All Discussions Tagged 'Power' - Black Preaching Network2024-03-29T13:16:30Zhttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/group/tellthemfellowship/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=Power&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWhat Do You Have?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2011-03-24:916966:Topic:19861782011-03-24T17:39:58.576ZBishop August Francishttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/PastorAugustFrancis
<span style="font-weight: bold;">To All Of My Brothers and Sisters Who Are Part Of or Friends Of Tell Them Outreach Fellowship and Network:</span><br></br><br></br>Many of the saints of God are having difficulty and being fought by the enemy. This is not unusual because, if you are doing the will of the Lord, the enemy will not be your friend. Some are being fought more than others and some, seemingly heavier than others. I ask us all to be in prayer one for another.<br></br><br></br>The thing that I want…
<span style="font-weight: bold;">To All Of My Brothers and Sisters Who Are Part Of or Friends Of Tell Them Outreach Fellowship and Network:</span><br/><br/>Many of the saints of God are having difficulty and being fought by the enemy. This is not unusual because, if you are doing the will of the Lord, the enemy will not be your friend. Some are being fought more than others and some, seemingly heavier than others. I ask us all to be in prayer one for another.<br/><br/>The thing that I want to address, by the Spirit of the Lord, is this...<span style="font-weight: bold;">Do not allow the enemy to defeat you by reminding you of what you do not have.</span><br/><br/>When we compare ourselves to other ministries and think about the tools and supplies that others have to work with, then we look at the supplies and tools that we have, we have a tendency to say "I wish I had...".<br/><br/>We know we have heard the voice of the Lord speak to us, we know that we have heard the command of the Lord, we know that we have the vision clear but, we look at what we don't have and say, "How Lord?" It is impossible to accomplish what He has said to do with what I have available to me and the resources that I had are drying up. What do I do next?<br/><br/>I was just going through this myself. I look at where I live and the conditions that are around me and I say, Lord, you have got to be kidding. It does get frustrating.<br/><br/>But, the other day, the Lord reminded me of someone who was given an "impossible" task by the Lord and had lost everything and left everything behind. He thought he had a vision, when he had the resources. But, when he went to do the "vision", in his own way, he failed and was rejected. I'm talking about Moses.<br/><br/>When the Lord met with him, he asked him a questions. After Moses realized that he had "nothing" to work with, "nothing" that would help him to accomplish the task, the Lord asked him a question. <span style="color: #800000;">Exodus 4:2 </span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">And the LORD said unto him, <span style="color: #ff0000;">What is that in thine hand?</span></span><br/><br/>Never mind what you don't have, what do you have? So I ask myself, what DO I have? And I ask you, What do YOU have? Your answer and my answer, NOTHING! That may seem to be the correct answer because we are looking for a "mighty tool" to answer all of our concerns. But that is not what we have, all we have is <span style="color: #800000;">Exodus 4:2</span> <span style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">...A rod.</span> That's ALL? Yes, that's all. But that is all I need, that is all you need.<br/><br/>The power is not in the rod, it is in the Lord. If I will yield my pitiful little "stick" to Him, He will transform it into whatever He wants it to be. But I must be careful to carry it with me and use it by His command, no matter what it looks like when I lay it down. My faith is not in the rod but, in the Lord. My faith must be to obey Him. Use what I have in my hand, in obedience to Him, and trust Him to transform what I have placed before Him and believe Him to see it work.<br/><br/>I admonish you. Do not be discouraged by what you do not have. if you have no car, use the transportation that is available to you, if you have no money, do what you can do for free. No radio, use your voice, etc. Stop letting the devil defeat you by making you concentrate on what is not there. There is something that you already have that He wants to use to show His might in your situation. And, if you and I will be faithful in doing our part, He will do exceeding abundantly above ALL we can ask or think!<br/><br/>This is not just something that I am telling you, this is the way in which I have had to live for several years now. And sometimes, it gets to me, but He always takes me to this same area of Scripture and reminds me, it is Him, not my resources. He brings the vision to pass.<br/><br/>Pray for one another and walk with Him.<br/><br/>In HIS Service,<br/>Bishop August S. Francis<br/>Apostle/Presiding Officer<br/>Tell Them Outreach Fellowship and Network<br/><span><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://tellthemfellowship.org/">http://tellthemfellowship.org</a></span> Why Start A New Organization? Why A New Fellowship? Why Tell Them Outreach?tag:abcpreachers.ning.com,2011-01-04:916966:Topic:18316512011-01-04T00:56:16.693ZBishop August Francishttp://abcpreachers.ning.com/profile/PastorAugustFrancis
<p align="left" style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">There are so many organizations that are available and so many fellowship groups, what is the reason for there to be another? Let's discuss
that very thing.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">There are so many organizations that are available and so many fellowship
groups, what is the reason for there to be another? Let's discuss<br />
that very thing.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">During my time pastoring a church in New Orleans, Louisiana (<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><i>early
1970's</i></font>), I was faced with a dilemma. I was a pastor, in a<br />
certain denomination, in my state and we were growing rapidly. I<br />
began to receive calls from churches, in other states, who heard of<br />
what the Lord was doing and wanted to know if we could help. We<br />
prayed and the Lord did not give the answer I wanted, so we went to<br />
help.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">These were extremely difficult times for me. The attacks were so great
that I said, “I would never do this kind of thing again”.<br />
Needless to say, nothing really worked after that. I was out of the<br />
will of the Lord but kept trying to convince myself that I was<br />
correct. When I prayed, I would get an answer according to what “I”<br />
wanted (<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><i><b>Ezekiel 14:1-5</b></i></font>).<br />
I was hard headed.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">The Lord gave me opportunity after opportunity over the years. Then in
the 1980's, He showed me what I did not want to see. I saw ministers<br />
and ministries destroyed and new Christians end up “shipwrecked”<br />
by the viciousness that was taking place.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">In my personal life, I went to seek the counsel of another minister and
he used what I asked him to pray with me about as an instrument to<br />
try to destroy me. Then, I began to understand. Ministers did not<br />
have any true Bible protection. The Bible makes provision, but the<br />
“so called church world” was being used as a way to attempt<br />
destroy the Body of Christ.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">In the 1990's and the first decade of 2000, it was the time to
disqualify people due to their educational background, the size of<br />
their bank account and the size of their congregation. I saw people<br />
discouraged because they were told they had no anointing. One memo<br />
was sent from a leader of a ministry network that said, “...the<br />
choir director of a large church has more anointing than the pastor<br />
of a small church”. This was horrible, coming from the daughter of<br />
a pastor who had pioneered many small ministries.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">Finally, the Lord had gotten through this thick skull. Something had to be
done. But still, I wanted someone else to do it. For years, I had<br />
pioneered churches, trained ministers, taught in Bible College, on<br />
the board of accrediting agencies, doing the work of the Apostle.<br />
But, this job, I did not want. To form an Apostolic organization, to<br />
build a fellowship of Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors,<br />
Ministers and Churches, ordain ministers, begin a School of Ministry,<br />
revive the School of the Prophets, help to pioneer more churches and<br />
strengthen ministries...more work than I wanted. But, my answer<br />
could be only one, “...here am I, send me” (<font style="font-size: 10pt;" size="2"><i><b>Isaiah<br />
6:7-8</b></i></font>).</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">Tell Them Outreach Fellowship and Network lives to help those who have
been rejected, ridiculed, left alone, and outcast. We desire to see<br />
pastors and ministers have access to the things that they thought<br />
were only available to the larger and affluent churches. We exists<br />
to see you grow and develop so that you may help to grow and develop<br />
others.</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#FFFFFF"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3">I personally desire to stand with you so that when problems come your
way, you have have someone to speak to, who will pray with you, see<br />
you restored (<i>if need be</i>), and it never goes beyond our<br />
private conversation. That is why...<b>Tell Them Outreach Fellowship<br />
and Network</b>!</font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-weight: normal;" align="left"><font color="#000000"><font face="Bookman Old Style, serif"><font size="3"><font color="#FFFFFF">You may contact us at (214) 923-9782 or <a href="mailto:tellthem@ymail.com">tellthem@ymail.com</a>,
for more information.</font></font></font></font></p>