"Happy Anniversary!"

An Anniversary tribute to:

Pastors Kenneth & Wanda Phillips,

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

46 years today, they came to Austin!

{Pearls of Wisdom from Pastor Kenneth Phillips}

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"Character has no kinfolks.."

"Be vigilant, my child. Just a few more days! Hammer it out on

 the anvil of prayer and fasting."  I Pet.5:8

"Half moon, overcast skies, nothing easy on eyes, old news. Breathe a sigh and know why, even warriors get the blues.."

"Strong winds blowing: Time to fly a kite with no strings attached.

That, dear hearts and gentle people, is faith!"

"What makes the desert so beautiful is you know there

has to be a well somewhere."

"I have fought a good fight." Meekness is not weakness.

Defend your destiny.. even roses have thorns."

Amos 3:12. "Nothing left but a piece of an ear and two legs.

If you can hear a little and stumble forward,

Grace will put you back together.."

"I see your Face, I feel your Heartbeat, I call your

Name in Prayer ~"

"He who loves, lives ~ ~"

"...to the visionary, there are no horizions."

"A Burden ~ Womb with a View."

"He touched the water and it blushed, He touched me 
and said "live" and handed me a cup of "fresh life."

"I love the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."

"If you are going to ride the wind, you cannot
be earthbound."

"A mortal seeking half truths, is like a Savior
hanging by one nail."

"Faith has a clenched fist and a rugged face."

"I am you, you are me.  I can't get rid of you without
destroying we."

"The gifts of God are placed on shelves one below the 
other.  We need to lower the Pulpit so we 
preach from our knees."

"In Bonds of Love, We Journey ~ ~"

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His heart is centered on Souls!

He's a brother like no other!

He is a Father to Preachers!

His love reaches all around the world!

His Vision is the world!

He is humble in the presence of God and man!

He brings unity to the body of Christ!

He's a Dreamer and produces Dreamers!

He stands for Truth without wavering!

He's a Father to his flock and the Nations!

                                    

He's a wonderful Father to his kids!

                                      

He's a beloved Grandfather  ... Poppa!

He's an incredible Father-in-law!

She's our song in the night!

She's a "Mother" to us all!

She's Christmas to souls all year around!

She's beauty, grace and mercy!

She sings and produces Singers!

He loves and produces people who love!

It all started with the two, who are One!

The "two" bring out the best in all of us!

The "two" love children ... Vista Academy!

Oh, can he PREACH! He's known worldwide!

"I want my Mountain, my Miracles, 

my Money, and my Harvest!"

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"The wisdom of the ages: Find the man who is

ahead of his time and catch up with him!"

(Pastor Kenneth Phillips)

We're trying Pastor; we're trying!

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PromiseLand Church

"46 years of Love"

Pastors Kenneth and Wanda Phillips

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(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

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"The Last Shall Be First"

"But many that are first shall be last;

and the last shall be first."

(Matthew 19:30)

Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing

 I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go;

 I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided

Myself a king among his sons.”

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height

of his stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees;

 for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, “Neither

has the Lord chosen this one.” Then Jesse made Shammah pass by.

And he said,  “Neither has the Lord chosen this one.” Thus Jesse made seven

of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse,

“The Lord  has not chosen these.”

God told Samuel that He had not chosen any of the seven sons of Jesse who

attended the sacrificial feast. It wasn’t that these sons of Jesse were bad men,

but they were not God’s choice. God had a man in mind different

from Samuel’s or Jesse’s expectation. And Samuel said to Jesse,

“Are all the young men here?” Then he said, “There remains yet the

youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep.” And Samuel said to Jesse,

“Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.”*

This shows the low regard David had among his own family. First, his

 father doesn’t even mention him by name. Second, he wasn’t even invited

to the sacrificial feast. Third, he would not have been brought

unless Samuel insisted on it. So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy,

with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the Lord said, “Arise,

anoint him; for this is the one!” Then Samuel took the horn of oil and

anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord

came upon David from that day forward.*

The Last was made First!

David anointed King by Samuel

It's not fun to be LAST, to be chosen for the team only because you're the last one standing there, to be the last one anybody wants, to feel as though you were a "pity" choice, to pick up your heavy feet and trudge over and join all the others chosen first  ...  But, Almighty God thinks of everything, and He ALWAYS sees the intricate yearnings of the heart, so what does He do?  He says one of the most beautiful of all His words, "The Last Shall Be first." 

All of Jesse's sons were paraded one by one in front of Samuel, but the Lord spoke to Samuel's heart as each one passed by that "No, he's not the one."  And, where was David?  He was out keeping the sheep, singing love songs to His Creator, strumming his harp and writing poetry to the lover of his soul, and daydreaming about the heavens and the stars, with not a thought about what was about to happen to change his entire life.  He would suddenly be the Last son ushered in, to be anointed the First above his brothers for the first time, and to be ruler over them and all of Israel.  When God does something; He does it Good!

"The public anointing was the outcome of what had taken place in private between David and God long before.” (Redpath)  Huh?  The anointing comes to the one who sits at the feet of God, the one who communes with Him and seeks Him in the wee hours of the morning, the one who knows Him in an intimate way, the one who yields to His whispers, moves with His winds, sees through His eyes, and not only worships Him, but partakes in His hearbeat and vision  ...

What was it about David that made God love him so?  We're told that he had "a heart after God," but was it even more than that?  Was there a special something that WE can delve into to be those whom God loves and is drawn to, like David.  Oh, He loves all of us, to be sure, but there are those whom the Lord chooses to anoint with special anointing to lead His people, and to endure the Faith tests and succeed, like Abraham, Moses, Esther, Daniel, Joseph, and Paul  ...  But, when we think of David; we think LOVE.  He was so in love with his God, so enamored with Him, so adoring of Him, and the Psalms prove it  ...  There are no other more beautiful in all the world than the Psalms of David.  Oh, he made his mistakes later on, and he paid for them, as we all do  ... what we reap, we will sow, but David had a repentant heart.  Herein is what makes the Last to be First  ...

What draws the Creator of the universe more than anything else?  What gets His attention?  What moves Him?  Two things:  Faith and the Repentant heart.  David had both.  That's why he was last, but became first; that's why almighty God loved the heart of David; that's why the humility of David exalted him.  The name "David" means 'beloved,' and 'godlike.'  In God's mindset, down is up, to bow lower is to climb higher, to be humbled is to be exalted; so it's perfectly reasonable that "The Last Shall Be First."

Can God find David's today  ...  men and women who will stand for the truth against all odds, who will dance before Him, who will worship Him with a "heart after God," who will humble themselves to be exalted in Him, who were Last in the world's eyes  ... but will now be First  ...  

(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(A man after God's own heart!)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sunday 10:30 am and Wednesday 7:15 pm

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Please send your prayer requests, and if you would like to sow seed 

into holy blessed ground, ground that's been tried and tested, ground

that sees Miracles, signs and wonders; you may give online @ 

promiselandchurch.net.  God Bless you, dear one, and I know He will!

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PromiseLand Church!

Every January, we are anointed by Pastor Phillips 

for the work of our ministries!

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{Special thanks to cooltext.com for the use of

graphic text generator, and to enduringword.com

for special quotes*}