Paul said, “Pray for us…”

There is a war against prayer that is intense. When there is a concerted effort to stop prayer, it is an indication that the devil is feeling the pressure in the heavenlies. When the IRS questioned conservative groups to see what they are praying, it is clear that the devil is attempting to stop prayer. Intimidation is being used to bring fear to the saints. When the child of God begin to take arms in the place of prayer, you are going to see a concerted effort of demonic forces come against the church to stop prayer.

Just as when Nero had all the Christians executed by way of the lions and other methods. If the Christians weren’t doing their job, they would have left them alone, but when you are having an affect, the devil will do everything necessary to stop you from affecting his works of darkness.

When Secretary of the Navy, Ray Mabus announced that all pornography is to be removed from ships, shore installations, and all Navy Exchanges, this is a significant blow to the forces of darkness.

This underscores a tremendous victory to rid humans of some of the vilest forms of perversion known to man.

The late Ted Bundy, executed in January of 1989 was interviewed by Dr. James Dobson, Bundy admitted that porn was not the source of violent sexual assault. It was the fuel.

Prayer is what disrupted the ongoing problem of sexual assault in the Navy. Prayer is what will disrupt the ongoing problem of sexual perversion in the United States. If the saints would continue to pray, we will see victories like this everywhere.

For with God, all things are possible.
LGBT doesn’t mind fussing and arguing with people so long as it distracts them from praying. We are not only to converse with the people in the world, but we must also pray.

It doesn’t mean that we walk away from one to do the other. We balance it all out as we are led by the Holy Spirit. We converse with the world and we pray.

The devil is a murderer and he cares not for those that love the Lord. The devil will not shed a tear when an intercessor has fallen.

When the Lord comes in vengeance to avenge all that the devil and his angels have done, and when the saints come with Him in glory, shed not a tear nor pity the devil and his angels.

Spare not the sword on the day of vengeance. Hold nothing back. Leave nothing on the table. For all who are enemies of our God will feel His wrath. The unrighteous that side in with the devil will feel His wrath too. For sin is rebellion against the holy God of heaven and earth.

Prayer is the weapon that the devil has no defense for. The God of prayer hears the prayers of His anointed ones. What if our prayers prayed on earth weren’t answered? What happens when prayer is not answered? They are returned to the earth as judgment (see Revelation 5:3 and 8:3-4).
There is another effort in the heavenlies.

To kill off the intercessors.

To stop them by any means necessary. It is there that we are seeing people that wage war are struck with debilitating diseases. To kill off anyone that dare seek the face of God that stand on the behalf of those who need the power of God.

Even intercessors need intercessors.

They are called to go into the dark places of the realm of the spirit with the Holy Spirit to wrestle with the forces of darkness for the souls of men and women.

The intercessor needs intercessors.
The combat is fierce in places where there is to be a difference made. That’s why the abortion industry is the place of considerable warfare. That’s why the LGBT agenda is as fierce as it is.

Because behind the scenes the war is intensifying. The saints that have fallen in battle are being replenished and if the battle is won or lost, it’s because we take up the battle or others fail to take up the battle.

In most places called churches, where there is ineffective praying, there is defeat. The power of a child of God in prayer is the devil’s worst nightmare. Ineffective praying is a result of not hearing from the Spirit of God to pray.

That’s why there is a battle in the airwaves. The media has a stronghold in the minds of men to pervert their thinking. Even the child of God is caught in the warfare unknowingly. It is a major distraction to the child of God that fails to see that the enemy is doing everything necessary to stop you from hooking up with the Holy Spirit to pray.

Some fail to realize that prayer is just putting a petition before God that is already answered, but God needs an intercessor. One who will seek the face of God to get the job done. Should an intercessor fall, will another take up the slack? Will another wage war in the heavenlies?
Where there is no prayer, the devil has peace. The devil’s that are assigned to stop prayer have no rest when the God of heaven sends the angels to assist in the opening up of the heaven lies where the God of heaven dictates His will and His way.
Isaiah said…”I will do all My pleasure.”
However, the Lord needs an intercessor to pray His will in the earth. All answers to prayer are prepared because God births an intercessor to pray specifically what God wants in the earth.

These intercessors hold on to the horns of the altar because they see what God sees. The hear it by the Holy Spirit and begin to take hold of prayer. The Holy Spirit takes hold together against the forces of darkness and pulls them from their assignment.

The assignment of demons and men that are connected by nature to demons is to stop the will of God at any cost.
Prayer is the ultimate battle that requires perseverance, patience, and above all, tenacity to see it through.
Quit praying, and the battle may be lost.
Moses was able to stand and hold his hands up because Aaron and Hur held up the arms of Moses. Israel prevailed because someone stood with the leader to hold him up in prayer. That’s what interceding is all about. HELP.

Moses needed help and they came to his aid to hold up his arms until the will of God was completed.

Saints, we are on the verge of seeing tremendous victories as a result from prayer and there is nothing that the devil can do about it.
In the schools, teachers that were allowed to pray is what kept some of the things that are happening today from taking place. That’s because the God of prayer heard their cry.

Morality is lost because there are very few teachers that would defy the law to pray. God was removed from the schools when they banished teachers from leading prayer. I believe that prayer is on the verge of returning.

Prayer is what keeps the saints involved in the activities of the realm of the spirit to wrestle with the dark forces that come against the church.

The denominations must return to the place of prayer to force darkness out. Pastors must be men and women of prayer to seek the face of God to intercede on behalf of those that need the power of God’s intervention.

Prayer is needed to intervene for those that can’t intervene for themselves. The God of prayer is looking for people willing to stand in the gap and see the hand of God move on earth like never before.

When you see someone pull a video, it is a clear indication that something is not right. When you are caught saying or doing the wrong thing, the most important thing for a person to do is to protect their image. Never mind the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ and His righteous standard. What is more important to a man or woman in the music industry is their image.

We need to take a page from what Paul said about the Lord Jesus. “…but made Himself of no reputation.”

With “artists,” bad publicity directly affects music sales, contracts, if any, engagements worldwide, and other issues. When the truth of the matter comes front and center, we see that the Body of Christ is in crisis.

Identity crisis.

We have abandoned the fact that God gets the glory and we are to be the praise of His glory.

Nope. Just like the devil, we want the glory. So when a video tape is unbecoming of an “artist,” the best thing to do is pull the tape. Now, it wasn’t about a song performance, it was about the Word of God that was supposed to be correctly released when posed a pointed question about homosexuality and porn.

Image of man is everything in a world where dollars and cents make more sense to a person purporting to be a child of God, yet live below kingdom of God expectations.

The Lord is slow to anger and is full of mercy.

God is always quick to forgive, but forgiveness is offered when one repents. Forgiveness is not free. The blood of Jesus paved the way for all man to receive forgiveness. The requirement to receive forgiveness is simple.

Repent (turn away from sin forever) and ask for His forgiveness.

We pray for Kirk Franklin but we also declare that from this point on, if you are not going to use the Bible as the ONLY answer when asked questions about the sin of homosexuality and porn, just ask to be excused from the interview. Decline to go to interviews that you know will question your stand. It is much preferred to defer to other strong believers in the Lord than to give wishy washy answers that defame the name of Christ.

It is also important that when we are to answer these questions, we must not be found denying the Lord and His Word. The world is not competent nor qualified in the handling of the Scriptures. Remember that the Sanhedrin constantly questioned the Lord Jesus about the Word. The Sanhedrin were scholars of the law, doctors of the law, yet, they were able to twist the Scriptures. They replaced the commandment of the law with their traditions.

When questions are posed, the world will do the same thing. They will bring people that have degrees to challenge the already interpreted Word of God to attempt to bring into question what God really said. Sounds like another episode of the serpent questioning the Word of God and deceiving Eve.

At this point, Kirk Franklin could be hurting but the chastisement of the Lord is for the purpose of restoring him to the place of right standing and right relationship. He also needs true, disciplined leadership.

Get rid of them weak willed, milky way, passive pastors that stroke the egos of “artists.”

We pastors carry the rod and the staff. The rod to beat the wolf, but the staff is used to rescue the sheep. To use the hook to rescue them when they fall into a ditch. When they want to go in a direction other than the way they should go, the other end of the staff is also used to guide or to steer.

1 Peter 5:2 out of the Amplified Bible (AMP) says, “Tend (nurture, guard, guide, and fold) the flock of God that is [your responsibility],”

That’s what Kirk needs desperately. A pastor that will (nurture, guard, guide, and fold),” provided, Kirk is willing to submit himself to be under the spiritual care of a genuine shepherd.

The music industry is full of sheep without shepherds. Sheep that refuse to have a shepherd. Sheep that believe they could shepherd themselves in song. These sheep wander from place to place. Some are never under authority and they believe that they are mature enough not to be told anything. Hidden underneath all of their glitter is litter. Secret Sexual Sins and all sorts of lewdness that would make porn stars blush.

The Lord has a standard that must consistently taught, preached, and lived. When we are found whiffing at questions, it is clear that there is no conviction, strength, or courage. The enemy “seeks whom he MAY devour.” Peter said it this way because, sadly, it seems like the devil has too much choice over which sheep to devour. The easy ones are the ones that lack strength, faith (conviction), and courage.

GCMWatch got it right……It was a Joel Osteen moment. Here is the link……http://www.gcmwatch.com/10190/kirk-franklin-pulls-a-joel-osteen-on-gay-marriage-and-porn

I do have to admit that recently Joel Osteen edged a little closer to the conviction that homosexuality is a sin. However, he needs to close the gap and speak with decisive conviction. Something that his late father, Pastor John Osteen, never lacked.

As for Kirk Franklin, it is important that he find strength, conviction, and courage. The vacillation and capitulation is text book for those that fear the media more than they fear God. In a previous video with Pastor Donnie McClurkin, Kirk Franklin appeared to be preaching the Word, but one of the things I always look for is the conviction. There is a difference between crowd pleasing and conviction.

One of these days, the preaching will be so thick, an altar call will not be necessary. Right where people are, they will simple recognize the holy presence of the Lord and repent on their faces before God. The days are coming in humble places where people will just do what is supposed to be done.

Recognize the holy presence of God.

As I’ve said, all you have to do is go back to the Garden and you will see that the enemy waits until you are ready to be tempted. Then he brings out his half truths, until you agree with him. Then he lies to you. Then he murders you in cold blood.

This is what’s happening all across the globe. People are running from the truth in this apostate era of time. Quick to walk away from the Lord and His Word because the pressure to stand for the truth is ever present. When we fail to stand for the truth of the Word of God, we’ll fall for anything.

It cannot be that Kirk was embarrassed. After looking at that video and observing the way that it started, (remember the “Church Ain’t Going No Where” song before the interview if some of you have seen it?), it seems like the believer in Kirk went somewhere.

“With their lips do they worship Me, but their hearts are far from Me.”

When you have no conviction of God in you, you have no fear of God in you. You fear the people more, and that’s when your heart is turned away from the truth. You believe in fables, and other young believers that watch you will live the way you are living. Compromise is easier than standing. Paul told Timothy to profess a good profession like Jesus did before Pontus Pilate. In other words, when it is time to testify, remember how Jesus did it before the Romans. The Romans were intimidating but Jesus didn’t flinch.

So keep Kirk in your prayers, but also learn from this lesson. The Lordship and dominion of Jesus must be so strong in you that you remember that the “eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on the behalf of those whose hearts are LOYAL towards Him.

Brother Lonnie Poindexter, host American Family Radio with Star Parker, had asked Pastor DL Foster and I to share on the EX GAYS AFFIRMING CHURCH. If you are ever in the Washington D.C. area, you can listen to American Family Radio, http://urbanfamilytalk.com/ WDFX 98.3, Urban Family Communications.

I greatly appreciate the opportunity to share on American Family Radio.

Pastor DL Foster was on the show 06/10/2013 as well and there is no doubt that it was a good segment as we shared about EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCHES.

Again, if you are interested, go to the Overcomer’s Network and be a part of this groundbreaking movement.

I appreciate Brother Lonnie who passionately shares his concerns about the African American family and it’s plight. Not only does he share these issues, but he is also a part of the solution to the issues that face us.

As Brother Lonnie shared we are coming together, with other pastors throughout the country, and that the Lord is bringing together a coalition of Bull Elephants” to bring order into the communities. I might add, not as despots, but as true male shepherds and leaders to help people become who they need to become in God. We must return to the origin or the beginning. The book of Genesis means “beginnings” but it also means “origin” or “original.” 

God has a specific original pattern for family and when we return to the origin of things, you will find that God was right all along.

Hence, in Prevailing Word, we started a series called Bringing Order Back To The Family.”

This series was birthed out of hearing Brother Lonnie share the need for “Bull Elephants” to return to the “herd” and to bring order.

It is not enough to talk about problems unless you are involved in providing solutions. CURE is part of providing solutions and I urge all pastors to consider doing something to face the issues and crisis of our times.

As I have stated before, there is a two pronged attack against the African American community. Abortion and Homosexuality.

The LGBT agenda is a clear and present danger to families all across the US.

Since the political process has made it their business to systemically deplete our numbers, we have accepted the overt strategy without a fight. From our African American leadership, their silence, and their instruction to us to be silent is the poison of the devil that has crippled and paralyzed us. However, there are those that are breaking away from the pack and we are deliberately ignoring their orders. It is sad to watch in our neighborhoods, the mother and her child. You look on their ring finger, and there is no ring.

It doesn’t mean that they may not be married, but for all intents and purposes, the ring was a sense of pride for women. The wedding band represents that a husband is in her life. That she is secure and the child has a legitimate family in a father and mother that is married. Today the bedroom is cheapened. Males expect sex for free. The outcome is the same and every young woman is expected to be added to the statistics of families without male leadership.

The cause of all abortions is the sin of fornication and adultery, hence the root cause of fornication and adultery is the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of lifeThe unregenerate heart that deliberately sin against God and His Word is the core of the plight of our people, and all people as well.

We are faced with a crisis where many of our families are suffering from male leadership in the home.

A few days ago, Brother Lonnie shared about Bull Elephants on his FB pageHe shared this out of watching his dad lead in tough times. It was a touching write up on Facebook and it underscores the fact that our youth is without strong male leadership. We are watching single parents raise males and that is not according to God’s order.

We have this all backwards. First come love. Then comes the carriage. Here comes momma with no marriage.

This is because there is a lack of spiritual leadership that address the real issues confronting the people that attend the church. Until there is a admission of a crisis, things will continue to decline for people. We have become so comfortable in our homes and churches that all we really care about is feeling good. Never mind the pain that disorder brings. As long as a preacher preaches good things to me and do not remind me about sin and it’s consequences, all is well.

The devil doesn’t care if we have church. He is only concerned when we become what Jesus intended all along.

In our people that attend church in the past, there was a quality of caring and morals that helped most families through certain crisis. It wasn’t perfect and families were perfect. Families were never perfect after the fall, but the thing that is lacking today is the fact that people forget God. In the families of old, when there was trouble in the home, some were smart enough to find the Bible, pray, and seek the face of God for solutions.

Today, when there is a problem in the home, we resort to time wasters and distractions to get through life’s issues.

If we are struggling, we resort to the bottle, sex, homosexuality, drugs or use all of the above. Instead of being sober and find the right kind of help, we stray into the wrong kind of help and compound our issues.

Proverbs 4:23 says to “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.”

Male leadership in the home is the missing link, but I want to rephrase this a little bit. Godly male leadership in the home.

The Lord dropped this in my spirit when we were attending our nephew’s graduation.

With God you will succeed. Without God you must fail.

One of the things that is required in male leadership is that he must know God. A male could be a great provider, love his family, takes care of his wife, and do everything that is required in leading the home. Commendable, but when he doesn’t know the Lord, it is for nothing.

“What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and lose his own soul?”

Jesus said this to the people after the young man wanted Jesus to order his brother to give his share of the inheritance to him. You can do great things in the home for your family but if you are doing it without the Lord, it is all for nothing. The man must lead by having the Lord lead his life. Things will happen in the family that a man by himself can never fix. A man with God and His Word will be able to get through tough times because he is looking to The Man, Christ Jesus.

Strong male leadership is not about being a despot or a dictator. It is about providing wisdom on a moment’s notice. It is about being decisive with the wisdom of God. It is about being there for the children. It is about making sure that God is at the foundation of everything we do. It is about a man submitting to the rule of God in His Word when the temptations and snares of life is about to overwhelm him to make bad decisions.

When a man is out of place. The woman is out of place, the children are misplaced, and God is replaced.

If we fail to get back in place, we are in disorder and the devil is the author of confusion, disruption, and destruction. IF we fail to get back in place, we can never expect family to function the way that God intended.

The Bull Elephant must return to lead the family. Godly male leadership is what will turn things around. Politicians have no business telling us how to rear our family. They are out of bounds. As the late president Ronald Reagan said, “Government is not the solution to the problem. Government is the problem.”

Today, these words ring true. The deliberate intentional intrusion into the privacy of the home has led to create an atmosphere of distrust. Sadly, the LGBT community has effectively used government to impose legislation that challenges our right to free speech, imposed acceptance of the sin of homosexuality, and legislated the systematic killing of the child from the womb. These things are detrimental to family. In certain states, they have gone as far as legislating curriculum to teach homosexuality to all age groups.

They are teaching our your children without parental consent.

Our silence is permission and when we fail to speak up, or when we are told to be quiet, we are permitting our own destruction.

What are we to do?

Find ways to get involved.

Community workshops, political involvement. Above all, the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ that becomes relevant to the issues confronting us today. The leaders of the Civil Rights movement were young but they were bold and daring. They had strength and courage to confront the woes that plagued all people. We are faced with the same crisis but with a different agenda. We must get something done or we will watch, with eyes wide open, the death of all people through demonic agendas.

We are lacking male leadership and until we make a change, we will sit at home and just complain about it, and this is exactly what the world doesn’t mind. When we make a decision to step out of the safety of our homes and churches to make a difference, it takes courage and strength. Preaching used to be easy but now, we are faced with a crisis that demands preaching, and living the Word on a different dimension. A different level. A different culture and environment is before us and God always had a Word for the generation that strayed from the faith.

God always had a plan for each generation.

As always, the Lord never failed. The government may think it can do what it wants, but when the will of God is declared, there is nothing that no man could do. He said through the prophet Isaiah, “I will do all My pleasure.”

Make no mistake about it. To stop the hand of God is a death sentence unless there is repentance.

As one song states, “Your arms are too short to box with God.”

With pastors that are living on the side lines, the problem is, you know you heard from God, what are you and I going to do about it?

As long as this is not a crisis to you, you and I are status quo minded people, and we are deserving of death.

My daughter received an invitation from Perfecting Faith Church in Freeport, LI, pastored by Donnie McClurkin regarding the 10th annual NYCALL. This invitation was very unusual because we haven’t heard anything about this from previous years. However, the Lord does keep things from us until it is time. He invited the pastors for a Vision Casting Dinner to share his vision on reaching the lost. So my wife and I went to Freeport, NY to see what this was about.

I’m glad my lovely wife joined me because no one would believe what we heard.

Pastor Donnie, as you well know, is one of the most prolific gospel music singers in the world, but he has a very powerful testimony.

My wife and I didn’t know what to expect but he shared a powerful message that pretty much summed up where we are spiritually in the United States.

Before I share this, let me say that when you come with speculation and leave with confirmation, you need to reassess what is happening and where the Lord is leading.

During the 2012 election, Pastor McClurkin was asked to be a part of the festivities for president Barak Obama. As far as I am concerned, this was staring at me in the face because anytime you are asked to do something for this president, it will require a compromise as big as the universe. However, as Pastor McClurkin shared what happened that because of his deliverance from the sin of homosexuality and his Biblical stance against the sin of homosexuality, that doors that were once open, were closed.

Pastor Donnie also shared that he was invited to be on a panel on NBC. As soon as the LGBT people heard that Pastor Donnie would be there, they forced NBC to disinvite him because of his powerful testimony of his deliverance of the sin of homosexuality by the grace of God. They threatened to pull the funding and that’s what forced them to disinvite Pastor Donnie.

When you hear these things on radio and television, it’s powerful. However, when you see the testimony up front and personal, you can see a lot more in terms of the personal conviction.

One thing that sticks with me about preaching is that for African American’s we have somehow, mastered the delivery of a homily with such mastery of the emotions that sometimes, if you are not careful, this is all showmanship.

When you see the person, there can be a mask in all that we do. In all actuality, it’s not who we are in front of people that reveal who a person is. It is who we are when we are by ourselves that reveal who we really are.

Only God, the devil, the angels, the devil’s angels, and the vast cloud of witnesses in heaven that really know who we are, except when we lay ourselves bare before people on earth.

Now at the dinner, Pastor Donnie, laid it on the table, as far as his former life as a homosexual. He used a key word.

“Transparent.”

Not many pastors want to be transparent with their lives because many pastors want to keep their sexual lives a secret. There is only one reason why a person wants to keep his or her sexual sins a secret.

To continue in sin while preaching righteousness before the people.

Pastor Donnie used another key word.

“Hypocrisy.”

At this point he got my attention.

At first, I thought that he would stick to the script to describe what was to happen about the NYCALL, and to a certain point, he did, but the anointing came upon him. I call it the grace of God. The grace to share his life of homosexuality is what stood out.

Then he revealed another key word.

“Abortion.”

Now I was trying to understand the moment and it didn’t take long that God is addressing these issues and it is reaching the places where people need to pay attention.

If that wasn’t enough, Pastor Donnie used another key word that sealed the deal.

Sunday past (06/02/2013), at Prevailing Word, I preached on 1 Corinthians 6:11, you can watch it on UStream.

“And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the Spirit of our God.”

Pastor Donnie didn’t use this Scripture, but he did use the word….

“EX.”

When he said that word, I lit up on the inside.

My wife and I tried to contain ourselves because it was like we were hearing Sunday’s message being preached. Only, it was Pastor Donnie doing the preaching, not me.

It was confirmation that what was started by the Spirit of God about EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCHES was the will of God.

So, the Bible says, “Out of the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.”

So, EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCHES is established.

Yes, Pastor McClurkin went further and said that he was an ex gay.

Yup, you heard me right.

Pastor Donnie then tied it up that whenever God is about to do something it is always after there is an attempt to snuff out in mass, the children.

When Moses was birthed, prior to this, man was in such a state of sin that God would bring a someone in to deliver. The name Moses means, “drawn from water.” Pastor Donnie described the fact that “right under the devil’s nose,” God would hide who He wills to use them to deliver.

So it was with Jesus. When Jesus came on the scene, even with the star in the sky and the shepherds following, the devil couldn’t find Jesus. Jesus was birthed “right under the devil’s nose.”

Pastor Donnie didn’t mention this, but both times, these occurrences took place. Once in Egypt and again outside of Egypt, but The Lord God would send an angel to Joseph to hide Jesus and Mary in Egypt until Herod died.

“Right under the devil’s nose.”

The devil has been trying to kill children by way of abortion and the sin of homosexuality.

Just recently, I watched two videos of teachers and gays instructing in the acceptability of the sin of homosexual marriage. Yes, we are seeing the systematic indoctrination of the sin of homosexuality in the BSA and our public schools.

We see it every day.

Pastor Donnie mention Kirk Franklin getting hammered about the sin of homosexuality, but just today 06/04/2013, Brother Lonnie Poindexter passed a video by way of Pastor DL Foster of a radio interview of Kirk Franklin sharing on homosexuality and Franklin failed miserably, to be consistent.

It was like watching a basketball player, like John Starks, trying to make 13 three pointers, and miss them all. Shots that you were supposed to make. Layups that you are supposed to make, and miss them all.

Let me pause and tell you. This is what LGBT loves. When pointed questions about same sex marriage are deliberately asked and there is wavering on the issue from people that are supposed to be solid in the Bible.

Here is the link…..http://youtu.be/QMc4kHfV7gc

But here is where the church need to show up as a united church. This is the one thing that Pastor McClurkin shared time and again that we need to be united as a church to have a powerful effect on the world. So far, we are so discombobulated that we can turn on each other on a doctrinal issue.

We could argue, all day about healing, tongues, and water baptism, and souls will pass us going to hell.

The Lord birthed a powerful example.

Just recently The Lord inspired an idea to counter “gay affirming churches.” In NYS alone, there are over 486 gay affirming churches. Just read the blog before this one and go to the “Overcomer’s Network” for details.

To show that we are unified in purpose against the agenda of LGBT to reduce the true church down to an insignificant pile of rubbish, The Lord is calling us to unite and show ourselves strongly in opposition to gay affirming churches.

We are witnessing some defining moments in church history where only those that understand the “coming into the unity of faith” is the only thing that matters. If we preachers could just throw away our savior cape and settle for a towel and serve, perhaps we can make a dent in our communities.

When church becomes all about a leader, you have signed their death certificate.

Pastor Donnie shared that he was in Africa and India where half a million to 1.2 persons came hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. Pastor Donnie shared (sarcastically) that in a “God fearing” nation like the United States, you may never see the results like that which was seen in third world nations.

Over there, signs, wonders, and miracles.

Over here, almost nothing.

It reminds me of a story in the book of Mark when The Lord Jesus came to a city and He could there do no mighty work, except He laid His hands on a few sick folk with minor ailments and left for another city.

Why?

Because of their unbelief.

So it is the same here in the United States. The media and our unwillingness to admit that we are maimed, blind, and miserable. The church is tied between the posts, and our eyes are gouged out by watching more television than watching God.

And we wonder why we are in the mess that we are in. We are ineffective as a church because we haven’t recognized that “Ichabod” is firmly stamped on our church doors, and when I mean church doors, I am not talking about the house of worship.

Look at your heart as the door that The Lord, at one time, was knocking on, and you wouldn’t let Him in. For some of you, He walked away because you refused Him entrance. But before He left, He did leave a memento.

“I once was allowed here, but you have another lord. I leave you this memento…..ICHABOD!!!!! For My glory has departed!”

Reading the first 3 chapters of the book of Revelation is confirmation of the fact that when there is no repentance, the candlestick is removed and the messenger is judged. The candlestick represents illumination, light, revelation. When the light goes, there is no longer any redemptive revelation and the house is dark.

The Lord has no place because the devil has place.

Paul said, “nor give place to the devil.”

The very person that we are to keep out, has full residence. In some lives, it’s not squatters rights the devil has. It’s full residency.

It’s called “Resident Evil.”

This is why it is easy for local churches to become gay affirming churches. We have no backbone against the interrogation tactics of the devil, and as long as we shout, jump, have a good ol’ time in church, the devil is not nervous. In some “religious services” as Pastor Donnie mentioned, is where all sorts of sexual immorality is taking place with seemingly no hesitation and with impunity. Our worship services is no different that a sex orgy before the throne of satan.

We need to take a lesson from the Tower of Babel. As long as they were able to communicate as one voice, with one mind, and with one heart, nothing would get in their way. Except what they were doing was for perverted purposes, but there is a place where we can come to be of one mind.

When we pray to the Lord in the beauty of holiness. When we seek the Lord together as one Body in Christ.

As Paul shared, “endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.”

Wherever you are, join up with a group of pastors and their churches. Throw aside your doctrinal differences. The only doctrine that matters is the gospel of Jesus Christ. As long as we are divided, as Jesus said, and as Pastor Donnie reiterated, we cannot stand.

Obviously, compromised church will not join up because of their thirst for sin, but The Lord is calling the Body to come together. You can repent of sin and receive forgiveness, then join up. We can’t have light and darkness abide in the house at the same time. Come into the light, as John said, and we can have fellowship, one with another.

Do something.

Don’t just sit there to wait for somebody else to do it. And stop being scared.

God has not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”

Stop leaving it up to someone else to get the job done. Get up and hook up.

Move from the sidelines and get to the front lines.

As Pastor Donnie McClurkin said….“Gays are organized, the abortion industry is organized, but the church is disorganized.”

We simply refuse to come together.

The time is now, no hesitation.

Get up, let’s get together, and let’s get to work!

Please be advised that no affiliation, association, or connection in any way, shape, or form with Perfecting Faith Church, Pastor Donnie McClurkin, and NYCALL and EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCHES, And Prevailing Word Ministries, with Pastor Fred Rochester exists.

Any such connection perceived by the readers of this blog must conclude that such connections never existed. Any observations regarding NYCALL is soley that of Pastor Fred Rochester, subject to corrections as deemed appropriate.

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How to become an ex gay affirming church?

The word affirmation means “a statement affirming the existence or the truth of something.”

When we affirm an EX GAYS, we are declaring that there exist among us those that received the gospel of Jesus Christ, repented of sin, and they are living in obedience to the gospel.

Since there are a number churches throughout the United States that affirm the sin of homosexuality by affirming gays at an alarming rate, the church must make a bold statement to counter what LGBT in the church has done successfully.

They affirm gays, the true church affirms EX-GAYS.

If you are a pastor of a local church and you want to be an EX-GAYS affirming church on the record, the first thing that you want to do is go to the “Overcomer’s Network” site. “ON” is spearheading this movement. Here is the link to their site…

http://www.overcomersnetwork.org

The Overcomer’s Network (ON) is a network of people that were delivered from homosexuality and is walking in total victory through the grace of Jesus Christ.

In cities around the United States, “ON” is reaching out to those bound in the sin of homosexuality and helping them to live Christ centered lives in holiness.

They have a listing of EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCHES that speaks the truth about homosexuality and are prepared to minister to those bound in the sin of homosexuality.

Prevailing Word Ministries is proud to be a part of the listing of churches on the Overcomer’s Network (ON) that affirm EX-GAYS.
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By listing your church on the Overcomer’s Network (ON), you are standing for righteousness, holiness, and you agree that you stand against the sin of homosexuality, but you also agree with the Word of God that God’s power to deliver all sinners from the power of sin is accomplished through repentance and obedience to the gospel of Jesus Christ to live free of sin, including the sin of homosexuality.

The next thing that you want to do is go to your website and boldly make your church a place where EX GAYS are welcomed and affirmed. Communicate the fact that you welcome gays to come to your local church.

I recommend putting this statement in the vicinity of your tenets of faith. It should be seen that you are not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

The next thing that you need to do is develop a statement using 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 as your base Scripture.

After that, you need to boldly declare the following things.

1. The Inerrancy and infallibility of the Word of God.

2. The unchangableness or immutability of God and His Word regarding homosexuality.

3. Make a Scriptural statement about the love of God to deliver all persons from all sin, including the sin of homosexuality.

4. Make a statement about the LGBT agenda attempting to silence the church into submission by hijacking Civil Rights; turning the sin of homosexuality into an argument about sexual orientation, and discrimination. That these are false means to condone a sin that God clearly condemns in Scripture.

Finally, 5. Make a statement that all sinners are welcome but that you will unequivocally speak the truth, live the truth, and stand for the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

The Spirit of God will give you what you need when you make a courageous move to declare unapologetically that you are an EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCH.

Feel free to go to our website at pwbconline.org, click the “ABOUT” column, and that will lead you to our “PWBC: AN EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCH” page.

This is a God moment and God has people in place to make this happen.

The worst fear of LGBT is when a person comes out of darkness into His marvelous light.

Together, we can make a bold statement.

Be prepared for the rewards of this but be prepared for the war.

In light of many local churches and pastors becoming Gay Affirming Churches, we unapologetically declare the fact that we are an EX-GAY AFFIRMING CHURCH.

Paul said, in 1 Corinthians 6:11…

“And such WERE some of you. But you WERE washed, but you WERE sanctified, but you WERE justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.”

There are those that live in hopelessness unnecessarily. The gospel of Jesus Christ provides hope for those trapped in the sin of homosexuality. Through the sinless, shed blood of Jesus, by His grace, and mercy, you can experience new life in Christ to prevail over the sin of homosexuality.

The intent is not about heterosexuality. The intent is to help you, through the grace of God, to willingly move you from sin, to holiness, to help you become whole in Christ.

Even if you have an STD, or HIV/AIDS, it is not over.

The love of God is still extended to you no matter what you have.

Prevailing Word Ministries stands ready to minister to you no matter what you have.

Provided that you never lose hope, repent of your sins, and obey the good news of Jesus Christ. We are here to help you, and all who come to receive eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, as opposed to receiving the wages of sin, which is death, or eternal separation from the Lord forever.

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Head of the Church.

We believe that the Lord calls all sinners to repent, believe the gospel, and be saved.

That includes all fornicators, adulterers, homosexuals, bisexuals, catamites, sodomites, lesbians, and other involved in sexual immorality. His love, grace, and mercy is extended to all who repent and come to Christ, having their sins washed away by the blood of the Lamb.

We welcome all who desire to repent and be saved. Even if you do not want to repent, you are welcome to attend our local church to hear the unadulterated Word of the living God.

Those who practice sin are not excluded from attending our church, however, it is only through repentance of sins that a person can be saved, delivered, and set free from the bondages of all sin, including the sin of homosexuality.

The sexual immorality events that confront the church require that we make a Biblical statement so as not to give any hint of an appearance of condoning that which God condemned and declare as a detestable sin.

Also, it is folly to attempt to lower the stigmatization associated with homosexuality to lessen the sin of homosexuality to a level playing field. Sodom and Gomorrah is proof of what is in the mind of God regarding the sin of homosexuality. Few realize that any stigmatization practicing homosexuals may feel, is truly the convicting power of the Holy Spirit to convince the world of sin according to John 16:8-9.

As with all sinners, suppression of conviction is nothing more than remorse that will never turn into repentance until godly sorrow comes.

First, the Holy Bible is the infallible, inerrant Word of God.

To attempt to minimize, reduce, adjust, or alter the Word of God to exclude the sin of homosexuality is a bold and blatant attempt to question and put on trial the God of heaven, and His Word. To mislead people by using the Scriptures in making erroneous claims that fail the test of contextual or harmony of Scripture regarding the sin of homosexuality, is a misguided and miscalculated attempt to make it appear that God was wrong and sinful man was right.

The God of heaven and earth and the Bible was here before all of us, and should Jesus tarry, the God of heaven and earth, and the Bible will be here after us.

This brings about the eternally established facts that….

God cannot change. Malachi 3:6 says…

“I am the Lord, I change not.”

God cannot lie. Numbers 23:19 and says…

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor the son of man, that He should repent.”

God’s Word is eternally established in heaven. Psalm 119:89 says…

“Forever, O Lord, Your Word is settled in heaven.”

Therefore, God’s position against all unrighteousness, including the sin of homosexuality, is clearly established. His position to redeem man is also established.

Second, the Bible is clear regarding the sin of homosexuality.

Leviticus 18:22 tells us that “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.”

Many opponents of the Bible will attempt to assert that the Old Testament does not apply today because of the New Testament.

This is error.

Many will assert the flawed argument that the laws of the Old Testament were done away with when the New Testament was established. This fallacy serves only one purpose, the continuation of sin.

In the Old Testament, there were three types of law given to the children of Israel.

1. Moral. 2. Ceremonial. 3. Dietary.

The one aspect of law that carried over into the New Testament is “moral law.”

For instance, Hebrews 13:4 says, “Marriage in honorable among all and the bed undefiled, but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”

Therefore, fornication and adultery is morally wrong in the Old and New Testament. Because it is true that the sin of fornication and adultery is morally wrong, the sin of homosexuality is equally wrong as with all other moral sins.

Some will argue that nothing was said about God judging the sin of homosexuality after Sodom and Gomorrah. Quite the contrary. The aggressive tactics of LGBT extremists will go as far as the universe (if they could) to discredit the Bible and anyone that stands for the truth that is eternally embedded in the Word of God.

LGBT has concluded that the Bible is outdated, archaic, and no longer acceptable for the times we are currently living in. They declare that the church is outdated and need to catch up to the times the world is living in.

Quite the opposite is true.

Man is behind eternity and needs to catch up with God through repentance and receiving eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

The destruction of lawless people during the days of Noah and the destruction of homosexuals living in Sodom and Gomorrah, and the surrounding cities, was conclusive proof of God’s eternal abhorrence of all sexual immorality.

1 Corinthians 6:9 says…

“Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.”

The list in this verse declares that entrance will be denied to those that practice these sins.

Ceremonial law and dietary law were done away with according to Colossians 2:11-23.

Thirdly, consequential judgment is imposed upon all that practice lawlessness.

For sexual immorality, STDs come upon those that transgress Genesis 2:24 and Hebrews 13:4.

For those that practice the sin of homosexuality, Romans 1:18-32 clearly states that when a man or woman engage in the sin of homosexuality, they receive “…in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.”

The Gay Man’s Disease, changed now to be known as HIV/AIDS is the penalty of their error which was due.” The change occurred because of the negative stigmatization applied to those that practice the detestable sin of homosexuality.

As a result, collateral damage is upon the whole world. From children born to parents practicing the sin of homosexuality, or bisexuality, to accidental needle pricks, intravenous drug use, tainted blood supplies for blood transfusions, and other means of contracting the AIDS virus.

It is undeniably documented that the primary means of contracting the AIDS virus will always be MSM.

This is further evidence that the sin of homosexuality is an abomination or detestable because of the consequential results of such perversion.

Fourth, the error of declaring the sin of homosexuality a sexual orientation, racism, bigotry, or discrimination.

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950′s and 60′s was about racial equality, not sexual orientation. Black people were denied basic rights that were already afforded to every person born in the United States. Segregation and Jim Crow laws were used to suppress Black people after president Lincoln gave the Emancipation Proclamation.

Sadly, and abhorrently, LGBT perverted and polluted the NAACP and other Black institutions by coercion and without any doubt, money, to see to it that the sin of homosexuality and those that practice this ungodly sin, has its place as those that are being discriminated against. LGBT successfully manipulated Civil Rights to the degree that it is no longer about sin, but bigotry.

Fifth, political correctness vs. Biblical correctness.

It is politically incorrect for God fearing people to preach or share that homosexuality is a sin as declared by God in the Holy Bible. In a politically correct world declaring homosexuality as a sin is hateful, bigotry, and discrimination. This is a cold, calculated attempt to silence the voice of righteousness so that the sin of homosexuality could be accepted as a normal lifestyle.

However, we all know that homosexuality is not normal because of the consequences imposed upon those that practice the sin of homosexuality. Furthermore, anyone living in America has equal protection under the law, but we all know that according to the Scriptures, marriage is defined as one man and one woman, joined in holy matrimony.

To afford homosexuals the right to marry is perversion. There is no question about what is being practiced in the bedroom of those who commit these sins. There is no question about the results and consequences that follow those that practice the sin of homosexuality, or for any sexual sins.

Therefore, we at Prevailing Word Ministries will err on the side of being Biblically correct and be politically incorrect. We much rather seek to please God than to displease God. We fear God than to fear man any day of the week, 24/7.

Therefore, Prevailing Word Ministries will always welcome those that are bound in any sin, including the sin of homosexuality, to minister to all with the truth of God’s Word in the love of God while standing firm, and immovable in the truth.

Prevailing Word Ministries will never apologize for standing in the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ, nor retreat from those that insist in aggressively pushing the LGBT agenda in an attempt to silence our righteous voice, and force this local church to turn its back on the Most Holy God and His Word, the Holy Bible.

Prevailing Word Ministries is an EX GAY AFFIRMING CHURCH.

So the Boy Scouts of America capitulated.

Sort of.

Pastor Darren Butler of The International Good News Fellowship in New York called it The Gay Scouts Of America. 

Other pastors have called it this too so the concurrence is there.

We must understand that homosexuality carries perverted feminine traits that, unfortunately is a suppression or outright removal of the masculinity that makes a man a man given by God. Homosexuals are zapped of their masculinity when they submit themselves to perversion.

When young boys are just entering into puberty and their masculinity is just about to emerge, it is a critical point in their lives where they will go in either direction. Male or homosexual male. The anatomy of a male is forever designed to define which gender he will be. There is no question about it. When perverted thoughts enter the mind, males at the age of puberty will be pulled to the repulsive activities of perverted sex.

Any way the devil and LGBT can, this agenda of ruining the future of males is a disturbing trend that will reduce available men for available women. LGBT is taking the attack into areas that is alarming and until there is a constant vigilance to expose what the devil is doing, we will see a further erosion of the viability of the family.

One man. one woman. One family.

On the other side, with females desiring to be males, there is a confusion of gender identity. The roles of genders is swapped in perversion. When a woman attempts to act masculine, just like when a man attempts to act feminine, it is perversion.

Only the Lord and His Word of grace can restore a person caught in the web of false gender identification and place them back to His original intent, in holiness.

The whole concept of gender misidentification if for perverted purposes only. What matters at the end of all sex is the orgasm. The means to achieve orgasm is based on a person’s sexual preference but orgasm is the same.

As a side note, women need to stop treating men with feminine traits like women. I receive this insight from Pastor DL Foster of Witness Freedom Ministries in Georgia.

Pastor DL Foster said it powerfully. Words to the effect that women need to stop cuddling to the feminine spirit prevalent in male homosexuals. Stroking them and talking to them like they are females.

We are seeing this carry over into the Boy Scouts where Scout leaders are scouting young boys for gender misidentification so as to indoctrinate them for a lifestyle bondage to the sin of homosexuality.

Now the directors of BSA still placed a ban on adult homosexuals but they allow gay homosexual youth to be a part of the Scouts.

This compromise has called for an exodus of Scouts that are practicing Mormons and Catholics. Protestant churches will have to make up their mind. And quickly.

For a godly pastor, it’s a no brainer.

Break away, and do not look back.

Just have your own church scouting organization. You can camp elsewhere and still get the great skills Scouting used to be known for. Well, what if they come to stop what you are doing or force you to surrender to their terms? You stop what you are doing and find a way around it. They think that they could stop God.

Last I checked, death can stop man but death couldn’t stop God from raising His Son.

Now LGBT will have merit badges for homosexuality.

You think it’s funny or do you think I am kidding?

Folks, the days of Lot are here and it looks like the apostasy is picking up steam. If you are not out for Jesus all the way, and have a heart for sin, just remember Lot’s wife. She looked back and turned into a pillar of salt.

Such as it is all across the board. People that you thought would never turn on Christ, are turning away without thinking or blinking an eye.

Why?

Men loved darkness rather than light.

Hell will be full of darkness and dark people.

When you go to church, look to the right and look to the left. That person that raise his or her hand last week to God in praise might walk away from Jesus next week.

As with Lot, the instruction remains as ordered. “DO NOT LOOK BACK!!!!”

Where does this leave the rest of the church?

It’s a no brainer. Most Christians today, those that profess to know Him, will not even talk about it because of the secret hidden lives of sin they are in themselves. Many of you will quote Matthew 7:1 and use it as an isolated text to attempt to keep the heat off of your sins. However, Luke 12:2 is ever before you. By the way, read the rest of Matthew 7:2-5.

Now, in my youth, I was once a cub scout and then a boy scout. In Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY. Never in my wildest dreams would I read about this capitulation, but here it is. If you are a pastor in any denomination and you have Girl and Boy Scouts, it’s time for you to make a decision. More than ever, we are seeing the world squeeze its noose around the necks of every American organization, far and wide. It doesn’t matter if your godly organization is inside the four walls where it is safe.

It’s astounding that 3% of the American population that are practicing homosexuals has so much power, but that’s what we are faced with because of an inept church that refuses to evangelize its community. Sin is safe in the house of God. Holiness is not safe in the house of God. Calling a person’s sin out will get you a lawsuit or worse, it may get you killed.

It’s been the devil’s mission to kill God. He tried and killed Jesus in His flesh to trap His spirit but it didn’t work. For God raised Him up and now, all power in His hands.

The church is becoming less of a “sanctuary” and more of a house of ill repute.

In fact, in some local churches, it’s an ought right bath/whore house where open orgies and immoral group sex takes place with impunity.

The term sanctuary is a place where government was once off limits. Now, the overreaching power of government is inside the church.

The reason is simple.

When the preaching of righteousness reaches inside the bedrooms of perversion, the devil has set out an audaciously bold plan to hurt the people of God by invading the sanctuary. When he comes inside the sanctuary and perverts it, the original intent of the sanctuary now becomes the devil’s domain and the people of God will no longer have a place of protection.

This has the makings of pushing the people from the houses of worship to the underground. As I was preaching my message on Sunday, May 19, the Lord brought to my attention that the underground church in China, in some places, they have Bibles smuggled to them. In other places of the underground church, they only had one page from a Bible to preach from. This was years ago, but if the church in America doesn’t wake up to what is happening in America, we may be faced with the same situation.

Would you and I survive with no Bible, or a page? You better memorize the Bible. That’s what you are supposed to do anyway.

“Your Word have I hidden in my heart that I might not sin against you.”

There is no question that the hidden powers behind all of this is steering the politics of this nation against the people in the church. The power behind America used to be in the hands of the people, however, because people have become more corrupt on the level of the sinners of Noah’s day, we are seeing the systematic decaying of a once great nation.

If you look at history, you will see that all powers that come and go had a two hundred year limit. The United States, at age 236, has experienced 36 years of grace. Why? Because people recognized that when something traumatic happens in the nation, people quickly repented.

It is not so today. Repentance is an admission of guilt. True to arrogant Americans, guilt is something that we will never admit.

“Pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall.”

All across America, you may see a sign that says…..“We will bounce back.”

You will hear speeches like…….“You will come back.”

Folks, look at your country and ask yourself a question.

Come back or bounce back to what?

If God is not in the comeback or bounce back, you are on your own.

For the first time in history, we have a homosexuality and abortion affirming president. We have a professed homosexual who happens to be a professional sports player. LGBT is invading every area except where the line is held and where the battle to stay pure remains impenetrable for the time being. The WNBA is known to have lesbians all in their ranks. The Girl Scouts, at this time is selling cookies with the proceeds going to Klanned Abortionhood. There is no doubt in my mind that lesbians are in their organization, it’s just that they are keeping it under wraps for the time being.

The tentacles of darkness has already reached in the church. For as long as anyone could remember, practicing homosexuals and perverted preachers have played and preached in the church for decades.

One by one, we are seeing what once used to be safe places for children become a battle ground for souls. At this point, no where is safe. But this didn’t catch God by surprise.

We must remain vigilant and remind ourselves that God is still God. No matter who is next to fall, we must remain watchful in all things. We must endure hardship. We must do the work of an evangelist. We must make full proof of our ministry. We are still here and the Lord hasn’t returned yet. We could either cry over another organization that fell victim to the winds of compromise, or we can continue to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life.

It’s not over. It’s not finished. It’s not ending. Not by a long shot.

Expect more of the elite, shadow government to take down more organizations but they can’t have my heart. They might be able to make man made laws to shut down organized resistance, but they can’t have my heart. For inside my heart dwells the Greater One. Inside my heart is the Word of God, firmly planted. Therefore, as Paul admonished…..

“Be steadfast immovable. Always abounding in the word of the Lord. For your labor is not in vain, says the Lord.”