BERNARD'S WORD CELEBRATES FOUR YEAR; TOP VIEWED ARTICLES

First I have a confession to make. The last blog that I published was not the 100th, it was actually number 99. What I didn't know was I had one draft that I hadn't released and I didn't know that Blogger counted that draft as a post. When I erased the draft I only had 99 blogs. So this one is actually number 100.
I am inviting you to join the celebration of Bernard's Word by leaving a comment on what Bernard's Word had meant to you and how Holy Spirit has used this blog site in your life. For every comment posted on this site you will qualify to receive a gift. I want you to know how much I appreciate you coming to this site and receiving what I have shared.
Today I am listing the top ten articles that have received the most views. We are taking a look back to see what you have read the most. These articles have been instrumental in bringing over 30,000 views to Bernard's Word. Of course I believe that every article is significant and I am thankful for each one written, released and read.

ARTICLES WITH MOST VIEWS

 

10. The Unholy Alliance in Publishing. April 13, 2013

9. Watchman On Walls International Fellowship. November 6, 2012

8. Is Your Intercession a Sweet Aroma?  September 13, 2012.

7. There's Treasure Inside of You. October 22, 2011

6. Pastor Bernard Boulton Releases his second book "Divine Favor: God Acts for You When Your Enemies Act Against You. June 13, 2012.

5. When Men Pray. April 17, 2012.

4. Elder Bernard Yates visits North Carolina/Virginia States Convention. November 9, 2011

3. National Primitive Baptist Convention Elects Elder Kenneth Duke as Vice President. September 12, 2011

2. National Primitive Baptist Convention elects New President. September 1, 2011.

1. What Happened to Carlton Pearson?  April 21, 2012.

 

Please go back and read any of these articles. You may have your own top ten articles.

Shalom.   

Bernard Boulton

http://www.bernardboulton.com

BERNARD'S WORD CELEBRATES FOUR YEARS OF WRITING; REACHES 100 BLOGS!

This month four years ago Bernard's Word was launched. My first blog, Trust the Directions, was released on March 21, 2010. I have a confession to make though, when I started Bernard's Word my motives wasn't godly. I didn't start Bernard's Word to be a creative portal that published the name of the Lord. I didn't write to speak into the lives of the people who would read my blogs. I was in a different place in 2010. I had just released my first book, Do You Wanna Be Made Whole, in December 2009 and I was following the advice of my mentors and other voices that I respected and followed. They taught me to go after what I call the three f's, fans, fame and fortune. I was taught that if I wanted people to buy my books, I needed to have a blog site and I needed to blog several times a week. I needed to build a audience that would flock to me and ultimately buy my books.

So I jumped on board and Bernard's Word was released. For a season I walked in Babylon, which is the world's system, I followed the experts and I followed people who I respected and I imitated patterns. However I never felt comfortable, because Holy Spirit would not let me get comfortable. Eventually He begin to teach the way that He wanted me to go and when my eyes became open I left Babylon. I turned Bernard's Word over to Holy Spirit and I haven't looked back.

Now Bernard's Word is a prophetic site. I only write when Holy Spirit is speaking to me to write and I write the things that He reveals in my heart. And we have reached four years of writing and sharing with you.

We are taking the rest of the month to invite you to celebrate with us. I love celebrations and anniversaries. They are times were we stop to see the landmarks, we  pause and look back and see what God has done for us and in us. And then anniversaries are sign post that causes us to look forward at the journey ahead. Holy Spirit revealed to me that when I reached the 100th post the form of Bernard's Word would change. I didn't know that I would reached BLOG 100 in the same month that I started this site four years ago. And so I am excited abut what is ahead and I am grateful for how Holy Spirit has used this blog to reach thousands of people who have visited here.

During this month I will be sharing the post that have drawn the largest numbers to Bernard's Word, I will share the countries that Bernard's Word has gone to. And I will be doing some other creative things as Holy Spirit lead. I will be sowing gifts to certain persons who visit and share what Bernard's Word has meant to you since its inception. So come on over and start writing. Among the gifts we will be sowing will be copies of the books we've written and some other gifts as well.

I want to thank you for what you have added to this site by your presence and comments and I pray that greater will meet you as you come to here to receive what Holy Spirit has for you. Shalom.

HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE UPHELD BY FEDERAL JUDGE:

This blog was originally written on Friday February 14, 2014 but we delayed releasing it because of our remembrance of Prophet Bob Jones who died on the very day we wrote it.

U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen has ruled on a Thursday night in February in the midst of a storm that has left much of Virginia immobilized that
the Constitution of Virginia is wrong and that homosexual marriage is right.
Virginia becomes the first state in the South to open the door to homosexual marriage, although homosexuals still cannot marry until the Supreme Court decides on this matter.
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring violated his constitutional duties to defend the constitution by not defending the constitution. Mark Herring was elected to protect the constitution and in the constitution is the definition of marriage being a union of one man and one woman. But we now know that Mark Herring is a politician and politicians change with the winds. I looked for Herring's opinion on and for homosexual marriage before he was elected last November and I couldn't find his support or agreement for homosexual marriage. Herring only won by 900 votes and I guess he couldn't afford to reveal his opinion on this matter. Should Herring be impeached for his duplicity? The Virginia Christian Alliance believes that he should.
Judge Wight Allen said in her written opinion that Virginia cannot perpetuate tradition (she calls marriage ordained by God as a union of one man and one woman a tradition). By terming God's order for marriage as tradition she removes this righteous standard from the protection of the law she has been appointed to preside over.
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said "that our nation's judicial system has been infected by activist judges, which threaten the stability of our nation and the rule of law."

Virginia was paralyzed by a winter storm this week that we are just overcoming. The decision of Judge Wright Allen will release a greater storm on Virginia. Unrighteous decrees pens the door to demonic oppression and the increase of darkness in the land. Proverbs 14:34 tells us that righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to a people. Homosexual marriage is a reproach that will create many destructive cycles in this state.
But yet I must speak what I believe is the heart of God. The people of God who walked in His glory and calling are called to love all of God's creation. It is time for the people of God to stand in intercession and stand in love for the homosexual community. This community needs the love of God although tolerance is not love. They need to experience His grace. They need His fellowship In Jesus Christ. They need to see that God loves them so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die to set them free from the captivity of homosexuality.
If you are a homosexual reading this post you may believe that I hate you but I don't. I believe that the enemy of your soul and the perverter of your destiny has placed a veil that over your eyes that has blinded you to the love of God and the Gospel of Jesus that call you to salvation, salvation from the lifestyle that the world tells you is okay. Jesus loves you and I do too. Jesus desires that you live as He created you. Yes someone has lied to you and told you that you were born this way and the truth is all of us have been born in sin and shaped in iniquity but Jesus came to set us free and give us His nature. He came to transform your mind and renew you. It would not be love for me to tell you that you are okay and that I support your lifestyle. Jesus came to give you real life, life abundant and no matter what Judge Wright Allen say. No matter what Mark Herring say I'm praying that you will hear what God is saying. And in hearing the voice of your Creator you will come to know the blessed eternal life that He has for you.
Shalom.
Bernard Boulton.