Prayer
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From my message today: Race divided the Pentecostal church. From the beginning. What was powerful at Azusa Street was ripped away by the racism of America. The Assemblies of God became white. Church of God in Christ became black. The A/G had policies in place through the 1960s and even the 1970s in some places that would… Read more
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This Sunday has been a day set aside for prayer. The request has come from two significant places that affect my own ministry: the Church of God in Christ and then the General Council of the Assemblies of God. Together they are asking for churches to pray this Sunday for racial reconciliation and justice. We… Read more
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Statement of Assemblies of God General Superintendent George O. Wood Encouraging Participation with Church of God in Christ in Observing Black Lives Matter Sunday Bishop Charles E. Blake Sr. of the Church of God in Christ has asked COGIC churches to observe Black Lives Matter Sunday this coming Sunday, December 14, 2014. As Bishop Blake’s… Read more
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Praying means to stop expecting from God that same small-mindedness which you discover in yourself. To pray is to walk in the full light of God, and to say simply without holding back, “I am a man [or a woman] and you are God.” At that moment, conversion occurs, the restoration of the true relationship.… Read more
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Through the Spirit we have an opportunity in this moment to see something powerful happen. May we hear the Spirit and act accordingly. Read more
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The Canticle of the Creatures Most High, all-powerful, all-good Lord, All praise is Yours, all glory, honor and blessings. To you alone, Most High, do they belong; no mortal lips are worthy to pronounce Your Name. We praise You, Lord, for all Your creatures, especially for Brother Sun, who is the day through whom You… Read more
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I was on my way to a pastors’ meeting in 2008. My soul was dying. I was trying to “fix things” in my own way with my church and ministry and while I had the best intentions, it was failing miserably. I was dying inside a little more every day. I had a Christian station… Read more
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Lord God You gave the peoples of the world as the inheritance of your only Son; you crowned him as King of Zion, your holy city, and gave him your Church to be his Bride. As he proclaims the law of your eternal kingdom, may we serve him faithfully, and so share his royal power… Read more
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Many years ago I received a letter that began, “Dear Intrepid Warrior…” Al Gore hadn’t quite perfected the internet at that time, so I had to look up intrepid in a dictionary. An actual book. And it took time. Wow. I don’t miss the old days! So this is the definition I find online: feeling no… Read more
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“The Jesus-hearted person is not someone who longs to escape a doomed planet. The Jesus-hearted person is someone who longs for all things to be restored.” — Dick Brogden, Live Dead Joy Read more
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