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July Read Through the Bible Old Testament /New Testament Wed 1 2 Chr. 14-15 / Heb. 4 Thu 2 2 Chr. 16-18 / Heb. 5-6 Fri 3 2 Chr. 19-20 / Heb. 7 Sat 4 2 Chr. 21-22 / Heb. 8 Sun 5 2 Chr. 23-24 / Heb. 9 Mon 6 2 Chr. 25-26 / Heb. 10 Tue 7 2 Chr. 27-28 / Heb. 11 Wed 8 2 Chr. 29-30 / Heb. 12 Thu 9 2 Chr. 31-33 / Heb. 13; Jas. 1 Fri 10 2 Chr. 34-35 / Jas. 2 Sat 11 2 Chr. 36; Ezr. 1 / Jas. 3 Sun 12 Ezr. 2-3 / Jas. 4 Mon 13 Ezr. 4-5 / Jas. 5 Tue 14 Ezr. 6-7 / 1 Pet. 1 Wed 15 Ezr. 8-9 / 1 Pet. 2 Thu 16 Ezr. 10; Neh. 1-2 / 1 Pet. 3-4 Fri 17 Neh. 3-4 / 1 Pet. 5 Sat 18 Neh. 5-6 / 2 Pet. 1 Sun 19 Neh. 7-8 / 2 Pet. 2 Mon 20 Neh. 9-10 / 2 Pet. 3 Tue 21 Neh. 11-12 / 1 Jn. 1 Wed 22 Neh. 13; Est. 1 / 1 Jn. 2 Thu 23 Est. 2-4 / 1 Jn. 3-4 Fri 24 Est. 5-6 / 1 Jn. 5 Sat 25 Est. 7-8 / 2 Jn. Sun 26 Est. 9-10 / 3 Jn. Mon 27 Job 1-2 / Jude Tue 28 Job 3-4 / Rev. 1 Wed 29 Job 5-6 / Rev. 2 Thu 30 Job 7-9 / Rev. 3 Fri 31 Job 10-11 / Rev. 4 “Read Through the Bible in a Year Plan” written by Marilyn Hickey, and used by permission. ****************************************************************************************************** “Here I am playing with the New York Knicks,” Greg recalls. “We’re in preseason and I’m the first one they call off the bench. In one game against the Boston Celtics, I scored almost 16 points in no time at all. The announcers were saying things like, ‘This guy is going to take somebody’s place.’ The crowds were going wild. Kids were running out on the court getting autographs. I thought, Hey, I’ve finally got it made now.” But deep down inside, Greg knew he hadn’t made it. At the end of the preseason, Greg was released by the team. “They said it had nothing to do with my talent,” Greg recalled. “They told me, ‘It’s because we need more diversity on the team.’ “At that point, I heard those words again: Nail in the coffin. Though I had all the potential, all the talent, by human standards I wasn’t good enough. I was still a failure. This thing just continued to follow me. “I found myself in the same place I was after my father passed—in transition but with no sure direction,” said Greg. “It was then that I realized the magnitude of the impact my father’s death had on me, both mentally and emotionally. I also realized I was looking for acceptance, affirmation and approval in all the wrong places, including spending time in clubs.” After returning home to Louisiana, Greg met a young woman with whom he hoped to strike up a relationship. He was surprised when she told him, “You don’t need a woman; you need Jesus!” “Then she began to witness to me about the love of God,” Greg remembers. Soon after that encounter, he became born again. A Void Is Filled and Jesus Nails It “I received Jesus as my Lord and Savior, and for the first time in my life the void was filled and the emptiness was gone,” said Greg. “I knew I had been accepted, affirmed and approved by God and I could hear the whisper of the Holy Spirit saying, You are no longer alone.” Three years later, in 1986, Greg came across a book by Kenneth E. Hagin titled "The Ministry of a Prophet." Inspired by what he had read, he decided to enroll at Brother Hagin’s Rhema Bible Training Center in Tulsa, Okla. In 1988, Greg graduated from Rhema and a year later, while ministering at a church in Lafayette, La., met Mandy Wilturner. The two were married the following year. “During the first five years of our marriage there were many arguments and unforgiveness that created strife,” Greg volunteers. “Because of that, we were on the verge of divorce.” But God had a different plan for them, and their marriage. “One day Mandy and I were engaged in a heated argument when the Lord got right in the middle and began to speak to me concerning His calling on our lives,” Greg said. “He said, 'I am not pleased with marriages in the Body of Christ.' “Then He said, 'My people have taken My covenant, and made it common.' “I didn’t understand what He meant, but the Lord reminded me of Acts 10:28, where Peter said: ‘Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.’ “The marriage union has been cleansed and set aside by God. The common factor must be removed so that the weight and value of our marriage can be honored through our convenant relationship,” Greg said. “As I began to apply the revelation in my own marriage, I realized God was developing the ministry He was calling us to.” In 2004, Greg and Mandy launched Dominion Covenant Marriage Ministry and began teaching on marriage. Only two people showed up at their first meeting; the next few weeks there were 30 people. The following weeks the numbers had grown so large they rented space in a hotel. Soon afterward, Greg heard the Lord say: 'Now I’m going to send you out locally and abroad, and give you favor with pastors.' “We never called one ministry to ask if we could come and minister,” Greg recalled. “But with God’s favor, doors were opening. Mandy and I made a commitment to always be led by the Holy Spirit and to stay committed to a local church and to proper authority. It was also my desire to be under the headship of a spiritual father for accountability in ministry. 18 : BVOV

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