LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE

from He's Alive News March 2023 Edition

by He's Alive Christian News And Views

CORTEZ CAFE

By Ken Carpenter elderkc134@gmail.com

his presidency, he died. In Deuteronomy 27:17 "Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark" and for 140 years, what the Prophet said came to pass!

1. 1840, William Henry Harrison, died April 6, 1841 of pneumonia

2. 1860, Abraham Lincoln, assassinated April 14, 1865

3. 1880, James Abram Garfield, assassinated July 2, 1881

4. 1900, William McKinley, assassinated September 6, 1901

5. 1920, Warren Gamaliel Harding, died August

2, 1923 from food poisoning

6. 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, died April 12, 1945, stroke

7. 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, assassinated November 22, 1963

8. 1980, Ronald Wilson Reagan (SURVIVED), assassination attempt on March 30, 1981

At a major conference in November 1980; there was a man present, who was a direct descendent of both President Harrison and Shawnee lineage. This brother stood, publicly acknowledged, and asked forgiveness for the "sins of his fathers". Church Leaders, and all attending, expressed repentance over our nation's "root sins" rebelliousness, violence and witchcraft. (1Samuel 15:23) There was a time of governmental prayer to break the curses, and of corporate intercession, to ask for the protection of the then President-elect Reagan.

Proverbs 18:21 says "Death and life are in the power of the tongue and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”

The tongue is powerful. When we speak words, words are like arrows and they can find their mark in the positive or in the negative and once you shoot the arrow, you can't take it back, unless you repent.

A good friend of mine told me about an elderly gentleman who had his tractor flip over on him, but he escaped serious injury. Couple of years later, in the spring the same man had his tractor stuck and his 50-year-old daughter came to his aid and said, "Dad, please be careful out here." Man replied, "Little girl, with his finger pointing at the ground, I love this land, and if I die here, I will die doing what I love". Next day they found him and the tractor had flipped on him. He died at almost the exact place, where he had pointed his finger, the day before.

Proverbs 13:3 "He that keepeth his mouth keepethhis life: But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.”

Once I was talking to a lady about this very thing. She remembered that her father has always said he wanted to live long enough to marry his children off. Two weeks after the youngest girl was married, her father passed away.

Another lady I go to church with had a brother who his whole life said, "I will never live to see 40, it is a proven fact in our family history". He died at age 38. Do you speak death on yourself? Can you see that there is power in the tongue, just as God's word says? People are snared by the words of their mouth.

We were ministering to a lady who had pain in her legs and we begin to pray and the Holy Spirit spoke and prompted me to ask her if she ever spoke against her legs? She...

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By Pastor Blessing | www.joelchristianassembly.org

Praise the Lord, everyone. I thank our Lord for giving us this opportunity to share our testimony.

My name is Pastor Reesor Blessing K and I have been doing God’s ministry for the last 22 years here in India. The name of our church is Joel Christian Assembly. I started a leprosy ministry and children’s ministry in 2001. Still today we are doing those ministries and the Lord is using me and my family to the people of India. All glory to God. We have built 3 churches in the name of the Lord. People are getting saved and baptized and the Lord is honoring His Word. Please pray for us because our Indian government is somewhat against Christianity. This makes some problems for us and other Christians. Once many years ago my church which was in my house was burned by the local people. Thank God we were able to rebuild it. We commit these things into the Lord’s hands. He is leading us till now and we pray he will continue to lead us all the time.

We do have a small prayer request for the leprosy ministry, children ministry, and the ministry for the blind. We are supporting and buying them groceries monthly, and giving them food, so we are praying for a vehicle to get all these things to them. Currently, we are renting a vehicle. Our prayer is for the Lord to give us our own van. We are willing to finance if necessary instead of renting. Please keep this in your prayers for the Lord to show us the right one and the right price. Also provision to purchase it. Thank you! Hallelujah, God bless you all, and We love you, Amen.

From Page:7 ... mom and dad the call upon my life, that's when the abuse stopped. Where was my mother during the abuse? Mother was told about every incident and believed in what we girls told her as the truth. At the age of 17 1/2, I was married after being warned by a minister of God not to follow through with it. That marriage lasted 22 years, and the only good thing that came from that was my two sons. Doug, who is a pastor in Scottshill, Tennessee, and David, who resides in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and is active in his local church. I was limited in what I could do in ministry for various reasons. In 1995, we were divorced and went our separate ways. While in my first marriage, my dad confessed to mother on a Sunday afternoon in St. Augustine, FL where he served as associate pastor. Years had passed before he came clean and sought her forgiveness. Mother being the Godly woman that she was, told my dad she never held it against him. It was one Thanksgiving while I was still living in Tennessee that dad sought my forgiveness. We hugged and we cried standing there in the kitchen. Our relationship was greater in the last few years of dad's life than in the earlier years. Those chains that held me captive to bondage for years have been destroyed by the power of forgiveness. Frankie and I met in 1989 in a church I was attending in Tampa, FL. In December of 1989, I moved to Tennessee and took a job at a lady's garment factory for a season, that was until I went to school to become a Certified Nurse’s Assistant (CNA). I was at the peak of my job and was planning to go to nursing school to further my education. I recall it was a Sunday night, the boys and I came in from church, and there was a flashing red light on the recorder. This was the day before cell phones.I pushed the button to retrieve the call, and it was Frankie. After getting the boys to bed, I returned his call, and from there begins the story of us. Our communication was by mail or telephone. We talked several times a day for months. Then one afternoon as I was relaxing after a day at the office, the phone rang, and it was Frankie. We talked and after a bit, he popped the question to me and asked me if I would marry him. I laughed hysterically and laughed myself onto the floor as I shouted yes, yes, yes! That was the happiest day of my life. Frankie and I never had a date night, we never kisseduntil the day we said I do. Listen, you don't have to sleep together to know if you're going to be compatible or not. Knowing God makes all the difference in the world. There was a connection we had that we knew was right. December 8, 1995, we went before the Justice of Peace in Gainesville, FL, and were married. My parents resented Frankie and would not accept him as family which caused a great deal of pain and hurt in having to stand my ground and fight for the man I loved and had chosen to be with. Within 8 months, God reconciled us to my parents, I was able to forgive the man who had violated my rights as a young innocent girl, and my ministry was restoredcompletely. People have come too late to tell me God can't do the impossible.When it was all said and done, my parents fell in love with Frankie, and they spent Christmas in our home for a number of years, enjoying Frankie's delicious meals. My dad was known to say, Frankie was a good man, and he sure knew how to cook.”

Frankie and I spent 22 years out of 27 traveling across the country, preaching the gospel. Going into prisons/jails, detention centers, and churches, wherever God would open the door. We have done special events and services as well. In the Fall of 2019, we had the pandemic which closed everything and put us all on lockdown in 2020, and there was another outbreak in 2021. Unfortunately, in 2022, Frankie was diagnosed with colon cancer, and after having major surgery on July 24th, we were told he would have 6 months or less. He lived 4 months plus a few days. His funeral was on December 8, 2022. I did not plan it that way, it's just the way God ordained it. I buried my rock and soulmate on our 27th wedding anniversary. Frankie is with Jesus now. My life has flipped another chapter for sure. I do not know what lies ahead, and I know it will not be the same without my Frankie beside me, but whatever it is I know it will be good because it will be God.

I promised Frankie I would pick up the torch and carry on, as that was his one last request. I not only do it for Frankie, but that is my call in life. I mustfulfill the work of an evangelist. There are souls to reach and so little time to work. There is much more to my testimony, but time will not permit me to tell it all. I trust your hearts were touched by what you have or read. I do not live in my past; it has been put far behind me. I live for God, in the now, excited about my future. If you can identify with my story, I want you to know, there is hope for you. God wants to turn you into His Masterpiece as He did me. +