I’m here in Valrico, FL and have been so moved by The Great Awakening! I witnessed to my baby’s nanny today using the Gospel Script. When I asked if she knew if she would go to Heaven, she said she didn’t know, but she’s a “good person.”
I explained the free gift of salvation and she said the prayer and accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior!!! Praise God! Prior to talking to her, I prayed for holy boldness and for her heart to be open and receptive; then I stepped out of my box of fear and her heart was open and ready!!! Pastor Rodney/Adonica, thank you for obeying God and helping to awaken all of us who’s spirits were slumbering. The fire of God is real and His Spirit is moving!!!!!
“Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” Hebrews 13:8 KJV
God is good and He is good all the time. You could not call Him good if He was sometimes good and sometimes not. Goodness is not just about being good and doing good; it’s about being constant and consistent; being predictably good. Because God is good, He is consistently merciful and benevolent, kind, generous and forgiving.
“O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him.” Psalms 34:8 AMP
“Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation, Since you have [already] tasted the goodness and kindness of the Lord.” 1 Peter 2:2-3 AMP
The word “taste” represents an experience. We can personally experience God’s goodness. It is our choice. The goodness and the kindness of the Lord were manifested in the sacrifice made by Jesus Christ on our behalf. God has done everything He can do to show us His goodness; now it is up to each one of us to choose to personally experience – taste – that goodness for ourselves! We taste God’s goodness when we trust and take refuge in Him.
“O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!” 1 Chronicles 16:34 AMP
“God passed in front of him and called out, ‘God, God, a God of mercy and grace, endlessly patient — so much love, so deeply true — 7 loyal in love for a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion, and sin. Still, he doesn’t ignore sin. He holds sons and grandsons responsible for a father’s sins to the third and even fourth generation.’” Exodus 34:6-7 TMB
“For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.” Psalms 86:5 NKJV
God’s goodness, mercy and kindness never run out. He displays His goodness by showing His mercy. If you sin without repentance, God will have to hold you accountable – you will not get away with it. However, if you sincerely repent and ask God to forgive you, He will do so immediately. The Lord always forgives and shows mercy to those who call on Him, but those who rebel against Him, never have the privilege of experiencing His goodness.
“Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power, 12 that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.” 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 NKJV
It’s God’s good pleasure to fulfill His goodness in you, through you, and for you! We must desire and strive to be worthy of what He has called us to do. When we have faith in God, He will work in and through and for us in power! God’s plan is that Jesus Christ will be glorified in you and you in Him.
“Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple.” Psalms 65:4 AMP
“Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, Streaming to the goodness of the Lord — For wheat and new wine and oil, For the young of the flock and the herd; Their souls shall be like a well-watered garden, And they shall sorrow no more at all.Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together; For I will turn their mourning to joy, Will comfort them, And make them rejoice rather than sorrow. I will satiate the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.” Jeremiah 31:12-14 NKJV
People are drawn to and attracted to God’s goodness. God’s goodness is in His house, in His presence, and is freely available to those who are full of Him and who stay close to Him. God’s goodness is all we need. God will cause His loyal people to always be satiated and satisfied with His goodness.
“Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.” Hosea 3:5 NKJV
“Behold, I will bring it health and healing; I will heal them and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. And I will cause the captives of Judah and the captives of Israel to return, and will rebuild those places as at the first. I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me. Then it shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise, and an honor before all nations of the earth, who shall hear all the good that I do to them; they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and all the prosperity that I provide for it.” Jeremiah 33:6-9 NKJV
God’s will for us is that we should experience His goodness and His prosperity. God’s people must never take His goodness for granted, but it is very important that we respect and appreciate the goodness of God and how good He is to us. God says that when the nations of the earth see and hear about His abundant goodness toward His children it will be a mighty testimony – they will fear and tremble – they will be in awe of God. Give thanks to God for His goodness!
“Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! 9 For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness.” Psalms 107:8-9 NKJV
The theme of our Ministers Conference as those that attended was title No Limits, No Boundaries.
I was totally excited about the meeting. I had no idea what the Lord had in store for me. We were scheduled to sing this amazing song that our Pastor had heard. The song was written from Jabez prayer in Chronicles 4:10. I had heard of that prayer and really thought of it as a fad that went around the body of Christ. Seeing Ja-bez coffee mugs. Ja-bez teeshirts , Ja-bezplaques on the wall. Thinking to myself, I will not be part of a fad. Not considering that it is t he word of God that will not return void. That is an example of what can happen when you slack on the word of God. As I’m beginning to study this song by the scripture I take out Matthew Henry commentary to study the prayer verse by verse .If Pastor Rodney wants us to sing it then it’s very important that I have a revelation of what I’m singing about. Ja-bez mother bore him in sorrow. I don’t really know kind of sorrow but having children I kinda had an idea where she could have been coming from. But my heat really goes out to Ja-bez because he had to bear the name and the stigma that goes along with it. His childhood was probably miserable. I could relate to Ja-bez personally. His prayer to the Lord was even though his name meant one thing the Lord could turn thing around, and the Lord was his only hope.
What I learned from the meetings is that while there are no limits and no boundries in the power of God. We put limits and boundaries on ourselves. How much we will take off someone, how much we will give, how much we will do. The Lord says I want to take you pass your limit, your boundaries. I was being made into the prayer. (BUT GOD) is my motto…He is my strength, my source, my strong tower. I totally depend on him. He is making me over. And he has changed my name..During the conference I felt I was living2 Corinthians 4:9, troubled, perplexed, cast down always bearing the dying of the Lord that his life be made manifest. I learned I must decrease that he may increase. I wasn’t just singing a song I was and am praying a prayer. Bless me, keep me, that his hand be with me,
From evil keep, and don’t let it grieve me…THIS IS MY PRAYER
When I went to a person who worked at Lowe’s named Christian. When I asked him, if you were to die this very second, do you know for sure, beyond a shadow of a doubt that you would go to heaven? He said “yes,” I said “great, why do you say yes?” He said because he was a good person. So I proceeded with the script and he accepted Jesus into his heart today! (the soulwinner is 11 yrs old)
I went up to 3 Hispanic men and started with script. The one man kept nodding his head and I said “no your have to say it.” Then the man next to me started reading the prayer in Spanish and the man was saying it in English after me.
I prayed for a young man and he said that he stopped believing God because he lost his grandma. She had heart attack and after she had a stroke so I prayed the first prayer and it came to the part where he had to pray and he rededicated his heart to the Lord even though his friends were laughing.
After going to nursing homes and leading people to Jesus, I had to go get my oil changed in my van and Jesus caught another fish. The 18 yr old that handled my oil change came back to Jesus. I used the script!
We all know the heart is an important organ in our body. The human heart’s job is to pump nutrient-rich blood throughout our body. If the heart is not working nothing else is working either. Therefore, it is imperative that we maintain and take care of our human heart. We are told to eat right and exercise, because if we don’t, we can experience problems. But, not many of us know, we have the same responsibility to take care of our spiritual heart. The heart more often refers to our spirit, the innermost organ or the center of your being. Therefore, if we do not take care of our heart spiritually we can experience problems. In that same manner we must do whatever it takes to maintain our spiritual heart. I’ve learned the way to do this is by monitoring our thoughts and emotions, because every emotion is based out of love, faith or fear. We must do away with all negative attitudes, pride, un-forgiveness, malice, and hatred because all these things affect our heart.
The devil put thoughts in our head so we should never respond to the first strong emotion, or make any important decision for our life when we are tired, worn out, upset, or when we are experiencing weakness anxiety or fear. The human heart is well protected from outside danger and it is very difficult to reach I’m told. In the same manner we must also protect our spiritual heart from outside danger. When God saved us he changed our heart and our spirit became new. Therefore, we must allow the word of God to work in our heart and renew our minds until there is nothing left of our old nature. God does not want anything from us without a sincere heart so we must strive to live in peace with everyone, and love thy neighbor as thyself—- which is the greatest commandment. But most of all what I learned last week is that it’s not about outwards things but about the consecration of the heart. God wants a healthy heart, one that is pure and upright. We must long and strive for Holiness of heart because Holiness comes from a pure heart.
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Ministers Conference 2010 – Dollean M. Testimony
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The theme of our Ministers Conference as those that attended was title No Limits, No Boundaries.
I was totally excited about the meeting. I had no idea what the Lord had in store for me. We were scheduled to sing this amazing song that our Pastor had heard. The song was written from Jabez prayer in Chronicles 4:10. I had heard of that prayer and really thought of it as a fad that went around the body of Christ. Seeing Ja-bez coffee mugs. Ja-bez teeshirts , Ja-bezplaques on the wall. Thinking to myself, I will not be part of a fad. Not considering that it is t he word of God that will not return void. That is an example of what can happen when you slack on the word of God. As I’m beginning to study this song by the scripture I take out Matthew Henry commentary to study the prayer verse by verse .If Pastor Rodney wants us to sing it then it’s very important that I have a revelation of what I’m singing about. Ja-bez mother bore him in sorrow. I don’t really know kind of sorrow but having children I kinda had an idea where she could have been coming from. But my heat really goes out to Ja-bez because he had to bear the name and the stigma that goes along with it. His childhood was probably miserable. I could relate to Ja-bez personally. His prayer to the Lord was even though his name meant one thing the Lord could turn thing around, and the Lord was his only hope.
What I learned from the meetings is that while there are no limits and no boundries in the power of God. We put limits and boundaries on ourselves. How much we will take off someone, how much we will give, how much we will do. The Lord says I want to take you pass your limit, your boundaries. I was being made into the prayer. (BUT GOD) is my motto…He is my strength, my source, my strong tower. I totally depend on him. He is making me over. And he has changed my name..During the conference I felt I was living2 Corinthians 4:9, troubled, perplexed, cast down always bearing the dying of the Lord that his life be made manifest. I learned I must decrease that he may increase. I wasn’t just singing a song I was and am praying a prayer. Bless me, keep me, that his hand be with me,
From evil keep, and don’t let it grieve me…THIS IS MY PRAYER