Cafe Sozo Receives The Versatile Blogger Award!!! January, 2012
Please know this is all said with GREAT humilty! Cafe Sozo Faith Center is please to announce that we are the recipient if the Versatile Blogger’s Award! And we received it from people that we do not know…in the natural. But…God makes the connections; none of us can ever do what He does!
Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. Phillipians 4: 4
At first we were in shock about it…but we woke up!
First of all, we give a hearty THANK YOU to those faithful and talented administrators who Blog over at the Pure
They nominated us…wowee! I mean this! Hazel Straub and Apostle Gabriel Cross work in the vineyards for the lost and for those in God’s army. There job is too keep us all supplied; a daunting task! Their writings are so powerful. In the early morning hours God in His great Wisdom and Majesty has led me to read their prophetic and on time messages! I know that the ministry of Apostle Cross is in Alaska. I got a chuckle out of it because all of my Blogger friends have been in faraway places like: Sharon in Australia, Yeap Chee Seng in
Singapore, Bisi in London, Gladwell was in Poland at one point and there were more; but they all stopped (with the exception of Bisi who still continues on and actually does a lot of kingdom work; incuding another Blog and an Onlune Radio station with the most beautiful Christian music ever!) and moved on.
It is so nice to get recognition; though truth be told none of us do this work for that reward for great is our reward in heaven, and yet it is nice to get earthly awards. Few understand that Blogger’s generally work long and hard. We’ve got to study, set up, organize, write, pray and often start over again! So it is nice to be recognized! THANKS!!!!
THE RULES TO FOLLOW FOR THE VERSATILE BLOGGER AWARD:
1. Add a picture of the award to your blog post.
2. Thank the blogger who nominated you and include a link to their blog.
3. Share 7 random facts about yourself.
4. Nominate 15 other Bloggers and inform those 15 they have been nominated.
HERE ARE SEVEN SERIOUS RANDOM FACTS ABOUT CAFE SOZO; FAITH CENTER:
1. Cafe Sozo has 8 different Blogs; but Faith Center is the largest one! Cafe Sozo was born out of two prior Blogs that were not receiving traffic. When we moved to WordPress our traffic quadrupled times two. (smiles) During this jouney, we’ve been strengthened and we’ve been rekindled! We are open to moving closer and to God at all times and to receive the manna that He has for us to sustain us and strengthen us as we joyfully carry out His work with willing hearts!
2. Cafe Sozo is about to celebrate 5 years of writing and ministry on the Internet. Those first few years were mostly 12 to 14 hours of Blogging and tech support stuff. The Holy Spirit is truly the best teacher. I can’t say that I was as on fire as I am now; I was more compelled; I thought I was more radical…but I am now!
3. Cafe Sozo has over 700,000 hits just to the Faith Center Blog alone; all eight Blogs have received over 2 million hits!
4. Only one person runs Cafe Sozo, Faith Center…that is God. I am His humble trustworthy assistant. It’s the best work I’ve ever had. I was a little girl in a family that did not attend church. At the Lutheran Church; I heard from God at the age of 10. I now am non denominational.
” For in like manner, because the body is one and there are many members in it, while all of them are many members, they are one body; thus also is The Messiah.”
1 Corinthians 12: 12
God has sent a host of people to write for Cafe Sozo; but there are only two writers who contribute to Faith Center regularly and they are Elaine Davenport, a prayer Intercessor who lives in the Midwest and Gene McGuire, a man of God who has a huge international network who lives in the D.C. area. . They met when Elaine sought to be put on Gene’s mailing list a list he has maintained over Twenty-Five years! (Gene’s niece is a neighbor of Elaine and her husband. ) Please note that Gene writes at WISDOM OF GOD
5. Cafe Sozo prays for every reader, person who visits, persons who comments and all of their Internet Divine Connections on a daily basis. What we pray for ourselves…we also pray for you! We also pray for every current, past and future Bloggers because we have seen many come and go. We pray for people everywhere most especially those on the Internet given the challenges that they face! We take authority over strongholds that would prevent any of them from experiencing victory in their lives.
6. We have always reached out to others…this online ministry was born from a personal ministry to 3 young women with cancer. We expanded to sending letters to people’s houses and to distributing letters to those that wanted them. We did this on a monthly basis for three years until we were led to come Online and minister to the world. We have adopted a ministry in India; and our Prayer Team holds and annual fundraiser where we sponsor needy ministries. We hope to expand our efforts.
7. We are on fire for God! We admit that we have been unable to answer all of our prayer requests on an individual basis! We view all of our readers with bowels of mercy and hearts of compassion. You have strengthened us dear readers and we thank God for you! We have veyr big dreams and plans for the future and we want you to be a part of it!
I admit; that I did not even know 15 Bloggers who have stuck around. (smiles) The fact is that most Faith Bloggers do not do so! I had to pray and trust God to show me who purely have a heart for Him. These people are presented with the Highest Recommendation! Bisi Oladipupo who lives in the UK and I have Blogged together for a few years and I count her as an honorable friend as well as Gene McGuire who has so often supplied an overflow of God’s FRESH ammunition at a time of need …and there are many that I do not know personally only by the spirit but their faithfulness, sincerity, anointing and purity of heart as well as obedience deserve recognition! THANK YOU ALL!!!
As a bonus here are 7 Brief things I should have included above; but I’m a Blogger and we throw in extra words (that have meaning…) :
1. I’ve had over 100 jobs; this is my fave!
2. I’m in leadership over 40 Prayer Warriors…who taught me how to pray.
3. Gave up meat, cake, pie, cookies etc for Lent last year…but continued on…I’m still alive!
4. God healed my feet last yeat…nothing hurts worse than when your feet hurt; if so…I don’t want to know.
5. Our kids won’t leave…
6. Prayer changes everything…
7. Jesus wants to meet with you.
I heartily to encourage you to visit all of the sites…it will Bless you! Here are the nominations for the Versatile Blog in no particular order:
1. Gene McGuireWisdom Of God
2. Bisi Oladipupo, Inspired Word’s Weblog
3. Daniel Lyons Soul Blind Ministries
4. Admin., Bound 4 Grace
5. Vernon Weiss, 5 G’s And A Cup Of Joe
6. Prayson Daniel, With All I Am
7. Administrators, Mcrtbcrew
8. Dillon Burroughs, Activist Faith
9. John Acuff, Stuff Christians Like
10. David Qaoud, Stuff That’s Relevant
11. Kelly, A Disciple’s Steps
12. Dawn, The Gentle Art Of Learning
13. Admin., A Day In The Life Of A Woman After God’s Heart
14. Karen Twombly, Peaceful Gatherings
15. Demetria Matthews, Being A Better U
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God Is Not Your Problem! by E. Davenport January, 2012
In the Book Of Ruth which I rarely go without reading it…Naomi and her husband and two sons came to live in a foreign land. And I know that they were well off…when they left and I;ll explain later.
Naomi’s husband Elimilech died and she was left with only her two sons who soon married two women of the country of Moab. After ten years, Naomi’s two sons both died. Now, that must have been so painful for Naomi. She had heard that God was Blessing the people in Bethlehen, so she decided to move back because Moab had a famine…and she had no huband nor sons.
Naomi headed back to Bethlehem with her 2 daughter’s in law and then something made her stop. Her thoughts. She decided to tell them both to go back to their land and to their people. She felt they still had an opportunity to get a husband, but she felt that all was basically lost for herself. Orpah one of her daughters in law decided to turn back after a good cry. Ruth however, would not leave her. She loved her too much and would not abandon Naomi.
When Naomi returned, it says that the people were gathering to meet her. But her response was :
20And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.
21I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? Ruth 1
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But Naomi, if you read the story was a very wise woman and she guided her daughter in law and it became well for both of them. Ruth and Naomi gleaned from the fields of a Rich relative of Naomi’s husband and ultimately he bought the land of Elimilech and according to custom, married Ruth the Moabites woman and made her his wife.
As you read the story, things are steadily happening for Ruth and Naomi in their favor. I saw a continuing increase in Naomi’s faith. In the end, she heard this from her neighbors:
14And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
15And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him.
16And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.
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And it was all true. Naomi realized that God was not her problem. Her problem was faith and trust. God does not take away husband’s or sons….He is in the Blessing business and in the business of restoration. It gave me great joy and inspiration to hear this story og unconditional love!
GOD IS NOR HAS EVER BEEN YOUR PROBLEM! HE IS HOWEVER, YOUR SOLUTION AND IF YOU WILL LET HIM HE WILL GUIDE YOU OUT OF THAT PLACE OR SITUATION THAT YOU WANT TO BE GONE FROM!!!
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Be Mentally Tough! by Gene McGuire January 31, 2012
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“But the fruit of the Spirit is Love, Peace, Joy, Patience . . . ” (Galatians 5:22)
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Martin Luther King January 16, 2012
The most important thing to remember about Martin Luther King…is that he was a man of God! Only someone who was backed by God and obedient to God could have been so successful in achieving a victory such as this!
The one thing that no article on Martin Luther King can really tell you is how it felt to be a citizen of the United States that was oppressed in the South. Not even I, could tell you that. In fact, people who lived during that era *the 1960′s) still carry the scars of racism and have struggled to overcome them. Please note some sections have been edited.
Martin Luther King Jr.: 8 peaceful protests that bolstered
civil rights
From 1955 until his death in 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was the dominant leader of the US civil rights movement. The Rev. Dr. King believed that nonviolent protest is the most effective weapon against a racist and unjust society. But it required rallying people to his cause. Here are some of the most revolutionary peaceful protests King led.
- Andrew Mach, Contributor
A driver in an empty bus moves through downtown Montgomery, Ala., on April 26, 1956. African-Americans in the city continued to boycott the buses even after the bus company ordered an end to its segregation policy. City police, however, threatened arrest if black passengers sat in seats formerly reserved for whites. The ‘Ease that Squeeze’ sign refers to traffic problems, not seating on the bus. (AP/File)
1. Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-56
Lasting just over a year, the Montgomery bus boycott was a protest campaign against racial segregation on the public transit system in Montgomery, Ala. The protest began, on Dec. 1, 1955, after African-American Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white person. The next day, Dr. King proposed a citywide boycott of public transportation at a church meeting.
The boycott proved to be effective, causing the transit system to run a huge deficit. After all, Montgomery’s black residents not only were the principal boycotters, but also the bulk of the transit system’s paying customers. The situation became so tense that members of the White Citizens’ Council, a group that opposed racial integration, firebombed King’s house.
In June 1956, a federal court found that the laws in Alabama and Montgomery requiring segregated buses were unconstitutional. However, an appeal kept segregation intact until Dec. 20, 1956, when the US Supreme Court upheld the district court’s ruling. The boycott’s official end signaled one of the civil rights movement’s first victories and made King one of its central figures.
This is an excerpt from The Christian Science Monitor
Faith And Prayer For Others! by Elaine Davenport January 7, 2011
It shouldn’t be hard to pray for people other than ourselves and our families (or even helping them); but for most people it is a challenge. When I first became really interested in prayer…I admit that I did it for me and the people that I knew. Well, everyday someone CALLED OR ASKED ME TO ADD A NAME. I finally had to go out and buy a large Prayer Notebook…but soon I found myself writing along the sides of the pages. Then, I needed another and another…
I soon began to write letters to people to encourage them to pray and the list got larger and larger. I joined a prayer team and that is when I truly felt that “we” were not overwhelmed and were truly making a huge impact; but I realized it was only because my understanding and my level of faith changed.
The true Wisdom was that God honors prayer and of course…my personal prayer is that more people will begin to have a prayer life! You see, God doesn’y care if it’s just one person or a room full of people praying…He truly honors prayer!
But, if you really want to get breakthrough….start seeking Him out and ask Him to show you how to pray for others! The discovery is life altering! C’mon and join the ranks! Please note that at this site we pray for every prayer request, every guest, every visitor, every time that you stop by. All of the credit goes to God…it’s His idea…that you be covered!!!
Helpful Not Helpful
Job 42:10 ESV
And the Lord restored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
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Happy New Year’s From Cafe Sozo! January 1, 2012
Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice [treating others fairly] and who do right and are in right standing with God at all times. Psalm 106: 3
Not An ACT of God! by E. Davenport December 25, 2011
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 1 Peter 5: 8
A while back, in a nearby suburb considered to be very safe, some vicious dogs were roaming around loose and came upon a woman and did deathly harm! I was unnerved just to hear it. I was also deeply saddened. I could not help but to have empathy and to be angry with the dog’s owners for being negligent and careless. Too often, I have watched Court TV and listened to owner’s of deadly breeds defend them by saying: “They play with my children.” As a side note, a friend of mine who has a pit bull that she called a “puppy,” confided that she never turns her back on him and never allows her young grandchild around the dog…at all. That said, you can imagine my surprise when the media zoned in on the response of the woman’s son who said: Why did God let this happen…I want to know why…or something along those lines. I immediately began to pray for his comfort and his understanding at some point in time of the true state of things.
See, God has no plans for your demise. In fact, He has plans for good things for each and every one of us. But He is not the “god” of this world. It is satan. This is his turf. It is as though we are on a strange planet loaded with mine fields, and harmful entities and traps that we cannot see. So, we have been given a set of instructions in the bible…to help us. We have also been given Yeshua…Jesus.
Man has a sin nature and satan; a fallen angel likes that. His only requirement to join his kingdom is that one be like him and oppose, shun, disobey, and disrespect God. I am not implying that this is what happened to the woman or that she was not a believer. I am saying that there are traps, and schemes set up by the devil; we are warned as believers and we see it play out on a regular basis where people are picked off for no apparent reason known to us. This was not an act of God; quite the contrary.
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King James Version (KJV)
Psalm 23
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Psalm 91
1He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
3Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
4He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
8Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
9Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
10There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
12They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
I consider the above two passages to be promises and I read them regularly to remind myself and strengthen myself in what God says and to be clear of His intentions for my life .
King James Version (Jeremiah 29:11-13KJV)
11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
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Merry Christmas From Cafe Sozo! December 25, 2011
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. (Isaiah 7:14) Old Testament
An angel tells Mary about Jesus In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.” “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?” The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.” “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have said.” Then the angel left her. (Luke 1:26-38) New Testament
Oh…The Christmas Story is a miraculous story of a supernatural event that changed people’s lives for generations and hundreds of years and thousands of years. It marked a season of miracles; it’s truly a miracle season!
Christ the precious little baby grew to be a man of love and compassion; upon whom the Glory of God still does shine.
Our prayer is that the joy of the Season and the light of God shines upon you and your family as God reveals Himself to you in the coming days like never before and that you allow Him to use you for the purpose for which He hath called you. For Christ’s sake…Amen.
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