Join us at 7:30 PM on Christmas Eve at Prince of Peace. We will holding our annual Candlelight Worship. Let’s celebrate the birth of our Lord. Bring your family and friends for time in His presence.
This Sunday (December 20) we celebrate the beginning of the month of Tevet. We bring our first fruits before the Lord in order to line up with His timing and purposes. Since the end of last year we have been hearing this word from the Lord: “I am placing a crown on my people. As I crowned Esther, so I am crowning you. I am bringing you to the position and place where you will see new victory and deliverance over the enemies that desire to consume and destroy you. The church will rise and destroy the enemy underfoot. A new honor will be bestowed on my Bride.” Interestingly, during the month of Tevet, Esther was crowned Queen of Persia. It is a month of moving into our full authority. It is a season to watch carefully for the enemy’s movements. It is a time to judge well.
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Tomorrow (December 19) we are holding our annual church Christmas dinner at 6 PM at the church. Come and join us. We just need to know that you are coming. Members are asked to bring side dishes and desserts to share. Lizzie Sanders will be performing Christmas music and we will be decorating the sanctuary tree. See you there!
1 Samuel 17:17-26
17 Then Jesse said to his son David, “Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp. 18 And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.” 19 Now Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
20 So David rose early in the morning, left the sheep with a keeper, and took the things and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the camp as the army was going out to the fight and shouting for the battle. 21 For Israel and the Philistines had drawn up in battle array, army against army. 22 And David left his supplies in the hand of the supply keeper, ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers. 23 Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were dreadfully afraid. 25 So the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel; and it shall be that the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, will give him his daughter, and give his father’s house exemption from taxes in Israel.”
26 Then David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?” NKJV
Here is the word that Elder Rodney Wirth received for Prince of Peace on the eve of Rosh Hashanah (September 18).
You are not a people of beauty contestants but those who battle and contest in the spirit, a band of brothers and a sisterhood of warriors and leaders as in David’s mighty men and a group of Deborahs who persist in battle until the next call on the wall for battle. You are at the gates of the almighty God as living stones, a bulwark, a force to be reckoned with and feared by the enemy, hidden in Christ.
THE TRIP IS SET!
It is time to secure one of the most important covenant relationships we have as a state. Every Friday as we have been “Connecting the Glory” throughout the state we have proclaimed the following: “We declare we are rooted in covenant with God’s heart for the Jews and we recognize Israel’s role in the earth; a role of blessing.” In order to strengthen the Lord’s covenant promises with us – we need to intentionally bless His covenant people – Israel. Read More
But there is one more question we must answer if we are going to see God’s kingdom come and His will be done in our lives and world: “what is my part?” As Tom so aptly points out, we are the “gates” through whom God desires to enter our world. While we often look for the right method, God looks for the right person. People are God’s methods! “I sought for a man” (see Ezekiel 22:30-31) is always God’s plan for the entrance of His kingdom into earthly chaos. Turning the world right side up is not just the work of God and angels – it is the work of Spirit-led and Spirit-empowered people. Discovering our realm of influence and fulfilling our God-given role therein, should be a lifelong pursuit as we partner with God in restoring His will in the earth. We should never settle for less. Keeper of the Keys makes this truth clear in a powerful way.
You are holding in your hands a true manual for transformation. Read it and apply its timeless truths. If you do, you will move from the mundane cares of life and the status quo dreams of so many, into God’s exciting world of healing the hurting, restoring the broken, and life-ing the lifeless.
Join the revolution! (Dutch Sheets – From the Foreword to Keeper of the Keys)
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We are lining up with God’s timing so that we can fully experience God’s anointing. Next Sunday (April 6) we will celebrate Rosh Chodesh here at Prince of Peace. Rosh Chodesh is a… Day of new beginnings in a year of new beginnings! Day of Rest, Worship, Feasting, Seeking Revelation, New Garments and Freedom in Christ Jesus. It is also a time…For Special Offerings—First Fruits.
Giving brings us into God’s alignment. I preached on alignment yesterday (March 30). You can listen to the sermon by going to www.pophop.org. Giving is an act of faith, obedience and honor which declares our “state of alignment.” Read More
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