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Overcoming Fear and Weakness
Volume 1, Issue 6
All around us everyday,
there are people shutting
down Christian’s rights to
speak and live freely on this
earth. They took prayer and
the right to mention God out
of our schools and look at the
system now. They passed
laws that separated church
and state and look at our
country now. They went to
court to take God’s name
from the Pledge of Alle-
giance. They now want to
say that marriage is not just
between a man and woman.
When does it stop?!!
Why is it that everyone
else seems to be going to
court and fighting (verbally)
for what they want except
the Christians? Are we that
afraid to stand up and fight
for our beliefs? Are we in
agreement with what’s hap-
pening? Are we fulfilling
God’s purpose for guiding
others to Christ on this earth?
Have we become compla-
cent? Are we more interested
in raising money for a new
church, more so than sharing
the Word of God?
I AM NOT SAYING THAT
WE SHOULD BE FANATICS!
I am saying that we
should not be ashamed to
speak up for what we feel is
right. Everyone else seems to
be doing it! We must stand
up and fight the devil and his
angels. We are dealing with
the principalities that we
March/April 2011
Wisdom from Annie 2
Prayer of the Month 3
Inspiring Verses 4
Martha’s Christian Journey
5
Crossword Puzzle 6
Monthly Devotional 7
Something to Ponder 7
Inside this issue:
Edisto Beach Baptist Church
(843) 869-2662, 414 Jungle Rd
Allen AME Church
(843) 869-3715, 8060 Botany
Bay
Catholic Church-St. Frederic
(843) 869-0124, 544 Hwy 174
United Church of Christ
(843) 869-9202, 209 LilySt.
Calvary AME Church
(843) 869-3672, 8321 Pine
Landing Rd
Greater Galilee Church of
Our Lord
(843) 869-1138, 8006
Steamboat Landing Road
Bethel AME (843) 869-1961,
945 Highway 174
New First Baptist
803-869-2432, Hwy 174
cannot see! The devil is doing
what he knows to do and that is
to steal and destroy. We must
fight to maintain our rights. We
must get back to the basics of
helping to save souls. Our rights
to have Freedom of Speech is in
jeopardy! Let’s overcome our
fear and weakness and fight for
Jesus! AA
Visionary “Good News” Gazette
WORSHIP PLACES ON EDISTO ISLAND
Christian Newsletter
Serving South Carolina’s Lowcountry
Presbyterian on Edisto
(843) 869-2326, 2164 Hwy 174
Zion Reformed Episcopal
Church (843) 753-2273, Hwy
174
Edisto Island Community
Church (843) 869-4216, 908
Hwy 174
Edisto Island Methodist Church
(843)869-3456, 3319 Palmetto Rd
Trinity Episcopal Church
(803)869-3568, 1589 Hwy 174
Edisto Presbyterian USA
843) 869-2300, 1890 Hwy 174
Mount Olive Baptist
(843) 869-0990, 2779 Hwy
174
Bethlehem Church (843)
577-5521, 8017 Pt. of Pines Rd
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Just Be You
The one thing teenagers have a
hard time doing is just being who they are. In
high school, the one thing you want be is
accepted by your peers and being yourself
may not be what your peers would want as a
friend. So we will change to fit others expecta-
tions and by fitting their expectations we
never get to show others who we really are.
Becoming a totally different person is
like putting on a mask. When you wear a
mask your face is hidden from the outside
world and no one knows who you are. You
follow the crowd trying to fit in and feel ac-
cepted, but to be honest, you were never
really accepted. The reason you were not
really accepted is because you are not being
yourself. Your persona was accepted, but not
you, because the real you still wears the mask
and still seeks acceptance. So the only way to
be truly accepted is to just be you!
BA
Knew you before you born
True love
Knows the number of hairs on
your head and all your thoughts
before you think them
True love
Promises to mend your broken
heart when, in half, it's been
torn.
True love
Wakes you up every morning,
keeps your heart beating, and
provides all of your needs with-
out failing.
True Love.
BJ
True love.
Is it a bouquet of roses on a ran-
dom day?
True Love
Or is it being upset when they
walk away?
True love.
Is it vowing to give someone all
they all they need?
True Love
Or promising to never be over-
taken by greed?
True love.
It is choosing to love, no matter
what
True love
Teen Talk
Poet’s Corner True Love
Page 2 Visionary “Good News” Gazette
AWARENESS All people, especially those who are 50+, Happy New Year! A New You! How are you doing??? The liver is an important organ in the body. It happens to share space with the gallbladder. The liver rids the body of toxins (all the wonderful/not so wonderful things we do to our bodies). In a word, we poison our selves daily. We eat and drink so many things that are harmful to our bodies. The liver is our friend. The foods below may help us. PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TRYING ANY-THING! Broccoli Curry 100% grape juice Apple cider vinger Omega 3 fats Baking soda / water
Wisdom From Annie
Visionary “Good News” Gazette
In all we do, God
is able to protect us -
so fear in itself is
wasteful since our
God is mighty and
strong. Isaiah 35:3-4 it states,
"With this news, strengthen
those who have tired hands, and
encourage those who have weak
Glory II Glory
Fear can hinder even the
strongest man from achieving his
goal if left unchecked. We have
to make sure we do not allow
fear to overwhelm us.
I am learning that it's possi-
ble to accomplish the desires of
your heart, but you must be will-
ing to deal with fear when it tries
to raise its little head.
knees.
Say to those with fearful
hearts, "Be strong, and do not
fear, for God is coming to destroy
your enemies." I am here to en-
courage you to stay on your
course, do not allow fear to stop
you from doing what you know
you are called to do - stand even
when you are afraid!
DJM
Encouraging Words
“you must be willing to deal
with fear”
year that we finally do what you
have been impressing upon us to do.
Let us do it knowing that you have
equipped us to do it and no weapon
formed against us will prosper. Let
us lay every weight aside that so eas-
ily besets us, so that we can keep
focused on the task ahead. Help to
walk by faith and not by sight. Re-
move all fear and doubts from our
minds and remind us that you have
not given us the spirit of fear,, but a
spirit that fills us with love, power,
and a sound mind. (2nd
Timothy 1:7)
Let this be the year we will do what
we have never done before and do
the work of the Kingdom. We
thank you Father for being the au-
thor and finisher of our faith. We
love you! In Jesus name we ask all
these things; Amen
SJ
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you right now for all that
you have done in our life. Thank
you, most of all for your Dear Son
Jesus the Christ, who sacrificed His
life so we can live. Help us in this
New Year to forget those things that
are behind us and press toward the
mark of a higher calling. Help us to
be faithful and true to you and put
you first in our lives. Let this be the
Prayer
Praise the Lord!
There's a little old Christian lady living next door to an atheist. Every morning the lady comes out onto her front porch and shouts
"Praise the Lord!".
The atheist yells back, "There is no
God".
She does this every morning with the same result. As time goes on, the lady runs into financial difficulties and has trouble buying food.
She goes out onto the porch and asks God for help with groceries, then says
"Praise the Lord".
The next morning she goes out onto
the porch and there's the groceries she asked for, and of course, she
shouts "Praise the Lord!!!".
The atheist jumps out from behind a bush and says, "Ha, I bought those groceries - there
is no God".
The lady looks at him and smiles, she shouts "Praise the Lord, not only did you provide for me Lord, you made Satan
pay for the groceries!!"
Author is Unknown
Humor
Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 6
The following verse will provide encourage-
ment to you and scare the devil:
Psalm 27:1
“The LORD is my light and my salvation—
whom shall I fear? The LORD is the
stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be
afraid?”
Spurgeon Exposition
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Here
is personal interest, "my light, ""my salva-
tion; "the soul is assured of it, and therefore,
declaring it boldly. "My light; " --into the
soul at the new birth divine light is poured as
the precursor of salvation; where there is not
enough light to see our own darkness and to
long for the Lord Jesus, there is no evidence
of salvation. Salvation finds us in the dark,
but it does not leave us there; it gives light to
those who sit in the valley of the shadow of
death. After conversion our God is our joy,
comfort, guide, teacher, and in every sense
our light; he is light within, light around, light
reflected from us, and light to be revealed to
us. Note, it is not said merely that the Lord
gives light, but that he "is" light; nor that he
gives salvation, but that he is salvation; he,
then, who by faith has laid hold upon God
has all covenant blessings in his possession.
Every light is not the sun, but the sun is the
father of all lights. This being made sure as a
fact, the argument drawn from it is put in the
form of a question, Whom shall I fear? A
question which is its own answer. The pow-
ers of darkness are not to be feared, for the
Lord, our light, destroys them; and the dam-
nation of hell is not to be dreaded by us, for
the Lord is our salvation. This is a very differ-
ent challenge from that of boastful Goliath, for
it is based upon a very different foundation; it
rests not upon the conceited vigour of an arm of
flesh, but upon the real power of the omnipotent
I AM. The Lord is the strength of my life. Here
is a third glowing epithet, to show that the
writer's hope was fastened with a threefold cord
which could not be broken. We may well accu-
mulate terms of praise where the Lord lavishes
deeds of grace. Our life derives all its strength
from him who is the author if it; and if he
deigns to make us strong we cannot be weak-
ened by all the machinations of the adversary.
Of whom shall I be afraid? The bold question
looks into the future as well as the present. "If
God be for us, "who can be against us, either
now or in time to come?
blessings. Jesus' death and resur-
rection were blessings, just think
about where we as Believers
would be if He hadn't done all of
this for us. I believe that God
wants us to be thankful for bless-
ings that aren't just tangible. What
would we have if God decided to
take away all of the materialistic
blessings that we have? We would
only have our faith to hold onto
because there would be nothing
else. We need to focus on being
What is a blessing? Many people
focus on blessings that are materi-
alistic, things that we can see.
Many times we forget the bless-
ings that God gives us that we
can't always physically see. How
often do you thank for your heart-
beat, for the air in your lungs, for
sanity? God has blessed us in too
many ways to count. At times, it
may even be in the form of great
friendships and relationships. To
have peace, joy, and faith are also
thankful that we are SAVED and
that we have FAITH in Jesus' work
on the cross, the ultimate blessing!
So, I'll leave you with a Biblical
quote from Hebrews 11:6, “And
without faith it is impossible to
please God, because anyone who
comes to Him must believe that He
exists and that He rewards those
who earnestly seek Him”. Faith
first, blessings later. God Bless.
BJ
An Inspiring Verse For You
Overcoming Fear and Weakness
Discipleship/Christian Influence
Page 4 Visionary “Good News” Gazette
1. In Judges, what position did Deborah, the wife of Lapidoth hold?
2. In Judges, what happened when Gideon’s trumpet sounded?
3. In Judges, why did Samson’s wife betray him to her countrymen?
4. In Judges, what happened after Samson slept with a harlot at Gaza?
5. In Ruth, when did Naomi and Ruth reach Bethlehem?
6. In Ruth, whose idea was it for Ruth to lie at the feet of Boaz on the
threshing floor?
Trivia
her into her apartment. Once Martha
was feeling better, she left to gather
some clothing from her grandmother’s
apartment. While inside she found the
old Bible her grandmother gave her
about six years before. Its pages were
bent and worn from use.
Without fail, Martha read and stud-
ied her Bible on a daily basis. She
learned this from her grandmother. Ms.
Lucy often told her that she needed to
study the Word and to put what she
learned into action. Martha felt the
words leapt off the pages and provided
comfort, encouragement, and support
in her daily life.
As she flipped through the pages,
she rested on Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the
Lord with all your heart and lean not on
your own understanding; in all your
ways acknowledge Him, and He will
make your paths straight.” Martha read
slowly and meditated on this scripture.
At this time, she was beginning to feel
lonely and not sure what her future
Ms. Kathleen’s husband, Mark, had
made advances to Martha when she
stayed with Kathleen Marie in the past.
Martha never told her grandmother or
Ms. Kathleen. Mark had spent four years
in prison for statutory rape that he
claimed he had not committed. Ms.
Kathleen believed him.
Martha moved toward Ms. Kathleen
as the ambulance drove away to take
her grandmother to the hospital.
“Thanks for allowing me to stay with
you Ms. Kathleen,” said Martha. “Child,
you know you’re always welcomed in
this house,” said Ms. Kathleen. Just as
she stepped up toward the apartment,
the police car carrying her brother
pulled away from the sidewalk. Martha
began to weep, because this time she
felt she would never see him again.
Although he had hurt her grandmother
in the in the past, he had been warned
that he would be taken to jail if it hap-
pened again.
Ms. Kathleen comforted her and took
Martha’s Christian Journey (Short Story) Series 2
Gospel
Nobody Greater—VaShawn Mitchell
I Believe—James Fortune
I Give Myself Away—William McDowell
He Wants It All—foreverJones
Walking—MaryMary
I Choose to Worship—Wess Morgan
It’s About Time For A Miracle—Beverly Crawford
Expect the Great—Johnathan Nelson
The Best In Me—Marvin Sapp
Well Done—Deitrick Haddon
Christian
Your Love—Brandon Heath
Beautiful—Mercy Me
I Will Follow— Chris Tomlin
You Are More—Tenth Avenue
North
Light Up The Sky—The Afters
Starry Night—Chris August
Jesus Saves—Jeremy Camp
Children of God—Third Day
Lead Me—Sanctus Real
Hold On—tobyMac
Christian/Gospel Music
Page 5 Volume 1, Issue 6
hold. Her grandmother was gone and she
did not know how long she would be in the
hospital. Further, Martha had no idea what
would become of her brother.
Martha read over the scripture once more
and began to pray to God for His strength
and courage. While she prayed, she began
to feel stronger and more determined to
trust solely in God for her direction. She got
up off her knees, put her clothing in a brown
bag, and went downstairs to Ms. Kathleen.
Will continue in May’s issue.! AA
CROSS WORD
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Overcoming Fair and Weakness
P U E T M T T R A W G R R B H
L E L C S U E R I J A E S R T
S E R I N U S T U R O Y P E G
B N R S Q E N T M S P A I A N
H H E N E E I O A R T R R S E
C T O E S V R T O R A P I T R
C C I S U T E T A M D D T P T
O E N A M Q E R B P E R T L S
U W Z W F C E C A E P Q D A G
R I G H T E O U S N E S S T N
A N O I T A V L A S C L Q E I
G R O H T U R T D E F E N D K
E N H E I R S C O M F O R T A
G K F L A F W O R D E V O L F
C V X U W S D L E I H S H V G
You are a Conquerer
ARMOR
BELT
BREASTPLATE
CHRIST
COMFORT
CONQUER
DEFEND
FAITH
HEIRS
PRAYER
PROTECTION
COURAGE
KINGS
LOVE
MUSTARD
PATIENCE
PEACE
PERSEVERANCE
QUEENS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
SALVATION
SEED
TRUTH
WAIT
SHIELD
SPIRIT
STRENGTH
TRUST
WORD
WITNESS
do, and comprehend things differ-
ently.
I now know that if you want your mar-
riage to work it takes a lot of prayer, love,
respect, loyalty, patience, forgiveness,
communication, understanding, commit-
ment, giving and taking. If you are com-
mitted to the relationship, the marriage
has to be worked on 24/7 a day for the
rest of your life. It also takes two people to
work on the marriage and guidance from
God and prayer.
Marriage is good if you work at it
and want it to work. You and your spouse
can live a loving, healthy ,and a peaceful
life, for the rest of your life . This is the way
God intended marriage to be.
Yours in Christ,
Beula
The true person comes out because he/
she can’t continue to pretend. Marriage is
not easy, it takes time and work! I didn’t
know that! I always wanted my marriage
to be better, but how?
Well, I started watching various Pastors on
television that talked about marriage and
then the light came on. I got saved, then
my husband got saved. Things started
coming together, but not right way. It
took a lot of praying and wanting things
to be better. (Ephesians 5:23) “For the
husband is the head of the wife even as
Christ is the head of the church and he is
the Savior of the body.” (Ephesians 5:25)
“Husband love your wives even as the
Christ also loved the church and gave
himself for it.”
Ephesians 5:28, “So husbands ought to
love their own wives as their own bodies.
He that loves his wife loves himself. .
Ephesians 5:31 “…….and shall be joined
unto his wife and they two shall become
one flesh.
When two people come together
as one it takes endurance. It’s a union of
man and woman coming together from
two different backgrounds and they
think,
Something To Ponder Marriage
Where does this type of thinking
or behavior come from? Where does
the hate and willingness to hurt or
even kill others stem from? I say this
comes from the demon of darkness—
satan. It appears that satan is on his
job. He has been travelling the
earth—going to and fro, ready to
steal and destroy anyone in his path.
It is important that Christians pray
and put on the full “Armor of God”.
We are fighting things that we can-
not see, but God’s Word and His pro-
tection will shield us from the wiles
of the devil.
Devotional Scripture —Ephesians 6: 10-18
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I got married in 1967. I was in my
late teens and my husband was in his early
twenties. Neither one of us was saved or
knew what it took to be married.
We were young immature and
naive. We didn’t have good examples of
marriages to help us or anyone to get some
understanding from. Our parents were
married, but they were just doing what
they saw their parents did back in the day.
In those days they didn’t show love toward
each other. There was not a lot of commu-
nication, understanding, or prayer. Mar-
riage was not discussed in the house or the
churches. So, people got married and
moved in together and the marriage was
supposed to just work out by itself. NO!!! It
does not work that way.
When I got married, I thought that
things were going to be like living on cloud
nine because We loved each other. Well, I
was mistaken. It was quite the opposite.
After we got married, things started chang-
ing. The longer we stayed together, the
more we seem to grow apart. Love seems
like it went out the window! There was
strife, physical abuse, and little or no com-
munication. When you get married, you
really don’t know your spouse until you live
under the same roof with him or her.
Do you have on your ARMOR of GOD?
As I go throughout my day, week,
and month, I often encounter strange
people. While most of us have been
taught basic morals and values, there
are people who have not.
There are individuals who harbor
hate and animosity for absolutely no
reason. There are people who actually
sit at their desks planning evil against
other people. To make matters worse, I
have encountered teenagers who are
rude and disrespectful. Often you hear
other adults say, “their parents are ex-
actly the same way.”
We will encounter devils everyday
as we go through our lives. Conse-
quently, we must read and study
the “Word of God”. This is a weapon
that will sustain us until Jesus’ re-
turn. WE MUST RESIST THE DEVIL
AND HE WILL FLEE!
The devil and his crew have used
all the tools available to fight us. He
went to the courthouse and now
we can’t pray in schools (Separation
of Church/State).
When are we going to stand up
and FIGHT? Where is your ARMOR
of GOD? Get it and put it on! AA
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CHRIST IS KING
OVER EDISTO!
The descendant of several generations
of Independent ministers, he was born at
Kelvedon, Essex, and became a Baptist in
1850. In the same year he preached his
first sermon, and in 1852 he was ap-
pointed pastor of the Baptist congrega-
tion at Waterbeach.
In 1854, he went to Southwark, where
his sermons drew such crowds that a new
church, the Metropolitan Tabernacle in
Newington Causeway, had to be built for
him. Apart from his preaching activities,
he founded a pastors’ college, an orphan-
age, and a colportage association for the
propagation of uplifting literature.
Spurgeon was a strong Calvinist. He had a
controversy in 1864 with the Evangelical
party of the Church of England for re-
maining in a Church that taught Baptismal
Regeneration, and also estranged consider-
able sections of his own community by
rigid opposition to the more liberal meth-
ods of Biblical exegesis.
These differences led to a rupture with
the Baptist Union in 1887. He owed his
fame as a preacher to his great oratorical
gifts, humour, and shrewd common sense,
which showed itself especially in his treat-
ment of contemporary problems. Among
his works are The Saint and his Saviour
(1857), Commenting and Commentaries
(1876) and numerous volumes of sermons
(translated into many languages).
Adapted from The Oxford Dictionary of
the Christian Church
Page 10 Newsletter Title
Christian Theologian — C.H. Spurgeon—Baptist Preacher
Are You Ready for the Return of Christ?
I am huge fan of Tim Lahaye and Jerry Jenkins, authors of the Left Behind
Series. These fictionalized books are based on scriptures from the Bible beginning
with the rapture and its culmination with the reign of Jesus on earth. The story
begins with the disappearing as dubbed by the unbelievers. It discusses people
missing from cars, pilots missing from planes, and children missing from families.
The citizens are believing that aliens have abducted their families and friends.
This incident was considered a negative incident for the world.
While the unbelievers may not know what would have happened, the believ-
ers know exactly what has happened. Christians know that when that incident
occurs it would be an “unexpected good consequence”. That incident will mark
the beginning of Christ’s return to earth to rapture His church. This will be great
for Christians because, like you, I intend to be one of those disappearing from
earth and reappearing with the Lord!
Finally, I leave you with this tip, no one knows the day nor the hour of Jesus’
return. Until Jesus return, we must love and care for each other. We must keep
our hearts and minds stayed on Jesus. We must keep doing the things that have
made us the die-hard Christians that we have become. Remember that our re-
ward will come when we meet Jesus in the air during the rapture.
Scriptures for your meditation: 1 Corinthians 15:51-57,
1 Thessalonians 4:13-17, John 14:3, Jude 14, Matthew 24:42-44,
Matthew 25:13, Revelation 3:14-21 AA
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wages of sin is death; but
the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.
John 1:12 But as many as
received him, to them gave
he power to become the
sons of God, even to them
that believe on his name.
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I
stand at the door, and
knock: if any man hear my
voice, and open the door, I
will come in to him, and
will sup with him, and he
with me.
1 John 1:9 If we confess
our sins, he is faithful and
just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
Salvation: Is this your Eternal Goal?
sinner. Then you must
repent of your sins. You
must acknowledge that
you believe that Jesus is
the Son of God who died
on the cross for you. It is
as simple as that! God
hears you and God Saves
you! If you have not
made that decision today,
please make it soon. To-
morrow is not promised
to you and waiting until
later may be too late!
Eternity is too long to be
without God!
Scriptures for Salvation
Romans 3:23 For all
have sinned, and come
short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23 For the
God desires for all of
us to be saved? It is not
His desire that any should
perish. Nevertheless, He
also gave us free will.
Our Father desires us to
make the choice of fol-
lowing Him or not.
Have you made that
choice? When you take
your last breath, where
will you spend eternity?
Will it be Heaven or hell?
The end result will be
based upon the choice
you made!
It is my hope that you
chose to follow God. If
you make that choice to-
day, you have to ac-
knowledge that you are a
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Overcome Fear and
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thank the following contribu-
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March/April:
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Deas , Johan Deas, Edisto Is-
land Missionary Alzheimer’s
Support.