John 17:3 (New King James Version)
3 And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
DAY 214: The Lord will fight our battles
2 Chronicles 32:7-8 "Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. "With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
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DAY 208: 2 Chronicles 20:15 And he said, "Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the LORD to you: 'Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God's.
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1 Samuel 17:47 (New King James Version)
47 Then all this assembly shall know that the LORD does not save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give you into our hands.”
(Cross-Reference Zechariah 4:6 (NIV) - 6 So he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty.)
1 Samuel 25:28-29 (New Living Translation)
28 Please forgive me if I have offended in any way. The LORD will surely reward you with a lasting dynasty, for you are fighting the LORD's battles. And you have not done wrong throughout your entire life. 29 "Even when you are chased by those who seek your life, you are safe in the care of the LORD your God, secure in his treasure pouch! But the lives of your enemies will disappear like stones shot from a sling!
The Lord sees the best in you!
1 Samuel 16:7 (New International Version)
7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
Man only sees your outward unpolished shell (outward appearance), but the LORD sees your pure heart which is created/recreated in His image! So rejoice! Praise God!
Anointing in the Finish!
1) Why is it important to Finish what you start? Finishing = perfecting
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NIV)
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. 2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
2) A good fight is one in which you followed the fight plan. A good finish is one in which you followed God’s plan for your life.
2 Timothy 4:7-8 (KJV)
7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, …
3) Prohibitors to finishing!
Galatians 5:7-13 (New International Version)
7You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? 8That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 9"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough." 10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is throwing you into confusion will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. 11Brothers, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished. 12As for those agitators, I wish they would go the whole way and emasculate themselves!
4) Examples of great finishers!
Noah finished the ark! Genesis 6:11-16
Behold the Lamb of God!
Apostle Richard W Baker, Sr.
Apostle, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor and Teacher
Richard W Baker, Sr.
(January 7, 1919 – November 6, 2000)
Our founding pastor, the late Apostle Richard (Dick) W Baker, BA, MA, was a Midwest regional major player in the Healing Revival of the 1950s and the Charismatic Movement of the 1960s. On a weekly basis, Pastor Baker would invite many well-known evangelists (such as Bob Dunbar, A.A. Allen and R.W. Shambock) to 
In October 1954, Pastor Baker founded/pioneered our two interracial churches: South Side Move of God Church in Chicago and Gary Move of God Church in Indiana. The Stratford Revival Center (as it was later called) was founded on 64th Street and Eggleston Avenue in Chicago. After two years our congregation had outgrown their first facility so they purchased the Stratford Theater on 63rd Street East of Halsted Street in Chicago. Much to his credit, Pastor Baker would have an interracial presbytery of elders. A truly interracial congregation of believers was a major accomplishment at this time in America's history.
The 1960's brought its share of challenges for Pastor Baker and our Stratford Revival Center. Due to the decline of the Charismatic Movement, in 1967, God led Pastor Baker to discontinue the weekly revival meetings, and he began having weekly bible study. The 1960 decade was so racially charged that the Caucasian Pastor Baker was stoned with bricks for leading his primarily African-American congregation in the city’s predominantly black south side neighborhood. During 1968 Chicago Race Riots, his black Presbytery of Elders finally convinced him to stay home from services during racially emotional times.
Apostle Baker initially thought God had called him as a missionary to Africa. He had a vision of “black gold.” Later, Apostle Baker learned that his “black gold” vision was teaching God’s African-Americans parishioners on the south side of Chicago. For years, Pastor Baker personally bused dozen of black kids (and subsequently entire families as their parents would join) from the Chicago Housing projects to and from church every Sunday. Apostle Baker was truly a follower of Christ and yielded himself unconditionally as an instrument of God.
A dedicated teacher, Pastor Baker understood the value of higher education. He encouraged many of his African-American congregants to pursue higher education. Pastor Baker would often send or give college students money to encourage them in their pursuits of academic excellence. During the 1970s and 1980s, Pastor Baker’s ministries transformed from the deliverance, healings, Holy Ghost into more traditional teaching ministries.
In 1996, after many years of leadership at Stratford, Pastor Baker turned the reigns of the Stratford Revival center and the overseeing duties of the Gary Move of God Church to Pastor Odell Townsend Sr, our current shepherd. Apostle R. W. Baker went on to be with the Lord in November 2000.
Victor Adams, 5/3/2010
Charis Bible School Indiana
Charismatic Church History
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