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Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 8, 2011 at 10:02am

FRIDAY MORNING PRAYER:

A MOUSE, PIG, COW, CHICKEN AND SNAKE

  

 

A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain?

He was aghast to discover that it was a mouse trap!

Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me; I cannot be bothered by it.”

The mouse turned to the pig and told him, “There is a mouse trap in the house.”

“I am so very sorry Mr. Mouse,” sympathized the pig, “but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers.”

The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, “Like wow, Mr. Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, Duh?”

So the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected to face the farmer’s mouse trap alone.

That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey. The farmer’s wife rushed to see what was caught.

In the darkness, she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught.

The snake bit the farmer’s wife.

The farmer rushed her to the hospital.

She returned home with a fever. Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup’s main ingredient.

His wife’s sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig.

The farmer’s wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered to provide meat for all of them to eat.

So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk.

Heb 13:16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Author Unknown

 

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God, we praise You for life!  We thank You Lord for placing people in our lives who are there when we call.   Lord, help us to remember it's not about us, but it's about being available to You to help somebody else.  We give You praise for a beautiful day today, in Jesus Name, Amen. 

 

 

Because of Calvary,

 

Bishop Willie Williams

The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 7, 2011 at 10:16am

WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Our Father, we thank You for the blessing and privilege to still be here to offer praise to Your Name.  We're still here to see the bright sunshine.  We're still here to hear the birds sing and feel the warmth of our loved ones hugs.  We're still here and You have blessed us with another chance to draw closer to You.  Another chance to show love one to another.  Another chance to be all that You created us to be.  Another chance to let the light You've placed within us shine.  Thank You Lord for Your goodness, kindness, mercy and grace; And, we purpose in our hearts right now to let our praise to You be continuously in our mouth.   This morning we specifically lift Mac Hawkins to You, asking that You keep his mind in perfect peace as he prepares to go in to surgery this morning.   God, cancer is frightening to us, but we praise You because it's in the "nothing too hard for You" category.   Father, guide the surgeon's hands and give him the wisdom to proceed cautiously, but confidently because You're the One leading and guiding.  Lord, give strength to his wife Zelma, children, other family members and friends, help them rest on Your promise that You will never leave nor forsake them; Lord we also lift Apostle Rebecca Washington-Berry unto you, asking that you would touch her body and rebuke everything sickness that is attacking her body and we ask this in Jesus Name. t's a good day to give thanks unto You, so we praise You in advance for a great day filled with victory after victory, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

 

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 6, 2011 at 11:28am

WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Our Father, we thank You for blessing us to see another beautiful day.  We thank You for keeping us day by day, protecting us from hurt, harm and danger and for always loving on us.  God, it feels so good to be loved by the only true and living God.  It feels good to know You are our Savior, our Lord, our Master, our King and You are the only constant we have.  You constantly take good care of us.  You constantly  supply our needs.  You constantly forgive us and grant us another chance to say yes to Your will.   Lord, we praise You because You are the God that changes not, but it always feels like You love us more everyday.  God, we're lifting each family of each person who reads this prayer, asking that You will intervene where there may be confusion, grant peace where there is trouble and give courage/strength to the ones who feel like giving up.  God, we know the enemy hates the family unit and tries everything possible to break it up, give us the strength to let brotherly love continue and the courage to allow you to fight our battles.  It's a good day today and we purpose in our hearts right now to rejoice and be glad in it, in Jesus Name, Amen.

 

Because of Calvary

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on April 5, 2011 at 2:54pm

AMEN!!!

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 5, 2011 at 11:21am

TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Praise Your Name Lord Jesus!  You're our Rock!  You're our Fortress!  You're our Redeemer!  In You Lord do we put our trust.  We praise You Lord because from the rising of the sun until the going down of the same, Your Name is to be praised!  We praise You Lord because Your Name is excellent and there is none like You!  We thank You Lord for blessing us to see another day and for extending Your mercy and grace, giving us the privilege to have another chance to say yes to Your will.    We ask that You will forgive us for being disobedient to You.  Forgive us for being determined to do things our way.  Forgive us for not trusting You as we should.  Forgive us for doubting that You would continue to take good care of us, just as You have done all the days of our lives.   It's a good day today and we purpose in our hearts right now to not waste any time with meaningless conversations, we don't want to waste any time trying to figure out our way, but instead our desire is to listen for Your voice and follow Your way.  There will most likely be some things about today that we don't understand, but we will trust You with all our heart and lean not to our own understanding;  We will talk to You about everything and believe You will direct our path.  Thank You Lord for ordering our steps and leading us through danger seen and unseen and leading us to victory, we give You praise, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by Wayne Ware c/o '75 (WebMaster) on March 29, 2011 at 12:01am

Amen!

 

Thank You Bishop Willie for the prayers and for including me and my family in the March 22 prayer. The funeral services for my nephew were today. Thanks again Bishop.

God bless you!

Wayne Ware

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 28, 2011 at 1:56pm

MONDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Lord, it's another days journey and we're glad about it!  We thank You Lord for Your loving kindness and tender mercy, for we recognize if it had not been for You on our side, there is no way we would have made it this far.  We praise You for all that You have done for us, for every mountain You gave us the strength to climb and for every valley You gave us the courage to go through.  We worship You God because You are the Great I Am, everything we need, when we need it, all the time.   Lord, we ask that You will help us to stay focused today, give us the strength to not be distracted by small things that won't matter at the end of this day.  Help us to keep pressing our way forward and give our all to glorify You in all that we do and say.  Give strength to the weak, heal the sick, and deliver those who are in bondage to negative thinking and speaking.  Help us to remember we are beautifully and wonderfully made--Your works are marvelous!  We are Designer's Originals and no one can beat us being who You created us to be.  We are extraordinary and we expect great things today because Greater is He Who lives in us!  We give You praise, in Jesus Name we pray, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 27, 2011 at 2:43am

 

 

 

THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.
(By: Abraham Joshua Heschel)




EXCERPT FROM PASTOR JOEL

Scripture of the Day May 22, 2007 " Be Kind to One Another

Dear Brethren",

Our Scripture of the Day is Ephesians 4:32:
Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.


Todays one-another verse is at the end of a great section containing several very significant verses all framed within the put off, put on theme of Ephesians 4. Since I am going to share soon another verse devoted almost exclusively to forgiveness, I will share a few words on the kindness part of our verse for today.

Our world is harsh. Yes there is much attention given to diversity and mutual acceptance, but so much of that is couched within a political agenda and not a moral one, and a lot of it is communicated with little kindness.

I cant help but think that if we really concentrated on being kind to one another, and being tenderhearted that a great deal of our stresses and conflicts would dissolve in the church, in marriages, at workplaces. Ours is a world where simple kindness is fast becoming a lost virtue.

Kindness and tenderheartedness are related, the second offering insight especially into the first. To be kind is to have a tender heart and spirit toward the other, and to put that tenderness into words and action.

Most of us are not what we portray. We are hurting in some way. There is pain in the eyes of most people I see. Behind every smile there is a touch of sadness. Yes, in our life together, there is a time for exhortation and rebuke, but how much more that can be received if kindness is the norm.

Kindness is so practical. It has to do with the tone of our speech, the language of our bodies, the words we choose, and the effort we take to notice others. And it also has to do with acts usually simple acts not related to special events and culture driven expectations but just with the need of the other for gentleness, kindness, and tenderheartedness.

We all need kindness, and may be expectant of receiving it. We get upset when people dont seem kind to us. But if we each focus on being kind to the other then there would be plenty of kindness to go around.

Almost all of us are less secure, less confident, and more needy of encouragement and simple acts of love than we let on. We need less to be other peoples projects then we need to receive other peoples kindness.

Kindness replaces malice, anger, gossip, and unforgiveness. Yes, there can be no kindness where forgiveness is lacking. But that is for another day.

You know, as an observer of human behavior, as a pastor and counselor, and as a person in my own right, I have come to see how simple kindness goes a long way. But to be kind we have to stop; we have to notice; we have to greet, we often need to think ahead. We need room in the busyness of our lives to slow down. It is very hard to be kind on the run. Do you have time in your life to be kind?

Kindness gives other people the benefit of the doubt. It cuts others a little slack. It is very hard to be judgmental and kind at the same time.
We all like to know that we are appreciated, that we are missed when we are away, that we are noticed, that we matter. Kindness does all those things.

I want my children to work hard and be succe3ssful at whatever they do. But more than anything I like hearing of one of my children that they have been kind. I really dont care so much whether or not they are great scholars, athletes, beauty queens, or business women. I mean, all of that is fine. But it all pales into utter nothingness compared to simple kindness.

And the same goes for me. Yeah, it would have been cool to be a great athlete, to have been a great scholar, to be a great preacher, or a super entrepreneur. But if at the end of my long road of life someone were to see fit to write on my tombstone ,He was kind (assuming my Christian faith of course) then I will have succeeded in this walk of life. I want to be more that way. I hope you do too.


Pastor Joel

 

 

 

Comment by Phoebe Macon on March 27, 2011 at 1:29am

ARTICLE: HOW TO GIVE THANKS IN PRAYER AND PRAISE

(By Lewis Jeffries)

 

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  Acknowledge God. When we are true to ourselves we understand that we did not create ourselves, we do not sustain ourselves, and we are not in control of ourselves. There is a greater force in this world. A creating, sustaining, maintaining force put everything in order and keeps it that way. The force we know is God. When we think about God and acknowledge him for ourselves we want to get to know about him and maybe get to know him.

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  Seek God. Then we seek not just to know the existence of God, but we seek to know him personally. We seek to have a personal relationship with God. And as our relationship grows we begin to submit ourselves to him. We submit or will and our ways to be led by God and his will and ways become our will and ways. The more we seek him the more we get to know him. The more we know him the more we are in awe of his great and wonderful power.

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  Meditate on God. As our relationship grows and we begin to think of what he has done, is doing and will do; even for us. As we meditate on his works and his word. As we meditate on his promises and his faithfulness and we go to a deeper level a deeper relationship emerges and we want to talk to him.

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  Pray to God. We talk to God. We tell him about our problems. We talk to God. We yield our lives to him. We talk to God. We begin to trust him. We talk to God. We begin to know him as a personal redeemer. We talk to God. He saves us. We talk to God. Knowing all he has done. We talk to God. Knowing all he is doing. We talk to God. Knowing what he will do. And in our mind we reconcile that it is he who created us. In our mind we acknowledge it is God that gives us this air we breathe.

• 5

  We Thank God. With an attitude of gratitude we talk to God thanking him for all that he does for. We thank God for this day. We thank God your yesterday. We thank God for life, health and strength. We thank God for loving us. We thank God for forgiving us. We thank God for his mercy and his grace. As we think things over and figure things out we realize that it was God. And we thank Him.

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  We Praise God. When we talk to God and we move from figuring it out that it was he who deserves the honor. Our soul (our feelings) moves in and takes over. Here we move into praise. For to praise him is to honor him. To praise him is to glorify him to praise God is to give God what he is due from our soul. Not just from our mouths. Not just from our head. This praise comes from a feeling that won't allow the rocks to cry out for us. Yes we know God in our minds and we know him even through our flesh. But praise comes from the soul. As we continue to grow deeper, even in the moment prayer goes to praise through thanksgiving. Praise goes to worship through thanksgiving.

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  Worship God. Form our mind and flesh we thank God because we know and acknowledge him.
  From our soul and feelings we thank God because we feel him.
  From our heart we worship God because our spirit is one with him.
  Our spirit moves into the presence with the Holy Spirit. In His presence We thank Him through worship. Beyond your mind, your flesh and your feelings is the spirit. Your spirit is in the spirit. For you are in God and God is in you. This place is reached by thanksgiving. This place is called Worship.

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  Thanksgiving with a yielded heart moves us from prayer to praise and into worship. For God is. He does not change. He is waiting on us to move into a relationship with him based on our prayer, praise and worship fueled by thanksgiving. Give thanks to God. Praise him for the things he has done. Let the spirit of thanksgiving move and transform you as you worship him. Worship the Lord.

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  Read more: How to Give Thanks in Prayer and Praise | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4870954_give-thanks-prayer-praise.html#ixzz...

 

 

 

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 25, 2011 at 3:50pm

FRIDAY MORNING INSPIRATION:

Friday Morning Inspiration

by

Jaha Zainabu

 

 

Today I am inspired by the moment. This moment. This right now. I notice that when I am upset it is often due to some past moment not going the way I wanted it to go. The way my ego's script had designed. But when I am present to right now, I notice how God is working in my life. I see how He blessed me with not allowing me to have such and such moment in the past. I see how He blessed me to experience such and such in the past and because of that moment I have such and such in the present. When I let go I can see that God knows the whole picture and what it should look like and that this moment, this right now is just a beautiful piece of the puzzle and without this moment, it may be incomplete.

Let's embrace the moment. Let's live from where we are right now. We know what needs cleaning up, let's do it. We know the ideas that God has put on our hearts, if it is His will for right now, let's act on them. Now.

Happy Friday everyone, I encourage you to be your bests selves today.

 

Jaha

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

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