Rejoice Essential Magazine October 2020 by Kimberly Moses

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CONTENTS

He Loves It When

Finish 2020 Strong

Should I Destroy Property If Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m Cheated On?

Kung Pao Chicken

Dr. Zolisha Ware

Should I Hit When I Lose Control?

Grilled Pork Ribs

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CONTRIBUTORS

Kimberly Moses

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Tamekia L. Washington

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Cover Photo by Tron Moses Media

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HE LOVES IT WHEN By Taylur Holland God loves it when we pursue Him. He loves it when we desire Him and chase after Him. He loves it when waiting on Him causes us to be braided together with Him — His thoughts becoming our thoughts, His ways becoming our ways, His words becoming our words, His desires becoming our desires — Those He gives. He loves it when we delight in Him, When we want Him. He loves it when we seek after Him with all of our hearts, And we find Him. Promise. God wants to commune with us. He wants to communicate with us. He wants to reveal so that

He can redeem. Don’t be afraid to go boldly to Him, To trust Him and sit at His feet. Want God because God wants you. He never stopped wanting you. He never stopped desiring you. To commune is to talk inti-

mately. Go. Sit at His feet. Put your ear to His mouth, and Your mouth to His ear. Pursue Him. Take hold of Him, pull Him close, and don’t you let Him go.

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FINISH 2020 STRONG BY TAMEKIA L. WASHINGTON

So...we are entering the 4 quarter of the year. Do you have your end of year goals in place beloved? Or are you like many, still feeling the sting if the problems you faced throughout the year? While sitting in the presence of the Lord recently I clearly heard him say….finish 2020 strong. This wasn’t just a personal word, it’s a cooperate word too. This year seemed to have knocked many people to their knees, many are struggling to hold onto what they’ve so strongly hoped for this year…BUT, 2020 isn’t over yet. Miracles happen in the fourth quar-

ter and even the last hour. The Lord told me, we need to finish the year strong, in doing so, he will be glorified. So, if your head has been hanging low because of attacks this year, pick it up, square up your shoulders and fight back. Don’t be dismayed by the enemy and his onslaught this year. Remember God has a way of turning something that seems catastrophic into a masterpiece. (Romans 8:28.) I remember the Lord telling me the becoming if the year “It shall come to pass.” That is the prophetic word

he gave me as we came into 2020. The things he has promised, will come into fruition. It’s STILL the year of the double! I am learning however, when you speak of promise you must be prepared to speak of location. In the bible promises were often connected to location. For example, the Israelites were promised land (a location) and we are children will inherit the kingdom of God (a location). Even the secret place in God is a location, so often location is directly connected to your promise.

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Consider also, our promise land can be based on location. Specifically, the mountain we conquer. People often view mountains in a negative way, but that isn’t always the case. Sometimes the land and we are called to is actually a mountain top. The promise that we will inherit could be directly connected to the mountain top that we are called to conquer. The mountain tops I’m speaking of are the areas of influence, even global influence, as some has been called to the nations. The common areas of influence, or the mountain tops are Media, Government, Education, Economy, Religion, Family and the Arts. Since these are the areas that have greater impact, these are also the areas, you’ll have the most influence. The impact you make on your mountain top, is what will bring forth the harvest of souls you have been sent to save. Not only will you impact a harvest of souls, you can also receive financial provision on your mountain top too. God will set you up to receive monitary compensation by serving the mountain you called to. But don’t chase the provision, chase him and the financial provi-

sion will be follow. Here are my tips to conquering your mountain top. Step 1 Get ready Write down the area(s) of influence you believe you are called to. When you know what your mountain top is, get ready by serving the people you are called to. Don’t focus on monetization or even expansion, simply focus on serving. What are the people lacking, what do they need? How are they hurting? How can the love and power of God manifest through you to bless the people on your mountain top? When you see a need fill the need. Remember also, whenever you’re serving, you set yourself up to become the “resource” This could benefit you because when the people have a need they will trust you to be the person who can help them solve it. This will definitely help you in business. Step 2 Get set Write down 3 ways to bring awareness to your ministry or business. Get set by bringing your offer to the tabale. Your offer may be a prayer line, it may be a prison ministry, a soup kitchen etc. Your offer may also be to provide an online

business course to the public. Then after you get set in your area of influence, God will establish your goings. (Psalms 40:2) Step 3 Launch! Go forth and LAUNCH IT!!! This is the place where your gift will begin to expand and make room for you. When you have placed others needs before your own the people will trust your integrity and character. As a result they will receive your whatever your launch. You may offer a prophetic ministry, a morning prayer line, a prison or outreach ministry, a salon or even a boutique. Whatever it is expect expansion. Knowing the mountain you are called to, are you convinced to finish 2020 strong now? Are you ready to dominate and seize your personal promised land? You will be the success God has called you to be, a fisher of men, and an alpha in the marketplace….And YES you’re are going to do it in 2020! No more delay . Put your hiking gear and go dominate your mountain! There is still more of the promise land to seize this last quarter of the year. So..... GET READY,GET SET, LAUNCH! It’S STILL THE YEAR OF THE DOUBLE!

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SHOULD I DESTROY PROPERTY IF Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M CHEATED ON? BY KIMBERLY MOSES

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Some women may say yes to this question. They feel like they are entitled to certain rights and they want the person who hurt them to suffer. Most women know that men value their cars and take pride in them. They spend lots of money to maintain the outer appearances. Some men have rims, stereo systems, and other cool features. They make sure that their ride is never dirty. For that reason, a woman might hit below the belt and damage a car. That was my mentality years ago. I remember professing, “You hurt me. Oh, yeah. I will get you back and hit you where it hurts.” I was talking about destroying vehicles. Sadly, I have messed up plenty of cars when someone messed with me. However, it wasn’t the right thing to do and Christians shouldn’t destroy anyone’s property. Berean Study Bible Proverbs 29:11 says, “A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.” A few years ago, I was in a backslidden state. There was a song on the radio called, “I Bust The Windows Out Your Car.” I remember blasting that music and singing along with it, not knowing that I would actually destroy my ex-husband’s car a year later. The enemy was planting seeds in me with a catchy

tune and lyrics full of vengeance. God warns us not to avenge ourselves. English Standard Version Romans 12:19 says, “Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” We have to trust God to fight all our battles. Some people will cheat but we must pray. The great news is that everyone isn’t a cheater. Some people truly love God and want to please Him. For that reason, they will honor their marriages and place certain boundaries, so adultery will never be their portion. When I look back, I was taught to destroy a man’s car if he cheated. In my mother’s and aunt’s defense, no one is perfect. My parents and aunt did their best to raise me. My family wasn’t saved growing up and we didn’t know the Lord, so when we got angry, we fought others. When I was nine, I was shocked as I came home from school one day and saw my father’s red truck damaged. The windshield was bashed in. Sugar and vinegar were poured down the engine. The tires were slashed. My siblings and I were scared and said, “Mom! Why did you do this to

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For that reason, a woman might hit below the belt and damage a car. I remember professing, “You hurt me. Oh, yeah. I will get you back and hit you where it hurts.” I was talking about destroying vehicles. Sadly, I have messed up plenty of cars when someone messed with me.

daddy’s car?” That’s when my mother told us about our father’s infidelity. I ended up hating my father for many years until I got saved and God revealed my hatred for him. I forgave him and now we have a beautiful relationship. God can restore any relationship if you allow Him. After several months of separation, my parents reconciled and now they are happily married. They will celebrate their 38th wedding anniversary in November. They both found Jesus and walked away from Buddhism.

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I didn’t realize that a demonic seed was planted in me that would manifest years later. When I was eighteen years old, I thought I was in love. I had meant this guy in the strip club where I worked. He was a player and cheated on me with several women. He gave me an STD and when I confronted him, he denied it. By the grace of God, I am disease free today. To make matters worse, this man got someone pregnant while we were dating. I was heartbroken and I wanted him to suffer. The first thing that came to my mind was to destroy his car. I drove over to his home in a rage. I got out of my car and popped the trunk. I took out the pump that you lift the car up with when there is a flat tire. I started bashing in his windshield. His mother came out into the yard and I cursed her out. Then he came out of the house to attack me and I ran into my car to drive away. He threw a boulder into my windshield. I write about my testimony in, “I Almost Died.” English Standard Version Ephesians 4:26 says, “Be angry and do not sin.” Years later, my ex-husband cheated on me and after months of enduring his infidelity, I snapped. I rammed my car into his. I also talk about this testimony in, “I Al-

most Died.” I suffered many things out of anger and foolery. It’s wrong to destroy property. I went to jail then was on probation for two years. Being arrested was a turning point in my life. I remember hearing the Lord say, “Kimberly, it’s time to grow up.” I am giving you the same advice, “Grow up!” You don’t want to spend time in jail or on probation. It’s not fun spending money that you don’t have on restitution or repairs. You don’t want the enemy to come into your life and cause chaos. Let go of the hurt and pain. Forgive. Jesus can heal you and set you free. God has since allowed me opportunities to apologize to the guy whose car I bashed and to my exhusband. When I saw these two men who hurt me, there was no bitterness in my heart. God had truly done a great work in my life. We have to stop becoming violent in front of our children because they are like sponges. They will imitate you when they get older if they don’t allow God to break cycles. NKJV Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way that they should go; when they get old, they will not depart from it.” We must stop watching violence on television and

stop listening to revengeful music. Again the world may celebrate lawlessness but God doesn’t. It actually grieves the Holy Spirit. Become a peacemaker. If someone cheats on you, let them go. God can bless you with someone better. If you decide to give your spouse another chance, God can restore but don’t be a foolish person tearing down your own house.

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I went to jail then was on probation for two years. Being arrested was a turning point in my life. I remember hearing the Lord say, “Kimberly, it’s time to grow up.” I am giving you the same advice, “Grow up!”

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Prep: 30 mins Cook: 30 mins Additional: 30 mins Total: 1 hr 30 mins Servings: 4 Yield: 4 servings

KUNG PAO CHICKEN

INGREDIENTS 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into chunks 2 tablespoons white wine 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons sesame oil, divided 2 tablespoons cornstarch, dissolved in 2 tablespoons water 1 ounce hot chile paste 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar 2 teaspoons brown sugar 4 medium (4-1/8â&#x20AC;? long)s green onions, chopped 1 tablespoon chopped garlic 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts 4 ounces chopped peanuts INSTRUCTIONS Step 1 To Make Marinade: Combine

1 tablespoon wine, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon cornstarch/water mixture and mix together. Place chicken pieces in a glass dish or bowl and add marinade. Toss to coat. Cover dish and place in refrigerator for about 30 minutes. Step 2 To Make Sauce: In a small bowl combine 1 tablespoon wine, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1 tablespoon oil, 1 tablespoon cornstarch/water mixture, chili paste, vinegar and sugar. Mix together and

add green onion, garlic, water chestnuts and peanuts. In a medium skillet, heat sauce slowly until aromatic. Step 3 Meanwhile, remove chicken from marinade and saute in a large skillet until meat is white and juices run clear. When sauce is aromatic, add sauteed chicken to it and let simmer together until sauce thickens. Recipe from https://www. allrecipes.com/recipe/9027/ kung-pao-chicken/

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DR. ZOLISHA L. WARE INTERVIEWED BY KIMBERLY MOSES

Interviewer: God bless you. How are you? Dr. Zolisha L. Ware: Hey! I’m good! Interviewer: Good! Thank you so much woman of God for agreeing to do this interview this morning. I want to start by asking how your journey to salvation was? How was the process when you accepted Jesus into your heart? Dr. Zolisha L Ware: Well my process of accepting Jesus Christ into my heart was a supernatural journey. I’d heard of Him, but I was not raised as a Christian. I never attended church in my youth. The first time going into a church was in my teen years. That was because I started dating someone who was a Christian. Girl gets with a guy. He says, “I’m a Christian.” That’s when I had my, “They’re talking about the same God I believe in.” But I lacked understanding.

Interviewer: Yeah. Dr. Zolisha L Ware: So after that, I didn’t really go. I ended up becoming a teen mom. When I visited that church again, some older women there told me I couldn’t go over with the younger people because I had a child. That put a bad taste in my mouth. I blew up at them. I didn’t have an understanding of the way they approached me. I was a person off of the street. I didn’t have any understanding and they approached me with rejection, so I was like, “Nawl, this is not for me.” So then years later, this particular family member was asking me every week to go to church. She and my daughter kept asking. At this time, I was at my lowest. I was at a point where I was tired. I felt like if this was life, it wasn’t worth living. I was almost at the point of giving up. “I’m tired of living like this. I’m tired of feeling broken. I’m tired of

revisiting my pain over and over again.” Some things happened in my youth that were devastating. I felt like the enemy stuck me there. I agreed to go, not with the right intentions, but I didn’t want them to ask me anymore. I remembered telling them, “Don’t ask me anymore.” I know I told my daughter that. “After I take you this time, don’t ask me anymore. Don’t wake me up on Sunday morning bugging me.” I ended up going that day. The Pastor wasn’t there. There was a visitor speaker. He was not from this area. He was from Chicago. He came in and preached a powerful word about forgiving and letting God in. Towards the end, he was starting to do the altar call and I’m getting ready to leave. You know how those people are. When it’s time for an altar call, you don’t want to be convicted, so you slide out. So that’s what I was doing. I was trying to get the kids together, but

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they weren’t paying attention. They were doing other stuff. I couldn’t get out, so I had to sit back while thinking about how I would get out of there. All of a sudden, this light started beaming on me. I’m then in an encounter and hear, “Do you love me?” I look around because I’m freaking out. “What do you mean, do you love me?” I heard it again, “Do you love me?” The second time I heard it, I hear this other voice on my left side. “He did not say, ‘Do you love me?’” He reminded me of all the things that I was doing, and the reason why I could not answer that question. At this time, I was not married. We still weren’t mar-

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My body felt like it was just only holding on by a thread, especially when that other demonic voice came back and was still reminding me of all my sins, all my brokenness, and how I wasn’t going to be able to do anything.

ried. We were lying and saying we were married, but we were not married. We were just doing whatever we wanted to do. At the same time, we were drinking and partying and doing everything that we could possibly do. I was so broken and those things were not enough for me. It was just not enough for me. God asked me if I loved him, and the demonic voice that came from the side to tell me, “You can’t do this because you are going to have to leave your boyfriend and not sleep with him.” He said that. “You can’t be with your boyfriend no more. You can no longer do manipulative things to get extra money.” At this time, I had friends that were in stripping. We were not necessarily called prostitutes, but you might as well say that was what it was because they would pimp guys for money. Although I was not sleeping with any of the guys, a lot of the time, I was the lookout. You take another girl with you and make sure that nothing happened or you take another girl with you because the guy has a lot of money. If he goes to sleep, we are going to rob him. Interviewer: You sound just like me!! Dr. Zolisha Ware: I wasn’t the person that was giving

my body, but I was just as guilty. I was in the room to make sure that whatever she did, we came out of there with extra stuff. So I was doing that and like I said, after that second voice, the weight of his voice came stronger. “Do you love me!!” It became so strong and you know I remember the physical part. I had to grab my shirt because I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. My body felt like it was just only holding on by a thread, especially when that other demonic voice came back and was still reminding me of all my sins, all my brokenness, and how I wasn’t going to be able to do anything. I guess it would have been my norm, but then that third time, the voice asked me again: “Do you love me!!” I am like, “Oh,” but I still did not answer because I was contemplating all the things that the accuser was throwing into my brain. Suddenly, while I am sitting there, I start feeling this fire come from my feet. I don’t know if you have ever had a hot flash before, but let’s just maximize a hot flash to about a hundred times the power. I could feel the fire and I could smell my flesh, so I absolutely knew that without a shadow of a doubt what was happening and what was going on. And I believed that at that

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moment when I was feeling that fire coming up my leg, that was the end of my life. I was in sin, so I am bound in sin. So if you are bound in sin, you know where you are going right? So I was at the entry point of hell. Do you know what I am saying? The fire was coming up my leg. It was coming up and I could smell my flesh. Both voices got silent after that third time. “Do you love me?” It got silent and it got distant. The other voice kind of didn’t say anything after the third time. It’s like he said, “Oh. She isn’t saying anything so I got her!” But that fire got to my abdomen and all of a sudden, it was strong. Before I knew it, I was like, “Oh no! This is real!” The last thing that I remembered with the fire was that it had gone down my arm. It was not on the outside of my body, but it was on the inside of my body. This is why I bring up the hot flash. I could feel it. I could smell it, and I knew mentally what was going on with me.

on my knees. She grabs my hands and pulls me up. She said, “Have you ever accepted Christ?” And I said, “No, I have never accepted Christ before,” She was like. “Okay, this is what we have to do.” Let remind you, I am still on fire! Interviewer: Yeah!

Interviewer: Jesus!

Dr. Zolisha Ware: She was acting all calm and the normal ‘come to Jesus’ kind of thing that the people do. I am like, “Let’s move this right along cause I am burning up!” (Laughs) When she pulled me up off the floor and I came back to myself, I said to her, “No I don’t know Christ. I’ve never done this before. I am on fire!! Can you stop the burning? What do we need to do to stop the burning?” She is looking at me now like I am crazy, and she is trying to grab my hands. I can’t let her grab my hands because you know when you are on fire you can’t be still anymore. I am moving around and running around the altar. The altar was like a circle.

Dr. Zolisha Ware: I remember jumping up all of a sudden and heading to the altar. That is all I remember before I got to the altar because they had a long walkway. The next thing I know, a woman comes and grabs my hands and I am on the floor

I remember as I started to run around the altar, I was proclaiming, “He is Lord.” I said, “Yes, I love you!” Everything He said, I repeated it. “Yes, I love You and God I am a sinner. I am so sorry, Lord, that we were stealing from the men. I am so sorry,

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Years later, this particular family member was asking me every week to go to church. She and my daughter kept asking. I agreed to go, not with the right intentions, but I didn’t want them to ask me anymore.

Lord, that we were plotting against people, partying, drinking, and not being a mother.” I moved in a circle with my eyes closed. Finally, halfway through the circle, I opened my eyes and everybody in the church is up and crying. I am just looking and then the fire stopped. When it stopped, I just fell in the middle of the floor and I just sobbed. I just stayed there and just cried because I was drained. Although that was a horrific coming to Christ moment with a supernatural encounter, I felt so new. Interviewer: Amen! Amen! Dr. Zolisha Ware: I had to just sit in the middle of the floor. I wondered what it was and what happened be-

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cause I wasn’t raised a Christian. Having a supernatural encounter, you have to be taught right; you have to be taught who God is and what you have just encountered. Interviewer: How long did it last when you were on fire? Dr. Zolisha Ware: Let me see…it seemed like a long time. Probably about maybe 5 minutes or 10 minutes but it felt like a long time. I am not going to lie to you, it was to the point where even afterward, although I felt renewed when I went home and thought about what happened, I remembered that fire! I kept looking at my skin looking for the burns. Interviewer: (Laughs). Dr. Zolisha Ware: I was look-

ing for third-degree burns, because I am like, “Ok, I know I got third-degree burns, and I am going to need to go to the hospital.” I am looking and I don’t have any burns. I don’t have anything, but I knew immediately we are going to have to stop this. I waited until my kids’ father got home and I told him, “Listen, we have been playing around, but we are going to have to stop this.” I told him, “I can’t do this anymore,” and he was like, “I have been asking you to marry me.” He wasn’t lying. We had already been to the courthouse a couple of times to get married but it was always me. I’d tell him, “Nah!!” because I haven’t seen real successful marriages. I thought people married, but they weren’t really happy. I had issues with that,

but when that encounter happened, I didn’t have any more issues. I didn’t want to feel that fire anymore and I was not going to be burned. It was Sunday and there was no place for me to move to. He slept in the room and I slept on the couch. He came to me on the couch and said, “We are going to get married. Whatever you want to do! You are right this is what we have to do.” So my encounter with Jesus was Him showing up and showing me who He was for real and not based on what people say and how they act. He let me know that “What they say I am, I AM!” So that is my total explanation. Interviewer: It is amazing because your husband didn’t want to leave his boo thang!

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He said, “No this is my girl.” That is powerful and sometimes it takes one of those ‘hell and heaven’ encounters to draw someone to Jesus. Yes, that is really powerful about how God delivered you guys from shacking. If God can do it for you, then He can do it for someone else. Someone needs to know that they don’t have to compromise. I want to backtrack and I know we co-authored a book together called It Cost Me Everything. You wrote a chapter on perversion and you were in a different religion. Could you speak about that? Dr. Zolisha Ware: Sure. I grew up in Southern Illinois in a town called Alton. They had a place called the “farm.” The farm is considered Israel. Basically, they considered themselves Black Israelites, and they live as Jews. They believe in the Old Testament, but they do not think that Jesus is Lord. Their practices are pretty much no pork, no unclean foods like fish, shrimp, and lobster; no crab and bottom feeders. They didn’t celebrate holidays. They did celebrate birthdays, at least some of them did and some did not. The practice was pretty much bland and this is why even as a child, I struggled with it. When we went into the temple for services, all males talked and did

everything. There were no women doing anything, but we would read about stuff in the Bible about women. I was a young girl, so I was struggling with the fact that I don’t see anybody look like me, but God has made me. I was very inquisitive as a young girl and I was asking questions. I lived with my Aunt while my mother was going through school. There was somebody that my momma met and married. They came back and got me because I wasn’t with her. Now I was living in one household that said they were Christians but didn’t go to church. I went when I was six years old to live with my mother. Now she and her husband are practicing this religion. God has brought my mother and some of my family out of this religion. Interviewer: Amen. You had an encounter with God and you had like a hell experience that made you get saved after your encounter. I thank God that you came through all of that. One of the things about perversion is the enemy twists the truth from what God’s original plan is and one thing that I know is that the enemy tries to keep you held up in it. You have Safe Haven Outreach and you do a lot of things in the community. I

really want you to talk about that and how they can connect with your outreach and support you? Dr. Zolisha Ware: Okay, sure! My organization is driven by the community and about the changes and bringing the Kingdom of God. I have two primary organizations. The first is Safe Women Outreach that focuses on women. We have been in business for over five years now. Our focus is not just leading you to Christ but giving you a balance in your whole life. We offer life skill classes, resume building, and cooking classes. We have a food bank and we have a personal item center. It is a place that you can go to get laundry detergent and sometimes we have clothes and hair supplies in there. It’s everything that you may need for home. Sometimes I will get a call from someone talking about we have a new family and they don’t have anything.

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All of a sudden, this light started beaming on me. I’m then in an encounter and hear, “Do you love me?”

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They will call me and ask, “Zolisha, can you bring a package?” My package will include food for them for that month. Plus, I will bring dishes and things that they can eat off of because you don’t know what they brought with them. I also give them personal items, tissue, paper towels, laundry detergent, soap, and clothes because a lot of times they are just arriving into the area and they don’t have a change of clothes. I ask the ages of the family and get clothes for them. We also make sure that they have Bibles to start building that foundation to work with them. We bring information about the community, and school information based on what district that they are in. When I get there and give

it to them, I spend a little bit of time with the family, you know, just letting them know who I am and what I can do for them as far as getting them set up. They have to get IDs to get into the system to get some kind of support but sometimes they already have it, but they are coming from a difficult situation and you have to transition it. We also offer the money for that to help them get their documentation for the state that we are in. Illinois, where I am, is considered a safe harbor state. Safe Haven is for women and families. The secondary thing that we offer is if a woman is coming out of a domestic violence situation, I partner with another organization

and we get those women to safety. We help them via counseling sessions to help their minds so they can come out of it. We focus not on what they went through but just the love of Christ. We show them who their identity is in Christ. Having an identity and vision helps a woman see who she is. So we kind of focus on showing her who she is as a woman and who God has placed her to be in before she was in her mother’s womb. She will identify why she is suffering the things that she is suffering because the enemy is trying to keep her from becoming who God has called her to be her identity. Then usually the identity connects with a vision because God always gives us visions, right? This pushes

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her forward so that she has hope. It continues to push her forward so she won’t go back to that old lifestyle. We do that also for teens who drop out of school. We help them get their high school diploma and I partner with an online center as well as the GED Center here in our community depending on what is going on in their life. We help them do that and if they have children and cannot go out of the household, we set them up with the internet, laptops, and we pay for classes for them to be able to take it and get their diploma. There are checks and balances where they have to show progress every three months for me to continue to pay for those classes and for them to continue to get their education paid, for me to continue to let them have my laptop, and get their internet bill paid. I have had situations where people will abuse that system. I have to go and knock on the door like the repo man and say that I need the laptop, I need the wifi box, and I need everything because they are not using the tools. There is a form of accountability in our programming, which is what God told me to do. “You have to make people accountable and give an account of what they

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We had already been to the courthouse a couple of times to get married but it was always me. I’d tell him, “Nah!!” because I haven’t seen real successful marriages.

have. Society makes you give an account because if you don’t go to work, you will lose your job. If you lose your job, then you may not have finances coming in that you can take care of your family.” He told me, “The social norm of the economy is accountability and responsibility, so you need to run your organization the same.” We do emergency drops for schools. They can call, email and say, “I need a food drop,” and we drop those off throughout the month except the third week of the month. The third week is our Center Day. We meet, have trainings, talk about God, pray for people, and whatever else is needed. It is a very open form. We allow ourselves to be led by the Holy Spirit because He knows. That is what the people need and

the Holy Spirit knows better than we do. When they come in, I may already have prepared a message but at the same time, I am allowing the Holy Spirit to tell me what is each individual’s need because it may vary depending on their life situations. Once the meetings are done, we send them home with food, personal items, educational packets, and/or other solutions. Maybe they have not signed up for assistance or don’t know about WIC or any social agencies in our community that could support them in a manner that we cannot. That is my Safe Haven side, where we focus more on women. About a year ago, God gave me another center called Fearless Transformation Center. Fearless is more of an all-in-all. We include all people and it focuses on a family unit; not just a woman, but the mother, father, and children as a whole. Now we offer the same thing that we offer at Safe Haven but the difference is it’s geared towards the family and we gear towards education as a unit. We have a lot of non-traditional classes like how to be a better father, how to be a better mother, and what does it mean to be obedient to the children. I say that because people always laugh and say, “You are teaching an obedi-

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ence class!” I’m like, “Yeah,” because you usually learn the rules of your household in your youth before you are six years old. So if I came from one household to another household, there are things that I missed. I had to be retaught certain things that I missed, and if you don’t have a person or parent in the right position, they can’t teach you those things. So that’s why we offer that for kids, but not just kids that are a part of a family. We even open it up to the alternative centers here. We have alternative centers for children, and we offer them to come in and take those learning classes. Basically, what we are doing is helping them to identify who they are, helping them to see that the path that they are choosing is not the right path, helping them to learn how to get on the right path so that God can take them to who they fully are. A lot of times, that negative behavior is because it needs to be reinforced with positive and they are not getting that reinforcement so kids act out. So how do you keep them from acting out? You bring that positive reinforcement. Now they are opening up. Now they will tell you what they need and we become their support system. So that’s what we do for the family.

Now for our community, we are trying to get on every board. I’m already part of Community Health Services Organizations, where all the health services of our community come together and talk about what they are offering, what we can do better, and how. So I’ve been a part of this since I’ve had Safe Haven. I just kind of moved myself over when I came into Fearless so that I can get involved not just on the female side but all aspects. It helped me see the gaps in our community which is not just the lower poverty but with minorities as a whole. This community really struggles with supporting as a whole. They don’t have a lot of African American police officers, but 90% of the people in prisons and jails are African Americans. Ninety percent of the people in the county are Mexican. So you have all these minorities that you are locking up but don’t have anyone that looks like them that’s stopping them and communicating with them. So being on these committees, you are talking to these officers, you’re talking to these legislatures officials, and you’re learning that they don’t even have an understanding of the people that they’re dealing with. It’s like we bridge that gap.

For instance, the other day I was watching the committee. They have a police commission regulation committee and they were talking about complaints they got for this year, which was about eleven complaints. The people were asking how many of those complaints have been reviewed by the board. They reported none because the committee hasn’t asked. They were then asked if they told the committee. He said, “I think I told at least one.” I believe you should start with that. If you are not allowing the committee which was formed to review complaints but only allowing internal reviews, how are we to know 100% that the people are getting their full review and that it’s not biased? All they have done is changed the regulation or rule to fix a problem but they didn’t acknowledge to the person that something was wrong. So those are the things that we need to be honest about in our community. We are pushing all these things. I know people are getting caught up in a culture with Black Lives Matter and all of that. No, I’m a Christian. And God loves all people. So I’m not for that. I’m for fairness. I’m for righteousness. I’m for the truth. That’s where I am. So All Lives Matter. I know people hate when they hear

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me say that. All Lives Matter because God says so. But at the same time, I understand the disparity of different cultures, so I want to educate them on what they can do and how they can do it and bring that back to our community so they can say, “Hey, we’re trying to do their part now do your part. And be fair. Be righteous. Don’t be silly. Don’t tear up our community, our stores, and our policemen. Show that we can truly, truly make a difference.” We can’t ask them to start doing something for you but you are not willing to do it for yourself. You want fairness but you are not fair. You want to be treated like a human being but you are not treating them like one. So those are the kinds of conversations we have been having in Fearless Transformation Center. And we have recently started an open forum where we are doing it online so people can hear those conversations with different people in different communities. We are pushing it out. The last few weeks we’ve been having it with people in our community but today we are going to talk about it as a whole and I’ve brought some people who are not a part of my community but are part of the Christian community.

The reason why I am passionate about doing these things is that I want to really have a kingdom experience. We think that the kingdom is just going to come and drop on us, and it’s going to happen by chance but that’s not biblical. When God says in the Word, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,” that is you bringing the kingdom. That is you becoming the kingdom. That is you living it in Him. I live, move and have my being in Him. You are living in it. You are moving in it. You are breathing it. So thus it has to come down and that is what we lack. We have gotten passive and thinking that it’s just going to happen. It’s just going to appear. It never says that in the word. It tells us we got to work out our soul and salvation. There is some work required to receive the kingdom. There is some work required for us to bring

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We have a lot of non-traditional classes like how to be a better father, how to be a better mother, and what does it mean to be obedient to the children.

the kingdom of God to this world. And so are we willing to stand in the gap? Are we willing to stand and let God do those things? So they can get ahold of both of those organizations, Safe Haven or Fearless, by going to Facebook. They both have their own pages. Safe Haven Women Outreach and Fearless Transformation Center. We have a phone number — any questions or if you are in our area and need support call 309585-8072. We have a website which is www.fearlesscenters.com. Click Contact, list the things that you need, and we will get back to you. Not only that, but you can also send a message on both of those pages through Facebook and someone will get back to you within 24 hours. Interviewer: Amen. That’s awesome. You are like a true game-changer, mover, and shaker in the kingdom. And I know you have a powerful story about your education. God has really blessed you academically. Can you talk about that experience? Where you started off and where you are now? Dr. Zolisha Ware: Yes. When I came into the kingdom, I had no education. When I came into the kingdom, I began a relationship with

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Christ. My education had been stolen from me because I was a teen mother. I just had a lot of people who did not want me to succeed around me. They were trying to hold me back. Every time I tried to do anything, it just seemed like a struggle because I was a teen mother. I would hear things like, “You are sixteen and you have your own car and house.” I was like “Yeah, what’s the big deal about that?” I came from Southern Illinois, where people took care of themselves and did what they are supposed to no matter what their age was. So to come up to Central Illinois and to see that there is a difference and that people looked at it being something wrong being young and having your own. You must be selling drugs or you must be doing this and you must be doing that. And we weren’t doing any of that. My children’s father was working for the prison in the state of Illinois, and I was going to school, high school, to finish my schooling. Then I was going to get an extra education to become a CNA. I was going to those classes as well. When it was time for me to get ready to graduate, they were passing out senior stuff and I didn’t get a senior packet and I knew I should have had one. So I went to my counselor’s

office and I said, “Hey, you forgot my senior packet,” and she had an attitude and said, “No, I didn’t forget it.” So I asked, “Why didn’t I get one?” She said when I transferred to the school, the semester didn’t have a grade in it. You have the semester grade and then your final grade for the semester. It should have it. I had all B’s for the third and fourth quarters. So the fourth quarter semester grade should have been B’s. Well, it came from one school to the next, she should’ve told me then to take care of it. She said, “It’s been a year, so I don’t know what to tell you. You’ll come back another year and we’ll work on that.” I was like, “I’m not coming back for another year. You know I’m supposed to graduate. I’m not coming back for another year.” “Well, oh well,” is what she said. I got so angry. I said I am done with it. I left and I did not go back to school. Two years after I was saved, I was in my living room reading a book because I read all the time. Suddenly, I heard the Holy Spirit say, “It’s time for you to go back to school.” I said, “Go back to school. No, no. Every time I go to school with people, they make it difficult for me. I don’t want to do that.” He was like, “No, I’m going to fast track it. If

you go, I’ll make sure you’ll get through this. Just stick with me. We will get this done.” I don’t even have my high school diploma. What am I going to do? The Holy Ghost told me to go back to the school where I was. So I went back to the school, here in Bloomington and I said, “Hey, I want to find out what I need to do. I need my transcript. I guess I’m going to have to get a GED because I didn’t get my high school diploma.” I’m sitting there. You have to pay fees and the lady is getting the papers, but she looks very strange. She is taking a little longer than I think she should be taking. Finally, I asked her, “Is everything okay?” And she’s kind of shaky. She’s like, “No.” I’m like, “Why, what’s wrong?” She said, “Baby, I don’t know how this happened. It’s not my fault. I was not here in those years, but I’m looking at these credits and I’m looking at this thing. You should have gotten your diploma. I don’t know who did this. I’m sorry.” She pleaded and I’m like, “It’s okay. It’s okay. It’s not your fault. You weren’t here. Just give me the paperwork so I can see what I’m about to do.” So she said, “I don’t think you need to go down to the GED center because you got all the credits. All they are going to make you do is redo all this stuff

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When God says in the Word, “Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done,” that is you bringing the kingdom. That is you becoming the kingdom. That is you living it in Him. I live, move and have my being in Him.

lars and having to do these classes over.

for no reason.” And I said, “Okay, I’ll see what I can do.”

But two weeks later, the lady called me back and said, “Ma’am, you got way more credits than we even require. What we are going to do is have you take two tests because we have to show that you did something in this year for us to give you a diploma. So we’ll have you take two tests, a science and an English and then we’ll give you a diploma.” I took those tests and she called me back like the next day and was like, “Okay, your diploma is on the way.” I was like, “I got my diploma for high school, so I will be able to rest.”

So I got in my car and I looked at this stuff and I became angry. I overheard someone having a conversation about them starting online school. They were talking about how people can go online and get their education with their school. So I started looking online. I came home after that conversation and I found a school called Excel High School. They take people who are in their 20’s and they help you get your diploma as opposed to a GED. So I called them and they said to send my transcript. So I sent my transcript, thinking that I would have to pay like 300 and something dol-

Immediately, the Holy Ghost said, “Nope, go register for college.” I’m like, “Can I just enjoy this?” “No, go register for college.” I registered for college for the first semester. They also had a new program there to become a doctor residency, which is like a basic physician. I was like I always wanted to do that. I felt driven to do that, and I was like, “I’m going to see if I can do that.” They said, “We have to check your first semester grades to see if they’re good and if they’re good we’ll, let you in no problem.” I went the first semester and I got a 4.0 GPA. Everything was good. I’m excited. I’m ready to go!

I get over to sign into this program and you have to go overseas for 18 months but I’m still working towards my Associates in Science. They were getting me ready for the program and I am consulting God. I’m getting ready to leave so that you can do the portion you need to do for the residency and all of a sudden the Holy Ghost said, “No, I don’t want you to do that. I want you to continue your education with just school. I don’t want you doing that.” I was like, “But Lord, they let me in (laughs) and they gave me a scholarship. He was like, “No, that’s not the education I need you to have. I’m going to use you in that manner, but a different way.” But I kept saying, “God, I can help people get healed. I can help people be delivered,” and he was like, “Listen, I’m going to use you in a different manner,” so I just continued to pursue my education after that. I switched back out of that medical program into regular school, getting my business degree. The next year I got my Associates. And then again, the Holy Ghost said, “Keep going,” and so I kept going. In the next two years, I got my Bachelor’s and then I was like, “Okay, I finally got my Bachelor’s so this is done. The Holy Spirit said,

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“Nope, you’re going to keep going.” I’m like, “Lord it’s been almost five or six years I’ve been in school,” and he was like, “You’ll be okay, keep going! I have something for you. I need you to keep going.” So now I say, “Okay, where I am going to go to school? I don’t want to go to class. My kids are older and I need to be home. They’re teenagers. My kids will be sneaking out and I need to be able to watch them,” so I went to online school with Liberty University and I signed up for my Master’s degree in Executive Organizational Leadership and Business Management. And so I was just like, “Okay I signed up for this.” It took me like a year and I got my Master’s. I was like, “Okay, Lord, here is my Master’s.” I’m not going to even lie to you, it was happening so rapidly because God had me in such a grace that it wasn’t difficult at all. For many people, it’s so hard. It wasn’t for me. As long as I was in His grace, it wasn’t for me, here’s why I say this. After I get my Master’s, I’m going to get a second Master’s (laughs) in Health Administration so I can have dual Master’s. After I finished getting my Executive Leadership Master’s, about a month into that summer, I was praying about going into the Health Administration thing and

God had already told me, “No, your secular education is done.” I was like, “God this is just one more thing. Just let me do this and then I’ll be done.” You know, I didn’t get any response? I’m like, “It’s okay. I’ll just go do it.” Do you know that one class was the worst class of my life? I couldn’t get finished with the class for anything. He had lifted the grace. I couldn’t even remember anything. I couldn’t remember how to write a paper, and I had just finished with my Master’s (laughs). Finally, I had to get on the floor and I was praying. I was just like, “Lord, I’m sorry. I repent!” He asked, “What did I tell you?” I said, “You told me my secular education was done.” My lesson was that when that grace is upon you, you take advantage of what God is telling you to do, but when He lifts it, you better get up out of it. Do not continue! You’re going to suffer some things. Did I suffer? I had to get out of the class, but I still had to pay for it and I ended up wasting like three or four thousand dollars. I had to pay because I was trying to drag it on to the end when I knew I wasn’t supposed to be in the class in the first place. So, I ended up paying for classes that I didn’t finish cause I couldn’t. The grace was gone.

And so, about six months after finishing that degree, I started having more encounters with God and things began happening for me. I start feeling like something was changing in my life. It was like He had me on a set plan. He knew what to release and when to release it. When He released it, I started having encounters. Then I started looking at seminary school because I started getting this desire. He was like, “You need to learn more of my word, the intricate. You need to learn the intricacies of my Word,” is exactly what he said. I was like, “Okay, God, I’m learning your Word. I’m studying your Word.” I heard other people say, “Just study the Bible. You don’t have to go to seminary school to be in-depth,” but that wasn’t the plan God had for me. He wanted me to get more indepth in His word. So I went and started looking for seminary school. I looked at a couple of them and ended up running into this gentleman. Someone told me he was having an event with Anchor Theology School, Anchor School of Theology Seminary and Bible Institute. He was having some semi- and welcoming seminars and that I should go. So I was like, “Okay, Lord, I’m going to go to this seminar and if you show up,

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I’ll know this is what you have for me and if not, my education is done. I think it’s done.” I went to that seminar. That man spoke about the power of God, the kingdom, and how God is birthing deeper education for His people. As he was talking, you could just feel God’s presence so heavy on him. I was just like, “Okay, Lord.” He told us, “If we decide to go to this school, this is not only a school but a commission from the Lord and if you are being commissioned by the Lord, it means you have a great work to do, not for yourself but for the people. So don’t come here to just get whatever degree you’re pursuing because there are all levels of degrees that we offer. If you are coming here, pursue kingdom business. You are coming here to learn the intricates of God so that you bring His Kingdom into the Earth. This school is for you.” And I tell you the presence was so heavy. He prayed

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over everybody and everything. When I got up to him he said, “You know that this school, this class is for you.” And I looked at him and said, “Sir,” because he’s an older gentleman. He said, “This school is for you. This class is for you. This meeting was made for you.” This is what he begins to tell me. He said, “Because God has a great work for you. You have to get and need the things that God has for you.” I said, “Oh, I know the surface. Oh I know.” And he was like, “Okay. Don’t miss your opportunity.” They had introductory rates, so I said I’ll go ahead and enroll, and then I’ll see. A month later, I ended up having a dream and knew that is what God wanted me to do and I started pursuing. It took me about another two and a half years, three years after that meeting and I got my doctorate in pastoral theology. I finished that in March of this year, 2020. So if you go back to 2007, I got my high school diploma in September of 2007. So from 2007 to 2020, God fast-tracked me to get my degree. Interviewer: Amen. That’s amazing. I’m so proud of you. Congratulations again on getting your doctorate. How did you know you were a prophet? Dr. Zolisha Ware: Well, I

knew I was a prophet because of my supernatural encounter with God. He told me I was a prophet. He took me into a vision, and said, “Thou shall be who Samuel was to Saul, Nathan was to David, and also have the power of Ezekiel.” So when He told me that, I was standing in front of a gate with a sword in my hand with these colors behind me. So I knew who Samuel was and in this time, I was in school, in the Bible Institute, School of Theology when I had this vision. It was the second year, so I knew who he was because I had studied him. Then I was told that some people had only in their 30 years of being saved seen one prophet. To me, that means that they weren’t common so how could I possibly be one? That’s how they made me feel, but I knew what God had said. I knew that He had told me I was a prophet, but I did not have the support to believe I was. How did I start believing that I was? I had to connect with a confident prophet. I had to connect with someone who had already been in this thing and walking in it. This is how I connected to you. You were on an event and during that event, I think that it was like the third or fourth day and you were talking about being a prophet and

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I got on my face and prayed to God. I said, “Okay, I tried to do this my way and now I got to do it Your way God. I tried to make it happen how you see it in the movies. This is not working. I got to do it Your way God!!

how unusual it was, and how sometimes we are rejected and sometimes we’re not wanted. People have a bad depiction of what a prophet truly is and that caught my attention because I was going through that at the time. So then I started following you. I knew I was a prophet because God told me I was a prophet. I knew what He said but I had to believe it. So God had to bring someone in the natural form so I can believe it because I had been brainwashed to believe differently. So He almost had to reteach me some things about who He was and how His operation is. I believe He did that by putting me around people who do things out of the box. That’s how I got introduced into

the prophet. God just threw me in there supernaturally with that vision and then connected me to you so that I could solidify and truly believe that I was who He said I was. Interviewer: Amen, that’s really encouraging. You know the enemy fights people in their minds to believe the opposite of what God is speaking. So that’s powerful. I know somebody is going to be blessed when they hear your experience. I know that you have a powerful testimony about your marriage. When you started living for God, your husband wasn’t saved yet. Can you speak a little bit about that to encourage someone because I know a lot of women want to quit? They want a divorce. They just want to throw in the towel. Dr. Zolisha Ware: Yeah, so while I was going to school and doing all of these things, and I think about this like how did I do all of this at one time? When I gave my life in 2004, my husband was not saved. It took me about two years and I thought that he would just get saved. Right? So I am like, “Ohh he is going to get saved because I am saved.” Then I came to realize that it was not going to be that easy and I was going to have to fight for him. How did I

come to that? God had to tell me that I had to fight and we were going through in our marriage and once I gave my life to Christ, it was like he changed. He began to have an attitude and a reference for me like I wasn’t his wife and I just didn’t understand what had happened. I didn’t know what was going on because I had never encountered those things from him. I was just like why after I got saved am I having all of these issues with him? I wasn’t having issues when I wasn’t saved and so God had told me, “Listen, if you tarry for him I will give him back to you,” and I struggled with that because I heard other people telling me, “No, that is not true. God didn’t tell you that.” I said to God, “How am I going to do this? I don’t know how I am going to do this? You are going to have to show me the steps?” He told me, “If you keep your eyes on me and not on him, I will show you how to get through this thing. I got on my face and prayed to God. I said, “Okay, I tried to do this my way and now I got to do it Your way God. I tried to make it happen how you see it in the movies. This is not working. I got to do it Your way God!! If you say look to You, then I am going

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to look to You. I am going to trust You and I am going to endure this thing.” And I began to pray for him like I never prayed for him because that was something that I wasn’t doing, I was just going through the motions just thinking that it was just going to happen. No, I had to pray for him. I had to get up in the middle of the night when he was asleep and I would pray over his feet, pray over his shoes, pray over his clothes, and pray over the cars. I got up in the middle of the night, prayed over the house, and sometimes prayed over him half the night then get back into the bed before it is time for him to get up. Then get up like I have been sleeping but I had been up praying for him and me. God would come in and strengthen me and God would empower me, soothe me, and encourage me to keep going. Now mind you, I am going to school. I am working, being a mother, and doing all of this at the same time. I am just like, “God okay!!” So finally after eight years of tarrying, I am talking about praying and fasting. One year I fasted the whole year. God put me in a consecration. God was like, “You need to fast because we know that some things are only done by fasting and prayer.” I had to fast because

I was not fasting and praying like I said I was. So God said, “If you want to do this thing, you are going to have to fast. You are going to have to pray. You are going to have to do what I say to do in My Word.” So I had to start speaking life over my marriage. I still encouraged him and made sure that I treated him like the head and the king that he was. Do you know what I am saying? Things like bringing him his meals and making sure that his clothes were ready for work. I still treated him as my husband and as the same man that was taking care of my house. I believed what God says that you can take something that is not and make it is. Do you know what I am saying? So I would do the cooking, cleaning, and going to school and to work, while making sure he was pacified in every area and doing what I was supposed to do as a wife and didn’t acknowledge the sin. Only God can bring change. So I stopped telling him the things that I wanted and needed, and I started telling God. I started telling God, even when I felt like I wasn’t getting what I needed as a wife, I would go to God. I’d say, “God, even if he is not loving me, he is not holding me, and he is not comforting

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And I tell you the presence was so heavy. He prayed over everybody and everything. When I got up to him he said, “You know that this school, this class is for you.”

me, I am making sure that he has everything.” I need more affection, I need him to show me that he loves me, and I need him to tell me, you know? I had to do those things. Like I said, after eight long years, one day after I got off of work and was coming in, a situation had happened with his job. I knew it was going to happen because God had shown me before it had happened. God was like, “This is the year daughter where I am going to change your family,” and I didn’t really know how He was going to do it. But a situation had happened at work. He had gotten accused of doing something that he didn’t do and he had been placed on suspension. When he was on suspension, he had kind of gone into a depression.

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While he was going through depression, I just kept praying for him and telling him, “This is the time where you got to look to God. You got to get a relationship with God. He is the only one that is going to see you through. He is the only one that can help you. He is the only one that can make a way out of no way. He is the only person that can still your mind and your emotions. You need to get a relationship with God.” This particular day, I came home from work, and usually, when I come home, when I first step into the house, I have to pray because there will be all kinds of stuff that I will feel when I get home. I felt when there is something that is out of order. I will pray and reset the atmosphere so I can function the way God has told me to function. So as soon as I stepped in, I knew something was different (prays). I came up the stairs and I was like, “Something is different,” and I am trying to think what was different. Everything was clear. I came around the corner and he was like a little boy. He said, “Hey! I have been waiting for you!” I said, “Okay!” “I had a dream and in the dream, I was crawling back to the altar of God.” And He said, “It is time for me to give my life to Christ, Zolisha!! I got to give my life

to Christ!!” I just said okay because I was so surprised and it was unexpected!! You know you have been fighting and you have put your head down when you are fighting. You just fight and you keep pushing and you keep pushing and you keep pushing!! Well, it was time to look up because I had accomplished the thing, and I didn’t even realize that I had accomplished it! I was like, “Oh my goodness!!” And so he began to talk about the encounter that he had with the Lord that morning and how God told him that he had to give his life to him and change his life. He said that God told him that he had to be my husband the way he needed to be my husband and he was telling me all of these things, and I didn’t say anything to him. I just said, “You are right!! You are right!! Well, praise God,” but when I went into the bathroom, I just broke down. I was like, “Oh God. You did it! The promise that You gave me eight years ago. Yes, it took eight years, but You did it, God. You saved him! You saved him and You changed my household. I can feel the change already!! I can feel the change already!!” And I just began to pray and magnify God. God’s presence took over our house and everybody was crying.

It was such a beautiful moment and to see him embracing his children, embracing me, and saying he was sorry. He didn’t just say he was sorry to me but he went before my whole church that he wasn’t even a member of, got on his knees, and told them what he did to me. And Oh, God (prays) and he told them how he had treated me and he was saying, “I didn’t cherish her, I didn’t acknowledge that she was my wife, I didn’t love her, I didn’t appreciate her prayers, I didn’t appreciate her covering, and I didn’t appreciate her being the woman that I had called her to be.” He was just pouring his heart out in our whole church. He wasn’t even a member of that church, and he didn’t have to repent before those people. He did it for me because he wanted me to understand that he knew how much I had sacrificed for him, and he knew that I had laid before God and suffered all those things of shame. People were saying that I was stupid in the church and “Girl didn’t your momma teach you better.” They didn’t understand that I was not going to let the enemy take something that God had given me. I was not going to give up on him because he was my husband, so I endured those things.

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My lesson was that when that grace is upon you, you take advantage of what God is telling you to do, but when He lifts it, you better get up out of it.

Yes, I suffered the negative talk and people saying that I wasn’t worth this and I am not that. All of those things but they were nothing when God saved him. It was nothing like the woman who gives birth to the child in the Bible said. When she is giving birth, she is going through all of those pains and it is a great weight, turmoil and tribulations but when she gives birth to that child, it is like freedom. It is like the greatest thing that she has ever had and that’s how it was with him when he did that. It has changed the dynamic of our whole family and when he got saved, he got saved for real. Anytime you give your life to Christ, God has to show you what you have to change, you know? But he saved him when everybody around me said it was impossible. Even when he got saved and other people tried to take credit for it, God would

be like, “Nope!!” He would come right back in there and be like, “Nope, she was the one praying in the nighttime hour and she was the one telling me everything that she wanted,” because I was speaking those things as if they were. He wasn’t talking to me when I was praying to God but after he got save, he started talking to me. He told me he is going to talk to me so much that I am going to be sick of him talking to me. He is going to talk to me about the things of God. He is going to talk to me about how he loves me and he is going to sing his own Song of Solomon about me. (Prays) This is what I would pray to God: he is going to sing and he is going to create a love letter about us that everybody is going to want to read about us. I prayed, “Everybody is going to take part because he is making sure our marriage is submitted unto You, God, as the Love of Christ, as the Love Letter of Christ, so that people will know that there is a true love.” I was speaking the opposite of what was happening, but I would speak in the manner of the Word of God, and then to see those things manifest was mindblowing. I didn’t know when it was going to happen, but I knew it was going to happen. So when it happened, it

was mind-blowing and it still feels the same, you know? It still takes me back to that because there was a promise that He fulfilled and so many women are waiting on their promises. But I tell them if you endure and you do it the way God tells you to do it and you pray them prayers and you stand in the gap, God will see you through!! He will see you through!! He will! He will see you through!! Because He is a God that can not lie and His promises are Yes and Amen!! Interviewer: Amen!! Amen!! And that is so powerful and so encouraging. You waited eight years carrying and persevering. Could you tell us about the classes that you offer so people can sign up? Dr. Zolisha Ware: The classes that I am offering are called the “Class of the Appointed.” A couple of months ago, God was dealing with me about starting to teach my classes and I was like, “Okay.” I have actually done these classes before. This will be the third time that I have taught these classes. But I didn’t have a name for it and I was praying, tarrying, and waiting for the next thing. God gave me the name in May. He called it the “Class of the Appointed” and He told me that the class of the appointed is about those that I have ap-

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It still takes me back to that because there was a promise that He fulfilled and so many women are waiting on their promises. But I tell them if you endure and you do it the way God tells you to do it and you pray them prayers and you stand in the gap, God will see you through!!

pointed for such a time as this to be able to go forth and do what I have called them to do. There’s a little screening because God told me that this class is not for the faint at heart. If you are just coming to learn the intricacies of the gifts but you are not trying to use them to go forward in Him, then this is not for you. (Laughs) The showmanship is over with. There are enough of just taking classes to take them. If you are not going to use them, then why waste them. We are just not going to do that. They need to be moving in Him and going towards Him, so that is what that class is about.

It is teaching the process, teaching the proper study of the Word, and teaching how to hear from God. It’s not just how to hear from God, but also how to give a word because He will give us the steps to do that. I called it the Horizontal and Vertical because that is what one of the classes that I took in school called it. Horizontal is dealing with the administration and carrying out the things in continual education and then the vertical is dealing with the gifts of the Spirit in operation. That is why you see that if you look at the information why I call it the Horizontal and Vertical. The class is about eight weeks long and in every class, there is an assignment afterward that you will have to do. There will be homework assignments as well and class assignments to make sure that you can practice those gifts and know what you are doing. In the end, there is an opportunity for you to have one on one sessions so you can work on things individually to help you be more of what God has called you to do. Sometimes when we are in a group setting, those who are outspoken and those who are in the front will get what they need but those who are kind of introverted don’t necessarily always get what they need because they are

really quiet. God has told me when there are one-on-one, they cannot hide. You know they have to come out of that cave and do what they are called to do. We are in the season of coming out and God is pushing everybody who is supposed to come forth forward, so that is what He has mandated me to do. You can sign up for these things if you go to my Facebook page Dr. Zolisha L. Ware. There is a link on there and on www.fearlesscenters.com. If you want to immediately sign up, just go to my Facebook page, go on under photos, and look for the one that says the “Class of the Appointed,” and one-on-one sessions, you can sign up immediately for either of those things. Interviewer: Amen! Amen! That is so powerful and I am telling you guys that are reading this, you better sign up and you will be blessed. Alright? She has a lot to offer — very anointed woman of God. I thank you today woman of God for your time. I thank you for just following your heart and just sharing everything that God has brought you through. I know that everyone will be blessed as they read this. Thank you!!

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SHOULD I HIT WHEN I LOSE CONTROL? BY KIMBERLY MOSES

Previously we have discussed love and how if someone loves you, then they won’t hit you. Some may disagree, but if someone truly loves you, then they won’t cause you physical harm. You can’t tell me that someone loves you

when they almost beat you to death or put you in the hospital. How can someone love you when you are black and blue with bruises all over your body? When you hurt, they should hurt if they truly love you.

Romans 12:15 (ESV) says, “Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.” I have been on both ends of the spectrum. I have been the abused and the abuser. I would let the spirit of rage

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overtake me and when I did not get my way, I would throw things and hit because I felt like I was losing control. God had to take me through a wilderness season where I wasn’t in control of anything in my life. I was truly at His mercy. At first, it was difficult to let go, but as I learned to trust God, I took my hands off any situation that would arise. I discovered how to use faith. I thought that if I hit, then I could make that person do what I wanted. However, this is wrong. We can’t violate a person’s free will. Even God allows us to make choices. We can choose if we want to be saved or not. We can decide who we marry, what we eat, or what we put on. We can’t make someone stay with us if they want to leave. We aren’t dating our children but adults. We aren’t our spouses’ parents. The best thing to do is to pray because it changes things around. Mark 11:24 (ESV) says, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” I didn’t realize that by hitting, I was making matters worse. I was that foolish woman that tore her own house down.

Proverbs 14:1 says, “Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.” Who wants to be with someone that they are afraid of? Who wants to be scared to go to sleep? Imagine sleeping with one eye open because you don’t know if the person will attack you through the night. We have to realize that control is a form of witchcraft and manipulation. Witches perform rituals and demonic acts to keep people bound to them. They place bodily fluids in their lover’s food and put cursed objects around them. Believers in Jesus Christ must not be in the same category as witches. God can deliver us and transform us into the image of His Son Jesus Christ. Colossians 1:13 (NCV) says, “God has freed us from the power of darkness, and he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.” Many people are threatened daily and it’s a life and death situation. I have talked to several women who confided in me that their spouses have put guns to their heads and said, “If you leave me, then I will kill you!” These women were terrified and chose to stay in a toxic relationship. As a result, they fall

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I thought that if I hit, then I could make that person do what I wanted. However, this is wrong. We can’t violate a person’s free will. Even God allows us to make choices. We can choose if we want to be saved or not. We can decide who we marry, what we eat, or what we put on. We can’t make someone stay with us if they want to leave.

into depression and are miserable in that relationship. Years ago, I used to follow a prophet on social media. I stopped because he cheated on his wife and had a secret love child. He threatened to kill his wife if she left, so she stayed out of fear. This is so selfish because the backslidden prophet is placing his needs above his wife, not considering how she felt about everything. Imagine the pain his wife is enduring

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every time she gets around the other women and the love child. What thoughts are running through her mind as her husband touches her? Some people are in relationships where they have to walk on eggshells around their abuser. Anything can tick that person off and they become a target of a punching bag. Years ago, when my exhusband cheated on me, I flipped. I hated him and wanted him to suffer because I had given him almost a decade of my life that he threw away. I had repented later for my actions and allowed the Lord to show me my flaws. The Lord showed me that I played a part in the marriage falling apart and my ex-husband wasn’t solely to blame. God put a magnifying glass upon the violent tendencies that I had. It was a hard pill to swallow, but I surrendered my will to His. My deliverance wasn’t pretty. I cried many nights as I reflected on all the horrible things that I did. I fasted to get the spirit of rage out of my soul. I meditated on the Word of God until I knew the Word by heart. Miraculously over time, the things that ticked me off before didn’t affect me. I received comfort from the Holy Spirit as I felt His presence when I became upset, reassuring me that God would fight all

my battles. Hitting isn’t the way. God was calling me to become a peacemaker, so I could truly be called a daughter of God. Matthew 5:9 says, “Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” Now that I am maturing in Christ, my perspective is different. I can better discern the demonic agenda that tries to destroy marriages. Hebrews 5:14 (ESV) says, “But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” I live a life of prayer so I can stay sensitive to God and cautious not to grieve His presence. Violent tendencies grieve God. Don’t make the same mistakes of hitting. You don’t have time to be in jail because you have work to do. If you hit someone, you could get arrested, get on probation, and pay fines as I did. It’s not fun. Cry out for wisdom and strength. God will keep you and protect you from the enemy. Trust God to vindicate you. Romans 12:19 says, “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,

Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.” Remember, control and manipulation are a form of witchcraft and you are not a witch so straighten up. Your assignment is bigger than you. Strive to please God and He will bless your home and relationships.

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Remember, control and manipulation are a form of witchcraft and you are not a witch so straighten up. Your assignment is bigger than you. Strive to please God and He will bless your home and relationships.

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GRILLED PORK RIB Prep: 30 mins Cook: 1 hr 5 mins Total: 1 hr 35 mins Servings: 6 INGREDIENTS 1 tablespoon ground cumin 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 tablespoon paprika salt and pepper to taste 3 pounds baby back pork ribs 1 cup barbeque sauce Step 1 Preheat a gas grill for high heat, or arrange charcoal briquettes on one side of the barbeque. Lightly oil the grate. Step 2 In a small jar, combine cumin, chili powder, paprika, salt, and pepper. Close the lid, and shake to mix. Step 3 Trim the membrane sheath from the back of each rack. Run a small, sharp knife

between the membrane and each rib, and snip off the membrane as much as possible. Sprinkle as much of the rub onto both sides of the ribs as desired. To prevent the ribs from becoming too dark and spicy, do not thoroughly rub the spices into the ribs. Store the unused portion of the spice mix for future use. Step 4 Place aluminum foil on lower rack to capture drippings and prevent flare-ups. Lay the ribs on the top rack of the grill (away from the

coals, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using briquettes). Reduce gas heat to low, close lid, and leave undisturbed for 1 hour. Do not lift the lid at all. Step 5 Brush ribs with barbecue sauce, and grill an additional 5 minutes. Serve ribs as whole rack, or cut between each rib bone and pile individually on a platter. Recipe from https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/14539/ prize-winning-baby-backribs/

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