Sunday_Service

Good Morning everyone I always told you that things happen when I do the sermon, if I get a 6.3 earthquake again I will not write anymore sermons, that was to much for anyone, standing there holding computer screens while towers are bouncing around, talk about stress and warfare for me not to do the sermon, forget it. That is what happened last week things were flying and breaking all over the place. The place was full of glass, and it took days to clean up, on top of everything else someone came by and dropped off some frozen burger and tofu and they knocked I was so out, I didn’t know they put it there till the next day. I had a cleanliness inspection that same day, you see what I mean? And that day was set up for Tuesday the 17th weeks ago. So not only did I have to finish the sermon under all the earthquake conditions then the place had to be spotless on Tuesday when there was nothing but broken glass, all over the place, you see how my life goes. And when I finally lay down someone brings over food and I find it on the porch Wednesday morning, destroyed. So that was a wonderful 4 days. I was asking God today what He wants me to do. Anyway welcome everyone if anyone is here or if all satan and his agents have destroyed the church entirely. We will talk about that later. Now let us concentrate on our purpose.

This church we have is still dedicated to missions, we can send words and let the people "there" do the talking, the friends and neighbors of the area that know the language and the culture, this is a new aspect that I have been working on the “piggy back” method of sending out prayer letters with scripture and a teaching as a whole, we are not working it like pieces being put together by North American missionaries. We are going about the great commission a different way the only way being I am disabled and Senior Pastor of The Church Ministries, Inc. which is now almost three years old, our whole idea is to use the people that are already there after a sermon is preached and translated then pastors in that area run off some copies that are all ready translated, most likely and handed off to people on there way home which may be for miles and that no missionary will ever get to. And the way things have been going even though I am very sick the devil does not want any sermons or prayer letters to hit the World Wide Web. There is churches that partner with other churches and they go on their short term stay in a Christian based area which they might venture father into the deeper part of the area, but they always return to their home base, remember Jesus in (Matt. 10:34)"Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.] Either we feel the peace of Christ or we feel His judgment. We need to follow the great commission that Jesus has given us marching orders for. [Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."] (Matt. 28:18-20) and in Mark [He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well."] (Mark 16:15-18) What people are doing is sending in combination sharing churches and going to particular places and trying to explain about Christ in such a short term, The Church Ministries way is using the people that are already there and this way they already know each other and have the understanding and culture, and they are just handed some information to share together about the Love of Christ. The thing is these other churches that are spending what very little money that is put away for missions and spending more money on their travel to get them there and to return them, that is the biggest expense, what I am trying to do is to preach Christ and have the pastors and ministers already in place and I send them what to share with there neighbors. In the early 70’s it started out with about 22,000 at the end of the 70’s it moved to more than a million missionaries today, but the effect is not really doing the job, we still have 3,000 languages that have not one sentence of scripture, and we still have 1.8 Billion people that have not heard of the Good News and there is still very little chance that they will here it anyway, because if you divide it down it comes out to about one missionary per 10,000 people, The thing is everyone is going about it the wrong way, these short term missionaries are basically part-time in the missions logic and understanding we have to send in these people and get them in on the action of the people that live deep in the areas that are untouched, these people must live among them and to get to know each other before they can even start to witness, winning there confidence is the hard part, we do that by using the people that are already there. We have to agree that short term mission’s projects can not pull off the great Commission. We know missionaries have been trying there hardest for the last two to three decades, but you see you have to live there, it was like me before I understood the American Indians I had to live with them camp out with them, eat with them, and generally hang out with them to really know them. This all takes time. These giant churches did have the money but you see like one of my Bishop Directors would say they all go to a meeting place lets say a church in India and they would all hang out in that area and some would cross the lines into the jungle but would always go so far and return to there American Christian base located in India, so only a small amount of the great commission would be done. We should also have people from each area to learn each language and do a rough draft of the translation of the bible even if it is a chapter or the book of John at least they would have something someone could read to them, but that to is a vision I have and that would take time. But we could set up a base and do that one thing. You see the more time they spend over there as missionaries the funding would be enormous. Back to The Church’s ideas our bishops are all in different areas of the middle east and we can communicate on what is really going on, and we can send each other bibles, but it is a lot easier and safer to share prayer letters and sermons via the internet and then the people would take the paperwork themselves and would go into the deeper parts of the 10/40 window for instance to there home area or town or village, and teach what they just got taught at their church. You have to figure some walk many miles to go to a service that is sitting on a log or a rock and what they do is walk home those miles and they carry some paper with them, when they get to their own village or town they are already acquainted with everyone, they know everyone and they share the Good News with them naturally, and then some that may be visiting their village for the weekend and they leave to go back to there home which may be miles away, they take the paper and share it with their people and they might have to adjust the language a bit but if they live in the town or village, they too know how to speak the change in language and know what to say and they also know the difference between one language and another because it is just like slang going from Alabama to New York, it would be easy for them to communicate, that is what we have been doing for the last 2 or so years, I have no idea how far anything has gone I get letters that people do share the sermons and I do tell them about the “piggy back” method but getting a letter back from the deep parts of the jungle I have not received. So I do not know what is happening right now. All I know there is countless ministers, pastors and churches in all the different countries I think we up to about 32 or more for sure but that is where it ends they copy from The Church Ministries, or I write a prayer letter and they take that which has scripture and a teaching and they carry those letters from here to there and people share what they have and learned from place to place, or from church to church or church to home or to a friends village. If we were going to do it the expensive way you would have to send in a team to an established place already set up, to teach and share the gospel with people in that general area. Still that group or few bunches of people need supplies and certain items, like drinking water, which could run into a lot of money, if a church or a group of large churches were funding the whole thing but this way they don’t get to any new people, just the ones in the general area. I don’t know what happens at the end of the line for us all I know is they have a computer in a big town close by, and they run off a few copies and they go and preach and when they are done they hand out the work which is probably already translated to a basic language of their area, and from there we use the people that live there to spread the word and follow the great commission and not spend any money, now if we could supply a few computers, ink and paper, to some of these churches, ministers and pastors out there it would help even more, that is why I barley can keep this church afloat because no one knows what I have been doing, and the theory behind the whole future missions plan. Plus now I am so sick it is almost worthless, I don’t have the strength to do anything that is why it takes a day to write a sermon. I have to keep getting up and down because of the pain in my back. It is almost impossible for me to sleep on a normal bed. So what do we do next? Are these 1.8 billion people hearing some of the word, are we getting through to these people? Are they hearing the gospel? We need the people of the reached to blend in with the un-reached. The numbers are so large are any of these letters and sermons getting to these people deep in uncharted or un-mapped areas? We have to agree that the short termed North Americans are just ministering to the reached where there base station or there church is already planted. This has been told to me by one of my major Bishop Directors. For regular missionaries they have their base or church but to get through to one third of the worlds people, they need to get through an area and there has to be a church unmanned and probably unpopulated and basically in the mission field there is no church on the other side. So their whole way of logic and philosophy is not really working. That is why we at The Church Ministries, are using the logic of using the people there as the church itself on the other side because the other side for them is home. This way the communication is always moving, but I am so poor and they are so poor how do I find out if any of the letters are getting deeper and deeper? It is only logical that it must work to some extent. [He told them, "This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.] (Luke 24:46-47) [He said to them: ["It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."] (Acts 1:7-8) The thing is do we want to see one third of the world going to hell because we don’t have the finances and all the money the churches make here? We know for a fact that most of the money here in the U.S. goes right back into the same church, only a very small amount of the pie gets to missions, and it works out in figures, first only about 1% of all finances go into missions and there is one person or one witness or teacher per 10,000 lost people which I mentioned before, and at this rate that is not going to cut it, we need a new plan the way things have been working so far, it only makes sense that we are sending the people themselves in their basic language and the people themselves have a preacher or pastor in the area that writes to us, so if they understand English they must be able to decipher the many languages that must be very similar of the area. But the thing is we are fighting evil to the limit, and the devil does not want me or us writing anymore prayer letters and he is using every gun and weapon in his arsenal, to make me sicker and sicker then I am. I just lost 7 pounds this month. I am fighting wars that know one would believe. The sermons are taking me a full day to write now, because of the pain and the warfare. This is just getting ridiculous, 20-26 hours of typing with two fingers. The people are out there as long as they keep writing, I know there is some action going on, but at times I don’t know what or if they are copying anymore; the Church Site is over 190 pages with links all over the world. We have to help these people, some people think these people will not go to hell if they have never known Jesus Christ and some churches believe that they will, we have to love these people and we have to care for each one of them, this is one third of the world and are we going to sit back and work our regular jobs, fix our own homes and buy new cars, and not go into these countries and preach the gospel? We should be giving God the glory and following the great commission, I can’t do it by myself, I need help, Jesus gave us the orders why are we not following them? I’m sick with a disease that is unknown and a list of other things, I am disabled and on Medicare and just to keep this Church on line is a grace given to me by God. These people are lost and perishing and we have to help them, and bring them to eternal life! Most churches today I see have changed, I will not even get into the things that have happened to me in churches, and I have been all over the U.S.A. so I understand why there is about 1% going to missions, people have changed, they don’t want to take the risk, they don’t want to leave there home and family to be in danger to save souls, I have been invited to go all over the world to preach and help all these churches and ministries, and you can feel the beauty of these people the loving hearts of their Spirit, if God would heal me tomorrow I would be gone. I will continue to write my prayer letters and continue to pray for all the people I know and I will still write sermons and God will help me with the rest. I will continue to break new ground with our own theory given to us by the Holy Spirit and continue to be an evangelistic church planter. My prayers are with you, my whole heart reaches out to you, and may the Lord bless you all, Rev. Paul www.thechurch-ministries.org

You have loved me. I must write to everyone no matter what happens, I have been getting hit so hard by spiritual warfare. Plus things have happened, to make me even poorer then I was before, I know God will help me and I know He will be there. But I must tell each and every one of you, that I love you and all of your family or children, I am only able and strong enough to write one letter. The sickness has gotten worse and I can’t do anything anymore, to hitch- hike into town, because I needed soap is getting quite ridiculous, so my friends I have until near the end of November to keep this church online and keep it there for at least 6 months, so I just want to tell all of you the sickness is getting to a point where I can’t do anything, I try to read the bible and I get hit with so much fear and trembling, that none of this seems right, I can’t find all my important papers I can’t find all the special documents I put away, most of them I found but that was after I had to empty half the place to get through what I could find, I spend my life in tears and loneliness and people think there are neighbors or some friends around but they are very few I can touch, in fact there is no one like me at all, no one has started with nothing in so many cities and actually made it, and now I am getting ready to hit the streets myself, I can’t afford to even put an add in the paper for spiritual counseling or Pastoral counseling, through bible teaching, I can’t even get a microphone donated to this church and I wanted a piano at least to start a praise and worship team, those adds where a total waste and there is not anyone to call, to get anyone to even get one going, I threw away all that money to get the 501c3 and get incorporated, it is a lot more work. Plus I am so sick I can’t even read the emails let alone send them. I can’t keep up any more, I am just to sick, I pass out in front of the computer, and on the Sunday sermon being I didn’t get a head start, and today is Friday the20th there might not be one, because all day Saturday is attack, attack after attack, you would not believe the things that are happening, No one would believe it and the candlelight prayer takes hours to write and I have been passing out slamming my head on the keyboard, my body just can’t take it anymore, the only way I can write and pray to each and every one of you is put your names in and pray for each and every one of you on Sunday that is the only way I can tell each and every one of you how I love all of you what you are doing and how much you all mean to me, so if you don’t read the Sermons you will never see how much I love and care for all of you, I am so upset with someone hacking into (thechurch ministries) lets say on the “Gigablast search engine”, we have 430 odd websites that have (thechurch ministries name), people are using the name for blank pages and to discredit the church and make up there own website with the name of our church but it is for something else, a list or a search that leads nowhere, or a website “that says why am I here”, “or a website that says why do you want to go to the church ministries”? We have been even bad mouthed buy a Christian group, which does not make any sense you have 190 pages of days upon days of things to do all clean, kids safe, and people are out there to destroy (thechurch ministries) name, we know the evil one is involved, there is no dirt within the whole site, the big search engines Google and Yahoo we still are number one but there are many that are changing to number two or taking the cover page right out of the whole search, we are looking for Index, mostly, or (the church, the body of Christ, evangelism) or We chose to name the church because the church is not a… there are a few titles I might have missed, mostly The Church the body of Christ…., that is all the true church Ministries. Mostly “Index” though. Now you see The Church Ministries, written so many different ways and put so many different ways and they are not us. All of these fake thechurch ministries or TheChurch Ministries, it is intense, and they lead you also to a virus, without our address on the bottom is not us, some of them do put the true address in the “text” but not the address, so someone is out to destroy the Church, with predictions, astrology, psychic, horoscopes, tarot, a different Sunday Service 91, which is a key Sermon, everyone has it. They all know what they are doing, and they know how to destroy a church or a good website. And know what to key on so there is no one to help me but the Lord, I have to have total faith in Him, they are even selling Texas beef ribs with thechurch ministries, New York City etc. and it goes on and on and on. So how do I stop it, I don’t know, I have written to so many organizations, and no one writes back. I am not going to sit here and spend 24 hours on the Sunday Sermon and two days to recuperate and two days to plan and set up things so it is like a weeks work and I used to do it in a few hours, the whole thing is, now I can’t do it anymore, I don’t have the strength, it started with the prayer ministry, I am to sick, so I just want to let you all know that the church has been planting seeds all over the world, plus healing people and helping with prayer, but now it is almost impossible, lets face it, I can’t use human teaching, and if I don’t get hit with the Holy Spirit why do it in the first place. I am fighting a war that only that God can win, if He wants the Church open and me to still write the Gospel, I need to be healed or diagnosed or treated, or something because at the rate I am going I just can’t do it anymore, I don’t have the power. My back is killing me, I can’t sit for a long time so I just have to keep getting up and down all day and night, I feel like a yo-yo, plus the fact the fake websites get real dirty, and I can’t deal with that, I don’t want a perfectly good Christian website Church worldwide get trampled upon. What do I do still fight until I drop, or fall off the chair, or really hurt myself crashing into the keyboard, or just suffer from malnutrition. I can’t eat while I write the sermon or I will fall asleep, and I need a good jump at Saturday, so I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, what did happen this time is we had an earthquake 6.3 on the rickter scale, it was centered 64 miles away so there was glass everywhere, this was the worst attempt to stop me from writing the sermon, this was horrible and it effected me emotionally, it was the worst experience I ever went through, and it just keeps coming, all the Islands were in the state of disaster, all the way from complete islands loosing power to a chance of a giant tidal wave, the after shock kept coming, I stood there in complete terror, anyway you are all in the candlelight prayer and I am going to send this to each one of you. To let you all know I love you and care very much for each one of you. What else can I do? I didn’t expect to understand this week, and now the frustration has really effected me. Why would so many people key on us and want to destroy a church on top of everything else, now we have a horrible thunderstorm warning, flood warning and they tell us to move to higher ground, coming right at us.? This is nothing but why would anyone want try to destroy us, a church? Maybe they did it to Paul thousands of years ago, who knows? How much stress can a man go through before he totally snaps or has a stroke or a heart attack, I am to week to fight. I don’t want to die of a broken heart, and there are so many people trying to destroy us, plus our name 3 years work “while suffering” what is it, could it be a ban of people from another country? I know your all going to tell me not to give up, the thing is I can’t do it any more, the Saturdays are turning into nightmares, to where it is all over I say I will never do that again, there is so much pressure on me right now, I don’t know if I will even wake up tomorrow, that is why I want to get this part out. I see another doctor on the 3rd of November and he is supposed to kill this infection, how can a man have an infection for three years, swollen glands, feet swelling, no energy, white blood count very high, with a fever, how does a man live like this? I didn’t have any energy from 6 months ago, and I have been pushing and pushing, to get the Gospel out there, and people all over the world are using parts or whole pieces of the sermon. And they carry it into the deeper parts of the country where they are at, a simple walk home is spreading the good news, that is what we are doing, and someone or some people just want it stopped. I love you all, right down to your children or bothers or sisters, mothers, fathers, grand mothers, and grand fathers. You all know me, and I don’t lie, I have too much to loose if I lie. Pastors can’t lie period. We can’t tell tall tales, we speak the truth, and I must thank everyone that has read the sermons and wrote me all these lovely emails, with strength behind them. You all are Spirit filled, we can fight this with prayer and unity, remember all the apostles, they had one accord, filled with the Spirit, and you all out there are no different. Please help me figure out a way to stop these people. I am praying for strength for each one of you at least that is what I have been trying to do with the candlelight prayer. [“Timothy, my dear son, be strong with the special favor God gives you in Christ Jesus. You have heard me teach many things that have been confirmed by many reliable witnesses. Teach these great truths to trustworthy people who are able to pass them on to others. Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. And as Christ's soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army. Follow the Lord's rules for doing his work, just as an athlete either follows the rules or is disqualified and wins no prize. Hardworking farmers are the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor. Think about what I am saying. The Lord will give you understanding in all these things.”] (2 Tim. 2:1-7)

My goal is to be strong in grace, we know we except God’s grace and with our faith, the mixture makes it possible to heal to have prosperity, salvation or to have anything we ever wanted, you see now that God sent people to me to explain to me and to show me the way, you see all the prayers in the world will not move God, God by grace has given and has done everything already for us. The thing is God has given all things to us and all we have to do is except it. Or should I say get out there and grab hold of our gifts that God has already waiting for us. Do you see how much God loves us there is not anything we can do to make God love us anymore or less. [“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”] (Eph. 2:8-10) The thing is we have to trust completely in Christ and His power, we need to use Christ’s power we can’t live for God on our own strength. God will always give you the strength to do His work. You see our job is to make disciples and that was one of Christ’s commands, we have to bring people to the truth and show and teach them in scripture. We need to translate scripture and to explain the values and the cores of each and every word of God, there is a piece of God in every scripture and we need to share the teaching and the comfort of each and every bible sentence. Once we teach those how and why of core values of scripture, then they can teach others and be set out to go and preach the word to others and to share the peace and understanding that we have in Jesus Christ. [“He is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God's people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ, until we come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God's Son that we will be mature and full grown in the Lord, measuring up to the full stature of Christ.”] (Eph. 2:11-13) As a young man Timothy still had to go through many different types of suffering, but still he had work to do and people to help so God made him have the strength for him to endure. When Paul tried to explain to Timothy he used normal everyday characters in a comparison he use soldiers, athletes, and farmers, because as you know each profession has to discipline themselves and to sacrifice time and space. Let us break this down now the soldier they have to give up worldly security and go through some careful discipline, you have to understand that each type of man had to endure much discipline themselves to achieve the results that they would need and want. We know that athletes have to train real hard and they have to be consistent in all there training advancing each day to be faster or go a longer distance, plus there is so much more for an athlete, some have to watch what they eat and plan there meals and the times so they can keep going. So farmers have to work very hard at what they do and they work long hours planting, watering and irrigation and the choice of the proper seed and the weather for the time, week, day, or season, and above all a farmer has to be patient. That is number one. So you see everything is all worth it when we achieve the goal of glorifying God, and bring people to Christ, or witnessing or just planting seeds, and we all are just waiting to live with the Lord, when the smoke all clears and we are eternally with Him then you will all understand. Paul was trying to teach Timothy to listen to his words in a mirror or reflection on what he is saying, or listens carefully to what he is trying to speak, but Paul told him that God would help him and give him a special discovery of scripture and understanding. Just like us as we read the word we almost have to fall into the words, the words are alive and they seem to change every time you read them, you gain different insight and different principles, and we all need to ask God to help us and ask the Lord to apply the word to our lives and minds, and continue thinking about what you read and to contemplate on some scriptures, and you will gain a new understanding every time, even if you go over the same area the day after, or the same space, you will find more understanding then you saw yesterday, or something different from the last time you read the same words. Scripture is alive, like I have said before there is a piece of God in each word.

1Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

9But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

Matthew 25:1-13 KJV

14For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

18But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

23His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

30And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 25:14-30 KJV

31When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Matthew 25:31-46 KJV

What does Jesus Christ tell us about the end of the world? I am going to look simply at the first few verses of this chapter - we call it a Parable, a story if you like. A Parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. Jesus tells us three Parables or stories in this chapter. I should point out to you where these three stories are to be found. The first one is from verses 1 to 13. We call that Parable 'The Parable of the Ten Virgins' - virgins being unmarried girls. The next Parable is from verse 14 all the way down to verse 30. We refer to that as 'The Parable of the Talents' - these were sums of money or pieces of money. Then there is a third Parable, beginning at verse 31 right down to verse 46. We refer to that as 'The Parable of the Sheep and of the Goats'. All of these stories are Parables dealing with the end of the world: the time when the world will come to an end. They all deal - more-or-less - with the same subject. We, therefore, can't speak about all three of them because of time constraint. I am going to talk about the first of these three Parables, verses 1 to 13, especially, looking at verse 10 which is my text: "And the door was shut". ["But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.] (Matt. 25:10 KJV)

1. TEN VIRGINS - BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH

2. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN HE COMES BACK?

We will now look at The Parable of these Ten Girls or Ten Virgins. 'Virgin' is not such a common word today; it means a girl who is not married and such girls come into this story or Parable. Let me explain the meaning of this Parable as a whole. I want to take the different parts of it first of all and explain bit by bit what these things mean. As I have already said, a Parable is an earthly story with a heavenly meaning. We will never benefit from it if we don't understand what that heavenly meaning is. What I am going to do now is explain the different pieces and elements within this Parable - what we call the interpretation or meaning of it, the spiritual significance of it.

1. TEN VIRGINS - BEHOLD THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH

Firstly we are told about ten virgins in verse 1: "The kingdom of heaven be likened (or compared) unto ten virgins" which took their lamps and went forth to meet the bridegroom. These Ten Virgins represent professing Christians - those who claim to be the people of God in this world. The reason Christ calls them Ten Virgins is because the Lord's people are pure and unspotted from the world. The Lord's people are not perfect but they try to keep themselves pure: they don't love sin as other people do. This, therefore, is a fitting and suitable way to compare the Lord's people - those who wish to live pure lives, not liking to defile their bodies with sin. They don't wish to be like the world; rather, they would be different from the world.

Note that the Ten Virgins have lamps. These little lamps were not torches with batteries in as we have today because there were no electric lamps in these early days. It was a little stone or metal shape and the oil was put inside it. The lamp had a wick and oil, which made a small flame like a candle and would give a little light. These lamps represent the profession of the Christian faith. All these Ten Virgins professed to be Christians - that is the point. They had these little lamps and Jesus Christ in the Bible is called the Light of the world. Those who follow Him are also compared with lamps. Jesus said about Christians, "You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. (Matt. 5:14 KJV) and that is what is represented here by these lamps, the light of the knowledge of God. Sadly, people who neither have a Bible nor read one and who don't hear sermons or come to church are spoken of in the Bible as living and dying in darkness. They don't know God, they don't know the way to God, and they don't know the way to heaven. Tragically, many people in this world are living and dying in darkness. The Lord's people - those who are professing Christians - they have light and the light is their profession of the knowledge of God.

We are told in verse 1 that they "went forth to meet the bridegroom." We all know that the bride is a lady on her wedding day and we know that the bridegroom is a man on his wedding day. We see photographs of them: the bride with her lovely white or pink dress on and the bridegroom with his black suit. They come together and they have a wedding service when rings are exchanged and they are now married. They belong to one another as man and wife. What is meant by "bridegroom" here? The bridegroom is Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. Why is He called the bridegroom? There is going to be a wedding in the end of history, when time and the world come to its end. There is not going to be a big explosion when everything will be blown up - there is going to be a wedding; God has fixed the date of the wedding. The wedding will be between Jesus Christ our Savior and those who love Him - the Church we call it. When we talk about the church we don't mean the building with a steeple and a bell perhaps and some ornate windows; that is not the church, it is simply a building. The church, according to the Bible, is all those men, women, boys and girls, who in the course of time and history, have come to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Savior. At the end of history, they are going to be married to Christ.

Marriage is a very lovely thing because there is love on both sides: love in the heart of the bridegroom for his bride and love in the heart of the bride for her bridegroom - it is a very beautiful thing. It is the most beautiful thing in the world where people love one another. The Christian faith is such a wonderful thing, because it teaches us to know that Jesus loves those who love Him. He loves us with an everlasting love and He will take us at last to glory and to heaven. So that is meant here when we are told they are waiting to meet, or going out to meet, the bridegroom. The bridegroom hasn't yet come - and Jesus Christ hasn't yet come. He came the first time to live and die for us but it is the second coming of Christ which is referred to here. He will come the second time at the end of the world; it is called 'His glorious appearing'. I hope you all understand that. We look back two thousand years and we see that Jesus came into the world the first time when He came to live for us, to die for us and to suffer on the cross for us. He then rose from the dead and returned to heaven, which is where He is now: on the throne of God in heaven. He is Lord of all. All the world belongs to Him and He is proving it by overruling everything for the good of His people. However, the Bible says that He is going to come back and that is what these Virgins are waiting for: they are going to go forth to meet the bridegroom. It is a lovely picture of the church as it is in this present life, isn't it? People who want to live for God and who don't want to live like the world; people who want to be pure because they want to please Jesus Christ and to keep themselves pure for the wedding. They know He is coming again so they are waiting - day-after-day, year-after-year - longing to see Him when He comes. Ten Virgins

We are told in verse 2 that five of the Ten Virgins were wise, and five were foolish. In verses 3 and 4 we are told why they were wise or foolish: "They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps." Let me explain: they all had lamps - but half of them had no oil for the lamps. If you have a little oil lamp, you must take a bottle of oil with you because the oil in the lamp will not last for ever - it will burn out. If you are wise, you will take extra oil to replenish the lamp before it goes out. The foolish ones took their lamps but no extra oil in their vessels. This refers to the difference between a true Christian and a merely apparent Christian; the difference between one who is really a Christian and somebody who only appears to be a Christian. Many people claim that they are Christians: they go to church, they believe the Bible, and they can say their Creed and sing like others. However, not everybody who does all that is a real Christian. A real Christian is someone who has oil in his vessel with his lamp. The lamp is the profession of Christianity; the oil is the grace of God, the power of God, to make us good and holy. That grace must be in our hearts. There is a difference between common grace and saving grace. Common grace is what everybody has, more or less. Some people have a lot of common grace; some people are very decent, respectable and nice, but they are not real Christians. Some people know a great deal about religion and could give you lectures on the subject but they are not necessarily real Christians. They have the lamp of profession but they don't have the oil of grace in their lives: they don't have the Holy Spirit living within their hearts. They have never been born again. They don't know what it is to have experienced the saving change of life, to turn their back on the world and turn their faces toward heaven. I have heard it put like this: these foolish ones have a profession of Christ but they have no possession of Christ. That is a neat way of putting it.

What happens next? "While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept" (verse 5). To tarry means to wait where you are, or to stay where you are. If somebody tarries it means they don't move, they delay. We are told that Jesus Christ, Who is the bridegroom is not in any great hurry to come back - He is waiting. How long is He going to wait? We don't know. The Bible tells us that He is going to come again but that no one knows when. I think you can understand why. The Bible tells us our duty is to watch, wait and pray while we wait for Him. We don't know when our Lord is going to come back. The bridegroom is in heaven; He is tarrying, He is waiting there. For all we know, He may wait there for a long time, or, He may return tomorrow morning. The fact is, the Bible deliberately does not tell us - our duty is to be ready for Him when He comes. The bridegroom has been tarrying for about two thousand years already. He tarried all the years of the Roman Empire, He tarried all the years of the Middle Ages, He tarried at the Reformation, He has tarried all the years since the Reformation. For nearly two thousand years, our Lord has been tarrying in heaven. Why is our Lord waiting? Why doesn't He come? Because things have to happen before He comes. Our Lord told us that certain very important things have to happen. For one thing, our Lord is going to take the Gospel to every nation under the sun. We mustn't be selfish - we in America have been very, very blessed; we have had the Bible for centuries and the Gospel for fifteen hundred years at least, and maybe more, far more than other nations. Jesus, in His love, is sending His missionaries all over the world: Africa, India, Burma, China, New Hebrides. There are churches and converts there. People are coming to know Christ all over the world - that is why He is waiting. He is waiting till all His church is made up, till the very last one of those whom God has chosen is brought to faith in Christ and then when that happens, the bridegroom will come - He will finish His tarrying.

Notice what happens when He tarries. This is very important: "they all slumbered and slept" (verse 5). That is another way of saying that the Christian went into a state of spiritual sleep - all of them did. The false Christians, represented by the Foolish Virgins, fell fast asleep. They lost a sense of what and who they were and where they were going. They drifted into all kinds of error. I'm afraid this is exactly what history shows! If you know anything about the history of the church, you will see that Christians and Christian churches were once wonderful churches but have now fallen fast asleep. They don't now really believe anything; they don't know what the Gospel is. They are living very much like the rest of the world. What has happened to them? They have slumbered and slept, they are dozing; they have lost a sense of who they are and what they should be doing. Even more surprising in verse 5, we are told that they all slumbered and slept, even the good ones. This can happen to the best of Christians if we are not careful. We can be lulled to sleep by the spiritual darkness and sleepiness of the world round about us. It is a terrible thing when iniquity abounds, the love of many true Christians goes into decline. There is a lesson for us there - a sad thing.

Notice that in verse 6, something very important happens: "at midnight there was a cry (or a 'shout') made, Behold the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him." This now is the end of the world - it has come after all these hundreds of years. We don't know how many years because the Bible has not given us the date. We know neither the day nor the hour, says Christ. The word 'Behold' means - look up and see; He is on His way: He is coming. When our Lord returns, every eye will see Him - everybody who ever lived will see Him because the dead will be raised. The righteous that love Him and the wicked that hate Him, will all see Him. The righteous will rejoice, and the wicked will mourn and say to the mountains and to the hills 'fall on us and hide us from the One Who comes down to judge the world.' It is a midnight cry. I love that phrase, don't you: 'a midnight cry'? Midnight is when most people are sound asleep in their beds. It is a time when you are not expecting something very urgent to happen. Jesus says, "In such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh"

Some people have tried very hard to work out when Christ will come again. Indeed, I have been studying that very subject for my own personal benefit in the past few days. I managed to light upon some useful books on the subject, which I was reading. It is an amazing thing that especially in America, in the early years of the nineteenth century, there was tremendous interest in trying to work out the date of Christ's return. It is worth knowing that many people in America thought that 1844 was very definitely the year of Christ's second coming. Many of them were so convinced of the date that they paid off all their debts and they forgave all their creditors, they wound up all their businesses and sold their houses. They gathered together in a room, rather like this, and had a Prayer Meeting. They longed for the coming of Christ. They sat looking up into the sky. They thought that any moment there would be a flash of lightning and the Lord would appear in all His splendor to come down and take them to glory. But it didn't happen! At midnight, there was no cry. When the cold streaks of dawn light showed themselves in the eastern sky, it was known as the 'great disappointment'. They had no right to do that! We don't know the date! You can never work it out no matter how many computers you have, or how brilliant you are, or how well you know the Bible. No one will ever work out when Christ will come back. What we do know, my friends, is that we had better be ready for Him when He comes. We had better be watching and waiting. We had better be converted Christians - that is the lesson.

2. WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN HE COMES BACK

In the time that is left, I would like to look at two things. I want to tell you what is going to happen when He comes back: what is going to happen to the Christians and secondly, what is going to happen to the non-Christians.

(a) THE INTERPRETATION

When our Lord returns what is going to happen to the Christians and what is going to happen to the non-Christians? Look at verse 10 which is my text: "The door was shut."

What happens is this. The Lord Jesus Christ appears in the glory and all these Virgins wake up because they hear the shout - the shout of the Archangel: "Behold, the bridegroom cometh" (verse 6). They all wake up - they have been asleep. Those who were not true Christians, those who only had the lamps, discover to their horror that their lamps have gone out. However, those who were the true Christians, they knew what to do: they could add the oil to their lamps and they would burn brightly again. That is the difference between the true believer and the false Christian, at the end of the world. What the false Christians said to the true Christians was this - "Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out" (verse 8). "No, no!" said the true Christians, "we haven't enough to spare for others. You go the shop and buy for yourselves." So these five foolish ones immediately scurried off to the shop to buy oil for their lamps. When they got back, they discovered that the wise ones had gone in already, "and the door was shut."

What is that door? It is the door into heaven, of course: the door of grace, glory and opportunity to be saved and to come to Christ. It was firmly shut and these foolish Virgins then begin to shout to the Lord Who is on the other side of the door. They say, "Lord, Lord, open to us" (verse 11). He says to them, "Verily I say unto you, I know you not" (verse 12) - you are none of my people! Our Lord continues, "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh" (verse 13).

Thus far, we have the interpretation and now I have two things to do. I have to show you what is going to happen to the Christian when the door is shut and then what is going to happen to the non-Christian when the door is shut.

(b) WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE CHRISTIANS?

We are told at verse 10, "While they went to buy, the bridegroom came: and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut" (text). Isn't that a wonderful statement: "they that were ready went in with him". That is what is going to happen to Christians - real, truly converted Christians. Jesus will say to them, "Come this way. Come ye blessed of my Father. Come through the door into glory, you faithful men and women, you who were truly converted: you love the Bible, you love My people, you love Sabbath and churches and worship. You did what you could to witness for me in this life. You brought up your children for me; you told your families about me. You were not ashamed of me; you lived the Christian life before others - you are the light of the world. It is time for you to be rewarded, says Christ, "Come. Welcome into heaven, into Paradise and into Glory. Welcome to My Father, and to the angels and to the Holy Ghost. Welcome into heaven - the wedding feast is spread for you." That is what is going to happen on the other side of the door. The door of opportunity to be saved is now shut: no people will be converted after that. The door of grace and glory will be shut and the Lord's people will be on the inside. What is going to happen to them? The door will be shut on all the nasty things that the Christian has had to put up with in this life - things like sickness and death, bereavement, loneliness - there is a lot of that in Christian lives. There is a lot of having to walk on our own. People won't talk to us; they cross the street and don't want to know us: "You wouldn't want to talk to him; he's one of those Christians you know. He goes to that little church and they are ever so serious about it all. They preach about heaven and hell; they are strange people. You mustn't talk to him, he's very strange" - which is another way of saying that he is a Christian and he loves God - so they don't want to talk to you. Whereas Christ says, "Come into heaven my dear people, you who have kept the faith, you who have been faithful unto death - "Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you before the foundation of the world." You widows who waited patiently many years without husbands, and kept the faith; you mothers who brought up your children and fathers who kept family worship in your homes and did whatever you could to serve Him; you faithful Elders who stood at the door and welcomed the people into my house, dear deacons who did your work diligently and honestly, who were scrupulously honest about everything you did; you dear Sabbath School teachers and helpers of every kind, even those who gave somebody a glass of cold water to help His cause - "Come, and welcome, into My heavenly Father's house - the house of many mansions."

Outside the door, they will leave everything they do not want; all that hated them will be outside: their persecutors, detractors and slanderers - all that spoke evil of them will be on the outside. What will happen to them? They will be admitted to the wedding feast. A feast is a wonderful thing and a royal feast is amazingly wonderful. Think of the food spread on the table of a royal feast. However, a royal feast is nothing compared with a heavenly feast. Oh, to be in the presence of God Himself - at the table which God has spread: to sit with God and with Christ and with angels in all the glory of heaven itself in the palace of Christ and of His Father. What a wedding! That is not the best thing of all. Who cares for food when there is something still more important? What is going to happen to these people on the inside - these Christians? I will tell you. They are going to be married to Jesus Christ and that is the best thing of all. A bride eyes not her garments but her dear bridegroom's face. The important thing on her wedding day for a young lady is not whether they have a nice meal or not. She doesn't care much about the meal, she's not worried about food, it's her husband, it's the one she loves and in whose home she is going to be for ever. So with Christians: they don't care about anything else: angels are wonderful but we are not interested in angels - it is Christ our Husband to Whom we are to be married and enjoy in everlasting glory, in Him and with Him. So you see what a wonderful thing it is to be a Christian. That is why we go to church; it is to know these things.

I feel so sorry for the world out there. What are they doing? They are not coming to the house of God, are they? Clearly not, or they would be here. What a lot they are missing, these people. What are they doing - watching television: one more miserable football match, one more miserable soap opera, when they could be having heaven and God and Christ and glory made known to them. No wonder the world is unhappy - they need to know these things. Let's tell our friends and families about these things; let's tell them about the wedding supper of the Lamb: Jesus the Bridegroom is going to come again and open the door to glory. All our troubles will be over if we belong to Him.

(c) WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE NON-CHRISTIANS?

What is going to happen to the non-Christians when the door is shut? I don't need to invent anything - it is all written here for you to read. They went to buy and the door was shut. Notice the word "afterward" at the beginning of verse 11 - after the door was shut - these other foolish virgins come and say, "Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not." That is what is going to take place my dear friends to those who are not truly converted: Christ will call to them from the inside and they will have to hear it and they will have to listen to His dreadful, menacing voice, "I don't know who you are! You are not my people!" You see this is the number one priority of your life.

Do you realize friend, it is not enough just to come to church and listen to a preacher; you have got to have personal dealing with Christ. Is it really worth it? I know your house is important to you and your job, but nothing is as important as coming to know Christ. That is why I say to you as I close, you must seek Him with all your might because you will never find Him if you don't. If you do seek Him and plead for mercy, you will find Him. If you find Him, you too will become one of these wise Virgins, having oil in your vessel with your lamps. When the cry at midnight goes up, "Behold, the bridegroom cometh" (verse 6), you too will be one of the blessed ones who will go in with Him to the palace and to the marriage supper of the Lamb.

This week for the candlelight prayer, I am so tired and have that sick feeling I am just going to list everyone that I and the staff are going to pray for and thank everyone for helping me and praying for my health, plus sending cards and emails and just caring about me. I really am too tired to write a 13 page thank you prayer. You can always look back for the last ten weeks or so and that will tell you all how I feel about each one of you. Susan Jones out of Washington State an is still keeping me alive, with many cards and special greetings, she is special to my heart.

Johan Louran pastor of the Deo Valente Mission and his wife Esther

Then we have the oldest daughter Anneke then Jolene, and they have a baby, the youngest he is named Simeon. Johan cares so much about me ,he knows how sick I am, when he finds out about me losing 7 pounds he will worry about me.

Wille and Liz who left me some food this week and are leaving for Japan for three weeks, so I will not have to many people to call and pray with, while they are gone.

Kim, the wife of Kevin who runs the prayer room downtown.

Randy a 3 year old prayer partner, who prayed with me last week for about an hour, that called Kim and Kevin and set up the meeting, he is from

Buffalo, N Y., who is friends and works with our Secretary Joanna who called and prayed with me this week.

True Grace ministries, who have been sending me prayers for about 3 years or more.

Keith Ratcliff who lost his wife terminal cancer from Amarillo Texas.

Hugh Keith wife and family, and Darla Izzo, her husband died she has kids and family, also from California plus Eric Lewis and his wife.

Mike from mike’s prayer friends a prayer ministry which I have been with for years,

Philip and Marie Hardgraves went to ministry school with in Florida

Herbert from Hilo Kirby vacuums, and his family

Shannon from Shiigi Drug, Arleen, Mel, Sherry, and Michael

We need prayer for my doctors mom, Ethel we all have been praying for her for weeks and more, plus Dr. Conner and the staff, Mary and Allen, and Pauline.

Craig and Linda are and will always be my best friends, now they have a family with three children also from California

Local my friend Pastor Rob from one of the churches downtown, and his wife Suzy and family and everyone I know at the congregation.

Bishop Director Joaquim Kalala who now is working the prayer ministry, and his wife in Angola, Africa.

Bishop Director Paul who also runs the Salem Voice Ministries, plus sits on our board and he has a wife Mercy and kids, We need prayer for Bishop Paul’s Children, Lesly, Hepzy, and Belsly, for good health and safety.

Bishop Director Jacob and his wife Daisy and He can tell us what he is doing with his ministry, Missions Asia, then we can get the news of the A & N Islands, India what is going on and we can get it before any news line.

Then we still need prayer for Bishop Director Vijay Andru who has a congregation of 175 and a boy’s school that he teaches on Wednesday nights. India

Our Treasurer Lynne who has gone through so much suffering and she has suffered more than anyone I know. We are all glad she is one of the officers. Plus Joanna who is the secretary for us, she has been a good prayer warrior.

We need prayer also for Fred and Shirl Nero out of Florida, Fred seems to have won the battle of cancer and is healing up, out of Florida

Plus from Florida Trevor Steel who had all his friends’ write to help me feel not so alone.

We need prayer for Scott and Eileen they are out of Virginia Beach, they have been great friends too, and they have helped me and the church, wonderful people, they have been with me for about 3 years also.

We have so many people to pray for we have my good friend Pastor George who is from here and his wife and kids and the church congregation.

My new friends William and Gertrude who are very close.

From Florida my good friends Robert and Judith who I played in the church symphony with, we had some wonderful shows concerts, special holiday performances, we had a full range of instruments it was wonderful there I really enjoyed playing. I miss people at FBC, like Carl, Joe, Larry and his wife who paid us a visit out here. And my good friend that had a landscaping business I think it was Mike and his wife, plus Lenny and Kathy and Jimmy and their mom Donna, and I miss Fred the Father and husband, pastor Bill and my music minister Dan, Beth, and so many more I just can’t remember, I prayed for all of them for a good 6 months after I got here, then I started getting sick, and shifted my prayer lists.

I can’t forget Rebecca who took care of the cat, and was a good friend and she suffered most of her life also. But a real person inside.

Also we have to pray for Angel Juarez out of Arizona, he was a great help to me and the church and I have not heard from him either, He was one of the major people who helped this church.

Bishop Shawn of NY, started his own ministry and he preaches somewhere in N.Y. who now has www.rootsandwingsministries.org as a separate website he just started.

Next our Spiritual Warfare Prayer Warriors, I can’t forget they all helped me and they still write and send great letters Jeff Gale, Janel Kobylansky, and Jan they are wonderful people, please pray for them all. Jeff has sent me commentaries and visions of great logic, the same with ammunition to fight the evil one from Janel and Jan,

Also Columbus Murphy who is out of Chicago, she has been a prayer partner for about three years also she has helped me beyond reality,

Also we have Debbie’s church in Pennsylvania, she has been a blessing to me with the letters and says all the right words, and just think she asks me, and yet to invite a stranger across the US and stay at her home and go to the 3 day prayer meetings, she came out of the blue and we started writing, and her son Aaron is still in prison for being autistic and they did not understand his actions, and how he got in there in the first place, she takes a picture of me off the website and hangs it up in their church, and the whole congregation still prays for me, so people please pray for Debbie and Aaron and that Aaron gets freed from that place.

Pastor Ken and Mary from Kenya, Africa. I pray they can get their church and praise team back together, they have a wonderful heart, he wrote some beautiful letters, and he writes to me often and they are members of the church, and they pray for me a lot, they did a special fast for me too, He just caught malaria but through prayer he will be healed.

We still have Sis Shanna, known as the beloved servant she has been another blessing and she has been writing such beautiful work and she has all those ministries and let us use all her links.,

You know Mary and Jay, I have known them also for about three years too, and Mary is so kind and heartfelt she has such compassion she pours out so much love people are healed. And Jay is such a good man with his special writings that hit home to each persons heart. Yes we need prayer for His Will Ministry out of Wyoming from two beautiful people Mary and Jay.

We need prayer for Deborah Bates, Peter Samuel, San Dee, and people like Marcella how I can only write just a bit to her once in a while to her ministry the living waters ministry, and she places the prayer right where it will do the most good.

I have not written to Elena Ramirez in a long time and she wrote to me twice last week sending her poems and paintings and art work, I owe her so much for what she has done for me. Her link is on the friends pages so you can see her talent.

I need to write everyone but I just can’t seem to get the right words. Desiree from the Netherlands, who helped me with many letters, I need to write.

Susan Jones still writing me today and each day she knows what I am going through and she just finds a nice card with music and writes some words on it or sends me movie sites or special cards she keeps getting new ideas, and there you have it a blessing to make me feel better. Same with Johan he sends all kinds of scripture and all kinds of power point words.

Plus I am a member of the Presidential Prayer Team, in which we pray for all our troops the Army, Navy, and Marines, Coast Guard, all the reserves, Merchant Marines, and all non-military personnel in Iraq, and our special obligation of prayer to Elizabeth Bradford from the U.S. Navy. Also we pray for all our leaders and Senators, Governors all representatives and Congressmen, members of the White House, plus the President, vice President and all his aids and special commands. We need to pray for the DoD, NSA, FBI and so many other groups of government, we should be in prayer constantly, for all these different types of government and law enforcement, the bible tells us to pray without ceasing, We should pray for all of the guys and gals in the war fighting right now. And we should be praying for all their families and friends that love and think about them, that are here waiting for them all to come home.

Kurt Showers and his daughter Courtney hoping they are together again.

Teresa who is local, she just called the other day for prayer and she said she has been busy finishing her children’s books, she is a writer, and we need prayer for the kids, Nick, Ashley, and Christian, and for her husband Jamie,

We also have to pray for Barbara The (Sally Shop) Salvation Army, she is a good friend, also for about 3 years, so we need prayer for both Barbara and her son Chet, he is in Iraq right now,

Cindy and no more Tina and Larry, who was like my mother my sister and brother and they worked at the Pink Elephant but I might never see them again, because they closed.

We need prayer for everyone that works on the main drag downtown, so please pray for everyone, from the heath food store to all of the different shops, and all the people at the fruit and vegetable stands, they all need prayer. Plus my friend at the natural vitamins store across from the park.

Plus everyone at Goodwill and the Helping Hands and all the second hand shops, and the woman that runs the pawn shop across from Ben Franklin.

We also have been in prayer for EFCA which is the Evangelical Free Church of America.

We also have another ministry in India my friend Dr. K.P. Yohannan of “Gospel of Asia” please pray for all of the helpers and all of the staff world wide.

We need a special prayer for Alexander, he had to move into central India for some type of job which makes it impossible to have a bible and to take notes or even pray, unless I know him he would have a prayer closet or some place to go, he has it hard and his last email made me almost fall apart I just feel sorry for people that suffer. It is bad over in India if someone even heard him pray; he would be beaten, or put in prison. He and his congregation years ago would take a picture of me and the whole congregation would pray and fast for my healing, do you believe that? So the lest I can do is ask all of you to pray for Alexander, Alexander now is all alone and he really needs prayer for safety and for comfort, please warriors help him,

We can’t forget my mom some day she will come around and listen , so she can be saved. The same with my dad. I love them both very much, I wish they would just love Jesus. And when the right time comes and they start to listen and understand what I am doing and how so close my life is coming, who knows, how long can a man live with an infection running through his body. I lost 7 pounds this month. And I was skin and bones already. We also need prayer for Alicea and Suzanne’s Mom who has cancer who is the wife of senior Pastor Fred who is the husband of Suzanne. Look back at all the weeks of prayer, they were all long and maybe drawn out, but in my heart I have all these people praying for me, and we are praying for everyone that is listed, I am just too tired to write the regular candlelight prayer, so forgive me all, My prayers are with you all, Sorry everyone it is just to late to sit up all night and repeat all the same stories about everyone, I think having just the prayer list is just as powerful, so bless you all. And if I missed anyone forgive me. My love is still there for you all.