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 PRAISE
“Let the redeemed of the Lord say so …” (Psalms 107:2)
Power,
Redemption,
Affirmation,
Inspiration,
Sanctification,
Exaltation
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Volume 11 Issue 2
August 2010
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Hands Up Ministry
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.
THE ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE
The Servant Team – Leaders:
Deidre Schilling, Delois Maddox, Karen Page,
Sandy Witherspoon, Paul Thompson, Stephanie Wilkes, and Jackie Hager
Emeritus Leaders
Tom Meadows, Roy Campbell, Ralph Brown,
Ruth Johnson and Richard Hatcher
The Twelve Disciples – Prayer Team
George
Foreman, Janet Taylor, Juanita Langley, Margie Jasper,
Denise Warren, Karen Page, Tom Meadows, Pam Barden,
Deedre Dickerson and Tee Williams
Love Fund Coordinator:
Karen Page
Newsletter Staff:
Tom Meadows
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Hands
Up Ministry Organization
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From
The Servant Team: The Cross (It Is Finished)
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Prayer
Ministry
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HUM
Scheduled Meetings
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Missions Minded:
Progress of La Resolana
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Holy HUMor |
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26 Guards |
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Excuse Me! Are You Jesus? |
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The Necklace |
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The Necklace (continued) |
If you would like a copy of this newsletter, contact Tom Meadows and
give him your home and/or e-mail address.
PRAISE JESUS
The Newsletter
staff is always looking for roving reporters, writers and
publishers. Anyone
interested in serving God through this publication, please contact a
member of the Servant Team or Tom Meadows
at
BELIEVE ON JESUS
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FROM THE SERVANT TEAM:
PRAISE
the Lord!!
Pastor Jeremiah
The Cross (It Is Finished)
Matthew 16:24 - Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will
come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow me.
The message God would have you receive today is: Obedience
1. Deny self.
2. Tale up your cross.
3. Follow him.
Follow Jesus where? Jesus took his cross to Calvary. He was obedient
unto death. The final sacrifice for sin was made. Jesus took his
cross to Calvary but he also left it there. (it is finished) He took
the sins of the world to Calvary but he left them there. (It is
finished.) He took death to Calvary but he left it there. (It is
finished) Jesus took his flesh to Calvary but he left it there. (It
is finished.)
Hebrews 12:2 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our
faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne
of God. (Author is the root word for authority. Jesus has authority
and he said, “It is finished.”
Matthew 11:28/30 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto
your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. (Jesus
exchanges your cross for His yoke.)
Jesus carried the cross once as an act of obedience. I believe we
only have to carry it once. (Note: Calvary is mentioned only once in
the Bible.)
Jesus said you must take up your cross and follow him. Pick up your
cross and carry it to Calvary. Leave it there. Become obedient unto
death (self). Deny self. Take your sins to Calvary. Leave them
there. Take the old man (self) to Calvary. Leave him. (It is
finished)
James 1:15 - Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin:
and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. (When death to
self, the old man and sin come……..it is finished.)
Ephesians 4:24 - And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness. Romans 6:14 - For sin
shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace. Romans 6:22 - But now being made free from sin, and
become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the
end everlasting life
John 8:32 - And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free.
John 8:36 - If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be
free indeed.
Have you taken up your cross and followed Jesus to Calvary? Did you
leave your cross at Calvary or are you still carrying it? If you are
still carrying it, then you still have the burden of self and sin.
Jesus said, “It is finished”.
Have you been set free? Not with wisdom of words but by the power of
the cross.
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HATYILYTILYAJLY
If you need prayer contact Karen Page
or any member of the Twelve Disciples or the
Servant Team
Prayer Ministry
The one thing that holds this ministry and our work together is our
prayer ministry headed up by Karen Page and the prayer team known as
the Twelve Disciples.
Did you know that our prayer register has over 300 requests to date?
Each of the names is called out to the Lord everyday not just
on Wednesday. It is a
humbling thing to call out 300 names to the Lord knowing that you
need as much prayer as any of these names.
Many people will be touched by the Lord through Hands Up
Ministry who otherwise might never attend church.
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Hands Up Meetings
Are You Available?
Tuesdays:
United Christians of Alleghany Warehouse Company:
12:20 PM – 12:50 PM
West Mark One :
Noon -1:00 PM
Headquarters Annex - Noon - 1:00 PM every two weeks on Wednesdays
Manufacturing Center /Commerce Center/“The Light” at Park 500: – Praying for revival of
meetings at these locations.
Operations Center
– Closed
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 MISSIONS
AT WORK
INVESTMENT FOR AN ETERNITY
By
Tom Meadows
The latest news on La Resolana is the church completion is a
matter of cosmetics. The outside of the church still needs
stuccoing and funds ran out due to inflation and the exchange rate
of the Peso. I am working with the Missionary in hopes of
seeing it's full completion soon.
Pray for La Resolana Church
Pray
for our churches in the Dominican Republic.
Villa
Progresso
Church
El
Curro
Church
Be missions minded not absent minded.
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Holy HUMor
Sunday after church, a Mom asked her very young daughter what the
lesson was about. The daughter answered, "Don't be scared, you'll
get your quilt." Needless to say, the Mom was perplexed. Later in
the day, the pastor stopped by for tea and the Mom asked him what
that morning's Sunday school lesson was about.
He said "Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming."
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The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to
ask the congregation to come up with more money than they were
expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was
annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute
had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to
know what to play.
"Here's a copy of the service," he said impatiently. "But, you'll
have to
think of something to play after I make the announcement about the
finances."
During the service, the minister paused and said, "Brothers and
Sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as
much as we expected and we need $4,000 more. Any of you who can
pledge $100 or more, please stand up."
At that moment, the substitute organist played "The Star
Spangled Banner."
And that is how the substitute became the regular organist!
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God's 26 Guards
Here's a message that will bring you chills.
Have you ever felt the urge to pray for someone and Then
just put it on a list and said, 'I'll pray for them later'?
Or has anyone ever called you and said, I need you to pray
for me, I have this need?'
Read the following story that was sent to me and may it
change the way that you may think about prayer and also the
way you pray. You
will be blessed by this.....
A missionary on furlough told this true story while visiting
his home church in Michigan .
While serving at a small field hospital in Africa , every
two weeks I traveled by bicycle through the jungle to a
nearby city for supplies. This was a journey of two days and
required camping overnight at the halfway point.
On one of these journeys, I arrived in the city where I
planned to collect money from a bank, purchase medicine, and
supplies, and then begin my two-day journey back to the
field hospital.
Upon arrival in the city, I observed two men fighting, one
of whom had been seriously injured. I treated him for his
injuries and at the same time talked to him about the Lord.
I then traveled two days, camping overnight, and arrived
home without incident.....
Two weeks later I repeated my journey.
Upon arriving in the city, I was approached by the young man
I had treated.
He told me that he had known I carried money and medicines.
He said, 'Some friends and I followed you in to the jungle,
Knowing you would camp overnight. We planned to kill you and
take your money and drugs. But just as we were about to move
into your camp, We saw that you were surrounded by 26 armed
guards.
At this, I laughed and said that I was certainly all alone
in that jungle campsite..
The young man pressed the point, however, and said,
'No, sir, I was not the only person to see the guards, my
friends also saw them, and we all counted them.
It was because of those guards that we were afraid and left
you alone'
At this point in the sermon, one of the men in the
congregation jumped to his feet and interrupted the
missionary and asked if he could tell him the exact day this
happened. The missionary told the congregation the date, and
the man who interrupted told him this story:
On the night of your incident in Africa ,
it was morning here and I was preparing to go play golf. I
was about to putt when I felt the urge to pray for you.
In fact, the urging of the Lord was so strong, I called men
in this church to meet with me here in the sanctuary to pray
for you.
Would all of those men who met with me on that day stand
up?' The men who had met together to pray that day stood
up.. The missionary wasn't concerned with whom they were, He
was too busy counting how many men he saw.
There were 26.
This story is an incredible example of how the Spirit of the
Lord moves in behalf of those who love Him. If you ever feel
such prodding to pray, go along with it, you don't know what
it can mean to that person.
Nothing is ever hurt by prayer except the gates of hell. I
encourage you to forward this to as many people as you know.
If we all take it to heart, we can turn this world toward
God once again.
As the above true story clearly illustrates, “With
God all things are possible'.
More importantly, how God hears and answers the prayers of
the faithful.
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'Excuse me,
Are you
Jesus?'
This is really powerful and makes one think!!!!
A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales
convention in Chicago . They had assured their wives that
they would be home in plenty of time for Friday night's
dinner. In their rush, with tickets and briefcases, one of
these salesmen inadvertently kicked over a table which held
a display of apples. Apples flew everywhere. Without
stopping or looking back, they all managed to reach the
plane in time for their nearly missed boarding.
ALL
BUT ONE !!!
He paused, took a deep breath, and experienced a twinge of
compassion for the girl whose apple stand had been
overturned.
He told his buddies to go on without him, waved good-bye,
told one of
Them to call his wife when they arrived at their home
destination and explain his taking a later flight. Then he
returned to the terminal where the apples were all over the
terminal floor.
He was glad he did.
The 16 year old girl was totally blind! She was softly
crying, tears
Running down her cheeks in frustration, and at the same
time helplessly
Groping for her spilled produce as the crowd swirled about
her, no one
Stopping and no one to care for her plight.
The salesman knelt on the floor with her, gathered up the
apples, put them back on the table and helped organize her
display. As he did this, he noticed that many of them had
become battered and bruised; these he set aside in another
basket.
When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to
the girl,
'Here, please take this $40 for the damage we did. Are you
okay?' She
Nodded through her tears. He continued on with, 'I hope we
didn't spoil your day too badly.'
As the salesman started to walk away, the bewildered blind
girl called out to him, 'Mister....' He paused and turned to
look back into those blind eyes. She continued,
'Are you
Jesus?'
He stopped in mid-stride, and he wondered. Then slowly he
made his way to catch the later flight with that question
burning and bouncing about in his soul:
'Are you
Jesus?'
Do people mistake you for Jesus?
That's our
Destiny, is it not? To be so much like
Jesus
that people
Cannot tell
the difference as we live and interact with a world that is
blind to
His love,
life and grace. If we claim to know
Him,
we should live, walk and act as
He
would.
Knowing
Him
is more than simply quoting Scripture and going to church.
It's actually living the Word as life unfolds day to day.
You are the apple of
His
eye even though we, too, have been bruised by a fall.
He
stopped what
He
was doing and picked you and me up on a hill called Calvary
and paid in full for our damaged fruit.
Please
share this.....
Sometimes we just take things for granted, when
We really need to be sharing what we know...Thanks
GOD
BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
TOO MANY CHRISTIANS ARE NO LONGER FISHERS OF MEN BUT
KEEPERS OF THE AQUARIUM.
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The
Necklace
The
cheerful little girl with bouncy golden curls was almost
five.
Waiting with her
mother at the checkout stand, she saw them, a circle
of glistening white
pearls in a pink foil box..
"Oh mommy please,
Mommy. Can I have them? Please, Mommy,
please?"
Quickly the mother
checked the back of the little foil box and then
looked back into the
pleading blue eyes of her little girl's upturned
face.
"A dollar
ninety-five. That's almost $2.00. If you really want
them, I'll think of
some extra chores for you and in no time you can
save enough money to
buy them for yourself.. Your birthday's only a
week away and you
might get another crisp dollar bill from
Grandma."
As soon as Jenny got
home, she emptied her penny bank and counted out
17 pennies. After
dinner, she did more than her share of chores and
she went to the
neighbor and asked Mrs.. McJames if she could pick
dandelions for ten
cents. On her birthday, Grandma did give her
another new dollar
bill and at last she had enough money to buy the
necklace.
Jenny loved her
pearls. They made her feel dressed up and grown up.
She wore them
everywhere, Sunday school, kindergarten, even to bed.
The only time she
took them off was when she went swimming or had a
bubble bath. Mother
said if they got wet, they might turn her neck
green.
Jenny
had a very loving daddy and every night when she was ready
for
bed, he would stop whatever he was doing and come upstairs
to read
her a story. One night as he finished the story, he asked
Jenny ,
"Do you love me?"
"Oh
yes, daddy. You know that I love you."
"Then give me your
pearls."
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The Necklace (continued)
"Oh,
daddy, not my pearls. But you can have Princess, the white
horse from my collection ,
the one with the pink tail. Remember,
daddy? The one you gave me.
She's my very favorite."
"That's okay, Honey, daddy
loves you. Good night." And he
brushed her cheek with a
kiss.
About
a week later, after the story time, Jenny 's daddy asked again,
"Do you love me?"
"Daddy, you know I love
you."
"Then give me your pearls."
"Oh Daddy, not my pearls.
But you can have my
baby doll. The brand new one
I got for my birthday. She is beautiful
and you can have the yellow
blanket that matches her sleeper."
"That's okay. Sleep well.
God bless you, little one.. Daddy
loves you."
And as always, he brushed
her cheek with a gentle kiss.
A few nights later when her
daddy came in, Jenny was sitting on her
bed with her legs crossed
Indian style.
As he came close, he noticed
her chin was trembling and one silent
tear rolled down her cheek.
"What
is it, Jenny ? What's the matter?"
Jenny didn't say anything
but lifted her little hand up to her daddy.
And when she opened it,
there was her little pearl necklace. With a
little quiver, she finally
said, "Here, daddy; this is for
you."
With tears gathering in his
own eyes, Jenny's daddy reached out with
one hand to take the dime
store necklace, and with the other hand he
reached into his pocket and
pulled out a blue velvet case with a
strand of genuine pearls and
gave them to Jenny ...
He had them all the time. He
was just waiting for her to give up the
dime-store stuff so he could
give her the genuine treasure. So it is,
with our Heavenly Father. He
is waiting for us to give up the cheap
things in our lives so that
he can give us beautiful treasures.
God will never take away
something without giving you something
better in its place.
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