June 2008

Blessings to you family!

This is the day that the Lord has made and I am rejoicing and glad in it!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for your continued prayers. It has been awesome traveling around the country and meeting many of you. I love you, I love you, I love you! Your prayers and testimonies inspire me. I'm so grateful to our Father that He would connect me with you. You already know, I love you and there is nothing you can do about it.




Please join me this Saturday, June 21st in New York City for a book signing and fellowship with IDC members. I look forward to meeting you and talking about workshops and resources that will take place in the Northeast Region. The Church is located in Brooklyn, New York and we will be there from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. For More information contact DeEtte Mitchell at 202-422-6862.






It's Dancing Preachers time! Don't miss Dancing Preachers International Conference 2008, the "Mega Fest" for Dance Ministries! We are in the official countdown.









God is truly going to display His Glory & unity through the arts at Dancing Preachers. Ben Davis is designing the "Sons of Zadok" visual atmosphere to set the stage for the Lord to dwell in our midst. Zion, get ready for the fire to fall! Prophetic Worshipper Jimmy Black has been added to conference, Glory to God! We will worship Him in Spirit & Truth!

Special sessions, Just for YOU!

I want to be a studio owner, Songs that have a new sound, Producing glory or seeking glory, Sons of Zodak, Saul's armor doesn't fit, Music ministry as ONE



Pack your swim suits we are running to the water during the dance conference August 6-10! Dancing preachers is taking you to the Atlanta Beach & theme park.
*See more details in the Dancing Preachers section below.



Please note the following important conference updates:

Registration increases to $200 on July 1st.

Secure your early-bird registration today at the low rate! All registrations must be postmarked by July 1st to ensure the lower rate.

IMPORTANT: No mail-in registrations will be accepted after this date; however, you will still be able to register at the increased rate online.

JUST ADDED!

Music Track, Youth Track, Dance Leaders Summit, and Pastor's Workshop. We have also added new topics covering Media & Ministry, Corporate Sponsorships for Ministries, and much more!

Here is the NEW commercial for the conference. I look forward to seeing you in Atlanta! See article 1 for Dancing Preachers details. Class schedule will be uploaded on the website next week:
Register Today! www.sabrinamckenzie.org



Every Nation, tribe, and tongue: Come and join us for a life-changing experience. This is day that Judah will go first and the victory has already been won!

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Representative Howard Mosby, Commissioner Lee May and Dancing Preachers International are hosting a Day of Prayer to "Heal Our Land"

2 Chronicles 7:14- If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.





International Prayer Day: Calling all Pastors and Clergy Members to join us at The Georgia State Capitol to pray for our Nations on Thursday, August 7th. If you would like to pray and fellowship with additional clergy members, please contact Dr. Apostle Lyrica Joy Smith at 513-602-3709.





Representative Randall Mangham and Sabrina McKenzie

Vote, Vote, Vote You made the difference this election by turning out in record numbers to cast your vote. Congratulations to the Democratic Nominee Barrack Obama! Representative Mangham called me to say that he is the official super delegate for Barrack, Praise God! We need more Saint's to get involved in government.

The gas prices are so high, several thousand homes have foreclosed and the job market is at a all time low. "It's time to make a Change." Get out and Vote

I spent this past weekend in Detroit, and then it was off to Chicago. All I can say is Chi-Town will never be the same! Special thanks to Pastor and First Lady Smith for their wonderful hospitality. Thank you again and again to Lakita Humber our IDC Midwest Regional Coordinator for planning a amazing workshop!




The glory wind was blowing in Chicago and we know that a fragrance of praise is lingering in the area. There was so much warfare trying to get there! After reserving our car in advance, we were told that we could not get the car, and then that there were no cars left! I called Dominique, a dancer from Praise & Motion and asked her to give me a ride. Without any hesitation, she left the class she was attending and asked, "where can I meet you?"








After locating a ride, we left Detroit for a four-hour drive. We had a tire blow-out in Indiana. Instead of Dominique complaining or becoming distressed, she jumped out of the car and tried to change the tire. Immediately I began to pray.




Then she turned to me and said. "This whole week I have asked the Lord to use me and when you called I felt the Lord saying now is the time for you to be used." She than stated: "When I heard your voice it felt like it was a military call." Flesh & blood did not reveal that to her. This young lady has been through crack houses, shot at and everything you could imagine and still God has need for her.

I told Dominique that she was absolutely right. The call I made to her was a call from a general to a private. When you are in the military and they call you, immediately you drop everything and go. We were headed to Iraq on the battlefield and the Lord knew I needed a true solider with me.

Dominique aka (Peter)

Saint's, I tell you! Please get some ride or die people on your side. That's ebonics for (what ever it takes.) She could have easily given a million excuses but she was ready at the drop of a dime. Question where are you when God calls and are you ready to go?



Thank God that He has equipped me for spiritual warfare, because I already knew what the enemy was trying to do! He wanted to abort the assignment.

Let's pause for a moment, What do you do when God gives you an assignment and everything including the kitchen sink gets thrown at you? Do you say, "Oh well, I guess it was not meant to be?" Do you say, "Maybe we can go another time?" Do you give up and walk away, or do you fight the good fight of faith?

You have to remember that if God gives you a vision, He has already provided provision. I knew God would provide. I knew that He would send an angel, boat, helicopter or police, but someone was going to get us to Chicago!

If you know me personally, you already know I don't know how to change a tire. I jumped out of the car and began to speak and charge the atmosphere. I said, the Lord has called me to Chicago to deliver a message and nothing will hinder us from accomplishing His assignment. We summoned the angels, 911, 411, AAA, and everybody else we could think of. In five minutes time, the Lord sent a man to assist us and we were on our way.

Here is a miracle for you: When we finally arrived at the host church, it was located right next door to a tire shop! When the Pastor recognized the donut on the car, he immediately became concerned and directed me to the shop.

When he realized that the shop was closed, he looked around and spotted the owner of the tire shop driving down the street. When the Pastor spoke to the owner, he immediately sent his workers to the church to give us a NEW tire. I tell you, God is FAITHFUL! If you handle His business, He will handle yours!











This past Sunday was spent in Triumph Church in Detroit where Pastor Kinloch is the awesome, anointed Senior Pastor. Richard Smallwood led the choir, and we truly had church. Special thanks to Praise in Motion Dance ministry for assisting me this weekend.






It has been a very exciting month! We had a meeting with the Dance Ministries from Georgia in the City of Atlanta. Thank you to the Atlanta Chapter of IDC and Georgia Coordinator, Jocelyn Hairston. When I entered the room where they were meeting, I felt the presence of the Lord! Flags were waving and the people were worshipping in full expectation.






If you are in Georgia, you should really fellowship with the IDC. They are training dance leaders, equipping the saints with resources, empowering the community through voter registration, providing service, and bringing love and healing to the wounded worshippers.

The IDC held our 2nd Annual Leadership Development Training on May 30th-31st. All I can say is, "There stands before you an open door." The open door represents VISION and is available to all who will dream. As you go through the open door, your mind will be transformed and you will receive the vision. Go through the door and receive a new revelation!

The Lord placed a message in my heart about the vision. The vision can be taught, but it is more effective when it's caught! Pastors, you can write the vision on paper and people will run with it (and possibly run off), but when the Lord burns your vision in someone's heart, it will create a bond of unity and brotherhood. Those things you cannot share with people, they will catch it and pray for you and they will lift up your arms because they understand that the assignment has been given by the Lord and must be fulfilled.

In the story of Daniel, the king summoned only those who could interpret the dream (vision) that God showed the king. Daniel was not only able to interpret what the King saw, but also provided the revelation of what God was doing.

Anyone can give you laws and responsibilities for a church or an organization, train you by the letter, teach you in new members classes, but only the Holy Spirit can reveal the vision. As a result of Daniel hearing from God concerning the vision, he was promoted.

I challenge ALL of you ask the Lord to show you your Pastor's vision. You don't need another meeting with the Pastor or your leader! You have been coming out of the meeting with more questions and confusion because the vision has not been burned in your heart. You need a revelation of the vision.



It all started Friday afternoon when I met with Bishop Earl Johnson for lunch. As soon As he began to speak my baby leaped for joy. Such a major Impartation in my life in that one meeting, the weekend could have ended in that one encounter. Their were several questions I asked the Lord for the past few years that were immediately confirmed. The meeting was such a blessing that I could not finish my lunch. Honestly I just cried and cried as he continued To speak words filled with wisdom.

Then Evangelist John Kennedy from New Birth (My Boo) came with the "sneak attack!" Minister Kennedy and I came to New Birth at the same time approximately 12 years ago and joined the evangelism ministry. We use to go to hospitals, prisons and any where the doors would open to bring the good news.

Every time Elder Kimble gave us an opportunity to testify, we would rap, dance and cry. It is so wonderful to see him ministering now in the fullness of his calling as Evangelism Director at New Birth. You and Eddie Valez Will forever be my Boo!

Read the article 3 about our spiritual rejuvenation in Atlanta.


Later, I traveled to California, and my God did we have a wonderful fellowship! California, there is so much God has in store for you! It was a time of deliverance and revelation.

The International Dance Commission hosted our West Coast Regional Workshop all day on June 7th, themed "How the West Was One." There were 70 registered delegates and so many anointed dance ministries. The ministries were so awesome that tears continued to stream down my eyes while each dance ministry went forth. Special kudos to West Coast Regional Coordinator Rekesha Pittman, California State Coordinator Sherry Traylor, and Nevada State Coordinator Helen Hassel for a job well done! It was wonderful meeting you Prophetess Coffee! She is a powerful woman of God.



You have to see the kids from the Victory Praise Dance Ministry. Those babies can destroy some yokes. If you have a youth dance ministry, you should allow your children to witness what God can do through the youth. They are a part of the Youth Track for Dancing Preachers this year. They remind me of my babies in Detroit. Watch the video.




RESURRECTION!

I was going through a day full of routine activity: grocery shopping, taking my daughter out to buy summer clothes, driving my son to the theme park, and dropping the youngest off at the sitter. I then received a phone call that blew my mind. Let me share it with you, because as I received this word for myself, it really applies to many of you.

It was a call from my spiritual mom in the Bahamas, (the Bahama Mama), Dr. Higgins. She said, "Sabrina this is the year of your resurrection. You are in a day of rest. You have toiled and labored for many years and for years you were overlooked.

The Lord has returned your conference back to Atlanta because it was the place where you started and the place that they buried you. As Joseph, you were rejected, thrown away and cast down. The people are still mocking you and saying that you are dead. They put out calls, tarnished your name and had private meetings to make sure you never rise.

It seems like you are at a standstill, but you are only in the grave, resting and being preserved. The Lord has sent you a Mary and other armor bearers to serve you and bring you spices. They will carry the workload and pray for you. In your death, you are able to really see those who are with you.

Caution: Don't be surprised that some have left you and others are planning to leave. They will not be around for the resurrection. They will see it, but they will not experience the Glory. The Lord will prune them before they encounter the resurrection experience because their motives are for fame.

On the third day, the Lord will cause you to resurrect and you will have new branches. He will send those that don't even know you to assist you. They will grab the vision and carry it out. You will know them by their obedience.

This is the day that the Lord will cause your enemies to bless you. You don't have to call for them, for they are looking for you. They will say, My God, we thought you died! What is this? Where did you come from? We thought we buried you and sealed the tomb? How did this happen? What can we do to serve you? They will give you their riches.

This year, you don't have to run around doing everything yourself. You only need to instruct and the Lord will send provision. Because of your faithfulness and your obedience to the suffering of the cross; because you have overcome the grave, you are given the authority over the grave.



The Lord has placed a greater apostolic anointing on you. When the naysayers and witches come in the name of the Lord, your discernment will be so sharp that you will immediately dismiss them. Dancing Preachers International in Atlanta will be a place for healing, deliverance, restoration and resurrection for all who attend. Let the people come to be made whole! From the place of your burial will be the place of their resurrection says the Lord."

Saints, it is resurrection time! Many of you are going through hell and it feels like all was lost, but unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone. When it dies, it bears much fruit. It looks like death, but you are really in the place of your harvest.



Keep your eyes looking to the hills. Quickly your resurrection has come. It will overtake you so fast; you will forget the travail of your past. Have that baby God promised you. Weeping only endures for a night, but joy is coming in the morning.

Only push during your contraction. Some of you are pushing at the wrong time. You have to wait for the timing; you can't go against the contraction. Everything must be aligned. You were trying your best to restore relationships in which you were not received. It was not the time yet. Joseph's brothers did not receive him until the time of their famine. The Lord allowed them to be in a position of need for the very gift that they threw away to be a part of their deliverance.

Saints, I decree in this time of recession, it's time to push! The earth is travailing, waiting for the sons and daughters of the Most High to arise. There is snow in the Summer, floods in the Midwest, and erratic outbreaks in the weather. The earth will not rest until you birth your baby. The world has need of you - push! Now push! Push! This is your ninth month and the day of your resurrection. Push on the contraction. I know you lost your job and your home and your family has too many needs for you to be reminded of a vision that seems so far off. Push! It is at this time of your frustration and darkness that salvation has come.

I know you tried to go back to school before and it didn't work! You tried to start the business the Lord gave you and it failed! Try it again! It is now time. Not only will you pursue but you will recover it all!

If you are sick and tired of being rejected, overlooked, and disappointed, I'm talking to you. Push and give up the Ghost. Tell the Lord, "Father I would rather this cup pass, but if not, not my will but Your will be done." At the time you say this very prayer and give up the struggle you will soon resurrect. Push!

You are at the breaking point and the baby is crowning. Here comes a contraction, Now Push! I stand today as a midwife who has birthed many babies. This is the day for the saints. Push! The world has need of you! You have to change your perspective of how you see things. The world is looking for answers and they are going to come to you for help.

The way they will know that your God is God is by your provision in the midst of the famine. I don't care what the economy says, what your doctor says, or how man has rejected and buried you. The contractions are coming. Push NOW!

Before any great transition, there has to be an uprooting. If an exchange of wealth takes place from the wicked to the saints, the wicked have to loose it. Stop focusing on the propaganda and stay in the presence of God. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Behold your resurrection has come!

1 Samuel 30:8 David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?" He answered him, "Pursue; for you shall surely overtake and shall surely rescue.



From the place of your pain will arise the greatest place of joy. I stand in the spirit of the Samurai for the Most High God and declare the favor of the Lord over you in the midst of the famine. The battle is in spiritual places, and your warfare is in the heavenlies. Pull it down and push!

According to Wikipedia, an online Encyclopedia: Samurai is the term for the military nobility of pre- industrial Japan. The word samurai is derived from the archaic Japanese verb samorau, changed to saburau, meaning "to serve"; thus, a samurai is a servant, i.e. the servant of a lord.

Although many of the Samurai were followers of Confucianism, I think the saints could really benefit from their amazing principles. These "Samurai" were civilian public servants and dealt with day-to-day affairs. As people experienced great atrocities in the world, the Samurai would assist. How we can serve you?

The Samurai were derived out of a need from the government to protect themselves from outside clans (wiles of the devil). They stressed skill and education. Samurai were expected to be cultured and versed in both literary and military arts or "The pen and the sword in accord," was an ideal to which many aspired. The number of men who actually achieved the ideal and lived their lives by it was high.

By the time of the Meiji restoration, Japanese literacy rates were higher than European literacy rates. Samurai were expected, though not required, to have interests in other arts such as dancing, literature, poetry, and tea. Ôta Dôkan who first ruled Edo wrote how he was shamed to realize that even a commoner had more knowledge of poetry than he.

Although the Samurai came from peasant backgrounds, over a period of time because of their training they took the place of the elite military and provided protection for the government. There was an EXCHANGE of POWER. The Church will begin to legislate the laws on behalf of the land!

Over time, powerful Samurai clans became warrior nobility, or "buke", who were only nominally under the court aristocracy. When the Samurai began to adopt aristocratic pastimes like calligraphy, poetry and music, some court aristocrats in turn began to adopt Samurai customs. In spite of various machinations and brief periods of rule by various Emperors, real power was now in the hands of the Shogun and the Samurai.

They remind me of liturgical worshippers because they were trained to be skilled in the word, arts & warfare. This tells me that worshippers should be sent to the battlefield! Send Judah first! Don't complain, go! The battle was designed for the worshipper and God has equipped you in the arts and warfare to win.

Take up your sword (Word) and GO! Through your rough place, you are training to reign. If this hard place has done nothing else, it gave you culture and taught you how to fight. When you win several battles it increases your ranking in the military. Promotion time! Push!