9-1-1 Prayer Gathering

Join us all Lancaster county leaders and residents on Sunday, September 11th at 1:00p.m. in front of the historic courthouse downtown Lancaster, SC. As we gather together to pray, seek God's face and declare in God we STILL trust.

We are "Fired Up" to go "Higher Up"

We are in the second month of this New Year of God's Favor and we Expect the Great. No matter what we faced last year, last month or last night,

We Expect the Great Today and Tomorrow! I hear the sound of Abundance    therefore I declare and decree:

Fruitfulness and Favor for the Faithful this February!

Fruitful and Favored Sons and Daughters of the King.

According to 2 Samuel 9:1, I declare that the Father's Blessing, Favor and      Inheritance is ours and we are going to take possession of those things that    belong to us.

There are those who are looking to favor us. Doors of Divine Opportunity are opening up; we shall walk through the doors and enjoy the promises and fruit  of our Father's Inheritance. This month We encourage our Single Members to   commit themselves to living Single, Saved and Sold Out lives to Jesus.

We pray that our families, youth, and marriages be positively impacted. New friendships develop. And that each of you receive financially as well; especially as we are giving our First Fruit Offerings and sowing into our Leaders lives. As you be obedient to sow your Special first Fruits Offering, I declare that We shall receive a double portion blessing according to the scriptures:

2 Chronicles 20:20

 1 Kings 17:10; 18:4 

2 Kings 4:8

 Matthew 10:41

Romans 13:7

 2 Corinthians 8:11-15

 Galatians 6:6-10

Therefore, this year, as we are obedient to the Word of God and purpose in our hearts to make "First things First" by "Putting Jesus First" in ALL areas; acknowledging, thanking and honoring Him first when we awaken. Give Him the First part of our day and time. As well as giving to Him the first of our finances; so that we can access the blessing that is available to the obedient, we can   legally receive the increase and the anointing

to Prosper will manifest on our behalf.

Therefore, this month, we are Fired Up and seeking God through His Word and Prayer to develop greater in our relationship with Him. And we believe we will see God's effects and influence in all areas of our lives; our Faith walk, our   Family, our Finances and our Friendships. Scriptures for each area have been provided in order to assist us with development for each area.  

Ready, Get Set, Go.....

Determined and Diligent

As we come to the last month on the American Calendar of the year 2011, we reflect back on the past 11 months, and prepare for the months ahead.

There have been many challenges and battles, but God has given us the victory. It reminds me of what David said in Psalm 34:19, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but God Delivers Them Out Of Them All." We thank God that He is our God and our Deliverer.

Jesus said in John 16:33b, "In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." That word "world" in Greek is the word "kosmos" meaning world, age and speaking of this earthly, natural realm, its systems 

and way of doing things.

Jesus was giving us a word of encouragement before we even needed it. Why? He knew how this world's system operated. He knew we would need the encouragement. He knew the world's system was unstable and therefore there would always be challenges and troubles in this world. However; He encouraged us by saying, "we could have peace, we could be of good cheer and we could overcome even in this world as long

 as we operated IN HIM."  

So, during this last month of 2011, we are going to be more Determined and Diligent, Determined means to be resolved, decided, settled and unwavering. Diligent means to be constant in efforts to accomplish something or ones tasks and duties; to be attentive and persistent in doing something, ones tasks or duties. 

Therefore, as we close out 2011 and enter 2012, We, at The Master's Ministry of Freedom Empowerment Center, (The Embassy Headquarters for The Master's Operations), will be more Determined, Decided, Resolved, Settled and Unwavering; We will be more Diligent, constant in our efforts to "be about The Father's Business and The Master's Work." We will be attentive to what God has called us to do. We will follow the Holy Spirit and be persistent in what He tells and leads us to do and we will accomplish His work. 

As we enter into 2012,   we will be even more Determined and Diligent to seek Him, learn more of who we are IN HIM and operate as He has given us access and ability to operate IN and THROUGH Him.

In Hebrews 11:6, He promises us, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that come to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that Diligently seek Him."  

Therefore, I declare, in Jesus name that Rewards are coming in 2012. So, let's go after the souls. Let's touch peoples lives with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and tell them of His love for them. Let's finish 2011 Strong, Determined and Diligent, "being about our Father's Business and The Master's Work."

New Things ~ New Dimensions

Covenant of Friendship

The Master’s Ministry recently celebrated its Church and Pastor’s Anniversary with Apostle Mamie Wilson of Resurrection of Life as our special guest minister. At the end of service, the Lord led Apostle Mamie Wilson to give Bishop Altheresa one of her shoes and they entered into a Covenant Friendship.

“What a glorious time we had with Resurrection of Life!”

Divine Destiny Conference 11-11-11

For the first time at the The Master’s Ministry, Pastor Crissy Sanders.  Welcome to our 2011 Divine Destiny Conference.

We also welcome Evangelist Naina Patel and Pastor Nancy Lowery.

Destiny is Calling You!

Testimonies:

Lancaster High School Quarterbacks and members of The Master's Ministry had the opportunity to put the Word of God and prayer to work on their behalf.

Jerell White, (Lancaster High School JV Football Quarterback, keyboard player and lead dancer on the Mime Team at The Master's Ministry), pulled an ACL and was  expected to have a long recovery time, but being taught the word of faith and prayer, he had his leaders lay hands on him and pray for healing. He confessed that he believed his leg would heal quickly and he is now out of his brace.

Shaquille Williams, Lancaster High's Varsity Football Quarterback and drummer at The Master's Ministry was tackled in a game last week and was told that he probably had cracked ribs, but after prayer and declaring the word of faith over his body, he had NO cracked ribs, he was just a little sore. Praise God for His healing and protection and these young Athletes and their families applying the word of God to their situations and seeing it work!

Prepare to be empowered to the next....

Celebrate with Us

"Happy 4th Anniversary - The Master's Ministry Empowerment Center, Lancaster, S.C.!"

We also Celebrate Shepherds after God's Heart, Our Bishops Eddie and Altheresa Howard - 8 years as Shepherds and 28 years in Ministry.

"We are Pulling Down Strongholds, Building Kingdom People and Crossing into the Next Dimension of Kingdom Work"

The word of the Lord to The Master's "Next Dimension" Ministry.

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying;

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou came forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a Prophet unto the Nations.

Then said I, Ah, Lord God, behold, I can not speak: For I am a child.

But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

Then the Lord put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.

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 1:4-10

The Supernatural

*REAL Testimony: Bishop Altheresa's Brother: Gunshot wound to the head - Declared DEAD, but the Supernatural Power of God brought him back to life!

It's not spooky, not crazy, but it is real and available for God's People to operate in.
 As we add the final touches to the September Newsletter, I personally think back over these 28 years of serving God and seeing Him manifest His Supernatural Power over and over again on behalf of ourselves, our family and friends; as well as, to use us to pray or lay hands on others.

I'm so thankful to Abba, Father God for every time He has manifested His presence on our behalf. There is no God like our Father, God. I don't have enough time here to share all of the things that we have seen God do or even the things He has used us to do, but during our teaching time this month, We will try to share some of these testimonies with you. 

It is our desire to help stir your desire to go deeper in the things of God, to stir your faith to go after what God says is available to you and to teach you how to operate in the things of God, so that you will experience the Supernatural Power of God in your own life; as well as be used by God to help others.

We will share this most recent personal testimony with you. On Friday, July 22, 2011, my younger brother was shot in the head and declared to be dead. When the family arrived and through a course of events, surgery was performed on him to try to save his life. After surgery, the diagnosis was still no hope, no brain activity; only the respirator was technically keeping him with us.

Prayers all over began to go out for him through family and friends from SC State University and through Facebook. I didn't get the message until the next morning, July 23, but I wasn't able to get to him right away. I consulted the Lord as to what to do and I was given the leading to follow through with my commitment and assignment. (We were conducting Leadership Training for the Next Level Leaders of our church and the Blood of the Lamb Church with Pastor Carolyn Spellman, all that day on Saturday July 23.)

But because of knowing the word of God, who the word says I am in God and how the Spiritual Realm of the Supernatural operates, though I couldn't get there in the natural, physical, right then, I went by way of the spirit, through the Power of the Word of God in prayer.(I'll teach you what I mean. It's all biblical.)

I began to command death to obey my authority in and through the name of Yeshua Jesus and get back, leave my brother alone. I declared the word of God that, “he shall live and not die and declare the works of the Lord." And then, I called life to return back into him, In Jesus name. When I finished praying, I gave God thanks and praise for the miracle. I said, "little brother, I will see you in a few hours," and then I went on in to my training class. 

That evening, I was able to go to the hospital. I met our sister and we went into his ICU room to pray. We laid hands on his lifeless, cold body and I began to pray in the Spirit. Then, what I heard by the Spirit, I began to call out and call forth. A few minutes later, our little brother started moving a finger on his left hand and trying to open his eyes for the first time. That was the first sign of life, Hallelujah!

On the next day, Sunday when Bishop Ed and I went back to see him, he had more hand motion. He was kicking his left leg and trying to wake up. But for some reason, during that first week, every sign we saw, the doctors tried to dismiss and down play. They still said that there was not enough brain activity to really acknowledge that he would make it, or that he was even really alive. They said that it was just reflexes, BUT GOD. My sister and I began to stay at night with him and pray. By that Wednesday night, I stayed all night in the room with him and prayed over him. I prayed for the brain to be quickened and the activity to show up on the monitors and tests.

The next day, the swelling on his brain had gone down, the doctors were able to see there was real brain activity and then they began to be hopeful and more positive. By the first of the next week, he was out of the coma, off the respirator and breathing on his own.

You all are the first to hear this, but on today, Tuesday August 30, my little brother is being released out of the hospital to go home. HALLELUJAH! GLORY to GOD! The Supernatural Power of God is real and available to all. The more you know about it, the more you can see it manifest.

Join us on Sunday Mornings and Wednesday Nights this month of September, and receive greater understanding of "The Supernatural." You can learn more of How to operate in it to see more breakthroughs and miracles take place in your life and those connected to you.

Prepare to be empowered to the next dimension....

The Anointing makes the Difference

During the month of August read the book of 1 Samuel chapters 1-31. Look for the application of the anointing. See how it is released, received and the effects of it on a person’s life. Isaiah 10:27b says, “the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing."

Did you know that an anointing is available to you? This month of August, we will explore the word of God and uncover knowledge and revelation about the anointing, and why and how you can receive it.

In Luke 4:18, Jesus said, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me and He has anointed me....

We Proclaim Jubilee!

What is significant about that? In the year of Jubilee, the things that had been taken, stolen, sold or lost could be restored to the person. The things that were being held captive would be set free and Debts would be released. This was a spiritual law that God established with the children of Israel and it was fulfilled and proclaimed by Jesus.

Luke 4:18 & 19 records Jesus proclaiming to everyone in the synagogue as He reads Isaiah 61:1& 2, that, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted; to preach deliverance to the captive; recovery of sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are bruised and to preach the acceptable year of the Lord."

Mature, Mobilize, Multiply

In the realm of the Spirit, like it is evident in the natural realm, there are particular, certain, specific and

even special times and seasons. The more you are knowledgeable of a time and season, the more you can prepare for it. In the scriptures, 1 Chronicles 12:32a says, "And the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do."

God desires to give understanding of these times to His children, because God wants His children of this age to be as Daniel, Joseph and many other prophets of old, who God used to give direction, instruction and provision for His people and the world, because God wants to touch and reach the world, not just the church. As John 3:16, for God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...

A Fresh Flow if the Anointing

With the excitement of a fresh flow of the anointing that we have been experiencing in our services, I was reminded by the Holy Spirit to make sure we have clear understanding, and instruction, for a key part of a word that we received from 2 Chronicles 20.

Today is the tomorrow of yesterday. And we are to go out tomorrow (now today) and face the battle, the enemy, opposition, and challenges of life with these directives. 

 We are to face our battles knowing these things: 

* Don't allow the threats of the enemy or life cause us to fear, worry, doubt, complain or give up. 

* Seek God (add fasting if needed). 

* Remember God is with us.

* We are God's people (His children) continue...

* Don't lean to our own understanding, but look to God for the answers.

* Believe the word of the Lord and believe His servants (that means something may come your way that will try to get you to doubt or question) but keeping believing God.

* We are to stand in praise and God will fight on our behalf.

Follow the Path to Fruitfullness

Genesis 1:28 says, "and God blessed them and said, be fruitful and multiply"....God's will and plan for us is to be fruitful, to multiply, expand, increase, to prosper.

If that is God's will and plan for us, then we should embrace it and do what is required for us to live out his will.

Wait a moment, someone may say, "I thought if something is God's will and plan, it would just automatically happen." No, that's not the way it works. We must cooperate with God and follow 

His instructions.

* To be fruitful in our faith walk, we must hear, and study the word, then do what it says. Romans 10:17; 2 Timothy 2:15; James 1:22

New Year with New Mercy, New Grace, New Hope, New Beginnings and New Opportunities

It's a New Year with New Mercy, New Grace, New Hope, New Beginnings and New Opportunities.

We are going to get the best out of this year and be the blessed that we can be this year. As we prepare for the best and most blessed, we must start by honoring and thanking God for allowing us to make it to this point in time. And because we know God has greater and better for us, we dedicate ourselves anew to Him and commit to follow Jesus (Yeshua) more closely this year.

As we deepen our commitment to Father God, we endeavor to seek the Lord Jesus more diligently and please Him more frequently. Therefore, we at The Master's Ministry enter into 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting along with preparing, dedicating and then giving First Fruits of our time and our money unto the Lord.

We Declare Double FOR OUR TROUBLE!

There are numerous examples throughout the bible, where God's people went through great trials, troubles, adversities and afflictions, but as they remained faithful to God, then God caused their circumstances to turn around.

And not only did things turn around for the better, but many times God caused them to receive more than they had before the trouble. One such example is in the book of Job. Job had been blessed with a large family, cattle, sheep, land, houses, etc.

Job had a good life. But then one day troubles came to his house and caused Job to lose everything he had, except his wife and his own life. 

Even all of Job's children were killed. What a devastating time for Job. But the bible says, in Job 42:10, " And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before."

That's where we get the saying, "Double for your Trouble."

In addition to Job losing everything he owned and his children, his body came under attack with boils. Job went through this devastating time for about 11 months and then his deliverance came.

You may have experienced some trials, troubles, adversities, etc in the past 11 months, but we declare this is the 12 month, December and we call forth and thank God for deliverance and "Double for our Trouble," in the name of Yeshua Jesus..Come on say it, "I'm going to get Double Blessings for my Trouble."

Happy Chanukkah! Merry Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus!

P.S. This month, We at The Master's Ministry (during this last month of the year on the American Calendar) are gearing up for Greater Works, Greater Productivity, Greater Effectiveness, and Greater Manifestations of the word of God.
Greater Development to prepare us for the Double Portion through Greater Discipline and Discipleship. 

A New Flow of the Anointing

Matthew 9:17 says, "Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved."

God is preparing Himself a people that want to flow with Him and fulfill His will and purpose in the earth.

These people are seekers, pray~ers, worshippers. They are making themselves available to learn of Jesus and develop to be more and more like His Disciples, in His image.

They are taking off their old garments and putting on new garments that have been prepared by God for His children to wear. Matthew 9:16

These are being transformed day by day with acceleration. Thus, their old bottles, (which is their old house), is being prepared for the new wine, (which represents the new flow of the Spirit).

Souled Out: Reaching Up & Reaching Out

Greetings Overcome’s

I hear the Sound of the Abundance of Rain, representing to us, Overflow.

In September, we are going deeper in our walk with God. We are determined to be Souled Out. In other words, we are going to get Out of our Soul and more into the depth of the Spirit.

We will get out of our soul more as we Reach Up more. We will Reach Up more, by "Increasing our Seeking," (increased and focused study of the word, prayer, praise and worship).

GOD add your SUPER to Our Natural

This is our focused prayer for you, our precious Sons and Daughters of Divine Destiny and our whole church body & family for this month. With the economy & financial situation still lacking, we pray that God will SUPERNATURALLY sustain, provide for and SUPERSEDE our finances, that not only every need be met, but God SUPERNATURALLY cause abundance & overflow to come.

With the threat of a deadly outbreak of swine flu & other sicknesses & diseases, we pray that God will not only SUPERNATURALLY keep us safe from all hurt, harm & danger. But also SUPERNATURALLY keep us in good health. And everything that will try to hinder, hurt, & harm us, that God will SUPERNATURALLY DEFEAT IT.

I declare & decree Zechariah 4:6 upon us like never before, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit," says the Lord. We will be Strong in the Lord and be strong in the power of His might. (Ephesians 6:10) And I believe we are expanding and increasing in the Spirit Realm by increasing in the wisdom, knowledge & understanding of the Word of God and flow of the Spirit. Thus, we will see the SUPERNATURAL MANIFESTATION of the Presence of GOD.

In Jesus name...

Accelerated Development & Growth

The month of August normally signifies the end of summer and preparation for fall. Break and vacations are over. It is now time to shift focus and attention back to a more structured and deliberated course that involves setting, implementing, accomplishing and evaluating plans, goals, programs, policies, procedures, desires and dreams.

I believe as Sons and Daughters of the King, we are responsible for   running our Daddy's Business ~ Kingdom Business.

So, this month as we Move Forward, we will fine tune and tighten up things to prepare to plant more and reap more fruit to the Glory of God. John 15:2.

March Onwards and Upwards

This is an exciting time at The Master's Ministry! We have been growing in our momentum and the troops are being prepared to mobilize, move forward and take the territory around us, then the city, state and all that our Father, Yehovah God calls us to, in Yeshua Jesus name. 

We, The Master's Ministry of Freedom Empowerment Center and Family have been commissioned by God to establish His Kingdom in Lancaster County, S.C. and everywhere He sends us. 

This month we will look closely at God's design, plan and blessing for and upon His Sons and Daughters to be Fruitful and Multiply.

Genesis 1:28a

28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.(KJV)

28And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth.(AMP)

2009 It's Our Time

It's our Appointed Time. Our Due Season.

It's Time for the people of God to Shine.

Believe me when I say, "2009 brings in with it - Our Time"

Those who have been and will be faithful and obedient, you will receive of the presence of God.

Things we have been praying for, waiting on, giving towards - this is it - our Due Season.

I don't just believe it, but I know it. How do I know? By the Holy Ghost compass on the inside of me. I, by the Holy Spirit sense the moving of the Spirit of God.

1 Chronicles 12:32a says, "And the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do."

God speaks to the spirit of His servants what or when He is planning to move significantly, so that they can prepare His people to be a part of it. And my spirit it leaping with excitement and expectation of what God is getting ready to do on the earth through, for and with His people. We will see such great and mighty signs, wonders, miracles and blessings manifested. It is time!

Time in our text speaks of a Kairos moment. What is a Kairos moment? Kairos is the Greek word for time that express: An appointed, set or fixed time. A special occasion. Opportunity, Due Season. 

It's Time for your Spiritual Upgrade

Prepare for Elevation, Promotion, Expansion, and Increase….

Story of Neo and the Matrix

Neo was chosen with great potential but he didn’t know it.  It wasn’t until he got connected to a “Sent One” divine teacher who began to tell him of the great potential and things possible for him to do.

Transformation begins – started downloading new systems, programs into him. Once download became apart of him it affected his character, attitude, mindset, behavior, and beliefs; eventually the things he once thought he couldn’t do – he began to do.