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Monday, September 29, 2008
Dear Friends,
I am glad that you have been able to receive from us and from the grace that God has given to us so that you may be
blessed. Everyone is given a message from God or something to contribute so that others can be blessed by it. WHen we
come together we are to bring a song or hymn or someting they can bless others with . I am not talking about an offering or
money, though it is important to giveto God not because of hat we can get but becasue of how great God is to us. God
is so important to us and He should be the first love we have. I think that too often we allow other things to be focused
on and I want to encourage you to always take time out for Jesus. Fill up with Jesus at the beginning of hte day so that you
will speak to others out of what He has given you. Spend time in prayer praying in the Spirit and be led by the Spirit of
God so that you will know what is the right thing to do or so that you will be able to be led by the inward witness.
God thinks you are wonderful and God thinks you are worth it so receive from Him and walk
in his goodness. Go today to read about sanctification so you can understand the great truth that is wrapped up in the doctrine
of sanctification. Read the devotion and prophecy and let the spirit in you be encouraged and uplifted so that you can go
and minister His power to you. Share our site with others and pray that God will open
more doors for us so that we can go into more fields and so that we can bring the gospel to a wider audience. www.wordofgracefellowship.com will help you walk in God's grace and learn something new so that you can walk with peace and know
Gods love! Pastor Don
Carson
10:34 am edt
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Dear Friends,
I think that too many Christians give God the leftovers. They give to God what is at the bottom of the barrel. They will give
if they have it. I have discussed with many about this and found out that they have a poverty mindset and those with a poverty
mindset only see their needs and their lack and cannot see anything else. They see what they lack so they do not feel that
they have enough to be able to give. What you are going through is not just for you but so that you can bless others as well.
Your ministry never dies- for the fruit of your ministry carries on years after your death- see writers of the NT.
In the OT people were required to give and they were required to give the firstfruit of
what they had. They were not supposed to give to God their worst. They had to give a perfect lamb and they had to give one
that had no blemishes at all. They could not give second best. Today in churches after churches tithing is taught because
they realize that if they do not teach it then no one will give. Today if they do not require giving they will not get it,
and even then they do not always get it. I want to encourage you to give God
your best and not to give God your leftovers.Give to God even when you think you can't not because you have to so that
you can get blessed but because God gave you his best; so give to him out of thanksgiving for all that he did to you. Give
with your time, love, friendships and demonstrate for yourself and others what God did for you. Love Him not just in words
or deeds ,but let your love flow from your heart. Giving is more then money but giving
does include money. If you are blessed by this ministry then bless us. Paul said that the laborers are worthy of their hire.
Those that preach the gospel should live off of the gospel. If you have received from this ministry then bless send us what
God put in your heart to give. knowing that since God put it in your heart then He will bring it back to you above and beyond
what you can ask or think. As Rev Natalie has told us we are living for an audience of one and that one is God Himself.
In the OT they gave and some of the offerings were food for the priests and the priests
had land set aside for them. God did not have the offerings sent to Heaven so that he could pave the streets of Heaven with
it. God did not ask for offerings because He needed the money. The money was used to further the kingdom on earth. The money
is not used to pay the salaries of angels or provide their food. So when one gives it is set aside or sanctified for the purpose
of God on earth. To fulfill the needs of a ministry so that they can move forward and do what God gave them to do.
Go and read the sermon and prophecy and the other pages here, Read what God gave to us so
that you might be blessed by it. Soak it in so that you might be blessed and grow. May the Lord use this ministry to bless
you and keep you and provide for you to grow in this knowledge of grace not just in your mind but so that it will envelop
your whole life and being.
Pastor
Don Carson Word of Grace Fellowship
7:19 pm edt
Monday, September 15, 2008
Dear Friends and Members of Word of Grace,
This Sunday we honor the 2nd anniversary of the passing of our Founder Pastor John Hogan. He established grace as the foundation
in our lives. He spent 20 years teaching us grace and building this ministry and building us up in him. I have noticed that
in this series I have done it has been rebuilding the foundation for many of you have not heard what Pastor Hogan taught and
that foundation needed to be refreshed in our minds. When I prayed and felt led to start this series it was while Pastor Hogan
was still alive and I did not know that this would be the foundational series of my Pastorate, only that this was an important
series and that it would take much time to complete. Pastor Hogan heard the beginning of this series and enjoyed it.
When I went to visit him in the hospital I knew that I was going to not only represent myself
to him but to represent others to him, and when I ministered to him it was the body of Word of Grace ministering to him as
well. Today when I minister to you it is not just me ministering to you but it is what my teachers instilled in me. Those
3 teachers are the Holy Spirit Pastors John Hogan and Paul F McCarthy. There are others I have received from but Pastor Hogan
was the most influential teacher in my life, next to God himself. I miss John and there are many days I wish I could call
him up and seek his counsel about something for I would love to hear it.
The teaching that someone instills in you goes on in the lives of those that are taught. the Apostle Paul is still teaching
today through his letters and Jesus is still healing today and ministering through His body. John is still with us in our
hearts and will also be with us. I want to encourage those of you who knew John to support us. Send in a gift to honor
him and what he did put within you. This Sunday we will be having a special
service to honor John and what he did. It has been 2 years since he died and 1 year since we moved into the Springfield Y.
Come and help us honor John and what he put with us. I also want to mention
this: Sept 11th was a horrific day and we must also honor it here. We look back and remember the day that we were attacked
and 3,000 lost their lives. When I watched about the events of that day the other day I noticed something that I
never saw before, as the smoke was burning in the towers it formed a big S. SATAN signed his initial to his work that day.
God is not the killer Satan is. Satan wants to destroy us because we support Israel. We are in the last days and now if you
are support Israel you are a marked person. We also support the spreading of the gospel and that also marks us as the enemy
of the devil. There are those that want to remove our right to broadcast and air gospel shows. We were against that in the
late 80's and are still against it. Support the right to have Christian ministers on TV. We will share more about this
later. Help us share grace and help us reach out to the ones who need
it. Through this website God has enabled us to reach others in many countries and in many continents. God is causing us to
reach many more then we can imagine. God is fulfilling in our midst the prophecies that were spoken about this church when
our Friend and Mentor John Hogan started this church in ways we never would have imagined. Go to the donation page and give
your best gift so that we can continue to spread this word to the nations. Bless us as we endeavor to bless others.
In his Grace,
1:55 pm edt
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Dear Friends,
This prophecy and teaching is written by Pastor John Hogan our founding Pastor and it was written in 1990. Prophecy April 1990 Fear Not little flock for I am with you- you are
one of the largest diamonds in my crown that glorifies my Father, as I sit at His right hand. So do not fret or worry about
you small size in this realm- because I'm working on that. You are truly big in the kingdom and your candle is firmly
set, never to be removed. I am pleased that you never take your eyes off you first love and stand firmly in the message of
uncompromising, unadulterated grace and righteousness. I am working on the
heart of many right now in this hour and I will be sending them to you as soon as they are ready- let me carry the care for
your increase. I will not fail- it has not even entered your minds or hearts what I plan for Word of Grace. Only be diligent, viligant and patient. I will not fail you only trust only. Continue to depend on
me as you always have. You will see a large break very soon. Keep up the good work- Jesus. This
prophecy was given over 18 years ago and we are now just beginning to see some of these things come to pass. People from other
countries have contacted us, so pray for us that God will send laborers into the fields and that God will open up doors not
just providing the opportunity to speak with them but providing the finances so that we may go into these fields and provide
the neccesary equipment so that we can go into all the world to preach His gospel. This message is
from Pastor John and is well worth reading. Annette read it for us recently and it is just as pertinent today as it was when
it was first given by our Pastor. It was originally given on 5/27/90 Jn 14:1-4
Jesus tells us that He is making an eternal home for us to live in . He tells us in v1 to be comforted and not to worry -
let not your heart be troubled and in v2 Jesus tells us that there are many dwelling places in my Fathers house. The Fathers
house! The Fathers house is where he lives, his dwelling place is in Heaven and Jesus was preparing a place for us there too.
Where is the Father's dwelling place? Who is His temple? We are! You and I are the temple of the Holy Spirit. We
are God's dwelling place. Jesus was on the way to Calvary to shed His blood
in order to prepare a dwelling place for us and to prepare us to be God's dwelling place. Jn 14:23 says that if a man
loves me he will keep all my words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. God
had this incredible plan to make believers his home. The disciples were sad because Jesus was leaving. He was, bu the was
coming back to receive them unto himself ( literally to live in them) and to be with them continually and never ceasing.
Mt 28:20 says that I will be with you always even unto the end of the world. Jesus was to return
after his death and resurrection to make them into his body, the church; in order that where Jesus was we would be also!
We recognize that we have the promise of the Scripture and a supernatural life and
a glorious home in the Millenium and in God's eternal reign; but Jesus is comforting us that H is dwelling in usand we
in him right this very moment.There are many dwelling places in the Father's house. It is comprised of millions of believers
who are built up together in the resurrected Christ. This message is just as needed
today and is just as relevant. It encourages me to hear it and lets me know that not only is Jesus with us forever but John
is also cheering us on and is encouraging us through these messages. I hope that the words of my friend and mentor Pastor
Hogan lift you up and encourage you as they do me. Feel free to browse the rest of our site and to take some time this week
to look at the sayings he had and the favorite Scriptures of his as well. Let God bless you this week and enrich you through
his servants today!
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