Unapologetically Apostolic

One thousand, eight hundred and twenty-five days. Forty-three thousand, eight hundred hours. Two million, six hundred twenty-eight thousand minutes.  This is the amount of time that has passed since I made the best decision I have ever made.  This is the 5 year anniversary of the day that I was baptized in Jesus name.  For forty-two years, I had lived my life of walking an aisle to take a preacher by the hand to say that I needed "saved" or I needed to rededicate my life to Christ. If I wasn't taking them by the hand, I was hitting my knees at the altar talking to God and begging Him to let me "feel" something, anything.  Each time I would do one of these things, I would feel better for about the length of time it took me to take the man by the hand or kneel down to pray. I longed for more but never knew what the more was that was missing.  There's an old contemporary Christian song that said "There's a God-shaped hole in all of us and t...

As Bro. Nathan was preaching during our Sunday service, he made a statement that I wrote down as he said it. Once I finished writing it, I sat back in my seat with an image in my mind. I'm not quite ready to share that statement just yet though.  He was preaching a message entitled Horeshoes and Hand Grenades. The text he utilized was Numbers 16:8-11 which says, "And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him?" The message, as the title of the sermon indicate...

Last weekend as I sat sharing a meal around a table in a local restaurant, we were having a discussion. During this the point was made about how we, as women, "fix" ourselves up to make us feel better about ourselves. A statement was made about trimming hair and having layers added, or putting on a bit of make-up to feel prettier whenever a lady starts to feel down on her appearance or whenever they are going through a particular situation.  Now I know what we believe as Apostolic believers, to not cut or even trim our hair for it is our glory and that we do not wear make-up to cover that which God has created.  But when you begin working with someone who is new to the Apostolic faith, you have to teach them. You also have to let the Holy Ghost move them to change, not demand. As I thought about these statements which were made throughout this week, I've had various thoughts go through my mind. I remembered when I came into the church 5 years ago. I was only 5 months remo...

Have you ever had an a-ha moment just hit you out of nowhere? You know, something you are not even thinking about in that moment and a word gets said or something happens and the light bulb goes off to make the connection. Well, I had that light bulb shining bright today. Let me try to explain what happened. I work in an office space where I answer phones all day. This is a shared space with usually 2-3 other agents answering calls as well. Our goal is to never sound like one of those packed call centers where all you can hear is all the other voices in the background.  I'll be honest, I have been admonished on more than one occasion that I need to lower my voice because I am too loud. I know I have a loud voice and try to be mindful of it, especially while I'm working. For certain accounts that we have, we do line checks to ensure that the client has forwarded their lines for us to answer. Usually, when this call comes in from another agent you can tell because the caller ID w...

I was scrolling on Facebook the other day and came across a post on the "I Am Apostolic" Facebook page. I am going to post that message here: "Please Assist once and for all. Holy Trinity or “JESUS ONLY”? Is it wrong to believe in the Holy Trinity? Is there scripture that can back up anything regarding such beliefs?" Well, as my inclination is as of late, I couldn't let this question pass me by without giving a response.My answer was as follows: "Start from the beginning, Genesis 1:1 says In the beginning God...move to John 1:1 and we get another In the beginning was the Word (God), and the Word (God) was with God and the Word was God. John 1:14 says that the Word (God) became flesh (Jesus) and dwelt among us. Revelation 22:13 are words written in red, Jesus speaking and it begins with the same words which God spoke to the children of Israel in Exodus 20, "I AM"". Here He declares He is the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and the end, the firs...

In some ways, this is a revisit of a blog I wrote back on April 15, 2023 entitled Beauty in the Broken. I will repost that here before going on into this new season. "All throughout scripture, we as human beings are likened to pottery. We are as earthen vessels created by a master potter. Jeremiah 18:2-6 says, "Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.  3  Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.  4  And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.  5  Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying,  6  O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel." Knowing that God is our Potter, however, does not always negate those feelings of hel...