Announcing her death on Twitter, Glenn Burris – president of Foursquare Church described her as “an extraordinary person”.
She found faith as a teenager after a miraculous healing and began her ministry at just 16.
As well as her home country, she served in Panama, Canada, Australia and the UK.
While serving in England she says she was given a picture by God which showed revival was coming to the country.
She described the image as like “fires breaking out all over the nation”.
Along with husband Elmer, she launched Foursquare Church in the UK along with a bible college.
She leaves behind children John and La Donna. Elmer died in 2004.
Paying tribute on Twitter, Pastor Stuart Bell from Alive Church in Lincoln said: “Heard that Jean Darnall who years ago was a spiritual mother to me peacefully went to be with the Lord today.
“She supported me in the early days of my ministry and I have walked into things she spoke over me. #grateful.”
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The Church of England issued advice in December for parishes who wish to mark someone’s gender change, advising that their new name should be used in a service where someone might affirm their baptismal faith, saying it would be a natural setting to recognise the person’s gender through liturgy and a baptism certificate.
The guidance was approved by the House of Bishops, following a motion passed in General Synod 2017 that read: “This Synod, recognising the need for transgender people to be welcomed and affirmed in their parish church, call on the House of Bishops to consider whether some nationally commended liturgical materials might be prepared to mark a person’s gender transition.”
In a press release on this advice, the Bishop of Blackburn, Julian Henderson, Chair of the House of Bishops Delegation Committee, which oversaw work to produce the guidance said: “We are absolutely clear that everyone is made in the image of God and that all should find a welcome in their parish Church.”
However, a recent response to this guidance from the Church of England Evangelical Council, also signed by the bishop, stated that the advice was ambiguous and could cause problems for clergy who refuse to do such a service.
The response, also signed by Rev Hugh Palmer of All Souls Langham Place, read: “The Church of England would be declaring liturgically on behalf of God its…
To be dedicated means to be unreservedly committed. It is deadness to self. Dedication means to be sold out to a cause in life. It is at the point of your dedication that God will meet and promote you. When you are dedicated to an assignment, you are on a highway to distinction.
Only pride makes people not to work because they consider a certain kind of job to be demeaning. Stop begging about, go and work because there is nothing noble about begging; it is not dignifying. If you are a barber, be sold out. Sit down in your shop and be dedicated to the job and you will soon make a mark. Dominion is a function of dedication. When you are dedicated, all your senses come alive.
Do you want dominion? Do you want to make news? Be sold out to that assignment in your hand. If you are not succeeding at your job, you are not serious. You do not do a job because you are being monitored by someone; you do it because you are sold out to that cause. If you need to be supervised to produce result, then you are not sold out to that thing. Only dedicated people excel in their pursuit. The best of ideas keep flowing to you when you are dedication.
Dedication is an attitude that must be in place before success can be in view. Do not say, “If I had a big shop, I will do better”. That is not true! If you are not dedicated to selling little things spread out on a table, even if they put five million Naira in your hand, you will still make nothing out of it. Why? You are not dedicated. Sit down at your trade with dignity. Go there every morning with a smile on your face and give it all it takes; then watch and see if it will not produce for you. No one ever gets to make any meaning in life going about town. Only a jobless man goes about on Monday morning, visiting people on their jobs to chat or talk about trivial things.
Dedication is the choice of the wise, so be dedicated. If you want to exercise dominion in life, as a Christian, do something, and be dedicated to it. Be sold out to it. Titles do not make people; dedication does. The world celebrates impact not title. No matter what title you hold right now, if you do not have impact, once you die, you are quickly forgotten.
There is no substitute for dedication. It is a winning attitude. It motivates you for excellence. You cannot be dedicated without being creative; you cannot be productive and not be successful. Many want to get rich without working for it. Any Wealth you get without working for it will soon diminish.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (KJV) Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Whatever your hands find to do, be dedicated to it and you will excel. When you are given an assignment, face it. You have a job to do, face it. If you keep at that job with all your might, God will soon promote you to that one you desire.
Luke 19:17 (KJV) And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
Your dedication will bring you amazing profit in the name of Jesus! May the Lord bless the work of your hands! Go and begin to make news in your world in Jesus precious name- Amen!
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Dr John Shepherd’s appointment last week as interim director of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
But his suitability for the role has been questioned after video footage emerged of him appearing to question the traditional Christian understanding of Christ being raised from the death.
During a sermon delivered in Easter 2008, he said: “The resurrection of Jesus ought not to be seen in physical terms, but as a new spiritual reality.
“It is important for Christians to be set free from the idea that the resurrection was an extraordinary physical event which restored to life Jesus’ original earthly body.”
The comments – made when the Dr John was dean of St George’s Cathedral in Perth, Western Australia – attracted criticism from the Anglican evangelical group Church Society.
Director, Dr Lee Gatiss wrote on Twitter: ” We need clergy who actually believe that Jesus rose again from death – so basic!”
Dr John Shepherd continued: “…Jesus’ early followers felt His presence after His death as strongly as if it were a physical presence and incorporated this sense of a resurrection experience into their gospel accounts.
“But they’re not historical records as we would expect history to be written today; they are symbolic images of the breaking through of the resurrection spirit into human lives.
Member of the Church of England’s governing body, Dr Ian Paul told the Sunday Telegraph: “Is this a good moment to appoint as…
After last weekend’s divisional round, the Chiefs, Rams, Patriots, and Saints are the last four of the NFL’s thirty-two teams still in this year’s playoffs. The combined population of their cities equals 1.57 percent of the US population.
In other words, as pro football fans go, there are far more losers than winners this morning.
In our “winning isn’t everything–it’s the only thing” culture, this is tough for those of us who live in Dallas and other losing cities to wake up to. But we can learn an important life lesson from the player who epitomized losing this season.
A kick that defied all odds
Cody Parkey is a kicker for the Chicago Bears. He set an NFL rookie scoring record in 2014 and was named to the Pro Bowl in 2015. Earlier this season, he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against the Vikings.
In the first round of this year’s playoffs, his Chicago Bears played last year’s Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. At the end of the game, the Bears were poised to win as Parkey lined up a forty-three-yard field goal. He had already kicked three field goals in the game. His fourth was right down the middle, but the Eagles had called time out just before the play began.
When the game resumed, Parkey’s kick struck the left upright of the goalpost. Then, defying all odds, it struck the crossbar. Then it fell backwards to the ground. The Bears lost.
The team and their fans were devastated. Only later did they learn that an Eagles player got a hand on the ball, deflecting the kick.
But by that time, the narrative was set: Parkey had failed.
“Football is what I do. It’s not who I am.”
Last week, Cody Parkey was interviewed by the Today show. The hosts asked him how he was handling the disappointment of his missed kick.
Parkey told them, “I feel worse than anybody about missing that kick because I wanted to make it more than anybody.” He admitted, “I let the fans, my teammates,…
In one note, Rev Stephen Coles (pictured below, second in from the right) was invited by the radical cleric to visit him at the so-called supermax Florence jail (pictured) near Colorado Springs.
The vicar of St Thomas the Apostle Church in north London described fondly a summer holiday he took to Spain in another.
He was quoted by the Sunday Times as saying: “One of the oddest things in my life is that I have this odd relationship with somebody like Hamza.
“But better that I should have an odd relationship with him than nobody should have any relationship with him.”
Hamza, who was sentenced to life in prison by a court an American court in 2015 for supporting terrorism, is a former Iman of Finsbury Park mosque – close to Rev Coles’ church.
The two men first came into contact when Rev Coles confronted Hamza after he publicly praised the actions of those behind the September 11th terror attacks in 2001
Dear Hamza…Here’s a letter Rev Stephen Coles wrote to Abu Hamza on US Independence Day pic.twitter.com/TTNgOBaKUV
They went on to stay in touch, with Rev Coles visiting Hamza at Belmarsh prison during a legal battle over whether the Egyptian should be extradited to the US to face trial.
The pair lost contact when Hamza was extradited in 2012. That was until Hamza contacted him last year.
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Archbishop Welby, who last week spoke in in the House of Lords about his concerns around a no-deal Brexit has said that politicians have the “most extraordinarily diffcult job”.
In what is an increasingly fraught and divisive debate, many are predicting that the deal will be voted down, leaving the prospect of a no-deal Brexit as the March 29th deadline for leaving the European Union approaches.
In a wide ranging interview with Premier, Welby reiterated his concerns that a no-deal Brexit would impact the poorest and most vulnerable in society.
The head of the Church of England recently spoke of a no-deal outcome being “not only a political and practical failure, but a moral one” and in the interview he went further to say: “The burden of proof is on those that are arguing for no deal, to show that it will not harm the poorest and most vulnerable.
“They are close to the heart of God in Jesus Christ, so how we care about them and how our politics affects them is a deeply moral issue.”
When asked what his prayer for the Prime Minister and other Members of Parliament would be, he stated: “Politicians have one of the hardest jobs in the world, it is deeply diffcult, and we need to pray for them.
“When I pray for Theresa May and for all of our politicians, with genuine affection and respect, I pray for wisdom, courage and strength for them and their families.
One of the most toxic statements a church member or group of church members can make is, “We pay the bills at this church.” Not only is it unbiblical, it is clearly divisive. It creates an “us versus them” mentality in the church.
Why is the statement so harmful? Here are five reasons.
It makes giving more like paying country club dues than biblical stewardship. Thus, a certain level of giving by a member or a group engenders a sense of entitlement. The people who give with this attitude never really let go of the funds. They continue to hold on to them with strings of conditions.
It is manipulative. In essence, giving becomes a controlling mechanism. If the church doesn’t do what I want it to do, I will withhold my funds. I have known church members and groups of church members that have held onto funds until they finally got their way. At that point, they released the funds to the church. They were truly holding the church hostage.
It becomes a way of circumventing the budget. Most churches approve a budget every year. It becomes the guide for the church to steward the funds given to the congregation. On too many occasions, a malcontent in the church decides he or she doesn’t like the approved plans for spending, so they threaten to withhold their funds. One person told me smugly he knew the church was not spending funds in the best way, so his implied threats to withhold funds were I wonder what he thinks of the biblical story of the widow’s mite (Mark 12:41-44). She gave…
Topic: More Understanding of Dedication [Seeds of Destiny 14 January 2019 Devotional]
Scripture: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33
Thought For The Day: A dedicated person is committed to the advancement of God’s kingdom on earth.
Knowledge, especially spiritual Knowledge, is key to greatness in life. What you become in life is a product of what you know; what you show is a product of what you know. No one can show what he/she does not know.
In the same way, if dedication to God is your priority in life, you need to understand what dedication is all about. This is because the level of your dedication to God is a product of your knowledge of dedication.
Yesterday, we looked at some definitions of dedication. Today, we shall look at more definitions of dedication. Now, what is dedication?
i. Dedication is living for God
To be dedicated to God means living, moving and having your being in God; it is being alive purposely because of God (Acts 17:28).
ii. Dedication is being affectionate for God
A dedicated person is a person who is madly in love with God (Matthew 22:37).
iii. Dedication is existing on fire for God
When we say someone is dedicated to God, we mean that the person is on fire for God (Number 25:7, Romans 12:11).
iv. Dedication is being committed to God and His Kingdom
A dedicated person is committed to the advancement of God’s Kingdom on Earth; he partners with God to do God’s work on Earth (1 Cor. 3:9)
v. Dedication is being serious with God (1 Kings 17:1)
A dedicated person is serious with God while the undedicated are unserious with God.
vi. Dedication is being separated unto God
To be dedicated to God is to be separated unto Him (2 Corinthians 6:14-17).
Beloved, my counsel is, make up your mind to be dedicated to God by practising the points outlined above.
Remember this: A dedicated person is committed to the advancement of God’s kingdom on earth.
Assignments:
Go through the message of today again.
Make up your mind to be dedicated to God by living, being affectionate, existing on fire, being committed, being serious and separated unto God and His cause on earth.
Prayer: O Lord, I ask for the grace to be committed and dedicated to You. Help me to live only for You, Lord in Jesus’ Name.
FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: UNDERSTANDING DEDICATION (PART 1)
Today In History – 14/01/1873: John Hyatt’s 1869 invention of ‘Celluloid’ was registered as a trademark.
Daily Reading: Genesis 30:1 to 31:16, Matthew 10:1 to 23, Psalm 12:1 to 8, Proverbs 3:13 to 15.
Amazing Fact: The Eagle is the biggest and the most majestic bird on Earth.
Quote: To exist independent of God is the first foolish thing anyone can do in life. Culled from 21 FOOLISH THINGS PEOPLE DO by Dr. Paul Enenche.
Don’t Forget To Attend: The Healing and Deliverance service tomorrow by 9am at the Glory Dome, the Lord’s Garden, Airport Road, Abuja. Come with your friends and loved ones.
Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities
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Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.
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MFM INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE DATE: 13-JANUARY-2019 TOPIC: GET OUT OF EVIL CAVES (A TEACHING SERIES PART 3) MINISTERING: DR. D.K OLUKOYA (G.O, MFM WORLDWIDE)
Anchored Scriptures: John 14:1, Philippians 4:7, John 14:27, Isaiah 26:3
Message:
About three weeks ago, we began to discuss on the above topic. Last Sunday, we discussed the ten dangerous ‘Ds’ we must be careful of. We also discussed the dangers of discouragement. Some people get discouraged because the way is hard, some people get discouraged because they are looking at the prosperity of the wicked, some get discouraged because of envy.
The truth is this: sometimes we downgrade ourselves. Decide this year that even when the enemy brings discouragement your way, you must encourage yourself in the Lord. The devil knows that discouraged people do not hear the voice of the Lord. Encouragement brings hope, discouragement brings hopelessness.
When you allow discouragement to have you, the person will snatch defeat from certain victory, the person will be drinking the wine of frustration, the person will be advertising the devil’s disgrace. The person will be having faith in failure, there will be plenty of fear.
David came home on day and found out that the enemy has taken his family from him, the Bible said he cried and cried. Later he brushed up himself and shook off discouragement. He asked the Lord that shall I pursue and shall I overtake?
This is a serious situation, when some people are sick, they give up easily.
Discouragement has killed more people than typhoid and malaria. The children of Israel when they were crossing into the promise land, they heard the voice ‘GO’.
Listen beloveth, you must make a conscious effort not to give in to discouragement or allow it to cage you. Don’t wait for someone to come and encourage you. Theses days, there is a scarcity of human beings who want to encourage others. Begin to decree that you will pursue, you will overtake and recover.
When 12 spies went into the land of AI, some came back discouraged and said they were like grasshoppers. Many believers need deliverance from the grasshoppers spirit. I’m tired of deliverance, I’m tired of laying hands on myself, I’m tired of paying tithe: in the key of encouragement, Don’t be tired, keep at it. Instead of being discouraged, make a conscious effort that you won’t be discouragement. You need to stand against evil expectation. Acts 16. Philippians 4:7, Isaiah 26:3
The greatest medicine against discouragement is the peace of God. It is the birthright of every Christian. Isaiah 26:3. Peace is a condition of calm happiness, it’s more quiet and lasting than joy. Peace is resting in the Lord. It’s divine calmness. It’s in the face of all kind of challenges/adversities, you look to the face of the Lord and praise Him.
The thing is this: the more you worry, the more the problem become. Worry makes defeat out of success. Worry keeps you so busy and so hardworking that there is no reward in it.
Be addicted to 7 things, the enemy will not be able to get around you:
Get addicted to your quiet time. Never jump out of your house without spending g some quiet time before the Lord. There is a devotional now, not just reading the devotional, pray other prayers. Learn the principle of commanding your day. The people of the other religion, scream and pray some enchantment into the sky before many of us wakes up. Some are not even praying at all or observing quiet time, what you are doing is to write letter to discouragement.
You should be addicted to reading of the Bible. Let the word be like honey that you eat. You should be an addict to the word of God. It’s not nice to you as a believer that you’re asked to pray in a public place and you cannot pray. It’s a terrible thing when you have Bible poverty, biblical illiteracy. When the only place you read is psalm, you don’t learn memory verse; it’s a serious concern. It’s a very powerful thing when we say ‘it is written’. It’s a tragedy when you don’t know your Bible, it’s a tragedy when you’re just calling prayer point. The devil will study you and he will come and attack on a day you cannot memories the scripture to address a certain situation. Don’t let anyone deceive you that there are no powers of darkness. The magicians that face Moses and turned rod to serpents, where did they get their powers from? We as Christian have an overcoming power. There is power in the word: ‘it is written’. Jesus faces the devil with it is written.
Be a prayer addict.
Fasting.
Sacrificial giving.
Praises. Spend time praising God.
Witnessing. Tell others about Christ. Win souls for the kingdom.
Prayer Rain:
Before Ministration prayers by Daddy G.O
Wear your warrior cap, this prayer is highly personal, we want to call on what is known as the hammer of God:
Hammer of God, smite the head of my infirmities to death in the name of Jesus.
Hammer of God, what are you waiting for? Fight for me now in the name of Jesus.
Powers provoking my destiny to sleep, before I leave this place: die in the name of Jesus.
Lay your right hand on your head: wicked powers hiding poison in my body, die with your poison in the name of Jesus.
The next three prayers needs maximum concentration:
Powers flying against me, fall down and die in the name of Jesus.
Any power assigned to use infirmity to swallow my money, die in the name of Jesus.
Any wicked power holding the key of my joy, release them, die in the name of Jesus.
Wicked powers holding the key of my joy, what are you waiting for: die in the name of Jesus.
Powers that wants me to die like an animal, what are you waiting for: die in the name of Jesus.
These next prayer is for sisters:
Any thing that has touched my body and it’s in the hands of the enemy now, catch fire in the name of Jesus.
Three more prayers, don’t relax:
Powers assigned to use my blood for promotion, wherever you are: die in the name of Jesus.
Wicked powers assigned to attract bad luck to me, destroy yourself in the name of Jesus.
Anything in my life saying ‘NO’ to my angels of breakthrough, die in the name of Jesus.
During Sermon Prayers by Daddy G.O:
Make this prophetic declaration three times: I, Bolaji Abiodun Emmanuel shall pursue, shall overtake and shall recover all in the name of Jesus.
After Sermon prayers by Daddy G.O: There are three arrows to fire back to the senders:
Lay your hand on your chest: Arrows of failure, backfire in the name of Jesus.
Arrows of affliction, backfire in the name of Jesus.
Arrows of frustration, backfire in the name of Jesus.
Battles of wicked elders working against my life, die in the name of Jesus.
Glory killers of fathers, I’m not your candidate, die in the name of Jesus.
Powers assigned to keep my breakthrough inside the grave, die in the name of Jesus.
Alters of darkness assigned to drink my blood, destroy your owner in the name of Jesus.
Dream serpent, dream rat, die in the name of Jesus.
Powers sending my helpers away, you’re a liar, die in the name of Jesus.
Any family taboo working against my progress, die in the name of Jesus.
Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.
If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.
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