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Something Amazing is Taking Place By
Apostle Randy Morgan
Sunday
Morning was amazing; The Levites (Todd and the worship team) ushered in the
Presence of God in a dynamic display of passion and directed zeal toward our
Father, and then, Pastor Paul Walker brought a wonderful Word from God about
deliverance. Deacon Ron Floda
prophesied an amazing word from God about the “NOW” season and the root
system that God has established and that it is beginning to spread more than
ever. THEN,
Sunday afternoon, I came back to the church to rest for a bit before the
evening service, to pray and get specific direction from God, and there was a
sound coming out of the sanctuary that astounded me, the youth of the church
was together, singing, resting (some were kind of ‘napping’ around the altar,
fellowshipping, laughing, talking, and just enjoying themselves – HOURS
BEFORE THE EVENING SERVICE WAS TO BEGIN.
THEY JUST DIDN’T WANT TO GO HOME!!!
They were actually “Glad when someone said to them, ‘come, let us go to the house of the Lord.’” By Why am I sharing this? This is
not bragging on the power or talent of human beings or leadership
skills. I’m sharing it because, we’ve
often heard, “something good is going to happen.” Today I tell you, something amazing is
already happening. When the young people, the
older people, the men, the women, gay, straight, African-Americans,
Hispanics, and Caucasians (and New Covenant is fully multi-cultural) are all
saying with one voice, “The zeal of God has consumed me” (Psalm 69:9), then
we are in the midst of New Testament, Spirit-filled, Spirit-born, and
Spirit-formed Christianity. And by the
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By: Apostle Randy Morgan “For too long, so many of my
children have not sat at the table to eat what I have placed before them, but
I am calling them to return and be nourished, even now,” was the word God
spoke to my heart as I was driving last week.
Right before the Word came, the image by Norman Rockwell to the left
was put in my heart. I suddenly felt
God saying that it was time to learn to be nourished and that 2008 would be
the year of “Restoring the Blessing of the Table.” It would be the year that we learn to: ·
Stir our Hunger for the Word ·
Stir our Hunger for God’s Presence ·
Crave the nourishment of fellowship ·
Recognize The Father at the Head of the
Table, His Rules, His Family, His Ways, and His Table Disciplines, as well as
the joy at the table of the Lord. ·
Why He chooses to “Prepare the table
before us in the Presence of our enemies???” ·
The church, Her Role in the distribution
of the spiritual food in the earth and spiritual realm ·
The times for the main course and the
times for desserts… This is the time for us to learn how to
come to the table of the Lord and feast through the study of His Word,
Worship, and fellowshipping with one another.
For the rest of November, all home groups
will be meeting at the church on Tuesdays to eat at “the common table.” We will be coming together to eat dinner
every Tuesday for the rest of the month.
During the meal, I will share brief insights into the coming year for
the whole ministry and how that is going to affect us as a church. We’re also going to use the physical dinner
as a “Prophetic Declaration and Act” to prophesy our “feasting on the things
of God in 2008.” Our declaration shall
become, “We SHALL BE NOURISHED NOW MORE THAN EVER.” Deacon Dr. Jack Brink’s Home group will be
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This
Weekend At Sunday Morning at ·
Evangelist Brian Grizzle will
be bringing an awesome, powerful Word form God – come ready to feast on the
Word of God Sunday Night at
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The Youth Home
Group has begun. They are meeting in
the church sanctuary Tuesdays at |
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Pastors’ Corner with Pastor Angela
and Pastor Joan |
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What’s in Your Cup? Did
you know that we are vessels? We carry with us the word and love of our
Father every where our feet take us. It is our choice, either consciously or unconsciously,
to share and show that unconditional love to each other and total strangers.
God is love and we are his children. Empty out the old worldly you and fill
your vessel with the things of God and be used in a mighty way to do mighty
things for the glory of His Kingdom. 2
Tim 2:19-21 19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God
stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let
everyone who names the name of Christ[c]
depart from iniquity.” If you’d like to receive Pastor Angela’s Daily Word, e-mail her at – pastorangela@newcovenantatlanta.com |
Confession of Faith Father, I rejoice in Your love and faithfulness to me. May your name be glorified in all the earth. For I am of God and have overcome Satan. For greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. I am the body of Christ and Satan has no power over me. For I overcome evil with good. I am delivered from the evils of this present world for it is the will of God. I am a doer of the Word of God and am blessed in my deeds. I am happy in those things which I do because I am a doer of the Word of God. I take the shield of faith and I quench every fiery dart that the wicked one brings against me. I am an overcomer and I overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony. I am submitted to God and the devil flees from me because I resist him in the name of Jesus. The Word of God is forever settled in heaven. Therefore, I establish His Word upon this earth. If you’d like to receive Pastor Joan’s Daily Devotional, e-mail her at – pastorjoan@newcovenantatlanta.com |
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From Pastor Angela
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What is The 150??? Scriptural basis for GROWING: So pray to the Lord of the harvest to force out and thrust
laborers into His harvest (Matthew 9:38) Great multitudes followed Jesus (Matthew 4:25). Great multitudes gathered together unto Him (Jesus) (Matthew
13:2). Great multitudes came unto him having with Him those who were
lame, blind, dumb, and maimed and many others and cast them at Jesus’ feet
and He healed them … and the multitudes were amazed (Matthew 15:30). The multitudes resorted to Him (Jesus) and He taught them (Mark
2:13). And the believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes
both men and women (Acts 5:14) The Word increased and the number of disciples increased (Acts
6:7) The Hand of the Lord was with them and a great number believed
and turned to the Lord (Acts 11:21) We
are always setting goals here at New Covenant for higher, greater, more
excellent, and more powerful service to God. Without a vision people
perish and cast off all restraint, so goals are vital for any group to thrive
and grow, especially in the Kingdom. God has given us a vision and a
message that will reach the nations, help revolutionize lives, and lead souls
into a relationship with our God and King. With that in mind, in order
to fulfill the vision that God has given Will
you set your faith in agreement? Will you call friends, family, loved
ones, those who haven’t been to church in a while? Will you send cards,
e-mails, etc.? Will you call it forth in prayer? If so, thank
you. God is going to do amazing things here in this Body of Believers.
We need the exponential power of unity and growth to continue here at
New Covenant – to breakthrough the 100 or so mark in attendance, to increase
in order to sow out into the world. Let’s reach higher than we’ve ever
reached before A corporate
confession based on the Scriptures above, say this out loud: Where
Jesus was, multitudes followed Him, gathered together with Him, were healed
by Him, and taught by Him. Father, your Word makes it plain that where
Jesus is, people come – we call them in through prayer first. You add
to the church and I thank you now that the church is being added to in
number. The Word will increase, so I thank you that as the people grow
in their understanding and hearing of the Word that you will increase.
Your Word increases and the people grow in their understanding of the Word;
therefore, people will be added to the church. In the Name of Jesus. |
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Fall Quarterly Events Thanksgiving Host homes are available. If you need a place to go for Thanksgiving, please see Leah and/or Amy who will point you in the right direction. Christmas Party and
Music December 16 – special service with music and worship Date: December 16 – Sunday PM * Pot Luck Dinner – Church will provide drinks ** More details to follow |
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To share your testimony, see Deacon
Tonna – www.SweetWaterMinistry.org
and e-mail it to newcovenantgirl@aol.com I was born a
fourth generation Jehovah’s Witness My paternal grandparents were in many
ways looked upon as the pillars of the congregation. They moved from By the time I was in the sixth grade I
knew I was definitely different, and this time it had little to do with my
religious background. I was attracted to boys. I guess I should have known
before this, because I always enjoyed playing with dolls and dress up with my
girl cousin. So by now I had a double challenge of trying to be accepted.
Perhaps even more important was trying to keep my sinful secret from my
family and the congregation because this was absolutely forbidden and it was
an abomination, it was right up there with murder. Everything I had been
taught, told me to be ashamed. I also
felt that I was the only one in the world with those feelings, I felt doomed
to hell. The older I got the more trapped and scared I felt. Looking back, my parents
overcompensated by giving everything we wanted materially. To this day I
wonder if it was because of the ridicule and teasing we faced in school. When
I turned 16, my parents bought me a brand new car. To me this represented a
whole new world of freedom, and I pushed it to the limits. Every time I went
anywhere with a guy friend, my mother’s first and often only question was,”
Do they have a girlfriend or a wife?”
This line of questioning continued until I came out of the closet
years later, even after I was married. So I think she probably knew even
before I did, but we never discussed it. As a parent myself it is odd to me
that she was more concerned about their relationship status, than if they did drugs, smoked, drank or
even is some cases where we were going. That summer my family took a vacation to Shortly before my 18th birthday I met
a man older than me and we developed a relationship. Of course this was a big
secret, because we were both taught to feel ashamed and disgusted by our
feelings. We could never be seen in public together, so it was basically just
a sexual relationship. Somehow the new church elders found out and I was disfellowshipped the second time for sexual misconduct.
Everyone assumed it was with a girl that I had been seen with on many
occasions. I had disgraced the family again and there were those in the
congregation that were not going to let us forget it. About a year later, my
parents had enough and they sold our house and we moved to I knew from the beginning this
was not going to be a satisfying relationship. I even remember crying on my
wedding night feeling doomed and eternally trapped, but this was normal, “God
hated gay people, and they were abomination to him.” And hopefully this would
change me, so I prayed to God to make me straight and to take away my
desires. I gave it my best shot. Within a month we bought a new house, and
within ten months my son was born. A couple of weeks after our one-year
anniversary I knew I would never be complete or happy in a heterosexual relationship.
I turned to alcohol to escape I also told my wife that I was attracted to
men, and after she got done screaming, she told me she had been afraid of
that, and she had heard rumors. Still not seeing a way out we decided to have
three ways with guys that I would find on the computer. This left me feeling
incomplete. I wanted a family, but
with a man. After doing this for about one and a half years, she asked me if
we could stop and have another child, and if we focused on building a bigger
family that those feelings would go away. So we did and even after my
daughter was born, I was still just as gay as ever. I begin extra martial
affairs with men, no relationships mostly just on night stands. I was so
miserable if it had not been for the kids, I would have probably killed
myself. At this point the only thing I had to lose were my kids, after all I
had been doomed to eternal death. After about six years of marriage that
all changed. I met someone who like me was married, and came from a strict
religious background. We started going out on real dates, going to dinner,
the clubs, and just having fun. For the first time in my life I was in love.
I guess our wives were either to naďve to notice or just did not want to
know. After dating for months we decided to leave our wives for each other
and move.. I told my wife before I told anyone else, and asked if I could have the kids. Her reply was to
give her two weeks to find somebody else, before I told anyone. So I did, and
this gave me time to figure out how I was going to tell my family. I did not want to have to tell everyone
individually. So, I called my parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles,
and cousins to an important family meeting at my father’s office. Everyone
showed up except my maternal grandmother. I told them that I was going to be disfellowshipped for the fourth and final time, because I
was leaving Jehovah’s Witness church forever. Then, I said I was getting a
divorce, my wife had given me custody of the kids, and I had rented an
apartment, and was in love with a man who would also be living there. After a
long silence my father turned to me and said “I was wondering how long it was
going to take you to screw this up. You have never been anything but a
disappointment.” Then my mother spoke and said “You will have to tell your
grandmother, because it will kill her” and she was not going to be
responsible. I really don’t think anyone was truly shocked about me being gay
what shocked them was that I was coming out and going to live the lifestyle,
and I had stood up against fifty years of family values and tradition. My grandmother was the one I dreaded
telling the most, because she was the most stringent in the religion. I
invited her to my apartment, and explained to her I was getting a divorce,
and the children were going to live with me and my “special” friend. Then I
asked her if she understood that I would be living with a man. She looked at
me very casually and said “are you trying to tell me that you’re gay”? When I
said yes, she asked me if I knew what caused it. I looked at her and said “I
was born this way.” Then she asked me if it was hereditary? I said some
people think so, but I don’t know. She then told me that she had tolerated it
from my grandfather for over 25 years, and had never told a soul. Then
apologized for not telling me sooner, but also due to the fact that, I was
going against Bible principles she would no longer have anything to do with
me. She did agree to help me tell my parents about my grandfather, hoping it
would help them understand. It changed nothing I was dead in their eyes. With no family or religion in my life
I turned to alcohol and drugs as an escape. After all I was an abomination and
spiritually dead. I felt like this gave me the license to do whatever I
wanted with little or no regard to others feelings. I treated my partner
awful, even cheating on him. Needless to say this relationship did not last
long. In my mind it was his fault, he left me just like God and my family.
After the breakup the kids and I moved back home with my parents which was a
huge mistake. Just a few days after moving in, my brother was reading the
bible and mispronounced a word. My father started yelling at him, and I
yelled at my father, his bent up anger came out and he put me in the
hospital. At the hospital the police showed up to guard me to make sure I did
not escape (my parents had committed me to a mental institution for being
gay). The facility I was taken to and the counselor had already spoken to my
family and tried to push their personal beliefs on me, condemning me once
again. I agreed with whatever they
said so I could get out. Once I got back to my parents house I packed my
belongings, and never stepped foot in their house again. I went to I moved to Brad Crosley |
For God's Glory,
Pastors Randy and Johnny
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