​Albert's Leaving Presentation

Today we would like to thank Albert for his service to our company.

Albert is someone who does not know the meaning of impossible task, who does not know the meaning of lunch break, who does not understand the meaning of the word no.

So we have clubbed together and bought Albert a dictionary.

Melvine and I are endeavoring to look beyond the things we see and experience to Jesus, the Word of God, Who through His spoken Word called the universe into existence. He has made man in His own image, and has placed eternity in the hearts of all men.

We believe that Jesus, the Word, because flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood (John 1:14, the Message). We believe Jesus still makes house calls, and that He is present in our home through the presence and anointing of the Holy Spirit.

Melvine and I responded to the Gospel message early in our lives. She has been known for her diligence in reading, studying, and memorizing the Scriptures. She is a gifted teacher, not only in the public school system, but in the church where we have served as well as in the Air Force. Her faithfulness to Jesus Christ and His call upon her to serve Him has been constant all the days of her life. Prior to her illness a little over a year ago, she could been seen reading her Bible and devotional books, writing a journal early in the mornings in our Florida room. 

Melvine enjoyed singing and continuing to sing solos as often as she was called upon to do so. She enjoyed teaching Sunday school and has served as a substitute teacher in our Sunday school class led by Lavon and Arlette Revells.

It is such a joy to read the Scripture to her these days of our lives and together agree that the promises of God are ours to receive, believe, and declare for Melvine's healing.

I asked Melvine today if she wanted to be healed and live. Without hesitation, she said she believes God is healing her and she wants to live as long as God gives her breath to live and health to enjoy life to the fullest.

​On Monday, we read the following Scripture with the promise of God's healing:

Deuteronomy 7:14-15  The Lord will take away from thee all sickness

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.  KJV

We believe God's Word above all other word. We believe God has the final Word and that He is Sovereign. We trust God to grant her an extension of life. However, if that is not the case, we will continue to pray, read the Word of God and love Him with all our hearts. For us, there is no turning back. Should Melvine not live, we believe she will go immediately to heaven. The Bible teaches that to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

Melvine is under home Hospice care. We have a nurse, a social worker, a medical tech, a chaplain, and a medical doctor assigned to Melvine's case. Thus far, we have not seen the doctor. 

On Monday, we did not have anyone from Hospice call or come to our home. However, we did receive some new pain medication that lasts longer and a diuretic and potassium pills that were given to Melvine by Hospice and delivered to our home by FedEx. 

We are pleased with those from Hospice who minister to Melvine. We couldn't ask for any finer people.

I called and talked with my best friend in the known world, Wesley Russ, Monday evening. He had been sick over the weekend and for the first time in 40 years missed the Homecoming at Maranantha in College Park, Maryland, where he pastored for about 25 or more years.

He told me about Mark Lowery who has a Monday night program on YouTube and gave me the web link. After I finished doing Tuesday's edition of Hugh's News I went there to hear Lanny Wolf a great musician and song writer. You will thrill to hear the songs we used to sing in our churches. Here is the web link:

https://youtu.be/fjAgkKFVpus
Or you can Click Here to listen and see the singers. You will be blessed as I am being blessed by this glorious music.

I pray that this kind of music will return to our churches.

Thank you, Brother Wesley Russ for this outstanding music. 

Have a blessed Tuesday.

Melvine, Greg, and I need your prayers as we walk by faith through this challenge we've never faced before. I know God will bring us through it. I am glad I gave my heart to Jesus when I was six years old and surrendered to the call to preach the Gospel as a young man. I am grateful for the ministry has given to Melvine and me, as well as Greg and Stephanie (who has departed for heaven).

​The Rev. Dr. Dan Beller was born July 13, 1932 near Byars, OK to Clarence and Hollie (Loper) Beller. He graduated from Byars High School of 1949 as Valedictorian of his class. He attended East Central College in Ada, OK, for 2 years pursuing a major in Elementary Education and planning to be a schoolteacher. It was during this time that he was called to preach the Gospel and transferred to Southwestern Bible College in Oklahoma City to study for the Bachelor of Theology Degree. He was Ordained as a minister in the International Pentecostal Holiness Church in July 1953.
     
​While attending Southwestern Bible College he met Marie Gosnell, a student from Washington, OK and they became friends. After dating several months, they were married in the fall of 1953. They lived in Oklahoma City where Marie worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and Dan continued studies for his degree. When he finished in 1954, they began traveling full time in the evangelistic ministry. The next 13 years were spent in a variety of educational and pastoral ministries. They pastored in South Coffeyville, OK for almost 3 years, where their daughter, Dana was born. In 1959, Dan became Christian Education Director for the East Oklahoma Conference where he served for 7 years. During this time, he continued his studies at OBU in Shawnee, OK and ORU in Tulsa, OK. In 1965, the Bellers were appointed to plant a church in Pryor, OK and Dan commuted daily for studies at ORU in pursuit of the Master of Divinity Degree, which he received in 1968. On the same weekend, he received the Bachelor of Arts Degree from OBU.

In September 1967 Dan and Marie were appointed Pastors of Evangelistic Temple in Tulsa, OK where they served for over 34 years. Under their leadership, the church reached a membership of over 2000. A new sanctuary was built in 1974 and eventually 12 different properties were purchased for further expansion. A new family Life Center was built in 1982 with a gymnasium, commercial kitchen, dining hall, classrooms and offices and was expanded twice. The Evangelistic Temple School (K4-8th) was established in 1984. In the early 1970's the church began a weekly television program on KTUL Channel 8, which continued for 15 years. He also gave a short daily devotion on KCFO for many years.

In 1983, Dan received the Doctor of Ministry Degree from Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, CA. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from ORU.

The Bellers traveled extensively around the world and conducted over 20 tours to Israel which also included several other Middle East and European Countries. Dan also ministered in other countries including Korea, Canada, Argentina, London, England, Costa Rica, Chile, Hong Kong, and India. In 1979, he was one of the evening speakers at the World Pentecostal Convention in Vancouver, Canada. He preached many times in the Yoido Full Gospel Church of 800,000 members, pastored by Dr. David Yonggi Cho. He also served as a Board Member of Church Growth International, chaired by Dr. Cho.
     
Dr. Beller also served in several offices and on various boards through the years. He served 22 years on the National Education Board of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He was elected Assistant Superintendent of New Horizons Ministries Conference in 2002 and served for 4 years. Previously, Dr. Beller served several terms as a member on the East Oklahoma Conference Board. He served as Chairman of the Board of Regents for Southwestern Christian University for 13 years and was the Pastor Representative on the Executive Board of the IPHC for 4 years.

Dr. Beller was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sisters and 2 nephews.

Dr. Beller is survived by his beloved wife, Marie, of the home; 1 daughter, Dana Acevedo and husband Luis, of Tulsa, OK; 2 granddaughters: Jessica Parker & husband Ryan of Yukon, OK and Natalie Owen & husband Roman of Denton, TX; 4 great-grandchildren: Aubrey & Tristan Parker of Yukon, OK, and Olivia & Amelia Owen of Denton, TX; 2 sisters: Donna Carter of Moore, OK and Gayle Anthony & husband Bryan of London, Ontario, Canada; brother-in-law Joe Gosnell and wife Mackley of Tulsa, OK; 2 nephews; 2 nieces and a number of cousins.

The family asks that memorial gifts be given to Southwestern Christian University, P.O. Box 340, Bethany, OK 73008. 

The Funeral service will be 10 AM, Friday, September 20th, 2019 at Spirit Life Church (formerly Evangelistic Temple), 5345 South Peoria, Tulsa, OK. 
     
​Services are being conducted by Moore Funeral Home, Southlawn Chapel, 9350 E. 51st St., Tulsa, OK 74145. Phone is 918-663-2233.     

Beautiful in Christ

Author: Anne Graham Lotz

"He has made everything beautiful in its time" 
(Ecclesiastes 3:11, NKJV).
​
“The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good” (Gen. 1:12, NIV).

Through the power of His Word, God brought beauty to the barrenness and added color to the drabness. God did not create anything new. He just called it forth from what was already present, because apparently that which was necessary for plant life was in the soil.

It doesn’t matter if your life has always been dry, barren, bleak, desolate, and ugly, or if it has become that way because of some tragedy or crisis. If you submit your life to the skillful touch of the Creator, He has the power to transform you into someone who is beautiful – beautiful not because of a toned physique or a perfect figure or manageable hair but because the life of Christ radiates from within you: His joy sparkling from your eyes, His love lighting up your face.

Blessings,

Anne Graham Lotz

Copyright © 2014 Anne Graham Lotz (AnGeL Ministries) Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. Used by permission. All rights reserved www.annegrahamlotz.org.

​ALPHA CONFERENCE 
REPORT OF THE 95TH ANNUAL SESSION 
CANTONMENT, FL 
JUNE 29, 2019

Presiding Official: Bishop Mike Gray

I was honored by the invitation of Presiding Bishop Doug Beacham to preside over the 95th Annual Session of the Alpha Conference. This was a very special privilege for me, as I am blessed to have served within this fine conference for 41 years as a credentialed minister.   

Harvest Christian Center in Cantonment, FL hosted the conference events, which included the 2019 Alpha Summer Celebration (camp meeting) on June 27-28. Rev. William (Lisa) Strickland is the Senior Pastor. The church’s hospitality was outstanding and the congregation served the conference gatherings with distinction.   

Dr. Terry Tramel preached and ministered during the Summer Celebration. His messages were timely, superbly communicated, and well received by those in attendance. Many gathered around the altars each evening for prayer and ministry in the presence of the Lord. It was moving to witness Dr. Tramel’s anointed ministry and observe the people’s response to the Word of God.  

The annual conference session convened on June 29, 2019 at 9:00 a.m. with 120 people in attendance. After a word of greeting and opening prayer, I introduced Rev. Derek Lewis to lead the congregation in worship. The beautiful worship unto the Lord prepared the conference ministers, church delegates and special guests to receive Holy Communion, which I was privileged to officiate. The Spirit of the Lord moved sweetly and graciously as we received the Sacrament together.    

It was my honor to recognize the following special guests:

Mrs. Brenda Phillips, Chief Financial Officer, IPHC Ministries
Dr. Terry Tramel, Director of Global Outreach & Leadership Development, IPHC World Missions Ministries
Mr. Brian James, Vice President for Development, Emmanuel College
Rev. Derek (Megan) Zellers, Dean of Men, Holmes Bible College
Mr. John (Ginger) Wheeler, Chief Operations Officer, Falcon Children’s Home
Bishop Tim (Carissa) Lamb, Conference Superintendent, LifePoint Ministries Conference
Rev. Leta Dantzler, Retired IPHC Missionary & Alpha Conference Minister
Rev. Winston & Marie Hollingsworth, Retired IPHC Missionaries & Alpha Conference Ministers
Rev. Rick (Tammy) Fountain, former IPHC National Church Planting Director and Assistant Director of EVUSA Ministries (serving within Alpha as the CRM Director)
The IPHC Sixth Core Value emphasis, “We Prayerfully Value Justice,” was presented in video and devotional format. The scriptural passage from Micah 6:8 and focused remarks certainly resonated within the conference body. 

I presented the State of the Conference Report. Below are a few highlights:

Emphasis on Arise 2033, the IPHC Missional Directive, including the Church Revitalization & Multiplication training ongoing in the Conference
The vision to double the number of churches and ministers in the Conference by 2033
2018 spiritual experiences included 1,071 salvations/rededications, 215 water baptisms, 185 sanctification experiences and 129 Holy Spirit baptisms. Praise Jesus!
At the end of 2018 Alpha reported 49 member churches
As of June 29, 2019 Alpha had 143 ministers
Appreciation for the faithful giving/stewardship in 2018
Appreciation for the Alpha Leadership Team & Staff

Three ministers received Faithful Service Awards: Rickey Brewington (41 years), James Peacock (40 years) and Ronny Jennings (21 years of service + 79 years of age equaled 100 years). In addition, 19 churches/pastors received church growth awards. 

Friendship Pentecostal Holiness Church was presented with the Alpha Centennial Award for 104 years of faithful and dedicated ministry. 

Two people received Minister’s License: Brandon Blair and Carissa Blair.

The following people were ordained: Joshua Mays, Sandy Rodgers, Devin Stover and Derek Zellers. The Ordination Service was very special. The prayers and the laying on of hands were filled with prophetic anointing and unction from the Holy Spirit over each of the ordinands. 

May the Lord continue to bless the Alpha Conference to be a Place of Hope and People of Promise, to reach the lost, connect people, disciple believers, develop leaders, multiply churches, and reach our full Kingdom potential for the glory of God! 

​Culd-e-Sac Christianity

Author: Tony Evans

(Jeremiah 31:31-34, Psalms 8) 

Sometimes I get the impression that when we ask God to bless us, we forget the full definition of a blessing. We forget that God doesn't want us to be culd-e-sac Christians where all of our blessings end with us. God wants us to be conduit Christians where all of our blessings extend through us to others. 

For example, when God blessed Abraham in the Old Testament, we read that He said, "Indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." 

God said that He was not only going to bring His favor on Abraham but that His favor on Abraham would extend out to be a blessing on others as well. God never designs our blessings to stop with us, but our blessings should always extend to others. 

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​The Spirit-Filled Strategy That Wins Your Battles Every Time

Author: Joyce Meyer

Strategy for Living

Years ago, when I was just learning how to develop a personal relationship with God, I had a lot of problems. Because of the abuse I had experienced growing up, I was insecure, unstable, unhappy most of the time and I got angry whenever things didn't go my way. It was a miserable way to live.

I eventually reached a point where I was willing to do whatever I had to do to have peace and to really enjoy my life. So, I got serious about my relationship with God and started studying His Word and spending time with Him in prayer.

As I did this, I discovered that God wanted me to have abundant life and to live with His righteousness, peace and joy. But getting there was a battle!

John 10:10b (AMP) says Jesus "came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows]." And Romans 14:17 says, "The Kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."

We can experience abundant life and have peace and joy in the Holy Spirit when we develop an intimate, personal relationship with God. And two main keys to having intimacy with God are truth and time.

You've probably heard the saying, "The truth will set you free!" This is not just a wise proverb someone came up with; it's actually taken from Scripture. Jesus says in John 8:31-32 (NKJV) that "if you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

If we're going to be set free from sin—wrong mindsets, attitudes and behaviors that are not like Christ—then we must face the truth about ourselves and choose to believe what God says in His Word more than what we think or feel or what others say. We must be completely truthful with God and let Him into every part of our lives.

This means that when we have thoughts like I'm no good. I never do anything right. I'll never amount to anything. Nothing ever works out right for me! we talk back to ourselves and say what God's Word says. For example:

—God is love, He loves me and nothing can separate me from His love (1 John 4:16, John 3:16, Rom. 8:38-39).

—I am a new creation in Christ, and I am made right with God because of what Jesus has done for me (2 Cor. 5:17, 21).

—I can do whatever I need to do through Christ Who gives me strength (Phil. 4:13).

—I trust God and put my faith in Him to cause everything in my life to work together for my good as I walk out His plans for my life (Rom. 8:28).

These declarations are based on a few verses you can use to come against old mindsets that don't line up with the truth of God's Word. Look up the Scriptures in your Bible and study them so you can get them rooted in your heart. I also recommend you write them on note cards or in a journal and read them frequently.

As you meditate on God's Word, you'll renew your mind with the truth. This is the key to experiencing freedom from anything that's holding you back in your walk with Him.

The second thing we must do to cultivate intimacy with God is spend quality time with Him each day. Christianity isn't about a weekly trip to church or fulfilling a checklist of religious rituals that you feel obligated to do to stay on God's good side.

Jesus died for us so we can have a personal relationship with Him, not a religion. You don't just need to know about God—it's more important for you to know Him.

If God doesn't have first place in your life, you will never be fulfilled. You'll never have real, lasting peace and joy in anything you do or any circumstance you experience. But if you will abide in Christ, continually seeking Him and obeying His teachings, then you will be empowered to live with victory over sin. You'll have true intimacy with God!

If you've been struggling to grow in your relationship with God or you're discouraged because of battles you can't seem to get through, I want to encourage you to make a determined decision to spend time alone with God each day. Even if you can only spend a few minutes with Him in the morning or during your lunch break at work, make this your No. 1 priority.

God loves you so much! He wants you to succeed in being everything He created you to be and having the life Jesus came to give you. Make your relationship with Him the foundation of everything in your life, and you will win the battles you face, because He will fight for you!

[Joyce Meyer is a New York Times' bestselling author and the founder of Joyce Meyer Ministries, Inc. She has authored more than 100 books, including Battlefield of the Mind and her brand-new Biblical studies of Ephesians and James (FaithWords). She hosts the Enjoying Everyday Life radio and TV programs, which air on hundreds of stations worldwide. For more information, visit www.joycemeyer.org.]

​The IPHC Remembers Dr. Dan Beller
1932 - 2019

Author: Shirley Spencer

Dannie Obryan (Dan) Beller, known across the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC) as the dean of pastors, was born July 13, 1932, near Byars, Oklahoma, to Clarence and Hollie (Loper) Beller. He graduated from Byars High School in 1949 as valedictorian of his class. He attended East Central College, in Ada, Oklahoma, for two years pursuing a major in elementary education and planning to be a school teacher.

However, God had other plans for this intelligent young man. At the beginning of his sophomore year of college, Dan experienced the baptism with the Holy Spirit at a revival meeting led by the Rev. Mildred Wicks in the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada, Oklahoma. He was filled with great joy and soon realized God was calling him to preach. In order to follow that call, he transferred from East Central to Southwestern Bible College in Oklahoma City to pursue a Bachelor of Theology.

He was ordained as a minister in the IPHC in July 1953.

While attending Southwestern, Dan met Marie Gosnell, a fellow student and the daughter of a Pentecostal Holiness pastor, Lamar Gosnell. Dan and Marie became friends, and after dating several months, they were married on September 21, 1953. The Bellers lived in Oklahoma City where Marie worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company and he continued his studies. When he finished in 1954, they launched into ministry, traveling full time as evangelists. The couple spent the next 13 years in a variety of education and ministry pursuits. They pastored in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, for almost three years. That is where their only child, Dana, was born.

In 1959, Dan was elected Christian Education director for the East Oklahoma Conference (now known as New Horizons Ministries). During the seven years he served in that role, he continued his studies at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) in Shawnee, Oklahoma, and Oral Roberts University (ORU) in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In 1965, the conference gave the Bellers the assignment of planting a church in Pryor, Oklahoma. As they organized the new work in Pryor, Dan commuted daily back and forth to ORU, working on a Master of Divinity, which he received in 1968. On the same weekend, he also received a Bachelor of Arts from OBU.

In September of 1967, Dan and Marie were appointed as pastors of Evangelistic Temple in Tulsa, where they served for over 34 years. Under their leadership, ET, as it became known, reached a membership of over 2,000, becoming the denomination’s first “megachurch” in the United States. They led in the construction of a new sanctuary in 1974 and eventually in the purchase of 12 different properties for expansion. In 1982, the church added a Family Life Center with a gymnasium, commercial kitchen, dining hall, classrooms, and offices. The ET School (K4 – 8th grade) was established in 1984. After his retirement, Dan served as pastor emeritus of SpiritLife Church, which is the new name adopted by the congregation.

Presiding Bishop Doug Beacham remembers Dr. Beller as an exceptional leader, “Dan was one of the premier IPHC pastors in his generation. He led Evangelistic Temple to be one of our largest congregations at a time when there were but a very few. An outstanding leader, pastor, preacher, and godly man, we are thankful for his life and ministry.”

In 1983, Dan received his Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary, in Pasadena, California. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from ORU.

Dr. Beller authored two books: Progress Through Pioneer Evangelism (Advocate Press, Franklin Springs, Georgia, 1973); And The Lord Added to the Church (Advocate Press, 1989). He also had a television ministry for 15 years and gave radio devotions for several years.

The Bellers traveled extensively around the world and conducted over 20 tours to Israel, which also included several other Middle Eastern and European countries. Dan also ministered in other countries, including Korea, Canada, Argentina, England, Costa Rica, Chile, China, and India. In 1979, he was one of the featured speakers at the World Pentecostal Conference in Vancouver, Canada. He preached many times in the Yoido Full Gospel Church of 750,000 members, pastored by Dr. Yonggi Cho in Seoul, South Korea. He also served as a board member of Church Growth International (1980-2001), chaired by Dr. Cho.

Though Dr. Beller was invited to speak in churches and conventions in several denominations, he remained supportive of and loyal to the International Pentecostal Holiness Church. He served in several offices and on various boards through the years, including 22 years on the National Christian Education Board (now Discipleship Ministries). He was assistant superintendent of the East Oklahoma Conference for four years and served several terms on the conference board. He chaired the Board of Regents for Southwestern Christian University for 13 years and was the first pastoral representative on the General Executive Board of the IPHC, where he served for four years.

Dr. Dan Beller was revered across the IPHC, but nowhere greater than in his own conference. Bishop Randell Drake refers to him as “a prince of man, who ministers with dignity and humility. It was an honor to serve alongside this great servant of God.”

Besides their daughter, Dana Acevedo (Luis), the Bellers have two granddaughters, Jessica Parker and Natalie Owens, and four great-grandchildren.

Services for Dr. Beller will be held on Friday, September 20, 2019, at 10 am at Spirit Life Church, 5345 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Photo Credits: Beller Family

​The Rev. Dr. Dan Beller has gone to be with the Lord
September 16, 2019 at 11:28 pm

By T. ELWOOD LONG (elwoodlongjr@gmail.com)
Dr. Dan Beller was a marvelous inspiration to me and thousands of others. Let us journey this life similar to him and multitudes of others whom we have known in this life!

​The Rev. Dr. Dan Beller has gone to be with the Lord
September 16, 2019 at 12:13 pm

Author: David L Oxley Sr

Well Done Dr. Dan! Well Done! In the natural I’m saddened at the death of my dear brother, friend, mentor & co-laborer. I first met Dr. Dan as I lovingly called him, when I was a senior in Southwestern HS & Bible College (now Southwestern Christian University - SCU). As a freshman in College, I sang in the College Quartet. That year singing in the Annual Alumni Meeting at the O’Mealy’s Cafeteria on North May in OKC, I got to know him a little better, due to him being the President of The Alumni Association. The following year, Dr. Dan invited us to sing st his great church, Evangelistic Temple aka The Temple. What a exponential inspiring leader he was becoming to me! Later I was co-equally humbled & honored to serve on SCU’s Board of Regents with him for over 17 years. He was divinely involved in my becoming the first non-Bishop to become the Chairman of the Board of Regents. Later as I served as Director of Stewardship for our IPHC, Dr. Dan served on several General Boards that were in my portfolio. He always served & led with pure humility, pristine integrity, & anointed wisdom. Often I tell this story; serving as the Director of Stewardship, I was so honored to conduct a Wills Seminar for him at The Temple eleven (11) consecutive years! Each one building on the other. The first year, on Sunday morning I was introduced to his congregation & sang a solo & promoted the seminar for that night. We had excellent response with over 15 appointments that week. That first year I met Paul & Carolyn Craft. Carolyn was ET’s Organist & Paul led the congregational singing. Sister Marie Beller was their gifted pianist! (For many years Paul sang the National Anthem for the University of Tulsa’s sporting events). For the next ten (10) years, Dr Dan would announce that the following week David Oxley would be coming to conduct a Wills Seminar. The following Monday, Judy, ET’s /Dr. Dan’s Executive Assistant & Office Manager, would start receiving appointments. So when I arrived on the following Sunday, I’d sing a duet w/ Paul Craft - greet the folk & conduct the seminar that evening. The amazing & beautiful thing is; my week would already be filled w/ 25-30 appointments! Wall to wall! 9am to 9pm Mon - Friday! Wowzer! Before I ever arrived my schedule was to the full! Only at Dr Dan’s!!! For my appointments, some years I’d use the Conference room. Sometimes Marie’s office. Sometimes Dr. Dan’s office. I’ve never seen a church use their facilities any more than Dr. Dan & The Temple. They had multiple events happening every day of the week. I told him one time; if The Temple was a for profit company, he’d have people waiting in line to purchase their stock! During those 11 years, the Holy Spirit forged a precious eternal bond between us! Yes! In the natural I am saddened. But in the spiritual I’m overcome w/ such joy & glee knowing that Dr. Dan is now living out what he’s been Faithing out! Well done Dr. Dan! Well done!

Deuteronomy 7:14-15  The Lord will take away from thee all sickness

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.  KJV
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Deuteronomy 7:14-15  The Lord will keep you free from every disease

14 You will be blessed more than any other people; none of your men or women will be childless, nor any of your livestock without young. 15 The Lord will keep you free from every disease. He will not inflict on you the horrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you. 
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Deuteronomy 7:14-15    The Lord will take away all your sickness
14 You will be blessed above all the nations of the earth; not one of you, whether male or female, shall be barren, not even your cattle. 15 And the Lord will take away all your sickness and will not let you suffer any of the diseases of Egypt you remember so well; he will give them all to your enemies! 
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Deuteronomy 7:14-15   God will get rid of all sickness
14 You'll be blessed beyond all other peoples: no sterility or barrenness in you or your animals. 15 God will get rid of all sickness. And all the evil afflictions you experienced in Egypt he'll put not on you but on those who hate you. 
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)

[Editor's Comment: When facing your Goliath, you must run toward him, shouting out loud God's Word. These Scriptures are what Melvine and I are speaking each day in our home and claiming victory in Jesus' Name.]

The math teacher saw that little Johnny wasn't paying attention in class.

She called on him and said, "Johnny! What are 2 and 4 and 28 and 44?"
​
"Little Johnny quickly replied, "NBC, FOX, ESPN and the Cartoon Network!"

Shortly after 11 p. m. Sunday evening, 15 September 2019, I got a call from a reliable source that the Rev. Dr. Dan Beller had died around midnight on Saturday morning, 14 September.

Brother Dan Beller had prayed to die. He was so very sick and weak. He died in peace and in the presence of God. God dispatched guardian angels to escort his soul and spirit to heaven to live forever with the Lord of Heaven. 

Dan was a prince of a man, a prince of pastors, and a powerful and anointed preacher of the Gospel.

As the news is collected we plan to cover this story about a great servant of the Lord. 

Let us remember his darling wife, Marie, and their family.

I was determined to go to church on Sunday morning. I got up early took my shower and shaved. I checked my vital signs, ate a light breakfast of cereal, blueberries, and milk. I took all my meds and got ready to go to church. 

However, Melvine was hurting in her stomach. I had already prepared her medications. I took her vital signs, gave her her meds and recorded them in my computer. Greg got up and prepared Melvine's cereal with milk.

Joyce McKay offered to drive me to the church, but I felt Melvine should not be left alone. So, we all stayed home and watched Christian telecasting on TBN and we heard some excellent sermons. However, I had rather attend the worship service at our church in Athens, Christian Life Worship Center where Terry Kesling is our pastor. He and his wife, Pam, do a good job as a pastoral team.

I communicated with Chris and Krissy McKenzie that we would not be coming to church.

Greg played the piano for Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church. Their pastor has moved to Colorado and today they had a visiting lady Presbyterian minister to conduct service and preach.

Melvine was somewhat confused today. She wanted me to make an appointment for her to see her oncologist. She had forgotten that Dr. Jane Huang has referred her to Hospice Home Care. She told me tonight at 11 o'clock that she needed another pain pill. She said she was hurting in her stomach. Then, she told me she was concerned about me what I would do without her when she dies. I assured her that the Lord will provide for me.

In spite of the symptoms we are seeing and Melvine is experiencing, we are still trusting God to heal Melvine and help Greg and me, along with the Hospice professionals, to care for Melvine's every need.

​We want Melvine Morgan to be healed from this cancer in her body.

As Christians we believe that God still heals. He has always healed and delivered His people when they have called upon Him and trusted Him for their healing. Our God is more than able to take away and remove any infirmity in our bodies. It doesn’t matter how incurable the doctors might say it is, or how long it has been lingering on.  That matters little to God. Nothing is impossible for Him.  We have decided to trust Jesus for Melvine’s healing, no matter what. Of course, we have home Hospice professionals to help us care for Melvine medical needs. And, we are asking you who know and love Jesus to stand with us in our prayers and faith for Melvine's deliverance and healing.

We have decided to claim our right to shout out loud, “I ought to be loosed from this cancer and associated sickness, and we believe Jesus Christ, the risen. living Lord and Healer is the One to do it.  He is anointed to heal Melvine, and that anointing presence of our Lord is here in this place to make Melvine well and made whole.

We have been given a list of God’s promises for Melvine's healing. Let me list a few we are praying back to God:

Exodus 15:26
Exodus 23:25
Deuteronomy 7:14-15
Deuteronomy 30: 19-20
1 Kings 8:56
Psalms 91:9-10, 14-16
Psalms 103:1-5

Now, let me quote each of these Scriptures for you to read and claim along with us for God to heal Melvine for His glory and honor:

Exodus 15:26
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in His sight, and wilt give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
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Exodus 23:25-26
25 Worship the Lord your God, and his blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
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Deuteronomy 7:14-15
14 Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. 
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Deuteronomy 30:19-20   Today we choose life.

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to His voice, and hold fast to Him. For the Lord is your life, and He will give you many years in the land He swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 
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1 Kings 8:56

56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that He promised: there hath not failed one Word of all His good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses His servant.
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Psalm 91:9-10, 14-16
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
14 "Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him;
I will protect him, for he acknowledges My Name. 
15 He will call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble,
I will deliver him and honor him. 
16 With long life will I satisfy him
and show him My salvation." 
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Psalm 103:1-5

103 Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless His Holy Name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
KJV

​Overcoming the Culture of Death (Part 2)

Death has been swallowed up in victory. “Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:55).

"I am the Gate. Anyone who goes through Me will be cared for;
They will freely go in and out, and find pasture. A thief is only there to steal and kill
and destroy. I came so they can have real and eternal LIFE, more and better life
than they ever dreamed of" (John 10:10, The Message).

Studies by the American Psychological Association linked childhood exposure
to television violence with higher rates of aggression later in life (unsurprisingly!). Men who were exposed to large amounts of TV violence as children were three times more likely to have been convicted of crimes, while women were four times more likely to become violent toward another adult.

In addition to pop culture’s glorification of death and violence, this generation is traumatized by real-world
threats or encounters with death:
the seduction of drugs and brutality
of the drug cartels, the Heroin Cartel
and the Opioids in our region, gang
violence, the threat of school shootings, suicides, and abortion.

It is not unusual to find teens and even children who do not believe they will live to see their mid-twenties. Having nothing to live for and expecting to die young anyway, they are more likely to engage in reckless or self-destructive behaviors.

There is an alarming increase in suicides among our young people. Suicide has become, in some geographic sectors, the leading cause of death of young people between the ages of 10 and 14 and the second leading cause of death for those 15-24. This spirit of death working to claim the lives of our kids will only
be stopped by prayer, by asking God to send a spiritual tide of life to this generation.
In some cities, a child is lost every two weeks to suicide, some as young as eleven
years of age.

Educational specialists say, “The key is to focus on emotional wellbeing, even in
small children. Learning experiences should develop self-esteem and a sense of
identity from ‘productive struggle’ – which might mean …flunking a test, striking
out at a baseball game or setback in a relationship.”

A mom, who lost a son to suicide, reflected, “Teenagers need to be told that they
are loved and that their lives have a purpose.” Such a poignant warning should
be heeded.
 
                      Prayer
Father God, Creator of all life, we come to You asking that You would pour
out Your life-giving Spirit upon our schools. We take authority over the
spirits of discouragement, defeat, death, and suicide. We declare, by faith,
in Jesus’ name, that they have no place in the lives of our students. In Jesus’ name, Father God, break the power of this self-inflicted curse over
those who fully expect to die at an early age! We ask that You would counter this lie with the TRUTH about the abundant life You offer us and that
every student would find eternal life this year.

Thank You for the supernatural power of Your word and Spirit, “The Spirit
gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you,
they are full of the Spirit and life” (John 6:63).

Help teachers to encourage their students and to be watchful of those
who may be struggling academically or emotionally. May students and
teachers in our schools experience the life of God, through the Holy Spirit
and the Bible, in whole new ways that would transform them! Thank You
that You are removing any veil over their minds and hearts that prevent
them from seeing and receiving You and Your Truth.

We pray for healing for those grieving the loss of a loved one or traumatized by family conflict, exposure to media violence, bullying, gang activity,
or the suicide of someone they know.

We pray for girls who have had an abortion and ask that You would be
close to them. Please deliver them from the grip of the spirit of death and
send someone who can minister to them.

We believe for a massive shift in the spiritual atmosphere over schools and
our students’ homes in Charlotte and the Carolinas. Wherever the thief has
killed, stolen or destroyed, we ask that You would restore peace, joy and
life.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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​Lessons Learned Through a Medical Crisis

John Stumbo President of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
Leith Anderson NAE President

Podcast: https://www.nae.net/stumbopodcast/

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John Stumbo was an avid runner and outdoorsman before a mysterious illness left him bedridden for 77 days and unable to swallow for over a year. John was forced to resign as a pastor, but he now serves as president of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. In Today’s Conversation with Leith Anderson, John shares about the lessons he learned during his medical crisis.

In this podcast, you’ll be inspired as you hear John share:

How God used his illness to strengthen his faith and ministry;
What encouragement he offers to those who do not see healing in their future;
How the medical crisis impacted his marriage; and
How God miraculously healed him.

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Leith: Some would say that a theology of suffering is under-developed in the American church and among American Christians. I’m not even sure how I would imagine you would answer this, but if you had a theology of suffering before all this and then after all of this, how do they compare?

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John: Well, I love the question, and I embarrassedly admit that as a pastor of 25 years at that point, I really didn’t have a theology of suffering. I was an American, middle-class, white guy that had things pretty easy and had come my way. I hope I had some empathy for people in crisis. We certainly did a lot of good things from of church for those in various life stages of crisis or pain, but I was more of an outsider looking in.

So yes, passages of Bible that I once used as inspired Scripture but never really sank into my soul suddenly began to find their way of nourishment and profound feeding for me. Isaiah 43 is kind of a classic where God says, “I’ve summoned you by name; you are Mine. I’ve redeemed you.” And the very next verse says, “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. When you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; they will not set you ablaze.”

We just look at it and say, “Great! God’s going to be with us.” Well, look at it more closely. His summoning us by name, His redeeming us is not a guarantee that we’ll never have rivers and fires. We will have his protection in the midst of them. We’ll have His presence, but we do go through deep waters and very difficult places as His children. So, it’s not a pass from suffering. It’s a strength to pass through the suffering as a deepened person.

I was speaking at a men’s retreat in California a few years back, and I gave this story. A guy in a wheelchair about my age rolled up to me and only said one sentence then rolled on. He said, “John, don’t you feel bad for people who’ve never suffered?” And I thought, “Wow. I get it now.” I didn’t then but there’s a shapening and deepening that comes. That’s all part of this theology of suffering — understanding the presence of God in the midst of very difficult times. And yes, I had to wrestle through that.

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​Abandon Self-Preservation

Author: R.T. Kendall

"By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but Him Who sent Me" (John 5:30).

Now what are we like when we are full of ourselves? We want to talk about ourselves rather than listen; we want to defend ourselves and do not even want to consider the possibility that we could be wrong, which makes us defensive and touchy. We feel sorry for ourselves rather than look on another person's need. We want to excuse ourselves rather than facing up to our real responsibility, which makes us critical and negative. What we have is self-preservation.

I wish to focus on what I will call the abandonment of the self-preservation.

It is an abandonment, first of all, of rights. We live in the "me" generation. "Human rights" is a phrase that we often hear. But the New Testament says, "You are not your own; you were bought at a price" (1 Cor. 6:19-20).

Jesus gave up the right to Himself (Rom. 15:3). He said in John 4:34, "My food ... is to do the Will of Him Who sent me." What does this mean for us? If He did not come to do His own will, and He gave up rights to Himself, how does this relate to us practically?

What will be the consequences if we do live like this? The other side of emptying yourself is really trusting God for the outcome. When we let go of ourselves, we affirm God's manner of working things out. As long as we hold on to ourselves, we may not be impoverished, but we lose the fruitful outcome. But when we abandon self-preservation, surprise, surprise, we get it back a hundredfold! It means, therefore, that we trust God for the outcome. It may not be the way we would have done it, but remember that, as Christians, we have a loving heavenly Father Who is all powerful and able to give what is best.

Excerpted from Meekness and Majesty (Christian Focus Publications Ltd., 1992, 2000).

Let’s Talk about Jesus

Author: Greg Laurie 

“Whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13 NKJV).

Like some of us, Johnny was a natural backslider who kept God’s number on speed-dial for emergencies but otherwise sought direction and fulfillment through earthly channels.

The most miserable place for a person to live is in a compromised life. Johnny had been in that ditch far too long.

There comes a moment when you must surrender yourself to the Lord and confess Him as Master of your life. That moment had come for Johnny.

One Sunday at church, an altar call was given, inviting people to repent of their sins and turn to Jesus. As others got up and moved down to the altar, Cash recalled the time he made his first altar call at the Baptist church in Dyess when he was 12 years old. He’d spent so many of the 27 years since then in the wilderness. It was time for his wandering to end. Cash got to his feet, drew himself up to his full height, and proclaimed loudly to everyone in the congregation:

“I’m reaffirming my faith. I’ll make the stand, and in case I’ve had any reservations up to now, I pledge that I’m going to try harder to live my life as God wants, and I’d like to ask your prayers and the prayers of these people.”

Then the Man in Black led his family to the altar, and they sank to their knees and recited the “Sinner’s Prayer”—something like this:

God, I know that I am a sinner. I believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins, and I turn from them now. Come into my life and be my Savior and Lord. I choose to follow You from this day forward. Thank You for hearing this prayer. In Jesus’s name I pray. Amen.

Johnny Cash not only said those words, but he lived by them for the rest of his years. He stumbled many times along the way, but he always maintained the course.

Scripture Reading: 

1. "Whoever calls on the Name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13).

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household" (Acts 16:31).

"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).

Have you believed in the Lord Jesus and confessed Him as your Lord and Savior?

2. The king went up to the house of the Lord with all the men of Judah, and with him all the inhabitants of Jerusalem—the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their hearing all the Words of the Book of the Covenant which had been found in the house of the Lord.

Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the Words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant (2 Kings 23:2-3).

Do you need to rededicate yourself to God and reaffirm your faith? Have you stumbled along the way, like Johnny Cash, and need to come back to the Lord?

3. And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests of the second order, and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the articles that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. Then he removed the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem, and those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven.

Are there idols, influences, substances, or relationships that you need to get rid of in order to wholeheartedly follow the Lord? Does the “temple” of your life need cleansing in order to start fresh spiritually?

For more relevant and Biblical teaching from Pastor Greg Laurie, go to www.harvest.org
and
Listen to Greg Laurie's daily broadcast on OnePlace.com.

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Exodus 23:25-26  God says He will take away sickness from among you. He will give us a full life span.

25 Worship the Lord your God, and His blessing will be on your food and water. I will take away sickness from among you, 26 and none will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.
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Exodus 23:25-26   The number of thy days I will fulfil

25 And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee.

26 There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil.
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Exodus 23:25-26   You will live out the full quota of the days of your life.

25 "You shall serve the Lord your God only; then I will bless you with food and with water, and I will take away sickness from among you. 26 There will be no miscarriages nor barrenness throughout your land, and you will live out the full quota of the days of your life. 
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Exodus 23:25-26  God will make sure you live full and complete lives.

25 "But you — you serve your God and he'll bless your food and your water. I'll get rid of the sickness among you; 26 there won't be any miscarriages nor barren women in your land. I'll make sure you live full and complete lives. 
(from THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language © 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson. All rights reserved.)