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16 BOCNEWS.comMARCH 2016 Doubting When I was a little girl my moth- er would see me play acting. I would say Mom look Im a Reporter on television. Often she would hear me singing in the bedroom looking in a mirror I would say Mom some- day Im going to be a singer. She was always encouraging she would say Oh thats great with God on your side you can do anything. Ive always dared to dream and vision myself doing this or that. The Word of God says And the Lord answered me and said. Write the vision and make it plain. continuing on to verse 3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time... Habakkuk 22-3. As I became a young woman many opportunities came my way in broad- casting singing and recording. One day I decided our community needed a television program of positive cur- rent events in the minority commu- nity. I got so excited in my spirit about my vision So I sat down and started writing out my vision as if I had a million dollars. I had nothing but a writing tablet and pen and wrote out my vision and how it could be accom- plished. Ive had over 20 yrs of televi- sion as host and producer. I was also bless with a musical career and still going strong today in both fields. My God my God within a year God open doors and that television show became a reality in my life that no man could shut AMEN My point in telling you about my vision coming true if I had given up every time I was feeling negative thoughts my vision never would have been birth into existence. When you keep your vision in front of you thats your faith being released. If you can see what God has put in your heart you will receive the incredible things God wants to do. Do more than daydream use the power of Your imagina- tion vision and your faith. Start by writing it down Dont let negative thoughts paint those pictures. We limited our own imagination and the power of God. Youve got to change what you see. If you believe your vision is your destiny of course you will have to work at it but get start- ed.write the vision doors will open through the grace of God. In the Scriptures God promised Abraham that he would be the father of many nations. In the natural is was impossible. Abraham didnt have one child he was eighty. But God didnt just give him the promise God gave him a picture to look at. God said Abraham go out and look at the stars thats how many descendants you will have. Ive read that there are six thousand stars in the Eastern sky where he was. Its not a coincidence that there are six thousand promises in the Scriptures. God was saying Every promise that you can get a vision for I will bring it to pass. God also told him to look at the grains of sand a the seashore because that was how many relatives he would have. God gave him a picture because he knew there would be times when it would look as if the promise would not come to pass and Abraham would be dis- couraged and tempted to give up. God said to Abraham If you can see it I can do it. If you have a vision for it I can make a way. I can open up new doors. I can bring the right people. I can give you the finances. I can break the chains holding you back. Psalm 271 says The Lord is my light and my salvation whom shall I fear The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid. Saints I want to leave you with this thought. Some of you my be strug- gling with your weight your health your finances with a relationship for a long time and you keep wondering Will this ever change God is saying You can You will What is the vision you are believing God will accomplish in your life By PM Wynn Grove Dr. PM Wynn Grove and Lee Grove Jr. are the founders of Heavenly Sent Ministries and Associate Pastors at The Potter House of Denver. Pastor PM can be reached by email pmwynn9 msn.com When you keep your vision in front of you thats your faith being released. If you can see what God has put in your heart you will receive the incredible things God wants to do. Do more than daydream use the power of Your imagination vision and your faith. TESTIMONY Richard Allen Commemorated On Postal Stamp The Denver Postmaster is in Great Honor to be at Shorter African Methodist Episcopal Church we are all here to celebrate the 39th Stamp in the Black Heritage Series Commemorating Preacher Activist and Civic leader Bishop Richard Allen. This Stamp coincides with the 200th Anniversary of Bishop Allens founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church stated Denver Postmaster Mark Talbott. The Stamp Art is a portrait of Bishop Allen extracted from an 1876 print titled Bishop of the A.M.E. Church. The print featured Allen in the center surrounded by ten other bishops. It is from the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia. The Commemorative stamp that is dedicated cel- ebrates the history the moments and the move- ments that Bishop Allen inspired and embod- ied. Colorado Wyoming District Manager Selwyn Epperson gives a short history lesson on who was Bishop Richard Allen. Richard Allen 1760 - 1831 born a slave in Philadelphia in 1760. He was sold to a farmer at a very young age near Dover Delaware. He soon was converted to Christianity and began to preach. His Master allowed him to conduct ser- vices in the farm house In 1777 he converted his master and purchase his own freedom. After the Revolutionary War Blacks were discouraged from worshipping with white congregations. One Sunday in November 1787 Allen and a group of Blacks asked to leave St. Georges Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Richard Allen did not lose faith in Christianity He organized a new denomination. Established his first church Bethel in Philadelphia. In 1816 sixteen independent Negro Methodist con- gregations from the different states of the Union formed the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Allen became the first Bishop. The Church expanded under his leadership to 7927 members in 1826 and financial asset of 1151. In 1787 Allen with several of his friends found- ed the Free African Society when yel- low fever epidemic hit Philadelphia in 1793 Bishop Allen Absalom Jones and Dr. Benjamin Rush ask members of the society to nurse the sick regard- less of race or color. During the war of 1812 Richard Allen and Absalom Jones expressed their patriotism by recruit- ing more than two thousand Blacks to help defend Philadelphia. In 1817 he denounced the American Colonization Society they wanted to return free blacks to Africa in 1830 Allen started the first national movement for resettling free Blacks in Canada. COMMUNITY