Dream Warning of False Church Leaders Part 1 & 2

I am going to first start off by quoting a Bible verse in 2 Timothy 3:1-9 (KJV) to reference a time we are living in. "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God: Having a form of godliness, but denying the power therefore: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was." The more I observe and notice what is going in the world and in a lot of churches, I am reminded of the Bible verse 2 Timothy 3:1-9. The Bible is fulfilling and the more I think back on how things were in churches back in the 80's and 90's, I'm reminded constantly that things are not the same. The one thing that will never change is the power of prayer and God not only changing things but also the cold hearts of people who have selfish motives or intentions. I never would have thought that people would have such a selfish way about themselves that they wouldn't want to help people that are in need of help. I look at how I was brought up and how I was taught if you see someone in need, if you can help them then help them out if you can. When it's getting to the point where churches who people looked up to as good word churches that is begging for money asking people to give so much money to keep their Mega churches going, it's a big sign that we are in these last days.

I am not a teacher, minister, pastor, reverend, deacon, etc. or any titles that people are given or give themselves. However, as a person who was brought up in the church since birth, I am well aware of what is going on with how the false prophets are coming in churches getting the born again believers to stray away from the path that is pleasing and acceptable to the Lord. I can't say that I have not made mistakes in my life because I have and none of us are perfect but there is a big difference when Christians ask God for forgiveness and fully repent of their sins like it says in Hosea 14:4 (KJV) "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him." There is also a big difference when Christians willfully sin and act like "well God has forgiven me so I didn't do anything wrong" like it says in Hebrews 10:26 (KJV) "For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins..." I think there are a lot of Christians that are in the same boat that I'm in where they have to watch good preaching on TV in order to get a good word because a lot of churches are becoming like a recruiting camp like in college football, college basketball, the NBA, and the NFL. Like in college sports, the NBA, and the NFL recruit and draft players, the churches have become like a recruiting facility to draft and recruit members in those particular churches. Alter calls nowadays have become not as much focused on salvation as much as it is as getting visitors to join the different churches. The churches are in need of more than just a couple of people who are on fire for God to come but collectively the church need everyone to be on one accord. The church need more Christians praying and believing in faith like it says in Matthew 18:20 (KJV) "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Churches have to get back to where when God calls different members to use his or her gifts to where everyone is receptive and not jealous or envious of them because they may be more gifted than him or her in different areas. There are people who are more gifted than me in a lot of different areas. For example, I have always been more of a hidden talented person. Some people may ask me how can a person who is always trying to encourage other people be a hidden talented person. It's simple when people tried to tell you all of your life you would never succeed like they have told me, it's easy to prove them wrong by showing them and not uttering a single word. Yes it hurts but the more you prove the doubters wrong, the more they are not likely to say negative things about you. James 1:6 (KJV) "But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering, For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." Jude 1:22 (KJV) "And of some have compassion, making a difference..." I think in these last days we as Christians need to be around fellow Christians with like minded and precious faith that are going to help built people up and not the kind that will only built up certain people and belittle others. I just thought I would share from my heart what's going on and I just wanted everyone else to do the same. God blessed each and everyone of us with a gift. Whether you have hidden or non-hidden talents don't be afraid to use your gifts and talents.

Flashback 1984 Part 2

The second family I remember staying with back in 1984 who also attended The Full Gospel Interdenominational Church in Manchester lived in Squire Village in Manchester (which was not far from the church in Downtown Manchester 6 minutes to be exact). The family was black and knew me and my family. Naturally, I thought that the family who I stayed with would relate to me. I was disciplined when I needed to be Proverbs 23:13-14 "13 Withhold not correction from the child: for [if] thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.
14 Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell."https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Proverbs-23-13_23-14/ was like the theme while I stayed with the family who I was staying with for a week. I remember that the mom Sister Brooks of the family who I stayed with told me right off the back, "In this house you do what you are told, you don't talk back, and you eat what is put in front of your plate!" All I could think about at 6 years of age was how I was going to learn the true meaning of discipline from the family who I was staying with. For one thing I was quiet. Secondly, I was taught not to talk back to adults. Lastly, my mom made sure that she taught me to eat what was put in front of my plate.

I remember the family who I stayed with showed me the guest room where I would stay at and I remember the family who I stayed with had 2 TV's (one in their bedroom and the other one in the living room). The mom of the family who I stayed with was outspoken and did all of the talking and I listened really carefully. I remember when we ate what I was used to eating for breakfast (cereal or oatmeal and occasionally pop tarts) like cornflakes & bananas and milk or raisin bran & bananas and milk. I remember I had to get up at a certain time in order to eat a certain time and whatever I didn't finish eating I was going to eat it either for lunch or dinner. (It was military style because the woman's hubby was in the military). The family who I stayed with was strictly about discipline to the core (you could say that they didn't let up when it came to discipline). The mom of the family who I stayed had no problem doing the discipline when it was necessary. The mom of the family who I stayed with introduced me to her big thick paddle she called "Soratie." The mom of the family who I stayed with showed me that little kids who acted up got disciplined with "Soratie." I did what I was told, ate what was put in front of my plate, and for the most part I didn't talk back. However, I was not a big vegetables eater and the one vegetable that the mom of the family who I stayed with made that I absolutely didn't like was sweet peas. At 6, it looked like the mom of the family who I stayed with was going to have a challenge because my own mom could never get me to eat sweet peas. I would eat carrots, spinach, and broccoli but cabbage and sweet peas; no one could get me to eat those vegetables. I remember I began to act stubborn with the mom of the family who I stayed with when it came time for me to eat my sweet peas and the mom of the family who I stayed with said, "Paul you better eat your sweet peas!" I said, "No!" The mom of the family who I stayed with said, "I said there is no back talking!" The mom of the family who I stayed with hit me with her paddle. I started crying and said, "But I don't like them!" The mom of the family who I stayed with hit me again with her paddle and said, "Paul in this house you do what you are told!" I remember crying and eating my sweet peas up until I was all done finally finishing my sweet peas. I immediately didn't hesitate and wrote my mom a letter telling my mom how the mom of the family who I stayed with made me eat my sweet peas hitting me a couple of times with her paddle. I will never forget how my mom and my older brother who knew I didn't like sweet peas drove from Hartford to Squire Village in Manchester and came and got me. My mom did the mom who I stayed with hair because my mom is a hairdresser at her house in Squire Village. The mom of the family who I stayed with had let me play my older brother in some games of checkers at her house up until my mom got threw doing her hair. I remember how amazed my mom was, how the mom of the family who I stayed with used her trustee paddle "Soratie" to discipline me & get me to eat my sweet peas. I gave Sister Brooks the silent treatment up until my, mom, older brother, and me left her house. Sister Brooks, "Paul you don't like me anymore. You had your mom pick you up and take you home because you don't want to be in Sister Brooks house anymore." It was so annoying, I remember frowning and how glad I was that I wouldn't have to go through something like that again. I had 2 experiences with different families who I stayed with in 1984 (one was white & the other was black) and I learned how to be content no matter how things were. I can honestly say that I've enjoyed the experiences that I had with the 2 different families who I stayed with.

Squire Village in Manchester (I will never forget this place)

Cornflakes, bananas, and milk pretty good combination

Raisin Bran, bananas, and milk (I liked this combination better when I was a kid).

Wow, who would have thought that I didn't like sweet peas. The mom of the family who I stayed with made me eat these in 1984 but my mom was the reason why I liked sweet peas in 1989.

The mom of the family who I stayed with (Sister Brooks) used her trustee paddle named "Soratie" to discipline me with to get me to eat my sweet peas.

Once my mom & older brother came to Squire Village, Sister Brooks (the mom of the family who I stayed with) let me play my older brother in some games of checkers and I was immediately reunited with my family when the week was up staying with a family.

The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Lighthouse Chapel

The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Lighthouse Chapel


1.) Did you attend a church service on Sunday? Yes (my spiritual birthday).


2.) What church did you go to? The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Lighthouse Chapel.

3.) What was your experience like at the church that you attended? The people were warm-hearted & very welcoming.

4.) What time does church service start at this church that you attended? Sunday school is from 10 AM-11 AM & Regular church service is from 11 AM-12:15 PM.

5.) Where is this church located where you attended? Next to Geissler's Shopping Center & across from the Windsor Public Library in Downtown Windsor.

6.) Is the church that you attended at a big church or a small church? Small church.

7.) How did you hear about the church that you attended? My mom heard about this church on WIHS 104.9 FM radio & how the Pastor of the church donated to the radio station to help WIHS stay on the air to continue giving the good news on their Christian radio station.

8.) Does the Pastor have one or more than one church at the church that you attended? More than one in many different locations.

9.) What did you learn from the message that was brought forth from the church service? That it is important to invest our time in praising the Lord & being grateful for all he has done for us. We also want to be a living testimony praising the Lord both in the good & bad times.

10.) Did the church service that you went to reminded you of an event that you went to at the church that you attended? Yes. It reminded me of the parties that my mom's African customers had at their house. The Africans was dressed up in their African attire & celebrated and sing in their native African language.

11.) You and your mom were visitors at the church y'all attended. How did they greet the visitors at this church? The people came up to us and greeted us shaking our hands and said, "Welcome we're glad to have you here!"

12.) What did you noticed about the church that you attended that stuck with you? The Pastor emphasize on Prayer & Praise, one offering was given and it was at the end of church service, the Pastor have given me and my mom books, cards, contact information, and the Africans fed us their traditional African food after service.

13.) Were you and your mom glad that y'all came to the church service at this church? Yes.

14.) Would you invite people to come and worship at the church you and your mom attended? Yes, because going to things that people are not used to is what helps people get into things that are more diverse.

15.) Would you come again to this church that you attended? Me & my mom said we can't say if we will and we definitely can't say that we will never come back either.

My Testimony on being saved 33 years

My testimony is simple and there is not much of a big story on how I got saved. I remember growing up with my older brother (my mom's 6th son) and me (my mom's 7th son). My mom took all of us to church and my older brother and I were in church since we were 2 months old with our mom being right there in church with us. I remember growing up along with my older brother in a single parent home (with my mom raising us mainly by herself) and it was challenging with us not having our father in our lives but our praying mom always trusted in the Lord and had such a strong faith in God. The church I attended was The Full Gospel Interdenominational Church in Downtown Manchester in Manchester, CT. I grew up around diversity and was embraced by so many people in church and a lot of hands picked me up and held me when I was a baby. I can remember as a little boy how so many people were prophesying so many encouraging words to me. I had my moments when I tried to act like a knucklehead. My mom disciplined me with the belt when she had to (my mom always told me that I never caused her trouble).  Proverbs 13:24 King James Version (KJV) "He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes." http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+13%3A24&version=KJV

I think what really made me be a good boy was when I went to church and decided to give my life to Jesus Christ. I was only 5 years old at the time and there are all kinds of influences that can cause a child that young to get into trouble. I will never forget what changed my life when the late Reverend Phillip Saunders did an altar call one night on June 5, 1983. We had just got done with church service and I remember Rev. Phillip Saunders asking the congregation "How many would like to be baptized, saved, and filled with the Holy Ghost?" Most of the people who raised their hands that I could remember were in their 20's, 30's, and 40's. You have to understand that no one under 20 years of age raised their hand at that time let alone teenagers or children. But here is this bold 5 year old child in me raising my hand. I will never forget that experience. My mom was asking me, "Paul are you sure you want to do this?" I responded by saying, "Yes ma I'm ready to give my life to Jesus Christ!" My mom again wanted to double check to make sure I was ready and asked, "Paul are you really sure you want to be baptized because you will be all wet when you go in that water?" Not wavering and standing by what I said I replied, "Yes ma I'm ready!" My mom didn't have to ask me a third time if I was ready because she knew how serious I was about being saved & making Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior. I'm reminded of what Matthew 19:14 which simply says, "But Jesus said, suffer little children, and forbid not, to come unto me: for of such is the Kingdom of heaven."  I remember being the only child giving my life to Jesus that night. I will never forget the very first Christian program that I watched on TV that being Shepherd's Chapel. I'm thankful for the people that the Lord have used to be in my life and who were such a blessing to me. Everyday I'm thankful to the Lord for saving me when he did and it's a constant reminder of how good God has been to me!

 A photo of me and my Baptismal Certificate I didn't get this certificate until 2 years after I got saved (in 1985 until the church started recording baptisms).

The Full Gospel Interdenominational (Downtown Manchester) in Manchester, CT. This is the church where I got saved at in 1983, the pastor at the time was the late Reverend Phillip Saunders.

Shepherd's Chapel was one of the very first Christian Programs that I watched after I got saved 33 years ago (RIP Pastor Arnold Murray).