[Faith-talk] I just want to share.

Sun Jun 5 18:47:57 UTC 2011

Hey man...I'm not sure you want me using a video camera *grin* but I'm
sure I can arrange to have it taped.
  Blessings,
Kirt

On 6/5/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> I will.
> I plan on singing it at convention, next year.
> If you can video it, I'd appreciate it.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 6/5/11, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Joshua,
>>   That's beautiful.  Thanks for sharing.  If you ever decide to get
>> that recorded and put on youtube, please let me know!
>>   Blessings,
>> Kirt
>>
>> On 6/5/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>> Raquel, I tried to E-mail you, but it never went through.
>>> Please E-mail me.
>>> You said, that you sing, and play the guitar.
>>> Do you have any music recorded?
>>> Can you send me an MP3, off list?
>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>
>>> On 6/5/11, Raquel vega <diva_bear at pacbell.net> wrote:
>>>> Thanks for sharing. A lovely song,so true.
>>>> G. Raquel Vega Avon representative
>>>> www.youravon.com/graquelvega1
>>>> e-mail:
>>>> Diva_bear at pacbell.net
>>>> My group:
>>>> TalkinAvon-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
>>>> To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion"
>>>> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 7:50 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] I just want to share.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I haven't recorded any, to put on Youtube.
>>>>> Here's a song, (lyrics only.)
>>>>> "God Said it," copyright, 2-25-2007, Joshua Lester.
>>>>> Vs: 1. God said, if I would
>>>>> draw nigh unto him
>>>>> then he would
>>>>> draw nigh unto me.
>>>>> He said, he'd work that miracle
>>>>> if I would just believe.
>>>>> If I'd only walk by faith
>>>>> I would surely receive.
>>>>> Vs: 2. We know that faith is the substance
>>>>> of things that are hoped for
>>>>> the evidence of things
>>>>> that are not yet seen
>>>>> for this is the victory
>>>>> that overcometh the world
>>>>> even our faith
>>>>> thus sayeth the Lord.
>>>>> Chorus: God said it
>>>>> I believe it
>>>>> and that settles it for me
>>>>> for he has given
>>>>> salvation full and free.
>>>>> He said he would deliver
>>>>> if I only trust in him.
>>>>> God said it
>>>>> I believe it
>>>>> and that settles it for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>> On 6/5/11, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Joshua,
>>>>>>   Any chance you could share some of your songs on here?  I don't mean
>>>>>> to pry but...I think it'd be cool, if you're willing to share.  If
>>>>>> not, no harm done.
>>>>>>   God bless,
>>>>>> Kirt
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/5/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>>>>>> We've been discussing oneness, verses trinity, all week.
>>>>>>> I would like to share, how I got to where I am today.
>>>>>>> I wasn't brought up in this.
>>>>>>> I was born, in 1989, to a Quaker family.
>>>>>>> I was raised in a little Friends church, where I was taught holiness,
>>>>>>> and sanctification.
>>>>>>> I repented of my sins, at the age of 4, at an AG church, where a
>>>>>>> Gospel concert was going on.
>>>>>>> My first real exposure to Pentecost came, when my family got cable.
>>>>>>> I was exposed to Oral Roberts, and Benny Hinn.
>>>>>>> I learned, that it was God's will to heal, and that it wasn't his
>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>> for me to have sickness.
>>>>>>> I learned, that Jesus paid the price for my healing, on the cross,
>>>>>>> (Isaiah, 53:5, First Peter, 2:28.)
>>>>>>> When I was 10 years old, I heard of two things, that would turn my
>>>>>>> life
>>>>>>> around.
>>>>>>> I was at school, when a little boy in my class, was making fun of a
>>>>>>> girl in the same class.
>>>>>>> He made fun of her, because her church believed in speaking in
>>>>>>> tongues.
>>>>>>> I asked her what that was about, and she showed me, while we were
>>>>>>> waiting on our ride home.
>>>>>>> Well, I read Acts 2, in my Bible, and began to seek God.
>>>>>>> I continued reading Acts, and found that every believer that received
>>>>>>> the Holy Ghost, spoke in tongues.
>>>>>>> After all of this studying, I asked my friend what church she
>>>>>>> attended.
>>>>>>> She told me, that it was that AG church.
>>>>>>> My family wouldn't let me go, but when I was 14, our church stopped
>>>>>>> having wednesday night prayer meeting.
>>>>>>> I'm getting ahead of myself.
>>>>>>> Back to when I was 10.
>>>>>>> My pastor would make cassettes of Southern Gospel music, off of the
>>>>>>> radio station.
>>>>>>> I began to notice, how he would stop the tape, when a certain
>>>>>>> broadcast would come on.
>>>>>>> It was the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church, of Beebe, AR, with Dr. John
>>>>>>> Sheal.
>>>>>>> He would mention Acts, 2:38, and my pastor, (I guess,) didn't want me
>>>>>>> to hear that, so he'd stop the tape.
>>>>>>> I found the station, and that's where I first heard of Jesus name
>>>>>>> baptism.
>>>>>>> The Quakers teach, that baptism isn't necessary for salvation, so
>>>>>>> that's why you won't see a baptistry in their churches.
>>>>>>> I had heard my pastors, (Quaker, and AG,) refer to those "Jesus
>>>>>>> only,"
>>>>>>> people.
>>>>>>> I thought the Jesus name baptizers, were trinity, like everyone else.
>>>>>>> I had never heard the term, "Apostolic."
>>>>>>> I had visited a church, called the Apostolic church, but they weren't
>>>>>>> Pentecostal, (IE,) running, shouting, dancing, speaking in tongues,
>>>>>>> etc.
>>>>>>> They had that stuff on the door, (Apostolic Pentecostal,) but there
>>>>>>> was no experience.
>>>>>>> Well, after seeking God for the holy Ghost, I was watching tv, again.
>>>>>>> I was 14 years old, when I turned on the tv, and Robert Tilton was
>>>>>>> on.
>>>>>>> When God wants to do something, he'll use whoever he can, to get it
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> happen.
>>>>>>> Beau Williams was singing, "Every time I feel the Spirit, moving in
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> soul, I'll pray."
>>>>>>> As Beau was singing, I felt the power of God.
>>>>>>> I was knocked off of the couch, to the floor, on my knees.
>>>>>>> My hands were raised toward Heaven, and I had received the holy
>>>>>>> Ghost,
>>>>>>> speaking in tongues.
>>>>>>> I told my friend about it, and started attending the AG youth group.
>>>>>>> I played the piano for the band, as well.
>>>>>>> I spent 5 years in the AG.
>>>>>>> My grandmother, (who had raised me in church,) read about a new
>>>>>>> church, in the paper.
>>>>>>> I went to visit, and we asked if they needed a pianist.
>>>>>>> The pastor said, that they did.
>>>>>>> I would play that piano, and sing with them, with no problem, but
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> was until I noticed something.
>>>>>>> I was 16, when Brother Meadows, (the AG pastor,) baptized me in the
>>>>>>> name of F S and HG.
>>>>>>> I was at the Grace and Truth Tabernacle, (which was in an old
>>>>>>> firehouse,) playing for my current pastor, when we sang a song.
>>>>>>> We sang, "He's God in the Father.
>>>>>>> He's God in the son.
>>>>>>> He's God in the Holy Ghost
>>>>>>> and all these three are one."
>>>>>>> Chorus: "I know God is God
>>>>>>> and God won't ever change.
>>>>>>> I know God is God."
>>>>>>> The pastor sang, "And Jesus is his name," but I was singing the
>>>>>>> popular, "and he always will be God."
>>>>>>> After that, I asked him if he was "Jesus Only."
>>>>>>> He said, "I don't like the term, "Jesus Only."
>>>>>>> He said, "We're oneness.
>>>>>>> I was interested, so I started off debating him.
>>>>>>> Brother Meadows said, that the Jesus Only people beat around the
>>>>>>> bush,
>>>>>>> but my current pastor didn't.
>>>>>>> He showed me scriptures, and said, "Debate won't get you anywhere."
>>>>>>> Just read the scriptures, and let the Holy Ghost deal with you.
>>>>>>> I did that, and as I was hearing trinity, at the Quaker church, (I
>>>>>>> still attended there on sunday mornings,) I was reading oneness, in
>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>> Braille Bible.
>>>>>>> The light went on, and on 8-6-2008, at 6:37, PM, I was gloriously
>>>>>>> baptized in Jesus name.
>>>>>>> Remember that Apostolic church I mentioned earlier?
>>>>>>> Well, we just merged with them, and revival has come to DeWitt,
>>>>>>> Arkansas.
>>>>>>> We have seen many souls saved.
>>>>>>> Out of this experience, God has given me an archive of songs.
>>>>>>> I have written approximately, 25 songs, and am working on another
>>>>>>> one.
>>>>>>> I thank God, for showing me this way.
>>>>>>> The AG friends of mine ask me, why I won't go back.
>>>>>>> I ask them, "Why would I want to be miserable?"
>>>>>>> I know who Jesus is, and you can too.
>>>>>>> I pray, that this has been a blessing to you.
>>>>>>> Please check out our site, www.graceandtruthtabernacle.webs.com, and
>>>>>>> click on "Our Beliefs," and "The Pastor's Pen."
>>>>>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>>>>>
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