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By Preston Headrick, Pastor Christ Community Fellowship

Get Together #77 Put Down A Marker

Jos 4:7-9 "Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever." And the children of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan , in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.





The Children of Israel after being delivered from Egypt and wandering in the desert for forty years were now ready to go into the Promised Land. And just as God had parted the Red Sea for their parents and grandparents, God was now stopping the flow of the Jordan River for them to cross over into the Promise Land .

God tells them to put down twelve stones in order that they would remember when God had intervened miraculously on their behalf. This is a good idea. It is a solid Biblical principle. We need to put down markers in order to remember times that God has been with us in a supernatural way. Then when the challenges of life and the attacks of the enemy come against us we can draw on the remembrance that God has been with us and delivered us from the hand of the enemy and has taken us through our time of testing.

A few weeks ago a beautiful young girl who is about to graduate from one of our major universities was talking to me after one of our services. Sometimes college students don’t like to go through graduation because they are tired and ready to get out. I encouraged her to go through graduation. I told her that it would be a good way to put down “twelve stones.” This would be a good way to remember and reflect on how God had been with her from the first day that she arrived on campus, through every challenge, every victory, and every disappointment.

I try to put down twelve stones on a regular basis. A few weeks ago my Mother was coming for a visit. She was coming to go to a Bridal Shower for my daughter and her fiancé. On the way she went by her Dr. to get a report on some tests that she had undergone. The test revealed something wrong with my Mother that she had no idea about. She had been diagnosed as having an aortic aneurism.

That Sunday morning the Lord was very specific about how we were to pray for Mother. The Holy Spirit leads us at different times to pray for people in different ways. That day He told me that I was to ask the Elders of the church to come and pray for Mother. We anointed her with oil and the Elders prayed for her. One of our Elders, Sister June Taylor began to pray that if surgery was the way that God chose to heal that it would be done to perfection. There were other Christians including many of you that were praying for my Mother as well.

Two days later the Lord arranged for my Mother to have an appointment with a surgeon who is a Christian. He mentioned a procedure that would allow the blood to bypass the aneurism. My Mother is 86 years old. We chose to have the procedure done.

During the two weeks between that first visit with her surgeon the main thought that I focused on was that we had been obedient in praying for Mother exactly as the Holy Spirit had told us to pray. I had put down twelve stones there to remember that God had spoken very clearly about what we were to do. This past Monday Mother had the surgery. When the surgeon came out to brief us his words were “everything went like clockwork”. I thought about how the Holy Spirit of God had prayed through Sister June. I am also thankful that the Lord had told me to put down twelve stones. The twelve stones were a reminder when worry would try to come. The twelve stones were a reminder when doubt and unbelief would try to creep in.

My Mother was dismissed from the hospital within 24 hours after the surgery (God is good). How about you? I s there some place that you need to put down twelve stones to remind you of the faithfulness of God? Perhaps you are going through a trial right now, maybe you need to look back at the twelve stones you put down and be reminded that God who has begun a good work in you shall bring it to completion. Maybe you need to be reminded as the scriptures say that God is going to rescue you; “Ps 34:17 The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears, And delivers them out of all their troubles. Ps 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. Praise God that He didn’t say some of them, but all of them.

You know Your Baptism is a twelve stone in some way. You can look back and celebrate that you were delivered from the hand of Satan into the hand of God. Perhaps you have gone back to school at a later date in life. Your graduation will be a twelve stone time. I know it was for me. I was forty seven years old when I graduated from college, but I can still hear the Holy Spirit saying what He said to me that day I was in the graduation line in Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham , Alabama . “Put down twelve stones you are about to go into Canaan .” Two weeks later we assumed our first Pastorate just outside of Hamilton, Al. From time to time things get challenging and discouraging, but I praise God for those times of putting down the twelve stones. I pray today that you have some twelve stone experiences with our Lord Jesus Christ through the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit.



Let us Pray

Father we thank You that You have been with us so many times in our life when it looked like we were alone. Father I pray for all who read this that You will use their twelve stone times to bring encouragement in the heat of battle. I pray that there will be even greater times for all who read this of knowing that You have delivered them out of a tough place and into a good place.

IN JESUS NAME

Amen

Thanks for praying for my Mother. Please pray for my brother. He is looking at hip replacement surgery. We are getting ready for a wedding in June. We will be going back to Romania in late July. Also we have a very challenging ministry here with a lot of youth that come from some tough situations. So we need lots of prayer. God Wins!! God loves you.

Your Friend/ Kinfolk

Preston

Journal Entries From My Trip to Bungoma, Kenya.
By Preston Headrick Pastor Christ Community Fellowship

 

     On Oct 4th 2007 I flew from Detroit Michigan with Gene Bacon a prophet from Living Stones Church in Litchfield Illinois and Pastors John and Tammy Shemenentz from Omaha , Nebraska . We then flew to Amsterdam Holland and from there to Nairobi Kenya .

     After spending Friday Night Oct 5th in Nairobi we then flew to Kisumu , Kenya . From there we had a two hour van ride over some pretty rough terrain to Bungoma. We had actually taken a short cut and much of that part of the trip was over a dirt road. While we were on the van I saw two eagles that were circling above us. I believed that this was a sign from the Lord reminding us that He was with us and that He was going to do great and mighty things.
     During our time in Bungoma, I stayed at the residence of Bishop Frederick O Garra and his wife Emily. They were very wonderful host. The first morning while I was taking my shower I could hear a young girl singing the song “Crucified” outside near the window.


     Oct 7th- I preached at Bishop O Garra’s congregation on Sunday morning. The name of the church was End Time Harvest Discipleship Church . The Lord gave me Psalm 91. I did not know if He wanted me to preach from the Psalm or to stand on it for my protection. It turned out to be both.
     The Lord had me prophesy over a group who were there teaching Kenyans about solar cooking. At the end of the message many people came to the altar for prayer. People came for prayer for tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid fever and other sickness. The Lord opened the ears of a small child that his mother brought for prayer and she said that he could not hear.

     That day the Lord honored our standing on Psalm 91 two times by preventing us from being in two serious automobile accidents. One car almost hit us head on and God made a way just as I screamed the name of Jesus; “Ps 91:15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. Another time was when we were sideswiped heading up a narrow mountain road during a heavy rainstorm, and the Lord softened the blow of the car that hit us.

     Oct 8th- We started Pastors Conference today. The Lord woke us all up at 2:30 A.M. even though we were staying at different houses. The Lord was giving words of knowledge for His servants. We prophesied over many at the end of the service. A young man named Joshua walked in and got saved.
 

     Oct 9th- Today as Gene ministered to people in the line;
     · A woman was healed of headaches from typhoid fever that she had been battling for three months
     · A man testified that he felt something cool move through his body. Headache and ear pain were gone.
     · Another woman was healed of back pain. She left the altar smiling.   

     Oct 10th- Today I sung in tongues and some of the Kenyans smiled. They said that there was a word in Swahili that I sung. The word was Swahili for banana. The Lord gave me an interpretation of this word picture for Bishop O Gara’s family.

     Tonight I preached on the spirit of Elijah and power.
The Lord gave me this word today John 15:16 "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you. I PRAISE God that Jesus Christ chooses sinners and saves us. He then fills us with His Spirit and uses us. What an honor to be a child of the King.

     Oct 11th- This morning Gene preached on the foundation of Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ the Chief Cornerstone. We prophesied over many people again today. The Holy Spirit was giving words of knowledge through word pictures and words. The angels of God got us out of the mud today when the Bishop’s automobile was stuck.    

     Oct 12th- Once again today we prophesied over many people. A woman who could not read the Bible because of a condition in her eyes was healed and read the Bible. The Bible was opened to Hebrews 7.

     Oct 13th- Today I got hit with a spirit of infirmity. I got sick at my stomach. The Lord was faithful and healed me. The Lord worked in this to prepare me to go to a village where the majority of the people were Muslim.

     Oct 14th- We went to the village this morning. The church did not have electricity. They had a keyboard that they were operating with a car battery. The Lord told me to get in the pulpit and start quoting from John 14 all the way through verse 6 “ Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." The Lord then told me to quote Acts 4:12, “Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” He then told me to preach from Psalm 34. Five people were saved that morning. One woman was healed from arthritis and many others were ministered to by the Holy Spirit.

     This is only a few of the things that I saw God do on this trip. The Lord showed me on this trip just how weak I was and how strong He is. I was glad to get back home. When I landed in Memphis it was answered prayer to see my wife J. J.

     Listen, the same God that did miracles on this trip wants to work in your life in mighty miraculous ways as well.. If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior I challenge you to sincerely pray this prayer today;

     Lord Jesus I confess that I am a sinner. Lord today I want to repent of my sin and live for you. I ask You Jesus to come into my heart today. Forgive me of my sins. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. Today I give my life to you.
Amen


     Please let me know if you accepted Christ today. You may email me at:   jpjjhead@sonet.net

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