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Welcome to the Abba’s Heart eBeat, the monthly eNews from Abba’s Heart Ministries. Read on to be informed and inspired about what God is doing.
Note from Sandi
My heart is full as we come into this glorious summer. The new building is underway and the homeless and hurting are being reached as never before. The heart of God is pounding upon His own purposes as His breath rushes out around us. Stop and see it, listen and know it… You are loved by a Holy God, rescued by a glorious King and you are marked by majesty!
This 8-minute video is amazing - you have to see it!
www.abbasheart.com/laminin.asp
You Are A Major Prize Recipient!
Jesus says, "Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For the measure you give will be the measure you get back." Luke 6:38
In 1991 I went into to the Post Office. I put my key in my Post Office box and there was just one envelope inside. I pulled it out, and looked at it. It looked official. On it was printed, “Official Notification. You are a major prize recipient!”
I said, “Thank You, God! Publisher's Clearing House is finally noticing me, after ALL this time!” I opened up the envelope and pulled out a letter from a resort property in southern Missouri. They said, “You have won! You have won a high-tech color television set.”
“A high-tech color television set?” I read on. It said, “Reverend, if you come down and visit our resort property and take a tour for ninety minutes, you can pick up your high-tech color TV.”
I thought to myself, “Well, when am I going to have time to go down there?” I looked on the calendar and found a day, my day off, on Friday.
As I was thinking about going down to pick up my high-tech color TV, I thought perhaps I would need a pickup truck because it would be a big box. Then I thought, “Well, what if it rains?” If it rains the box would get all wet in the back of the pickup truck and possibly ruin the TV inside.
I thought if it might rain, I have a friend with a full-size station wagon. The station wagon was a Chevrolet Caprice that came from the age before gas prices mandated downsizing. With the seats folded down in the back it looked like the interior of one of the jumbo cargo planes. I would ask this friend to go along with me. I thought we could put quite a big box in there, and if it was bigger, we could rent a U-Haul trailer. I'm open to possibilities.
I went down in his full-sized station wagon (about a two-hour trip), and I toured the property. They were very, very nice to me. At the end, the man said, “Now it is time. What have you won?”
I said, “I've won a high-tech color television set.”
He said, “Well, you can pick it up right over there,” and he pointed to a small shed-like building with a small door. I'm wondering how in the world they got the high-tech color television set in there.
Well, I shake the nice man's hand, leave his car and go get the station wagon. I waited for about 20 minutes until all the cars had left the front of the small building so that I would have room for the mammoth Chevrolet Caprice station wagon to back up to the door. I backed it up to the door because I didn't want to carry the television set box very far. I open the lift gate and I think I can get it through the doorway if I tilt it just a certain way, and then I can slide most of the box right inside the station wagon. I go in, and the first thing I do is look for a high-tech color
television set. I'm looking all around and I don't see any big boxes.
The nice lady behind the counter said to me, “Do you have your certificate?”
I proudly said, “Yes, I do! I have won a high-tech color television set.”
She said, “Yes, you have! And because you're here on Friday you've also won a bonus prize!”
I said, “Great! Thank You God!” I took several deep breaths, bringing the strength of God into me, because the excitement was almost too much for me to bear. I was ready for my life-changing good luck.
Several others were coming in at that time; they had to squeeze around the Chevrolet Caprice to get through the open door. I apologized saying I was there to pick up a large console color television set, and knew that I couldn't carry it very far. They all worked for the company, and they gave me the strangest stare!
The lady took a small key and put it into a lock on a small drawer. She turned the key, opened the drawer, reached in and pulled out a box. She handed me a little box and I said, “What is this?”
She said, “This is your high-tech color television set.” No exaggeration, the box was four inches by seven inches and about an inch deep.
I said in total shock, “That's my color television set?” In the meantime, I have the station wagon backed so close to the door that nobody can get into this place. Several people are looking through the door from the other side of the Chevrolet Caprice, trying to see what is happening.
I'm holding this in the palm of my hand and she says, “Yes, there's a color television in there.” I thought when I opened it up that perhaps the directions to the warehouse would be in there to where I would go and pick up the huge box as big as this station wagon demanded.
I opened up the box and here is what was in it: A Casio television the size of a small transistor radio. It had a two-inch screen.
I felt a little embarrassed. I moved that station wagon faster than anyone has ever moved a station wagon, and I acted cool, like I knew all along it would be in a small box like this.
She gave me a diamond watch, too. (That's what it says. There's something in there that sparkles, so I guess it must be a diamond.) That was my bonus gift.
I had to drive all the way home because my friend, the owner of the station wagon, was laughing so hard that tears were streaming down his face to a point that he couldn't see.
As I look back on my life some of the greatest gifts that I had been given have been events that made me laugh. I treasure the belly laughs of life. That made me laugh then, and it makes me laugh now.
I'm a rich man because I have much to laugh about. The full-size television set would have been forgotten over a decade ago, but because I have a remembered laugh to recall any time – I can say now, “I was truly a major prize recipient!”
Adapted from: http://sonic.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?visit=dailyinspiration&id=371863658
Memory Verse
“Our mouths were filled with laughter,
our tongues with songs of joy.
Then it was said among the nations,
"The LORD has done great things for them."
The LORD has done great things for us,
and we are filled with joy.”
Psalm126:2-3
Spiritual Body Builders
Your pters for June have been Psalms 7-11. The first Monday in July, start reading Psalms 12-16. If you would like to be a Spiritual Body Builder, contact our office for a brochure with instructions, or download it by going to www.theRevivalCenter.info. Recordings of many of the discussions are available in the Audio/Video Media System: www.abbasheart.com/avms.asp
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Also On Our Website
Flash! Our website is undergoing some major renovations! We are excited about the new look at www.theRevivalCenter.info, as well as various other areas where we are implementing some new flash technology. Be sure to take a look!
Audio Messages We are getting close to having100 audio and video messages on our website. Access the player at www.abbasheart.com/avms.asp. Follow the Body Builder discussions, join in on the Wednesday Night Bible Study as they learn to apply Abraham’s 12-Step plan, and listen to sermons from Friday night miracle crusades and Sunday morning services.
King Camp! Men, we need to know if we should make a reservation for next year! Visit www.kingcamp.info to learn more. We managed to get 30 of you there this year, but if you want the chapel, we’ll need to guarantee a much larger group. The facility fills up fast, so we need to decide soon. Vote with your $50.00 deposits.
Queen Camp Visit www.queencamp.info to register for this year’s retreat! We need 75 more registrations to get the larger meeting room we had last year. Please don’t wait to register if you are thinking about going. If we need to reduce our guarantee there may not be room for you at the last minute. It will be at the same location at the Tenaya Lodge near Yosemite, California. November 14-16, 2008.
Common Ground Retreat for Couples Like with King Camp, we need to make some decisions about next year’s reservation very soon. Please let Dora know if you are interested.
For this year’s retreat, consider setting up a monthly payment plan. Go to GET BLESSED at www.abbasheart.com then choose Retreat Payments. (You may need to scroll down.) Be sure to put in the comments box which retreat you are paying for! A $50.00 deposit holds your spot, and you can make monthly payments. There will be a registration form in the upcoming Abba’s HeartBeat newsletter as well.
Go to the same page to help with the continuing expenses of Donny’s care in San Francisco. There are links to the various ways you can be blessed by sharing.
Revival Center Ministry Schedule in California
Sundays Worship Service at the Revival Center, Clovis, CA 11:00 am
Tuesdays Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm
Wednesdays Bible Study and Communion 7:00 pm
(Staff meeting from 6:00 to 7:00 pm)
Fridays Miracle Crusade @ Revival Center 7:00 pm
See the calendar >> for monthly activities and more.
The July Potluck will include water baptism. If you are interested in taking this step, please contact Caryn Kilgore.
To see photos from recent events visit www.theRevivalCenter.info and find the albums on the left navigation. There are two links and lots of pictures!
Miracle Crusades
The Arizona Crusades are on hold until we find a new venue.
Clovis, California - Every Friday, 7:00 pm
Miracle Crusade @ Revival Center
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