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It has been reported via the Official Mary Mary blog — that three weeks ago, Michael Jackson prayed with Andre and Sandra Crouch, accepting Christ into his heart.

So now it is very likely that Michael is now singing and moon-walking with Jesus in heaven. R.I.P. Michael! ~ L.D.

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Last night we received some good news from Terri McFaddin-Solomon who is good friends with Sandra Crouch.

Three weeks ago Sandra and Andre’ spent some time with their close friend, Michael Jackson. Michael asked Andre` to play, “It Won’t Be Long And We’ll Be Leaving Here.”

Michael then prayed with Sandra and Andre and accepted Christ into his heart. Now he’s singing in the heavenly choir.! Our hearts rejoice!

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“THE FATHER’S HEART”

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The following video is an awesome depiction of the Father’s heart. May each one of us, as true believers and followers of Christ, learn more of what it means to genuinely care and to love others.

 It is the Love of God dwelling within, that makes it possible to reach out to that one who is hurting. Perhaps, it could be someone who may be right in front of you, or next to you. That one who is often overlooked, passed by, and forgotten.

 It is easy to love those who love you, excite you, make you feel good about yourself, or ‘wow you’ with the anointing in Church. That is just too easy to do, but is not what the Lord considers to be, the love of God in action. Even, those who do not know God can love those who make them feel good.

 But, what about the one who really needs to experience the Father’s love, and is hurting and desperate. And yet, so many are still ignored, day by day, and left to die on the cold and lonely side of the road of life, and may be hanging right on the very edge of eternity. What about them?

 To reach out to those would be the love of the Father in action through you. And it all starts by just reaching out, one by one.

~ L.D. Oxford

RELATED SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:

Mark: 12: 28-34, One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’There is no commandment greater than these.” 32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions. – (NIV)

 Luke 6:31-33, Do to others as you would have them do to you. 32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even ‘sinners’ do that. – (NIV)

 1 John 3:16-18, This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 17 If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

 18 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. 19 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence. – (NIV)

 1 John 4:7-11, Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. – (NIV)

 1 John 4:16-21, And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in him. 17 In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him.

 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love. 19 We love because he first loved us.

 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love his brother. – (NIV)

 1 John 5:1-4, Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.

 3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. – (NIV)

 2 John 1:5-6, And now, dear lady, I am not writing you a new command but one we have had from the beginning. I ask that we love one another. 6 And this is love: that we walk in obedience to his commands. As you have heard from the beginning, his command is that you walk in love. – (NIV)

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Please take the time to watch “The Nature of God” — Parts 1 & 2 — By Graham Cooke,  that i have posted on the  Joshua AP Featured Videos Page located  here .  I also, have these two videos posted on my Face Book profile page for our Face Book friends.

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“APOSTOLIC PRAYERS FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT”

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“PRAYER FOR GREAT BOLDNESS — WITH MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS”

…they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything in them…26 The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together against the Lord and against his Anointed One. 27 Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed. 28 They did what your power and will had decided beforehand should happen.

29 Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your Word with great boldness 30 Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” 31 After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly. – Acts 4:24-31

“PRAYER FOR UNITY — IN THE BODY OF CHRIST– FOR THE LOCAL AND CORPORATE BODY.”

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a Spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus, 6 so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. – Romans 15:5-7

“PRAYER TO BE FILLED WITH JOY, PEACE AND HOPE”

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. – Romans 15:13

“PRAYER FOR ISRAEL — TO BE SAVED THROUGH JESUS CHRIST (YESHUA)”

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. – Romans 10:1

“PRAYER TO BE ENRICHED, NOT LACKING ANY SPIRITUAL GIFT — BEING BLAMELESS ON THE DAY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.”

I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched in every way- in all your speaking and in all you knowledge– 6 because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. 8 He will keep you strong to the end, so that you will be bleameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. – 1 Cor. 1:4-8

“PRAYER FOR SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION — FOR THE DESTINY OF THE BODY OF CHRIST.”

…the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. – Ephesians 1:17-19

“PRAYER FOR STRENGTHENING — WITH HIS POWER IN YOUR INNER BEING”

…out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through His Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, 19 and to know this love that surpasses knowledge–that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. – Eph. 3:16-19

“PRAYER FOR GOD’S LOVE TO ABOUND — WHICH RESULTS IN DISCERNMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS.”

And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ–to the glory and praise of God. – Phil. 1:9-11

“PRAYER TO KNOW GOD’S WILL — TO LIVE A WORTHY LIFE, TO PRODUCE GOOD FRUIT — BEING STRENGTHENED IN HIS POWER”

…we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. – Col. 1:9-12

“PRAYER FOR APOSTOLIC RELEASE IN MINISTRY — AND TO ABOUND IN LOVE AND HOLINESS.”

How can we thank God enough for you in return for all the joy we have in the presence of our God because of you? 10 Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith…May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else…13 May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones. – 1 Thess. 3:9-13

“PRAYER TO BE COUNTED WORTHY AND TO FULFILL EVERY GOOD PURPOSE– THAT GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED”

With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of His calling, and that by His power He may fulfill every good purpose of yours and every act prompted by your faith. 12 We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. – 2 Thess. 1:11-12

“PRAYER FOR THE INCREASE OF WORD — STRENGTHENING AND PROTECTION FROM THE ENEMY WITH PERSEVERANCE.”

Finally, brothers, pray for us that the message of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it was with you. 2 And pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men, for not everyone has faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 4 We have confidence in the Lord that you are doing and will continue to do the things we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s Love and Christ’s perseverance. – 2 Thess. 3:1-5

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Today, I am sending to you a very important message from Dutch Sheets, regarding the elections and the future of America. Please read this carefully and ponder what your responsibilities are as the Body of Christ, and as American citizens. And then, follow through with what the Lord would have you to do in regards to praying and fasting for our nation.

Then, make sure that each of you go to the polls to vote for the presidential candidate and other runners who would best uphold godly righteous values, and who would better represent the American people.

Please forward this entire Joshua AP Network Elist message to as many concerned and praying friends as you possibly can today, by sending it to those in your address book.

God’s righteousness can and will prevail in our nation, as long as the Body of Christ will walk in righteousness, and do the right thing, by making the right decisions in the days ahead.

Let’s join and bind our hearts together, so that we may see God’s will and transformation accomplished in our nation. When the Body of Christ will commit themselves to pray, fast, engage in spiritual warfare, and to do their part in making godly decisions, then we will see God’s righteousness prevail in our land. Then, and only then shall we see it. ~ L.D. Oxford

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“CONCERNING THE FUTURE OF U.S.A.”

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Dear Praying Friend,

In 2000, I wrote the 2nd most important letter of my life— a call to prayer for the elections of that year. I’m now writing what may be my most important letter. I knew the importance of those elections in 2000 was beyond any in my life up to that point and that the spiritual warfare surrounding them would be unlike anything any of us had ever seen.

That letter was read by millions of people and I believe millions of them responded by praying. I also believe the prayers turned the tide. You may question whether President Bush was the right choice; obviously, he has made some blunders in his tenure as president. But two of his decisions alone left no doubt he was God’s choice:

“ROBERTS AND ALITO”

These two Supreme Court Justices have proven critical in the process of breaking the hold of humanism, death and anti-God agendas that have ruled the Court for 50 years.

I assure you that more devastation—the shedding of innocent blood, immorality, decay of the family and an erosion of our godly heritage—has flowed into our nation through that institution than any other door in America. Many times more. The poison allowed into America through their decisions is beyond any of our abilities to articulate.

The reality in America is that you don’t need to control Congress or the White Hose to rule the nation. You only need 5 people – 5 out of 9 on the Supreme Court. And for decades those who disagree with just about everything you and I stand for have been in control!

In Bush’s two terms, the process of turning this around began with the appointments of Roberts and Alito. Now, we win some cases 5-4 and lose some 4-5. (We barely outlawed partial birth abortion. The vote of one judge saved thousands of babies from this horror.) We need one more conservative Justice for a consistent majority, then more to build a strong majority.

In Obama’s own words, “the next president will appoint at least one, perhaps two or more Supreme Court Justices.” He’s right. Almost certainly two or more older, liberal Justices are waiting until after the elections to retire, in hopes of Obama winning and appointing more liberals to replace them. And he certainly would.

He voted against the confirmation of Roberts and Alito. So did Biden. And Biden led the fight against Justice Thomas several years back, another of the 4 solid conservatives.

Make no mistake about it, the two of them do have a litmus test for Supreme Court Justices, and a major part of that test is Roe vs. Wade. McCain and Palin, on the other hand, both have very strong pro-life positions. This alone makes the choice for President simple.

To vote for the 2nd and 3rd most liberal senators (Obama and Biden), both of whom are firmly and blatantly pro-abortion, would be unconscionable.

Obama has actually said that if he wins, he would like his first action as president to be the signing of the Freedom of Choice Act, which would eliminate every other law against any aspect of abortion (partial birth abortion, parental notification, etc., etc.).

And with a democratic majority in the House and Senate, pretty much any legislation he and Biden want to pass will be a slam-dunk.

There are many other unrighteous positions they hold but this position alone makes the choice easy. If they win this election, it will set America back decades in the cause of life and the restoration we seek.

Just as many of you do, I too, want to see a first black President, but not Senator Obama. To allow that noble and godly desire, the economy or one’s position on the war to trump this issue of life and death for the innocent unborn is simply wrong.

The scriptures teach that if we choose first to exalt righteousness and turn from evil, God promises to heal our land (see Proverbs 14:34; 2 Chronicles 7:14).

It is righteousness that exalts a nation, not wealth, prosperity or armies. If we will finish the process of removing the curses of death and anti-God laws off of America by electing a president that will continue to shift the Court, God will grace us with breakthrough in other areas such as the economy, the war against terrorism, etc.

My faith is not in a person, and certainly not a political party, for the healing of America, but I know God’s word and His ways well enough to know that our decisions do move Him to action or inaction.

Now to the heart of my reason for writing this letter (I realize I am “preaching to the choir”— most of you who know or listen to me are conservative enough to vote for McCain and Palin.) I have not written any appeals for prayer concerning this election because:

 1) Others have, and

2) I believe our movement has matured to the point that the prayer base of the Church is already praying. But I now feel the need to raise my voice. I am appealing to you to pray for these elections the next two weeks like you’ve never prayed for any in the past. Faithfully. Passionately. Boldly. Ask God for His mercy and grace.

We deserve His judgment for removing His influence and authority from our government, schools, homes and businesses; for the killing of 50 million babies; for leading the world in the consumption and exporting of pornography; for passing laws to reject His; etc. But mercy triumphs over judgment and in His wrath He remembers mercy.

In 2000 we actually lost the popular vote and won the election— talk about grace! Please pray for this grace to be released again. But I am also asking you for something more than normal prayer. For those of you who understand spiritual warfare, I am asking you to also include this aspect of prayer.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT WE HAVE ENTERED A DANIEL 10 MOMENT IN TIME:

“Then he said to me, ‘Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, I have come in response to your words.

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia’” (Daniel 10: 12-13 NAS).

The spiritual warfare in this election is incredibly fierce, and just as it was in Daniel’s day, is all about the restoration of a nation. And also like Daniel, we must keep praying until we win the battle in the heavens.

In August of this year I predicted that September would mark a shift in momentum for these elections. This happened with the appointment of Sarah Palin as the Vice Presidential nominee (who is a true Esther in our generation), but when the economy began its meltdown and the media ramped up their unprecedented attacks on Palin, that momentum wasn’t sustained.

But we can see it turn again if we approach this battle as the spiritual warfare it truly is and bind the evil forces involved (see Matthew 16:18-19).

The reality is that this election can be the breakthrough we need to fully shift the Court (and ultimately our nation) or it will be an immeasurable setback that could take many years to reverse—if ever.

“PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING: IF WE ENGAGE IN THIS BATTLE AND DO WHAT I AM ASKING – IN MASS – WE WILL WIN; IF WE DO NOT, WE WILL LOSE.”

I, for one, don’t intend to allow the latter. I am in Washington, D.C. now (October 20-22) with Lou Engle and a team of prayer leaders from around the nation to war for this election. Join us!

Lose some sleep, miss some meals—pray! Pray like never before for these elections. And as you do, involve yourself not only in petitioning prayer but also in spiritual warfare. Use your God-given authority over the plans and strategies of satan’s kingdom.

Bind all witchcraft that is working to control the outcome, including occultic powers that are suppressing truth. Release Christ’s Kingdom rule in every way the Holy Spirit leads you.

Don’t be deceived and don’t lose hope (if you have to, turn off the TV.) It is not too late to turn these elections. God is plenty powerful enough to do so.

The real question is will we rise to the level of prayer and spiritual warfare necessary to release that power. And remember, we don’t need a majority of Christians who are willing and able to do this—only a praying remnant. We can do it!

HERE ARE SOME PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS TO CONSIDER:

1) Fast (a meal a day; a day a week; a Daniel fast; 3 days; 10 days; TV; etc.) and spend the time praying.

2)  Agree in prayer with someone everyday for God’s will to be done.

3)  Form/participate in prayer groups regularly. Churches could pray everyday.

4)  Take time in every gathering to pray. (Take 15 minutes in every service to pray for the elections. Turn an entire service to harp and bowl style intercession—worship and prayer combined.)

5)  Join 2 or more on a conference call and pray for 15, 20, or 30 minutes.

6)  Pray on the way to work (and on the way home).

7)  Pray before you go to sleep.

8)  Pray before church services.

9) Ask God to give you His strategy—He will!

 In His grip,

Dutch Sheets

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