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Abba, Fathr Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying cr ying out, “Abba, “Abba, Father!”
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av you vr raizd that God was nvr known as “Fathr” unti Jsus cam c am to ar th and rvad rva d Him as such? suc h?
In His prayr to His Fathr, Jsus said, “And I have declared to them Your Name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, t hem, and I in them.” (John 17:26) Now, what nam was Jsus rfrring rf rring to? It I t was th nam n am “Fathr”. “Fa thr”. If thr was w as anything anyt hing cos to Jsus’ hart ha rt,, it was to introduc int roduc God as “ Fathr” to us. In th Bib, Jsus said, “Therefore, do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’… wear?’… For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.” (Matthw 6:31–32) Onc, H said, “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts t o your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matthw 7:11) Jsus wants wa nts you to aways a ways hav on imag imag of God in your mind — that H is your Abba, Fathr. Why? Why? Bcaus H wants you to know that thr is nothing mor important or t oo insignificant for God whn it concrns His chid. Imagin a fathr paying with his fiv-yar-od son, whn h notics a spintr mbddd in his itt boy’s thumb. Th concrnd fathr asks, “Whn did you gt this?” “A fw days ago.” a go.” “Why didn’t you t Daddy about it?” “Mummy said that Daddy was busy, and that I shoud not bothr him about it.” If you wr that fathr, woudn’t it brak your hart to har your chid say this to you? A spintr may b a tiny thing, but thr is nothing too sma whn it concrns your chid chid bcaus if it affct s your chid, it affcts you too. Now, you ar God’s chid, so don’t think that your probm is too sma for God. If it is important to you, it is import ant to Him too. Aways rmmbr that H is your Abba, Fathr!
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God did not give the law for man to live by or to make man holy. God gave the law so that we know we’re sinners and we see our need for a Savior.
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ecently, the Lord told me, “Son, what I showed you some time ago — that condemnation kills — it’s time to take it seriously. You’ve been preaching to the church about the dangers of stress , but there’s there’s a deeper root than stress.”
Your Problems Are Not The Root My friend, when you go through an evil day, you are like a sickly plant with sick leaves. You may have leaves of sickness, poverty, a broken marriage or depression in your life. But these are just the leaves. These are just the manifestations of the root. It would be foolish to attack the leaves because t hey are not the cause of your problems. We all know that there’ll be no leaf if there is no root. Even the world knows that and many people in medical science are beginning to realize that there is a root to sickness. In fact , a study by a well-known medical facility showed that about 70 per cent of all sicknesses are due to stress.
Condemnation — The Deepest Root Of All Now, the deeper root of stress is fear. All stress is caused by fear — fear of failing, fear of not having enough, fear of death and so on. But that’s as far as medical science can go. They cannot touch the deepest root because it is spiritual. And the deepest root of all is condemnation. When there’s condemnation, there’ll be fear. When there’s fear, there’s going to be stress. And when there’s stress, there’ll be manifestations of the curse. Now, if you disagree with me that the root cause is condemnation, let me refer you to Genesis, the book of beginnings. Do you know that Adam was planted in the midst of a finished work? Everything was prepared for him. But the devil told him that he needed to do something to qualify for all the things he had already qualified for. The devil gave him a mistaken identity. He said, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” (Genesis evil.” (Genesis 3:4–5) The truth is that Adam was already like God! But Adam believed the devil, ate the fruit and fell. And the curse came. Before there was poverty, sickness and death in Adam’s life, there was stress. How do we know that?
Well, God said, “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread…” (Genesis bread…” (Genesis 3:19) And sweat speaks of stress and self-effort. But if you go deeper, you will find that there was fear. Do you know what Adam said to God when God asked him where he was? He said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was wa s afraid because be cause I was naked; and I hid myself.” (Genesis myself.” (Genesis 3:10) Adam was afraid. He was fearful. So the deeper root of stress is fear. But before he was fearful, he felt condemned.
The Law Condemns Why did Adam feel condemned? It was because he partook of the tree of t he knowledge of good and evil. It was not even the tree of evil or the tree of sin. So what does the tree of the k nowledge of good and evil evil speak of? How did it cause Adam to sin? My friend, the tree of the k nowledge of good and evil is a picture of the law because the law gives us the knowledge of good and evil. The Bible says, “… by the law is the knowledge of sin.” (Romans sin.” (Romans 3:20) Contrary to popular opinion, God did not give the law for man to live by or to make man holy. God gave the law so that we know we’re sinners and we see our need for a Savior. Now, we know that the law brings about the knowledge of sin. But what happens when you have the knowledge of sin? You will feel condemned. So from now on, when you think of the law, think of condemnation. Don’t think of the law as doing right or not doing wrong because God did not give us the law for that purpose. The law condemns. (2 Corinthians 3:7–9)
The Devil’s Tactics And Weaponry You might ask, “Pastor Prince, what has the law got to do with my problems?” My friend, our enemy the devil is smarter than many psychiatrists, psychologists and even many believers. He does not deal with the peripherals and the superficial. Do you know what his first name is? It is not “thief” or “murderer”, “murder er”, even though he steals and murders. His first name is Satan, which is Hebrew for “prosecutor at law” or “accuser”. Do you know what the role of a prosecutor is in the court of law? He is there to prosecute you and condemn you. He never talks about your good points. He will bring up all the dirty laundry a nd relentlessly accuse you till you feel condemned. GOSPEL REVOLUTION
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The only place where you find no condemnation is in Christ Jesus. So th dvi’s nam ts us that h gos straight to th root of your probms. H dosn’t com to you and say, “lt your businss sid” or “Ngct your chidrn”. On th contrary, h coms to say things ik, “How can you t th businss sid?” or “Ca yoursf a Christian! Ca yoursf a good fathr. You’r You’r a ousy fathr!” H accuss you ti you f condmnd. condm nd. And h uss th aw, which is hoy, good and just, to condmn you. That is why condmnation — th root caus of a your probms — is so subt. That is why condmnation usuay gos undtctd. I hav raizd that th dvi hasn’t changd his tactics vn with a church ik ours whr I prach so strongy against condmnation. Do you know why? Bcaus h has no othr tactic! H has no othr wapon! Th dvi cannot nforc th curs in your if apart from condmnation. Th dvi cannot mak you sick apart from condmnation. You hav to cooprat with him and rciv th condmnation first.
Th good nws is that God disarmd th dvi at th cross. God took his ony wapon — th aw — and H naid it to th cross! Ys, God has triumphd ovr th dvi and a his dmonic principaitis and powrs! That’s why I oftn t th church that w ar not fighting for victory. W ar fighting from victory. Th victory is arady ours through th finishd work of Christ at th cross. The Key To To No Condemnation Conde mnation
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having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. 15Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.
(ezki 11: 1:19 19,, 36:26) It I t is proof that th at you ar truy born again. What, thn, is th ky to gtting out of your vi day? What is th ky to no condmnation in your if? Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus
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Th ony pac whr you find no condmnation is in Christ Jsus. Th word “thrfor” conncts Romans 8:1 to th prvious vrss in Romans 7, whr Pau takd about how h was condmnd by th aw that h knw so w. Th rason thr is thrfor now no condmnation, is that God ovd us so much that H gav us His Son Jsus Christ to di for our sins. Jsus cam and H was condmnd condm nd for our sins at th cross. Whn H hung on th cross, God took a our sins of our ntir ivs, and H hapd thm on Jsus. Thn H unashd th vnganc of His fury against awssnss and sin on th body of Jsus Christ unti Jsus crid, “It is finishd!” Th rason that you and I xprinc no condmnation today is that a our sins hav bn punishd and condmnd, but in th
body of anothr — in th body of Jsus Christ! Chris t! What It Means Me ans To Overcome The Devil By The Blood Of The Lamb
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Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
Many Christians know that w ovrcom th dvi by th bood of th lamb. W know that thr is powr in th bood of Christ. But what is it about Jsus’ bood that maks it so powrfu? Now, what did Jsus say of th bood whn H institutd th lord’s Suppr? H said, “For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Matthw 26:28)
Th bood is for th forgivnss of sins! Th bood is thr to nsur that you iv in no condmnation! That is what maks it so powrfu! Notic aso what is said in vrs 10, “… for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.” Th dvi is cad th
accusr of th brthrn. And h rntssy accuss God’s pop day and night. But th good nws is that h has bn cast down! H has bn dfatd! Th momnt h has no powr to accus, savation, strngth, th kingdom of God and th powr of Christ wi manifst in your if!
Do Not Respond To The Accuser
Som of you might say, “Pastor Princ, I hav no probm with this root. I don’t f condmnd.” My frind, you wi b surprisd. Condmnation is vry subt, spciay if you ar a prson who bivs in doing what’s right. Continu to do what’s right, but do not rspond to th accusr. Whn you choos not to rspond to him, h cannot condmn you. Th root caus of a your probms is dstroyd, and you wi com to th pac of no condmnation in your if.
This artic is xcrptd from th mssag, The Root Cause Of Your Problem Is Condemnation, Condemnation, prachd by Josph Princ on 6 January 2006. To obtain a copy of th fu mssag, visit Jos ph Princ Ministris at w ww.josphprinc.org GOSPel RevolutIon
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Joseph Prince In Australia Josph Princ was in Adaid, Ad aid, South Sout h Austraia, Austrai a, from 12 to 18 January 2008, to spak at th Inuencers Conference. He had been invited by
Pastor Ashy evans, snior pastor of Paradis Community Church, to b a kynot spakr at th confrnc. Addrssing about 4,500 confrnc dgats ovr thr sssions, Josph’s mssags on th gosp of grac not ony impactd th oca church community, but aso profoundy inuenced the many prominent international
ministry adrs prsnt.
A Life-Changing Experience
“I’v bn attnding church for two yars now because my ancée asked me to. I didn’t believe in
God, and usd to drink and party oftn. But ths past few days at t he Inuencers Conference have
bn a totay if-changing xprinc for m. Your mssags about God’s grac mad m think and causd m to biv in Him. I want to thank you, Pastor Princ, from th bottom of my hart, and I pray that you’ visit Austraia to prach again.” — Matthw Wiiams, Wiiams , a confrnc dgat
Pastor Ashley Ashley Evans (in grey suit), senior pastor of Paradise Community Church, leading praise and worship with his worship team.
With help from Pastor Matt Heins (left) and Pastor Mark Elmendorp (right) of Paradise Community Church, Joseph illustrated how Jesus, the true sacrificial Lamb, has fulfilled the
sin offering depicted in the book of Leviticus.
Joseph Prince with Pastor Pastor Ashley Evans and his wife Pastor Pastor Jane Evans.
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Joseph Prince In Norway From 28 January to 3 Fbruary 2008, Josph Princ was at Oso Christian Cntr in Oso, Norway. Spciay invitd by Pastor Åg Åskjær, foundr and pastor of Oso Christian Cntr, Josph was thr to b th ky spakr at th ladrs Confrnc. Ovr four days, Josph prachd a tota of six srmons. Around 800 to 1,000 adrs attndd thr morning sssions. Th thr vning srvics saw pop coming in crowds of at ast 1,500 ach tim, and ths srvics wr aso broadcast iv ovr th Intrnt.
Joseph with Pastor Pastor Åge Åleskjær, Åleskjær, who provided simultaneous simultaneous interpretation of his sermons from English into Norwegian.
Excited About The Gospel Of Grace
I hav nvr hard anyon prach th pur gosp as cary as Pastor Princ. H’s a tru man of God who tachs with a whohartd focus on our lord Jsus Christ. It took our brath away and gave us strength, joy and edication. Now I know that I am
th discip whom Jsus ovs. Prais God for th rvations H has givn Pastor Princ! W’ istn to and watch th CDs and DVDs from th confrnc ovr and ovr again, bcaus th srmons ar so havy and rich. W ar so hungry for his taching! It’s so wondrfu that vn though w iv on opposit sids of th arth, w ov th sam gosp and njoy th sam grac. Thank you (Nw Cration Church) for “nding” Pastor Princ to us. Tak good car of him! Tak — Monika lædr, a confrnc confrn c dgat
Joseph illustrating a point about about the burnt and sin offerings with the help of Pastor Magnus Persson (second from left) and Pastor Andreas Frakner, from United Church in Sweden. Pastor Åge is on the extreme left.
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W hav a simp vision burning in our harts. W want to body dcar th good nws that w ar no ongr undr th od covnant of aw today but undr th nw covnant of grac through our wondrfu Savior Jsus Christ. Th word nds to har that th cross ray did mak a diffrnc! Wondrfu tstimonis from thousands of pop hav pourd in to shar with us about how thir ivs, marriags and carrs hav bn radicay transformd as thy har mor and mor of Jsus, and His abundanc of grac through Josph Princ’s program, Destined To Reign. You too, can hav hav a part in this ministry by supporting our broadcast and partnring with us in any of th foowing catgoris: Destined To Reign Partner
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How time ti me flies! A year has h as come com e and gone, and a nd we’re commem commemorating orating the fi rst anniversary a nniversary of Jsph Pric’s iraia iraia bradcas miisry. miisry. In this special feature, Joseph shares what the driving force behind his ministry is, as well as God’s divine fingerprints in the journey thus far. fa r.
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n Sunday, 31 31 Dcmbr 2006, 200 6, Jos ph Princ Josph Pr inc dcard dc ard in i n his yar-nd/nw yar mssag at th Singapor Indoor Stadium, “God has visitd your futur, and it is good.” Promptd by th Spirit, h aso procaimd 2007 to b a yar of nw bginnings. Now, ooking back from our vantag point in May 2008, it’s bn an amazing rid! Though most of th vnts occurrd in 2007, on hindsight, it bcoms car that God had st things in motion way bfor that. Genesis Of An International Ministry
Thr can b no doubt that at ast som of th xciting nws of how pop around th word hav bn impactd by Josph’s broadcast ministry ministry has gottn out. But B ut how, and whn, did it a bgin? Rminiscing, Josph ratd a particularly signicant incident which
happnd during a vacation in Canada with his wif Wndy: “On day whi in a hot room, I was watching a Christian chann whn this vry ‘hard’ prachr cam on, saying things ik, ‘Don’t think for on momnt that th grac of God wi covr your sin! Your sin will nd you out!’
“I said to Wndy Wndy,, ‘How in th t h word can this guy prach on TV? Thr ar a ot of pop watching this who ar fing condmnd or ony, or ar backsiddn, or who don’t vn know Jsuss — and this Jsu t his guy gu y is praching pr aching condmnation! How can h?’
“Thn th lord said to m, ‘It’s bcaus pop ik you don’t want to b on TV.’” That word from th lord bgan to brak down Josph Princ’s rsistanc to bing on tvision. From this xprinc, h aso bgan to s th powr of th tvision broadcast as th most dirct way to unvi Jsus to th t h gratst numbr numb r of pop. “Thn, in 2005,” Josph continud, “thr was a ‘shaking’. evrything was going w, th church was growing, thr was savation of prcious sous vry Sunday, but thr was a frustration frustr ation on th insid of m — a knowing that God wantd somthing mor.” Th ida of “mor” was far from th minds of many in Nw Cration Church (NCC) at that tim. In 2005, NCC’s congrgation numbrd around 12,000, a hug ap from th 150 mmbrs w had in 1990, and it was sti growing rapidy. rapid y. (Th highst attndanc that NCC has had so far in 2008 is ovr 18,000.) 18,000.) Josph Josp h had aways focusd on buiding th oca church and had, through th yars, turnd down many invitations to prach ovrsas. “W wr having rviva aftr rviva vry sing yar,” yar,” Josph shard. shard . “I just kept on preaching the nished work
of Jsus and th church just kpt on xpoding.” H aso xpaind that h dos not particuary njoy traving to prach. H actuay prfrs praching four srvics in NCC vry Sunday, and spnding quaity tim with his famiy f amiy — Wndy and thir daughtr Jssica. Dspit Josph’s initia ructanc to bgin an intrnationa ministry, th turning GOSPel RevolutIon
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I’m always touched by these testimonies, and see them as a sign of God’s hand. It amazes me, the number of people who write in saying the same words, that they feel like they are ‘born again, again’ when they hear the gospel of grace preached, and that they are ‘falling in love with with Jesus for the first time’. point cam whn th lord startd spaking to him specically about the importance of preaching the
gosp of grac byond th four was of NCC, “t o th four cornrs of th t h word”. word”. A Year Year Of New Beginnings
Whn askd to shar his vision for his ministry, Josph said, “My vision is to rmain faithfu to th havny mission, th mandat that God gav m to prach th gosp. Th gosp is not a taching but a prson — Jsus Christ. I ndavor to s through th broadcast, my spaking ngagmnts and matrias, Jsus having cntra pac again in th church and in pop’s ivs, and pop faing in ov with Jsus.” To hp him manag th dtais of running an intrnationa ministry and prpar for th xpansion that God had promisd, Josph appointd Darrn Sim as th dirctor of businss dvopmnt of Josph Princ Ministris, Inc. (JPM). In January 20 07 07,, JPM was ofcially incorporated as a non-prot organization in the United States (US). And
right from th gt-go, th lord undrind His urgnt dsir to gt th gosp of grac out into th word with a sris of miracs, opning “hug doors” that propd JPM itray itra y from tota anonymity anonymit y to phnomna succss! “It was a ffortss f fortss and suprnatura, a divin appointmnts,” Josph said. “Thy aso cam vry quicky, and it was car that God was doing it.” And what took many stabishd intrnationa ministris yars — vn dcads — to dvop, JPM ffortssy rcivd through divin favor and accration in a single year. Btwn January and Apri 2007, JPM st up its US bas in South Caroina, compt with a 24-hour tofree call center and an order fulllment system including
warhousing faciitis, to support th nds of th warhousing broadcast ministry. And just as quicky, viwrs bgan utiizing ths faciitis. In April 2007, JPM’s rst broadcast of Destined of Destined To Reign (th tit of Josph’s tvision program) was aird
on Daystar Tvision Ntwork, th word’s scond argst and fastst growing Christian chann. Daystar has a potntia rach of ovr 60 miion houshods across th US and can b sn in ovr 200 countris around th word via satit.
And sinc Destined To Reign bgan airing on Daystar, JPM has rcivd prais rports rp orts from f rom viwrs around th gob, incuding th Phiippins, th Unitd Kingdom (UK) and diffrnt parts of Africa. Th shr numbr — and quaity — of ths tstimonis ar undniab proof that Josph’s ministry is uniqu uniq u in its scop and impact . Ths tstimonis ar a arg part of what Josph considrs th highlights of this rst year.
“I’m aways touchd by ths tstimonis, and s thm as a sign of God’s hand. It amazs m, th numbr of pop who writ in saying th sam words, that thy f ik thy ar ‘born again, again’ whn thy har th gosp of grac prachd, and that thy ar ‘faing in ov with Jesus for the rst time’.”
When God Blesses, He Doesn’t Stop At ‘Enough’
As NCC mmbrs ar w awar, Pastor Prince’s sermons are long and full of rich truths. To t
gnra broadcast rquirmnts in th US, ach mssag is brokn up into thr to four parts which ar aird sparaty. And as Destined To Reign had bn aunchd as a weekly program, one snippet a week was denitely
unsatisfying for th many hungry viwrs. “Pop wr writing in and saying, ‘It taks on month to nish listening to one sermon!’ We got a lot of
frindy ‘compaints’ via mai, asking us to bcom a daiy program,” Darrn aughingy commntd. So JPM st about biving God for airtim avaiabiity. And ik a stamp of approva from God, a window of opportunity opnd in ss than a month. Th ministry was offrd a daiy tim sot on Daystar, Mondays to Fridays, and Destined To Reign bgan scrning daily from 15 May 2007 — Josph Princ’s birthday! It was as if this was th lord’s birthday gift to Josph! Beyond Human Imagination
In Octobr 2007, th nxt brakthrough cam: JPM brok out of just raching rachi ng a argy Christian Christia n dmographic via Daystar, and rcivd th opportunity to broadcast on a secular ntwork — ABC Famiy Chann. An Amrican cab tvision ntwork ownd by th Wat Disny Company, ABC Famiy rachs about
Testim imony Extrac acts From the Daystar broadcast... “How ibrating! Your praching on God’s grac provids mor frdom and haing to m than a th tachings on faith I hav vr rad and hard! I thank God for having put you on TV and for giving you this ministry of grac. What you ar praching is th ra thing! You prach th ra Jsus! You prach th gosp of Jsus in truth! Thank you!” — Hnrit ta Andrson, And rson, Nw Jrsy, J rsy, USA
From the TBN broadcast... “I coudn’t sp tonight. I was unasy, so I turnd th TV on to TBN and thr you wr praching on grac and favor! I hav nvr hard a srmon ik that in my if, and I hav bn savd sinc 1979. I’v aways struggd and worrid that I didn’t ov th lord nough or in th way H wantd m to ov Him. But tonight, I hav bn st fr — th trut h has st m fr! You just don’t know how I f right now now… … Pas pray that I kp rciving rvation from my lord who ovs m and says that I am His bovd and favord chid (princss).” — Dora luthr, lut hr, Txas, Txas, USA U SA
90 miion houshods houshods as part of a basic cab tvision packag in th US. This mans that amost vry subscribr to cab tvision in th US gts ABC Famiy — and that Josph’ Josph’ss mssags ar potntiay raching nary every Amrican houshod with th every Amrican prcious gosp of grac!
By God’s miracuous favor, Destined To Reign bypassd th usua two-yar waiting ist normay facd by programs ooking to broadcast on TBN, and found itsf airing on th ntwork in ary 2008.
Thn, in Novmbr 2007, Josph’s prsona frind, Samu Smadja, th ownr of Sar-e Tours, tod him that Marcus lamb, th co-foundr of Daystar, had commntd to Samu whi on a trip in Isra that Destined To Reign had bcom on of his ntwork’s most-dmandd programs!
So Much More Than ‘Just TV’
But Josph’s ministry ony truy spannd t h gob whn Destined To Reign bgan broadcasting on Trinity Broadcasting Ntwork (TBN), which can b accssd on vry continnt on th pant! According to th trair on thir wbsit, TBN rachs “biions around th word” via mor than 5,000 tvision stations, 33 satits, th Intrnt and thousands of cab systms gobay.
When one takes a step back from the urry of activities and ooks at things objctivy, th ony possib concusion is, as Darrn put it, that “God has His hand on this ministry, and upon our snior pastor — it is a by th grac and favor of our lord Jsus. A gory to Him!” Our vry imitd xprinc of Christian TV hr in Singapor is no hp in coming to grips with th raity of how far Josph’s mssag is going. Thrust in among th hundrds of othr Christian programs on air in th US, with mga ministris ik Jo Ostn’s, Joyc Myr’s and Knnth Copand’s, a totay nw program by a pastor from th tiny isand of Singapor woud GOSPel RevolutIon
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I’m really humbled that I’ve been invited to the Hillsong Conference again in Sydney, Australia, for the second time. It’s always a great privilege to be able to preach the gospel of grace and I know that these open doors are by His grace and His grace alone. ordinariy b ovrookd. But God’s divin favor upon Josph Princ has mad itsf obvious in th vnts of th past yar. Th potntia rach that Josph’s mssags hav through th broadcast ministry is stag gring. evn a simp ook at th numbrs is nough to mak on stand in aw of what God can do whn a man of God is tru to th ca upon his if. Considr this: Singapor has a popuation of mor than 4.4 million individuals (of which NCC is but a sma, sma fraction). Broadcasting on Daystar aows Josph to rach a potntia 60 miion houshods (not individuas), or about 60 pr cnt of US viwrs (th tota popuation of th US is 304 miion), whi with ABC Famiy — a secular ntwork — Josph can rach up to 90 million households in th US. With TBN’s wordwid ntwork, and not forgtting broadcasts on th Austraian Christian Chann (ACCTV), th gosp of grac as prachd through Josph’s program has truy gon goba! Destined To Reign can now b watchd by viwrs across th word, from th UK, to Norway, Hoand, Uganda, Nw Zaand, Austraia, Indonsia and vn th Phiippins. Pans ar aso in th pipin to broadcast in Isra, Mondays to Fridays, on a Christian digita satit chann known as Midd east Tvision. This chann is ownd by th lSeA Broadcasting Ntwork, which was foundd by th at Dr lstr Sumra. looking at a ths pacs that th Destined To Reign program has bn to, and wi b going to, that’s a who ot of pop who now hav asy accss to th wondrfu gosp of Christ! Extraordinary Favor Favor,, Extraordinary Success
As a rativ nwcomr on th scn and a “young punk”, as h jokingy cas himsf, Josph is xprincing xtraordinariy accratd succss. Just imagin: In undr a yar, Destined To Reign bgan as a wky program on Daystar in Apri 2007, and covrd th ntir pant by
March 2008! No on can dny that a this is possib ony by God’s amazing grac and favor! On bhaf of Josph, Darrn mphasizd, “W ar just taking tak ing it asy; it is truy t ruy ffortss, ffor tss, and God just ju st throws opn th doors for JPM. I biv you wi agr with m that God wants to gt th gosp of grac that w ar so bssd to har vry wk in NCC out to th rst of th word mor than any of us.” evn bfor th tvision broadcasts bgan, invitations had already been ooding in for Joseph to
spak at arg intrnationa confrncs. Through th broadcasts, h is ab to rach out to arg numbrs of pop at on go, but via th confrncs, Josph is ab to minister to and impact many inuential leaders and
pastors with th gosp of grac. Whn askd to commnt on his xprincs as w as his ong (and rapidy growing) ist of invitations to prach ovrsas, Josph shard, “I’v xprincd trmndous favor — favor that God has givn m. At th confrncs that I’v spokn at, many snior adrs who ar grat mn of God hav said, and ar saying, that what I shard was th highight of th confrnc, and that it impactd pop th most. I’m givn prim sots at ths confrncs in South Africa, Austraia, Norway, Hoand… and pacd as th kynot spakr. And in many of these places, I’m there for the rst time!
“I’m ray humbd that I’v bn invitd to th Hisong Confrnc again in Sydny, Austraia, for th scond tim. It’s aways a grat privig to b ab to prach th gosp of grac and I know that ths opn doors ar by His grac and His grac aon.” An impartation and a dposit, is how Pastor Brian Houston, snior pastor of th Hisong churchs, dscribs th input that Josph has givn to th Hisong congrgation. Pastor Brian has aso ratd th Grac & Favour Sminar that Josph prachd at in 2006 as on of th top thr sminars thy hav had in th history of Hisong, and oftn jsts that Josph is “th bst-kpt scrt in th word”! Isra Houghton, w-known for th song I Am A Frind Of God, and on of th top worship adrs in th US, had this to say aftr haring Josph prach at th Hisong Confrnc 2007: “I’m with th group Isra And Nw Brd, and w hav had th distinct privig of mting Pastor Josph Princ, and what w’v xprincd, as a tam, is a rvoution intrnay that is affcting us corporaty. “Th incrdib, dynamic mssag of th gosp of grac has transformd th way w think, which has
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in turn transformd th way w worship. And in our worship, w’v sn it go to a compty diffrnt pac and a diffrnt v, bcaus of what God has don in rvaing Jsus and His grac to us.” For The Furtherance Of The Gospel
Quick Facts Full name:
Josph Princ Ministris, Inc.
Type of organization: • The ministry is a US-registered US-registered non-prot tax-exempt public charity (classied as
a 501(c 501(c)(3) )(3) organization undr th US Intrna Rvnu Cod). • A donations rcivd through JPM ar channd into broadcasting th gosp of grac. • Josph Princ dos not rciv any royatis for th books, srmon CDs and DVDs distributd by th charity. Ofcial website: www.josphprinc.org US ofce: Fort Mi, South Caroina
In th midst of a th succss and accoads, on thing is sur: Stpping into th intrnationa arna has nvr bn on of Josph’s prsona dsirs. Thos who hav bn in NCC for som yars ar awar that h did not trav oftn to prach unti som tim in 2005. It’s aso a w-known fact that vry tim h rcivs an invitation to preach overseas, his rst two questions are, “Will
it cash with Jssica’s schoo hoidays?” and “How many Sundays wi I miss?” His famiy and th oca church ar Josph’s prioritis. H ritratd to th NCC congrgation at th start of ach srvic on Sunday, 16 March 2008, “I don’t trav w… I miss my famiy, and I miss you. I ’d much rathr b hr, instad of traving a th tim. But th gosp must go out.” And Josph acknowdgd that nithr h nor JPM woud b whr thy ar today without th ov and support of our church. “I thank God for th Church Counci and our pop, that thy s this as not just bing my ministry, but as somthing that th lord wants us to do. I woudn’t b ab to go out and propagat th gosp if not for th support and prayrs of th Counci and our pop. Thy hav givn m thir fu bssings, and thy know that this vision that th lord has pacd in thir harts wi nvr shortchang thm.” On bhaf of th Church Counci, Dacon Yong Ch Ram statd that our church supports th broadcasts of Destined To Reign through our missions giving. “Th Counci ss JPM as an xtnsion of th praching of th gosp of grac that is carrid out in NCC. W biv in it and w ar committd to supporting this. W aso rcogniz that broadcasting is th most ffctiv way of gtting th gosp around th word,” h addd. Ys, w can b sur that th tvision broadcast ministry and vrything it ntais is a about Jsus. It is a about th covnant of grac and how pop who hav rcivd th nw if of rightousnss, ar bing st fr from condmnation, and ar rigning in if today bcaus of th gosp of Christ. Solid Rock (May 2008 issu, pg 28–33, 35) and is adaptd for us in this nwsttr. Copyright © 2008 Nw Cration Church, Singapor. A rights rsr vd. Usd by prmission. This article rst appeared in
Annab Bok is a sub-ditor with Solid Rock, Rock, a bimonthy magazin of Nw Cration Church, Singapor (ww w.nwcration.org.sg).
Prais Rprs
The more I believe that I am the righteousness of God in Christ, the more the fruit of the Spirit — love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control — springs from within. Healed From Thyroid Condition
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y batt with thyroid probms has robbd m of my joy for many yars. In th summr of 2006, my thyroid got so bad, I ost 40bs in two wks. I was so thin that I ookd ik a skton. On 10 May 2007, my frind introducd your onin Daiy Dvotiona* to m. larning about God’s grac bw m away! In Sptmbr 2007, my frind bgan to nd m som of your srmon CDs. W, a I can say is that my if is nvr th sam again! Now, I rad th Scripturs not bcaus I hav to, but bcaus I want to know mor about His ov for m. I just njoy bing in God’s prsnc. During this tim, I aso stoppd taking my thyroid mdication. And just by cutivating His prsnc vry day, I totay forgot about my thyroid. I f mor aiv and nrgtic. In ary March 2008, my mom cad to inform m that my insuranc providr has askd m to go for my routin mdica chck-up. So I wnt. And guss what? My 12-yar thyroid condition is gon! Indd, by His strips w ar had. (Isaiah 53:5) Truy, right biving producs right iving. Th mor I biv that I am th rightou snss of God in Christ, th mor th fruit of th Spirit — ov, joy, pac, ongsuffring, kindnss, goodnss, faithfunss, gntnss, sf-contro — springs from within.
Thank you so much for your taching on bing th rightousnss of God in Christ! Lina Rema Douglas | Texas, USA * Yo You u can log on to www.josephprince.org to subscribe to our free Daily Devotional.
Impacted By The Gift G ift Of Tongues
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watchd an pisod of your program on TBN rcnty. You wr taking about spaking in tongus and using it to gt rid of th ngativ motions in our bodis.
Th nxt day, I was having an argumnt with my husband in th car whn your words cam to mind. For th first tim, I noticd that th angr was in my stomach. I bgan to mov my ips and whispr in tongus. Th fing I xprincd on my insid was ik drinking a cod gass of watr and fing th cod watr moving down to my by. Th Spirit was moving ik ripps of watr and taking away my angr. I was amazd! Not ony did my angr dissov but I aso hard th lord t m that His hand is on my husband and my chidrn, and that H woud mak right what was wrong. And it was asy for m to say, “I am sorry” to my husband. Honsty, I don’t rmmbr what w wr fighting about. Prais b to our oving Fathr — H nvr givs us insignificant gifts! I am forvr changd by th gift of tongus. Amy Barnard | Texas, USA GOSPel RevolutIon
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Prais Rprs Hearing your message on righteousness and grace has been life-changing! Receiving The Assurance Of God’s Grace
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was raisd in church and hav cad mysf a Christian a my if. Howvr, Howvr, for som tim now, I hav xprincd a fing of “unrst” within m as I trid to “baanc” what Jsus had rvad to m about His grac through my study of th Scripturs, with th tachings I hav bn rciving in church. A fw months ago, I f asp with th TV on and I was awaknd by a dram to chang th TV chann. Your program was on and you wr bginning your sris on grac. I coud hardy biv my ars whn you shard xacty what I had bn rciving through my prayrs and mditation on Jsus. I didn’t sp th rst of th night as I dvourd th vaidation I had just rcivd. I thank God for you and your taching. May God continu to bss you and hp you bring Christ’s ra mssag back to His pop. I st my aarm cock now so I can catch your program vry wkday morning. Mike Schierkolk | Wyoming, USA
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our mssags hav rockd m to my innr cor! I hav ordrd som of your books as w as your CDs on God’s grac and favor, and I istn to thm a th tim. evr sinc I hav watchd your program progr am on TV, it’s ik th scas ar faing from my ys, on at a tim. Now, whn I rad th Bib, things mak sns. I s Jsus vry diffrnty dif frnty now and I finay f inay hav a soid foundation on which to buid my faith. You ar right whn you say that th praching of God’s grac wi not mak us want to run out and sin mor. In fact, vr sinc I’v hard you prach, I f cosr to God and I f so ovd by Him that I just want to b a bttr prson now.
Thank you for hping m undrstand what Jsus has accompishd for us on th cross. Th word nds to har th tru mssag of th nw covnant! Maria Siemens Siemen s | Manitoba, Canada
Accelerated Success Through Jesus’ Finished Work
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aring your mssag on rightousnss and grac has bn if-changing! I’v ordrd just about vrything I can gt my hands on through your US wbsit. Unti th lord shind th gorious ight of th gosp through you, I had no ida how much I was “into works” work s”.. Now that I know I am th rightousnss of God in Christ and that my Daddy God ovs m, I hav ntrd a who nw v of trust and rst in Him. Good things ar popping into my if fastr than I can imagin. I startd a nw businss projct a fw months ago and arady hav 10 mpoys! Th work is finishd on th cross and I’m just njoying th rid! Lindee Lee Bingham | New Jersey, USA
Worry-Free And Delivered From Addictions
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hav bn watching and taping your program for svra months now. I am proud to rport that our lord has divrd m from a smoking and drug addiction, and I am arning to rciv His ov for m. I hav aso bn had of stomach ucrs, and I don’t worry constanty anymor. And th bst part? I didn’t do anything! Jsus took away a th pain, and rmovd th dsir for cigartts and drugs… H maks m ook good! A gory to Him! Selena Collins | Tennessee, USA
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