Pastor Arthur Duncombe This is Me

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1. 1. Reliigion News

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   Published on: 11/4/2004   Last Visited: 11/5/2004

   Pastor Arthur Duncombe of Household of Faith Ministries delivered the spoken word Wednesday afternoon on the topic "The Butler and The Baker."
   
   Bringing the congregation to its feet in a fervent spirit of praise, Pastor Duncombe encouraged them to use whatever they have for good service and allegiance to God.
   
   He said one has to have an attitude of servanthood like the butler. When the butler has a dream or vision for great things, and the baker cannot support that vision and wants to lag behind, that alliance has to be cut loose he said. He advised his listeners to work their way to the top.
   
   Complainers will never be blessed he said. He stated that one's best day is someone else's worst day.
   
   "God is about to do wonders," he said. "Before he gives you the position, He will give you the anointing. And you wonder why people on your job don't like you? That's because they can see that the anointing is on you. Someone's got to leave to make room for you," Pastor Duncombe said.
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   What separate us from other people is our dreams," Pastor Duncombe said.
   
   "Does anybody in here have a big dream?" he asked. He said that God is about to put a tailwind on those dreams of His people to push them ahead of schedule.
   
   He said that birds of a feather flock together, and in this life, no matter if you have grown up with someone, gone through high school and college with that person, sharing everything with him or her, if your friend is not fully supporting your dream, you have to leave him or her behind.
   
   He told them not to bury their dreams with personal perceptions of their imperfections.
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   I will tell you one thing - 2005 can't come until you get what you suppose to get in 2004," Pastor Duncombe.

2. 2. The Nassau Guardian - www.thenassauguardian.com

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   Published on: 6/10/2005   Last Visited: 11/17/2006

   On Sunday November 5th at the 8:00am worship hour, Pastor Arthur Duncombe of The Lord's Household of Faith is the chosen vessel of impartation.

3. 3. The Nassau Guardian - www.thenassauguardian.com.com

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   Published on: 9/6/2005   Last Visited: 9/7/2005

   There may be many people with stories of survival and overcoming challenges, but some are not nearly as powerful as that of Arthur Duncombe.
   
   Now the pastor of The Lord's House of Faith, located on Flemming and Market Streets, he likens himself to the apostle Paul once a persecutor of the Christians, who was stopped on the road to Damascus when the Lord called him.
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   Such decision was the best choice that I have ever made in my life," Pastor Duncombe said.
   
   Attending the Walking in Victory Conference which was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, in May, was in itself a miracle and a testimony for Pastor Duncombe. At the age of 15, he had his first encounter with the legal justice system and was subsequently sentenced to serve time at Her Majesty's Prison.
   
   He said while many of his classmates were preparing for graduation from high school, "I was preparing for graduation from (H.M.P. Her Majesty's Prison)."
   
   Pastor Duncombe, 37, who has been a Christian for over 12 years, admits to not only going to prison many times, but also being a chronic drug user, for about 14 years.
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   This is my time to not only live life but also to be a mentor, so that God can use me in this hour," Pastor Duncombe said.
   
   He said that one night he was at his Freeport apartment, through Drumfish Street smoking a "big spliff" and "if you never had it, don't try it."
   
   He said that sometimes after smoking a joint like that, one would get "over high" and would need to take a shower. This is what happened to him that night and he jumped into a shower to come down.
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   I have been in wars; I've been stabbed; I've been shot at before; I was on death's door many times but this was the furthest I have ever been in my life," said Pastor Duncombe.
   
   He said that although he was afraid to fall back asleep, he fell back asleep and the same thing happened to him.
   
   From that day, he said he totally surrendered his life to God.
   
   The slogan "Walking in Victory" he said has a deeper meaning for him, because he knows what victory is all about.
   
   "I know what it is, to be bound to so much stuff - women, drugs, your past and the Lord has totally freed me. I am so grateful to the Lord for it. So when they say Walking in Victory, I say thank you Jesus," he said.
   
   Pastor Duncombe said that from his encounter with God, he never smoked again or touched any kind of drugs, never drank again, stopped his promiscuous lifestyle, never "robbed" anyone.
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   But now 12 years later, Pastor Duncombe has a ministry that is four years old with a membership of some 150 persons, which is increasing daily.
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   But the Lord's grace and mercy brought me to the kingdom for this time," said Pastor Duncombe.
   
   There might someone behind the bars of prison or who may be struggling with some of the same problems that he faced during his youth, or who may have other issues that are keeping them from seeing the fullness of God, he said. But the grace of God is sufficient for everyone he said.