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In this issue, you'll read:
THE BOOK OF 1st CORINTHIANS - PART THIRTEEN
SPECIAL DAY AT DESTINY OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP

A WORD FROM THE EDITOR - THIRTY EIGHTH EDITION

Welcome to this edition of the W.I.N. E-Mail Newsletter. We are so very excited because Convention 2006 is just around the corner, which brings us to this week's spotlight.

I would like to ask all of our readers to please pray for Pastor Daniel of Voice of Gospel, India. He has an appointment with the U.S. Embassy to secure a Visa to travel to the United States to attend this year's annual convention, where he is slated to be the guest speaker for the Saturday evening service.

Some of you have corresponded with the home office regarding Pastor Daniel, but this would be an opportunity for everyone to meet Pastor Daniel face to face and fellowship with this wonderful Man of God. I am personally looking forward to spending some time with him while he is visiting with us.
Pastor Daniel and Family

Furthermore, I would like to ask that each of you take some time and pray for Pastor Daniel's ministry in India. He has many needs which God miraculously supplies, but perhaps God would direct some of those who are not already supporting his ministry to become a part of that ministry through continuous prayer, financial support and personal contact.

Matthew 28:18-20; ¹⁸Then Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. ¹⁹"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, ²⁰"teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.'' Amen.

Acts 1:6-8; "⁶Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?'' ⁷And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. ⁸"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.''

While we cannot all go to the ends of the earth, together we can support those who can. God bless you all as you consider this ministry and pray about how you may become a part of it to the Glory of God.

Until next time...God bless each of you in all that you undertake!

In Jesus Name,
Rev. Sam T. Leigh
Presiding Bishop
Freedom Covenant Global Ministries
E-mail: ambassador@fcgm.org
Website: www.fcgm.org

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THE BOOK OF 1st CORINTHIANS - PART THIRTEEN

I. Devotional Reading

Each morning, select a passage in God's Word. Talk with the Lord as you read the passage, then go back and find one or two verses which the Lord has impressed on your heart and meditate on them.

II. Bible Study

In this edition, we are reading 1 Corinthians 15, where Paul focuses on the important truth of the future resurrection of the body, which is a vital part "of the gospel [he] preached..." Chapter 15 divides into three subsections. Read each subsection, answering for yourself the questions associated with them. Type out your answers or jot them down on a piece of paper and place in your Bible for further meditation and study.

Read 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

1. What is Paul seeking to remind the Corinthians of in this chapter? (15:1)
2. What are the three elements of the Gospel that Paul considered of "first importance"? (15:3-4)
3. What does Paul say was the driving force behind the fact that he "worked harder than all of them"? (15:10)

Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

1. Paul's argument is that if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised (15:12-13,16). What does it mean for us as Christians if Christ was not raised from the dead? (15:14,17-19)
2. How does Paul compare the fruit of Adam and the fruit of Christ? (15:21-22)
3. What is "the last enemy to be destroyed" and what does this have to do with the resurrection of the body? (15:26)

Read 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

1. What are the three illustrations Paul uses to describe the kind of resurrection body we will have? (15:35-41)
2. What comparison does Paul make between our mortal bodies and our resurrection bodies? (15:42-44)
3. When will death be "swallowed up in victory"? (15:51-54)
4. What does Paul encourage us to do in the light of the resurrection? (15:58)

III. Memory Verse

1 Corinthians 15:10; "But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."

Here are a few suggestions that may help you to memorize your memory verses:

1. Ask the Lord to help you remember his Word (see John 14:26).

2. Use the version of the Bible you are most familiar with. What you normally read in your Bible is what you need to be memorizing.

3. Don't just memorize the contents of the verse; memorize its "address" (the verse reference) as well. You can do this by following this pattern: Step 1: reference; Step 2: verse content; Step 3: reference. Then repeat steps 1-3. Note that you are quoting the reference twice as many times as you quote the actual verse content. This gives the verse a clear "reference tag."

4. After you have read your memory verse out aloud several times, try going through your memory verse without reading your computer screen.

5. Look up your memory verse in your Bible. Look at its immediate context and read the verses that come before and after your memory verse.

6. Print out your memory verse or jot it down on a piece of paper. Take this paper with you when you go to work or do other daily activities. Meditate on the meaning of the verse throughout the day.

7. During your noon appointment with the Lord, take out your memory verse and go over it again. Talk to the Lord about what this verse means to you personally.

8. In the evening (at either your evening study or your evening devotions), see if you can quote your memory verse from memory. Then, without looking at the memory verse itself, see if you can find it in your Bible.

9. The next day, before you begin committing a new verse to memory, rehearse your previous day's memory verse and see if you can remember it (without cheating!).

10. Finally, at the end of the week (possibly on Sunday), collect all your week's memory verses, rehearse them and see if you can recall them without reading them. Spend a little extra time on any verses you have difficulty recalling.

11. Remember: Don't just memorize a verse. Put it into practice (James 1:22). It is not being able to quote a verse from memory that counts. It is His Word abiding in your heart that counts (John 15:7). When you actually apply a verse consistently to your daily life; that is when you truly know that verse!

This article is Copyright © 1999, The Online Bible College. It is used by permission and formatted for presentation in this newsletter.

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SPECIAL DAY AT DESTINY OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP

Pastors Jeremiah and Pam Owuor, founders and Pastors of GILGOM (God Is Love Gospel Outreach Ministries) from Sandy, Oregon, by way of Kenya Africa, together with Bishop Sam Leigh, founder and Presiding Bishop of Freedom Covenant Global Ministries, will be guest speakers at Destiny Of Hope Fellowship, Sunday, May 7th, 2006.

Pastor Jerry will be speaking at the 10:30 AM service, Bishop Sam will be speaking at the 1:30 PM service, and Pastor Pam will be speaking at the 3:30 PM service.

The Freedom Covenant Bishops will be licensing new ministers at Destiny Of Hope Fellowship during these services. There will also be a 10:00 am fellowship breakfast before the morning church service begins.

These services will be held at Pastor Joe and Stephanie Istvan's church, Christian Fellowship Revival Center, located at 6016 Karjala Rd, Central Park, WA. Call Pastor Dellhue Johnson for information at (360) 532-0994 or go to www.destinyandhope.org.

God Bless,
Pastor Dell

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