Bob Jones' Celebration of Life Service - Music and Speakers - Don Potter, Rick Joyner, Robin McMillan, Bobby Connor - Feb. 21, 2014

Bob Jones - He Did Love

Bob Jones' Celebration of Life Service 

- Music and Speakers - 

Don Potter, Rick Joyner, 

Robin McMillan, Bobby Connor & More

Feb. 21, 2014

This celebration of Bob Jones life, who passed on Feb. 14, 2014 (Valentines Day) at the age of 84, was held at MorningStar Ministries Heritage International in Fort MIll, SC. Attended by several thousand, worship leaders and speakers gave tribute to Bob's life.

Bob, a Seer Prophet had an extraordinary supernatural prophetic gift, and was loved greatly. He was one of the most respected prophetic voices in recent times. Few touched the Body of Christ worldwide like Bob Jones. He was a forerunner and grandfather to the modern prophetic ministry, to leaders in almost every other field of influence for more than four decades. (You can read the full service booklet's words near the end of this blog posting.)

Rick Joyner gave the opening welcome at the 3:30 pm ceremony, which had followed the viewing from 1-3 pm.

Don Potter and Leonard Jones

Don Potter, on vocals and guitar, led the time of worship. He was joined by Leonard Jones (violin) and other musicians.

 

Mike Bickle, Paul Keith Davis, Gary Beaton, Robin McMillan, Bobby Connor, Bonnie Jones (Bob's wife) and Rick Joyner each shared heart touching stories and joyful moments of Bob's impact in their lives.

Robin McMillan

Bobby Connor

Video on YouTube: Bobby Connor - Texas stories

Lyn Kost, son-in-law of Bob, sang the closing tribute song "Let Your Spirit Flow".

Watch here: Love For His People YouTube channel: Lyn Kost - song video

A video of remembrance ended the service, before those gathered enjoyed a covered dish meal on Main Street of the beautiful MorningStar Ministries campus (formerly the Grand Hotel of Heritage USA/PTL).

Rick's closing of the service on YouTube:  Rick Joyner's closing remarks

YouTube: Short clip of Remembrance video

Don Potter sharing song "Show Me Your Face Lord"

Here is the booklet passed out to the attendants.

Casket viewing

MorningStar front entrance

Bob's parking space

Reception on Main Street

               

MorningStar hotel reception area

Guest book

SPEAKERS DURING THE SERVICE

Rick Joyner & Bobby Connor

Rick Joyner with Leonard Jones in background

VIDEO IN CELEBRATION

RECEPTION

Guests enjoying the reception meal

-Chuck and Gloria Williams

All seven videos recorded by Steve Martin during the service can be seen on our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/loveforhispeopleinc

As a personal testimony in knowing Bob, I want to share his prophetic word he gave to both Laurie and I, as written in my first book, The Promise - One Man's Journey To See God's Word Revealed. Here is an excerpt from Chapter 11, "Worship the Lord God of Israel", pages 82-85.

In the meantime, the Lord didn’t forget about those desires He had put in my heart from my early years.  From time to time, He would bring a word of encouragement, such as the following.

On the ninth day of January 1997, Mahesh and Bonnie had arranged a time for Bob Jones, who has an anointed prophetic voice, to come to the All Nations Church office.  He was to share with the staff and leaders of our young church.  I didn’t know much about Bob, only that the Lord was using him to speak things that others simply were not doing.  Some would think his prophetic gifting was strange, but I was open to hearing what the Lord would say through this vessel.  Laurie and a few other wives were able to join the staff too. 

We gathered in the ‘chapel’ room, a converted garage, where the Watch of the Lord was birthed only two years earlier.  Bonnie asked Bob if he would start with Laurie and I when he was ready to start to minister.

And so he began:

Bob:    Just move up here in front and face me.  Years ago, a bolt of lightning hit my hand.  In that, there comes a trembling or a feeling in my hand to the fingers.  When you feel that, I want you to move the fingers, and I’ll tell you what it means.  When the Lord intends to start a fire down here on the earth, He always does it with lightning.  Thunder is His voice, and lightning is His power. And several places in the United States now the earth is beginning to thunder and scientists can’t find out what it is.  I know what it is.  It’s God’s voice. ... it thundered continually out of a clear sky.  The voice of the Father went over this area in 1980.  What He spoke then is coming into being now.  So put your hands up like that, and when I begin to touch hands, some of you will turn totally purple.  The rest of you want to see, get up here behind.

Now this man’s hands are turning brown.  That is the love-slave.  You understand that?  Now, can you feel where the flow is coming through your fingers?  Now, you can’t feel it with your head.  Close those eyes, and just let faith arise and move those fingers.  Good. That’s right.  Here and here.  You feel it flowing? 

·                     So one thing the Lord is doing with you, you have got a pastoral anointing on you right here.

·                     Also evangelism, brother, and teaching.  And the revelation is coming for this. And this in here, the evangelism, the church needs the evangelistic encouraging edge. 

·                     Also this in here, and the revelation gifts in here are for counseling people and setting people free from all manner of things. 

·                     So what the Lord is bringing you into is also a deliverance ministry.  You understand that?  You can open your eyes now.  I just wanted you to see it, so if there is anything you don’t understand while I’m speaking.  What this is doing is confirming what you are.  You got it?  Do you?  What this is doing is showing people they are qualified to do these things. 

·                     So there’s beginning to come a good teaching ministry in you to prepare people for this evangelistic ministry, which is setting people free from all manner of things.  Healing the brokenhearted and setting the captive free.  This is what He is beginning to work in you.  And in that, the word in season will come out of you continually, so you already have the word in season for people. 

·                      

·                     And what the enemy has been trying to do to you is misdirect your visions and everything to where you’re not doing the proper intercession.  So he’s really trying to make you so busy that the intercession doesn’t get you to where faith arises in you.  You understand that?  So don’t let him do that.  Spend that quality time with Him, because you can get through to Him now.  So you’re going to be part of the soul winning, too.  Got that one?  And so, He’s bringing you to where that love in you comes to that point that it boils over and isn’t denied. 

·                     So He’s working the work of faith in you to do the things He’s called you to do.  And already He has qualified you to begin to do these things now.  And the evangelist ministry in you is to bring the Word of God and to free people from defeat, disappointment, disgust, disillusionment, and confusion.  You understand that one? 

·                     These are the things that have been coming at you.  And you’ve got a victory over that, and anything you’ve got victory over, you can free others from.  So He’s really putting the earring in the left ear to where when you stand up — whether you’ve got the word or not — the only way you can fail is to shut up, and that’s what the enemy has been wanting you to do.  So stand up instead of shut up.  Go forth and speak that encouraging word that sets people free from the change of the inner man to where the Spirit of God can get out of them and go forth and do things.  You got it? 

·                     Now the third, which you’ll begin to see, look how their hands begin to shine.  Oh, it’s a beautiful oil.  Also they’re beginning to turn purple, so here’s an intercessor, too.  Can you feel where the flow is coming up? 

·                     You have the teacher, counselor, deliverance ministry, and the praiser.  You understand that?  This is really.... sometimes you can lead others into praise, even both of you.  You’ve overcome your selfishness and self-centeredness.  You can’t praise God and remain selfish.  So you’ve got a calling right in here. 

·                     Get ready for this to start coming to blue in you — revelation.  You got that?  This is the driest thing in you.  Feel this counsel in you.  Oh, we can see it here.  Look here?  See it?  That love in you is ripe. 

·                     That pastoral mother in you is real.  I feel the balm coming.  Good, good, good.  Let it flow in your hands.  That anointing is there now.  You’ll feel the trembling and things coming.  This is Isaiah 66:2.  This trembling that came into you like it did then, you’ll feel it when you’re praying for others.  See?  When you begin to pray for others, come.  You got it?  Good. 

·                     Take a deep breath now, brother.  Good.  There it comes.  Good.  I want to show you something.  The rest of you watch this.  Okay.  Keep going.  Now let your spirit ... that’s it.  That’s it.  Good!  It’s like pouring water out of a well.  There you go.  That’s pulling Jesus up.  Good.  There it is.  See how it comes on the back of your head?  Good, that’s where you set ‘em free.  You set ‘em free with power.  Take that breath.  Good, good.  There’s your spirit man.  That’s it.  Good. Hallelujah.

·                     Now, when you’re ministering to people, this is what you do.  You can’t do anything for them.  It’s Jesus in your spirit that does it.  And when you put faith in love, releasing them, He’ll do the things He always did.  See that flow?  That’s power, brother.  See it?  See how it comes through you?  If you’ll just love.  You don’t have to know anything.  If you know, then God teaches you over on the side.  But when the Spirit comes, He’ll do what He wants to do. 

·                     One thing He’s doing here in a big way, He’s going to heal emotions.  Bonnie’s done a teaching on that, and later on today she’ll be sharing with you.  You got any questions?  It’s sort of like family here.  If you’ve got any questions, let’s get it out.  Amen. 

·                                                                     He’s preparing you ... all this preparation ... He’s like a surgeon preparing people for a new heart.  People need to be prepped for the surgery.       This is your job — prep ‘em.         

·                     This is your heart coming here — a divine heart.

THANK YOU BOB JONES 

FOR YOUR HEART OF LOVE 

FOR THE LORD'S PEOPLE, 

AND YOUR FAITHFULNESS 

TO SHARE HIS HEART.

Steve and Laurie Martin

Founders

Love For His People, Inc.

Purim in March - Antioch International Church (03.18.11)

Purim, one of the annual feasts celebrated each year in March, remembers the biblical true story of Esther (Hadassah), Mordecai and Haman in Perisa. The Lord saved the Jews from the slaughter of the Persians.

As we appreciate and enjoy our Jewish roots as bleivers in Yeshua (Jesus), we also celebrate these every year in the USA! These photos are from the Antioch International Church cvelebration on March 18, 2011 in Fort, Mill, SC.

Steve Martin

Love For His People

Steve Martin, Little Big Eagle, Chuck Williams

Chuck and Gloria Williams

Steve Martin & Chuck Williams

Two kings in His service

Laurie and Steve Martin, Chuck Williams

Little Big Eagle

 Peter Wyns & Steve Martin

Senior Pastor Peter Wyns

Lydia Holly and Chuck Phelps

Geoff Graham and Laurie Martin

Colleen Baker

Ed Brigham and Richard Tompkins

Geoff Graham

Peter Wyns reading Esther from the Old Testament 

Shabbat candles on Purim

Photos by Steve Martin, 

except for the ones that I am in.

Bob Jones Tribute Song at Memorial Service - Lyn Kost, with Don Potter, Leonard Jones

Lyn Kost, son-in-law of Bob Jones (Bonnie Jones), sings a tribute song at Bob's Celebration Service.
Don Potter (guitar) and Leonard Jones (violin)

MorningStar Ministreis Feb. 21, 2014

Bob Jones passed onto heaven on Valentines Day, Feb. 14, 2014.

Video by Steve Martin, Love For His People, Inc.

Bobby Connor shares Bob Jones stories at Memorial Service at MorningStar Ministries 02.21.14

Bobby Connor shares stories of his memories of Bob Jones, who passed on Feb. 14, 2014 (Valentines Day).

MorningStar Ministries Feb. 21, 2014

Bob Jones 1930-2014

84 years

Video by Steve Martin, Love For His People

Bob Jones Passing Celebration - Show Me Your Face Lord - Don Potter

Don Potter sings at Bob Jones Celebration, Feb. 21, 2014 in honor of his passing 
on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2014, at age 84.

More videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/loveforhispeopleinc

Video by Steve Martin, Love For His People

Bob & Bonnie Jones 2013

John Kerry - Newfound Jewish roots

Newfound Jewish roots 

gave Kerry a ‘deep’ bond 

with Israel

Secretary of State, who only learned his grandparents were Jews in 2004, says he understands Israelis’ reluctance to sign a deal

BY RAPHAEL AHREN February 20, 2014

US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to an Israeli reporter in an 

interview aired Thursday, February 20, 2014 (screen capture: Channel 2)

WRITERS

Raphael Ahren Raphael Ahren is the diplomatic correspondent at The Times of Israel.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says his feelings toward Israel changed 10 years ago, after he found out that that he had Jewish grandparents.

“It’s a connection that’s deep. I lost a great-uncle in the Holocaust and a great-aunt. I never knew that until then. To learn that, after years of being passionate about ‘never again,’ with respect to the Holocaust, and then to understand that you are biologically and personally connected to that, is very moving,” he said in an interview aired on Thursday by Israel’s Channel 2.

“Israel itself has a special connection to me, not just because of that personal, now-known connection, but more importantly because of the amazing journey of the Jewish people,” he said in the interview, which was conducted last Tuesday at the State Department. “And now I’ve learned that, I have got a better sense of that.”

Kerry first found out about his Jewish ancestry in 2004, when he was running for president against George W. Bush. Both his father’s parents were born Jews and converted to Christianity because of anti-Semitism, and they changed their name from Cohen to Kerry when they immigrated to the United States.

Asked by the interviewer, Ilana Dayan, whether he felt that Israelis were still defined by their tragedies to the extent that those events made them hesitant to take the “leap of faith” necessary to withdraw from the West Bank and agree to the establishment of a Palestinian state, Kerry answered in the affirmative.

“But,” he added, “here is what I want to emphasize: I think my job is to try to help create a situation where the realities of the agreement are such that it’s not such a leap of faith. I don’t want this to be a leap of faith. I want this to be a leap of reason. A leap of rationality and of choice, based on a very understandable and tangible set of guaranties about security and other things.”

If that could be achieved, Kerry continued, “then we take some of the emotion away… even though it will be for some always a huge emotion, because some people have very different views about greater Judea and Samaria — I know all of that. But I also know that over 70 percent of the people of Israel believe in a two-state solution.”

The secretary of state said that he sometimes spends hours on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and understands him. But he was hesitant to say whether he believes Netanyahu would agree to the kind of concessions a peace agreement would require. “If we’ve answered all of the challenges of security for Israel, if he has secured the nation state of Israel as the home of the Jewish people, if he has secured recognition and secured the refugee issue — properly dissolved — I hope he will,” Kerry said.

Netanyahu’s primary concern is the security of Israeli civilians, Kerry stressed. “I have said this to [Palestinian Authority] President [Mahmoud] Abbas: The primary issue for any Israeli is to know that if they make an agreement, they are safer and stronger because of the agreement than they were before they made it. And that goes contrary to past experience in pulling out of Lebanon and pulling out of Gaza.”

Kerry hinted that settlers might not have to relocate under the terms of a peace deal. Asked about the personal price that a settler might have to pay when required to leave his home as a result of an accord, Kerry replied that he was not sure this would be necessary.

“I have no argument with anyone in Israel who says that no deal is better than a bad deal. I say that myself,” he said. “I’m not in the business of trying to put together a bad deal.”

Kerry dismissed criticism of him from right-wing Israeli politicians, particularly Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, who said the top US diplomat was “messianic and obsessive.”

“You know, those are judgments that other people may or may not have fun making in this process. I’m doing my job,” he said. Kerry claimed he was not insulted by Ya’alon’s remarks. “I think I am committed, and I’m determined.”

The secretary of state declined to comment on his gut reaction in January to Yedioth Ahronoth’s publication of Ya’alon’s scathing criticism, which targeted the US mediation of the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

“That’s not the way I operate. I’m an optimist and I am a believer in possibilities,” he said. “People who know me know that when I sink my teeth into something, if I get the bit between my teeth, I try to get it done.”


Read more: Newfound Jewish roots gave Kerry a 'deep' bond with Israel | The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/newfound-jewish-roots-gave-kerry-a-deep-bond-with-israel/#ixzz2tyiTbbC5
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Shabbat Shalom - Rest in Him, the Lion of Judah - all ye nations of the world

 

The Lion of Judah

Find your peace 

in the Lord God of Israel. 

Yeshua HaMashiach

Jesus Christ

Let the love shine...

The map of Israel...and it will grow.

Steve & Laurie Martin

Love For His People

Rocking the Noah boat - movie report by Chris Stone Founder Faith Driven Consumer

Last week we wrote to you about the flood of controversy surrounding Paramount Pictures’ $125 million film Noah to be released on March 28th. We asked you to weigh in, and tell us what you think. Talk about rocking the boat! In the few days since we shared your concerns about Noah, national and international press attention has tried to pit Faith Driven Consumer in a battle against Paramount – a la David and Goliath. To recap: We shared Hollywood-based press stories with which questioned the degree to which Noah will appeal to faith-based audiences – given reports that the biblical story has been changed significantly. And we asked you to weigh in and tell us whether you as a Faith Driven Consumer would be satisfied with a biblically themed movie – designed to appeal to you – which replaces the Bible’s core message with one created by Hollywood. When the results were tallied, an overwhelming 98% of Faith Driven Consumers told us that they would not be satisfied with a biblically themed movie that changes the biblical message. Then we shared the results of this consumer survey in an effort to engage with Hollywood on the entertainment needs, wants and desires of the 46 million Faith Driven Consumers like you and me who spend $1.75 trillion annually. Creating a storm of controversy was never our intent. Instead,  we simply advocated on behalf of Faith Driven Consumers in the marketplace of goods, services and ideas – and created a point of dialogue where our community’s interests are expressed. Take a moment now to read this open letter we wrote to Hollywood about the Noah movie controversy. And be sure to share it with your family and friends. Thanks for joining the Faith Driven Consumer community. Together, we are engaging corporate America and creating a welcoming place in the market for faith-based interests and values. Sincerely, Chris Stone Founder Faith Driven Consumer