[Faith-talk] I just want to share.

Sun Jun 5 22:25:54 UTC 2011

Joshua,
  So are you talking about convention in a month, or the one next year?

On 6/5/11, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for the complement, Nikki.
> Thanks for trying to get this arranged, Kirt.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 6/5/11, Nikki <daizies304 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>     Joshua,
>> That is beautiful.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joshua Lester
>> Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 1:23 PM
>> To: Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion
>> Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] I just want to share.
>>
>> 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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