Lighthouse Revival Center

Power of the Cross Ministry Inc.

January 15, 2015

Volume 1, Issue 2

Sunday Morning Service

Sunday January 11, 2015
When most people think about attending church they visualize themselves sitting in a pew singing a couple of hymns and then listening to a preacher read a few scriptures out of the Bible and discuss it for about thirty minutes. Then there are others that know when they step into the house of God they do not know what to expect. Sunday morning was one of those mornings that God had different plans for the Lighthouse Church and those in attendance, there was no scripture, however, there was something way better. It was something you read about in the good Lord’s scripture, the Holy Ghost was in attendance in a big way. We felt that awesome presence from the beginning of the praise and worship part of the service and then something magnificent happened. Sister Vivian was filled with the Holy Ghost so strong that anyone with a spiritual eye could see it was overflowing out of her. She preached about how we let the devil win and how we can prevent him from winning and that it was time that we took control of our spirituals lives and start working for God how we are called to work for him. It is not about how you want to work for him, but how he wants you to work for him and in his name.
Brother Dennis talked about our own spiritual reputations when we are inside the church and more importantly when we are not in church. It is very important that we know and understand that there is always someone watching us. When we go and start telling people that we are attending church and serving God they put us under a microscope and wait like a snake waiting to strike for us to do something that they think is wrong. Brother Dennis had said many times that everyone is welcome at the Lighthouse, but with that in mind just because everyone is welcome there it does not mean that we are welcome everywhere else. There are many places that we would not be welcome to praise and worship God the way that we want to, or the way that God deserves to be praised and worshiped. At the Lighthouse it is a known thing that when we sing and praise God in a sincere and loving manner that he will bless us with the presence of the Holy Ghost and protect us from any harm that tries to stop us. So with that in mind a little scripture always helps when discussing the word. In Psalms chapter 5 versus 11 through 12 says: But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
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Sunday Morning Service Continued

Sometimes if you pay attention really close there will be a nugget thrown out for all of us to ponder on. There was one in particular that made some ears perk up and it was this don’t be just coming to church to be in church, come to church to do Gods work. If we are attending church just to sit there and be pretty there will be no everlasting reward in that, however, if you attend church with God on your mind and in your heart you will have all the reward in the world. God will fill you with so much love and happiness that it makes you shine from within so bright that all can see that have an eye. Even some of the worst sinners can see it, they may not know exactly what it is when they see it but they will know it is something that they do not have, but they know that they want it.

Sunday Night Service
The praise of the Lord our God has been so powerful and moving beyond any of our expectations. There is no honor greater than the movement of the Holy Spirit it is not something that will just happen with just any praise, it has to be a sincere and genuine praise to God that comes from our hearts so that we can be rewarded with the Holy Spirit. To praise our Father, his Son, and the Holy Spirit is one of the most fulfilling experiences that we can have as the children of God. The book of Psalms is one of the most celebratory books of God ever written. Psalms 9: 1-2 says I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvelous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
The teenage girls of the church opened the praise and worship service on Sunday night and if you missed it you missed something special that is growing in the Lighthouse teens. It was their first time and it was Holy Ghost Awesome!! The fire that was started never died down, the Spirit continued to move throughout the whole praise and worship service. There were many things that were spoken and by a few different people, however, the main person speaking that night was God himself. That is one of the most wonderful things about attending the Lighthouse, God is always speaking because there is always willing vessels for him to speak through. Brother Dennis spoke briefly about the urgent need to spread the word that our Lord is coming with the sword. The sword that he was referring to was the word of God. It has been told that God is coming and he is coming to call his children home. If you are not watching for the coming of our Lord and Savior you need to be, because the time is drawing nearer with each day that passes by. Sister Vivian had a vision of Jesus standing at a closed door. This door in particular is a door that has no knob and it is a door that is inside of us all. It is that internal door that is inside us that Jesus knocks on for us to let him in our hearts. He is right there waiting for each and every one of us; it is up to us to heed the calling. That is a part of having free will, God loves each and every one of us, and he could make us move in his name but he loves us so much that he allows us to have the free will decision. It is not God’s will that we serve him because we have to, it is God’s will that we serve him because we want to. In 1 Timothy chapter 4 versus 13 through 16 it says; Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. Brother James spoke about how we are all links in a chain for God. As individual links it is our decision to stay in the chain or to break the chain. If we decide to break our link out of the chain then the chain will stay linked it just won’t be linked with the one that decided to be broke off. We all have individual responsibilities and individual callings and while every link is as important as another, please keep in mind that even though you are important if you decide to break your link off of that chain God will replace your link with another link. The chain that God is creating in the church will continue to be linked it is just our choice if we want to be apart of that chain.

Wednesday Night Service

Wednesday January 14, 2015
Sister Violet started by asking us if any of us have ever been to a pep rally. Well have you? It is like this God is our star player and we are his cheerleaders. If you can holler at a football game or for the players in that game, then why can’t you cheer even harder and louder for your Lord and Savior?
Brother Dennis made a point about in Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1 the first word is now. The first word is not then or what was but now, talking about today, present time not past time. It is referring today’s faith not yesterdays faith. As children of God when we ask God to forgive us, we are to leave what he forgave behind us. After making his point about leaving the past in the past, because it is so hard for us to accomplish he challenged the church. Brother Dennis challenged everyone in the church to let God take an eraser and erase everything and leave it erased. In Paul when it is speaking about his conversion from Saul to Paul, it says that the first thing that Paul had to do was to forget all those things behind him. We serve a risen Savior and he is as much alive today as he was yesterday and will still be alive tomorrow. With that being said and knowing that we serve a God that is alive and not dead then there is no reason why we shouldn’t be able to forget yesterday and live in Jesus Christ’s name today and for the rest of our lives.

For God gave his only begotten son to die for each of us. Be grateful for salvation.

Give thanks for your life