Divine Purpose Magazine - June 2017

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Prophetic Dancer Founder of Honour Vessels Prophetic Ministries

Prophetess

Nicole Welch Pg.5

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Editor's Note

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Prophetess Nicole Welch: Moving to the Rhythm of Her Purpose

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Andrea John: A Woman on God's Mission

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The Waiting Process

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editor's note The word purpose is defined as the reason for

The Divine Purpose Magazine therefore

which something is done or created or for

features encouraging stories from men and

which something exists.

women around the world who have accepted Christ as their Lord and Savior and have

There is a reason for your existence. If you

chosen to discover and walk in God's purpose

are a Christian your main reason for existence

for their lives.

is to win souls for Christ. God will use you uniquely to do this because He has placed

I hope that you are encouraged to discover

various gifts and talents in you before you

and walk in your divine purpose as you read.

were even in your mother's womb and with these, you will draw people to Christ and

I remain committed to the work of God and

bring change to lives.

providing you with the encouragement, knowledge and wisdom to push you further into

Whether you are a Christian or not, the

your divine purpose.

truth remains that God, Jehovah Elohim, created the earth and He also created you.

He therefore made you with a specific purpose before time.

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Discover your purpose in the pages of the Holy Bible

ENCOURAGEMENT

If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: (Colossians 3:1-10)

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FEATURES

PROPHETESS NICOLE WELCH

Moving to the Rhythm of Her Purpose The walk towards Divine Purpose for Prophetess Nicole (Nicki) Welch started with this question: "Who am I and who have You called me to be?

Prophetess Nicole Welch was in a season of prayer when she asked God this question: "Who am I and what have You called me to be"?

She wanted an answer from God about her true calling and she got it in a very unexpected way.

One day while walking along the isles of a local bookstore in Barbados, looking at the many books on the shelf, a pink and blue book stood out amongst all. The title of the book was “The Deborah Company”.

Right there and then Nicole knew what she was called to be in the kingdom of God. Deborah was a woman of vision, wisdom and authority and over the years God has developed these qualities in Nicole, to be an effective mentor and counselor to many, especially the youth. Like Deborah she continues to offer sound counsel through God's prophetic insight.

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Immediately she heard the voice of God, say, “That is it!”

She questioned God and His response was “Yes, that is who you are!”.

Nicole's passion for dance ministry began in 2008 and over the years she developed into a prophetic solo dancer and choreographer. Nicole's ministry goal in dance is to show forth the glory and the power of God with honour through dance, in turn bringing souls closer to Christ as well bring deliverance to their lives.

Currently a member of Christ of Rock New Ministry in Quebec, Canada, Nicole exercises her ministry as a dancer, praise & worship leader and teacher. She is also the Assistant Leader of the Women's Ministry.

As the founder of Honour Vessels Prophetic Ministries, an online blog ministry where, Nicole writes and encourages persons through and from a prophetic insight, to honor God by honoring one's vessel and living a righteous life before God. The name Honour Vessels Prophetic was inspired by the Holy Spirit three years ago. God instructed Nicole that teach on the importance of the word "honor" and the need to embrace and show forth righteousness that God has called us to live by. Nicole teaches that we must hold our vessel in high esteem and truly honour God through our righteous living. Nicole also teaches that honoring our vessel is not just by exercising, eating right and/or remaining sexually pure, but to live in pure righteousness. This is righteousness in the sense of 1 Timothy 4:12; in word, in conversation, in love, in spirit, in faith. Everything we do must honor God. Most recently, Prophetess Nicole has been elected Vice President of Women Fulfilling their Purpose (USA), founded by Apostle Coral Leslie, her spiritual mother.

With this organization, Nicole is responsible for overseeing the youth arm and the dance ministry of the organization.

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HOW DOES HONORING YOUR VESSEL BRING YOU INTO PURPOSE? The answers are as follows: 1. By living righteously, you bring honor to God. To live righteously means to strive for a life without sin.

2. It gives you the confidence to know who you are in Christ and also the wisdom of who should be in your circle of friends etc.

By living righteously, you bring honor to God

3. The right people are drawn to you by the Holy Spirit (divine connections and destiny helpers).

4. It brings about a sense of humility which allows you to constantly perform introspection in order to remove anything that is not of God in your life.

Website: hvpministries.wordpress.com Email: honourvesselsprophetic@gmail.com Facebook: Prophetess Nicole Welch/Honour Vessels Prophetic Ministries Instagram: honourvesselsprophetic

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FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAITH THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE, AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END. JEREMIAH 29:11 (KJV)

God has created you for a special purpose.

Now is the time for you to pursue that purpose.

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Andrea John: A Woman on God's Mission BRINGING LIBERTY TO OTHERS

HOW DID YOU DISCOVER GOD'S DIVINE PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE? At a very young age I knew that there was something different about me.

Although I didn’t like going to church sometimes, my mother made it her priority to send me.

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I attended church but yet still I had my carnal mindset and I was still a friend of the devil (Doing things that displeased Yahweh). I was not fully converted.

WHO IS ANDREA JOHN? I had many slips and slides. But God! Located in Toronto, Canada, Andrea John is an upcoming professional speaker, author, entrepreneur, christian counsellor, writer, prophetic dancer and poetess.

She is the founder of "The Persistent Generation Prophetic Conference”. A movement that was conceived on the conviction that the Gospel needs to be communicated effectively to those who feel lost and abandoned by society, especially “youth”. The ultimate goal is to fulfill the great commission and give life, as opposed to eliminating lives.

Andrea is the author of soon-to-bepublished, "The Queen of Quotes" and coauthors the book, “Baggage to Blessings”, in which she shares her story about how she overcame suicidal thoughts.

It was by divine appointment when my friend invited me to her church which happened to be the same church that my spiritual father attended.

My friends and I visited and I loved it, so I kept on going. One faithful night, a night that I will never forget, I attended a youth service and the young people at the church were practicing for an upcoming event and I saw how Yahweh was using them to bring His glory here on earth.

When I saw how God was using those young people something moved on the inside of me. I said, "if God can use them to impact my life, He can use me to impact others as well."

I later conveyed to the pastor “I would love to be baptized” At the tender age of 16 on March 3, 2007, I emerged from the water and I felt lighter, for once in my life I felt as if I was doing something worth doing. Iit was different.

On that faithful day, power exchanged hands and God was getting ready to reveal to me my assignment in the earth realm. I remember asking God even before I was serious about serving Him to reveal my purpose. I remember praying to God and asking Him adamantly to reveal my life’s purpose in this earth.

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As a chosen vessel to proclaim the wisdom of God to young people and the world at largeshe has made a vow to the Living God to live a holy and set apart life by demonstrating purity in every aspect.

When God sets you up for greatness, it doesn’t matter who or what, He uses anything or anyone to draw your attention.

It was at the age of 15, I heard my spiritual father (Apostle Mudassa Gaymes) ministering at a crusade in my home country “St. Vincent and the Grenadines" that the spirit of God drew me to Himself and I accepted Him as Lord and Saviour of my life. It wasn’t an easy task, but I was determined to be different.

Although God has used many people to confirm His will for me, it would not have made sense if I was not seeking God in prayer and fasting and His word.

ANDREA JOHN

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So, I asked the Lord to send me a confirmation through His servant or a prophet. I was looking for God to send it through my spiritual father, but He never did. In that same year, my spiritual father received a vision that we should go on a retreat for 3 days where we would prayer and fast. I was super excited. It so happened that the owner of the place where we were staying was a dynamic prophetess, this is the lady that was used

by God through the power of Holy Ghost to reveal to me what God would have me to do in His Kingdom.

When I migrated to Canada, God enlarged my border and territory. He allowed different ministers to speak over my life what was spoken about me in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, my homeland. As He spoke His mind and will to His people, the passion that was within me for young people started to evolve into something massive that even when I wanted to forget about them, I couldn’t. It feels like what Jeremiah describe as “fire shut up in His bones” (Jeremiah 20:9).

I always asked God to confirm what He is implying to me and on numerous occasions He used and is still using His people to decree and declare to me, “you are assigned to the young people and many young ladies will look up to you.”

My divine purpose is to worship the true and living God, which allows me to help young people/people discover their divine purpose and destiny. I am also assigned to help young women discover their worth in Christ, which will allow them to discover their purpose and value in God.

WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO PERSONS SEEKING TO WALK IN GOD'S PURPOSE Before I can encourage you as to how to Identify and walk in God’s calling, I would like to make it clear to you that I found and identified the call of God on my life down on my knees.

Although God has used many people to confirm His will for me, it would not have made sense if I was not seeking God in prayer and fasting and His word. Being on my knees caused and is still causing me to receive answers. It was on my knees that allowed me to conceive and birth “The Persistent Generation Prophetic Conference and Liberated 2 Liberate” There are many more things to come forth and all glory belongs to Yahweh, our soon coming King.

Do not ever forget that “God predestined our assignment and destiny before we knew ourselves”. Jeremiah 1:5 says, "before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee and ordained thee a prophet unto the nations".

To those who have not yet confessed Jesus as Saviour and Lord, I will say to you that without God you have no purpose in life.

Your divine purpose is to worship the true and living God, the God who heals, delivers and sets free.

When you connect to His source, He will cause power to flow that will allow you to develop and birth your assignment in the earth.

My honest and precise encouragement I will give to any born again believer seeking to identify and walk in God’s calling, is to spend quality time in prayer and the word. If you do not know the voice of God, ask Him to reveal or confirm what He is saying to you through one of His servants or prophets.

It worked like that for me, but everybody experience differs. When God reveals your calling, please stand on what He says despite circumstance or people’s opinion.

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the waiting process PART 1 BY SANDRA NGONIDZASHE MBOWENI I came across a powerful quote by Pastor Tim Delena where he says, “God will never give you a position or a possession that you would sabotage with your immaturity.

So when you ask for something, you get the journey that prepares you to receive the thing you asked for!”

This quote really resonates with the main purpose of this article. God is a God of order and impeccable timing.

You can rest assure that God will not give you something that you are not ready for.

If you’ve prayed and you find yourself waiting, you are in good company.

The waiting process before your blessing usually involves a test or a period of training.

We see a clear example of the fear of God and wisdom David had way before he was king.

He had the opportunity to kill Saul who had been set against him but David stopped short of killing Saul, choosing to cut off a piece of the King’s robe instead.

Even then, David had such a fear of God in him and he regretted even cutting off a piece from the robe of God’s anointed. I believe that this was also one of David’s test from God. The bible reads that, Later, David felt sorry that he had cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me from doing a thing like that again to my master.

He is the Lord’s anointed king.

So I promise that I will never lay my hand on him.

The Lord has anointed him.”

David said that to correct his men. He wanted them to know that they should never suggest harming the king. He didn’t allow them to attack Saul. So Saul left the cave and went on his way. (1 Samuel 24: 5-7) Perhaps this is your waiting season where God is teaching you some vital skills that you will be grateful for when He promotes you into your next season.

For Joseph it was a test of his dignity with Potiphar’s wife who tried to seduce him and then a long and seemingly unfair wait in prison before he was made the equivalent of, what today would be, the Prime Minister of Egypt.

God wants the best for you but He won’t let you step into a new season before you deal with the past.

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I don’t know if David ever dreamed of becoming King during his boyhood, herding his father’s sheep, but I do know that this was his waiting season.

In that period of time, God taught David the value of hard work, shepherding and the art of adoring and praising God – characteristics that would one day make him an amazing King.

God is the master Pilot and He orchestrates things for us while we wait in obedience to Him. In order to be vessels ready for God to use, we need to be free of past baggage, we need to set

They would have missed out on their breakthrough and blessing.

aside things like sin and unforgiveness that hold us back. God can help you get rid of your

God is the master Pilot and He orchestrates

baggage if you will rely on Him.

things for us while we wait in obedience to Him. All we are called to do is to simply trust and obey

Ecclesiastes 3:1 says, “There is a time for

Him as He required of the children of Israel.

everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” God is in the business of equipping people, preparing them to be their best selves no matter how long it takes and sending them out into the world to do awesome works; all for His glory.

At some point in your life, you’ve probably prayed to God, asking Him to do the extraordinary in your life.

Let me ask you a question, did you just wake up one day and boom, you were in that position you were praying for? No. Why? Because you need to learn to walk before

Sandra Ngonidzashe Mboweni is a Zimbabwean who is passionate about using her talents to glorify God. She also enjoys cooking, reading, travelling and creative work using her hands. She has lived in 4 countries. She graduated from Santa Clara University in California in 2015 with a degree in Economics and a Chemistry minor.

She is currently studying an MSc. in Epidemiology in London and is the founder of Dear Sister Movement.

you can run or fly or do anything else.

There is almost always a waiting season for everything.

Joshua and the children of Israel were commanded to circle the walls of Jericho six times and then on the seventh they were to march and shout and this was the very day when the walls fell (read more in Joshua 6). Imagine if was too long!

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Joshua and his men had decided that the wait

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B O O K S

A L E R T

GOD'S PERFECT TIMING GOD'S PERFECT TIMING: EMBRACING GOD'S WILL FOR YOUR LIFE addresses the importance of understanding and positioning yourself for God's Perfect Timing. This can be done through developing a relationship with the Holy Spirit, letting go of your self-created destinies, having faith in God as the One who knows what is best for you and also letting go of the people and things that may hinder you from walking in the perfect will of God for your life.

Whether it is a job, a relationship, an idea or a decision that you need to make, you must wait on God for His perfect timing because God knows best and His way perfect!

THE QUEEN OF QUOTES Andrea John will be launching her book: THE QUEEN OF QUOTES (LIBERATED 2 LIBERATE) in August 2017.

In this book, readers will find inspirational and uplifting quotes from Andrea's personal experiences with life and people.

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These quotes helped author Andrea John cope with life's struggles and challenges with integrity. Andrea's prayer and hope is that this book will bless people from all walks of life when it is published. This book will be life-changing.

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