Status: Married
Age: 43
City: Newark
State: NEW JERSEY
Country: US
Signup Date: 5/30/2006
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October 2, 2009 - Friday
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B.A.M.
Bust A Move!
Your water broke & It is time to have those babies
(What nobody told you that you were carrying multiples?)
Oh yeah!
The weight you have been carrying around isn't dead weight ~ It is very much alive, kicking and ready to come to life.
You are pregnant with purpose & possibilities...your dreams, hopes, ambitions, goals and visions are a few hard pushes away...
HARD???
Yes hard, very hard, EXTREMELY HARD but PUSH ANYWAY.
YOUR dreams, hopes, ambitions, goals and visions are a few hard pushes away...
But they will ALL die
If you don't do them...so get up...get out...get going...get moving!
What are you waiting for? WHO are you waiting for?
"THEM"?
Oh please, "THEY" will never give you "THEIR" permission!
Forget "THEM"!
Do you! Do it! Do it NOW!
Don't wait for a paved road - make your own!
Maverick, visionary, dreamer...WAKE UP - GET UP!
Don't dream your dream - DO YOUR DREAM!
Yeah, I am talking to YOU!
It's time for you to BUST A MOVE!
L.A. Artis
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September 23, 2009 - Wednesday
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Current mood:HEALING THE FRAGMENTS
I gave you my heart but you broke it....
You broke me, broke me in, broke me down, broke me up, broke me into
pieces, broke my soul, my dreams, my essence, my joy, my esteem.
I look at my reflection but I don't see me...all I see are smashed, shattered, fragments of a me that once was, but is no more.
I died when your cruelty slowly smothered the joy in my soul; you buried me and yet I don't rest in peace.
I am a zombie...a dead person walking...moving but not.
Inhaling and exhaling - yet not breathing
I am in the room with you and yet I am alone, invisible and unremarkable..at least to you.
Once upon a time there was a happy me, a joyful me, a free-spirited me
Where did I go?
Why did I go?
Why did I give you that much power?
I am in love with you and YOU are in love with YOU - that's too many people in love with you.
I fall to the floor in a crumpled heap of tears and anguish and you do
what you always do, turn away, turn over and turn a deaf ear.
As you snore, I hear a Voice...a gentle Voice...a still small Voice
calling me, summoning me, beckoning me to come, come up hither, come
near, "COME HERE".
It is a Voice I haven't heard in a long time but I know it better than
I know my name. I haven't heard the Voice in a long time; not because
the Call ceased...it was just that I was so busy hoping, longing and
praying for you to call me; to love me; to want me; to see me that I
stopped listening for the Voice of Love.
While yet crumpled, broken, and sprawled on the floor, yet in pain, yet
lonely I hear the Voice say, "You are lonely but not alone for I could
never leave you alone."
I feel an embrace...not around my frame, but around my heart, soul
and mind and I feel HIS hand slowly putting the fragments of a
shattered me together again.
You lay there, yet snoring, as HE picks me up.
You lay there, yet snoring, as I pack me up.
I turn and look at you one last time and I blow a kiss to you...no
longer longing...just my way of kissing my past goodbye and kissing
away the pain once and for all.
As I get ready for my flight, I see my reflection in the mirror.
I still see fragments of me...but I also see hope and for the first
time in a long time I see ME...not the me I once was...but I see traces
of the former me and I see shadows of a future me, a glorious me, a
healed me, a whole me, a better me!
I am not the me I recall but I am still me...in spite of you...I am still uniquely - distinctly me!
I am not yet together but I am getting it together, getting me together...as I hear and heed the Voice - the Voice of Love.
I will be healed as I go...
One day I will see me whole, complete lacking nothing...even if you
never see...God will see and I will see and that's audience more than
enough for me.
Each moment I will hear and heed the Voice of God until the fragments
are healed in me...healed so completely that no one will ever know
(unless I choose to show) the portrait of the fragments I one day soon
will cease to be.
Fragments by L.A. Artis (From "THE HEART OF ARTIS" ~ Psalms)
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September 3, 2009 - Thursday
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Current mood:Falling in Love...AGAIN
Category: Religion and Philosophy
Falling BACK In Love by L.A. Artis
Ever leave a relationship to run into the arms of one you thought was "THE ONE" only to find that the one you ran to only wanted to see if they could get you to leave the one who was really "THE ONE" all along?
Now you find yourself facing a few issues -- let's look at 5:
1. How do forgive yourself for allowing yourself to be duped? 2. How do you get "THE ONE" you left to forgive you? 3. What drew me to the counterfeit...what was lacking...even if only imagined...and even if only for a moment? 4. Is reconciliation possible/plausible? 5. If we get back together, can we ever REALLY fall back in love?
Each couple is different.
Some can overcome the infidelity...others cannot.
Some will stay together but still are never one ever again.
There is only one person I know of that you can be unfaithful to and there be open arms, complete forgiveness and unconditional love waiting at home for you and that is God.
If you have messed over someone's feelings, heart and trust, I can't promise you that they are going to forgive and forget - that is their decision, right and choice to let you back into their life and heart.
But if you have messed up your walk with God, if you've sinned, if you've blown it and even if everybody knows it - He is waiting for your return.
The light is on...the door is open...
He is waiting...
He never stopped loving you...He can't. WHY? Because GOD IS LOVE!
Fall BACK on and into God and you will be BACK IN LOVE!
He is waiting!
Praying you FALL BACK in LOVE, Rev. L.A. Artis
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August 4, 2009 - Tuesday
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Current mood:THE WEIGHT IS DROPPING OFF
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I am sure that many of you will read this and say, "Whew, finally!
Someone who understands that I will never lose the weight...I don't
have to worry about it...on my way to EAT!"
No, put down the donut! This is a case of bait and switch! (Sorry, I used a synonym to get your attention!)
I want you to stop struggling not with your WEIGHT but to actually stop struggling with your WAIT!
There are some things that you have been waiting on God to handle, fix and work out. Let's consider the following things:
1. Is the thing you are waiting on something God wants you to wait on?
2. Is the storm you are under right now a storm you have to wait on for
it to pass or is it a stationary front? In other words is a storm that
God wants YOU TO MOVE OUT FROM UNDER?
3. Is the storm you are praying about a problem God has empowered you
to fix? God does help those who help themselves. For example: Why are
you praying for a job and you never fill out an application, never type
and send out a resume' and never educate yourself to fulfill?
4. Are you wanting something that really aren't ready for? For example,
if you don't have a job, a residence, maturity and respect for
yourself, others and God, don't ask God for a spouse because you aren't
ready for that blessing.
5. Finally, if it is something that God promised He was going to fix --
take a breath and trust Him because He can't fail! It is impossible for
Him to LIE so stop struggling with your WAIT!
While you are WAITING - pray, praise, prepare for your blessing and trust Him to give you everything He has promised.
PRAISE while you WAIT and the WEIGHT you feel in and on your heart over having to WAIT will disappear.
Praising, praying and preparing for the Blessings,
Elder Artis
From "The Heart of Artis"
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July 28, 2009 - Tuesday
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Current mood:Make God LOL
Category: Religion and Philosophy
TO MY YOUNG PEOPLE
Short and sweet...if you don't use profanity when you talk -- then don't use acronyms for profanity when you text and type.
If you don't say it -- don't text it
If you don't say "Laughing my __________ off" Then don't type LM-O when you text.
Be holy in all manner of conversation -- that means texting too!
Live holy, text holy, speak holy and you will make God LOL!
Love you, Elder Artis
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July 28, 2009 - Tuesday
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Current mood:Pleading the 5th
Category: Religion and Philosophy
"I can't believe it...I have nothing to say" by L.A. Artis
Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can say is nothing at all.
My former pastor Bishop Grover L. Mc Crea, Sr. was a very wise man. I
watched him as people would surround him and ask him for his opinions on this
and that. If it were a clear case of holiness, ethics or righteousness, he
would give them an answer without hesitation but when it came to cloudier
things, things that were not clear cut or things that were meant from the onset
to be controversial, he would sit there and twiddle his thumbs and say
nothing.
He never said anything until God spoke. He never said anything until he
chose to speak. He didn't let his mouth choose, he let his mind choose. His
spirit, his will, his soul and his mind were in control of his tongue. When
they would press him to make a quick decision or a snap judgment, he would just
keep on twiddling his thumbs and in that deep voice of his, he would just say,
"I'll get back to you" and then you heard nothing more from him but a thunderous
silence until God told him just what to say and just how to say it!
I learned from Bishop Mc Crea that SILENCE SPEAKS...SILENCE SPEAKS
VOLUMES!
When you are silent people don't know what you are going to do
next. When you are silent you don't prove yourself a fool by opening your
mouth with misinformation, lack of understanding or foolishness. When you are
silent, you can clearly hear God's voice. When you are silent and when you
steal away so that you can be alone with YOUR THOUGHTS you will state how you
really feel about a situation or a person and you will not to the cookie cutter
thing which is to SPEAK, SAY, FEEL or THINK what "THEY" want you to SPEAK, SAY,
FEEL or THINK!
When I break the silence, I do it because I choose to, because I feel I
have something relevant to say and because I have thought long and hard about
what I am going to say.
Words frame your world, your future and your destiny but they also have the
power to do the same to the lives of others so always pray before you say and
think before you speak.
As I get older and as I find myself getting closer to grabbing that brass
ring and to the things I have wanted all of my life and because I feel that my
obtaining them is so nigh at hand that I am being very careful about what I
share and with whom I share it. It is because I am determined not to let
anyone... abort my mission, thwart my passions, smother the flames of my future
or kill my joy by speaking death over my dreams, doubt over my desires, fear
over my feats of faith or curses over my eminent blessings that I have made a
vow not to say anything that will cause my dream(s) to die before they have ever
been given a chance to really live.
What I don't say is as important as what I do say. What I feel is
'NUNYA' will stay that way. What I believe will heal, strengthen, empower,
encourage and free will flow freely from my lips but what will poison,
contaminate, maim or defame will not. What I don't know won't be spoken until
I am well educated about the FACTS. What is shared with me in confidence will
stay that way no matter how close you are to me or no matter how close you THINK
you are to me.
I believe that a quiet wise soul will always be more powerful than an
ignorant loud mouth.
A person who studies to be QUIET will find that when they CHOOSE to say
something, the people will stop and listen because they know that wisdom, power,
eloquence, majesty, passion, and precision are about to be voiced.
Stop running your mouth about what you don't know. Stop running your
mouth just to hear yourself speak.
The power of death and life lies in your tongue. Don't be an assassin. Be
a wise healer.
The next time someone invites you to stand center stage and make a fool of
yourself by pushing you to gossip, lie, slander, accuse, mock, defame or
verbally assault, look Heavenward and then look the person who YOU wants to make
a mockery of the gift of intelligent speech squarely in the eyes and simply say,
"I can't believe it....but I have nothing to say!"
Leave them there with their mouths open and yours closed and listen for God
to say, "Well Done!"
Ahhhhh yes, there are times when God is waiting for "The Sound of
Silence"
Shutup and say something!
Learning to speak volumes by not saying a word, Rev. L.A.
Artis
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July 12, 2009 - Sunday
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Current mood:En Route To The Miraculous!
Category: Religion and Philosophy
En Route to the Miraculous!
Those that are called of God often find themselves facing things that
are harder than hard. You find yourself hurting. You find yourself
facing challenges that seem illogical, unfair and unjust. The things
that people who really mean right have to face are often unbearable
pains. Why do good things happen to bad people? Why?
It is because God trusts those who love Him to persevere and yet praise while in pain.
He trusts them to trust Him with their painful predicament because trusting Him will lead to promise,purpose and POWER!
He trusts them to trust HIM!
I am in such a time. I have always been transparent in ministry and in
life so I have no problem talking about what I am facing RIGHT NOW! I
have no difficulty saying that my right now is hard. My right now is
painful.
I am home but I still don't have answers as to why I am in pain or when
and how it will be over. A few days ago I was running up and down the
stairs and right now I am unable to do that. It is a psych. test to say
the very least -- and yet, I believe God.
I am on my way to my 25th Class Reunion shortly and let me tell you --
I am counting down the days. My time in high school was without
question one of the best times of my life. I remember laughing,
performing, singing, being entrenched in deep discussions, loving,
being loved and learning. It was the best of times. I also remember
fighting with a condition that would often leave me passed out in pain
in school. I remember missing more days in Junior High School than I
was able to attend. When I would return to school, I was welcomed with
open arms and with love. I remember my guidance counselor openly
announcing that I would not be walking with my class. I remember being
publicly humiliated and hurt by her lack of confidence in my talent,
intelligence and perseverance. She didn't tell me that I could make up
the class over the summer or even offer tutoring classes to me while I
was out from school. She would call me out of class to tell me that I
was a failure, that she didn't like me and that I would never become
anything in life. She didn't believe in me but my parents, family and
my classmates did. My mother never gave up. She called and hunted for
solutions to ensure that I would be able to finish with my class. I
guess I get my drive and my determination from her. In fact, I don't
guess -- I KNOW! I left school that year and entered Newark Academy in
Livingston, NJ to see if I could catch up. I had to learn Physics that
summer. During my time at Newark Academy, we conducted actual physics
experiments and exercises. My summer was filled with vectors, sliding
vectors and learning formulas but I gained an even richer experience
while there. I was afforded the rich opportunity of actually applying
what I learned with hands on experiments and experience. When I
finished school that summer, I had not only passed the class -- I had
evolved as a person. I learned that even when others say NO that you
don't have to take their NO's as an answer!
My mom and I walked back into school and the principal and the
counselor had already made up their minds that I was not going to
graduate. But before we left the house, my mom anointed me with oil and
she prayed and she prayed and she prayed that God would grant us the
victory and that I would be allowed to just get my foot back in the
door. All I needed was a chance to prove that I belonged with the elite
group of geniuses at University High School. While the counselor was
going through this long soliloquy, the principal stops her and says,
"I've changed my mind...I am staring at this letter from Newark Academy
and I am staring at these grades and Lenore deserves to be part of this
school and part of her class." He then turned to me and said, "Welcome
Back." The counselor was livid. She totally lost it then. The principal
shook our hands and my mom and I hugged each other, gave each other a
high five and walked out.
I know it wasn't appropriate, but when I came down the aisle graduation
day, I had flowers in my hand. They were from my Daddy. I told him,
"Daddy, I am supposed to get those AFTER I get my diploma!" He told me,
"You already got it when you didn't give up! I want you to have them
NOW! I am so proud." So I walked down the aisle into graduation with
flowers in my hand and tears in my eyes. I was so honored to be sitting
there. I was so proud of my classmates. I was so proud of myself. I
remember clapping and screaming as each person walked across the stage.
I was near the back because we came in in alphabetical order and so my
turn came closer to last. When it came my turn to go up I remember the
screams and the applause. I was there because I believed in miracles. I
was there because I didn't give up on God or on myself.
So now as I face this current physical situation I can't help but be
bolstered by the memory of a time long ago. God did it then -- He will
do it again.
I am out of the hospital but there are more questions than answers. I
am home but I am not well -- not yet! But I do know that each and every
time I have faced something like this, I have taken a few steps
backwards, paused and then inhaled and exhaled. After doing so I have
taken the rod of God and started running and I have always managed to
clear the high bar. This time won't be any different! I am in a moment
of reflection on what God has already done for me. As I look over my
life, I see many high bars and many hurdles but somehow, someway God
has blessed me to always triumph over them...yes, over them all.
The trials come to bring triumph!
The tests come to bring testimony!
The mess comes to birth the message!
And sickness and pain come to show forth the miraculous wonder working power of God.
One of my favorite people in the world, Sister Gloria Clark used to
sing a song at my church. Her voice was glorious and though she has
gone on from labor to reward, at this season in my life, I can clearly
hear her voice ringing in my heart and in my spirit. The song she sang
was by Andre' Crouch and the words say:
Verse 1
I've had many tears and sorrows,
I've had questions for tomorrow,
there's been times I didn't know right from wrong.
But in every situation,
God gave me blessed consolation,
that my trials come to only make me strong.
Chorus
Through it all,
through it all,
I've learned to trust in Jesus,
I've learned to trust in God.
Through it all,
through it all,
I've learned to depend upon His Word.
Verse 2
I've been to lots of places,
I've seen a lot of faces,
there's been times I felt so all alone.
But in my lonely hours,
yes, those precious lonely hours,
Jesus lets me know that I was His own
Chorus
Verse 3
I thank God for the mountains,
and I thank Him for the valleys,
I thank Him for the storms He brought me through.
For if I'd never had a problem,
I wouldn't know God could solve them,
I'd never know what faith in God could do
"THROUGH IT ALL"
Athletes get stronger when they lift weights -- I am no different! The
things that I have faced...the things that I am facing and the things
that I shall face will only teach me more about what my God can do and
what I can do when I trust Him -- NO MATTER WHAT!
When you are going through the hardest of the hard of times, you are
showing forth the signs of a breakthrough to the miraculous.
The things that are happening now are pointing my faith and my face up to Heaven and I am looking daily for a miracle.
En route,
Elder L.A. Artis
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July 9, 2009 - Thursday
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Current mood:SELAH!
SELAH
Hey Family: Went through (and still going through) a trying time in my life but there isn't a test in life that we have that we aren't supposed to glean from - so what am I learning during this time in my life? I am learning the value of "SELAH".
I am learning that God wants me to make and take the time to rest and quietly reflect on His goodness...rest and read His Word....rest in His presence but that doesn't just mean laying face down in prayer -- it also means making and taking the time to sleep and relax.
I have so many wonderful things I want to and must accomplish but I also must make the time to just chill, relax and cool out so that I can be here to bring the visions and dreams to pass.
During this hard time, I found myself flat on my back. I spent time with my eyes closed, in prayer, in tears and in pain. One day as I was talking to the Lord, I did something small but radical -- I OPENED MY EYES! It was then and there that the thought came to me, "A person lying flat on their back has an UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF GOD!" If something in your life has knocked you flat on your back do what I did:
1. Pray 2. Cry 3. Acknowledge the pain 4. OPEN YOUR EYES 5. See God - see your purpose - remember what is important 6. SELAH - reflect, rest and recover 7 Unload yourself of everything and everyone that is weighting you down, get up and pursue for you were only knocked down -- not knocked out!
I am sure there will be some in the days and months ahead that will say, "She is breaking new on me!" I sure am. I am going to begin to learn the value of macro managing and then stopping to smell the roses.
I want to thank everyone for their prayers. Please keep praying for me.
Vivid visions call for well-rested visionaries. Big dreams have to have time to be downloaded...so I am going to learn to sleep so I don't miss any of Heaven's downloads.
SELAH!
Elder Artis
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June 2, 2009 - Tuesday
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Current mood:EXPECTATION!
Category: Religion and Philosophy
June 4, 2009 - 7:30PM
WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
Theme: "You Don't Know The Cost"
Elder Felecia Burrison, Conference Host
New Generation Apostolic Church, Inc.
831 Union Avenue
(Off of Westchester Avenue & 160th Street)
Bronx, NY
Apostle Derrick L. Burrison, Founder & Pastor
Elect Lady F. Burrison, Conference Hostess
YELLOW GOLD - Conference Color
I'd love to see you!
Blessings,
Elder Lenore A. Artis
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May 15, 2009 - Friday
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Current mood:ACCOUNTABLE!
Category: Religion and Philosophy
"ANOINTING + ACCOUNTABILITY makes for a powerful ministry and even better, a wonderful servant of God"
Why are there so many people running around without covering?
Bishops, pastors, leaders, conference hosts, ministry booking executives, pastoral administrative assistants hear me and hear me well -- PLEASE DON'T BOOK ANYONE TO COME TO YOUR CHURCH, CONFERENCE OR REVIVAL WITHOUT FIRST FINDING OUT WHO THE PERSON REALLY IS, WHERE THEY BELONG TO CHURCH, WHO COVERS THEM, WHO THEY ARE IN COVENANT WITH AND WHO THEY ARE LICENSED BY!
I know that sounds like a lot to ask but we are living in a time when people want to come into your church, conference and revival and tell your people what and what not to do and they won't and don't listen to anybody!
The person has to have more than a shiny media package, a business card, a website and a great YouTube clip! They have to be ANOINTED and ACCOUNTABLE to someone, somewhere, someplace!
I think we ought to present ourselves in a professional manner. We are in the highest business there is -- we are in the business of souls, however, no one should be in such a rush to book someone that they know nothing about where the person comes from. Before we had media packets, publicity agents, websites and business cards, pastors would PRAY and God would speak to them about who to get to come and preach for their revival, service, convocation, conference and/or retreat. The decision of who is going to come and speak to your congregation should be of the utmost importance. Don't believe the Hype! Ask God if they are the person He wants to use to speak life into your church. If you don't you just might hire a witch, a loon, a heretic, a blasphemer, a pervert, a pulpit pimp, a SAMSONITE - a person shaking wth no power, a liar or a person who doesn't feel the need to be accountable to a church, convocation, ecumenical fellowship, apostolic covering!
If we are to be taken seriously as the Church of Jesus Christ we must be a people who are honest, integral and acountable!
Preachers need to have a covenant covering. Doing so means that you are a person of holiness, integrity, responsibility, maturity and accountability. Somebody somewhere should be able to say, "Yes, I know them. They are a Child of God. I know their faithfulness to their FAMILY! I know of their faithfulness to their local church. I know their faithfulness to the community. I know their faithfulness to God. I know them...I don't just know OF THEM -- I KNOW THEM VERY WELL!"
If you don't belong to a church you shouldn't be preaching! You shouldn't be looking for an assignment or an appointment at anybody's church if you don't belong to one yourself! You are illegitimate! You are out of order! You are wrong! Sit down! Take down your website! Stop passing out business cards because you have no business preaching if you aren't in fellowship somewhere!!!!!
OUCH? HURT? Tough! If your toes weren't in the way God and I never could have stepped on them!
This age is filled with too many fly by night people who love power but don't know anything about the power of love. Love will make you seek God. Love will make you serve Him. Love will make you Study His Word. Love will make you serve people. Love will make you be kind. Love will cause you to take the low seat...even give up your seat so that others can be seated, be fed, be cared for, be helped...be healed. Love will cause you to seek God's face for a Church home. You won't forsake the assembling of yourselves together with the saints of God. Love will make you get up and join, participate, grow, support and fellowship with a local church. Stop trying to be a wonder and be a wonderful servant!
ANOINTING + ACCOUNTABILITY makes for a powerful ministry and even better servant of God!
Written by, Rev. Lenore A. Artis, CEO L.A. Artis Ministries, Inc.
'We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the Blessings of Peace.' -- William E. Gladstone
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