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Take Care Fellow Travelers

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This is a snail mail letter that I send out to about 80 ministers.   June 10, 2025 Dear Fellow Traveler, I hope that all is well with you and with these letters I try not to clutter up your life too much with junk mail.  I frequently am in conversation with pastors and ministers throughout the apostolic movement both in and out of various organizations.  Wherever you may be serving, you need to know that I have never seen the pressure that the ministry is under at this current time so don’t fall into the lie that something is wrong with you, this is the spirit of the age.  There is much resistance to almost any kind of spiritual leadership these days and some are dealing with outright rebellion in their local assemblies.  At times it is mind-numbing and soul-withering what we have to soldier on through.  But if you are wondering, I do have your name in my prayer journal and I pray for you on a regular basis.  To some degree I was texting some ...

North Dakota District UPCI--Day 5--Bible Study Notes--Philip Harrelson

The following notes are the actual notes that I used in the July 14, 2023 session.  As you can see there is a lot more content than what was covered in the session.   The Saint Builds, Prays & Remains—vv. 20-21   A true saint will be one who builds his life on the Word of God (v. 20a). A true saint will pray in the Spirit (v. 20b). A true saint will remain in the love of God (v. 21).   Jude affirms that the Holy Ghost helps us to pray.  While we are praying, there is a steady flow of the grace of God given to those who would pray.  Zechariah 12:10 is notable for its promise that a spirit of grace and supplication will come to those who are given to prayer.  A regenerate man should be drawn very easily into the presence of the Lord during his times of prayer.  The priests were to wash in the laver before they went to the altar of incense in the Tabernacle, therefore a New Testament believer needs to come to the laver of regeneration by the...