SOTERIA® is a Love based Church with IRS tax exempt status. We very much appreciate your support and pledge to apply all gifts to where God leads us in our mission. Please send your Love Gift to: PO Box 7 Mars Hill, NC 28754 Receipts sent yearly. THANK YOU! ….con’t –for their own circumstances and for their own ministry. You see, the opportunity to minister is at hand for every one of us. No longer do you have to be ordained to minister the full power of God to others. You can do that on your own every Monday morning, every Tuesday morning, all the way through Sunday when you’re back in the anointed atmosphere of worship. For ministry IS worship unto God because you are His body as you minister to others. I continue to hear and see other leaders praying for unity and for each other. But I have yet to hear any leader pray what Heaven is saying right now, “equip them for the work of the ministry, and release them with all authority and power over the enemy”. This is exactly what Jesus did with the first rag tag team He chose! He didn’t corral them into a building every Sunday to make sure they paid their tithes. He SENT THEM OUT! All heaven is shouting “OPEN UP THE GATES!” We are those gates, each and every one of us. Just as demonic and sinful people are the “gates of hell” we are the gates God uses to bring the Kingdom to bear. We are to withstand and overcome with a loud noise of praise and worship just like Joshua and the walls of Jericho. Come out of your church buildings and begin to shout, praise, and worship God in public before each person you meet. Your ministry is all those people you see every day. You are already ordained for ministry, you are already a saint of the most high God! You don’t need someone else’s approval, YOU ARE APPROVED! The real miracles are in your hands NOW, waiting to be released ! CONTACT INFORMATION: This is a monthly overview of this ministry. If you would like more detailed information about the entire ministry please call 828-350-7744 or email - PASTORS Ernest H. Hays pastor@soteriaministries.org Melody D. Hays Yeazell@juno.com CHECK OUR WEWBSITE-WWW.SOTERIAMINISTRIES.ORG PRAISE REPORT! In one of our Prophetic classes it was prophesied an answer to our economic prayers would come in 21 days just as Daniel’s prayer was answered. The next Monday was the 21st day and money for one half of our debt was paid on that day! Praise be to God! We are continually pressing in for God to release us from all monetary encumbrances so that we can fully utilize every seed planted into this ministry for those in our midst that need the real help in the physical world as well as the spiritual. THANKS FOR PRAYING FOR US !! A Word from Melody Zechariah 10 speaks of a time during the latter rain, when a group of people shall come forth “and they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.” Joel 2 also prophesies about the army of the Lord running forth like “mighty men” as people set in battle array. Especially since the commission came from Bishop Hamon to pray for 30 consecutive days, God has been sending His people in battle array to tread down His enemies and see the victory of Jesus secured in places outside the four walls of the church. On one recent Friday evening, the prayer “troop” which meets and worships at Soteria gathered and interceded for their assigned hour. After they prayed and prepared, the Lord sent them out into Pritchard Park (a nearby location) to enter into a drum circle where many witches gather each week. The Soteria group entered into the circle with some worship banners and one gentleman took out and blew his shofar (ram’s horn spoken about in the battle which was used as a trumpet). Shortly thereafter, a few drops of rain came and the drummers, witches and witnesses all took off, and running quickly, leaving only the Soteria folks down in the park singing and worshipping. It was a testimony to all of us that God can truly arise and scatter His enemies. Additionally, one of our church members has been on an apostolic assignment from God in California the last few weeks. Thinking she was being sent to assist her ill brother, the Lord has used this time for His good pleasure to see many others receive prayer, healing, deliverance and miracle, in the hospital, at the Pizza Hut, in the local church, etc. Our sister has walked in daily obedience and the Lord has shown Himself strong so she could be used to do mighty exploits for Him. The book of Daniel prophesies about the end times when there will be those who do exploits for the Lord. God has used our sister to take the kingdom of God to many in California through this experience and we have been in awe of His greatness! We have known the church is being called out into the highways and byways more and more to see the gospel of the kingdom preached and to see the enemy trod down. The Lord is now saying, “do NOT tolerate the enemy in your midst.” The kingdom of God is righteousness, peace and joy – there is no place for the enemy in the midst of God’s holy atmosphere. It is in this kingdom atmosphere that we are seeing shifts occur that bring in the miraculous and supernatural. It is an exciting time!