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Thursday, May 31, 2007
new postings
Every week we change the postings and update the following areas of this website: Pastor's Sermon Associate
Pastor's Page Prophesies Blog
We invite you to visit our site regularly
and read these new updates. We hope you will be blessed by them. Love and Take care of Each Other! Ass't
Pastor
Greetings to All
To all: God gave us a command to
go into all the world and preach the gospel. He also said that we should do so by going to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria,
and then to the uttermost parts of the earth. The disciples were in Jerusalem when He said this and the nation-state was Jude.
Samaria was the so called enemies of Israel but it was also the quickest way to get to Galilee and the rest of the known world.
So what was Jesus saying to them. Go into your area the place I put you. In our case right now that is Summit and Union County.
He then said to go to Judea in our case that is first NJ and then the USA. Then go to Samaria- go to our enemies. Go
to the people who are enemies of our enemies not to judge them or take revenge but to love them. I encourage you to share love. Love one another. Love those
who are unlovable. Love those who hurt you. Love those that God put in your path. Time is short. I along with every religious
leader is saying that time is short. Jesus is coming soon! You do not have to have words to convince them, all you have to
do is love them. Love them by sharing with them what you have learned and support the ones who have taught you so that can
increase what they do to minister to others. God gave us a ministry but He gave you a command to love.( if you are a big ministry
then pray and ask God what smaller ministries you can give to, it should not flow in only one direction but we should
all help each other. In the past big ministries only gave to other big ministries and God is saying that the time has
come that the big ministries should give to the poorer ones, because the blessing should not be from the have-nots
to the haves but from the haves to the have-nots. Give to us as God leads whether you are worldwide ministries or not, give
from your heart. I challenge the worldwide ministries Do you believe God? Then support the ministries God sent to you
to support! You teach others to give so I challenge you to give not for building projects, for when you give for
your glory then you have your reward, but when you give, give from your heart. We have sowed seeds of prayer into
you so sow seeds of finances into us by giving to us here at Word of Grace Fellowship) Give not to get but give
because you have been given. Find ways to thank God. Let God be exalted in your life and let the love of God flow through
you. When you start to love God everything else will come to pass in your life. God is changing people and the way He did
things with you before are not going to be the way He does things with you now. Let your giving and your love come out of
your relationship with God not out of obligation but simply because you love God. Whatever you do to bless this ministry, know that you
are not doing because I said to, or because of us. You are not being asked to bless us but to Bless what God has given to
you from us. When you bless his ministers you bless God. You are being asked to love this ministry with the love that God
gave you. Love God not just with words or praising Him on Sunday morning but love God with time, money, actions. Let your
love come out of every fiber of your being. BE! You were not sent to be human doings but human BEings. BE for you are a BE-ER not
a Do-er. It is not in what you do that causes healing, deliverance, or great things from God to come, but it does come from
God doing the doing and you just letting go and letting God will you BE. I AM SO YOU BE! BEcause God is in you then
you can share love so men can BElieve, for God wants to BE known to all men. You are called to BE for in your BEing God does
the doing. YOU were called BEfore the foundation of the world. BE still and know that I am God. BE- atitude is about
our attitudes as BE-ers. When you Be you are Be-autiful to God. YOU are called to BE-come Christ's ambassadors and when
you do he will come by your BEdside to make you BEfit so HE can BEgin a work in you. When you BE then you are truly learning
how to BEhave for BEhaving is having because of being. I pray that God will not BElay his coming for we BElong together with
Him and those who are not in Him will are left BEhind for they have not recieved Him, we are BEneath his covering and
protection by Calvary's blessing. We are BEtrothed to Jesus and will forever BE with Him, for He is our BEloved
and we are His BEloved. So walk with Jesus in truth for we are BE trothed which is truly joined together because of
the cross.We do not know what is BEyond but we do know that God is for us, so everything that He has for us will BE glorious!.
BE a BE-er today! IF you were blessed by this message then feel free
to send your support to us at Word of Grace Fellowship Box 225 Springfield NJ 07081. YOU may go to the website and give to
us via paypal. Our website address is atwww.wordofgracefellowship.com IF you have any counseling needs then please
consider going towww.adviceanonymous.com for that is where you can get Bible based
counseling from Christian counselors who will seek God with you to meet your needs. The counselors at Advice Anonymous
also happen to be the Pastor and Assistant Pastor of this church so you know you can trust them and that God put them here
for you, so lean to what God has given you. Trust Him! Learn to BE! When you are doing your mind is on many things and it
is easy to become distracted and not be able to hear God. When you focus on BEing then everything else falls into place,
since Christianity is a relationship with God and that relationship needs to be First in your life. When you put God first
then stand back and watch what He will do for you! God Bless You! Pastor Don
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Friends, Partners, Ministers,
Dear Friends,
Partners, Ministers,
Monday is Memorial day and also Pentecost. I find it interesting that these 2 events fall on the same day. They can both be
connected, let me explain. In the USA we celebrate Memorial Day to honor the veterans of the wars that we have fought from
the Revolutionary war to the latest incursion in the Gulf region. None are alive from WW1 or before but we honor their memory,
All over the nation they will do that. In churches
we will mention across the nation that it is Pentecost Sunday and Pentecost is 50 days from Easter. Pentecost is also
the day that His Spirit was released in the earth to enlist volunteers into God's army. 50 is the Biblical number for
freedom 50 is the number of Jubilee. Every 50th year would be a year of Jubilee in Israel. 50 comes from 2 numbers 5 which
means grace and 10 which means completion. So that tells me that true liberty is a completion of grace. True liberty
is God's grace. Grace is freedom. Freedom from the law. Freedom from bondages, sickness, guilt and failure. Freedom
from all the problems that the devil has brought to this planet including both the things that we could be redeemed from under
the law( which was not much) and the things we could not be redeemed from under the law( which was much) Freedom restored
from what was there before the fall. We are in a war. Every person is in a war right now
that will not end until Jesus returns for the Battle of Armageddon. The war is unlike any other for when you have war and
it is over there is a declaration of peace and a treaty is signed. One side has already declared victory and that is God.
God has said that the war is won because Jesus defeated the devil on the cross, but there are still skirmishes and the devil
has not accepted defeat yet. The devil will not surrender. The battle is the Lord's and He has won. Whose side will men
choose? Many have chosen God's side, but there are many that have not, I hope all of you have( if you have not then pray
the prayer on our salvation page and let us know so we can help you get started in this new life), those that have not are
on the losing side. Soon Jesus is coming to recall his troops( we call this the rapture). His Spirit will still be
here though to enlist fresh troops and they will participate as well( tribulation period), THEN He will
return with all of his troops refreshed (men, women, children and angels) and HE will rule forever and his
victory will be enforced. So until He comes let us be busy enlisting all the volunteers we can into God's great army.
8:46 am edt
check out our new postings!
Hi everyone:I would just like to remind everyone that we update the web site and add new messages every week to the
following headings: sermon;
assist pastors page; prophesies; and of course the blog. Please check out these sections and send us your news
Sunday, May 13, 2007
MOTHERS DAY THOUGHTS
Dear Members, Partners and Friends,
Today we celebrate Mother's and in most churches they will honor them as will we. I want to remind you that Jesus said
that his mother is the one who does the will of God. When you lead them to Jesus then you have helped to birth them
in the kingdom( there is no male or female in Christ) God sees you as the birther of the individual. We define that person
as our mother. But a mother does more then just bring you into the world. A mother also provides comfort to you when problems
arise. A person can be male and mothering to someone, even in one of Jean Claude Van Damme's movies he was told that you
sound like my mother.
What I am trying to say is let us not just remember our mothers whether dead or alive,
but let us remember those who helped to raise us both in our physical and spiritual life. Those that have had a part in making
us who we are; for mothers help to shape us and soften us; helping us to feel better when we are hurt, feeding and clothing
us, nurturing us so we can grow.
I know that when someone tells me the problem that they have with
their Mom I now reply you should consider yourself blessed for your Mom is still alive and I would rather be in your shoes
and have a problem in getting along with my Mom then miss my Mom because she is no longer here. Cherish your Mom! No matter
what your relationship is with your mom there is no else who can ever replace her.
The other thing
I want add is this. When we think of the gifts that God gives to us we think of the gifts that the Bible talks about like
the gifts of the Spirit, motivational gifts etc., but one of the greatest gifts that God gives us is the people that are in
our life. The people that are in your life are not there by accident. They are there because of 2 reasons: 1) God put them
there for you to bless 2) God put them so they could bless you.The people you have that have been there for a long time not
just family but close friends as well are there by God's hand. Sometimes, I hear my friends saying things to me that
my Mom would if she was here. God does not let us live without comforters. He not only gave us the Holy Ghost to
be our comforter, but He also gives to us people providing them with the words we need to hear so we can the healing
we need, usually saying these things when we need them the most. So rejoice in your God for He is your Comforter!
God
bless you!
Pastor Don Carson
Word of Grace Fellowship
2:47 pm edt
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Welcome to our site!
Hi Brothers and Sisters in Christ: We just wanted to tell everyone that we are continuously praying for the needs
of our friends and partners in this fellowship ministry. We thank God for our partners because their generosity is what
feeds our ministry and allows us to reach others. Every week we update our web site by offering a new sermon by
the Pastor and a new devotional by the assistant Pastor. Please click on the headings: "Pastor's Sermon"
and " Assistant Pastor's Page" to read these new messages. We also update the "Prophesies" each week. We
also want to give you a heads up on whats in store for this site. We have decided to post a two way blog where you can
send messages to all who view this site and keep in touch with other members of our fellowship. We would love to be
hearing about your Testimonies and your current activities and interests. We will be actively reading these blogs as
will our members. We have the application and it is only a matter of time before it is up and running on our site.
Please keep checking and make sure you leave a message when you are able. Until then you can always reach us by email
(see the "contact us" heading). We ask you to send any news for our upcoming newsletter to us via Newsletter@WordofGraceFellowship.com. God
Bless! REV DR NATALIE
Dear Friends and Partners,
while I was listening to the devotional speakers this morning I was impressed to write you. I was reminded by what was said
of a game I played as a child, so let me tell you about this game. We would divide the people present into 2 teams and each
team would stand about 25 ft apart and then take turns yelling red rover red rover we call _________ over. Then that person
would come running and if he could break through then he could select one person to come back with him to his team, but if
he could not then he joined that team. I told the person next to me that I will grab on tight to you so if you do not let
go the only way he can get through is to break my arm, and if he does that then it will break yours as well, so don' t
let go. We called his brother over who was on the biggest guys on the block but he could not break our hold.This is the message:
many of you I know but you have not contacted us either to give us your prayer requests or to partner with us. I do not know
how many of you are actually visiting the website. I ask you to do so. Visit the website, send us your prayer requests, make
a decision to partner with us by sending $20 a month ( your phone cost more then that) to help us spread grace. I am asking
you for a commitment but I will promise you that I will not let go of your arm once you make that commitment> I will promise
you that there will not be a big enough devil to come and break that prayer support I will give you once you do commit. Once
I commit there is nothing on earth that can release me from my commitment. I made a commitment to my Lord when I was 5 years old ( still saved and never strayed
39 years later) I made a commitment to this church in 1987 and never left and have been there when it was Janet and I for
service. I made a commitment to my wife in 1993 never strayed still married 14 years later. I made a commitment to my scrabble
club as a member in 1992 and as its director in 1999 and even though during this time I was unemployed I would not take
any job if it caused me to violate any commitment I made previously. Now I am telling you I am committing myself to whoever
commits to this ministry.ou can count on this: As long as I have breath until the day that Jesus returns once I have
given my word I will not go back, so once you commit to this ministry I will commit to praying for you and if the devil comes
against you then I will react as if he personally came against me, standing with you to pray for you for once I have given
my Word I will not break it. Once we grab arms together nothing can release my grip on you not even the devil himself. I was about to end this and then felt impressed to say
something about women. I want all of you to know that God is not a God only of the men. God is a God of women too. You can
look in the Bible and see that God created the woman to help the man because he saw Adam and said it is not good for him to
be alone. Man could not handle the joy of the garden without a woman and once he had the woman he could not stay in the garden.
God gave ministry to the body of Christ. He did not give it to a select few but to the whole body of Christ and said that
there is no male or female in Christ. God does not look at your sex, but at your heart. I have noticed since we restarted
that I have an Asst Pastor who is a woman, the worship leader is a woman and the children's church leader is a woman.
God is sending me women to help. God uses women so if you are a woman do not feel inferior and I would implore you that you
do not support any ministry that does not allow women to have their rightful place in the kingdom. IF they speak against women
then chances are they are under the law and will try to put you in bondage, go to a church that allows women to minister and
let the grace of God flow into your life. God is raising up women to minister. It is so important that we do this because
many religions such as Islam deny women their rights.
I read an article that a teenage girl was executed because she dated a boy her family disapproved of. Women's rights are
denied in those religions that the devil has control of. God does not deny women anything, they are full partners in the body
of Christ and are able to minister with no strings attached. To tell you the truth, in some cases I think it is better to
have a woman minister because by nature she is more caring and sensitive then men are, and women are usually more spiritually
sensitive then men are. So if you are a woman receiving this then know we do not discriminate and allow women to freely minister
as we do not limit people because of stereotypes. We want to produce an environment where people can freely receive grace
and learn how to go out and minister that grace to others. Lord send the people in- in Jesus name amen!You can send any prayer
requests to this email address. YOU may send any donations to Word of Grace Fellowship Ministries POB 225 Springfield NJ 07081.
Please visit our website atwww.wordofgracefellowship.com We desire to share the message of grace with you and ask that you share the website with others and go to it regularly
so you can be uplifted by the messages there and the words of Grace that God gives to us. We are trying to do many things
to improve our site so if any of you have any suggestions please let us know. may God bless you and keep you and pour out
the blessings of the blood of Calvary upon your life.
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