shops and cafes. The
hotel re-opened after a $10 million
dollar renovation in 1999 and has
subsequently been granted...
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Sleep Inn Lakeland |
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Beautiful new 2005 hotel located
midway between Tampa and Orlando.
Easy access to I-4. Several
restaurants adjacent. Area
attractions, businesses, shopping
and medical facilities within
minutes. Gulf Beaches and all
Orlando theme parks a short easy
drive. Beautiful rooms offering
microwave and...
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La Quinta Inn & Suites Lakeland |
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The La Quinta Inn and
Suites-Lakeland is located directly
off Interstate 4, across from the
Lakeland Square Mall and surrounded
by a variety of restaurants. The
hotel is just minutes away from the
Lakeland Convention Center, winter
home to the Detroit Tigers, Lakeland
Cancer Center, Hospital...
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