MAY 2011 EDITION OF THE SHEPHERDS WITHOUT BORDERS LIGHTHOUSE MAGAZINE Motto: Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. But Jesus said, forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he that is not against us is on our part.
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WHY & AND HOW TO HONOUR OUR MOTHERS & THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TRUE MOTHER, WIFE, VIRTUOUS WOMAN WHO BUILDS & NOT TEAR APART
WRITTEN BY: BISHOP STEVEN MXWELL J.A.KPOLONYEENKPOR LIBERTY SR IN OBSERVENCE OF 2011 MOTHERS DAY: MOTHER DO YOU MERIT THE HONOR OF YOUR CHILDREN? Many of you believe that because Christ died for us you are now above the laws of God and therefore your portion have been a lot of pain, suffering, and immature death. During the life time of Jesus He upheld all the laws to the letter and instructed us not to depart from them because He was the fulfillment of the laws. Laws regarding our parents are binding and if we make the mistake of ignoring them; we reap a short and painful life. Our
world is full of people suffering from this curse brought upon them by disobedience. Also it is very vital to take a peek on the other side of the coin and see if sometimes our Mothers don’t plant seeds that lead to us dishonoring them. Be wise Mother for the life you wound could be your very own harvest in the end. The Bible directs us honor our mothers and this mandate is with a promise. “It says that your days will be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee�. Many do not gain this reward because they do not fully understand what it really entails. They do so much that dishonor their mothers and reap a harvest of a short painful life. 1. Hitting your mother with your hands is forbidden and dishonors her; and during the old days even carried a death penalty. Well because it does not carry a death penalty in our days and is rarely reported; because of our mothers love for us does not free us from under this curse that we bring upon ourselves with each hit.(Ex:20:12) 2. Opening your big mouth to curse/abuse/insult your mother in public or private is also forbidden and dishonors her; thus leading to a curse. Again 3. in those days it carried the death penalty. Even if you do it to yourself secretly and do not ask her forgiveness; you are under the curse of a short life. The Bible says your blood shall be upon your own head. (Ex 21:17;Lev.20:9) 4. There are those in our world today who find it honorable to see or uncovered their mother nakedness. This act dishonored her and thus places you under a curse. (Some mothers provoke or create the atmosphere for this and cause their children to dishonor them.) Remember God sees everything and is surely not mocked; therefore if you creep upon your mother knowingly during periods of her nakedness; you dishonored her. (Lev.18:7)
5. You are commanded to fear/respect/ your mother and do not look down upon her because of her status, color, age, or location. She is your mother and suffered under the pain of a curse from the Garden of Eden to bring you to this earth. By disrespecting/disregarding her dishonor her. 6. We are not to forsake the law of our mothers. What is the Bible saying here? We note from this verse that the word law is not pluralized; and this is an indication that the word here is referring to that law from God which is placed in the Ten Commandments of God ordering us to respect her teaching and directions. (Prov. 6:20) 7. A foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Do you know that every mother prayer is that her child comes out to be the best of the lot? Foolish children break the hearts of their mother by departing from the laws of God and following the ways of the world; which leads to death and destruction. Because of their evil ways they despise the teachings of their mother.(Prov. 10:1;15:20) 8. Shame and reproach is the portion of those who chase their mothers away from home (or their homes) for any reason at all. You are to render love and respect to your mother all the days of her life regardless of her condition, state of mind, status, age, or location. (19:26) Yet in all we do, think or say; we cannot love our mothers more than God. If we do; we have broken the law and are and worthy of God. Therefore God should be the head of each home.
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A TRUE MOTHER, WIFE, VIRTUOUS WOMAN WHO BUILDS & NOT TEAR APART Psalms 128.3-4 explains the attributes of a wife; but these attributes also refers to a real mother. A Mother should be a faithful wife (or possess the attributes of a faithful wife. The Bible describes such women as a faithful vine by the side of the house. The home is your responsibility and everything within it. You are a helpmate to the bread winner of the home (whether he is working or not). You are to instruct the children in the ways of the LORD and gentle but firmly help to steer the father on the course that will lead to joy, peace and happiness in the home. In such homes your children will be like olive plants around the table. Your husbands also will fear the LORD and your home will be call blessed by those looking for an example. A real Mother should not hesitate to use the rod and reproach the children when they go wrong. Failure to do so leads the children on the wrong path and brings about much shame and disgrace in the future. (Prov. 29:15) Remember this important fact that qualifies us to be not only great Mothers but also wonderful wives. Our attitudes at home; whether single or married plays a greater part in laying the foundation for the future of the home. You might be drinking, abusing, prostituting, fighting or taking in drugs and believe that the children are too little to see your actions or hear those nasty words you utter during those periods. I can tell you it is like buying a ticket for a future in hell for your children. Your actions leave a lasting impact on your children for life and that is one reason the Bible says “A virtuous woman is the crown of her husband….” Why a crown ;because your home will have a guaranteed future where there will be love ,peace , tolerance, obedience ,the fear of God and guarantee everyone a healthy state of mind. (Prov. 12:4)
Do you know there are some women who does not care for the consequences of their actions until it is almost too late and their action have cause a deep penetrated wound that can only take the Grace of God to cure . How dare you walk out of a home that you have taken years to build because of ill advice friends etc; leaving behind your children to suffer psychologically or physically from your actions? A real Mother bears many things for the sake of her children (adopted or not). She hold fast to her home and always tries to patch those areas that seem to be crumbing or is in danger. Because she is prayerful; God is her guide. Yes; she holds on as long as is humanly possible and divinely advisable. She knows that by her actions or inactions she might tear the home apart. A real Mother knows that neither she nor her husband is the head of the home; but God and membership extends to the children, visitors or neighbors who live by their examples.(Titus 2:3-5) Why tear down your home because of financial difficulties, prestige, problems, a husband who has gone off the tracks, etc when like everything else in life God can fix it up for you. “Every wise woman buildeth her house; but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. (Prov. 14:1) Do you know that gossiping, slanderous friends are like a virus that tears apart a home? THIS MOTHERS DAY I PRAY THAT WOMEN REEXAMINE THEIR PROPOSE FOR BEING CREATED BY GOD AS A MOTHER, WIFE, WOMAN. REEXAMINE THE FOUNDATIONS YOUR HOMES ARE STANDING UPON AND THERE MIGHT YET BE TIME TO CALL UPON OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN FOR DIVINE ASSISTENCE IN MAKING THEM MORE SOLID. HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS THE BEST FOR YOUR LIFE. REMEMBER THE SEED YOU PLANT TODAY WILL DETERMINE THE FRUIT YOU WILL HARVEST TOMORROW. DON’T BE THE CAUSE FOR YOUR CHILDREN TO INHERIT A CURSE BECAUSE THEY DISHONOR YOU AND BROKE GOD COMMANDMENT WITH A PROMISE.
I WANT TO WISH YOU A BLESSED MOTHERS DAY AND GOD RICHEST PROMISES FULFILL IN YOUR LIFE TIME. I PRAY YOU WILL HARVEST FRUITS FOR FOUR OR MORE GENERATIONS AND LIVE IN JOY AND PEACE WITH YOUR CHILDREN’S CHILDREN. For the Purpose of this work which I hope you will download and read many times during your journey ; I want to leave you with a Word from the Bible and references of virtuous Mothers, Women, and Wives; who bore the test of their times and harvested pure gold of Divine recognition ,love, peace, and happiness. Take time off to study the path they took and see by their examples that the path is not always easy but honorable. Proverbs 31:10-30 (King James Version) 10
Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.
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The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12
She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life.
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She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.
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She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
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She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16
She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17
She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.
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She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
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She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.
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She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 21
She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.
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Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24
She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25
Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.
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She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27
She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28
Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. 29
Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all.
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Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
STUDY REFERENCES OF GOOD WOMEN IN THE BIBLE Deborah a Judge, Prophetess & Military leader (Judges 4;5.) ,Mother of Samson (Judges 13:23), Naomi (Ruth 1;2;3:1), Ruth (Ruth1:4,14-23;chapters 34), Hannah the Mother of Samuel (1Sam.1:9-18,24-28) Widow of Zarephath who fed Elijah during the famine. (1Kings 17:8-24) The Shunammite who gave hospitality to Elisha(2Kings 4:8-38) Vashti, (Esther 1:11,12), Esther , (Esther 4:15-17) Mary ,(Luke 1:26-38) Elisabeth (Luke 1:6,41-45)Anna (Luke 2:37), The widow who cast her mite into the treasury (Mark 12:41-44; Luke 21:2-4), Mary & Martha (Mark 14:3-9;Luke 10:42;John 11:5) Mary Magdalene ( Mark 16:1;Luke 8:2; John 20:1,2:11-16) Pilate’s wife (Matt.27:19) ,Dorcas (Acts 9:36) Lydia, (Acts 16:14) Priscilla , (Acts 18:26) Phebe ,(Rom 16:1,2) Julia (Rom 16:15) Mary (Rom 16:6) Lois & Eunice (2Tim 1:5, Philippians (Phil.4:3)
Go through the lives of these women and I am sure you will discovered many surprises. No situation is new, too big, or impossible for God. Were they good and virtuous and good women of outstanding characters and examples to womanhood? I am sure you will arrive at the answer soon enough if your studied them closely with an open mind.
GRAVEN ON HIS PALMS: SHARED BY CATHERINE SKINNER
BEHOLD I HAVE GRAVEN THEE UPON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS. PSALMS 49:16 KJV THE MIND IS AN AMAZING THING! SO MANY THOUGHTS RUN THROUGH IT, LEAVING US TO QUESTIONS GOD THOUGHTS WHERE WE ARE CONCERN. I HEARD PEOPLE SAY THAT GOD HAS NO FAVORITES, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION I BEGGED THE DIFFERENCE. I PERSONALLY KNOW THAT HE DOES HAVE FAVORITES. IT APPEARS THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH SOMETHING WE ARE NOT EXPECTING NOR DESIRING WE TEND TO DOUBT GODS ABILITIES AND HIS WORD/PROMISES TO US. THOUGH IT MAY SEEMS AT TIMES THAT THE LORD HAS FORSAKEN US AND OUR GOD HAS FORGOTTEN US, IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT THE LORD’S LOVING REBUKE SHOULD MAKE US BLUSH; HE CRIES, " HOW CAN I HAVE FORGOTTEN THEE WHEN I HAVE GRAVEN YOU UPON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS? NOW THIS WOULD/S HOULD MAKES ONE THINK WHICH IS MORE ACCURATE IN MY SPIRIT, GODS FAITHFULNESS OR THE UNBELIEF OF HIS PEOPLE? GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISE A THOUSAND TIMES, AND YET THE NEXT TRIAL MAKES US DOUBT HIM. HE NEVER FAILS, AND YET WE ARE
CONTINUALLY VEXED WITH ANXIETIES, MOLESTED WITH SUSPICIONS, AND DISTURBED WITH FEARS. I CAN PERSONALLY SAY I KNOW THAT FEAR GRIPS MY HEART FROM TIME TO TIME AND FAITHFULLY I CAN HEAR HIS WORDS IN ISAIAH 43: 1- SAYING BUT NOW, THUS SAYS THE LORD, WHO CREATED YOU, O’ CATHERIN, AND HE WHO FORMED YOU, O CATHERING: "FEAR NOT, FOR I HAVE REDEEMED YOU; I HAVE CALLED YOU BY YOUR NAME; YOU ARE MINE. WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS, I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND THOUGH THE RIVERS, THEY SHALL NOT OVERFLOW YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU SHALL NOT BE BURNED NOR SHALL THE FLAME SCORCH YOU. FOR I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE OF CATHERIN, YOUR SAVIOR; NOT TO MENTION THAT HE GAVE UP MEN FOR ME/US. SINCE WE ARE PRECIOUS IN HIS SIGHT, AND HAVE BEEN HONORED, AND HIS LOVE FOR US IS CONTINUALALY. FOR THIS REASON I CAN SAY IN AGREEMENT BEHOLD; I HAVE GRAVEN THEE UPON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS. I LOVE THIS PART OF MY DEVOTIONAL FOR "I HAVE GRAVEN YOUR PERSON, YOUR IMAGE, YOUR CASE, YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES, YOUR SINS, YOUR TEMPATIONS, YOUR WEAKNESS, YOUR WANTS, YOUR WORKS; I HAVE GRAVEN YOU, EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU, ALL THAT CONCERNS YOU; I HAVE PUT YOU ALTOGETHER THERE.” HOW CAN ONE EVER SAY AGAIN THAT GOD HAS FORSAKEN THEM, AFTER THIS I KNOW I CAN NOT LET THAT LIE WHEN HE HAS TOLD ME THAT HE HAS DONE ALL THIS JUST FOR ME BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR ME. AMAZING!!! GRAVEN ON HIS PALMS MY DAILY DEVOTIONAL STRENGTHEN MY SPIRIT BY CHARLES H SPURGEON SHARED BY CATHERIN SKINNER
Stop Making Excuses to Miss Your Blessing! By Melinda Perrodin, MBA "The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.” W. M. Lewis
You are waiting on God to change your situation but he is waiting on you to take your first step to have a miracle in your life. There was a man in the bible that had an infirmity for 38 years. The sick people were brought to the pool of Bethesda because they believed whenever the angel stirred the water that their infirmity will leave them immediately when they entered into the pool.
The man at the pool of Bethesda stayed at the pool for 38 years and he never tried getting into the pool. Jesus knew that the man had been at the pool for a long time waiting for his blessing to get healed from his infirmity. The man at the pool of Bethesda kept making excuses why he could not get out of his situation! Jesus asked the man, "Do you want to be made well?” (John5:6). He told Jesus "I do not have anyone to put me in the pool” (John 5:7). You have to get to a place in your life where you have to rescue yourself and not wait on your family, friends, or relatives to save you! It takes your faith to change the bad situation in your life.
He also told Jesus whenever I tried to get into the water someone always gets in the water before me (John 5:7). I challenge you today not to be like the man at the pool because he watched for 38 years other people stepping into the troubled water and getting healed and blessed before him!
Jesus told the man at the pool of Bethesda to,” Rise, take up your bed and walk.” The man took up his bed and walked. He was made whole. God wants you to stop complaining and whining about your uncomfortable place in your life. The children of Israel never saw the Promised land because they kept complaining about their uncomfortable place . Your uncomfortable place in your life will not change unless you take action to change it.
God wants to bless you with something but you are getting in God’s way because you are making excuses why you cannot have it! God is telling you today to stop making excuses to stay in your uncomfortable place. God does not want you to wait on people to rescue you out of your bad situation because He wants you to trust him to deliver you. It is time to stop feeling sorry for yourself and it is time to take a step of faith to get out of your bad situation. God does not want you to remain in an uncomfortable place any longer but it will take your faith to deliver you from your circumstances. "Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.� Bernice Johnson Reagon.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY 2011 BY EVANGELIST VIVIAN NOSKEY
As I sought the Lord as to what to write,this is what came , Mothers Day is a time to reflect. Its a time to think about who we are, what we are doing in this world and where are we leading others. If I was to ask you " Who are you?" " What are you doing in this world?" and " If I was to follow you , where would I end up?" What would you say? I don't know about you but I desire to be a woman that follows the true Living God! I desire to do what He says. He has given us His Word,and in this WORD we can find ever answer that we need as it pertains to life. I desire to bear fruit as it says in Galatians 5:2223 " But the fruit of the Spirit is love,joy,peace,longsuffering,kindness,goodness,faithfulness,gentleness,self-control" That's the kind of fruit that I want in my life. As a minister of the Gospel, I desire to Evangelize. I want everyone to know that JESUS IS LORD. That JESUS died for each one of us! My purpose in life is to serve ALMIGHTY GOD, and in doing so I am fulfilled! I need only to surrender my will each day to God. Somedays are good, somedays are not so good. I mess up. I stumble and fall but I don't stay down. I get up again. Many trials , many hard times, yes thats true but many many many good times. Times of great joy!
As I think of my own mother today, I have sadness. She is not here. Actually, I donnot know where she is. I hold to a Thread of Hope that she is in heaven. You see the word of God tells us straight out " Iam the Way, the Truth, the Life no man cometh unto the Father except through me " Jesus . And, I wish I could say that is what my mom believed in but I cannot say that as I know what she believed in. You know two weeks before her passing, as my husband and I made our way back from Manitoba, we had been out having Gospel Meeetings and we were on our way back home and I asked my husband if he would talk to my parents one more time about Jesus and he agreed. When we arrived to my parent's place , my husband did end up talking to both my parents about JESUS and how He died on the cross for our sins and how we need must be saved. Well, with tears in her eyes she said she would think about it . From that I have a thread of hope that she did think about it and she did confess that she needed a Saviour to save her from her sins. Through the years I had shared the Gospel with mom, and dad and I wish I could say that they all got saved and we served together but I can't say that, but I can say that we serve a mighty God and He is fair! He is just! Just like the other day my girl lost her Drivers license for a year due to "wrong choices" and I was really really hurt that she lost her Drivers License because that result had many implications! Anyway, that judge that made that judgement was correct in his judgement. The facts were all there, and that is how GOD is. He will judge the matter based on all the facts . If I were you I would study the BIBLE and find out what he says about JESUS, Death and the resurrection! Anyway, back to the topic.. Mothers Day, hmmm.. many women out there that are hurting. Many donnot have a mother, and many donnot have a child. I would encourage you to do as JESUS did, as He hung on the cross, " Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son, and to the disciple, "Here is your mother.� From that time on, this disciple took her into his home."John 19: 25 what a picture eh! Jesus was basically saying that when someone passes on there are those that need a mom..there are those that need a daughter..there are those that need a son! Be someones mother,father, son, or daughter! Praise God eh! We don't do this enough people! Too many times its all about the ME, MYSELF and I mentality! PLEASE, we are celebrating MOTHERS DAY tomorrow , and I strongly encourage you to adopt someone. I would like to take this time to introduce someone that John and I have adopted as our daughter. She is Evangelist Favor Liberty from AFRICA.She is an orphan, as are many in this world. The LORD brought her into our lives through Facebook , and we give GOD thanks for her life. In Gods appointed time we will meet her face to face.
Father God, I want to say "Thank you" for who you are! All powerfulOne All knowingOne! Ever present God! You see everything about every person and You love us and You want to give us a NEW LIFE through Christ. Thank you for sending JESUS to be payment for our sins. Thank you for loving us so much that You were willing to send Your only son to Calvarys cross to die such a painful death , FOR OUR SINS, Thank you LORD! Thank you that HE rose up from that grave! Hallelujah! Lord, on this Mothers Day I ask O God that you comfort every heart that is hurting for children that they have lost, whether through miscarriage, death.. whatever reason why they are hurting , I think of them Lord and I ask that you send the Comforter to comfort each one. I thank you for my three daughters : Sara, Terri and Favor and I thank you for my sons; John Jr, Peter, Preston and Jared and I thank you for my 15 grandbabies. Lord , I say THANK YOU! Thank you for YOUR BLESSINGS on me LORD! Thank you , thank you, thank you. In Jesus name I pray amen To my beautiful daughters; Sara Lee and Terri-Lynn , Favor and my daughter in law Carolyn and my other two sons common-law wives Rita and Vicky, I want to say HAPPY MOTHERS DAY and thank you for taking good care of the children. I know, I know we have had many trials as a family but you know what we learn from our mistakes , right? Right. Love the children , take them to church,make sure they brush their teeth, feed them well, clothe them well, protect them , make wise choices, and they will grow-up in good Christian homes. I LOVE YOU all. MOM
IN HONOR OF MOTHERS OF THE WORD OF GOD!!!!!!! MAY 2011 WHEN DID WE LAST SAY THANK YOU TO VIRTUOUS WOMEN OF OUR DAYS TAKING THE TORCH OF GOD TO THE DARKEST PARTS OF THE EARTH! THEY HAVE CHILDREN THROUGHOUT THE EARTH WHO THEY GIVE BIRTH TO THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE WORD OF GOD; THUS GIVING THEM LIFE THAT LAST NOT ONLY HERE ON EARTH BUT FOREVER IN HEAVEN. ON FACEBOOK AND OTHER SITES; IN DIFFENT PARTS OF OUR WORLD TODAY WE HAVE MONITERED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WITH INTEREST THE FOOTPRINTS OF THESE WOMEN WHO WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO SEE THAT THE WORD OF GOD’S TRUTH GOES FORTH TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH! THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT ABOVE ALL ELSE THEY STRIVE DAY AND NIGHT IN THEIR OWN WAYS TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. THIS PAGE OF RECOGNITION IS OUR OWN WAY OF SAYING THANKS AND ENCOURAGING THEM TO PRESS FORWARD EVEN AS THE TASK GETS MORE DIFFICULT EACH DAY.
REPENTANCE, REVIVAL, AND THE FEAR OF GOD' BY JOHN GRACE
"Now, therefore, says the Lord, Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind Him" (Joel 2:12-14). We all want to see the glorious manifestation of God's incomparable glory. We all are crying out for the latter rain. Some believe it is already here, although I personally disagree. We are all very fond of preaching about the massive outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and about God's manifested blessings and healings. However, I perceive a lack of understanding in many of these messages. We are tickling the people's ears, but omitting significant truths. God is a God of order. He has established a pattern for all things, which includes the experience of revival and holy outpourings. We must understand and follow these prescribed methods if we desire the real and authentic blessings of God. #1) REVERENCE FOR GOD There must be a restoration of the fear of the Lord! There must be a return to humility and reverence. For too long I have seen the people of God offering up what might be called "strange fire". In other words, we have profaned the name of the Lord by building up our own ministries, apart from the call of God; we have spent an inordinate amount of our time and energies propagating our own agendas and tagging them with God's name, rather than serving Him and His ordained will humbly and gratefully. We have maligned and vitiated the name of God by calling ourselves Christians and living lives that are antithetical to Christ. Worse yet, we justify ourselves in the midst of it! We also preach grandly of the love of Christ, yet ignore the radical call He gives to holiness. We say that we belong to God, yet act as though we do not! Keith Green sang once of this, singing, "You speak of grace and My love so sweet; how you thrive on milk but reject My meat". We do not honor God when we offer only half of who He is! YES, God is love! Most certainly! But God is also HOLY! We must present a balanced view of our King
and Redeemer. Amen? "By those who come near Me, I must be regarded as holy; and before all the people I must be glorified" (Leviticus 10:3). "Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:28-29). II.) REPENTANCE True repentance comes from understanding who God is, and who we are in the light of that. When we see the grandeur and perfection of God; His holiness brightly displayed to our senses, an awareness of our sinfulness comes to the fore. Isaiah cried out, "Woe is me. I am undone". Peter begged the Lord to leave him for he saw His uncleanness and sin before God. Paul saw himself as the chief of sinners. The Scriptures declare that no flesh shall glory in His presence (I Corinthians 1:29). All that does not honor God will be exposed and brought to the light. Thus, when we are truly in His presence, an awareness of these things is brought to bear. With that awareness we may see godly sorrow leading to repentance. Very simply, repentance (from the Greek word "metanoia") is a compunction (for guilt) and involves a reformation, that is, a reversal of direction. Biblically, it means turning from our own selfish ways (once they have been exposed and we recognize them), and turning to God's ways. True repentance is not something done merely on an external level. It is not changing our habits to look more godly. It is an actual reformation of our hearts! This is why, in the verse quoted at the onset, the Lord tells us to rend our hearts, not our garments. He is not interested in a public display of righteousness, or in our religious acts. In fact, apart from true godliness of heart, He despises our religious shows. One has only to read the Scriptures to gather that clear fact (e.g., Isaiah 58; Isaiah 1:10-20; Amos 5:18-27). The truth is, God sees behind our actions to our very motives. He sees that while we worship Him with our lips and religious piety, our hearts are far from Him. This evidences a lack of the fear of the Lord. The results are grievous and, if abide unrepented of, disastrous. For these reasons, repentance is paramount. True repentance restores that relationship with the Father which sin separates. True repentance will renew the Holy Lord's favor upon us, that He may bless us and cause us to abound in favor and glory. III.) THE LATTER RAIN/OUTPOURING God commands us to keep His commandments and to obey His Word. He does so specifically for two reasons. The first is that obedience is the evidence of true faith. it is not what saves us-only the perfect Blood of the Lord Jesus does. But the evidence (or living proof) of our faith is confirmed in our obedience (James 2:14-26). Secondly, by keeping God's commandments, He is able to bless us, keep us, and be gracious towards us (Deuteronomy 6:40; Isaiah 30:18). The latter rains/outpouring of God's Holy Spirit upon the earth is predicated on our godly fear and repentance. Notice that before Joel delivers that awesome prophecy (Joel 2:28-32), which began at the inception of the early church (Acts 2), Joel first apprises the people of their sins, and calls for solemn repentance, weeping, mourning, fasting and prayer. Following their return from exile, the Israelites
had rejoiced and gloried in their newfound freedom. They celebrated God with great fervor, as they began the restoration of the Temple of God (Ezra 3:8-13). I stress the word "began". They got only as far as the foundation before trials beset them, frustration and weariness and other emotions set in. Soon, they abandoned the idea of restoring God's house and focused on their own lives and personal security. Before long, the will of God was forgotten and life returned as usual (Haggai 1:2-9). Yes, "church services" were held, but God was no longer truly reverenced in those services, nor in their hearts. For these reasons, the rains of revival and blessing could not come. God "withheld the dew and earth's fruit" (Haggai 1:10-11). All their labors were vain and fruitless. The expected glory of God and its subsequent blessings didn't come. The outpouring was withheld because God was not reverenced and because their hearts were not repentant. God had to send them prophets to awaken them from their spiritual slumber, encourage them to get right with God, and return to His designed will for them. May He do the same with us today! For then will we see the glorious power of God shake the earth. Then will we see His kingdom (alive in us), taking hold of the earth, and filling it with His glory as the waters cover the earth. Then will the latter rains come in, watering the seeds of His Word, fertilizing mens hearts, and giving birth to a harvest of souls never before seen in history. Then will His hand release the floods of glory, blessing, healing, and deliverance we all so much want to see! May this word encourage you to seek the Lord, search your own heart and, thereby, result in a refreshing rain of revival in your own lives, that may carry into all the world, just as we are longing for it to be, and just as God has ordained it to be! Blessings upon you, beloved, and Godspeed!!
Rebuilding Families In A Torn Down Society BY ELDER Pamela Richards
There is an old adage that says, "A family that prays together, stays together.� This quote has been recited by many, posted on walls in homes, and even preached from many pulpits, yet we are witnessing a steady decline of unity within the family units. The cases of husbands against their wives, wives against their husbands, children against their mothers and fathers, are all increasing at alarming rates. Numerous explanations have been, and can be offered concerning the culprit of the destruction of families today. Families as we know them, extend far beyond biological connections. In fact, the standardized definition for family is a social unit living together. (wordnetweb.princeton.edu) Whether the family consists of a single mother or father living with biological or non-biological children, both mother and father
living with their biological or non-biological children, the structure of the family unit is still weakening. As Christians, we reference the Bible to access scriptures that provide insight concerning the problems we face in our families as well as in society. How does our Bible address the family unit? The Apostle Paul addresses the church at Ephesus concerning the postures of the husband, wife, and the children in order to provide stability within the family unit. The inspired word of GOD through the Apostle Paul states thus concerning the husband’s role in the family, "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.” (Eph. 5:25 KJV& Col. 3:19) As we consider what Apostle Paul suggests for the husband, the act of love will aid the wife in many ways within the family structure. In 1 Peter 4:8, we are also reminded, that, charity or love "covers the multitude of sins.” The husband has a mandate to cover or shield the wife. Apostle Paul continues to address the family unit, as he adds thus concerning the role of the wife within the family unit, "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.” (Eph. 5:22 KJV& Col. 3:18) Given what Apostle Paul offers for the wives’ role, her submission to her husband should model that of her submission to Christ. Though many wives and women today struggle with the issue of submission, our love and submission to Christ will aid us in submitting to our "own” husbands. The Apostle Paul charges the children to "obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.” (Eph. 6:1 KJV& Col. 3:20) The word "obey” translated in the Greek is hupakouo (hoop-ak-oo’-o), which means to hear under (as a subordinate), to heed or conform to a command. (biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek) The role of children is to obey the commands given by both their mothers and fathers, and not vice versa. The children have not been permitted by GOD to chastise their parents. They are to honor their parents. (Ex. 20:12 & Eph. 6:2) Giving great consideration to the admonishments of Apostle Paul, each family member is offered a different action to take in each capacity within the family unit. The words love, submit, and obey are used to fortify, or refortify the family structure. Is this an easy task to achieve? No, it is not. Any of these actions require us to have a relationship with Christ in order for our efforts to be successful. We as human beings cannot give someone what we do not have. If the love of Christ is not in us, then we cannot expect to love others. If we are not submitted to Christ, then we will not submit to others. If we do not obey the voice of GOD, then we will not obey others. Once we connect with Christ, and are in relationship with Him, the renewal process will begin for us. Romans 12:2 advises us, "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of GOD.� In total, all parties within a family structure need to work together to strengthen the foundation. The husbands cannot love alone, and expect the family unit to be in tact. The wives cannot submit alone, and expect the family unit to be strengthened. The obedience of the children by itself is not sufficient to keep the family unit in harmony. In order to keep the family structure cohesive, it takes the actions of love + submission + obedience to equal a secure unit. When families can apply the model of Christ, the unit will be strong no matter the current conditions within the society as a whole. The critical condition of our society did not occur overnight, nor is one single family responsible for its decay. Problems are going to take place no matter what, but it will not having a lasting impact on the family unit that strives to love, submit, and obey GOD first, then each other. We can rebuild families despite the conditions within society. It begins by one family at a time fortifying their structure, and then, will we see gradual improvements within our society. Elder Pamela Richards, Interim Pastor Beulah Baptist Church, Baldock, South Carolina elderpamelarichards@yahoo.com
"Time to Clean House” BY JEFF GODSOWN
We who have been taking time to learn of the things of Jezebel and at least some of her Generals, Captains, and minions, know it’s time to clean house! As in the days of old, God is still in the business of exposing; whether it be; people, situations, and or demonic oppressions. God exposed these things and told His people, through His prophets; clean My house and God allowed man through some major breaking, to do just that, and clean house. Each time, God’s glory would be revealed in one form or another, and people were humbled, returning back to God and His ways. Then there came a day when man refused to listen and God’s laws were being added to and taken away from dramatically, each time causing greater harm to the body. This is where Jesus came into God’s plans for cleaning His church. Joh 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. Joh 2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. Joh 2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, Joh 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
Joh 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; Joh 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. Joh 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. God never created His church or His current day temple to be a show place, He created His house of gathering and the temple of His Holy Spirit to honor and glorify God. The church as it were, was meant to be a holy place, with only one agenda, God’s agenda but to many have turned it into a market place with self shining, self exalting motives, that are nothing more than a house of merchandise. Why is it that major well known Prophets around the world are all saying the same thing and crying out against this unrighteous act and when a nobody in a body says it, we in anger, try to get them under control or we rid ourselves of them. God said; clean house and rid yourself of the demonic, because if you don’t, God will. Me personally, I would rather take up the action, believing God and His messengers, than tempt God, killing the messengers. God gave us free will and we have the right to obey or deny, but knowing the severity of God, I would rather obey than do it my way. So what is your choice?
SETTING AN EXAMPLE BY LINDA FAWKES
How we live our lives has a big say in the way others feel about things. I want to illustrate this point with a little incident that happened last week!
My grandaughter Bethany aged three years old came over for the day. She was helping me to water my plants outside. Suddenly she saw a tiny little spider and started screaming. "Grandma - Grandma - help - there's a spider!" She was going hysterical. I looked at her frightened little face and said softly "Beth - why are you scared of a little spider? Just look at how tiny he is! He is scared of YOU! You are so big compared to him. He thinks he has done something wrong!"
Then I said "Let's count how many legs he's got! I think this is Henry my pet spider who likes to come and visit me. He has a wife at home called Lucy and two little children called Sam and Daisy! He's come to see us!"
Bethany looked AGAIN at the spider and said "Aaaw Grandma - he's sweeeeeeet! He's really cute!" Then she started talking to him. "Hello Henry - it's Beth! How do you do!" She was playing with it all afternoon and I said "Let's have him as our special pet!" and she was really happy.
About three hours later her mum arrived. Bethany ran to her and said "Mummy - Mummy - I've got a new pet called Henry!" Her mum said "Let me have a look!" and Bethany took her proudly to show her the pet spider. Her mother SCREAMED! Bethany looked a bit confused and said "Mummy - why are you screaming! Henry is cute!"
This made me realise how our reactions influence other people. It is very easy to pass on our fears to others and then life becomes a vicious circle of indwelt fears.
When I was little my mum fainted at nearly everything. She screamed at thunderstorms, moths, spiders, earwigs, flying birds etc. and I grew up the same. However , when I had my children I decided that I didn't want them to live in fear so I acted the OPPOSITE to how I felt - so they would learn not to be afraid. I DECIDED DELIBERATELY to break the cycle of fear and not pass it on!We have Jesus Christ in our lives and Jesus says "FEAR NOT!" It does not matter what our past has told us or what has happened. We can CHOOSE to change NOW with the help of God - so people sense peace and love when they are with us - which Christ alone gives. We need to throw our fears away and let Jesus fill our lives with His Peace. Written by Linda Fawkes (c)Copyright 2011
My grandaughter Bethany!
GOD OF ALL POSSIBILITIES! BY PASTOR EMMANUEL BABA ISIAKA
MAKING SOMETHING FROM NOTHING! ONCE HE HAS SPOKEN TWICE I HAVE HEARD POWER BELONGS TO OUR GOD; HE CAN REVERSE THE IRREVERSIBLE WITH HIM NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO OUR GOD! Memory Verse: "So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it." (Isaiah 55:11) Bible Reading: Exodus 17:1-6 1 Âś And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. God's Word never returns to Him empty. Once it has been uttered, it is settled and the case is closed (Psalm 33:8-9). A sister attended one of our services about 10 years ago. During the programme, the Lord said there was a lady there who was pregnant but the baby was dead, and that the baby was being restored to life. As they left for home, the woman told her husband that their baby, who had stopped all movements before then, had started moving again but the man did not believe her. The 10 year old baby was brought here to thank God in one of our meetings recently. Praise God! When God speaks, it is settled. Why? Because He can bring something out of nothing. In Genesis 1:20-23, the Lord commanded the waters to bring forth marine life and out of nothing, all variety of sea creatures of various sizes, shapes and colours sprang forth. At that same time, in response to His command, all kinds of birds came forth and began to adorn the skyline. It was just His Word in action. This tells us that God does not always require materials to create miracles; His Word is enough. Similarly, in Exodus 17:1-6, out of the rock, God brought forth enough water to quench the thirst of a whole nation. God is a specialist at bringing out something out of nothing. Are you in a situation of nothingness and you are in doubt as to whether God can do something about it? He can and He will! In that emptiness God will move to fill up the void. Has He spoken into your life a promise which after your assessment, you concluded was not possible? Wipe out your doubts! God is bringing something out of that nothingness! You see, it takes looking through God's eyes to see something in nothing. In your hopelessness there is hope for you. In that so-called terminal ailment, there is healing for you. In your impoverished state, there is abundance for you. Ensure you make your ways right with God, do everything you can to please Him; worship Him and obey Him. Listen to His instruction and follow it diligently. It shall produce something out of nothing.
THE FATHER’S BLESSING: "I pray for you today as you read this message. The Lord even my God will bless you. You case will be handled with the miraculous power of the Almighty God. The Lord will perfect all that concerns you and give you peace beyond human understandings. It is well with you, body, soul and spirit in the name of Jesus.�(Amen.) PRAYER POINT FOR TODAY Father, let your Word be settled for good concerning my life and destiny. You are special, You are loved, You are appreciated My promise is to reply all mails
ROMANS CHAPTER 8 BY KENNETH WHITE
Therefore(there is)now no condemnation (no adjudging guilt of wrong)for those in Christ Jesus who live and walk not after the dictates of the flesh but after the dictates of the Spirit.Rom. ch1:1--AMP.:There are those who always change this around to suit their lifestyle. This is a spiritual application to our lives as we walk according to the spirit.The spirit won`t lead you wrong.He won`t lead you into bars and nightclubs; into sinful ways of your old carnal mind. You walk by the spirit and you will be more than a conquerer. The spirit will take the Laws of God and write them on the fleshly tables of your heart so that as Jesus fulfilled the law perfectly you will as well.remember Jesus is our example. If we are to rule and rein with him then we will follow the path he walked and it will become a joy to do the will of the Father. Being led by the spirit will make it impossible for you to walk in sin and rebellion.You will come to the place Jesus did when he said "my meat is to do the will of the Father". There is no more guilt or condemnation or judgment you will go through in this walk after the Spirit for there is nothing left in you to judge. We will discuss this more in coming days as we discuss verse for verse of the 8th chapter of Romans.Any thoughts on this is appreciated...KW
Your Daily Sacrifice By Joel McNabb
"By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased” (Heb. 13:15-16). How many of you awake in the morning with a song or a good thought on your mind? We go about our daily routines, thinking about life and all we have to do. Some people know exactly what they are going to do from the time the alarm clock goes off, and they set about doing it day after day. One day seems just like another. As Christians, we too have our own daily routines. If it were not for the fact that we go to church on Sunday, there would not seem to be much difference between us. We have to eat, go to work, and get the children off to school day in and day out. Recently, I asked our congregation, "Do you wake up singing a church song?” I said that this happens to me most of the week. It makes me think of God and all He has done for me. There were some that said they do. Others had to think about it. Then I asked, "What is the first thing on your mind in the morning?” I let them think about it for a while. We who are born again should wake up thanking the good Lord that we are able to see another day and be in our right minds. This should be our first thought, regardless of what else we have to do that day. The prayer that Jesus taught his disciples is the manner in which we ought to pray. He said, "Give us this day our daily bread.” We are to have contact with God every day: a person- al relationship with our Lord. Since God has given to us, so ought we to give back to Him: our daily sacrifice, that should be as automatic as breath- ing. For "in Him we live, and move, and have our being” (Acts 17:28). Can we say with the psalmist David, "O how love I thy law! It is my meditation all the day” (Psa.119:97)? When Jesus was tempted in the wilderness, after His baptism by John the Baptist, the devil came to Him. There wasn’t a little red-horned devil with a tail
and a pitch fork on his shoulder, poking him saying, "If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.” It was all in Jesus ‟ mind. Our thoughts are where the devil tempts us, and Jesus was just like us. "For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin” (Heb. 4:15). Jesus said, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” When the forty days of his temptation in the wilderness was over, the devil left Him, but it was only for a little season. He came back time and time again to tempt Jesus. We live by the word of God, and we cannot truly live without it. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life” (John 6:63). Taking time to read from the Bible every day is part of our daily sacrifice. It is one way we can offer some time to the Lord. Did you know that if you just read three chapters a day, you could read the Bible through in about a year? Now that doesn’t seem like very much, to ask to receive life from God. "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls” (Matt. 11:29). On Mount Sinai, God gave Moses the Law and a pattern with which to build a tabernacle for the Lord. He also told Moses to set up the priest- hood. He chose Aaron and his four sons to be the priests, giving them duties that were to be performed daily. They were to keep the candlestick and its lamps burning continually, making sure every day that there was oil in the lamps, so that they would not go out. If the word of God is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path,” (Psa 119:105), then we should read the Bible every day to keep our lamps burning. In the NewTestament, after the Day of Pentecost, the saints continued steadfastly in the apostles‟ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers (Acts 2:47). Also, they were daily with one accord in the temple. This daily study and prayer continued in the days of Paul‟s ministry. He and Silas were in a town called Berea in the synagogue of the Jews, where they found more noble saints than those in Thessalonica, because they heard the word of God with an open mind, and searched the scriptures daily, to see if the things that they were told was true or not. I wonder if Christians today, after hearing the preacher on Sunday morning, are going home and searching to see if their preacher was correct or not. It takes men and women who have an honest heart to look into the word of God daily to make sure they are not being deceived. A lot more preachers today would have more questions to answer if their congregations were more like the Bereans.
Under the Law of Moses, in Exodus 29, the priests were to take two lambs in their first year and offer them day by day continually, one in the morning and one at evening, as a daily sacrifice to the Lord. Besides these offerings and
keeping the lamps burning, there was the sweet incense and the daily meat offering. These represent something we should do as Christians today in our daily sacrifice to the Lord. I believe they are our prayers and praise. In Hosea 14:2, we are to "render the calves of our lips.” The offering of our praise goes right along with the way Jesus said we should pray, "hallowed be thy name”, acknowledging our Heavenly Father every day and praising Him, praying that His will be done in earth as it is in Heaven. After we have entered into His gates with thanksgiving and into His courts with praise, we ask our Lord to take care of all our needs. There is an old song that says, "Just a little talk with Jesus makes it right.” "Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily” (Psa 86:3). Our Lord Jesus came to earth to offer himself for the sins of man, a fulfillment of the true daily sacrifice (the two lambs offered daily, morning and evening). The High Priest had his men came to the garden of Gethsemane at night, to have Jesus tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. All night long Jesus was on trial. He was brought to the palace of the High Priest and, when they couldn’t find anything that he did wrong, they brought false accusations against him. Then the High Priest spoke, "I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say un- to you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.” That was all it took. "The High Priest rent his clothes saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death” (Matt. 26: 63-67). When morning came, the chief priest and elders took counsel on how they could put Jesus to death, because they were under Roman rule, and they couldn’t carry out the sentence themselves. So they bound Jesus and took him to Pilate, the Roman governor, who could find no fault. Pilate sent the case to Herod, seeing Jesus was from Galilee. Herod was happy to see Jesus, because he thought he might see a miracle done by Jesus. He asked Jesus many questions. The priest that brought him stood up and vehemently accused him. And Herod, with his men of war, set Jesus at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him back to Pilate. Neither he nor Herod found anything worthy of death in Jesus. Pilate, being the politician that he was, came up with a solution that was his way out. He
could release a prisoner at the feast. He brought a murderer, and set him and Jesus be- fore the people, so they could choose who would be released. The people chose the murderer over Jesus. Pilate asked them three times to be sure, willing to release Jesus. The people and the chief priest got louder, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him.” And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. And the rest is history. Jesus was beaten, a crown of thorns
placed on his head, and taken to Mount Calvary and nailed to the cross at nine o‟clock, the time of the morning sacrifice. He hung there in shame and disgrace for six hours, and at the evening sacrifice, three o ‟clock, He said, "It is finished: and he gave up the ghost” (John 19:30). Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice, offering Himself for us. Now we do not have to offer an animal sacrifice for our sins. "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission” (Heb. 9:22). We can offer ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service (Romans 12:1). The old song comes to my mind, "Is your all on the altar of sacrifice laid, your heart doth the spirit control?” Our daily sacrifice is nothing com- pared to what Jesus sacrificed for us. Are we willing to devote some time during our day in thanksgiving to the Lord of our salvation? "He paid a debt he did not owe, we owed a debt we could not pay, we needed someone to wash our sins away.” Jesus offered his life for us. What are you willing to offer today? Could you take time to pray, read your Bible and think about the Lord. I encourage you to be a living sacrifice, devoted to be- coming more like Jesus. You will find that the cares of this world will be an easier burden, and your life will have fullness. At this time of the year, let us remember the Lord‟s death and the price that was paid for us. And let us be resolved to offer our daily sacrifice. The Lord be with you throughout all of your day, and bless and keep you is my prayer.
ARE YOU THE DEVILS SCAPEGOAT? BY CHEROKEE ROSE
Scapegoating is the practice of singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame.[1] A scapegoat may be a child, employee, peer, ethnic or religious group, or country. A whipping boy or "fall guy" is a form of scapegoat. ETYOMOLOGY The word "scapegoat" is a mistranslation of the word Azazel (In Hebrew: )עזאזל. The Septuagint, an early Greek translation of the Old Testament, had incorrectly translated Azazel as ez ozel – literally, "the goat that departs" – and translated the word as tragos apopompaios, meaning "goat sent out". The error was further promulgated in the Latin Vulgate, which rendered the word as caper emissarius, or "emissary goat". William Tyndale rendered the Latin as "(e)scape goat" in his 1530 Bible. This translation was later appropriated in the King James Version of the Bible (Leviticus chapter 16) in 1611.[2 The scapegoat was a goat that was designated (Hebrew ) la-aza'zeyl; either "for absolute removal" (Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon) or possibly "for Azazel" (some modern versions taking the term as a name) and outcast in the desert as part of the ceremonies of the Day of Atonement, that began during the Exodus with the original Tabernacle and continued through the times of the temples in Jerusalem As a child I felt like the blacksheep as well as a scapegoat, I was always getting the blame for somehting, and on time my brother broke a window out of our family car and I got the blame for it and I was beat bloody for it with a
belt! I cant tell you what kind of damage that does to a child and growing up that is all I felt as an individual I was the blame for all of the wrong in this world! I grew up feeling worthless and useless because I could do nothing right in my familys eyes. I was the middle step child I had 2 older step sisters and a sister and one older step brother a younger step brother and a brother needless to say i was in the middle of it all. I added this message I found online to help add something to my message. The majority of dysfunctional families have a child that fits the role of scapegoat. The following will teach you how to identify a scapegoat, maybe you are the scapegoat? maybe your spouse is. Identifying the scapegoat is the first step in distributing equal (or at least earned) blame in your relationship. Step 1: Learning what to look for - Who is identified as the problem child by the family and siblings? - Which child absorbs the blame for family problems and conflicts - The child who is blamed for things they obviously have no control over For an adult, such as coworker, you can look for these same signs in the context of work, with co worker taking the place of siblings and bosses taking the place of the parents Step 2: Identification of Scapegoat Symptoms Identify if the individual has any of the symptoms of being a scapegoat - After being blamed for things they have no control over they learn that they have no control over their lives and therefore they:
- Act out in anger through aggressive acts such as criminal behaviors, or refusing to participate in school - They fulfill the prophecy of others by becoming the problem that they were accused of being. Because scapegoats will eventually act out it might be easy for you to look at the individual and think "well, he/she is to blame because they are a trouble maker." It is important to remember that you need to look at past events to determine if they have always been a trouble maker or rather they were the scapegoat and are now living out others prophecy Step 3: Interview the Potential Scapegoat - does the individual feel trapped? hopeless? - does the individual feel that something is really wrong with them? that they are somehow a flawed human being? - does the individual feel blamed for things out of their control? Step 4: After you have looked, identified and interviewed and individual use your reasoning skills to determine if this individual is in fact a scapegoat. If the individual in question is you, start using the data you collected to determine what you are going to do in the future to prevent your being a scapegoat. Refuse to be a scapegoat. When you find people unfairly blaming you, be a tiger and fight back strongly, even if this is not your normal role.
God ask me today, are you tired of being a scapegoat? I thought a minute and I said hmm maybe I have been. Because the devil has been accusing me for so long I guess I was. He would tell me I failed God to much to recover, He told me I was useless, and that no one loved me, and that people found all manner of problems with me, and that I was unlovable as a person. Wow, talk about feeling unworthy! he blamed me for everything! When problems occur, people do not like to blame themselves. They will thus actively seek scapegoats onto whom we can displace our aggression. When I praise and dance before the Lord when most people wont, he says you blocking my view, I wish she would sit down and quit acting so silly, or here she goes again, well I got news for you devil, GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!!!!!!!!! BECAUSE like david I will get even more vile than this!!!!!!!!!!! I guess I wasnt ment to have a bunch of people around me because it just takes my eyes off Jesus and all he has for me..I like giving the devil a black eye! and stomping on his head! its like this if you dont like my worship get up and worship yourself!!! then you wont have to worry if im in your way or acting silly!! I love it!! I got up on the alter last night and danced on it! the pastor said before hand how hard did you all party and dance for the devil while you were in the world and unsaved? I said i partied very hard for him now im partying for Jesus and so I jumped on the alter and danced, ask me if I care if someone got offended? thats to bad, God is the only one I have to worry about offending and I think he laughed and said YOU GO GIRL!! THATS MY GIRL!. NO Im not gonna be a scapegoat for the devil.
Transformations: What’s In a Name? Part One By Brenda Cathcart
Last year, I had the privilege of teaching at a women's retreat during the period of the Counting of the Omer. The theme was transformations and the topic was a combination of meanings of names in Hebrew and what Yeshua taught after His resurrection during the Counting of the Omer. Since this is once again the time of the Counting of the Omer, I’ve broken the teaching into sections and will post them throughout the Counting of the Omer as we count up to the Feast of Weeks.
What’s In a Name? Part One I’ve been asked to talk about two topics this weekend. The first is about names in the Bible. Names in the Bible have meaning. Some of our names have meaning too. Hopefully, you have discovered the meaning of your name today. But most of your names weren’t chosen for you because of the meaning of that name. My son’s name is Richard. When I was looking at names for him, I picked names that I liked and then I looked at what the name meant. Richard is from the Old Norman and means powerful leader. I liked that! So, I chose the name Richard. My daughter’s name is Rachel and I chose Rachel just because I always liked that name. Her name is from the Hebrew meaning ewe lamb. That meaning didn’t resonate with me nearly as much as
the meaning of Richard. But I liked the name anyway so she became Rachel. Have some of you chosen names for your children based on the meaning of the name? The first man’s name was Adam. His name means man or mankind. Adam was created from the dust of the ground. The word for ground is Adamah. We can read Genesis 2:7 as "The LORD God created Adam from the dust of the Adamah…” (Get your own dirt joke?) So, Adam just means mankind. Paul tells us that Jesus is like Adam, a second mankind. 1 Corinthians 15:45 NKJV 45 And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. The coming of Jesus is like a re-creation. Paul goes on to tell us in 2 Corinthians 5:17 that "if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things are made new!” The first woman’s name was Eve. In Hebrew the name is Chava which means to live. In the sense of a name, it means life giver. The Bible frequently tells us the meaning of the name when it is given. Genesis 3:20 NKJV 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. The second topic I’ve been asked to talk about is Jesus’ activities and teaching in the days after His resurrection leading up to His ascension and the Feast of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit fell on the disciples. These two topics seem to be totally unrelated but as you will discover this weekend, all scripture including the names come back to the gospel story. So what is the gospel story in the creation of Eve? Yes, the gospel story is in the creation of Eve! Let’s read the passage about Eve’s creation in Genesis 2:21-24.
Genesis 2:21-24 NKJV 21 And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. 22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Adam was put into a deep sleep. The word for deep sleep is tardemah which comes from the word radam meaning to stun or stupefy into sleep or death. In other words, tardemah is just this side of death. Adam symbolically died to give life to his bride. His bride whom he named life came from out of his flesh. Jesus, the final Adam, did die to give life to His bride. And we are like Eve, both the body and the bride of Christ. And through our testimony, we spread life to the rest of the world. Ephesians 5:25-32 NKJV 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, 26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, 27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish. 28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. 30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones. 31 "For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh." 32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church. Out of the sleep and waking of Adam, comes forth Eve or life. Out of the death and resurrection of Jesus, the final Adam, comes forth life.
Paul quotes Genesis in this passage and the word "join” that Paul uses in this quote is the Hebrew word dabaq. It means to cling to, cleave, join, and adhere to. But it also means to pursue hard. Did you notice that it is a man who is to leave his father and mother and join to his wife? He is to "pursue hard” after his wife. Jesus did that for us. He left His Father and His home in heaven to come down to earth, taking on human form, to pursue us. He went so far as to die for us. That is amazing love! 1 John 4:9-10 NKJV 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Romans 5:8 NKJV 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Wow! All that in the creation of Eve! Here’s a simpler one. Let’s just look at the names from Adam to Noah along with their meanings. Adam: Mankind Seth: Is appointed Enos: feeble, frail, mortality Cainan: A fixed dwelling place Mahalael: God who is praised Jared: to descend, comes down Enoch: to train up Methusalah: A man sent forth Lamech: smitten, beaten and tortured
Noach: rest, comfort, quiet peace.
Mankind is appointed to feeble, frail, mortality, a fixed dwelling place. God who is praised comes down to train up as a man sent forth to be beaten, smitten bringing rest, a quiet peace. Once again, we see the gospel story hidden in the scriptures for us to see. One of my favorite verses is Proverbs 25:2: KJV "It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter." This is the theme verse of this blog.
ברוך שלום Shalom and Be Blessed Dan and Brenda Cathcart
A MUST READ TESTIMONY CONTRIBUTED BY VIVIAN NOSKEY
Just a few months after Jamie and I were married, we were in a desperate situation. I had quit my job, believing that the Lord wanted me to go into fulltime ministry. The result was that we were hurting financially. It had been days since ...we had eaten. We had nothing but a few Cokes that a friend had given us and a bag of Fritos that we had been rationing out. Our faith was beginning to waver. We were fighting with all we had, to believe that the Lord was going to supply our needs, but our circumstances and empty bellies were screaming unbelief at us. One morning, Jamie took our last fifty cents and our car and drove to the laundry mat to do some laundry. While she was gone, I did some serious business with the Lord. I was crying and saying, "Lord, I don't understand. I would give my right arm to feed Jamie. I believe You love us more than I love Jamie, and yet You aren't taking care of us." I had let circumstances blind me to God's love. That's the main reason my faith wasn't working. The Lord spoke Luke 12:32 to me very clearly. That verse says, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom." Suddenly, I realized my unbelief was because I had forgotten how much God loves us. God delights in our prosperity (Ps. 35:27). He gets no pleasure from watching us starve. As the revelation of God's love for us came flooding over me, all doubt that our needs would be supplied was instantly gone. When Jamie returned from doing the laundry, I told her that we were going to eat meat that day. We had Fritos and Coke for lunch. We skipped supper because we were tired of Fritos and Coke. At church, a friend asked us to stop by his apartment after
the service. We thought, "Maybe they are going to feed us." We stayed and talked for over an hour, but there was no food. As we were leaving, however, the man gave us loads of fish that he had caught. He also gave us all the vegetables to go with them. We rushed home, and Jamie fixed us a feast. Just a few minutes prior to midnight, we ate meat to our fill. The next day was my birthday, and a woman in the church gave us a large box full of porterhouse steaks. We went from a starvation diet of Fritos and Coke, to having enough steaks for a month in just a matter of hours because love made my faith work. When our friend gave us the fish that evening, he told us that he had sent his wife by our apartment earlier that morning to deliver the food. Our car was gone, though; so she supposed we were not there and didn't stop. The only time that car was gone all day long was when Jamie went to wash clothes and I was praying in that apartment. At the exact moment that I got a new and fresh revelation of God's love for us, our supply came through. It took us a few hours to see it, but God moved instantly. He wanted to supply our need more than we wanted Him to. My lack of faith in His love hindered Him. As soon as I opened up to His love, my faith revived and He supplied. There is more than just a superficial knowledge that God loves us. In Ephesians, chapter 3, Paul prayed that the Ephesians would get a greater revelation of God's love for them. He said, "For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God" (Eph. 3:14-19). Notice in verse 18 that God's love isn't just one-dimensional. There is height, depth, length, and breadth to it. Many Christians only see God's love as they would see a painting, in one-dimension. They've never seen the multidimensional reality of God's love. In verse 19, Paul said as we experience God's love, which is superior to mere knowledge of God's love, then we would be filled with all the fullness of God.
What a statement! Are you lacking in any area of your life? If so, you lack a revelation of God's love. Experiencing God's love equals fullness. I've said all of this to say that a deep revelation of God's love for us is the most important thing we can receive. First Corinthians 13:13 says, "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity" (God's kind of love). There are many ways that Satan uses to try to block the revelation of God's love for us. One of the most subtle, and therefore the most deadly, ways is that he has deceived us into thinking that God's love for us is tied to our performance. We think we have to do something to earn God's love. We have to merit God's love. That is not what the Bible teaches. In the natural world, you get what you deserve. Employers don't hire you based on their love for you. You have to perform. If you perform badly, you are punished or fired. The same thing is true in most relationships. I've had hundreds of married couples essentially tell me, "They don't deserve my love." However, the nearly-too-good-to-be-true news of the Gospel is that we don't get what we deserve. Praise the Lord! God's love for us is unconditional. That is, God doesn't love us because of some virtue we possess. God loves us because "God is love" (1 John 4:8), not because we are lovely. Religion is one of the biggest propagators of the conditional-love-of-God lie. Most "Christian churches" teach that God's love for us is conditional, based on our performance. If we pray, go to church, pay our tithes, etc., then the Lord loves us and answers our prayers; but if we fail, then the Lord won't answer our prayers. That's not true. There is a disease in the church that I call "spiritual dyslexia." Dyslexia is where a person sees things backwards. A dyslexic person sees the word "god" as "dog". There's a huge difference between God and a dog; yet dyslexics don't see it. "Spiritual dyslexia" has a similar effect on people. Those infected with this
"spiritual dyslexia" see scriptures backwards. For instance, 1 John 2:3-5 says, "And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him." A dyslexic Christian sees these verses and says, "I want to know God, so I must keep His commandments." These verses are saying just the opposite. Keeping God's commandments is a result of knowing God. You can live a holy life without knowing God; the Pharisees proved that. However, you can't know God without living a holy life as a result. When God's love is perfected in us, keeping God's Word will be the result (verse 5). Any attempt to reverse this order is "getting the cart before the horse." It won't work; and yet this is what the majority of Christians are trying to do. They are seeking to know the Lord better by living a holier life. It's just the opposite. Experiencing God's love more will produce a holy life. This dyslexic condition has caused many to tie God's love for them to their performance. When they do well, they let God's love for them flow. When they do poorly, they condemn themselves. They think God is condemning them, but He's not. In many cases, it's not even the devil condemning them. Satan has caused them to believe a lie, and they are condemning themselves. ANDREW WOMMACK
DANGER!!!!!!! BY: BISHOP STEVEN MAXWELL J.A.K. LIBERTY SR.BY: BISHOP STEVEN MAXWELL J.A.K. LIBERTYS
DANGER!!!!!!! BY: BISHOP STEVEN MAXWELL J.A.K. LIBERTY SR.
DON’T BE MISLED BY THE PLANTED TRICKS OF THE DEVIL IN MISCALCULATED BIBLICAL MATHEMATICIANS OF OUR DAYS LIKE CHURCHES OF THE PASS THAT THE WORLD WILL END ON MAY 21, 2011 FOR NO MAN KNOWS THE HOUR; YET DON’T BE CAUGHT UNAWARES LIKE THE TEN VIRGINS FOR CHRIST CAN COME AT ANY MOVEMENT.
For the pass week or more Satan and his agents had been desperately fighting me. Everything around me seem to been breaking apart and I could not adequately respond because I had taken off a few days. Where was all this chaos and noise coming from in my life all of a sudden? My wife was so afraid and weaken by the advances of Satan threats ,that why I was seeking the face of the LORD wrote a family member (without waiting for God’s direction ) to explain the certain storm and the answer she received cause her to panic ;which was just what Satan wanted, faint and almost lost her two months old pregnancy( But Glory to God I was not deterred and completed my task without paying any attention to the noise going on; until I got an direction from the LORD. ) Satan was having a ball and trying to confuse me for I had taken a little time off to seek the face of the LORD on behalf of those Ministries actually serving God about the fast home going of mighty men and women in the vineyard and the various reports coming in everyday that are rapidly turning many away from Christianity to the ways of the world. I continue steadfast until yesterday May 12, 2011 which was the last day and than the LORD open my eyes. I was reading the scriptures when a voice said to me; "open your eyes before you fail the mission and many more than you think go astray. Wake up for there is work to be done� I thought the voice was mocking me or my mind which has been under a lot of tension playing tricks on me. I open my dairy to write this down and think about it later and it opened to May 21 and it appeared as if the letters were blinking. I had broken my fast and not eaten so I
thought it was the fast and when to take a cup of Lipton tea. Those letter played on my mind under I remember that sometime back a Minister drew my attention to some debate about the world ending on May 21, 2011. Then I realize why the Devil was drawing my away from it for this was another trick to disgrace and poke fun at Christianity and gather even more members. Well here I am LORD doing battle for I know you have my back. This type of allegation is not new to Christianity; but each time it happens it split the church and many others seek other religions because they believe Christianity has failed them or lied. Satan always finds a stooge among the brethren who uses logic and reason of man to draw others of the same class or weaker vessel to believing them. Some of those who believe them go to the extreme, getting rid of their properties, going to church to ask for forgiveness (which is not bad in it self but after the predictions fail they crumble and become discourage and lost), some sell their properties, give the Church huge sums of money trying to make amends for their sins (instead of seeking Christ) steal,kill and many even spend weeks in advance in open air awaiting. You can imagine the chaos, depression, confusion, suicide etc that takes place afterward. The worst is blames are flying from left to right ; congregations splitting up and forming even more misled groups based upon the ideas they concluded with ;either that he will come in the next few days or that it still remains x numbers of years.
Don’t get me wrong and stop awaiting Christ for He can come at any hour; yet no one knows the exact day or hour of His return. No amount of logic, reason, science or math can solve that problem for you. We are to be ready at all times ;not because of the word of some gravy seeking preacher who is using the word of God to gain followers ; but because Christ told you to do so. I do not want you to be liken unto those in the parable of the foolish virgins told by Christ; but in order to be prepared / fill your lamps and have a little extra, you must use the Word of God as your guide. Study and ask yourself questions like; what does the Word of God says about the coming of Christ. Don’t take a single verse and base your conclusions upon them but take the entire scriptures into consideration and the Holy Spirit will direct you. Many in the past as I noted previously have try to predict the end and have failed; both from the Christian and secular world. Many have misinterpreted the Bible quotations of Jesus Christ where it was stated in Matthew 16:28 "Verily I say unto you; There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in His Kingdom”. Also in Matthew 24:34 "This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled” Because of the limitation of man in interpret- ting single verses without finding other references on that same person to get a bigger and clearer picture ; many concluded that Christ prophecy had failed. However if you actually take the timing of the preaching and look for the bigger picture; you will find out that every word Christ spoke that day was true. Many in the Crowd not only
witness physically the Risen LORD after He defeated death and rose from the grave, but also saw His ascension to take His place in Heaven. Spiritually John the revelator witness Christ in His Glory! (but my intention is not to argue here but point to one major factor that began this string of false predictions.) Taking these and many other scriptures out of context ; many cults and sects began to be build around the doomsday or exact second coming prophecies. - There were some Christians who interpreted the writings of the Apostle Paul literally and came to the conclusion that the rapture would take place during their days. - During the second century; prophets and prophetess of the Montanist movement announced that Christ would returned sometimes during their lifetime and established the New Jerusalem in the city of pepuza of Asia Minor and it was a lie. - Around 500 the Antipope Hyppolytus and an earlier Christian Academic Sextus Julius Africanus predicted Armageddon and it did not happen. - About 968 an eclipse was interpreted as a prelude to the end of the world by the army of the German Emperor Otto III. - Around 1000 Christians in Europe had predicted that the world would end on Jan 1, 1000 and as the date approached Christian armies’ waged war against some of the pagan countries in Northern Europe. They wanted to
convert by force those countries to Christianity before Christ returned on Jan 1? 1000. In fact there were some Christians who were so sure of making it to heaven alive that they give all of their possessions to the church. As you know by now Christ did not return and the church for its part did not returned their possessions. - Many Christians accepted that on March 21 1843 the world would end by the founder of the Millerite movement called William Miller. When Christ did not returned on that date ; Miller then predicted another date October 22 1844 at which time many Christians sold their properties and possessions, others quit their jobs in order to prepared themselves for the second coming of Jesus Christ. This event is now known as the "Great Disappointment� Nothing memorial even took place and that day came and went by. - We could speak about many other predictions like those of Ellen White to The Jehovah Witnesses which range from the later 1850s to date. But I want to stop here because I know you have gotten a part of the picture I am trying to draw for you. Some of those who predict the end times day are misled by one factor or the other. Some are misled by peculiar events happening on a particular date or by famines, earthquakes etc. There are yet others who claimed visions or even the Bible prophetic books. Yet others do it to draw public attention to themselves or crowds of followers but always as noted above the end is
disappointment. Do not follow these misled doomsday exploiters for they will die and rot leaving this earth before the end as many others did in the past. But does that means the world will not end or Christ will not come? Many of us grew up hearing our parents telling the story about this Shepherd boy who kept misleading the town folks by his shouts of wolves attacking the cattle. They would come running and it was a lie. Well the day came when the real event of a wolf attacking his cattle happened and even though it was real and the town folks heard the call; nobody came because they all thought it was another lie. Yes Christ will indeed return to this earth and it is necessary to always be prepared for no man knows the hour He will return. As I said above the Bible is emphatically clear about this matter and you only truth source of information about when, where, and how Christ will return to this earth and the Holy Spirit your guide. Christ Himself spoke about it as related by His disciples, Paul wrote about it in his Epistles and long before Christ was born to this world Job spoke about it. For the purpose of this danger signal ; I will only give you scripture references where you can get from the Bible all you need to help you. (I intentionally did not name the Prophet Daniel whose prophecy has been interpreted by many MISLED PROPHETS OF DOOM as their foundation of evidence. JESUS CHRIST WILL COME AGAIN and we are commanded to WATCH because He will come like a THIEF in the night. How many of you know the exact hour a thief
will break in and steal from you? If you knew then he wouldn’t have stolen your item. (Matt 24:42-44) The picture drawn by Christ about His second coming is very clear and yet to the one who empty of spiritual understanding a complex one that takes wisdom , knowledge from God through the power of the Holy Spirit to unravel. That is why those who believe they can easily use the power of man’s worldly logic usually fail. (Matt. 16:27-28; 24:327:3031,37-39,42-44; Mark 13:1-37, Luke 21:5-35;17: 22-37;12:40; Matt 25:6,10,13,19,31; Matt. 26:64, Mark 13:27,32,35; 14:62; Luke 9:26;12:37-40;17:30;18:8; 19:12,13,15 21:27-36; John 14:3,18,28-29; Acts 1:11;3:20-21.) I am aware that I skip sessions but I think if you read these verses as arranged we will get a picture that the Holy Spirit will help us interpret. The Apostle Paul also commented under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit about this matter of Christ second coming in his Epistles to the Churches of those days. (Don’t get me wrong; I am not saying Paul letters/Epistles are not for the Churches today, but trying to strike a point about how it was interpreted then from how it is interpreted now). Like today there were people who interpreted it to fit their logic and literally got the same misled conclusions like today because they did not try to connect their picture back to the source and get a bigger and true picture. Again I will try to give you select verses to help us think like the Apostle and connect his version with that of Christ and ask the Holy Spirit to direct us as we gradually put the bigger picture together. (1Cor 1:7-8 ; 4:5; 11:26; 15:23; Phil. 3:20-21; Phil. 4:5; Col. 3:4; 1Thess. 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15-
17; 5:2-3,23 2Thess.1:7-10; 2:1-3,5,8; 3:5; 1 Tim 6:14; 2: Tim 4:1,8; Titus 2:13) (Since there are debates about the authorship of the book of Hebrews I decided to let it stand by itself in this work) The other Apostles/ Disciples of Christ also added their voices to this very important topic and try to give even more clarity to the picture. (Heb.9:28; Jas 5:7-9; 1Pet.1:7,13; 4:13; 5:4: 2Pet 1:16; 3:3,4,10,11,12; 1John 2:38; 3:2; Jude 14,15; Rev 1:7; 3:11;16:15; 22:12,20) It is my prayer that God will lead you to not listen to these misled doomsday Prophets and stick to your Bible for research ; allowing the Holy Spirit of Truth from God to lead you . HAVE A BLESSED YEAR FOR I AM SURE YOU CAN CALL ME ON MAY 22 OR EVEN JUNE 8th. REMAIN BLESSED IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME!!!!!!!
"A Bride Defiled� BY JEFF GODSOWN
2Sa 13:1 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2Sa 13:2 And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her. 2Sa 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. 2Sa 13:4 And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 2Sa 13:5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. 2Sa 13:6 So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. 2Sa 13:7 Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. 2Sa 13:8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. 2Sa 13:9 And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. 2Sa 13:10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
2Sa 13:11 And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. 2Sa 13:12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. 2Sa 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. 2Sa 13:14 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 2Sa 13:15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. 2Sa 13:16 And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. 2Sa 13:17 Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. 2Sa 13:18 And she had a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 2Sa 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. This is a message for the church, we are called to lift one another up, to exalt others better than ourselves, to carry each other’s burdens, but most of all to love one another! This is a story of the betrothed virgin being defiled by worldly Christians taking advantage of Godly Christians. Tit 1:15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. How many times has someone or a small group been raped or defiled spiritually and walked in shame, involuntarily forced on them, by those who choose to walk in their own understanding? How many times have you been or seen someone being judged and raked over the coals unjustly, all because they chose to obey God? How many more times must this occur, where the body, the betrothed will wrongfully attack someone
based on their blindness or unbelief? Jesus said; for it is written, thou shall worship the Lord thy God and serve only Him, and yet we continue to destroy people in the body. If you’re not worshiping the Lord God and serving Him only, then you are self serving and satan serving, is that working out your own salvation with fear and trembling, is that showing God a reverent fear? 2Sa 13:19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. 2Sa 13:20 And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. 2Sa 13:21 But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. 2Sa 13:22 And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 2Sa 13:23 And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. 2Sa 13:24 And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. 2Sa 13:25 And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. 2Sa 13:26 Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? 2Sa 13:27 But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. 2Sa 13:28 Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. 2Sa 13:29 And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. Notice how Absalom wanted this subject matter held in quiet rather than attending to this matter immediately and righteously. He kept quiet, because
in his heart hatred and bitterness reigned and vengeance was beginning to fume in him. How many times do we see those in a position to take care of a problem, but do not or will not take care of the problem, because of image, or anger, or abstract thinking? How many church leaders allow ugly things to go on in their churches because they don’t want to see the problem really exists? Remember in the Book of Revelation where Jesus said; I have one thing against you. How many times does the body or the leaders refuse to believe there is a problem and the betrothed is being defiled because of the problem? How many Absalom wait to take revenge on what they perceive is the problem, God is in the business of restoration. King David represents the living king, Absalom represents those who believe they’re something in the kingdom, but were never chosen by the King to be more than what they are. Absalom appointed himself King, he was not David’s choice and would never become the appointed King because his heart was never right. How long will the body, the betrothed continue to allow the terror of satan to continue to destroy the Kingdom of God. It’s time, it’s time’ it’s time; Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. Let us do this righteously!
"MAY THE TRUE SAINTS OF GOD (CHRISTIANS ) STAND UP AND BE COUNTED FOR !!! BY PROPHETESS MARY BOLDEN
IF MY PEOPLE (not the people of the world; Jesus speaking); WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME (CHRISTIANS); WOULD HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY (not play and just say words that sound good or try to manipulate God like some do man); AND SEEK MY FACE (not always only HIs hand for a handout, but get intimate with HIM so you can know HIS WILL and HIS WAY!) THEN, (and only then) WILL I HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND I WILL FORGIVE THEIR SINS (as we must forgive others) AND WILL HEAL THE LAND. (11 CHRON. 7:14 para). NOW, IT'S SOOO OBVIOUS THAT JESUS IS TALKING TO CHRISTIANS AND HE IS ADMONISHING US ALL THAT WE MUST FIRST OF ALL HUMBLE OURSELVES IN HIS PRESENCE! REVERENCE HIM ; KNOW WHO IT IS WE ARE SPEAKING TO AND BE SURE THAT WE BOW IN HOLY ADMIRATION. YES, HE WANTS TO HEAR OUR PETITION , HOWEVER, HE WANTS SOME RECOGNITION OF WHAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE FOR US WITH THANKSGIVING. AND HE INHABITS THE PRAISES OF HIS PEOPLE, MEANING HE EXPECTS TO BE LIFTED UP BECAUSE HE DESERVES ALLL THE PRAISES WE COULD POSSIBLY MUSTER. HE SAID, IF I BE LIFTED UP FROM THE EARTH, I'LL DRAW ALLL MEN UNTO ME. NOW THAT WAS SPEAKING OF HOW HE WOULD DIE (ON THE CROSS AT CALVARY) FOR OUR SINS AND THE SINS OF THIS ENTIRE WORLD.
WE SOMETIMES GET IN SUCH HURRY TO PETITION HIM AS TO WHAT WE WANT HIM TO DO FOR US AND FORGET TO THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE'S ALREADY DONE. AND SOMETIMES WE GET IN SUCH A HURRY THAT WE ALMOST FORGET THAT WE ARE TALKING TO THE MOST HIGH GOD AND WE NEED TO HUMBLE OURSELVES IN REVERENCE TO HIM AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR; AS JEHOVAH -JIREH; AS JEHOVAH ROHI; AS JEHOVAH NISSI; AS JEHOVAH SHILOM. AND YET WE WANT HIM TO STRETCH HIS HAND DOWN AND JUST RIGHT AWAY GIVE US WHAT WE WANT FROM HIM. THAT'S WHY HE ADMONISHES US TO HUMBLE OURSELVES (BOW DOWN FROM OUR HEART OF HEARTS) AND TAKE TIME OUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HIM AND THEN LET HIM DIRECT OUR PATH. SO MANY TIMES, SAINTS OF GOD ARE IN JUST AS BIG A HURRY AS THE WORLD IS AND WE DON'T TAKE TIME OUT TO WORSHIP AND PRAISE HIM AS WE SHOULD, EITHER. GOD IS GOING TO GET OUR ATTENTION IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. THAT IS THE REASON SOOO MUCH IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT WE CAN'T EXPLAIN OR UNDERSTAND. JUST LIKE THE LORD SENT FAMINES, DISEASES IN DIVERS PLACES IN THE TIMES OF OLD WITH THE ISRAELITES, HE'S HAVING TO DO THE SAME THING WITH US TODAY! YOU SEE GOD IS THE SAME TODAY, YESTERDAY, AND FOREVERMORE. AND IF HE WAS ANGRY ENOUGH TO PUNISH THOSE THAT SINNED AGAINST HIM IN BIBLE DAYS, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF US TODAY. THOSE WHO HAVE REBELLED AGAINST HIM HAD BETTER REPENT RIGHT NOW BEFORE HE HAS TO SHOW FORTH HIS WRATH UPON THE EARTH. OH, YES, IT'S TRUE THAT JUDGEMENT MUST BEGIN IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. AND I BELIEVE IT HAS ALREADY BEGUN, BUT WE'RE ONLY AT THE BEGINNING OF SORROW. THE EXACT END IS NOT YET! I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, SAINTS OF GOD, BUT I'M CLEANING MY HOUSE (SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING) RIGHT NOW! I WANT TO BE READY WHEN JESUS COMES. AND I SHALL BE!! MY MIND IS MADE UP AND MY SPIRIT IS SHOUTING HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD WHO COMETH IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! YOU SEE IF YOU ARE ON YOUR DUTY POST AND ARE DOING THE WORK THAT GOD HAS ORDAINED YOU TO DO, THEN YOU WILL NOT BE NERVOUS , ASHAMED, NOR AFRAID. FOR GOD HAS NOT GIVEN US TH E SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER, OF LOVE AND OF A SOUND MIND. SO , WHY ARE THEIR "SO-CALLED" CHRISTIANS WHO ARE ASHAMED TO OWN HIM IN PUBLIC (OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING CALLED CHURCH)? WE ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST JESUS! WE NEED TO SHOW FORTH PRAISES DAILY AND ALL THROUGH OUT THE DAY FOR HE IS WORTHY OF ALLL THE PRAISE , GLORY AND HONOR!
WELL, YOU'VE GOT ME STARTED NOW. I DIDN'T PLAN ON PREACHING, BUT THE SPIRIT OF GOD'S ANOINTING TOOK CHARGE AND WHEN HE SPEAKS HE SAID, "LET HE THAT HATH AN EAR, LET HIM LISTEN TO HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD SAYS. NOW, AS GOD'S WOMAN, I AM NOT GOING TO LIE AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT. I WILL ALWAYS TELL YOU THE TRUTH AND HOPE TO SHAME THE DEVIL IN THOSE WHO NEED TO REPENT AND GET RIGHT WITH GOD BEFORE IT'S SIAD "TOO LATE!" HE SAID, YES, OCCUPY UNTIL HE COMES BUT ALSO.. "BE YE EVER SOOO READY!" WHEN HE COMES. NO MAN KNOWS THE DAY NOR THE HOUR WHEN THE SON OF GOD SHALL COME BUT WE SHOULD LIVE EACH DAY AS THOUGH IT MAY BE OUR LAST AND BE PACKED UP AND READY TO GO WITH JESUS WHEN HE COMES FOR US. I WILL END THIS MESSAGE FOR THE TIME BEING, BUT GOD IS NOT THROUGH YET ADMONISHING HIS PEOPLE!~ HE LOVES US SOO MUCH AND HAS LOTS OF PATIENCE (MORE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE) ; YET, WHEN HE GETS READY HE'S COMING BACK FOR HIS CHURCH (not the building made with man's hands) WITHOUT A SPOT OR WRINKLE NOR BLEMISH! WILL YOU BE READY? WILL YOU BE FOUND TAKING A STAND FOR THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD OR WILL YOU BE ASHAMED TO OWN HIM IN PUBLIC? YES, GOD KNOWS YOUR HEART AND HE LIKEWISE KNOWS YOUR MOTIVE. AS I WROTE IN MY BOOK "HEART AND SOUL OF A PROPHETESS"..."GET RIGHT, GET REAL, AND GET READY!" IT'S TIME TO TAKE A STAND, PEOPLE OF GOD AND BE COUNTED FOR. PRAY MIGHTILY FOR THOSE LOVED ONES, FRIENDS, REBELS, LEADERS, ETC. IN THESE UNITED STATES AS WELL AS EACH ONE REACH ONE FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD' SAKE. GOD BLESS YOU AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE AN AMEN TO THE TRUTH......I BROUGHT MY OWN WITH ME. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMEN! H A L L E L U J A H! LOVE YOU ALL WITH AGAPE', SISTER MARY
BELIEVERS IN CHRIST... THE TRUTH IS IN YOU!! : BY SHAWN P.LANG
I John 2:27- As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. We are warned time and again in God's Word: "Be not deceived.""Warning !� "Many false prophets and teachings have gone out into the world; be not deceived." I submit to you that many of these false teachings came out into the world in times past and have been handed down from generation to generation over thousands of years even. Much has been misinterpreted and misapplied. It is HIGH TIME that we seek the Lord while He may be found. No longer can we blindly trust in the pulpit alone to bring forth the truth of the gospel. Everything and everyone is suspect...We MUST STUDY to show ourselves approved, a workman who need not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.(2 Tim 2:15)When I John 2:27 speaks of our not having a need for anyone to teach us because the anointing abides IN us, this is what/who is IN us: John 1:1-5>in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. All things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shined in the darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.THIS IS what/WHO abides in you! The truth abides IN you, the anointing is IN you! God knew that His Words would be wickered, twisted, misinterpreted and misapplied. He provided a FAIL SAFE! The Holy Spirit will teach you ALL THINGS! HE that was in the BEGINNING; HE who knows ALL THINGS is IN YOU!Fear not, for I will never leave you nor forsake you says the Lord. Much time must be dedicated to prayer and to the
study of God's Word so that when a lie is spoken, discernment of the Holy Spirit will notify you immediately! Ask God for wisdom from above, for knowledge and understanding of His Word and how it applies to your life. Make a love connection with the Holy Spirit and receive the truth; know the truth. You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free! Look up! For our redemption draws close! When Christ returns, will He find faith on earth??
WHAT ARE YOU PREACHING? : BY DR. LEONARD ROBINSON
There are hundreds of thousands, even millions of people who have surrendered themselves to Jesus, or so they think, but have not become converted and therefore neither know Jesus or the Father in the way that THEY should be known.
The greatest tragedy in Church today is that Jesus never came to bring religion. He did not come to bring Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, or Christianity. Jesus came to bring a government. He came to re-establish what Adam lost and to restore a people back to right fellowship with their heavenly Father.
The reason we are not to seek things and stuff is because we are not like the world, the pagans or non-believers who work 2 and 3 jobs trying to get things. In the Corporate world it is dog eat dog. They step over one another in order to achieve success. Everyone is after material gain.
Jesus sets the priority for the man and woman, a people who have purposed
to follow Him. Jesus tells them, "Seek ye FIRST the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.
Until we the Church have obeyed Jesus in this commandment we will be ever learning but never coming to the knowledge of the truth. We will preach inspired messages, write inspired Facebook notes, and display our level of Bible knowledge and wisdom, but will have yet to touch that which waits for us, the result of having obeyed Jesus commandment.
Seeking the Kingdom of God does not mean to seek to go to heaven. Yes we are to set our affection on things above where Christ sits at the right hand of God, but while we are in the earth we have the responsibility by virtue of the command of Jesus, to seek, aim at, pursue, inquire and require of the Sovereign, royal, rule of God, the very action of God towards us and in us daily, and His righteousness or way of doing and being right, that as God is in justice and mercy, giving everyone their just due, seeing with compassion and the needs of others and meeting those needs, we would practice the same righteousness God practices, you and I living according to His way of doing and being right.
The Old Testament declares that which became revealed in the New Testament concerning Christ the King and the Kingdom of God that while His Kingdom is not of the earth, it is in the earth, present now, yet also eternal.
No one knows as much as they think they know until they have studied the right now presence of the Kingdom of God as prophetically declared by the prophets, attested to by the angels and made manifest first through the
ministry of John the Baptizer, Jesus the Son of the living God, and the 12, then the 70 and ultimately all those (Jew and Gentile) who became followers of Jesus because of the witness of all the disciples that boldly declared the same Kingdom message Jesus preached.
No matter who you are, what your theological background or denominational pedigree, until you've repented, sought the Kingdom of God based on the commandment of Jesus, and become converted by its truths you will never be free. You will espouse what you know, and you will lay claim to one form or another of Christian heritage, and you will pontificate, and postulate, but you will not be converted. Repent my friend, for the Kingdom of God is at hand and the Father's plan is bigger than our theology as passed down to us from the blind leading the blind. Dr. Leonard N. Robinson Kingdom Vision Ministries International http://schoolofthekingdom.ning.com/ www.kingdomvisionministriesinternational.bbnow.org "The Church Without Borders" 267-357-9816
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TEACH A WOMAN AND YOU HAVE TAUGHT A NATION BY EVENGELIST FAVOR LIBERTY Have you ever seen the look in the eyes of the Mother of hungry children; a tired woman coming from hulking the streets the entire night in search of food to feed her family, a frustrated girl who cannot afford to go to school like her friends or an immature baby Mother? Actually someone telling you about it is quite different from a live experience. That is why it brings deep joy to see the desperation, willingness or can I say hunger in the eyes of Women of the Vivian Noskey /African Voice in The Wilderness International to acquire new self sustainable skills that will help them provide a living for themselves. This project will never be complete without your help. Learning Self sustainable skills takes lots of materials, teachers who need to be paid and a place to work. Through out these last eight months we have depended on one person’s help. Someone with a home to run, bills to pay and many other responsibilities like you. Yet love for God and humanity has always made her to sacrifice to ensure that these women dream are possible. We need your help and have come out with a plan to keep this project alive and self sustainable enough to take care of a large portion of our bills, since some of our best teachers walk out on us and it seem that our project was endanger. Our class now has the skills to produce beddings, table cloths set, and other decorations, handkerchiefs etc inscribe with some of your favorites Bible verses. We want you to give us a push to start and also help us distribute them to your friends’ churches, places of work who can afford to buy them. This way we can keep this project alive and even give you a little percentage to cover your expensive. Pray about it and look into the eyes of the next desperate woman you see and maybe God will explain the rest to you. Remember if you save a woman physically & spiritually; you are saving a nation. Many complained that during the morning hours with the time difference they are unable to call or visit. Now we have adjusted the time to 3:30 p.m. during the week: MON.-WedFri. Our Saturday’s classes remain the same: 11-3:30 p.m Call us 00221771178606 00221-301035056