Help Us Lord. There needs to be a wakeup call in the Body today. How many more musicians and other church leaders do we have to hear about and their public scandal (homosexuality, drugs, alcohol, divorce, infidelity, etc) before we realize that we are to seek first the kingdom of God and all his righteousness? Lynette Hawkins-Stephens Lead Minister & Ecclesial Council Member. only time he bothers a real sanctified person is they let their consecration down and he finds weakness. Vivamus eget nibh. stop taking scripture out of context. that why it was so important for god to attack all the gods in the plagues, to show the difference. "He spoke to his family that he wanted a jubilant celebration. An influential figure in urban contemporary gospel music, his career spanned more than four decades. No, I didnt mean that its ok for people to sin. God still loves us even if we sin, but unrepentant sin destroys our relationship with God. Fed up with working as a chauffeur while his mother and wife Ruth (Jacqueline) clean white folks' houses, he plans to buy a liquor store with his buddy Bobo (director Whitfield) and slick Willie Harris (Alvin Le-Bass). But the truth is that youve probably had that experience and didnt even know it, unless youve had the privilege of discerining everybody that prays and or sings to you or your kids. A new book written by gay author E. Patrick Johnson, a professor at Northwestern University in Evanston,IL contains a rather overt assertion that gospel music industry worker Walter Hawkins and his brother Edwin are homosexuals. i dont know how much of their music is in the churchi have really given up listening to just about everything.id rather listen to a good sound holiness message and cancel out the flesh/feel good fest in the music industry. After it comes, there is no hope for change. christ said a house divided against itself cannot stand. Stephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA (8 January 1942 - 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who, at the time of his death, was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. It is a joy to hear, see, and realize that she, all the Hawkins singers and hundreds of other Oaklanders, our friends and neighbors, are known 'round the world. remember, the devil wants in the church not to do away with the church, but lead it. If he chooses to use an unclean vessel to save someone else he will. I too have listened to and sung the Hawkins music. the devil is the cause of sickness so certainly he knows how to remove what he placed there in the first place. I thank you and will pray for your website and all that concerns you that you stay true to the original intent of spreading the Gospel as the Original Disicples once did. If the Holy Spirit leaves and no longer convicts you of sin, where do you stand? thats the bottom line. Contributors. that argument is supported in no part of the bible. STANDS4 LLC, 2023. If Im correct, there is no other way. It was I believe the majority of the time about talent, and not spirituality. Lynette Hawkins Stephens is known for Leap of Faith (1992) and Celebration of Gospel (2003). When Willie absconds with the funds, the Youngers are left facing a racist group's offer to buy out their down payment on the home in an all-white neighborhood. Nor would they remain silent and passive knowing the extensive deterioration of the gospel music industry as we know it today. Please know that you are welcome among us. What I can say is that women feel that they can change men in this sort of lifestyle (be it homosexual or bisexual). This "Raisin" is a story that needs better acting, and a set of voices that could use a better score. the songs were popular, but after that nightmare i recognized subtle hints of jazz and r & b in it, i knew for sure there was a foul spirit attached to the music b/c the artist compromised somewhere. thats a good scripture; but i have a hard time squaring that with the music industry, and anointing. god dont allow me to see everyone, but i aint no fool. Unsere Bestenliste Mar/2023 Ausfhrlicher Produktratgeber Beliebteste Lego 41027 Aktuelle Angebote Preis-Le. Tramaine Hawkins) 9:50 10 Jesus Christ Is the Way (feat. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. Bishop Hawkins was married to Tramaine Hawkins, they had two children, a son Walter "Jamie" Hawkins, Jr., who is married to Myiia "Sunny" Davis-Hawkins, and a daughter Trystan Hawkins. the devil can only offer part of the truth b/c hea liar and thief; was from the beginning. but they aint got the power of god workin in their lives. Rusty Watson asked Min. If there's any musical merit to Woldin's score, it's pretty much lost in the generic synth-wash of Hasley's arrangements. But as the three-hour marathon of over-synthed arrangements wore on, I found myself wishing I was back at New York's Ethel Barrymore Theatre in 1959 watching Claudia McNeil, Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee. The leaders have compromised and allowed sin to initially sneak in, and now it walks in. Not, apparently, without better publicity than the current touring version of the musical. It was Edwin Hawkins' revival, and rearrangement, of the old Baptist hymn, "O Happy Day" in 1969 that sparked the modern gospel movement. I know a lot of people look at homosexuals different than they would a drunk and prostitute or drug dealer, but the Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth tells us that no sin is greater than another. Oh My Jesus 8. Who Shall Seperate Us 9. Have no distinction between the holy and unholy; if it gets people out of their seats to scream, shout and pay adulation for the performance, nothing else matters. sorry for overlookin the scripture up top (phil 1 :15 -18). So, Im not saying that we will always be marred, but most of the timemost beleivers have marred places in their lives. IN READING OTHERS COMMENTS I NOTICED THAT GOD WAS TYPED IN SMALL G, AS IN god. Effectiveness can also be in the still small voice, as the Holy Spirit frequently speaks in. 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Ut tellus dolor, dapibus eget, elementum vel, cursus . I am glad to be better informed about this industry, and it pushes me to try even better to hold up the banner of Christ. they may have once been saved. Its no joke and we are in a spiritual crisis of great proportions. i recognize that these men are living in unrepentent sin and theyre foul, wrong as two left shoes, and backsliddenbut that still doesnt negate the power of God. Suspendisse sollicitudin velit sed leo. Sure we will all stand before God, but that does not cancel out what is required for the church to do before that time. IN CONTRAST to many revivalist gospel groups who came to the fore on the rock and jazz scene of the 1960s and '70s, the Hawkins Family singers have not compromised their music, or feelings. no demons cast out, more sickness, disease, fewer with the holy ghost, more falling to lust, failed marriages, the list goes on. 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The evolution continued and the powers that be saw our music as a way to make money for themselves and opened up the path for talent to sing negro spirituals (I think it was also called race music, but more for the secular side), gospel, religious music. Join Facebook to connect with Lynette Hawkins-Stephens and others you may know. Highlight. only conclusion i can come to is that a devil of higher authority can remove that devil, but will only do so to replace the weaker devil. Would God rather use a clean vessel, OF COURSE, but WHERE ARE THEY??? or having my kids have a pervert sing to them. But they are also in Johnsons book Sweet Tea . How is stomp? Can I still get Beyonc tickets? But for the musicians that dont get their life together, woe unto them! 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NO, thats not possible. Couldnt find the original link. But God has not given me the freedom to release it. I cant say much to this except AMEN. A graduate of New York University, with a master's degree from UC Berkeley, he has served several times as a juror for the Pulitzer Prize for drama and is a recipient of the George Jean Nathan Award for dramatic criticism. Thats a completely different scenario with a person who claims to be a Christian, saved and walking with the Lord, yet continues in unrepentant sin. finishes us off. [20] [21] After the loss of his speech, he . but as God teaches us a lesson through the potter, i believe that he is talking to the believers. Do you think God stopped protecting the foolish and canceling plans for people who act foolish after He did it for you? Touch the World. I agree with you-the musicians who are sold out for Christ must speak out against this mess, and show and prove that God blesses those openly that will truly live for him. Custom Content. to make sure they recognized the true god. It is not primarily about winning souls, it is primarily about selling product, so character is not necessarily important, unless it negatively affects sales and proceeds. You said the devil is the cause of sickness so certainly he knows how to remove what he placed there in the first place.. The obituary was featured in RotoruaDailyPost.co.nz on October 18, 2019. As staged by David Whitfield, with choreography by Ken Roberson and three-piece (keyboards, bass guitar and drums) arrangements by Ron Hasley, this "Raisin" has a somewhat shriveled and patchwork look. RIFF-it good. galleries of cute teens in skirts What the world and the church has done is to gravitate to these and other damnable things clearly listed in the Word of God as wrong for the purpose of promoting agenda. Copyright 2022 Love Center Ministries. Aenean nec eros. I realize this has little if anything to do with the actual article but does it seem strange that so many closeted homosexuals in our churches (black or white) seem to gravitate towards the music ministry? and the devil used the word, incorrectly, to offer his deception every time. Artist: Walter Hawkins/Lynette Hawkins Stephens Album: Gospel's Greatest Hits Heyo! How would you respond to that? With a long history of predecessors who have lost or never had conviction, the musicians that are coming up behind these people think it is okay to live a double life. and we lose spiritual authority little by little and are killed off. God has not promised me sunshine That's not the way it's going to be But a little rain (A little rain) Mixed with God's sunshine A little pain (A little pain) For the last 35 years the music of Edwin and Walter has been in my head everyday, as well as other black gospel performers. I wasn't a BeyHive member. I must confess that I have been given much in terms of information from people who are FED UP with the degradation of Gods church. But for the women who can be spared this disaster in the male gender, I say what did God say to you regarding this man? Submitted on July 23, 2013. I dont anymore. but God is God. lord, i cast out devils in your name. Until I Found the Lord 2. These pioneers clearly have no regard for anyone but self, and are training others to do the same. Mornings With Erica Campbell, D.L. The church is tied to this, and cant really effectively shut down the promotion of homosexuality over Gods precepts, if the church is relying on governmental handout (one example is the 501c3 tax exempt status), and church offererings from parishoners who give to the church as a good deed but dont want to really live for God in totality. Women, I am told, have a 6th sense and they would know something is going on. Lynette means:pretty one, Lynette usually has brown eyes, lynette has a really nice/ doesnt care personality, lynette is really funny, shy , usually friends with boys, doesnt care what she. He was consecrated to the bishopric in 2000. always. Lynette recalled the best lesson her brother ever taught her: to not judge.Lynette says an important function of music and singers is important to usher in freedom, because God doesnt want us in bondage in any kind of way., She talks about growing up in a strict religious environment, learning how to seek God for oneself, and not simply trusting every single thing thats coming over the pulpit. Lynette also recalls some of Edwins other motivations, like bringing water to the thirsty, and picks some of her all-time favorite songs to sing written by Edwin and her other brothers. In this case, its a transference of spirits by familiarity. theres just so many things that we dont knowbut 1 thing I do know. but that doesnt necessarily mean that theyre still casting out devils, but does (to me) suggest that at one time they may have been saved and able to cast out devils and did. Citation Use the citation below to add to a bibliography: Style: MLA Chicago APA "Lynette Hawkins Stephens." Biographies.net. if we could offer up any type of sacrifice, cains gift would have sufficed. In 1963, at age 21, Hawking was diagnosed with an early-onset slow-progressing form of motor neurone disease that gradually, over decades, paralysed him. Osborne, as Beneatha's Nigerian suitor, is superb on the generic wannabe-African "Alaiyo.". not he has so much power. We also have to understand that the word anointing only means enablement to do something. I have a question, do we really KNOW in the music industry who is living for CHRIST? 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