‘I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen.’ — Rev 1.18a
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Boxing Champ Manny Pacquiao Heard God’s Voice, Saw Angels, and Was Born Again By Mark Ellis He grew up poor in the Philippines and went to work at an early age to support his mother after his parents separated. At 14 he began to fight, rising through the ranks to win 10 world titles. But the current WBO welterweight champion’s bold profession of faith in Jesus Christ is what sets him apart. Raised Roman Catholic, Manny strayed from the church as he rose to fame in his boxing career. “I went to church on Sunday, but from Monday through Saturday I was in the bar drinking,” he told CBN. “I was gambling. Careless words came out of my mouth. I committed adultery. I didn’t care.” But one day he read a letter that gripped his heart. “I received a letter from my mother saying my sister stopped going to school because I stopped sending them the money. I cried, blaming myself for spending all the money on alcohol.” That same night in 2011, not long after his third fight with Juan Manuel Marquez, God visited Manny in a powerful dream. “I heard the voice of God in my dream. His voice was ten times louder than thunder. He said to me, “My child, my child, why have you gone astray?” he recounted to CBN. In the dream, which unfolded in a beautiful forest amid flowers, he also saw two angels, according to an interview with The Blaze. “When I heard the voice of God I felt like I died. … I was in the middle of the forest and I was kneeling and praying with my face on the ground and then I saw a light, a very white light and I heard the voice.” He said the angels had “white, long, big wings” and said that God revealed to him “about the end of time.” “I felt I was melting when I heard the voice of God. It was the turning point in my life. God spoke to me and he told me
Manny Pacquiao what He wanted me to do and I had to follow (Him).” For a while, Manny tried to ignore the dream. But one day he felt compelled to pick up the Bible and begin reading it for himself. “I forgot about that dream, but when I started reading the Bible, the first verse I read said that God talked to a man through dreams. I realized, wow, my dream was real,” he told CBN. As a result of the power of God’s Word, the working of the Holy Spirit in his heart and the compelling dream, Manny surrendered his life to Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. “When you accept Jesus Christ into your heart as your Lord and Savior, you have eternal life.” The most important thing to Manny has become his faith in Jesus. “When you have Jesus in your life, when you have God in your life, the things in this world are not important to your heart. What is important is God in your heart.” “The Lord has blessed me [with] everything I have … [my] political career and serving the Lord and being a boxer — and I believe God has a purpose,” he told The Blaze. “It is beyond my expectation and imagination. I think it’s time to proclaim his name, not mine.” “This is my life’s work, to spread the Word.”
Fines Ordered Against Oregon Bakers Are a Threat to Everyone’s Freedom WASHINGTON, April 24, 2015 / PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Family Research Council (FRC) President Tony Perkins made the following statement after an Oregon administrative judge today issued an order demanding that Aaron and Melissa Klein, former owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, pay fines to the State of Oregon totaling $135,000 because they declined baking a cake for a same-sex wedding in January 2013 based upon their religious beliefs:
‘And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive.’ — Rev 2.8
Following are Perkins' comments: "What happened today is an egregious assault on the freedom Americans have to peaceably live their lives according to their beliefs. "An Oregon judge made clear in no uncertain terms to the Kleins and all Oregonians that the state has the right to demand that citizens engage in activities that violate their beliefs and if they refuse, they will lose their ability to make a living. Continued on page 3
Their God is My God, Twenty and One Martyrs of the killings released by IS. According to AhramCanadian News, Mathew was from Chad. Mathew had gone missing in January 2015, captured by one of the radical groups in Libya who have kidnapped hundreds, both Muslim and Christian. The video made public on Feb. 15 shows each of the men dressed in orange jumpsuits, kneeling on a Coptic Christians before their execution by beach, with their blackISIS in Libya. clothed attackers standing behind them. Each one is systematically Published by Lindsay Steele beheaded, and the video clearly shows many of the men praying “Lord Jesus Libya (VOM) — [Editor’s Note: This Voice Christ” in their final moments. of the Martyrs story sheds light on one of According to reports, Mathew the 21 Coptic Christians executed by ISIS Ayairga was not a Christian. However, in February, who was unknown for a time when moments before his death the IS period.] extremists demanded that he follow Following the martyrdom of Coptic Islam, Mathew turned them down. After Christian men by Libyan Islamic State reportedly witnessing the “immense (IS) militants in February 2015, the names faith” of the Egyptian believers, he of 21 of the martyrs were widely shared. decided to become a follower of Christ. The martyrs were kidnapped from Sirte, On camera, one of the terrorists asked Libya, where they were working. Matthew, “Do you reject Christ?” Initially, it was believed that all of the “Their God is my God,” he responded, men killed for their faith were from small and he became one of the 21 men laying villages in Egypt. However, the name down their lives for their faith in Christ. and background of one of those killed, a black man, was unknown. Mathew Sources: VOM sources, Bombay Orthodox Ayairga was soon identified by friends Diocese, Diocese of Los Angeles Coptic after being recognized in video footage Orthodox
Have You Walked The Romans Road? Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Admit that you are a sinner. Romans 6:23a “For the wages of sin is death...” Sinners suffer, their pay is death. Romans 6:23b “...but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” God’s gift to sinners is Jesus Christ, He came to save us. Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Now give your life to God. Romans 10:13 “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
“Whosoever” includes everyone, no one is excluded. Romans 10:9,10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Believe God defeated death through Jesus and confess now that Jesus is Lord of your life. Tell everyone you are saved!
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Whom The Son Sets Free is Free Indeed By Alice I thought I was going to die (Bradenton, FL) Freedom from starvation. is exactly what happened to I remember that it took Alice Maraglia-Morse not all day. The deliverance so very long ago. Alice was was completed late in the raised in the Salvation Army afternoon, and I was unable church as a young girl, but as to return to my home as I she reached her young adult knew it. Seeing that that life began to dabble in the was unsuitable, I was taken occult, such as Tarot Cards, Alice and Dana Quija board, tea leaves, astrology etc. Her in by my pastor friend and family. Over teenage years were full of drug and alcohol the next six months, I was discipled by the abuse, fueled by early sexual abuse as a pastor and her husband until I was ready to live out on my own again. About a year child. It wasn’t long after graduating high after my deliverance from the gay lifestyle, school, that she became pregnant. She I did meet and marry. It was a very short was eighteen and a single mom trying marriage; my husband was diagnosed to make it on her own. About a year with cancer and went on to be with the into parenthood, she made the difficult Lord. The road out of any addictive lifestyle decision to place her young daughter up for adoption with Catholic Charities. is extremely difficult to maintain. Not Soon after that she was approached by everyone is as fortunate as I was to have the Unification Church, the “Moonies” stayed out of the homosexual lifestyle. I if you remember that far back. They were have purposely undergone many more appealing because of the “love” for one deliverances for deeper healings in my life. another. However, this lead into other What is needed in the ex-gay movement controlling factors, which pushed her even is for strong Christian leaders, men and women of God, to come along side us further away from God. Still continuing her search for a more and confirm in us the healing that Jesus personal relationship with God, she found paid on the cross. In order to remain herself embracing the gay lifestyle. There clean and sober, there has to be a support she stayed for over eighteen years involved system, with accountability, to help those with various sexual partners. Many of struggling with same sex attraction. There her close friend’s later died of Aids. From are many organizations that do provide a 1978 till 1993 Alice was involved with the safe environment, such as Love in Action, Metropolitan Community Churches for Memphis, TN, and Dessert Streams of CA. Remember, that in standing up for gays and lesbians. She was at the forefront of the homosexual agenda, fighting for marriage between a man and a woman, same sex marriage laws to be passed, and which we should, those same men and went as far as starting a branch of the women who believe that they deserve to have that right, are totally lost, and Metropolitan Church in Burlington, VT. deceived by the devil. They are deeply wounded individuals whose lives have The road out of any addictive many horrific adventures. Many are lifestyle is extremely difficult to seen steeped in occult practices, alcoholism, drug dependency, sexually addicted, and maintain. Not everyone is as experienced all types of abuse from fortunate as I was to have stayed have their relationships. They don’t know they out of the homosexual lifestyle. need the love of Jesus. You can’t fight this battle by beating them on the head with During that time she and her religion. It is only going to be won by partner began attending the New Alpha intercession, on your knees, in prayer. The money funded to congress, to Missionary Baptist Church on Sundays. It was there that they met many influential pass such legislation is funded by very people in the community. The pastor wealthy gay and lesbians. Their agenda of New Alpha Missionary Church fully goes far back into the 1930’s, but when embraced them as a couple, until the you think about it, Satan’s plan goes church later split over the two lesbians back to the Garden of Eden where he was able to deceive them both about their attending their church. Then a “suddenly” occurred. A visiting relationship with God. Please, if you pastor came to preach. Here we were sitting have a family member, friend, loved one in a church full of God’s people, and they struggling in the gay life style; please pray loved God, but they were confused as to for God to open their hearts to receive the what to do with two lesbians attending love of the Father. He and the Holy Spirit their services. The Holy Spirit knew what will then move on them to be healed. Be to do. He gently landed on me as the kind, tenderhearted toward one another, visiting pastor came up the aisle. I fell showing the love of the Father. As a blessing from God, Christmas of right out of the pew under the anointing. My partner was confused as I tried to 1993, my daughter, and I were reunited. regain composure throughout the rest of She too is a single mom, with two boys. She is serving God in her local church, the service. Days after that, I began to have dreams baptized with the Holy Spirit. She serves and visions of hell. Burning flames began on the youth council for single moms, and to overtake me in my sleep and I cried out volunteers at a local shelter. She is my best “oh please God, don’t let me die this way.” I friend and confidant. We share the same went to work every day, with my conscious passion for Christ. My husband, Dana and I, developed playing over and over those screams of hell in my mind. It got to a point that I had to a local business called The Good News Express Personal Shoppers, bringing find some peace or I would go crazy. I sought this visiting pastor out and Christ into every home. The Good News began attending her bible studies which Express was established to help many of was located in their storefront church. It our wounded warriors, the elderly, and took a while before I was ready to confront disabled, by providing local transportation the demons within me. She and some to medical appointments, shopping others had been praying for me. When errands and much more. You can contact I finally got the courage to ask for help, Alice by email at gne2015@yahoo or call they scheduled deliverance for me. At that 941-746-8391 or 941-720-1768. They time I didn’t really know what that was, attend The Source Church, where we are but knew it was what I needed. I fasted a part of the local food ministry, reaching and prayed for three days, before we met. out to our community.
Country of Origin of Antichrist, Part 2 By Robert Duffany (Continued from the April Edition) For reference, in Daniel Chapter 8 (Daniel’s second vision), Daniel is specifically given a vision of the world kingdoms of Medo-Persia and the one which followed, that is, Greece. Remember, these visions were given to Daniel 550 to 600 years before Christ. In Dan. 2:31-45, Daniel reveals the dream itself and Bob Duffany the meaning of King Nebuchadnezzar’s (King of Babylon) dream. The breast and arms of silver represent the Medo-Persian Empire which was to follow Babylon in the march of world kingdoms. The belly and thighs of brass represent the Grecian Kingdom which would follow the Medo-Persian Empire. These are the fourth and fifth kingdoms which would persecute Israel. The next two, sixth and seventh, would be the Roman Empire and the Revised Roman Empire. We will not go into these at this time. Our interest in this session lies in discovering from which kingdom (and specific country) the Antichrist will arise. As stated earlier, we will investigate later the other relevant revelations in Daniel and elsewhere. In Daniel Chapter 7, he is given a vision of four beasts, of which the third beast, like a leopard, is the fifth world empire, and represents Greece (Dan. 7:6). Here, the beast is described as having on its back four wings of a fowl, and four heads,
and dominion was given to the beast (it, Greece, had dominion over the other parts of the world at the time). In Daniel Chapter 8:5, an hegoat (an acknowledged symbol of Greece) came from the West with a notable horn between its eyes (the horn represents the King of Greece, Alexander the Great). Verses six and seven describe his war and victory over the Medo-Persian Empire. Verse eight tells of his great strength and sudden death (the horn was broken) at age 33 years. From it came four notable ones (smaller but weaker horns). This represents the Grecian Empire divided into the historical four regions of the Grecian Empire: Greece, Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, which were ruled by four of Alexander’s generals. Verse nine describes a little horn which comes up out of one of the four divisions of the old Grecian Empire. Verses ten through fourteen go on to describe the nefarious activities of this wicked king: his stamping down of the Jewish people; magnifying himself to be the high priest (prince of the host); the taking away of the daily sacrifice. This desolation was to remain for 2,300 days. To be continued and concluded in the June Edition. Can you pinpoint the country the Antichrist will come from? If so email us at hesalivenews@yahoo.com.
God’s Miracle on the Boat By Rufina Middleton (Bradenton, FL) My mission to Honduras started from a dream I had in 1998. I wanted to serve the people of my Father. Florida was now my home after moving down from New York and I had taken a couple weeks to spend along the Mosquito Coast. Preparing to go back home at the end of my trip, I was at Cocobilla and needed to get to Puerto Lempira to catch a small plane to Tegucigalpa in order to connect with my flight to the U.S. I boarded the boat that crosses the lagoon and as we were approaching the
bank suddenly a violent storm arose and almost capsized us. I called on the mighty Name of Jesus to still the storm and when it subsided we were Rufina Middleton in Ahuas. Finally as we were on our way to catch our plane, the men who were driving the small speed boat said that the same thing had happened to a group of people the week prior and the entire group lost their lives. Rom 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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‘Miracle’ Timing for Believers Exiting Church as Quake Struck
Devastation in Kathmandu.
By Mark Ellis, Special to ASSIST News Service SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS — April 28, 2015). After the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck near Kathmandu, Nepal, police reported more than 4,000 confirmed dead, 7,000 injured and tens of thousands homeless. Authorities say the numbers may rise dramatically as rescuers make their way to remote villages in the Himalayas. The earthquake collapsed centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches on Mt. Everest and the
surrounding villages at the base of the mountain. It was the worst earthquake to hit the impoverished South Asian nation in more than 80 years. One leader of a Tibetan fellowship in Kathmandu called it “a miracle” that the deadly earthquake struck just before noon, as worshippers were exiting the church building, according to a report by Christian Aid Mission. “Ten minutes earlier and everyone would still have been inside,” said Christian Aid’s South Asia Director,
herself a native of Nepal. “There would have certainly been many injuries, if not deaths.” Christian Aid Mission has been able to contact the leaders of two out of the 12 indigenous ministries they help in Nepal. A leader in another city reported no injuries among their people, while the other leaders could not be reached because phone lines are down and cell service is not working in those regions. Their status remains unknown at this time. A Samaritan’s Purse disaster response team member who arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, in the early morning hours on Sunday saw incredible destruction, death, and need in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. “There’s a lot of hurting people here,” said Patrick Seger, the team leader for Samaritan’s Purse. “I saw a number of needs out there, a number of dead people, a lot of structures had fallen. A lot of people lost their homes and lost their incomes. They’re trying to figure out what they’re going to do.” Samaritan’s Purse is rushing disaster response experts and an initial airlift of 60 tons of relief supplies to Nepal.
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God Cares For Us Even in The Little Things By Barbara Avirett (Bradenton, FL) God is still caring for us even in the little things of life. It was March of 2014, right at bedtime, when a bad wind and rainstorm hit us. After prayer, as I lay there, I knew it would be a sleepless night for me with the wind and rain making such a racket outside. Rain pelted hard at the window while wind loudly whipped
Oregon Bakers
Continued from page 1 In a free country, this is a ruling that cannot and must not stand. "In the State of Oregon's view, the Kleins need to be 'rehabilitated' and 'reeducated' - terms actually used by the Oregon Attorney General - regarding their religious views on the nature of marriage. Needless to say, government re-education regimes are more reminiscent of fascism than democracy. "A government able to bankrupt people for standing by their deepest beliefs is a government of unbridled power and a threat to everyone's freedom. "Our prayer and hope is that these fines will be overturned by a judge who remains committed to constitutional freedoms and that individual liberty will triumph over intrusive over reaching government. The heavy hand of the state must not be used to punish and fine people for merely seeking to live according to their beliefs," concluded Perkins. Watch the video: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=16csepNTeFk
palm fronds into a wild rage as I fretted over the needed sleep I losing. Suddenly the word “mountain” popped into my mind. How strange! I thought about the mountains in Tennessee where once we nearly plunged off the side. I remembered the beautiful mountains in Colorado where I was scared out of my mind by being pulled up the mountain in an open cage. We decided not to go back down the same way so that left us to walk back down. Instead we tumbled and slid most of the way until two and a half hours later we reached firm flat ground.
Then I remembered another mountain. The mountain Jesus spoke of in Matthew 21 verse 21. Jesus said to His disciples, “if you have faith and doubt not ye shall say to this mountain, be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, and it shall be done.” Unceasingly the wind continued to howl loudly. It came to my mind that the storm was my mountain standing in the way of my badly needed sleep. Could I ask God rolled over and over in my mind. Would that be alright? God had answered so many prayers for me in the past. I didn’t want Him to think
I was using Him, but surely He would know I needed sleep. So I prayed, reminding Him what Jesus had said “if we had faith”. Certain that God knew I had faith, I asked for Him to please stop the wind and rain just until I could fall asleep. Once I finished praying lo and behold, you guessed it, the wind and rain were stilled and soon I was fast asleep. The next morning I awoke again to the loud wind and rain. My God was bigger than the storm and I was once again assured God is still caring for us, even the little things. Thank you Lord.
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The Spirit of Truth
The Jordan Gospel Ministry us,” Maryann explains. “I know (Sarasota, FL) It began 40 years ago, with when I first got saved, he saved me a simple invitation: a prison chaplain from killing myself or someone asked Maryann Jordan if she would sing else. I just wanted to shout on a at a church service for the prison inmates. mountain top: “He's real! It's real! Maryann and her husband, Perry, had I've found it! I've found a purpose already been ministering at hospitals and a reason for living.” and nursing homes. But their first visit Perry and Maryann began to the prison would change their lives ministering regularly in chapel forever. There they witnessed firsthand services at correctional facilities the loneliness, emptiness, and spiritual and detention centers all over darkness that infests the prisons. As they Florida. The Jordan’s became observed the despair and hopelessness known as Dad and Mama Jordan. of the inmates, both Perry and Maryann The inmates like to hear her could relate to the inmates. Maryann Jordan favorite line; “I'm Mama Jordan, Perry himself had served several years in federal prison as a young man for his were drawn together by the pain of their I adopt you whether you like it or not, involvement with the Mafia. He was 18 pasts-- and the promise of their new lives settle back, we're kinfolk.” God has used them as the Mom and Pop of the prison years old before he'd ever seen a Bible in Christ. They were married in 1972. “God took two messed up lives and inmates. or heard anything about God. A failed The Jordan Gospel Ministry had marriage and some bad experiences in made a masterpiece for Him and called begun, though the Jordan’s could never church left him bitter and hard-hearted them into prison ministry. We know that God is in the life have envisioned just how much impact toward matters of faith. It was some time before he found peace with God and was changing business, because He changed they were going to have! radically changed. Maryann had grown up in an alcoholic home. She longed for love and acceptance, but found none. In her thirties, and in a relationship with a man who verbally, physically, and sexually abused her and her children, Maryann had seriously contemplated suicide. The hurt, anger and fear she felt inside had threatened to DATE .......................................SATURDAY, MAY 30, 2015 destroy her. “I just went out and sat on a LOCATION............................MISTY CREEK GOLF & COUNTRY Club little bank and cried out to Him, because 8954 MISTY CREEK DRIVE, SARASOTA, FL 34242 I had no one else to turn to. I said, “Lord, TIME........................................8:00AM SHOTGUN START I don't know anything anymore, I need COST........................................ONLY $65 PERSON OR $250 PER FOURSOME some answers. Do something in my life. SPONSOR..............................$75 DONATION -HOLE SIGN Here I am, forgive me.” As she sat there, a gentle breeze blew The Jordan Gospel Ministry is having a fund raising event, Saturday, May 30th. It is the 5th Annual across the little lake beside her, over the Perry Jordan Memorial Golf Tournament. All proceeds benefit the Jordan Gospel Ministry started 40 years tree-tops, and then she felt it gently blow ago by Perry and His wife Maryann. The Jordan's and their crew of volunteers have delivered cookies, on her. Maryann found herself singing, entertainment, and the love of Christ to prisons and youth all over Florida. Perry, the founder, passed away “When the wind blows warm across my in 2010 and Maryann is now continuing the Ministry. They hold two fund raisers a year to help keep the face, I can feel the Lord's Holy grace, and ministry going forward. While this is an important fundraiser, everyone has a good time of golf, fun and the love that's there I want to share the fellowship. For additional details or information, contact: Maryann Jordan, 941-371-6224. love, the wonderful love of God.” When Maryann and Perry met, they
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The Final Word Bible Quiz Number of Letters
1
Question
By Rev. Madeline Montez Duffany
Rev. Madeline Montez Duffany Dear Rev, Happy Mother’s Day! My own mom is eighty now and she has everything; including bitterness, resentment and she is very unforgiving. What do you give a mother like this? — Disliked Daughter Dear Daugher: You only have one mother. You need to love and respect her. She gave you life. You can give her the greatest gift ever, your forgiveness. We hold someone else (as well as ourselves) in spiritual bondage with unforgiveness. It is time to get set free! Tell her about God’s perfect gift of salvation and unconditional love. “And now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13. Happy Mother’s day to all! This is God’s Truth! — Rev. MMD Write to Rev Madeline at PO Box 14931 Bradenton, FL 34280 or by email at Hesalivenews@yahoo.com. Not all letters are from readers. Letters may be fictitious in person but true in content. We reserve the right to edit or refuse any questions submitted.
Bible Reference KJV
13 Long-tempered";patient forbearance and restraint when stirred to anger. 2 Pet 3:9
2
8 (Greek:"useful"). A slave to Philemon
Col 4:9
3
9 "_________ is mine,and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time…"
Dt 32:35
4
6 "Blessed is he whom the LORD shall not ______ sin"
Rom 4:8; Ps 32:2
5
6 Heb:"pleasantness"; stubborn commander of the Syrian army
2 Kings 5:1
6
9 These items hold the insides of goats together
Heb 11:37
7
12 It is eleven days journey from Horeb to this place by the Israelites.
Dt 1:2
8
12 "and made _______ for the transgressors."
Is 53:12
9 10
One-Word Answer
5 BElimelech's wife. 11 "for ye shall be a _________ land, …"
Ruth 1:3 Mal 3:12
11
9 Paul said to greet this householder in the Lord
Rom 16:11
12
4 This land shall escape from the Antichrist's hand, along with Moab
Dan 11:41
13
7 This stone never saw the sea
Rev 4:3
14
9 Possibly the first evangelist woman
Jn 4:9; Jn 4:39
Final Question Definition: “The attitude of affection by covenant partners for each other" (Heb: chesed)
Instructions: Provide the one-word answer in the column, then the first letter of the answer in the next column. Reading down will be the answer to the Final Question. Provide a correct Bible Reference to finish the quiz. Answer will appear in next Bible Quiz in this newspaper. Last Quiz answer: Justification
1st Letter of Answer