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CityLight Prayer Breakfast
Speaker: Sylvia Mickens
Pastor/Director of Christ Central Columbia
7 AM ...CityLight Prayer Breakfast
Speaker: Sylvia Mickens
Pastor/Director of Christ Central Columbia
7 AM Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012
Brookland Conference Center
1066 Sunset Blvd., W. Columbia, SC
The Call
I was only 5 years old when my parents took me to a revival where Rev. A. A. Allen was preaching. It was at that meeting that God began to speak to my heart. It was at that meeting that God showed me a vision of myself baptizing people in a large body of water.
I didn't understand it then, but almost 50 years later, on a mission trip to South Africa, I stood in the Indian Ocean baptizing God's people.
I know that God is always speaking to His creation. It was at the age of five that I first recall Him speaking to me. God has spoken to me many times since that moment. Being spoken to by God Himself is such an honor that I tend to be awe that He chooses to create me. I tend to be awe that He chooses to speak to and use me. I often feel inadequate when it comes to doing Kingdom Work.
Growing up in a Christian family, I still struggled with completely yielding to God. I, like so many of us, would prefer to do things our way. I learned that when God chose me, He knew my faults and imperfections. Yet, He still chose me. Finally, after falling on my face, running into many dead end streets, and being beat down by sin, I found out His Way to be much better than mine.
Salvation
I clearly remember the day I accepted Christ as my Savior. I grew up with parents who were real, parents who practiced what they preached. We went to church what seemed like every day. This particular day was no different than any other day. Or, so I thought.
When I was dressing for church, I had no idea that would be the day my life would change. I went to church that day, but as soon as I got in and sat down, I knew something out of the ordinary was going to happen. I wanted to leave, but for some reason I couldn't. I now know that it was God telling me that this was my new birthday.
When it was time for the BENEDICTION, I couldn't wait to get out of the building. In the middle of the closing song, Pastor Hattie Mickens, Pastor of Holy Light Tabernacle Church, stopped the song and said "Is there somebody else who wants to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior"?
Now, I had been trying to keep it together until then, but something broke in me and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God was speaking to me through her. That was some 28 years ago. It's been a long journey, but Jesus has been right by my side.
On a Mission
Shortly after being saved and working in the church, I felt an emptiness in my spirit as if I was just not doing enough for the Kingdom. I was never satisfied just working in the church. Preaching, teaching Sunday school, directing the Choir, and serving in the kitchen just did not fulfill the longing I had in my soul.
I took classes and went to conferences trying to become a better Christian. I accepted the call from God to preach the Gospel in 1985. Through my study in the Word, I realized that God wanted to share some of the deeper mysteries of the Bible with me and I had a hunger to know Him in a deeper, more intimate way. God then revealed His Sacred Name, Yahweh and the incomparable Name of His Son Yahshua to me. I was honored and I give Him all the glory as He continues to give me insights into my Hebraic roots.
I live by Jeremiah 29:11. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh (God), thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you good hope in the end."
Speaker: Sylvia Mickens
Pastor/Director of Christ Central Columbia
7 AM ...CityLight Prayer Breakfast
Speaker: Sylvia Mickens
Pastor/Director of Christ Central Columbia
7 AM Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012
Brookland Conference Center
1066 Sunset Blvd., W. Columbia, SC
The Call
I was only 5 years old when my parents took me to a revival where Rev. A. A. Allen was preaching. It was at that meeting that God began to speak to my heart. It was at that meeting that God showed me a vision of myself baptizing people in a large body of water.
I didn't understand it then, but almost 50 years later, on a mission trip to South Africa, I stood in the Indian Ocean baptizing God's people.
I know that God is always speaking to His creation. It was at the age of five that I first recall Him speaking to me. God has spoken to me many times since that moment. Being spoken to by God Himself is such an honor that I tend to be awe that He chooses to create me. I tend to be awe that He chooses to speak to and use me. I often feel inadequate when it comes to doing Kingdom Work.
Growing up in a Christian family, I still struggled with completely yielding to God. I, like so many of us, would prefer to do things our way. I learned that when God chose me, He knew my faults and imperfections. Yet, He still chose me. Finally, after falling on my face, running into many dead end streets, and being beat down by sin, I found out His Way to be much better than mine.
Salvation
I clearly remember the day I accepted Christ as my Savior. I grew up with parents who were real, parents who practiced what they preached. We went to church what seemed like every day. This particular day was no different than any other day. Or, so I thought.
When I was dressing for church, I had no idea that would be the day my life would change. I went to church that day, but as soon as I got in and sat down, I knew something out of the ordinary was going to happen. I wanted to leave, but for some reason I couldn't. I now know that it was God telling me that this was my new birthday.
When it was time for the BENEDICTION, I couldn't wait to get out of the building. In the middle of the closing song, Pastor Hattie Mickens, Pastor of Holy Light Tabernacle Church, stopped the song and said "Is there somebody else who wants to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior"?
Now, I had been trying to keep it together until then, but something broke in me and I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God was speaking to me through her. That was some 28 years ago. It's been a long journey, but Jesus has been right by my side.
On a Mission
Shortly after being saved and working in the church, I felt an emptiness in my spirit as if I was just not doing enough for the Kingdom. I was never satisfied just working in the church. Preaching, teaching Sunday school, directing the Choir, and serving in the kitchen just did not fulfill the longing I had in my soul.
I took classes and went to conferences trying to become a better Christian. I accepted the call from God to preach the Gospel in 1985. Through my study in the Word, I realized that God wanted to share some of the deeper mysteries of the Bible with me and I had a hunger to know Him in a deeper, more intimate way. God then revealed His Sacred Name, Yahweh and the incomparable Name of His Son Yahshua to me. I was honored and I give Him all the glory as He continues to give me insights into my Hebraic roots.
I live by Jeremiah 29:11. "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh (God), thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you good hope in the end."
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