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Comment by Shay Bills on February 6, 2011 at 7:35pm

LUST, LIES and LOVE: Lessons from David and Bathsheba

 

The world knows nothing about love. It's commercialized and deminished by exterior expressions of the real thing. In essence, the worlds knowledge of love is temporal and short-lived. The story of David and Bathsheba begins through the eys of one fallen by exterior definitions of love, but soon transformed.

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Comment by Adrienne Williams on February 6, 2011 at 6:50pm

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Comment by Cameron Ross on February 4, 2011 at 8:15pm

Comment by Adrienne Williams on February 4, 2011 at 2:32pm

My Sincerest Regrets! (Houston Cancellation!)

by Adrienne Williams on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 11:41am

FB family, after prayerful consideration in addition to gaining input from my overseer, it is with my deepest regrets and all sincerity that I am announcing the postponement of our meeting this weekend in Houston, Texas. This decision is truly out of my control and I can not say that I am not disappointed but what I CAN say is that I TRUST GOD!

 

I have received several cancellations from ones who have had flights canceled by the airports and several are iced in due to the extensive winter storms that are traveling throughout the states. We are also presently experiencing light snow flurries and ice here and it is expected to become worse after midnight.  Of course, cancellation of flights are out of our control and God KNOWS what is best. 

 

This meeting WILL be rescheduled as soon as possible so please be on alert for the new date. In all things, we SHALL give God glory because He is STILL worthy to be praised and we STILL count it all joy! Again, I do apologize for any inconvenience but this was out of our control. If you will, please assist me by communicating this change to others whom you may have invited to attend. This would help me tremendously.

 

I love you all and appreciate your support and prayers!

 

Grace, peace and blessings be unto you all,

Apostle Adrienne Williams

Comment by Bishop Derrick Day on February 4, 2011 at 10:15am

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Comment by BUA on February 3, 2011 at 10:28am

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Comment by Bishop Derrick Day on February 1, 2011 at 6:50pm

Concerning the Office of the Apostle

 

Romans 11:29 declares, "For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance." That said, man cannot deem the office of the Apostle is no more. Ephesians 4:11 says the Lord "...GAVE some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;" Please note that He GAVE -- that means these offices are GIFTS from God!

 

These gifts also have a purpose, illustrated in Ephesians 4:12, "for the perfecting (or equipping) of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:" We must therefore ask the question, have the saints been fully equipped?

 

And they have a time limit, shown in Ephesians 4:13, "Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"

 

1 Corinthians 12:28 tells us "And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues." Note, here, the Apostle Paul says "in the church." Since we are in the church era, this pertains to the "here-and-now."

 

Now each office is unique -- interdependent in the body yet independent in function. Neither is any greater than the other. You need not first become a Bishop before becoming an Apostle, no more than one need be an Evangelist before becoming a Pastor.

 

Concerning the office of the Bishop, Strong’s renders it thusly:

 

G1984 — Strong

ἐπισκοπή

episkopē

ep-is-kop-ay'

From ^G1980; inspection (for relief); by implication superintendence; specifically the Christian "episcopate": - the office of a "bishop", bishoprick, visitation.

 

In other words, the Bishop is a superintendant or overseer. In modern parlance, the Bishop is what might be referred to as a “Pastor to pastors.” A Bishop is, therefore, a Pastor but not all Pastors are Bishops.

 

While these matters are, indeed, important to Church governance, I think they pale compared to the weightier matters of soul-winning and discipling. We must understand the offices of leadership are gifts to the Body of Christ but know that these gifts are not for the benefit of those who operate within them but for the Church and its edification. We must be faithful to that which makes disciples, matures believers and multiplies ministries.

 

© 2010 - Derrick Day (www.derrickday.com)

Comment by Bishop Derrick Day on February 1, 2011 at 4:51pm

Faith, the Fix For Frustration

 

Frustration is a fact of the life of every person – even the child of God. What’s important is how we react. The frequent response of the world is fear but, for the believer, the fix for frustration is faith!

 

Eve was frustrated with what she thought she didn’t know (Genesis 3:5-6).

 ⁴And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: ⁵For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. ⁶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

• satan convinced her that he knew more that God

 Cain was frustrated with Abel (Genesis 4:5-7)

  ⁵But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. ⁶And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. ⁸And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

• this resulted in the first homicide

 Abraham and Sarah were frustrated with waiting (Genesis 16:1-5)

¹Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. ²And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. ³And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. ⁴And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. ⁵And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee.

• This led to Ishmael
  • They attempted to finish in flesh what was begun in faith

 Lot’s wife was frustrates with leaving Sodom (Genesis 19:26)

 

²⁶But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

• She left behind position, prestige
• Frustration caused her to look back

 

The children of Israel were frustrated in the desert (Exodus 14:11-12)

  ¹¹And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? ¹²Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

 

And (Exodus16:2-8)

 

 ²And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: ³And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. ⁴Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. ⁵And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. ⁶And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: ⁷And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? ⁸And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

 

• They lost the inheritance of the promised land (Numbers 14:11-24)

 ¹¹And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? ¹²I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. ¹³And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) ¹⁴And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. ¹⁵Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, ¹⁶Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. ¹⁷And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, ¹⁸The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. ¹⁹Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. ²⁰And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: ²¹But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. ²²Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; ²³Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: ²⁴But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.

 

Moses was frustrated with the children of Israel

• He struck the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers 20:8-12)

⁸Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. ⁹And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. ¹⁰And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? ¹¹And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. ¹²And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

• This caused him not to enter into the promised land

 Israel got frustrated and asked for a King (1 Samuel 8:5-18)

⁵And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. ⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. ⁷And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. ⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. ⁹Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. ¹⁰And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. ¹¹And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. ¹²And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. ¹³And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. ¹⁴And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. ¹⁵And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. ¹⁶And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. ¹⁷He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. ¹⁸And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

• Israel wanted a man to be what only God could be
• Saul got frustrated with Samuel and gave an out-of-season sacrifice (1 Samuel 13:8-14)

⁸And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. ⁹And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. ¹⁰And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. ¹¹And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; ¹²Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. ¹³And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. ¹⁴But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.

• Disobedience cause Saul to lose his kingdom
• Obedience is better than sacrifice

 Gehazi got frustrated with  Elisha (2 Kings 5:20-27)

 ²⁰But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. ²¹So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? ²²And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. ²³And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. ²⁴And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. ²⁵But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. ²⁶And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? ²⁷The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.

• Greed got the best of him

 

But those who are at peace inherit the promises. How do you get peace? By faith!

 

By his faith, Abraham became the father of many before he was the father of any! (Genesis 17:4-5)

 

⁴As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. ⁵Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

 

By faith, the widow poured out oil until she had enough to sell that would take care of her family for life. (2 Kings 4:1-7)

 ¹Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. ²And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. ³Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. ⁴And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.⁵So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. ⁶And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. ⁷Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

• Could it be that the very thing that may change your life is right before your eyes or even in your hand?

 

By faith, the Shunamite woman provided for the man of God and, by faith, when her son fell dead, held on to Gods promises until he was restored to life! (2 Kings 4:26-28)

 ²⁶Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well:²⁷And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. ²⁸Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

 

By faith, Simeon believed he would not die until he saw his Redeemer in the flesh. (Luke 2:25-26)

  ²⁵And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. ²⁶And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.  ²⁷And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, ²⁸Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, ²⁹Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: ³⁰For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,

Trust in God relieves frustration. When you trust in Him, He directs your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

⁵Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ⁶In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

When you trust in Him, you cease being a beast of burden (1 Peter 5:7)

   ⁷Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• He said cast all our care upon Him because He cares for us.

 

 When you trust in Him, you give the battle over to Him (1 Samuel 1:47)

   ⁴⁷And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.

• The battle is the Lord’s

 

When you trust in Him, you can be confident that you’ll not only run your race and finish your course, but you will also emerge victorious!

 

 © 2010 – Derrick Day (www.derrickday.com)

Comment by Adrienne Williams on February 1, 2011 at 1:21pm

SAVE THE DATE!

 "Who's That Lady" Womens Gathering
Friday, February 18, 2011 * 7:00 p.m.

MEN AND WOMEN ARE WELCOME!!!!!!

Venue:
518 Sandstone Trace
Prattville, Alabama

Guest Speaker:
Apostle Adrienne Williams
United Nations International Ministries

Cost is only $25 per person
($30 at the door)
Light refreshments will be served.

Please mail registration
P.O. Box 681366
Prattville, Alabama 36066

For more information:
(334) 595-2766
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Prophetess Angela Cooper, Gathering Host
Kingdom Builder's Ministry
"Establishing a generation of Dominion Carriers that will change regions."

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