Sept Month of Miracles!

Hello Dear Ones!

In June we studied the word spot. And Apostle Peter urged us to look to the coming of our Lord and to be found of Him without spot, and blameless.  (2Pet. 3:14.  He finishes that chapter by warning us not to be led away in deception and then saying this:

 2Pet. 3:18  But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever. Amen.

The word grow means this:

1)    to cause to grow, augment  2) to increase, become greater//

AUGMENT', v.t. [L. augmento, augmentum, from augeo, auxi, to increase; Gr. It seems to be the Eng. to wax, or to eke.] 1. To increase; to enlarge in size or extent; to swell; to make bigger; as, to augment an army, by reinforcement; rain augments a stream. 2. To increase or swell the degree, amount or magnitude; as, impatience augments an evil.

AUGMENT', v.i. To increase; to grow larger; as, a stream augments by rain.

AUG'MENT, n.  1. Increase; enlargement by addition; state of increase.

 

The word Grace may prove a little more tricky,  because of how we have always been taught.  We have been told it is unmerited favor.  But Jesus grew in Grace, and certainly that wouldn’t have been unmerited!  And we are in Him.  So what is Grace?  Thayer describes it as thus:   1a) that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech.  2) good will, loving-kindness, favour  2a) of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues  3) what is due to grace  3a) the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace

Grace is God’s ability working in and through us, kindling, igniting or urging us to exercise Christian virtues; Love, Joy, Peace, long-suffering ( patience) gentleness, goodness (kindness,) faith, meekness, and temperance (self-control.) The fruit of the Spirit that Paul tells us that we possess, but must learn to walk in.  Peter also tells us to give diligence and to add to our faith; virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity (love.)    Apostle Bobbie Jean Merck gave this definition of Grace: “Grace is God’s Ability, God’s Efficiency, God’s Proficiency, God’s Power, God’s Sufficiency, God’s Strength, and God’s Help In, Upon, With and Through us!”   Grow in Grace- grow in good will, loving-kindness and favour.  Increase, extend, and reinforce Grace and it’s characteristics in your life and towards others.  What we sow, we will also reap.  Is our first words, “I can’t do ________” or is it, “By God’s Grace I CAN do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”  How does He strengthen us?  By giving us His Grace! 

Heb 4:16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

He sits upon a throne of Grace and we are told to come boldly!  Thayers: Boldly: free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance.

We are to GROW in this fearless confidence and assurance.  We are to GROW in the attributes of Grace by exercising them and by giving of those things freely to others as the occasions arise.  So to do that, we must believe that we have received and SAY of the Lord, “He has bestowed me with His Grace and I am walking in Grace and Growing in Grace daily!”  Amen!

And surely, He graced me for the trip to South Africa, an 18 hr. trip!  I am rejoicing for the lives that were touched and impacted.  We ordained and set into office a Prophet and an Apostle, while I was there.  Plus, all who attended were encouraged and lifted.

I am also in the planning stages to return to Nigeria!  YES!  I have been asked to speak at a church in Ben We (pronounced Ben WAY) state that seats 6000!  Also several churches in Abuja are clamoring for me to come and Idah eagerly awaits my return to their village.  Plus, I have promised to go to Uyo in Akwo Bom State (in the south) to visit Pastor Ibanga’s church and strengthen and encourage him. He is steadily recovering from a stroke. Traveling there is labeled as dangerous, so please do pray for me!  There are also a couple of churches in Port Harcourt, one of which is a branch of Joshua’s ministry. This is also dangerous territory.  Basically, I need to slip in, do what God wants and get back out rather quickly.  I’ll be arranging all this with my Personal Assistant; Prophet Joshua Izugbara who is one of my spiritual sons and will act as liaison with each pastor and church to facilitate my itinerary and safety.  Tommy is planning some little surprise for my birthday, Oct. 18th, so I won’t be going until October 28th- Nov. 21th, as God provides the finances for the trip. (pray for favor at work to let me off!) So far I have $300 towards the air fare!  The cheapest fare I have found is United for $839. Please pray for the remainder to come in along with in country travel expenses and hotel fares.( $1000)

Ben has been in Congo preaching.  There is war in Congo right now.  He flew into Rwanda and they DROVE to where he would be ministering. But he did manage to email Tom birthday greetings for his birthday Aug.23^rd. Upon returning, he wrote: Congo was fantastic, I did officiate the occasions of over 184 pastors and leaders graduated and I gave them the certificates.” He also previously spent a week preaching in south western Uganda and checking on 3 branch churches in that area.  His boys are getting so big.  Gabby turned 10 Aug 30^th and Honour was 7 on Aug 15^th!  Anointed is 8 going on 9. Gods Army- Victorious is 5, and Generous turns 3 on Sept. 26^th. Honour and Anointed are going to a children’s crusade at Pastor Asaph’s church ( a JCC Branch.) Honour will sing in the kids choir and Anointed has some of ‘his own music” to perform and will also PREACH! My grandbabies are ministering!!!

I was asked again to preach by phone to Calvary Church Household of Eagles, Sept1^st for their miracle service.  What a privilege.  The line connection was not good and I could not get through.  I have a pastor friend looking into a satellite set up between Idah and me so no more phone-line issues.  Needed is approx. $1000.00 to buy the equipment and get set up, and then monthly fee of some amount…

But Tuesday the 3^rd, I called to take part in Pastor Ocheje’s week-long “War Against unseen Enemy-Who Is Doing this to Me?”  I felt led to teach on the unseen enemy of ‘ignorance”.  I told them that we must KNOW God, His Word, His Character and Ways.  My first scriptures were:  “Pro 29:18(AMP)  Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]--blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. [1 Samuel 3:1; Amos 8:11, 12] Job 28:20,28  Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? And unto man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

 After I had prayed for God to touch their hearts and make them fertile soil, and to use me, I barely got 6 scriptures read and the Spirit of Conviction fell upon the people! They began to weep and cry out in repentance, and miracles began to break out all over!  The people ran out of the church and into the village shouting! God Sovereignly moved! We praise God for His mighty hand of mercy and kindness, for who He is, and of course for all that He does for us and through us.  What a mighty God we serve! He is rich in mercy and grace, Just and True, Righteous in all His ways.  How blessed we are to know Him and have a real and personal, intimate relationship with the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!  We must not keep silent.  As the old song says, “Everybody oughta know who Jesus is!”

Thank you for partnering with us as we tell the world of how Great and Loving He is!  God bless you, and keep you, and make His face to shine upon you.  God shower you with His Grace.  In Jesus Name.  Amen!

Love, 

Nancy, Tom and the Board of Directors

Feb News Mission Trip Planning!

Dear Family,

I greet you in the Name of Jesus and wish you a very Happy Valentine’s Day. What is it that makes people endure horrific trials of their faith and in terrible circumstances?   I think of those who risked their lives and were burned alive at the stake, just because they dared to translate the Bible into something the common man could read!  I think of modern day martyrs living in foreign lands subjected to harsh conditions and threats of death daily for claiming and naming the Name of Jesus as their own. Even Valentine’s Day reminds us that there was a man who is now considered a Saint- who risked his life to share the love of Christ. Even with the Emperors daughter!  So let us share His love every day.

2Cor 4:18  Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting. (GNB)  For we fix our attention, not on things that are seen, but on things that are unseen. What can be seen lasts only for a time, but what cannot be seen lasts forever.

We are continuing on with looking at what can’t be seen.  Let’s think about things you can’t see.  1.The wind.  Jesus mentioned this.  You don’t know where it comes from or where it goes. You can only feel it and see it’s effects upon the landscape.  2. Love!  What is this mysterious thing called love?  You can’t see it. But you can see it’s affect upon people’s hearts and how they respond when the heart is full of love. 3. Life.  What is this essence we call life?  We know if the heart stops, and the organs shut down, the body ceases to function as it was intended … but one can make organs function on machines, so it isn’t just the functioning, but there is something – a “spark” that we call life, that when it leaves the body, it goes back to God who gave it.  But we can’t actually “see’ it in it’s raw form, at least not here on earth.   4. Electricity!  We can’t see it, but we see what it produces: LIGHT! ENERGY! We can see the effects of these things. But we can’t see the things themselves, can we?  That’s kind of how it is with spiritual things.  We see the results, we see manifestations.  But unless God opens our eyes to see what can’t be seen, then so many things are left unseen.  But HE tells us in Jeremiah 33:3 to call to Him, and He WILL show us great and mighty things that we know not.  He invited us to  reach out to Him and take him up on his offer to see.  SO what is holding you back?   Ask Him to show you great and mighty things.  Just be prepared to be patient and wait!  God invited Moses up to the mountain to meet with Him. But it wasn’t until DAYS later that God showed up.  Now He was probably there all the time, but cloaked and Moses had to wait.  Maybe God was waiting on Moses to get his head together and be ready to meet with Him!  On the other hand, as one minister suggested to me, maybe it took that long to get the world off of him and out of Moses’ thoughts so he could focus.  But this is not our only invitation. HE invites to His Throne of Grace also.  So, see, you DO have a standing invitation!  I just wonder how many of us are standing God up though?  Oh Lord, help me to not be a no show!

I have wonderful reports to share. I have preached in Nigeria! At a church called Supreme Faith Ministries, in the Kogi State.  This was via mobile phone.  My spiritual son Gideon who now lives in Gambia, came back to visit his home church where he was saved so many years ago.  He contacted he and asked me to call and speak to the church and leaders and encourage them.  Miracle is, the line connected and stayed open for the entire time I spoke!  It was crystal clear too!  The church wants me to come and minister in person this April, and plans are under way! 

·         Details:

·         Air fare:
I found a round trip ticket for under $1000.  Need    to buy it quickly!

·         Vaccinations for Travel :

·         I need 3- 5 shots and our insurance will not cover all of them.

·         In country travel expenses and Entry VISA

·         *Accommodations and food will be provided to me by the churches.

·         Estimated amount needed for 15 days is $2500.

PRAYER COVERAGE REQUESTED!

 

Another son in Nigeria is hosting a women’s conference also in May, and would like me to incorporate that into the trip as well and speak to the women! Plus I have 3 churches in Abuja to visit and bless, and our son Olu in Ibandan to try and connect with!!! There are a lot of details to be worked out yet.  Work has given me their approval for my time off!  Praise God, Thank YOU Lord! So please pray for timing, finances and safety, as Nigeria is not as safe now, as it was when I went there in 2004.  I am very excited about this trip. 

This little church has faced some severe set backs as the Pastor, Pastor’s son and Assoc. Pastor all died with in a short time of each other.  The wife of the senior pastor, who died, is holding things together.  I was their first speaker from outside Africa, and it touched their hearts and brought them hope.  My message was strong. It is posted on the “Africa Letters” page on the Ministry Teaching Blog.  Also, I hope to publish either the audio or video online also.

Ben held Supernatural Sunday on Jan. 20^th and the Presence of God was so strong in the building!  The church was filled to capacity of 500 and there were many healings and demons cast out of the people.  Here is what he wrote to me:  “This Sunday was so glorious! It’s like a cloud of glory embraced the whole Church, The Spirit of the Lord was so HEAVY in the Service,  And demons couldn’t stand, They had to leave people's lives, Sickness had to vanish-it was real chaos, I remembered your vision and I was in awe!!!!!!.” (I had a vision of water flowing out from the altar at JCC and as it reached the door to go outside it began to build into a wave and became a huge tidal wave that went from the church compound, crossed the street and flooded into the village and literally smashed into all the buildings of the village. Those that had tightly shut their doors against the Lord could not withstand the glory-the water went into every crack and crevice and the glory and water filled everywhere!  I had this vision back in 2005 as I ministered from the floor, because I couldn’t stand because the anointing was so strong. This is the vision he is referring to.) 

There are many things that have been in my heart for a long time, some only God knows about.  I have watched Him cause things come to pass that I desperately wanted to see happen and wanted to do. Not all of them were meant for me to do, but HE honored the desire in my heart and has brought them to pass. For example, a medical mission team.  I could not pull one together, and it was strong in my heart, so He sent one to Kampala who asked around what church would host them and was sovereignly directed to Ben’s church!  There are other things also.  God is doing it. And, He is only getting started!  There are Dream Seeds that are lying dormant in some of your lives also, but the Wind is stirring and God is divinely calling them to come forth. NOW IS the time! So begin to look at and for the unseen, and call it forth into the seen realm. Trust in His timing and His love for you.  He is about to manifest impossibilities!  In Jesus Name, Amen.

2Cor 4:1  Therefore, since we do hold and engage in this ministry by the mercy of God [granting us favor, benefits, opportunities, and especially salvation], we do not get discouraged (spiritless and despondent with fear) or become faint with weariness and exhaustion. God has been kind enough to trust us with this work. That's why we never give up!

Thank you for your continued partnership with us.  Eight boxes full of your donations will soon be winging their way to Uganda!  Ben’s house now has a roof on it and windows in. Crusades are happening monthly all over Uganda.  And many doors of opportunity are beginning to open up to me and Tom.  Some are locally, some internationally.  Please keep us in your prayers. New things are on the horizon, Glory to God!  God Bless you and keep you and cover you with His Grace.