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Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 18, 2012 at 11:28am

Our Father in heaven, we thank You for waking us this morning to see another perfect day that You have created. We thank You for assuring us one more day, Great is Your Faithfulness, for everyday of our lives You have given us brand new mercy. Lord we thank You because You keep doing great things for us, You keep loving us in spite of ourselves, You keep providing all of our needs, You keep being the One we can always count on --We praise You Lord for all You've done for us! We pray one for another, asking that we come to the realization that it would be nice if You could count on us. Count on us to offer praise to You with the lives we live. Count on us to have love one to another, not just who we pick and choose, but to all. Count on us to use the gifts You have given us to use for Your glory. Count on us to live out the purpose for which You created us. Lord, for the times You haven't been able to count on us, we ask Your forgiveness; And, we pray today be the day we purpose in our hearts to do better. We pray today be the day we let our little light shine on purpose. Thank You Lord for today, the first day of the best days of our lives, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 17, 2012 at 9:22am

Thank You Lord for this another day that You have blessed us to see. We thank You Lord for another chance to say yes to Your will. We thank You Lord for another opportunity to say, "Thank You Lord for all You've done for us". We thank You Lord for the privilege to bow before You and worship You just for Who You are; We pray each one realizes we must praise and worship You for ourselves. Each day we make plans to do this and that, we decide what's best for us and we become determined to do what we want to do; Help each one to know the key to success is to trust You with all our hearts and lean not to our own understanding, but in all our ways acknowledge You (first) and You will direct our path. Lord, help us to remember You are the One Who is Omniscience (all knowing), You are the One Who is Omnipotent (all powerful) and You are the One Who is Omnipresent (everywhere present at the same time), which lets us know You are more than capable to be in charge of our lives. You're more than capable to lead, guide and direct our paths. You're more than capable to protect us at all times. You're more than capable of leading us away from temptation and You're more than capable of bringing us through trouble, heartaches and pain. Lord, help us to remember You are with us always and with everything that You are and all that You have, You will take care of us, BUT we must trust You. Lord, help us this day to run our plans by You first and trust You to provide "The Answer". You are the Source of our strength and the strength of our lives, help us this day to go forth in the power You have made available to us. We give You praise in advance for a victorious day, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 11, 2012 at 11:53am

Our Father in heaven, we thank You for blessing us to see another beautiful day. Although it's raining outside, we thank and praise You for adding the "Sonshine" to our lives. We pray that You will bless each one with traveling grace as we travel up and down the wet and slippery highways. Protect us from hurt, harm and accidents, and let us reach our different destinations safely. Lord, listening to the raindrops fall is comforting and soothing, some of us wish we could stay home and relax, we dread getting out in the rain. But, we thank You for the rain, because if we never had any rain we couldn't enjoy the colorful plant life, the impurities in the air would never be washed away and our food supply would become scarce. Lord, just as the physical rain improves our survival and brings about growth, so it is with the storms of our lives--we don't like going through the storms, but we praise You because after the storms are over, we're stronger, better and wiser. Lord help us to remember, because You are our Father, You will take care of us. Help us not to complain about the rain, but instead thank and praise You in advance for the green trees and grass, the beautiful flowers and fresh air, thank You Lord for always taking good care of us. Lord, whether it's raining or the sun is shinning bright, it's a beautiful day, help us to remember our attitude will determine our altitude, so we're thanking and praising You all the way through, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie W. Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 10, 2012 at 10:33am

Good morning Lord! We thank You for the blessing and privilege to still be here. Still here to offer praises to Your Name. Still here to worship and adore You. Still here to see the bright sunshine. Still here blessed with the love of family and friends. Still here and we thank You for another chance to say yes to Your will. Lord we pray one for another asking that You will give us the strength to not waste one minute on negative thinking, negative people or negative situations. Help us to think on things that are true, honorable, right, pure, lovely and admirable. Help us to think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. Give us the courage to purpose in our hearts to keep pressing on, no matter what. It's a beautiful day and it makes no sense to add clouds of confusion, doubt, despair, worry or fear; So if a situation comes that has the potential of causing us to cloudy up our day, give us the strength to use our energy to praise our way through. It's a great 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 WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on April 9, 2012 at 9:44am

Our Father in heaven, we thank You for blessing us to see another day. Father, yesterday we celebrated the fact that You raised Jesus from the dead and we praise You today because the celebration is not over! We still celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ today and everyday. We celebrate because the blood of Jesus still works today and forevermore, it will never loose its power! We thank You Jesus for loving us so much that You gave Your life in order that we might be saved. We pray for each one who reads this prayer, praying that all see the sense of urgency in sharing Your love. Praying that we realize tomorrow is not promised, so today is the day to have love one to another. Today is the day to share the Good News. Today is the day to let our lights so shine everywhere we go. We're praying for those who are struggling with making a decision to do right; Those who are struggling with making up their minds to do it Your way--give us the courage, wisdom and strength to trust You to give us what we need to make the decision and stand on Your promise that You will never leave us. Help us to know because You're with us, the power to make the decision and stand by it is available to us. Today is the day to rejoice and be glad through it all, today is the day to let nothing stop us from giving praise to the Most High God, not just with our lips, but with the lives we live, we pray for those struggling with spiritual, physical, mental, emotional illnesses, we pray especially for Apostle Berry, Bishop Bonner, Lori Williams, Tawnette Fulton, Barbara Hayes and Mother Shirley Jackson and her husband Bishop Jackson and Johnny Tucker, we ask for divine healing for all of us who are standing in the need of prayer, and the family of Bishop Gregory Dixon as they mourn the loss of their loved one. We ask in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 30, 2012 at 8:12am

Don't give up.....

One day I decided to quit... I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God. 'God', I asked, 'Can you give me one good reason not to quit?' His answer surprised me... 'Look around', He said. 'Do you see the fern and the bamboo?' 'Yes', I replied. 'When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them. I gave them light. I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth. Its brilliant green covered the floor. Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said. 'In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed. But I would not quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit.' He said.

'Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant...But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle.'

He asked me. 'Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots'. 'I would not quit on the bamboo. I will never quit on you.' 'Don't compare yourself to others,' He said, 'The bamboo had a different Purpose than the fern. Yet they both make the forest beautiful.' 'Your time will come', God said to me.

'You will rise high' 'How high should I rise?' I asked. 'How high will the bamboo rise?' He asked in return. 'As high as it can?' I questioned. 'Yes.' He said, 'Give me glory by rising as high as you can.'

I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you. Never, Never, Never Give up. Here, Lord we ask a special Blessing on Sis. Verlaine Stauffer; give her the strength and courage to never give up.

Our Father we praise You for Who You are and for always knowing and doing what's best for us! We praise You because we're growing stronger and we will rise as high as we can to give glory to You, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 29, 2012 at 12:05pm

Good morning Lord! We praise Your Name Lord Jesus! You're our Rock! You're our Fortress! You're our Deliverer! In You Oh Lord do we trust! Thank You for waking us to see another beautiful day. We thank You for yesterday, but we're more excited about today! We're excited because we're expecting more goodness. We're excited because we have new mercies. We're excited because everyday with You Lord is sweeter than the day before. Lord, today is the first day of the best days of our lives and we begin this day worshiping and praising our God Who makes all things new. We're not concerned about how bad our situations may seem, because we trust You! You have always came through for us; You have never let us down and based on Your reputation in our lives, we're looking at our situations and by faith calling them, "GOOD". Lord, today we're expecting great, we're expecting nothing but victory because we're on the winning team. Lord You are our Quarterback and we are Your Wide Receivers, we thank You in advance for throwing us the ball and going before us to block our way all the way to the finish line. Touchdown after touchdown we shall experience, thank You Jesus! We give You praise and we shout out, "Go Jesus! Go Jesus! Go!!" In the mighty Name of Jesus we pray, amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 27, 2012 at 11:24am

Hallelujah! Salvation and glory, honor and power, unto the Lord our God! For Lord You are mighty, all knowing, everywhere present, loving, kind, patient, true; You're simply wonderful! Lord You are Great and we praise You because You are King of all kings and Lord of all lords. Thank You Lord for being our Savior, our Lord, our God and our friend. You are everything we need, You are the Great I Am. Lord we love You, we praise You, we worship and adore You. We thank You for this great day that You have made just for us. We pray that each one realizes You made this day, so there is nothing about this day that You cannot handle. Give us the wisdom to not waste any time trying to handle this day, but instead give it all to the One Who can do something about it. Lord, we're praying for those who are seeking employment, those who are searching for the answer, those who are in need of healing, ESPECIALLY TAWNETTE GILBERT, JOHNNY TUCKER, LORI WILLIAMS, PAULA SALARY, APOSTLE BERRY, BISHOP BONNER, CALLIE DAVIS, CLAUDETTA WILLIAMS, BISHOP RONALD STOVALL and a host of others who need YOUR HEALING POWERS. We pray also for those who are tired of doing things their way, those who desire to please You, those who don't know You --We're lifting each one to You, asking that You move mightily in our lives, provide strength and courage to the weak; Help us to know it's not time to grow weary in well doing, but it's time to hold on to Your unchanging hand, move forward and expect overflow blessings. Because You Lord are able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can ask or think; We trust You Lord and believe that You can, and our faith says that You will, God we believe You! This is the day that our Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it, 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 March 26, 2012 at 1:59pm

Lord for this day we thank You. For our life, health and strength we thank You. For food, clothing and shelter we thank You. For Your loving kindness and tender mercy we thank You. For continuing to do great things for us we thank You. Lord, we just want to thank You for all You have done, are doing and will continue to do for us. Help us this day to concentrate on Your goodness, continue to be thankful and not be distracted by the tricks and schemes of our enemy. Lord, our relationship with You is the most important relationship we will ever have, help us not to be distracted by other relationships that have gone bad, but instead appreciate our relationship with You and work to come closer to You. Lord, open our eyes to see those who are not good for us and give us the courage to let go. Help us to trust You and believe You will not withhold any good thing from us and You're always working all things for our good. Give us the strength to keep our hands off and allow You to work. Help us this day to use our hands to help someone in need. Today we will use our hands to lift our problems, troubles, heartaches and pains to You and with our hands lifted up, we will continue to offer praise to You. Lord, if trouble comes today, remind us to look at our hands and know the best things we can do with our troubles is lift them to You. We thank You in advance for a perfect peaceful day today, in Jesus Name, Amen.

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

Comment by WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR. on March 23, 2012 at 11:15am

Friday Morning Inspiration by Kimberlyn J. Jones . . .
Isaiah 43:19

This morning my brothers and sisters I would like to use for a subject: “GOD WANTS TO DO A NEW THING”. If you attend church regularly I know you’ve probably heard this sermon text preached over and over. Hearing, God wants to do a new thing to some of us is very exciting. Why? Because we're tired of the "same old, same old". New sounds good and we can't wait to get it! But this morning I woke up singing, “Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on Jesus, hallelu, hallelu, hallelu-u-jah!” Wait, that’s not a new song! Nope it’s not, but it still works.

Then I thought about, “He’s sweet I know, He’s sweet I know. Dark clouds may rise, strong winds may blow, but I’ll tell the world wherever I go, that I have found a Savior and He’s sweet I know.” But wait, the subject is, God Wants To Do A New Thing, that song certainly is not new. Nope, but it still works.

Then another song came to mind, “There is a Name I love to hear, I love to sing it’s worth; It sounds like music in my ear, the sweetest Name on earth. Singing, O how I love Jesus, because He first loved me.” OK, that's three songs, none new! Maybe I should change the title of the message, right? Nope! Why? Because the old is still working.

What’s my point? My point is, don’t be in such a hurry to get rid of the old. New is good and we should certainly expect God to continue to do new great things in our lives, but God has given us some old songs with new meaning. When we sang those songs growing up, really we sang the songs with little or no meaning, but the older we get, the more we understand a relationship with the Lord is absolutely necessary; And, the more we know a closer walk with Jesus is necessary, the more the old songs take on new meaning in our lives. Yes, God is doing a new thing!

What’s your favorite hymn? Your favorite "oldie"? Sing it when trouble comes. Sing it when doubt creeps in. Sing it when tempted to do wrong. Sing it throughout this day and today you will experience peace that surpasses all understanding. "You just ask the Savior to help you, comfort, strengthen and keep you; He is willing to aid you and He will carry you through".

Because of Calvary,

Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry

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