jailed for preaching by high-school - June

Recently emailed praises and prayer requests:

I praise JESUS for Beloved sister Gloria!She writes:
DEAREST JOSH,PRAYING ALL IS WELL WITH YOU MY FRIEND,MAY GOD BLESS YOU IMMEASURABLY FOR ALL YOU DO TO UPHOLD HIS KINGDOM,PLS KEEP US ALL IN PRAYER FOR VARIOUS ILLNESSES,FOR SPIRITUAL UNITY/FOR FINANCIAL HELP,THANKS HONEY,LOVE YA,GLORIA

I praise JESUS for sister Aoly!She writes:

I HAD ENCOUNTERED A FEW HOURS IN HANDCUFF MYSELF. I GOT TO SHARE ALLOT ABOUT THE WORDS WITH A WONDERFUL MAN NAME BEAR THAT HANDCUFF ME. WHILE WAITING FOR THE POLICE OFFICER I GOT TO WITNESS TO HIM FOR 2 HOURS...FOUND OUT HIS PERANTS WERE BAPTIST MINSITEER, HE IS OF THE PEGAN, 'VIKING FAITH, HIS WIFE WAS A MORMON AND I EVEN GOT TO READ EPHESIAN TO HIM.....AFTER A FEW HOURS HE DECIDED TO LET ME GO HE THREW ME OFF THE PROPERTY AND TOLD ME NOT TO COME BACK...I GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH MR. BEAR.. IF I DID NOT GET HANDCUFF I WOULD OF NEVER GOT TO SHARE AS MUCH AS I DID. SO IT WAS ALL TO BRING CHRIST GLORY...

WE PRAY THAT MR. BEAR SEEDS BLOSSOMS...WE PRAY THE WORDS THAT WAS SHARED WITH BEAR BRING HIM BACK TO THE LOVE OF CHRIST, WE PRAY THE FLAME THAT COMES WTITH THE PASSION ON THE CROSS BRINGS HIM BACK TO A REALTIONSHIP WITH CHRIST...WE PRAY THE FLAME BE A LIGHT SO STRONG AND BLINDING HE SEES NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH OF GOD....WE PRAY THAT BEAR'S DECEPTION BE REBUKE, WE ALSO PRAY FOR THIS DECEPTION TO BE REMOVED FROM HIS WIFE SPIRITUAL DEVOTION TO CHRIST. WE ASK THE LORD TO OPEN UP HIS EYES AND HIS MIND AS WELL AS HIS HEART AND DRAW HIM AND HIS FAMILY AS WELL AS ALL THAT SURROUND HIM, BOTH AT HOME AND AT WORK BACK TO A RELATIONSHIP WALKING IN CHRIST AND LIVING IN HIS ABSOLUTE TRUTH.. WE PRAY ALSO FOR HIS CHILDREN TO BE TAUGHT THE LOVE OF CHRIST AND MAY THEY ALL MATURE IN SALVATION AND IN FAITH, MAY JESUS CHRIST POWER OF CHANGE, TRUTH AND LOVE BE GLORIFIED THROUGH THIS MANS LIFE...WE PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME AMEN..

I LOVE SERVING GOD JOSHUA. HE DESERVES BETTER FROM ME THOUGH....



AOLY


I praise JESUS for sister Aoly!She writes:
Special prayer for Lee. He just found the lord. The enemy has brought decdeptions in thoughts in his life..we pray that Lord God comes into his heart as Lee has requested and guide him to build a relationship...WE ask the Jesus spirit to lead him to learn to live by faith...and clarify in him the deep love Jesus has for him and how he is part of the family of God and is not ever alone. We ask the lord to lead him on paths daily where he can find work and shelter that will enable him to blossom in his new found relationship walking in christ daily....we pray for rebuking the enemies lies in his thoughts along with all the other people that live on the street. WE pray that the lord leads all to find shelter and growth in spirit. and into a fruitful life glorifying the power of the blood of christ that cleans all and renew all...we call upon you Lord God to hear our prays and all your children cries, Lord give them comfort and give them assurance that thier lives rest in your hands and put it in thier heart the love you have for them no matter where they are, who they are and what walk of life they are in....Put it in thier hearts and minds ALWAYS that you are the power of all true changes and let them be assured through your great love they will be changed and made new. Bless them Lee and all other with the spirit of patient and perseverance Help them lord to walk in faith alone.....in jesus name we pray amen.

I praise JESUS for CBN! They write:
Please pray for us, that God would give us His divine wisdom and
guidance concerning our work. God bless you.

The Christian Broadcasting Network
Website - www.cbn.com <>
The 700 Club Prayer Counseling Center - 1-800-759-0700
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"But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter; whose praise [is] not of men, but of God."
(Romans 2:29 KJV)

"I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin."
(Romans 7:21-25 KJV)


"If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."
(1 John 1:8 KJV)

"My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"
(1 John 2:1 KJV)


"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God."
(1 John 3:9 KJV)

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?

1 Peter 3:12,13 KJV
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To my fellow prayer warriors in CHRIST JESUS,

I praise the LORD for another day of life, and for the chance to write you one more day! Yesterday while preaching at a school near the downtown Library a security gaurd began running after me on the sidewalk, telling me to move on. I didn't believe I was doing anything wrong, and kept preaching. The security gaurd seemed rather upset, and grabbed a can of what looked like Mase (please excuse any typos), and I thought for sure he would either hit me with it or spray me with it. I asked him, " Are you going to kill a preacher?" He put his can away and decided to cuff me instead. I was drug into his office with my back pack hanging on my handcuffs (ouch!), and eventually had to fall to the floor since my wrists were hurting so bad. He eventually cut off my back pack with a knife, and I asked the security gaurd if he had ever been born again. The answer was not affirmative. Though he told me to stop preaching, I told him about Hell and that he should not be arresting preachers. I praise JESUS I was able to have him contact both Beloved sister Hephzibah, and Beloved brother Daniel while I waited to go to the county jail. All my belongings he kept, and I guess this was one way of the LORD answering my prayer to help me lighten my load, and receive persecution for HIS Name's sake! Praise the LORD! I just got out of jail and have court on July 23rd. If you can, please pray JESUS forgives,saves and heals this officer that had me arrested for preaching, as well as all the youth/teachers at this school (both the ones that saw my JESUS sign, and those that didn't). Please also pray for my brother in CHRIST, officer Vincent, that gave me a drink of cool water while I was in hand cuffs, though he did not have to do so. He was amazed that it seemed I was happy to go to jail. After hearing why I was arrested he was rather dissappointed in the officer that did this to me, and was very kind to me in transport to the jail. Please pray JESUS pours out great blessings upon him, and helps him stay close to JESUS always.Thanku! Please also pray JESUS helps Beloved sister Hephzibah and I stay faithful to JESUS in all things. We both miss eachother
a lot at times, and are both in need of prayer for help in our friendship since we both have feelings for eachother and both have thought we were possibly to be married, but we do believe this is not the LORD's will after receiving prayer regarding the issue, which makes this tough on both of us. I know I have been in pain for some time over this issue, and do believe the same
has been the case for her. I never thought I would ever find someone like this sister in the LORD that has become so near to my heart as I serve on the battle field for JESUS, and I struggle to understand why the LORD would bring us together and make us in such a way as we are, seemingly fit for eachother, and then cause us to remain separate. This really hurts at times, and I am surely in pain over this issue still at times, but believe as you pray for my sister and I, the LORD JESUS will surely see us through. If you have any prayer requests, please send them, and I do hope to hear from you soon!

From your thankful and broken brother in HIM,

Roussan Joshua Collins (hoping in HIM!)
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In regards to free speech:
Justice Murphy's famous dictum. ''[I]t is well understood that the right of free speech is not absolute at all times and under all circumstances. There are certain well-defined and narrowly limited classes of speech, the prevention and punishment of which have never been thought to raise any Constitutional problem. These include the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or 'fighting' words--those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace. It has been well observed that such utterances are no essential part of any exposition of ideas, and are of such slight social value as a step to truth that any benefit that may be derived from them is clearly outweighed by the social interest in order and morality.'' 97

In regards to unwanted emailers:

Someone is mailing people on my mailing list thier own
emails, and I am asking that this please stop (whoever is doing this). I am getting complaints, and unless someone asks you to email them, please do not send them emails out of respect and love for them.Thanks so much!

Suggested prayer: "Dear God, please help me to discover my God-given life purpose and potential and become all that you have envisioned for me to be and do. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully, in Jesus' name, amen."

I praise JESUS for deliverance!
Please pray drives a permanent wedge between me and anyone/anything that might take me away from JESUS. Please pray JESUS helps me say no to sin, and yes to HIM.Pray JESUS shows me who I need to avoid, and pray I get a lot more good fellowship too. Thanku!

Please pray JESUS delivers us from confusion and lies. Please pray JESUS helps us tell the truth, and live for HIM .Pray we all worship JESUS in Spirit and in Truth always, and that our hearts will be close to HIM.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for love!
Please pray we LOVE AND HONOR GOD and JESUS WITH A FURY.Please pray satan has no foothold in our lives, and pray I am a faithful and joyful martyr for JESUS.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for freedom in HIM!
Please pray we stay fully submitted to JESUS always and free from lust. Pray we are never again slaves to sin, and pray Las Vegas is filled with Holiness.Pray satan is bound and crushed under our feet.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for the Holy Spirit!
Please pray JESUS sets H,N and I free from all this pain in our hearts.pray JESUS helps us focus on HIM, and hate evil. pray we are filled with the New Wine of the Holy Spirit, and never tricked by satan again. pray or enemies are exposed and disarmed.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for music and dance!
I love music and dance so much, please pray JESUS opens up many more doors for me to get involved in this for HIM. Please pray I am able to find a studio and others with my same passion to work with to bring great glory to JESUS through dance and music. Please pray I get the music,creativity,courage,ideas,wisdom,energy and practice I need to be a great dance teacher/performer for JESUS. Please pray I am able to train many others so that thier joy may be full.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for HIS protection!
Please pray JESUS protects us against demons at night, and pray JESUS helps us pray more effectively so we have peace at night and in the day.Please pray the homeless,the sick and prisoners are healed,saved and set free too.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for Holiness!
Please pray Las Vegas,the church and USA are set free from the lewd and obscene, the profane, the libelous, and the insulting or 'fighting' words--those which by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace.Pray our minds and hearts stay pure. Thanku!

Please pray JESUS gives us the scriptures,wisdom,hope,faith,peace,love and guidance we need to stay strong for HIM, and pray that we learn to rely on HIS Holy Word to keep us joyful and strong in faith.Thanku!

Please pray JESUS gives me extra strength to stay single and Holy for HIM. Please pray JESUS blesses and forgives H,G, and thier friends, and helps them stay close to JESUS also.Please pray we run to JESUS, and far from sin.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for HIS mercy!
I am very weak.Please pray GOD has mercy upon us, and helps us in our many weaknesses.Please pray I am able to get the basic necessities and share GOD's Word with boldness and joy living on the streets.Please pray JESUS helps me forgive and love those who hurt me also.Thanku!

I praise JESUS for wisdom!
Please pray JESUS gives me wisdom and courage. Please pray JESUS protects us from robbers,liars and foreign gods.Pray we rejoice in our redemption and freedom in CHRIST JESUS, and win many souls.Thanku!


Suggested prayer I found:
Heavenly Father, thank you for opening my eyes. I confess that my zeal and determination has been lukewarm. Fill me with Your awareness and Your wrath over what the enemy is doing, so that in Your power, Your authority, and Your love, I become "fighting mad." Then victory will come! In Jesus' Name, Amen.