Women's
Ministry Retreat 2018
with Dr. Esmie Branner
Beneath the canopy of gigantic fall
colored maple trees some two hundred women arrived from all over the
British Columbia province. Luggage, pillows and yes even a couple
teddy bears and they, made their way into the lodge rooms where the
beds were made, the towels folded, and a chocolate in their mouths
that were handed out as they came in.
Rustic decorations centred each table,
main stage and entry way and voices could hardly be contained with
the prospect of being together for the duration of each meeting. It
was an anticipated event!
Meals were supplied with vegetarian
finesse and taste enough to satisfy any palate!
There was a mix up in the registration
and when we got there we were unaccounted for. But with patient
....waiting they found us a presidential room close to the meeting
place that someone had just decided not to share with someone else.
So that was a blessing for us!!
click on the song title..... only part of the song but they sang so nice....
Each meeting was opened with the theme song above and the highlight of the weekend was a lady in her fifties who had five children by the time she
was 26 and now she has thirteen grandchildren. Her life was one
filled with conflicting emotion over decisions made as a young teen,
getting married to an East Indian man and the father of
her children. When as a mother she met Jesus Christ and decided to
become a Christian. This caused a permanent division between her and
her husband and as a result he moved them to Saudi Arabia in hopes
of converting her to Islam.
But she had found Jesus! And nothing
would separate her from her faith. She talked with God about
everything and He talked with her including the instruction to stay
with her husband even though he became violent and took three of her
boys to live in another country while he courted another woman to be
his wife and separating the children.
The children under the careful eye of
their mother had learned about Jesus too and always prayed to Him
even though they were forced to pray to Allah. Eventually they were
reunited with their mother and she asked God once again to escape
with her children and in one day he granted her request and they fled
to England and the next day the father ordered them to come back.
This all happened during the fall of Saddam Hussein and the fall of
his empire. How God looks after a praying, faithful woman.
She moved to Andrews University where
she relied on the grace of God once again to put her thru school
along with her five children who now grew up in an American society
where they went the way of the world in drugs and other terrible
things. Esmie continued to believe in Jesus and held Bible meetings
in her home where the boys would come and begin to remember their
Christian beginning.
One day one of the boys who was a twin,
heard the name of Jesus in a new light, and fell on his knees and
confessed his sins and in the name of Jesus gave up his habits for a
better habit. A better joy!! Now it was his brother that was going
thru a battle. One day he too heard the name of Jesus in his heart
but could not give up the bad habits as easily. He asked to be taken
to a center for addiction where he was for 28 days of agony and
crying until one day the devil left him and he grasped the hand of
Jesus never to let go. He bowed down on his knees and praised God
for deliverance. Esmie wept tears that made us all cry at the
meeting place as she told her childrens story.
To day she says that her twin boys are
married, have children and are elders in the church. Esme has a new
husband which the Lord found for her and the children call him dad.
Three more children need to give their heart to God now. She prays
for that always. The children do keep in touch with their father
desire to convert him now. What a story, what a decision we all need
to make in our heart and life for Jesus. That decision may cause
you earthly hardship, but in the end will give you peace and joy and
fulfilment. All the jewels, all the stuff in this world we think we
should have, or who we think we should be, or deviation from the
ten commandments is not worth it when it comes to accepting the Love
of Jesus into our hearts.
It was truly an inspiring testimony she
gave, her heart wrenched out every word as she related her victory
that Jesus wrought for her. Charlotte Smith also came with me and
relates the relationship of our being to God............
Dr.
Branner's talks
were very inspirational, educational and sometimes entertaining.
She packed a lot of good information into her talks. She has a
PH.D. in Research Psychology; specializing in Cognitive Neuroscience,
and Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
I felt, at
times, like a student again because I was learning new and
interesting stuff. She talked about our body, how the Lord made
it up with DNA, RNA, Dendrites and Neurons,etc. We are made in
God's image, so He has all these things, too. I never thought
about that before.
The RNA is able to replicate
DNA cells, it does something like takes a photo of the DNA cell and
goes off and makes other DNA cells in our body. She explained
all this which I found difficult to follow at first but she did it
more than once and used different ways to get it across to us.
She interweaves the Bible through all this information and backs up
what she said with Bible texts.
She told us
that if we eat meat, for instance, the animal DNA becomes part of us
and lowers our morality, emotions ad our spiritual thinking changes.
Mrs. White says, If we continue to eat meat we will no longer walk
with God and cannot be translated. This is pretty serious
stuff. I certainly want to go to heaven and we won't be eating
meat there. I came home with some serious thinking to do.
You can also go on line and find her
name and book on Amazon. Look up the name on you tube, you will find
several videos to watch including the testimony of her sons Adam and
Taarik.
click on the title.....
Some
Definitions
What is a soul====the spiritual or
immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.
the essence or
embodiment of a specified quality.
What is your DNA or
RNA=======Deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA is a molecule that contains
the instructions an organism needs to
develop, live and reproduce. These instructions are found inside
every cell, and are passed down from parents to their children.
RNA=========ribonucleic acid, a nucleic
acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a
messenger carrying instructions from DNA for controlling the
synthesis of proteins, although in some viruses RNA rather than DNA
carries the genetic information.
What
is the relationship to God in RNA and DNA
God said He created man or humans in
his own image. He took His hands and formed man and with His own
breath breathed into him the very unseen inner parts that gave us our
identity with God. His DNA/RNA was life into man and he was given
the right to reproduce God in every human being.
When we die our bodies return to dirt,
and the breath that God gives us is returned to Him. Our identity
returns to Him!!!
There is another identity that was
created and he was Lucifer. He had been given the third place in
heaven under Christ and the Spirit, But he cherished evil in his
soul and caused the whole world to misrepresent a pure anatomy.
God gave humans guidelines to take
care of their identity and when they deviated from those guidelines
then the one who cherished those deviations exaults within himself
and mutations occur.
The
DNA of God is the law of God; His characteristics written and coded
on every fiber of your being. Just as DNA is used in forensics to
identify a person, and their line of heritage, so too the DNA of God,
when expressed by choice will show and identify your heritage as a
child of God. If one gene in the coded sequence of DNA has a
mutation, it can cause sever deformity. So too If one gene in the
written sequence of Gods Law is mutated it will cause deformity of
development and expression of character. While DNA cannot save you
from death, the law of God cannot save you either. However, upon
death just like DNA, it will identify you. ----Dr. Esmie.
Ladies of the church and who ever reads
and listens to this story, i pray that you will be blest, continue
in your prayers, come back to Christ where ever you are and give God
the glory. He is worth it, You are worth it. In Jesus name Amen!
click on the song title again!!
Let
my heart be changed, renewed
Flowing
from the grace
That
I've found in You
Lord
I've come to know
The
weaknesses I see in me
Will
be stripped away
By
the power of Your love
Hold
me close
Let
Your love surround me
Bring
me near
Draw
me to Your side
And
as I wait
I'll
rise up like the eagle
And
I will soar with You
Your
Spirit leads me on
In
the power of Your love
Lord
unveil my eyes
Let
me see You face to face
The
knowledge of Your love
As
You live in me
Lord
renew my mind
As
Your will unfolds in my life
In
living every day
By
the power of Your love
Hold
me close
Let
Your love surround me
Bring
me near
Draw
me to Your side
And
as I wait
I'll
rise up like the eagle
And
I will soar with You
Your
Spirit leads me on
In
the power of Your love
