36 CityLight.org
may 2012
Pastor Sylvia Mickens
& Christ Central Ministry...
15 Years Later
Continued from pg 35
When I began to walk in ministry with Pas-
tor Jimmy, there was a real connection and
I knew that God had placed him in my life
to teach me some things about kingdom
business. Before then, I thought I had it to-
gether. But, my thoughts and my ways are
not like God's. My way was dressing up the
flesh to look good. God's way was stripping
the flesh to manifest His goodness.
"Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose
the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of
the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that
you break every [enslaving] yoke? Is it not to
divide your bread with the hungry and bring
the homeless poor into your house--when you
see the naked, that you cover him, and that you
hide not yourself from [the needs of] your own
flesh and blood? Then shall your light break
forth like the morning, and your healing
(your restoration and the power of a new life)
shall spring forth speedily; your righteous-
ness (your rightness, your justice, and your
right relationship with God) shall go before
you [conducting you to peace and prosperity],
and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear
guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will
answer; you shall cry, and He will say, Here
I am. If you take away from your midst yokes
of oppression [wherever you find them], the
finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed
or the godly], and every form of false, harsh,
unjust, and wicked speaking, And if you pour
out that with which you sustain your own life
for the hungry and satisfy the need of the af-
flicted, then shall your light rise in darkness,
and your obscurity and gloom become like the
noonday ... and you shall be called repairer of
the breach, restorer of streets to dwell in."
Isaiah 58:6-12.
I have dedicated the last 15 years to becom-
ing the greatest servant leader for the King-
dom that I can be. I have witnessed so many
miracles and seen God do so many wonder-
ful things in the lives of others and even my
life through Christ Central Ministry. I just
want to help somebody along the way, so
that my living will not be in vain.
"Then the King will say to those at His right
hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you
favored of God and appointed to eternal sal-
vation], inherit (receive as your own) the
kingdom prepared for you from the founda-
tion of the world. For I was hungry and you
gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me
something to drink, I was a stranger and you
brought Me together with yourselves and
welcomed and entertained and lodged Me, I
was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and
you visited Me with help and ministering
care, I was in prison and you came to see Me.
Then the just and upright will answer Him,
Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave
You food, or thirsty and gave You something
to drink? And when did we see You a stranger
and welcomed and entertained You, or naked
and clothed You? And when did we see You
sick or in prison and came to visit You? And
the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you,
Pastor Jimmy Jones