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Flashback - April 30, 2019
HE IS RISEN, HE IS RISEN INDEED! YES, HE HAS, AND IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE! THE RESURRECTION OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST IS THE LIVING HOPE OF THE CHRISTIAN! WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE HE CONQUERED DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE, WE CAN LIVE A LIFE WITH HIM .... LIVING IN US. HE GIVES US THAT REAL HOPE.
JOHN 3:16 ~ FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
WHEN JESUS MADE THAT TRIUMPHANT ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM …. THERE WERE THOSE WHO LINED THE STREETS TO SHOUT "HOSANNA." HOWEVER, AS THE WEEK PROGRESSED, THE MOOD CHANGED, AND MANY OF THE SAME FOLK WERE NOW SAYING "CRUCIFY HIM." OF COURSE, HE KNEW THAT WAS WHY HE CAME TO EARTH, SO IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE, JESUS PRAYED TO HIS FATHER, "IF IT IS POSSIBLE, TO LET THIS CUP PASS" HOWEVER, HE QUICKLY ADDED, "FATHER, NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE BE DONE." HIS AGONY WAS SOOO GREAT THAT SWEAT LIKE DROPS OF BLOOD FELL TO THE GROUND. THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT AN ANGEL CAME TO MINISTER TO HIM. AFTER BEING REFRESHED, JESUS KNEW WHAT HE HAD TO DO! AND IT WAS FOR ME AND YOU!
JOHN 3:17 ~ FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.
JUDAS BETRAYED HIM …. HE WAS ARRESTED …. THERE WAS A "MOCK TRIAL" …. JESUS WAS SENTENCED TO DIE A CRUEL DEATH ON THE CROSS, (THAT HE WAS MADE TO CARRY) HE WAS NAILED TO THE CROSS, AND AS HE HUNG THERE BEARING THE SINS OF THE WORLD, HE CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE …. "IT IS FINISHED!" IT WAS A CRY OF VICTORY, THAT WE CAN BE FORGIVEN AND BE FREE FROM OUR SINS. IT WAS A "GOOD FRIDAY!"
THEN WHEN HE SAID "FATHER, INTO THY HANDS, I COMMEND MY SPIRIT AND DIED, IT WAS TRIUMPHANT FOR US. JESUS HAD COMPLETELY ERASED OUR SINS AND WE CAN LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
HIS BODY WAS TAKEN DOWN …. PLACED IN A BORROWED TOMB …. I REMEMBER THE GREAT DR. E.V. HILL ONCE SAID, SOME FOLK WONDER WHY OUR LORD HAD TO BE PLACED IN A "BORROWED TOMB" …. WELL, HE EXPLAINED IT THIS WAY …. "JESUS DID NOT PLAN TO OCCUPY IT TOO LONG."
HALLELUJAH, AND HE DIDN'T! …. HE GOT UP FROM THAT GRAVE ON THE 3RD DAY MORNING …. SPENT A FEW DAYS WITH THE DISCIPLES …. THEN ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN …. BUT PROMISED TO SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO NOT ONLY WALK ALONG BESIDE US …. BUT WOULD ALSO LIVE WITHIN US …. AND JESUS ALSO PROMISED THAT HE'LL BE BACK TO TAKE US TO THE PLACE HE IS NOW PREPARING FOR YOU AND ME …. SO LET'S KEEP THAT IN OUR MINDS …. AS WE SAY "EVEN SO COME LORD JESUS" AND REMEMBER THE RESURRECTION!
1 CORINTHIANS 15:19 ~ IF WE WHO ARE ABIDING IN CHRIST HAVE HOPE ONLY IN THIS LIFE AND THAT IS ALL, THEN WE ARE OF ALL PEOPLE MOST MISERABLE AND TO BE PITIED.
IT WAS EXCITING TO RETURN TO BRANSON, MO. THRU THE YEARS, I HAVE VISITED THIS EXCITING PLACE (HAVE EVEN STAYED IN THE SAME MOTEL FOR MANY YEARS) IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THESE UNITED STATES …. ROLLING HILLS, LOTS OF HISTORY!
I WAS ABLE TO MINISTER IN 2 CHRISTIAN WOMENS' CLUBS …. ONE IN HARRISON, ARKANSAS …. WITH 85 LADIES PRESENT …. IT WAS A "HAT THING" …. AND BELOW IS A PHOTO OF THE WINNERS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES …. AGAIN, I SPOKE ON "HATTITUDE OF JOY" …. I DO A CONTRAST OF HAPPINESS VS JOY …. THE LADIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO WEAR HATS …. WAS SUCH A FUN TIME! …. I WAS HAPPY TO TELL THEM I WAS BORN IN FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS …. HARRISON IS ONLY 33 MILES FROM BRANSON.
WINNERS HAT CONTEST
THE NEXT DAY, I SPOKE AT THE BRANSON CHRISTIAN WOMEN'S CLUB …. ANOTHER GREAT TIME OF FELLOWSHIP …. ALL THE HAT WEARERS LOVED IT! I HAVE BEEN BLESSED FOR 16 YEARS TO BE A SPEAKER FOR THESE MEETINGS …. I DID HEAR FROM THE LADIES (AS I GREET THEM AT THE DOOR WHEN THEY LEAVE) AND WAS TOLD THEY WERE TOUCHED AS I MINISTERED IN WORD/SONG. THESE TIMES ARE A BLESSING FROM GOD FOR ME.
MARK 16:15 ~ AND HE SAID TO THEM, “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SOME OF THE SHOWS …. LAS VEGAS STYLE WITH CHEAPER PRICES, A GOOD THING! (BUT GOD SURROUNDS ME WITH FAVOR …. I DO NOT EVER HAVE TO PAY FULL PRICE) …. THANK YOU, GOD! IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO BRANSON …. IT COULD BE A GREAT GETAWAY FOR YOU TO SEE FAMILY-FRIENDLY TYPE SHOWS. TWO OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS ARE OF THE BLACKWOOD SINGERS AND A GREAT SHOW CALLED "O HAPPY DAY" …. WOW! BOTH SHOWS FEATURE WONDERFUL HYMNS AND GOSPEL SONGS.
MS. LILLIE WITH THE BLACKWOOD SINGERS
MS. LILLIE WITH KIM BOYCE KOREIBA FROM THE "O HAPPY DAY" SHOW
WHEN I WAS LEAVING, KIM RAN TO ASK IF I WOULD TAKE A PHOTO WITH HER …. SHE IS A LONG TIME FRIEND …. HAVE KNOWN HER AT LEAST 30 YEARS (SHE WAS A MISS FLORIDA) …. A GREAT SINGER! …. ALSO WITH THE SHOW IS HER HUSBAND GARY, ANOTHER INCREDIBLE SINGER ALLEN ASBURY …. WOW! WHAT A VOICE! …. AND THE DRUMMER IS DEBRA PAXTON, DAUGHTER OF THE LEGEND GARY PAXTON …. WHO WAS MY SPECIAL FRIEND …. HE HAS MOVED ON TO HEAVEN.
ANOTHER SHOW I REALLY ENJOYED …. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE! …. I SAW THEM FIRST ON THE "AMERICA'S GOT TALENT" …. THE 3 TENORS …. WHAT A SHOW THEY PRESENT …. OPERATIC, COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN GOSPEL SONGS …. WOW! …. 3 INCREDIBLE VOICES!
MS. LILLIE WITH THE 3 TEXAS TENORS
WHAT A PRIVILEGE ALSO, THAT I COULD RETURN TO MINISTER ON THE JIM BAKKER SHOW …. WHAT AN EXCITING PLACE! …. THANK GOD FOR HIS RESTORATION …. AND HOW HE IS STILL BEING USED TO BUILD THE KINGDOM AMEN! IT WAS GREAT TO BE ABLE TO SING FOR THEIR CHURCH SERVICE ON SUNDAY …. A VERY ANOINTED SERVICE …. A BEAUTIFUL GATHERING PLACE!
MS. LILLIE WITH JIM AND LORI BAKKER
SO WONDERFUL TO ATTEND THE SIGHT AND SOUND THEATRE …. FOR THE SPECTACULAR PRESENTATION OF "SAMSON." I BELIEVE IT IS EVERY 2 YEARS, THERE IS THE STORY OF A BIBLE CHARACTER …. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IN THE CAST …. THE SCRIPT IS VERY WELL-WRITTEN …. SO THAT WE SEE "OUR LIVES" IN THE STORY …. DYNAMIC SONGS …. AND THE AUDIENCE SEEMS TO BE A PART OF THE PLAY …. SUCH AS THE WHALE SWIMMING THRU THE AUDIENCE AS WE SEEM TO BE UNDER WATER IN "JONAH" …. OF COURSE, THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA IN "MOSES" I SHALL NEVER FORGET. WOW! AND ALL THOSE ANIMALS IN "NOAH." THRU THE YEARS WHEN I HAVE VISITED BRANSON, I LOVE SEEING THE SHOWS …. AND THIS TIME TO SEE "SAMSON" WAS A REAL THRILL …. I CAN'T SEEM TO THINK ABOUT WHICH HAS BEEN THE "BEST" BUT I TELL YOU WHEN THE BLINDED SAMSON ASKED THE LAD TO LEAD HIM TO THE PILLARS AND WHEN HE LEANED ON THEM …. AND THOSE WALLS OF THE BUILDING CAME TUMBLING DOWN …. MY! O MY! HOPE YOU CAN SEE IT FOR YOURSELF!
ENROUTE HOME, I WAS TO STOP IN DALLAS, TX AND MINISTER IN SONG AT CALVARY CHURCH …. IT WAS WONDERFUL! I HAVE SUNG AT THIS CHURCH MANY TIMES AND HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED HEARING PASTOR DON GEORGE SPEAK (HE IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SPEAKERS I HAVE EVER HEARD). THAT MORNING, PASTOR GARY SPOKE A GREAT WORD TO US.
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR GARY PAGE AND PASTOR DON GEORGE
IT JUST DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE …. THAT MY B'DAY IS HERE AGAIN. AS YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, I HAD AN EXCITING 80TH B'DAY LUAU WITH 125 FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE …. WOW!
MS. LILLIE AT HER 80TH BIRTHDAY LUAU, APRIL 2018
IN MY NEW RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LIVING, I LOVE THAT IN THE DINING ROOM ONCE A MONTH …. THOSE WITH B'DAY'S ARE CELEBRATED WITH A LARGE BANANA SPLIT …. BUT BECAUSE I DON'T EAT THOSE …. I RECEIVED A BOWL OF FRUIT WITH A CANDLE …. UUMMMM
MS. LILLIE AT UPLAND MANOR B'DAY CELEBRATION, APRIL 2019
WELL, THIS YEAR, I WILL HAVE A VERY LOW KEY B'DAY …. JUST GOING TO A RESTAURANT NEAR MY HOUSE WITH 2 FRIENDS …. IT IS A LOVELY OLD, ESTABLISHED POPULAR PLACE …. BEEN CHECKING THE MENU ONLINE, SO I WILL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WILL ORDER …. (SO HARD FOR ME TO MAKE DECISIONS WHEN I AM IN THE RESTAURANT LOOKING AT THE MENU).
MS. LILLIE WITH LONG-TIME FRIENDS, DOLLY AND CHARLOTTE
I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THE LONG LIFE HE IS GIVING ME …. AND OF COURSE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STILL TRAVEL AND PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS THRU WORD AND SONG. I AM SOOOO ENJOYING THE "ASSIGNMENT" OF A "MUSICIANARY" HE GAVE ME MORE THAN 40 YRS AGO.
IT WILL BE A JOY FOR ME TO COME MINISTER IN YOUR CHURCH, OR FOR YOUR SENIORS MEETINGS, MAYBE A LADIES FUNCTION? …. IT WILL BE A BLESSING FOR BOTH OF US. THE SONGS AND THE MESSAGE WILL INSPIRE, AND TOUCH HEARTS! PLEASE CALL ME AT 909-948-2448, AND WE'LL TALK! LIKE I ALWAYS SAY …. YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
I AM ABLE TO DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED ME TO DO BECAUSE OF FRIENDS WHO PARTNER WITH ME …. IF GOD IS PROMPTING YOU TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE MINISTRY …. WHAT A BLESSING IT WILL BE! …. IT IS "GOOD GROUND." I WISH TO SINCERELY THANK YOU WHO HAVE GIVEN AND DO GIVE …. AND TO THOSE OF YOU WHO TELL ME THAT YOU PRAY REGULARLY FOR ME …. I NEED BOTH. THANKS SOOO MUCH! …. PLEASE KNOW THAT I PRAY FOR YOU ALL ALSO …. AND PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ANYTIME AT 909-948-2448 …. AS I AM HAPPY TO AGREE WITH YOU FOR WHATEVER THE NEED …. I WILL BE HONORED TO DO SO.
DO YOU FEEL THAT YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS HAVE DIED? …. ARE YOU STRUGGLING WITH CARES OF THIS WORLD? …. (AND I AM CERTAIN THERE ARE MANY) …. WELL, I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU! IN ANY AND ALL OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES, WE CAN FOCUS OUR EYES ON JESUS, TELL HIM WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE, AND WE HAVE THE ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL THEN FEEL THE PEACE HE HAS PROMISED.
JOHN 14:27 ~ PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU; NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID.
THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE …. WE WILL REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT …. WE CAN KNOW WHEN WE AWAKEN EACH DAY OUR GOD IS IN CONTROL …. IF WE WILL LET HIM BE, HE WILL BE!
MORE THAN FORTY YEARS AGO, I ATTENDED A CHURCH WHERE SPECIAL MONTHLY FRIDAY NITE MUSICALS WERE HELD …. HOSTED BY SWEET AUDREY MIEIR …. DIFFERENT GROUPS AND SINGERS WOULD COME AND SING ONE SONG …. I SO WANTED TO BE A PART …. I LEARNED THAT HANK AND NORMA BROWN CONDUCTED THE AUDITIONS.
MS. LILLIE WITH AUDREY MIEIR
MS. LILLIE WITH HANK AND NORMA BROWN
(BY THE WAY, I LIVE NEAR THEM NOW AND SEE THEM OFTEN) …. IN 1969, THEY GAVE ME AN APPOINTMENT …. THEIR ASSIGNMENT FROM AUDREY WAS TO AUDITION ALL THE SINGERS …. PLACE THE APPROVED NAMES AND THE SONGS THEY COULD SING …. AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT NITE …. GIVE THE LIST TO AUDREY WHEN SHE ARRIVED AT THE CHURCH …. AND DEAR AUDREY, BEING THE MINISTER, MUSICIAN (SHE WROTE THE SONG "HIS NAME IS WONDERFUL") …. THE ENTIRE PROGRAM WAS WEAVED TOGETHER IN AN INCREDIBLE WAY …. AS SHE SPOKE AND SET UP EACH SONG SHE WANTED US TO HEAR THAT NITE …. I SHALL NEVER FORGET WHEN SHE ASKED ME TO COME EACH MONTH THAT I COULD (I WAS THEN TRAVELING WITH THE EDWIN HAWKINS SINGERS …. OUR SONG "O HAPPY DAY" WAS NO. 1 AROUND THE WORLD) …. I WOULD ALWAYS SING ONE OF HER SONGS …. SUCH AS "ALL HE WANTS IS YOU", "BECAUSE HE TOUCHED ME," " IT MATTERS TO HIM ABOUT YOU" AND OTHERS …. I LOVED HER SOOO MUCH! …. SHE BECAME MY "OTHER MOTHER" …. MENTORING ME AND HELPING ME MAKE DECISIONS …. ONE, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT I SHOULD LEAVE THE TELEPHONE COMPANY …. I WAS WORKING FOR MY 30 YEAR RETIREMENT …. AND WITH ONLY 8 MORE YEARS TO REACH IT …. I MUST ADMIT I WAS A BIT FEARFUL …. BUT SHE PRAYED AND COUNSELED ME THRU THAT …. AND THE REST IS HISTORY …. I WALKED OUT INTO FULLTIME MINISTRY …. PRAISE GOD! I MISS HER A LOT, BUT I KNOW SHE IS WITH JESUS. SHE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING WITH DEAR COUPLES AS THEY ADOPTED MANY ORPHANED CHILDREN FROM KOREA. THE CHURCH WOULD BE PACKED EACH MONTH.
I DID MEET MANY FRIENDS I AM STILL IN CONTACT WITH …. SUCH AS THE PASTOR OF THAT GREAT CHURCH IN LOS GATOS …. MARVIN AND JOYCE RICKARD.
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR MARVIN AND JOYCE RICKARD
ONE OTHER COUPLE I MET THERE, RICHARD AND MARLA SNYDER …. WHAT A REMARKABLE DYNAMIC DUO …. TRUE EVANGELISTS! …. IT SEEMS THEY WOULD INVITE EVERYONE THEY MET TO COME TO CHURCH …. IN FACT IT IS KNOWN THAT GOD HAS BLESSED THEM THRU THE YEARS TO BRING 150 FOLK TO THE CHURCH AND WHO RECEIVED JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOR …. WE RECONNECTED 3 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS SPEAKING IN MORRO BAY …. WHAT A WONDERFUL TIME WE SHARED.
MS. LILLIE WITH RICHARD AND MARLA SNYDER
IT WAS SAD FOR ME TO SEE THAT MS. MARLA HAD BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ALS (LOU GERIG'S DISEASE). I LEARNED THE FIRST PART OF MARCH THAT MS. MARLA HAD GONE TO BE WITH JESUS …. AND MR. RICHARD ASKED IF I WOULD PLEASE COME TO SING FOR HER MEMORIAL SERVICE …. AND I DID! WOW! …. IT IS OFTEN TRUE THAT YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW ALL THAT A PERSON HAS DONE IN THEIR LIFETIME …. UNTIL A "CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE" …. SHE HAD AN INCREDIBLE LIFE …. AND USED IT FOR GOD! AND WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT ALSO …. EACH AND EVERY DAY! AMEN!
LUKE 10:2 ~ HE WAS SAYING TO THEM, “THE HARVEST IS ABUNDANT [FOR THERE ARE MANY WHO NEED TO HEAR THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT SALVATION], BUT THE WORKERS [THOSE AVAILABLE TO PROCLAIM THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION] ARE FEW. THEREFORE, [PRAYERFULLY] ASK THE LORD OF THE HARVEST TO SEND OUT WORKERS INTO HIS HARVEST.
I ALWAYS ENJOY THAT BEAUTIFUL AREA OF CALIFORNIA …. REAL TOURIST TRAPS …. I MEAN PLACES …. THE ATTRACTION IS "THE ROCK" …. I WILL TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN MORRO BAY ….
THE WEBSITE TELLS OF IT …. IT WAS FORMED 23 MILLION YEARS AGO (SAY WHAT?) FROM PLUGS FROM A LONG EXTINCT VOLCANO …. COVERING OVER 80 ACRES …. IS 576 FEET HIGH AND WAS AN IMPORTANT AID FOR MARINERS …. CLIMBING IT WAS BANNED IN 1968. A CAUSEWAY WAS BUILT IN 1940 TO CONNECT IT WITH THE MAINLAND …. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE …. LET'S VIEW A VIDEO FROM AN UNMANNED COPTER.
I LOVE WHEN THE POPULAR SOUTHERN GOSPEL GROUPS COME TO TOWN …. WHAT A REAL BLESSING TO HEAR "THE FIRST FAMILY OF SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSIC" THE HOPPERS …. ALONG WITH ERNIE HAASE AND SIGNATURE SOUND …. IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THEY KNOW OF WHOM THEY SING …. AND ARE TRUE "MUSICIANARIES" …. AS THEY ARE ON THEIR BUSES TRAVELING THE COUNTRY BRINGING US THE "GOOD NEWS" …. THRU MUSIC! WHAT A NITE! …. AND IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE CALLED ON STAGE TO SING WITH BOTH GROUPS COMBINED …. I LOVED IT!
MS. LILLIE WITH ERNIE HAASE
PSALM 147:1 ~ FOR IT IS GOOD TO SING PRAISES TO OUR GOD; FOR IT IS PLEASANT, AND PRAISE IS BEAUTIFUL.
THEN IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO GO TO SACRAMENTO AREA TO SPEAK/SING FOR A ST. PATRICKS' DAY TEA …. THE LADIES WERE ALL DRESSED UP …. AND WORE HATS …. I LOVED THAT! THAT IS ALWAYS FUN TO SEE …. I WAS ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOME LONGTIME DEAR FRIENDS...
MS. LILLIE WITH BARBARA, JOANNE AND PAT
I SHALL FILL YOU IN A BIT ON ST. PATRICKS’ DAY …. WHO WAS HE AND WHY DOES HE HAVE A HOLIDAY? WELL, HERE GOES …. SEEMS HE WAS BORN INTO A WEALTHY FAMILY IN ROMANO, BRITAIN, HIS FATHER WAS A DEACON AND GRANDFATHER A PRIEST IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. AT AGE 16, HE WAS KIDNAPPED BY IRISH RAIDERS AND TAKEN TO BE A SLAVE IN IRELAND, HE WORKED AS A SHEPHERD FOR 6 YEARS. DURING THAT TIME HE COMMITTED HIS LIFE TOTALLY TO GOD …. AND WAS TOLD BY GOD ONE DAY TO FLEE TO THE COAST WHERE A SHIP WOULD BE WAITING TO TAKE HIM HOME….
AFTER RETURNING HOME, HE BECAME A PRIEST …. AND FELT THE CALL TO RETURN TO IRELAND TO CONVERT THOSE WHO DID NOT KNOW JESUS …. HE SPENT MANY YEARS EVANGELIZING THE NORTHERN HALF OF IRELAND, AND THOUSANDS ACCEPTED JESUS AS LORD. HE DIED ON MARCH 17 AND WAS VERY WELL KNOWN BECAUSE OF ALL THE GOOD HE HAD DONE. IN PAGAN IRELAND THE NUMBER 3 WAS SO SIGNIFICANT TO THEM …. THAT ST. PATRICK WAS HELPED IN HIS EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS …. BY USING THE 3 LEAVED SHAMROCK TO EXPLAIN THE HOLY TRINITY TO THEM. ABOUT THE 9TH AND 10TH CENTURY, HE BECAME WIDELY KNOWN AS THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND …. SO EACH MARCH 17, I DON'T THINK ABOUT ALL THE DRINKING OF EVEN "GREEN BEER", ETC …. NO! I THINK OF THIS GODLY MAN WHO EVANGELIZED AND BROUGHT MANY TO THE SAVING GRACE OF JESUS. LET'S DO THE SAME TODAY! SOME OF YOU DO NOT EVEN WANT TO THINK OF WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE LIKE …. HAD SOMEONE'S PRAYERS AND WITNESS NOT INTRODUCED YOU TO JESUS …. THEY TOLD YOU AND YOUR LIFE WAS CHANGED, YOU NOW HAVE HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. THANK GOD!
JOHN 3:17 ~ FOR GOD DID NOT SEND THE SON INTO THE WORLD TO JUDGE AND CONDEMN THE WORLD [THAT IS, TO INITIATE THE FINAL JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD], BUT THAT THE WORLD MIGHT BE SAVED THROUGH HIM.
2 CORINTHIANS 5:17 ~ THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, HE IS A NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS HAVE PASSED AWAY; BEHOLD, ALL THINGS HAVE BECOME NEW.
THE DAY AFTER THE TEA, I MINISTERED IN A GREAT CHURCH …. THE PASTOR AND WIFE ARE LONG TIME FRIENDS …. AT LEAST 40 YEARS WE HAVE KNOWN ONE ANOTHER …. I HAD A GREAT TIME WITH THEM …. AS WE SPOKE OF THE "OLD DAYS." WE LIKE TO SING THE "OLDER SONGS AND HYMNS"
WHEN I WAS PICKED UP AT THE AIRPORT, I WAS ASKED TO SIT IN THE FRONT SEAT …. AS THEY WANTED ME TO HAVE THE REAL "TESLA" EXPERIENCE …. WOW! AND IT CERTAINLY WAS ONE! …. HE TOOK HIS HANDS FROM THE STEERING WHEEL ANYTIME HE FELT LIKE IT AND THE CAR "DROVE ITSELF" …. AROUND CURVES, ETC …. I HAD NEVER HAD THAT EXPERIENCE BEFORE, SO I WAS IN AWE OF ALL THAT TECHNOLOGY AT WORK …. WE STOPPED FOR LUNCH AND WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE CAR …. HE SIMPLY PUSHED A BUTTON AND THE CAR BACKED ITSELF OUT OF THE PARKING SPACE …. SO IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR US TO GET IN …. NOW THAT WAS SOMETHING TO SEE …. I JUST HAD TO TAKE A PHOTO OF THE "T" ON THE CAR.
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR TOM AND LINDA GALOVICH
FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, MY DEAR FRIEND SAMANTHA LANDY HAS HOSTED CELEBRITY LUNCHEONS IN PALM DESERT …. AND THEY ARE AWESOME, AS FOLK WE KNOW, LOVE AND HAVE SEEN ON TV, IN THE MOVIES, AND POLITICIANS ARE SPEAKING TO US ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. WE ARE NEVER DISAPPOINTED! …. THIS LUNCHEON I WAS ASKED TO SING …. AND HOW EXCITING!
MS. LILLIE WITH SAMANTHA LANDY AND HER HUSBAND RANDY
THE SPEAKER WAS BRUCE MARCHIANO …. WHO IN 1993 WAS IN A MOVIE …. "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW." THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS THAT …. EVERY SPOKEN WORD IN THE FILM IS FOUND IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW …. AS THE CHARACTERS ARE SPEAKING …. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN …. IS THE CHAPTER AND VERSE IN THE BOOK OF MATTHEW. WE VIEWED A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT THE MOVIE …. AND THEN WE HEARD HIM …. HE IS A WONDERFUL SPEAKER, GREAT COMMUNICATOR …. WE SAT THERE MESMERIZED AS HE TOLD OF MANY THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN HIS LIFE, SINCE HE HAS PORTRAYED JESUS IN THAT 1993 FILM …. I HOPE THAT IF HE IS SPEAKING IN YOUR AREA, YOU WILL GO HEAR HIM …. AND OF COURSE AS SOON AS YOU CAN …. PLEASE WATCH THE MOVIE WITH YOUR FAMILY …. "THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW". HE PLAYED THE ROLE OF JESUS TO BE REAL "HUMAN" …. (BECAUSE HE LAUGHED OFTEN) AND BRUCE IS NOW KNOWN AS THE 'LAUGHING JESUS" …. IT WAS TRULY A TREAT FOR US …. I EVEN GOT A PHOTO WITH HIM.
MS. LILLIE WITH BRUCE MARCHIANO AND HIS WIFE MARIA
WHAT AN EXCITING MONTH I HAVE HAD! …. GOD IS GOOD TO OPEN DOORS FOR ME TO MINISTER IN WORD AND SONG. I AM THANKFUL FOR THE ASSIGNMENT I WAS GIVEN OVER 40 YEARS AGO TO BE IN FULL-TIME MINISTRY FOR "THE KING" …. AND YES, GOD HAS TAKEN OF ME …. IN THE WAY HE PROMISED.
MATTHEW 6:26 ~ LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP NOR GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. ARE YOU NOT OF MORE VALUE THAN THEY?
I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT ALMOST ONE YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE I CELEBRATED MY 80TH B'DAY WITH A LUAU. WOW! WHERE DID THE YEAR GO? …. SOON IT WILL BE APRIL 30 AND I WILL BE 81 YEARS OLD …. WELL, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WILL REALLY FLY BY NOW AND THAT IS JUST FINE WITH ME!
ECCLESIASTES 5:20 ~ (LILLIE) DOES NOT REFLECT ON THE DAYS OF HER LIFE, BECAUSE GOD KEEPS HER OCCUPIED WITH GLADNESS OF HEART.
THE WORLD SEEMS TO BE CHANGING RITE BEFORE OUR EYES …. ISN'T IT? WHAT WAS ONCE CONSIDERED WRONG IS NOW RITE AND WHAT WAS RITE IS NOW WRONG! …. HOW CAN THAT BE SINCE GOD DOES NOT CHANGE …. HE IS THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY AND FOREVER. HE WANTS US TO LIVE HOLY BEFORE HIM …. AND WE MUST NOT ENTANGLE OURSELVES WITH THE CARES OF THIS WORLD, SUCH AS BAD HABITS, DISAPPOINTMENTS, WORRIES, HURTS, ADDICTIONS …. AND MANY MORE THINGS! NO! GOD WILL GIVE US THE GRACE TO OVERCOME ANY AND ALL TEMPTATIONS. AMEN! HE PROMISED!
I CORINTHIANS 10:13 ~ NO TEMPTATION [REGARDLESS OF ITS SOURCE] HAS OVERTAKEN OR ENTICED YOU THAT IS NOT COMMON TO HUMAN EXPERIENCE [NOR IS ANY TEMPTATION UNUSUAL OR BEYOND HUMAN RESISTANCE]; BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL [TO HIS WORD—HE IS COMPASSIONATE AND TRUSTWORTHY], AND HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED BEYOND YOUR ABILITY [TO RESIST], BUT ALONG WITH THE TEMPTATION HE [HAS IN THE PAST AND IS NOW AND] WILL [ALWAYS] PROVIDE THE WAY OUT AS WELL, SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ENDURE IT [WITHOUT YIELDING, AND WILL OVERCOME TEMPTATION WITH JOY].
THE KEY TO VICTORY IS KEEPING OUR EYES FOCUSED ON JESUS …. THE ONE WHO HAS ALREADY DEFEATED DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE …. HE IS COMING BACK AS OUR LIVING LORD, REDEEMER, KING AND JUDGE …. EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS!
REVELATION 22:12 ~ BEHOLD, I AM COMING SOON, AND I SHALL BRING MY WAGES AND REWARDS WITH ME, TO REPAY AND RENDER TO EACH ONE JUST WHAT HIS OWN ACTIONS AND HIS OWN WORK MERIT.
AND REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE HAVING A FUNCTION FOR SENIORS, A LADIES GROUP OR EVEN WANT ME TO COME SING IN YOUR CHURCH …. PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN COME MINISTER IN WORD/SONG …. BELIEVE ME, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED …. AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME!
I MUST SAY A BIG THANKS TO YOU WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME IN PRAYER AND GIFTS OF LOVE THRU THE YEARS …. I DO NEED THEM BOTH! PLEASE ASK GOD IF HE WOULD HAVE YOU GIVE TO THE MINISTRY HE HAS CALLED ME TO, IT IS GOOD GROUND, AND I WILL BE SO GRATEFUL! YOU MAY GIVE THRU PAYPAL …. JUST ENTER MY NAME, OR I CAN ALSO GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS IF YOU WISH TO MAIL A CHECK ...OR CALL ME AT 909- 948-2448 AND USE YOUR CREDIT CARD …. WHATEVER AMOUNT YOU GIVE WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR ACCOUNT IN GLORY …. YOU WILL RECEIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT HERE ON THIS EARTH …. PLUS A REWARD IN HEAVEN. THANKS SOO MUCH! I LOVE YOU!
2 TIMOTHY 2:15 ~ BE DILIGENT TO PRESENT YOURSELF APPROVED TO GOD, A WORKER WHO DOES NOT NEED TO BE ASHAMED, RIGHTLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH.
I AM TOLD THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, PERHAPS THE CARD COMPANIES, THE FLOWER GROWERS, OR THE CHOCOLATE CANDY MAKERS WANTED MORE THAN A DAY TO SELL THEIR WARES, SO IT SEEMS THAT FEBRUARY IS NOW KNOWN AS THE "MONTH OF LOVE." I KNOW THAT IT IS ALSO MEDICALLY KNOWN AS "HEART MONTH," WHEN WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN HOW TO TAKE CARE OF OUR HEART.
DO YOU KNOW THE STORY OF VALENTINES' DAY? WELL, I SHALL TELL YOU WHAT THE INTERNET SHOWED ME, AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT IS PLACED ON THERE …. RITE?
THIS IS PERHAPS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WAY BACK THEN!
THE FIRST VALENTINES' DAY WAS IN THE YEAR 496, ORIGINATING FROM A ROMAN FESTIVAL CALLED LUPERCALIA IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY, AS IT WAS OFFICIALLY THE START OF SPRINGTIME. IN ROME, ALONGSIDE A PORTRAIT OF VALENTINE, THE TEXT STATED THAT HE WAS A ROMAN PRIEST MARTYRED DURING THE REIGN OF CLAUDIUS GOTHICUS. HE WAS ARRESTED, IMPRISONED AND BEHEADED, BEING CAUGHT MARRYING A CHRISTIAN COUPLE AND ALSO AIDING CHRISTIANS WHO WERE AT THE SAME TIME BEING PERSECUTED BY CLAUDIUS IN ROME.
WELL, BECAUSE I AM NOT MARRIED OR EVEN HAVE A BOY-FRIEND, I RECOGNIZE IT AS "FRIENDS DAY" …. I AM AMAZED HOW MANY CALLS, EMAILS, TEXTS I RECEIVE ON VALENTINES' DAY WHICH IS WHY I BEGAN REFERRING TO IT …. AS "FRIENDS DAY" A FEW YEARS AGO. I LOVE BEING ABLE TO SPEAK WITH "FRIENDS" ON THE PHONE AND WE TELL ONE ANOTHER HOW WE TREASURE OUR FRIENDSHIPS, SOME GO BACK MORE THAN 50 YEARS WOW! WHAT A BLESSING FOR ME TO KNOW THAT WHEN GOD CALLS ME HOME, I WILL SPEND ETERNITY WITH THEM AND THE MOST "PERFECT VALENTINE" …. JESUS CHRIST …. THE LOVER OF MY SOUL …. AND I SHALL LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER.
PSALM 133:1 ~ BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BROTHERS TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY!
TITUS 2:13 ~ LOOKING FOR THAT BLESSED HOPE, AND THE GLORIOUS APPEARING OF THE GREAT GOD AND OUR SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
BECAUSE FEBRUARY IS KNOWN AS "LOVE MONTH" …. I GAVE MY VALENTINE TALK 6 TIMES AND LOVED IT! I WAS BLESSED TO SHARE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE NEED TO KNOW …. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS …. SUCH AS "DOES ANYONE CARE?" IS …. PERHAPS THE MOST WELL-KNOWN VERSE IN THE ENTIRE BIBLE.
JOHN 3:16 ~ FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
JESUS WAS SENT TO EARTH BY GOD TO SHOW WHAT "REAL LOVE" IS. HE WAS THE CONDUIT FOR GOD'S LOVE THAT WAS PUT INTO ACTION. SEE, LOVE IS AN ACTION VERB. I SANG THIS BEAUTIFUL OLD HYMN DURING EACH TALK ….
THE LOVE OF GOD IS GREATER FAR THAN TONGUE OR PEN CAN EVER TELL. IT GOES BEYOND THE HIGHEST STAR AND REACHES TO THE LOWEST HELL. THE GUILTY PAIR, BOWED DOWN WITH CARE, GOD GAVE HIS SON TO WIN; HIS ERRING CHILD HE RECONCILED AND PARDONED FROM HIS SIN.
CHORUS: THE LOVE OF GOD, SO RICH AND PURE! HOW MEASURELESS AND STRONG! IT SHALL FOREVER MORE ENDURE - THE SAINTS’ AND ANGELS’ SONG.
COULD WE WITH INK THE OCEAN FILL, AND WERE THE SKIES OF PARCHMENT MADE; AND WERE EACH STALK ON EARTH A QUILL, AND EVERY MAN A SCRIBE BY TRADE; TO WRITE THE "LOVE OF GOD" ABOVE WOULD DRAIN THE OCEAN DRY; NOR COULD THE SCROLL CONTAIN THE WHOLE, THO STRETCHED FROM SKY TO SKY.
I BEGAN THE MONTH WITH A GREAT TRIP TO SPEAK/SING FOR CHRISTIAN WOMENS' CONNECTION MEETINGS, I'VE MENTIONED THEM BEFORE. I HAVE NOW BEEN INVOLVED FOR 15 YEARS AND AM SOOOO BLESSED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY GIVEN ME. THESE MEETINGS BEGAN IN SAN JOSE CA. 80 YEARS AGO (THE SAME YEAR I WAS BORN). THEY ARE HELD ALL AROUND THE GLOBE ONCE A MONTH, LADIES ARE ASKED TO BRING AN UNSAVED FRIEND TO A WELL-PLANNED PROGRAM OF MUSIC AND A TALK ABOUT JESUS …. AN APPEAL IS GIVEN AT THE END FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS JESUS TO COME INTO THEIR HEART …. THEY CAN REPEAT A PRAYER. MY HEART IS THANKFUL TO GOD AS I LEARN HOW MANY DO RESPOND EACH YEAR. MY TOUR WAS IN THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA …. SANTA MARIA, SAN LUIS OBISPO, MORRO BAY AND PASO ROBLES. THEY WERE EACH WELL ATTENDED AND SEVERAL RESPONDED TO THE APPEAL. AMEN!
I AM SOOOO GRATEFUL THAT GOD GAVE ME AN “ASSIGNMENT” MORE THAN 40 YEARS AGO TO TRAVEL AROUND THE WORLD TO SPEAK/SING ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR EVERYONE …. AND UNTIL HE CALLS ME HOME …. I'M GONNA KEEP ON SINGING …. TELLING EVERYONE THAT JESUS SAVES! AMEN!
JOHN 9:4 ~ I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM WHO SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY; NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK.
ENROUTE HOME, I STOPPED IN DELANO CA. FOR A LADIES MEETING ON SATURDAY MORNING AND I MINISTERED IN A GREAT CHURCH ON SUNDAY MORNING …. THE PASTOR PREACHED A TRULY ANOINTED MESSAGE …. I WAS CHALLENGED AND BLESSED!
PASTOR DAVID, MS. LILLIE AND HIS PARENTS; MR. AND MRS. RIVAS
OUR WEATHER HAS BEEN DIFFERENT ALMOST EACH DAY …. LOTS OF RAIN, THEN SUNSHINE AND A JOY TO SEE A RAINBOW AS I WAS DRIVING HOME …. AND THEN THERE IS SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS NEAR MY HOUSE …. …. WE HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR THE FOLK IN EXTREMELY COLD AREAS OF THE COUNTRY, THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL THEIR NEEDS.
I CANNOT CLOSE WITHOUT SAYING A "BIG THANKS" TO THOSE OF YOU WHO PRAY FOR ME ON A REGULAR BASIS AND FOR THOSE WHO GIVE FINANCIALLY TO THIS MINISTRY …. IT IS GOOD GROUND!! AND I SOOOO APPRECIATE YOUR GIFTS.....YOU WILL RECEIVE A RECEIPT FROM ME AND THEN A REWARD IN HEAVEN FROM JESUS. IT IS VERY EASY TO GIVE …. YOU MAY GO TO PAYPAL AND LEAVE A CONTRIBUTION, CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND CHARGE TO YOUR CREDIT CARD OR I CAN ALSO GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS IF YOU WISH TO MAIL A CHECK .... THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! WE ARE CO-LABORERS TOGETHER FOR THE KINGDOM …. I LOVE HOW GOD MAKES YOU A BLESSING TO ME! AND I ALSO WANT TO BE A BLESSING TO YOUR FAMILY AS I PRAY THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE ALL GOD HAS FOR YOU.
PHILIPPIANS 4:13 ~ I CAN DO ALL THINGS [WHICH HE HAS CALLED ME TO DO] THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS AND EMPOWERS ME.
DEAR FRIEND, HOW ARE YOU DOING? …. I KNOW THAT THE WORLD IS IN CHAOS, WITH THINGS SEEMINGLY SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL …. DO YOU SEEM TO BE IN ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER? …. FEELING ALL ALONE, BETRAYED, MISTREATED, ENDURING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP? WELL, I KNOW ONE WHO DOES UNDERSTAND EACH OF THOSE HEARTACHES …. HIS NAME IS JESUS! HE IS ALWAYS BESIDE US IN EVERY DIFFICULTY …. WALKING WITH US …. SO JUST KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN....NO WAY! EVEN IN OUR DARKEST HOUR, WE CAN BE ENCOURAGED, BECAUSE GOD KNOWS OUR DEEPEST NEED AND WILL SUPPLY …. WHATEVER IT IS!
1 CORINTHIANS 1:9 ~ GOD IS FAITHFUL [HE IS RELIABLE, TRUSTWORTHY AND EVER TRUE TO HIS PROMISE - HE CAN BE DEPENDED ON], AND THROUGH HIM YOU WERE CALLED INTO FELLOWSHIP WITH HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD.
IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT I WILL HAVE ANOTHER B'DAY IN APRIL …. SEEMS I JUST HAD MY 80TH B'DAY LUAU …. AND SOON I'LL BE 81 YEARS OLD …. (TIME IS MOVING FASTER) …. I AM GRATEFUL THAT GOD DOES KEEP ME STRONG AND ABLE TO TRAVEL AND STILL SING. (YIPPPEEEE) HERE'S SOMETHING FUNNY FOR YOU …. I LOVE TO LAFF …. ENJOY!
WELL, PLEASE CHECK YOUR PLANNING CALENDAR TO SEE IF THERE IS A TIME WHEN I CAN COME MINISTER TO YOUR SENIOR ADULTS, LADIES LUNCHEON, OR IN YOUR CHURCH …. IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME OF MINISTRY. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED AND JESUS LIFTED UP!
I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF A 6AM PRAYER CALL. 300 TO 400 FOLK ARE THERE ON THE LINE 7 DAYS A WEEK. IT IS AWESOME! WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYING FOR OUR PRESIDENT, CONGRESS, SENATE AND ALL THOSE WHO ARE MAKING LAWS …. I AM THANKFUL THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING …. AND IN HIS TIME …. HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT!
1 THESSALONIANS 4:18 ~ THEREFORE COMFORT AND ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER WITH THESE WORDS.
I JUST READ THAT JANUARY IS USUALLY THE COLDEST MONTH OF THE YEAR .... PERHAPS THAT IS WHY IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS "NATIONAL SOUP MONTH" .... PERHAPS IT CAME TO BE BECAUSE IT IS SOOOOO COLD IN MANY PLACES THAT MORE TIME IS SPENT INDOORS .... AND THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE A HOT BOWL OF SOUP ON A COLD DAY .... ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS CHICKEN SOUP.
WHEN THE WISE MEN VISITED JESUS, IT SEEMS JESUS WAS AT LEAST 2 YEARS OLD .... I LOVE IT WHEN IN THE LARGE CHRISTMAS PRODUCTIONS .... NOW .... THE WISE MEN COME TO A HOUSE IN NAZARETH TO VISIT THE CUTE LITTLE BOY, JESUS .... AND ARE NOT AT THE MANGER WHERE HE WAS LAID WHEN HE WAS BORN .... SO NOW YOU KNOW!
JANUARY IS ALSO THE MONTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WAS BORN AND THEODORE ROOSEVELT DIED.
WELL, HAPPY NEW YEAR .... 2019 IS HERE .... ANOTHER YEAR CLOSER TO THE RETURN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. AND MY PRAYER IS THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU A MOST BLESSED, HEALTHY NEW YEAR.
WHEN I WAS GROWING UP .... WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED "WATCHNITE SERVICE" .... WHICH MEANS .... WE WATCHED THE OLD YEAR GO OUT AND THE NEW ONE ENTER .... I LOVED THOSE SERVICES! .... WE USUALLY GATHERED AT 8 OR 8:30PM .... HAD LOTS OF SINGING, TESTIMONIES TIL ABOUT 10PM .... TOOK A BREAK FOR "FOOD AND FELLOWSHIP" .... THEN RETURNED FOR MORE GOOD SINGING AND PREACHING .... THEN AT ABOUT 11:45 PM WE WERE ASKED TO GET ON OUR KNEES AND BEGIN PRAYING .... OUR PASTOR WANTED FERVENT PRAYER TO BE ASCENDING WHEN THE NEW YEAR BEGAN. I WONDER IF ANY CHURCHES HAVE THOSE TYPES OF SERVICES NOW? I WOULD CERTAINLY LOVE TO ATTEND ONE.
WHEN I WAS A PART OF A WONDERFUL CHURCH IN SAN JOSE, CA .... OUR NEW YEARS SERVICES WERE AWESOME ALSO! .... AS WE HAD PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICE .... AFTER THE NEW YEAR PRAYER TIME WE WOULD HEAR OUR PASTOR KENNY FOREMAN SAY .... "GO HUG SOMEONE AND SAY TO THEM .... "HAPPY NEW YOU" .... BECAUSE HE SAID WE COULD NOT HAVE A NEW YEAR .... UNLESS WE WERE MADE NEW .... AND MY, ISN'T THAT TRUE? .... AND I DID JUST SEE A T-SHIRT THAT HAD THIS WRITTEN ON IT ."HAPPY NEW YEAR .... HAPPY NEW ME!" .... JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING WHAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING ALL MY LIFE.
AND IF YOU ARE LIKE ME .... YOU HAVE BEEN ASKING GOD TO DO JUST THAT .... I WANT HIM TO MAKE ME READY AND OPEN FOR CHANGES IN MY LIFE .... WHATEVER HE WANTS TO DELETE, REARRANGE, AND ADD IS FINE WITH ME .... IN OTHER WORDS, I WANT HIM TO MOLD ME AND MAKE ME TO CONFORM TO HIS WILL IN EVERY WAY.
PSALM 51:10 ~ CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART, O GOD, AND RENEW A RIGHT AND STEADFAST SPIRIT WITHIN ME.
FOR MANY YEARS, MY PASTOR KENNY FOREMAN HAD CANCER .... BUT CONTINUED TO LIVE .... EVEN WHEN THE DOCTORS WOULD GIVE HIM ONLY 3 MONTHS .... 8 MONTHS .... 1 YEAR TO LIVE .... GOD KEPT HIM ALIVE! .... I WOULD OFTEN TELL HIM .... "IT AIN'T OVER TIL GOD SAYS IT'S OVER! .... AND BEFORE CHRISTMAS, 2018, GOD CHOSE TO CALL HIM HOME TO HIS REWARD.
PASTOR KENNY FOREMAN'S MEMORIAL SERVICE
A FEW YEARS, PASTOR KENNY STEPPED ASIDE AND LET HIS 2 SONS CARRY ON WITH THE CHURCH .... AND OH MY, HAVE THEY! .... THERE ARE SERVICES ON SATURDAY NITES 5PM .... AND 3 SERVICES ON SUNDAY MORNINGS .... THE CHURCH SEATS 3400 .... PLUS THERE ARE 7 OTHER CAMPUS LOCATIONS AROUND THE AREA .... WITH THEIR OWN OFFICES .... THEY HAVE WEEKLY SERVICES AND OF COURSE CHURCH SERVICES ON SUNDAYS .... EACH OF THEM GROWING.
WHEN I BEGAN ATTENDING CATHEDRAL, PASTOR FOREMAN HAD A TELECAST AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD BE THE SOLOIST FOR IT .... SO FOR YEARS, I WAS THERE TO HEAR THE INTRODUCTION "AND NOW HERE SHE IS .... MY SOUL SISTER LILLIE KNAULS TO SING FOR US" .... IT WAS WONDERFUL .... THEN IN LATER YEARS, WE BEGAN SINGING "THROUGH IT ALL" AS A DUET .... AND MY, WAS THAT WELL RECEIVED! .... SO AFTER I MOVED AWAY, I WOULD SING THAT WHEN I CAME TO VISIT THE CHURCH. AND THRU THE WONDERFUL MEANS OF TECHNOLOGY, AT THE MEMORIAL SERVICE, THEY PLAYED A CLIP OF HE AND I SINGING IT. I MUST SAY, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO WATCH THRU THE TEARS .... I LOVED PASTOR FOREMAN AND HIS SWEET WIFE MS. SHIRLEY VERY MUCH .... MY PRAYERS ARE DAILY WITH HER (THEY WERE MARRIED 61 YEARS) .... AND THE 2 BOYS KEN JR. AND KURT .... FOR THE COMFORT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SURROUND THEM EACH DAY AND NITE. WHAT A WAY TO BEGAN THE NEW YEAR AND MONTH OF JANUARY!
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR KENNY & SHIRLEY FOREMAN AND KEN FOREMAN JR.
ROMANS 14:8 ~ FOR IF WE LIVE, WE LIVE TO THE LORD; AND IF WE DIE, WE DIE TO THE LORD. THEREFORE, WHETHER WE LIVE OR DIE, WE ARE THE LORD’S.
I MUST SAY IT WAS A SPECIAL TIME TO SEE SOOOO MANY OLD FRIENDS WHO RETURNED FOR THE SERVICE .... IT WAS A GREAT REUNION! .... THEN I BEGAN THINKING ABOUT HEAVEN AND THE "GRAND REUNION" WE SHALL HAVE .... “WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN" WE WILL HAVE THE JOY OF ETERNITY AND JESUS AHEAD OF US.
1 THESSALONIANS 4:17 ~ THEN WE WHO ARE ALIVE AND REMAIN SHALL BE CAUGHT UP TOGETHER WITH THEM IN THE CLOUDS TO MEET THE LORD IN THE AIR. AND THUS WE SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH THE LORD.
WHEN I MOVED FROM ORLANDO FL. TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA. IN 1998, IT WASN'T VERY LONG TIL I WAS DOING WHAT I HAD BEEN DOING FOR YEARS .... (GOING TO MINISTER IN PRISONS) .... BOTH MEN AND WOMEN'S .... SO FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS NOW, I HAVE BEEN DOING JUST THAT .... AND WHAT A BLESSING FOR ME IT IS .... TO BRING HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE WHO ARE THERE PAYING THEIR DEBT TO SOCIETY .... I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED EACH TIME I GO IN .... BECAUSE JESUS CAN USE EACH OF US TO BE HIS HANDS EXTENDED.
THE CHAPLAIN AT CHINO PRISON FOR WOMEN I HAVE MINISTERED FOR .... NEARLY 20 YEARS RETIRED THIS MONTH, WHAT A CELEBRATION SHE HAD .... OVER 200 FOLK GATHERED TO HONOR HER .... INCLUDING OVER 50 WHO HAD GOTTEN OUT OF THE PRISON WHILE SHE WAS CHAPLAIN .... THEY CAME TO THANK HER FOR HER KINDNESS TO THEM THRU THE YEARS .... SHE IS A VERY SPECIAL LADY AND HAS BECOME A DEAR FRIEND .... A POWERFUL WOMAN OF GOD WHO IS AN EXCITING PREACHER ALSO .... MAY GOD OPEN NEW DOORS FOR HER GIFTS .... (AND SHE DOES HAVE MANY) I WAS SOOO EXCITED THAT SHE TOOK TIME TO ATTEND MY 80TH B'DAY LUAU AND OFFER A PRAYER! I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN HER FINAL SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICE AT THE PRISON .... IT WAS INCREDIBLE! .... MUCH HONOR WAS BESTOWED ON HER BY THE INMATES, TESTIMONIES GIVEN ABOUT HER ALWAYS BEING THERE FOR THEM .... WAS WONDERFUL!
MS. LILLIE WITH CHAPLAIN LOIS WOODARD
MATTHEW 25:43 ~ I WAS A STRANGER AND YOU DID NOT TAKE ME IN, NAKED AND YOU DID NOT CLOTHE ME, SICK AND IN PRISON AND YOU DID NOT VISIT ME.
I SPENT AN EXCITING WEEK IN SAN DIEGO AREA .... WHAT A GORGEOUS CITY! I WAS RITE ON THE WATER .... I COULD SEE MANY BOATS.
THE WEATHER WAS LOVELY! I USUALLY SING IN A CHURCH THE SUNDAY BEFORE AND THE SUNDAY AFTER THAT INCREDIBLE PASTORS CONFERENCE I ATTEND EACH YEAR, GOD DOES OPEN DOORS FOR ME .... AND AT THE PASTORS CONFERENCE, I SANG ONE SONG IN EACH SERVICE .... AND JUST LISTENED TO THE SPEAKERS WITH A HEART TO RECEIVE FROM EACH OF THEM .... EACH ONE WAS A GOD-SEND .... FOR ME, I WAS CHALLENGED AS THEY DEPOSITED SUCH POWERFUL NUGGETS INTO MY SPIRIT .... AND I WILL NOT FORGET THEM! THE THEME FOR THE CONFERENCE WAS .... "ARISE, SHINE FOR THE LIGHT HAS COME" .... WHAT A BLESSING TO HEAR FROM THE SPECIAL SPEAKER, DAVID SHIBLEY WHO CHALLENGED US TO CONTINUE TO FAITHFULLY SPREAD THE GOSPEL .... TO FULFILL THE GREAT COMMISSION. AND REMEMBER, WHEN WE SHARE OUR FAITH AND THE GOOD NEWS, WE SHARE THE GREATEST TREASURE OF ALL .... AMEN!
MARK 16:15 ~ AND HE SAID TO THEM, “GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO ALL CREATION.”
PROVERBS 17:22 TELLS US THAT "LAUGHTER DOES GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE" .... AND ONE GOOD THING ABOUT ME .... IS I LOVE TO LAFF .... I READ THAT CHILDREN CAN LAFF UP TO 300 TIMES A DAY .... WHEREAS, WE ADULTS WILL LAFF ONLY 15-20 TIMES A DAY .... HOW SAD .... I WILL TELL YOU THE REASON WE SHOULD FIND SOMETHING TO LAFF ABOUT EACH DAY .... (I KNOW I CERTAINLY DO) MY DOCTOR SAYS THAT WHEN WE LAUGH, OUR INSIDES ARE BEING MASSAGED .... (NOW YOU KNOW HOW GREAT IT FEELS TO BE ON A TABLE .... GETTING A MASSAGE) RITE? WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OUR BODIES WHEN WE LAFF .... IT REDUCES THE STRESS RESPONSE .... SO I PRAY THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY FIND SOMETHING TO LAFF ABOUT .... YOU WILL FEEL BETTER FOR IT. A SMILE IS A GIFT FROM GOD. DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THIS? .... THE ONE THING YOU NEVER WILL HAVE TO DO .... IS TEACH A BABY TO SMILE, .... IT JUST HAPPENS .... CAUSE GOD GAVE IT TO THEM .... AND WE HAVE IT!
NEHEMIAH 8:10 ~ …FOR THE JOY OF THE LORD IS YOUR STRENGTH!
RECENTLY, THE INCREDIBLE CHRISTIAN COMEDIAN MICHAEL JR. WAS IN MY AREA .... WHAT A NITE! .... HE HAS A WONDERFUL GIFT TO MAKE YOU LAFF WITH CLEAN HUMOR .... SO, IF HE IS EVER IN YOUR AREA, TRY TO GO SEE HIM .... YOU WILL LAFF AND LAFF AND LAFF.
MS. LILLIE WITH COMEDIAN MICHAEL JR.
IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LAFF ABOUT IN YOUR LIFE......THAT THINGS ARE NOT HAPPY, PERHAPS YOU JUST RECEIVED BAD NEWS FROM THE DOCTOR .... A PENDING DIVORCE .... WAYWARD CHILDREN ...EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE FALLING APART AROUND YOU? I DO HAVE A WORD FOR YOU FROM GOD'S WORD .... WHICH IS A COVENANT HE HAS MADE WITH US. IT CANNOT CHANGE! .... IS SETTLED IN HEAVEN .... LET ME SHARE THIS WITH YOU! WHERE THERE IS A PROBLEM .... HERE IS A PROMISE! .... THE BIBLE IS FILLED WITH THEM FOR WHATEVER YOU ARE FACING .... AS YOU READ HIS WORD EACH DAY, THERE WILL BE ANSWERS AND COMFORT FOR YOU.
PSALM 119:89 ~ FOREVER OH LORD …. YOUR WORD STANDS IN HEAVEN!
I PETER 1: 24 ~ THE GRASS WITHERS, THE FLOWERS FADE, BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER
EVER FEEL LIKE YOU'RE JUST NOT GONNA MAKE IT .... WELL, KEEP TRYING .... HERE'S PROOF!
SEE .... YOU CAN MAKE IT!
I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD FOR ALL THAT GOD HAS FOR ME THIS NEW YEAR, 2019 …. HE IS OPENING MANY NEW DOORS …. AND IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF PLANNING EVENTS FOR YOUR LADIES MEETING, SENIORS GROUP, EVEN YOUR CHURCH …. PLEASE CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE'LL TALK …. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED! AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! GOD WILL USE THE SONGS TO TOUCH HEARTS AND LIVES. AMEN!
GOD WAS FAITHFUL TO SUPPLY THE NEED OF THIS MINISTRY DURING 2018, AND I AM CERTAIN THAT THRU GIFTS OF LOVE FROM FOLK WHO DO CONTRIBUTE, SOME REGULARLY OR OCCASIONALLY TO THE MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED ME TO, I WILL HAVE ALL I NEED IN 2019 ALSO …. THIS MINISTRY IS "GOOD GROUND" …. AND WHEN YOU GIVE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT FROM ME AND A REWARD IN HEAVEN …. PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU ARE PART OF THE "LABOR FORCE" WHEN YOU PRAY AND GIVE TO SUPPORT THE ASSIGNMENT GOD HAS GIVEN ME …. OF COURSE, I DO NEED LOTS OF PRAYER AS I TRAVEL WITH THE GOOD NEWS …. SO PLEASE DO THAT FOR ME …. YOU MAY GIVE BY GOING TO PAYPAL .... CLICK THE DONATE BUTTON AT MISSLILLIE.COM, YOU MAY USE YOUR CREDIT CARD .... OR YOU MAY SEND A CHECK (CALL 909-948-2448 FOR MAILING ADDRESS). THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THIS MINISTRY. I LOVE YOU!
HEBREWS 6:10 ~ FOR GOD IS NOT UNRIGHTEOUS TO FORGET YOUR WORK AND LABOR OF LOVE, WHICH YOU HAVE SHOWN TOWARD HIS SAINTS …. IN THAT YOU HAVE MINISTERED TO THE SAINTS …. AND STILL DO.
SOMETHING ELSE GREAT HAPPENS EACH JANUARY 22 .... MY ONLY BROTHER'S B'DAY …. THERE WERE SIX GIRLS AND ONE BOY IN MY FAMILY …. HE TURNED 88 YEARS OLD …. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!
MS. LILLIE'S BROTHER PAUL 88TH BIRTHDAY
PHILEMON 1:25 ~ THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE MESSIAH, BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT. AMEN!
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
Remember each month, you can read a repost of a blog from the past .... Enjoy
EVERYONE LOVES TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY, SO DO I! THAT IS WHY I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO JULY 4TH. THIS YEAR WAS THE 245TH B'DAY OF OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THAT DAY IN 1776, THE ADOPTION OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE STATED THAT THE THIRTEEN AMERICAN COLONIES WERE "FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES" …. THAT ALL THE POLITICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM AND GREAT BRITAIN IS AND WILL BE TOTALLY DISSOLVED." AND YES, EVEN THO WE HEAR LITTLE ABOUT THE GOD-FEARING MEN WHO LOOKED TO GOD AS THEY PREPARED DOCUMENTS FOR THIS NEW NATION, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID ACKNOWLEDGE GOD AS THE SOURCE OF OUR RIGHTS! ONE ONLY NEEDS TO READ THE WRITINGS OF SOME OF THOSE FOUNDERS AND IT IS APPARENT HOW THEY FELT ABOUT GOD. AMEN!
PSALM 22:28 ~ FOR THE KINGSHIP AND THE KINGDOM ARE THE LORD’S AND HE RULES OVER THE NATIONS. {AMP}
PROVERBS 14:34 ~ RIGHTEOUSNESS [MORAL AND SPIRITUAL INTEGRITY AND VIRTUOUS CHARACTER] EXALTS A NATION, BUT SIN IS A DISGRACE TO ANY PEOPLE. {AMP}
THE "LITTLE GIRL" IN ME LOVES TO SEE FIREWORKS …. SO ON JULY 4, VERY NEAR MY HOUSE, THERE WAS A FIREWORKS SHOW FOR 30 MINUTES, HOW AWESOME! LOTS OF OOOH'S AND AAH'S, I LOVED IT! WAS ABLE TO JUST SIT IN MY CAR AND ENJOY THEM.
I AM A FLAG-WAVING AMERICAN. I AM PROUD TO LIVE IN A LAND WHERE WE CAN STILL WORSHIP GOD. AND MY PRAYER IS THAT OUR FREEDOMS WILL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY, EVEN THO IT CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE GOING THAT WAY. SO LET'S KEEP PRAYING THAT WE WILL DO AS THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WERE ASKED TO DO, AND GOD PROMISED HE WOULD THEN "HEAL THEIR LAND"
2 CHRONICLES 7:14 ~ IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN AND WILL FORGIVE THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND.
AT MY SENIOR LIVING PLACE, WE HAD A WONDERFUL EXCITING JULY 4TH CELEBRATION, I WAS ASKED TO SING 2 SONGS. I SANG "GOD BLESS AMERICA" AND "THE STATUE OF LIBERTY." I DO LOVE SINGING THOSE SONGS, THEY ARE ON MY PATRIOTIC CD. I ALSO HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SING THEM AGAIN AT A CHURCH IN THE DESERT. BECAUSE THE 4TH WAS ON A SUNDAY THIS YEAR, IT WAS VERY EXCITING, THERE WERE INCREDIBLE RED, WHITE AND BLUE DECORATIONS EVERYWHERE.
Ms. Lillie singing at Friendship Church July 4, 2021
Ms. Lillie sings "God Bless America" from her Patriotic CD
I HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, "PAGEANT OF THE MASTERS." EVERYONE SHOULD GO AT LEAST ONCE. THERE IS A HUGE STAGE, AN ORCHESTRA IN THE PIT, MAJOR PAINTINGS OF THE WORLD ARE DUPLICATED WITH LIVE PEOPLE .... THIS YEAR'S THEME WAS "MADE IN AMERICA." WE SAW WORKS FROM AMERICAN ARTISTS AND SCULPTORS. YOU WILL BE IN AWE AS YOU SEE HOW THEY MUST STAND MOTIONLESS FOR 90 SECONDS AS WE MARVEL THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT. IT BEGINS AT 8:30 PM IN THE OUTDOOR THEATRE IN LAGUNA BEACH. I HOPE YOU WILL LOOK INTO GOING NEXT YEAR, IT IS PRESENTED FOR ONLY 2 MONTHS, JULY AND AUGUST.
Ms. Lillie at the 2021 Pageant of The Masters
I SPEAK OFTEN OF MY 10 YEARS LIVING IN HAWAII, WORKING WITH A UNIQUE MINISTRY, THE WAIKIKI BEACH CHAPLAINCY. IT BEGAN IN 1970 BY CHAPLAIN BOB TURNBULL. GENE OZBUN FOLLOWED HIM AND THEN ALEX MCANGUS CAME ON BOARD AS CHAPLAIN. WELL, ALEX PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, AND I AM SOOO THANKFUL THAT I WAS ABLE TO SEE HIM WHEN I ATTENDED THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MINISTRY, FEB 2020 .... (IN FACT I RETURNED HOME FEB. 28 AND THE COUNTRY CLOSED DOWN ON MARCH 13) I GUESS I COULD HAVE BEEN "STUCK" IN HAWAII.
ALEX HAD SUCH A WARM, KIND SPIRIT, HE MADE EVERYONE FEEL AT EASE AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO TELL EVERYONE ABOUT THE GOD HE KNEW. GOD GAVE HIM AN INCREDIBLE SINGING VOICE! HE USED THAT TALENT AS A PERFORMER IN WAIKIKI FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE BECOMING A CHRISTIAN, AND WHEN HE ACCEPTED JESUS INTO HIS HEART, HE WAS " ALL IN" AND EVENTUALLY BECAME CHAPLAIN OF THE WAIKIKI BEACH CHAPLAINCY. IT IS CALLED “THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHURCH IN THE WORLD" RITE THERE ON THE BEACH IN WAIKIKI, BUT HE HAS NOW GONE TO A PLACE THAT IS EVEN MUCH MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN HAWAII! IT IS TRUE PARADISE!!!! HIS LOVELY WIFE SHARON, WITH HER SWEET, GENTLE SPIRIT, WAS CALLED TO WORK ALONGSIDE HIM AS HIS PARTNER IN THE MINISTRY. THEY DID WORK BEAUTIFULLY TOGETHER. SHE WAS WILLING TO MAKE EACH SACRIFICE HE WAS ASKED TO MAKE. OF COURSE, SHE MISSES HIM GREATLY AS WE ALL DO ALSO, BUT I BELIEVE THAT SOON AND VERY SOON WE WILL ALL RECEIVE OUR HEAVENLY LEI FROM JESUS AND HEAR HIM SAY "ALOHA, WELL DONE!
THE WAIKIKI BEACH CHAPLAINCY WILL CONTINUE, AS A NEW CHAPLAIN HAS STEPPED IN TO CARRY ON WITH THIS UNIQUE, NECESSARY MINISTRY. I HOPE YOU WILL VISIT ONE OF THE SERVICES HELD AT THE HILTON HAWAIIAN VILLAGE .... RITE ON THE BEACH!
Performer Alex greeting two blondes during his performance in Waikiki. The blonde on the right is shown with her husband in the inset who moved to Hawaii to become chaplains of the beach ministry in Kona and are still there.
The 3 Chaplains (Bob Turnbull, Gene Ozbun and Alex McAngus) and Ms. Lillie at the 25th Anniversary of Waikiki Beach Chaplaincy
The 3 Chaplains (Bob Turnbull, Gene Ozbun and Alex & Sharon McAngus) and Ms. Lillie at the 50th Anniversary of Waikiki Beach Chaplaincy, Feb. 2020
Ms. Lillie with Chaplain Alex & Sharon McAngus
Chaplain Alex & Sharon McAngus and Ms. Lillie at the Church on the beach in Waikiki
ANOTHER DEAR LONG-TIME FRIEND PASSED AWAY ALSO. IT WAS A JOY FOR ME TO TRAVEL 5 TIMES TO INDIA TO MINISTER WITH MARK AND HULDAH BUNTAIN. THEY WERE MISSIONARIES FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN THAT LAND OF DEVASTATION, AND DESPERATION. THEY SAW IT WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND ASKED GOD TO LET THEM MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF ALL THEY CAME IN CONTACT WITH, AND THEY DID TOUCH THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF HEARTS AND LIVES! GOD BLESSED THEM TO BUILD A HOSPITAL, INTRODUCE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, OPEN MANY SCHOOLS AND THRIVING CHURCHES. MRS. BUNTAIN WAS A GOOD FRIEND TO MOTHER TERESA. (WHAT A JOY WHEN SHE ARRANGED FOR ME TO HAVE A SHORT VISIT WITH HER FRIEND) THEY EACH KNEW THEY WERE OBEYING GOD AND DOING WHAT HE HAD CALLED THEM TO DO, TO CARE FOR THE MANY IMPOVERISHED AND LESS FORTUNATE.
WHEN PASTOR MARK PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, MRS. BUNTAIN REMAINED IN CALCUTTA, CONTINUING WITH THE VISION GOD HAD GIVEN THEM. I LOVED THEM BOTH. MRS. BUNTAIN WAS SUCH A SWEETHEART. SHE WANTED ME TO HAVE A SARI. I LOVED WEARING IT AND STILL HAVE IT. MRS. BUNTAIN WILL BE SORELY MISSED AS SHE WAS SOOOOO LOVED BY ALL WHO MET HER. MANY WILL BE IN HEAVEN BECAUSE OF HER SERVICE IN THE KINGDOM. WELL DONE!!! SHE FELL ASLEEP DOWN HERE AND AWAKENED IN GLORY!! SHE WAS "FINALLY HOME." I TRULY LOVE THIS SONG! IT IS ON MY "FAVORITES" CD.
Ms. Lillie and Huldah Buntain (2017)
Ms. Lillie wearing the Indian pink sari
WELL, THEY JUST ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK "BACK TO THE MASK." SOOOO MUCH CONFUSION. FOR SOME FOLK, THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC IS TOO MUCH FOR THEM. IS THAT YOU?" ARE YOU JUST SEEING TOUGH AND UNCERTAIN TIMES ALL AROUND YOU? WELL, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WHAT YOU NEED IS A MASSIVE DOSAGE OF HOPE. EVERYBODY NEEDS HOPE!! DOES IT SEEM THAT YOUR HOPE IS SLOWLY FADING? OH, HALLELUJAH! AS BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS, WE KNOW THE "HOPE GIVER" AND IT IS JESUS! WE NEED ONLY TO PLACE OUR FAITH IN THE ONE WHO IS OUR "LIVING HOPE." HERE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE SCRIPTURES ON "HOPE" THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THOSE AROUND US WHO ARE HURTING.
JEREMIAH 29:11 ~ FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARD YOU, SAYS THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU A FUTURE AND A HOPE.
PSALM 147:11 ~ THE LORD TAKES PLEASURE IN THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, IN THOSE WHO HOPE IN HIS MERCY.
PROVERBS 23:18 ~ FOR SURELY THERE IS A HEREAFTER, AND YOUR HOPE WILL NOT BE CUT OFF.
ROMANS 15:13 ~ FOR SURELY THERE IS A HEREAFTER, AND YOUR HOPE WILL NOT BE CUT OFF.
THERE IS MUCH WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND AS WE GO ABOUT "LIFE" HERE. WE DO NOT KNOW "WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS," BUT WE DO KNOW THE ONE "WHO HOLDS THE FUTURE!" PRAISE GOD!
JUDE 1:24 ~ NOW TO HIM WHO IS ABLE TO KEEP YOU FROM STUMBLING AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS BEFORE THE PRESENCE OF HIS GLORY WITH EXCEEDING JOY. {AMP}
I AM BEING BLESSED TO GO OUT FOR MINISTRY AGAIN. DOORS ARE SLOWLY OPENING. THANK GOD!!!! SO I WILL SAY TO YOU, IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF BOOKING GUESTS FOR A FUNCTION, PLEASE CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! GOD HAS GIVEN ME SOME POWERFUL "NUGGETS" THAT WILL ENCOURAGE AND LIFT HEARTS.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! YOU WHO HAVE BEEN SOOO KIND TO PRAY FOR ME. I DO NEED YOUR PRAYERS! PLEASE DON'T STOP! SOME OF YOU HAVE BLESSED ME FINANCIALLY, (THIS IS GOOD GROUND) THANKS FOR YOUR INVESTMENTS. IT IS EASY TO GIVE IF YOU CHOOSE, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO DO SO. THE DONATE BUTTON ON MISSLILLIE.COM WILL TAKE YOU TO PAYPAL, OR YOU MAY SEND A CHECK TO MY ADDRESS, YOU MAY EVEN CALL ME AT 909-948-2448, GIVE ME YOUR CREDIT CARD # AND THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO CONTRIBUTE AND THAT'S IT! GOD WILL MAKE YOU A BLESSING TO ME. THANK YOU THANK YOU!
2 THESSALONIANS 3:18 ~ THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH ALL OF YOU. {AMP}
JUNE, HERE WE ARE 6 MONTHS INTO THIS YEAR 2021, IT IS REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ONE HALF OF THE YEAR IS GONE. EVEN SOOOO, COME LORD JESUS!
SOME THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS MONTH. THE MONTH OF JUNE HAS THE DAY WITH THE MOST DAYLIGHT. 11% OF ALL THE MARRIAGES PERFORMED IN THE UNITED STATES ARE IN JUNE. IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS "CANDY MONTH." AND IS CONSIDERED THE MONTH OF J O Y, FOR IT IS THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER. BUT AS BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS, WE CAN HAVE JOY EACH DAY OF EACH MONTH, CAUSE WE HAVE THE JOY-GIVER LIVING WITHIN US, JESUS CHRIST!
ROMANS 15:13 ~ MAY THE GOD OF HOPE FILL YOU WITH ALL JOY AND PEACE IN BELIEVING [THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF YOUR FAITH] THAT BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT YOU WILL ABOUND IN HOPE AND OVERFLOW WITH CONFIDENCE IN HIS PROMISES. {AMP}
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL HOLIDAYS THAT ARE CELEBRATED IN JUNE. ON JUNE 14 IS FLAG DAY. I STILL HONOR THE FLAG AND FOR WHAT IT STANDS. I HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT I CARRY A FLAG WITH ME EACH DAY IN MY PURSE .... AND WHEN I HAVE TRAVELED OVERSEAS AND HAVE SEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FLAG FLYING, IT IS A WELCOMED SIGHT.
AND ON JUNE 19, KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH .... THIS DAY IS CELEBRATED AS IT COMMEMORATES THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN SIGNED THE PROCLAMATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN 1863, BUT IT TOOK 2 YEARS FOR ALL SLAVES TO BE NOTIFIED .... IT IS THE OLDEST HOLIDAY CELEBRATED!
ANOTHER IMPORTANT HOLIDAY IN JUNE IS FATHERS' DAY, ALWAYS CELEBRATED ON THE 3RD SUNDAY. LET'S THANK HEAVENLY FATHER FOR STABLE "EARTHLY DADS" GIVEN TO US TO FIX BROKEN THINGS, HELP TEENAGERS LEARN TO DRIVE, FIX BICYCLES, ASSEMBLE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS , COACH SPORTING EVENTS, INSTRUCT US WITH OUR EVERYDAY PROBLEMS, PROVIDE A PLACE FOR US TO LIVE, AND CARE FOR OUR NEEDS. YES, DADS ARE IMPORTANT IN OUR LIVES! SADLY, HOWEVER IN OUR SOCIETY AND POP CULTURE, FATHERS OFTEN DO NOT RECEIVE APPRECIATION, NOR ARE THEY VALUED .... BUT GOD LOVES DADS!
I HAD A DAD IN MY LIFE FOR ONLY 12 YRS, THEN HE WENT TO BE WITH JESUS, SO I AM AWARE THAT MANY OF US MAY HAVE MISSED OUT ON SOME OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED ABOVE, BUT WHEN WE RECEIVE JESUS INTO OUR HEARTS, GOD, KNOWING HOW MUCH WE NEED FATHERS BECAME OUR HEAVENLY FATHER .... I KNOW HE HAS TAKEN CARE OF ME AND HE STILL DOES! I LOVE TO SING THAT OLD SONG, "MY HEAVENLY FATHER WATCHES OVER ME."
PSALM 103:13 ~ JUST AS A FATHER LOVES HIS CHILDREN, SO THE LORD LOVES THOSE WHO FEAR AND WORSHIP HIM [WITH AWE-FILLED RESPECT AND DEEPEST REVERENCE]. {AMP}
2 CORINTHIANS 6:18 ~ AND I WILL BE A FATHER TO YOU, AND YOU WILL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS,” SAYS THE LORD ALMIGHTY. {AMP}
WHAT AN EXCITING VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE THIS PAST WEEKEND, ANOTHER THING HARD TO BELIEVE, IT WAS MY 65TH HIGH SCHOOL CLASS REUNION. SOOO MUCH FUN. BOY, TECHNOLOGY IS REALLY SOMETHING! I LOVED CONNECTING WITH FRIENDS I HAD GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL WITH, BUT SOME I HAD MET IN JUNIOR HIGH, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR AN EVEN LONGER TIME. YIPPPEEE!
GARFIELD 1956 GRADUATING CLASS
I HAVE BEEN HEARING FOR MONTHS ABOUT A TV SHOW CALLED "THE CHOSEN." WELL, BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE TV, I HAD NEVER WATCHED IT. HOWEVER, WHEN I RECEIVED MY CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE ~ CHARISMA, AND THE COVER STORY WAS ABOUT "THE CHOSEN," I READ THAT IT HAD BECOME IMMENSELY POPULAR RITE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHEN HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTIONS WERE CLOSED DOWN. AND IT SEEMED THAT LIFE AS WE KNEW IT HAD ALSO CLOSED DOWN, SO FOLK WERE HOME WANTING SOMETHING TO WATCH, (ESPECIALLY FAMILY-FRIENDLY FILMS/SHOWS) AND TA-DA, ENTER "THE CHOSEN!" PRAISE GOD!
IT HAS ALREADY BEEN TRANSLATED INTO MORE THAN 70 LANGUAGES, AND FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO WATCH IT TOGETHER. WELL, AFTER READING THE ARTICLE, I KNEW I MUST SEE IT. I JUMPED AT THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN A FRIEND INVITED ME TO. I TELL YOU I WAS "BLOWN AWAY." WE WATCHED THE FIRST 4 EPISODES THAT AFTERNOON, WITH NO COMMERCIALS (SO JUST IN CASE YOU DO NOT KNOW, EVERY NETWORK ONE HOUR TV SHOW YOU WATCH HAS 17 MINUTES, THAT'S RITE ~ 17 MINUTES OF COMMERCIALS), SO WHEN WE WATCHED WITH NO COMMERCIALS, IT WAS A SHORTER TIME. I HAVE WATCHED ALL 8 EPISODES (THE FIRST SEASON) AND PLAN TO SEE EACH OF THE EPISODES AS THEY ARE RELEASED. SO PLEASE, TAKE A LOOK AT "THE CHOSEN." YOU WILL SEE A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT THE DAILY LIFE OF CHRIST MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE. OH, BY THE WAY, THERE ARE 3 CONSULTANTS; A RABBI, A CATHOLIC PRIEST, AND AN EVANGELICAL SCHOLAR, WHO REVIEW THE SCRIPTS FOR ACCURACY OF SCRIPTURE AND OF THE CULTURAL THINGS AS WELL. BELIEVE ME, YOU WILL BE BLESSED.
HALLELUJAH, THE CALIFORNIA ORDER TO LIFT THE COVID SANCTIONS AND TO TOTALLY OPEN UP WAS JUNE 16, SO WE COULD CELEBRATE FREEDOM!!! WELL, SO WE THOT!! FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, WE HAVE TRIED TO OBEY THE RULES, REGULATIONS, RESTRICTIONS, AND GUIDELINES DICTATED BY OUR STATE GOVERNOR, AND I MUST TELL YOU, IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY. SO I HAVE BEEN EXCITED TO COME OUT OF THE MASK …. WOWWEE! WELL, NOT SOOOO FAST, AS THERE IS NO CLEAR MANDATE YET, SO WE DO NOT REALLY KNOW THE TRUTH. LOTS OF "DOUBLE-SPEAK" AS SOME PLACES SAY "WEAR THE MASK," OTHERS SAY "NO MASK REQUIRED." WHAT IS ONE TO BELIEVE?
PROVERBS 29:2 ~ WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN AUTHORITY AND BECOME GREAT, THE PEOPLE REJOICE; BUT WHEN THE WICKED MAN RULES, THE PEOPLE GROAN AND SIGH. {AMP}
HAVE DISTURBING CIRCUMSTANCES COME INTO YOUR LIFE AND STRESS HAS ROBBED YOU OF YOUR PEACE? LET'S TURN TO JESUS IN PRAYER AND ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO HELP US LET GO OF THOSE THINGS, SO WE CAN HAVE HIS PEACE. WE READ IN THE BIBLE MANY TIMES THESE WORDS "DO NOT BE AFRAID." IT MEANS EVEN IN TIMES WHEN A RATIONAL PERSON MIGHT BE TERRIFIED, BUT, THERE IS A COMFORTING PEACE THAT ONLY CHRIST CAN GIVE. IT COVERS ANY AND EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD FACE! YES, EVEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC; WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN SOOO MANY LOSSES, SUCH AS JOBS, HEALTH INSURANCE, HOMES, EVEN LIFES' BASIC NEEDS, BILLS THAT CAN NOT BE PAID, CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL, AND OF COURSE, THE SUFFERING OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS, WHAT A DIFFICULT THING TO BE UNABLE TO VISIT THEM IN THE HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES, AND THEIR DEATHS OCCURRING WITH NO SERVICES PERMITTED. THE LIFE THEY LIVED COULD NOT EVEN BE RECOGNIZED AND SHARED. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY, HOWEVER, THE PEACE CHRIST GIVES US, COVERS ALL THOSE THINGS. SO, I CHOOSE TO HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD RULE MY LIFE. HOW ABOUT YOU?
COLOSSIANS 3:15 ~ LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST [THE INNER CALM OF ONE WHO WALKS DAILY WITH HIM] BE THE CONTROLLING FACTOR IN YOUR HEARTS [DECIDING AND SETTLING QUESTIONS THAT ARISE]. TO THIS PEACE INDEED YOU WERE CALLED AS MEMBERS IN ONE BODY [OF BELIEVERS]. AND BE THANKFUL [TO GOD ALWAYS]. {AMP}
PHILIPPIANS 4:7 ~ AND THE PEACE OF GOD [THAT PEACE WHICH REASSURES THE HEART, THAT PEACE] WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, [THAT PEACE WHICH] STANDS GUARD OVER YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS [IS YOURS]. {AMP}
I AM 83 YEARS OLD NOW, AND I HAD NEVER PERSONALLY KNOWN ANYONE WHO HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT, BUT WHEN I MOVED INTO MY SENIOR PLACE HERE NEARLY 5 YRS AGO, I LEARNED THAT MY NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR HAD ONE 12 YRS AGO. SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE ON STAFF AT "CHURCH ON THE WAY" FOUNDED BY PASTOR JACK HAYFORD. MS. CAROLYN IS A CUTE LITTLE LADY AND IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, PASTOR GARY (HE WAS PASTOR TO THE SENIOR ADULTS THERE) BEFORE RETIRING AND MOVING HERE. (I DO BELIEVE GOD HAS THEM HERE FOR ME). THEY PRAY FOR ME EARNESTLY AS I TRAVEL AND I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR PRAYER WARRIORS! I ASKED HER WHAT IT IS LIKE TO KNOW YOU HAVE THE HEART OF "SOMEONE ELSE?" HER ANSWER WAS "I FEEL BLESSED" AND AT TIMES I HAVE THOT ABOUT GOD, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE WHO MADE OUR BODIES SO THAT THE SURGEONS ARE ABLE TO TRANSPLANT BODY ORGANS. BECAUSE GOD MADE US ALL FROM ONE BLOOD, AND IN MS. CAROLYNS' CASE, EACH HEART COMES FROM THE HEART OF GOD!
MS. LILLIE WITH CAROLYN AND GARY ABKE
WATCH THIS MOVING VIDEO. THANKS!!!
IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF BOOKING SPEAKERS/SINGERS IN YOUR CHURCH, SENIOR LUNCHEONS, AND LADIES MEETINGS, AND WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME, I WOULD LOVE THAT! YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME! AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED, AS GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED AND JESUS LIFTED UP!!! YOU MAY CALL ME AT 909-948-2448, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT!!!
ANOTHER BIG THANKS FOR YOUR LOVE GIFTS TO THIS MINISTRY (IT IS GOOD GROUND). IF YOU WISH TO PARTNER WITH ME IN THE "ASSIGNMENT" GOD GAVE ME NEARLY 50 YRS AGO, YOU MAY INVEST BY GOING TO THE DONATE BUTTON ON MY HOME PAGE AT MISSLILLIE.COM WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE TO GIVE, YOU CAN RECEIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT DOWN HERE AND A REWARD IN HEAVEN! THANKS SOOOO MUCH FOR ALL THE PRAYERS YOU SEND UP TO GOD FOR ME, I NEED THEM AND AM THANKFUL TO YOU! GOD BLESS YOU! WHAT A FAITHFUL GOD I HAVE! HE HAS SUPPLIED ALL MY NEEDS DURING THESE MANY, MANY MONTHS OF THIS PANDEMIC. ALWAYS REMEMBER, I AM HAPPY TO PRAY WITH YOU ANYTIME YOU HAVE A NEED. CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 …. I AM HERE FOR YOU! I LOVE YOU!!!!!
LILY OF THE VALLEY FLOWERS REPRESENT THE FLOWER OF THE MONTH OF MAY
HERE WE ARE IN MAY …. THE FIFTH MONTH OF THIS YEAR OF OUR LORD 2021, YES, TIME DOES SEEM TO BE FLYING BY. WE ARE ONE MONTH CLOSER TO THE RETURN OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. EVEN SO, COME LORD JESUS!!!!
DID YOU KNOW THAT TWO OF OUR UNITED STATES PRESIDENTS WERE BORN DURING THE MONTH OF MAY? HARRY TRUMAN ~ MAY, 1884, AND JOHN KENNEDY ~ MAY 1917, HOWEVER, NOT ONE PRESIDENT HAS DIED DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.
THERE IS ONE FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN MAY, WHICH IS MEMORIAL DAY. THAT DAY WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED WHILE SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES. I WILL FOCUS ON THAT LATER IN THE BLOG.
OF COURSE, THERE IS ANOTHER DAY WE CELEBRATE IN MAY, IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ONE, ALWAYS ON THE SECOND SUNDAY OF MAY …. WE HONOR OUR MOTHERS, WHETHER DEAD OR ALIVE. MY DEAR, PRECIOUS MOM PASSED AWAY 21 YEARS AGO, AND I STILL MISS HER VERY MUCH. SHE LOVED THE LORD WITH ALL HER HEART AND TAUGHT US HIS WORD. WE QUICKLY LEARNED THAT WE MUST ASK JESUS TO COME LIVE IN OUR HEARTS. MY MOTHER WAS THE KINDEST, MOST GENTLE, SWEETEST, PERSON I HAVE EVER KNOWN IN MY LIFE. SHE WAS A SHINING EXAMPLE OF A GODLY WOMAN. I KNOW THAT WE SHALL BE REUNITED IN HEAVEN AND SPEND ETERNITY TOGETHER. I AM HAPPY I WAS BORN TO HER AND I AM CERTAIN THAT MY SIBLINGS (SIX GIRLS, 1 BOY) FELT THE SAME WAY, AS SHE DID HAVE HER HANDS FULL WITH ALL OF US …. SOME DAYS IT WAS PERHAPS LIKE THIS VIDEO …. ENJOY AND LAFF!!!!
MS. LILLIE KISSES HER MOM ON HER MOM'S 90TH BIRTHDAY
EPHESIANS 6:2 ~ HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER, WHICH IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT WITH PROMISE.
LET ME TELL YOU MORE ABOUT MY 3 WEEKS IN FLORIDA, AS I CELEBRATED MY 83RD B'DAY WITH A PAR-TAY IN ORLANDO! A WONDERFUL TIME WITH FRIENDS IN A LOVELY RESTAURANT. THEY KEPT THE GUEST LIST A SECRET SO I HAD LOTS OF SURPRISE FRIENDS THERE. THEN I DROVE OVER TO THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA AS THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME TO MINISTER IN A COUPLE OF CHURCHES, FOR WHICH I WAS MOST GRATEFUL TO GOD.
ON MY ACTUAL B'DAY, APRIL 30, I WAS BLESSED TO SHARE IT WITH LONG-TIME FRIENDS I HAVE KNOWN FOR MORE THAN 50 YRS. THEY HAVE RETIRED AND MOVED TO FLORIDA, IT WAS WONDERFUL TO CELEBRATE MY B'DAY WITH THEM. I LOVED THAT THEY TOOK ME TO A TEA-HOUSE.
MS. LILLIE WITH CHARLES AND LIL MCKINNEY
THERE IS A PASTOR IN FLORIDA WHO IS CERTAINLY A "GIFT" TO THE SOUTHERN GOSPEL COMMUNITY OF QUARTETS, TRIOS, AND SOLOISTS WHO TRAVEL FULL-TIME PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS, SINGING THOSE EXCITING, MOVING SOUTHERN GOSPEL SONGS. IT WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PASTOR BILL BAILEY IN BRADENTON BEGAN INVITING THESE GROUPS TO COME TO FLORIDA IN THE WINTER BECAUSE THOUSANDS OF "SNOWBIRDS" COME THERE TO GET AWAY FROM THE COLD IN WISCONSIN, OHIO, NEW YORK, ETC. (YOU GET THE POINT). THOSE "SNOWBIRDS" CAN SEE AND HEAR THESE WONDERFUL GROUPS ALMOST NITELY DURING THE 3-4 MONTHS THEY ARE IN FLORIDA. AND OF COURSE, THE GROUPS ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO LEAVE THEIR COLD CLIMATES AND COME TO FLORIDA ALSO. SO IT IS A WONDERFUL PLAN FOR ALL.
I WAS BLESSED TO BE AT PASTOR BILL BAILEY'S CHURCH IN BRADENTON, FLORIDA ON SUNDAY, MAY 2 (ACTUALLY MOST SNOWBIRDS HAD GONE BACK TO THEIR HOMES). IT WAS HIS B'DAY, AND I SANG FOR TWO GREAT SERVICES. WHAT A "HAPPY CHURCH." THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS IN THAT PLACE!
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR BILL AND SALLY BAILEY
EPHESIANS 5:19 ~ SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER IN PSALMS AND HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, [OFFERING PRAISE BY] SINGING AND MAKING MELODY WITH YOUR HEART TO THE LORD. {AMP}
I HAVE A DEAR LONG-TIME FRIEND, ARTHELENE RIPPY WHO HOSTS A TV PROGRAM ON CTN, CHANNEL 22 IN THE CLEARWATER AREA. SHE INVITED ME TO BE A GUEST ON HER SHOW, WE LAFFED AND TALKED, I EVEN SANG A GREAT HYMN OF THE CHURCH ON THAT PROGRAM. MY MULTI-TALENTED FRIEND, MARK PAYNE WHO LIVES IN THE AREA CAME TO PLAY BEAUTIFUL PIANO FOR THE SONG. VIEW IT BELOW.
MS. LILLIE WITH ARTHELENE RIPPY, HOST OF HOMEKEEPERS TV PROGRAM
HAD WONDERFUL FELLOWSHIP WITH LONG-TIME FRIENDS WHO LIVE IN THE AREA THAT I HAD NOT SEEN FOR MANY YEARS. I LOVED BEING WITH THEM, WAS TAKEN OUT 3 DAYS IN A ROW TO EAT! I MANAGED TO GAIN 6 POUNDS ON THAT 3 WEEK TRIP YIKES!!!!! IT WAS GOOD TO FIND OUT WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THEIR LIVES. WHAT A BLESSING TO BE RECONNECTED WITH MY WEBMASTER FOR NEARLY 20 YRS. THEY WELCOMED ME INTO THEIR CUTE HOME AND "PAMPERED ME."
MS. LILLIE WITH JERRY AND PEGGY WIMBERLY
MS. LILLIE WITH DALE AND PING SMELSER
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR WALT AND PAM BOLINGER
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR BRAD AND BEV KIDWELL
PROVERBS 17:17 ~ A FRIEND LOVES AT ALL TIMES...
PROVERBS 12:26 ~ THE RIGHTEOUS SHOULD CHOOSE HIS FRIENDS CAREFULLY, FOR THE WAY OF THE WICKED LEADS THEM ASTRAY.
IT WAS 36 YRS AGO, THAT I MINISTERED IN THE SUNCOAST CATHEDRAL, ST PETERSBURG. I LOVED CROSSING THAT PHENOMENAL ARCHITECTURAL-DESIGNED BRIDGE. IT IS REALLY SOMETHING TO SEE!
ST. PETERSBURG SKYWAY BRIDGE, FLORIDA
PASTOR DAVID, FOR YEARS, HAS MINISTERED TO MANY SENIORS AT SUNCOAST CHURCH. THE SENIORS COME FROM 18 DIFFERENT CHURCHES ON MONDAY MORNINGS TO HEAR MINISTERS AND SINGERS. IT IS A BLESSING FOR THEM TO BE A PART OF "PRIME TIMERS" AS THEY ARE ABLE TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH FOLK THEIR OWN AGE, GO ON FIELD TRIPS, SPEND MUCH TIME TOGETHER ENGAGING IN ACTIVITIES. THE MORNING I WAS THERE, OVER 100 SENIORS WERE PRESENT, I WAS ABLE TO SHARE POWERFUL NUGGETS FROM GOD. AND WHAT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE AS THERE WAS A HUGE B'DAY CAKE FOR ME WHICH WAS CUT AND SHARED AFTER THE MEETING. I WAS ALSO ABLE TO BE WITH THE SENIOR BIBLE CLASS ON SUNDAY MORNING, PASTOR DAVID HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT THOSE DAYS: “WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME OF MINISTRY WITH OUR DEAR FRIEND MS LILLIE KNAULS ON SUNDAY MORNING SILVER SAINTS SENIOR ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING. THEN ON MONDAY, WE ENJOYED MS LILLIE AT OUR REGULAR SILVER SAINTS SENIORS MEETING. SHE MINISTERED TO US IN THE WORD AND MUSIC AND SONG. WE WERE TRULY BLESSED AND LEFT BOTH MEETINGS ENCOURAGED AND BLESSED. WE LOVE MS LILLIE. ~ PASTOR DAVE AND LINDA BUSSINGER”
SENIORS GROUP AT SUNCOAST CATHEDRAL
MS. LILLIE WITH PASTOR DAVID AND LINDA BUSSINGER
FOR YEARS, WHEN I VISITED ORLANDO I HAVE STAYED WITH MY FRIEND, SHIRLEY BALMER JORDAN (WHO PLAYS BEAUTIFUL ORGAN AND PIANO). SHE HAS NOW MOVED TO PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA AND I LEARNED SHE WAS ONLY 7 MILES FROM MY CLEARWATER HOTEL, SO I WAS ABLE TO HAVE DINNER WITH HER ON MOTHERS' DAY. HAPPY TO SEE HER NEW PLACE, IT IS GORGEOUS! KINDA LIKE A RESORT. I SOOOO APPRECIATED BEING WITH MY LONG-TIME FRIEND.
MS. LILLIE WITH SHIRLEY JORDAN
PSALM 133:1 ~ BEHOLD, HOW GOOD AND HOW PLEASANT IT IS FOR BRETHREN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY!
I RETURNED HOME FILLED WITH JOY AS GOD HAD GIVEN ME A MARVELOUS TRIP. HE PROTECTED ME IN EVERY WAY, HE ASSIGNED ANGELS TO BE WITH ME, AND I FELT AN SPECIAL ANOINTING AS I SPOKE AND SANG ABOUT "JESUS!"
MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER, THAT FREEDOM IS NOT FREE! THOUSANDS HAVE PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE FOR THIS COUNTRY! OTHERS LIVE WITH PHYSICAL OR EMOTIONAL HANDICAPS .... IT WAS BECAUSE OF THEIR LOVE FOR THE UNITED STATES. LET'S BE FOREVER GRATEFUL TO GOD AND TO THEM.
WELL, IT IS TIME FOR ME TO CLOSE THIS "BOOK," BUT I MUST SAY A BIG THANKS FOR YOUR PRAYERS FOR ME AS I CONTINUE THE "ASSIGNMENT" GIVEN ME BY GOD NEARLY 49 YRS AGO. LATELY, I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO SING AND AM WAITING FOR CHURCHES TO FULLY OPEN UP SO I CAN BE "ON THE ROAD AGAIN." IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME TO YOUR LADIES MEETING, SENIOR FUNCTION, OR CHURCH, PLEASE CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME AND YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
AND THANKS SOOO MUCH FOR ALL THE CARDS FOR MY 83RD B'DAY. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEM. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS. MANY OF YOU HAVE BLESSED ME THRU THE YEARS WITH FINANCIAL LOVE GIFTS. GOD HAS MADE YOU A BLESSING TO ME! THIS MINISTRY IS "GOOD GROUND" AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED IN HEAVEN PLUS, YOU MAY HAVE A RECEIPT DOWN HERE WHEN YOU ASK FOR IT. SUGGESTION, ON THE HOME PAGE AT MISSLILLIE.COM THERE IS AN EASY WAY IF YOU WISH TO GIVE THROUGH PAYPAL OR DEBIT CARD. THANK YOU!!!
SO, PLEASE CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR ME, I NEED THEM!!!! …. AS I SERVE MY LORD!
JOHN 9:4 ~ I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM WHO SENT ME WHILE IT IS DAY; NIGHT IS COMING WHEN NO ONE CAN WORK. {AMP}
JESUS' DEATH ON THE CROSS AND HIS RESURRECTION CHANGED EVERYTHING IN THE LIVES OF THOSE FIRST BELIEVERS. AND YES, IS IT TRUE OF US TODAY, BECAUSE OF WHAT OCCURRED DURING THOSE DISMAL DAYS. THE TIME OF ANGUISH IN THE GARDEN, THE MOCK TRIAL, BEATINGS, THE CROWN MADE OF THORNS PUSHED DEEPLY INTO OUR SAVIORS BROW. HE WAS THEN MADE TO DRAG THAT "OLD RUGGED CROSS" IN HIS WEAKENED, CONDITION THRU THE NARROW STREETS, NO DOUBT, SOME CURSED AND SPAT ON HIM. IT WAS QUITE A CONTRAST FROM JUST DAYS EARLIER WHEN AS HE RODE INTO JERUSALEM ON THE DONKEY, THE STREETS WERE LINED WITH MANY WHO WAVED PALM BRANCHES AND GAVE HIM A JOYOUS WELCOME AND CELEBRATION. THE CROWD SOOOO WANTED HIM TO BE THE MESSIAH! HOWEVER, 6 DAYS LATER, THEIR MOOD AND WORDS HAD CHANGED, THEY SHOUTED: "CRUCIFY HIM." AND EVEN INSISTED THAT BARABBAS (A MURDERER) BE RELEASED AND LET JESUS BE CONDEMNED TO DIE. JESUS HUNG ON THAT CROSS IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN WITH NAILS IN HIS HANDS AND FEET, FOR NOTHING HE HAD DONE! HE KNEW WHY HE HAD BEEN SENT TO EARTH, AND ONE OF HIS FINAL WORDS FROM THE CROSS WAS "TETELESTAI" …. WHICH MEANS "IT IS FINISHED!” HE HAD ACCOMPLISHED THE WORK FATHER GOD SENT HIM TO DO. REMEMBER, IT WAS FOR US HE DIED!!!!
JOHN 3:16 ~ FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
PLEASE TRY TO COMPREHEND HOW MUCH WE ARE LOVED BY GOD! I HAVE ALWAYS HEARD FROM THE TIME I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, THAT IF I HAD BEEN THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD, HE WOULD HAVE DIED FOR ME. WOW! NOW THAT IS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT; GOD'S GIFT OF REDEMPTION FOR ME, AND HOW AM I LIVING IN IT?
ROMANS 5:8 ~ BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US, IN THAT WHILE WE WERE STILL SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.
I HEARD AN EXCITING BLACK PREACHER SAY, IT'S FRIDAY! BUT SUNDAY'S A-COMING! AND IT DID! JUST AS JESUS SAID IT WOULD. HE WENT TO THE CROSS, NOT WITH FEAR, BUT WITH PURPOSE! WE WERE THE REASON! JESUS CONQUERED DEATH, HELL AND THE GRAVE AND WALKED OUT OF THE TOMB. AND WHICH IS WHY I ALWAYS REFER TO THAT MARVELOUS EVENT AS RESURRECTION SUNDAY! HE IS RISEN, YES HE IS RISEN INDEED! REJOICE, BECAUSE HE LIVES, WE SHALL ALSO LIVE!
I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SHARE AND SING FOR A TERRIFIC SENIOR GROUP THIS MONTH, BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, THEY WERE ABLE TO HAVE ONLY 60, AND PRAISE GOD THERE WERE 60 THERE. AFTER THE MINISTRY, WE ENJOYED A DELICIOUS MEAL. I SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT "LIVING UNTIL THEY DIE" AS GOD HAS NOT ASKED US TO RETIRE, RATHER REFIRE! .... AND KEEP WORKING FOR HIM, AS HE DOES HAVE A RETIREMENT PLAN THAT IS OUT OF THIS WORLD.
IN 1993, I MOVED FROM 10 WONDERFUL YEARS OF WORKING WITH A MINISTRY IN BEAUTIFUL HAWAII TO ORLANDO FLORIDA WHERE I LIVED FOR 6 YRS, MET MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS. MANY OF US ARE STILL IN CONTACT. RECENTLY, ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL FRIENDS CALLED TO ASK WHEN I WAS COMING BACK FOR A VISIT TO ORLANDO? .... IT HAD BEEN NEARLY 5 YRS SINCE I WAS THERE, TELLING ME THAT WHEN I DO COME, SHE WILL PLAN SOMETHING SO MANY OF US COULD GET TOGETHER FOR FUN.
WELL, THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, KNOW THAT I LOVE TO CELEBRATE MY B'DAY! (EACH OF THEM) SO I JUMPED ON THAT RITE AWAY, AND SUGGESTED THAT IF SHE WANTED TO PLAN MY APRIL 30TH ~ 83RD B'DAY CELEBRATION, I WOULD COME FOR THAT. SO MS. ALVA AND HER TEAM DID JUST THAT! I ALSO SUGGESTED WE WEAR HATS. THERE WAS A LOVELY PRIVATE ROOM IN A GREAT RESTAURANT, I WAS VERY EXCITED, KNOWING THAT I DID NOT HAVE TO TRY TO SEE EVERYONE .... (ONE AT A TIME) .... THAT WAS A BLESSING FOR MY BODY.
Party Planner Ms. Alva with Ms. Lillie
Kim, Cathy, Ms. Lillie, Betty ~ wearing hats at the party
A funny moment for Ms. Lillie
Award Winning Cake Designer presented this cake to Ms. Lillie
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY GIVEN ME TO BE WITH LONG-TIME FRIENDS AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. THE CREATIVITY OF MS. ALVA WAS VERY EVIDENT AND ENJOYED BY ALL WHO ATTENDED.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED CELEBRATING B'DAYS, AND NOT JUST MINE! I DO SEND OUT MANY. MANY B'DAY CARDS A YEAR TO MY FRIENDS, AND CALL A LOT OF FOLK TO SING MY MANY VERSIONS OF "HAPPY B'DAY" TO THEM. THEY NEED TO FEEL VERY SPECIAL AS THEY CELEBRATE THE DAY GOD SENT THEM TO THIS EARTH. SO, HEY IF YOU WANT ME TO CALL AND SING A FUN VERSION OF HAPPY B'DAY TO YOU ON YOUR DAY, OR ANYONE! …. JUST LET ME AT KNOW AT 909-948-2448.
ECCLESIASTES 5:20 ~ (LILLIE) DOES NOT REFLECT ON THE DAYS OF HER LIFE, BECAUSE GOD KEEPS HER OCCUPIED WITH GLADNESS OF HEART.
YES, I AM SLOWLY REALIZING THAT THINGS CHANGE WHEN OUR AGE NUMBERS BEGIN TO CHANGE. HOPE YOU ARE NOT SEEING THIS HAPPEN TO YOU AS WE GROW OLDER .... DO YOU SOMETIMES FEEL THAT WE DON'T GET NO RESPECT!! CHECK THIS VIDEO OUT!!!!!
I WAS ABLE TO FIND SEVERAL PLACES TO MINISTER IN SONG WHEN I WAS IN ORLANDO AS WELL AS THE WEST COAST OF TAMPA, CLEARWATER AREA, DID A TV PROGRAM! WHAT A TRIP! I AM GRATEFUL THAT GOD WAS FAITHFUL .... AS ALWAYS TO HAVE ANGELS ENCAMPED AROUND ABOUT ME AND PROTECT ME IN ALL MY WAYS.
ONE EXCITING PLACE I MINISTERED WAS AT JUDAH CHURCH IN ORLANDO. BISHOP CLINT BROWN IS PASTOR AND HIS TALENTED MINISTER OF MUSIC IS DR. RON KENOLY. WE KNOW THAT NAME FROM THE MANY ANOINTED GOSPEL SONGS GOD HAS GIVEN HIM THAT WE SING. I THINK MY FAVORITE OF HIS SONGS (HE SAYS HE WROTE IN 1990) IS THE INCREDIBLE ONE THAT IS SUNG ALL OVER THE WORLD ON RESURRECTION SUNDAY; "HALLEJULAH, JESUS IS ALIVE." EACH WEEK, HE PRESENTS A TIME OF MUSIC, FELLOWSHIP, AND FUN FOR SENIOR ADULTS. OF COURSE, FLORIDA BEING FLOODED WITH SNOWBIRDS, MANY ATTEND THAT JOYOUS CELEBRATION. IT WAS WONDERFUL FOR ME TO BE IN THAT VENUE I LOVE MINISTERING TO SENIORS. iT WAS A BLESSING FOR ME TO HAVE A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS PLAYED FOR ME AS WE TRAVELED MANY PLACES IN THE WORLD; WHAT A GIFT GOD GAVE MARK PAYNE.
Songwriter Dr. Ron Kenoly, Ms. Lillie, Pianist Mark Payne
NOW THAT SOME CHURCHES HAVE BEGUN TO OPEN UP, I AM BEING ASKED TO COME AND MINISTER! SO PLEASE, IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF PLANNING SENIOR FUNCTIONS, LADIES LUNCHEONS OR YOUR CHURCH SERVICE, AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME COME MINISTER TO THEM, YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES! YOU CAN AFFORD ME. JUST CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 AND WE SHALL TALK.
WHAT A BLESSING YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TO ME AS I HAVE SURVIVED THE YEAR 2020, WITH ALL BILLS BEING PAID ON TIME! BECAUSE GOD WAS FAITHFUL TO HAVE MANY OF YOU SEND GIFTS OF LOVE TO MEET MY FINANCIAL NEEDS. AND THANK YOU! THANK YOU! IT IS VERY EASY TO INVEST IN THIS MINISTRY, YOU CAN IF YOU ASK, RECEIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT DOWN HERE AND FOR SURE, A REWARD IN HEAVEN. YOU MAY GO TO PAYPAL, OR CALL AND GIVE ME YOUR CREDIT CARD AND THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO GIVE, OR SEND A CHECK. I ALSO SOOOO APPRECIATE ALL THE PRAYERS THAT YOU SEND UP TO THE THRONE FOR ME. PLEASE CONTINUE IN THAT GIFT TO ME. I NEED THEM! I LOVE YOU!
ROMANS 8:32 ~ SINCE HE DID NOT SPARE EVEN HIS OWN SON BUT GAVE HIM UP FOR US ALL, WON’T HE ALSO GIVE US EVERYTHING ELSE? {NLT}
MS. LILLIE WEARING HER FAVORITE ST. PATRICKS' DAY TOP
I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING ABOUT ST. PATRICK, HE WAS A DEVOTED FOLLOWER OF GOD. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT ON MARCH 17, 2020, A MOVIE ENTITLED "I AM PATRICK" WAS TO DEBUT AROUND THE WORLD, BUT, THIS GREAT MOVIE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE SEEN BECAUSE OF COVID-19, AND MUCH OF THE WORLD WAS BEING SHUT-DOWN. COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH WENT INTO THE MAKING OF THIS MOVIE. A TRUE TO LIFE PORTRAYAL OF THE MAN WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT FOR YEARS, AND CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY ON MARCH 17 ~ ST. PATRICK. I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WHAT I THINK WILL BE A BLESSING AS YOU READ.
PATRICK HAD BEEN KIDNAPPED IN ENGLAND AND BROUGHT AS A SLAVE TO IRELAND .... HELD IN CAPTIVITY FOR 6 YEARS .... ESCAPED AND RETURNED HOME .... BUT FELT THE CALL TO RETURN TO EVANGELIZE THAT LAND .... HE WAS A HUMBLE, GENTLE MAN AND DID SPREAD CHRISTIANITY ALL OVER IRELAND. HE BECAME THE PATRON SAINT OF IRELAND AND ESTABLISHED MORE THAN 300 CHURCHES. I DO LOVE ONE OF HIS PRAYERS .... "MAY THE STRENGTH OF GOD GUIDE US, MAY THE POWER OF GOD PRESERVE US, MAY THE WISDOM OF GOD INSTRUCT US, MAY THE HAND OF GOD PROTECT US, MAY THE WAY OF GOD LEAD US, MAY THE SHIELD OF GOD DEFEND US, MAY THE ANGELS OF GOD GUARD US AGAINST THE SNARES OF THE EVIL ONE. MAY CHRIST BE WITH US, MAY CHRIST BE BEFORE US, MAY CHRIST BE IN US, CHRIST BE OVER ALL. MAY THY GRACE O LORD, ALWAYS BE OURS THIS DAY, O LORD AND FOREVERMORE." AMEN!
I REALIZE THAT THIS DAY HAS EVOLVED INTO A SECULAR HOLIDAY. THERE IS MUCH CELEBRATION ON MARCH 17 .... PARADES, PARTIES, DRINKING (EVEN GREEN BEER), AND REVELRY. I FEEL, NOT THE WAY A MAN OF GOD SHOULD BE HONORED. THANK GOD FOR THE WITNESS OF ST. PATRICK. PLEASE WATCH THIS TRAILER FROM THE MOVIE.
WELL, WE ARE LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME HERE IN CALIFORNIA .... NEVER KNOWING WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON. SEEMS NOW OUR GOVERNOR HAS GIVEN PERMISSION FOR RESTAURANTS, MOVIE THEATERS, EVEN DISNEYLAND, UNIVERSAL SIX FLAGS, AND KNOTTS BERRY FARM TO REOPEN, OF COURSE, WITH LIMITED CAPACITY, ETC. BUT I AM HAPPY, AS MANY FOLK CAN GO "BACK TO WORK." AND THERE CAN BE A BIT OF NORMALCY.
AND YES, CHURCHES CAN ALSO REOPEN, BUT WITH LIMITED CAPACITY. EVEN THO MY CHURCH CLOSED WHEN THE SHUT-DOWN ORDER WAS MADE ON MARCH 13, 2020 AND REMAINED CLOSED TIL A MEETING HELD WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND PASTORS AND LAY PERSONS IN ATTENDANCE FELT THAT THE CHURCH IS "ESSENTIAL" AND MUST BE OPENED. THEY DECIDED TO REOPEN CHURCHES ON MAY 31 (THAT DAY WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE THAT WAS THE DAY THE CHURCH BEGAN IN THE BIBLE) AND WE HAVE BEEN OPENED SINCE THAT DAY. THEY AGREED TO NOT CLOSE AGAIN, UNLESS, LOWES, HOME DEPOT, SAM'S CLUB, COSTCO, WALMART AND THE CASINOS CLOSE ALSO.
I SOOOO AGREE, BECAUSE WHY SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO SHOP IN ALL THOSE PLACES, BUT NOT ABLE TO ATTEND CHURCH? THOSE OF US WHO KNOW JESUS, KNOW THE ANSWER, DON'T WE? WE ALSO KNOW THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL, AND HE HAS CREATIVE AND AWESOME HANDS TO HOLD AND CARRY US AND "FIX THINGS."
ISAIAH 41:10 ~ DO NOT FEAR [ANYTHING], FOR I AM WITH YOU; DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR I AM YOUR GOD. I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU, BE ASSURED I WILL HELP YOU; I WILL CERTAINLY TAKE HOLD OF YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND [A HAND OF JUSTICE, OF POWER, OF VICTORY, OF SALVATION]. {AMP}
A GOOD THING FOR ME HAS ALSO BEGUN, I AM GETTING CALLS TO COME SING AND I THANK GOD FOR THOSE OPEN DOORS (EVEN IF IT IS ONLY 2-3 TIMES A MONTH, AT NEARLY 83 YEARS OF AGE THAT IS FINE FOR ME). I JUST WANT TO FULFILL THE "ASSIGNMENT" GOD GAVE ME NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO TO TRAVEL AND SING. OH MY, I LOVE IT! AND IF YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF BOOKING GUESTS FOR YOUR SENIOR GROUP, LADIES FUNCTION OR YOUR CHURCH, PLEASE LET ME COME. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME. WE CAN TALK, CALL ME AT 909-948-2448. THANKS!!!!
IT HAS BEEN A BIT DIFFICULT FOR ME THO GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO BEING A PART OF ZOOM MEETINGS, PRAYER MEETINGS, MEMORIAL SERVICES, ETC. BUT I THANK GOD FOR THE TECHNOLOGY. HOWEVER, NOTHING TAKES THE PLACE OF BEING IN THE SAME ROOM WITH BROTHERS AND SISTERS, HUH?
YES, WE ALL HAVE SEEN MANY THINGS OVER THIS PAST YEAR 2020 THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED US TO SUFFER DEPRESSION, FEEL ANXIOUS, FEARFUL, NERVOUS, SOME OF US HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO THAT DREADED EPIDEMIC, SUFFERED SEVERE FINANCIAL LOSSES. I KNOW THAT FOLK ARE HURTING, BECAUSE I AM ASKED TO PRAY WITH MANY THRU-OUT THE DAYS AND NITES, AND THE WORDS OF COMFORT I GIVE ARE THESE; JESUS IS ALWAYS WITH US, HE IS THAT MIGHTY TOWER, THE RIGHTEOUS CAN RUN TO IT AND ARE SAFE, HE IS A SHELTER IN THE TIMES OF STORMS, THE ONE WHO PROTECTS US AND DURING THIS TIME OF JOB LOSSES, OF COURSE, HE IS OUR PROVIDER, THE ONE THING THAT IS SOOOO IMPORTANT DURING THIS DIFFICULT TIME, IS TO KNOW JESUS AS THE "PRINCE OF PEACE." I AM REFERRING TO HAVING THAT DEEP SENSE OF PEACE THAT IS INWARD SO, IN THE MIDST OF TROUBLE AND UNREST, WE HAVE IT! PLEASE KNOW THIS TRUTH, ONE CAN BE EASILY SHAKEN IF LISTENING/WATCHING THE "CABLE NEWS," SO LET'S READ THE "GOOD NEWS" (THE BIBLE) INSTEAD?
JOHN 14-27 ~ PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU; NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID.
I LOVE THAT I WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO A CHURCH WHERE I MINISTERED 6 YEARS AGO, SUCH WAS THE CASE THIS MONTH. PASTOR KURT GAVE ME THE ENTIRE SERVICE, SAID HE WOULD COME UP AFTER I SANG TO GIVE AN INVITATION NOT ONLY FOR SALVATION BUT RATHER FOR ANYTHING ANYONE NEEDED. THERE WAS A GREAT OUTPOURING OF GOD'S POWER. I WAS TOLD HOW BLESSED AND ENCOURAGED THE PEOPLE WERE. AMEN! I HAD FASTED AND PRAYED FOR A FRESH ANOINTING, I SIMPLY SHARED WHAT A FAITHFUL GOD WE SERVE AND CAN TRUST HIS WORD (THE BIBLE) TO "DO WHAT HE SAYS HE WILL DO" AND THEN WAIT FOR HIM TO DO IT. THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BRING TO MIND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD TO US IN TIMES PAST AND GIVE US THE ASSURANCE THAT HE NEVER CHANGES.
LAMENTATIONS 3:22-25 ~ IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LORD’S LOVINGKINDNESSES THAT WE ARE NOT CONSUMED, BECAUSE HIS [TENDER] COMPASSIONS NEVER FAIL. THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT AND BEYOND MEASURE IS YOUR FAITHFULNESS. THE LORD IS MY PORTION AND MY INHERITANCE,” SAYS MY SOUL; “THEREFORE I HAVE HOPE IN HIM AND WAIT EXPECTANTLY FOR HIM.” THE LORD IS GOOD TO THOSE WHO WAIT [CONFIDENTLY] FOR HIM, TO THOSE WHO SEEK HIM [ON THE AUTHORITY OF GOD’S WORD]. {AMP}
AS ALWAYS, I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANKS TO YOU WHO HAVE SENT A LOVE GIFT TO ME FOR THE MINISTRY GOD CALLED ME TO NEARLY 50 YRS AGO, I AM SOOOO GRATEFUL. AND OF COURSE, I MUST THANK YOU FOR LIFTING ME UP TO GOD IN PRAYER. I NEED THOSE PRAYERS AND IF YOU CARE TO MAKE AN INVESTMENT, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO DO SO, CALL ME WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD AND THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO GIVE. YOU CAN GO TO PAYPAL (USE MY NAME) OR SEND A CHECK TO MY ADDRESS IN UPLAND, CA. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME AT 909-948-2448 IF YOU NEED MORE INFO. THERE IS A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT DOWN HERE IF YOU ASK AND A REWARD "UP THERE IN HEAVEN."
MATTHEW 25:40 ~ AND THE KING WILL ANSWER AND SAY TO THEM, ‘ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, INASMUCH AS YOU DID IT TO ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE MY BRETHREN, YOU DID IT TO ME.’
I DO LOVE YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH, THANKS FOR BEING MY FRIENDS!
2 TIMOTHY 4-22 ~ THE LORD BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT. GRACE BE WITH YOU. {AMP}
WHILE BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS SYNONYMOUS WITH PROMINENT FIGURES SUCH AS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., HARRIET TUBMAN, ROSA PARKS, MUHAMMAD ALI, JACKIE ROBINSON, LANGSTON HUGHES, MAYA ANGELOU, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, LOUIS ARMSTRONG, AND FORMER PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, THERE ARE COUNTLESS OTHER AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO'VE MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT IN HISTORY: SELF-MADE MILLIONAIRE MADAM C.J. WALKER, ASTRONAUT MAE C. JEMISON, OPEN-HEART SURGEON DANIEL HALE WILLIAMS, INVENTOR GARRET MORGAN, MEDIA MOGUL OPRAH WINFREY AND "FATHER OF BLACK HISTORY" CARTER G. WOODSON, WHO LOBBIED EXTENSIVELY TO ESTABLISH BLACK HISTORY MONTH AS A NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION, AMONG MANY OTHERS.
I HAVE A FEELING YOU ARE GOING TO VIEW THIS VIDEO AND ASK YOURSELF, "WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD THESE THINGS BEFORE?" .... IT IS A MUST-SEE! GET READY!!!!!
HARRIET TUBMAN
SOME YEARS AGO, I WAS SINGING AT A CHURCH, THE PASTOR SAID HE HAD SOMETHING TO GIVE ME, IT WAS A BOOK ON HARRIET TUBMAN, AN AMERICAN ABOLITIONIST. I THANKED HIM AND BEGAN READING IT RIGHT AWAY. WHAT A BOOK! IT WAS A STORY OF THIS LITTLE LADY THAT WAS FREED FROM SLAVERY, BUT WAS NOT WILLING TO LIVE IN FREEDOM ALONE WHILE HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS REMAINED IN SLAVERY. IN FACT, HER LIFE STORY IS PORTRAYED IN THE MOVIE “HARRIET.” SHE ESCAPED AND WENT BACK TO RESCUE 70 FAMILY AND FRIENDS USING THE NETWORK OF "SAFE HOUSES" KNOWN AS THE "UNDERGROUND RAILROAD." DURING THE CIVIL WAR, SHE SERVED AS A ARMED SCOUT AND SPY FOR THE UNION ARMY. SHE WAS A DEVOUT RELIGIOUS CHRISTIAN AND DEPENDED ON GOD TO GIVE HER VISIONS AND DREAMS TO GUIDE HER ON EACH PLANNED ESCAPE. I WAS SO MOVED AFTER READING THE BOOK AND WAS EQUALLY OVERWHELMED AS I SAW THE MOVIE “HARRIET.”
I AM OLD ENUF TO HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME DIFFICULT TIMES LIVING IN THE SOUTH WHILE GROWING UP, AND EVEN AFTER MOVING AWAY TO SEATTLE AT AGE 12. HOWEVER, WHENEVER I RETURNED TO "THE SOUTH," I DID NOT HAVE THE FREEDOM "OTHERS" HAD. BEING A CHRISTIAN, I KNEW WHAT MY MOTHER HAD TAUGHT ME, THAT I MUST FORGIVE ALWAYS, THE MISTREATMENT AND I DID, AND HAVE, AND DO! MY HEART IS BROKEN TO SEE THE RACISM IN OUR LAND TODAY. I AM CERTAIN THAT GOD'S HEART IS SADDENED WHEN HE LOOKS AT HIS CREATION AND SEES HOW MUCH DIVISION THERE IS. HE WANTS US TO ALL LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
JOHN 13:34 ~ A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER; AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, THAT YOU ALSO LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
ACTS 17:26 ~ AND HE MADE FROM ONE [COMMON ORIGIN, ONE SOURCE, ONE BLOOD] ALL NATIONS OF MEN TO SETTLE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH….
DID YOU KNOW THAT FEBRUARY IS NOW KNOWN AS "THE MONTH OF LOVE?" IT IS TO BE CELEBRATED FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH. OF COURSE, RETAILERS LOVE THAT. FOR THE WORLD SEES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LUCRATIVE SALES, ESPECIALLY THE CARD COMPANIES! HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS FROM 2020 REGARDING VALENTINES' DAY. 27 BILLION CARDS WERE EXCHANGED THAT DAY, $3 BILLION BOXES OF CHOCOLATES AND CANDY PURCHASED, (THE FIRST HEART-SHAPED BOX OF CHOCOLATES WAS INTRODUCED IN 1861, BY CADBURY AS A STRATEGY TO INCREASE SALES), $2.3 BILLION ROSES SOLD, MOSTLY RED. $6 BILLION SPENT ON JEWELRY ALSO FOR THAT DAY. HOWEVER, THERE WAS NOTHING I READ THAT MENTIONED HOW MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT ON A ROMANTIC, LAVISH DINNER AT RESTAURANTS. BUT THE MOST SURPRISING FACT FOR ME IS THAT $886 MILLION WAS SPENT ON PETS OF HAPPY OWNERS. YEP, WHAT A BUSINESS!!! THE WORLD MAKES THAT DAY "ALL ABOUT ROMANCE AND LOVE" DOESN'T IT? AND IT DOES SEEM TO BE WORKING FOR THEM.
QUESTION: WHAT DID THE FLAME SAY TO HIS BUDDIES WHEN HE FELL IN LOVE? ANSWER: "I HAVE FOUND THE PERFECT MATCH." HA HA HA.
HOW APPROPRIATE THAT THE INVENTOR OF THE BELOVED FERRIS WHEEL, GEORGE FERRIS WAS BORN ON VALENTINES' DAY FEBRUARY 14, 1859. PERHAPS WHEN YOU CLIMBED ABOARD THE FIRST TIME, YOU WERE SEATED NEXT TO SOMEONE YOU HAD A CRUSH ON, AND ON THAT INVENTION AS YOU WENT AROUND AND AROUND, YOU HELD HANDS AND HAD YOUR FIRST KISS! AWWWWW!!
I READ THAT THE FIRST VALENTINE DAY'S CARD WAS SENT IN 1415, BY CHARLES DUKE OF ORLEANS. IT WAS A POEM HE PENNED TO HIS WIFE WHEN HE WAS IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON.
THE ONE WE CELEBRATE ON FEBRUARY 14 IS ST. VALENTINE OF ROME WHO DIED AROUND 270 A.D. HE WAS MARTYRED BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO DENY CHRIST.
AND WE MUST NOT DENY OUR LORD AND SAVIOR TODAY AS WE LIVE IN THIS WORLD, FOR I HOPE WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH WE ARE LOVED BY FATHER GOD. WE SEE IT ON FREEWAY BILLBOARDS, IN ARENAS AT SPORTING EVENTS, THERE IS THE LITTLE GUY WHO SITS IN THE STADIUM HOLDING A SIGN WITH JOHN 3:16 WRITTEN ON IT, PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST WELL KNOWN VERSES OF THE BIBLE. AND I LIKE TO ALWAYS ADD VERSE 17.
JOHN 3:16-17 ~ FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.
YES, GOD WAS THINKING OF US WHEN HE SENT HIS ONLY SON JESUS TO THE WORLD, HE WAS SHOWING WHAT "REAL LOVE" IS. IT IS AN ACTION VERB! AND JESUS WAS THE CONDUIT FOR GOD'S LOVE THAT WAS PUT INTO ACTION. FRIEND, LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT FATHER GOD DOES LOVE US AND ALWAYS WILL!
ROMANS 8:38-39 ~ FOR I AM PERSUADED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NOR ANGELS NOR PRINCIPALITIES NOR POWERS, NOR THINGS PRESENT NOR THINGS TO COME, NOR HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANY OTHER CREATED THING, SHALL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
WHAT A LOT OF SADNESS THIS MONTH WHEN ONE I DEARLY LOVED, PASTOR FRED PRICE ON FEB. 12, WENT TO BE WITH JESUS. HE WAS THE PROMINENT PASTOR OF A MEGA CHURCH IN LOS ANGELES, I LOVED LISTENING TO HIS DAILY RADIO PROGRAM BEFORE HE BEGAN MOSTLY TV. HE WAS A TEACHER OF GOD'S WORD AND PREACHED FERVENTLY ABOUT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. I WAS BLESSED TO ATTEND CRENSHAW CHRISTIAN CENTER ONLY TWICE; ONCE WHEN HE PREACHED A GREAT MESSAGE, AND ONCE WHEN PASTOR BENNY WAS THE SPEAKER, POWERFUL ALSO! WHAT A REWARD PASTOR PRICE WILL HAVE IN HEAVEN!
ON FEB. 16, A VERY SPECIAL FRIEND I HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME, WENT TO BE WITH JESUS ALSO. CARMAN WAS LIKE MY "LITTLE BROTHER," I LOVED SITTING IN HIS CONCERTS, HEARING HIM SING THE SONGS GIVEN TO HIM BY FATHER GOD. GOD ALSO GAVE HIM CREATIVE ABILITY TO PRESENT THE SONGS IN AN ENTERTAINING, VIVID, POWERFUL WAY. I SHALL SURELY MISS HIM!!!!!!
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, HE WAS ONLY APPEARING ONCE IN SOUTHERN CALIF. THE CITY WAS 2 HOURS AWAY, SO I ASKED 2 FRIENDS TO COME ALONG FOR THE ULTIMATE CARMAN CONCERT. WE WANTED TO BE SURE TO SEE HIM AND THE WAY TO DO THAT WAS TO CONTRIBUTE $100 TO HIS MINISTRY (WE EACH CHIPPED IN AND DID IT). THAT PROVIDED US EARLY ENTRY INTO THE BUILDING, FRONT ROW SEATS, AND THE REALLY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR MY FRIENDS TO MEET AND GREET HIM AS WELL AS GET A PHOTO WITH HIM. (HIS MOM AND I WERE GOOD FRIENDS, WE WOULD TALK FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ON THE PHONE. WE ALWAYS PRAYED FOR HER SON CARMAN TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL GOD HAD SENT HIM TO EARTH TO DO.)
WELL, BACK TO THE CONCERT …. IT WAS SOOOOO WONDERFUL, SOOOO ANOINTED AND AWESOME! I SAT THERE AND THANKED GOD FOR HOW HE HAD GIVEN CARMAN SUCH A PLATFORM TO REACH THE WORLD WITH HIS DIFFERENT STYLE OF MUSIC, LYRICS AND POWERFUL VOICE TO PROCLAIM JESUS AS LORD. HE HAS NOW JOINED THE CLOUD OF WITNESSES, CHEERING US ON, AND WE WILL ALL SPEND ETERNITY TOGETHER. AMEN!!!
I AM TOLD THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST SONGS HE WROTE. HOW FITTING THE LYRICS HE PENNED. I LOVE THIS SONG, LET'S LISTEN!
I AM SO HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO SING LAST SUNDAY IN A CHURCH, (THERE WERE 100 FOLK ALL WEARING MASKS) BUT THAT DID NOT STOP THEM FROM SINGING, MOVING AND PRAISING GOD! I KNEW GOD WANTED ME TO BRING JOY TO THEM THRU THE SONGS AND SPOKEN WORD!! AND I THINK I DID! I SPOKE ABOUT THINGS HAPPENING DURING THIS COVID TIME THAT PERHAPS ARE STEALING OR HAS ALREADY TAKEN OUR JOY, BUT SINCE REAL JOY COMES FROM JESUS, IF HE IS LIVING IN US, WE DO HAVE "JESUS JOY!" IT JUST MUST BE ACTIVATED, THRU PRAISE AND WORSHIP!!!!! ANOTHER AMEN!
PSALMS 71:23 ~ MY LIPS SHALL GREATLY REJOICE WHEN I SING TO YOU, AND MY SOUL, WHICH YOU HAVE REDEEMED.
ARE YOU FEELING THE LOVE OF GOD? OR DOES IT SEEM THAT HE HAS FORSAKEN YOU AND YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN? WELL, OF COURSE, THAT IS NOT TRUE, IT IS A LIE FROM satan. HE WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE THAT LIE, BUT REMEMBER, satan IS A LIAR AND THE FATHER OF THEM. WE NEED ONLY TO RUN TO THE OPEN ARMS OF JESUS THAT ARE OUTSTRETCHED TO US. AS HE SAID IN MATTHEW 11:28; COME TO ME ALL WHO ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN, AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST. HE INVITES YOU TO COME BECAUSE HE IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD, AND WHAT DOES A SHEPHERD DO? HE CARES FOR US, HIS SHEEP, FOR ALL OUR NEEDS, HE IS THERE! WE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR ANYTHING OR ANYONE, BECAUSE HIS PROMISES ARE WRITTEN IN HIS WORD (THE BIBLE) TO BELIEVE AND HOLD ONTO. HALLELUJAH!
PSALMS 23 ~ THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD; I SHALL NOT WANT. HE MAKES ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES; HE LEADS ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS. HE RESTORES MY SOUL; HE LEADS ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE. YEA, THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL; FOR YOU ARE WITH ME; YOUR ROD AND YOUR STAFF, THEY COMFORT ME. YOU PREPARE A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MY ENEMIES; YOU ANOINT MY HEAD WITH OIL; MY CUP RUNS OVER. SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE; AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOREVER.
CLOSING, I WANT TO ONCE AGAIN THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE PARTNERS WITH ME IN THIS MINISTRY GOD HAS CALLED ME TO. IN FACT, NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO, I RECEIVED HIS "ASSIGNMENT" AND MANY OF YOU HAVE SUPPORTED ME BOTH WITH FINANCIAL LOVE GIFTS AND OF COURSE, WITH YOUR PRAYERS FOR THOSE YEARS, YES, I NEED BOTH. THANKS! THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS YOU MAY GIVE TO THIS MINISTRY; THRU PAYPAL, OR CALL ME AT 909-948-2448, TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU WISH TO PLACE ON A CREDIT CARD, OR YOU CAN MAIL A CHECK TO MY ADDRESS HERE IN CALIF. AND RECEIVE A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT DOWN HERE AND A REWARD IN HEAVEN.
AS THE CHURCH DOORS SLOWLY OPEN, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU WOULD CALL ME WHEN YOUR CHURCH IS BEGINNING TO RUN SMOOTHLY AGAIN, AS I AM REALLY READY TO RETURN TO MINISTER. IT WILL BE GREAT TO COME TO YOUR SENIOR GROUP, SPEAK/SING FOR A LADIES FUNCTION, OR SING IN YOUR CHURCH. I KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED AND YES, YOU CAN AFFORD ME!
PSALMS 104:33 ~ I WILL SING TO THE LORD AS LONG AS I LIVE; I WILL SING PRAISE TO MY GOD WHILE I HAVE MY BEING.
PLEASE CALL ME WHEN YOU HAVE A PRAYER REQUEST AND NEED SOMEONE TO PRAY WITH YOU …. I AM HAPPY AND WILLING TO DO THAT; 909-948-2448.
IT DOES SEEM THAT MOST FOLK I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SINCE THE NEW YEAR BEGAN, ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY, THEY ARE HAPPY "2020 IS OVER" SOME SAY, "IT WAS LIKE A BAD DREAM" AWAKENING EACH MORNING (OFTEN NOT EVEN REMEMBERING WHAT DAY IT WAS) TO THE REALIZATION THAT THE DREAM/NIGHTMARE WAS REAL! BUT THEN, SO IS OUR GOD!!!! AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO BE!!!! AMEN!
PHILIPPIANS 4:6 ~ DO NOT BE ANXIOUS OR WORRIED ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERYTHING [EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION] BY PRAYER AND PETITION WITH THANKSGIVING, CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR [SPECIFIC] REQUESTS KNOWN TO GOD. {AMP}
HERE WE ARE, WE HAVE TAKEN OFF INTO THE NEW YEAR, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE "WE ARE READY." LET'S SEE, MAKE SURE ALL THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF 2020 "WERE LEFT THERE!” AND THAT YOU ARE KEEPING YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS ALIVE TO BE REALIZED IN THIS EXCITING 2021. IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE THAT ONE MONTH HAS ALREADY PASSED, AND FOR MANY, LIFE IS NOT EASY, WITH ALL THE RESTRICTIONS WE STILL ARE FACING EACH DAY. (SUCH AS, THE MASK FOR ME IS VERY DIFFICULT) 'CAUSE I LOVE TO SMILE AT FOLK AS I AM WALKING TOWARD THEM, AND WHENEVER FACING THEM, BUT WITH THE MASK, NO ONE CAN SEE A SMILE THAT COULD HOPEFULLY LIFT A DISCOURAGED PERSON, OR EVEN BRING A SMILE TO THEIR FACES, ETC. SO THAT IS ONE THING I WILL BE HAPPY FOR (TO LOSE THE MASK).
WELL, THIS TIME LAST YEAR, I WAS IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, HAWAII. WHAT AN AWESOME TIME I HAD, BEING WITH DEAR FRIENDS I MET WHEN I LIVED THERE FOR 10 YEARS, 1984-1994. SINCE I LEFT THERE, I HAVE LOVED GOING BACK TO VISIT EACH YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE ON EARTH (FOR ME). I DID HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME .... RETURNING HOME JUST DAYS BEFORE THE "SHUTDOWN." FRIENDS TELL ME ABOUT THE CONDITION OF HONOLULU, AND WAIKIKI, ONLY NOW ARE THEY BEGINNING TO REOPEN HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, MOVIE THEATRES, ETC. BUT THEY FEEL IT WILL BE A LONG TIME BEFORE ALL IS BACK TO NORMAL! ONLY GOD KNOWS!!
MOST BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS
LONG-TIME FRIENDS
WBC CHURCH SERVICE SINGING ON THE BEACH
LUNCH WITH A BEAUTIFUL VIEW
WBC 50TH ANNIVERSARY: BOB TURNBULL, MS. LILLIE, GENE OZBUN, SHARON, PRESENT CHAPLAIN ALEX McANGUS
AS IT HAPPENS EACH YEAR IN JANUARY, MY CHURCH ASKS US TO PARTICIPATE IN A FAST, AND I DO THE DANIEL FAST (EATING ONLY VEGGIES, AND BEANS FOR 21 DAYS). IT IS ACTUALLY A WONDERFUL WAY TO EAT ALSO, CAUSE I LOVE VEGGIES! OF COURSE, THERE ARE SO VERY MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEGGIES, THAT ONE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT ONES FOR MANY DAYS. (BUT, NOT A COUPLE OF TIMES A DAY, AND WITHOUT MEAT) SO THAT MEANS, I WAS ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH GOD, AS I ELIMINATED ALL THE THINGS IN THE ELECTRONIC WORLD THAT WOULD DISTRACT ME FROM "TIME WITH JESUS." AND OF COURSE, IT IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CLEANSE THE BODY AFTER ALL THE THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS YUMMY GOODIES! I AM ALWAYS HAPPY FOR THE FAST. THIS IS ONE OF MY MEALS TODAY. NOW THIS IS YUMMY!
IT IS STILL VERY WEIRD, NOT BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL AND MINISTER IN SONG. BUT I KNOW IN GOD'S TIME, IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN! UNTIL THEN I AM STILL ABLE TO PROCLAIM THAT "JESUS IS LORD" AS I MOVE AROUND IN MY DAY. THIS IS OUR MISSION, SHOULD WE DECIDE TO ACCEPT IT! HOW WONDERFUL THAT WE CAN BE EYEWITNESSES TO WHAT GOD IS DOING AND WANTING TO DO IN THIS WORLD. WHAT AN "ASSIGNMENT" FOR US! LET'S ASK THE QUESTION, "DO YOU KNOW HIM? I LOVE THIS VIDEO AND I AM CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL ALSO. IT IS PART OF AN AWESOME MESSAGE PREACHED BY S. M. LOCKRIDGE, A PROMINENT BLACK PREACHER WHO PASTORED IN SAN DIEGO 1953 -1993. WHAT A COMMUNICATOR!! ENJOY!
REVELATION 19:16 ~ AND HE HAS ON HIS ROBE AND ON HIS THIGH A NAME WRITTEN: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
REVELATION 2:1:6 ~ AND HE SAID TO ME, “IT IS DONE! I AM THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END. I WILL GIVE OF THE FOUNTAIN OF THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY TO HIM WHO THIRSTS.
I MUST "BRAG" ON GOD AS HE HAS CONTINUED TO SUPPLY ALL MY NEEDS, HE PROMISED, AND HE HAS, AND HE WILL!! WHEN I "HUNG UP" ON MA BELL IN 1978, WALKING OUT INTO FULL-TIME MINISTRY, GOD GAVE ME THAT WONDERFUL SCRIPTURE, MATTHEW 6:26 AND HE HAS FULFILLED IT, HE HAS KEPT HIS PROMISE TO ME AND TO ALL WHO WILL BELIEVE HIM. EVEN IN THIS COVID TIME, GOD HAS TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF FOLK TO SEND ME "LOVE GIFTS" AND EVERY BILL IS PAID "ON TIME." THAT IS JUST LIKE HIM!
MATTHEW 6:26 ~ LOOK AT THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, FOR THEY NEITHER SOW NOR REAP NOR GATHER INTO BARNS; YET YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER FEEDS THEM. ARE YOU NOT OF MORE VALUE THAN THEY?
I AM GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR THE MARVELOUS OPPORTUNITY HE HAS GIVEN ME TRAVELING TO 52 COUNTRIES IN THESE NEARLY 50 YEARS OF MINISTRY PROCLAIMING THE LOVE OF GOD! MANY YEARS AGO, WHEN I VISITED KENYA, AFRICA, WE WERE ABLE TO GO ON A SHORT SAFARI, WOW! WHAT A SIGHT TO SEE ALL THOSE ANIMALS SOOOO CLOSE TO US (I THOT TOO CLOSE) . WENT SHOPPING FOR SOUVENIRS WALKING THRU MARKETPLACES, I SAW THIS BEAUTIFUL OSTRICH EGG, PURCHASED IT, AND IT HAS BEEN ON A SHELF ALL THESE YEARS, LAST WEEK, I DECIDED I WOULD HAVE MY DEAR FRIEND CHARLOTTE MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT USING IT AND THIS IS WHAT SHE DID WITH MY EGG!! EACH TIME I LOOK AT IT, I AM REMINDED OF THE SIX TRIPS TO AFRICA AND THIS TIME OF MINISTRY IN BEAUTIFUL KENYA, HUGE CROWDS OF PEOPLE, WITH MANY COMING FORWARD TO RECEIVE JESUS AS LORD. LOCAL PASTORS WERE STANDING BY TO PRAY FOR EACH ONE, AND WERE PREPARED TO GATHER INFORMATION SO THEY COULD DO FOLLOW-UP WORK WITH THEM AFTER WE HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY. WONDERFUL HEALINGS OCCURRED IN EACH SERVICE.
JOHN 3:17 ~ FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.
OSTRICH EGG
MY FAMILY IS VERY DEAR TO ME .... WHAT A BLESSING THAT WITH THE FOUR REMAINING SISTERS, WE HAVE A 3 WAY CALL EACH WEEK FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR TO CATCH UP ON THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR LIVES. SOMETIMES OUR BROTHER HAS BEEN ON THE LINE WITH US. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OF THEM SINCE NOVEMBER 2019 BECAUSE OF COVID, SO OUR TALKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. I AM PRAYING THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT THEM DURING THIS YEAR. AMEN!
A VERY SPECIAL EVENT OCCURRED THIS MONTH, MY ONLY BROTHER PAUL TURNED 90 YRS OLD. BECAUSE OF COVID, THERE WAS AN FANTASTIC NEARLY 2 HR ZOOM "PARTY CELEBRATION" FOR HIM, FRIENDS, FAMILY, POLITICIANS, CELEBRITIES, CITY OFFICIALS SPOKE KIND WORDS ABOUT HIM. HE IS A VERY SPECIAL BROTHER, WHOM I LOVE! HE ATTENDED MY 80TH B'DAY LUAU? ANOTHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREETING, BROTHER PAUL!!
MS. LILLIE WITH HER BROTHER PAUL
WHAT A BLESSING GOD GAVE ME, TO HAVE BEEN A SMALL PART OF THE BILL GAITHER HOMECOMING VIDEOS FOR 26 YEARS. I LOVE THIS SONG I SANG WITH VESTAL GOODMAN.
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FOR SOME OF YOU, HERE WE ARE IN 2021, YOU THOT THINGS WOULD BE BETTER, BUT ALREADY THERE ARE CLOUDS OF DOUBT AND DISCOURAGEMENT HOVERING OVER YOU AND YOU FEEL OVERWHELMED! WELL, PLEASE KNOW THAT DISCOURAGEMENT IS NATURAL AND NORMAL. BUT LET ME GIVE YOU "GOOD NEWS." OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE HIS STRONG AND LOVING ARMS AROUND US, HIS CHILDREN, DURING THIS TIME OF OUR GRIEF, SORROW AND DISCOURAGEMENT. HE ONLY ASKS THAT WE TRUST HIM IN AND THRU ALL SITUATIONS. WE CAN GIVE HIM ALL OUR WORRIES AND CARES …. LET HIM SHOW US MERCY AND GRACE IN OUR TIME OF NEED.
PSALM 55:22 ~ CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD [RELEASE IT] AND HE WILL SUSTAIN AND UPHOLD YOU; HE WILL NEVER ALLOW THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE SHAKEN (SLIP, FALL, FAIL). {AMP}
I GIVE THANKS TO FATHER GOD FOR YOUR KINDNESS TO ME, MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING BOTH FINANCIAL AND YOUR PRAYER INVESTMENTS TO THIS MINISTRY FOR YEARS, AND OF COURSE, I APPRECIATE YOUR HELP IN BOTH WAYS. THANK YOU! THANK YOU! IT IS EASY TO BLESS THIS "GOOD GROUND;" YOU CAN GO TO PAYPAL, ENTER MY NAME, GO TO THE DONATE BUTTON ON MY HOME PAGE, CONTACT ME AT 909-948-2448, GIVE ME YOUR CREDIT CARD AND THE AMOUNT YOU WISH TO GIVE, OR SEND THRU THE MAIL …. EITHER WAY YOU CHOOSE, I AM HAPPY TO GIVE YOU A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE RECEIPT HERE AND NOW, AND THEN, YOU WILL RECEIVE A REWARD IN HEAVEN. MAY GOD BLESS YOUR SEED!
WHAT A BLESSING IT HAS BEEN FOR TO ME TO RECEIVE CALLS FROM SOME OF YOU WHO ASK ME TO PRAY WITH YOU FOR THAT NEED IN YOUR LIFE. IT BLESSES ME TO AGREE WITH YOU FOR YOUR MIRACLE! JUST CALL ME AT 909-948-2448! I LOVE YOU!
PSALM 46:1 ~ GOD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH [MIGHTY AND IMPENETRABLE], A VERY PRESENT AND WELL-PROVED HELP IN TROUBLE. {AMP}
1 CORINTHIANS 16:23 ~ THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST BE WITH YOU. AMEN!
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