| Girlfriends Share the Best Infomation | | Posted by Frankie on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at 8:38am | In 1998, after 25 years of a successful and fulfilling career as a professional choreographer and dance educator, God called me into full time women’s ministry.
As the choreographer of the Florida Citrus Bowl and Georgia Peach Bowl Half Time Show, my career in dance had been amazing. To this day, I continue to praise God for that experience.
Certainly, nothing would compare to seeing my choreography performed in a stadium before 70,000 screaming fans and televised by ABC. Or so I thought.
And then it happened. I led a young mother of three little girls to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. She was dying of cancer, and no one had ever told her about Jesus, and heaven. This young mother came backstage after a performance to thank me for all I had done for her children, and to say good-bye. I asked one simple question, “do you know Jesus”? She said, “no mam”. Immediately, that stage became a prayer altar, and a young woman received the Savior.
Yes screaming footballs fans are thrilling, but can you imagine the excitement from the cloud of witness in heaven, when this young woman with only a few months to live said YES to Jesus.
Who could have known that several years later I would ask that same question to hundreds of women in churches everywhere? Only One… the One who knew the plans He had for me, long before I put on my first pair of dance shoes, my Creator.
Jeremiah 29-11 For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Go Share!
Perhaps there’s someone in your circle of influence and no one has ever asked them-do you know Jesus. Girlfriend-go and share Jesus with someone today, it will not only make a difference in their life today but in eternity
| | | | | Have You Seen Jesus Lately? | | Posted by Frankie on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 9:45am |
I Saw Jesus Last Week.
He was wearing blue jeans and an old shirt.
He was up at the church building;
He was alone and working hard.
For just a minute he looked a little like one of our church members.
But it was Jesus, I could tell by his smile.
I saw Jesus last Sunday.
He was teaching a Bible class.
He didn't talk real loud or use long words,
But you could tell he believed what he said.
For just a minute, he looked like my Sunday School teacher.
But it was Jesus, I could tell by his loving voice.
I saw Jesus yesterday.
He was at the hospital visiting a friend who was sick.
They prayed together quietly.
For just a minute he looked like our pastor.
But it was Jesus, I could tell by the tears in his eyes.
I saw Jesus this morning.
He was in my kitchen making my breakfast
He then fixed me a special lunch to take with me.
For just a minute he looked like my Mom.
But it was Jesus, I could feel the love from his heart.
I saw Jesus today.
He was praying on his knees all alone.
He then began to cry for those he prayed for.
For just a minute he looked like a lady from our church.
But it was Jesus, I could see the compassion poured out of his prayer.
I saw Jesus the other day.
He was at the grocery store talking to a friend.
He then put his arms around them to comfort them.
For just a minute he looked like a young mother in our ladies class.
But it was Jesus, I could see the concern for others who hurt.
I see Jesus everywhere,
Taking food to the sick,
Welcoming others to his home,
Being friendly to a newcomer
And for just a minute I think he's someone I know.
But it's always Jesus, I can tell by the way he serves.
May someone see Jesus in you today.
"You are My witnesses," says the Lord." (Isaiah 43:5)
Please share with me-where you have recently seen Jesus working in the lives of others lately.
| | | | | Girlfriends Beware of the Baal Out! | | Posted by Frankie on Friday, April 10, 2009 at 1:40pm |
There’s more than one Bailout in America and If believers do not take a stand now, our grandchildren will definitely pay a huge cost. It isn’t the governments financial bailout I am talking about, it’s the “Baal Out” of Christianity.
In fact, I believe the soul of our nation is at risk. If believers do not oppose, and stand on the word of God we will be Baaled out by the lies that are sweeping churches in America.
The Four Lies
1. All Religions Lead to God
This isn’t a new lie. However,it seems to be having a revival due to Oprah and her huge influence. This philosophy is based on the doctrine of universalism-which states that all people will receive salvation and go to heaven.
Even some popular pastors have forsaken biblical orthodoxy and embraced this new age philosophy, much like the prophets of Baal in Jezebel’s court.
Question: if that were true would Jesus have needed to die on the cross? Absolutely not. The wages of sins is death and you and I --well girlfriend, we’re sinners. So we desperately needed a savior. Thankfully, our God provided.
2. Hell does not exist. If Satan, can convince us that neither he nor hell exists then his job is accomplished. Hell is real, and it does exist. God created hell for those who did not want to spend eternity with Him. It would be over the death of his son, Jesus. He would do everything to prevent it, except make the choice for us. To say there is no hell is to say that God overlooks all the atrocities and the evils of this world. We serve a God who is a just God.
3. God didn’t create the world. Our world doesn’t want to believe in a Creator because if he's real He has the ultimate authority over his creation. If he’s real then we will answer to his authority. Then it will not be about us, ultimately it will be about Him. To say there is no Creator frees man of moral responsibility. In the end if there’s no one to answer to, why bother to care for mankind?
4. Man Redefines Morality. We are living in the “new normal” and it is dark. Media, politics, education and entertainment have determined to overthrow all conventional morals that we hold decent. They desire a hedonistic world with no rules, boundaries, guilt and certainly no God.
A deceptive spirit has entered our churches/congregations and it has consumed weak Christians. Believers have changed their views on homosexuality, abortion, and fornication. “Evil is now called good”. Dare to stand up against them and stand on for God’s word, and you are labeled a bigot.
Beloved-we don’t need this Baal out-in our churches. We must love our God with all of our heart, soul and mind. We are His chosen people. God’s word must be the ultimate authority in our lives. That’s the only truth that we can stand on.
Followers of Christ-find your voice. Our God will not forsake us. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
On April 6th 2009 President Obama stated that America is no longer a Christian nation but a nation of many religions. I beg you-let’s do everything to prove him and the whole world wrong. America is a Christian nation. We will not be Baaled out -but sold out for God.
| | | | | The Church Girl | | Posted by Frankie on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at 3:37pm |
I LOVE the church. I love Sunday school, family night dinners, Christmas pageants, old hymns and new contemporary songs. I like the fact that I can call the prayer chain and have my name added. I love knowing that I can give an offering at my church that when combined with others it will affect humanity.
When I was a little girl growing up in the late fifties, on Saturday night we prepared for Sunday because it was CHURCH DAY.
We had to make sure our shoes were polished, and our Sunday clothes were clean and pressed. Next and most important we had to place our bibles and lesson book on the kitchen table. Another ritual was to put our tithe in the envelopes and carefully check the boxes that applied.
• Did you read your bible everyday
• Did you read your Sunday School Lesson
• Did you invite someone to church
• Did you tithe
• Are you staying for Worship
I can remember my pride as I checked each one and my disappointment when I couldn't. I promised that I would try harder the coming week.
Unfortunately, there were times when I checked a box anyway knowing that I hadn’t done what it said, but I wondered what my Sunday school teacher would think if she saw an unchecked box? So I checked the box.
Little did I know that I was more into seeking man’s approval rather than Gods.
This simple weekly exercise was not as much about church records as it was about me. In His wisdom God knew that we would need accountability.
The little envelop served as a reminder of what God expected of me, as one of His children who belonged to His church. It was a matter of integrity, between God and me.
Not once as a child did I ever ask my mom on Saturday night, “Are we going to church tomorrow"? She would have thought I had lost my mind. It was Sunday the Lord’s day. It was our lifestyle and not a habit.
My family loved church, and we loved the people of the church. Looking back, I don’t know where I would be without that legacy. I am glad that this same legacy has been passed on my son. You will find him, with his wife and two precious daughters at church every Sunday. He loves the church as much as his mom does.
I can’t begin to count the number of sermons I‘ve heard, the prayers I’ve listened to, or how many times I’ve sung Amazing Grace, but I do know the church has provided far more than any other activity I have participated in.
The church was established for Gods people. Throughout the New Testament everywhere the apostles went the first thing they did was to win souls. The next thing they did was to set up a church.
If you haven’t found a place of worship in your local community, start praying and start visiting. God has a special place for you and your family, a place where you can grow in His spirit, be nurtured by believers, and blessed by His word.
Remember that the church is not perfect. If it were, we could not attend. But a good church is filled with people who believe in the promise-that Jesus died for the church and he calls it his bride.
If you haven’t been to church in a while-give it another try. Who knows you may even find out that you’ve become a church girl too.
| | | | | The Preacher Who Made Sandwiches September 10 2001 | | Posted by Frankie on Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 12:41am | Below is an article from one of the most respected pastor’s in America. It was posted on the Faith 2 Action with Janet Porter. I added nothing to his article. Being along time respected reader of Reverend Wilkerson, I wanted to post this on my blog and share with those in my circle of influence.
Please share your comments with me and tell me what you think after you read the article.
Wilkserson's Warning
When I was a kid, I read about David Wilkerson who took the Gospel to the gangs of New York. I even saw the movie "The Cross and the Switchblade" that was made about him. Many know about that, but most don't know what happened in his church just eight years ago.
In the fall of 2001, Pastor David Wilkerson, of Times Square Church in New York City, was warned by God that a calamity was coming. For six weeks they felt an intense burden and enormous heaviness. A critical need for intercession was so profound that Pastor Wilkerson canceled everything on the church calendar – mission's conferences, youth events and every guest speaker.
For six weeks, there wasn't a sermon. Instead, there was intercession for our nation with weeping and repentance. They knew something was coming and that something was bad. And that something was soon. So they prayed. And prayed … and prayed.
Then Wilkerson felt God telling him something that seemed rather bizarre. He felt God telling him to make sandwiches – lots of sandwiches. What were they for? Who would eat them? That part wasn't clear, but his church did what they believed God was telling them anyway.
And on the 10th of September they stayed up all night making hundreds and hundreds of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. By morning they had about 2,000 sandwiches. At 8:46 a.m. the first plane hit the World Trade Center and Times Square Church was ready to feed and minister to rescue workers and victims of our nation's worst attack.
Making sandwiches all night is a strange thing to do. If someone told me to stay up all night making sandwiches, I'd probably tell them they were crazy. But if David Wilkerson says he's heard something from God today, I think we'd be crazy not to listen.
Frankie's Comments: Now that you have read that, the following is going to be difficult to take in. Still, I wanted to share the article. The reverends words that follow are alarming and you must decide if and how you will respond.
Back to Janet's article
He now says he feels the same thing he felt leading up to the attack by radical Islam. In an "URGENT MESSAGE" dated March 7, 2009, Wilkerson said:
AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IT IS GOING TO BE SO FRIGHTENING, WE ARE ALL GOING TO TREMBLE – EVEN THE GODLIEST AMONG US.
For 10 years I have been warning about a thousand fires coming to New York City. It will engulf the whole mega plex, including areas of New Jersey and Connecticut. Major cities all across America will experience riots and blazing fires – such as we saw in Watts, Los Angeles, years ago.
There will be riots and fires in cities worldwide. There will be looting – including Times Square, New York City. What we are experiencing now is not a recession, not even a depression. We are under God's wrath. In Psalm 11 it is written:
… God is judging the raging sins of America and the nations. He is destroying the secular foundations.
The prophet Jeremiah pleaded with wicked Israel, "God is fashioning a calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh, turn back each of you from your evil way, and reform your ways and deeds. But they will say, It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart" (Jeremiah 18:11-12).
In Psalm 11:6, David warns, "Upon the wicked he will rain snares (coals of fire) … fire … burning wind … will be the portion of their cup." Why? David answered, "Because the Lord is righteous" (v. 7). This is a righteous judgment – just as in the judgments of Sodom and in Noah's generation.
WHAT SHALL THE RIGHTEOUS DO? WHAT ABOUT GOD'S PEOPLE?
First, I give you a practical word I received for my own direction. If possible lay in store a 30-day supply of non-perishable food, toiletries and other essentials. In major cities, grocery stores are emptied in an hour at the sign of an impending disaster.
… I will behold our Lord on his throne, with his eye of tender, loving kindness watching over every step I take – trusting that he will deliver his people even through floods, fires, calamities, tests, trials of all kinds.
Note: I do not know when these things will come to pass, but I know it is not far off. I have unburdened my soul to you. Do with the message as you choose.
Warren Buffett has said that our economy has "fallen off a cliff." With the election of the most pro-abortion president (and Congress) in history, there's no question that we deserve God's judgment.
Barack Obama signed an executive order to use children for spare parts. So much for defending the "least of these," as he so often quoted during his campaign. Cannibalizing the weak to help the strong. And by the way, don't believe everything you hear in the news – Obama didn't say he was against cloning. He said he was against "reproductive" cloning. Killing a new life after cloning one is another matter entirely: the cowardice of Obama's "Brave New World."
The bottom line is that we are economically and morally bankrupt. And it's reported that Iran now has all they need to build nukes.
So, when the guy who made the 2,000 sandwiches on Sept. 10 warns us: "AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN," I think we would do well to heed it. And follow the words Wilkerson quotes from the prophet Jeremiah and "turn back each of you from your evil way, and reform your ways and deeds."
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