Dear Friends
and Visitors,
Today May 11th is both Mothers Day and Pentecost Sunday. We are celebrating our mothers
and the day that the last days started. The last days did not start when Israel became a nation on May 15,1948 or when Jerusalem became part of Israel
in June 1968. This is a historic anniversary that needs to be celebrated by Christians as well as Jews. The Bible says that Jerusalem is our mother and today as you celebrate these days remember that all of them have one thing in
common. They are God ordained. They are not man ordained. They are set in the earth by God himself. God ordained families
and ordained the role of the mother in our lives. He said that if we would obey our mothers and fathers our days will be long
on the earth. Our mothers are so important to our growth. Our Moms reveal love to us for our Moms show us compassion and let
us get a glimpse into the love of God. There are people that no one can love but God and a Mom.
Today celebrate your Mom! No matter what is going on in your life be glad if you can
share it with your Mom. If your Mom is still alive then you are blessed. You are blessed because there are many who no longer
have their Moms with them. Bless your Mom and do as much as you can for her. She imparted life to you and loved you with her
heart and soul. There is a special connection that we have with our Mothers that we do not have with our Dads. We were not
carried in the wombs of our dads, for pregnancy gives a Mom a unique bonding with a child that a Father cannot have. Creation
takes place inside a Mom. A child is conceived and developed within her and the child's kicks and responses are felt by
her. The child hands, feet, lungs and all the things that the child needs to be born and exist in this realm takes place inside
the Mom while she is pregnant. Your Mom birthed
you in this place Jesus said that we are his mother if we believe in him. We reproduce Him in another( born again)
So Mothers Day is not just about the women but also about anyone who got someone born again,
Mothers Day is about those who birthed children or birthed people into the kingdom.
Pentecost
was the day the church was born. On the day of Pentecost
the Holy Ghost descended like a dove on men and women. The gospel was given but the power to carry it out was not given until
Pentecost that is why we call it the birthday of
the church and it was for all. It is not just for men to minister but women also. We need to remember the day of Pentecost
for we need to remember that God is inside of us. Easter
reminds us that Jesus is alive and Pentecost reminds
us that God is not just out there but also in us. Pentecost
is the day that God and man were reunited in a special way- they were made one body. The Holy Ghost ( previously called only
the Holy Spirit but now the Holy God Host- Ghost) You are God's host for God is living in you. God is pleased with you
or he could not live in you.
I cannot live with someone that I am mad at.
I can only live with you if I am okay with you. IF I can only see you as mad with me then I will always see something wrong
with what you say or do and will eventually not be able to get along with you. God cannot be constantly mad at us for if He
is then he would come and go like He did in the OT. He only came over them for a time. Now God lives in you because God can
be pleased with you because Jesus made peace with God for you. God is now pleased with you so God desires to live with you
and in you.
The birthday of Israel is important because it shows the time that God started the end time clock. The
alarm is going off soon and Jesus is returning. I do not feel that it is long and we have heard that our whole lives. Israel is 60 and Jerusalem will be 40 ( again in Israel) Israel and Jerusalem is one of the oldest nations for no other nation was dispersed and brought back together
again like Israel was. As Israel goes so goeth Prophecy. What happens to Israel has tremendous prophetical implications. God deals with the nation of Israel on a regular
basis in the Scripture. They are God's chosen people and God will deal with them during the tribulation again. The fact
that Mothers Day Pentecost and Israel's Birthday
all occur this week is not by accident. They celebrated it May 8th ( I do not know why). The Birthday of Israel is 3 days apart from the birthday of the church this year. Jesus was
in the tomb for 3 days. The birthday of the first son and second son are 3 days apart and the knowledge of Jesus
is what separates them.
Celebrate all of these things. Celebrate what God
did in you and what God is doing in you. God brought people in your life and brought jobs in your life. God has you talking
to certain people and not others. God put you in a certain family and certain parents. Your life is orchestrated by God. Every
part of your life was designed by God and you are not an accident. You are created with a purpose and are here at this time.
You did not live in another age but live now. God selected the time, mother, father, family, children you have, siblings,
friends, associates, co-workers, jobs, etc. You selected nothing. He did it all for you in relation to salvation and in what
you are doing in your physical life.
Today go an look at our site as we will be looking
at some of these things. Go and read Rev Natalie's Sermon today and read the prophecy. If you are able then come to church
today and hear the special items we will share with you that are not posted on the website. We have more we share with those
that come that we cannot put on this site. Go and share this site with others and give them this link @ www.wordofgracefellowship.com If you live in the NJ area then come join us at the Springfield YMCA this Sunday for our Sunday Service and receive all the
things that God has given to us to share with you. IF you have any questions, comments or prayer requests then write us at
info@wordofgracefellowship.com and we will be glad to write you back and pray with you. May God bless you and keep you and may His grace shine on you- Pastor
Don