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Memorial Foundation Ministries - All Rights Reserved Web Site Developed By Shirley L. Sylva Email: shirleydesylva@sbcglobal.net Under Construction Enter His Gates With Thanksgiving, Enter His Courts With Praise!
Waging War Against Satan! Militant Intercession Demonstrates Our Willingness To Give God Carte Blanche To Take Control!
Bishop Christopher C. & Evang. Elvie J. Owens
The Late Bishop Christopher C. & Evangelist Elvie
J. Owens
were both head of our intercession team. We realize that no one ministry has all the revelation to strategize over the powers and principalities of attack to all of us!
Since the passing of our beloved Bishop C. C. Owens, we have come together in fasting and prayer as never before, as requested by our beloved late Bishop. Our intercessors and our church family at large, are still praying for strength to overcome our great loss; Realizing that the love of God will conquer all, we have set out to pray for the nations, the lost, the hurting and devastated, for healings of health, finances and relationships and to destroy the devious intentions and strategies of satan. "Waging War Against Satan!": Special Article: After checking our archives, the Bishop Christopher C. Owens Memorial Foundation decided that the following love story concerning the young sons of the Emanuel C. O. G. I. C. (young men who were all members as babies of this church), should be eternally featured here to serve as a reflection of God's unconditional love for mankind, and also as a warring assignment against the designs of satan; Because of the many requests received from our viewing audience, we've decided to continue to feature this Love Story: "A Portrayal Of Love, Vision & Faith" (About Anthony Alexander & Terran Thomas: Written by Shirley Sylva)
These young men, each of which were Christened as babies at Emanuel, were reared in the admonition of holiness among the saints here at the Emanuel C. O. G. I. C. They are being offered prayer by the Pastor, Eld. Michael Richardson, Minister Edward Gurley, and the entire Emanuel Church Family: They are praying for the successful outcome of the surgeries of Terran Thomas and Anthony Alexander which would take place on Tuesday morning, February 15, 2005; They are also praying for God to continue to lead, guide and nurture these young men in the beauty of holiness for the rest of their lives: From left to right, Damien Sylva, Terran Thomas, Anthony Alexander, and Christopher Owens III. Intercessory prayer is going forth and war is being waged against the fierce tactics and destructive measures of Satan which are coming in like a flood!! We are praying that God will lift up a standard against Satan's evil forces & Principalities!!
A lack of love, purpose, and unfulfilled potential is epidemic in our world. It is therefore quite refreshing to find a young man who realizes and visualizes his God given purpose. God had a unique plan for Terran Thomas that no one else could accomplish; Psalm 33:11 says, "The plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of His heart through all generations, " and Isaiah 14:24 says, "The Lord Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand.'" Nothing can get in the way of God's purposes; His purposes always come to pass! The scriptures say we were chosen in Him before the world began; God planned in advance all that we were born to be and to accomplish (See Ephesians 1:4-5). In the book of Ecclesiastes, we read about the revelation of God's purposes to the hearts of humankind: "To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" Ecclesiastes 3:1...So then, God has not only given us a purpose, but, according to this Scripture, He has also determined the time for that purpose to be accomplished; God has assigned a season, "a time for every purpose."
With love, Terran Thomas captured his vision, and through faith, realized his destiny as it pertained to Anthony Alexander, who was in desperate need of a kidney. Terran was wired to perform God's will! The parents of both Terran and Anthony were members of The Emanuel C.O.G.I.C. when the children were born; They played together; grew up together; they prayed, sang and played the trumpet and drum instruments together in the choir; Anthony Alexander had a rare kidney disease which worsened as he got older; The disease caused weakness and loss of strength in Anthony's body, making it difficult for him to get around and about and triggered the malfunctioning of his kidneys and ultimately required him to receive dialysis treatments on a regular basis. As It became increasingly more painful and difficult for Anthony to move about, Terran became more and more concerned about Anthony's health; We all did. And we were all aware that we could not even subscribe to the pain and suffering which had victimized Anthony during the last few years. It was predicted that Anthony's name would have been on the waiting list for a new kidney for at least another five years, which would have possibly been too late! Without a request from Anthony, Terran Thomas, on his own volition, decided to give Anthony one of his kidneys. As it turned out, as God would have it, none of Anthony's family members were a good match for his kidney operation; However, Terran Thomas was a perfect, one time match for this kidney operation, and when it seemed as if he had to miss too many appointments which were necessary to satisfy the demand for numerous important tests, Terran found it necessary to quit his full-time job! The purpose for quitting his job, was to remove any obstacles which would hinder him from completing all necessary requirements; Terran settled for a part time job; Considering all of the sacrifices he made, Terran was truly wired and destined to serve as a ministering angel in completing the task at hand! The many sacrifices which have been made attest to the fact that vision will persist against the odds, and that it is unselfish and much more than mere interest; A fact which Terran's parents initially couldn't thoroughly understand. God had predestined this incredible miracle to come into fruition long before the foundation of the earth. God's glory is yet being revealed. "I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please." Isaiah 46:9-10....So we see that God institutes a purpose and then He creates someone or something to fulfill that purpose; The fact that God is Alpha and Omega (the beginning and the end), when He starts something, He has already completed it in eternity; "Yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end" Ecclesiastes 3:11 Terran's vision was not his own private view of his future, but the view of his future inspired by God; Vision is not about us, its about God. Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21....So you see, this entire portrayal of love, vision and faith is totally a reflection of the scriptures; God can be seen on the big monitor, and what's more, God's plan is irreversible. Once again, Terran Thomas was placed here for God's purpose of fulfilling this need!
God placed it on the hearts of the Emanuel Church Family and even the saints across the country to send up prayers for the success of the operation which would take place on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 (the day after Valentines day). Evang. Elvie Owens had prayer meetings with Dr. E. E. Dickerson of the New Chicago C. O. G. I. C. of Memphis, TN and Evang. Madie Porter and the prayer team of the Greater Community Temple C. O. G. I. C. of Memphis, TN and prayer warriors from The Greater Holy Temple C. O. G. I. C. in Chicago. War was waged against satan's plans, and thus, God's plan, which was embedded into the fiber of Terran's Vision, went forth. Dr. Myles Monroe once said that vision is the source of hope and life, and that the greatest gift ever given mankind was not the gift of sight, but the gift of vision. Sight is a function of the eyes; vision is a function of the heart! Eyes that look are common, but eyes that see are rare. Nothing noble or noteworthy on earth was ever done without vision, including Christ coming to earth as a perfect lamb and dieing for the sins of the world. No invention, development, or great feat was ever accomplished without the inspiring power of this mysterious source called vision. Vision makes suffering and disappointment bearable; Vision generates hope in the midst of despair and provides endurance in tribulation. Vision is the foundation of courage and the fuel of persistence. Without vision, life would be a study of cyclic frustrations within a whirlwind of despair. Terran Thomas saw his purpose through faith and knew that he had the potential to fulfill, with the help of God, the act of rendering one of his kidneys to Anthony Alexander. Terran's father, Terran Thomas, applauds his son's act of love, vision and faith as he tearfully grabs and hugs Terran and
Anthony during the mass prayer vigil.
As of Friday, February 18, 2005, Terran Thomas was just fine and had checked out of the hospital; Anthony Alexander is in stable condition, has a slight complication with his blood pressure rising, and is about to be initiated with anti-rejection treatments; We are looking for the miracle to continue and for God to paint a good ending to this purposeful event in the lives of Anthony Alexander and Terran Thomas. Klista Hill, our praise and worship team leader and the beloved God Mother of Anthony Alexander, had collaborated with the NBC Channel 5 TV News Team, (in particular, Pam Oliver, The News Planning Editor); Through Klista's efforts in assuming this initiative, she made it possible to have a similar story concerning Terran and Anthony to be aired on the NBC Channel 5 TV News on Monday, February 14, 2005 -- appropriately on Valentine's Day. Hopefully, in the future, it may be possible for us to air a live clipping of this auspicious love story and news article as an add on to this article. This is not the ending of a beautiful story, but it
is
just the beginning
Currently(2009), Anthony and Terran are both out and about, and walking around in good health! The transplant was successful - God has been glorified!
Follow-up on the above story; Today October of 2010, Anthony's body is now rejecting his implanted kidney; Let's continue to pray for this dear brother, for he now has to receive dialysis regularly.
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You may wish to continue on our Intercession Page! Scroll Down For Our Discussion Of Intercessory Prayer & Praise!! Evangelist Elvie J. Owens
realizes that all prayer is not intercession; that prayer is a petition for our needs, whereas intercession is seeking for the divine intervention of God in destroying satan's strategies. "Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will
Be Done On Earth, As It Is In Heaven!" is the cry of our intercessors.
These Bishops Will All Agree:
we are commissioned by God Almighty to pattern ourselves after Jer. 1:10: "See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant." Because an intercessor is one with whom God shares His secrets to cover in prayer, we know that the cleaner our hearts are, the more we can welcome or invite Him to enter in; as this group of Bishops would say, we must pray as David prayed when he asked God to: "create in me a clean heart, and renew in me a right spirit Psalm51:10....," for it is possible to pray amiss by not knowing our own hearts! Our constant prayer is : "Lord create within me cleanness and wholeness of heart that I may be Your servant to stand in the gap." When we pray, God does the impossible in situations in ways we could never imagine; we can depend on Him to straighten out desperate situations!
You may click on the Bible to surf to the top of this page to return at a later time to continue reading As evangelist Countess M. Owens-Hicks
responsibility is to actually allow God to use us to enforce His will in the earth realm." As a direct result of the Fall of Adam and Eve, they, along with subsequent generations of humankind would be under a curse and would be in desperate need of an intercessor! The Father, having foreseen the demise of the human race, had prepared an antidote for sin - Jesus, the Lamb of God slain from the foundation of the world (Revelation 13:8)...According to Isaiah 59:16 - 17, He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor; therefore His own arm brought salvation for Him; and His own righteousness, it sustained Him. For He put righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. Jesus was to bring us salvation and deliver us from our sad plight, but after His resurrection, God decided to bring forth the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ as a praying army; According to I Cor. 2:8 this mystery is a weapon that "none of the rulers of this age knew; for had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory." The Church, the saints - God's army, is alive in the earth today bruising the evil one. Since we are adopted into the royal family, it has given us sonship and the authority, through the name of Jesus Christ, to establish dominion once again and to serve as God's enforcers through prayer and supplication. Luke 10:19 says "Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing by any means shall hurt you. Furthermore, these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." Mark 16:15 - 18...As Jesus was ascending to heaven, He gave us the keys to the prison doors of this earth; the keys to set the captives free. We are the enforcers of His will in the earth today as we use His name and pray His will through His Word. As intercessors, we are ready to go to war through prayer
Our Praise & Worship Leaders Are An Integral part Of Our Militant Intercession! With Praise, Thanksgiving and Rejoicing, Our prayers are answered more
These Singers Are Ready For Militant Intercession!!
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