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Luke 6:38 says: ” Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

We stand in need of  evangelistic  materials to support the ministry of  salvation based correspondence to women on death row. Presently, it would be helpful for us to obtain christian tracts, bibles, scripture cards, stationary, envelopes and stamps needed to communicate with these women on a bi month basis. In addition, we would like to spread the word through advertizing and create community and global awareness about the plight of the women on death row while educating the public about how to lobby against proponents of the death penalty. Advocating  by creating awareness  through workshops and media is one of our goals. In addition, we intend to plan for and sponsoring intercessory prayer gatherings and to participate in conferences and other events geared to compelling others to champion the redemption and salvation women on death row.

You can find out more about us on our Facebook page:

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The request is not a large one. Partner with the Lord to get this work accomplished of sending salvation cards and reconciling these women to Christ. Help us to spread the Gospel.

Thank You Jesus for the Heart of God

Some wonderful person who I will keep anonymous send me this–Yesterday on my birthday.
Greetings of Love to you Sister~ In Jesus Precious Name! Today I am rejoicing with you in the goodness of the Lord. Since I read your testimony, you have bean heavy on my mind, and in my heart, in a special way daily. Here you are…one year later to the day….and the Lord has brought you through…..for a reason….for this season…for such a time as this. I know we don’t believe in coincidences…no such thing….simply God’s perfect timing! To be given the very real possibility of a death sentence on your birthday…was no mistake….but preparation for the ministry God called you to….faithful obedience….plain spoken truth in love…no frills….God’s Word. He has given you a special love…a special calling…a special ministry few are called to…a special compassion…a special way of looking past the labels, the sins, the shattered lives to see the person’s heart and their need for a Savior….You have been given the mind of Christ for this purpose….all for His Glory… to minister to the broken~hearts….to the hopeless….the reviled….the forgotten…as some of us were. To shine God’s Light in the darkness…..to show the Love of Christ….joy and peace in spite of circumstances….each life is special…each person matters….there is something worthy of love in every person ever born…The truth is~~we are all on death row…from the moment we are born. Most people are uncomfortable with that thought….it is in our human nature to deny our own death….right up until that last moment…our final breath….we wait for a miracle…a reprieve…..There is one abiding grace and mercy in knowing the final hour…that final moment…..there is that final opportunity to repent…prepare to meet God……sometimes there is time for a testimony…..and there is a new peace…an acceptance of sorts…other times….only God and one person know what transpired in that final second. The thief on the cross said “Remember me!” there was no time for service….baptism….just a moment for the “Do not pass me by” Gentle Savior. You have been called to a painful….troubling…disturbing ministry…it is a great gift and blessing for you…to be counted worthy…to have a love for others….to care for them through their darkest days…..for this…..you have been spared! I feel this so strongly in my spirit~~all of life is fleeting….the stays of executions may be few and far between, if at all…..but the gift of salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord is precious and priceless. Thinking of Carla Faye Tucker…..Sam Burkowitz (Son of Sam)….Carla’s life was not spared, but God gave her a voice and a ministry…..Sam is still a voice in the wilderness. Perhaps if these had never entered the prison system….they never would have received Christ…..Perhaps this is what it took for God to reach them….and in His Great Mercy he touches them and draws them to Himself. You probably realize that we don’t agree on everything in regards to the death penalty…..but we do agree that God loves each of these women….He would have gone to the Cross for them alone….He wants them to be clean…washed in the Blood of the Lamb…He wants to restore them and call them His own….He careth for them….He careth for you….I pray he will make a way….for you….for these woman….for His ministry…all for His Honor and Glory~~~In Jesus Name…He is able to make all…all…ALL Grace abound!!! I love you Sister….you are in my prayers…Birthday Blessings…Many More….and Lots of Hugs!!

And how can anyone preach unless they are sent?

Romans 10 v. 15: And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the Word was God.

What a powerful word. Meditate on this scripture for a moment and then think and realize how profound it is to be sending the word. Yes, to be sending the word. This is exactly what I am doing. My mission is to send the Word(God) in the form of the scripture to the women on death row and when the word gets to them… The bible says that it will not return void.

Imagine God going some place and not accomplishing His purpose. Oh that’s impossible. Isaiah 55 v 11 says “so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” What is it that the word has come to do. Well, John 1 verse 14, we find out: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. When you send the word of God somewhere, that is exactly, what it does. It becomes flesh and dwells! I am sending the word of God to dwell in the presence of the women on death row.

You may have  the thought in your mind right now that they have the bible, they can read the word. Yes, that may be true. Nevertheless, the bible says in Psalms 107 v 19-21 “Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. 20He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destruction’s. 21Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving-kindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men!” God’s practice is to SEND HIS WORD!

In fact, there is a story in the bible about a Centurion leader seeking healing from Jesus for one of his men. He comes to Jesus and says that he is a man of authority in such that commands an army of men. He further elaborates that whatever he tells them to do they do, and wherever he tells them to go that is where they go. One of his soldiers is on his sick bed and He is seeking  healing from Jesus and the fact that he is not requiring that Jesus go anywhere and is only requesting that He sends the word. Matthew 8:8 gives us the account “The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.” Jesus responds to the Centurion by commending him for such great faith, one that is rarely exhibited. Jesus then heals the solider.

Today I am prayerfully mailing my first batch of letters and scripture cards to the several of the 50 odd women on death row because the word will bring about conviction. Hebrews  4 verse 12 says. “For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.”

Nothing Can Separate You From God’s Love

Come Near to God’s Love:

Move toward God’s love. Accept and embrace His hope for your life.

“Submit yourselves, then to God…Come near to God and He will come near to you…Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will lift you up. ” James 4:7-10. 

Many of the women on death row may have a defeating  perspective of themselves and what they have done. This way of thinking masks feelings of unworthiness that might be acted out in acts of rebellion. Its a camouflage, a smoke screen for hiding the guilt and the shame, when the bottom line is that they feel unlovable,or  unworthy of God’s love. And to make it worse, they have lived out a lifetime doubting God’s love for them. It does not take a rocket scientist to know that “hurt people,hurt people,” as this is the reason why they have encountered death row.

But the message of the Gospel opposes this view. Regardless of how angry, rebellious, defiant and worthless we feel, when we  surrender our lives to God we will find that He embraces us. Another version of this same bible scripture says “draw near to me and I will draw near to you,” and right after it is revealed how: with clean hands and a purified heart..God does not condemn us; God is seeking a changed heart. He is ready to come to us but he requires a new way of thinking, a new disposition, a heart of repentance, a purging of the old self and a regenerated mind.  Romans 12 verse 2 says “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” God has already declared His love for us but He is waiting on us to turn to him, to submit to Him and permit Him to have His way in our lives. God is willing to lift us up, in fact He is flooding us with His love right now, at this very moment. For one the bible says in Job 22 v 29 “When people are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then he will save the downcast.

The beauty of God’s message is that He loves us unconditionally and nothing can ever separate us from His love. Romans 8 v 35-39 “Does it mean (Christ) no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or are hungry or cold or in danger or threatened with death?…I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from His love. Death can’t, and life can’t. The angels can’t, and the demons can’t. Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow and even the powers of hell can’t keep God’s love away…Nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.”Let me repeat that nothing can ever separate us from the love of Christ. His unconditionally love for us renews us, restores us and redeems us. This is the redemptive power of Christianity. It is what it means to be a Christian. No other religion offers the hope of transformation, renewal, and restoration that God offers through the blood of Jesus Christ. When we humble ourselves before a loving God, he can lift us up and give us a new life in HIM! But the beautiful part is that once we know Him, nothing can ever separate us from Him again.

Standing in the Gap

Albert Camus Sketched by Petr Vorel

“For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists.”  ALBERT CAMUS, Resistance, Rebellion and Death

Suzanne Basso executed on Texas Death Row 2-6-14 by Lethal Injection

Today Suzanne Basso became the 14^th person to die on Texas Death Row. At  5 am, when I arouse for intercessory prayers on the Three Cord Prayer Line, she was remembered by me.  I prayed for her salvation, I prayed that in her grief that she would call upon the name of Jesus. It is our duty to stand in the gap for those lost in darkness.

 In Acts 26 v 18 Apostle Paul is giving an account of His assignment to King Agrippa. He says that it is Jesus Himself who has sent him to redeem the Gentiles. Paul was assigned to ¹⁸ To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Likewise, I prayed for the eyes of Suzanne Basso to be opened this morning. I prayed that she’d turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God, I cried out for her repentance and for her to receive forgiveness for her sins, so she would have the inheritance of those sanctified by faith and receive the promise of eternal life. It is our assignment as well; as believers, we are to know that Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil. Jesus came for the ungodly and it is God’s desire that no one should perish but that all would come into the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

Before the year 2014 began, the Lord commissioned me to stand in the gap for the women on death row. He told me to get my church’s women’s ministry to pray without ceasing, for the women on death row. The scripture He gave me was Acts 5 v 12 “Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him,” which became the name for this ministry “Praying Without Ceasing: A Prison Ministry for Women on Death Row”

In the bible, God was opposed to the sinfulness of the Israelites and was seeking to destroy them. In Psalms 106:23 He says, “Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.”  We like Moses, are to stand in the gap for others, and the women on death row are no exception.

I am only an intercessor, and we know that the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous availed much but, the prisoners on death row need the army of God to stand in the gap for their salvation; any effective standing in the gap has to involve the church. When I received this mandate, I moved quickly to set up this ministry which involves scripture cards, but I hesitated to inform my Pastors because I was waiting to hear more directives from the Lord, but now with the execution of death row’s Suzanne Basso, it is confirmed that I need to quickly alert the church. As I gather up the names and addresses of the 59 women remaining on death row and as I gather stamps, envelopes and salvation cards. I intend to send His word. I will continue to stand in the gap and pray for the salvation of those who have done the most unspeakable crimes. Because, “when God  finds no man to intercede, He will use His own arm to bring salvation to Him, And His righteousness to uphold Him.” (Isaiah 59:16)

Isaiah 6 verse 8  inspires me, it says” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”

In the name of Jesus,

Intercessor Abu

Brooklyn, New York’s Abundant Life Christian Center Church

Sr. Pastors of Abundant Life Christian Center- ALCC Winner’s House
Dr’s Festus & Anthonia Adeyeye

Recently I relocated to Morrisville, North Carolina. I left my church Abundant Life Christian Center, aka ALCC Winner’s House located in Brooklyn’s East New York and I am seriously having trouble transitioning.

Pastors  Dr’s Festus and Anthonia Adeyeye are God’s containers for integrity, compassion, humility and faithfulness.  I have meet many pastors in my lifetime but this couples unique; they are committed to ministry, dead to self and on fire for the Lord. Where am I going to connect to such an anointing? My quest for a new church home has failed, none can compare. Besides who wants to be in the economy seat when they can ride first class? I have decided that they are forever mine; I choose not to be disconnected. They are my spiritual parents, my core, next to Jesus.

An empowering impartation came from the mountaintop visit; It became the vision for ALCC for 2014. The word from heaven was  ”If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat of the good of the land” Isaiah 1 v 19. What a word! What grace and what mercy. Everyone wants an inheritance, we all want to receive the good of the land but there is a price: we must be willing and obedient. What is it that’s our inheritance? For me it’s my health. Last year I received a negative report, but through the love and mercy of the Lord, He is a keeper, and He kept me from the pit. This year I am going to be made completely whole as I intend to fulfill the Isaiah 61 v 1 vow.

This year the Lord instructed me to take the word of the Lord to the women on death row, through a special ministry that the Lord himself has downloaded. It involves a praying church and the word of God. It is through this ministry that I am to encourage and share the message of salvation to those uncertain of eternal life. It will enable the women on death row to be the redeemed of the Lord.

This is the vision for ALCC for 2014