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  • 5/30/2010 Shae Cooke wrote:
    Whoa, excellent word, Randy, and so appreciated! You just have a way of posting messages right when I need reminders! And I need His presence! The only way I can traipse through the smog of today is to wait before the Master until He drenches my whole heart; by the sweet falling dew on my spirit, and then I can go forth in the power of a fresh, strong, and fragrant life, yes, through the smog of this one! "I will be as the dew." (Hosea 14:5), resting in Him! Bless you, bless you! Love to the family!
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  • 5/30/2010 ED Deneau wrote:
    Randy... very good message... the words of your mouth speaking faith, speaking failure, speaking Love or speaking death, spending our time speaking our discontent and our petty fears does not allow us to really trust God... we become what is known as faithless... we tend to believe only what we see and little of what we hear... trusting God is as easy as just knowing without doubt that our situation is nothing more than a opportunity to watch God transform death into life whether it is money, Love, or plain problems we face... to God it is nothing of substance to fear... everyone does it from time to time... but it is something to believe with ROCK hard belief that God will see us through... not that he will give what we believe we should have or want but that he will be there when we call upon him...believing God for healing is easier than believing God for me to win the millions on lottery.... Jericho is believing God will do what he says if we do what he says no matter what it looks like to us .... Good word my friend... keep em comin
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  • 3/31/2010 ED wrote:
    Excellent teaching, very good, restores your own faith that was cluttered by circumstances (doubt) kinda like putting a disc cleaner to your faith, improves content of your heart, replaces missing Dll's (dependencies linked to lack of faith)
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  • 3/31/2010 Shae wrote:
    Stopped by to check you out! The power that flows when someone has faith, is so vitally true. Stellar message--one I needed to hear! Thank you Randy for blessing me today!
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  • 3/19/2007 Verl wrote:
    The subject of the five fold ministry has never been addressed outside the charasmatic camp.(The Baptist, Methodist etc. know nothing about it) Within the charasmatic grouping of church bodies, the subject was given a certain amount of attention during the 1970's and early 80's. Since then, no one seems to be addressing the subject at all.

    There is precious little known of the ministry of the Apostle and Prophet in the pentecostal/charasmatic camp nowdays. There is more of an awareness of the teacher's ministry and the evangelist, but still those offices are widely misunderstood.

    For the church to function effeciently, all 5 offices must be understood, respected, and utilized. Step one has to be a renewed emphasis in educating the body concerning these various offices. The second step is to begin to support these ministries at the local level. In most churches, so few members tithe that the church can barely keep up with a salary for a pastor. If they were to desire to put a teacher or evangelist on staff, they simply wouldn't be able to afford it.

    The fact that churches are widely underfunded translates into the reality that people called to full time ministry as a teacher, or evangelist, or prophet, sometimes feel forced to take a pastor's position in order to work full time as a "minister." A prophet doesn't make a good pastor, and so it goes.

    Someday, with God's help, we will get all this straight, and the church will go foward in much greater power.
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  • 3/5/2007 Janet wrote:
    I think "the church" people get a little carried away on their expectations of the members. I got extremely burned out trying to work full time plus at my paying job, as well as support all the many leadership requirements that the church levied upon me. I think sometimes the church forgets how demanding life can be and how hard it is to juggle all of the responsibilities a member has. I think this happens because, for the church leaders, the church is their job.
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  • 3/4/2007 Rosie wrote:
    The Church looks a whole lot like the Pharisees in the Bible - critical, judgmental, more concerned with the outside than the inside, focused on rules instead of relationship. And it's not a denominational thing. I've seen it from the most traditional to the most charismatic of churches and people. I think it's a human nature thing. It's a lot easier to live under the law than to walk in the spirit.

    I've also had my eyes opened recently to the fact that we tend to "do church" a lot, but we don't do much ministering to people outside of church. We seclude ourselves in our own safe world so we don't have to get dirty with someone else's problems or commit ourselves to helping someone mature over a long period of time because it's just too uncomfortable. We like to invite people to church and feel like we got our brownie points because we did our part. But in the gospels we find Jesus right in the middle of sinners' messed up lives. He didn't hide away in his "churchy" world. He hung out with those that the "church" of that time looked at as unclean and not good enough. And He was condemned for it by the leaders of organized religion. He really didn't live much like most American Christians do.

    It's hard to step out of our comfort zones, but I believe that is exactly what God is calling us to do. Our hearts need to be turned in love toward the lost just as His heart is. The two greatest commandments are about love. God so LOVED... that He gave. That's what the Church needs to look like.

    So those are my thoughts, for what it's worth!
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  • 3/4/2007 Anthony N. Wade wrote:
    Dear Brother Randy,

    Went looking for you on the web. I heard you had moved from Port Huron, back to GA. Glad to know I can still GLEAN from the mind that made a big difference in my life many moons ago. I was a student at Rhema. As I sat in one of your classes you were expounding on John 17:23. The same Love that God has for His Son Jesus, He has for me. That day in class, I cried like a baby. I have never been the same since. Glad to know I can draw from a Bro. that's in the know. --Anthony N. Wade
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