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The flowers have popped there
heads up through the ground. Its a time for sowing seeds and
planting. Just the few weeks ago, my wife
soaked some flower seeds (sweet peas) in water and I prepared the soil,
and we planted them in the ground. We are just watching and waiting
for the day that we can enjoy their beauty.
I think that is how it must be
with the Lord when it comes to our faith. The Bible says that faith comes by
hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. God has sown into our
hearts those little seeds of faith. He wants us to have faith in
Him. He also wants faith to grow and operate in our life, to produce
results.
Matthew 17: 19-20 The
disciples came to Jesus privately and asked Him why they couldn't do some
of the works that He did. And Jesus answered and said, it is
because of your unbelief.
Unbelief is a lack of faith.
It will hinder our faith from producing results in our life. But if
we have faith as a grain of mustard seed, we shall say unto this mountain,
remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be
impossible unto you.
Now
nowhere did Jesus say all we need is "small faith". How often did
Jesus say to his disciples, Oh ye of little faith? He gives us an
example of our faith as a particular seed.
 He
could of chosen any seed. But He chose the mustard seed, and there's significance to
it. He tells us that the mustard seed
is one of the smallest seeds, yet when it is planted in the earth, and
when it is fully
grown, it will become one of the largest trees.
What Jesus is saying, is that when
there is unbelief in our life, our faith won't work. But when faith is
sown into our lives and it takes root, and becomes grounded in us as
that grain of mustard seed, it will grow up to accomplish great and mighty
things. It will bring to us the victory over the trials and
tribulations we face in our life.
Rev. James A.
Lewis
Word of Life Ministry
Hand in Hand Publications
Hand in Hand Publications May 2008
It is my joy to welcome back to Hand in Hand Publications this months
as our guest writer,
Reverend Willy and Jeanine Christome. Rev. Willy
 and his wife pastor
the Saint Pierre Assembly of God Church, in the district of MOKA,
in the Republic of Mauritius.
 Their
vision at St. Pierre Assembly of God is to have
a great passion for our Lord Jesus-Christ and for the Lost, and
to bring the love of Christ first to their
country, and to the nation's of the world.
They continue to build up
the body of Christ with Bible
teaching, Pastoral support, Prayer partnerships and articles to help,
encourage and strengthen the Christian in their walk with Jesus.
We are blessed this month to
have Pastor Willy join hands with us as He ministers a very powerful
message entitled, "Spiritual Authority". Here is an
excerpt from Pastor Willy's message....
The source of
spiritual authority is the HOLY-SPIRIT. He alone can authenticate our
ministry. It’s the manifest presence of God moving with his servant and
confirming His word as he fulfills his ministry. It also consists of the
recognition and approval of God’s calling, anointing, power and presence
in the life and work of the minister by those towards whom the ministry is
being carried out because their own lives have been changed. The secret is
found in the minister’s own heart. Absolutely nothing in this world can
replace the anointing of the Holy-Spirit
What a very important message for us to
hear today! May our preaching be in demonstration of the Spirit and
the Power that is at work in our lives today Let us be sure of our
calling.
I
would like to invite each one of you
to take some time and visit Reverend Willy's message this month, I
know it will strengthen your spirit as you begin to mediate on these
words. You can visit this months Publication by clicking on Pastor
Willy's website banner.
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May 2008
Word of Life Ministries Newsletter
How blessed we are to be able to live in an area where we can enjoy the
different seasons that God has created
for us. I enjoy all the different seasons. And I enjoy the
changes that each season brings to us. But there's something special
to me about Spring Time. I get excited about Spring Time. To
me its a time when the earth is yawning, and stretching, and waking up
from a long winters nap. Its a time when the trees are budding, and the
birds are singing.
