https://cotlghqindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1-Palm-Sunday-Final.mp4 Prayer Hosanna!! !! to you Jesus, my King. As you rode Hosanna into Jerusalem, the people followed you and praised you, saying Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. …
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Jewell Dominion
Date: March 17, 2024
Greetings to Saints of God. I give honor and all praises to the all-mighty God and to the Holy Ghost. I am yet saved, satisfied, and kept by the power of the Holy Ghost. I give honor to the General Overseer, Assistant Overseer, Chief Helpers, and all who teach and preach the word of God.
Saints, I am thankful to God because a few weeks ago, we received a tremendous amount of snow, and later, because of rain and below-freezing temperatures, we had some very icy roads. We could not leave our homes for about three days. This sunny day and the budding of the trees let me know that Spring is coming. I love all seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. God is in control of all seasons, and He has a specific time for each season. No one has the power to change that order but God. I am reminded of Bishop Sarah Stratton’s sermon during a Mississippi State Assembly in Tupelo. Her Topic was, “A contrary wind cannot blow always.” No season, winter, spring, summer, or fall, cannot always last; one must get back and let the other one come forth.
Saints, if it is Winter in your life now, if you are going through a rough time financially, sickness, depression, hurt, grief, children acting up, health problems, no matter what it is, it won’t last always; Spring will come. God will not always allow His people to suffer; Romans 8:17 says, “And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified together.” Lamentations 3:32, “But though he causes grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.” While God works, we must keep faith, believe, pray, smile, rejoice, praise God, and thank Him for the blessings to come. Spring is on the way. Remember, He may not come when you want Him, but He is always on time, so praise God.
Saints, I praise the Lord for this year’s International Women’s Conference in Philadelphia, PA. I praise God for the host church, Strawberry Mansion, and the host Pastor, Bishop Dr. Rosette Coney, for doing a fantastic job. I genuinely regret that I was unable to attend. I praise God for all the speakers and all who came from near and far to be a part of each anointed service.
Also, I thank God for the Overseer and others going to Badin, NC, to take care of business. They had an excellent service with Bishop Howard Yawn and the members. Praised God.
In my closing, the Overseer and I wish everyone a Happy Resurrection Day. Please continue to pray for us as we pray for you.
All praises be to the all-mighty God.
His Servant,
Deaconess Linda Worthem
First Lady of COTLG-Jewell Dominion
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Which He Purchased With His Own Blood, Inc.
Jewell Dominion
Date: February 12, 2024
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and to Him be the Glory, Power, and Dominion forever and ever and to the Holy Ghost yet abiding in the body. For February, the weekly messages will focus on the HEART. Jeremiah 17:10 reads, “I, the Lord, search the heart; I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” “And He that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit because He maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God” Romans 8:27.
One of the most challenging teachings of Jesus Christ is His directive to love our enemies. It defies our instincts and societal norms, pushing us beyond comfort. Loving our enemies can be a task, but love is at the heart of Christian discipleship. Unforgiveness, jealousy, envy, hate, and strife are emotions that cannot be seen inward. However, my brothers and sisters, Matthew 23:28 says, “Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.”This week’s message is about the inward heart. I Samuel 16:7 reads, “But the LORD said unto Samuel, look not on his countenance, or the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”
It is essential to grasp that envy coincides with covetousness, and jealousy starts from the position of being a have-not. Envy concerns love and the ability to love and be loved by others. Hence, envy’s connection to love makes envy a severe vice that reflects and inflicts damage on the human heart. Despite this, God’s love for us and sincerely seeking to love one another is the antidote to envy. We can see the power of forgiveness and grace in the lives of Joseph (Genesis 50:15-21) and Job (Job 42:7-10, who both forgave those who wronged them, and we see the hold of unforgiveness and rage on others like Joash, who murdered the priest who disagreed with him (2 Chronicles 24:20-22), and even Jonah, who was angry at God’s compassion (Jonah 4:1-3). Being able to forgive does not change our present; it changes our future.
In closing, I don’t know where you are in your journey of forgiveness. Perhaps your bitterness, envy, anger, jealousy, and strife are still fresh in your heart, and you need time to process it all. Today, this hour, minute, and second, my brothers and sisters, God is asking you to let go. I encourage you to pray. To trust God. To forgive your offender. And after you have forgiven and been released from the prison of bitterness, God will flood your life with the joy and peace you lost along the way on your Christian journey.
Until next week, let us remember, “…with God, all things are possible” Matthew 19:26.
In His Service,
Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
General Chief Overseer/Senior Bishop
Church of the Living God The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Which He Purchased With His Own Blood, Inc. Jewell Dominion Message from the Desk of First Lady Deaconess Linda Worthem Date: February 11, 2024 Holy Greetings, my brothers and sisters, in the name …
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Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. – 2 Corinthians 9:7
