Phoebe,
So sorry to hear about the loss of your family member.
You are a great friend and you and your family will be in my prayers.
God bless you all, Love Ed
THANK YOU ALUMNI FRIENDS FOR YOUR CONDOLENCES AND WORDS OF SYMPATHY. I appreciate your kindnesses and thoughtfulness, (Reggie Hall, Tamara Johnson, Edmund Stevens, Wayne Ware, Honor Rae Patterson Drake, Roosevelt Brown, Chestener Gorden Rice, Renee Campbell Hall, Kasaundra Neal Johnson, Steven Windom). Special Thanks to Wayne Ware and Reggie Hall for letting our Alumni Friends & Classmates know about my Cousin's passing. To Roosevelt "Rozi" I love the Flower Bouquet Gift, Thank You so much!! Our Family: We all are still in a state of shock right now. As our Family plans the upcoming Service please continue to keep us in your prayers. Thanks also to those who may have said a prayer for us but were to shy to post a note; and thank you as well for the future notes to come. Please bear with me, I'll try my best to post an individual personal note to all of you when I get the chance.
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
During this time of saddness, may your family gain strength from the love and greetings expressed by all. Know that God is with you and your family and the love you share for each other will help heal the hurt, pain and emptiness you experience at this time. May God bless and keep you.
THANK YOU (Joyce Johnson, Tawnette Fulton-Gilbert, Jerlilia L. Ryan, LaNeal White-Hicklin and Clara Arlene Weston) for your condolences and words of sympathy. I and my family really appreciate your kindness'.
Note from Clara Arlene Weston:
At 11:25 on November 3, 2010, Clara Arlene Weston said...
Q: As Apache Alumni intercessors will we receive prayer assignments. My prayer focus is for the Class of 2011 - that "the eyes of their understanding be enlighten, that they may know what is the hope of their calling and they inherit the riches ordained for their lives. I pray that their minds be completely focused during their time of study, the key of knowledge is opend with understanding and they continually present their minds and bodies not to be conformed to the world, but to the service of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
To Clara,
Thanks as well for the Message regarding the Centennial High School students that you left on my page. In answer to your Question: No, There are no specific Prayer Assignments given out to anyone on this Alumni website. Anyone who wants to pray for an Alumni Member, Family Member, or etc. can feel free to do so. I really loved the way that you took the opportunity to pray and give advice to our future 2011 Graduates coming out of Centennial High School. Because Prayer definitely changes things (especially collective prayer), and the students can really use that much needed encouragement.
Thank You all again, for thinking of me and my family in our time of grief. I and my family really appreciate it.
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
We are One Family in Christ in Heaven and on Earth
Eph. 3:14-15- we are all one family in heaven and on earth, united together, as children of the Father, through Jesus Christ. Our brothers and sisters who have gone to heaven before us are not a different family. We are one and the same family. This is why, in the Apostles Creed, we profess a belief in the "communion of saints." There cannot be a "communion" if there is no union. Loving beings, whether on earth or in heaven, are concerned for other beings, and this concern is reflected spiritually through prayers for one another.
OurFather in heaven, God we thank You for the precious gift of life. This is the day that You have made and we're grateful to still be here, so we will rejoice and be glad in it. Lord, it matters not what our situations look like right now, it matters not how good or bad we've been; You are the God Who changes not. You're still good, You're still kind, You're still merciful, You're still faithful and all that You are, You're still alive and reigning in our lives. We thank You Lord for Your ever presence and for always making Yourself available to us. Help us Lord to draw closer to You and realize the closer we get to You, the more we are assured everything is alright, in fact, we can call it "good" in advance. We thank You for this day and we praise You for the victory, in Jesus Name, Amen.
God, for this day we say thank You. For the rain we say thank You. For traveling grace we say thank You. For protection throughout this day we say thank You. We thank You Lord for we know this is the day that You have made and all that's left for us to do is, rejoice and be glad in it. Lord, we're praying one for another, especially the McCoy, Hunter and Williams Families, and we ask that You will strengthen each person, help us not to complain about anything. Give us the strength not to fuss, no matter how much we're disappointed and the courage to smile where others may be wearing a frown. Lord, we recognize You are the source of our strength and the strength of our lives; So if by chance we forget today where our help comes from, remind us to take a look around and see the beauty of Your creation, and as we look around and see Your handy work, help us to say hallelujah anyhow! We can say hallelujah because just as You spoke in the beginning, You're still speaking now ---speak Lord in our lives and give us the courage to speak back to You with praise and adoration. Hallelujah, Christ the Savior is alive! We purpose in our hearts to worship You with the lives we live, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Thank You For Today's Prayer Bishop Willie Williams!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
May today there be Peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love That has been given you. May you be content knowing that you are a child of God! Let His presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul The freedom to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one of us!!
Our Father in heaven, God we thank You for another beautiful day that You've made, and we
praise You because it's full of Your unconditional mercy and grace.
Lord, we thank You for looking beyond our faults, our disobedience, our
attitudes, our stubbornness, our selfishness and loving us, always.
God, Your love is everlasting and it's so powerful that it reaches us at
our lowest point, it strengthens us when life's circumstances and
situations have caused us to grow weary and it comforts us when we feel
like all hope is gone. You are an awesome God
and our prayer is that You will help us to remember Who's hands we're
in, and give us the courage to trust You more and more each day. Lord,
we thank You for supplying our needs this day. We thank You for
protecting us as we travel the dangerous highways. We thank You for
keeping our family and friends safe. We thank You for the door that You
opened and we thank You for closing the door
that we were determined to walk through on our own. We thank You in
advance for a wonderful day and we shout hallelujah for the victory, in
Jesus Name, Amen.
Thank You So Much BISHOP WILLIE WILLIAMS for your prayers. The strength of your heartfelt prayers are felt and received. Thank You for taking the time to post them. God is good and so are good friends. We Your Centennial High Alumni Family appreciate you and we hope that you will continue praying for us. May God abunduntly bless you & your family always!!
Thank you for all of your wonderful works for the Apache Alumni Association. Blessings to you and your family, not only this holiday season, but throughout the years to come. If I can be of assistance in any way, please don't hesitate to let me know.
As we begin another week of hurrying and scurrying about our busy lives, we pause to express our sincere praise of your majesty. We are amazed that the Creator of the Universe is mindful of each one of us and thankful that you are attentive to our needs.
We confess to you that we are intensely aware of our frailties and failings as humans. We also acknowledge that we are utterly dependent upon you for all that we have and all that we are able to do in this day….in every day. We ask you to help us deny ourselves, take up our crosses and simply follow Jesus so that we might live in such a way as to bring you honor and glory.
We humbly ask you to guide our steps throughout this week. Help us search for and find ways to serve as instruments of your peace in this tumultuous, sin-savaged world. Help us to be a blessing to others. Please help us choose actions that are just and merciful; and, fill us with your Holy Spirit that we might be empowered to walk humbly with you each step of the way.
Please bless those whose names flow from our hearts to your throne.
Provide for each of these according to their needs.
Accept our thanksgiving for your sustaining grace in our lives. Thank you for being the Giver of every good and perfect gift we have received. Help us to bring you pleasure by enjoying these gifts. Help us, also, to honor you by being good stewards of all you have placed in our care.
Above all, thank you for the indescribable gift of your Son to be our Lord and Savior. Please give us the faith, courage, grace and wisdom we need to follow in Him each and every day.
In the precious and powerful name of Jesus we pray.
Good
morning Lord! It's another good day that You have made, filled with
Your goodness, kindness, mercy and grace and we thank You for blessing
us to still be here. God, we're in the last week of 2010 and there are a
number of things we said we wouldn't do, that we did; And, there are a
number of things we said we would do, that we didn't do; And, already
we're saying what we're going to do and not do in 2011, but right now we
ask that You will help us to stop planning long enough to ask You what
You want. Help us to remember how our plans messed things up, but when
we followed Your plan, we enjoyed Your peace and provision. Father,
open our eyes that we may see where we're in control and give us the
courage to let go and let you have Your way in our lives. Lord, help us
to admit our way brings confusion, turmoil, pain and strife, but Your
way brings happiness, peace, joy and contentment--Give us the strength
to place both hands on Your way and move forward. Father we lift unto
you the Families of Bishop Ralph Salary and Dr. Lonnie Dawson, and we
ask this in Jesus Name, Amen.
Oh Lord, we praise You! Oh Lord, we praise You! You are the source of our
strength! You are the strength of our lives, we lift our hands in total
praise to You! God, we thank You for another beautiful day that You
have blessed us to see. We thank You Lord because we recognize it's a
blessing and a privilege to have another chance to say yes to Your
will. We ask that You will give us the courage to keep pressing our way
through and not grow weary in doing well, for we believe Your Word is
true, we shall reap a harvest of blessings if we faint not. God, as we
enter the close of another year, we pray one for another, asking You to
open our understanding to the sowing and reaping process; Whatsoever we
sow, that shall we reap! Give us the wisdom God to sow good seeds and
resist the temptation of the evil one to plant seeds of discourse,
hatred, envy, backbiting, and all other manners of evil. In all that
we do help us to sow the seed of love, for by our love one to another
the world will know we belong to You. God we thank You for our lives
and we shall live it this day to Your glory. We thank You in advance
for the victory today, for we believe something good will happen to us
and through us this day, in Jesus Name, Amen.
(THOUGHTS ON PRAYER: The Bible's Reasons Why We Should Pray)
For the Christian, praying is like breathing. It is easier to do it than to not do it. We pray for a variety of reasons. For one thing, prayer is a form of serving God (Luke 2:36-38) and obeying Him. We pray because God commands us to pray (Philippians 4:6-7). Prayer is exemplified for us by Christ and the early church (Mark 1:35; Acts 1:14; 2:42; 3:1; 4:23-31; 6:4; 13:1-3). If Jesus thought it was worthwhile to pray, we should also. If He needed to pray to remain in the Father’s will, how much more do we need to pray?
Another reason to pray is that God intends prayer to be the means of obtaining His solutions in a number of situations. We pray in preparation for major decisions (Luke 6:12-13); to overcome demonic barriers (Matthew 17:14-21); to gather workers for the spiritual harvest (Luke 10:2); to gain strength to overcome temptation (Matthew 26:41); and to obtain the means of strengthening others spiritually (Ephesians 6:18-19).
We come to God with our specific requests, and we have God's promise that our prayers are not in vain, even if we do not receive specifically what we asked for (Matthew 6:6; Romans 8:26-27). He has promised that when we ask for things that are in accordance with His will, He will give us what we ask for (1 John 5:14-15). Sometimes He delays His answers according to His wisdom and for our benefit. In these situations, we are to be diligent and persistent in prayer (Matthew 7:7; Luke 18:1-8). Prayer should not be seen as our means of getting God to do our will on earth, but rather as a means of getting God's will done on earth. God’s wisdom far exceeds our own.
For situations in which we do not know God's will specifically, prayer is a means of discerning His will. If the Syrian woman with the demon-influenced daughter had not prayed to Christ, her daughter would not have been made whole (Mark 7:26-30). If the blind man outside Jericho had not called out to Christ, he would have remained blind (Luke 18:35-43). God has said that we often go without because we do not ask (James 4:2). In one sense, prayer is like sharing the gospel with people. We do not know who will respond to the message of the gospel until we share it. In the same way, we will never see the results of answered prayer unless we pray.
A lack of prayer demonstrates a lack of faith and a lack of trust in God’s Word. We pray to demonstrate our faith in God, that He will do as He has promised in His Word and bless our lives abundantly more than we could ask or hope for (Ephesians 3:20). Prayer is our primary means of seeing God work in others' lives. Because it is our means of “plugging into” God's power, it is our means of defeating Satan and his army that we are powerless to overcome by ourselves. Therefore, may God find us often before His throne, for we have a high priest in heaven who can identify with all that we go through (Hebrews 4:15-16). We have His promise that the fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much (James 5:16-18). May God glorify His name in our lives as we believe in Him enough to come to Him often in prayer.
Our Father in heaven, God we praise You for another beautiful day of life. We thank You for the
rain, we thank You for the snow, we thank You for the wind, we thank You
for the cold; Often times we complain about these things, but God we
trust You, so we choose to praise You in the midst of it all. God we
thank You for Your faithfulness, Your compassion, Your mercy, Your grace
and Your strength at work in our lives today. Lord, we pray one for
another, asking You to give us the courage to trust You in
everything and not lean to our own understanding. Give us the strength
to keep our hands off all means of taking our lives into our own
hands, and in everything continue to give thanks and praise unto You.
God we believe You're able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can
ask our think---We believe You God! We thank You in advance for a
beautiful victorious day today, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Lord, how we love You, how we praise You, how we lift up Your holy and righteous
Name. We thank You Lord for opening our understanding to know, You are
the only true and living God. God, this morning we thank You for
delivering Della Ford's mother from the hospital, we're praying that You
will continue to provide strength to Della and healing to her mom. We
also pray for Della's friend's mother who is currently in the hospital,
asking that You will touch and heal her body. Lord we thank You for
being faithful to us all the days of our lives and we are confident that
You will always be right here with us, leading, guiding, directing,
protecting and loving us no matter what. We thank You Lord for today
and we purpose in our hearts right now to forget about the stuff that's
weighing us down and concentrate on being who You created us to be.
It's a good day to show the world we love You, we love ourselves and
we're excited about living today. We recognize the enemy is busy trying
to ruin our day and discourage us, but we thank You because we know,
greater are You Who lives in us, than he that is in the world. We give
You praise for a wonderful day and we will let nothing distract us from
enjoying this beautiful day that You have made for our enjoyment, in
Jesus Name, Amen.
TAKE ME INTO A NEW YEAR, Gracious God. Help me to continue looking for meaning, seeking peace, praying for light, dancing for joy, working for justice, and singing your praise. I go into the new year filled with expectations, a touch of worry, and a bundle of hope. I do not journey into the new year alone but with you as my guide, with a commitment to my disciplines, with a community of family, friends, and faith. Take me into the new year, Creator of beauty and wonder. Bless me with the companionship of Jesus, and gift me with the guidance and power of the Spirit. Amen.
- Larry James Peacock ( From Book:Openings)
Today’s Scripture Reading
As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
If you want change, why not choose to do it today? Tomorrow is just
another day of another new year, why wait? Afterall, all we're
promised is right now, are you really going to wait?
I hope this blesses you as much as it did me . . .
Happy New Year to ALL!
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
by Jim Rohn
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we
wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any
day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start
the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or
next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the
idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain
as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education,
delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to
make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause.
As Shakespeare
uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We
created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability
and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those
who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time
to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth.
They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us
down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make
the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make
the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily
lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone
seeking and needing to make changes in their life—If you don’t like how
things are, change it! You’re not a tree. You have the ability to
totally transform every area in your life—and it all begins with your
very own power of choice.
Lord, we thank You for the first Monday of 2011. Today many are going back to
work after being off on vacation, children are going back to school and
the traffic will most likely be heavy, so we ask that You will grant us
peace and patience. Help us not to complain about the rain or the snow, the traffic
or the busyness of the day, but instead give glory to our God in all
things. God, You have been good, You are good and because of Your
faithfulness, we expect You to continue to be good; So really, we have
no reason to complain about anything. We pray one for another, asking
that You will give us the strength and courage to keep pressing our way
forward, being who you created us to be and doing all that You have
assigned for us to do. We pray for the sick and shut in all over the
land, asking that You will touch and heal their bodies and we pray that
You will renew strength of those who are standing close by their loved
ones side. Bless the elderly and our youth, surround Your loving arms
of protection all around them and bless them with the blessings they're
standing in need of. God, we thank You for this beautiful day and we
purpose in our hearts right now to rejoice and be glad in it, in Jesus
Name, Amen.
Oh Lord, we praise You! Oh Lord, we praise You!!! Thank You Lord for this another day that You have blessed us to see. We thank You for
Your goodness, kindness, mercy and grace. We thank You Lord for giving
us the mind to recognize You to be the only true and living God. You
are the Great I Am!!! Give us the wisdom to trust the One Who knows
everything, can do everything and is everywhere present at the same
time. You're everywhere present handing out Your peace, You're being
the best friend we could ever hope for, You're being our protection,
You're healing and You're always providing, so Father we are asking a
special touch on The Salary family, Paulette Bartley, Arvis Donaldson,
IBI, the family of Zebbie Rish, Shirley Hunter, Frank Phillips, Apostle
R. Berry, Bishop Bonner, C. Williams and so many, many more. Yet we
know you know who they all are, and where they are, and what they stand
in need of; so we just say Thank You! Thank You Lord for being
everywhere present and being everything we need. We thank You Lord
because You made this day and there is nothing about this day that
intimidates You, so we will trust You, praise You, worship You, obey You
and display You everywhere we go, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Lord Jesus Christ, while on earth you had close and devoted friends, such as John. Lazarus, Martha and Mary. You showed in this way that friendship is one of life's great blessings.
Thank you for the friends that you have given us to love each of us in spite of our failures and weaknesses, and to enrich our lives after your example. Let us ever behave toward them as you behaved toward your friends.
Bind us close together in you and enable us to help one another on our earthly journey.
Oh Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy Name! From the rising of the sun, until the going down of the same, Your Name is to be praised! Great is Thy faithfulness towards us, thank You Lord! We thank You for another beautiful day. We thank You Lord for keeping us throughout the night, for protecting our family and friends and for supplying all of our needs. We thank You Lord because we know there is no failure in You and all that You do, You do well. Help us to say in all things, "It is well with my soul." We can say it is well because we know You loved us so much that You sent Your Son to die for our sins, and that love to us shall never end, nor will it ever loose it's power. So Father we thank You for a great day today. We thank You for opening our eyes to see Your beauty. We thank You for the love that shall run from heart to heart and for the many smiles that will make someone else smile. We thank You Lord for Your ever presence in our lives and because You live in us, we shall rejoice and be glad in this day, in Jesus Name, Amen.
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DAILY PRAYERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM. PRAYER IS ALWAYS IN ORDER. IT'S THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING. CONTINUE ON YOUR JOURNEY!!!
Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules. The first set of rules would be: Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you. You can not simply transfer money into some other account. You can only spend it.
Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400.00 for that day. The second set of rules: The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, it’s over, the game is over
It can close the account and you will not receive a new one. What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted, right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right?
Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to spend every cent, and use it all, right? ACTUALLY This GAME is REALITY!
Each of us is in possession of such a magical bank. We just can't seem to see it. The MAGICAL BANK is TIME!
Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is NOT credited to us. What we haven't lived up that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone.
Each morning the account is refilled, but GOD can dissolve your account at any time....WITHOUT WARNING.
SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds? Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars.
Think about that, and always think of this: Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think. So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
Here's wishing you a wonderfully beautiful day.Start spending. Your life is a deposit from GOD!
Our Father, our God, our Lord, our Savior, our King, our Friend, we thank You for another beautiful Monday that You have made. It's Monday and many have to go to work and although we would rather lay in bed, we are grateful to You for blessing us with our jobs. We thank You Lord for blessing us with transportation to get to our jobs. Lord, we have so much to be thankful for and our desire is to not take anything for granted, we thank You for blessing us with the blessings we're standing in the need of. God, when faced with a situation that has the potential of robbing us of our joy or stealing our peace, help us to focus on Your goodness, kindness, mercy and grace and know there is victory in Jesus, always. Help us to remember, our attitude will determine our altitude, if we can think it, through Christ we can achieve it. Today is a good day and we shall think good thoughts and let nothing distract us from giving praise to You, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Lord, for Your goodness and mercy we say, thank You. For waking us early this morning with a sound mind, movement of our limbs, worship in our hearts and praise on our lips to the most high God, we say, thank You! God, this morning we confess, there is none like You; We have tried relationships, material things and so much more and found, there is none like You! You are the only true and living God and You're worthy of all the praise, so we offer praise to You and we thank You for being faithful--Lord You are the only constant in our lives and we thank You for being our best friend. Lord, we ask that You will help us to trust You in every situation and give us the wisdom to place no one before You. God, distractions may come today, but we ask that You will give us the strength to resist the enemy and expect him to flee from us, just as Your Word says. We praise You Lord for this beautiful day that You have made and we shall rejoice and be glad in it, no matter what, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Our Lord and our God, we thank You for another perfect day that You have made. It may be cold, snowing, raining or the sun may be shinning--no matter what it's a beautiful day and it's all good. As we go throughout this day help us to remember our God made this day, so our God can handle anything this day brings. We ask that You will give us the courage to rest on Your promise that You will be with us always, including today. And Lord, since You're with us and You are greater than he who is in the world, we expect the great. We expect goodness and mercy to follow us, we expect Your love to guide us and we expect Your peace to keep us. God, through faith we expect something great will happen to us today and we're praising You in advance for opening doors, for healing, for deliverance, for restoration, for providing --God we praise You in advance for the victory today, in Jesus Name, Amen.
All things work together for good to them that love the Lord, to those who answer His calling, according to His Word.
Once in the hands of Jesus faith is the walk of life; it causes joy in the sunshine, and delivers us through all strife.
That means every single thing that happens to you or me is part of God's mighty plan to prepare us for eternity.
Though not conscious of His presence, we engage the shield of faith, knowing God has provided the circumstance, time and place.
Nothing that happens can hurt us; we know He is there by our side; for all things work for our good, to perfect and prepare His bride.
(Romans 8:28 NIV ) "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose." ___________________________________________
Edmund Stevens
So sorry to hear about the loss of your family member.
You are a great friend and you and your family will be in my prayers.
God bless you all, Love Ed
Nov 1, 2010
Wayne Ware c/o '75 (WebMaster)
I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your First Cousin "Scottie".
Like Edmund said, you are a great friend & I will keep you and the entire Macon Family, in my Prayers.
Your Friend & Classmate For Life,
Wayne
Nov 1, 2010
Chestener Gorden Rice
Praying for you and your family.
Nov 1, 2010
Phoebe Macon
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Nov 2, 2010
Joyce Johnson
Nov 2, 2010
Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert
YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY ARE IN MY PRAYERS.
SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS.
LOVE
TAWNETTE
GOD BLESS
Nov 3, 2010
Clara Arlene Weston
Nov 3, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Note from Clara Arlene Weston:
At 11:25 on November 3, 2010, Clara Arlene Weston said...
Q: As Apache Alumni intercessors will we receive prayer assignments. My prayer focus is for the Class of 2011 - that "the eyes of their understanding be enlighten, that they may know what is the hope of their calling and they inherit the riches ordained for their lives. I pray that their minds be completely focused during their time of study, the key of knowledge is opend with understanding and they continually present their minds and bodies not to be conformed to the world, but to the service of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ."
To Clara,
Thanks as well for the Message regarding the Centennial High School students that you left on my page. In answer to your Question: No, There are no specific Prayer Assignments given out to anyone on this Alumni website. Anyone who wants to pray for an Alumni Member, Family Member, or etc. can feel free to do so. I really loved the way that you took the opportunity to pray and give advice to our future 2011 Graduates coming out of Centennial High School. Because Prayer definitely changes things (especially collective prayer), and the students can really use that much needed encouragement.
Thank You all again, for thinking of me and my family in our time of grief. I and my family really appreciate it.
God bless!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Nov 5, 2010
Tiffany Jackson
I'm wishing you and your family peace at this very sorrowful time.
The Macon family will be in my prayers.
Love Tiffany J.
Nov 10, 2010
Roland Moore
Eph. 3:14-15- we are all one family in heaven and on earth, united together, as children of the Father, through Jesus Christ. Our brothers and sisters who have gone to heaven before us are not a different family. We are one and the same family. This is why, in the Apostles Creed, we profess a belief in the "communion of saints." There cannot be a "communion" if there is no union. Loving beings, whether on earth or in heaven, are concerned for other beings, and this concern is reflected spiritually through prayers for one another.
_________________________
To Phoebe and the Macon Family,
My Deepest Condolences!
Nov 11, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
THURSDAY MORNING PRAYER...
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Dec 16, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Amen!!
Thank You Bro. Willie for the Prayer & God bless you!!
Dec 16, 2010
Wayne Ware c/o '75 (WebMaster)
AMEN: Bishop Willie Williams!!
Dec 16, 2010
Jacquelyn Brown
HOPE
Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24
HAPPY SUNDAY & GOD BLESS!
Love Jacq. B.
Dec 19, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
MONDAY MORNING PRAYER!
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
Dec 20, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Amen!!
Thank You For Today's Prayer Bishop Willie Williams!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love
That has been given you.
May you be content knowing that you are a child of God!
Let His presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul
The freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us!!
Dec 20, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:
Lord, we thank You for looking beyond our faults, our disobedience, our
attitudes, our stubbornness, our selfishness and loving us, always.
God, Your love is everlasting and it's so powerful that it reaches us at
our lowest point, it strengthens us when life's circumstances and
situations have caused us to grow weary and it comforts us when we feel
like all hope is gone. You are an awesome God
and our prayer is that You will help us to remember Who's hands we're
in, and give us the courage to trust You more and more each day. Lord,
we thank You for supplying our needs this day. We thank You for
protecting us as we travel the dangerous highways. We thank You for
keeping our family and friends safe. We thank You for the door that You
opened and we thank You for closing the door
that we were determined to walk through on our own. We thank You in
advance for a wonderful day and we shout hallelujah for the victory, in
Jesus Name, Amen.
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Dec 22, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Amen!!
Bishop Willie Williams "THANK YOU" for Today's Prayer that we all stand in need of!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 22, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
Sent: Thu, December 23, 2010 9:43:40 AM
Subject: FW: Merry Christmas
Dec 23, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Thank You So Much BISHOP WILLIE WILLIAMS for your prayers. The strength of your heartfelt prayers are felt and received. Thank You for taking the time to post them. God is good and so are good friends. We Your Centennial High Alumni Family appreciate you and we hope that you will continue praying for us. May God abunduntly bless you & your family always!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 24, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
My Friend,
Thank you for all of your wonderful works for the Apache Alumni Association. Blessings to you and your family, not only this holiday season, but throughout the years to come. If I can be of assistance in any way, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Becuase of Calvary,
Bishop Willie Williams
Dec 24, 2010
Phoebe Macon
MERRY CHRISTMAS APACHES!!
"A CHRISTMAS DAY PRAYER"
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 25, 2010
Phoebe Macon
A Monday Prayer
(By SpiitualOasis.org)
Dear Father in heaven,
As we begin another week of hurrying and scurrying about our busy lives, we pause to express our sincere praise of your majesty. We are amazed that the Creator of the Universe is mindful of each one of us and thankful that you are attentive to our needs.
We confess to you that we are intensely aware of our frailties and failings as humans. We also acknowledge that we are utterly dependent upon you for all that we have and all that we are able to do in this day….in every day. We ask you to help us deny ourselves, take up our crosses and simply follow Jesus so that we might live in such a way as to bring you honor and glory.
We humbly ask you to guide our steps throughout this week. Help us search for and find ways to serve as instruments of your peace in this tumultuous, sin-savaged world. Help us to be a blessing to others. Please help us choose actions that are just and merciful; and, fill us with your Holy Spirit that we might be empowered to walk humbly with you each step of the way.
Please bless those whose names flow from our hearts to your throne.
Provide for each of these according to their needs.
Accept our thanksgiving for your sustaining grace in our lives. Thank you for being the Giver of every good and perfect gift we have received. Help us to bring you pleasure by enjoying these gifts. Help us, also, to honor you by being good stewards of all you have placed in our care.
Above all, thank you for the indescribable gift of your Son to be our Lord and Savior. Please give us the faith, courage, grace and wisdom we need to follow in Him each and every day.
In the precious and powerful name of Jesus we pray.
Amen
Dec 27, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
MONDAY MORNING PRAYER:
Your goodness, kindness, mercy and grace and we thank You for blessing
us to still be here. God, we're in the last week of 2010 and there are a
number of things we said we wouldn't do, that we did; And, there are a
number of things we said we would do, that we didn't do; And, already
we're saying what we're going to do and not do in 2011, but right now we
ask that You will help us to stop planning long enough to ask You what
You want. Help us to remember how our plans messed things up, but when
we followed Your plan, we enjoyed Your peace and provision. Father,
open our eyes that we may see where we're in control and give us the
courage to let go and let you have Your way in our lives. Lord, help us
to admit our way brings confusion, turmoil, pain and strife, but Your
way brings happiness, peace, joy and contentment--Give us the strength
to place both hands on Your way and move forward. Father we lift unto
you the Families of Bishop Ralph Salary and Dr. Lonnie Dawson, and we
ask this in Jesus Name, Amen.
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Dec 27, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Thank You Bishop Willie Williams for the Prayer!!
I stand in agreement and receive it all in Jesus Name,
Amen!!
(Season's Greetings and Happy New Year!!)
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 27, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER;
praise to You! God, we thank You for another beautiful day that You
have blessed us to see. We thank You Lord because we recognize it's a
blessing and a privilege to have another chance to say yes to Your
will. We ask that You will give us the courage to keep pressing our way
through and not grow weary in doing well, for we believe Your Word is
true, we shall reap a harvest of blessings if we faint not. God, as we
enter the close of another year, we pray one for another, asking You to
open our understanding to the sowing and reaping process; Whatsoever we
sow, that shall we reap! Give us the wisdom God to sow good seeds and
resist the temptation of the evil one to plant seeds of discourse,
hatred, envy, backbiting, and all other manners of evil. In all that
we do help us to sow the seed of love, for by our love one to another
the world will know we belong to You. God we thank You for our lives
and we shall live it this day to Your glory. We thank You in advance
for the victory today, for we believe something good will happen to us
and through us this day, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Dec 28, 2010
Phoebe Macon
(THOUGHTS ON PRAYER: The Bible's Reasons Why We Should Pray)
For the Christian, praying is like breathing. It is easier to do it than to not do it. We pray for a variety of reasons. For one thing, prayer is a form of serving God (Luke 2:36-38) and obeying Him. We pray because God commands us to pray (Philippians 4:6-7). Prayer is exemplified for us by Christ and the early church (Mark 1:35; Acts 1:14; 2:42; 3:1; 4:23-31; 6:4; 13:1-3). If Jesus thought it was worthwhile to pray, we should also. If He needed to pray to remain in the Father’s will, how much more do we need to pray?
Another reason to pray is that God intends prayer to be the means of obtaining His solutions in a number of situations. We pray in preparation for major decisions (Luke 6:12-13); to overcome demonic barriers (Matthew 17:14-21); to gather workers for the spiritual harvest (Luke 10:2); to gain strength to overcome temptation (Matthew 26:41); and to obtain the means of strengthening others spiritually (Ephesians 6:18-19).
We come to God with our specific requests, and we have God's promise that our prayers are not in vain, even if we do not receive specifically what we asked for (Matthew 6:6; Romans 8:26-27). He has promised that when we ask for things that are in accordance with His will, He will give us what we ask for (1 John 5:14-15). Sometimes He delays His answers according to His wisdom and for our benefit. In these situations, we are to be diligent and persistent in prayer (Matthew 7:7; Luke 18:1-8). Prayer should not be seen as our means of getting God to do our will on earth, but rather as a means of getting God's will done on earth. God’s wisdom far exceeds our own.
For situations in which we do not know God's will specifically, prayer is a means of discerning His will. If the Syrian woman with the demon-influenced daughter had not prayed to Christ, her daughter would not have been made whole (Mark 7:26-30). If the blind man outside Jericho had not called out to Christ, he would have remained blind (Luke 18:35-43). God has said that we often go without because we do not ask (James 4:2). In one sense, prayer is like sharing the gospel with people. We do not know who will respond to the message of the gospel until we share it. In the same way, we will never see the results of answered prayer unless we pray.
A lack of prayer demonstrates a lack of faith and a lack of trust in God’s Word. We pray to demonstrate our faith in God, that He will do as He has promised in His Word and bless our lives abundantly more than we could ask or hope for (Ephesians 3:20). Prayer is our primary means of seeing God work in others' lives. Because it is our means of “plugging into” God's power, it is our means of defeating Satan and his army that we are powerless to overcome by ourselves. Therefore, may God find us often before His throne, for we have a high priest in heaven who can identify with all that we go through (Hebrews 4:15-16). We have His promise that the fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much (James 5:16-18). May God glorify His name in our lives as we believe in Him enough to come to Him often in prayer.
(From: GotQuestions?.org)
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HAVE A VERY BLESSED DAY EVERYONE & GOD BLESS!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 29, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:
for the cold; Often times we complain about these things, but God we
trust You, so we choose to praise You in the midst of it all. God we
thank You for Your faithfulness, Your compassion, Your mercy, Your grace
and Your strength at work in our lives today. Lord, we pray one for
another, asking You to give us the courage to trust You in
everything and not lean to our own understanding. Give us the strength
to keep our hands off all means of taking our lives into our own
hands, and in everything continue to give thanks and praise unto You.
God we believe You're able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we can
ask our think---We believe You God! We thank You in advance for a
beautiful victorious day today, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Dec 29, 2010
Phoebe Macon
AMEN!!
THANKS FOR THE PRAYER BISHOP WILLIE & GOD BLESS YOU!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 29, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
THURSDAY MORNING PRAYER:
the only true and living God. God, this morning we thank You for
delivering Della Ford's mother from the hospital, we're praying that You
will continue to provide strength to Della and healing to her mom. We
also pray for Della's friend's mother who is currently in the hospital,
asking that You will touch and heal her body. Lord we thank You for
being faithful to us all the days of our lives and we are confident that
You will always be right here with us, leading, guiding, directing,
protecting and loving us no matter what. We thank You Lord for today
and we purpose in our hearts right now to forget about the stuff that's
weighing us down and concentrate on being who You created us to be.
It's a good day to show the world we love You, we love ourselves and
we're excited about living today. We recognize the enemy is busy trying
to ruin our day and discourage us, but we thank You because we know,
greater are You Who lives in us, than he that is in the world. We give
You praise for a wonderful day and we will let nothing distract us from
enjoying this beautiful day that You have made for our enjoyment, in
Jesus Name, Amen.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Blessings
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Dec 30, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Amen!!
Thank You & Happy New Year Bishop Willie!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Dec 30, 2010
Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert
AMEN!!!
WONDERFUL AND POWERFUL PRAYER!!!!!!!!!!
GOD BLESS YOU BISHOP WILLIE!!!
Dec 30, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Prayer for New Year’s Eve
Friday's Reflection
TAKE ME INTO A NEW YEAR, Gracious God. Help me to continue looking for meaning, seeking peace, praying for light, dancing for joy, working for justice, and singing your praise. I go into the new year filled with expectations, a touch of worry, and a bundle of hope. I do not journey into the new year alone but with you as my guide, with a commitment to my disciplines, with a community of family, friends, and faith. Take me into the new year, Creator of beauty and wonder. Bless me with the companionship of Jesus, and gift me with the guidance and power of the Spirit. Amen.
- Larry James Peacock ( From Book:Openings)
Today’s Scripture Reading
As God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
- Colossians 3:12, NIV
Dec 31, 2010
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
If you want change, why not choose to do it today? Tomorrow is just another day of another new year, why wait? Afterall, all we're
promised is right now, are you really going to wait?
I hope this blesses you as much as it did me . . .
Happy New Year to ALL!
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
by
Jim Rohn
Any day we wish; we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any
day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start
the process of life change. We can do it immediately, or next week, or
next month, or next year.
We can also do nothing. We can pretend rather than perform. And if the idea of having to change ourselves makes us uncomfortable, we can remain
as we are. We can choose rest over labor, entertainment over education,
delusion over truth, and doubt over confidence. The choices are ours to
make. But while we curse the effect, we continue to nourish the cause.
As Shakespeare
uniquely observed, "The fault is not in the stars, but in ourselves." We
created our circumstances by our past choices. We have both the ability
and the responsibility to make better choices beginning today. Those
who are in search of the good life do not need more answers or more time
to think things over to reach better conclusions. They need the truth.
They need the whole truth. And they need nothing but the truth.
We cannot allow our errors in judgment, repeated every day, to lead us down the wrong path. We must keep coming back to those basics that make
the biggest difference in how our life works out. And then we must make
the very choices that will bring life, happiness and joy into our daily
lives.
And if I may be so bold to offer my last piece of advice for someone seeking and needing to make changes in their life—If you don’t like how
things are, change it! You’re not a tree. You have the ability to
totally transform every area in your life—and it all begins with your
very own power of choice.
Dec 31, 2010
Phoebe Macon
Jan 1, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
MONDAY MORNING PRAYER:
the traffic will most likely be heavy, so we ask that You will grant us
peace and patience. Help us not to complain about the rain or the snow, the traffic
or the busyness of the day, but instead give glory to our God in all
things. God, You have been good, You are good and because of Your
faithfulness, we expect You to continue to be good; So really, we have
no reason to complain about anything. We pray one for another, asking
that You will give us the strength and courage to keep pressing our way
forward, being who you created us to be and doing all that You have
assigned for us to do. We pray for the sick and shut in all over the
land, asking that You will touch and heal their bodies and we pray that
You will renew strength of those who are standing close by their loved
ones side. Bless the elderly and our youth, surround Your loving arms
of protection all around them and bless them with the blessings they're
standing in need of. God, we thank You for this beautiful day and we
purpose in our hearts right now to rejoice and be glad in it, in Jesus
Name, Amen.
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Jan 3, 2011
Phoebe Macon
AMEN!!
THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER BISHOP WILLIE!!
Jan 3, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
Jan 3, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER;
us the mind to recognize You to be the only true and living God. You
are the Great I Am!!! Give us the wisdom to trust the One Who knows
everything, can do everything and is everywhere present at the same
time. You're everywhere present handing out Your peace, You're being
the best friend we could ever hope for, You're being our protection,
You're healing and You're always providing, so Father we are asking a
special touch on The Salary family, Paulette Bartley, Arvis Donaldson,
IBI, the family of Zebbie Rish, Shirley Hunter, Frank Phillips, Apostle
R. Berry, Bishop Bonner, C. Williams and so many, many more. Yet we
know you know who they all are, and where they are, and what they stand
in need of; so we just say Thank You! Thank You Lord for being
everywhere present and being everything we need. We thank You Lord
because You made this day and there is nothing about this day that
intimidates You, so we will trust You, praise You, worship You, obey You
and display You everywhere we go, in Jesus Name, Amen.
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Jan 4, 2011
Phoebe Macon
THANK YOU & GOD BLESS YOU BISHOP WILLIE!!
Jan 5, 2011
Phoebe Macon
Prayer for Friends
(Prayer.org)
Lord Jesus Christ,
while on earth you had close and devoted friends,
such as John. Lazarus, Martha and Mary.
You showed in this way that friendship
is one of life's great blessings.
Thank you for the friends that you have given us
to love each of us in spite of our failures and weaknesses,
and to enrich our lives after your example.
Let us ever behave toward them
as you behaved toward your friends.
Bind us close together in you and enable us
to help one another on our earthly journey.
Amen.
Jan 5, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Miistry
Jan 5, 2011
Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert
PHOEBE,
I'M THANKFUL TO GOD FOR HAVING A FRIEND LIKE YOU!!!
GOD BLESS
YOUR FRIEND
TAWNETTE
Jan 5, 2011
Tawnette Fulton- Gilbert
BISHOP WILLIE,
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DAILY PRAYERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO THEM. PRAYER IS ALWAYS IN ORDER. IT'S THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING. CONTINUE ON YOUR JOURNEY!!!
GOD BLESS
TAWNETTE (72)
Jan 5, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
FRIDAY MORNING INSPIRATION:
Imagine that you had won the following prize in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400.00 in your private account for your use.
However, this prize has rules, just as any game has certain rules. The first set of rules would be: Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you. You can not simply transfer money into some other account.
You can only spend it.
Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400.00 for that day.
The second set of rules: The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, it’s over, the game is over
It can close the account and you will not receive a new one. What would you personally do?
You would buy anything and everything you wanted, right? Not only for yourself, but for all people you love, right?
Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right? You would try to
spend every cent, and use it all, right? ACTUALLY This GAME is REALITY!
Each of us is in possession of such a magical bank. We just can't seem to see it. The MAGICAL BANK is TIME!
Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time
is NOT credited to us. What we haven't lived up that day is forever lost. Yesterday is forever gone.
Each morning the account is refilled, but GOD can dissolve your account at any time....WITHOUT WARNING.
SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds? Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars.
Think about that, and always think of this: Enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.
So take care of yourself, be Happy, Love Deeply and enjoy life!
Here's wishing you a wonderfully beautiful day. Start spending. Your life is a deposit from GOD!
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Jan 7, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
MONDAY MORNING PRAYER:
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Jan 10, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
TUESDAY MORNING PRAYER:
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
Jan 11, 2011
Phoebe Macon
AMEN!!
THANK YOU BROTHER WILLIE FOR THAT UNFORGETTABLE PRAYER. IT IS MUCH NEEDED.
GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUAL PRAYERS FOR ALL OF US ALUMNI !!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe Macon c/o '75
Jan 11, 2011
WILLIE W. WILLIAMS JR.
WEDNESDAY MORNING PRAYER:
Blessings,
Bishop Willie Williams
The Prayer Ministry
Jan 12, 2011
Phoebe Macon
(Written by Unknown)
All things work together for good
to them that love the Lord,
to those who answer His calling,
according to His Word.
Once in the hands of Jesus
faith is the walk of life;
it causes joy in the sunshine,
and delivers us through all strife.
That means every single thing
that happens to you or me
is part of God's mighty plan
to prepare us for eternity.
Though not conscious of His presence,
we engage the shield of faith,
knowing God has provided
the circumstance, time and place.
Nothing that happens can hurt us;
we know He is there by our side;
for all things work for our good,
to perfect and prepare His bride.
(Romans 8:28 NIV )
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose."
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GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!
Love and Blessings, Phoebe
Jan 13, 2011