"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

:Sigh: WHY BOTHER?- by Rev. Lenore A. Artis

So many things are going wrong in the world...in the country...in my State...in my town...in my community...in my life...why should I even bother to help someone else?

I mean God understands that I my plate is full...fuller than full and getting fuller all of the time. From now on, I am just looking out for me, myself, mine & mine!

:Sigh: WHY BOTHER?

I mean people don't appreciate kindness anyway. They take your kindness and meekness for weakness. They become parasitical in their mindsets. They become soul leeches. They become drains and strains.

:Sigh: WHY BOTHER?

There are too many problems in the world...oh let's see, there are:

1. Child abusers
2. Child molesters & incestors
3. There are fake clergy members
4. There are rapists
5. There are sexual, mental, physical, emotional, spiritual abusers.
6. There are highjackers, pirates, thieves, thugs, gangters, players & haters.
7. There is poverty.
8. There are wars, discord, murder, mayhem and maniacs on the loose.
9. The economy is a mess.
10. We live in the time of global warming and cold hearts.

:Sigh: WHY BOTHER?

There are too many problems and too few people that care and even fewer that will take action!

:Sigh: WHY BOTHER?

And just when you think that is all:

1. Slavery still exists in the world.
2. Drugs are still being sold and people die daily for them and because of them.
3. Women are still being tortured, stoned and burned for just taking a walk.
4. Rape a woman or a child -- you get a slap on the wrist -- steal a car...that's grand theft auto....something is wrong!!!!!!!!
5. The musical "Showboat" still starts off by calling people of color _____________________! Something is wrong!
6. People are still not judged by the content of their character...we still have a long way to go before "THE DREAM" is realized!
7. Prayer is out of the schools and condoms are in. Morality, purity and holiness are seen as profane! Something is wrong!
8. Chris Rock said, "The last thing we cured was polio!" There is no cure for AIDS, autism, cancer, CF, MS, MD or Diabetes! SOMETHING IS WRONG!!!!!
9. People have stopped standing up for God, for prayer, for peace, for love, for people, & for themselves.
10. Human kindness is something that seems to be going out of style...oh yes, something is very wrong!

:Sigh: WHY BOTHER?

SIGH all you want but get up, get moving and take action!

WHY BOTHER?
1. A pebble dropped into the water has a ripple effect. Start dropping rocks and boulders!!!!!! We can start a tsunami and drown evil with good!
2. To every action there is an equal and an opposite reaction -- IT IS TIME TO START REACTING TO THE FOOLISHNESS, PAIN & SUFFERING WE SEE!
3. The Bible says that one can chase a thousand and two will put TEN THOUSAND TO FLIGHT -- all it takes is a FEW OF US TO BEAT ALL OF THEM!
4. God is on our side and Christ is on the inside and He is more than the whole world against us!
5. It is just time to do something!

Nike - "Just Do It"

The Word of God says that we are not just conquerors but that WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS!
It is from the Greek Hyper-Nikaos or Huper-Nikaos. We are HYPER CONQUERORS because of Christ!

Stop making excuses, stop procrastinating and get HYPED!

Finally, the Bible lets us know that Children of God were in bondage and that after years of bondage that their SIGH reached Heaven. It was when Israel SIGHED that God SENT DELIVERANCE!

You may be frustrated, overwhelmed and outnumbered in your life, by your aspirations that dream killers say are impossible. You may be overwhelmed by bills, problems, hurts and disasters both micro and macro...both mini and mega but know that if you have reached the POINT OF SIGHING that it simply means that YOU ARE EN ROUTE TO DELIVERANCE & DESTINY!

:SIGH: and expect CHANGE!

Expecting a change -- because I am THE AGENT OF CHANGE!
Elder Lenore A. Artis, CEO
L.A. Artis Ministries, Inc.
http://laartisministries.org

A DANGEROUS SHADE OF GRAY

In the realm of the spirit, we have reached A DANGEROUS SHADE OF GRAY! Everything is acceptable these days. People are so afraid to stand up and preach the Gospel because they don't want to offend. They want to be accepted. They don't want to ruffle any feathers so they stand before congregations and avoid the whole concept of sin, sinning and sinners. We are in a dangerous GRAY ZONE that is leading hosts of souls to HELL! The teaching of the day more often sounds thusly, " You can do whatever you want to and still be saved. You can treat people however you like and still be a Christian. You can live unglodly and suffer no consquences." It is the unwritten and unspoken part of a sermons but the fact that we run away from preaching Hell, judgment, the Rapture and the FACT that Jesus is coming back means that we are sending an open invitation to the world to eternity without God.

There seems to be a problem in Christendom. We are so busy being life coaches (and there is a need for this) but we are forsaking the offense of real preaching. There IS such a thing as right and wrong; holy and unholy; the sacred and the profane; light and dark; good and evil. We have to get out of the GRAY ZONE and tell mankind about the reality of Hell and the eternal joy of Heaven.

There is yet a need for preaching! There is yet a need to share Jesus and His love but also of teaching this world that there are consequences to sin, cruelty, bad behavior, evil, disobedience to God's Word and bad decisions. We ought to love people...but we also have to love them enough to tell them the Truth and nothing but the Truth so help us God!

Are you so concerned with being a friend of the world that you aren't a friend of their souls? Think on this.

Rev. L.A. Artis

The Pen REALLY Is Mightier Than The Sword