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EVER INCREASING FAITH MAGAZINE
Winter 2010
WINTER 2010
ALASKA:
MINISTRY AT
Editor
Antracia Moorings
SEA CRUISE
CLINICS
Columnist
Dr. LaVerne Tolbert
Contributing Writers
Pastor Robert Bolden
A. Michael Evans Jr.
Adrian Evans
Mark A. Peay
6 10 12
Art Design
Lorena Iñiguez Elebee
Photographers
Harry Langdon
Richard Ventura
Make Up
Adrian M. Evans 16 18 22
Looking Back On Pastor Toxic Thoughts & Emotions What’s On Your Mind?
Editorial Offices
Year As Pastor
Los Angeles, CA 90044
By Pastor Robert Bolden By Dr. Betty R. Price
(323) 758-3777
E-mail: Research shows that around What you keep your mind on
eifmagazine@faithdome.org By Antracia Moorings 87% of illnesses can be attrib- will determine whether you
Website: uted to our thought life, and will be at peace or whether
Frederick K. Price Jr. reflects
www.faithdome.or g approximately 13% to diet, you will be full of anxiety in
back on his first year as pas-
tor and looks ahead to his genetics and environment. this troubled world.
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Printed in the United States of America. 3 A Message from Dr. Price
12 Parenting Matters 25 On the Air
5 On the Calendar 18 You Are Helping To Make It 26 Q&A: Straight Talk with
Happen Drs. Fred & Betty Price
Contributors
and
You may not be using it, but it is there – a sleeping giant. You may say, “But I don’t feel
like I have it,” but having that faith has nothing to do with your feelings. If you are born
would
again, you have the measure of faith.
like to
In Romans 12:3, Paul declares, … as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
Personally, I think the standard King James Version is a more accurate translation of
become one,
this verse: … according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Before I go
pray the
any further, let me qualify the phrase every man. Paul is not talking about every man in
the world. He is referring to every man in the Church of Jesus Christ. He makes this
following
qualification in Romans 1:7, where he writes, To all who are in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be saints. He also states in 2 Thessalonians 3:2 … that we may be delivered from
prayer:
unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.
…God What are you doing with your measure of faith?
I remember a time when life was hard and money was
has dealt short—all because I hadn’t grabbed hold of the concept of faith.
And God gives it to us freely.
to each It is an unmerited gift. You cannot get it by tarrying,
mourning, fasting, or tithing. Faith can only be received as a
one a free handout from God. How does God hand this gift out to Dear GOD in Heaven,
us? According to Paul, So then faith comes by hearing, and
measure hearing by the word of God (Romans 10:17). This is why Jesus Thank you for sending Your
commanded us to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel Son JESUS CHRIST to destroy
of faith.” to every creature. If we do not preach the Word, faith cannot the power of Satan over my life. I
come. If faith does not come, men cannot believe. If they can- accept Jesus now as my personal
—Romans 12:3
not believe, they cannot be saved. And if they are not saved, SAVIOR and LORD, and I
they will go to hell when their bodies physically die. choose to turn away from the sins
When we are born again, we all receive the same measure of my past to a renewed Life in
or amount of faith. If you have accepted Christ as your personal Savior and Lord, you Jesus.
already have all the faith you will ever need.
I’m so glad I learned about faith. And my wife and I are blessed that generations You said that if I would confess
after us are walking in faith according to God’s Word. It’s been a year since my son, with my mouth the LORD
Frederick K. Price, Jr was installed as pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center. Watching JESUS and believe in my heart
him walk in his God-given destiny does my heart good. that You raised Him from the
Faith will produce results over time. Anything of value takes time, and so it is with dead, that I would be saved. I
the principles of faith. It produces results over time. It is not an instant panacea. It is not believe JESUS died for my sins
and that You raised Him from the
a ripcord that you pull to bail you out of a problem. It is not
dead for my benefit.
an Aladdin’s lamp that you can stroke and say, “Genie,
Genie, come out and give me a new yacht.”
HEAVENLY FATHER, I
You have to stay with faith. You have to make a commit- thank you for the gift of salvation
ment to the point that you burn all the bridges down behind and for accepting me now as Your
you, and many people do not do that. They are trying child.
faith. They want to see if it’s going to work. Right there
is doubt, and it has already crippled them. You have to In JESUS’ name, Amen.
be completely sold out. You have to be absolutely con-
vinced that acting on the Word will produce results
given time and commitment.
If you have prayed this prayer,
please let us know by writing
to us at:
Crenshaw Christian Center
P.O.Box 90000
Los Angeles, CA 90009
Attn: Administration Office
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770.465.0870 [Pastor Raymond Hadjstylianos] [Dr. Juan Williams, Sr.]
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[Pastor Ray Barnard] Apostle Frederick K.C. Price New York
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contributors
Mark A. Peay is a
Christian Center Radio, Internet and
(CCC) in 1997. LiveCasts. He is also
Pastor Bolden is cur- Manager of the Flight graduate of
rently an instructor at the Apostle Frederick Price Department. In his role as International Travel Supernatural
Ministry Training Center where he teaches Coordinator, Evans has coordinated cruises for Ministries Training
Balanced Prosperity. He received his Masters CCC since 1984. He and his wife Angela, Institute in Midland,
Degree from Suffield University while teaching at president of CCC, Michigan where he
Abundant Harvest Christian School of Ministry, have two grown chil- received his
an accredited School of Theology. The classes dren and one grand- Ministerial Degree in
he taught included the Principles of Faith, son. Leadership & five-
feature article
By Antracia Moorings
sions.
Last year marked a historic I’ve made
my fair share of them in 2009 and I
moment in Crenshaw Christian know I’m going to be making many
more.”
Center (CCC) history when Two big decision he’s made thus far
Apostle Frederick K.C. Price include changing the time and format of
Sunday Service, adding a new Saturday
named his then 30-year-old son night worship service and changing the dress
code for employees of CCC from business attire to
Pastor Fred Price Jr. pastor of the dressy casual.
They are small changes. However, they are
22,000-member congregation. His proof that he is making his mark on the church his
father founded more than 30 years ago. And that’s
installation ceremony was full of been the biggest change so far says Pastor Fred—
that now the buck stops with him now rather than
accolades, pomp and circumstance. his father. Other than that the foundation estab-
But all that’s been traded in for the lished is the same.
“The Word hasn’t changed. The teaching hasn’t
every day work of Pastor Fred changed. There could possibly be another level of
anointing from the standpoint of authority and lead-
rolling up his sleeves and leading ership but other than that, everything has pretty
much been the same,” he says.
the congregation. While Apostle Price is not working in the same
capacity as pastor, he is still available for Pastor
W ith a year of experience under his Fred if necessary, which this new pastor counts as a
belt, Pastor Fred admits that the job of a blessing.
shepherd is a tough one. But one that “It’s not hard having him still here and relevant,”
he’s more than ready to tackle for he pointed out. “I think it’s somewhat beneficial.
decades to come. Because he’s around, there’s still his aura here so to
“Being pastor is hard because you have to make speak. And that’s not a bad thing because he built
decisions—that’s the hardest thing,” noted Pastor this place. His persona is still here. It’s what built
Fred. “You have to stand by Crenshaw Christian Center. He still is the face of
the decision you make Ever Increasing Faith Ministries. He is the
and believe God that Fellowship of Inner City Word of
you are making the Faith Ministries. What an
right one. I ideal situation to still have
dad present. He does not “He’s
understand
now that that’s interfere. He lets me be a regimented
what comes me. He lets me lead.”
with the terri- While the task to lead individual. He’s
tory—making may be daunting, it is not
something that makes like a clock.”
the tough deci-
Pastor Fred fearful. In
feature article
“I
am praying
fact, he says God helped Though
24 hours of the him conquer fear early in he’d been
day.” his ministry. He was ordained in
ordained Feb. 2003 and the ministry
eventually went on to cre- six years prior
ate a special Sunday service to taking over the
called "Hip-Hop Sunday" to post as pastor,
attract younger church-goers. Pastor Fred had to
Initially, he had a bit of pulpit anxiety which he says was learn all aspects of the
eradicated in 2004 when he preached the message “What church and comprehend the roles of
In Hell Do You Want?” And the initial fear that came with the pastoral staff. He sat with every pastor on staff to see
being responsible for hundreds of employees has passed as what they did and what they specialized in, accompanied
well. them on hospital and home visitations,
One thing that hasn’t passed is the celebrity status that and attended memorials and
comes with being the pastor of a mega-church as well as a weddings they officiated as
guest on his father’s television broadcast. Pastor Fred “I well as joined in on phone
admits that it’s something that he doesn’t know that he’ll counseling. He did hands-
believe my son
ever get used to. But what he does intend to get used on training like this for
to is remaining humble as his father has all of these will accept the several years.
years. He also admits to admiring traits that make his And it is very likely
father who he is—mainly his discipline. call and I will this training will help
“He’s a regimented individual. He’s like a clock,” him should his own now
not pressure
Pastor Fred says of Apostle Price. “You don’t look at a toddler-age son one day
clock and wonder what time it is. The time moves the him.” decide to follow his grand-
same way every day progressively. He’s not perfect, but father and father into the pul-
he’s dang near flawless—that’s the way it appears from the pit.
way he’s lived his life. “I believe my son will accept the
“Ideally, I’d like to have a prayer and study time like call and I will not pressure him,” Pastor Fred noted. “I will
him,” continues Pastor Fred. “I mean I do those things but treat him in the calling the same way that my father treat-
I don’t do them like him. His prayer life is more disci- ed me. As long as there’s a Price in existence who’s
plined than mine from the standpoint that it’s on his men- called to the office of pastor and teacher,
tal calendar. He’s praying from this time to this time. I the Word of God will be taught here at
don’t do that. I’m praying 24 hours of the day. It’s going to Crenshaw Christian Center. As for
get done. My studying is going to get done. Bible reading now, the wheels are turning here,
is going to get done. I’m not as military as him and I don’t it’s just bringing [the ideas] into
know if I will be or if it will just come with maturity. I also manifestation now.” —EIF
admire his integrity. He’s had 78 years of it. I want
people to look at me for my integrity like
they do him. Everyone knows my dad
is no-nonsense. He’s not about fads, “It’s
hype or show. It’s hard-core Word.
Teach it. Live it. Live it. Teach it. hard-core
I want that. Other than that, I
think I’m pretty much already Word. Teach it.
like him. I have a lot of his habits, Live it. Live it.
ways and attributes. It’s the
details of his discipline that I plan Teach it.”
to adopt.”
W
hen I asked my media staff to create a commercial pro- jovial husband, Trent accompanied her.
moting our 2009 Alaska Cruise, the result was a series We heard about all the exciting things that were in store for us
of graphics showcasing hooded Eskimos in a snowy set- during the week and were looking forward to it all. The meeting
ting outside of an igloo. In reality, nothing could be fur- concluded just in time for our first dinner aboard ship. And, what a
ther from the truth. An Alaskan summer is like spring in dinner it was. The food was awesome. Not a good sign if you
the lower 48 (Alaska talk for mainland USA). It can be warm in the boarded the ship already carrying more tonnage than you should.
sun—sometimes even hot—and cool in the shade. Bottom line, the After dinner, it was party time for some. For other’s it was time
weather varies, but overall it’s fantastic. to get a well-deserved night’s sleep.
As a result of so many years cruis-
ing and having Ministry at Sea, Ever
Exploring
Increasing Faith Ministries (EIFM)
Alaska:
has learned to have meetings aboard
ship at the most convenient times possi-
ble. So, our first ministry session of the
cruise was at 1:30pm. Plenty of time to
sleep in, order en-suite breakfast out on
your verandah while watching flying
The Ministry At
fish, whales and porpoises swimming
by.
After breakfast, there was still time
Sea Cruise
to go to the beautifully-appointed gym
and work out a little or just walk the
ship to look for new adventures.
“What Is Important
About Faith? Classic
Apostle Price lessons.”
was also where we took our group photo in front of the Marguerite was our second formal night and we had an impromptu concert by
Glacier. our own Deidre Hughes that was only open to members of our
Late that evening, it was game time where our group chal- group. Deidre was awesome and well received. Afterward it was off
lenged the Prices to a variety of board games and Apostle Price’s to the Captain’s Gala Farewell dinner.
favorite game, UNO. We were having so much fun, we didn’t want On Friday, we arrived at Ketchikan, Alaska. What a city—the
to stop and go to dinner but we were starving and forced ourselves. salmon capital of the world. We saw so many salmon trying to swim
The next morning, Wednesday, we arrived at our first real port up the Ketchikan Creek you could almost walk on them. They were
of call Juneau, Alaska. What a place. The capital of the state of huge, beautiful and I would imagine, very tasty. Salmon croquettes,
Alaska and former home of then Governor and Vice Presidential smoked salmon pate & crackers, blackened salmon…mmm, don’t
candidate, Sarah Palin. The weather was perfect—sunny and warm get me started. The seafood in Alaska is superb.
in the sun and slightly cool in the shade. We departed Ketchikan early and headed to Victoria, British
We saw members of our group coming and going on a variety Colombia. While enroute, we had our final meeting with teaching
of shore excursions and walking around enjoying the town. Some by Pastor Fred Price, Jr. His message was inspiring beyond his
even toured the state capital. Still others looked for a famous years. As they say, the fruit doesn’t fall too far from the tree.
Alaskan seafood lunch. Many of us purchased fresh and smoked We had an evening arrival in Victoria. Some went ashore to
Alaskan crab and salmon to send or bring home. experience a whole new country—Canada. It was quaint, beautiful
Thursday we arrived at Sitka, Alaska. It’s a beautiful, quaint, and very much like a large college town, with boutiques and restau-
seaside town surrounded by hundreds of inhabited islands with one rants appearing to cater to the young and the young at heart. It was
or two houses on each. Shopping or sightseeing was the order of a gorgeous ending to a wonderful cruise.
the day. Again the weather was picture perfect. If you have never traveled with Ever Increasing Faith
We departed Sitka at 5pm headed for Ketchikan. This evening Ministries, you must do so soon. We’ll be traveling to Israel on Aug.
13th, 2011, aboard the largest cruise ship in the world, Royal
“We arrived at Sitka, Alaska … a Caribbean’s Oasis of the seas. Watch the website, www.faith-
beautiful, quaint seaside town.” dome.org for updated information on all things Ever Increasing
Faith. —EIF
parenting matters
C
linics on school grounds are called School-
Based Health Centers (SBHCs). They
used to be called school-based clinics
(SBCs), but the term, clinic, has
been substituted with the more palatable
term, health center. Some clinics are not
neighborhoods populated by minority and
located directly on school grounds, but
poor women. It was recommended
CLINICS
since they are strategically very close—
that a nationwide policy on family plan-
usually within a block or two—they are
ning—complete with a reporting sys-
called School-Linked Clinics (SLCs)
in the
tem—be implemented no later than
or School-Linked Health Centers
1975.
(SLHCs).
THE COMMISSION ON
Minors who cannot receive aspirin
POPULATION GROWTH
Schools
from a teacher without their parents’
permission can be taken to the clinic,
In 1970, a special commission was
examined, “evaluated”, and prescribed
formed—The Commission on
medications. Clinic staff also has the
Population Growth and the American
“right” to transport students off-cam-
Future—to study on the effects of pop-
pus during school hours for abor-
ulation growth and immigration on
tions—all without their parents’ knowledge or
government, the economy, and the environment.
consent. Nurses and doctors in these clinics are If you see the poor This evaluation took place over a two-year peri-
immune to otherwise restrictive laws governing
local school districts. oppressed in a district, od from 1970 to 1972.
Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood consid-
School-based health centers are this coun- and justice and rights ered that sexuality education went hand-in-hand
try’s attempt at a comprehensive teenage preg-
nancy prevention program, which comes under denied, with providing contraceptive and birth-control
services for teenagers. To spearhead the effort to
the umbrella of national heath care reform. Do not be surprised at mandate comprehensive sex education in public
Citing statistics that many children go without
physical examinations because they are unin-
such things school curricula, Mary Calderone, who was the
medical director of Planned Parenthood, estab-
sured, proponents argue for a socialized for one official is eyed by lished the Sex Information and Education
approach to providing reproductive health care. a higher one, Council of the United States (SIECUS).
Since the majority of these children—
And over them both are Planned Parenthood’s next step was to actu-
African American and Hispanic—attend public
ally get its services into public schools. As early
schools, this is the most logical place to serve as others higher still. as 1970, the first school-based clinic opened qui-
“surrogate” parents for the “nation’s neediest chil-
etly in an inner-city school in Dallas. That same
dren.” But these “at-risk” students are not the —Ecclesiastes 5:8
year, three hundred females at Yale University
only populations targeted for SBHCs. Plans
were given the “morning-after pill.”
are to have a clinic in every public school, includ-
ing elementary. SOMETHING IS Simultaneously, changing existing laws
became the focus. With parental notification
VERY WRONG
THE BIRTH OF SBHCS
and consent, providers faced a major roadblock.
How have we arrived at a place where there
WITH OUR LOGIC Minors were prevented from receiving contra-
ceptives and birth-control unless their parents
are clinics on school grounds and condoms in THERE ARE approved. Something had to change.
our children’s classrooms? The early beginnings CLINICS IN OUR
THE FINAL REPORT
of SBHCs may surprise you. Here’s a brief
overview. SCHOOLS.
In 1972, the Commission on Population
The birth of school-based health clinics
Growth and the American Future issued its final
began with Sanger’s push to preserve life for the
report. Stating that the task for fertility-related
elite class by providing birth-control for the
services was a governmental priority that was
masses. Decidedly racist in origins, Planned Parenthood soon
too important to be left to voluntary organizations or to private
became the vehicle to herald this twisted agenda.
efforts, the Commission recommended hiring Planned Parenthood
By the mid 60’s, controlling births in the black population was a
Federation of America (PPFA) to manage the nation’s family plan-
major governmental concern because African American women were
ning.
perceived to be particularly fecund or fertile. To reduce births, the
The agreement was quite costly. Commonly known as Title X,
federal government sub-contracted Planned Parenthood to set up
hundreds of millions of dollars ($275 in 1974, $325 in 1975, $400 each
walk-in, non-medical units to provide family planning services in
subsequent year) were set aside to pay PPFA. As the “expert,”
parenting matters
PPFA continues to be a hired agency, a subcontractor that provides While regular school nurses cannot give students an aspirin with-
its specialized services—abortion, birth-control, and contraception— out their parents’ consent, nurses and doctors in these health clinics
for the purposes of controlling population growth. In other words, can even give students mental health drugs if their psychosocial eval-
there is someone higher than Planned Parenthood. Its boss is the uation so indicates. Special incentives such as pizza parties and free
federal government, and taxpayers pay the bill! tickets to school dances and sporting events are ways that school
Planned Parenthood provides the personnel, programs, and administrators encourage all students to enroll in the clinic.
birth-control services for all school-based health centers. Additional
staff come from private physicians or those who work in teaching hos- EXPENSIVE OPERATIONS
pitals. To allay concerns from parents, teachers, administrators, and These school-based health clinics are expensive to operate—from
the community about contraceptives being given to students, clinic $90,000 to over $300,000 per clinic—and costs are primarily for
staff is advised not to dispense contraceptives during the first year of salaries. A host of private foundations also underwrite costs, and
operation but to introduce these services in the second year after the additional monies come from state grants, Medicaid and social serv-
controversy over opening the SBHC subsides. ices. It’s just slightly ironic that in many of these same schools chil-
To avail themselves of additional millions in federal dollars set dren don’t have enough textbooks, paper on which to write, or com-
aside for mental health, anti-drug, and anti-smoking, SBHCs also puters in their classrooms.
provide these related services. Students are encouraged to enroll in As school-based health clincs continue to expand today—they
the clinic by staff, who offer physicals for athletics, jobs and college, are already in some elementary schools and plans are to begin com-
immunizations, and programs for weight-control. prehensive sex education at the kindergarten level —clinics in our
Principals and school administrators assist the SBHCs by giv- children’s schools seem like a giant that’s too big to fall.
ing students’ class schedules to the staff so that the nurses can invite Lawsuits succeeded in closing some school clinics, but more
the children to visit the clinic. Once inside, no matter what the rea- parents who are involved are needed. There are too few voices speak-
son for the visit—an ear infection, a broken fingernail—all students ing on behalf of the family. Christian organizations are sounding the
are asked about their sexual activity and offered birth-control and alarm to a nation that seems very hard-of hearing. For whatever rea-
contraceptives. Females receive pelvic examinations and Pap smears, sons, many mothers and fathers appear to be numbed into sleepy
usually during the morning school hours, those times that parents silence. Wake up!
usually assume that their kids are learning how to read. Parents need more choices for their children’s education. Private
Students are also given psychosocial evaluations—mental health schools and charter schools are the answer. You may wonder, “Does
tests—again without their parents’ notification or consent. The sexual intercourse increase in schools with family planning clinics?”
“results” from these tests are placed into students’ school files and can You probably won’t be surprised with this answer! We’ll discuss
follow them throughout their years in the educational system. this in our next column…—EIF
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TESTIM ONIES
years—came with me. He received Jesus as
Savior and now always listens to Apostle
Price. I had been praying for 20 years or
more for Apostle Price to come to Saginaw
and in 2008 God answered my prayer.
—Minister Nadine P. Harrison (Saginaw, MI)
A Shining Example
We have been studying God's Word
with Apostle Price since 1971 when, by
chance, we ran across your program one
Humble Thanks
how you drilled it in our hearts and mind to
“walk by faith and not by sight.”
You inspired us so with how you were
I was introduced to Ever Increasing
able to bring your four lovely children up to Congratulations on the well-deserved Faith Ministries on Sunday, December 2,
honor and reverence God-that is how we honor of being affirmed as an Apostle of 2007. I never watch TV early in the morning
knew you were a man of God. Many years Faith. Your ministry has contributed to my but it was Christmas and I wanted to see if
before you taught about racism in America, spiritual growth beginning in 1987 when I any specials were on. At around 7:15am and
my husband once said to me, “I wonder what received Christ as my Savior at one of your as I flipped through the channels, I was cap-
Dr. Price's thoughts are concerning racism.” meetings held in New York at Madison tured by what Dr. Frederick Price was talk-
When you taught on Race, Religion and Square Garden. May God continue to bless ing about. I couldn’t help but stop and listen
Racism, we knew for sure that God was in you, your ministry and family. to what he had to say. After the show ended,
charge.
I went to get my Bible so I could review the
—Fred Gray —Patrice A. McLaughlin (New York, NY) verses he’d just read. As I sat with my Bible,
A Changed Life
I received a phone call that my mother had
Your thoughts can de-stress you, physicians are you and harm your heart. Your immune system secrets a chemical that
control plaque formation so it does not threaten your health, when your
making you more alert, calm, and in the result from emotions are toxic, you increase plaque formation in the arteries of your
control of your emotions, or can do just
the opposite, the choice is yours.
stress-related heart, increasing the possibility of having heart problems.
According to the American Institute of disorders. Hosea 4:6 says that we are destroyed because of the lack of
knowledge, so if you don’t know these things it would be diffi-
stress, between 75 to 90% of visits to pri- cult to do something about them. Most of the time, you may
mary-care physicians are the result from stress-related disor- not be aware of the toxic waste building up in the complex
ders. system that run your physical
The medical field’s solution to this problem has been to body.
develop pharmaceutical drugs aimed at trying to change the We must learn how to
brains chemistry to make us feel good. We must trust God control our thoughts, when
and obey His Word concerning thoughts and emotions. your thoughts go wrong, your
There are two important groups of emotions: positive emotions rule; to overcome that,
faith-based emotions and negative fear-based emotions. Each of you must learn to rule your emo-
these groups has its own set of emotional molecules attached to tion with wisdom and rational
it. Faith and fear are not just emotions, but spiritual thinking (Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs
forces with chemical and electrical representation in 23:7).
the body. Negative emotions evolve out of fear.
Positive emotions evolve out of faith.
Postive Consciously
controlling your
Every emotion results in an attitude. An atti- emotions thoughts is not
tude is a state of mind that produces a reaction in evolve out just the first step
the body and a resultant behavior. Examples of
faith-based emotions are: love, joy, peace, happi-
of faith. in maintaining a
positive thought
ness, kindness, gentleness, self –control, forgive- life but, it’s the
ness and patience. These produce good atti- main step. Good thoughts are like beauti-
tudes. ful, lush and healthy green trees, while
Fear automatically puts the body into negative thoughts are like ugly, mangled,
Proverbs 6:2, 17:22, 18:21, Isaiah 55:11, Matthew 12:34-37, Philippians 4:8 “The mind-Body Prescription-Sarno, J
References: Who switch off MY BRAIN? Dr. Caroline Leaf
Think Yourself Rich- Joseph Murphy, Ph. D., DD Herbalist Horace Evans, Body Knowledge
Mind-Body-spirit connection” that Can Heal or Destroy You-Nashville
Apostle Price In
Ministering Abroad
AFRICA
By Adrian Evans
Adrian Evans at the National Museum of Tanzania. Tanzanian school girls. Apostle Price and translator Pastor Augustine Mpemba in Tanzania.
Angela Evans speaking at the Women’s Only Meeting in Namibia. Adrian, Mrs. Evans, Dr. Betty, Janine Bagg and daughter Brittany in Johannesburg.
What’s On BUT BE
TRANSFORMED
Y
our mind—the way you think— play.] And the peace of God, which sur- So, what are you thinking about?
has a lot to do with the quality of passes all understanding, will guard your The word think means “to consider,
your life. Proverbs 23:7 says: hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. reflect, reason and ponder.” What we
For as he thinks in his heart so is [And the way you keep from being anx- think is what we become. Where we have
he. What you keep your mind on will ious for nothing is by doing what verse 8 kept our minds is where we are. Our
determine whether you will be at peace or says.] Finally, brethren, whatever things thoughts shape our behavior. In other
whether you will be full of anxiety in this are true, whatever things are noble, what- words, what we do is what we think.
troubled world. ever things are just, whatever things are William Barkley, a Christian writer, says:
pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever “It is a law of life that if a man thinks on
Philippians 4:6-8 tells us: things are of good report, if there is any something often enough and long
Be anxious for nothing, but in every- virtue and if there is anything praisewor- enough, he will come to the stage when
thing by prayer and supplication, with thy – meditate [constantly think] on these he cannot stop thinking about it. His
thanksgiving let your requests be made things. thoughts will be quite literally in a groove
known to God, [If you do what this verse out of which he cannot jerk them.” How
says, then the next verse will come into many people have gotten into bad situa-
WHAT WE THINK IS
WHAT WE BECOME
tions because they just kept thinking and God. You have to understand that the
thinking and thinking about it until they body always wants to gratify the flesh.
2
things on the earth.
3
FLESHLY, WORLDLY,
about the desire for recogni- Romans 12:1-2 tells us what to do
tion, honor, position, and power? It is with our minds and with our flesh.
SELFISH, SINFUL
okay to want to be recognized, but
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by OR EVIL
not to the extent that you will do any-
the mercies of God, that you present your
THOUGHTS.
thing for recognition, to the extent of
body a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to
A mind fixated on the world sys- ing of your mind, that you may prove what peace. The mind always goes down to the
lessness.
thing we gravitate to. And that is why we
I know we can renew our minds, but need to operate in the Word of God in
we have to be forever thinking about God order to control our thinking, which will
and His great love for mankind. Because control our flesh. —EIF
if you don’t, you will think more in line
with the world than with the things of
WE HAVE TO
BE FOREVER
THINKING
ABOUT GOD
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Worship…
Our Reasonable Service
H. By Min. Mark A. Peay
E.L.P.S. is often defined by the ers or parishioners are frustrated in ministry
acronym, Having Enough Loving Music and Worship Arts Coordinator because they are trying to serve God in spite
People Serving. As such the Crenshaw Christian Church of their service to others (Or the lack thereof).
emphasis is usually placed on the Sorry friend…it can’t be done. Until you walk
words Enough and/or Loving. Both words obediently, humbly and genuinely in worship
play equally significant roles in the whole “We must be willing under your pastoral covering without malice
Worship experience. However, we will focus or jealousy, you can never see the fullness of
on the word Service.
In the mid 1980’s, a small airline company
to unashamedly and what God wants to do in the House.
“Service is not a Four Letter Word!”
called People’s Express began focusing on
getting customers to their destinations faster,
fervently serve” Many of us, especially the races of us who
have had to deal with the tyranny of slavery in
for less. They decided that Americans wanted the annals of our fore parents’ history, often
your ministry effectiveness? Do you feel like
fewer perks and lower costs. They made the have a problem with this area. Whenever I
you are going around in circles, having no
airline ticket purchase process similar to that teach in the arena of service mindedness, I
impact or consistent anointing? Check your
of buying a Greyhound bus ticket. If you can see people balk in the spirit. It’s not until
service!
wanted snacks and a soft drink on the flight, I make the following statement that I see
God will not violate His spiritual law of
it would cost you extra. The planes were them breathe a sigh of relief: There is a differ-
stewardship St. Luke 16:10-13 says . “He who
smaller and the seats similar to those on a ence between service and servitude. For sup-
is faithful in what is least is faithful also in
chartered bus. In other words, “just the bare
much; and he who is unjust in what is least is
necessities”-style, expeditious travel took the
place of service, convenience and luxury.
unjust also in much. Therefore if you have “For I cam down from
not been faithful in the unrighteous mam-
The only problem was that the airline did
not properly assess the core of what the
mon, who will commit to your trust the true heaven not to do mine own
riches? And if you have not been faithful in
American public really wanted (and still
what is another man’s, who will give you what will, but the will of Him
do)….SERVICE! Their misconception cost
is your own?
them their business and they eventually filed
“No servant can serve two masters; for that sent Me.”
Chapter 11 bankruptcy. You see, we can toler-
either he will hate the one and love the other, —(John 6:38)
ate fast food and drive-thru shortcuts in some
things. But when it comes to most things, we
will not skimp on service. Now, if the world
“No servant can serve port of this statement, let’s go to the dictio-
has that much sense, surely we, the Church two masters.” nary’s definition for both words. Service is
defined as: Employment in duties or work for
“He who is faithful in what or else he will be loyal to the one and despise
another. Servitude is defined as: Submission
to a master; forced labor imposed as a punish-
the other. You cannot serve God and mam-
is least is faithful also in mon.”
ment.
Do you see the difference? Service means
I’ve heard it said, “A lesson not learned
much.” must be repeated.” Many times, helps work-
employing. Employing means wages! Wages
means compensation! Hallelujah, there is a
should as well. People coming into our benefit in service! We may not get compen-
church deserve to be served and treated to the sated in terms of money all the time (although
best possible worship experience! If they I believe in blessing God’s ministers). But we
were the Queen of Sheba, their very breath can rest assured that our heavenly timecard
should be taken away by the sheer execution will account for our deeds done. It is a slap in
of our service! But because God is a God of the face of God to serve mammon (secular
divine order, this experience first starts with employment, volunteer organizations, etc.)
recognizing the spiritual authority Jesus has with vigor, excitement, willingness and
set in the Church. We only qualify ourselves enthusiasm, yet sigh and complain when
to serve Him by our willingness to serve oth- asked to do anything in God’s House. Jesus is
ers. Jesus is our model. our example: For I came down from heaven,
“We must be willing to unashamedly and not to do mine own will, but the will of Him
fervently serve the ministry gift of the pastor that sent Me” (John 6:38). Does serving
or whoever the overseer or visionary is.” someone else in ministry excite you? It
Make no mistake, this is not a step that we should. It’s our reasonable service! —EIF
can skip. Are you finding yourself defeated in
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