Rejoice Essential Magazine February 2021 by Kimberly Moses

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CONTENTS

12 The Foolish Woman 14 Communion 18 You Are Not An Accident 24 Cooking Squash 26 The Samuels 46 The Moores

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CONTRIBUTORS Kimberly Moses

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THE FOOLISH WOMAN BY KIMBERLY MOSES

Job 2:10 says, “But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. Job was a devout man and he truly loved God. He would often offer burnt

offerings to God for his children. One day Satan approached God. God asked, “Have you noticed my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth.” Satan said, “Well, he will curse you to your face if you allow everything that he owns to be destroyed.” God gave Satan permission to cause chaos but told him

to spare his life. Well, after Job’s children and livestock died, and he was smitten with painful boils upon his body, his wife spoke as a foolish woman. Job knew better and never cursed God regardless of what his wife said and what the devil was doing. Many of us have been like

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Job’s wife. We have spoken things based on what we saw and felt. We didn’t recognize that the devil was using our mouths to destroy someone’s life. Had Job listened, then he would have never received double for his trouble (Job 42). The words “foolish women” in Hebrew is Nabal. In other words, what his wife spoke was stupid, wicked, and vile. We can’t lose touch with the reality that God will come through for us one day. We can’t blurt anything out that comes to our mind. Cursing God is a sin and sadly, many do it. They take the name of the Lord in vain. Exodus 20:7 commands us not to use the Lord’s name in vain and this verse warns us that we will be judged if we do it. Don’t take the enemy’s bait of sinning with your mouth. Don’t shorten your life or cause judgment to come upon you by cursing God. Don’t be a stumbling block to someone else by giving lousy counsel.

my advice lines up with Your Word. I refused to allow the devil to speak through me. I declare that I will never be a spawn of Satan. I don’t want to speak as a foolish woman. I don’t want to speak stupid, wicked, and vile things. Lord, bless my heart to be pure because out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks in Jesus’ name. Amen. DECLARATIONS I will not be found meddling.

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Many of us have been like Job’s wife. We have spoken things based on what we saw and felt. We didn’t recognize that the devil was using our mouths to destroy someone’s life.

I will cease from strife. I will not speak in the ears of a fool. I will not waste time or energy on foolish people. I will not answer a fool according to his folly. I will walk away if necessary during an escalated disagreement.

I will not be wicked. I will not make evil plans. No one will ever bewitch me. I will never follow someone to hell. I will not be bamboozled by the enemy.

PRAYER:

I will not be like a dog that returns to his own vomit.

I will never be a part of a cult.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I will not return to folly.

Lord, I love You with my whole heart. Give me the wisdom to speak and counsel others in a way that glorifies You. I hate to see the people I love suffer. Even though I may mean well, I must make sure that

I will not keep going around the mountain.

I will set my mind on Jesus Christ.

Anger will not rest in my bosom. I will renew my mind.

I will walk circumspectly. The Foolish Woman: A Daily Devotional coming soon.

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COMMUNE BY TAYLUR HOLLAND

Find your rest in Him. Return to Him, and settle At His feet. Commune. All you who labor, Who are weary with doing -Shift your focus. Commune. Your eyes should see Him. Your heart should know Him alone. Behold Him only. Come unto Him, and He will give you rest. From there,

Take His yoke. Commune. With His yoke upon You, learn of Him, and you will Find rest for your soul.

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YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT BY PASTOR BRIAN MACHACHE

Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you: A prophet to the nations-that’s what I had in mind for you.”(Jeremiah 1:5 MSG)

The fact that you are here on earth shows that there is a unique assignment for you. You might be a product of rape or mistake, but in the eyes of God, you are not an accident at all.

There is nothing that happens here on earth that will take God by surprise. Things that surprise people will never surprise God.

OCCASIONS THAT LOOKED LIKE ACCIDENTS 1) Solomon became a wise man though he came out

of a mother who was not originally his father’s wife 2) Jephthah’s mother was a harlot, but yet God raised him into a mighty warrior 3) Judah came out of Leah, who was not loved by his father, but out of Judah came out the descendants of Jesus Christ.

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IT IS FOR A REASON 1) There is a reason you are alive 2) This is your right time GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING

3) Your job is already available

3) You will not look down upon yourself

4) Your miracle is already available

4) You will not beg

5) Your victory is already available

1) Nothing in this world will take God by surprise

6) Your protection is already available

2) There is nothing that God will not be able to fix

7) Your marriage is already available

3) There is nothing that God has not prepared for

8) Your land is already available

4) God knows every detail about you

9) Your gifts are already available

5) God knows what is good for you

10) Your promotion is already available

6) God knows who you should be in life

11) Your joy and peace is already available

7) None of our requests will be a surprise to him (Matthew 6:8)

WHY MANY PEOPLE LOOK LIKE ACCIDENTS HERE ON EARTH

EVERYTHING THAT YOU WILL EVER NEED IS AVAILABLE

1) 2) 3) 4)

God knew you before you were born, and he made everything that you will ever need available long before you were born. 1) Your healing is already available 2) Your blessing is already available

Lack of vision Disobedience Ignorance Unbelief

THE IMPACT OF KNOWING THAT YOU ARE NOT AN ACCIDENT 1) You will honor God always 2) You will be positive about life always

5) You will desire the best out of this life 6) You will live a confident life 7) You will not allow anyone to abuse you 8) You will live a worry-free life 9) You will not allow your present situations to reduce you

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The fact that you are here on earth shows that there is a unique assignment for you. You might be a product of rape or mistake, but in the eyes of God, you are not an accident at all.

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COOKING SQUASH BY KIMBERLY MOSES

When my husband and I went on a twenty-one day fast, we lost weight. I lost twenty pounds and he lost around 30. We both felt so good. Our clothes fit better, and we decided to cut carbs from our diet. We both agreed to make the keto diet a lifestyle change. As I was looking up recipes, I came across squash recipes as a substitute for pasta and potatoes. I am loving it and wish I would’ve tried these recipes years ago. It

has been many days eating these foods and I am maintaining my weight. The first recipe is stuffed acorn squash. I went to Walmart and found three over riped acorn squash left, so I purchased them all. They were orange in color and when they are ripe, they appear green. When it was time to prepare the squash, I made sure that I didn’t cut myself since the squash’s skin is tough. I made sure

that I cut down facing the blade in the opposite direction. I scooped out all the seeds. Then I filled the squash with ground Italian sausage, mixed with miracle rice, bell peppers, and tomato sauce. I covered the squash with cheddar cheese once I finished stuffing them and I baked them for about one hour at 350 degrees. When I took a bite, I was in love. It tasted like a baked potato, so I put some sour cream on top. I ate these squash for three days. They were filling and full of fiber. After I ate all these squash, I cooked spaghetti squash the next day for the first time. I love pasta and I am so glad that the Lord created this

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vegetable so I can continue eating Italian dishes. I washed the outside of the squash off, then cut it in half. I scooped all the seeds out, then sprinkled olive oil, salt, and pepper inside. I baked it in the oven. I knew the squash was finished cooking when I could stick a fork in it and they were tender. I then took a force and scraped the inside, pulling out the spaghettilike strands. The squash’s texture was crunchy, but once it’s top with your favorite sauce, it’s delicious. I can’t wait to cook many recipes such as chicken parmesan, stuffed squash, chicken alfredo, and more.

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THE SAMUELS INTERVIEWED BY KIMBERLY MOSES PHOTO CREDIT: JOHANNAS J PHOTOGRAPHY

Interviewer: Thank you for accepting the invitation for Rejoice Essential Magazine. Can you guys tell me a little about you and your ministry? Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Thank you so much for having us, Prophetess Kim. My husband and I have been married going on three years. Our ministry is called Becoming One Flesh. You actually prophesied this to me that we would have a marriage ministry, and we would be able to share our testimonies of what the Lord is doing in our lives and the turmoil that we went through. We started in 2019. We do videos and different teaching about doing things God’s way, having a kingdom marriage, what God called you to do as a couple, and having a marriage that aligns with the Word of God and not according to the world’s standard. Interviewer: How is it working with your spouse? How can you know each other’s strengths and weaknesses?

How do you know who is going to speak in ministry? Pastor Joseph Samuels: It has really been a pleasure working with my wife because we are on one accord with each other. There is no format where she speaks or I speak. Since we know each other, we feed off each other. We flow because we live a Godly marriage. As a result, we know each other spiritually first. You can tell when things are about to shift in our ministry. Certain things are important to Yolanda and certain things are important to me. The things that she is skilled in, then I don’t mind taking the backseat. She will do the same thing too. We will just flow together. The whole time while we are in ministry or marriage ministry, we are still learning from each other. We are still learning each other because it hasn’t been a long time that we have been married. But we have been married long enough to know each other. It has just been a joy working with my wife. I can’t really explain it. Sometimes

after ministering, we critic or encourage each other. I will say, “Baby, that was good what you just said.” She will say the same thing to me. We keep each other edified. We go with what God has placed within us. As we go, then we learn too. We go from glory to glory, faith to faith. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: I agree. When we are ministering together, we can feel when the other wants to say something. I will ask him something or he will ask me. We will pick up on when one of us wants to add something to the conversation. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yes. Interviewer: Amen. That’s really good. As you were talking Pastor Samuels, I was thinking that Prophetess Yolanda is truly your rib. She is the perfect fit. Some couples aren’t in sync and they can’t do it together. It’s sad. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Neither one of us are great-

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Since we know each other, we feed off each other. We flow because we live a Godly marriage. As a result, we know each other spiritually first.

er than the other. We don’t look at each other and say, “I’m this and you’re that.” No, it’s just us. We are one flesh. That’s how we deal with it in ministry and in our marriage. No one is better than the other. No one is superior to the other. Yet we serve each other. Interviewer: Amen. Since you brought up serving, how should we serve our spouses? How do we overcome that “Oneness spirit,” like it’s all about them? Some people have selfish tendencies and have the “I, my, me,” mentality. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: One way is to realize that God created marriage to be a team effort. God, the husband, and the wife are a team. You and your spouse are on the same team, so you guys are working together and you have to meet each other’s needs.

You can really meet each other’s needs by praying for each other. You can ask the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, what is it that my husband needs? What are his weak areas, how can I pray for him, what’s coming down the pipe for him? He is our teacher, God, and the Spirit of truth. As spouses, he can show us what our spouses need and give us the blueprint on how to give them what they need. The two become one flesh. These concepts should take you out of being an individual. No one can be married to themselves. You have to have someone there with you in the good times and the bad times. God placed you two together to do kingdom work. He placed you two together to be a help to one another. When Adam was in the garden, God said, “It’s not good for a man to be alone.” He recognized that he needed a helpmeet. That’s why you can figure out that it’s not just about one person in a marriage. God didn’t like the fact that Adam was alone. How can two walk together unless they agree? It is a blessing. Marriage represents Christ and the church. Pastor Joseph Samuels: And another important thing is that we have to understand the kingdom principles of

marriage. We have been out in the world before and know what the world says a marriage is supposed to be. However, it is contrary to what the Kingdom says that a marriage is supposed to be. Until you understand the Kingdom principles concerning marriage, you will always be selfish and do things contrary to what God says, or the ‘me, mine, yours’ this and that, but when we understand the kingdom principle of marriage, there is no me. There is no mine. There is no yours, but it’s ours. We become we. That’s the thing that’s a hindrance to a lot of marriages. Sure we’re individuals and we have separate roles within the marriage, but it doesn’t separate us in our marriage. It enhances the marriage where now we know that we have one common goal. First, to serve the Lord with all our heart and with all our mind. Then we understand that we can’t be conformed to what we use to do and how we use to act. In Romans, it tells us to be transformed and that our minds have to be renewed according to the practices of the Kingdom. Then we can operate in His good and acceptable and perfect will for our marriages and in our lives. Interviewer: Amen! That’s so good. When I look at you

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guys, I’m blown away. I’m really grateful that you guys love and support one another. I know that even in the pandemic, the enemy has been working overtime in families and attacking marriages. Still, you guys give people hope that are looking from the outside and watching what God is doing. How can couples overcome the conflict in their relationships? Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: The Word tells us we are always to pursue peace. Above everything at all times, pursue peace. Peace is more important than being right or wanting to have my way and fight for my rights. Live in peace. You got to have it for God to be glorified in your marriage.

We don’t always agree on everything, but we don’t fuss and fight either. Pastor Joseph Samuels: No, we don’t! Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: We may disagree with what each other is saying, but we don’t do the namecalling, finger-pointing, hollering, and screaming. We don’t do that. We sit and we talk about it. How we respond in conflict is really a sign of your maturity in your marriage. People feel like name-calling will give you one up on your spouse, but you are hurting yourself. You are one flesh. If I go out of my way calling him names, then I’m talking to myself. He’s not my enemy. We have to realize that in

marriage that your spouse is not your enemy. Yes, you may not always agree on everything, but there is a way to disagree peacefully. There is a way to disagree where there isn’t a way to cause your spouse to feel belittled, disrespected, or like they don’t really matter. Invite the Holy Spirit in and ask, “We are in a conflict right now. How do we dissolve it? How do we get past it so we won’t be divided?” The Bible also tells us that we can’t allow the sun to go down upon our wrath. Some couples fight and don’t even speak for the rest of the evening. Or they sleep in separate rooms. That’s division. A house divided against itself cannot

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stand. Satan is the author of confusion. He is the accuser of the brethren. When we do that, we are inviting the enemy into our marriage where he does not belong. You have to swallow your pride. You must realize that you might not agree on everything, but you can still come to some kind of common ground without getting physical or resorting to name-calling. Pastor Joseph Samuels: I think that’s the key. The world teaches us in marriage that we have to compromise. Compromise isn’t a good thing because it says, “I’m not saying you’re right, I’m right, but I’m al-

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No one can be married to themselves. You have to have someone there with you in the good times and the bad times. God placed you two together to do kingdom work. He placed you two together to be a help to one another.

lowing you to be right.” When we come to a place of agreement, then it’s not a compromise. We agree for whatever the situation is or problem might be. It could be finances, for example. We have to agree to realize that it’s not bigger than God. What we are going to do is seek God first, His Kingdom and righteousness. Whatever needs to be added in this situation then we will get our help from the Holy Spirit. It has to be that way. Just like my wife just said, we don’t do drama. We are very playful with each other, which is another good thing too. We learn to laugh with each other and about each other. It doesn’t matter because it doesn’t separate us. We understand that love carries no separation. The Scripture tells us that there is nothing that can separate us from His love. We have to have that same love within us from the Father to have the same love towards our spouses. No matter what comes up, we find ourselves to be content. We need to be content in God. A lot of marriages are talking to people who aren’t saved. We have to realize and understand the one flesh aspect of life is the thing that will carry you through. If I am upset with my wife, then I’m upset with me because we are one.

Until we get to that place, then we won’t find ourselves sleeping in separate bedrooms, arguing, or fussing. We may not agree on everything and that’s cool because we are individuals. Those are the things that build us, not the things that tear us down. We have to look at it from that standpoint. Interviewer: Amen. Those are really good answers. So do you guys do date nights? Pastor Joseph Samuels: We might date anytime. (Laughs) Interviewer: (Laughs) Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: (Laughs) We haven’t been going out like we used to because of the pandemic. We used to go to this Mexican restaurant in town. One thing that we do is eat at the table every single night. Some couples eat in front of the TV. There’s nothing wrong with that, but the TV will take your focus, and you guys aren’t really talking. That’s how it used to be because you spend so much time in front of the TV that you aren’t engaged with one another. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yeah. Prophetess Yolanda Samu-

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els: We always eat at the table together no matter what meal we have. It gives us a chance to talk about the day or what is going on. We pretty much date in the house. (Laughs) Pastor Joseph Samuels: Every day. (Laughs) Interviewer: (Laughs). Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: We try to make it a habit eating together: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I work five minutes from the house so I come home every day from work so we can have lunch together. We try to spend as much time together, whether in the house or outside the house. We just spend that time talking. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Prophetess Kim, every morning we get up and pray together. That’s where our date starts. Interviewer: Amen. I love it. Pastor Joseph Samuels: We pray together. We eat breakfast together. We talk about everything. There are no bars. If we get a chance to go out, then we will do that. We love crabs, so we will go find some. Come home and cook them. We will sit down and enjoy them together. As Yolanda said, we don’t go out much

because of the pandemic, but we find the time every day. That’s what we will do until we go to bed. Interviewer: Amen. How important is it to keep dating your spouse after you get married? Pastor Joseph Samuels: Even more so. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: You got to do it. We want to stay connected and that’s how you stay connected. As we all know, intimacy doesn’t just start in the bedroom. It starts outside of that. If you spend the whole day talking and spending time together, it will only make your bond stronger. It’s so important, like you always say Prophetess K, to keep it spicy! Pastor Joseph Samuels: Keep it spicy! (Laughs) Interviewer: (Laughs) Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: (Laughs) Have fun! Marriage is supposed to be fun! It’s supposed to be spicy! It’s you and your spouse! You are in this thing together! You are supposed to have a good time and enjoy one another. Dating is a must-have. Every couple can do it. On our page, we did a broadcast where we gave dating ideas of things that you could do in the

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The Scripture tells us that there is nothing that can separate us from His love. We have to have that same love within us from the Father to have the same love towards our spouses. No matter what comes up, we find ourselves to be content. We need to be content in God.

house. On YouTube, you can get the little fake fireplace in the background. Pastor Joseph Samuels: (Laughs) Yes. Interviewer: (Laughs) Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Get the sparkling juice. Get the blanket and lay out in front of the TV. You guys can pretend you are in the mountains. There are so many different things that you can do. That’s what we are doing right now as we are doing this interview. We have the fireplace in the background, lying here, and

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talking to you. Pastor Joseph Samuels: (Laughs) Talking to you. Interviewer: (Laughs) Okay! Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: (Laughs) You can make it very simple. It doesn’t have to be expensive. You can cook together. It is so important to date your spouse. If you can’t afford to go out all the time, you can do it in the house. You can watch

a movie together and pop popcorn. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yes. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: All of that is included in dating. It’s just about taking the time out for your spouse to talk and get connected. Interviewer: Amen. I love it! Tron and I always get the sparkling juice. (Laughs) Prophetess Yolanda Samu-

els: (Laughs) Pastor Joseph Samuels: (Laughs) Interviewer: We get the wine glasses out. We also have a little fireplace. Our is a fireplace heated TV stand. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Cool. Interviewer: We just get in front of that. (Laughs) I know you guys pray to-

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gether. Some couples don’t. What’s the importance of praying with your spouse? Pastor Joseph Samuels: I think it’s paramount that you pray with and for your spouse because that’s part of the spiritual bond. When you do this, there is a strength being developed that we can’t see physically. It may manifest physically. It is necessary. God has mandated that we pray with and for our spouses before the foundation of the world. Because we have been so inundated with the worldly mindset, we figure that it wasn’t necessary. When we pray together, I can hear what she is thinking and she can hear what I am thinking. Interviewer: Amen. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yeah, because you have established that spiritual bond. We think that marriage is a physical thing. It can be physical because you have two people, but it is more so spiritual. We pray together and read Scriptures together. We have our own personal worship time. We have that time that is allotted just for us to do what we need to do together for the Lord. That’s how we live. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Prayer is like the heartbeat of a marriage.

Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yeah. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: If you find that your marriage’s pulse is weak, then check your prayer life. If you pray for each other, then your marriage will become stronger. The Holy Spirit will give you insight as to what could be going on with your spouse. You could pick up on when they aren’t feeling right. My husband is extremely sensitive to me. He will know when something is not right with me. If I do not sound right or I don’t look right, he can pick up on it immediately and say, “Okay baby. What’s going on? What’s on your mind?” That’s what prayer will do for us. It draws you closer to God but always draws you closer to one another. It gives you spiritual insight into what’s going on with your spouse and even in your marriage. We all have areas in our marriage that God wants to improve no matter how long you have been married. Seeking God is when we can find out what areas we need to work on as a couple. Not only together but also individually. Prayer keeps the marriage alive, keeps it going, and a must in marriage. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Amen.

Interviewer: Amen. I love that. I know you wrote a book together. How was that process of writing together and what is your book about? Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Wow. It was a process because there was so much to say and we weren’t sure how we would say it. Honestly, a lot of things we didn’t even get a chance to put in the book. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yeah. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: So much happened in that period. It was really good and therapeutic for us. When we sat back and

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As we all know, intimacy doesn’t just start in the bedroom. It starts outside of that. If you spend the whole day talking and spending time together, it will only make your bond stronger.

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looked at everything that we have gone through in the short amount of time that we have been together, we were really amazed. We said, “God, there is no way we could take credit on what happened in that whole scenario.” God was the only one that brought us out of it and kept us together. We received a lot

of healing from writing the book. As we recalled what happened, we said, “God, you have been so faithful to us.” We looked at the whys—the warning signs. We looked at the cover photo on the book, which was our wedding photo. We said, “We had no idea of what was waiting on us.”

Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yes. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: We look at the cover and say, “We were just in la-la land.” Interviewer: (Laugh) Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: We weren’t even ready when the enemy came at

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If you find that your marriage’s pulse is weak, then check your prayer life. If you pray for each other, then your marriage will become stronger. The Holy Spirit will give you insight as to what could be going on with your spouse. You could pick up on when they aren’t feeling right. us. We both read over each other’s chapter. Where the other left off, then that’s where we picked up. We tried our best to keep it in sequential order so it wouldn’t be all over the place. There was a lot to record. Sometimes, one forgot, but the other remembered. It was a blessing, privilege and honor because you never know why you go through what you go through. We can always help to strengthen someone else. We are not ashamed to tell our testimony. It was necessary to get to where God is taking us. It was really great to write with my

husband in that way. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Another thing, looking at the book, you get to see it from each other’s individual perspective. I read it every now and then. When we balanced everything out, I could feel her pain. She could feel mine with all the things that we had to go through and the process. I can say that writing the book did something for the both of us where we could stand strong in the Lord and for our marriage. We understood that the enemy was trying to destroy something that God had ordained. It caused us to press even harder. Where we were living, I called it the dungeon. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: I called it the wilderness. (Laughs) Pastor Joseph Samuels: (Laughs) Interviewer: (Laughs) Pastor Joseph Samuels: It was a dungeon for sure. Even in that, it allowed us to write in the wilderness. We understood and knew the promise. No matter what the enemy came up with, we didn’t idolize what happened. What happened is that we kept our faces like flint towards what God would have us to do. When

we look back at it now, like Yolanda said, it had to be the Lord. We prayed that the book would help someone with the principles. The scenario might be different, but the principles are the same. When the enemy comes in like a flood, if you stay focused on the things of God, the Spirit of the Lord will raise up a standard against Him. We allow His standard to be our principle that we can operate as God can have us to do. When others read the book, they will understand and know that it had to be God. Interviewer: Amen. What are you guys going to do on Valentine’s Day? (Laughs) Pastor Joseph Samuels: I don’t know. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: I don’t know. I don’t even think we did anything on the first Valentine’s Day, to be honest with you. Pastor Joseph Samuels: (Laughs) You know what, Prophetess Kim? Every day is Valentine’s Day in this home. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: (Laughs) Interviewer: Amen. Alright now. (Laughs)

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Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: (Laughs) That is true. We didn’t really do anything on Valentine’s Day. I guess we are really low key. We are both homebodies. We will get some sparkling juice. Pastor Joseph Samuels: (Laughs) Get a couple of Hershey bars. Interviewer: Okay. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: We will keep it simple

and spend time with each other. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yeah. Interviewer: It’s the little things that matter the most right? Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Yes. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Yeah. The little things that matter.

Interviewer: Do you have any last words of encouragement for our readers. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Remember what God has put together, no one man can put asunder. If the enemy and people are coming against your marriage or you, if people are speaking ill against your marriage, you have to trust God and His plans for your marriage. If He put you together,

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then He would keep you together. The Holy Spirit is the glue that will keep your marriage together. Don’t go by what you see or hear. Don’t even go by what you are in right now. It seems like what you are going through is taking forever or like it’s never going to end. It seems overwhelming and so powerful but nothing is more powerful than the Almighty God. He has a plan and purpose for your marriage. Fight for your marriage because it’s easy to get a divorce. It takes an effort to fight for your marriage and allow God to really rebuild what the enemy tried to tear down. You have to give yourself time and not rush it. You have to go through the process and allow Him to heal and restore your relationship that may be broken. Pastor Joseph Samuels: One of my favorite verses in the Bible is from the book of Proverbs. It is, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and don’t lean to your own understanding. Acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will direct Your path.” That means in your marriage, you have to trust God wholeheartedly. As Yolanda said, don’t be led by things that may come up or the things you may think. The enemy will always try to plant seeds. It may appear

to be one way, but it might not be. For example, Eve saw that the tree was good for food. Trust God and acknowledge Him with the things that may come up in your marriage. When you acknowledge Him, you can trust Him to give you directions in your marriage. We can’t just live our marriages and see fruit in our marriages by living with a worldly perspective. We have to apply Kingdom principles and become intimate with them. Trust in the Lord. Put in an effort and fight. The race is not given to the swift and the strong but to those who endure it. There has to be endurance in your marriage because every day will not be sunny or the best day, but every day won’t be the worst day. When you reside in Him, it will be the best day that God could have for your life. You could learn from the bad days so when the good things come, you will appreciate what you came out of. Interviewer: Amen. Do you have any events in 2021? Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Yes. We plan on doing a training on spiritual gifts in the spring. We will be writing more books. We will keep pressing for the Kingdom of God. Interviewer: How can we

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When we balanced everything out, I could feel her pain. She could feel mine with all the things that we had to go. I can say that writing the book did something for the both of us where we could stand strong in the Lord and for our marriage

connect with your ministry? Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: You can find us on Facebook. My husband has a ministry called Kingdom Principles. My page is It Cost Me Everything. Our ministry page is called Becoming One Flesh. We have a YouTube Channel and website coming. Interviewer: Thank you so much for the interview. It was really great. Prophetess Yolanda Samuels: Thank you. We love you. Pastor Joseph Samuels: Thank you. We love you.

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Interviewer: Thank you guys for accepting my invite for the interview for my magazine Rejoice Essential Magazine. We have been doing the magazine for six years in April, so I just bless God. The Lord has put it on my heart to ask you guys to do an interview today about your ministry, marriage, and anything about love because it will be a Valentine’s Day special. Can you tell me about you guys and your ministry? Shantel Moore: Alright, so we have been together for ten years and married for going on eight years in June of 2021. We have three kids, three boys, and we both work for insurance agencies. I have a business on the side. Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr.: Our ministry started from Marriage from 2 to 1 because we were feeling that some people needed to hear those types of situations of marriage that people don’t really go over and things that we had

learned from our marriage counseling that we did for a whole year before we actually ended up getting married. We wanted to take some of those things and share them with everyone else because they were really helpful to us. Interviewer: That is good. What is your other ministry name? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: Our other ministry name is Young in Christ, and that pretty much started around the same time as Marriage from 2 to 1. God laid that on our hearts to do both of them at the same time, and with Young in Christ, people will get the name of it. They take it the wrong way, thinking that you have to be a young person. But when we say Young in Christ, that means like babies in Christ. You are just learning things. You are just coming into God and trying to see what He can do for you. Interviewer: Okay, great. So you mentioned something

about marriage counseling. Now I know many people get married, and they don’t get counseling. So what benefits of getting that counsel have you seen in your marriage? Shantel Moore: For me, I will take that because it has helped a lot. The family was focused on me, so I had to learn the usual things for women. When you come into a relationship, especially if you have strong women in your family, they teach you that you don’t have to take stuff from anybody and that you run the relationship and the man. So I came into the relationship trying to run him and trying to “wear the pants” in the relationship. So a lot of the things that we were taught were the benefits of how to communicate and how to walk away when you are angry. [If you don’t], you will say anything and everything. [It teaches you] how to walk away and to not just spill out all of your feelings, especially women. We have a tendency to say words

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that will hurt someone deep when you just say anything, and you can’t repair that. What will always be on their mind is, “Did she really mean what she said, and does she really feel that way?” because you were talking out of anger. The counseling also brought a lot of things up for us that we didn’t think about. We talked about money, the arguments that we had in the past, and how to communicate properly as a man and woman trying to be together for eternity rather than one trying to be together for a temporary time. We also talked about things in the future like having kids and how to keep people out of your business. With us having been young when we got married, our Pastor was teaching us how to keep our marriage private and not let everybody in because that can destroy a marriage. If you are going to someone and saying this person did this to me and my husband said this. That person may still be feeling some type of way about your spouse. You have forgiven your spouse, but the person you talked to is still mad at your spouse. It is important to keep your marriage in your own marriage and not let everybody know your business.

Interviewer: Amen. That is really good, and that is a great pointer. Now I want to go back to Stevenson because you said something very crucial, and I just want to hit on it. When people see your ministry name, they kind of judge and feel like you have to be a young person. So how do you get over people judging you wrong? How do you guys get over that? When people do not want to really give you a chance because they prematurely judge what God has given you? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: I will say, for the most part, we just give it to God because that is the best thing to do. We just take it to Him and pray over it because of everything that is coming up against us. We give it to Him, and He will make a way for it. We tend to try to explain it a little more in our videos, but we don’t do it as much as we did at the beginning of the ministry. But we try to explain it a little at the beginning of our video so that they understand that you don’t have to just be a young person. Of course, people will look at us and see our age or just how we look and try to discount the things we do. But once they sit there and listen to

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When you come into a relationship, especially if you have strong women in your family, they teach you that you don’t have to take stuff from anybody and that you run the relationship and the man.

the Word of God and the things that we have to say, they will start to understand what we are saying and where we are coming from. So I feel that is one way that we can overcome the things that people are saying. Interviewer: Amen. I know that your wife has hit on many things about the topics that she has gotten from counseling that starts with the women. As far as the counseling, what did you get from it as far as the man is concerned? [It seems that] a lot of brothers don’t want to go to counseling. Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: Mainly for me, it was the typical thing where men don’t want to go to coun-

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We also talked about things in the future like having kids and how to keep people out of your business. With us having been young when we got married, our Pastor was teaching us how to keep our marriage private and not let everybody in because that can destroy a marriage. seling because you hear that it is going to break up your marriage before you even start. You hear that counseling isn’t a good thing to do, but going into it, there was a lot of helpful information and insight. Because I came from a household where none of the men did anything but listen to what the women were saying, it helped me realize that I have to be the man of the family. That was a big difference in how I was raised, and it just puts everything on the table. It will bring up

some things that [you want to keep hidden], like some arguments, but it has to be worked out and cleared up before you get married. So for the man, I would say just get out there and do it. It will make your marriage much more way better or multiples times better than it would if you didn’t go through the counseling. It will help you communicate because, of course, as men, that is one thing that we don’t do as well. We don’t communicate that well with our wives. We also don’t show our emotions well either, so that can help you step out and put everything on the table. Interviewer: Amen. So how is it working as a tag team in ministry? I know that a lot of couples want to do ministry together with their spouse. So how can you be effective when doing tag team ministry with your spouse? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: Well, for us, it was pretty easy because we have worked together pretty much since we met. We have worked at the same jobs together, and we are still at the same company now. We have worked so many jobs together, and we have always been like a good set. Yes, it probably will be difficult for other

people, and if the two have never worked together, they don’t know that balance to know what their strengths are and what your strengths are. Once you learn that balance of what she does better and what you do better, then that will be the deciding factor to help you have a successful working relationship. Interviewer: I was thinking about that. You got to know each other’s strengths and balances. How do you guys balance three kids, ministry, and work? Shantel Moore: For us, honestly, we have to start doing our recording at night when the kids are asleep. So a lot of times, we are doing our recordings at 11:00 PM or midnight because we have to be able to spend time with our kids as well as work. To remain balanced, we usually have to ask God for strength because a lot of times, I am exhausted from getting up early to work. He is exhausted from taking care of the kids and working, so the balance comes in when asking God for strength as well as when He tells us to rest. We are able to rest because there are times where our kids are kind of quiet and relaxed. We take that time to relax and study. We also get up earlier and stay up later to

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get whatever He wants us to teach for the people. Interviewer: Amen. So I saw you guys had a lovely candlelight dinner. It was so beautiful, you know. (Laughs) How important is dating your spouse? Talk about dating your spouse. Shantel Moore: I think that is one of the most important things to do because I feel like once a lot of people get married, they say the dating is over, and they don’t have to be romantic. We don’t have to spend time together, or you just only spend time together when you are in the bedroom, and that is it. But it is the key to be able to have intimacy outside of the bedroom as well as inside the bedroom. It is key to spend time with each other and make sure that both parties are still feeling the same about each other. You should be feeling like, “You are the one that I chose, you are the one that I love, and you are the one that I want to spend the rest of my life with.” I try to make him feel that way daily, and he does the same for me. It is very important to take time away from your kids and your job to just spend time with just the two of you. Because we have kids, a lot of times they are saying like, “Mommy and Daddy, I want you to

do this, and I want to talk to you about this,” so we don’t get a lot of time with just me and him. So those evenings and the nighttime when they are asleep, we try to spend time with each other, or we have times when we have taken off. We take days that we call “Date Days,” where I take off work, and he takes off work. We go and have a date for the entire day while our kids are at daycare. Those times are very important because I feel like it puts a spark back into our relationship, and it keeps you as one. Interviewer: Amen. Valentine’s Day is coming up. Do you guys have any plans or any tips to keep it spicy in your marriage (laughs)? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: You said to keep it spicy? (laughs) I mean, and this is something that I still work on for myself, but I guess it just comes down to try to do something different every year. Try not to get into a routine of just buying flowers, boxes of candy, or something and a card. Try to switch it up and get other things or do other things. Maybe it can be something that she has been asking about or wanting to do. Of course, it depends on your situation, and if you have

someone to take care of your kids or other things but try to switch something around. I think that would be able to spice it up more. Interviewer: Okay, what about you, Shantel? Shantel Moore: I feel like I try to do stuff differently every year. I try to listen because a lot of times, your spouse tells you what they want. They may not directly say, “I want this,” but if you are listening to the conversations that you guys have a lot of times, they give you in advance what they want. So I try to listen or notice what

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We have worked together pretty much since we met. We have worked at the same jobs together, and we are still at the same company now. We have worked so many jobs together, and we have always been like a good set.

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he needs and do that. Probably what we will more than likely do for Valentine’s Day is have a candlelight dinner. That is what we sometimes do. We eat some good food, turn off our cell phones and just have a full out conversation of just talking to each other and talking about our dreams and [just about] everything. Just like that first date night, when you come together, it is like you have your little flirting, and you talk about stuff. It is just having fun together and just being ourselves without our cell phones and kids. [It’s just us] having one on one

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But it is the key to be able to have intimacy outside of the bedroom as well as inside the bedroom. It is key to spend time with each other and make sure that both parties are still feeling the same about each other.

time. Interviewer: Many people get depressed on Valentine’s Day because they look on social media and see all the gifts everyone is getting, and they are single. What advice would you give to the singles? Shantel Moore: I would say the big thing that I hear the most, and I will say it is completely true. When you are saved and single, that is the best time you can have with God because you can pour out and spend so much time with Him. Once you get married, there will be less time. You will have times that you have to divide because your husband wants to spend time with you, and God wants to spend time with you, and if you add kids on top of that, you will have a lot on your plate, so I would take it as a positive because you get to spend as much unlimited time with God. He is your husband or wife for now. Spend time with Him and don’t look on social media but if you want to look at social media, know that your Boaz is coming. Know that your spouse is coming. The best thing you can do is work on yourself, so when you get married, you won’t have any issues. Work on yourself so you will have a

positive marriage, or you could have a kingdom marriage. Looking through the Bible, what are some attributes that you want to have as a wife or husband and take that to God. Continue to tell Him and decree and declare that this is what type of spouse you want. Also, work on yourself and spend time with God, and the time will go by quickly. So people will say, “No, the time doesn’t go by quickly because I have been waiting 20 or 30 years for a spouse.” But really put it before God, and it will come when the right time is because you don’t want to rush it. You want a man or woman that you will spend eternity with and someone who is not going to take from you, but they will pour back into you. Interviewer: How important is it to marry the right person? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: I would say it’s very important because you don’t want to be with someone, and I guess I’ll use the term unequally yoked. You don’t want to be unequally yoked. You don’t want to find someone who isn’t on the same path as you or doesn’t have the same set of goals of pretty much where you want to be in life with God and your marriage. So, it’s good to find someone that

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will be on the same level as you. It’s like I was saying earlier about balance. You want to make sure that you guys balance out each other to where it makes everything just end up working out.

Interviewer: Tell us about the first date. (Giggles) How was that for you guys? How did you know each other was the one? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: Our first date was kind of weird, I guess. I don’t know

if she considers it to be the first date, but let’s see, I hung out with her brothers. It was one of her brother’s birthday parties, and we all ended up going to the movies. She and I were seeing each other around her parents’ house from time

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to time. We ended up just sitting next to each other at the movies, and we ended up laughing and smiling at each other the whole time, and her brothers were looking over at us like, “What are y’all over there doing?” It just clicked. We were able to talk about things that we didn’t talk about with other people. We didn’t have to hide anything. It was kind of like it was a match made by God. Interviewer: Do you want to add anything, Shantel? Shantel Moore: Yeah, that’s what he classifies as our first date. I think of another one. My brothers were always around. We had a double date with one of my brothers. That was our first official date. We weren’t dating at the time. We were still classified as friends in his scenario, but I will say that that was the first time I kind of noticed him. I was like, “Hmmm, why haven’t I ever tried to talk to him. He’s like a really, really good dude.” People laugh. I was the type where I always wanted to date the thuggish type dude. I wanted a roughneck. He was just different from all the other guys. When I would talk to him, it wasn’t that one thing that he wanted from me. He didn’t want money. He didn’t want intimacy with me. He want-

ed to know me, and He got to know me for me. I will say he was the first dude who broke open something because I would always lie about myself. I would never tell anyone anything about myself. People thought that was crazy! Everybody that I went to school with knew something different about me. I never told them something that I had actually been through because I was shamed by my past. I didn’t like that I was sexually abused, so I was like, “Okay, I’m going to lie. I’m not going to tell people the truth about myself.” He was the first person where he was like, “That doesn’t add up. There’s just something about you. It doesn’t seem like that’s really who you are.” and he broke something up in me. He gave me a soft spot. He’s like my soft spot. If he comes around, I just know, and I have to tell him everything about myself because he was the one. He was different than the rest. Interviewer: Amen. That’s really sweet! How should couples handle conflict? Shantel Moore: I will say, walk away. It sounds crazy, but I will say, walk away. If you’re into a heated argument, we both had to practice this over the years. WALK AWAY! If you don’t walk away, you’re going

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Looking through the Bible, what are some attributes that you want to have as a wife or husband and take that to God. Continue to tell Him and decree and declare that this is what type of spouse you want.

to say something that you regret, or you’re going to say something that will cause more issues in your marriages. So, if you’re frustrated and you’re upset, walk away. Once you get kind of calm, cool, and collected within your emotions, then come back together to talk about it. I don’t mean to walk away and never talk about the situation again. Absolutely, come back and talk, but talk when your emotions aren’t on the rise and when you’re not angry because anger brings out frustration and you’re just going to be saying off the wall stuff. So walk away until you’re

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cool, then come back together and talk about it to see where the issue came in at. Often, if you’re frustrated or you’re in conflict, sometimes about monies

or emotions, you feel like somebody is not talking to you or your spouse isn’t communicating with you properly. Talk about that. Tell them what your issues

are so they can know and so you guys can get to the root of the issue together. Interviewer: Do you guys have any upcoming pro-

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jects? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: Not really. We were marking things down and making schedules for things. At this point, we just do things when God tells us to do them. We do once He tells us to do it. We do post it on our Facebook pages regarding what we are going to do. We just let Him lead us and do exactly what He wants us to do. Interviewer: Okay. How can people connect with your ministry? Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: They can connect with us on Facebook. We have two pages. One is the Young in Christ page and the other one is From 2 to 1 page. Of course, we allow anyone to connect to us by name if they can’t find the pages. They can always send us a message. We can direct you in any way, help you with prayer, or anything at all. Interviewer: Okay, awesome! Do you guys have any last words of encouragement for our readers? Shantel Moore: Marriage is a beautiful thing! A lot of people want to get married, but they don’t know what to expect. I definitely say read the Bible, get some of the scenarios out of the Bible.

You really don’t know what type of marriage you’re going to have, but you can take it to God to decree and declare what type of marriage you want to have. If you want to have a kingdom marriage, decree and declare it so you can get the right mate for yourself. Interviewer: Amen, that’s really good! Stevenson, you got anything? (Laughs) Stevenson Lamont Moore Jr: She kind of summed it up there. I guess one of the things I want to say is when it comes to your marriage, just make sure you are putting yourself out there and you are just trying to give your all! And don’t back down at the first sign of trouble because you will grow from it, and it will help you guys build in your marriage. Interviewer: This is the end of our interview, and I appreciate you guys. I know someone is going to be blessed when they read this interview. Shantel Moore: No, thank you for the opportunity! Interviewer: Awesome! I just bless God for you! Thank you so much for your time! Shantel Moore: Amen. Thank you so much!

Interviewer: You’re welcome! Alright, you guys, have a great day! Moores: You too! Bye, bye!

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We ended up just sitting next to each other at the movies, and we ended up laughing and smiling at each other the whole time, and her brothers were looking over at us like, “What are y’all over there doing?” It just clicked. We were able to talk about things that we didn’t talk about with other people. We didn’t have to hide anything. It was kind of like it was a match made by God.

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