True Worshippers: ...Armed and Dangerous

By Pastor Ava Patricia Baird

As we come to God in ecstasy of true worship, the Holy Spirit brings tranquility to our body, soul and spirit. It is at this ecstatic level of worship whereby we are kissed by his Holy Presence. The Holy Spirit draws us closer to Him and thus transforms us into our prayer and our prayer into us. This is true harmony. Here we cease to worship with words as we wait in silence and let Him speak to our spirit and refresh our body and soul. As he envelopes us in His presence, we can truly say our lives are a representation of true worship to God thus making us a threat to the kingdom of darkness. With the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, we are more than conquerors, conquering and not to be counquered. Victorious in battles, dressed in the armour of God. Our weapon is worship. We are indeed Armed and Dangerous.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Dec 5, 2007
• ISBN: 9781466916029

Pastor Ava Patricia Baird

Pastor Ava Patricia Baird was born in the beautiful country of Guyana in 1961. She has been sold out to Almighty God since 1985, and became a Pastor of the El Shaddai Assembly of God Church in Guyana in 1991. She then migrated to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands in 1996 where she became the Co-pastor of the Deeper Life Ministry in 1997 and is currently serving in this same capacity. Ava speaks in various women's conferences in and out of the B.V.I. such as the Annual Priceless Woman's Conference, which has been hosted by her local church for the past six years. She delights in true worship and is blessed with three ministry gifts: Evangelism, Prophecy, and Counseling. She has a great love and compassion for hurting women. Ava is currently employed with the B.V.I. Government Health Services.

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Contents

Acknowledgements

FOREWORD

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 9

CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 11

CHAPTER 12

CHAPTER 13

CHAPTER 14

CONCLUSION

Dedicated to all those who are, and those who desire to be true worshippers all over the world.

You are truly Armed and Dangerous!

Acknowledgements

To God Almighty I say thank you Father for birthing this precious book through my pains. You have revealed yourself to me and taught me how to love, forgive and reach forth into true worship. You are still revealing yourself to me today as you continually heal me of my past. You have fathered me, since my biological father who was a minister of the Gospel passed away when I was 10 years of age. He gave me a spiritual foundation to stand on. Bless his soul. So to you Holy Spirit, I say thank you with all my heart as I give you all the glory for your inspiration and everlasting love. You have kept me, you have brought me through, and you have brought me into a wealthy place. Since you have showed me the most Holy Place I want to continually dwell there for the rest of my life and be a blessing to everyone you send my way and all those who will read this your book. Amen.

To my loving husband Ronald Baird. To my five children: Gregory, Mechael, Tiffany, Timothy and Renay and also my very special neice Stacy Baird, whom I have raised as one of my own children since her biological mother who was my eldest sister passed away since her baby was two and a half years of age. I say thank you for your patience after locking myself away so often in order to hear from God to write this book and for putting up with your Pastor/ writer/ secular worker and traveling mother. I say to you my offspring and to my future grand and great grandchildren for generations to come The seed of the righteous is blessed. Take the baton and build your foundation on my roof.

Thanks to my relatives especially my sisters Maureen, Simone and Shelly, my brothers Ferdinand, Lloyd, Llewelyn and his beautiful wife, Helen. You are a blessing to me. To my dear cousin and best friend June Austin. To all my nieces and nephews, especially Kwesi, You are a blessing to me.

To my beloved Bishop, Dr/Prophet Marcus E. Barker who wrote the foreword for this book. You are indeed a man of God. I say thank you for being an inspiration to me and for being an example of what a true worshipper is. You have taught me that because I am destined for greatness, my level of worship should excel day by day. You are indeed a true worshipper, armed and dangerous. May the Lord continue to keep you in His Presence and shower His wealth upon you, which money cannot buy. Much gratitude to you.

To all the members and friends of the Deeper Life Ministry in the British Virgin Islands where I am the Co-Pastor, I say thank you, especially to Pastor Wayne R. Wiggan and teacher Maudlyn Renee (my close friend).

You guys are always an inspiration to me. Teacher Maudlyn, you helped me discover the truth about true worship and you always have a listening ear when I call you late at nights in excitement, telling you what the Lord has revealed to me.

Thanks to the Pastors of the Assembly Of God Churches in Guyana, my homeland. You always give me an opportunity to exercise my prophetic and evangelistic gifts and also a forum to speak with the women of God whenever I visit my homeland. You have allowed me the freedom to truly worship God in spirit and in truth in your congregations. Thanks to Pastor Rodwel McLean and his beautiful wife, who is also my cousin, Pastor Grace Mclean. You mean so much to me.

Thanks to sister Donna Clyne-Thomas of the New Life Baptist Church in Tortola B.V.I. You are indeed a true worshipper anointed by God. You have always been an inspiration to me whenever I witness you usher God’s precious people into His Presence through worship. You put your all into it and thus accomplishing your mission. You are indeed Armed and Dangerous. Thank you for editing my manuscript. Continue to excel in worship to Almighty God. May God continue to bless you, your family and all those who you may come into contact with throughout your life.

Thanks also to the churches in London England, especially the Barclay Hall Christian Fellowship in Fulham with Pastor Delores Stewart, for giving me the opportunity to share the love of God in Worship and the Word. Thanks to the Caribbean churches in St. Martin and Anguilla, you have allowed me to share my God given blessings with you in the Priceless Woman conferences. May God continue to bless and prosper you.

Thanks to all those who have inspired me over the years. May God bless you.

Thanks to all those who the enemy used to push me into my promise.

FOREWORD

Ava Baird is truly a gem and a true woman of God.

Having the privilege of working with her in ministry for the past ten years, she brings to this book her personal experience about the Lord, her life and people in general. She is committed to the development and equipping of the ones who come