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July 5, 2019, in The BARN! Antioch International Church 453 Glynwood Forest Drive Fort Mill, SC 29715 (street renamed from previous 8400 Regent Pkwy. Fort Mill, SC 29715)
NEXT: July 5 at 7 pm in THE BARN! (main sanctuary)
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David Peterman Shabbat candle lighting and teaching
Steve Martin, David & Luana Peterman
June 7, 2019
Steve Martin - worship leader
Tommy Lopez and David Peterman
April 2019 1st Friday photo
Messianic songs are sung. July 5 we will have a full worship team!
Strength For Israel - first Friday of the month gathering. Antioch International Church in Fort Mill, SC
7 pm each First Friday of the month in the AIC Fireside Room
Led by David and Luana Peterman. Messianic worship team includes Steve Martin (guitar and lead vocal)
Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc.
Julie Joyner shares and sings at the MorningStar Partners Weekend (#1 of 2) - June 1, 2019
Stories about her dad and sings "I Stand in Awe of You", "Our Father".
Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc.
"The Lion & The Lamb" - girls dance at Antioch International Church - 5th anniv. in The Barn
June 2, 2019
Videos filmed and shared by Steve Martin - to give appreciation to and love for those we support, through Love For His People, Inc.
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By Morris Ruddick on Jun 02, 2019 07:30 am
For as long as I can remember, phoniness and pretense have turned me off. On the other hand, trust and being real in relationships is something I value highly. My wife has long noted the caliber of the long-term relationships I consider myself blessed to have. Hers is one of my […]
For as long as human beings have tried to survive in a sinful world, they have asked, "Why?" The problem of good and evil is one of the biggest of all questions. As I talk about in my just-released book The Christian's Journey Through Grief, when you lose a loved one, this becomes intensely personal. In the last couple weeks, I've had so many conversations with people wrestling with whether it's OK to ask why.
Beyond the death of a loved one, this also applies when you experience anything painful or see any kind of evil. Life isn't fair! How can you reconcile a good God with the badness of what you see, or what you're experiencing right now?
Theologians and philosophers have wrestled with these questions for millennia, and we won't finish that discussion here. But there are some useful things to know and do as you go about asking those questions that will help you move toward their resolution.
God's Friends Asked Why
Some people feel guilty for even asking "why" questions. Some Christians say, or at least give the impression, that "good" believers don't ask such questions. They may suggest answers that feel demeaning, superficial, insensitive or meaningless.
The first thing to know is that God's Word demonstrates that it's OK to ask why.
Here are just a few biblical examples of God's friends plying Him with "why" questions:
"Moses returned to the Lord, and said, 'Lord, why have You caused trouble for this people? Why is it that You have sent me?' For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have You delivered Your people at all" (Ex. 5:22-23).
"Have I sinned? What am I doing to You, O You watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, so that I am a burden to myself?" (Job 7:20).
"Why do You stand far off, O Lord? Why do you hide Yourself in times of trouble?" (Ps. 10).
"My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from delivering me, and from my roaring words of distress? O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not answer; and at night, but I have no rest" (Ps. 22:1-2).
"O God, why have You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?" (Ps. 74:1).
"O Lord, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear? Or cry to You, 'Violence?' and You will not save?'" (Hab. 1:2).
"Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died'" (John 11:21).
God has no problem with you asking such questions. Those who knew Him well, His very best friends, asked those kinds of questions. The human emotions that accompany grief or pain of any kind are real, and God understands that.
In fact, wrestling with such questions opens the possibility of an even closer relationship with God in the future. It's possible to shake your fist at God, demanding He do what you want as though you're greater than He is. That's not what we're talking about. But like a hurt or troubled child going to a loving parent, you actually honor Him when you bring Him your deep and troubling questions. So yes, ask.
Direct Your Questions to God
In the biblical examples above, notice that these biblical heroes directed their questions to God. He welcomes that; ""Come now, and let us reason together,' says the Lord" (Isa. 1:18). The Hebrew word here translated "reason" can also be translated "debate" or even "argue." God invites us to come to Him with the tough questions. You won't hurt His ego or make Him mad.
In fact, God is the only reliable place to go with your questions. Direct your questions to Him. Reading books or articles, talking with friends, family and other believers, and searching your own mind for answers may all have their place. But there is an important sense in which one human (you) going to another human source for answers to the really big questions is like the blind leading the blind. At some point, you need to go to the source.
The only way in which books, media or other believers are truly helpful in addressing your questions is when the Holy Spirit takes a thought or statement you read or hear and applies it to your own heart. He's the only one who knows the ultimate answers. And He's the only one who can speak those answers to the deepest places in your soul.
Hearing God's Answers
How do you hear God's answers? Our confused thoughts and overwhelming emotions can make hearing God's voice difficult. He doesn't usually shout over the clashing barrage of sound in your head.
That's why it's important to get quiet. It's when your mind and heart have become relatively still that you will hear Him. You do that primarily by intentionally entering the presence of God, by inviting Him to go with you into the deepest hurts and dark places of your heart.
Get alone with God and just be still. You may begin by reading a psalm or two, or listening to some worship music. You may cry or beg or scream. Or you may find journaling your prayers to God a helpful way of expressing your deep emotions. Let whatever emotions you have flow out to God.
And then don't rush away. Stay there a little longer. Let the wave of your emotions subside and choose to allow your heart to hear if He has something to say to you.
Sometimes you will feel nothing except an emotional release, a crashing of the emotional wave in your soul. Sometimes you may sense a simple presence, a quiet knowing from God that says, "I'm here." Sometimes you may sense something specific and clear that can become like an anchor you will be able to hold on to during your journey.
God's answers may not always satisfy your intellectual curiosity, but they will satisfy your soul. He will respond to you in a way that uniquely addresses what you need to hear. If you keep coming back into His presence, God Himself will become the answer to your questions.
Your job? Just keep coming back. Find times, even if they're short, when you will intentionally enter God's presence over and over again. Direct your questions to Him. Stick around. And your questions can be satisfied.
Your Turn:Have you wrestled with any why questions? Have you directed them to God? How has doing so affected your relationship with Him? Leave a comment below.
Dr. Carol Peters-Tanksleyis both a board-certified OB-GYN physician and an ordained doctor of ministry. As an author and speaker, she loves helping people discover the Fully Alive kind of life Jesus came to bring us. Visit her website at drcarolministries.com.
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"A Vision of Amish Buggies and the King's Carriage" Bill Yount, Hagerstown, MD
Intro from Bill Yount:
I was awakened on a recent morning by the clicking sound of trotting horse hoofs. I then heard the Lord say, "Come meet those who have tilled My land unnoticed for a great harvest. My Son shines on their clotheslines to give them the garments of praise and the robes of My righteousness."
God then brought back a word I released originally in 2006, where I saw an Amish buggy turning into a King's Carriage. I'm releasing this word again as this vision is suddenly reappearing with the King now in the Carriage.
"Your steps formed a highway through the seas with footprints on a pathway no one even knew was there." (Psalm 77:19 TPT) (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
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"A Vision of Amish Buggies and the King's Carriage" Bill Yount, Hagerstown, MD
I saw an Amish buggy, pulled by a white horse, turn into a king's carriage and prance onto the highway of glory!
"And they sang a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for Thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by Thy Blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." (Revelation 5:9-10)
"And I saw Heaven opened and behold a white horse, and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True..." (Revelation 19:11)
The Shofar is Blowing Throughout Amish Country
I was ministering in a small country church, where there were Amish people living in the area. While I was speaking, I sensed that God was doing something regional, bringing His people together corporately for something awesome. To be honest, at the time, I was not thinking about the Amish people, but God was. Later the Lord showed me that as I blew the shofar during worship, His breath was blowing throughout the region, releasing white horses into Amish country.
Amish Buggies on the Highway to Glory!
Amish buggies will no longer take the back country roads for travel, but will now take their place on the "spiritual" beltways. On the way to this small church in Pennsylvania, a friend who knew the area cautioned me to drive carefully, because Amish buggies drawn by horses would be using the same road. (Some Amish people have been injured and even killed by cars running into them.) Since the speed of the buggies is slow, they are not easily seen as you drive over the top of a hill, or as they are slowly coming onto the road from an intersection. As we arrived at the church, a buggy with an Amish family was passing by the church. The clicking sound of trotting horse hoofs blessed us as we entered through the church doors.
I sense the Lord cautioning us who believe, that He is pouring out His Spirit on all flesh, to "walk softly" in Amish country. Many Amish people will now begin to come onto the same "spiritual" road we are on. I sense the Lord saying, "They may appear slow and behind the times in certain areas, but to Me, they are coming onto My Highway right on time!"
Angels are Being Released to Bring in a Bountiful Harvest...Here Come the Amish!
I am seeing angels descending upon the fields and barns of the Amish people. Barns are the places where the Amish often gather to worship. I see their barns overflowing with the fatness of a great harvest of souls, full of the Holy Spirit coming into the Kingdom of God. Their barns shall be called "Glory Barns" with "24/7" worship breaking out. The Lord is coming to set their harvest fields on fire.
Jesus Yoked Up with Amish Horse Teams to Work Together in Their Fields
"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His. Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief." (Hebrews 4:9-11)
Jesus was in their fields of labor, working right among these precious Amish people, to bring them into a harvest of "spiritual" resting in Him, who had finished the redemptive work before the foundation of the world. Because of their tradition of hard work ethics, the Lord will use many of the Amish people as they keep their hand to the "spiritual" plow, and enter into His rest, and other fields of His labor.
Knitting "Prophetic" Quilts of Unity
Amish women were mending torn pieces of cloth together from various denominations, races, and nationalities, knitting "prophetic" quilts of unity. Many people looking from underneath these unfinished prophetic quilts, couldn't make any sense out of the design or see any beauty in it. But the Lord was proclaiming: "I see the quilt from above as though it's already finished, and it's awesome to Me. I make all things beautiful in My time."
Next time you pass through Amish country, you may want to take a buggy ride...on the King's carriage.
Bill Yount has been a member of Bridge of Life Church in Hagerstown, Maryland for the past 40 years where he is in leadership. He faithfully served in Prison Ministry at Mount Hope Inc. for 23 years and now travels full-time, ministering in churches and Aglow circles. He is currently an Advisor at Large for Aglow International and is also a member of the Apostolic Company of Alliance International Ministries. Bill's calling is to encourage the Body of Christ to move forward into God's destiny as they are sent into the harvest field. "Humility and Humor" characterize his ministry as he brings forth a fresh word that is "in season" proclaiming the Word of the Lord! The shofar or (ram's horn) is at times used in his meetings, breaking the powers of darkness over regions, churches, and households. The shofar represents God's breath blowing into the nostrils of His people, reviving them and awakening the lost as he travels across the U.S. Many of God's messages which Bill ministers prophetically, come out of everyday life with his family and friends. Bill is also a member of the Apostolic Company of Alliance International Ministries.
I was awakened on a recent morning by the clicking sound of trotting horse hoofs. I then heard the Lord say, "Come meet those who have tilled My land unnoticed for a great harvest. My Son shines on their clotheslines to give them the garments of praise and the robes of My righteousness."
