Volume 1, Issue 1
December 2018
Rosa’s Room 2 One of the many things Joy finds inspirational and encouraging is the sense
A Little Laugh 3
Member Profile
of home Agape Love center brings to her life. “Being in a place that assist in
your growth and stability in life, is always an added plus”, she says happily.
Dr. Davis’s 3 The 23 year old mother of beautiful Kyla Joy Cook has attended Agape for 3
Door years now. Joy says she loves to mentor, singing, and dancing. She shares
her ability to mentor at Boys and Girls Club here in Historical Natchitoches
Women In 3
Prayer located on Martin Luther King Jr. drive. Joy says working with the children has been an great expe-
rience for the last 7 summers. She says she loves the learning experience it brings to their life and
Agape Love 4 hers. As she continues to grow spiritually her aspirations to sing are enlarged. She is now a member
Center of Agape Love Center’s wonderful choir. By using this platform to express praise to God, it has
confirmed her aspirations of being a worship leader. As her joyful character continues to bubble up,
she adds that becoming a member and through her growth here, at Agape Love Center, daily prayer
and bible study has been added to her routine. Agape Love Center meet our lovely member
Rosa’s Room
“Only be thou strong and very coura- tions, and obey His word. Don’t let God. God will breath life back into
geous that thou mayest observe to do what we thought was dead in our
the disappointments and challenges
according to all the law which Moses my
hinder you from being all that God lives. He will cause you to come out
servant commanded thee, turn not from it
to the right hand or to the left, that thou wants you to be. Don’t draw back, of the grave and bring you into a
mayest prosper wither so ever thou don’t give in, cave in or quit. Be good place. A place of abundance, a
goest”. —Joshua 1:7 strong and courageous in the face of place of life, joy, and peace. Speak
adversity. God has already planned the word only, unto your dry bones
We all face challenges, fear trails and for your provisions and for your and they will live again in Jesus
disappointments in this life. Never- success. Don’t let your circumstances Name!
theless, God has not suggested, but cause you to give up, dry up or die.
Mercy unto you. Peace and love be
has commanded us to be strong and We must know, trust and believe that
multiplied.
courageous. In order to be strong and God can and will resurrect our dead
courageous we must be built up in dreams, but we must prophesy (speak ——Lady Rosa
the word of God. We must take time to) the dry bones (dead situations)
to seek His face, listen to His instruc- and command it with the word of
Men In Prayer
Saturday @ 6:00 a.m. The men “to keep our hands to the to come out and be apart of the
of Agape Love Center come great work God is doing .
plough” . We want to be about
together to pray for Agape Love what we are called to do as men in
Center in every area of concern. Agape Love Center. We strive to
We understand as men our become a strong force to be reckon --Deacon Gregory Massey Sr.
strength is in our prayer. We with.. Through the teaching we are
appreciate the time every man receiving from our leader, Dr. Da- “May these words of
takes to come and join in praise vis, our unity, and willingness to my mouth and this
to God so that our prayers maybe become a stronger brotherhood, we
meditation of my heart
heard. We believe that in our will be what God has called us to be
assembling we are made strong. and what Dr. Davis is encouraging be pleasing in your
This gives us the upper hand to us to become. If you are a man of sight, Lord, my Rock
continue God’s Work assigned Agape and you have not been apart and my Redeemer”
to us through Agape Love Cen- of Men’s Prayer we encourage you
-Psalm 19:14 (NIV)
ter. This is our desire,
Women In Prayer
Women’s Prayer is held on Monday into this time of prayer with an encour- City of Natchitoches, Louisiana, the
evening beginning at 5:15. The wom- aging word of scripture and announce world in its entirety, our families/
en of Agape’ come out to honor the any special prayer requests that are loved ones, and for healing, that will be
Lord with our time by giving Him the needed. The Holy Spirit is invited to made manifested in due season. So we
praise and worship that is due to Him! have free course in us and through us encourage every female, young and
After a long day at work or a busy day as we make our petitions known unto seasoned, to come out and intercede
in the life of a Christian woman, an God, for He knows what we are to pray with us in corporate prayer and watch
hour has been designated to come into before we even think on the things we God move on your behalf and on the
the house of God in unity and give Him are to pray for. By allowing the Lord behalf of others.
thanks for the many blessings He has to move freely, we move our agendas,
given. These blessings include opened time frames, ideas, motives, and —Sister Lisa L. Braxton
doors, financial and spiritual break thoughts out of the way. This clears the
through, healings, deliverances, souls air waves for us to receive a word from
saved, and for the harvest that is com- God and for the very prayers we are
ing from the North, South, East and praying. The prayers are on behalf of
West as we are proclaiming. We enter our pastors, the body of Agape’, the
Just as a puzzle has puzzle pieces speak. Do you understand how that mature so we can do the work
that fit together we must understand sounds? On another note, how it looks of the kingdom. He does this
our place in the body-where we fit. It when you function out of place? Un- with pieces. If we corporate
is important for pieces to fit in there derstanding that the many pieces of a the pieces will be assembled
place or else the puzzle’s picture puzzle are smaller pieces to a bigger and the bigger picture seen.
won’t look like the creator meant it idea, a bigger picture, so are we. We
too . God feels the same way about are a collection of collective vessels
us. It’s important to understand, to that make up God’s big idea. Like the
Be a PIECE that fits in this
find out, and operate in our place. If person who created the puzzle. There
season and not a piece out of
we are out of place the body cannot was an idea before crafting the puzzle
PLACE!
function correctly. You may have the pieces, just like the potter also had
eyes being the mouth. How out of plans before molding his vessels.
place is that? The eyes are to see not God’s plans are plain and simple, to
--Dr. Davis
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Agape At A Glance
The history of Agape Love Center was an amazing one. Agape was formerly known as Living
Hope Ministries. They were located in a section of the Self-Help Shopping Center on Martin
Luther King Jr. drive, which started on a Sunday morning in September of 1989. Many of the
members of Agape Love Center today are remnants of that ministry. In 1995 a leap of faith
was taken to cross Jordan and possess that which God had promised Dr. Davis. This was the
birth of Agape located on 1515 Texas Street. Agape’s purpose is to
Means to take great pleasure in; rejoice; to enjoy; a deep feeling of happiness or
contentment; an outwardly show of pleasure or contentment; bliss; delight
The word joy is such a start, knowing that God outwardly he cares and loves The study of the word will
powerful word. Think for a takes joy in the rever- us. You know we can do the bring you joy. In trails and
moment how glad (joyful) ence we give him. The same. How you ask? We circumstances in life you will
you were the last time God honor and exaltation show our joy outwardly to- know how to react and stand.
did the extra ordinary for that is bestowed upon ward God by assembling at Oh what joy it is to not be
you.? When was the last him. He also takes the local church the holy Spir- confused nor mislead because
time you were glad or de- pleasure (joy) in the it has joined us to. Being pre- you know. These are just a
lighted by something or hope we have in his sent at church service is very few of the things we can do to
someone? While you give love for us. Although, important for our spiritual show outwardly our joy in
that some thought let me God does not need it I growth. If we don’t show up God. Take heart in knowing
tell you what the bible says believe this encourages growth will in many ways that God finds His joy in us,
about God’s delight (joy) God., that His creation occur slowly and in some let’s keep our joy in HIM!
in us. Psalms 147:11 says would show so much none at all. We also show our
that God takes pleasure appreciation toward joy in God by respecting,
(joy) in those who fear Him. This fills Him uplifting, and submitting to
HIM, in those who hope with joy so deep He is the men and women God has
in his steadfast love. That compelled to bless us. given authority to too assist
is a wonderful place to This is God showing us in our growth. It brings joy ----May God’s joy fill your