Through it All: January 2015

Friday, January 30, 2015

http://www.gofundme.com/jasonandelona

GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME.
Thanks to everyone who has prayed for us first and foremost!

I honestly thought it strange when my insurance company told me to start this site and the suggested amount. Fourteen months later I understand and with the accumulated debt I realize they underestimated..

The first nerve block did nothing but cause an infection that has me down literally. They are going to try another one at some point with a different medicine mix.

We are currently still scheduled to go to Jefferson Headache Hospital in April unless someone cancels. All the doctors still say the headache and cluster attacks could simply stop any day. We keep praying that way, All local doctors have literally given up on my case except one. The UVA specialist said anywhere but Jefferson in a case like mine is hopeless. Thanks to a friend we have the gas and copay for that trip covered.

We are just trusting GOD to make it day to day. With every single bit of savings gone and me not working it's been a lesson in Faith. We just found out the medicine that works the most is going from $78 per month to $97 not counting the co-pays for the 10 other medicines a month. Our co-pay for specialist jumped $25 and the insurance premium jumped $30 a month.

We are living day to day and trusting GOD. HE is still in control and has a plan even in this. We want to thank everyone who has donated and those who have given things like groceries. You'll never know how thankful we are.

Please keep us in your prayers. We'll post another update as soon as we have one.
Thanks & GOD BLESS
Jason

Pray for Elder McGruder!

Pray for Elder McGruder.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

God’s revelation

“God’s revelation does not need the light of human genius, the polish and strength of human culture, the brilliancy of human thought, the force of human brains to adorn or enforce it; but it does demand the simplicity, the docility, humility, and faith of a child’s heart.”
― E.M. Bounds

Four things let us ever keep in mind:

Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. - E. M. Bounds

Four things let us ever keep in mind: God hears prayer, God heeds prayer, God answers prayer, and God delivers by prayer. - See more at: http://prayer-coach.com/2010/01/15/prayer-quotes-e-m-bounds/#sthash.QrRu0BgB.dpuf

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The last post made me think of this old song.

Trusting Jesus

Trusting Jesus By Bro Scott Phillips

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

B.O.T.T. 1994 "Jesus I'll Never Forget"

It's Real

"It's All In Him"

Why Not Springridge?

Why Not Springridge? A great article by Rev. Scott Phillips.

Odds & Ends

Wouldn't it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes; come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller!
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet!
I don't trip over things, I do random gravity checks!
Old age is coming at a really bad time!
When I was a child I thought nap time was a punishment. Now, as a grown up, it just feels like a small vacation!
The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it."
Lord grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the friends to post my bail when I finally snap!
I don't have gray hair. I have "wisdom highlights." I'm just very wise.
I smile because you are my sister-in-law and laugh because you married my brother!
My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.
If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would've put them on my knees.
The kids text me "plz" which is shorter than please. I text back "no" which is shorter than "yes."
I've lost my mind and I'm pretty sure my kids took it!
Even duct tape can't fix stupid — but it can muffle the sound!
Why do I have to press one for English when you're just gonna transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?
Lord, Give me patience and give it to me NOW!
Of course I talk to myself — sometimes I need expert advice.
At my age "getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Apostolic Anthem

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

“There Was Given to Me a Thorn” Bro. Murrel Ewing

You owe it to yourself to listen to this powerful sermon.

“There Was Given to Me a Thorn” Bro. Murrel Ewing

Monday, January 12, 2015

Harvell Medical Aid Fund

With Out Jesus

My life has no meaning,
My heart has no beat,
The singer has no song,
The music has no beat,

With out Jesus,
Salvation is lost,
Hope does not matter,
Faith is no more then a word,
Grace could never happen,
Nor could we true love know.

With out Jesus,
I am nothing,
I know not love,
I have no hope,
No future.

Yet With Jesus,
I have it All!

Brokenness and the Will of God

Matthew 21
42. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
43. Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
44. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

We as Apostolics have become a people of the "shout" we have learned to measure a move of the spirit in many cases by how many run, dance, or fall out. However we in many cases have left behind a great measure of biblical principal for in some cases only an "emotionally charged" service. Where is the brokenness?

We have preachers who enjoy preaching yet will not allow themselves to be preached to. We have members who love the worship and would love to have a 2 hour worship service and go home without a bible being opened. No great move of God ever occurred in scripture without a spirit of brokenness occurring first. Peter had to be broken to become the man of God he was destined to be. The children of Israel had to undergo 40 years in the wilderness before they came to a place of brokenness where God could move them into their promise.

Paul had to be broken:

Acts 9
1. And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2. And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3. And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
4. And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
5. And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
6. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
7. And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
8. And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
9. And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
10. And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

17. And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
18. And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
19. And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
20. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

We can not truly come to the place where God wants us until we fall upon him and allow him to break our spirits, our desires, our ambitions. We can not approach God and ask Him to accept us and take us with out full surrender. I can't tell God I am His all except this part and that part. Everything must be broken so he can mold me into the man he wants me to become a servant worthy of him.

What a warning in the first verse presented we have a choice to fall on this stone with a spirit of brokenness (repentance, full surrender) and let him put us back together as he wants us. The only other option is for the stone to fall on us and to be ground to powder. Our shout will not bring revival, our dance will not bring souls to God, A spirit of brokenness that allows God to take us and mold us into the people of God he wants us to be is the only thing that will work in this hour.

I am not against a Holy Ghost filled services where a true Apostolic spirit of worship falls and there is a shouting move of God. However I long for the services when an entire congregation weeps before the Lord in a broken and contrite spirit asking Him to place in them a clean heart, to make them what he wants them to be. No longer only wanting the emotional highs of the "power packed" services of the shout but the life changing experience of falling on the rock of brokenness (JESUS)! When we find our place of brokenness our place of surrender we will find Gods will. We will know him as Lord. Just as it took Paul coming to a place of brokenness a place of God literally breaking everything within him to the point he was knocked to the ground, sometimes we need to come to the same place to ask God to break our wills, desires, and ambitions and replace them with only His.

A Husbands Duty

Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Eph 5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
Eph 5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
Eph 5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Eph 5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
Eph 5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.

As a married man these scriptures have meant a lot to me over the past 4 ½ years. It is a great commandment to us as men as to how we are to treat our wives. So many times we can put our families especially our wives on the back burner and think about jobs, hobbies, or ourselves first. However let me ask you does Christ place anything before the Church? Are we not first in his mind?

We men sometimes suffer from a lack of sense, as a man I can say that. It is inherit for some reason in men for us to want things to go our way or the highway. However as married men we have someone else to consider in every situation in life. Would you ever send your head across town and leave your body at home? When you make any decision with out considering your wife and how it will affect her and the relationship between you that’s exactly what you have done. A head is useless with out a body! It can tell an arm to move but with out an arm there what good is it.

A lot of people use this scripture to say “I will die for my wife” but so few are willing to do what it really says and live for her. Do all you can for her. Tell her you love her. Jesus clearly lets the church know in so many ways how much He loves us. Jesus does things for the church beyond imagination and never ask anything in return. We should never treat our wives in a way that when we do any little thing for them we expect to receive payment or reward. This is a strong commandment concerning marriage and one when put into practice would save a lot of marriages from divorce. I found the following poem I will leave you with.

Tell Her So
Amid the cares of married life,
In spite of toil and business strife,
If you value your sweet wife,
Tell her so!
There was a time you thought it bliss
To get the favor of a kiss;
A dozen now won't come amiss-
Tell her so!
Do not act as if she has passed her prime,
As though to please her were a crime-
If e'er you loved her, now is the time;
Tell her so!
Never let her heart grow cold;
Richer beauties will unfold.
She is worth her weight in gold;
Tell her so!

God Bless
Jason Harvell

Chapters

(Something I came across tonight I wrote 5 years ago during one of the hardest times of my life. Felt like someone else might need to read it.)

Today, has been a very hard day. I literally feel crushed. I have felt the weight of many burdens I have been carrying seem like they all caved in on me at once. Burdens I thought were mine that weren't, burdens that were mine that I couldn't let go of. Things I have held on to out of fear of letting them go. Not giving to God complete and utter control over them.

Afraid to let them go because if I gave them completely into God's hands it would mean chapters of my life are finally completely closed. Chapters of my life that I defined my life by. Today, God showed me that a chapter has to close completely before the next one can begin.

I had to let go of the pain of the last chapter and the burdens that came with it so my new chapter could begin. It took those burdens crushing me to the point of breaking to let them go. The walls I had built around my heart to protect these burdens had to fall. When they did I was able to finally give them to God. It hurt! But, with the pain came release. I felt as if an actual weight that had been holding me down was lifted. I had to realize even my pain and sorrow don't belong to me those belong to HIM.

Now, that I see the last chapter of my life has been printed and brought to a close I sit in anticipation to see the next one. Because no great story is ever told n a single chapter.

Mat 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Mat 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Mat 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Give No Praise To The Devil

Do we realize sometimes we put the devil on a level equal to God? I heard someone this week say "the devils just been in my head and everywhere I go". We make the devil omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient. The Bible never says the devil is any of those things only GOD is!

In fact his powers are limited and the number of demons is also limited as well. So what makes some of us think we are so important they only have time to pick on poor little ole me? Quit giving praise to the devil! Realize most of your problems came from your real worst enemy Yourself. Give yourself to GOD and he can help you over come your worst enemy YOU!

Romans 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin