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DOZ LM Staff
Gwyn Oakes
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Linda Gleason
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Wanda Fielder
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Ruth Harvey
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Debbie Akers
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In 1999Thetus Tenney shared an article about the Praying Mothers of Brazil with Gwyn Oakes who shared her burden with the National Ladies Committee. Ruth Harvey was chosen as director. Daughters of Zion was chosen from the titles submitted for the program. Debbie Akers joined as editor of the Daughters of Zion newsletter.
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QUOTES
Will power is to give God your will, and He gives you His power.
-TF Tenney
Parents are just babysitters for God--now, how about that job description, parents?? Talk about putting some perspective on things...
-Ruth Harvey
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
-Unknown
If God had a refrigerator your picture would be on it. If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning...He's crazy about you.
-Max Lucado
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Daughters of Zion Newsletter
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Back-to-School Prayer 
With schools starting soon, we need to begin praying for public and private school teachers and students.
A teacher wrote me of her concern that even here in the Bible Belt, many students are beginning to question the existence of God. This, of course, can be attributed to their having been force-fed the theory of evolution from their youngest years in schools and by the culture.
The prayers of God's people do make a difference. I still believe God for a revival among his people and another Great Awakening! It depends upon the hunger of His Church. Beginning with the history of Israel, there has been no great move of God without fervent, sustained, prevailing prayer and intercession on the part of God's people.
Margaret Harden
District Coordinator
Arkansas Network of Prayer |
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What Ever it Takes! |  By Bonnie Peacock
I have burned my bridges behind me. I am not going back.
Sound extreme?
Absolutely.
Radical?
That's okay.
Everyone is sold out or committed to something. Education, travel, power, affluence, health and fitness, popularity and acceptance, or the acquisition of things, life's choices are many. Knowing God -really having a relationship with Him, serving Him, and working in His kingdom is a privilege. I refuse to settle. I will not allow anyone to talk me out of my walk with God. Nothing is worth my loosing the ground that I have fought so hard to possess. I have no idea who made the statement, but it describes the longing of my heart, "I want to make a difference for God that is utterly disproportionate to who I am!"
I desire God's best. Feeling His anointing and hearing His voice are addictive. Life outside the flow of the Holy Ghost is drab and dreary. In fact, it is not living at all, just existing
"I'll have to give up everything."
"What will my friends think?"
"Is all that really necessary?"
"Will I go to hell?"
I have heard the protests too. But I choose to join with David, "Neither will I offer...unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing" (2 Samuel 24:24).
Whole hearts, burning with passion, are God's requirement. He resists the shallow and shuns the superficial. It is all or nothing.
"Deep calleth unto deep" (Psalm 42:7), the psalmist said. God can not be found by scratching the surface. Like most treasures, His great riches are found beneath the dirt and debris.
After knowing God-drinking from His living water, what else can satisfy? The songwriter, Connie Smith, wrote, "Too many miles behind me, too many trials are through. Too many tears help me to remember, but there's too much to gain to lose."
Whatever it takes, I am going to live for God. I must be in the center of His will.
"As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God" (Psalm 42:1).
Editors note: Bonnie and her husband attend First United Pentecostal Church, Odessa TX, Pastor Terry Pugh. She is a freelance contributor to various Christian publications and responsible for publishing "First" Ladies and The Pastor's PIT Crew. |
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Generational Theft | By Ruth Harvey
Have you ever driven down the freeway and passed a motor-home with a bumper sticker that said "Spending my kid's inheritance"? Most have seen it and perhaps chuckled about it. Shouldn't parents enjoy life and not worry about what is left when they're gone? Solomon said this Proverbs 13:22, "A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children...." This scripture establish the importance of protecting and passing on a goodly inheritance.
Over the past few months with our nation's escalation of massive deficit spending a new phrase has been coined to describe this selfish and irresponsible behavior: "Generational Theft".
There is a curious episode in the life of King Hezekiah. a righteous ruler who brought spiritual renewal to his kingdom. After Hezekiah's miraculous recovery from an incurable illness, the king of Babylon sent his son, Merodach-baladan on an imperial visit to the land of Judah. Arriving with letters and a royal present, the Babylonian prince received a warm welcome. "Hezekiah was delighted with the Babylonian envoys and showed them everything in his treasure-houses-the silver, the gold, the spices, and the aromatic oils. He also took them to see his armory and showed them everything in his royal treasuries! There was nothing in his palace or kingdom that Hezekiah did not show them." (Isaiah 39:2 NLT)
Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did those men want? Where were they from?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from the distant land of Babylon." "What did they see in your palace?" asked Isaiah."They saw everything," Hezekiah replied. "I showed them everything I own-all my royal treasuries." Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to this message from the Lord: 'The time is coming when everything in your palace-all the treasures stored up by your ancestors until now-will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left,' says the Lord. Some of your very own sons will be taken into exile. "Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "This message you have given me from the Lord is good." The king was thinking, "At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime." (Isaiah 39:3-8 NLT)
King Hezekiah's attitude was, "Who cares? As long as everything is good while I'm alive." He did not care that the inheritance left by his forefathers would be plundered, the entire nation would suffer, and his own sons would be taken captive to a faraway land. Blinded by pride, Hezekiah foolishly gave the enemy easy access to the royal treasures of many generations. Because of the king's grave error, the prophet direly predicted, "There will be nothing left......." Talk about major case of generational theft!
There are spiritual parallels to this account. We too have been miraculously healed from the terminal disease of sin. We have the promise of life eternal. Jesus has blessed us beyond measure; our storehouses are full of divine treasures. The enemy would like nothing more than visit us with presents and promises so he can gain access and plunder our posterity.
We must remain on guard and never allow him access to the priceless treasures of truth that have been laid up in store by previous generations. It is our responsibility to protect this kingdom investment so it can be passed on from generation to generation. We can't afford to spend our children's inheritance or allow the treasure of truth to be plundered by the prince of deception. Our offspring must never become the victims of spiritual "Generational Theft".
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My grandson, Andrew, (6) was baptized in Jesus' Name by his daddy. This was Nathan's first baptism as a minister. Andrew was filled with the Holy Ghost in May. God has blessed us so much!! -Berni Cupoli, CA LM Secretary
My six-year-old granddaughter -Alana, was baptized, Easter Sunday, she was so excited. As she was dressing she kept saying, over and over "I can't believe I got baptized". In April Alana received the Holy Ghost. Her friend, Emma, received the Holy Ghost two weeks ago. -Kay Douglas pastors wife, New Life, Va Bch, VA.
Daughters of Zion prayer meeting was great tonight. When Mothers pray angels fill the air. While the leader was speaking tonight, Hudson, my four-year-old grandson, kept asking me if I could see the angels and he asked me if they wore white and had white eyes. He said he saw them once in his dreams! He was taking it all in tonight. Wonderful Prayer of Repentance - the first step to mending any relationship - with God or man. -Judy Hudson, SR Pastor's wife New Life Bible Church, Mesa AZ
We had a very good DOZ prayer meeting. Sis. Sansom, our pastor's wife, is soft spoken, but she says some powerful words. -Karen Ready Sperduti, Phoenix, AZ
Our church has a ladies all night prayer meeting the last Friday of each month. Last month my son-in-law brought my grandson, who has a genetic eye disease and has already had five surgeries on that eye, to the prayer meeting. We prayed for him in Jesus name. When he went to his next appointment, the doctor said it has never looked better! Not only did the Lord touch his eye, the best part is that my son-in-law quit smoking and was in the altar at our church Sunday morning! The Lord can take care of two things with one prayer! Praise the Lord! -Lourie Barnette |
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Enjoy the DOZ newsletter, so encouraging!! -Doretha Fields, SD LM President
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Focused Prayer-Commitment | |
Week 1 - Personal Commitment
- Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me.
- Spirit of Truth would guide us into all truth.
- Place a burden of prayer and fasting upon our hearts.
- As we pray, teach us to be sensitive to your Holy Spirit.
- Move us into the realm of prophetic prayer.
- Fill us with Your daily bread as we humble ourselves with fasting.
- We pray that the Will of God would be fulfilled through us.
Week 2 - Commitment to Family
- Keep your hand on our family, let us show Your love to one another.
- Order our steps in thy Word, let not any iniquity have dominion over us.
- Bind families together Lord with spiritual cords that cannot be broken.
- Prioritize our time that we may spend quality time with each other.
- Children obey, respect their parents.Parents not provoke their children.
- Families would come to realize how blessed they really are.
- Help us to encourage and strengthen one another.
Week 3 - Commitment to Church
- Clothe us Lord with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience.
-- Remove all pride and rebellion that keeps us from being submissive to our leadership.
- Help us to love and serve one another with tender hearts and humble minds.
- Remind us that it is a sin to know what to do and not do it.
- Ask not what the church can do for you but what you can do for the church.
- Hearts would serve the Lord out of desire and not out of obligation.
- Mold us into willing vessels to become ambassadors for Christ.
Week 4 - Commitment to Pray for America
- May we never take our religious freedom and liberties for granted.
- Grant us a heart for the things of God.
- Help us to assume personal responsibility to pray for our beloved country.
- We pray in Jesus' Name that You will continue to be Lord of America.
- Stir us to always hunger and thirst for righteousness.
- Bind any confusion that tries to rise among the family of God.
- Loose understanding and hope through the power of Your Word.
-Brenda Hudson, Riverside Ministries
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