[Faith-talk] I just want to share.

Mon Jun 6 00:10:55 UTC 2011

I'm talking about the convention, next year.
Blessings, Joshua

On 6/5/11, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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