There Is Still yet Hope

By Lamarr Davenport

In There Is Still Yet Hope, Pastor Lamarr Davenport Jr. confronts and deals with some of his own past hurt, failures, and pain. This book was written to help you understand that even though your situation looks helpless, you carry within yourself the solution to your problems. 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Stratton Press
• Release date: Mar 29, 2021
• ISBN: 9781648953521

Lamarr Davenport

Pastor Davenport has been in ministry twenty-four years. He is the pastor and founder of The Safehouse Church, established 2009 in his living room. His desire is to bring the trueness of the Word of God with a psychological approach. Get ready to be challenged.

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Acknowledgments

To my wife, Stacy Davenport, I love you with all my heart for you have taught me the true meaning of love. Not only did you teach me, but you showed me the meaning of agape (unconditional) love. For you, like Christ, continued loving me even when I was unlovable. I am forever grateful for your continued trust and support. Always remember this, you are irreplaceable.

To my children, Kaylon, Keyarra, and Lakera, I love you guys with all my heart. I know each one of you will achieve greatness at a level I can only imagine!

To my siblings, Felecia, and James, I am so proud of both of you. Keep pushing.

To my parents, Lamarr Davenport Sr., and Collette Chappell, thank you for bringing me into this world!

To my Uncle Johnny, my Aunt Aundrea Green, and my cousins. Thank you for everything. And to my grandma Betty, whom I love and miss dearly, I thank God for you and all that you instilled in me.

I would also like to thank Prophet Eric Von Copeland for your support in the planting of my ministry.

And special thanks to my spiritual father, Apostle Robert Alexander, for helping push me into a place of purpose.

And to the Safehouse Church, I love each one of you and thank you for allowing me to pour into your lives!

Chapter 1

Purpose

Oftentimes we feel as though we do not have purpose. The question rises, what then is purpose? If we were to define purpose, we will find it is the reason why something is done, created, or for which something exists.

I have often wrestled with, and even questioned, my purpose, asking myself, Why was I born? Why am I here? I knew there had to be a reason; therefore, I found it imperative to search out the scriptures to find the answer. For we know, even Jesus came with a purpose. In 1 John 3:8 (KJV), it states that for this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. Thus, I have concluded that the spiritual fight in my life boils down to my purpose. See, when I fulfill my purpose, I can then lead by precept and example and show someone else how to understand their call and fulfill their purpose as well.

Often, we feel our background or family upbringing disqualifies us from being used by God. I must confess there was a time in my life when I felt that way too. That is because I did not come from the background that most would imagine. Truth is that my upbringing was not the norm. See, I was raised by my grandmother, Betty Jackson, instead of my parents like most kids back in my day. Not only was my grandmother raising me, but she also took in my younger sister too. On top of raising two young kids at her age, Grandma Betty also had to deal with health issues that required her to stay connected to an oxygen tank 24 hours a day. My grandmother’s health issues created extra responsibilities for me, so although I was young myself, I remember quite vividly having the task of buying groceries. I cannot say I was happy about that responsibility, because while most kids in the neighborhood were playing, I was stuck walking to the store with my little sister in one hand and shopping list in the other. As I passed my peers, tons of thoughts flooded my head, like, Why cannot I be like everyone else my age? What did I do so wrong that my parents did not want me? Why can’t I just be a kid?

Truly, I loved my grandmother, but I just wanted to be like everyone else my age. I realize now that God began grooming me at an early age, and I just did not understand the reasoning at that time. See, I now know that all I went through as a child was in the divine plan of God. Grandma Betty raised me until I was almost twelve. It was through her consistent instructions, strictness, and teachings that I was molded and prepared for what I am doing in ministry now.

Jeremiah 29:11 (KJV) states, For 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.

Now that I am older, I fully understand Jeremiah 29:11; however, as far as I can remember, one of the greatest struggles in my life was overcoming the spirit of rejection.

I feel much of this was attributed to not having my parents around. Growing up without