I want to give a warm welcome to this weeks New Members: @Amy Morton @Gulraiz Christian @Mariam Ghaly @Sofi R @Pippa McElveen Tonight is our Weekly Group Mentoring call at 7PM EST. The definition of Mentoring is a collaborative relationship where one person helps guide another. To get the most out of this community I highly encourage you to come with questions and topics that are important to you and that are affecting your everyday life. Without your piece of collaboration... its just a Bible study or a sermon, but when you come with questions and give real world problems... now we can avoid pitfalls as the Holy Spirit guides. What's on your heart for tonight? What's God been speaking to you?

We can spread the fragrance of Christianity by living out its values in our daily lives. Showing love, kindness, and forgiveness to others, and being a positive example of Christ's teachings can inspire others to experience the beauty of Christianity. Sharing our faith through acts of service, sharing our personal testimonies, and inviting others to join in worship and community can also help spread the fragrance of Christianity.

I am thankful to God for you and God has chosen us for the world in which billions of people live so that we can serve Him and achieve salvation and everlasting life. The Lord says that you are not but I have chosen you from this world God has the purpose in everything and everything. No work or thing happens without God's will I believe that God has mixed us out of this great world. There is definitely a purpose in God

I want you to understand this mystery: I was invited to preach at a local church in my city last night, so I preached in the morning at The River BH and then I preached at this other church. The service was powerful, we did an altar call and ministered to the people but after the service the Pastor brought up a couple people who wanted prayer for specific things like healing… Well the line kept growing and before I knew it everyone was back in line for prayer again. (I had to take today off because I was spiritually drained but it was glorious) What I noticed though at the end of the night, the Pastors wife was the last to get prayer… she opened up that she had been going through depression for years. Why this is important is because multiple women throughout the night I had received words that they had been fighting with depression. Many of the people were weeping as the Lord was giving prophetic words but this depression had come up in at least three other people. One being the worship leader, and another being the Pastors daughter. Understand that you are a Sheild to those under your covering. Maybe that’s your children, your employees or those in your ministry. However the enemy attacks you… he will attack those under you with. If you win the battle… they have a GREAT CHANCE of also winning or not even encountering the attack… But if you loose the battle… they now have to face the sane foe… and many will loose or be tormented without cause. There is so much that I could say but understand… if God has placed you over people, you have a responsibility both naturally and spiritually. Your life is not your own. A man who cannot control his spirit is like a city without walls. If you are conquered… if a strong man is conquered… then his home can be plundered. Don’t allow the enemy access. The other side to this is your battles are usually connected to your personal ministry… so if you have overcome addiction or depression… many times God will send you those fighting with those same issues because your purpose is to show them how to overcome, just like you did.

This is my answer but I want to hear what God has been speaking to you lately... Also Welcome to the group @Pippa McElveen . Its great to have you my friend. I was talking to someone earlier and they were asking how this season of my life was going... (I just got back from visiting with multiple Pastors in Sao Paulo...) And the advice they all gave me when I asked about being a New Pastor was... "LOVE" So as i'm leaving this voice message to respond... all of could say was... God is teaching me how to LOVE... Yes I can talk about cool testimonies of people having visions, the healings etc... but like Paul said... if we have all those gifts but don't have LOVE we are nothing! I'm sure everyone reading this, has heard these sentiments before... but how often do we forget. We get so busy... we want things done a certain way... we feel like we are owed a certain level of respect, buut Jesus said the most important thing is LOVE God is LOVE... Jesus said... we will know his disciples by their LOVE. If you want to be more like christ... then remember... The Greatest LOVE of all is for a man to lay down his life for a friend. For God so LOVED the world that he gave... We cannot love without giving and God is asking for you to give your life... so someone else can live. LOVE is not an emotion... LOVE is a choice to lay down your life... and its a daily choice. What has God been speaking to you lately?