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| Johnnys Appleseed Outreach Ministries
6:7 Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 6:8 For he who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 6:9 And let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we do not lose heart. 6:10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of faith.
Chapter 1: the vision; 8/03; One night while in the middle of the “shed experience” in my life I was very deeply praying and seeking GOD and while in the middle of this He spoke to me deep in my heart. The word used to grab my attention is varied in forms I recognize. He showed me a huge tree but as I looked upon it I saw that the tree was atop a hill. Also above this was a great cloud that I later realized was the “great cloud of witnesses”. The power of this was overwhelming and the Lord spoke clearly to me in these moments. He directed me to passages of scripture to share the vision with me. Jesus spoke to them and explained how His father has ordained our union of spirit to Him. “I am the Vine and you are the Branches”. Yes Lord, was my reply, “Go and Do my Works.” Yes Lord, “Do not concern with who you are or how you speak”for“Lo I AM with you always. “Steve, how much do you love me?” “With All of my Heart Lord”, I replied. “Go and feed my sheep”. The conversation with my Daddy God went on deeper and He shared with me how to align the vision. How to see the expression of it, where to find the scriptures on which to build it, everything I needed.My job now was to seek Him and His Holy Spirit to guide me and direct me. Many things in our life personally happened during this time as well, but we need to remember His timing and seasons not ours. To me it showed how important this ministry was needed to birth forth in my generation. Much suffering and much enduring ensued in our personal lives over the next years as we attempted to bring forth this vital ministry too. We encountered many obstacles to achieving this reality, as we came close to saying “we give up”, He showed us a season of rest. The rest was to bring peace to our earthly family and our souls. Every once in a while even a man or woman of GOD outruns His timing and anointing. Personally from the initial time of this receiving the vision for J.A.S. outreach our family entered a period of change and growth into the next level and we needed to concentrate on these things and wait on the Lord for fulfillment of His vision for Rev. Jinxsy and Sherry. Fast forward now to 2007 and a rebirth of sorts has begun in our personal life and J.A.S. outreach. A name change included. Once we undertook the online ministry direction earnestly in January 07 as we were directed, the outreach grew. We began humbly through work on a small blog which quickly blossomed into many communications with individuals across the nation. We knew the time was right to pursue online works for networking and connection bridge building to begin. We were introduced by Gods choosing to other ministries with similar visions. We began personal one on one ministry once again and all during our personal transition medically and daily. Praying in earnest, reading His word, writing messages of clarity and hope we began to follow a new direction. By mid year we were introduced to works in other countries such as in India first, then the nation of Uganda in Africa. When this happened we knew right away by the voice of the Holy Spirit that the time had come to arise from where we were and move into full action of faith. Practical actions used to secure bridges over troubled waters to other people. Not knowing how finances would come to achieve ministry outreach, or how to help others in far away places, we began to do what we know, to pray. After praying we pray more after praying more we pray a little more. Then suddenly we are directed into contact with ministries we have never met who are of a similar heart and spirit which brought joy to our thirsty soul. We all communicated carefully and slowly building cautiously, our relationships. One thing we all must do is allow time for God to open doors for hearts to join in true unity. Anytime there are other ministries struggling to find the correct direction to move and do as you too are working towards we must help one another not try to change one another. We also must learn to Honor those who God sets over us to help direct our ministry flow, learning to do a waltz of His spirit together in perfect harmony. This requires once again much prayer, much patience in the flesh and most of all time for spirits to join together in Holy unity. At times we may appear to be miss guided, gone to far away from the goals others perceive as correct and if not in tune with God and His spirit then we may become as nothing more than clanging cymbals. Making a lot of noise but achieving no goal. This then becomes a wasted use of humanity and trust me if you do this outside of Gods will many others become hurt by your lack of depth in your flow with God. To bring forth one ministry work and do an honorable job before God is incredible and a wonder itself. Now consider joining many together into one giant shield against the negative and Lucifer and his scheming in your generation. One had better be sure God spoke for them to undertake the mission or firstly you hurt Gods people and bring shame to yourself and your witness. God wants you to be above reproach. To live in ministry and life above reproach one needs to remain like a finely tuned guitar as much as they can with Gods spirit. Blending families (ministries of similar purpose) in unity of purpose and battle requires much sacrifice.
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