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Greetings The following verses is an excerpt from a spirit- led poem written by me “A Tribute to Cheerleaders for the World “to Cheerleaders of the World. I give praise to God for the Holy Spirit manifesting these words within my soul which sprang from my mouth. I Give God the Glory. Amen


I am inspired that we each are a universe within a universe
Tiny specks of God out of God

By the might of the pen the slayer is slain,
A lesson of a proverbial wisdom
A lesson of a philosophical claim
God is my Author and He knows me by name
This Tedious Journey I traveled, crossing my Red Seas
My testimony is that my Lord Jesus carried me.
- Sandra Dukes


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The Solution to a Troubled Heart

John F. MacArthur, Jr author of Troubled Heart states ….

Those were dark hours that night before the Lord was betrayed, abused, tortured, and ultimately crucified. In a very short time the world of the eleven disciples was going to collapse into unbelievable chaos. Jesus, for whom they had forsaken all, was leaving. Their beloved Master, whom they loved more than life, the One whom they had been willing to die for, was going away. Their sun was about to set at midday, and their whole world was going to fall in all around them. In fact, the pains had already begun. The ramifications of all that Jesus had told them must have staggered their minds, and by chapter 14 they were undoubtedly bewildered, perplexed, confused, and filled with anxiety.



If you have ever lost a close loved one, you know what this kind of permanent separation is like. You can only imagine the feeling of losing One who was perfect, whose fellowship was so pure, whose love was so flawless. It must have been an excruciating, horrifying pain.



And so in the beginning of John 14 Jesus anticipates the sorrow of their already breaking hearts, and He gives them comfort upon comfort. As we read Jesus' words in the first six verses we discover how deeply He cared for His disciples. He was about to be nailed to a cross, and He knew full well that He would soon bear the sins of every man who would ever live, be cursed with the curse of God, be forsaken by His own Father, and be spit on and mocked by evil men. Any other man in that situation would have been in such a state of uncontrollable agitation that he would never have been able to focus his attention on the needs of others, but Jesus is different.



Martin Luther called this passage "the best and most comforting sermon that the Lord Christ delivered on earth, a treasure and a jewel not to be purchased with the world's goods." These verses become the foundation for comfort, not only for these disciples but also for us. If you ever get to the point in your life where you think you've run out of escapes and there aren't any more places, where you can rest, you'll find a tremendously soft, downy pillow in John 14:1-6:


"Let not you heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going."

Hezekiah Walker & LFCC / Monique Walker "Try Christ"



Alone with God author B.D. Watson states …
“We have to be alone with God in finding personal salvation. Others may be used as instruments in bringing conviction, light, help in various ways; but there comes a crisis, both in the work of regeneration and of sanctification, in which the soul must be detached from others, and deal only with God. How utterly impertinent are human words in such a crisis!
We must meet our Jesus singly; we must apprehend Him for ourselves; He must speak to us with His own voice. In such an hour we gaze on the salvation promises, such as, "Thy sins will be forgiven thee," or, "I will, be thou clean"; but the words on paper need to be imparted into our consciousness, and to do this, they must be re-spoken into us by the Holy Ghost. No true soul will be satisfied with an inference of salvation, or a dead legal imputation of holiness, or the opinions of others as to our state; nothing less than God alone pouring His assurance into our spirits will answer.
The dear Redeemer Who loved us from eternity, and "formed us for Himself," will not leave the pining soul to the second-hand tinkering of others; He will closet us with Himself, and re-speak into us those living words out of His Book that have been spoken to seeking souls in every generation of the world. God longs to give each of us a perfect personal assurance of His perfect salvation. But we must be alone with God “

Patti Labelle-you'll never walk alone 1985

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"a treasure and a jewel not to be purchased with the world's goods."- Martin Luther


Prophetess Sandra Dukes, Assoc. Minister

Sandra Dukes Copyright Cheerleaders of the World ;Copyright 1983 by John F. MacArthur, Jr./ A Troubled Heart G.D. WATSON/Alone With God

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Comment by Prophetess Sandra Dukes, a.m. on September 27, 2009 at 2:13pm
God bless you . I thought you would appreciate this trilogy of Image, the Word and Praise . This message was placed in my heart for sometime but last night I was spirit-led to post it .Today It has proven to be prophetic . I Give God the Glory. .
Your Sister Sandra
Comment by Eric Hancock on September 27, 2009 at 2:01pm
THIS IS NOTHING BUT A BREATH OF HEAVEN

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