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April 26, 2006
Paulette Reed: "A
Wave Of God"
 "Reverend
Paulette Reed is serving in our ministry as the Chief Administrator of our
school. She is a Godly woman who has a strong love for excellence. At the same
time, she has proven to be flexible and submissive, quick to adjust to the
priorities of those she serves.
She is a woman of faith, grace and spiritual maturity. We are blessed to have
her among us."
Francis Frangipane
Senior Pastor, River of Life Ministries
Director, In Christ's Image Ministry School
 As
we see and hear the news of rolling seas, forceful winds, mudslides and other
tragedies, we can’t help but wonder what the Lord wants to speak to His Church
through these signs. For “The spiritual did not come
first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.” (I Corinthians 15:46)
What blatant opportunities the earth is providing for the sheep and the goats,
as it appears the Great Shepherd is preparing to place the sheep on His right
and the goats on His left. The Word declares, “All
nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate the people one from
another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep
on his right and the goats on his left.” (Matthew 25:32-33)
Jesus promises in Matthew 25:34 that many
will be “blessed by the Father,” and will
take their inheritance, the Kingdom prepared for them since the creation of the
world. However, verse 46 states that some
will go away to eternal punishment. How wonderful of our Father to present
instruction, and not destruction, in these passages.
Living in these days of restoration, we need only refer to
Acts 2 to see the original state of the Church. We see believers
devoting themselves to teaching and to fellowship, to breaking of bread, and to
prayer. Now, again, the Church is seeing many devote themselves to teaching with
“schools of revival” arising around the world, as well as thousands of Christian
books, CDs and DVDs. We see fellowship with small groups, home groups, and cell
groups on the increase. This is an indication that church buildings will be
inadequate to house the thousands of believers about to come into the Kingdom.
Houses of prayer are becoming 24/7. Alleluia!
What Happens Next? A Wave of God...
For, as in the New Testament, “Everyone was filled with
awe, and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. All the
believers were together and had everything in common. Selling their possessions
and goods, they gave to anyone as he had need.” (Acts 2:43-45)
We’re getting there, friends! We may not have sold “everything,” but we are
sending airplanes, ships, and semi-trucks loaded with our possessions for the
hurricane, tornado, and tsunami overcomers.
In the midst of tragedy, it truly is an amazing time for the Church to be the
Church, for as we are devoted to teaching, and to the Master Teacher, our
passion for Him increases, and our First Love is restored. His compassion is
free to flow through us, birthed from our renewed passion for Him. As our
destiny is to be conformed to the image of Christ, then our nature is conformed
to the mission of Christ.
We can find one element of Jesus’ mission in James 2:5;
“Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of
the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who
love him?”
Brothers and sisters, as disasters expose and increase the population of poor
and homeless, God is standing by to give them their inheritance. God loves the
poor! He reveals Himself as a refuge to the poor in
Psalms 14:6; a help to the poor in Psalms
40:17; and a deliverer to the poor in 1
Samuel 2:8. He imparts that love to us, that compassion and
responsibility. In fact, He does not present it as an option, but as a
requirement for entrance into His eternal kingdom--sheep on the right, goats on
the left. He even says, “When you give to the poor. .
.” (see Matthew 6:2)
What a Tremendous Window of Opportunity God is
Allowing His Church
He is allowing an opportunity to preach the
gospel, using words if necessary. How will they know God has chosen
those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith if we do not
tell them? Our Father is providing possibilities throughout the
nations to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, take in the strangers,
clothe those in need, look after the sick and visit those in prison, as we truly
do it all for His Son. (see Matthew 25:40)
And, there is more! It is reasonable that, as the Church is restored and we see
more passion for Jesus and more compassion for His people, then the next
component of the Gospel (Acts 2) will be
many wonders and miraculous signs. A “Wave of God,” so that He may show Himself
mighty to the poor, the hurting, and the suffering--a wave--not to escape from,
but to ride!
Consider for a moment the “beggar” who was healed at Gate Beautiful. It is
coming--A Wave of God to the poor. Passion + compassion = the miraculous.
Epilogue: As I’m writing this, Holy Spirit reminds me that waves come in
succession, and we can never out-give God. So, as believers and pre-believers
give to the poor, and as the Wave of God comes, many will see Truth.
Consequently, a Wave of God will then come to the rich--even to “Holywood”--as
they realize they are truly giving a drink to Jesus and come to know their First
Love.
Waves of God, waves of God, as the waters cover the sea. (See
Habakkuk 2:14)
Rev.
Paulette Reed
Daughters of the Morning Ministries
www.dotmm.org
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Paulette Reed's Upcoming Itinerary:
April 29, 2006
Regional Meeting
1537 1st Ave SE; Cedar Rapids, IA
Contact: (319) 558-8233
May 27, 2006
Regional Meeting
1537 1st Ave SE; Cedar Rapids, IA
Contact: (319) 558-8233
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