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0UR VISION Romans 15:20(TPT) It is my honor and constant passion to be a pioneer who preaches where no one has ever even heard of the Anointed One, instead of building upon someone else’s foundation.

OUR MISSION 1 Corinthians 1:17 (MSG) God didn’t send me out to collect a following for myself, but to preach the Message of what He has done, collecting a following for Him. And He didn’t send me to do it with a lot of fancy rhetoric of my own, lest the powerful action at the center—Christ on the Cross—be trivialized into mere words.

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CONTENTS HOLINESS BEGINS IN INTIMACY WITH JESUS !

A prophetic out of body vision with Yeshua satans plot to capture souls before the great tribulation THE GREAT JUDGE "the Maker of Heaven & Earth"

MINISTERS GO BACK TO THE BASICS OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST HEALTH & FITNESS Jump Rope to Jump Start Your Health Journey The Blessed life series unlocking the secrets on how to activate the blessed life SANITIZE YOUR SPIRIT SERVING "we need to be servants to be effective witnesses for King Jesus"

Sarahina Mayoyo A woman of God who has been through the most,

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Christians Word News The wounded Shepard An apostolic epistle ISSUE NO 3 VOL 4

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EDITOR'S NOTE ] of the church in 3 “Write this letter to the angel[a one who has Sardis. This is the message from the the seven stars: the sevenfold Spirit[b] of God and -Revelation 3:1-3 Beloved, this is pure manna from Heaven.

It was on the 4th of March 2021, when I had visited one of my favourite prayer mountains. I had just been praying and listening to the Spirit of the spirits.

Suddenly, I had the urge to search for the scripture in Revelations that talks about Yeshua being the One that holds the key of David, behold, my very eyes landed on REVELATIONS 3: 1-3.

I couldn't believe my eyes , it's like I was dreaming. This is a NOW MESSAGE TO YOU & I. It's time we WAKE UP & STRENGTHEN THE LITTLE STRENGTH WE HAVE LEFT. OUR MESSHAH IS SOON COMING, WILL HE FIND US IN HIM? The Message to the Church in Sardis “I know all the things you do, and that you have a reputation for being alive—but you are dead. 2 Wake up! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost dead. I find that your actions do not meet the requirements of my God. 3 Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. Repent and turn to me again. If you don’t wake up, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a thief.

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END TIME PROPHECTIC VISIONS By: FELLY GRACE

SATAN’S PLOT TO CAPTURE SOULS BEFORE THE GREAT TRIBULATION.

We are holding a convention in our church and we have received a servant from the south of the country.

He was sleeping in my room and I was sleeping and praying in the living room. In the night when it was between 2 a.m and 3 a.m, I was praying in the night for the seminar. Suddenly I heard the audible voice of God. The Lord said, "Grace, I want you to get out of the compound." But I ignored this voice and I continued to pray. While I continued to pray, the Lord called my name for the second time.

PROPHECY

The Lord said, "Grace, get out of the house."

But I continued to pray because I was

When I looked again, I saw this circular

flowing in prayer. The Lord called me for

light descending to Earth and the angelic

the third time. At that moment, I got out

figure was growing bigger. What surprised

of the living room and I was now in the

me is that I saw this angel was dressed in

yard. I remember I was still praying in

white and he was wearing a black crown.

tongues. The Lord said, “Don't stay in the

Moreover, he had two horns on his head.

courtyard. Get out in the street.”

I asked, “Is this an angel of light or an When I went out of the compound the

angel of darkness?” When I looked at his

Lord said, “Advance to the place where

feet I saw that it was metallic. This was a

the street meets with another direction in

humanoid giant demon standing in space

the crossroad.” When I reached the

that was holding a vase.

crossroad the Lord said, "Now begin to declare words that I will tell you.”

The Lord said, "Grace, what do you see?” I said, "Lord, this is a strange angel. What is

I stood in the crossroad declaring the

his vase for?” The Lord said, “Behold, look

word of the Lord in the neighborhood.

at what he is doing.”

When I had finished declaring spoken words over the neighborhood, suddenly I

When I looked, I saw this angel of Satan

felt the Lord slapping me on the shoulder.

breaking the vase he was holding. As a result, a liquid product began to splash

When I was about to turn around, the

and propagate. The Lord said, "Look

Lord said, “Grace, look up to the sky.”

carefully where this liquid is falling.”

I remember on that day there was no

When I looked I saw the terrestrial globe.

electricity. It was really dark. When I

And this demonic liquid was spreading all

looked up to the sky I saw a powerful

over the globe. As a result, a thick cloud

light. Then I noticed that this light was

of darkness that I have never seen

circular and intense. In the middle of this

covered the terrestrial globe.

circular shape, there was flowing great light. Very quickly I saw a figure that

The Lord asked me, “What do you see?” I

looked like snow and light.

said, “Lord I can see thick darkness darkening the terrestrial globe. I can no

When I looked closer, I saw that it was

longer see countries and continents of the

actually a bright angel that had wings. I

terrestrial globe because of the

saw that he was holding a vase. I was

darkness.”

stunned and I kept interceding in tongues.

I had goosebumps and my hair rose. I was

The Lord said, "Now look at this angel.”

shocked.

When I looked at the angel, I saw that he was uttering words and roaring with the

VISIONS

voice of a beast.

He was speaking mysterious words and

In return, you must serve me and help me

he was roaring incredibly like a ferocious

fulfill my mission. I want to dominate the

beast and his eyes were changing

world filling the Earth with more

whenever he was roaring like a beast. The

darkness.”

more this angel was roaring and uttering mysterious words, I saw that darkness

Then I saw Lucifer making a sign towards

was multiplying on the Earth.

the floor. As a result, I saw countless boxes appearing on the floor.

I said, "Lord, what is the meaning of it all?”

The dragon told the chiefs of states, “Get these products and take them all over the

This the Lord told me, “Grace, I chose you

world. You will inject the people of the

as a messenger despite the people’s hard

world with this product and whoever will

heart. You must proclaim My message to

be injected with this product will belong

the people. You must warn the Church to

to me. They will also become submissive

be on the alert and to watch. Warn the

to you and your power. They will never

Church for the devil is surrounding and

rebel against you.”

covering the Earth with total and absolute darkness. He is multiplying and increasing

Immediately the Lord told me, “You see

darkness in all parts of the world. The

these injections the dragon is giving the

globe that you saw is the Earth and the

world leaders. It is precisely the liquid

nations of the world. The demonic angel

that the beastly angel has splashed all

that you saw was sent by Satan to launch

over the world to increase darkness and

darkness on the land. He is multiplying

rule.”

darkness. Behold see how he is increasing darkness that is covering the world.”

I said, "Lord, what is this product?”

The Lord said, "This is the vaccine that

My dear, when I looked I saw the

they are giving to the world supposedly

gathering of the global elite. It was a

against the spread of coronavirus.”

summit of world leaders and chiefs of states. I was able to recognize many of

The Lord said, "This vaccine is not against

the world leaders. In the auditorium, I

coronavirus. It is the mark of the beast. It

saw a podium where the dragon Lucifer

is the domination of Satan. The vaccine

was giving instructions and directives.

will facilitate the Adversary to rule the world. It will increase the darkness. After

I saw the dragon saying, “I will extend

the vaccination of the world population,

your mandate in terms of power.

you will see the escalation of sin, immorality, and moral bankruptcy. People will become incredulous towards the

PROPHECY

Church. People will not accept the sound doctrine and Biblical gospel.

Those who belong to Me will suffer

It is the intimacy with the Holy Spirit that

persecution and they will be rejected. The

is the principal thing. For it is the Holy

power of darkness is about to escalate

Spirit that will rapture the Church. The

and fill the Earth more and more.”

relationship you have with the Spirit of God in you is the key to the rapture.

My dear, I know that some will criticize this message. What matters is that you

The enemy is cunning and knows the end-

heard the message and happy are the

time prophecy. What is to happen during

ones who take into consideration this

the Great Tribulation he is rushing to

message. You remember last year when I

implement it now. He wants to win the

did a video where the Lord said that this

souls of the elect. The dragon will cause

pandemic does not come from Him.

the government of the world to impose this vaccine. That way the Bride of Christ

The purpose of this pandemic is that the

will be forced to receive it. The right to

devil wants to possess the people. The

work and employment will be bound to

devil is rushing to do what was supposed

this vaccine. Unless you receive the

to happen in the aftermath of the rapture.

vaccine you will not work. And anyone

It is actually when the Church is raptured

who takes this vaccine will belong to the

that those who are left behind are

devil.

supposed to face this choice. It is when the Church is gone that global disaster

When you take this vaccine your soul

and cataclysm will strike the world. But it

belongs to the enemy. Thank God for our

is the presence of the Bride on Earth that

president that is a Christian for he will not

is delaying judgment.

impose on the people. The president gave the people the choice.

But painful days are ahead for humanity.

This pandemic is just a foretaste. The

The Lord told me, “Warn My Church. This

Antichrist will control and impose chiefs

vaccine is being administered and My

of states over nations. At that time, no

children will be pressured and tormented

one will buy and sell unless he has the

to receive this vaccine. The dragon is

mark. The Antichrist agents will check

rushing to do now what he was supposed

who is selling and buying. There shall be

to do in the aftermath of the rapture. Yet

torture. We must work in order to escape

the Church is here. There are countries

the things that are about to happen. The

that will impose their people. They will

Great Tribulation must be avoided at all

fire people. They will even confine people

costs.

to separate them from the vaccinated population. People won't have the right to their own money in the bank .

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VOL. 4| APRIL 2021

B&TG NEWS CHRISTIANS IN THE KNOW!

Heading: ‘I put God first’: Tanzanian President Dies Of Health Complications Source: www.ugchristiannews.com

Around East Africa, multitides are sharing tributes to Tanzania’s president John Pombe Magufuli who passed away at age 61. He died on Wednesday 17 March 2021 from “heart complications” at a hospital in Dar es Salaam .

A devout Roman Catholic, John Pombe Magufuli made international headlines over among others his atypical approach to tackling the pandemic during his stay in office.

Nicknamed “The Bulldozer” for his authoritarian leadership, Magufuli described the virus as a demon and declared a spiritual war against the disease, saying, “COVID-19 cannot survive in the Body of Jesus (and) will be burned away.”

Instead of masks, lockdowns and social distancing, the East African leader encouraged his country to rely on the power of prayer, holy communion, traditional healing techniques like steam inhalation, and natural “cures” such as ginger and lemonade. Magufuli refused to shut down churches, mosques and other places where people gather for prayers. At the time, he said churches and mosques had to remain open as that is where “real healing” takes place.

OVERVIEW: Amazon Promotes New Pay By Palm - Another Precursor To The Mark Of The Beast?

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China sharply tightens ban on internet evangelism Source: www.ugchristiannews.com

Officials in China have issued fresh notices prohibiting Christians in various provinces from using the internet to broadcast sermons in both audio and video format.

According to China Aid, the notices encouraged enforcement agents in China’s Shandong province and others to adhere to the unified instructions of the United Front Work Department’s provincial and municipal party committees—and regulate the security of internet public opinion in the Christian sector; prohibit all publication and spread of preaching videos/audios in the post-pandemic period, to prevent illegal missionary activities on the internet to be exploited.

In September 2018, China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs issued the draft for “Measures for the Administration of Internet Information Services,” stipulating that: “…no organizations nor individuals are permitted to [produce] live broadcasts by means of texts, pictures, audios and videos on the internet, etc., including writing religious texts, worship services, mass, baptisms, and religious activities.”

Amazon Promotes New Pay By Palm - Another Precursor To The Mark Of The Beast?

Source: www.prophecynewswatch.com

Amazon has announced a new product for its Ring subsidiary company, a mail surveillance system. They also went a step beyond and released a new palm scanner point-of-sale system.

Amazon announced its rollout of Amazon One devices that use a customer's palm prints for identification and payment at physical retail stores. The devices are presently available for use in Seattle locations for Amazon Go stores, and the company wants to expand it to any retailer willing to partner with the mega-giant.

Instead of being identified by an account on their mobile phones, customers can simply walk into the store, scan their palm, shop for products, and the purchases will be automatically charged to a credit card.

If Amazon's use of palm prints for identification and payment systems sounds like something you have read in the Book of Revelation you are correct.

The Book of Revelation warns that during the Tribulation every person will be required to accept a mark in their right hand which will be necessary for commerce.

"And the second beast required all people small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark -- the name of the beast or the number of its name. Here is a call for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, and that number is six hundred sixtysix". Revelation 13:16-18.

The Chess Pieces Are Being Moved Into Place For A Major War In The Middle East Source: www.prophecynewswatch.com

The Coming Global Enslavement To Digital Currencies Source: www.prophecynewswatch.com

Central Bank Digital Currencies are the future of currency, and when they arrive, they'll enslave the world. To understand why, you first need to understand what they are, how they serve the vision of those in power, and why they're inevitable.

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have yet to be launched on a large scale, but advocates envision a government-controlled cryptocurrency that replaces national currencies. CBDCs will use digital tokens on a computer network to represent a national currency. They'll rely on blockchain, the same technology behind Bitcoin, Etherium, and other popular cryptocurrencies.

As a replacement for paper currency, CBDC will serve as the digital equivalent of paper currency for use as payment and an official unit of account.

It will carry its own unique serial number or digital watermark to prevent counterfeiting.

In the future, "you'll own nothing and be happy." So says Klaus Schwab, the Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. Schwab's vision is one shared by many of the world's wealthiest and most powerful individuals. They envision a world where you own nothing. But this begs the question. If you own nothing, who owns everything? The answer is simple. They do.

So how do they intend to make their vision a reality? They'll do it through an event called "the Great Reset." While this vague term covers a number of policy ideas, the heart of the Great Reset is a complete overhaul of the global monetary system.

This isn't anything new. It's happened before.

The Bible says the Antichrist will rule a global government (Revelation 13:7).

All that's required to bring about this "Great Reset" is a global economic crisis. Hungry people will be more than willing to adopt such a system if it means the difference between eating and not.

Joe Biden has been in the White House for less than two months, Source: and thewww.worthynews.com warmongers that Biden has surrounded himself with have been feverishly setting the stage for the next war in the Middle East.

I do not believe that it will start within the next week, but I do believe that it is inevitable. While President Trump was in the White House for four years, the U.S. didn't start any new conflicts, but now the Biden administration is quite determined to start projecting "American influence" all over the globe once again.

Most Americans don't understand the bigger picture, but the truth is that this is going to have very serious implications over the next few years.

Of course the Iranians have no plans to back down, and that makes a military conflict between Israel and Iran inevitable. There will be war in the Middle East, and the horror of that conflict will shock the entire planet.

And once that war begins, it will greatly accelerate our economic problems and the ongoing political turmoil in this country.

So enjoy this brief period of relative stability while you can, because our world is about to start changing in dramatic ways.

devotions

Living for the Kingdom

by Dr André and Jenny Roebert

Psalm 119:15 (NKJV):"I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways."

In Matthew 6:33, the Lord urges us to seek first His Kingdom and His ways of being and doing right. As a result, He promises all other things will be added to us in abundance. So what does seeking God's Kingdom as our priority, practically look like? It begins with starting our day with our minds on Him! It means giving Him the first portion of our day's schedule - spending time in His Presence and His Word. It involves us acknowledging Him in all things, throughout our day; constantly allowing Him to direct our steps. It's walking through the day with a heart in love with Him, taking pleasure in pleasing Him, and delighting in His closeness as He whispers wisdom and encouragement into our hearts. A living, loving relationship with the Lord is fuelled and empowered when we feast on His Word. We begin viewing every opportunity and obstacle from His perspective. It's a vantage point that causes us to make quality, Godly decisions, that lead to breakthrough, prosperity and His promises being manifest in our lives. As a result, His desires become our own and we walk willingly and joyfully in His perfect will. This is how we live for His kingdom, and see the benefits overshadow and overflow everything we do in this life.

HOLINESS BEGINS IN INTIMACY WITH JESUS BY: SCOTT HUBBARD

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"I sometimes wish the pursuit of holiness came with some kind of equation" As I wrestle sin and fight for faith, I

Then I remember a man who came to

sometimes wish the pursuit of holiness

Jesus with a desire not so different from

came with some kind of equation.

my own: “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17). The

([X minutes of Bible reading] + [Y minutes

man’s equation was nearly complete: no

of prayer]) x [Z days a week] = holiness

murder, no adultery, no stealing, no lying (Mark 10:19–20). What variable was he

If we wanted to be even holier, we could

missing? Then comes the answer that

add in some regular accountability, small-

scatters every dream of a predictable

group participation, evangelism, and

pursuit of holiness: “You lack one thing:

fasting. Either way, this would be clear and

go, sell all that you have and give to the

predictable. This would make holiness

poor, and you will have treasure in

manageable. This would give us control.

heaven; and come, follow me” (Mark 10:21).

"Come, leave predictable behind and follow

Now, to be sure, the best books on

me. Be near me. Commune with me. Live to

holiness and the Christian life say a lot

see my glory."

about Jesus. But the comparison raises a question worth pausing over: Are we most

This is unpredictable. This cannot be

fascinated by the practices of the Christian

managed or controlled. And this is the

life, or by the Person of the Christian life?

only path to holiness.

Futility of Self-Sanctification

Christless ‘Holiness’ The pull I feel with regard to holiness is really just one version of a common temptation: to try to live the Christian life without Christ. To replace discipleship with technique, worship with emotional hype, communion with a list of rules or spiritual practices. It is a startling fact that we can become experts in the Christian life without growing any closer to Christ.

The religiously minded have always been drawn to such Christless “holiness.” We see it in the Pharisees, those walking tombs of men, washed white on the outside while the bones of the dead rattled within (Matthew 23:27). We see it in the false teachers at Colossae, who boasted of “self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body” while their flesh enjoyed a feast (Colossians 2:23). And many of us see traces of it in ourselves.

My own proneness to pursue Christless “holiness” was exposed recently as I asked myself (through the guidance of a wise saint), “How many books have you read about holiness and the Christian life?” And then, as I was still counting on my mental fingers, “How many books have you read about Jesus himself?”

Of course, holiness based on mere tactics and discipline is no holiness at all, no matter how shiny it looks on the outside.

Self-sanctification is a better name for this pursuit, and for those whose spiritual nerve endings have not been fried, it is as miserable as it is futile.

Much of the time, self-sanctifiers simply fall into the same old pits over and again.

Powerless as a branch apart from the vine (John 15:4–5), they cannot withstand the allure of the second glance, the third episode, the fourth drink. They are paralytics commanding themselves to walk. Many of us can still feel the ache from the repeated falls and bruised resolves. In fact, there’s only one thing worse than failing at self-sanctification: succeeding.

Paul gives us one of the most vivid portraits of “successful” self-sanctifiers in Colossians 2:16–23. With an iron will, they carefully keep their list of regulations, most of them self-imposed: “Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch” (Colossians 2:21). They deal harshly with their own bodies in order to whip their lusts into submission (Colossians 2:23).

They seem spiritual, even mystical, talking of angels and “going on in detail about visions” (Colossians 2:18).

But then comes the devastating

Your union with him now makes you holy

assessment: all of their discipline and self-

(Colossians 3:12). But in order to live out that

control is “of no value in stopping the

holiness here, you must “seek the things that

indulgence of the flesh” (Colossians 2:23).

are above, where Christ is” (Colossians 3:1). In

Self-sanctification merely trades outward

other words, holiness is the flower of our

sins for inward sins: pornography for

union with Christ, and it unfolds through our

pride, gluttony for greed, angry outbursts

communion with Christ.

for quiet contempt.

Then, and only then, does Paul command the And why? Because in all their fervor for

Colossians to put specific sins to death

moral purity, self-sanctifiers nevertheless

(Colossians 3:5–11), suggesting that the only

refuse to “[hold] fast to the Head” — that

people who can truly kill their sin (and not

is, they refuse to trust and love Jesus

just replace one with another) are those who

(Colossians 2:19). The makeup of outward

are preoccupied with Jesus. We are lepers

virtue hides the ugly truth: self-sanctifiers

who become clean only as he lays his hand

are lifeless as a severed limb.

upon us, paralytics who rise only as he gives the command, blind men who see only as he

Holiness Unfolded When we separate holiness from Christ himself, the pursuit of holiness inevitably becomes mechanical or individualistic — the solution to a spiritual equation or the effect of my brute will. But genuine holiness is neither mechanical nor individualistic: it is, in the first place, relational.

And so, when Paul turns the corner from Colossians 2 to Colossians 3, he shifts our eyes from the futility of self-sanctification to Sanctity himself: If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. . . . For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. (Colossians 3:1, 3).

Your life — your true life — is hidden with Christ, the Holy One.

touches our eyes.

J.I. Packer draws out the conclusion: “The holiest Christians are not those most concerned about holiness as such, but those whose minds and hearts and goals and purposes and love and hope are most fully focused on our Lord Jesus Christ” (Keep in Step with the Spirit, 134).

How, then, do we prevent the pursuit of holiness from becoming a clever shield that keeps us from Christ? Ultimately, we are in desperate need of the Holy Spirit, who dwells within us in order to daily draw us to Christ (John 16:14). Yet consider one modest proposal for welcoming his ongoing ministry to that end: when you sit down to read, pray, or hear God’s word, do not settle for anything less than communion with the living Christ.

There is no equation here. Only something far better: A Savior who is always ready to visit with us, commune with us, and show us his glory. And, in doing so, to make us holy as he is holy.

M I N I S T E R G O B A C K T O B A S I C S O F T H E O F J E S U S C H

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PROPHET JOSEPH YAMKELA God’s anointed Servant, a Prophetic Voice, Charismatic & Transformational Leader, Visionary Leader, Market Leader, Author and Apostle Jesus Reigns Tv

The primary purpose of each of the fivefold

There are times when people meet you for only

Ministry Gift is to equip the Saints for the work

a solution, that's not a problem but that's the

of Ministry, the secondary purpose is to

time you should use the opportunity to

establish the kingdom of God through Soul

introduce them to the Source of Solutions.

Winning.

A Pastor who heals, prophesy's and delivers Soul winning is the uttermost and the most

people without introducing them to Jesus is not

important part of everything we do; whether

different from a sangoma (witchdoctor) or

you are a Prophet, Pastor or Apostle your most

fortune teller who practices in the name of

important duty is to win Souls. Once you stop

Jesus.

winning souls for Christ you are no longer working for God but working for yourself; you

It doesn't matter how many times you mention

see there's a difference between solving

His name in your practice as long as you are not

people's problems and saving their souls, when

introducing people to Him you are not working

you Solve their problems you introduce them to

for Jesus Christ but yourself. The first error of

the power of God's Spirit but when you save

amateur prophetic ministers is to focus on the

their Souls you introduce them to the source of

power and neglect the source of Power, loving

Power which is Jesus Christ Himself.

the gift more than the Giver of the gift. Without Jesus Christ every Spiritual Gift is not different

A person can be able to solve ones problem yet

from that of the children of darkness. The only

not introduce that person to the Lord Jesus. It's

difference between a Prophet of God and that

possible to cast demons, heal the sick and

of satan is Jesus, once Jesus is the Centre and is

prophesy to people and still not win them for

Highly exalted above all, this is what makes the

Christ. Winning people for Christ is not about

difference today between false and true

them gathering around you in numbers or

ministries.

them filling up the church and overflow, winning them for Christ it means introducing

When people come to us, they come because

them to the Source, Jesus Christ and building

they need Jesus Christ not just the Gifts.

their personal relationships with Jesus Christ.

Our greatest advantage is to use our Gifts to

The greatest desire of every Minister of God

bring them close to Jesus by equipping them to

should be to be like our Lord Jesus Christ. There's

build an independent relationship with Him. It's

no perfect example like Him, even the apostle

good that I'm the one who is saying this,

Paul says imitate me as I imitate Christ.

because if it was another pastor they would say he is is jealous because he cannot prophesy or

Unless we are imitators of Jesus then all that we

cast demons. At least all those I can do and

do for Him is all in vain and vanity. Who wants

even more than those who claim to be experts

after working for Him to be told in that day, go

or major in them, yet in all that I'm not phased.

away from me I do not know you?

As the Apostle boasts and says: "I thank the

Are you prepared to meet Him and what will you

Lord I speak in more tongues than any of you". I

Account when He asks you what have you done

will also say I'm far gifted than you can ever

for Him..? You see success in this World is not

imagine but I'm not phased by any Gift. Because

always a guarantee of success before God, He

to me Jesus Christ is the Greatest Gift I have

weighs in the intents of the heart and He judges

ever received from God, if I will have an

the motives of man.

opportunity to show off or to boast about God's gifts, Jesus Christ will be my Greatest Delight.

God is not impressed by how many people we Heal, Prophecy and Deliver everyday but He is

Our Salvation is more important than all earthly

more delighted about how many we save

vanities, the Bible is clear that all these things

everyday. Heaven Rejoices at the Salvation of

will pass away but only Faith, Hope and Love

Souls not at the filling up of Church pews and

will Remain. Jesus Christ is the embodiment of

stadiums. Unless we are focused on the right

the Three, He is Faith, Love and Hope

things then the Ministry becomes just one of the

personified. If I give you Jesus Christ I have

Social Practices or Clubs this world has.

given you the best there is. Building up God's people through the Word and equipping them

We need to redefine the Prophetic Ministry into

to mature in their Faith will help the Church to

it's essence and primary purpose which is to

move into a higher realm of the Spirit.

witness about our Lord Jesus Christ. In Revelation 19:10 it clear that the Spirit of Prophecy Testifies

Now the Church is full of Spiritual Babes, who's

about Jesus Christ. Once we reveal Jesus through

only desire is to get milk when there's greater

the Ministry we have fully done what it meant for;

spiritual foods to feed on. The church is still

It's time for all Ministers of the Gospel to speak

walking in immaturity of Faith and failing to

like John the Baptist when he saw him appearing

progress because of the Immature Ministers

he said "I Will decrease for him to Increase" you

who are unskilled in the Word of Truth.

have to reach a position of giving Jesus back His Altar, Give Him Back His Pulpit and His people.

The Primary Purpose of being a Minister of God is teaching the Word of God with simplicity and

Jesus Christ wants to be the Centre of Exaltation

doctrinal accuracy, that's why every Prophet of

in the World today and the failure to do this, will

the new Testament has to be built upon the

cause a serious reshuffling. Those who were the

doctrine of Christ through the apostles so that

first will become the last very soon. Anyone who

he doesn't error in his Faith. Jesus Christ is the

has been using the Pulpit for selfish gain and for

Greatest Model of a Walk of a Prophet. He is an

playing games will soon see the back Seat. God is

example of the entire fivefold Ministry, He gives

taking over the Nations of the World and Is

a pathway for every Minister to follow.

Raising True Prophetic and Apostolic Believers all over the world...

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a n i h a r a S ayoyo M

We at Beauty & The Gospel have been honoured to interview South Africa's BUT GOD enthusiast, SARAHINA MAYOYO. A woman of God who has been through the most, BUT GOD. By the grace, she has allowed Yeshua to use her life experiences to heal the broken hearted and give sight to the blind.

1.Firstly, who is Jesus Christ to you?

To me, Christ is the human interaction or character of God Almighty, the Grace and Mercy Personality of God that was introduced for my benefit – for me to have a more humanly in-depth experience of God. I believe because in olden eras, the human understanding of God was a Deity impossible to approach and if one does will die instantly because His Perfect Being was too much for our sinful state; God decided to Express Himself in a Person that will understand our level and will also be like us to make Him approachable. I see the Yeshua character of God as Mercy for me. To enable me to see God’s loving heart toward me. So, even for a wretched human like me who would run far away from God the Father’s presence because it judged me without Him talking, I can run toward God even if I’m filthy because of this Man Yeshua. That’s Who He Is to me!

2.How and when did you get Born Again?

Interesting question😁. I grew up in a religious home and faith, as a result I got baptized at the age of 15 because it was the right thing to do. I had no concept of what that meant, but it felt good being celebrated by everyone for having taken such a big step.

Then life happened hectically. I, at some point, rejected God because I just couldn’t connect the God I was told loved me to the pain I was going through. Well, that’s a whole other story which I open up about in my book. But, it was on 2008 when I really grasped the meaning of my decision to be baptized (to be born again). I understood the symbolism of the death by submersion in water to arise a new being. So, it was in 2008.

3. What do you wish you were told about your journey with King Jesus?

That it’s not all milk and honey, in fact it’s more like Aloe and vinegar . On a more honest note, I wish I’d been taught more about God’s love, instead of being hammered about His judgement. I grew up with an image of a God Who was always unsatisfied with me; and now I discover a God Who had always been smiling at me and cheerleading me on. It would have saved me from many terrible decisions, thinking that God was just not pleased with me anyway, so I might as well be that reject He sees me as.

4. Your life story consists of sexual abuse and depression which was inflicted by those close to you. How did that affect your outlook on your life, men and Yeshua?

Shew, in a nutshell I’d say those experiences broke trust completely for me. I didn’t trust anyone ever, after that incident, especially God because I felt in all the people I felt let me down, He was the worst because He was the only One Who could’ve stopped it but He didn’t. I had a dark anger that occupied my heart, more towards men and a thirst for revenge. I would hear the say, “Vengeance is the Lord’s”, but I’d be like, since He failed me by not protecting from the abuse, I think I can handle the vengeance on

as a result I divorced God so that I could be a

The 5 year old me was “in love" or addicted to

demon in peace. It messed me up and

him, my teenage self missed him but was also

warped my perspective of life completely.

hurt by him, my young adult self was pissed-off at him and my stronger adult self demanded

5. You’ve dedicated a book on your life

revenge on him. So, my life was consumed by

experiences titled: “I fell in love with my

this person and as a result my life was wrapped

abuser, BUT GOD”. How did you get to the

around his pinkie finger. That’s what I’m dealing

point of falling in love with your abuser?

with in my book, how unresolved pain and

Are you sure you have enough pages for this

trauma make us prisoners to our abusers

answer😊. The way in which the abuse was

without us even being aware.

done to me, played a lot on my emotional needs and groomed me to be addicted to my

6. Would you say it’s common for people to

abuser because I needed his validation and

fall in love with their abuser?

attention. He was giving me the attention I so

Highly common. It’s very subtle and can go

desperately needed and it didn’t matter how

undetected. Whatever consumes you and is the

he was giving it, as long as I was getting it. So

object of your most intense emotions, has your

that’s the face value meaning of how I fell in

undivided attention. See, we think to be “in love"

love with my abuser. But, on a more high

is to have romantic feelings only towards a

level understanding, which is mostly what I’m

person. But, ait’s actually a person who can stir

referring to with this title is how I then

all of our emotions intensely. Many of us have

became used to the abuse, such that I didn’t

people we haven’t forgiven or are still very angry

know anything else besides it, as such I

with. Those people have occupied a very

always looked for it in all my relationships

important position in our heart and we’re not

after. My understanding of love was so

even aware because we’re not feeling emotions

perverted that to me if someone didn’t have

of love towards them – but we’ve made them

that streak of abuse or violence, he didn’t love

matter that much to our lives that they feature.

me. I always fell for men who resembled my abuser, and that made sense to me. It even

7. Your life did not just end in depression and

got to a point where I became my abuser, I

abuse BUT GOD. Share with us about this, BUT

assumed his character and became abusive

GOD experience?

too, to those I “loved", and to myself. I could

I’ll definitely have to summarize this answer

no longer make a distinction between love

because this is 80% of my book. I believe at God’s

and revenge. I had assumed his position

appointed time He brought healing to me in a

because he was the object of my whole

way that was relevant to me.

emotional existence.

My whole entire journey, I always had

8. Did you ever think what you went through

questions that I believe were crucial to my

would be your ministry today?

healing. I wondered where this LOVING God

What??? Ministry??? Me??? Nope! And I still don’t

was when I was being molested? Why did He

somehow . I think it is definitely God’s Ministry

not stop it since He was All Powerful and

though. He knew the “Why" of it all. You see, I’m

Knowing? Did He not love me? Was I not

not running a ministry even now, I’m just living

worthy of His love and protection? Did I even

my life as real as possible. But in that authentic

matter or exist to Him? So, God brought me

living, God sees fit to use parts of my journey for

healing by dealing directly with these

His ministry. Just like Peter and them were not

questions through a man I met, unaware it

running a ministry, they were honestly living their

was a setup from God. When I met this man,

lives, fishing and going about their business;

for me it was like meeting all the other men

when God decided to use their boat for His

before and I responded the way I usually did.

ministry and ever since then. That’s why I can

But, there was something very different with

never then boast about it at all, I’m just blessed

this particular man. The way he treated me

and privileged by it because God saw it fit to

was not like the way I was used to being

include me in the great work He is doing. This

treated, and that intimidated me. I soon

helps me not have preconceived notions about

wanted to regain my control of the situation

any moment of my life, I’m still the human being

and the best way for me to do that was to

who makes mistakes, who falls, who gets hurt

push this man into what I know every man to

and miss the mark now and again,,, BUT GOD!

be about – an abuser. I did things to push him

That’s the power of this declaration. It’s relevance

to violence so that I can prove my theory and

is not only limited to my past experiences, it’s an

be right about men, but this man didnt

everyday reality for me where I end a day of

budge. He loved me in a way I’ve ever known

victories and loses with #ButGod. Also, in my

love and I couldn’t take it. I can only coin it by

journey, it’s the comma that precedes this

saying, “his love broke my walls down brick by

declaration that brings power to my story. From

brick", and that’s when I discovered that God

listening to my journey, many may refer to me as

has always loved me, throughout my journey

a rape victim, promiscuous girl, prostitute,

and it took using this man’s heart and me

alcoholic, and and and.... But I then say don’t end

causing it pain, to show me just how much.

there, out a big comma after those titles and add

This experience is shared in-depth in my

But God transformed her to become a wife,

book, but it was in God’s answers to my

mother, ceo, speaker, life coach, author, and and

questions that healing truly flowed to me. His

and.... The But God phrase is to inspire everyone

answers made sense of my pain. And that’s

to refuse to settle with only the first parts of their

what gave birth to my famous quote, “When

journey, there are new chapters God is aching to

Your Pain Meets Your Purpose, Your Destiny

write about you that look nothing like where you

Gets Birthed”!

come from. So, remove the full stop and put a comma after your painful past story, and give

@sarahina_mayoyo

God the room to jot down what He thinks of you.

but

G O D

9. In the midst of your pain by the grace of

My relationship with my husband revealed God

God you met your husband who you

to me in a way that a church pulpit would’ve

weren't interested in, let alone marriage

never been able to. I got to experience God’s love

BUT GOD. Take us back to that day he

in a tangible way through that man, and that was

stepped into your life and told you he was

crucial to my healing I believe because it was a

going nowhere and whatever demon you

man who messed up God’s image in my life – so

faced he’d be there. I mean how has his

it was fitting for God to use a man to fix it. My

presence impacted your life till date?

husband is a man like any other, but what I’m

He is that man that I fought who was

grateful for is his obedience to be a vehicle for

adamant to fight through my high-walled

God’s healing in my life. And after that, in our

fence. At first I was like, who is this crazy man

journey of marriage God restored him back to his

and what did he want from me? Like, Who

position of being my husband. That is important

sent you? I actually got scared of him because

so that I don’t set my husband up and make him

I couldn’t figure him out, which meant I had

a God, but for God to remain in His position in

no control where he was concerned and that

my life. But right through our lives he’s always a

was not good for me because control was a

strong influence of God in our family, a true High

big thing for me. The moment you’re

Priest.

probably referring to is on of the most defining moments of my life; when I felt

10. It’s certain you had to learn to forgive

cornered because I was losing control and

yourself, life and the abusers. How did you

when my anger reached level of rage and I

learn to forgive, get strength and courage to

was ready to hurt this man for good and get

forgive and the importance of forgiveness as

put of that relationship. I had an object on me

stated in the Word of God?

that I was planning to use to get rid of him,

This was the most difficult part of my journey

and at that moment he said the words that I

because I didn’t want to do it. I felt it was unfair

believe God used to crush the last brick in my

to expect it from me with all that I went through.

defences. Standing in front of me, with me

My journey to FORGIVENESS was most definitely

ready to hurt him he said, “whatever it is

not smooth sailing. But, through that journey I

you’re fighting with in there – I want you to

learnt so many valuable lessons which I treasure

tell it it’s time to go because I’m not going

and use in my daily life. Firstly, I learnt that

anywhere”. That broke my last form of

forgiveness is not for deserving people, it’s

defence and tears rolled down my face. I

actually for those who can’t afford or earn it. And

couldn’t understand why this man loved me

I learnt this the hard way, because in my journey

that much, but I also was recognizing the

God brought up my own evil acts. I only had one

involvement of a higher Source because there

question to answer; did I deserve forgiveness?

was no way this man could know my story so

After watching my own life and remembering

it had to be Someone Who knew me well Who

some of the terrible things I had done, I realized

was saying those words.

how much I didn’t deserve to be forgiven,

yet I was and I received it. It was mercy that I

I wouldn’t have merged with my purpose and I’m

was forgiven – which then meant even the

a firm believer that without purpose, one is

next person would deserve forgiveness

already not living.

through mercy, by grace. Once I acknowledged my own gift of being forgiven

12. Sometimes are unable to move forward

by God, I had to forgive myself too. Another

because we don’t want to overcome/ let go of

very difficult aspect, forgiving myself.

our traumatic experiences and end up

Thereafter, it became easier – not easy – but

making excuses. How dangerous is that?

easier to extend it to another. But, the

It’s a very tricky one because at times it’s not by

ultimate reason why I was able to forgive

intentional choice, we just don’t know how to let

those who had hurt (most especially my

go or it’s just difficult to overcome the pain. But, I

abuser) was the story of Joseph (coat with

believe we all need to make the first move,

many colours). The moment God made sense

attempt to get well by allowing ourselves to

of Joseph’s journey, when He gave Joseph the

receive help. Sometimes pride is the cause of our

purpose for his pain; Joseph was able to

inability to heal because we’re not willing to

understand that it was God who wanted him

receive help. Holding on to past pain and hurt is

in Egypt. There was a bigger plan beyond his

dangerous because you do it at the expense of

brothers. That’s why Joseph was able to say,

your future. See, the problem is that your future

“there’s nothing to forgive, God wanted me in

cannot have a chance to be what it’s supposed to

Egypt.” This is what God did for me too, when

be because it has your past trauma as a ceiling.

He answered my questions, He revealed His

So, it is always in the past’s mercies. And your

greater purpose for my life and I could jo

present just doesn’t exist in that scenario

longer live my life giving credit to an abuser; it

because you spend it running away from the past

was God because He could see into the

and anxious about the future. Free yourself by

future, the 21st century when the scourge of

allowing healing to flow and buy yourself some

abuse will be a pandemic and knew there

years back of your life.

would be a woman called Sarahina who will say comma But God, abuse is not a life

13. The Lord Jesus literally changed your

sentence, we come out of it. “When Your Pain

name to Sarahina. What does it mean, how

Meets Your Purpose, Your Destiny Gets

did it happen and how has it changed your life

Birthed!”

(it’s significance)?

I received this name in the year 2010, which was

11. Had you not forgiven do you think

a year of many happenings in my life. My

you’d still be alive?

husband and I were planning to get married and

I know I’d be dead for sure, after I would have

so we were living in different places. This one

been a dead-man walking. There’s an

particular night, I had a dream, which felt more

empowering freedom that comes from

like a vision. It was so clear and I was just sitting

forgiveness that motivates you to keep living.

in an empty space where a voice with so much

I think had I not forgiven,

authority said, “your name is no longer Sinazo.

Your name is Sarahina.” I woke up, shocked

We want the listener to see themselves in the

and slightly confused. The next day my

conversations and get triggered to do something

husband (then fiancé) came over to visit and I

about the reality they are not happy with;

was aching to share this dream with him. As I

whether it is talk about it or actually get help to

was about to tell him that my name changed

deal with it.

to... He immediately stopped me and said, “please don’t tell me your name is Sarahina.

16. How powerful are words and how can we use them in our lives to bring about a change?

The meaning of the name is, “Mother of

Words are potent! The Word of GOD says, “life

Nations and Blessed Womb”! God said,

and death are in the tongue"! God used Words to

because I was routed to destroying lives

create the universe and continues to use the

(especially of men), but now I was re-routed

Word to keep us even today. Words don’t just

to restore and save lives.

speak to the ears, the go straight to the heart and like seeds to fertile ground fall into the soil of

14. How important is it for us to wait

our souls and bear fruits. Now, depending on the

patiently for that BUT GOD manifestation

kind of words (seed) dropped, we’ll know by the

in every sphere of our lives?

results (tree).

It is crucial to wait for it and also be aware because some of us miss it, because it may

17. If King Jesus were to visit you for one day.

not look the way you thought your

What would you say to Him and how would

turnaround should look. Allow God to do it

you spend the rest of the day with Him?

Himself for you. Don’t predict or pre-empt it.

I’d like to answer this question not hypothetically

Have an expectation, most certainly, don’t

because I truly and honestly believe that I get

dictate.

these visits very often and how I spend the day with God differs. Some days I literally sit still like

15. You’ve recently launched a talk show

Mary and keep quiet and He just speaks to me

“chatting with Sarahina” what

such words of comfort, and this happens a lot

propelled/inspired this and what you wish

when I’m feeling down or overwhelmed. My

it imparts to the listener?

husband even knows, at the end of that day I’ll

What I realised in my entire journey from

tell him that it was Date-Day with God and he’ll

when I was young is that real communication

even comment that he can see from my mood

has been a luxury for us especially in our

that it was one of those. Some other Date days

Nguni culture.

include God coming through in the form of a stranger in need of the kind of help that I can

Chatting with Sarahina is a platform we’ve

give at that particular moment. After an incident

created to respond to this challenge where

of that nature, I always utter these words in my

we open up about real issues and have

car, “it was good to see You today"! It’s an

unfiltered conversations about the things that

amazing personal relationship that only God and

happen in our lives on a daily basis.

I understand😊.

“When Your Pain Meets Your Purpose, Your Destiny Gets Birthed!”

CONTRIBUTOR

Don’t Look

BACK Being comfortable for too long in a season can be detrimental to our spiritual walk because when we are familiar with comfortability we become complacent in an environment, season and mindset that we should have graduated from. We delay the process in our lives for God to do something new and self-sabotage our purpose and calling.

A person who gets too comfortable in a season that expired experiences droughts, unnecessary hardships, financial burdens and double-mindedness.

Their experiences are a reflection of their lack of faith in God and their stubbornness to submit to His perfect will. The Israelites were people who had become too familiar with being enslaved to the Egyptians. They wanted to be free physically from their past as slaves but mentally they did not want to endure the process it would take for them to live out their freedom.

@monicatheophilus founder @amomentwithmonica, minister, prayer warrior , author, writer and contributor at beauty&thegospel magazine .

The same tongue they used to cry out to God for deliverance was the same tongue they used to complain against Him (doublemindedness), even after He proved to them that He would bless them and bring them to a promised land flowing with milk and honey (Exodus 3:17). @beautyandthegospel

CONTRIBUTOR God repeatedly declared fruitfulness over them yet, many of them never got a chance to dwell in it as a result of their heart posture. God cannot move in a person’s life who wants everything to always be the same. Someone who does not want to fight for their breakthrough, pray and fast for their healing and deliverance and especially someone who complains against Him whenever He attempts to get them out of their comfort zones in order to elevate them. Un-comfortability gives birth to longsuffering, perseverance, resilience and endurance which helps us when pursuing our purpose. God knows in order for us to be sustained while living for Him we have to know how to handle pressure and frustration. If we do not learn how to manage uncomfortable learning curves in our lives we will not be able to master our current season which will lead us to repeating cycles just like the Israelites. The Israelites wondered for forty years in the wilderness since they were indecisive about trusting God. Their journey to the promised land was only supposed to take a few days however, their unwillingness to yield to the new thing God wanted to do delayed them.

It’s okay to be shaken when God speaks to you about the major moves He has planned for you but, it’s not okay to run from Him because you feel uncomfortable.

Trust that even though where He is taking you is bigger than you could have ever imagined, He will not let you face it alone.

Perhaps you are the first entrepreneur in your family and you feel overwhelmed, be still and let God show you how to work your way through it. He will send you mentors and coaches who will equip you.

Maybe you are the bloodline breaker in your family, you’re different and you don’t know how to deal with all of the spiritual attacks. Pray and ask God for guidance , purchase books and watch videos on how to combat spiritual warfare. If you are called to a new position on your job and feel underqualified remember God qualifies the called . He knows you are more than capable of succeeding.

God knew why He called you out of comfortability. It’s time to stop looking back and for you to accept the mantle on your life. God says, “Forget the former things do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV.

@beautyandthegospel

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Sanitize Your Spirit written by : Jentezen Franklin

“Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

—James 4:8 When we're in the presence of God, there should be rejoicing! What an amazing gift it is to be in His presence. But your hands must be clean and your heart pure. Don’t touch holy things without clean hands.

We are going through an international pandemic and clean hands are an absolute must to help us steer clear of COVID-19. But we also need to cleanse our hearts. We need to wash our hands in public, but we need to clean our heart privately. The pandemic has caused us to really examine how much of God is in our lives and our homes when we do not have church.

Key Scripture

II Samuel 6:3-9; Psalm 24:3-5; James 4:8; Colossians 3:5; Colossians 3:8; Galatians 5:1921

Key Points 1. If you will let Him, God will wash your heart. Repentance is paramount to the Christian experience.

2. Clean hands without a pure heart will still crucify people. Examine your words this past week. Have they crucified someone? Social media has heightened criticism and exposed ugly hearts.

3. Guard your heart with all diligence. We all picked up some filth during the pandemic and we must repent and clean our hands AND our heart.

4. We cannot casually approach God. God is a holy God, and we must stay clean and purify our hearts as we enter the presence of God. Lift up HOLY hands that are clean.

Ask God to cleanse your hands and your spirit.

5. Dirty hands cannot handle the holiness and power of God. You need a revival of clean hands and a clean heart.

9. You have to sanitize your spirit. Put to death the members of your body.

10. You need to guard your ears. The music you listen to needs to be examined BEFORE it is allowed to enter your mind and so do the words of others.

Final Thoughts We can’t keep dirty hands and dirty hearts and expect the Presence of God to be a part of your life. Ask God to cleanse your hands and your spirit. Some of you have picked up some things during this pandemic that are more deadly than COVID-19 because it is infecting your spirit and you have to get clean again. Even the language you use, if it is filled with profanity, it needs to be cleansed. You can’t climb that holy hill with filthy hands and an impure heart.

Commit to being back in church again. The most dangerous time for the church will be when the restrictions are lifted. So many are adrift and need to get back into church and into His Spirit. It’s time to cleanse your hands in the blood of Jesus. There is power in the blood.

Purify your heart by simply offering it fully to God with no reservation. God has so much for you and your future, but it starts and ends with the Presence of God in your life.

6. Make sure you prepare yourself to touch the presence of God. Guard your heart and your mind. Don’t take the presence of God for granted.

7. Anyone who is going to serve God must wash their hands before returning to service. As you return from the pandemic restrictions, don’t come with your gift of service to the Lord with dirty hands.

Cleanse your hands and purify your hearts.

8. Clean your hands and purify your heart, and God’s presence will come. You are asking for the Presence of God, but He will not touch dirty hands.

Jentezen Franklin

REMINDER

IT'S YOUR TIME FOR RESTORATION SHEPHERD HILL COMMUNITY

"And I Will RESTORE TO YOU THE

The Almighty GOD is a restorer.

YEARS that the locust hath

The first mention of the word

eaten, the cankerworm, and the

'restore' in the Bible

caterpillar, and the palmerworm,

(Genesis.20:17), shows the

my great army which I sent

urgency GOD places on our

among you." Joel 2:25.

restoration- GOD said: 'restore now'. It is important for you to know that GOD did not plan your

"For I Will RESTORE HEALTH UNTO

losses, but He promises you a

THEE, and I will heal thee of thy

restoration of at least twice of

wounds, saith the LORD......"

what you have lost according to

Jeremiah 30:17.

Isaiah.61:7 and we see it-

fulfilled in the life of the man Job-

However, as you see GOD restoring

Job.42:10.

some things, start thanking Him in anticipation of what is coming and

GOD is not just restoring to you

that to GOD is your faith at work.

what you lost in the last one year,

For example, don't wait till your

but all you have lost over the

health is fully restored, if you

years according to Joel 2:25-

notice any improvement, start

opportunities, relationships,

giving GOD thanks; and the GOD

finances, health, your zeal for

who cannot lie(Numbers 23:19;

GOD, your enthusiasm for life,

Titus 1:2), will finish what He

your joy, peace, that once

started. Hallelujah!

flourishing business, that lost investment and everything that

The GOD you can predict is not

the devil has stolen from you.

Almighty. He said in 2 Kings 3:17 that, you may not see the rain or

One thing is needful for you to do,

see the wind, yet the valley shall

and that is to stop focusing on the

be filled with water. Don't ask how

losses and start expecting the

the water got there if GOD said it.

restoration as GOD had promised even before the losses. Whatever

When your restoration comes, the

you lost that will not add value to

only way to guard against another

your life or glorify GOD may not

loss is to put GOD and His

be restored but something much

Kingdom at the centre of

better will come to you faster

everything that concerns you. If

than you can imagine in Jesus

you allow GOD have full claim of

name.

ownership of everything you have, they become too secured for the

Somebody reading this message

enemy to gain access to. For

will experience this restoration

example, don't get back your lost

from today and it won't stop till

wealth or health and start

all the enemy has stolen come

squandering them on frivolities

back to you. Never doubt what

that won't bring glory to GOD. I

GOD can do if He made a promise.

pray and believe that YOUR

Iike Job's restoration marked the

RESTORATION BEGINS NOW in

end of his captivity, so will yours

Jesus mighty name.

be in Jesus Christ name.

Paraphrasing Isaiah 42:22, the bible says, the people continued in their captivity because nobody said: RESTORE. Therefore, you never stop saying: RESTORE, till all your losses are back double.

THE BLESSED LIFE TEACHINGS BY: PASTOR ROBERT MORRIS WONDERS OF PROVISION So you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Deuteronomy 28:14 “God wants to teach you about giving so that you can teach the Body of Christ.” Those words stayed at the forefront of our minds in the amazing months that followed that night at the pizza parlor. Debbie and I were wide open to anything God wanted to teach us.

And, as a result, we saw God work wonders of provision over and over.

Sometimes He would prompt us to trust Him and give. Other times, He would use someone else to bless us unexpectedly.

For example, not long after that life-changing night, Debbie and I were at an in-home Bible study where we spoke with a couple who was about to leave on a missionary trip.

They had asked us to pray for them before they left. They particularly requested prayer for their finances. “We don’t quite have all the money this trip will require,” they told us.

They did not mention the amount needed but, as we prayed, I had a strong impression that the amount was $800.

At that point in our lives, $800 sounded like a very large sum of money. But we had it, because of the amazing tenfold blessing we had received at the pizza place.

That night, we were able to walk out to our car after the meeting and write a check. We caught them before they drove away and handed it to them. Of course, it was the precise amount they needed to be able to take that mission trip.

Frankly, it was the most exciting thing I had ever done. We were quickly beginning to discover how thrilling it is to be able to give when God tells you to do so.

Within the next few weeks, we had the encounter at the gas station I related in the last issue.

Shortly after that, we went out to eat with a man who had just purchased a new van. We all rode in it to the restaurant and were talking about how nice the van was and how excited for him we were. When we returned to his home, he said, “Help me get my stuff out of my van,” so I began to gather up his cassette tapes and other items he pointed out. After several trips, I asked, “Do you even want that umbrella out of there? And, by the way, why are you moving all this stuff inside?” is response was, “Because I’m giving you the van. But I need my umbrella!” “Excuse me?” I asked. He repeated, “I’m giving you this van.

God told us to.” Naturally, we were awestruck, grateful, and thrilled. The brandnew van had a value of more than $25,000!

Of course, that blessing raised another question. Now that we have this van, what do we do with the station wagon? It wasn’t much to look at, but it was good, reliable transportation.

After some prayer, we felt the Lord instructing us to give the station wagon to a family that we knew didn’t have a vehicle.

Almost immediately, someone we didn’t even know gave us another vehicle! “God told us to” was the familiar explanation. After more prayer, we gave that vehicle away as well.

Son, another one arrived to replace it. And then another one. And another one. Each time a vehicle landed in our driveway, we would give it away. And each time, another one would show up to take its place.

In the middle of this amazing sequence, God did something that, at first, puzzles us. In the case of one of the cars we were given, our prayer for direction brought this instruction from the Lord: “Don’t give this vehicle away.

Sell it.” At first, we weren’t’ sure we had heard God accurately. Seeking confirmation, we said, “Lord, are You sure You want us to sell this vehicle? We certainly have enjoyed giving them away.”

The clear reply came back, “No, I want you to sell the vehicle. I want you to sell it for $12,000.”

At church that weekend, a man walked up to me and said, “Hey Robert, would you like to sell that van?” Somewhat startled, I said, “Yes, as a matter of fact, I believe I’m supposed to sell it.” The man then said, “I think the Lord wants me to give you $12,000 for it. Is that acceptable?” Of course I sold him the vehicle.

The very next week we were scheduled to go on a mission trip to Costa Rica, so we put the $12,000 in the bank, awaiting instructions from the Lord on what to do with it. A few days later, we found ourselves in Costa Rica riding in a dilapidated old van owned by the missionary we were there to assist. I was genuinely concerned about whether we were going to make it to our destination.

At one point, I asked the missionary, “Why don’t you buy a new van? I think this one is about to die and go to be with the Lord!”

“As a matter of fact, I am about to get a new van!” the missionary said very excitedly, “Last week, I was driving by a car lot, and the Lord told me to stop. Then He pointed out a van to me and said, ‘I want to give you that van, so I want you to pray over it’; so I did! I don’t know how the Lord is going to give me that van,” he continued, “but I know He will!”

Sensing the hand of God, I asked him, “How much do they want for it?” I’m sure you have already guessed the answer: $12,000. With great joy, my wife and I were able to write the check for $12,000 as soon as we got home.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT The days of the blessed person are filled with divine coincidences and heavenly meaning. In other words, God is constantly showing His divine hand in situations so there’s no doubt in anyone’s mind that there’s a higher power at work. And there’s no greater joy than being right in the center of it all! In story after story, I relate the joy of giving vehicles, special missionary offerings, and other gifts. What is the most joy you have ever experienced from giving a gift?

devotions

The Word Your Greatest Asset

by Dr André and Jenny Roebert 2 Timothy 3:16 (ESV):"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness" The Word of God is the ultimate truth - always, and in every situation.

Written on its pages is wisdom for life and when we follow its instructions we are led into abundant life, full of purpose and power.

Hiding God's Word in our hearts, choosing to have it dominate our thoughts, and speaking in line with its truth leads to a life of success and prosperity. When we by-pass its timeless truth or fail to realize its potency, we rob ourselves of life and favour (Proverbs 8:35-36).

Scripture builds our faith, corrects our wrong mindsets and trains us in righteousness. When we make it the first priority of our lives it literally transforms our characters to be just like Christ. Today, as you spend time in the Word, trust the Holy Spirit to help you understand what you are reading and show you how to practically apply it to your life. You will find every instruction has a wonderful promise or beneficial result attached to it. Beyond just learning about what it teaches, know it's alive and will energise and enable you to walk in its ways too.

FEATURED

THE

EMPTY

TOMB BY: MATT HAGEE

1 Corinthians 15:14 tells us, “And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty.”

If Christ is not risen, then we are not forgiven. If Christ is not risen, then we have no hope of ever gaining entrance to heaven. There is no reason to rejoice.

But today (and every day), I am thrilled to celebrate the fact that we serve a RISEN Savior, and His name is Jesus Christ. He is alive and seated at the right hand of God the Father. And because He lives...so shall we live forever and forever in heaven with Him, as servants of the Most High God.

He is the victor over death, hell and the grave. He is triumphant over every power and principality. He is the Lamb of God who makes a way where there seems to be no way. He is the Lamb that was slain from the foundations of the earth that we might serve Him, and have a life filled with abundance.

The Friday before the resurrection was originally called Black Friday. It seemed like all hope was lost. But because of the exceptional display of love on Calvary’s Hill, we are heirs and joint heirs with Jesus. He took our sins upon Him and redeemed us. In the greatest display of love this world has ever seen...

the wages of our sin were paid in full by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. We owed a debt we could not pay; He paid a debt He did not owe.

We owe everything that we are or ever hope to be to Jesus Christ, the One who has washed us whiter than the driven snow, the One who has set us free from the past and paved the way for a bright tomorrow.

'' BUT TODAY (AND EVERY DAY), I AM THRILLED TO CELEBRATE THE FACT THAT WE SERVE A RISEN SAVIOR, AND HIS NAME IS JESUS CHRIST.''

The Friday before the resurrection seemed bleak.

No victory was in sight. But on that Sunday...on resurrection Sunday, we can say, “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? (1 Corinthians 15:55).”

Can you imagine the faces of the women who came to the tomb on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, to bring the spices they had prepared to lay on the body? The stone had been rolled away, and the (borrowed) tomb was empty.

They were certain that someone had stolen the body and then they heard this powerful message: “...Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here, but He has risen (Luke 24:5-6)!”

Can you imagine the impact of that statement?

He has risen!

In that moment, the world was given a Savior. In that moment, we were redeemed.

In that moment, we were set free. Jesus Christ paid the full price of our sins. We are no longer slaves to our past.

We are no longer shackled by heavy burdens. For whom the Son sets free is free indeed!

What looked like the worst day...turned into the best day. It was the darkest night before the brightest dawn, as man was given the gift of eternal life. It was a gift we will never be able to repay.

So, what are you doing with that gift? Are you sharing the Gospel message with others? Are you telling those around you that JESUS SAVES? The tomb is empty! Christ is RISEN! That is the greatest message that Christianity has ever heard.

One day very soon, we will be called up to meet our Savior face to face. What a day that will be! Are you ready? If not, get your house in order. Don’t miss out on the greatest gift ever given to man because you have believed the enemy’s message that there is plenty of time left.

No man knows the day or the hour. While we celebrate a risen Savior, we prepare for His triumphant return with every fiber of our being.

Make today count! Make your voice heard. Shout it from the rooftops.

CONTRIBUTOR

SERVING written by:

ANGUS & JILL BUCHAN Jill and I found Jesus as our personal Lord and Saviour on the 18th of February 1979, just two years after settling in Greytown, Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands, South Africa. Originally from Zambia, we bought a piece of land on which we planned to farm crops and livestock. We had very little to start with but even as brand new Christians, we were content with our farm, which we later called SHALOM.

JESUS ROSE FROM SUPPER AND LAID ASIDE HIS GARMENTS, TOOK A TOWEL AND GIRDED HIMSELF. AFTER THAT, HE POURED WATER INTO A BASIN AND BEGAN TO WASH THE DISCIPLES’ FEET, AND TO WIPE THEM WITH THE TOWEL WITH WHICH HE WAS GIRDED.”

I remember getting a lot of flak, years ago when

— JOHN 13:4-5 (NKJV)

Conferences - on more than one occasion, I was

John 21:13 (NKJV) “13 Jesus then came and took

to be humble and yet you are calling yourselves

the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the

we first started with the Mighty Men told "I thought that men of God were supposed mighty men". But they got it wrong - we are not

fish.”

mighty in ourselves but mighty in Christ, and

Jesus fed His disciples, He also washed their

through the work that the Lord Jesus Christ is

dirty feet. We need to imitate Christ, that is according to 1 Corinthians 11:1 (NKJV) where Paul says: Imitate me, just as I also imitate

that is a very, very distinct difference. It is doing, through our lives, that makes us mighty men.

Christ.”

I remember like it was yesterday, on a late-night

Remember the word minister according to the

who had no regard for the Mighty Men

Oxford Dictionary means ‘servant.’ So if we are ministers, we are servants.

radio interview program, a liberal disk jockey, movement, was trying to catch me out. He asked me a question: “Do you assist your wife with the housework... for example, do you vacuum-clean the house for her?”

My answer was a definite ‘No’. I think he was

He went around the side and saw a caravan

quite happy with his question because he

there and went and knocked on the door. This

thought he had caught me out, I could almost

was very late at night, not only had Reinhardt

hear him giggling in the background...

been preaching but he had also been praying for the sick. The caravan door opened and there

I answered: “We don’t own a vacuum cleaner. I

seated was all of Reinhardt Bonke’s attendants

use a broom to sweep the house out.”

and workers. Reinhard Bonke was standing there with an apron, around his waist and he

A man who has been a great encouragement to

was busy cooking a late supper for all his

me over many years is the late evangelist

workers.

Reinhardt Bonke. He preached the Gospel to millions of lost souls. I heard a story once, that

We need to be servants if we are going to be

someone was looking for him after one of his

effective witnesses for Jesus Christ.

big events, where he had his big tent.

Jesus bless you, Angus and Jill Buchan

LAW & FAITH

Chanelle Fairlene Pillay Chanelle Fairlene Pillay is a South African born, qualified attorney with her Masters in Business Law, and woman of faith! She is connected to the ministry known as The SuperNatural Church of Jesus Christ where she encountered more of the Lord and His dynamic plans for her life! Author of books titled :‘A SHEPHERD KING’ and AWAY FROM YESTERDAY all available on Amazon. @chanelle.fairlene

THE GREAT JUDGE In Luke 18, Jesus told of a story about a widow and a judge – a story that held a powerful lesson on God’s righteousness and desire to see His children answered and blessed.

In the story, there was a city judge who was not a God-fearing man. In that same city, was a widow. The widow had approached the judge seeking intervention. The judge did not give in to her request for some time, until one day, he said “… though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me…”

Jesus went on to say, “And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?”

It is comforting to know that within a country, there are earthly judges who are experienced and trained in the legal world to preside over matters in order to bring justice and relief to those who have been wronged. Yet, as believers, it is even more comforting to know that there is a Great Judge who is the Maker of Heaven and Earth ready and willing to hear and answer us when we call to Him.

LAW & FAITH

An earthly judge is one who executes his duties and responsibilities in line with the Constitution, and other legal frameworks of a country. So how does the LORD execute judgments? According to HIS WORD! The Bible says in Psalm 138:2 that The LORD has magnified His Word above His Name!

His decisions and answers are just, merciful, filled with truth, and is perfect- just like His Word!

An earthly judge should possess characteristics like integrity, honesty, have a heart for the truth, and wisdom! Our Heavenly Judge possesses these characteristics and so much more! The Word of God says: Isaiah 33:22 – The LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King, He will save us.

2 Peter 2:9 – The LORD knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations.

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Psalm 7:11 – My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

John 8:16 – And yet if I judge, my judgment is true!

If one is able to put their confidence and hope in earthly judicial systems and in a man who is not perfect and who may be unrighteous and ungodly – how much more should a believer put their hope and confidence in the Greatest Judge of all – the One who is Perfect, Righteous, Pure and Truth? For those who hope and trust in Him are never disappointed. And those who diligently seek Him will surely be answered and rescued!

CHANELLE WISDOM

"HIS DECISIONS AND ANSWERS ARE JUST, MERCIFUL, FILLED WITH TRUTH, AND IS PERFECT- JUST LIKE HIS WORD!" Chanelle Fairlene Pillay

T H E

W O U N D E D

S H E P H E R D S

'AN APOSTOLIC EPISTLE' epistle by: Prophet Joseph Yamkela

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Many Christians today are so much consumed on punishing and exposing false pastors, are always looking for the next pastor to blame for their misfortunes and punish.

Many churches have destroyed pastors more than anyone would realise today. According to statistics, everyday approximately 100 Pastors quit Ministry and every month at least 10 commit suicide.

What many don't realise is that you will also be individually held accountable on how you treated God's Servants.

Pastors are called and gifted to you by God, illtreating them is a direct insult to the God who gave them to you as a Gift.

How would you feel if you gave someone a car, and they instead decide to burn it because it didn't have fuel or it had a tire punch..? Wouldn't you not be angry and demand that they pay you back because of their ungratefulness?

We all get sad when we see people treating our gifts without care. Then imagine how God feels about the Church and Christians today who have destroyed many Pastors and caused a lot of injuries...?

The reality is, there are more true and genuine pastors than false, but because of the evil hearts of the people they glorified the false and focused on the wrong, now they left thinking that all are the same.

Because of this, they have destroyed even true Shepherds. As I'm talking to you right now, there's a pastor somewhere wounded, betrayed, neglected and hurt whilst trying to serve the Lord with nobody to cry to or bind his wounds many have lost their lives, their families, their livelihoods and peace in the work of God, in the battle for souls.

Yet the same Christians who got saved by a message from God's Servant will finish off that wounded soldier and destroy him/her so he never rises again.

How many Pastors have Christian Churches destroyed today? Imagine if the tables can be changed, instead of focusing of the false pastors we focus on false Christians who have abused and destroyed God's Servants.

The Lord has given me a burden to speak to our fellow Shepherds and Pastors in the field, they are struggling and wounded. Nobody wants to understand and lift their hands.

As it is written: "beat the Shepherd and the sheep will be scattered". We will protect our shepherds, we will lift our undervalued, despised and neglected voices and watchers over our nations and communities.

Pastors the Lord Jesus Christ sees your every effort, it is not forgotten or taken lightly, you are highly appreciated in heaven and never think our King does not care or see your Sacrfices and your pain.

SHEPHERDS ARISE, ARISE AND CONQUER, ARISE AND PICK THE SPEAR, YOU CHOSEN FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS.

CONTRIBUTOR

priceless

GIFT You have the life in Jesus Christ, the priceless gift that God released for all of us. This gift is for whosoever believes, believe today and receive this priceless gift of eternal life.

"In Him we live, we move and have our being", you cannot live without Him, you'll just merely exist. Many of us exist in this world, but there's more than that, choose Jesus and live life to your full potential that God made you to be. Grace upon grace, Amen .

Scripture reading: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

The love of God is amazing, He loved us all and chose us before we even knew Him. And for the record, there's nothing you can do to make God love you less. Because His love is a gift that none of us worked for. Before we can continue any further, I want you to know that you are loved by God and you are precious to Him.

Out of love God gave, His giving was purely on love.

How I wish we get a deeper meaning of this, then it can also influence our act of giving. God willing I'll share with you about giving some other time, now we are looking at the "Priceless Gift" from God. The scripture above says whosoever believe in His will have "eternal life". What Jesus came to give us is beyond what we can see. He came to give everlasting life.

Our salvation came through Him, we are assured of everlasting life because a gift was freely given.

Jesus said in the book of John 14:6, "I am the way and the truth and the" LIFE".

"In Him we live, we move and have our being", you cannot live without Him, you'll just merely exist."

PASTOR NTSAKO BALOYI

a servant of God, husband to Tiyiselani Baloyi and home made chef

@beautyandthegospel

HEALTH & FITNESS change is possible

TODAY

WRITTEN BY: TSHEGO MOLEKOA

JUMP ROPE TO JUMP START YOUR HEALTH JOURNEY I started the year 2021 with a new mindset! I knew that if I wanted to achieve overall health (emotional, physical, spiritual etc.) I needed to change my mindset. Change my mind about how I see myself, how I see health, how I see beauty and how I see God. I can definitely attest to that being the greatest decision I could have done for myself.

Having a renewed mind has assisted me in seeing the transformed me coming into fruition. It has also removed all the stress that comes with being anxious about my health or trying to fit into a certain mold, created and presented by the media at large.

For exercise I decided to try Jump rope,

inspired by the phenomenal Mapula Legodi (Her Instagram name is @mapula_legodi – for some more inspiration) who lost a whole lot of weight using jump rope. I did some research on those who have used jump rope as a means to lose weight and stay fit. What I found out made the idea of using the jump rope even more attractive.

This month marks the second month of jumping rope and it has been a truly exciting journey. Not only have I lost weight but I have also become more active. I have now incorporated jump rope in all my workouts. I started out with a 1000 jumps a day and now I can get to 5000 jumps with much determination. I know in the coming months I definitely will push the numbers.

I want to share with you why I think you should start Jump rope to Jump start your Health Journey, that’s is if the goal is to put in the cardio work in order to lose weight or keep fit.

1. Convenient You literally can take a jump rope anywhere, simply place it in a suitcase or handbag and you basically have your “gym” with you everywhere you go.

Take the jump rope with on a vacation, a work trip, or overnight visit. The jump rope literally can fit in any bag, unlike most exercise equipment that take up much space and are heavy.

2. Affordable exercise equipment An entry level jump rope can cost between R70 - R150. It can be purchased at most sports stores whilst the digital ropes which are very cool as they keep record of the number of jumps you do, as well as calories burned and km’s covered per jump rope session can be bought at a reasonable price too. To increase intensity try the weighted jump ropes.

THE HEALTH & FITNESS

3. If space is a limitation, then look no further One does not need much space to jump rope. A small corner in your bedroom, the space in your pavement outside the house, a kitchen, sitting room or even a passage can turn into a “gym”.

4. Not much coordination needed Most exercises are not so easy to master or do, as they require a lot of different movement which can be daunting for someone who is trying to kick start they weight loss journey. The basic jump rope move simply requires your feet to jump up a few inches from the ground.

5. Burns calories A quick 15 minutes’ session of intense jump rope can burn between 200 -300 calories. This is often more calories than other exercises if performed in the within a certain amount of time.

6. Reduces injury risk Unlike other means of exercises there is little risk of injury when jumping rope as opposed to running, cycling etc.

7. Improves heart health Nothing like a 15-minute session to get your heart pumping. It has been proven that jump rope is good for people who might have cardiovascular problems as it improves the amount oxygen one uses whilst working out. Remember to speak to your doctor if you have heart problems before attempting jump rope. @beautyandthegospel

8. Strengthens bone density Jumping rope will assist you with strengthening your bone density, making the bones stronger. This is particularly ideal for people with weak bones. Remember to speak to your doctor if you have bone problems before attempting jump rope.

9. Absolutely FUN Jump rope is great because it is fun!

The more you do it, the better your coordination. One can also try out a whole lot of other kinds of moves as opposed to the basically up and down move.

Check out these moves https://www.crossrope.com/blogs/blog/15-fun-jump-rope-exercises-to-boostyour-jump-rope-workouts/. Jump rope can be done by all people within all age groups including children.

Who would have thought that jump rope could present such great benefits?

Remember how we used to jump rope as kids at school, well it’s probably time for you to reconnect with that piece of rope and get your cardio in. Jump rope is definitely not only for the boxers who use it for warmups in the workout routines, but it’s for anyone who wants to jump start their health journey.

Whether you want to work out for weight loss or simply to keep fit, jump rope is a very lucrative option for you. So what are you waiting for go get yourself a jump rope and jump start your journey now!

THE HEALTH & FITNESS

@beautyandthegospel

Quick guide on how to Jump rope – For beginners 1. Don’t use an actual rope This sounds funny but actually works. Use an imaginary rope in the beginning to get your mind and body used to the idea of jump rope.

2. Get the RIGHT kind of rope Ensure you have a good and strong rope made of the correct material. If the rope is too weak, then the rope won’t go through your feet as you jump and it might cause issues.

3. Ensure adjustment of rope is correct Stand straight on the midpoint of your rope (feet slightly apart). Hold the rope up tightly and ensure the handles reach to your armpits. If your rope is not correctly adjusted, you risk get into a few “entanglement” lol 4. Perfect your jump Jump on the ball of your feet There is no need to fly high in the sky to allow the rope to go past your feet – Jumps can be kept at a half to one inches off the ground Bend your knees slightly as you jump up and down Don’t look down to your feet instead keep head up and look ahead Hands should be maintained along your waist Simply turn your wrist to move the rope up and down through your fee Have some fun

THE HEALTH & FITNESS SECTION

@beautyandthegospel

HEALTH TIP #8

''Jump rope is definitely not only for the boxers who use it for warmups in the workout routines, but it’s for anyone who wants to jump start their health journey. ''

A MEMORABLE MEAL Take just about any significant or memorable event in life, and chances are good there is a meal involved in some way. Something about eating food together creates a bond between people. And perhaps because when we eat we are utilizing so many of our senses at once – taste, touch, and smell – the event, whatever it is, is branded in our memory.

It is a night of solemn observance to the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, a solemn observance for all the children of Israel throughout their generations.

EXODUS 12:42

BY: JOHN HAGEE

A SOLEMN MEAL God perfectly understands this phenomenon, and so we should not be surprised that He commanded the Israelites to eat a meal before they left Egypt (see Ex. 12). Called the Passover, this meal was a memorable part of God’s wonderful deliverance of His people from Egyptian bondage. For this momentous meal, an unblemished lamb was sacrificed in each household. The blood of that lamb was sprinkled over the doorway of the home. As the lambs were roasting with bitter herbs, the Lord moved through the land of Egypt executing judgment. Homes that displayed the blood of a sacrificial lamb on their doorposts, He passed over.

This Passover meal became an annual festival for the Israelites. For generations to come, Hebrews ate unleavened bread and roasted lamb and were reminded of what God had done for their forefathers on that fateful night in Egypt.

More than merely looking back, the meal also pointed forward to an even greater deliverance God would perform. Over fourteen centuries later, Jesus Christ would come to earth as “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). He would be “without blemish,” or without sin (1 Pet. 1:19). He would be sacrificed for our sin (Heb. 10:12). His blood would be applied to our consciences (Heb. 9:1122). Is it any wonder that Paul identified Jesus as “Christ, our Passover” (1 Cor. 5:7)?

The night before He died, Jesus gathered with His disciples to celebrate one last time the great Passover feast.

As they ate, they remembered their nation’s physical deliverance from Egyptian slavery. Then Jesus called the group’s attention to an even greater spiritual deliverance that was imminent.

To help them (and us) remember this wonderful gift of salvation, Jesus instituted a new and different memorial meal of simple bread and wine. Called the Lord’s Supper, communion, or the Eucharist, the meal points to the Cross, the Resurrection, and all God does for us. There we have the ultimate expression of God’s infinite mercy and love.

A SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE Typically, Christians do not celebrate the Passover. But Christians do partake of the Lord’s Supper. The next time you hold that piece of bread in your hand, think about the Passover meal. You stand in a long line of people who have tasted the deliverance of God. And as you sip the grape juice, remember that it is the precious blood of Jesus Christ, “your Passover” that saves you from the slavery of sin.

Pastor John Hagee

devotions

Push Past Resistance

by Dr André and Jenny Roebert Acts 22:15 (NLT): "For you are to be His witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard."

In Acts 17:6 the believers were recognized as those who were "turning the world upside down" in the towns they passed through. The moment they entered this town, they were dragged in front of the authorities as trouble makers because they were expected to live up to that reputation in this town too. The believers were recognized by the works they were doing - undoing the work of the enemy, and setting people free to live for Jesus. Of course this was bad news for those who exploited and gained from the misery and oppression of others. When we go about causing change through preaching and demonstrating the pure Word of God, resulting in signs, wonders and miracles, just like Jesus and His early followers did - we can expect the same reaction. Understand, we carry power and authority to enforce the devil's defeat over people's lives and it will not come without resistance. Effectively living for Christ requires steadfast faith that pushes past resistance. True change and victory only comes by those who fearlessly and unapologetically stand for the truth of God's Word.

They relentlessly push back evil to see people set free and living the full life Jesus died for us to have. So make your stand today; push past resistance and be counted as one who follows Christ.

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Cynthia's Letters Passover – Counter-Culture Faith Beloved one, I hear the LORD crying out, “It’s time to run counter-culture, as Yeshua did when He walked upon this earth!” With the faith given to Him from Father’s Spirit of love and truth, Jesus righteously upturned the tables of the moneychangers in the temple, and healed the withered hand of a man on the Sabbath, defying the man-

which is a day set apart from our usual workday

made laws of His day. Passover, the most-

for the purpose of resting in the LORD and

celebrated Jewish holiday, recalls the story of the

cultivating our relationship with our Creator

Jewish people’s faith to follow God’s instructions

through the remembrance of His faithfulness.

for deliverance, even when it was counter-culture.

But holidays have lost their original meaning,

The Egyptian culture had denied the Jewish people

and they are no longer “holy days.” We have

opportunity to worship their God and reduced

exchanged the pursuit of God for pursuing

their lifestyle to that of servitude to the Egyptians

fleshly desires and living apart from our

for hundreds of years. Because Moses was

Creator. How many times have we heard, “wow,

sensitive to the voice of the LORD – “by faith … he

I need a vacation to recover from my holiday!”

refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

After returning to work from the weekend

choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the

Sabbath holiday or from any other holiday, God

people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures

desires His beloved ones to feel restored and

of sin, considering the reproach of Christ greater

filled by Him. Our culture lauds knowledge,

riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was

technology, and enlightenment apart from

looking to the reward. By faith he left Egypt, not

living in relationship with the Creator, and it is

fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as

resulting in sky-rocketing numbers of diseases

seeing Him who is unseen. By faith he kept the

and death related to stress and depression.

Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that

Today is the day to declare war on satan’s

he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch

culture that lives apart from relationship with

them. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as

God by going counter-culture and choosing to

though they were passing through dry land; and

celebrate Passover and God’s Appointed Days

the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were

as days to rest in the LORD and cultivate

drowned.” Hebrews 11:24-29

relationship with Father God through remembrance of His faithfulness. With faith and

Arise and begin your counter-culture faith walk in

spiritual vision, make your holidays, Holy Days

the LORD this year by celebrating the LORD’s

of the LORD through the rejection of work and

holidays as He originally intended for us, and not

technology on these holy days, and by keeping

as our culture does. A holiday stirs up hope for

a single-minded focus upon receiving His truth,

relaxation, relationships, and restoration of the

Word and love which restores your body and

body and soul. Indeed, the word holiday comes

soul!

from the words “holy day,”

CYNTHIA

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I Hear His Whisper . .

Your purpose is found in me You have asked me, “When will I find my destiny and true purpose for my life?” I tell you, now is the time for you to run with me. For out of intimacy with me your destiny is released. When you join your heart to mine, purpose is realized. As you lean in to my love, your will entwines with mine and my glory becomes evident, even in seasons of waiting.

Trust in me and lay aside every anxiety and form of impatience. Do not strive in your flesh or look to others to do for you what only I can do. Your help comes from me, and I will bring those who are necessary to assist you in your call. Expect my miracles to come to pass in your life, for I am the Father of Love. Even as my calling brought Abraham through the mysteries of my will, so now I will bring to pass the prophetic destiny of your life. What you see today will be changed in a moment. I will bring dramatic and rapid changes to your life, because you have sought me above all else.

Song of Songs 2:13 The Passion Translation Can you not discern this new day of destiny breaking forth around you?

The early signs of my purposes and plans are bursting forth. The budding vines of new life are now blooming everywhere. The fragrance of their flowers whispers, “There is change in the air.” Arise, my love, my beautiful companion, and run with me to the higher place. For now is the time to arise and come away with me.”

monthly devotions Karabo Lekwape, is the daughter of the Most High.

Who believes that without God you are nothing. She completed her Degree in BCom Accounting and is currently studying Post Grad in Financial Accounting.

Throughout her journey of life, she saw Gods amazing works and would advise that people ensure that they are running their race with God.. Pure Grace..

Introducing to you, monthly devotions by : KARABO karabo.lekwape

NEW BEGINNINGS Don’t remember the prior things; don’t ponder ancient history. Look! I’m doing a new thing; now it sprouts up; don’t you recognize it? I’m making a way in the desert, paths in the wilderness." — Isaiah 43:18-19 Dear Beloved, It’s easy to get stuck in the past and be held back emotionally, mentally, spiritually or even financially by what happened yesterday, last week or even last year but the only way to truly welcome a fresh start is to look forward, not back, to trust in Him and not lean onto our own understanding, to surrender all to Him and withhold nothing. Why? Because He is doing a new thing! We may not see it – but at the right time we will! Take a deep breath, envision the future that you want, and take that first step – Trust God - He knows Best!

Prayer: Father Lord, it’s by grace that you have kept me until this far. It’s a new year, new beginnings and you are doing a new thing. Help me to trust in You, hold my hand in every step I take and help me to remember that you still remain God in everything. Amen

saved by grace,

Karab0

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