Shifting to Apostolic Leadership
Tuesday, 04 May 2010 03:08 Frank Duprée This article will help you understand the shift from a Pastoral to an Apostolic Leadership style
The role of the Apostolic Leader is by its very nature Visionary. The role of a Pastor is that of a “care giver”. The two are not mutually exclusive but there are some major differences between the two. If you look to the military for an example you will find two people that fit these roles:
1. The General who is concerned with troop movements, enemy lines, communications, weaponry, supplies and advancing the attack against the enemy.
2. The Medic/Chaplain who is concerned with the physical and spiritual health of the troops and the care of the wounded.
Both men are on the same “team” but they have priorities and concerns.
1.The Apostolic Leader priorities are always strategic.
2.The Pastor’s priorities are always care related.
In our Churches today those Ministers whom we call Pastor are being called to shift to Apostolic Leadership so the Church can strategically move towards advancing the Kingdom of God.
Visualizing the Shift in Leadership
You can see the Fivefold Ministry and Mature Intercessors in "God’s Army"
The General Apostle
The Advisors Prophets
Boot Camp Sergeants Teachers
•Recruiters Evangelists
Medic/Chaplains Pastors
•Spies Mature Intercessors
The General develops a Strategy/Battle Plan for War
He meets with his Advisors to further develop his plan by adjusting it according their input i.e. Timing and Direction
The Advisors bring their knowledge of the War and add the information that the spies bring them
The Spies go out and gather information to bring to the General’s Advisors
The Boot Camp Sergeants fit their Training to the Strategy they have been given so the Troops will be properly equipped for battle
The Medic/Chaplains take care of the Troops
The Recruiters are out on the street and using media, etc. to bring in new recruits
Here are some of the functions of the Apostolic Leader
1.The Apostolic Leader must be Godward to get the vision and burden of the Lord
2.The Apostolic Leader must raise up a Presbytery of Elders in the Church who will minister to the people and their needs and function as the Elder of Elders
3.The Apostolic Leader’s primary concern must be to meet the root needs of people and not their felt needs.
4.The Apostolic Leader must move his Leadership Team from performing in a “maintenance mentality” and move it to the “equipping and maturing of each believer for the work of the ministry.
5.Pastors today center on the people and their needs
6.Pastors today feed the people to put on weight and make them feel satisfied
7.The Apostolic Leader must train his Elders and Pastors to minister to the people so they will build up spiritual muscles and have purpose
8.The Apostolic Leader must renew the minds of believers so they will change their lifestyles
9.Pastors today perform services for the people with “bless me” services where they try to meet their peoples’ “felt needs”
10.The Apostolic Leader must center on God’s call and His purposes for the Church encouraging God’s people to become what they are capable of becoming and to do what they are capable of doing
11.The Apostolic Leader must minister the Word of God and make a righteous demand of the people so they will become “doers of the Word and not hearers only”
12.The Apostolic Leader must also develop the corporate identity of the Church so everyone moves forward in the same direction so the Kingdom of God advances
Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Why Cheaters Cheat . . . A Forward Thought on the Internet
Aloha, Friends:
As evangelical Christians, we understand what the Bible says about how sin is conceived in the heart by lust (James 1). We also know that only by the grace of God we are kept so that our lives can honor the Lord in all that we are in our fragile flesh. We appreciate the mercy of grace and the Godly demand of holiness.
While I am fully convinced that sin is the result of human will acting contrary to choice to obey God and His Word, I also believe that part of the results of the sin nature of Adam is the captivity of parts of ourselves even in the dysfunction of our emotions as well as the defects of our brains and the mental processing of the mind . . . originally due to the Adamic sin or the King of the Mountain Syndrome (Isaiah 14, Gen. 3:5) as well as the works of the flesh manifesting in areas such as infidelity.
I am enclosing an article written by Dr. Amen, a psychiatrist, graduate of Oral Roberts University School of Medicine. I would highly recommend not that we embrace Amen's position without regard to the Biblical simplicity of how sin is conceived in the heart (James 1), but that we would include an understanding of how the sin nature or actual physical injury or some defect, disease, and disorder can impact our ability to make appropriate decisions.
Please read this forward which was written by Dr. Daniel Amen.
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Brains Acting Badly: A New Twist on an Old Question
Posted By bjohnson On June 21, 2011 @ 1:49 am In Blog
6 Comments“Faced with the recent surge of sex scandals, I have found myself holding back, not wanting to comment. They happen all the time, but somehow this season seems different, worse,” begins the article I wrote for the Huffington Post last week, on June 8, 2011.
“The ex-governor of California had his family torn apart by an affair he had a decade ago; the IMF leader was arrested for an alleged assault on a hotel maid; Senator John Edwards was recently indicted on cover-up charges related to his affair; and now married congressman Anthony Weiner admits to tweeting his genitals!
“Why are so many men acting badly? The easy answer is to just say that these men are high-testosterone-driven cheaters who choose to make bad decisions. They should be divorced, scorned and ridiculed. They should just say no and stop being so stupid, we think.
“But as a neuroscientist who has scanned tens of thousands of patients’ brains over the last 20 years, many of whom were sex addicts, I know the brain tells a different story.”
Below is the rest of the article, in total.
There is an area in the front part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex. It is also known as the executive brain because it acts like a boss at work. It is involved in forethought, judgment, impulse control, organization and planning. When there are problems in this part of the brain, men in particular are excitement-seeking and prone to exhibit poor judgment. And what is more exciting than illicit sex or tweeting your genitals?
I was on the “Dr. Phil” show last year for a feature we did on compulsive cheaters. I did a brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) scan on Jose, who had cheated on his wife eight times in the four years they were together. His brain showed very low activity in his prefrontal cortex. He also had a brain injury pattern from playing football and mixed martial art fighting. From seeing his own scan, Jose developed brain envy and wanted a better brain. He did not want to be divorced and have his daughter raised by someone else. He did everything I asked.
Cheaters often experience the pain of rejection from their behavior and, with enough pain, can become motivated to change. Jose changed his habits, improved his nutrition, took some simple supplements to boost brain function and has not cheated on his wife for over a year. His follow-up brain scan also looked dramatically better. As we changed his brain, we also changed his life.
So what do we do with all these cheating men? Should we yell at them, belittle them, scold and scorn them? Or should we scan their brains? I think we should start by looking at their brains. How would we ever know if it was just bad behavior or a brain acting badly unless we looked? Psychiatrists, whom these people come to see for help, are the only medical professionals who rarely look at the organ they treat. Psychiatrists still make diagnoses today as they did in 1841, when Abraham Lincoln was depressed: by talking to people and looking for symptom clusters. Imagine if a cardiologist or an orthopedic doctor acted that way!
If the cheating man’s brain is healthy, then he should just deal with the fallout of his poor judgment and learn to behave better. If, however, he has brain dysfunction (as is often the case), perhaps from a brain injury in the past (a barbell dropped on his head, for example), or other prefrontal cortex problems (such as ADHD), then getting a brain makeover with appropriate treatment is essential. Just making these men, who have real brain dysfunction, feel more guilt and shame will not help solve their problems.
Your brain controls everything you do and all the decisions you make. When the brain works correctly, you work correctly. When the brain is troubled, you are much more likely to make troubled decisions. Whenever human frailties are involved, think about the brain. In our experience, with a thoughtful approach, the brain can be better, which will ultimately be better for the whole family.
Resource: The Huffington Post, June 8, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-amen-md/why-men-cheat_b_872564.html
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Adrian Yuen, Ph.D.
www.adrianyuen.com
www.redemptionacademy.org
www.ustream.tv/channel/hhpint
www.hhpinternational.com
www.drayuen.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/drayuen
www.twitter.com/drayuen
skype: adrianyuen7
cell: 1.877.426.4389
email: yuen@hawaii.rr.com
As evangelical Christians, we understand what the Bible says about how sin is conceived in the heart by lust (James 1). We also know that only by the grace of God we are kept so that our lives can honor the Lord in all that we are in our fragile flesh. We appreciate the mercy of grace and the Godly demand of holiness.
While I am fully convinced that sin is the result of human will acting contrary to choice to obey God and His Word, I also believe that part of the results of the sin nature of Adam is the captivity of parts of ourselves even in the dysfunction of our emotions as well as the defects of our brains and the mental processing of the mind . . . originally due to the Adamic sin or the King of the Mountain Syndrome (Isaiah 14, Gen. 3:5) as well as the works of the flesh manifesting in areas such as infidelity.
I am enclosing an article written by Dr. Amen, a psychiatrist, graduate of Oral Roberts University School of Medicine. I would highly recommend not that we embrace Amen's position without regard to the Biblical simplicity of how sin is conceived in the heart (James 1), but that we would include an understanding of how the sin nature or actual physical injury or some defect, disease, and disorder can impact our ability to make appropriate decisions.
Please read this forward which was written by Dr. Daniel Amen.
______________________________________________________
Brains Acting Badly: A New Twist on an Old Question
Posted By bjohnson On June 21, 2011 @ 1:49 am In Blog
6 Comments“Faced with the recent surge of sex scandals, I have found myself holding back, not wanting to comment. They happen all the time, but somehow this season seems different, worse,” begins the article I wrote for the Huffington Post last week, on June 8, 2011.
“The ex-governor of California had his family torn apart by an affair he had a decade ago; the IMF leader was arrested for an alleged assault on a hotel maid; Senator John Edwards was recently indicted on cover-up charges related to his affair; and now married congressman Anthony Weiner admits to tweeting his genitals!
“Why are so many men acting badly? The easy answer is to just say that these men are high-testosterone-driven cheaters who choose to make bad decisions. They should be divorced, scorned and ridiculed. They should just say no and stop being so stupid, we think.
“But as a neuroscientist who has scanned tens of thousands of patients’ brains over the last 20 years, many of whom were sex addicts, I know the brain tells a different story.”
Below is the rest of the article, in total.
There is an area in the front part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex. It is also known as the executive brain because it acts like a boss at work. It is involved in forethought, judgment, impulse control, organization and planning. When there are problems in this part of the brain, men in particular are excitement-seeking and prone to exhibit poor judgment. And what is more exciting than illicit sex or tweeting your genitals?
I was on the “Dr. Phil” show last year for a feature we did on compulsive cheaters. I did a brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) scan on Jose, who had cheated on his wife eight times in the four years they were together. His brain showed very low activity in his prefrontal cortex. He also had a brain injury pattern from playing football and mixed martial art fighting. From seeing his own scan, Jose developed brain envy and wanted a better brain. He did not want to be divorced and have his daughter raised by someone else. He did everything I asked.
Cheaters often experience the pain of rejection from their behavior and, with enough pain, can become motivated to change. Jose changed his habits, improved his nutrition, took some simple supplements to boost brain function and has not cheated on his wife for over a year. His follow-up brain scan also looked dramatically better. As we changed his brain, we also changed his life.
So what do we do with all these cheating men? Should we yell at them, belittle them, scold and scorn them? Or should we scan their brains? I think we should start by looking at their brains. How would we ever know if it was just bad behavior or a brain acting badly unless we looked? Psychiatrists, whom these people come to see for help, are the only medical professionals who rarely look at the organ they treat. Psychiatrists still make diagnoses today as they did in 1841, when Abraham Lincoln was depressed: by talking to people and looking for symptom clusters. Imagine if a cardiologist or an orthopedic doctor acted that way!
If the cheating man’s brain is healthy, then he should just deal with the fallout of his poor judgment and learn to behave better. If, however, he has brain dysfunction (as is often the case), perhaps from a brain injury in the past (a barbell dropped on his head, for example), or other prefrontal cortex problems (such as ADHD), then getting a brain makeover with appropriate treatment is essential. Just making these men, who have real brain dysfunction, feel more guilt and shame will not help solve their problems.
Your brain controls everything you do and all the decisions you make. When the brain works correctly, you work correctly. When the brain is troubled, you are much more likely to make troubled decisions. Whenever human frailties are involved, think about the brain. In our experience, with a thoughtful approach, the brain can be better, which will ultimately be better for the whole family.
Resource: The Huffington Post, June 8, 2011. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-amen-md/why-men-cheat_b_872564.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Adrian Yuen, Ph.D.
www.adrianyuen.com
www.redemptionacademy.org
www.ustream.tv/channel/hhpint
www.hhpinternational.com
www.drayuen.blogspot.com
www.facebook.com/drayuen
www.twitter.com/drayuen
skype: adrianyuen7
cell: 1.877.426.4389
email: yuen@hawaii.rr.com
Monday, June 20, 2011
Watch THE DEMANDING GOD . . .
Watch the sermon THE DEMANDING GOD, Part 1 . . . by Dr. Adrian Yuen at http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/15494650
Sunday, June 19, 2011
What A Week It Has Been . . .
Aloha, Friends:
God is at work . . . how else can I say it?
Last week, we began a powerful week of prayer and impartation. We were initially struggling to figure out how we would do the week, BUT GOD. I met several times with the prayer team and did not get a clear signal in my spirit, BUT GOD. And then it all came together. . . BUT GOD.
From last Sunday morning when there was a freedom of anointing as we preached on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the people came into worship. Then on Sunday evening, the power began to move again and the churches came together from His Highest Praise NETWORK MINISTRIES and the breakthrough showed up. The Sunday evening service was so anointed that the altar service was filled with a deep work of God, not the superficial shout but the depth of praise and worship that begins with repentance and consecration . . . AND GOD.
From that evening until Friday night, the Lord took over.
On Monday, a large crowd of men and women gathered downstairs at His Highest Praise Honolulu and ministered to one another. It was precious to see Tish and Ululani dancing before the Lord and Pastor Al Castro going into a prophetic dance in prayer, not to forget others who prayed out loud and made declarations of faith. NO DOUBT, GOD WAS IN THE HOUSE.
On Tuesday, more people showed up and God began to take people through personal and inner healing. People began to confess different things that God was revealing to them and there was a holy hush of holiness in the church.
On Wednesday, it was reported that God also moved among the people, many of the women began to speak about the healing power of God in areas of their lives, GOD WAS OBVIOUSLY ADJUSTING THE CHURCH, SANCTIFYING HIS PEOPLE FOR THESE ENDTIMES.
I went to His Highest Praise Kaneohe with Pastor Christian Alexander and God used him too. Pastor Lori and all of the Windward pastors came together to celebrate the power of prayer and to do impartations with the congregations present.
On Thursday, there were another two locations . . . the Filipino Ministries as usual went into a great intercession before the Lord. Testimonies of God at work were evident there too. At His Highest Praise Waianae, about thirty people went to Black Rock Beach and we got together to worship the Lord, to provoke one another to love and good works and to weep and pray. NO DOUBT, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT TO CHANGE.
On Friday, we came together for an all-nighter . . . From 7:00 until 10;30, we were in my office, about forty of us, jam packed in my library . . . then many more came and went upstairs for the overnighter. Even though Tish spoke on Israel and was rushed to the hospital, we knew that Tish Turner was taking a strong stand against the forces of the enemy and although she is much better today, we know God was doing something among us as well. People reported that there was such a freedom and many prophetic words spoken over them by the ministers, most of them left by 4:00 a.m.
All of us experienced something deep from God. We knew He was at work at His Highest Praise and we welcomed His work among us.
Thank you, members of His Highest Praise and affiliates, thank you, pastors and leaders, thank you, friends and fellow-Christians for joining us as
ONE VISION.
ONE LOVE.
ONE VOICE.
We are expecting great things from God for the rest of the year.
THIS IS TRULY A TIME OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING, THE SEASON OF THE FRUITFUL HARVEST . . . ONE VISION, ONE LOVE, ONE VOICE.
Yours for the Journey, Love to all.
Adrian Yuen, Ph.D.
God is at work . . . how else can I say it?
Last week, we began a powerful week of prayer and impartation. We were initially struggling to figure out how we would do the week, BUT GOD. I met several times with the prayer team and did not get a clear signal in my spirit, BUT GOD. And then it all came together. . . BUT GOD.
From last Sunday morning when there was a freedom of anointing as we preached on the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and the people came into worship. Then on Sunday evening, the power began to move again and the churches came together from His Highest Praise NETWORK MINISTRIES and the breakthrough showed up. The Sunday evening service was so anointed that the altar service was filled with a deep work of God, not the superficial shout but the depth of praise and worship that begins with repentance and consecration . . . AND GOD.
From that evening until Friday night, the Lord took over.
On Monday, a large crowd of men and women gathered downstairs at His Highest Praise Honolulu and ministered to one another. It was precious to see Tish and Ululani dancing before the Lord and Pastor Al Castro going into a prophetic dance in prayer, not to forget others who prayed out loud and made declarations of faith. NO DOUBT, GOD WAS IN THE HOUSE.
On Tuesday, more people showed up and God began to take people through personal and inner healing. People began to confess different things that God was revealing to them and there was a holy hush of holiness in the church.
On Wednesday, it was reported that God also moved among the people, many of the women began to speak about the healing power of God in areas of their lives, GOD WAS OBVIOUSLY ADJUSTING THE CHURCH, SANCTIFYING HIS PEOPLE FOR THESE ENDTIMES.
I went to His Highest Praise Kaneohe with Pastor Christian Alexander and God used him too. Pastor Lori and all of the Windward pastors came together to celebrate the power of prayer and to do impartations with the congregations present.
On Thursday, there were another two locations . . . the Filipino Ministries as usual went into a great intercession before the Lord. Testimonies of God at work were evident there too. At His Highest Praise Waianae, about thirty people went to Black Rock Beach and we got together to worship the Lord, to provoke one another to love and good works and to weep and pray. NO DOUBT, THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT TO CHANGE.
On Friday, we came together for an all-nighter . . . From 7:00 until 10;30, we were in my office, about forty of us, jam packed in my library . . . then many more came and went upstairs for the overnighter. Even though Tish spoke on Israel and was rushed to the hospital, we knew that Tish Turner was taking a strong stand against the forces of the enemy and although she is much better today, we know God was doing something among us as well. People reported that there was such a freedom and many prophetic words spoken over them by the ministers, most of them left by 4:00 a.m.
All of us experienced something deep from God. We knew He was at work at His Highest Praise and we welcomed His work among us.
Thank you, members of His Highest Praise and affiliates, thank you, pastors and leaders, thank you, friends and fellow-Christians for joining us as
ONE VISION.
ONE LOVE.
ONE VOICE.
We are expecting great things from God for the rest of the year.
THIS IS TRULY A TIME OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING, THE SEASON OF THE FRUITFUL HARVEST . . . ONE VISION, ONE LOVE, ONE VOICE.
Yours for the Journey, Love to all.
Adrian Yuen, Ph.D.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
An Internet Forward Why We Need to Pray for President Obama
Subject: The Fundamental Transformation of America.
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank
(Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter.
When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists who
sent Obama's mother to a socialist school where she was introduced to
Frank Marshall Davis. He was later introduced to young Barrack Hussein Obama. People said it didn't matter.
When people found out that Barrack Hussein Obama was enrolled as a
Muslim child in school and his father and stepfather were both Muslims, people
said it didn't matter.
When he wrote in another book he authored "I will stand with them
(Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" people said it
didn't matter. *(We should pray for the precious Muslim people . . . )
When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and
professors in college-- people said it didn't matter.
When he traveled to Pakistan, after college on an unknown national
passport, people said it didn't matter.
When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist Party in 1996 as he ran
for the Illinois Senate, people said it didn't matter.
When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a
preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people
said it didn't matter.
When an independent Washington organization, that tracks Senate voting
records, gave him the distinctive title as the "most liberal senator,"
people said it didn't matter.
When the Palestinians in Gaza set up a fund raising telethon to raise
money for his election campaign, people said it didn't matter.
When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn't
matter.
When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign,
as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.
When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and
Mummar Kadaffi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
When it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely
no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it
didn't matter.
When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine
Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.
When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate
came into question, people said it didn't matter.
When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin, and did so only after a
public outcry, people said it didn't matter.
When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools
were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.
When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the
National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.
When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were
pro-gun control, pro- abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail
freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn't matter.
When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other
issues, people said it didn't matter.
When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including
homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.
When his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing
could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.
When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to
produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter. When he did
produce it, it was an altered document. (I am not sure about this statement, AY)
When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco--a man of
questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home-- people said it didn't matter.
When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist,
spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.
When he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals,
revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it
didn't matter.
When he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to
"fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said
it didn't matter.
When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and
served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed cabinet members and several advisors who were tax
cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced
abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers,
people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in
"Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent, and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people
said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group
called gay, lesbian, straight, education network as Safe School Czar
and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people
said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Mark Lloyd, as Diversity Czar, who believes in
curtailing free speech; taking from one and giving to another to spread the
wealth; who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor
and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn't matter.
When Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director said Mao Tse Tung
was her favorite philosopher-- and the person she turned to most for
inspiration, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Carol Browner as Global Warming Czar, and her being a
well known socialist working on Cap and Trade as the nations largest tax,
people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green
Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it
didn't matter.
When Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for health and human services secretary
could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't
matter.
When as President of the United States, he bowed to the King of Saudi
Arabia , people said it didn't matter.
When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once
talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.
When his actions concerning the Middle-East seemed to support the
Palestinians over Israel, our long time ally, people said it didn't
matter.
When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians
from Gaza to the United States, people said it didn't matter.
When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense
system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.
When he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on
when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it
didn't matter.
When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not
pay it off, people said it didn't matter.
When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used
it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected,
people said it didn't matter.
When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc.,
people said it didn't matter.
When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the
government, people said it didn't matter.
When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it
under government control, people said it didn't matter.
When he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were
later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating'
that he was raised a Muslim; was educated as a Muslim; and that he is still a
Muslim-- people said it didn't matter. *(All we need to know is the truth, even if he is sympathic or identify with the Muslim people personally . . . just tell the truth)
When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy
in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.
When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist
State , people finally woke up--- but it was too late.
Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to
the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a
Marxist-Socialist society.
All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place.
All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an internet
search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I
will write that paragraph. Will it read as above or will it be a more happy
ending for most of America?
When Obama wrote a book and said he was mentored as a youth by Frank
(Frank Marshall Davis) an avowed Communist, people said it didn't matter.
When it was discovered that his grandparents, were strong socialists who
sent Obama's mother to a socialist school where she was introduced to
Frank Marshall Davis. He was later introduced to young Barrack Hussein Obama. People said it didn't matter.
When people found out that Barrack Hussein Obama was enrolled as a
Muslim child in school and his father and stepfather were both Muslims, people
said it didn't matter.
When he wrote in another book he authored "I will stand with them
(Muslims) should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" people said it
didn't matter. *(We should pray for the precious Muslim people . . . )
When he admittedly, in his book, said he chose Marxist friends and
professors in college-- people said it didn't matter.
When he traveled to Pakistan, after college on an unknown national
passport, people said it didn't matter.
When he sought the endorsement of the Marxist Party in 1996 as he ran
for the Illinois Senate, people said it didn't matter.
When he sat in a Chicago Church for twenty years and listened to a
preacher spew hatred for America and preach black liberation theology, people
said it didn't matter.
When an independent Washington organization, that tracks Senate voting
records, gave him the distinctive title as the "most liberal senator,"
people said it didn't matter.
When the Palestinians in Gaza set up a fund raising telethon to raise
money for his election campaign, people said it didn't matter.
When his voting record supported gun control, people said it didn't
matter.
When he refused to disclose who donated money to his election campaign,
as other candidates had done, people said it didn't matter.
When he received endorsements from people like Louis Farrakhan and
Mummar Kadaffi and Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
When it was pointed out that he was a total newcomer and had absolutely
no experience at anything except community organizing, people said it
didn't matter.
When he chose friends and acquaintances such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine
Dohrn who were revolutionary radicals, people said it didn't matter.
When his voting record in the Illinois senate and in the U.S. Senate
came into question, people said it didn't matter.
When he refused to wear a flag, lapel pin, and did so only after a
public outcry, people said it didn't matter.
When people started treating him as a Messiah and children in schools
were taught to sing his praises, people said it didn't matter.
When he stood with his hands over his groin area for the playing of the
National Anthem and Pledge of Allegiance, people said it didn't matter.
When he surrounded himself in the White house with advisors who were
pro-gun control, pro- abortion, pro-homosexual marriage and wanting to curtail
freedom of speech to silence the opposition people said it didn't matter.
When he aired his views on abortion, homosexuality and a host of other
issues, people said it didn't matter.
When he said he favors sex education in Kindergarten, including
homosexual indoctrination, people said it didn't matter.
When his personal background was either scrubbed or hidden and nothing
could be found about him, people said it didn't matter.
When the place of his birth was called into question, and he refused to
produce a birth certificate, people said it didn't matter. When he did
produce it, it was an altered document. (I am not sure about this statement, AY)
When he had an association in Chicago with Tony Rezco--a man of
questionable character and who is now in prison and had helped Obama to a sweet deal on the purchase of his home-- people said it didn't matter.
When it became known that George Soros, a multi-billionaire Marxist,
spent a ton of money to get him elected, people said it didn't matter.
When he started appointing White House Czars that were radicals,
revolutionaries, and even avowed Marxist/Communist, people said it
didn't matter.
When he stood before the Nation and told us that his intentions were to
"fundamentally transform this Nation" into something else, people said
it didn't matter.
When it became known that he had trained ACORN workers in Chicago and
served as an attorney for ACORN, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed cabinet members and several advisors who were tax
cheats and socialists, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed a Science Czar, John Holdren, who believes in forced
abortions, mass sterilizations and seizing babies from teen mothers,
people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Cass Sunstein as Regulatory Czar who believes in
"Explicit Consent," harvesting human organs without family consent, and allowing animals to be represented in court, while banning all hunting, people
said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Kevin Jennings, a homosexual, and organizer of a group
called gay, lesbian, straight, education network as Safe School Czar
and it became known that he had a history of bad advice to teenagers, people
said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Mark Lloyd, as Diversity Czar, who believes in
curtailing free speech; taking from one and giving to another to spread the
wealth; who supports Hugo Chavez, people said it didn't matter.
When Valerie Jarrett was selected as Obama's Senior White House Advisor
and she is an avowed Socialist, people said it didn't matter.
When Anita Dunn, White House Communications Director said Mao Tse Tung
was her favorite philosopher-- and the person she turned to most for
inspiration, people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Carol Browner as Global Warming Czar, and her being a
well known socialist working on Cap and Trade as the nations largest tax,
people said it didn't matter.
When he appointed Van Jones, an ex-con and avowed Communist as Green
Energy Czar, who since had to resign when this was made known, people said it
didn't matter.
When Tom Daschle, Obama's pick for health and human services secretary
could not be confirmed, because he was a tax cheat, people said it didn't
matter.
When as President of the United States, he bowed to the King of Saudi
Arabia , people said it didn't matter.
When he traveled around the world criticizing America and never once
talking of her greatness, people said it didn't matter.
When his actions concerning the Middle-East seemed to support the
Palestinians over Israel, our long time ally, people said it didn't
matter.
When he took American tax dollars to resettle thousands of Palestinians
from Gaza to the United States, people said it didn't matter.
When he upset the Europeans by removing plans for a missile defense
system against the Russians, people said it didn't matter.
When he played politics in Afghanistan by not sending troops early-on
when the Field Commanders said they were necessary to win, people said it
didn't matter.
When he started spending us into a debt that was so big we could not
pay it off, people said it didn't matter.
When he took a huge spending bill under the guise of stimulus and used
it to pay off organizations, unions, and individuals that got him elected,
people said it didn't matter.
When he took over insurance companies, car companies, banks, etc.,
people said it didn't matter.
When he took away student loans from the banks and put it through the
government, people said it didn't matter.
When he designed plans to take over the health care system and put it
under government control, people said it didn't matter.
When he claimed he was a Christian during the election and tapes were
later made public that showed Obama speaking to a Muslim group and 'stating'
that he was raised a Muslim; was educated as a Muslim; and that he is still a
Muslim-- people said it didn't matter. *(All we need to know is the truth, even if he is sympathic or identify with the Muslim people personally . . . just tell the truth)
When he set into motion a plan to take over the control of all energy
in the United States through Cap and Trade, people said it didn't matter.
When he finally completed his transformation of America into a Socialist
State , people finally woke up--- but it was too late.
Add these up one by one and you get a phenomenal score that points to
the fact that Barrack Hussein Obama is determined to turn America into a
Marxist-Socialist society.
All of the items in the preceding paragraphs have been put into place.
All can be documented very easily. Before you disavow this do an internet
search. The last paragraph alone is not yet cast in stone. You and I
will write that paragraph. Will it read as above or will it be a more happy
ending for most of America?
Endtimes and Week of Prayer and Impartations
Prayer Week In Light of the Endtimes'
by
Adrian Yuen, Ph.D.
Aloha, Friends:
This Sunday begins PRAYER WEEK for His Highest Praise International. We are calling every church to pray and fast (different variations) throughout the week as led by the Holy Spirit.
There is no question in my mind that we need to pray especially in light of the endtimes.
For the last several weeks, I have been preaching on the endtimes which included the rapture, the Tribulation Period, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-20 indicate to us that Jesus will come back for His Bride . . . the dead in Christ will rise first and we who are alive and remain, believers and His Bride, will be caught up or snatched away to be with the Lord forever. This event which can happen at any time now (imminent) is known as the rapture (Latin word, rapto, to yank up). I Corinthians 15:51,52 state . . . IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMP: FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED."
There are many good people who disagree either as to whether there is a rapture or not, or when will it occur (pre-Tribulation, mid-Tribulation, post-Tribulation), or who will go up and when . . . It is my position and the position of His Highest Praise, that as symbolic by the Church of Philadelphia in contrast to the lukewarm Church of Laodicea, that there will be believers who will be kept from the hour of temptation and thus taken from the earth before the Tribulation Period.
When Jesus was speaking to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3, He spoke to the Church of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:10) in which He promised that this body will be kept FROM the hour of temptation or the Time of the Tribulation. And while that body of believers, we call the Bride of Christ, goes up prior to the Tribulation Period, there is a part of the body called Laodicea that goes into the Triublation Period. In Revelation 3:14ff, the lukewarm body of Christ (Laodecia, rulership by the people) is vomited from the body of Christ and into the fire of the Tribulation Period.
So just as there will be a rapture of READY SAINTS from the earth, there will also be a RUPTURE of the lukewarm believers into the Tribulation Period.
Matthew 24:21 states, FOR THEN SHALL BE GREAT TRIBULATION SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THIS TIME, NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE.
After the rapture, there will be a Tribulation Period estimated by some to be around seven years, the last half called THE GREAT TRIBULATION, during which time the MAN OF SIN or the Antichrist will be in charge as the NEW WORLD ORDER LEADER.
Revelation 3:10 states that the purpose of the Tribulation Period will be to "try them that dwell upon the earth.
At the end of the Great Tribulation, Jesus will come back and place His feet on the earth where He will bind Satan for 1,000 years, establish His Millenniel Kingdom, and rule the earth as the RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE (Revelation 19), eventually leading to new heavens and earth.
So many details and events are not included here which are important (for later study), but we are to be ready for IN SUCH AN HOUR AS WE THINK NOT, BEHOLD HE COMETH.
Matthew 24:42 states, WATCH FOR WE KNOW NOT WHEN THE LORD WILL COME . . . The word "watch" means TO STAY AWAKE.
Such is the case for the body of Christ today.
There are people in the church today who are asleep . . . They are not discerning. They come with a form of Godliness but they deny the power thereof. There is no change, no discernment, no life of prayer, no power and faith, no victory and deliverance.
It is because we watch that WE PRAY.
This is why we are having a WEEK OF PRAYER AND IMPARTATION.
Beginning this Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m., we are having a prayer service by the laying on of hands. We will be praying for the sick, praying for the weary, praying for those who stand in great need of prayer. We want to WATCH or stay in tuned with God.
The week of prayer includes:
Monday at HHP Honolulu: Men's and Women's Ministries.
Tuesday at HHP Honolulu: Bible college students, students in post-secondary education, Sunday School teachers, etc.
Wednesday at HHP Honolulu: Destiny groups and mid-week prayer. . . also prayer at HHP Kaneohe . . .
Thursday Morning at HHP Honolulu: PRAYER WARRIORS meet at 10 a.m.
Thursday Evening at His Highest Praise Filipino Outreach in Salt Lake and also at HHP Waianae. Please go and pray with them at these two locations.
Friday Evening: Youth Expresions Prayer at 7:30 p.m. and ALL NIGHT PRAYER starting at 10 p.m. with Tish Turner speaking on ISRAEL and then praying until 7 a.m. From 7 p.m. on Friday, we will begin our all-night prayer in my office and then go upstairs from 10 p.m. on.
SEE YOU AT PRAYER WEEK . . .
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: SALAD BAR FUNDRAISER ON SUNDAY . . . FROM AFTER CHURCH UNTIL 5:00 P.M. SEE YOU AT OUR SALAD BAR FUNRRAISER.
skype:
His Highest Praise Honolulu, 423 Kamake'e Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Phone (808) 592-2300; Fax (808) 592-2305; email: yuen@hawaii.rr.com;
hhpinternational.com; adrianyuen.com; redemptionacademy.org; drayuen.blogspot.com
skype: adrianyuen7
facebook: facebook.com/drayuen
by
Adrian Yuen, Ph.D.
Aloha, Friends:
This Sunday begins PRAYER WEEK for His Highest Praise International. We are calling every church to pray and fast (different variations) throughout the week as led by the Holy Spirit.
There is no question in my mind that we need to pray especially in light of the endtimes.
For the last several weeks, I have been preaching on the endtimes which included the rapture, the Tribulation Period, and the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-20 indicate to us that Jesus will come back for His Bride . . . the dead in Christ will rise first and we who are alive and remain, believers and His Bride, will be caught up or snatched away to be with the Lord forever. This event which can happen at any time now (imminent) is known as the rapture (Latin word, rapto, to yank up). I Corinthians 15:51,52 state . . . IN A MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMP: FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED."
There are many good people who disagree either as to whether there is a rapture or not, or when will it occur (pre-Tribulation, mid-Tribulation, post-Tribulation), or who will go up and when . . . It is my position and the position of His Highest Praise, that as symbolic by the Church of Philadelphia in contrast to the lukewarm Church of Laodicea, that there will be believers who will be kept from the hour of temptation and thus taken from the earth before the Tribulation Period.
When Jesus was speaking to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3, He spoke to the Church of Philadelphia (Revelation 3:10) in which He promised that this body will be kept FROM the hour of temptation or the Time of the Tribulation. And while that body of believers, we call the Bride of Christ, goes up prior to the Tribulation Period, there is a part of the body called Laodicea that goes into the Triublation Period. In Revelation 3:14ff, the lukewarm body of Christ (Laodecia, rulership by the people) is vomited from the body of Christ and into the fire of the Tribulation Period.
So just as there will be a rapture of READY SAINTS from the earth, there will also be a RUPTURE of the lukewarm believers into the Tribulation Period.
Matthew 24:21 states, FOR THEN SHALL BE GREAT TRIBULATION SUCH AS WAS NOT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THIS TIME, NO, NOR EVER SHALL BE.
After the rapture, there will be a Tribulation Period estimated by some to be around seven years, the last half called THE GREAT TRIBULATION, during which time the MAN OF SIN or the Antichrist will be in charge as the NEW WORLD ORDER LEADER.
Revelation 3:10 states that the purpose of the Tribulation Period will be to "try them that dwell upon the earth.
At the end of the Great Tribulation, Jesus will come back and place His feet on the earth where He will bind Satan for 1,000 years, establish His Millenniel Kingdom, and rule the earth as the RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE (Revelation 19), eventually leading to new heavens and earth.
So many details and events are not included here which are important (for later study), but we are to be ready for IN SUCH AN HOUR AS WE THINK NOT, BEHOLD HE COMETH.
Matthew 24:42 states, WATCH FOR WE KNOW NOT WHEN THE LORD WILL COME . . . The word "watch" means TO STAY AWAKE.
Such is the case for the body of Christ today.
There are people in the church today who are asleep . . . They are not discerning. They come with a form of Godliness but they deny the power thereof. There is no change, no discernment, no life of prayer, no power and faith, no victory and deliverance.
It is because we watch that WE PRAY.
This is why we are having a WEEK OF PRAYER AND IMPARTATION.
Beginning this Sunday evening at 6:00 p.m., we are having a prayer service by the laying on of hands. We will be praying for the sick, praying for the weary, praying for those who stand in great need of prayer. We want to WATCH or stay in tuned with God.
The week of prayer includes:
Monday at HHP Honolulu: Men's and Women's Ministries.
Tuesday at HHP Honolulu: Bible college students, students in post-secondary education, Sunday School teachers, etc.
Wednesday at HHP Honolulu: Destiny groups and mid-week prayer. . . also prayer at HHP Kaneohe . . .
Thursday Morning at HHP Honolulu: PRAYER WARRIORS meet at 10 a.m.
Thursday Evening at His Highest Praise Filipino Outreach in Salt Lake and also at HHP Waianae. Please go and pray with them at these two locations.
Friday Evening: Youth Expresions Prayer at 7:30 p.m. and ALL NIGHT PRAYER starting at 10 p.m. with Tish Turner speaking on ISRAEL and then praying until 7 a.m. From 7 p.m. on Friday, we will begin our all-night prayer in my office and then go upstairs from 10 p.m. on.
SEE YOU AT PRAYER WEEK . . .
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: SALAD BAR FUNDRAISER ON SUNDAY . . . FROM AFTER CHURCH UNTIL 5:00 P.M. SEE YOU AT OUR SALAD BAR FUNRRAISER.
skype:
His Highest Praise Honolulu, 423 Kamake'e Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814
Phone (808) 592-2300; Fax (808) 592-2305; email: yuen@hawaii.rr.com;
hhpinternational.com; adrianyuen.com; redemptionacademy.org; drayuen.blogspot.com
skype: adrianyuen7
facebook: facebook.com/drayuen
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