Let the Church Say Hallelujah!

By Flora Dukes

The Sanctuary or Church of Christ Jesus is our hospital and another throne we come to for dumping our hurts and renewing of our minds. As we come in and as we go out, if we believe the Word of God, we should be excited about what the Word of God reveals about who we are in Him. We should leave Church stronger than before because of what we have been taught, andbelieve Gods Holy message being explained to us. We have to examine the Word of God to know the truth is being taught.

(1 John 2:13, 5:4, KJV ref only)

Our Pastors should not have to plead for a response to the anointed Word of God during service. I hear pastors/teachers/ministers saying, Come on somebody? Can I get the Church to say amen? Are you all getting the message? Are you all awake? It is dishonorable not to respond with praise to the awesome Word of God.

(Hebrews 13:15-17, AMPC ref only)

Did you know were doxological? Meaningwe were made to worship the Lord of lords, who is the King of kings, Jesus our Savior, with our expressions in songs, hymns, praises and our lifestyles! We have so many reasons to praise God, and to be thankful as Christ believers.

(Isaiah 56:7, AMPC ref only)

PRAISE THE LORD! Sing to the Lord a new song, praise Him in the assembly of His saints! Let the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands

(Psalm 149:1, 6, AMPC)

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Apr 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973611639

Flora Dukes

She was raised in a Christian family environment. Her grandmother would walk them to and from Church about one mile. At an early age, she had a personal intervention from God. Her family was always entertained by her singing, dancing and acting. While in high school, she originated a skit in drama class that was hilarious. Before graduating from college she made the Deans list and the Professor in one of her Business courses requested permission to use an essay written as a reference guide for future courses! This is her first book to be published.

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WestBow Press rev. date: 4/17/2018

Contents

Forewords

Quitman Dukes

Florita Miller

C. Renae’ Mondaine

Tony and Debbie Urzi

Vivian Smith

Gwenevere Y. Harold

Dave & Annette Roberts

Introduction

Chapter 1: Faithful Lifestyles

Chapter 2: Facing Giants

Chapter 3: First Tithe, Beware of The Enemy’s Tricks

Chapter 4: For Wisdom Seek, Pray and Obey

Chapter 5: Father’s Son, Our Savior, Jesus’ Promises

Chapter 6: Families Are All of One Blood

Chapter 7: Fulfilled With Trusting In God

Chapter 8: Foreseeing Expected Miracles

Chapter 9: Fruitfully Reaping What We Sow

Chapter 10: Fecund Results and Prophecy

Chapter 11: Faith Based Church

Chapter 12: Let The Church Say Hallelujah

Chapter 13: Fundamental Facts of the Holy Bible

Closing Remarks

Prayer Of Salvation

Dedication

Scripture quotations taken from AMPLIFIED BIBLE, Copyright 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, Woman Thou Art Loosed Edition New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Dake’s Annotated Reference Bible, The Holy Bible, The Old and New Testaments, with Notes, Concordance and Index, Copywriter 1963, By Finis Jennings Dake, New Testament portion (with Daniel, Psalms and Proverbs, Copyright 1961, by Finis Jennings Dake. Copyright Permission attached.

Scripture taken from THE MESSAGE, Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002.Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.

Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

HE HUMBLED ME!

Along my life’s journey, I have learned that hearing God’s Holy Word explained to me and adhering to the voice of the Holy Spirit, with the continual desire to grow and being obedient to God’s Word, has truly been the most influential part of my walk of faith. I am in love with and extremely grateful for my Holy Father God, whom I worship and adore Him. I thank you Father God for sending Your Son, my Savior, Christ Jesus; whom I am totally indebted. Thank you for sending your Holy Spirit, my Comforter, who I depend upon. For the family my Father has assigned me to oversee, I am beholden to Him. God sent me an awesome husband of His choice, wherein, this has humbled me.

My heart is forever thankful that my Father God directed my beloved sister, Florita, to bring me to Church On The Rock and afforded me the opportunity to hear two outstanding and anointed Pastors, David and Kim Blunt, who asked us, Who do you worship? I am continually grateful for their outstanding teachings that strengthened me in revelation knowledge of my Savior, Christ Jesus, knowing through His death, burial and resurrection, He saved me from the endless fiery pit.

This is truly an honor to be chosen by God to reach out to His anointed Church on how important it is for us to lift up our holy hands and our anointed voices in praise and worship for His Holy Word. Our Worship is so powerful and because God enters into the midst of our praises! We also have to be mindful of the enemy’s plots to distract us!

I pray to my Father God, in the name of Christ Jesus, that as a result of reading the experiences and continuous maturing process in my life, each person will be encouraged to keep pressing toward the mark of God’s High Calling. God inspired me to write about the tests, trials and the victories that strengthened my faith in Him, taught me to worship Him and to expect His favor no matter what the situation maybe.

FOREWORDS

by Quitman Dukes

Our true rewards come from our beliefs and trust in our Lord and Savior, Christ Jesus, Who through His Death, Burial and Resurrection gave up His body for us so that we would have His blessings in this earth and eternal life with Him when he removes this old earth. As His Righteous Church, we should celebrate the awesome love of our Heavenly Father God every chance we get!

My wife, Flora, the love of my life and best friend in the whole wide world is the result of my answered prayers. Thank you Jesus for answering my prayers! As you read her book, you will read about how Great our God is, how God’s Holy Spirit was transforming my beautiful wife, for me and transforming me for her. You will understand her heart for the importance of God’s Righteous Church to worship at home and as a congregation!

God loves to enter into the praises of His Children. It should be our lifestyle to honor and to worship our Holy Father God! Our friends Michael and Faye, in Hinesville, Georgia, have a prayer room in their home for prayer time and worship. So we decided to have a prayer room in our home. We should all have a personal place for prayer time and worship in our homes.

I can attest to the fact that God will hear our cry when we humble ourselves in repentance and He will answer our prayers. When my former wife went home to be with the Lord, I prayed one night to God, in Jesus’ name and asked Him to please send me a Christian wife. He told me to get up! I got up and walked to the living room. God said, inaudibly in my spiritual mind, I have someone in mind, but, she is not quite ready! I never thought it would be the beautiful, spirited woman that we would watch walking with a group of employees on their lunch break, but, God knew! She always waved, smiled and spoke to us.

Flora is a virtuous woman that has allowed God to continually transform her life! Her love for God illuminates in the love she shows me, our family and for people in general. She has never met a stranger! Her eyes sparkle, her genuine kindness and smile radiates the love of Christ in her heart. You would never know the struggles she had endured and those continual tests because of her desire to obey God’s Word, to trust in the Lord with all her heart and to not depend on her own understanding. She is determined to depend on God to direct her paths. Flora has personal experiences of God’s tremendous miracles in her life!

My wife’s love has carried over to our children, grandchildren, family, friends and she has become fisher of men in our neighborhood. My wife is truly a disciple for Christ in this generation! I was elated when our oldest grandson, Prince, called to inform her that because of her example and encouraging words about being left behind to face an eternal fiery pit, if he did not surrender his life to Christ Jesus, he would never see his love ones again. He realized this was not an option for him, he started going to Church and accepted Christ Jesus as Lord over his life! When our grandson joined Church, his friends joined with him. He became a disciple for Christ by being a witness to his friends.

So often, I just stand back and watch my wife’s light shine. Our home and life together reflects this same love she shares. I am a little selfish at times and want to keep her to myself, but, I love her and what makes her happy makes me happy. God gave her so many gifts and I support her heart and understand the vision God gave her to write this message to all of us.

Our true reward is King Jesus, so get your Bible, note pad, highlighter and Kleenex ready as you are led by the Holy Spirit while you read her book to the Faithful Church of our Awesome God and to the unsaved. God will reveal His love for us and He will bring us through our challenges. Just know God’s Word works, keep the faith and expect your own Miracles.

Thank you Flora, my shining star, sent to me from God. You are my soul mate and I thank you for loving us all as God’s love flows through your heart. Rock on, spread your wings and keep pressing toward the mark of God’s high calling on your life to reach the unreached and to tell the untold. I love you and I am so proud to be your husband and most definitely; Kudos to my Savior, Jesus!

Smooches, from your husband Quitman/ aka, baby & all-star!

by Florita Miller

If you ever meet my sister, Flora Dukes in person, you will know exactly what I mean when I describe such a meeting with her as, "unforgettable! Her arms open wide and there is a big smile on her face as she approaches you for a contagious hug! I know because Flora is my beloved and trustworthy sister. My sister lives according to God’s standards by demonstrating quiet love and gentleness to everyone!

As we grew up together, she had her friends and my friends that love her God given motivating spirit. My friends would come to our house together and knock on our door. I would open the door to greet them; they would me ask if Flora could have company. Imagine that; my friends asking me if my sister could have company! I would say let me ask our mother and run excitedly to get our mother’s approval.

My friends and I would go into the room that Flora and I shared as sisters. We waited for Flora to give us our lessons on acting, ballet dancing or singing rolls, yes, what charisma and love for life that has always surrounded my big sister. God was working on her ministry to encourage others and a heart that loved people at an early age.

It’s God’s perfect timing for my sister Flora’s book, Let The Church Say Hallelujah, to be birth because of the love in her heart for our Savior Jesus, His Church and those that God is waiting on to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior. The Lord created my sister for this message in her book that was gracefully flowing through her by God’s anointing. We are on the winning side Church, so my friends, sisters and brothers say, Hallelujah, for our best blessing, Jesus and the challenges our Father God brought us through!

My sister Flora, I love you, persevere and let God saturate you with His peace as you present the life that God had planned for you! Let the world read about God’s Amazing Grace on your life to encourage His Faithful Church and to touch the heart of the lost souls that Jesus is waiting on before He returns for His Righteous Church.

Florita Miller/aka pw/ssssister

by C. Renae’ Mondaine

Can you imagine a struggling young family with six children and we trusted God for Everything? Then, God sent one Woman into our lives that made simple gestures of love that absolutely changed our entire lives. That’s my friend, Mrs. Flora Dukes. She does not understand the impact of her true Love and Kindness and how it has, Forever, made a difference in our family’s life.

I thank God for putting people in our lives to enhance our growth in Him. Mrs. Flora Dukes was one those people sent by God into our lives because of her love and concern for people. Have you ever seen someone grow in Christ Jesus, it’s amazing. Flora helped my growth without even knowing. Because of her faith, commitment and love for our Heavenly Father, she totally changed my life.

Faith may seem like a small word, but, it can move mountains, build friendships and create extended families. God will plant people in your life with pureness in their heart and this could only come from our Heavenly Father and that is why I know He put her in our lives. God knew her strong faith in Him would be a