TUESDAY'S FRESH MANNA FROM SPIRIT OF LIFE MINISTRIES, JANUARY 31, 2023

DAILY INSPIRATIONAL NEWSLETTER

TUESDAY

JANUARY 31, 2023

CHURCH BULLETIN

😁 BLOOPERS 😁

Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.

REVELATION BIBLE STUDY

We have started our Revelation Bible Study on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. EST

If you are interested in this study which should last about six to eight months, and are committed to being with us on YouTube, or Facebook, please send us your email address at the link below

EMAIL US

SUNDAY'S LIVE SERVICE

10:00 A.M.

Click here to join us live on YouTube

Click here to join us live on Facebook

Missed a Service?

CLICK HERE

1-29-2023

GOD HAS NOT FORGOTTEN

THE SARAHS

DAILY INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES

WITH RUSSELL AND HELEN SANDERS

RUSSELL SANDERS

1-31-2023

JESUS – THE EXPRESS IMAGE OF THE FATHER

Jehovah God is made up of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The way they work together brings unity in purpose. The Father gives the Son the idea, and the Son brings it to pass by the Holy Spirit. They are alike in how they look and how they act.

We cannot know Father other than through knowing Jesus. In John 10:30, Jesus said, “I and my Father are one.” This is further affirmed in John 17:23 in Jesus’ prayer to the Father where he said, “even as we are one.” This does not mean that Jesus is the Father. Do not confuse this with the “Jesus only” doctrine. What it does mean is that the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are Jehovah, One God manifested or expressed in three persons.

Father God speaks to us by the Son (Hebrews 1:2a). Jesus, the Word made flesh laid down his glory to become flesh. Hebrews 1:3 says, “Who being the brightness of his glory and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word (logos, Jesus) of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand (power position) of the Majesty (Father) on high.”

The word “brightness” in verse 3 comes from the Greek word “effulgence” which means an off-flash, effulgence, shining brightly as in radiance and splendor. This brightness of the Father is reflected on to Jesus, who is the “light” of the world.

Although Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Father are three separate beings, they look alike. Jesus told Philip in John 14:9, “Jesus saith unto him, have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father….”

The word “express image” of the Father means “character” which indicates an exact copy or representation of the Father. It is the same root word from which we get our word for character.

Thus, Jesus is the way we can “see” the Father. We cannot see Father in our natural senses. We can see Jesus in our natural senses (and many people have) and to know Jesus is to know the Father. Father is in (expressed in) Jesus, who is in turn in the Father. We, through Jesus, are in Father, and Father is in us through Jesus. Together, Father, and Jesus, in you are one.

No, you are not God, but God is in you. And through the power and authority of Jesus in you, by Holy Spirit, you can do all things that God (Jesus) can do. John 14:12-14 tells us that. Jesus is the express image of the Father within us.

Unfortunately, most Christians do not grasp that. Consequently, we live our lives mostly from a position of weakness instead of power. Pray that Holy Spirit will teach you understanding so that you can live a life of victory and power.

HELEN SANDERS

1-31-2023

THE PRODIGAL

If you have ever read the bible, then you are familiar with the story of the prodigal son. The word prodigal is not in the bible, but it means to spend money or resources freely and recklessly, to be extravagant.

The story tells of a young man that wanted his inheritance. He took it and squandered it with riotous living. He ended up with nothing left and no food.

While this was taking place his father did not search him out or demand he come home. He watched and waited for his son to come back home.

He joined in a sinful act with a man that had swine. Jews weren’t supposed to have anything to do with them because they were unclean according to the Jewish law. Yet, that young man ended up feeding the swine although he had nothing to eat himself.

In Luke 15:17 a remarkable thing happens. It said, “and when he came to himself.” He reached a point that he knew he had sinned against his father and Heaven. He wanted to go back home and be a servant to his father, and headed home.

The father saw him a long ways off and ran to meet him. He reinstated him into the family by putting on the best robe, the best ring, and shoes. A party was given for him.

But you must realize it didn’t happen because someone begged him to come home. It wasn’t done by a phone call or telegram. The Father waited, expecting change, but let the son “come to himself.” This signifies that Holy Spirit was working in his life through the Father’s prayers.

Father represents God, who goes after the sinner. The son represents the one lost in sin, squandering all they have in the “pigpen” of the world. The older brother represents the religious Pharisees that get angry when someone comes to salvation because they think they are better than others and don’t deserve the father’s mercy.

The prodigal had to “come to himself” for this to happen. Are their prodigals in your life? Are you one? If so, we pray that those that are in this condition will “come to themselves” and come back to the Father. He is waiting with open arms.

Enjoying Helen's daily messages?

Click the link below to read more of them on our website

Helen's Messages

HELEN SANDERS

PROPHETIC WORD

6-22-2022

AN ARROW IN GOD’S BOW

Some of us feel we are being stretched further than ever. Some are stretched in their finances to the point of being overwhelmed as to what to do next. Others have been in a season of warfare for your health like never before. Your faith has been stretched to the limit as you stand in faith to receive the promises of God.

What I am seeing is that each situation is like an arrow that God has taken out of his quiver and placed in his bow. He has a target and to reach it, it will take the pull of the string back further than ever before. Where he is taking you is way beyond what you have even imagined, but your faith (the arrow) is being pulled back and stretched more than ever.

If you yield to the stretching you will go exactly where God intends you to go, but if you do not yield and fight against the stretching you will fall out of the bow flat to the ground. Then God will have to do the picking up and stretching again. It will take you much longer to get to the destination (destiny) that he has for you.

I see a remnant willing to be stretched to the limit because they know the season ahead must only be lived by faith. They know that God will place them in his hands and send them where he intends for them to be. They know that God will shoot them into places that may be hard, but he will be with them there.

Those that aren’t willing to be stretched will not make it in the season that is coming on the church and upon the earth. You will fail in the purpose that God has for you. Whining and complaining about the stretching will only make it worse.

Remember, praise is the weapon that defeats the enemy, so praise God in the stretching and believe that He knows what is best for you. Yield yourself to the stretching and soar as God brings you to your destiny.

CLICK THE LINK BELOW

TO READ MORE PROPHETIC WORDS

CLICK HERE

PROPHETIC WORDS AND EXHORTATIONS

Click here to see some of the prophetic words

that have been given this year through this ministry.

APOSTLE PAT MURRAY

PROPHETIC EXHORTATION

1-30-2023

No doubt some folks won’t ever qualify for their promised place of purpose; Until they can first thank the enemies of their past who helped to get them through all their great adversity. I’m sure most of you know that God was fully aware there was a bad famine on the horizon for Joseph. (Genesis 47) Sure He did and in fact, God knew it long before Joseph’s jealous brothers ever discovered the infamous pit they ended up putting him in. Likewise, at times God will create your destiny; And then He will use your biggest enemy to help position you for the proving of His divine purpose for your life. Indeed God qualifies the called; But He will also help to better equip the called for their promised place of purpose…By using the trials they will go through while on their journey. Yes, it’s obvious by reading in the Bible of those God used greatly; That sometimes God actually positioned them in a pit of preparation on purpose…Just to see if they could pass the process for their promised promotion.

PROPHETESS MENA LEE JONES

1-29-2023

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” - John 8:12

Have you noticed that all sin is committed in some form of darkness? Whether it be during the actual night, or in secret; sin hides from the light because it doesn't want to be exposed (John 3:19-21).

But let me take it a step further: the scriptures state that we are to have no fellowship with darkness and not to be yoked with unbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14).

So if we are participating in the same practices as those who live in darkness, the question is are we really of the Light? Jesus said those who follow Him will not walk in darkness, so therefore if you justify operating in darkness it simply means you don't belong to Christ.

Remember: Holiness (a holy, upright lifestyle) is not a suggestion, it is a requirement.