Apostle Lewis Fisher Jr began by reminding us about Moses.  God said I am going to deliver my people by forgiving them.  The old testament pattern was no man could come into God’s presence without things being right.  We are speaking about the holy of holies.  Today the Mercy Seat continues and that Mercy Seat is Jesus.  God deals with us from the premise of mercy.  We are important to the plan and purpose of God.  No one can make a decision for us to walk with God.  We need to prepare ourselves because we don’t know the day or hour.  We thank the Lord for forgiving us.  Deliverance is through forgiving. 

Moses was a man that had everything in his life.  Here in this message, Moses was doing a job that he was taught to hate.  God is going to do something in our lives to drive us to the very thing you hate.  Moses, as an Egyptian prince was taught to detest shepherds. God led Moses through the wilderness of Sinai.  We can”’ serve God with a silver spoon attitude. He will leave us in the wilderness longer than we should be.  He took Moses out of the plush life and said now I want him.  God had Moses to become a shepherd to learn about the very people he had to lead.  Moses was 80 years old and still working.  Moses was taken from the light of prosperity where everyone knew him to a job in obscurity.  There was no fame in this job.  God was humbling Moses.  If it took 40 years for God to humble Moses, how long do you think it will take us to become humble.  Wherever the spirit of the Lord is it is holy.  Your house is not holy because you put a cross in it or any other symbol.  It is holy because the spirit of the Lord takes his residence  there.  On holy ground you have to conduct yourself different because the Lord is holy.   Apostle asked, “How many of you want God to reside in your house?”

“Thank You”
 
On behalf of Blanchard’s Grove Missionary Baptist Church and Apostle Dr. Lewis Fisher, Jr and Pastor Tonja Fisher we want to say, “Thank You” to “Total Transformation House of Praise.”   We want to extend our gratitude and appreciation to “Total Transformation House of Praise and Elder G. P Whitfield for inviting us to be a part of your “Spring Revival.”  We were happy to be a part of this great worship service.

We would like to thank our church family and friends for your continued support and prayers of Apostle Dr. Lewis Fisher, Jr.  We say “thank you” to Apostle for answering the call of God.  May he continue to lift you higher in him as you bring forth the word of the Lord.  May God continue to bless the wonderful work of Apostle Dr. Lewis Fisher, Jr as he continues to uplift souls wherever he goes.

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Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr. began the service by asking who had not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, and experienced God on this level. There were many who had not received the baptism of the Holy Spirit, nor experienced God in this way, and bore the evidence of speaking in tongues.  The Apostle called those that had not yet received, and laid hands on them, that they receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This was a powerful move of God.  Sunday was a totally intimate time with our Lord and Savior.  It was a direct conversation between us and God. It shows our lives to be a true reflection of God, from the inside out. 
 
After an intimate time with the Lord, Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr asked Minister Pamela Harvey to share a word from the Lord.  Minister Harvey shared “He Pulls Us Back”.  This was a personal testimony on how God pulled her back.  It was uplifting and inspirational to all.

Apostle Lewis Fisher Jr shows us the “Point of Emphasis”:

 Man might have been able to say, God doesn’t understand the pressure of the temptation I face everyday; but God knows every trial we face.

We sometimes say: "It’s alright to have a little fun, after all, living a Christian life is so boring."  Or "Nobody is right or good all the time.  I’m not going to bible study or prayer tonight.  I am going to enjoy myself by resting and watching a movie.  I’ll tell Pastor I can’t make it."  Or even "I’ll never make it.  Maybe it’s just not meant for me."

All of these statements might have been alright if God did not wrap himself in flesh.
In other words, God became human and felt everything we feel today.  He can relate to each one of these statements.

Scriptures: John1:1, John 4:14, Hebrews 4:15-16, Matthew 26:38

Apostle Fisher pointed out the “Point of Emphasis” in this scripture was “Watch With Me.”  Having gone through sorrowful times in his flesh and wanting someone to watch with him. 

He understands and can now offer sympathy to those suffering.  We need someone sometimes just to be able to talk to or just comfort us during difficult times.  When Jesus was sorrowful, He didn’t want someone to talk about how sorrowful He was, He wanted someone praying with him.  We also need someone praying with us.  We don’t need someone to intensify our sorrow but someone who can pray with us and give us a word from the Lord.

Apostle Lewis Fisher Jr continued our message of “God, The First Option” Part 2.  As he began, he wanted us to take notice that Elijah just came on the scene.  Everything that was going on in scripture he just shows up.  His linage can’t be traced back.  He hears what’s going on and has a message for the king.  The bible tells us that God often shows up without our knowledge that it was him.  Elijah was a type of Christ that just decided to show up.  He said it would not rain unless he says so. 

That means no dew or rain.  God created the drought by his words and yet told Elijah to hide himself.  He told him to dwell by the brook Cherith and drink the water and the raven brought him food.  It was dry for three and a half years.  God took the nasties thing and the meanness thing to supply Elijah every need.  The raven feed Elijah for one year.  If God be God, stand still and watch God supply your need.  God is our source and sometimes we must be pulled away.  If you depend on God, no matter what vehicle he uses he is our source.  God is sovereign and once your heart is turned to him the supply line will keep coming.  What if you lose your job today?  It has never been your source.  There is no job that can ever supply your need.  Every struggle we go through is for our good.  God is our source and he will supply our needs.  God wants to be our first option in everything.

Matthew 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
2 Kings 1:1-17
1 Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab.
2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
3 But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
4 Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.
5 And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
7 And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
8 And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
9 Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
10 And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
11 Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
12 And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
13 And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight.
15 And the angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.
16 And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
17 So he died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son.

Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr began speaking to the congregation about “God, The First Option.”  What does it mean?  How does this apply to our lives? Often, we search ways to answer our trials and tribulations.  When we get in trouble God is not our first option.  God’s formula is that when anything happens in our lives, seek him first.  Like most of us, God became an option when we had no other place to turn.  God wants to be our first option.  God said seek him first.  Once he becomes a priority for us then everything in our lives becomes a priority for him.  Once we make bad choices it takes a lot to get us out.  That’s why God told us to seek him first.  We should be at the point now where we only want God.  In 2 kings 1:1-17, Ahaziah was a servant of God.  He sent someone to ask Baalzebub if he was going to recover.  He was a servant who didn’t put God first.  He asked an idol god over the God whom he knew if he was going to recover.   Ahaziah continued to send messengers to answer if he was going to recover, but they were consumed by fire.  An angel of God told Elijah to go down and be not afraid.  So Elijah got up and asked the questions, “Is there no God in Israel to enquire of his word?  And he told him that he would surely die.  This is just an example of a man of God who didn’t make God his first option.

Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr began speaking to the congregation about “God, The First Option.”  What does it mean?  How does this apply to our lives? Often, we search ways to answer our trials and tribulations.  When we get in trouble God is not our first option.  God’s formula is that when anything happens in our lives, seek him first.  Like most of us, God became an option when we had no other place to turn.  God wants to be our first option.  God said seek him first.  Once he becomes a priority for us then everything in our lives becomes a priority for him.  Once we make bad choices it takes a lot to get us out.  That’s why God told us to seek him first.  We should be at the point now where we only want God.  In 2 kings 1:1-17, Ahaziah was a servant of God.  He sent someone to ask Baalzebub if he was going to recover.  He was a servant who didn’t put God first.  He asked an idol god over the God whom he knew if he was going to recover.   Ahaziah continued to send messengers to answer if he was going to recover, but they were consumed by fire.  An angel of God told Elijah to go down and be not afraid.  So Elijah got up and asked the questions, “Is there no God in Israel to enquire of his word?  And he told him that he would surely die.  This is just an example of a man of God who didn’t make God his first option.

Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr continued the series, “I Know Him Part V.”  Here we learned by God’s shining light Gideon defeated the Midianities.  Apostle focused on being humbled before God. We are to focus on God’s strength, and celebrate his accomplishments in our lives for His glory.  This is what the Israelite’s learned in Judges 7. This lesson is difficult, but we must remain humble and endure because we gain strength, and are encouraged by what God says and does.  God stripped the army to only 300 men. But, God had promised He would deliver the Midianities into Gideon’s hands. We see this in our own lives: Less is more! The thought of always competing for things such as, bigger homes, more money, and more stuff is the rat-race of the world and God wants us to re-frame our priorities, shifting to where we pour ourselves out to Him.  Jesus was supportive of the weak, the forgotten, the littlest, the least, the loneliest and the lost. We are the guiding light that help point a hurting and sinful world to God. We need to make Him shine. We reflect God’s light and His strength.

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Genesis 26:13-16
13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:
14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
15 For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.
16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we.
Matthew 5:6 6 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Apostle Lewis Fisher, Jr spoke from the message “I Know Him Part lV.  The life of Abraham and the life of Isaac are very similar.  There was famine in the land and they both went to foreign countries.  Isaac wanted to go to Egypt because Abraham lived there but God denied him permission to do so.  Isaac revived the same wells of his father Abraham, and they were called by the same names.  Digging the wells means claiming the ownership of the land.  He had to face many problems,  Yet, he was victorious because God was with him. Even through the famine, Isaac kept prospering because of the blessings of God.  God blessed Isaac when he sowed the seeds.  He grew richer as well as became  great.  He had flocks, herds, many men and maidservants.  His wealth and greatness were a result of his honesty and the promise of the blessings.

He also became the object of hostility and faced the wrath of the local leader.  The Philistines destroyed the wells which Isaac inherited from his father Abraham. He was robbed, threatened and sent out by Abimelech, king of the Philistines, because he became a stronger man, and they envied him.  Isaac understood and experienced God as protector and provider.  He put all his trust in God.  If God says you are blessed, you are blessed.  No matter what trials and tribulations are coming your way, he still blesses you through it all.  God will connect to you and prosper you as he promised Abraham.  God is doing a work in those whose heart is perfect towards him and he will draw close to you.  Let your light  shine so that men will see your good works and glorify God.


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