SHALOM MY BROTHERS IN THE LORD JESUS!

Yesterday, when I heard that Br. STEVE passed away, I wasn’t sad, I couldn’t cry as well as Sister Carmel and Celeste, our 1st daughter did. One Thing I knew in my soul is that, He got a Super Blessing to go and get his Reward in CHRIST, Our LORD.

Really, I wanted myself to be present at the Funeral procession, in Newcastle; but it’s impossible now and so late. Imagine the causes:

Covid19 restrictions herein, passport  visas, etc…

Only, we are thankful to Our LORD JESUS CHRIST for everything that HE means to us, and for what HE does every day, for what HE has done and for His every future Best and unfaillable Promise to us, for:

– HE will never forsake us;

– HE gave us HIS Spirit and His Revelation of Today;

– HE gave us The Pardon n’   the RESURRECTION;

– HE promised us the RAPTURE;

– HE gave us The Eternal Life in Him.

The Departure of Br. STEVE (my Elder), seems like one of the main Troubles of the mankind. But, being The END TIME MESSAGE BELIEVERS, It cannot be a Surprise.

 Then, Why are we not Disappointed?

 a) We know: Br. STEVE was a true Servant of The LORD JESUS;

 b) He preached and was living his preaching’s;

 c) He preached and believed   to the Promises of the LORD to HIS BRIDE;

 d) It pleased to Our GOD to let him go first, and HE is giving a Spiritual Warning tohis family ans us, as well as Brother BRANHAM di to Billy Paul Branham, … to be prepared everyone, at every time, for the Coming of The LORD, One of These last days;

 e) TLORD GOD knows everything and,

 f) HE loves to give the best things to HIS Children.

HE has the 1st and the Last Word for our lives.

We Love HIM, because HE first loves us!

> May his soul rest in Peace before the LORD of the lords, 

> We really feel his absence now, but Some Morning Day, we’ll see him, so that we’ll meet together Our Saviour in the Theophany / glorified Bodies.

Brother Paku and Family from Angola wish you a ” SHALOM! “” in HIS DIVINE LOVE and be sure that we are still praying for you.

THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BLESSES YOU ABUNDANTLY!

Br. Paku MK VIDA TEÓFILO AND FAMILY

OUR DEEP CONDOLENCES AND  SHALOM  TO  YOU DEAR BRETHREN! 

IN JOB , THE BIBLE SAYS :

 JOB 9:10–12

– HE does great things past finding out, yes, wonders without number.

     – If HE goes by me, I do not see HIM, If HE moves past, I do not perceive HIM;

      – If HE takes away, WHO can hinder HIM? WHO can say to HIM, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ”

 JOB 23:13 But HE is Unique, and Who can make HIM change?

And whatever HIS Soul desires that HE does.

 JOB 37:5 GOD thunders marvelously with His Voice; HE does great Things which we cannot comprehend.

 JOHN & Br. WM BRANHAM quoting the LORD JESUS-CHRIST said,

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My WORD (= THE GOSPEL and The MESSAGE) and believes in HIM WHO sent Me has Everlasting Life, and shall not come into Judgment, but has passed from death into Life. ”

 *THAT IS MY BELOVED BROTHER STEVE FRANCIS, YOURSELVE N’ MY WHOLE FAMILY.  ALLELUJAH! AMEN!

 Then, Br. STEVE is not dead, he changed his living Place. He is now in the 6th Dimension with all the saints, waiting for the RAPRTURE DAY TO COME!

Dear sweet Francis family,

I will not forget our earthly times together. I will not forget the smiles, warmth and genuine love. You coming to visit Debbie and me and we visiting you. As long as my mind permits, I will recall with fondness, your dear children, so happy and free. Now those bright eyes are married and you are proud Grandparents, as we are. Steven, I remember your grape fasts, for several days you would eat only grapes 😊. Your complexion would glow afterward. Today and each endless tomorrow you are countenanced in eternal light.

All my love.

Jeff and Debbie Jenkins Ohio, USA

This is Seth my grandson who was born with asthma n 101 ALLERGIES he couldn’t even eat the basic of foods. We had a special meeting in Tongaat where bro Steve was preaching and after he preached I took Seth up for prayer and bro Steve and that whole congregation prayed for him.

And I just believed him when he said it’s all over. And from THAT DAY TILL TODAY SETH IS HEALED.

Amen thank U Lord

Lorraine Taylor

Our Father.

Tribute to the Grey sword of Light.

Traveling the world with book in hand,

He dispelled darkness with foresight.

Profound words shook doubt from faith.

Silence filled the gathering as spirit guided his sword of wisdom to relate.

Father to all that needed care.

Comfort and guidance that only he knew how to share.

How unfair that he is no more.

Our consolation is only the memories of how his words saved us despair.

Father to the world but dad to few, who knew, that their normal will be no more.

Simple moments of love defined his presence with family.

The morning juice, the daily visits the hugs, just being in his majesty.

Dad, know this, our hearts will never understand the gravity of this tragedy.

Tragedy of destiny, we are not to decide.

Our strength is knowing that the Lord has chosen you to be by his side.

Somehow we knew. Subtle messages, your last sermon and the way you said goodbye.

You lay there all alone, only with our prayer. We, unaware that you and your Father were there to

prepare.

Lord, I believe that our Father is in your arms.

Keep him well in his journey.

Let his words and memories keep his legacy alight.

As he lays down his sword…It was a good fight.

We love you Father. Our Father.

Tribute to the Grey sword of Light.

Traveling the world with book in hand,

He dispelled darkness with foresight.

Profound words shook doubt from faith.

Silence filled the gathering as spirit guided his sword of wisdom to relate.

Father to all that needed care.

Comfort and guidance that only he knew how to share.

How unfair that he is no more.

Our consolation is only the memories of how his words saved us despair.

Father to the world but dad to few, who knew, that their normal will be no more.

Simple moments of love defined his presence with family.

The morning juice, the daily visits the hugs, just being in his majesty.

Dad, know this, our hearts will never understand the gravity of this tragedy.

Tragedy of destiny, we are not to decide.

Our strength is knowing that the Lord has chosen you to be by his side.

Somehow we knew. Subtle messages, your last sermon and the way you said goodbye.

You lay there all alone, only with our prayer. We, unaware that you and your Father were there to prepare.

Lord, I believe that our Father is in your arms.

Keep him well in his journey.

Let his words and memories keep his legacy alight.

As he lays down his sword…It was a good fight.

We love you Father.

From Ashwin Ramrung

I’ve heard of Bro Steve back in 1994 when some group of believers from Singapore were coming from Newcastle after the wedding of her daughter. He came to Mauritius in May 2005 on the special occasion of his wife’s fiftieth birthday. The two services he preached for us were enough to convince me of his commitment to the Father’s vineyard; a gallant man indeed and a seasoned Minister who has been beyond any parcel of doubt an inspiration to thousands of believers of this Unprecedented Message around the globe. I know for sure he’s gone to his eternal reward. He’s fought the good Fight, finished the Course and kept the Faith! Praise Be To God.

Please convey our sincere condolences to the whole family in these circumstances. God’s peace rest upon you all. Shalom

Bro Nanda Chetty from Mauritius

Heartfelt greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I thank Almighty God because He brought the Moore family and Francis family together and the reason was for His gospels sake. I thank Him that years later when I became a Lotlhare God allowed my husband and brother Steve to bond as well.

My childhood memories are filled with memories of brother Steve, sister Jenny and the family.

My memories go far back to when I was about 6 years old, when services would be held in our home in Meadowlands Soweto.

Brother Steve was so involved and used by God in the early days of the church in Soweto.

I remember one day in particular when after brother Steve preached a brother spoke in tongues and brother Steve Francis interpreted.

There were so many times that he would come over to preach and in the early years Brother Allistor and sister Jessintha would always sing a special in later years it would be the Francis brothers.

When I was 8 we moved to a bigger home in Diepkoloof, Soweto and for years brother Steve would come with our precious sister Jenny and at times with the whole family.

We also visited their lovely home on numerous occasions. 

My father, brother Abie Moore loved brother Steve dearly. My mum and sister Jenny were also good friends and I still remember how they would be talking in each others kitchens while preparing meals.

On 1998 my father went to be with the Lord on a Saturday and I will never forget that on the next day brother Steve drove all the way and preached for the evening service 

God used him in such a special way we were comforted.

I remember crying as he prayed but not because I lost my dad but because of what the Lord had done for me.

Six days later he came for the funeral with his sons and preached at my dad’s funeral.

I will always remember how he saluted my father.

Throughout the years brother Steve has been there and has been so supportive  consistently. He was there for my sister and I when my brother passed away and always stayed in touch.

He was one of the few father figures God blessed me with who I could call or message on fathers day, for a new year and for his last birthday.

A few weeks ago I sent him an sms to tell him we praying he said thank you my child. Have a beautiful day.

When I heard about his passing I cried for hours till the next day and just couldn’t stop.

I so wish I could have visited Newcastle again.

It’s a comfort to know that my parents were part of the group that welcomed this gallant soldier. It’s a comfort to know that we have a blessed assurance.

We have been praying and thinking of sister Jenny, the family and the church.

May you find peace in knowing our God is forever ever faithful.

God bless you 

From Lerato Lotlhare

Where do we even begin? How do you describe someone as wonderful as Pa… 

Pa was such an amazing person inside and out. The life he lived manifested his relationship with God and was a testament of his faith and walk with God. He had such a love for the Word and for God and everyone who has met Pa, can never deny it and have testified to it. In Pa’s testimony, he said he loved truth and he lived it. He was a man of conviction with no hidden agenda and was so humble and sincere. He always put the Word and everyone else before himself and God used him in such a wonderful way. He never complained but gave thanks for everything. He reminded us alot of our Dad. He never judged anyone and was always present when we needed help. He understood and always knew the right thing to say to help us. We have such fond memories of Pa. He was so full of energy and humour… and how he loved durian. He used to call a Singapore dish ‘Nasty Lemak’ instead of ‘Nasi Lemak’ because he found it too spicy. We remember a time when he was experiencing a terrible toothache but he never told anyone because he didn’t want anyone to worry. 

We know there are no words to soothe the pain you feel and we know how hard it is to deal with the loss of someone as wonderful as Pa, but God has His reasons and His ways are past finding out. When we lost our Dad, we felt that it was the biggest trial and the most painful thing we ever had to go through. We wondered how we were going to go on because Dad was just the best to us. Then, God gave us the best… Pa and Mama, who were always there for us, advising us and supporting us. We became their family and they became ours. Pa stepped in as a father and treated us like his own, calling us on our birthdays, congratulating us on achievements and never failing to give us godly counsel. We looked up to him for everything and he never gave up on us. We know he was always looking for his body change. He spoke about how tired he was and how he longed to go home and how he never wanted to suffer in pain but he wanted to go without pain and God granted it to His faithful servant. When Pa crossed over, we wondered what we were going to do without him. But going through the emails he sent us when we lost our Dad, we came across one of the emails Pa sent us, encouraging us saying, “As much as I wish Dad was still here, I can’t help thinking that God planned it and He wouldn’t have it any other way. We will continue having questions and when situations arise, we will wish he were here. Sometimes it’s hard to understand God’s way but the scriptures declare that His ways are past finding out and His thoughts are above our thoughts. Despite it all, we have a peace that passes all understanding and a joy that wipes away our tears.” We are filled with emotion, going through Pa’s emails to us and Pa and our Dad’s email conversations. He was Dad’s best friend and Dad loved him. Dad always called Pa “The Best Preacher”. We are so glad we still have Dad and Pa’s audio conversations and videos of Pa to remember him by. As much as we would still want Pa around, he would never want to trade places because what he preached about and believed has become real to him. He would be fellowshipping with Dad now. We miss him terribly, his jokes, his laugh, his emails, his love and his advice… but he left us with the best, the life he manifested and his godly advice which we can never forget.

To Jess, Al, Liam and Stevie, Pa always spoke about how rich he was when he looked at you. We recall him telling us that one of his sibling’s children were all big shots and they were doing well. But he said, he felt like a wealthy man when he looked at all of you and to see the love you had for the Word. The things he told us about all of you really inspired us to be just that. Al, the sermons you preach and the advice you’ve given, Liam the emails and devotions you’ve done, Stevie the faith you had and the way you preached (honestly, our Mom couldn’t tell the difference between you and Pa), Jess, Pa always said if you were a man, you’d have been a preacher and how you were his favorite daughter. Pa was very proud and so happy to see the stand you all took with the Word. When our Dad went to be with the Lord, Pa spoke about the legacy Dad left behind and the life he lived. We thought of the same when Pa crossed over. His legacy, the life he lived, the wife and the children, in-laws and grandchildren he left behind. It’s a wonderful legacy and a wonderful credit to Pa and Mama.

To Mama, we know it is the worst feeling in the world to lose the love of your life and how your life will never be the same. We understand the pain you must be feeling. Pa loved you so much. Take courage, the last thing you said to Pa was the best you could have given him, you spoke the Word. We know how much you must miss him but we have a hope. Everyday is a day closer to our body change, where we will never be separated again from the ones we love the most. 

We love all of you dearly and we are always here. All of you are always in our prayers. May God be your portion, comfort and strength always.

Love always,

Jeremy, Joy & Sis Esther

The Fisherman’s Family

Tribute to Uncle Steve

Firstly, I would like to say that it is a privilege and an honour to pay tribute to a man who I was close to and knew all my life.  He was the last surviving brother to my mum, Gons Saman and my aunt Jan Thathiah.  The passing of Uncle Steve was extremely tragic to his sisters, as they grew up as a very close family unit and I am certain under different circumstances they would have attended in person.  From my mum, Aunty Jan and all my cousins and their children, our deepest and sincere condolences go out to his family and to all those who felt he was their guiding light.

I would like to be a bit selfish and share my experiences with Uncle Steve in the hope that it will capture a semblance of our relationship and to some extent my extended family.  I have rarely come across a person who always greeted you with such warmth and love, making you feel special and he did it to all who found themselves within his presence.

Our journey together started when my family relocated to Newcastle in the 1970’s.  We would regularly see Uncle Steve and his family and one of his most endearing qualities was his quick wit and his ability to make me laugh.  This became an entrenched character trait of his, always looking at the brighter side of life, and yet I for one certainly never heard him complain about life.  Always smiling, fully engaged, sincere and could transcend all age groups to hold conversations.  All the children in his life most certainly were the true beneficiaries of these attributes because he simply loved kids.  

Many years later, I was lucky enough to have lived with Uncle Steve and Aunty Jenny for a few months and soon enough I was drafted into the family as one of the sons.  Amongst all the fun we had, one of my most striking observations, was our regular family meetings to discuss family issues. Everybody was free to express themselves and let me stress, I had never seen him angry in those sessions or lose his composure which was a quality of his that I observed through my entire life.  It had such a profound impact on me that we have adopted it in our family.  I guess I am saying he demonstrated a way of life through living his life, more than being prescriptive or instructive to others.

His commitment to his faith was unwavering and all that knew him will bare testament.  When I decided to get married, I chatted with my fiancé and asked if Uncle Steve could officiate the ceremony, naturally she agreed, because who better to bless our marriage than my Uncle, even though we are Hindu.  When we got to Newcastle, we had a Christian wedding.  I would have expected nothing less because it was yet another example of his approach to life.  I will certainly miss my quiet time with him on the golf course and the many hours of wisdom.

I could go on for hours talking about my Uncle, but when I think about Aunty Jenny, it is with pain in my heart, that I say this family has lost a very dear human being.  One never knows when your time has been spent on this Earth, but I guess the more important question is, what have you done with your time?  For me, Uncle Steve spent his time dedicated to uplifting the quality of lives of others and there are fewer more noble purposes of living one’s life.  We pray that God lays his hand upon you and our family as we journey through this difficult phase of life.     

MY TRIBUTE TO MY DEAREST FRIEND BROTHER STEPHEN FRANCIS

Special greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the church and to Brother Stephen Francis’ beloved family, who we love and cherish very much. We are especially praying for, Sister Jennifer, who loved him and stood by him as a faithful mate, through thick and thin throughout his ministry. We pray that God will comfort her. I know that He will, if we allow Him to comfort us. God has been very gracious and loving to me for He has comforted me in the departing of my dearest friend, my beloved wife. When God comforts us then we in return can comfort others.

For the scriptures says, II CORINTHIANS 1:3-4 “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God”.

As a family of God, we feel the same feelings of pain, sadness and emptiness as you do, for the scriptures says, I CORINTHIANS 12:26, “And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it.”

To the Bride that Brother Stephen Francis pastored, as days come and go, we will continue to pray for you that God will unite your hearts together and bring you comfort and strength to continue on the work that Brother Stephen Francis started there in New Castle. I know that there are decisions to be made, so that the work of the Lord will continue on. May God grant you wisdom and revelation in seeking God’s will in making these decisions is my prayer.

I first met Brother Stephen Francis, in the early 1980’s, when he and Brother Van Zeeberg, visited Tucson. I took them to see A.A. Allen’s church in Miracle Valley, because I knew that Brother Stephen and Brother Van Zeeberg had heard about A.A. Allen. I also introduced them to Brother Daniel Rojas, from Sierra Vista. Brother Stephen Francis, preached for Brother Daniel Rojas and Brother Van Zeeberg preached for us. After that, he began visiting us yearly. Sometimes twice a year. On one of his trips, he brought Sister Jennifer with him. When they travelled to visit us ninety percent of the time, she would come with him. During their stay with us my wife and her became very good friends. Throughout the years, he preached many messages that are engraved in our hearts such as: Transition and The Overcomers Reward. Being part of us and sharing our burdens with us, I felt in my heart to ask Brother Stephen Francis, to be one of the speakers in our 1992, dedication services of our Tabernacle. We still cherish and sing the wonderful and inspired choruses that he taught us. He was a true worshipper and we loved to worship with him.

Back then I had no idea that God in His pre-ordained plan, was fixing to unite us together supernaturally, in a friendship that lasted over 40 years. As the years progressed and we continued to know each other mainly by telephone conversations, letters and the over 40 times that he came to visit us, our friendship grew. In one of our conversations we had, Brother Stephen Francis shared with me that God had showed him that our friendship will never be broken, because it was God that united us as friends and our friendship was based on God’s Word.

Being in fellowship with him all these years, I witnessed the manifestation of the fruits of the Spirit in his life.

 GALATIANS 5:22-23, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

As I our friendship grew, I got to know him. The times I was around him. I witnessed the love he had for God’s people not just for us, but he also loved and cared for the different churches and places that he would preach to. If you were around him, there was a gentleness and a caring nature about him that would attract you to him. I witnessed joy in him in our fellowship together, especially around the Word of God. I noticed the goodness and meekness, that he expressed when he stayed in my home and in the homes of the brothers. Wherever he stayed he always left a good report. No matter the circumstances, he was always had temperance and he always had a peace around him. Brother Branham said, “No matter what comes or what goes, let the ship rock, let the storms come, let the lightning flash, the thunder roar, whatever takes place, don’t make a bit of difference… whatever you want to, but he still saying, “Amen. Amen, amen.”

When he preached you knew that he had a faith, (a deep revelation) and deep convictions in God’s Word. The fruit ‘love’ was best expressed in the love he had for God’s Word. He loved It so much, that he gave his whole life for It, and he stood true to It. Brother Branham said, “I pray, brother, that our lives will be crowned with the fruits of the Spirit; love, joy, long-suffering, gentleness, patience, Truth, faith, in the Holy Spirit. The fruits of the Spirit, proves that you’re in God, when you see that Life sealed away by the Holy Ghost.” Those that knew Brother Stephen Francis, knew that God had crowned him and sealed him, with the fruits of the Spirit, which was the Life of Christ in him.

Brother Stephen Francis had left the Assemblies of God Church and he began a small work, with a few people. At the beginning it was rough, and he struggled much. But through all his struggles, I saw a Christ like character developed in him. Character is to have the qualities and traits that form a person. Brother Stephen went from justification, to sanctification, to the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, thus showing in his life that he had received the promised Word of the hour, the Person of Jesus Christ. The Word becoming flesh. His life expressed God’s qualities and traits. The same Christ that we read about in the Bible was demonstrated in his life. Without any hesitation, I can affirm that I saw God walking in two feet. Character is the nature of a person. Brother Stephen Francis received God’s Word, not intellectually, but by a birth, that is why I saw God’s nature manifested in Brother Stephen Francis’ life. The manifestation of the fruits of the Spirit in his life proved it. Character is the genetics of a person. Brother Stephen Francis was a gene of God manifested among us.

Brother Branham said,

 “All at once I looked up, and I said, “I’m not the son of Charles and Ella Branham. There’s Something calling.” Like my little eagle, “I’m not a chicken. There’s Something up yonder, somewhere. O Great Jehovah, Whoever You are, open up! I want to come home. There’s Something in me, calling.” Then I was born again. That little Life was laying there, the life of water was poured upon It, then It begin to grow. Now, that old life was forgiven, put in the sea of God’s forgetfulness, to never be remembered against me no more. Now we stand justified (as though we never had sinned) in the Presence of God.” 65-1212 COMMUNION TUCSON AZ

Brother Stephen Francis had been hearing from his theophany and went into it.

Character is a pattern. Jesus Christ, the Word of God, which is Spirit and Life, is our pattern and Brother Stephen Francis followed that pattern, until he became a written epistle.

“He became a written Bible reflecting His Word, that perfect man again, in God. God’s promised Word was interpreted in him.” 64-1212 THE HARVEST TIME, PHOENIX, AZ

The Word, that has been written, was manifested in his life. As he grew in character, the Word became incarnated in him and he became one with the Word, which is God’s pattern. Character displays a relationship. Without a shadow of a doubt Brother Stephen Francis being a gene of God was related to God, as a son of God. As Brother Stephen Francis progressively grew in the revelation that God gave him, God revealed to him that the real church was the Bride, and as a minister of the Gospel, God had given him the privilege to prepare His Bride for the Rapture, his whole ambition was, like what Brother Branham, expressed in these words,

“I’ve stayed true to Him. He’s been true to me. I’m trusting in Him, someday, I don’t know when, for a crowning of my ministry. I’ve stayed just as true as I could be. I don’t know what it’ll be. I don’t know when it’ll be. And just when He’s ready, I am done up here. I hope He will crown my ministry of this, of letting me take the clothes of the Word, and dress His Bride in the clothe of the Word, and for His righteousness. I hope He will crown me, let me stand on that day, say, “Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.” 62-0908 PRESENT STAGE OF MY MINISTRY

In the last part of Brother Stephen Francis’ life, I saw God capping and sealing him into a stature of a perfect man.

“So, when you surrender your complete being, then the Holy Spirit just pours through you, in these virtues, then you’re a living tabernacle. Then people look out and say, “That’s a man full of virtue, knowledge (he believes the Word), temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, full of the love of the Holy Ghost. See, there he is, walking around.” What is it? A stature that unbelievers can look at and say, “There is a Christian. There is a man, or a woman, who knows what they’re talking about. You never seen a kinder, sweeter, godlier person.” You’re sealed.” It was the Word becoming flesh and God’s virtues manifested in his life, that we saw that was being fulfilled in Brother Stephen Francis’ life. As Brother Branham said, “Now, when the member is born by the Holy Ghost into the family of God and has proven to have these virtues in him, that God can see virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, and godliness, in him, then God seals him, or places him. And that’s when you see a Son of God.” 62-1104M BLASPHEMOUS NAMES

God moulded a perfect spirit in Brother Stephen Francis’ life. I also witnessed this in the life of my wife, Brother Oscar Jacques and Brother Refugio Lopez, before their departing. These two Brothers loved and fellowshipped with Brother Stephen Francis many times throughout the years. Now, they are all together in sublime fellowship in their theophanies rejoicing in the sixth dimension. God crowned them with Eternal Life. Brother Branham said,

“But my crown is a new body, a new being, crowned in His likeness: a body like His own glorious body where I can just live with Him. That’s a crown enough for me.” 54-1114 REDEMPTION BY JUDGMENT

I know that his wife, family and the Bride that he pastored, can attest to this, for you saw it yourself. Day after day a manifested Son of God among you. I JOHN 1:1-2, That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that Eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;).

I am a very privileged person to have witnessed on this side of Eternity, the Word of God, whom we preach, become flesh in some saints’ lives, such as in my wife and in Brother Stephen Francis’ life, which is the Promised Word for this hour. The Word became flesh and I saw God walking in two feet. Many people today go to church to hear a sermon but fail to see the promise of the Word becoming flesh. But I saw the fruits of the Spirit manifested in Brother Stephen. I saw the virtues of God in him. I saw an expressed gene of God and I saw God manifested in him, as a son of God.

In closing, I would like to say that I love you all very much and I will continue to pray for you. I know that it is very hard to go through life’s journey without our Brother Stephen, one who was such an inspiration to me and one whom we loved with all our hearts. As you go through this life’s journey, remember that God does everything perfect, and He knows best. Like the song goes, “We don’t have to understand, all we have to do is just hold His hand.” One of the lights of the world has left us.

JOHN 10:30-36, I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

I was inspired of God to share these scriptures of John 10:30-36, with you because I saw these scriptures manifested in Brother Stephen Francis’ life. From my heart I can say, as the Apostle Peter said, “We were eyewitness of his majesty, which means: “A wonderful work”. I witnessed God’s wonderful work in Brother Stephen Francis’ life. The Word became flesh in him, and I saw God walking in two feet!

I am not prone to emotions or wishing that what I expressed in this tribute, to be so, nor was I moved by my friendship with Brother Stephen. What I expressed in this tribute is the revelation that is in my heart and the promise for this hour, which was manifested in his life. If I did not see these virtues in Brother Stephen or if it was not scriptural, I would have never expressed these words, for what I saw was a true son of God, promised for this hour.

NUMBERS 6:24-26 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

May God grant you; Sister Jennifer, the family, the church the perseverance to continue on unto the promise, of the Word becoming flesh, like what was fulfilled in Brother Stephen Francis’ life.

Your Brother and Friend in Christ,

Pastor Isaac Noriega

Tucson, Arizona