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Here's a brief nugget from the book I am currently working on "Esther - Present Truth Church"

The Church like Esther is to be brave and of course it is immortal. We, the Church have to live in peace and bring peace. The Church is the Dwelling Place of God⎯His Tabernacle. It will be crowned as royalty. It is a place where true unity is to be shown forth and experienced⎯Ephesians 4:11-18! Unity is one of our greatest strengths as a people who share one heart and one mind that is solely focused on God. [David asked God to unite his heart. Psalm 86:11 "Teach me Your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name."] In essence what David was asking God for, was to ensure that no other allegiance or distraction cause him to stray. It is important to realize that we can construct a corporate expression of one heart and one mind for Christ.

"Also the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, at the word of the Lord." 2 Chronicles 30:12

God is the source of unity and He can only grant it when each member is totally "sold out" to Him. This is why unity is so very powerful. The Lord commands His blessing where there is unity and together as a unified people we can do more than if we were apart. The following Scriptures give us some powerful examples of what unity can accomplish.

Leviticus 26:8
“Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the sword before you.”

Psalms 133
“Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. 3 It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing⎯Life forevermore.”

Preparing for today's service at Dominion-Life International:

Here in North America we are entering into the Fall/Winter seasons and what has been described as the SAD [Seasonal Affective Disorder] season, when a lot of folks go through emotional lows and some even suffer from depression… I began addressing this in my message last Sunday and will continue today…

Last Sunday I dealt with how to deal with negative emotions
and today I am going to be looking at the case of Elijah in 1 Kings 19, who went through a serious attack of negative emotions to the point of severe discouragement and depression after he destroyed the prophets of baal. We would be looking at how God delivered him out of that season; from hiding in cave wanting to die to raising up his successor Elisha!

I am thankful as my book Leaven Revealed has now been translated into Spanish and would be available shortly. My brother Fitzpatrick Scantlebury and his team in Venezuela has completed the task. Now for the cover to be redone in Spanish and then it is off to the publishers for printing and distribution.

Looking forward to having more books translated into Spanish and eventually French, Russian and other languages...Leaven Revealed