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Pastor Joanna Birchett
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The Power Of
A HealthyYou
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Vandetta L. Cunningham
Dr. Alisha Broughton
Fashioned By Faith
Yolanda K. Churchwell
Do you have something worth Taking? Pastor Michele Robinson
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We are dedicated to uplift, empower and motivate you through the power of media technology Praise the Lord, and welcome to another issue of Gospel 4 U magazine. We are very excited with all that the Lord is doing in our lives. As you know we are coming to the close of another year and we wanted to bring encouragement to our readers.
is not promised to any of us, and so we have to begin to live our lives pleasing to God. May the Lord bless and keep you and cover you under his precious blood each and everyday. Also remember #DEFEATISNOTANOPTION. Gospel 4 U would like to thank all our readers who keep us going. We definitely could not do this without your love, prayers, and support. We are blessed with some dynamic authors and journalists who take the time to encourage and motivate us with their articles every issue. Thank you, guys, for being a blessing.
As we are get ready to enter into 2016, our advice Well, Enjoy and be encouraged as you dissect to each and everyone is to stay focused, begin to every article in this issue. build a personal relationship with the Lord and allow Him to lead and guide your life. Tomorrow God Bless!
Pastor Joanna Birchett President and Founder “DEFEAT IS NOT AN OPTION”
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The First Family of Gospel Radio: Faith, Family, Holy Hip Hop, and Love Gospel music is changing, and young people have the sound! They use their voices to lift up the name of Jesus and proclaim His name over Hip Hop, Rhythm and Blues, and Neo Soul Beats. The time has come to open up the doors of gospel music to this new generation. With two urban-gospel, radio shows pushing Holy Hip Hop and Urban Gospel, “Those Baxters” have a family radio show that gives a voice to the new millenniums and a vehicle to the cause. Often referred to as “The First Family of Gospel Radio,” husband and wife team, Juan “Brutha Craze” Baxter and Kala “Ms. Kala” Moses Baxter, along with their two little girls, Myla and Jayla, make up “Those Baxters.” It is a team committed to faith, family, holy Hip Hop, and love. You may recognize this blessed family from their gospel show on Rejoice Musical Soulfood Radio Network in 35 Markets and Counting, radio show on Stellar Nominated Look Up Radio, or their television show on the way with Soulfood Media. If you don’t know them yet, you soon will, because God is moving in their lives.
THOSE BAXTERS
Things weren’t always easy for this couple. Indeed, walking by faith takes courage and obedience to God. Being obedient is a constant, daily struggle with your own will. But Those Baxters are willing to take the challenge and couldn’t imagine another way. This creative couple met thirteen years ago while acting in a play.
T H O S E B AX T ERS They dated for four months and, by faith, they got married six months later. In fact, most of the decisions that Those Baxters have made were based on faith. Later, this would prove to be the way that God would lead their lives. A good example of this is when the couple left their home that they had been renting for eight years, just as God told them it was time to go. God was calling them to take a bold leap of faith. This meant that they would pack, throw out things, and move without knowing where they were going. They ended up in one room in their aunt’s basement. After being there for two months, God told Juan that He would move them into a house by March 1st, and of course, God fulfilled what He said. They were searching for a place to rent without any success, but on March 1st they signed their lease. For Those Baxters, everything began to change in their lives once they began to walk on God’s path and not on their own. In February of 2015, God the radio stations where they small markets, and told them Without knowing what the did as God said. Later, it was would work together to radio show and pitch the idea later, the Lord blessed them show on Look Up Radio. were syndicated with Rejoice had a plan for them, and once ready to move.
called the couple to leave worked, in the major and He had another plan. plan was, Those Baxters revealed that the couple create an urban gospel to radio stations. A week with their gospel radio Seven weeks later, they Musical Soulfood. God they listened, He was
Today, almost a year later, they have a family radio show together that supports and encourages gospel artists to create Christian rap (Holy Hip Hop), urban gospel, and gospel soul music. Incredible artists like Canton Jones, Giel, Bizzle, Uncle Reece, Lauren Ray, Daarinah, LeCrea, Jermaine Dolly, Jordan Armstrong, Christian Gray, the Walls Group, Kierra Sheard, Darious Scott, Luke Witherspoon, and many more, who weren’t getting much air play in major radio, Those Baxters are giving them a voice. Joining them in this effort are industry professionals like Willie Mo Jr., D. White, Dj Jesus Beats, Dj Wadeo, Bonnerfide, Kirk Franklin’s Praise, and Gene Keys, just to name a few trailblazers in urban gospel radio. When asked why they do what they do, Juan Baxter says, “I want to show the world that you can be young, married with a family, and still be saved! The only way to do this is to be the example for other couples. Our children have to see that it was possible to have a marriage that works. We are doing more than radio. We are encouraging families in life. Because marriage is so diluted right now, people need something to believe in.”
T H O S E B AX T ERS Ms. Kala adds, “Those Baxters happened by faith and are walking in obedience to God. God is going to call on you to do some things that may not make sense to you and may challenge you. But if you listen and allow God to order your steps, He promises you an abundant life. Just trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.” Catch Those Baxters Radio Show on Rejoice Musical Soulfood on Saturdays from 4-6pm (EST) and on one of 35 Rejoice Affiliate stations. You can also tune in on Mondays from 7-9pm (EST) on Look Up Radio. Those Baxters will introduce you to new gospel artists, international music that inspires people all over the world, share parenting tips and testimonies from seasoned gospel artists, and play a kid pick by their little girls. You will hear a live Dj mix by Dj Ant G. Follow Those Baxters at “Those Baxters” in all social media. www.ThoseBaxters.com
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J ENNY ’ S J O URNA L Africa: The Manifested Word — Evangelist Jennifer Marlowe Connection was made, flight was taken, and a hired vehicle was waiting. It was for a meeting with the director of the school district. After the introduction to the principal, I met the teachers and visited the classrooms, which are deplorable. Some classes were being held outside in the open, which brought tears to my eyes. Then there was and assembling call into the courtyard to meet the young ladies. Ladies In Waiting Foundation came to be a blessing for propelling princesses into queens. We introduced ourselves to the young ladies and told them what we are about and how we are going to help. The smile, from my black African princesses, which lit up their faces with glowing white teeth would bright up anyone’s day. And to add to that, they opened their mouths and began to sing. Wow! It overshadowed the torn and tattered uniforms as they stood up with pride to give praises to God. This was priceless! This was worth all the asking and pleading to our donors and sponsors. Yes, right there and then gratitude filled my heart. After giving out the much needed pads (there is a shortage of sanitary napkins for young school girls) and the care package of toiletries to young ladies between the ages 14–18 (LIWF believes all young girls want to smell and look pretty), I turned around and saw a large group of kids between the ages 4–6 who were looking at me with their eyes, each saying, “What about me?” It was then that I remembered that I had two packages of socks in the bag I was holding. As I pulled the socks from the bag, the young slippers and shoeless children surrounded me like a flies to a moth..
J ENNY ’ S J O URNA L I tried to separate the pack of six socks to give each child a pair, but I guess I was taking too long, because they started pushing at each other to get to me. In turn, I found myself falling backwards, but one of the male teachers saved me. It then dawned on me what these kids were going to do with just socks. Note to self: Shoes needed. Yes, I’m in the village of Nwawasue Sunyani in Africa at the Municipal Assembly Basic School. And I LOVE IT! It is a great feeling to walk towards your purpose and fulfill one of the areas of this great calling, which is to be a blessing to the less fortunate. And it has changed my whole outlook on life for being humble and servant
There is a fulfillment of joy when I could reach out and touch the hurting, the hopeless, and the needy. We are on a mission field to bring life-changing messages through the help of Jesus Christ and to make an eternal difference. I am loving the experience and thanking God for the area he has called me to aggrandize His kingdom and to bath in His pool of happiness. “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” (Psalms 16:11)
For donations and information Email Address: Auntypministries@gmail.com Phone: 267-701-6375 https://www.facebook.com/FoundationforLadiesinWaiting
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Evangelist Jennifer Marlowe “Ladies In Waiting Foundation”
Gospel 4 U Media Pick -Pastor Vonner Horton As Gospel 4 U Media department continues to surf the social media, this month we are featuring this powerful and anointed Woman Of God, even with all the obstacles in her way, she is still trusting in the Lord with all her heart and she will not allow ANYTHING to stop her PRAISE. Pastor Vonner is such a great inspiration to the people of God and a great example to others on the social media. With her husband by her side they are fighting the good fight of faith. This power couple is determined that for God they live and for him they will die, they are walking in unison and they are in agreement with all God has in store for them. Check out her Facebook Page at: Vonner Horton
TH E P O WER O F P RA Y ER 2 Brain Surgeries and Cancer Free “HEALING FOR YOUR SOUL”
healed through the faith of the men who brought him to Jesus. No, he was healed through his own faith. His There were times healing was the result of his own exercise of bold,
Dr. Alisha Broughton
I just wanted to go home to be with Jesus because it hurt so badly. We've
obedient faith. I can so relate to this because in May 2003, I lost my vision and the doctor’s had no reclamation why. At the time I was a teacher, and an English teacher at that. How in the world would I be able to work? I lost
probably all been there at some time! But I had to make a decision. I had to
my job and all of my belongings. I thought family, friends and even my church would help. God let me know that I had to work this one out for myself. As I took treatments and medications my vision become clearer but not 100%. So for the next few years, I was
decide that no matter what I felt like, I was healed. When I made that decision, and when I began to stir up the life of God in me by speaking the Word, every pain disappeared! The devil will knock on our door, and he's going to try to get us to look out the window
unable to gain full-time employment. This was a very difficult experience for me. I now went from close to a $60,000 salary to no salary. I lost my car, no one to be found. God reminded me that during this difficult time that He was still there.
at that sickness and disease. He'll try and put pain on us. But the whole time he's doing that, deep on the inside of us where God lives, there's life! There's healing, and it's ours for the taking. I just want to give God some praise and Glory for
We're not meant to live an ordinary life; we're meant to live a supernatural life in Christ. The Bible says that when we walk, God walks. When we talk, God talks. God is bigger than who we are in our natural bodies, and He wants us to live in a place of
being the Head of my life. The Book of Luke records the story of a paralytic man whose four friends tried to bring him before Jesus. However, when they reached the home where Jesus was, the place was so crowded that they couldn't get in. So they carried their friend to
light and revelation, a place of divine health. It's time for us to speak what the Word of God says and get a revelation of Who is in us. We can walk triumphantly through any situation, because we have God Almighty dwelling on the inside. There's no problem no sickness
the top of the house, broke through the roof, and lowered him in front of Jesus (see Luke 5:17-26). Now this paralytic man was not, as is commonly supposed,
or disease that can keep us down!
TH E P O WER O F P RA Y ER I can so relate to this because in May 2003, I lost my There were times I just wanted to go home to be with
vision and the doctor’s had no reclamation why. At the time
Jesus because it hurt so badly. We've probably all been there
I was a teacher, and an English teacher at that. How in the
at some time! But I had to make a decision. I had to decide
world would I be able to work? I lost my job and all of my
that no matter what I felt like, I was healed. When I made
belongings. I thought family, friends and even my church
that decision, and when I began to stir up the life of God in
would help. God let me know that I had to work this one
me by speaking the Word, every pain disappeared! The
out for myself. As I took treatments and medications my
devil will knock on our door, and he's going to try to get us vision become clearer but not 100%. So for the next few to look out the window at that sickness and disease. He'll try years, I was unable to gain full-time employment. This was and put pain on us. But the whole time he's doing that, deep a very difficult experience for me. I now went from close to on the inside of us where God lives, there's life! There's
a $60,000 salary to no salary. I lost my car, no one to be
healing, and it's ours for the taking.
found. God reminded me that during this difficult time that
I just want to give God some praise and Glory for being He was still there. the Head of my life. The Book of Luke records the story of
We're not meant to live an ordinary life; we're meant to
a paralytic man whose four friends tried to bring him before live a supernatural life in Christ. The Bible says that when Jesus. However, when they reached the home where Jesus
we walk, God walks. When we talk, God talks. God is bigger
was, the place was so crowded that they couldn't get in. So
than who we are in our natural bodies, and He wants us to
they carried their friend to the top of the house, broke through the roof, and lowered him in front of Jesus (see
live in a place of light and revelation, a place of divine health. It's time for us to speak what the Word of God says
Luke 5:17-26). Now this paralytic man was not, as is
and get a revelation of Who is in us. We can walk
commonly supposed, healed through the faith of the men
triumphantly through any situation, because we have God
who brought him to Jesus. No, he was healed through his
Almighty dwelling on the inside. There's no problem no
own faith. His healing was the result of his own exercise of
sickness or disease that can keep us down!
bold, obedient faith.
H A V E Y O U REC EIV ED Y O UR G IF T? Deacon Richard Serrano & Evangelist Nephetina Serrano For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. ~ Isaiah 9:6 KJV At Christmas we give gifts to one another and sometimes we ask our spouse, what would you like this year?” Sometimes we take a guess and get them what we’d like for them to have with the hopes that it will be something they desired. We wrap our gifts in beautiful decorative paper and place a ribbon or bow on it, taking ever measure we can to make sure that from the outside in it’s something that will make them happy, smile and give them joy. Most of us love to receive gifts. A gift shouldn’t be given with conditions attached. You shouldn’t have to repay someone for a gift, a gift is voluntary. Gifts come in different sizes and packages, gifts can be a surprise and a gift is free, something given beyond what is expected. When man was made, time passed and God decided man was lonely he then created woman. And the Lord said, “It is not good that man should be alone, I will make him a helper comparable to him. Genesis 2:18 Husbands have you received your gift? Do you know that your wife is God’s gift to you? Do you realize God did not want man to be alone? Do you take pride in your gift? Husbands you should love your wife and celebrate her. Know that she is a precious gift given by God JUST FOR YOU! There is a saying, behind every great man is a great woman and there is much truth in that. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered. 1 Peter 3:7 Wives knowing that YOU ARE A GIFT to your husbands, what type of gift are you? Do you shine for him, do you honor him with your presence, do you build him up with your words? When he comes home are you wrapped nicely and presentable, does he get excited to come home and receive his gift? Our husbands are the priest in our home and should be treated as such. He should be your King in your dwelling place. Therefore, wives, Let the king be enthralled by your beauty; honor him, for he is your lord. Psalm 45:11 … each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33
Jesus was a gift given to man that we did not deserve, but God loved us so much that he gave Him to us anyway. Jesus was a gift that was given when we weren’t expecting it. He came to us wrapped humbly, born in a manager not a castle or palace, wrapped in swaddling clothes... Luke 2:7 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 KJV Love is not a feeling, it is a commandment by God. Without God we cannot have true love. How you can love God, whom you have not seen but can’t love our brother whom you see? Our love should not just be words or talk rather true love shows itself in action. I John 3:18 The gift of God is free to us ALL. Christmas is about giving. Jesus is a gift. For the bible says 23 for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23. Christ coming into the world to purchase eternal life for us was the first gift of Christmas. Being freed from sin is A GIFT… HAVE YOU RECEIVED YOUR GIFT?
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A Healthier You in 2016 Keeping a Sound Mind in 2016 By Vandetta A. Cunningham
! He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. ~ Psalm 107:20 Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. ~ 3 John 1:2 As we come to the close of another year, we must continue to be diligent in preventing ourselves from falling prey to the spirit of infirmity in the New Year. The Scripture above lets us know the heart of God concerning us. It is God's desire to see us walk in complete harmony as a whole unique individual; mind, body and soul. As the Scripture tells us, the Father wants us to possess not only a prosperous (thriving/flourishing) soul, but additionally a healthy body and sound mind to achieve a truly victorious life. As we know, the last two months of the year are considered the holiday season. During this time, not only should we fight to keep our body healthy, we must also fight to keep a sound mind. The Holy Bible teaches us in James 1:8, "A double minded man is unstable in all his ways." Not some of his ways, but all of them and God wants us to walk in stability. Even today in the legal arena of our lives, a person must have the ability to clearly understand, reason and think for oneself to be believed of sound mind. You must possess a sound (healthy/whole) mind prior to signing a will or other official documents. It's legally required to be mentally fit before entering into any contracts or agreements. However due to specific conditions such as brain damage, tumors, illness or even side-effects of medications; a person can become incapacitated and not of sound mind. "Winter Blues" is a familiar term that's tossed around as the season changes from fall to winter when many seem to be extremely moody or melancholy. It is believed that as the days get shorter with the diminishing of daylight and the weather gets colder as the winter approaches there are those who go through a short period of feeling blue or depressed." All of us at some time in our lives have had "winter blues" to a certain degree. When we wrestle with the desire to stay inside where it's warm vs. going out braving the cold winter chill may develop a little unhappiness, but there are those who seem to have the blues on a more intense or greater level.
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that's related to changes in seasons. A person is diagnosed with SAD if they endured three consecutive winters of symptoms that are also ensued by complete remission of symptoms in the spring and summer months. SAD begins in September and throughout the winter months peaking in December, January and February. It usually subsides in April or early summer. The following diagram of information clearly dispels those myths: Prevalence ♦ Three out of four SAD sufferers are women, but men may have more severe symptoms. ♦ The main age of onset of winter SAD is between 18 - 30 years of age and winter SAD is less likely to occur in older adults. ♦ SAD occurs in both the north and south, but is extremely rare in those living within 30 degrees latitude of the equator. ♦ People with SAD may be more likely to have blood relatives with SAD or another form of depression. Symptoms ♦ Depression: misery, guilt, loss of self-esteem, hopelessness, despair, and apathy ♦ Anxiety: tension and inability to tolerate stress ♦Mood changes: extremes of mood and, in some, periods of mania in spring and summer ♦ Sleep problems: desire to oversleep and difficulty staying awake or, sometimes, disturbed sleep and early morning waking ♦ Lethargy: feeling of fatigue and inability to carry out normal routine ♦ Overeating: craving for starchy and sweet foods resulting in weight gain "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee." Isaiah 26:3 ESV If you or anyone you know are presently experiencing any of the above symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder speak with your doctor immediately or if you are uncertain where to turn for help don't panic it's only a phone call away at the numbers listed below: NDMDA Depression Hotline - Support Group - 1-800-826-3632 Suicide Prevention Services Depression Hotline - 630-482-9696 Suicide & Depression Hotline - Covenant House - 1-800-999-9999 US Suicide Hotline - 1-800-784-2433 Vandetta A. Cunningham is by profession a Licensed Practical Nurse. She has been working in nursing for over 20 years in which she served in hospitals, nursing homes, as a visiting nurse and a geriatric nurse for the NJ Memorial Veteran's Home. It is her utmost desire to minister to the needs of the hurting. Contact info: (717) 508-4165 Email: hiswordspublishing@yahoo.com
Fashioned By Faith By Yolanda K. Churchwell I can sum up my 2015 in two words: change and blessings—a personal oxymoron. Like most people, I love blessings but I hated changes. I still don’t like change but I love what it can bring about. In the past year, I have dealt with separation and loss, felt rejection and failure, and faced some growing pains. I have had some setbacks, but still God has blessed me beyond what words can explain. I have joy, peace, and love in my life like never before. For me, 2015 has been a year of faith. Faith is applied knowledge, in other words, it is power in action. Faith requires that I change the way I do some things in order to get better results in my life, without proof of what the changes will bring about. For me, faith translates into my surrender of what I thought and planned, and let God guide me by His strength and power, and bless me according to His plans for me. As an exceptional student and over achiever of most things, memorization and attention to detail rank high in my skill set. I have always set new goals, with action items and deadlines, and had backup plans for my backup plans. I was everyone’s go-to person. My brother-in-law, who gives everyone a nickname, calls me “the coordinator.” For most of 2015, I felt the opposite of who I have always thought I was and what some believed of me. I was tired, depressed, angry, withdrawn, lost, and even more so I second-guessed myself and did not trust in my own decision-making. In spite of all that, I knew that when I don’t know, that is the time to have “a little talk with Jesus” and to hold to God’s unchanging hand, because He will carry me through. This year of 2015 has been the turning point where my knowledge was activated and my faith has been elevated. All those memory verses and hymns stopped being just things I knew or said and became tools for living. One of my favorite Scriptures says, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not” (Jeremiah 33:3), and I am living that right now. In my desperation, I just began calling on the Lord’s name and asking Him to see me through all that I was going through. I can say that I do experience that “peace that surpasses all understanding.” I lean and depend on Jesus for all of my needs and desires.
I stopped trying to figure it out when God has already worked it out. I don’t act right away. Rather, I pray, be still, and wait on God because I know that “they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength” (Isaiah 40:31). That isn’t to say I don’t have bad days. As a child of God, those days come along with the territory. I just had one yesterday. But on those days, I acknowledge what I feel, claim what I want, and keep it moving. Yesterday I said, “I have bad days, today is one of those harder days, but I am going to be okay.” In the last few months, I take this as a signal from my spirit that it is hungry and needs to be fed. In these moments, I listen to a sermon on CD, watch one on DVD, or review some notes from one at church. I have found it to be an instant blessing; I feel better and, before I know it, I am in the midst of a praise party! In 2015, things have happened in my life that have resulted in a change over my life and led to blessings on my life. At the top of my list of blessings is increased faith. It has changed who I am in so many ways. It has reshaped my image, and it has made me better. One of the greatest lessons I learned this year is that I will never fulfill my purpose in my comfort zone. Comfort obscures calling. So as I move into my purpose-filled 2016, I welcome change. As I seek God first and hear His word, my personal relationship with Him grows stronger. I trust Him more and He molds me into the woman that He would have me to be. My faith in God is the catalyst for who I am growing into every day. I AM FASHIONED BY FAITH
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W O RT H T AKI NG? PASTOR MICHELE ROBINSON “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” ~ John 10:10
Co - Pastor - Faith Ministries of Greater Nashville Founder/Visionary - Women of Revealed Destiny (W.O.R.D) P.O. Box 12314 Murfreesboro, TN 37129 Word_2005@yahoo.com
There I sat in the latter part of September when I
out our back door – And what did my wandering
awoke only to find the strangest situation in my
eyes behold? THAT RABBIT! When I saw him, I
garden! As most farmers know, by that time of
knew he was up to no good! We immediately had
year you have generally yielded your last crop of
the ultimate stare down! Can you imagine?
tomatoes –and, of course, I thought ours to be
Afterwards, I started looking around and what did I
know different UNTIL I spotted that RABBIT!!
see? Not one; not two; but THREE –Beautiful,
You see, I had been at odds with that furry creature ripe, juicy tomatoes!!! Yes! My ENEMY had just all summer –he and all his friends! This had not
alerted me to my BLESSING! And so, child of
been our first go-round. They had been eyeballing
God, that is my question to YOU today: DO YOU
my tomatoes ALL season! To be honest, tomatoes
HAVE SOMETHING WORTH TAKING? Pay
were slim-pickin’ this year because there had been
close attention. Be alert. The bible teaches us in 1
an abundance of rain and lack of sunshine. So, I
Peter 5:8 to “Be sober, be vigilant; because your
had settled in my mind that THIS was just not
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
going to be a good harvest for reaping tomatoes
about, seeking whom he may devour.” KNOW
unlike years past. BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR
that when the devil starts MESSING –it’s usually
MORNING, something very strange happened!!
because of a BLESSING he has his eye on.
When I woke up and went to the kitchen, I peeped
Amen!
GOING INTO 2016 WITH PURPOSE
What is PURPOSE?
I believe that is a question everyone desires or better yet should want to know. I was watching the Oprah Winfrey Show one day and her guest was Bishop TD Jakes and he said something very profound. “ Many times we are pushed into functioning in an area that is not our highest and best use, because someone needed us to be WHAT we were NOT created to be” It is time for us to stop basing our lives on people’s perception or what they believe that we should be… Now is the time that you and I should get our focus back, we need spiritual insight so that we can function in the capacity that God has desired us to be in. If you have a dream or a passion don’t let it die, get ready to walk that thing out in 2016, begin to step out in faith and allow that thing to manifest in the natural. You have to understand one thing, Defeat is Not an option in your new Season Somebody needs to understand that it's NOT the devil that is holding you back.. But rather it’s YOU that is STOPPING YOU! The devil has no power over a blood washed, fire baptized MAN/WOMAN of GOD. The word of God states in (Jeremiah 29:11) that “He knows the plans that He has for you” and just because 2015 was rough does not mean that the plans of God are dead. When the Holy Spirit has come upon you, you will receive power and will tell people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria and to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8). When we commit our lives to Christ, we commit to an enduring, lifelong mission. We commit to a life of speaking, acting, thinking and relating out the transforming and joyful experience of being in a relationship with the Lord. That’s it. #2016
“FOR I KNOW THE PLANS I HAVE FOR YOU,” SAYS THE LORD. “THEY ARE PLANS FOR GOOD AND NOT FOR DISASTER, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE” (JER. 29:11).
7 DAYS QU OT ES You are a seed Planted by the rivers of waters YOU are in the Reaping season And it’s NOW! #Defeatisnotanoption Pastor Joanna Birchett
DAY 1
JUST HEARD THIS IN MY SPIRIT… YOU have been PRAYING, FASTING, BELIEVING GOD FOR A CHANGE.. God has heard your PRAYER The Angels are bringing the ANSWER… I see your JOY Coming, Your PEACE Coming, Your DELIVERANCE Has come…. RECEIVE IT!!
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DAY 2
We need to get to a place in God IF HE DOES NOT PAY OUR ELECTRIC BILL.. HE IS STILL GOD IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB… HE IS STILL GOD WHEN ALL THINGS ARE FALLING APART …. HE IS STILL GOD NO MATTER WHAT ...HE IS GOD HE IS GOD WHEN IT’S GOOD AND EVEN WHEN IT’S BAD!!!!!
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DAY 3 When you recognize Who you are You will not allow A few bumbs in your path to hinder YOUR DESTINY.. Say after me….. I AM BLESSED I AM HEALED I AM THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL I AM DESTINED FOR GREATNESS!!!!
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DAY 4
When we turn from our own ideas and commit our daily lives to His mission, we begin to walk more in step with Him. We take the humble posture of believing that God has us where we are for a reason. My brother and sisters, 2015 is the old way, get ready to walk into your new way in 2016, you are called for such a time as this and you best believe that it is so! Now walk into your purpose, God Bless! As You get ready to step into 2016, Forget EVERYTHING that happened into 2015 Move your emotions out the way , YOU ARE BUILT TO LAST And PURPOSE is calling your name.. You are created for such a time as this NOW!!!! WALK IT OUT
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DAY 5
You were BORN with PURPOSE in MIND... walk like it, talk like you know it and most of all LIVE THIS THING OUT!!!
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DAY 6
Before you were born PURPOSE was your Portion, NOW in order for that baby to be fulfilled.. Purpose need Vessels "WILLING VESSELS" Are you ready to walk into your GOD GIVEN PURPOSE?
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DAY 7
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