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It
was through the medium of writing the Apostle Paul reached a continent in
two years. The North American
continent can be reached by the same method if we will embrace the vision
of the power of the pen. When
the Lord began to unfold his vision of writing his Word in local
newspapers, the possibility of reaching multitudes in months was so vast,
it was overwhelming to my normal reasoning capabilities.
He had taught the multitudes by the sea long before he filled the
Upper Room with the Holy Ghost experience.
He had taught the people how to live, how to forgive, how to treat
their enemies, and how to love the Lord God with all their heart long
before the Holy Ghost fell. He
spoke of multitudes, of nations, and of peoples.
Our vision is sometimes greater for the Foreign Fields than for the
fields outside our doors. My
question to him in prayer in 1995 had been “Lord, how shall we reach so
many in this nation in so little time?”
Because he is faithful, he gave the answer.
He opened the door to writing in our County newspaper.
He began to give the columns with the Word he wanted them to read.
His Word came over and over again. The months turned into years.
Now ten years later, he is still speaking.
My soul has been so deeply moved by his vision, I wanted to share
it with everyone I could in every state of our nation. .Then in April 23,
2003, he gave the following dream to reaffirm his purpose. His
confirmation of the dream was as unusual as the dream.
We must remember “His ways are not our ways and his thoughts are
not our thoughts…” In
the dream, I was standing in the middle of a fleshly plowed field.
On each side of me were fields of corn ready for harvest.
The fields were vast. The
corn that was ready for harvest appeared to have been ready for some time.
I was speaking with my mother, whose father and mother were
pioneers of the Apostolic faith. I
was telling my mother I felt something on my head.
As I reached up and began to part my hair, there were grains of
corn that began to fall to the earth.
She stretched forth her hand to help me get the grains of corn off,
but as we pulled the corn off, many more grains of corn appeared in their
place. I said to her “they
must have fallen from the sky.” The
Lord showed me the writings for the newspaper columns and the books he has
given are full of grain being planted within this late harvest.
He showed me as we publish the truth, he will give the increase.
The
dreams of Joseph came to mind, and as I looked for my journal to write the
dream down, on the front of the journal were these words; “And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and
I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers
of blessing.” The
scripture goes on to say “And the
tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her
increase….” Ezekiel
34:26 Weeks
later, at my workplace in the Courthouse, a quiet young woman across the
hall told me she had dreamed a dream about me.
She is a very humble person, with a beautiful spirit.
She told me about a freshly planted field in the dream.
She said I appeared with handfuls of seed.
She said everything I was planting was coming up green, but she
couldn’t get her seed to do anything.
She went and got a pitcher of milk and poured it upon her seed, and
it began to grow. I instantly
thought of the “milk of the Word” in I Peter 2:2
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may
grow thereby.” As I
walked back into my office, I casually asked a co-worker who does much
gardening, “Have you ever heard of pouring milk on seed to get it to
grow?” She answered with
this, “my mother poured milk on pumpkin seeds to make them grow.”
God always confirms his Word. His
words to Jeremiah were as this “See,
I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root
out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to
plant.” Jeremiah
1:10 The
Lord always gives a strategy for taking the land.
Throughout his Word his strategies consisted of many things,
including milk and butter in a lordly dish in the book of Judges.
One war was won by singing, and one city was taken by marching
around it. We can affect our
nation through their newspapers. Through
the united effort to take our nation by writing, every single Apostolic
church in every corner of this nation can be involved.
I quote from the following because it confirmed so much regarding
this vision. From the fields
of Africa to my tiny town in Tracts
may or may not be as effective in our nation as they once were, and we
must remember computers are not in the hands of many.
The newspaper, however, will continue to be read as long as it is
printed, by everyone from all walks of life.
Most read every page of every issue, and a minimum of two read each
issue. Watch in your town or
city as they reach for them at the newsstand.
Watch as they tuck the newspaper under their arm and proceed to
their workplace. Watch as they
pick it up from their yards and carry it inside.
The Word of God can indeed be published in this nation if we will
embrace the vision. We have
the finest writers, anointed with the Holy Ghost, and filled with the
treasure of the truth of this glorious gospel.
Given the wisdom of the Lord to write the truth in love, we can
reach our nation. We must
teach them again regarding the “the first principles of the oracles of
God (the milk of the Word)”, spoken of in
Hebrews 5:12. This is a new
generation. Will we see
results immediately, maybe not, but the seed will have been planted, and
God is faithful. He will see
that the seed is watered by another, and then he himself will give the
increase. Bro. Poitras called
them the “paper preachers.” I
sincerely believe God is raising up writers within our churches and
anointing them to work the fields of Soon
after the Lord gave me the vision for the newspaper, our local editor came
to my office with a publication from the Amy Foundation.
It was a plan to disciple our nation through newspaper columns.
Since that year the Foundation has united Evangelical churches all
over this nation for the distinct purpose of reaching our nation with the
Word of God. How much more
should we embrace the vision? The
editor told me my name came to him when he opened the packet at the
newspaper office. Then the
Lord prompted this editor to copy a list of all of the newspapers in my
state, including email addresses and submission information.
There are hundreds, even thousands of newspapers in our nation.
The hand of the Lord is mighty.
He will tear down strongholds we never imagined.
We can be sure of this, there will be a harvest.
His Word encouraged his people to “pray
ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers
into his harvest.” St.
Luke 10:2 We
can indeed be the paper preachers of this nation!
I know it works because I have seen tremendous changes in those who
have read his Word over the past ten years.
In the past few years I have seen common men and women become
anointed writers of the Word of God. He
is with us! God bless you as
you pick up your pen, and head for the battlefield, for the pen truly is
“mightier than the sword.” NOTE:
To obtain a copy of my book “Ancient Secrets Of The Writer’s
Inkhorn, you may reach me by email at
writers_inkhorn@yahoo.com
or by telephone (573)238-1062 The
price of the book is $12.99
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