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Darilyn Johnson
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arilyn Johnson was born to the parents of Prophet/Pastor Darrell D. Johnson and Evelyn L. Shankle of Fort Worth, Texas in 1983. As a child she had dreams of becoming a lawyer and helping the people in her community. As years went on Darilyn graduated in the top of half of her class, at Crowley High School; and later enrolled at Tarrant County College where she majored in Healthcare Administration and minor in Criminal Justice. In 2005, Darilyn Johnson enrolled at Concorde Career Institute/College, where she received her Certification in Medical Billing, Insurance, and Coding. After completing her course and graduating 4th in her class. Darilyn testimony was featured on the Concorde Career Institute/ College website. She soon became the face of the Concorde Career Institute Medical Billing, Insurance, and Coding Program. Darilyn Johnson later became active member of the Concorde Career Institute Advisory Board. Currently, Darilyn is attending the Liberty University, majoring in Business Law Administration and minor in Healthcare. Active member of Christ Cathedral Church of Arlington, Texas under Pastor Sherman C. G. Allen. A single mother of two children, Founder of Johnson’s House of Hope & Developments, Divinity Entertainment, Divinity Divine Magazine, and Public Relations Director for Stop The Violence Walk of Praise. Darilyn is a God fearing woman that has a strong calling upon her life to minster to others. Darilyn’s vision for Johnson’s House of Hope & Developments is to help the people improve in the weak areas of their lives. It’s Darilyn job to help everyone recognize their true purpose and identity in life. When you have discovered your purpose in life, you have discovered your identity and motive.. 3 Divine Divinity
Divinity Divine Magazine Divinity Divine Magazine seeks to encourage, elevate, mentor, empower, and uplift leaders, business professionals, women, men, and the youth. Our focus is to minister through pictures, the writing on the paper, and deal with the issues of life that others are afraid to discuss. There is a thirst for water and a hunger for a true word, in Divinity Divine Magazine mission is to fulfill that need. PUBLISHER/EDITOR IN CHIEF Darilyn Johnson ms.darilyn@yahoo.com www.johnsonhouseofhope.com Research Assistants Cynthia Johnson Ricky Johnson Art Kevin Dukes http://www.kdukesphoto.com Graphic Designer AJ Barnes ajbgraphix@gmail.com Designer AnToni Michelle Website www.AnToniMichelle.Com PR Marketing Susan Spain Su-sanspain@sbcglobal.net
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Divinity Ministerial Network Divinity Ministerial Network mission is to enhance, elevate, empower, and promote young Ministers, Preachers, Pastors, Prophets, Prophetess and to connect Christian business owners in a media and meeting environment. We strive to equip the Men and Women of God, to be more efficient and effective in their ministry while encouraging them to “FLOW” in their gifts. We have a passion to help Christian business owners grow their businesses and ministries, why providing a place for support, encouragement, and to financially impact the communities by encouraging those that are called to go forth. The vision of DMN does not consist of a small impact, but yet a global impact that will draw in many. For more information regarding booking or Divinity Ministerial Network please contact Mrs. Johnson at (817)-391-2238
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inister Cynthia Yvette Johnson is a native of Galveston, Texas. She is member of Christ Cathedral Church. She serves under the leadership of Apostle Sherman C. G. Allen and Co-Pastor Otonya Allen. She has worked in various capacities in previous churches. She also served under Pastor Robert E. Woodard III at Compton Memorial C.O.G.I.C.as a Missionary. She also served as a teacher with the Youth Church and Young Women Christian Counsel Department at Compton Memorial C.O.G.I.C. She also served on the Ministerial Staff of Apostle Reginald D. Rice Sr. of Now Faith Ministries in Houston, Texas. She is currently serving on the Board of Johnson’s House of Hope Development. She serves in the areas to help fulfill the vision of Johnson’s House of Hope & Developments Back to School Projects, feeding the homeless, battered and abused women and assisting the less fortunate to return to self sufficiency. She is married and the mother of three adult sons. She is currently pursuing her degree in Psychology. Evangelist Su-San Spain, a native of Midland, Texas is an awesomely anointed preacher, teacher, mentor and motivational speaker. She was born to the parentage of (late) Elder Truman Cannon, Jr. and Mrs. Frances King in Midland, Texas. Being the child of both a Pastor and 5 Divine Divinity
Evangelist, her foundation by the word of God was established. She accepted Christ early in life. In 1996, Evangelist Spain accepted the call of God to minister to his people. Under the leadership of her Pastor of more than 30 years, Superintendent John L. Johnson and his late wife, Lady Alma K. Johnson at the Greater Progressive Church of God in Christ; Evangelist Spain has served as Young Adult Sunday School Teacher, Secretary of the YPWW Department, Choir Directress, Commissioner of Music for both the Local and District Church, as well as, assisting in various areas as needed. Su-San’s love for singing gospel music has opened many doors for her to share the platform with many phenomenal and notable artists such as: Kirk Franklin, Darrell Blair, LaTonya Blair, Shirley Ceasar, Dorothy Norwood, Fred Hammond, BeBe and CeCe Wianans, Marvin Winans, Twinkie Clark, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Karen Clark-Sheard, and Micah Stampley. She is a former member of the DFW Mass Choir and Aaron Angton & Integrity. Evangelist Spain is a wife and proud mother of 2 boys and 1 girl. She is also the proud grandmother of 2 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. Her love for family and friends is priceless. If a question was asked to others about Su-San and her lifestyle; she would hope her love for God and her works for him and him alone would be what they saw. Because she understands, “Only what you do for Christ will last.”
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you will consider taking down challenges and being someone who stands apart from the crowd. Every part of you draws attention to the fact that you spell passion. Every click of your heels and sway of your swagger is vital when you include AnToni Michelle in your dressing style. Enhance your selection with Bourgeois’ jewelry & accessories they are wardrobe must have’s. All these specially (spiritually) crafted garments will not just make you feel fantastic every time you wear them but at the same time it will help you unleash your inner self as a woman ~ AnToni Michelle
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arfare, Broken But Healed, Who am I, Personal Relationships, Power of Prayer and Prophecy, Two Dads Two Babies, and Faith are the words that represent what I have gone through and who I am today. Not understanding my purpose, not understanding my identity, not having a prayer life, verbally abusing the fathers of my children, walking in fear, trying to fit in, accepting every man that feed me the words ‘I LOVE YOU’, and not walking in divine order is who I was. Life as a single mother has been heart breaking but wonderful. Not knowing where the money will come from, not knowing how daycare would get paid, not knowing if the lights would be cut off when I came home from work, and not knowing if my child support checks would be cut off. Trying to overcome and pick up the lack was a struggle. Pain and disappointment knocked on my door in 2007-2008. After dating a man for four years and finding out I was pregnant, was suppose to be a happy moment. During this time I allowed my thoughts to over take what I was taught growing up. As a wounded woman I allowed men to tell me anything, allowing a man to try to convince me to have an abortion, allowing disrespect to take place, and allowing flesh to operate instead spirit. Submitting myself to authority was the breaking point that helped me get through. Authority meaning becoming a student of the word of God, so my inner and outer man could be transformed in dealt with. As a single mother in today’s society does not mean, that as single mothers we have to settle for less but we do
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have to rise above struggles. Your faith is the source and all other things are the resource. It took me four years to come into my true identity and to understand that everything that has happen, has been for my good. Your growth is always tied to an issue and your issue is always tied to a person and situation. But when you understand the laws of faith, then you can understand your divine assignment. A lot of you may wonder ‘WHO AM I’ well my answer to that is I am so much like you. Who am I? A lot of people ask others who I am, but fail to ask the story teller who I am. I am the woman that has been wounded, verbally abused by family and friends, broken, stereotyped based off my ability. I am a woman with two children, that didn’t marry neither father due to lack of communication and spiritual growth issues. I am the woman that has been called to endure such pain in such a time as this and season as this. I am the woman that has had so many family members count me out, because they weren’t connected to the vision. I am the woman that has put aside my personal feelings, in order to complete what ended up being assignment. I am the woman that can draw in many, but consider myself well put together based off my past. I am the woman that has experienced outer body experiences, that has left me in disbelief regarding who I am. I am the woman that remains standing in spite of the fight at hand. I am the woman, that has spent lonely nights wondering ‘God when will it be my time to be happy and receive?’ I am the woman that is now fulfill her purpose in life. So I say to my single mothers remain standing and allow faith to lead you through the dark places.
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Physically Married … Spiritually Divorced
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t’s a sad truth that many of today’s married couples find themselves physically married but, by all indications, are spiritually, mentally, and emotionally divorced. There is no one reason for this. There are however several reasons for this. The obvious explanation is actually quite simple ... the marriage never should have happened. I find it intriguing that countless divorce decrees have “irreconcilable differences” listed as the reason for the failure of the marriage. And yet, those exact same couples had those exact same differences before they got married. Those “irreconcilable differences” should have been the reasons they didn’t get married in the first place. Instead, they let the physicality of the relationship drive them to believe they were perfect for each other, when in fact the only compatibility they shared was in the bed… on the couch…in the car…on the table… please don’t make me keep going. Too many of us fail to understand that you can’t build a relationship on sex. And when we do, it’s only a matter of time before the sex gets old and you lose interest.
There are, however, others who don’t fit into that category. They did everything right and know that their union is truly blessed. How is it that these too find themselves in the very same situation? That answer unfortunately isn’t quite as simple. The answer lies within us, specifically, within our brain. Without boring you with the medical details and terminology, our brain is always on and learning. We actually program our minds so that we act and behave in a certain manner. Once we program our minds to do a certain activity a certain way, it is really difficult to retrain it to do a different activity or even the same activity a different way. In layman’s terms, we program our brain to form habits. A simple example of this would be your morning routine. Each morning we wake up and do the same things, in the same order, to get ready for work. What if you decided that you were going to switch up your morning routine? It would take a very intentional effort on your part in order not to do things the way you programmed yourself to do them. In that same way, many couples have fallen into a routine of working, running
errands, driving the kids around, paying bills, etc and have neglected spending time with each other. They spend more time with their coworkers than they do with their spouse. Their brains become programmed not to spend time with each other. Spending time with each other is now seen as an inconvenient and uncomfortable experience because you’ve formed a habit of doing things a certain way. In this instance, absence hasn’t made the heart grow fonder; it’s made the heart grow cold. Now you find your mind thinking about what it would be like to be with that coworker you spend so much time with. You begin to imagine what it would be like to live the life that you see on the TV shows you’ve programmed yourself to watch. You’re physically married, but spiritually, emotionally, and mentally divorced. But don’t worry, this problem can be remedied. Just like you can teach yourself a new morning routine, you can train yourself to be intentional about spending more time with your spouse. Go back to bringing home flowers or planning special nights out. Yes, it will be difficult, but it’s not impossible.
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Just Praise Ministries Just Praise Ministries founded on the principles of spreading the word and love of God through movement. It is expanding to showing the love of God through service. We believe in going out side of our respective churches, meeting people where they are, and then showing them they do not have to stay there. We minister through praise dance, mime, hip-hop, singing, and dramatic interpretation currently, 11 we Divine but areDivinity looking to expand into
step, spoken word, puppet ministry, and mini plays. We simply believe in using our gifts to glorify the name of Jesus. We also volunteer and do community service; in everything we do we share the word of God either through movement, words, are actions. We are open to members of all ages, both male and female. Our requirements are that you have a willing spirit and a heart to serve.
A story was told of a woman who inherited her father’s old home. The woman wasn’t really close to her father and was actually a little annoyed that he had left her to deal with his affairs. She considered it a waste of time. Her father had always been very poor and was always collecting junk and putting it up around the house. As a child, she had been embarrassed to bring anyone over for fear they would make fun of where she lived. As the years drew on, she couldn’t wait to be old enough to get away from all of it: her father, the house…all of it. As soon as she was able, she packed up and moved away. Her father would send her letters; but, she barely bothered to even glance at them. She never wrote back, never called, and wouldn’t have returned today had he not passed away. As she was meeting with the realtor and the attorney to sell the house, the realtor said to her, “This is quite a treat; I’ve looked forward to this day for some time.” The realtor could tell that the young woman had no idea what he was talking about. “Don’t you know who your father was?” The daughter coldly replied, “He was just an old man that spent his life collecting all of this junk.” At this, the attorney spoke up. “Your father was a great man. He was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known. He was also a world renowned collector. All of this junk that you are referring to is actually rare pieces of art that are almost priceless in their value. Your father would find these amazing pieces to fix and restore. He could see value in things that most people thought had none. The things in this house are probably worth a small fortune; and he left all of it to you.” I’m sure many of us would feel as small and guilty as that daughter, could we but realize
the way we’ve treated ourselves. If we would only recognize the great price that was paid for us (1 Cor. 6:20, John 3:16), then we would know how valuable we are. Unfortunately, most of us don’t realize our value. Instead, we seek to have others make us feel as if we are valuable. We seek our validation from others who only seek to use us for their own gain. Abraham Maslow theorized that we focus on our most basic needs before we meet any of our other needs. Translation: we focus on ourselves before we focus on others. The impetus of Maslow’s theory suggests that we are seeking our value and validation from those whose first instinct is to care only about themselves. That’s why we must first find ourselves in the One whose sole existence is focused on others---the One who sees value in us even when we see none in ourselves. The Bible tells us that God is love. Love is others centered; it can be nothing else. I love how the King James Version says it, “Love seeketh not her own”. Augustine perhaps said it best, “Men go abroad to wonder at the height of mountains, the huge waves of the sea, the long course of rivers, the vast compass of the ocean, the circular motion of the stars…but they pass by themselves and don’t even notice.” You are a walking, talking miracle. I know no other way to find self value except in God, the One who created the miracle that is you. The beautiful reality is that God is ready to give you all that your heart desires. Like the woman who frantically searched for her lost coins, God, even more so, is searching for you (Luke 15: 8-10). You are His “amazing piece”; and He wants nothing more than to fix and restore you.
Johnson’s House of Hope Developments’ mission is to pour hope back into the community through education and self improvement. The expansion of one’s knowledge allows them to see more opportunities around them, allowing them to dream on a larger scale. Our goal is to assist individuals of the community in taking steps toward their own personal and professional goals in life, making their dreams a reality.
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“Celebration of Life” Johnson’s House of Hope Developments & Providence Baptist Church presents the 1st Annual Ministerial Community Outreach Event October 29, 2011 from 12 noon to 4pm. We are in need of dress shirts and ties.
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