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INSPIRATIONAL NEWSLETTER
WEDNESDAY
MAY 3, 2023
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SPIRIT OF LIFE MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL
The giftings of the fivefold ministry should have one purpose, and that is the equipping of the saints until we come into unity.
We pray that this newsletter and its contents that we share will help you on your daily journey with Christ, causing you to grow in the ways of the Lord.
Russell and Helen Sanders
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Sunday, April 23
GOD'S HATE LIFE
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EQUIPPING THE SAINTS
MONDAY
5-1-2023
THE ABRAHAM
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DAILY INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGES
WITH RUSSELL AND HELEN SANDERS
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RUSSELL SANDERS
5-3-2023
FIRST FRUITS
Proverbs 3:9-10 says in the ASV version says, “Honor Jehovah with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.”
Substance means everything in our possession. The first fruits means the tithe or first ten percent of everything that comes to us. It is not from what is left over after we pay our bills, or to use for whatever we wish from it.
Abraham gave the tithe of everything he had in possession to God’s high priest Melchizedek. Tithing is a principle in both the Old and New Testaments. It is God’s way of financing his works and ministers and places of worship and teaching.
Verse 10 shows God’s blessing comes upon those who are obedient in this. Our households (barns) will lack nothing. He will provide all our material needs. We shall also be filled (burst out with) new wine, which represents the Holy Spirit, who is our guide counselor, teacher, and comforter.
Failure to follow this mandate from God brings a curse upon us. It allows the destroyer (Satan) to take away from us. We see that in Malachi 3:9, 11. He can take away our possessions or money. He can take our health. He can take away our peace with God (not our salvation). These take aways might not happen immediately, but you have opened a gate to Satan which he will eventually exploit.
Be faithful to give the first of everything into God’s storehouse and reap the blessings He brings to you.
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HELEN SANDERS
5-3-2023
PURIFICATION BY FIRE
Proverbs 17:3 says, “The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.”
As I see it from the Lord, this is the season that many are chosen in the furnace of affliction. Isaiah 48:10 says, “Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.” The Lord spoke this verse to me many years ago, and in my arrogancy I said, “Thanks loads!” I didn’t understand the refining process.
Silver and gold are refined in the furnace. The heat brings the dross to the surface, and the refiner wipes it away, leaving pure silver and pure gold. The dross is discarded because it is of no value. The dross in our lives are the things that displease God and don’t produce fruit. They have no lasting value and must be removed.
No one wants to be in the furnace. It is hot. It burns. God purifies by fire my friends. He must do this to conform us into his image. The refiner knows when the gold is pure when he sees his image reflected from the gold. God also knows when you have been refined when you are dead to self and alive to Him and His image.
So, in this season, the heat is on, and the fire is hot, but we can thank God that he loves us enough to purify us. To expect purification without the fire is deception, for only fire refines.
So, as you go through the trials and tests that you are going through, remember God is with you and knows exactly what it takes to bring you to purification. 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation (test, fiery trial) also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”
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PROPHETIC WORDS AND EXHORTATIONS
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that have been given this year through this ministry.
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1-15-2022
PROPHETIC WORD
AS GIVEN TO HELEN SANDERS
For I have set you apart for this season saith the Lord, and I would say, come to the winepress and I will show you how the wine is made. Do you see the grapes my child? They are fully ripe and have been harvested; but now is the time for the crushing. You see my child there is no pouring out of the wine without the crushing of the grapes. The grapes are the fruit in your life that I am pleased with, but now it is time for the fruit to be crushed so the pure wine of the vine can come forth. Do you notice that the grapes are put there by the ones that have grown them? Do you notice how they are poured onto the press? Do you think the grapes realize that this is the time for change? No, my child for if they knew they would escape the husbandman’s hand and would flee. They are harvested for this hour and for this purpose. Watch closely as the press begins. It will begin slowly for if it was speedily the grapes would fall from the press. Then as the process begins, the crushing becomes more intense, and the hulls of the grapes are sifted from the pure fruit of the vine. So, it will be with you, my child. You will see this hour as something very unpleasant as the crushing away of those things has to happen to bring forth the true fruit of the vine in your life. As it is crushed, it changes the way the grape is viewed. It no longer is plush full and ready to be eaten. For you, the grapes of my field were chosen to be the precious wine that can only come through the crushing. I will take you now to the olive press my child, and you shall see how the oil comes forth. It too only comes forth through the crushing of the fruit, but what comes forth is the anointing oil that brings forth the anointing in your life. So too, shall the things that need to be crushed to bring forth the anointing will happen with you my child, for I long to pour my anointing out upon you, but it will only come through the crushing. Oh, you have the fruit, but the fruit must be crushed to bring forth the anointing. Now that you have seen the press my child it is up to you to go through this process, but I can assure you that the outcome will be far more valuable than the pain of the crushing. You shall see things change in your life as the wine and the oil are poured out from you and into others. Will you be as one that surrenders and says not my will but thine oh Lord be done? If so, my child be prepared for this season of crushing. It will begin slowly but will become very intense even so that your entire being would cry out to me and ask why I have forsaken you, but you must realize this must take place to be used as the precious oil and wine for my kingdom, saith the Lord.
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APOSTLE PAT MURRAY
PROPHECTIC EXHORTATION
5-2-2023
We read in I Kings 17 how Elijah was alone, impoverished and forced to camp out by a brook. Now he could’ve done like many of us have done at times; And felt sorry for himself while asking God…Why God why? After all he was running from crazy Jezebel herself. Actually about now most folks would’ve already started questioning God and even their calling. Oh, but not Elijah for instead he rejoiced that God had watched over him and kept him alive thus far. You can be assured that…Who you are in Jesus, the nature and the severity of your crisis; Or your time of famine are not the same. So don’t ever allow your problems or your crisis to define your calling. However, now’s the time for you to... Relax, Refresh, Refocus, Regroup and Refuel; But there shouldn’t ever be any Refusing... Refraining or Regretting. Yes, the time has come for you to keep on moving onwards, upwards and forwards; And trusting God through whatever or whoever comes your way. Just know that God did not bring you this far to leave you; So keep your chin up, continue smiling…And have praises of thanksgiving in your heart and on your lips.
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Storms!HCC
We all go through storms.
This life is full of them.
What keeps you straight and upright?
Who walks with you and is your friend?
There is no other comforter,
To guide you as you go.
He hears your prayers, he shows the way,
This Jesus that we know.
If you do not know him.
I pray you look today.
Go to his Cross, his life was lost,
To save you from your sins that day.
Get his Bible, it will tell you,
All that you need to know.
His life, his love, your faith in this God above,
In the storms of life, his light will show.
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