TESTIMONIAL: Sharing Family History and Announcing a New Book Release
In September 2025, I felt a strong urge to share testimonials about my family’s history, heritage, and legacy, accompanied by photographs. This urge arose as I was receiving negative feedback from certain family members regarding our past. These criticisms created an atmosphere of negativity that affected not only our family but also outsiders who were unfamiliar with our story. Encouraged by both the comments and the connections made with previously unknown family members, I have decided to release my latest book earlier than planned. The book, titled “Memoirs & Critiques of Family & Church Dynamics (Pathway to Wholeness),” will be available in early December 2025. The primary goal of this publication is not financial gain—though reaching thousands of readers would certainly be rewarding. More importantly, the book is intended to serve a greater purpose: to provide concern, care, moral support, and valuable resource development for families, particularly those within communities struggling with ongoing economic challenges affected by historical segregation and economic hardship. The current generation, observing from a distance, often underestimates the enduring impact of segregation and economic scarcity on our communities. Nevertheless, there is hope—awareness is growing, and new opportunities are emerging for families to prosper spiritually, economically, and collectively. My website, www.middlemission.org, is the platform from which these initiatives will be launched.
This is the whole story of my legacy: two hundred pages loaded and power-packed with thoughtful, inspired real-life stories common to human experience with an upward trajectory toward higher truth for higher living!
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We Change Chronologically & Spiritually
My pragmatic approach to spiritual growth and transformation means that chronological development runs parallel with spiritual maturity. If people don't find their natural identity at critical stages of development, their growth may be stunted. For example, failing to transition properly from adolescence to young adulthood can leave a person emotionally or spiritually immature.
You can't expect someone to be a responsible Christian if they haven't matured naturally. However, spiritual growth can lead to natural growth—if you're willing to face yourself in the mirror of God’s Word and change according to His will.
Remember this: Christ experienced a rite of passage at 12 years old when He entered the Temple to discuss the law with adults, and He began His public ministry at 30.
You can fail naturally and still succeed spiritually. But you must determine to grow through your challenges—spiritually.
SPIRITUAL WARFARE & WINNING THE LOST!!!
PREFACE TO “HOW TO WAGE SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PROPHETIC TIMES?!”
ART 1. PREFACE INTRODUCTION: Good day and welcome to MIDDLE MISSION (www.middlemission.org). (You may read on my Blog page and view on my Vlog page all ten parts of this life lesson …)
SPIRITUAL WARFARE & WINNING THE LOST!!!
PREFACE TO “HOW TO WAGE SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PROPHETIC TIMES?!”
Part 1. … Given the nature of the times we live in today (The rise of dictatorships, false prophets, and false messiahs’, spiritual anarchy … wars and rumors of war, famines of scarcity in the world … pestilence … natural disasters of wildfires, floods, earth quakes, hurricanes and tornados, and the animal world coming closer to domesticated society, persecution and oppression of the poor …), I will attempt to take you on a solemn spiritual journey through the vehicle of my “Biblical Prophecy Real Talk” model. Worldwide conditions point to “prophetic times.” But these times are not about people who will rise and fall, nor are they about movements. These times were predicted throughout prophetic Scripture to occur from generation to generation until the time before “The Restitution of All Things,” recorded in Acts 3:17-21. Key players and movements do not “predicate” the times we live in. The times would be the same with or without them, and someone else would arise. For example, if Ramses II were not the Pharaoh who put the Hebrews in bondage, it would have been another Pharaoh. Why? Because God’s Providential Decree proclaimed it through His omniscient foreknowledge without tampering with the human will.
“The Hebrew bondage in Egypt was predicted as early as Genesis 15, where God foretold to Abraham that his descendants would be strangers in a land not their own, serve them, and be afflicted for 400 years. This prediction was later reiterated in Exodus 12:40, which states that the Israelites' dwelling in Egypt lasted 430 years.”
SPIRITUAL WARFARE & WINNING THE LOST!!!
PREFACE TO “HOW TO WAGE SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PROPHETIC TIMES?!”
Part 2. … So, God allows evil despots to be raised (Appointed by People, Not by God as with King Saul) to show forth His power in the world when they are exposed ... That is, when God allows evil to arise, the purpose is to expose it in contrast to good. Romans 5:20b, “but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more.” So, there would be no Moses without Pharaoh, or no Pharaoh without Moses … In our world of fallen humanity, good needs evil to stand in contrast to good to reveal the True and Living God … And so it is with every generation, and so it is today. Prophetic times are unavoidable, so stop worrying and complaining. These times will pass and give way to better days because the diabolical plan of evil will self-destruct, and God’s Providential Plan of Redemption will prevail ... God’s people must learn to be resilient and persevere to prepare for what God offers during prophetic times. God will not forsake His people and His harvest … three significant things occur during prophetic times: 1) Opportunities; 2) Spiritual Unity; 3) An “outpouring” of God’s Spirit to salvage the lost in the World … Thus, spiritual warfare leads to Lifestyle-Friendship Evangelism. That is the chief purpose of spiritual warfare, reaching the lost …
SPIRITUAL WARFARE & WINNING THE LOST!!!
PREFACE TO “HOW TO WAGE SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PROPHETIC TIMES?!”
Part 3. … Opportunities from God come by Faith: Opportunities are like an Open Door … To the church of Philadelphia in Revelation 3:8, God says, “… Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it …” But an open door is no better than the person that the door was opened for because that person has the “power of choice” to reject the opportunity from God and walk away from the door or accept and embrace the opportunity and walk through the door … Walking through the door will reveal what’s on the other side … If you do not walk through the door, you will never know what is on the other side. You may have regret, remorse, and guilt because that’s the very nature of human fate. However, and scripturally, human fate changes when it meets divine destiny. Human fate is in our hands, but divine destiny is in God’s Hands. Human fate is like walking in a circle … Divine destiny takes us along a straight path … Human fate ends where divine destiny begins, and you will come into God’s Covenant Promises …
Open Doors to Opportunity “Requires” Human Risk: Humanly speaking, there is an element of risk for the person going through the door of opportunity. Therefore, going through the door requires them to take a chance that is similar to a stock market investment … One of several experiences comes to mind as a means of my testimony … The “good news” is that “spiritual offerings” become even more attainable and tangible when we take the necessary steps of faith to appropriate them…
SPIRITUAL WARFARE & WINNING THE LOST!!!
PREFACE TO “HOW TO WAGE SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PROPHETIC TIMES?!”
Part 4. … However, keep in mind that the things we desire for a better life require faith and diligent effort. Faith alone is dead … We must actively seek the Lord and put Him first in our lives. Jeremiah 29:13, “When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul.” We must bombard heaven with praise, prayers, petitions, and intercession. Luke 18 ... speaks of the prayer of “importunity.” Our prayers must be “fervent.” That is, consistent, and persistent coming from righteous indignation … We see an example of righteous indignation when Christ cleansed the temple … Godly justified displeasure in response to injustice, and moral evil …
Spiritual Unity in Diversity: “I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, putting up with one another in love, making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” (Ephesians 4:1-6 NET). So, how can the Christian Community be so divided? Answer: Conflicting theology, dogma, and doctrine, and contrasting political views disguised as normal social values ... We must come together on the simplicity of the essentials of the faith: The life, death, resurrection, ascension, and glorification of the Lord.
SPIRITUAL WARFARE & WINNING THE LOST!!!
PREFACE TO “HOW TO WAGE SPIRITUAL WARFARE IN PROPHETIC TIMES?!”
Part 5. … The objective in the Body of Christ is to foster spiritual unity among believing disciples by emphasizing the diversity within the Body of Christ (See I Corinthians 12). There is collective strength in unity … When diverse people are unified, they do more and make more ... The ancient Hebrews were multiethnic. Of the four women who mothered Jacob’s 12 sons, two (Bilhah and Zilpah), handmaidens, were more than likely from a foreign nation that may have mingled and cohabited with Abraham’s descendants, the Syrians, and possibly a Hamitic mix … The Early Church was a mix of Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles ... Their commission from the Lord was to reach out to the world at large (Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19-20). It takes diversity to reach diverse people with the gospel. Homogeneous people cannot effectively reach heterogeneous people ... Psalms 133:1-3, “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.” It means that the anointing of God’s Spirit will “gift” and “enable” those in unity with success in their calling. Matthew 18:18-20, “I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven. Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them.”
BIBLICAL PROPHECY REAL TALK
Correlating Predictive Prophecy to Current Times
Open Your Eyes To Higher Truth
Biblical Prophecy Real Talk analyzes the presence and influence of the "spirit of antichrist" correlated to “wolves in sheep's clothing” throughout history, particularly how it has infiltrated Christianity in modern times and begun to spread bizarre conspiracy theories on the internet, defacing the image of Christ and creating a false narrative about Christianity. It examines biblical prophecies and Scripture to warn against false prophets who twist religious teachings for personal gain, wealth, power, and control through deceptive tactics. It emphasizes Christ’s universal love for all people and the distinction between divine and human vengeance, pointing out that God is not subject to human emotional vindictiveness but rather delivers His people from their enemies rather than punishing them for personal offenses. Then, forthwith, they judge themselves through the laws of Reciprocity, “Sowing and Reaping.” It highlights that God’s kingdom operates spiritually within believers rather than through external earthly powers for dominance. Ultimately, it calls for discernment, peace, and unity among followers of Christ, rejecting the misuse of religion to justify violence or division.
Part 1.
https://youtu.be/gLl4pg59u0Q?si=LBFhZ8xRb2LRjV1O
Part 2.
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Celebrating My 75th Birthday With My Crazy Happy “David” Testimonial Dance!!!
Hey folks, I turned 75 on the 15th of July, and I feel better than ever, and I am active in small business and ministry ... Of course, there's mild stiffness and some joint pain that's normal. My mind is sharp, and my memory is remarkably better than ever. I'm emotionally stable, and my moods and mobility are good. I'm more spiritually astute than ever.
My wife's wonderful family put on a "Senior Prom" not for high schoolers, but for senior citizens. However, younger members of the family participated. My wife surprised me with a birthday celebration in the midst of it, and they made us King and Queen of the prom. That means a lot to me because I didn't attend my senior prom because of trouble with the law ... I grew up in abject poverty from Camden, SC to Brooklyn, NY, until I turned 24. In 1974, when I turned 24, Christ was revealed in my conscience (my heart), and I was "born again" and became a “new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17). At that point, my status before God and in this life changed.
After being kicked out of the house by my dad because I was expelled before graduation due to an altercation in Central Park upstate NY when I was charged with a false accusation that I was acquitted of ... (By the way, it never made me bitter against my father because it helped me to grow up and come to Christ by grace ... We must look at ourselves and unload baggage from the past—Hebrews 12:1-3 to get free from trauma. In psychology, it’s called a catharsis.)
I was called to ministry and got married in that order. Before marriage and with the Lord's guidance, I enrolled in college and worked my way through undergraduate school with very little assistance from the government, then graduated from seminary in the Master's of Divinity program, and my income continued to grow to right at the point of six digits ... The point is when Christ comes into your life, expect to receive "abundant life" (John 10:10). That promise means two things to me out of Yahweh's Covenant Promise: A better quality and greater quantities in life so that we have adequate to invest and give back into the Kingdom of God ... We prosper in the things of the Lord exponentially as stewards of all that God has given us and not selfishly wanting "things" from God as some kind of lucky charm ... Come back to hear the rest of the story ....
KING & QUEEN OF THE PROM! (Part II)
TRUE STORY TESTIMONY TIME!!!
... Here's my formula for living a long, healthy life. CONNECT THIS TO MY PREVIOUS POST, "I'M A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MAN ... Chronological development runs parallel with spiritual maturity. It means that you can not take a 30 year old man and make him responsible and accountable as a Christian if he never found his identity as a 14 year old boy. Our Anointed Messiah, the Lord, was bar mitzvahed at 12 years old (His rite of passage to adulthood) and began His public ministry at 30 years old.
I think you get it: grow and mature spiritually, and you will grow naturally as a mature, believing adult and will come into the promise of abundant life and God will change your status before TODAY I TURNED 75 & MORE ALIVE THAN EVER--ACTIVE IN SMALL.
BUSINESS & MINISTRY (Part I)
TRUE STORY TESTIMONY TIME!!!
My Crazy Happy Dance Celebrating My 75th Birthday!
Hey folks. I turn 75 today, and I feel better than ever ... Of course, there's mild stiffness and some joint pain that's normal. My mind is sharp, and my memory is remarkably better than ever. I'm emotionally stable, and my moods and mobility are good. I'm more spiritually astute than ever.
My wife's wonderful family put on a "Senior Prom" not for high schoolers but for senior citizens. My wife surprised me with a birthday celebration in the midst of it, and they made us King and Queen of the prom. That means a lot to me because I didn't attend my senior prom because of trouble with the law ... I grew up in abject poverty from Camden SC to Brooklyn, NY, until I turned 24. In 1974, when I turned 24, Christ was revealed in my conscience (my heart), and I was "born again." At that point, my status before God and in this life changed. After being kicked out of the house by my dad because I was expelled before graduation because of an altercation in Central Park upstate NY when I was charged with a false accusation that I was acquitted of ... (By the way, it never made me bitter against my father because it helped me to grow up and come to Christ by grace ...) I was called to ministry and got married in that order. Before marriage and with the Lord's guidance, I enrolled in college and worked my way through undergrad with very little assistance from the government then graduated from seminary in the Master's of Divinity program, and my income continued to grow to right at the point of six digits ... The point is when Christ comes into your life, expect to receive "abundant life" (John 10:10). That promise means two things to me out of Yahweh's Covenant Promise: A better quality and greater quantities in life so that we have adequate to invest and give back into the Kingdom of God ... We prosper in the things of the Lord and exponentially as stewards of all that God has given us and not selfishly wanting "things" from God as some kind of lucky charm ... come back to hear the rest of the story ....
KING & QUEEN OF THE PROM! (Part II)
TRUE STORY TESTIMONY TIME!!!
... Here's my formula for living a long, healthy life. CONNECT THIS TO MY PREVIOUS POST, "I'M A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MAN ... Chronological development runs parallel with spiritual maturity. It means that you can not take a 30 year old man and make him responsible and accountable as a Christian if he never found his identity as a 14 year old boy. Our Anointed Messiah, the Lord, was bar mitzvahed at 12 years old (His rite of passage to adulthood) and began His public ministry at 30 years old.
I think you get it: grow and mature spiritually, and you will grow naturally as a mature, believing adult and will come into the promise of abundant life and God will change your status before Him as a " New Creation," and in the natural world. re Him as a "New Creation" and in the natural world.your life will take new directions.
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