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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.

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  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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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

Comment by Selena Mosley on March 25, 2011 at 10:34am

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Father in heaven, today I give You all that I am. I invite You into the weak places in my life so that You can turn them into strengths. Thank You for working in my life and filling me with faith and expectancy. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.

— Joel & Victoria Osteen

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 24, 2011 at 4:10pm

THURSDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Lord, for this another beautiful day that You have made and blessed us to see, we say thank You.   We praise You for Your goodness, kindness, mercy, grace and we thank You because You're faithful.  We praise You God because You're our rock, our redeemer, our protector, our provider, our peace, our deliverer, our friend, our healer--God You are everything to us and we thank You because You're our all in all.   You have kept us through the storm and rain; You have comforted us when we were lonely and scared;  You have healed our bodies when the doctors said no; You have opened doors that men said were closed and closed doors that we decided to go through before we consulted You.   Lord, there is none like You in all the earth, no one else who loves us like You do; No one else who touches our hearts like You do; No one else who justifies us, sanctifies us, restores us and covers us like You do.  God, we praise You because we're safe in Your arms all the time, no matter what.  Help us today to remember how You've always taken good care of us and because of Your perfect record in our lives, we believe today will be no different--You will take care of us; So we purpose in our hearts right now to rejoice and be glad in this day, and believe the victory belongs to us, we give You praise, in Jesus Name, Amen.

 
Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 23, 2011 at 9:16am

WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:

O Lord, our Lord how excellent is Thy Name in all the earth.  We thank You Lord because You are holy, righteous, loving, forgiving, perfect, all knowing, everywhere present, all powerful and so much more!  We thank You Lord because all that You are, we belong to You and we can count on You always.  God, this morning we're praying specifically for Mike Miller, thanking You because he knows You as his Savior.  We thank You Lord that we don't have to ask You to be with him as he goes in to surgery because You promised to never leave him.  We thank You Lord that we don't have to ask You to go to the operating room, because You're already there.  Father, we're asking that You grant him peace knowing You will guide the surgeon's hand and give him the courage to thank You in advance for the victory.  We pray also for Dr. Arvis Donaldson, Dr. Mae Anderson and family.  Please remember Barbara Thornton, Marty and family as they go through the challenges of the transition of their loved one.  We Lift unto you Apostle R. Berry as she celebrates her birthday, this day.  We pray one for another, asking that You will help us to remember Who You are and who we are because of Your ever presence in our lives.  Give us the strength to look away from the tricks and schemes of the enemy and look to You for provision today.  Help us to receive Your peace, count on Your joy and expect the great, believing today is the first day of the best days of our lives!   Thank You Jesus for the victory today, in Jesus name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

 

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 22, 2011 at 8:35am

TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Lord, You are good and Your mercy endures forever!  We worship You for Your goodness, kindness, mercy, and grace ---just for Who You are in all of Your glory!  Hallelujah!  It's a another perfect day that we thank and praise You for blessing us to see.  We're still here to experience the chill in the air, hear the birds sing, see the green grass, drive the crowded freeways and feel the warmth of a hug from our loved ones.  We're still here and we praise You in advance for all this day holds---the good, the bad and the ugly, because we know whatever this day brings, it will not catch You by surprise and You've already put a plan in action for it to work together for our good!  Help us to sing all day long, "I will trust in the Lord".  Give us a praying spirit and let our answer be, "Yes Lord!"  Father we thank You because it is in You that we live, we move and have our being; So, since You're with us, we already know everything is already alright, thank You Jesus!  Please remember Bro. Wayne and his family Lord, and remind them that earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal, that You're to Good to be mean and to Wise to make a mistake.  Comfort them as only You can. It's a good day to give thanks unto our Lord, we give You praise, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert on March 21, 2011 at 8:40pm

AMEN!!!

BEAUTIFUL PRAYER BISHOP WILLIE!!!  MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR MINISTRY!!!

GOD BLESS

TAWNETTE (72)

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 21, 2011 at 10:14am

MONDAY MORNING PRAYER:

Our Father in heaven, God we thank You for another beautiful day that You have made just for us.  We thank You Lord for the rain.  Some feel inconvenienced by the rain, some are complaining about the rain, but Lord we're not going to complain, we're not going to fuss about it, we're not going to call it "crazy weather", but instead we will rejoice and be glad in this day because we're thankful to still be here and for another chance to say yes to Your will.   We're praying one for another, asking You to heal bodies that are touched with cold and flu, disease, cancer, arthritis, and all other sickness.  God give strength to the weak, patience to the weary and help us to believe our "due season" is on the way.  Help us to know there is nothing too small for You to care about and nothing too big for You to work out for our good.   It's a good day today, give us the courage to let go of yesterday and be all that You created us to be today.   Praise the Name of Jesus!  You're our Rock!  You're our Fortress!  You're our Deliverer, in You will we trust today, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

 

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