"FAITH REMOVES OBSTACLES"

!! written by Kathy Todd (except for ++scriptures or **songs)

!!When we look at the obstacles set before us, doubt so easily enters our mind. Doubt tells us those obstacles are there and will remain there. Faith gives us the strength and power to conquer those obstacles and then not allow them to rebuild! Just like a group of people physically running a race on an obstacle course...they find ways to either go around the obstacle, go over it, go under it or go through it.  And when they reach the finish line, they win the approval of the crowd cheering them on. This same thing happens with faith!! We see the obstacles however know and have faith that God has already gone before us to take down those obstacles. It is our responsiblity to keep running and moving forward to the finish line. As we move forward applying our faith, we obtain (win) God's aprroval and will receive his favor whether it be in our own individual walk or as a community of FAITH .. congregation ... body of Christ ... the church etc....!!! Though we see the obstacles in the natural, we have to believe and have full faith that God has already destroyed and demolished that obstacle spiritually!! We have to keep moving (running) forward knowing that no matter what obstacles are put in front of us, we can and will conquer them. Never looking back or allowing anything or anyone to hold us back from the finish line we are trying and working hard to reach.  Keep the Faith and obtain (win) God's approval!! Have Faith that our victories are waiting for us on the other side of the obstacles.  God has already done his part ... we must do ours!! :o)

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++Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For by faith the elders obtained (won) a good report (God's approval).
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Hebrews 11:1-3
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++ Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
Isaiah 45:1-3
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!!Praise the Lord God Almighty for going before us to take down the obstacles we face....we just got to have Faith!!
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!! Dear Heavenly Father, I come to you now in the name of your son Jesus Christ!! Lord I praise you and glorify your Holy name.  You are my savior, my healer, my deliverer, my strength, my everything!! I thank you Lord Jesus. Lord, I humble myself before you today thanking you for your promises in your Holy word. Lord, I thank you for going before us and taking down any obstacles that build up against us as individuals and as your church. Lord, I thank you for doing your part and I pray for your strength,power and anointing to do our part. I love you Lord Jesus and give you all of my glory, honor and praise. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!!
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** Keep Runnin by Lil' Dre **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVLG3X8f7Ss

"QUOTE FOR TODAY

"Sometimes when you are the closest to your breakthrough the pressure is the greatest. You have come too far to give up now!" –Joyce Meyer

"GOD PROVIDES WHEN WE OBEY HIM"

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

(As it is written, HE HATH DISPERSED ABROAD; HE HATH GIVEN TO THE POOR: HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS REMAINETH FOR EVER.

Now he that ministereth (gives) seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness (plentifulness), which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

For the administration (rendering) of this service not only supplieth the want (need) of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

Whiles by the experiment (experience) of this ministration (service) they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

Any by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable (priceless) gift.

2 Corinthians 9:8-15

"JESUS -- 24-7-365"

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"QUOTE FOR TODAY"

"If you start doing what you can do, God will do what you can’t do." -Damon Thompson

"EXCEED YOUR CHALLENGES"

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Dear Heavenly Father,

I come to you now in the name of your son Jesus Christ. Lord, I praise you and glorify your Holy Name!! You are my saviour, my deliverer, my healer, my strength, my everything. I thank you Lord Jesus!! Lord please open our hearts, minds and spirits. Not only my own but all who desire more of you and desire to see and feel advancement in your kingdom. Lord, not only in my own church but in all Christian ministries all over the world who serves you in spirit and in truth. Lord, please give us your strength and power and boldness to face and conquer what may be challenging us or holding us back or struggling with. Lord, there are all kinds of challenges, barriers, and struggles that we deal with in life. Lord, I pray for any challenges, barriers or struggles in my life and in the life of those reading this prayer to be broken in the name of Jesus. I pray for breakthrough in their life and in their situations in Jesus Name. I thank you and love you Lord Jesus!! And I give you all of my glory, honor and praise!! In Jesus name I pray... Amen!!

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Grace and peace be multiplied unto you througth the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
And beside this, giving all diligence , add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
And to knowledge temperance (self-control); and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity (love).
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election (relationship with God) sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall (stumble):
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto (given to) you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
2 Peter 1:2-12
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PRAISE AND WORSHIP:

first link POWER by PLANETSHAKERS
second link HOLDING NOTHING BACK by JESUS CULTURE
Click links to listen :o)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES6kgY3Gp-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr9Wz3F9JPs

TIME CHANGE REMINDER

:o) Remember to set your clocks back one hour tonight for all who are local :o)

QUOTE FOR TODAY

"The Holy Spirit was given without measure, so don't limit what He can do in you. See as He sees & receive what He does." -- Planetshakers

"GOD WILL FINISH THE WORKS HE STARTED"

"GOD WILL FINISH THE WORKS HE STARTED"

!!written by Kathy Todd (++except for scriptures and **songs)
!! I am so thankful for the words from the Holy Spirit Sunday night. Words spoken as a thanksgiving testimony! Words thanking God for what he has done, for what he is doing and for what his is going to do!! Thankfulness opens the gates of heaven and allows the Holy Spirit to do his work in which empowers us to do the works he started in us with anointing, fire and power.

!! Has God started a work in you that has not been completed? I believe and trust God to send his Holy Spirit to bring these works to completion. Not only in each individual, but also as a united body of believers within our local church, The Harvest Center.

!! God stands true to his promises in his Holy Word. Ask God and seek him to complete the works he started in you. Go to the doors of heaven through prayer to knock. There the Holy Spirit will be ready to pour out God's promises!

!! Embrace it .... Believe it......Live it!! He will lift you up out of your weaknesses and turn them into his strengths. It's his WORD!!
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++ Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many contribute to the glory of God.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4
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++ Praise ye the Lord, I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever.
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.
He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen.
The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure.
They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalm 111
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** YES by JOHN WALLER --- (Praise and Worship Song) :o)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVVkiSaNplE

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"CHILDREN'S AND TWEENS MINISTRIES -- PUMPKIN CARVING AND SPECIAL LESSON"

During the morning service on 10/23/2011, the Children's and Tween's Ministries came together to have a special lesson and pumpkin carving with the children. The children had a wonderful time digging the icky stuff out of the pumpkins. Jesus does the same thing for us when we accept him as our Lord and Saviour. He goes in and digs out all the icky stuff (sin) and puts his light in us!! Praise the Lord for our children!! And Praise the Lord for God sending his son Jesus!!

"OUTREACH MISSION -- TRUNK OR TREAT"

On Monday, 10/31/2011, the Harvest Center Church participated in an outreach mission by distributing several hundred bags of candy and church flyers to Halloween trick or treaters in Collinsville, Crossville and Geraldine.  The tween's ministry put this outreach mission into action in which resulted in a UNITED effort of team work from the congregation with several bringing in candy, several giving cash donations for the outreach mission, several coming together on Friday evening, 10/28/2011 to stuff bags with candy and staple the church flyers to the bags, some giving decoration items and 3 who went to our local community and surrounding communities to distribute the bags of candy and church flyers. It was wonderful to bless others and see all the costumes!! We are praying and trusting God for his Holy Spirit to bring results!! To God be the glory...PTL!!
                                                                 

Back of Frank and Kathy's van in Crossville, AL!!

Phyllis handing out bags of candy and church flyers in Geraldine!!