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One With Christ Ministries Newsletter
Volume No. 2 Issue No. 2 February 2002
Dear Family & Friends,
It is good to Praise the Name of the
Lord and be of a cheerful heart with thanksgiving in our prayers for all things that He
has done for us. We give all the Glory, Honor and Praise to God, for He is an awesome God
that we get to serve. Amen! Amen! Amen!.
At the end of January’s
newsletter we stated that we have some exciting news to share with all of our partners and
friends in One With Christ Ministries. For the last year and half on almost every
Wednesday night we have been meeting with Sam & Sharon Bradham from Franklin, NC to
have prayer meetings. Sam and Sharon are very dear and special friends of ours and God has
netted our hearts together to be intercessors of prayer. We have been praying about the
lost and hurting people in Western North Carolina and have been seeking God about His
church being planted in Franklin, NC.
On January 26, 2002 after our first
Bible School, Sam and Sharon announced that they felt God was saying to start a church,
and that the church service would start on February 10, 2002. Sam and Sharon asked us to
be a part of God’s church that He was establishing in Franklin, NC. We felt that God
wanted to plant us in His church and to be under the authority of Pastors Sam and Sharon
Bradham. The name of the Church is Word and Spirit Ministries.
We have such peace about being a
part of God’s church. We are not sure what part we are to be, but we know that we are
to be servants of the Lord Jesus Christ and to be of help to our Pastors Sam and Sharon
Bradham, to hold them up, stand by their sides, continue to intercede in prayer for them
and the church and to do what is ask of us. We are so excited just to know that we are
being used by the Lord Jesus and to be a part of what He has established “HIS
CHURCH” in Franklin, NC.
When God called us into the Ministry
our prayer before God was; God we will go anytime, anyplace, anywhere that you may send
us, just allow us be in the center of Your Will, and He has answered our prayers. Thank
you God. We ask that each one of you pray for Pastors Sam and Sharon, Word and Spirit
Ministries and us. There is a lot of work to be done for the Kingdom of God and we are
willing to do the part that God has called us to do.
Message this
month is Temptation
This month we feel that the Holy
Spirit is saying to us to give a message on temptation and give scriptures to help in
temptation. It is so easy to be tempted in today’s world. There are so many things
that can tempt us each day. In Matthew chapter 4 verses 1 thru 11, Jesus was tempted by
the tempter (satan, devil). As you read the verses 1 thru 11 think about how we are
tempted by satan to do things that are not right in the sight of God or how we might tempt
God.
While reading God’s word in
Matthew chapter 4, I felt the Holy Spirit was saying to me that when we are going through
the valley, desert, test, trails or the wilderness during times of our lives and when the
tempter comes to tempt us, there are three things that we can speak as Jesus spoke to the
tempter and he will flee from us and that is in verses 4, 7, and 10 the words of Jesus.
Because it is the written word of God and the tempter will flee from us.
Matthew 4:1 1Then was
Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
I ask God why the Holy Spirit would
lead Jesus into the wilderness; and the Lord said that if I lead you into the wilderness,
I will lead you out; If you allow satan the tempter to lead you into the (wilderness,
test, valleys etc.) you will be lead astray. It could take you 40 years instead of 40 days
to spend in the wilderness. God’s leading will bring victory and with His power when
we walk with God in the wilderness.
2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an
hungered.
3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command
that these stones be made bread.
4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not
live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
The Holy Spirit showed me in verses
2,3, and 4 that when we are hungry “ not necessarily food only but needing help in
time of trouble and no way out of a situation, a test, valley etc.” that is when the
tempter will want you to do as he says and tell you that if you do this, then I will do
this for you, he will tempt you to focus on the situation and not stand on the word of
God. We must look upon Jesus for our help in time of need and seek God’s face and ask
God to feed us with the Bread of Life the very Word of God.
5Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle
of the temple,
6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is
written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall
bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
7Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
tempt the Lord thy God.
The Holy Spirit said that in verses
5, 6, and 7 that even the tempter will try and speak scripture verses to you that may
sound correct as he tried to speak in verse 6 to Jesus, (which is in Psalms 91:11,12) but
the verses are not correct and we as God’s people need to be able to discern in the
Spirit when we hear a voice speaking a scripture to us in our minds, is it the tempter or
is it God speaking to us.
8Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth
him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
9And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down
and worship me.
10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
11Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
The Holy Spirit said that in verses
8, 9, that just because the tempter (devil) says that he will give us all things that we
see, it is only a trap, a snare to us to believe anything that the devil would say to us
or offer us such lies. Remember Satan has come to steal, kill and destroy the works of
Jesus. When we are at our lowest in doubt, unbelief, confused, fear etc. then the devil
will say to us that he will give us all things, but it ends up only trouble and pain and
ending with nothing. There is a valuable lesson to be learned in verse 1 thru 11 for each
one of us; no matter what we are going through the answer is the word of God.
I John 4:4 says: Ye are of God,
little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he
that is in the world.
I read the following in
Kenneth Hagin Ministries Word of Faith magazine:
I believe the greater one is in me. I believe He’s greater than the devil. I believe
He’s greater than the tests and trails I may face. I believe He’s greater than
the storm I may be facing. I believe He’s greater than the problems that may be
confronting me. I believe He’s greater than the circumstances that seem to have me
bound. I believe He’s greater than sickness and disease. I believe He’s greater
than anything and everything. And He dwells in me! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Learn to use the word of God and
stand steadfast to His Word, no matter what we may go through His Holy Word is the answer
to life. It is our prayer that God’s word will be deep in your spirits, so when the
tempter comes against you, all you have to do is just speak the Word of God.
* IMPORTANT
NOTICE PLEASE READ*
We have not filed for our 501c3
Tax-Exempt Status due to the cost in filing the paper work. Our attorney suggested that we
have a CPA to file the paper work and the cost to do this is between $700.00 to $1000.00
dollars. Until we have the finances to pay for the cost of filing the paper work, please
know that any of you that give financially to One With Christ Ministries and want
a tax-deductible write off for the year 2002, you can now send your check or
money order to Tootsie Gudal Ministries, Inc.
With the permission of Pastor
Tootsie Gudal and her ministry she ask us to let you know, please send a note or write in
the memo of the check, One With Christ Ministries, an she will in turn send the ministry a
check. Please make check or money order payable to Tootsie Gudal Ministries, Inc.
and send to the following address: P.O. Box 3615 West Somerset, KY 42564.
Our prayer is that the finances will
come in soon and we will be able to file the paper work and get the tax-exempt status.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. We also thank and appreciate Pastor Tootsie
Gudal for all her help to the ministry and us. Pastor Tootsie is such a special blessing
to us and very dear to our hearts, we Love you Pastor Tootsie. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank you so much for your love,
prayers and finances to the ministry. Without you we would not be able to go forth in the
calling that God has called us to do. Our Love and Prayers to each of you. Be Blessed in
the Lord Jesus.
In Our Heavenly Father’s Love
Always,
Bill & Sue
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