Once upon a time... I was called to the ministry in 1967 at the age of 13. I had a vision that my voice was being heard around the entire world. From ages 18 to 25, I was backslidden. Yet in 1979, I was invited on a Catholic Charismatic Retreat and that week I was instantly delivered from drugs and alcohol, set free and have been full-time in ministry ever since. Because I thought preachers were weak, pitiful people who did not know how to do anything else in the world, I started in ministry as a poet. It was my desire to conquer the world with poetry and give GOD a part of it so HE would leave me alone. I did not want to identify with preachers based on what I saw. I did not understand Psalms 24:1 which reminds us that the world already belongs to HIM. Not only did the world belong to HIM but I did too! When HE spoke to me to reach the inner city of Baton Rouge for JESUS, there was nowhere to go to for training. In those days the understanding of inner city local church and 24 hour outreach ministry had not been defined. Therefore, I was led by the HOLY SPIRIT to a little prayer house where GOD trained me HIMSELF. From that 8 x 10 shack, I became a pioneer in soul winning, economics, the arts and politics. The testimony of JESUS CHRIST for many years was magnified. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY, HONOR & PRAISE!!! Now, my vision is to uplift the arts to take inner city ministry to a whole new level and train an army of young people around the world to take their cities for JESUS! Let's start with learning the 10 Principles of Grace.
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Once upon a time...
I was called to the ministry in 1967 at the age of 13. I had a vision that my voice was being heard around the entire world. From ages 18 to 25, I was backslidden. Yet in 1979, I was invited on a Catholic Charismatic Retreat and that week I was instantly delivered from drugs and alcohol, set free and have been full-time in ministry ever since. Because I thought preachers were weak, pitiful people who did not know how to do anything else in the world, I started in ministry as a poet.
It was my desire to conquer the world with poetry and give GOD a part of it so HE would leave me alone. I did not want to identify with preachers based on what I saw. I did not understand Psalms 24:1 which reminds us that the world already belongs to HIM. Not only did the world belong to HIM but I did too! When HE spoke to me to reach the inner city of Baton Rouge for JESUS, there was nowhere to go to for training. In those days the understanding of inner city local church and 24 hour outreach ministry had not been defined. Therefore, I was led by the HOLY SPIRIT to a little prayer house where GOD trained me HIMSELF. From that 8 x 10 shack, I became a pioneer in soul winning, economics, the arts and politics. The testimony of JESUS CHRIST for many years was magnified. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY, HONOR & PRAISE!!! Now, my vision is to uplift the arts to take inner city ministry to a whole new level and train an army of young people around the world to take their cities for JESUS!
Let's start with learning the 10 Principles of Grace.
God is the only one to whom I am supposed to give my heart.
I shall operate in the power of His name.
Myworks shall be productive, and I shall enjoy Days of Refreshing with my family and friends.
I shall be a blessing to my father
and mother, and my life shall be long
upon this land.
I will
never bow to a
world system.
I shall rebuild or replace that which has been torn down or taken away.
I shall be a giver of life, and everything I touch shall come alive.
I shall be
a keeper of my word, and
my word shall be my life.
I shall speak the truth in
love that makes one
free.
I shall always praise God for being good to the just and unjust.
At a time when I was a natural success on the outside but felt so empty and lost in my spirit inside, GOD sent me back to where my ministry started- the little 8x10 building at 700 Scenic Highway, where I stayed locked away in prayer for 7 ½ months.
These 10 principles of Grace were given to me there. After crying out to GOD for 22 hours a day, on
the 40th day week, GOD’S presence overwhelmed me. He showed me how the whole world, and most of the Christian church, is in bondage and controlled by a spirit of oppression. HE wants HIS people to understand the depth and wonder of HIS grace…that while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us!
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (KJV). GOD did not send HIS SON into the world to condemn us, but to seek and save those that are lost. He told me, “My son, the people are so full of the ‘thou shall nots’. The law came by Moses, but grace and truth came by my SON JESUS CHRIST.” To capture that moment of being in GOD’S presence, I picked up my pen and the Grace Agreement flowed through me to share with you.
I chose the character, Pen, to illustrate this message of grace because the spirit of grace triggers our imagination that all things are possible. His name stands for Prayer Empowers Now! He lives in our imagination and knows that grace is the imagination of GOD and HIS goodness for you. Philippians 2:5 says “Let this mind be in you that was also in CHRIST JESUS.” GOD has already said to us to let HIS will be done on earth as it has already been done in Heaven. To practice the Grace Agreement will show forth the manifestation of GOD’S kingdom on this earth.
When true sovereign grace shows up, and a word that comes directly from GOD, it goes beyond the natural faith of men. There is a blessing for you in just reading it because GOD will watch over what HE has given to perform it and grace frees you from condemnation. YOU ARE WHO GOD SAYS YOU ARE AND YOU CAN DO WHAT GOD SAYS YOU CAN DO! Our prayer is that as you study the Grace Agreement you will begin to see the 10 Principles operate in your daily life…everyday for eternity!
Love you much!Bishop Dwight Pate
Church Point Ministries12061 N Harrells Ferry Road
