Prayer Request

Posted on August 25, 2017 by growintheword

3 days ago, I posted a thought that was inspired by an Hebrew word that I heard in a guys sermon. That guys name was Dr Pastor Jackson.

He was involved in a car accident last night and is in very serious condition. I would like to ask all of you to pray for him and his family as he has multiple surgeries and a long road of recovery ahead of him.

We know that God has the last say, so we are believing God for complete healing and complete restoration for him and his family.

God bless!

Here is the newspaper article.

PastorJackson

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Thought for today

Posted on August 22, 2017 by growintheword

Learned a new word in Pastor Derrick Jackson sermon Sunday afternoon. It was the Hebrew word Qavah pronounced “kaw-vah”, which means to eagerly look for something.
Qavah! – I eagerly look for the Lord to show up in my situation and turn it around in such a manner, that there is no doubt, who authored the outcome of this blessing! 
For somebody reading this today, God is about to make your crooked way, straight! He is about to invert your down into an up! He is about to change a no, into a yes!
I don’t know who I’m talking to but, Qavah! Wait, look, and see the salvation of the Lord. His grace is about to overtake every aspect of your situation!

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Daily Scripture 

Posted on August 17, 2017 by growintheword

Ephesians 4:1-3Chapter 4

Walk in Unity

I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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Just a thought

Posted on August 15, 2017 by growintheword

I talked to a friend Sunday and we were discussing the sermon that my Pastor had preached. Most of the references that Bishop gave were coming from the story of the “Prodigal Son”.
I could tell that this person was hesitant to elaborate on the notes that they had written down, so I asked them did they know the story of the Prodigal Son and to my surprise, they didn’t. This was keeping them from getting full revelation of the sermon. 
I was surprised that they didn’t know this story, because they are around us a lot. This became a lesson for me and other spiritual leaders. 
Spiritual leaders: When you minister on an ongoing basis, never assume that the people you are helping know everything that you do. It is the little Sunday School lessons that we learned when we were young that provide a foundation for our Pastors to build upon, when they deliver the word. We have to do all that we can to make sure the foundation is laid so that the revelation reaches everyone that it is supposed to reach.
When we spread the gospel, we have foundation to teach, mold, and nurture. Let’s not be so busy, that we forget to nurture. Let’s not be guilty of just pointing a person to the well. Let us make sure that we not only show them what to do, but we prepare them with what they need to take a drink.

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