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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Why You Should Keep Praying and Never Give Up By R.T. Kendall Identity Network
Why You Should Keep Praying and Never Give Up
By R.T. Kendall
Identity Network
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Does God always answer our prayers? Jesus said, "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks, it will be opened" (Matt. 7:7-8).He even promised,"If you ask anything in My name, I will do it" (John 14:14).Jesus also gave a parable that had as its purpose that we should keep on praying and never give up (Luke 18:1-8).
The reason we should keep praying and never give up is because God doesn't always answer our prayers immediately. What is more, we get to know God and His ways by spending more time with Him. One reason I believe God does not answer our prayers immediately is because He likes our company; if He answered all requests straightaway, we might not pray as much! But the implication in Jesus' parable is that if we don't give up, God will eventually come to our rescue.
There are those who would say, "God has not answered my prayer at all." To which I would respond: So far as you can tell at the moment. I myself can testify: There are literally a dozen or more requests I have put to the throne of grace that have not been answered. There are also promises given to me—I believe from the Lord—that have not been fulfilled. And I am 82 as I write these lines.
But what about the Enochs, Noahs, Abrahams, Isaacs and Jacobs of this world? All those stalwarts in Hebrews 11, heaven's hall of fame, could testify that it was not merely unanswered prayers in their situations; it was a case of God apparently not even keeping all His promises! Think about this verse, quoted above:"None of them received what had been promised" (Heb. 11:39b, NIV).Think about that verse for a moment. None of them received what had been promised. Yet they kept believing. But why? Were they dumb? Stupid? Why ever didn't they give up?
Your Will Be Done
It must be said at this stage we do not know all that was promised to each of them. We know vaguely and generally what was promised to some of them. But we don't know everything. Based upon Hebrews 11:39, I would conclude that there were things promised to them that were not mentioned in the Old Testament books, as in Genesis, Exodus, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings, for example. If we knew everything that had been promised to them, Hebrews 11:39 would make even more sense. But as this verse stands, we may safely conclude that all those described in Hebrews 11 had the following in common:
They did not receive everything that was promised to them.
What was promised to them was not so much for them after all, but "for us" so that "together with us" the promises they received would be perfected or fulfilled.
We might immediately think of Abraham, who was looking for a "city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God" (Heb. 11:10b). He did not see that city. We have not seen it either! But it is the new Jerusalem, which together we may all look forward to (Rev. 21 and 22)!
The people described in Hebrews 11 were not popular on earth. Many of them were hated. And they all had to suffer incalculable disappointment along the way. But during the whole time of their preparation and accomplishments, and lack of fulfillment, "none of them received what had been promised," they were popular in heaven. They also had in common that they chose a road less traveled.
If it's your heart's desire to be popular in heaven, and I hope it is, I must caution you: God will not knock you down to make it happen! It is going to be true with you if you make a conscious decision to be popular in heaven. This does not mean you will be favored over the saints there; it is not like being popular in school when you are good-looking or excel in sports. It means that you are a beautiful fragrance that ascends to the place of the saints and the angels; that your choices on planet Earth cohere with the holy will of God being carried out in heaven. Right choices on earth fit well with the saints there.
It is like the petition in the Lord's Prayer: "Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven" (Matt. 6:10b, MEV).In heaven, the will of God is being carried out perfectly; there is no rebellion, no rivalry among the saints or grumbling there. So when we make decisions on earth that fit in with what is pleasing to God, we are not only praying that the will of God be done in our lives but actually carrying out His will as it is in heaven. This makes us popular in the heavenlies!
R.T. Kendall
2020 Gathering Together Event (GTE) April 3-4, 2020 in Charlotte, NC area
Gathering Together Event
April 3-4, 2020
Charlotte, NC area
2 days. 12 speakers. 3 worship teams.
For several years there has been a strong desire among some to pull churches and ministries in this local area, Charlotte, North Carolina and Fort Mill, South Carolina together.
In 2003 the Lord initially put it on one's heart to ask
several ministries with similar connections to somehow, someway, work together in
areas where they could, to bring the Lord’s Body together in unity. Only one replied, writing back, "It will never happen."
It is not about big names, big churches or big ministries. It is about being the Body of Christ, together, as Jesus Himself prayed in John 17. We believe His prayer will get answered - one way or another.
That one and only response back then, now 16 years later, must change. It is still on the Lord's heart, and now in an even greater measure.
The Lord again
spoke in October 2018 that it was time to once again attempt to bring local
churches and ministries together, if even for a day or two.
Now is the time for all types, many walks, from several churches and ministries, to come together. Now is the time that the world may see one Body of Christ, believers in Jesus (Yeshua), be as one, if even for two days.
Can I get a witness? There will be One New Man, one Body of Christ, all believers walking and serving in His plans and purposes. We pray it will happen in our cities here.
We truly hope so.
Below are those who are committed to making a go of it, who comprise the leadership team for the event. We are bringing together male, female, Jew, Gentile, black, white, and all in between. Read on.
2020 GATHERING TOGETHER EVENT
LEADERSHIP
TEAM
Cathy
Hargett, Highway to Zion Director
An ordained minister and the founder and director of Highway to Zion Ministries, Cathy has been actively serving in the Messianic faith movement for over thirty years as a worshiper, leader, teacher, writer, speaker, and exhorter, with a personal mission statement of ministering first to the Lord and then to others. In recent years, she has played an active role in leadership and relationship building with both Israeli Messianic believers and Gentile believers, partnering with ministries in Israel and here in the United States.
Cathy oversees and directs many outreaches which include speaking at churches and organizations, offering Assemblies and gatherings with Messianic speakers, worship and dance, educational opportunities, special events, and raising support for Messianic believers in Israel. She also regularly travels to Israel taking believers on prophetic tours for immersion or service in obedience to the Word of the Lord to her heart to help others walk out their spiritual destiny
Life experiences include being a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, businesswoman, entrepreneur, and business owner, with many years of serving in marketplace ministry prior to founding Highway to Zion Ministries in 2006.
Cathy and Dale, her husband of over 47 years, plus her son, Brandon, and his family, including her two much-loved grandchildren, Jackson and Rose, and her two cats, Shmuel and Elijah, reside in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Jorge Parrot, CMM Missions Director
Jorge Parrott has been
the President of Correll Missionary Ministries since 1998. CMM has hundreds of
national and foreign pastors/missionary leaders serving around the globe.
CMM World Missions (www.cmm.world) helps connect people who are hungry for genuine, authentic relationships with the Lord and our network for His purposes globally to fulfill the Great Commission. Our heart’s desire is that we may align our hearts with the Lord and our network of apostolic and prophetic leaders. Unlike many other ministries, we send ninety percent or more of all funds received annually to the nations.
We bring friends like you to the table of God’s love for common unity, with heavenly strategies and divine encounters as we go on bold faith adventures to experience transformation in individuals, communities, and nations, for the glory of the Father. We are here to love, connect, equip, and send. Like the Apostle Paul, we desire to see everyone complete in Christ. We want to build God’s Kingdom, not man’s.
Jorge and Anna Marie have been married for 40 years and have 3 grown sons, Orion, Matthew, and Jonathan and one grandson, Julian. Jorge has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and has earned a Doctoral of Theology and a Ph.D. from North Carolina College of Theology and a Doctoral Degree in Global Leadership from Primus University. He serves as Founder and President of CMM College of Theology. www.CMMtheology.org offering accredited Christian Degrees globally since 2007.
Jorge leads a team that handles communications and logistics with overseas pastors, missionaries, business, and government leaders. CMM offers spiritual covering, ordination, Church and School planting guidance and training, discipleship training, donor relations, networking, and relationship building, and administration of the U.S. and foreign fields along with Ephesians 4 equipping, prophetic training, cross-cultural training, long-term missionary training, placement, short, mid, and long-term mission trips, humanitarian aid, disaster relief, sports ministry, business, 7 Mountain
Mandate Training, women’s and leadership conference planning, guest speakers series, conferences in different languages and cultures for this strategic time in history. CMM ordains (at various levels) with 501c3 covering and donor relations for itinerant ministers, missionaries, mobilizers, and intercessors.
Jorge is ordained by Rick Joyner President of MorningStar Ministries and a Senior lifetime Chaplain with the IFOC, (International Fellowship of Chaplains). Jorge has taken courses with The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, (Group Crisis Intervention and Advocacy for Emergency Services Personnel) which is approved by the United Nations in disaster response. Jorge has received specialized training in these areas: crisis intervention, trauma, grief and loss, critical incident stress, depression, divorce, death counseling, ethics, confidentiality, and law, with specialty training in the areas of law enforcement, industrial chaplaincy, and correctional chaplaincy. Jorge has completed his doctorate and Ph.D. in Theology with North Carolina College of Theology.
Jorge speaks and teaches internationally in the prophetic, Holy Spirit and the living Word of God. Jorge carries the Father's heart releasing joy and the supernatural. He shares the Apostle Paul’s heart found in Col. 1:28 (AMP) “We proclaim Him, warning and instructing everyone in all wisdom [that is, with comprehensive insight into the word and purposes of God], so that we may present every person complete in Christ [mature, fully trained, and perfect in Him—the Anointed].”
CMM World Missions (www.cmm.world) helps connect people who are hungry for genuine, authentic relationships with the Lord and our network for His purposes globally to fulfill the Great Commission. Our heart’s desire is that we may align our hearts with the Lord and our network of apostolic and prophetic leaders. Unlike many other ministries, we send ninety percent or more of all funds received annually to the nations.
We bring friends like you to the table of God’s love for common unity, with heavenly strategies and divine encounters as we go on bold faith adventures to experience transformation in individuals, communities, and nations, for the glory of the Father. We are here to love, connect, equip, and send. Like the Apostle Paul, we desire to see everyone complete in Christ. We want to build God’s Kingdom, not man’s.
Jorge and Anna Marie have been married for 40 years and have 3 grown sons, Orion, Matthew, and Jonathan and one grandson, Julian. Jorge has over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur and has earned a Doctoral of Theology and a Ph.D. from North Carolina College of Theology and a Doctoral Degree in Global Leadership from Primus University. He serves as Founder and President of CMM College of Theology. www.CMMtheology.org offering accredited Christian Degrees globally since 2007.
Jorge leads a team that handles communications and logistics with overseas pastors, missionaries, business, and government leaders. CMM offers spiritual covering, ordination, Church and School planting guidance and training, discipleship training, donor relations, networking, and relationship building, and administration of the U.S. and foreign fields along with Ephesians 4 equipping, prophetic training, cross-cultural training, long-term missionary training, placement, short, mid, and long-term mission trips, humanitarian aid, disaster relief, sports ministry, business, 7 Mountain
Mandate Training, women’s and leadership conference planning, guest speakers series, conferences in different languages and cultures for this strategic time in history. CMM ordains (at various levels) with 501c3 covering and donor relations for itinerant ministers, missionaries, mobilizers, and intercessors.
Jorge is ordained by Rick Joyner President of MorningStar Ministries and a Senior lifetime Chaplain with the IFOC, (International Fellowship of Chaplains). Jorge has taken courses with The International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, (Group Crisis Intervention and Advocacy for Emergency Services Personnel) which is approved by the United Nations in disaster response. Jorge has received specialized training in these areas: crisis intervention, trauma, grief and loss, critical incident stress, depression, divorce, death counseling, ethics, confidentiality, and law, with specialty training in the areas of law enforcement, industrial chaplaincy, and correctional chaplaincy. Jorge has completed his doctorate and Ph.D. in Theology with North Carolina College of Theology.
Jorge speaks and teaches internationally in the prophetic, Holy Spirit and the living Word of God. Jorge carries the Father's heart releasing joy and the supernatural. He shares the Apostle Paul’s heart found in Col. 1:28 (AMP) “We proclaim Him, warning and instructing everyone in all wisdom [that is, with comprehensive insight into the word and purposes of God], so that we may present every person complete in Christ [mature, fully trained, and perfect in Him—the Anointed].”
Pastor
Lathan Wood Senior Pastor, Movement Centre
“Give me something that
transcends what I see; something that speaks to the core of me.” - Lathan Wood,
Sr.
Frustrated and wanting
more, Lathan Wood began his spiritual journey as God birthed an idea within him
that would transcend the very structure of what church would become for his
ministry.
Stepping out on faith was no easy feat; a
month after the birth of his youngest son, Lathan relocated his family from the
place he called home in Georgia, for more than thirty years, to Charlotte,
North Carolina. In a state of complete obedience, God birthed the Movement
Centre; whose mission is to ignite people to pursue purpose. With a collective
vision and a ministry-minded pastor, over the past six years, The Movement
Centre has continued to expand its reach, offering a unique spiritual encounter
with Christ to a forgotten generation. Bridging the gap between new school and
old school values, Lathan’s primary mission is to develop a biblically sound
congregation and to educate his members on how to walk with power and authority
in their spiritual gifts.
To date, he has
ministered for over 20 years in different platforms both in and out of the
pulpit with one goal: to empower others to uncover the richness of the Word of
God and endow them with tools needed to pursue God’s purpose for their lives.
Having over 20 years of experience, Lathan has assumed numerous ministerial
roles and has received many accolades for his service in the Kingdom. In 2017,
he developed IgniteU, a four-semester, intensive, in-house Theology program
that equips students for effective Kingdom work.
Professionally, he wears
many hats that have allowed him to learn an array of skills. From his multiple
real estate investments, to his passion for songwriting, composing, and
producing, Lathan has years of professional experience in a variety of
industries, including community relations, project management, youth
development and customer service. He holds a Master’s in Business, a Bachelor
of Arts in Business Management, and an Associate’s degree in Music. With the
echelons of academia at his fingertips and his spiritual keenness, Lathan Wood
knows that he is just at the beginning of walking into the many places God has
called him to be.
Aside from being
committed to his personal and professional progression, he considers his greatest
achievement to be the ones that walk with him daily: his wife of 15 years and
partner in ministry, Pastor Kelli Wood, and his two natural children, Lathan,
Jr. and Kaiden.
Steve Martin, Love For His People Founder and President
Steve served with the
Christian ministries of Derek Prince, Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda, and Barry and
Batya Segal from 1987-2010, all having a national and international outreach
focus. During that time, he made 14 ministry trips to Israel, China, India,
Trinidad and Tobago, and the United Kingdom.
In 2010, Steve and his good wife Laurie founded Love For His People, Inc, a 501©3 non-profit humanitarian aid ministry, primarily to support Messianic Jews in Israel, and to share the truth of God’s plans and purposes for the Land of Israel and the Jews. This work touches the natural and spiritual lives with needed encouragement and strength.
From 2011-2018 he served with several ministries and secular non-profits in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, including Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Samaritan’s Purse, Covenant Keepers, Charlotte Center City Partners, and Charlotte Rescue Mission. He currently serves also as the Office Manager at Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, SC (Dr. Peter Wyns).
While on his overseas journeys Steve enjoys sharing written journal entries with family and friends back home, through social media. His light-hearted stories give an up close and personal touch for those reading along. His extensive collection of photos taken during these trips, of both local scenery and common people on the streets, has touched thousands through their varied images.
His regular messages Now Think On This are posted on the ministry's Love For His People and Now Think of This blogs. They also appear on Facebook and Twitter, featuring words of spiritual enrichment, along with selected photos. His 20 books to date, authored and published through the ministry, are available in paperback and Kindle versions.
Steve enjoys writing, photography and growing the ministry of Love For His People, Inc., to reach the nations with love, truth, and hope in Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.
Since 1994, Steve and Laurie have lived in the Charlotte, NC area, after having homes in Illinois, Michigan, and Florida. Now married for 42 years as of October 2019, they enjoy having their four adult children, spouses, and 7 grandchildren close by in North Carolina.
In 2010, Steve and his good wife Laurie founded Love For His People, Inc, a 501©3 non-profit humanitarian aid ministry, primarily to support Messianic Jews in Israel, and to share the truth of God’s plans and purposes for the Land of Israel and the Jews. This work touches the natural and spiritual lives with needed encouragement and strength.
From 2011-2018 he served with several ministries and secular non-profits in the Charlotte, North Carolina area, including Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Samaritan’s Purse, Covenant Keepers, Charlotte Center City Partners, and Charlotte Rescue Mission. He currently serves also as the Office Manager at Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, SC (Dr. Peter Wyns).
While on his overseas journeys Steve enjoys sharing written journal entries with family and friends back home, through social media. His light-hearted stories give an up close and personal touch for those reading along. His extensive collection of photos taken during these trips, of both local scenery and common people on the streets, has touched thousands through their varied images.
His regular messages Now Think On This are posted on the ministry's Love For His People and Now Think of This blogs. They also appear on Facebook and Twitter, featuring words of spiritual enrichment, along with selected photos. His 20 books to date, authored and published through the ministry, are available in paperback and Kindle versions.
Steve enjoys writing, photography and growing the ministry of Love For His People, Inc., to reach the nations with love, truth, and hope in Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.
Since 1994, Steve and Laurie have lived in the Charlotte, NC area, after having homes in Illinois, Michigan, and Florida. Now married for 42 years as of October 2019, they enjoy having their four adult children, spouses, and 7 grandchildren close by in North Carolina.
*We will keep you posted if you ask.
loveforhispeople@gmail.com
May 1, 2019
Confirmed speakers:
Cathy Hargett, Jorge Parrott, Lathan Wood, Chuck Smith, Bruce Franklin...
Ambassadors & Cheerleaders - Now Think On This by Steve Martin
Ambassadors & Cheerleaders
“I have heard a message
from the Lord, and an ambassador has been sent to the nations:
"Gather together,
come against her, and rise up to battle!” (Jeremiah 49:14, NKJV)
Those who know the Lord
have been called to be His ambassadors here on earth. We have been chosen for a
high calling, something not to be taken lightly. We represent His Name, His
authority, His life in those places and to those people He has placed us in and
about.
Being an ambassador, as
the dictionary says, is one who is “an
accredited diplomat sent by a country as its official representative to a
foreign country. It is a person
who acts as a representative or promoter of a specified activity.”
This is not a choice we have, but a very
specific duty and obligation the Lord Himself has given to each one of us. The choice
we do have is whether we will carry out our duties and responsibilities or not,
and to what extent.
When an ambassador is sent from his homeland to
another country, to represent his government to that government and country he
now works in, he doesn’t just decide to think and do what he believes he is to
do. He has been sent to give the input from his sending President and the
authorized leadership he walks under. Otherwise, he is not representing the
rightful authority, but his own. That is not his purpose, nor his decision.
When Jesus sent out His disciples, as
ambassadors, He gave them certain commands they were to follow.
“These twelve Jesus sent
out and commanded them, saying: "Do not go into the way of the Gentiles,
and do not enter a city of the Samaritans.
But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom
of heaven is at hand.' Heal the sick,
cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received,
freely give. Provide neither gold nor
silver nor copper in your money belts, nor bag for your journey, nor two
tunics, nor sandals, nor staffs; for a worker is worthy of his food.
"Now whatever city
or town you enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and stay there till you go
out. And when you go into a household,
greet it. If the household is worthy, let your peace come upon it. But if it is
not worthy, let your peace return to you.
And whoever will not receive you nor hear your words, when you depart
from that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. Assuredly, I say to you, it will be more
tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for
that city!” (Matthew 10:5-15, NKJV)
Because they represented
the government and authority that Jesus had, they were required to follow His
instructions and do as He Himself would have done.
We are to do the same. We
are to be the ambassadors that the King of the Universe has sent us here to be.
In addition to being
good ambassadors, we are also called to be cheerleaders. As those who are
commonly found at sporting events, the ones who typically do the “Rah! Rah!” and
“Go team go!” (but with a little more creatively than I just used…), they cheer
on, whether for the ones just starting out in their first year on the soccer
and football fields, or the professionals with years of experience. Cheerleaders
are commonly walking the perimeter of the field, getting the crowd fired up in
support of their home team. They bring encouragement.
As the psalmist wrote,
we need cheering on. From Him personally, and through each other.
“Who will champion my
cause against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against evildoers? If Adonai
hadn’t helped me, I would soon have dwelt in the land of silence. When I said,
“My foot is slipping!” your grace, Adonai, supported me. When my cares within
me are many, your comforts cheer me up.” (Psalm 94:16-19, Complete Jewish
Bible)
“First, I thank my God
through Yeshua the Messiah for all of you, because the report of your trust is
spreading throughout the whole world. For God, whom I serve in my spirit by
spreading the Good News about his Son, is my witness that I regularly remember
you in my prayers; and I always pray that somehow, now or in the future, I
might, by God’s will, succeed in coming to visit you. For I long to see you, so
that I might share with you some spiritual gift that can make you stronger
— or, to put it another way, so that by
my being with you, we might, through the faith we share, encourage one another. (Romans
1:8-13, Complete Jewish Bible)
As ambassadors also,
cheerleaders represent the owners of the sports team and must be physically
fit to properly perform their cheers and encouragement for the team they also
represent. So, we too must keep ourselves strong, and keep building one another
up in His purposes and plans.
We often will find ourselves
put in locations and events where we are called upon to cheer on our friends,
our co-workers, our family, our nation. We have been chosen to share the light,
the truth, that which will bring encouragement to those looking for such, so
much needed in our times.
A spoken word here, a
Scripture shared now, an acknowledgment of approval given to one who is
discouraged – all of these can be done as we represent the King, being His
ambassadors and His cheerleaders.
People need the Lord.
(Thank you, Steve Green, for your song powerfully sung decades ago!) People
need to hear good news, have good news, and abide by good news.
We have been called as
ambassadors and given the job of being cheerleaders, to share with our
neighbors and the nations the Good News of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is His
righteousness, honesty, truthfulness, and holiness that we all need currently.
Be a good ambassador,
and cheer on while doing it!
Now think on this.
Shalom
and ahava (peace and love in Hebrew).
Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People,
Inc.
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