LET FREEDOM RING
BELL # 19
WHERE
DO YOU BELONG?
A BOY LINES UP
WITH HIS CLASSMATES
HE LOOKS
THE SAME
AS THE OTHERS
HE HAS
THE SAME
COLOR SKIN
BUT THERE IS
ONE DIFFERENCE
HE DOES
NOT
WEAR THE SAME UNIFORM
AS THE OTHERS
TEACHERS PULL HIM FROM THE LINE
AND HE IS
BEATEN WITH A CANE
WHY?
BECAUSE
HE MUST LEARN TO FIT IN
HIS PARENTS
DO NOT
HAVE MONEY
TO FEED HIS FAMILY
AND YET
NO COMPASSION IS SHOWN
HE MUST SHOW
THAT HE BELONGS
WHY
IS THIS
SUCH A TRAGEDY?
THIS BOY
LEARNED TO HATE
THE "MASTERS"
WHO BEAT HIM
HE LEARNED
THAT EDUCATION
WAS NOT
TRULY FREEDOM
BUT
ALONG THE WAY
HE HAD
TO "BECOME"
AS THEY WERE
THIS
HAPPENED
TO A YOUNG BOY
IN SOUTH AFRICA
HE OVERCAME THE SYSTEM
IN YEARS TO COME
BUT THE SCARS
REMAIN
"Kaffir Boy" Mark Mathabane
WHO
BELONGS
AND
WHO
DOESN'T BELONG?
CHILDREN
WRITE WORDS
ON TREE HOUSES
"NO GIRLS ALLOWED"
THERE ARE SIGNS
STILL
TO KEEP BLACKS
FROM
ENTERING
WHITE TERRITORY
FROM
EARLY AGES PEOPLE
ARE TAUGHT
TO INCLUDE OR EXCLUDE
A YOUNG MAN
ENTERS HIS GRADUATION HALL
HE IS PROUD
OF HIS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
HE IS SECURE
IN
HIS FUTURE
HIS FRIENDS SURROUND HIM
AND APPLAUD
HIS EFFORT
AND YET
SOME WHO HELPED HIM
THE MOST
ARE EXCLUDED
HE GRADUATES WITH HONORS
BUT
WHAT ARE
THE
LESSONS IN LIFE
WHICH HAVE
BEEN LEARNED?
ARE
THEY ONLY LESSONS
OF KNOWLEDGE
AND NOT
TRULY LESSONS
OF HONOR?
WHAT
IS TAUGHT
TO THE CHILDREN?
ARE
THEY TAUGHT
HUMILITY AND GRATEFULNESS
HONOR AND RESPECT?
ARE
THEY TAUGHT
TO WALK IN GRACE
TOWARD OTHERS?
A WHOLE
NEW GENERATION
PASSES THROUGH
THE
GATES OF LEARNING
INTO
PRODUCTIVITY
WILL
YOU PRODUCE MORE
THIEVES, LIARS, DISHONEST WORKERS
OR
PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY
AND PURPOSE?
LOYALTY
WHAT
DOES THIS WORD
MEAN TO YOU?
TO BE
LOYAL
IS TO
UPHOLD
TRUTH
ACCORDING
TO
THE SUBJECT
YOU
SPEAK OF
WHO
IS
LOYAL
TO
ME?
YOU
WILL KNOW
THEM
BY
THEIR LOVE
OF
ME
AND
THEIR LOVE
OF
OTHERS
NOT
BY
THEIR
EXCLUSION
I
EXCLUDE
I
EXCLUDE
THOSE WHO REFUSE
TO BECOME
CLEAN AND HOLY
BEFORE
ME
I
EXCLUDE
THEM BECAUSE THEY
CHOOSE NOT
TO BECOME
AS
I AM
THEY
WOULD
NEVER
SURVIVE
IN
MY PRESENCE
BUT
AS PEOPLE
COME
TO
ME
TO BE
CLEANSED
I
REMOVE THE PARTS
THAT WOULD TURN
TO ASHES
IN
MY PRESENCE
AND
I
REPLACE IT
WITH
MY
VERY BEING
MY
LIKENESS
I
EXCLUDE
THOSE WHO
EXCLUDE
ME
FROM THEIR LIVES
ARE
YOU
LOYAL
TO
ME?
THAT IS
WHAT
I
WILL
DETERMINE
THE
CHILDREN
CROSS THE THRESHOLD
OF YOUR HOME
EVERY DAY
ARE
THEY TAUGHT
TO LOVE
ME
AND
BE LOYAL
TO
ME?
DO
THEY SEE YOU
LOVE
ME
AND
CLAIM
YOUR LOYALTY
TO
ME?
YOU
CANNOT
LIVE
AS A
HYPOCRITE
AND
RAISE CHILDREN
THAT
WILL LOVE
AND
HONOR
ME
A
YOUNG
BLACK BOY
LEARNS
TO BELONG
HE LEARNS
THAT HE MUST WEAR
THE
RIGHT CLOTHES
TO BELONG
HE LEARNS
THAT IT TAKES
MONEY
TO BELONG
HE LEARNS
THAT HE MUST SAY
THE
RIGHT WORDS
TO BELONG
HE LEARNS
THAT
TO BELONG
IN
HIS WORLD
HE WILL
NEVER
BE
FREE
IF
YOU
BELONG
IN
MY WORLD
YOU WILL
TRULY
BE FREE
YOU WILL
BE AS YOU
WERE CREATED
TO BE
YOU WILL
BE FREE
TO SOAR
IN
THE
SUPERNATURAL
AND
OBTAIN POWER
TO DEFEAT
THIS WORLD'S
PREJUDICES AND HATRED
YOU WILL
LEARN TO WALK
IN
MY REALM
WHERE
LOVE
IS
PREDOMINANT
AND
HATRED ABOLISHED
YOU CAN BELONG
THERE IS
NO
SPECIAL WARDROBE
NO
MONEY IS REQUIRED
NO
SECRET WORDS TO RECITE
JUST
A
HEART
WHICH CHOOSES
TO
LOVE
ME
AND
ASKS
TO BE
CLEANSED
TO
HOLD
ME
IT'S
YOUR CHOICE
I'VE
MADE
A
SPECIAL PLACE
FOR YOU
RIGHT NEXT
TO
ME
COME
***
A
BOOK IS WRITTEN
A
STORY TOLD
THE
PRICE IS PAID
THE
WORDS ARE READ
ARE
YOU
ANY WISER
FROM
THE
WORDS WRITTEN
AND
THE
STORY TOLD?
LOOK
INSIDE YOUR
CHRISTIAN BOOK STORES
THIS DAY
AND
SEE THE BOOKS
SHELVES AND SHELVES
OF THEM
BUT
THEY ARE
SO EMPTY
SO WORTHLESS
MANY OF THEM
WHY?
BECAUSE
THEY
DO NOT
WRITE
TRUTH
THEY
WRITE
OF
RELIGION
AND
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
BUT
THEY
DO NOT
DRIVE CHRISTIANS
TO SACRIFICE
TO "HANG"
FOR THE MESSAGE
TO BEG
THIS WORLD
TO LOOK
AT
MY FACE
THEY PACIFY
I
INSTRUCT
MY SERVANT
TO READ
BOOK AFTER BOOK AFTER BOOK
UPON
THE
CHRISTIAN SHELVES
AND YET
THERE IS
NOTHING
TO GAIN
FROM MOST
OF
THESE BOOKS
I
COULD
MENTION
THE AUTHORS
I
COULD
TELL YOU
THE TITLES
OF THE
BOOKS
BUT
PEOPLE
BE WISE
WHAT
YOU PAY
TO KNOW
MAY VERY WELL
NOT
BE WORTH
THE PRICE
LEARN
TO
LISTEN
TO
MY VOICE
TO
OBEY
MY COMMAND
AND
YOU WILL SEVER
ANY
NEED
FOR 99.9 %
OF THE
"CHRISTIAN" BOOKS
SOLD
THIS DAY
I
WILL RAISE UP
PEOPLE
WHO WRITE
FROM
MY HEART
MY SERVANT
PREPARES
PAGE AFTER PAGE AFTER PAGE
ALL
THAT
I
HAVE SPOKEN
ALL
THAT
I
HAVE SAID
TO HER
BUT
SHE IS
NOT
THE LAST
THERE WILL
BE
MANY, MANY, MANY
MORE
WHO WRITE
BOOKS, SONGS, POEMS, JOURNALS
DIRECTLY
AND
FULLY
FROM
THE
HEAVENLIES
AND
THEY WILL
SURELY
BE WILLING
TO GIVE AWAY
ALL
THAT
I
HAVE GIVEN
THEM
***
"The shoal of sand and sediment
just outside the inlet to Tillamook Bay
is a massive wave machine, hurling skyward
the kind of house-sized breakers
that flipped a 32-foot fishing boat
on Saturday, killing at least nine people."
The Oregonian 6/16/03
THE
BOAT WENT DOWN
INTO THE ICY OCEAN
THE
WATER FELT COLD
UPON THEIR BODIES
SO FRAIL
SO HELPLESS
WITHOUT
A SAVIOR
WITHOUT
PROTECTION
THEY DIED
WHY?
AND THEN
THERE IS
THE HEARTACHE
OF THOSE REMAINING
THEIR LIVES FOREVER CHANGED
TRAGEDY STRUCK
DEATH CAME
AND
STILL COMES
TO THE LIVING
"I'm alone now with my thoughts
How we could make it
How we could get out
What we've been through
All of the trauma . . .
What I saw on this journey
I saw history go down
I cannot pretend
That the heartache falls away
It's just like a river
Ooh, its never ending . . . I cannot pretend
that the heartache falls away"
"Illume" by Fleetwood Mac "Say You Will"
HOW MUCH
CAN YOU HANDLE?
WHAT
ARE YOU EQUIPPED
TO CARRY
IN YOUR
HEARTS AND SOULS?
YOU'RE
ONLY HUMAN
ALWAYS
IN
NEED OF
A
SAVIOR
WILL
YOU FIND
ME
IN TIME?
THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL
FOR
ADVANCING
REVOLUTIONARIES
For those of you
who are interested in symbolism
Notice this month
that the
"Call to Worship"
will now
be under
the category
of the
REVOLUTIONARIES
The worship that
GOD
requires is from
a pure heart
and
only those
who seek to love Him
wholly
can offer this
PRAISE
to Him
CALL TO WORSHIP --- BELL # 9
A young man enters my office
He is upset
I told him what
GOD
expected him to do
in answer to his problems
He spoke in great anger to me
because he was not given
an answer he liked
He wanted
GOD
to step down to his level and
make everything right
with no effort
and
no cleansing
and
no obedience from him
It doesn't
work like that
He spoke words of anger while
GOD
softly told me to read
Psalm 67
The young man became angrier
"Why are you reading that?"
I answered
"Because GOD told me to."
"What does it say?"
I read
Psalm 67
aloud
He quieted and left my office
This
my friends
is why we are
not
having a "harvest"
We question
GOD'S AUTHORITY
to tell us what to do
We stand in arrogance
and demand our own way
We demand
a god who will become silent
to our sin and rebellion
but the
LORD OF THE HEAVENS
WILL NOT
Not until
PRAISE
fills this earth by His faithful
obedient children will there be a
"HARVEST"
Only those who fear Him
and love Him
will bring forth
the
PRAISE
that
HE IS
WORTHY OF
and the
PRAISE
that will bring about
HIS PRESENCE and GLORY
upon this earth
If
you
are obedient
to
GOD'S COMMANDS
completely surrendered
and love
GOD
with your
whole heart, mind, soul and body
please
join with me
as I offer this offering
of
PRAISE
to Him this day:
"Father in Heaven
Lord, may Your Name be glorified
Above all others
Above all this world
Above everything else in our lives
For nothing else in this world matters
But to live our lives for You and You, alone
May Your wonders never cease
May Your Spirit never leave
May we ever long to see Your Face
When we've turned from You again
Oh how quickly we forget
May we be reminded of Your Grace
May Your wonders never cease
Beautiful Savior
Truly You proved Your Love for us
While we were sinners in all our weakness
You saved us, Lord, from all our transgressions
And delivered us into Your Loving Arms
Father in Heaven
Lord, may Your Name be glorified
Above all others
Above all this world
Above everything else that's in our lives
For nothing else in all of this world matters
But to live our life for You and You, alone"
"May Your Wonders Never Cease" Third Day "Offerings II"
And the
offerings of worship
continue to ring out
across this earth
I remember the very 1st
Third Day CD years ago
I was working with "street kids"
I would drive up in my convertible
with Third Day worship blaring
from my stereo
The kids would come
and we would play tennis
or hockey and talk
and ask for
GOD'S PRESENCE
to come
It was
a good time for all
I offered each of the kids
the 1st Third Day CD
and they readily took it
These kids were not familiar
with worship
or
GOD or HIS PRESENCE
but they learned
to hunger
for all three
YES
it is
THE THIRD DAY
my friends
and we need to live
in the
POWER
OF THE
RESURRECTION
so that everyone who we encounter
can feel
HIS PRESENCE
and become hungry
TO WORSHIP
GOD
It can happen
It will happen
with this last generation
for that is my prayer
every day
Thank you
Third Day
for your offerings
over the years
Offerings of purity
and love
for our
FATHER IN HEAVEN
I worship aloud each day
until
I can no longer
make a sound
and I know that
someday
I will be joined by millions
to bring about
Psalm 67
GOD
has a word for you
Third Day:
AND THE DAY
OF
MY
RESURRECTION
CAME
IT WAS, INDEED
THE THIRD DAY
THE PEOPLE
HAD WAITED AND LEFT
THEY LEFT
THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS
FOR A NEW KINGDOM
UPON THE
BLOOD DRENCHED EARTH
WHERE
I
HAD LAID
IT WAS OVER
THE TOMB WAS SEALED
ALL
HOPE WAS GONE
BUT
THERE IS MORE
YOU KNOW IT
YOU SING OF IT
I
CAME BACK
WHY?
BECAUSE
I
NOW
SURGED WITH POWER
FROM ABOVE
TO
BRING THIS EARTH
UNDER
MY REIGN
UNDER
MY LOVE COMMAND
BUT
I
DID NOT
STAY
I
ASCENDED ON HIGH
AND
I
GAVE THIS JOB
TO MANKIND
TO
BRING FORTH
A
RIGHTEOUS REIGN
UPON THIS EARTH
BUT HOW?
WORSHIP
WORSHIP
WORSHIP
AS YOU CAN SEE
WITH THE PEOPLE
OF THIS DAY
WORDS SPOKEN
WILL NOT
ALWAYS WORK
THEY ARE USED
TO MORE
STIMULUS
THEY
CRAVE EXCITEMENT
THEY LONG FOR
SENSUAL TOUCHES
BUT
WORSHIP
LIFTED TO MY THRONE
BRINGS FORTH
MY PRESENCE
TO
CONQUER
TO
SUBDUE
TO
EMPOWER
MY PEOPLE
WORSHIP, PURE WORSHIP
BRINGS FORTH
MY REALM
RIGHT HERE ON EARTH
SING, THIRD DAY
SING
BECAUSE
IT IS
THE THIRD DAY
EVERY DAY
SING
AND ASK FOR
MY PRESENCE
TO
FULLY ENVELOP
EVERYONE
WHO HEARS
IN
THE PHYSICAL
AND
IN
THE SPIRIT
SING, FRIENDS
SING
AS IF
YOUR HEARTS
WERE MADE
FOR
JUST ONE PURPOSE
TO BRING
PRAISE
TO THIS EARTH
SING, SING, SING
AND
I
WILL BRING
HEAVEN
TO
EARTH
I
WILL BRING
MY PRESENCE
TO THE PEOPLE
I
WILL BRING
LIFE AND HOPE AND LOVE AND
HEALING AND POWER
IN
YOUR MIDST
IF
YOU WILL SIMPLY KEEP
YOUR EYES
ON
MY FACE
AND
NOWHERE ELSE
CHECK
NOT
THE CROWD
DO NOT
LOOK INTO THEIR EYES
DO NOT
CONCENTRATE ON
THE MUSIC
ITSELF
HEADS UP
LOOK
AT
ME
AND
I
WILL
FULLY
TAKE YOU OVER
TO
COMPLETE
WORSHIP
ON EARTH
AS
IT IS DONE
HERE
IN
THE
HEAVENLIES
EACH DAY
I
SHOW MY SERVANT
THINGS
IN
MY REALM
AND
I
SAY TO HER
"THIS IS HOW IT IS HERE
BRING IT WHERE YOU ARE
JUST LIKE THIS"
IT CAN BE DONE
IT MUST BE DONE
IT IS BEING DONE
SING YOUR HEARTS
UNTO
MY THRONE
LEAVE
YOUR HEARTS
AT
MY THRONE
AND
LET
ME
EMPOWER THEM
TO
BRING FORTH
MORE SONGS
MORE DEVOTION
MORE POWER IN WORSHIP
TO BRING
THE OUTCASTS
IN
WORSHIP ME, KIDS
I AM
LORD
I AM
LORD
I AM
LORD
IT IS
THE THIRD DAY
FOREVER!!!
***
A TOOL
HAS BEEN WRITTEN
FOR
REVOLUTIONARIES
OF THIS AGE
THE WORDS
COME SO SWIFTLY
TO THE AUTHOR
AND YET
SHE WRITES
FOR A
DIFFERENT PURPOSE
THE
WHOLE WORLD
AWAITS HER BOOKS
CHILDREN
CAN'T SLEEP IN ANTICIPATION
OF WHAT THEY ARE
ABOUT TO READ
THE WORLD
IS ON EDGE FOR
BOOK NUMBER FIVE
IT'S RELEASED
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
AND
ALL ACROSS
THIS WORLD
PEOPLE
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
I
HAVE WRITTEN
ABOUT
THESE BOOKS BEFORE
I
HAVE WRITTEN
ABOUT
THE MOVIES
AND
I
WILL CONTINUE
TO WRITE
THROUGH EVERY ONE
WHY?
BECAUSE
THIS IS
A GREAT TOOL
TO REACH THOSE
WHO CAN STILL
BELIEVE
IN
THE
SUPERNATURAL
*** CHILDREN ***
WHY
IS IT
SO IMPORTANT
TO BELIEVE
IN A WORLD
A POWER
OUTSIDE
THE REALM
OF
NATURAL ORDER?
BECAUSE
THAT IS ALL
THAT
CHRISTIANITY IS
POWER
BEYOND
THE SENSES
BEYOND
NATURAL ORDER
BEYOND
WHAT THE MIND
CAN FATHOM
MANY
WHO CALL THEMSELVES
"CHRISTIAN"
DON'T EVEN
BELIEVE
IN
THE RESURRECTION
WHAT
IS CHRISTIANITY
WITHOUT
THE RESURRECTION?
WHAT
IS CHRISTIANITY
WITHOUT
POWER FROM ON HIGH?
BUT
DO
YOU SEE THAT
IN THE
NATURAL WORLD?
VERY, VERY RARELY
BUT
I
WILL RAISE UP
CHILDREN
WHO BELIEVE AGAIN
IN
MIRACLES
IN
POWER FROM ON HIGH
IN
SPEAKING TRUTH
IN
LIVING EMPOWERED
BY
THE RESURRECTION
I
WILL DO THIS
THROUGH
THIS LAST GENERATION
AND MY FRIEND
J.K. ROWLING
PROVIDES
YET
ANOTHER TOOL
IN THE
LEARNING PROCESS
THANK YOU, MS. ROWLING
KEEP THEM COMING
WE'VE GOT AN ARMY TO RAISE UP
BEFORE READING
THE ITEMS OF STUDY FROM THIS BOOK
READ AND STUDY
ALL THAT I WROTE BEFORE
SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW
IN STEP
QUICKLY
ONCE AGAIN
THERE WILL BE
12 ITEMS OF STUDY
4 ITEMS
TO CONQUER
AND
8 ITEMS
TO BE RELEASED
FULLY
EACH ITEM
WILL HAVE A RIDDLE AT THE END
TO BRING FORTH A PUZZLE
FOR THE DEVOUT
TO CONQUER
IN TIME
LET'S BEGIN:
1ST OF ALL
HARRY POTTER
SPEAKS
OF
BELONGING
"He was
so desperate for the tiniest sign
of contact from the world
to which he belonged . . . "
HARRY LONGED TO BELONG
HE LONGED
FOR THOSE
WHO SHARED IN HIS POWERS
HE LONGED
FOR TRUE "FAMILY"
REVOLUTIONARIES
WILL LONG
FOR THOSE WHO SHARE
IN
MY POWER
THERE
WILL BE FEW
IN
THE BEGINNING
WHO SPEAK
OF
MY
LIFE AND POWER
AND EXHIBIT
MY
RESURRECTION
BUT
I
WILL BRING
ALL TOGETHER
IN TIME
FOR FELLOWSHIP
OF
TRUE FAMILY
