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Loyalty to the Cross

By Apostle Tonya

As Christ, astonishingly walked the courageous steps to His crucifixion, our suffering Lord turned and looked upon the countenance of His Disciple, Peter. Luke 22:61.

The devoted Apostle who once walked upon the seas for Christ; and cut off the ear of Malchus as Christ was arrested; had tragically denied Christ. In Simon Peter’s denial of the Christ; he even forsook the blessedness of the fellowship of Christ’ sufferings.

And so, I might suppose in that defining moment of Peter’s ministry, when Christ, blessed eyes of grace pierced through the heart of the suddenly fearful disciple, he wept bitterly in repentance.

So then, might we wonder how may it hath been that Peter received the words of Christ, trained and even dined with Him; but in the end would fail to be loyal to the Dearest Master unto the steps of the Cross?

Youth Pursuing Christ: Winning Souls

By Apostle Tonya

Surely, it is a most blessed honor to introduce to you the second youth in the “Youth for Christ” series. And how I praise thy Lord for him, my dearest nephew, Josiah whom the Blessed Holy Spirit hath granted a desire to witness to those whom hath never heard of the Blessed Savior.

Might you then imagine the blessed Heart of Christ in Josiah, a freshman in High School and football player, testifying of his bold witness of Christ to the youth of his generation, dearest friends? Oh, how I may say, I can almost hearest the cloud of witnesses in Heaven rooting for him: Go, Josiah, go!

And so, it is my prayer you might invite a youth to read this interview. May our youth be most encouraged in their witnessing of our Blessed One; and knowest the righteous are bold as a lion.

Our Holy Christ be glorified. Amen.

Apostle Tonya: Josiah, might you share with the readers of Heaven’s Pen, and most particular, the youth who shall read this interview of a memorable Scripture that Christ hast spake to your heart?

Josiah: Once I went to church the pastor said something that really struck me and I would like to share it, he said: “You can’t be dead inside and have the Spirit of God!” Meaning God, the Blood and Spirit is always with you; giving you the strength to do what you can every day.

Apostle Tonya: Oh, that is a most marvelous and encouraging word, Josiah! Let us speaketh about witnessing about Christ now. May you share how you feel the Holy Spirit leads You to witness about Christ to your friends who does not know Him?

Josiah: Well, when I spent time with some friends, after awhile I knew that they had no knowledge about Christ, whatsoever. At one point, I wanted to help them and I did by sending them videos from the internet which talked about different Scriptures; and that just mainly focused on Christ.

Apostle Tonya: What blessed witnessing for Christ, Josiah! The Scriptures remindeth us as believers of Christ that when we witness of the Savior and win souls, we are wise. And you, dearest Josiah, are most wise!

Now, Josiah, may you giveth a teenager who may read this article a tip on how to pray to Christ Jesus?

Josiah: I would say to mainly speak the truth and speak from the heart in prayer. Remember you can tell Christ anything and you won’t have to worry about it being repeated, or people gossiping to one another about it.

Apostle Tonya: Josiah, I think this is a most blessed tip! It is also one I am certain might encourage the youth to be led by the Blessed Holy Spirit to meditate on the Scripture recorded in Proverbs 11:13 and practice in their friendships.

One last question, Josiah, if Jesus was dining with you alone today as He dined with His Disciples after His Resurrection (in the Book of John, Chapter 21), how might you desire your conversation to be with our Beloved Christ?

Josiah: I would mainly just ask Christ what’s the purpose of my life and how to live right.

Apostle Tonya: Praise thy Lord, for your heart, Josiah.

I might say to encourage you, I gather it is in the youth seasons of life when thy Lord is most faithful to causeth us to know of our purpose in life. And ofttimes our purpose in life may manifest in the matters dearest to our heart.

And so, Josiah, I pray Christ, in His lovingkindness grant you an answer according to Colossians 1:9.

Dearest nephew, it hast abundantly blessed my heart interviewing you; and I shall never forget it.

Is Jesus in your heart? Might you pray this prayer with me to accept Christ Jesus as your Savior?

Dear Heavenly Father, I give myself to You and confess that Jesus is Lord! As it is written in the Holy Bible in Romans 10:9: That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

I thank You Jesus for coming into my heart now. I declare I am saved!

And Christ, I ask You for the special Gift of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit according to Luke 11:13 and Acts 2:4, so I may live a life pleasing to You. In Your Holy Name, I pray, Amen.

Youth Pursuing Christ

By Apostle Tonya

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 1:4

Most surely, I shall be eternally grateful for this blessed interview with the first featured youth in the series, “Youth Pursuing Christ”. Might I say, it was of a delightful conversation with Seon (pronounced See awn), one of thy Lord’s youth, with most robust faith and testimonies who is dearest to my heart (and many of the early family in the ministry and former staff hath met).

And so, it is my prayer that you might delight in the Eternal One as you read about this blessed and most anointed, youth of Christ. I may say, our Blessed Redeemer was most faithful to revealeth to Seon’s father, his dear mother, Brittany and even to myself when Seon, was a gifted toddler he was called to serve Christ for such a time as this.

May our Holy Christ be glorified. Amen.

Apostle Tonya: Seon, let us speaketh about our Beloved Christ. How does reading and studying Christ’ Ministry prepare you for your everyday life as a teenager?

Seon: It prepares me by having my mind and spirit set so that the temptations and beliefs of the world are restrained from me.

Apostle Tonya: Most wonderful, Seon! Would you share with us an encouraging Scripture Christ might hath granted to you to encourage your spiritual walk with Him?

Seon: Yes, one Scripture I think about often is John 10:30 when Christ says: “I and my Father are one.”

Apostle Tonya: Most blessed, Seon! We must study together about this passage of our Holy God and Christ, the Incarnate Son of God.

Now Seon, how does the Dearest Holy Spirit lead You to witness about Christ to your friends and classmates? And have you thought about growing in this area of your life and how it might affect your daily life?

Seon: The Holy Spirit leads me to witness Christ by first helping me to see Christ everywhere in my life; with my friends and by referring to Christlike topics. I do believe I can grow in this area. Witnessing also affects me by keeping my relationship with Christ and out of the world.

Apostle Tonya: Most blessed answer, Seon. Speaking of witnessing about Christ, let us remembereth thy Lord’s Brother, James spake in his epistle of the blessedness of witnessing to the lost. For James 5:20 records, “that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death..”

Seon, may you want to giveth a teenager who may read this article (3) three tips on how to cultivate an obedient heart that reverence God?

Seon: Yes, one is: Don’t crave to social pressure that is against the Bible. Two: Try to build discipline when it comes to Christlike activities such as praying, reading the Bible, and saying grace. Three: Put imagery on the things you own that will remind you of God.

Apostle Tonya: Oh, these are most wise tips on spiritual discipline, Seon!

One final question Seon, if Christ, was dining with you alone today as He dined with His Disciples after His glorious Resurrection, as recorded in The Book of John, Chapter 21, how might you desire your conversation with our Holy Christ to be?

Seon: I would ask Christ what can I and Christians as a whole do to continue to spread the holy message. I would also ask Him what can I do better specifically to lead me closer to Him.

Apostle Tonya: Amen. My dearest Seon, I want to thank you most kindly for sharing your pure heart and devotion for our Risen Christ with the readers of “Heaven’s Pen”.

Surely, thy Lord knows I admire your blessed love for Him. Amen.

If you have not accepted Christ, as your Savior. Might you pray this prayer with me today and ask Christ Jesus to cometh into your heart?

I thank You Jesus for coming into my heart now. I declare I am saved!

Christ, I ask You for the special Gift of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit according to Luke 11:13 and Acts 2:4, so that I may live a life pleasing to You. In Your Name Jesus, I pray, Amen.

Welcome to the Blessed Family of God, dearest one!

The Book of Remembrance

By Apostle Tonya

Surely, in the blessed passage recorded in Psalm 91:2, we read of the authority and honor as believers of Christ, we hath to declare who our most Holy God is to us. In it, we causeth our Father to incline His Ears to our holy affection and fear of Him. In His lovingkindness, our Lord shall response to us with a glorious Book of Remembrance of our awe and wonder of Him as recorded in Malachi 3:16:

Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

Dearest friends, might we speaketh to each other of our love for He, who is most holy and sitteth on The Throne!

Christ hath Redeemed us

By Apostle Tonya

Great Architect and Engineer of our lives, we plea with You to forgiveth us and our families for touching and removing landmarks, territories and properties whereby were not ours. And Father, forgiveth us for causing the rising up and building of which You cursed and destroyed according to Joshua 6:26 and Deuteronomy 27:17.

And so, Father, we bless You and declare we are now released from any curses according to the Book of Galatians 3:13. In Christ’ Holy Name, Amen.

Prophetic Visions: The 2024 U.S. Presidential Election

By Apostle Tonya

Most surely, the Blessed Holy Spirit hast been most faithful to speaketh to me concerning the United States Presidential Elections in the years of 2016, and 2020, wherefore such writings remaineth published here on the blog.

I might say, in this 2024 U.S. Presidential Election, the Spirit of God in His kindness hast granted me substantial prophetic visions and words about this most historical election in our Beloved America.

It well so agree with the Spirit of God, to release what He hast bestowed upon me whereby has been a generous series ofttimes of dramatic visions of the 2000 United States Presidential Election. As you might remember, it was certainly a most historic and memorable election of former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Al Gore whereby the former Governor of Texas, George Bush, narrowly defeated the incumbent Democratic Vice President Al Gore.

I may say, the prophetic visions from the Spirit of God of the past U.S. Election of 2000, were also comprised of a series of visions of the present 2024 U.S. Election of Vice President Kamala Harris, and Former President Donald J. Trump.

And so, I might say friends, thy Lord says in this 2024 U.S. Presidential Election every vote shall count. And thy Lord says register voters. Amen.

For Every Miracle

By Apostle Tonya

Most surely, the Blessed Master knows I remaineth eternally grateful for His mercy and inherent kindness to preserve me.

In thy Lord’s timing, I shall share the depth of the afflictions whereby the enemy sent to hinder this ministry. Yet, praise thy Righteous Lord who was most faithful to keepeth His eyes on me. And in thy Lord’s timing and pity He visited me with blessed miracles.

And so, dearest family, might my testimony encourageth you who are waiting on healing from the Blessed One today. For our most Kind Master is the Word and even cometh in the blessedness of His Glory to grant unspeakable miracles in us.

Our Holy Christ be glorified. Amen.

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Behold, the Lamb of God

By Apostle Tonya

And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. Isaiah 6:3

Surely, our Dearest Comforter knowest I hath been led by Him to resteth in the remembrance of the most blessed visions of the Blessed Master.

I might say, during Passover the Eternal Spirit of God in His lovingkindness began to grant a sudden increase of what I ofttimes may record are glimpses of Heaven and of Christ’s ministry on Earth.

In unworthiness, I might so say, days ago as I was resting, I wondered at the Sight in a glorious vision of our most Beautiful Risen Christ. How marvelous it was to behold Christ even in the midst of the air! And, dearest friends, what may I share about His Majesty Holy Garments? Oh, how splendid! Our Lord was arrayed in a most blessed Robe; the stunning color of the perfect sky, everyone!

And so, it was, in this vision, our Eternal One rested over a certain neighborhood in my native, and former hometown of Brooklyn. And it well so agreed with the Christ to resteth in an area whereby our Lord in His kindness even prepared me for this blessed Glory.

Thy Holy Lord be praised. Amen.

TruPlay Biblical Games

By Apostle Tonya

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. 3 John 1:4

Surely, I was most thrilled for the blessed honor to receiveth an invitation from the team at TruPlay to interview its president and CEO, Brent Dusing. If you hath not yet heard of TruPlay, it is a most excellent company wherefore produces Biblical games for children ages four through twelve, (and parents) that are most pure and fun!

Might you imagine how blessed it was to exalt Christ last December in a fun and delightful interview with our brother, Brent? I may say, the interview was a most blessed time sharing the Heart of Christ about the beloved children TruPlay has been called to serve. Yet, the entirety of the audio recording of the interview was not produced in the excellence thy Lord hast commanded from this ministry. Therefore, I have recorded the interview for print for your encouragement here on Heaven’s Pen and I shall release a most excellent succinct segment of the audio recording later on Holy Podcast.

And so, I pray this interview will causeth you to desire to even sow an annual subscription of TruPlay games to a hurting child. Most particularly, I pray it shall be so after you hath read of the most fun and blessed game, Ava & The Mirror of Truth. Amen.

Apostle Tonya: Most surely, it is my honor to meet with you today to exalt our Blessed Master and speaketh about TruPlay! Let us begin with our first question, Brent, when did thy Lord giveth you the desire to create Biblical games and comics?

Brent Dusing: My story is that when I came to Christ around 2002-2003 (that timeframe is kind of my journey), I grew up going to church but had alot of questions if you will, like: God exists? Heaven and hell? Those were some of the questions that were unresolved in my mind. I then went to this little Bible church in California where the pastor was very patient and answered my questions. And the other thing that got to me was the movie “The Passion of the Christ.” Many of you (listeners of “Holy Podcast”) have seen it and probably remember it, and what the movie stirred in me is that if you built Christian entertainment that is high-quality, beautiful, in excellence; but also, that adhere to God’s truth right to the foundations of the Bible, you can do something very special that can impact people for the rest of their lives; maybe generations.

I grew up playing video games, and making games. Around 2010, my second company was a company to build video games like the game, “Journey of Jesus”. And if you’re listening, listener, you might have played some of those games on Facebook.

Basically, with TruPlay, it started about two-years ago, where we said, Let’s build content where everything is fun, beautiful, excellent and people love, and everything we deliver to people is God’s truth. That’s really how we landed on TruPlay.

Apostle Tonya: Oh, that’s most wonderful! Yes, I do recall the movie, “The Passion of the Christ”. Now let us speaketh about Christ. How did studying about Christ prepare you in prayer to serve children?

Brent Dusing: That’s a great question. You know, I think there’s studying the Word of God, which helps alot; you learn and our minds are transformed.

The culture and the world we live in is so different then the Bible says it should be. God’s plan for the world is not the way our culture and society are. Let’s be honest. Right?

Apostle Tonya: Yes, it is not.

Brent Dusing: The best way to get a sense of what is God’s plan for the world should look like; you get from the Bible. God speaks to us in dreams and visions and in your mind and in your heart. Those things and my experience with Christ are a big part of that journey, as well as, in trying to pursue what is the Heart of God. What does God want for children? How does God want Himself to be represented? Those are the things we need to emphasize to children that I feel He wants them to know…and that plays out in the games we have.

One of our games is a story called, “Ava & the Mirror of Truth.” This young girl, Ava goes on a journey; and it is a fun game of her with a slingshot and blowing up all these strongholds these bad guys have.

What the game concept is really about is Ava getting bullied in school, and being lied about…and by the way, her parents are divorced. So, Ava has some trouble…she believes in God; but she has had some trouble. I’m sure some of your listeners can identify with this and how their childhood was.

Ava’s journey is really about your identity. It is not what the world says you are; or what people say you are, or the enemy says you are. It is who God say you are. That’s your identity; that’s who you are!

In the world we live in children need to know their identity doesn’t come from the world; it comes from Christ. Children are not seeing God’s truth anywhere unless the parents are taking their children to Church. We have to bring it to them (the truth) at their fingertips; on screens.

Apostle Tonya: I agree that it is our responsibility to teach Christ in truth: a pure, holy, tender-hearted God who desires us to have entertainment for children that is pure, most holy and whereby Christ is glorified in.

Consequently, I recently wrote about the history of Stained-Glass windows in thy Lord’s Church and your stained-glass windows game was most interesting to me. Might you tell the parents how most fun the game “Stained Glass” is?

Brent Dusing: Thanks for bringing up “Stained Glass”. “Stained Glass” is a game that for a while was the number one Christian game on the App store. It is a game where you match glass pieces. So, if you ever played “Royal Match”, “Candy Crush” or “Bejeweled Blitz”; (its like them) it’s a Match 3 game.

By the way, our platform is used by kids, but it is also used by parents. “Stained Glass” is actually the game that most time is spent on our platform. It’s a Match 3 game; you collect stain glass pieces and as you do the matches; the stain glass window comes to life and a character from the Bible tells you a story.

So, the first person to tell the story is Eve and she tells you what it was like to look God in the eyes and tell God you sinned. And she tells what was it like to leave the Garden and what was that experience like for her.

Apostle Tonya: Oh, dear!

Brent Dusing: The next story is Noah. And I think as Christians our experience with the Noah’s story is you don’t often hear it preached on the pulpit. It is usually told in children’s books or in Sunday School.

Apostle Tonya: I am a child at heart; and I shall play the games. Let me ask another question, how was it working with The Action Bible?

Brent Dusing: The Action Bible has been a great partner of ours. It is in my opinion one of the very best kids Bibles. They basically touch all the major stories, including Jeremiah and drew them in very high-quality comic book style. I read it to my kids for over a decade. We have The Action Bible comics digitized inside of the platform. And we have quite a few stories about Jesus!

Apostle Tonya: Oh, that’s most wonderful. Speaking about our Beloved Christ is there any particular game specifically about Him?

Brent Dusing: I appreciate the question. The short answer is we do have comics from The Action Bible that are all about Jesus.

Apostle Tonya: Most glorious! Brent, it hath been most wonderful speaking to you today. Might you have an encouraging word to giveth to parents?

Brent Dusing: I want to say to parents that the TruPlay team are very experienced, professionals in technology gaming; but most of us are also parents. We’ve come to be of service to parents and families. And it is very hard to be a parent right know, right? I’m a parent; you cannot stand over your child’s shoulder every day and see what they are doing over their smart phones or on their tablet. We know there is so much toxic content, violence and inappropriate content for children. And no parent wants their kid to see that kind of stuff.

So, my encouragement to parents is this, TruPlay understands you as a parent; because we are parents. And we’ve built something that is beautiful; that delivers God’s truth in a way that you’ve probably haven’t seen before in an engaging, and fun way.

We tell you that God is not done with our children. I know it feels like we’re going to lose this generation; but that’s going to change. Because God is moving! God has a plan to rescue His Children!

Apostle Tonya: Amen! Children are most special to thy Lord and also to this ministry. We must do more to distribute resources to the children; so, they may knowest of the Savior.

And so, Brent, I want to thank you for this interview. I bless thy Lord for TruPlay and for placing your hands to the plow to serve children to ensure they know about the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.

Brent Dusing: It’s an honor to be with you. I appreciate everything you are doing for the Kingdom, as well. We’re all in this together; which is God’s heart for children and our society.

Brent Dusing, CEO and President of TruPlay

Thou art mine, Blessed Master

By Apostle Tonya

In above two years, as I desired to becometh more assiduous of the time I spent serving I began to seeketh thy Lord for His direction. Surely, I was held in wonder at His response wherefore was like that of a natural Father who decided not to answer me immediately; but purposed to seemingly teacheth me certain lessons in prayer.

Most stunningly, each time I continued to enter His presence for this certain direction; the Father would instead speaketh to me about one of His Children. And our Holy Lord continued this direction in prayer for a most lengthy season.

In the year of 2022, discerning it was thy Lord’s will to cease inquiring, I fixed my eyes upon Heaven and asked, (for what I concluded was with good reason), “Holy Lord, how would You feel if every time I cometh into prayer I only speak about someone else?”

And so, while it might sound quite amusing; thy Lord may say that final plea in prayer causeth Him to hath pity on me. For thereafter, our Holy Lord who is inherently kind causeth me to inherit substance and filled my heart with a blessed treasure finally answering me. In the lesson, the Father was teaching me to inextricably love Him, our Beautiful Lord more than these.

Surely, we most love our Lord more than these! Amen.