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That we war according to Ephesians 6
Put on the whole armor.
Take a stand in and according to God's word
Stand therefore having done all to stand
Genesis 24:60 Rebecca's promise marries abraham's promise\
Gates
Protection
Commerce, marketplace
ajudication.law
policy making
The gates to a city, then, represented a point of power, a place to exercise control over that city. A military conqueror would try to get control of the gate in order to enter the city most easily. A king who had the hearts of the elders who sat inthe gate would politically control the city. A person who organized and ran the commercial market and storehouses at thegate would control the economic life of the city²and its surrounding villages.
At the gate ideas and policies flowed along with the commerce. These ideas could result in the rising or falling of rulersand even nations.This enemy represents ideals and principals contrary to that of Heaven¶s Kingdom. Yet it influences our business life, our cultural life, our social life, our political life²even our church life.
And what God is saying to us today, I believe, is, ³Rise up and possess the gates of your enemies. Stop settling for thestatus quo. Take My promise and take back your culture.´
It is God's desire for us to possess the gates of the enemy, that is, to receive Christ's authority over all the power of Satan. Our authority is dependent on being united and one with the Lord Jesus Christ. He initiates, we respond, He doesthe work. Those who use the name of Jesus without His initiating are acting in lawlessness. Their works are not the Lord'sworks
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he creation of the world.
Dear Amanda,
Thanks for remembering my birthday and for the gift card. I was so happy when James
walked in church Sunday with his son, your grandson, Ella¶s and my great grandson. It was my
joy to hold and pray for him. The fact that he brought him to church at all was a blessing. He
knows the way and one day he will follow it like he should.
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I have a message for you from the Lord. He told me to ask you are you an Abraham or a
Jonah? Abraham left his father¶s house under direction from God himself. Jonah, on the other
hand, went his way because he didn¶t want to do what God told him to do. Abraham was greatly
blessed because of his obedience, he and his seed forever. The book of Jonah just ends with his
fr ustration. He is more upset about a vine growing over his head for shade than he was about the
souls of the people. It stops right there. No f uture, no reconciliation, nothing but fr ustration.
I am not going sit in judgment of you. I too left my father¶s house, so I know other people can and
do. I just don¶t want you to end up fr ustrated because of circumstances that really don¶t matter in
God¶s grand and glorious plan.
I love you my daughter.
God be with you.
Joseph T. Williams
Dear Dannette,
Did I spell it right this time? I hope so. I have a message for you from the Lord. He told me
to ask you are you an Abraham or a Jonah? Abraham left his father¶s house under direction from
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him to do. Abraham was greatly blessed because of his obedience, he and his seed forever. The
book of Jonah just ends with his fr ustration. He is more upset about a vine growing over his
head for shade (comfort zone) than he was about the souls of the people. It stops right there. No
f uture, no reconciliation, nothing but fr ustration.
I am not going sit in judgment of you. I too left my father¶s house, so I know other people can and
do. I just don¶t want you to end up fr ustrated because of circumstances that really don¶t matter in
God¶s grand and glorious plan.
I love you my daughter.
God be with you.
Dear Khaula,
I have a message for you from the Lord. He told me to ask you are you an Abraham or a Jonah?
Abraham left his father¶s house under direction from God himself. Jonah, on the other hand,
went his way because he didn¶t want to do what God told him to do. Abraham was greatly
blessed because of his obedience, he and his seed forever. The book of Jonah just ends with his
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fr ustration. He is more upset about a vine growing over his head for shade than he was about the
souls of the people. It stops right there. No f uture, no reconciliation, nothing but fr ustration.
I am not going sit in judgment of you. I too left my father¶s house, so I know other people can and
do. I just don¶t want you to end up fr ustrated because of circumstances of life that really don¶t
matter in God¶s grand and glorious plan.
I love you my daughter.
God be with you.
Joseph T. Williams
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Partnering in Ministry: What does that mean in your relationship
Co-Pastors
Pastor and Assistant Pastor
Pastor and Wife
Pastor and First Lady
Pastor and coordinator of Womens Ministries
Pastor and auxiliary Coordinator
The Pastor¶s Wife: Position or Juxtaposition: The Importance of Living the Spiritual Disciplines as the leaders: Building Oneness
Supporting and Complementing One Another
Is she the only help mate in this relationship?What is his responsibility to her?Which has top priority family or ministry Understanding each other¶s Calling:Maintaining a balance with family and ministryKeeping the joy in the relationship amid the Demands of Ministry
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