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Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 20, 2012 at 7:34am

THURSDAY MORNING PRAYER

Good morning Lord! We sing, "We worship You Almighty God, there is none like You. We worship You O Prince of Peace, that is what we want to do. We give You praise, for You are our righteousness. We worship You Almighty God, there is none like You." We thank You Lord because You know everything there is to know about us, but still You call us friend and continue to love us unconditionally. Yesterday we did some things we shouldn't have, we said some things we should have kept to ourselves; But still this morning You woke us with Your merciful touch--We thank You for another chance to say yes to Your will. Lord, as we approach the day we call Christmas, the day we're supposed to celebrate Your birth, we pray each one remembers You. Help each one to know after Christmas is over, we still must live and it's best to live within our means now so we won't be stressed after Christmas is over. As we approach the end of another year, we pray each one begins their New Year's resolution now, because if we need to do it in the new year, we need to start now. Today is a good day to make the first step to being what we say we're going to be in 2013. Today is a good day to start doing what we say we're going to do in 2013. Today is a good day for new beginnings, so we shall use our NOW faith to make the first step! It's a great day today, we pray each one sees the beauty of today and purpose in our hearts to rejoice and be glad in it, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 19, 2012 at 7:41am

WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER
Good morning Lord! We sing, "I love You Lord and I lift my voice to worship You, Oh my soul rejoice. Take joy my King in what You hear. Let it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear. We exalt You, Oh oh Lord!" Thank You Lord for waking us to see another beautiful perfect day. It is another day that we have never seen before, so we thank You for giving us something new every day of our lives. We shout out, "Hallelujah!!" Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies we see. All we have needed, Your hand has provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto us! Lord, we're going forward today trusting You. We're trusting You because Your reputation in our lives is impeccable and we know You always have our best interest planned. We pray for continued strength to yield not to temptation. We are tempted everyday to go back to what we've been delivered from. We're tempted everyday to take matters into our hands and work them the way we desire. We've tempted everyday to strike back in order to get our point across. When these times come, Lord help us to take the time to ask our Savior to help us and believe You will carry us through. We're praying for Lois Gilmore and Patsy Turner, asking for a mighty healing touch from You, in the Name of Jesus. We pray for those whose names we do not know, those who are suffering with sickness, bereavement and so much more--search our hearts Lord and touch the one who we're thinking of right now, in the Name of Jesus. We thank You Lord in advance for a mighty move from our Mighty God in each life. It's a great day today and we shall rejoice and be glad in it, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 17, 2012 at 7:57am

MONDAY MORNING PRAYER
Good morning Lord! We praise Your Name Lord Jesus! We sing, "Bless the Lord, O my soul and all that is within me. Bless Your holy Name. You have done great things, bless Your holy Name!" We thank You Lord for life, health and strength. Some of us are ill, but still we must say thank You, because we're still here to know we're not feeling well. We pray a special prayer for Fred Redd and DeCarlos Cannon, asking that You move mightily with Your healing touch. We pray one for another, asking that You draw each one closer to You, and that we fall in love with You so much until our desire becomes to please You, more and more. Lord, You speak to us every day of our lives, we hear You, but often times we ignore You or pretend we don't know Who's speaking; We pray each one understands You see everything and You know everything, so it's smart to obey Your voice. When we hear, "No", give us the will power to move on. When we hear, "Smile", help us with our stubbornness, smiling is free and is healthy. When we hear, "forgive", although it may be hard, it's in the category of "ALL things" --all things are possible if we believe. It's a great day today and we're going forth believing, "Nothing is impossible!" We can love where hate is prevalent. We can bring peace into a confused situation. We can walk away from arguments. We can take another step towards our goals, dreams and visions. We can rejoice and be glad in this day, no matter what! We give You praise, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 14, 2012 at 7:43am

FRIDAY MORNING INSPIRATION
HOW DO YOU SEE YOU?
Do you see yourself getting through what you’re going through?
Do you see yourself saying, “NO”, finally?
Do you see yourself realizing your value and dismissing everyone who does not?
Do you see yourself NOT going with the flow, because that’s not you?
Do you see yourself standing up for what you believe?
Do you see yourself victorious in all you do?

Do you see yourself healthy?
Do you see yourself delivered from that addiction?
Do you see yourself debt free?
Do you see yourself by yourself, if that means not being hurt anymore?
Do you see yourself being confident because you know who you are?
Do you see yourself letting go of the past, refusing to let it dictate your present and define your future?

In ALL these things you are more than a conqueror in Christ Jesus
If you can’t see it, maybe it’s time you change how you see you.

How do you see you?
TRUTH: How you see you is how others will see you and they will treat you based on how you show them “YOU”.

Are you tired of being used and abused? Tired of being lied to? Tired of being walked on and over?
If YOU are tired, then show them who YOU are.

You are beautifully and wonderfully made.
You can do all things through Christ Who gives you strength
You are a Designer’s Original, you’re one of a kind. There is no one like you or no one better than you.

How do you see you?
You are a child of the Most High God, with all the benefits and privileges of a King’s Child.
Take a look at yourself again. Now, act like who you are!

Written by
Kimberlyn J. Jones

Because of Calvary,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 13, 2012 at 9:51am

THURSDAY MORNING PRAYER

Our Father in heaven, we thank You for watching over us throughout the night and for telling us to wake up this morning. We thank You for Your goodness, kindness, mercy and grace. We worship You because You are: our Provider, our Peace, our Protector, our Friend, our Comforter, our Corrector, our Guide--You are God Almighty and You are the Reigning King forever! We thank You Lord for revealing to us Who You are and who we are because we belong to You. Because of You we can walk in victory. Because of You we can speak into the atmosphere, declare and decree all that we desire to come forth and believe in the Name of Jesus, it's done. We pray each one knows our victory, our healing, our deliverance and all we desire reside in the words we speak and in the right now faith we exercise. We thank You Lord for giving us the strength and the courage to open our mouth to "speak it" and for giving us the wisdom to "go get it"--Faith is an action word and we must do our work. Lord, we thank You because the plan You have for us does not change; Even when we mess up, because You're God and You already knew we would mess up, You already planned on our mess and Your plan is to work all things together for our good. How GREAT is our God! Father, we're going forth today being careful of the words we speak, because our words are powerful and we shall have what we speak. We thank You in advance for Your hedge of protection all around us, our family and friends. We thank You for peace that surpasses all understanding. We thank You Lord for the victory today, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 12, 2012 at 7:21am

WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER
Good morning Lord! We praise Your Name Lord Jesus! We thank You Lord for being our Rock, our Fortress, our Deliverer, our Friend, our Company Keeper, our Peace--You are our All in all and we thank You for loving us so much, all the time. Thank You for blessing us to see one more day. It is a day we've never seen before, in fact all the days of our lives we have never seen one day repeated--thank You for Your faithfulness. We thank You because with each new day, You give us new breath and with each breath we take, we have a reason to praise You! We pray each one takes the time to think things over and before complaining, come to the realization that we're still breathing and that's a blessing. With each day we can find so much to complain about, so much to fuss about, so much to argue about, so much to get angry about--when these times come help us remember to take a deep breath in, then release with a praise because we're living and we have so much to be grateful for. We thank You Lord for the first day of the best days of our lives. We shall not waste one breath on negativity, but instead accept "it was what it was", "it is what it is" and move forward rejoicing and being glad for a new day filled with endless benefits and possibilities. We give You praise because we can do all things through Christ Who gives us strength. It's a great day and we praise You in advance for the victory, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 10, 2012 at 7:37am

MONDAY MORNING PRAYER
Our Father in heaven, we love You, we praise You, we lift up Your holy and righteous Name. We thank You for drawing us to You and revealing to us that You are the only true and living God. Lord we thank You for opening our eyes to a new day filled with Your grace and mercy. We thank You Lord for a wonderful weekend and we look forward to a victorious week. We pray one for another asking that You give us the courage to trust You in every situation. Help us to know there is no situation that needs more of our attention and less of Yours. Give us the courage to surrender every circumstance and situation to You and believe You will take care of us. We don't know what today will bring, but we're sure our adversary is lurking around, waiting on an opening to ruin our day--give us the strength to resist and the wisdom to look to You. We thank You for giving us instant access to the "help-line", we pray each one calls You before lifting a finger or saying a word, then trust You to carry us through. Help us to know our plans sound good to us, but there is no plan better than Your plan because Your plan has already been "seen-through". Today we will not fuss, whine, complain, talk down to anyone, curse anyone out, or speak negative; Instead we purpose in our hearts to rejoice and be glad in this beautiful day that our faithful God has made, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie W. Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 7, 2012 at 8:20am

I hope you have a Blessed Christmas & Happy New Year 2!

Subject: Fwd: "Excuse Me, Are You Jesus...?"

"Excuse Me, Are You Jesus...?"

A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales convention in Chicago . They had assured their wives that they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the plane in time for their nearly-missed boarding.

ALL BUT ONE!!! He paused, took a deep breath, got in touch with his feelings and experienced a twinge of compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned.

He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye, told one of them to call his wife when they arrived at their home destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the terminal floor.

He was glad he did.

The 16-year-old girl was totally blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same time helplessly groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about her; no one stopping and no one to care for her plight.

The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another basket.

When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl, "Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you okay?"

She nodded through her tears. He continued on with, "I hope we didn't spoil your day too badly."

As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind girl called out to him,

"Mister...." He paused and turned to look back into those blind eyes.

She continued, "Are you Jesus?"

He stopped in mid-stride ... and he wondered.

He gently went back and said, "No, I am nothing like Jesus - He is good, kind, caring, loving, and would never have bumped into your display in the first place."

The girl gently nodded: "I only asked because I prayed for Jesus to help me gather the apples. He sent you to help me, so you are like Him - only He knows who will do His will. Thank you for hearing His call, Mister."

Then slowly he made his way to catch the later flight with that question burning and bouncing about in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"

Do people mistake you for Jesus?

That's our destiny, is it not?

To be so much like Jesus that people cannot tell the difference as we live and interact with a world that is blind to His love, life and grace.

If we claim to know Him, we should live, walk and act as He would. Knowing Him is more than simply quoting scripture and going to church. It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day .

You are the apple of His eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall. He stopped what He was doing and picked up you and me on a hill called Calvary and paid in full for our damaged fruit.

Please share this, {IF you feel led to do so}.

Sometimes we just take things for granted, when we really need to be sharing what we know....
Thanks

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 7, 2012 at 7:59am

FRIDAY MORNING INSPIRATION
SILENCE IS GOLDEN
Why must you say that? Is it really necessary that you give your opinion about everything? Why is it necessary to say that, knowing it’s going to hurt her/him? Why does putting someone down make you feel so good?
There are times when we insist on saying what we have to say because we want people to hear our side, we want them to understand our side and ultimately agree with our side. We want people to know, “I’m grown, I say what I want.” We want them to hear our education by being the “know it all” about everything. But, sometimes it’s best to keep what you’re thinking to yourself and not say anything at all. When speaking your opinion, getting someone straight or adding clarity to a situation is about wanting people to see you, it’s best to not say anything at all.
When YOU know who you are, you know the most important fact, so there is no need to try to prove to others who you are by insisting on talking. Knowing who you are should validate you, so there is no need to seek outside validation by talking. When saying what you say becomes about getting people to notice who you are, how smart you are, how pretty you are, how free you are, how talented you are-- it’s best to not say anything at all.
When you know who you are, others see who you are and you don’t have to say a word.
Bottom line, what is your motive for saying what you insist on saying? If your goal is to educate, encourage, uplift or give constructive criticism, then by all means say it. If what you say makes the world better, then by all means say it. But if what you say is meant to hurt me, put me down, embarrass me, anger me, distance me, then I say to you, “Silence is Golden”—keep it to yourself, I don’t want to hear it!
Written by
Kimberlyn J. Jones

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on December 6, 2012 at 7:42am

THURSDAY MORNING PRAYER
Praise Jehovah, Lord God Almighty! Praise Jehovah, Everlasting King! Praise Jehovah, You're our everything! From the rising of the sun, 'til the going down of the same; praise Jehovah, the Great I Am. Lord, we praise Your Name! Thank You Lord for blessing us to see another beautiful day. We thank You Lord for the activity of our lungs, we're able to breathe in and out. We thank You for the ability to move around from space to space. Lord, we're able to communicate, we're able to think, we're able to reason and it's all because it is in You that we live, move and have our being. You are the source of our strength, we thank You for giving us the strength necessary to get to each breakthrough, weather each storm and conquer each task. Lord, help us to know if we hold on to our peace and allow You to fight our battles, we can shout the victory before we know the results. We're praying for Della Ford, asking You to renew her strength as she ministers faithfully by her ailing brother's side. Give her traveling grace as she goes up and down the freeways daily and grant her peace. We have prayed for her brother, Charles Crawford, now Lord, we trust You. We pray one for another, You know the desires of our heart, You know all we stand in need of, so we ask that You grant every desire, meet every need, heal every sickness, mend every broken heart, restore God-ordered relationships, regulate troubled minds--we trust You for a mighty move from You in our lives, today! It's a great day today and we shall rejoice and be glad in it, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

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