grace & faith

A PUBLICATION OF HORTON MINISTRIES INTERNATIONAL, TAMPA, FL

JOURNAL Volume 1
Winter 2019/2020 Edition

INSIDE THIS EDITION:

GRACE TO PROSPER
Rev. Scarlett Horton......................2

GRACE AND FAITH,

TWO ESSENTIALS
Dr. David Horton............................3

VISION 2020
What Lies Ahead for Horton
Ministries......................................5

NEW FAITH BUILDING

PRODUCTS
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 SOUL PROSPERITY
Healthy Feeling, Thinking and Choosing
Pastor Scarlett Horton
To gain physical strength we must participate in exercise, we call it conditioning. Likewise,
we can properly condition our mind to think, choose and feel in healthy ways. This discipline
is learned and can pay high dividends, for the Bible states that we prosper and live in health
even as our soul prospers.

Humans have 12,000 to 60,000 thoughts a day. Experts say 80% of those thoughts are
negative in nature. Ninety-eight percent of those same thoughts are the thoughts we had the
day before. We are truly creatures of habit. If we want change, we must change our minds.

5 STEPS TO CONDITION OUR MIND:

Beloved,
• Think about what you are thinking about
Most days we just let our thinking run wild and become pessimistic. Becoming
aware of your thoughts is the first step in capturing the bleak ones.

I wish above all • Identify negative thoughts

Adverse thoughts should be stopped and replaced by constructive ones.
things that thou • Counter and replace negative thoughts through positive verbalization
mayest prosper The easiest way to think favorable thoughts is to begin to say those optimistic
thoughts out loud

and be in health, • Be intentional

Focus is everything. If we believe the scripture “As a man thinketh in
even as thy soul his heart, so is he”, we must grasp the importance of this exercise. Keep
conditioning your mind to create the outcome in your life that you desire
prospereth. • Be consistent
Everyday say your positive proclamations. Keep conditioning your mind to
3 John 2 create the outcome in your life that you desire.

Grace to Our Father God has

I believe we should access the grace that has been so

Prosper
unlimited resources.
Because of His great
Pastor Scarlett Horton love for us, He sent
His Son to provide
life, abundant life, for us. Abundance is not man’s idea, it is
God’s idea. Through the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ,
grace became available to us who are born again. 2 Corinthians
8:7 states that we are to abound in this grace also, the same
grace that was upon our Savior, the grace to prosper. Though
He was rich, yet He became poor, so that through His poverty
we might be made rich.
I think it is a mistake to go after money. I have seen covetous
people who have fallen in love with money, erred from the
faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. The
blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich and adds no sorrow with
it (I Timothy 6:10).
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generously given to us through Christ. He is the God of all
grace, so let’s engage the grace!
It is so wonderful that God takes pleasure in the prosperity
of His servants. Five reasons why should operate in this grace
to prosper:
1. Our prosperity pleases God.
2. Our prosperity magnifies God.
3. Our prosperity enables the gospel to be sponsored
throughout the earth.
4. Our prosperity helps bless the poor.
5. Our prosperity helps us enjoy life.
The silver and gold is the Lord’s. He owns the cattle on a
thousand hills. The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof.
Receive His powerful grace today and climb to another level
of His great abundance.
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 GRACE AND FAITH
The Perfect Balance
Dr. David Horton

“For by grace are you saved through faith; and

that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not
of works, lest any man should boast.”
EPHESIANS 2:8-9 KJV

This is one of the most important verses in the Bible. Herein lies the whole gospel,
the concept of soul salvation via God’s gift, and our receiving of it. It is completely I encourage you today
opposite the “way” of the Mosaic law, which was based on merit and works. Here we to take a little time and
see God working and giving. In terms of salvation, there is nothing left that we can do meditate on the finished
or offer for the remission of our sins and sin state. All is lost, all is vanity. But God has work of Christ.
given us this beautiful, unfathomable gift of love, and has simultaneously given us the Begin to see yourself in
faith we need to receive it. The grace, salvation, and faith is all part of the gift of God.
light of that finished work.
So what are we required to do? All we need to do is believe. When I activate my faith See yourself righteous,
by believing, I do my part to “seal the deal” so to speak. Any works beyond that is healed and whole.
really operating in doubt and unbelief.
See yourself
This scripture needs to become something we use daily. Because the word “salvation”
here is an all-inclusive word, I can believe then that I’m healed by grace through faith blessed according to
because healing is a part of salvation. I can also believe that I’m made prosperous by Ephesians 3:20 —
grace through faith because prosperity is part of salvation. What a wondrous thing,
this salvation by grace. superabundantly,
It seems that some people today have confused “faith with corresponding action” above your highest
with “dead works.” If we really believe, however, that Christ has purchased our prayers or dreams!
salvation, healing and prosperity with His own blood, then corresponding action
just comes about almost subconciously, and certainly naturally. It’s like sitting down
Then just begin to think,
to a meal when we are hungry: someone else raised the cattle, harvested the grains,
talk and act in accordance
prepared and cooked the meal, set the table and rang the dinner bell. All we have to
do is stick our fork in it and put it in our mouth, chew and swallow. Not exactly dead to the truth of redemption.
works. The real transformation
Just doing what comes naturally when we are hungry and we believe what is set will begin at that point,
before us is tasty and nutritious. The definition of “dead works” has more to do with even though in the mind of
the purpose of the so-called “work” than the action itself. For example, if we are God it was secured “from
doing anything to gain or merit any part of our salvation other than believe in Christ’s the foundation of the
finished work, then we are attempting a dead work. It is dead in the sense that the earth.”
work itself is not needed, and in fact is rejected by God completely. I want you to experience
On the other hand, speaking and acting in lockstep with what Christ has done the redeemed life. God
and completed comes as easily and natural as breathing to a living soul. If you are wants to bless us in ways
straining and struggling, something’s wrong somewhere. Taking time to explore your that we have yet to imagine.
heart deeper than just what lies on the surface will expose real faith and help you
Grace and faith to you today!
overcome any fear or unbelief.
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 Horton Ministries
YEAR IN REVIEW Dr. David Horton
All I can say about 2019 is that it has been a whirlwind in every
sense! Scarlett and I started the year off by getting married at
Kenneth Copeland’s Minister’s Conference, and the next day we flew
to Mobile, Alabama for a conference and we haven’t stopped since!
Scarlett and I have known each other for almost 40 years as friends
and fellow ministers, and we both found ourselves single at the same
time! After one date, and hours of telephone conversations, we both
fell in love and it’s been great.
God has blessed our union, and we are excited about the days ahead
both personally and ministerially. (Read “Vision 2020” in this issue).

Here is a snapshot of what we’ve accomplished over the last eleven months:
• We have made 24 ministry trips, including four foreign nations
(France, Ecuador, Peru and Chile)and nine states in the USA.

• Pastored two churches in separate campuses in Florida

• Released two second-edition versions of God Loves Women and

God’s Number One Job.

• Reorganized several separate ministry entities under one umbrella

name, “Horton Ministries International.”

• Scarlett has maintained a counseling practice at Path of Grace in

Sandestin, FL, helping young women with addiction recovery.
• Hosted Four Conferences: Power of God Conference
(February); Healing and Miracles Conference (May);
Two Grace and Faith Campmeetings in Tampa, FL and
Panama City Beach, FL(August).

• Media ministry including podcasts, radio broadcasts,

television broadcasts and livestreamed services, as well as
social media presence and postings.

• Guest teaching in Bible Schools in Ecuador and Chile.

• Featured speaker at “An Awakening to God” Event in

Colorado, hosted by Praise Him Ministries

• Opened “Nite-Vision 2019” in Colorado in prayer, Praise

Him Ministries’ annual outdoor gospel concert event with
12,000 in attendance each night. David continues to serve
on the board of PHM.
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VISION
2020
As we move ahead into
a new year, we have been
seeking God regarding His
plans and vision.
Here are some of the goals
we have set for 2020:
• Strengthening and growing our ministry base in Tampa, FL, including
our “mother church”, Grace Harvest Church and our base in Panama
City Beach, FL
• Hosting and facilitating Holy Spirit Experience events, Grace and Faith
Campmeetings, and other faith building events
• Improve and update transportation equipment for Horton Ministries
• Increase social media and live-streaming of services and events
• New book title releases
• Missions travel to include South America and Europe
• Expansion of Grace Counseling Services to include the Tampa Bay area
We appreciate your prayers, faith, and financial support to help us
continue to grow and reach more souls for the kingdom.
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 S E V E R A L C O N V E N I E N T W AY S T O G I V E
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For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God...
EPHESIANS 2:8-9

You’re invited
to

2205 Arcadia Road in Holiday, Florida

Revs. David and Scarlett Horton, Pastors

SERVICE TIMES:
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Sundays at 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Church office: 727-940-5607

GraceHarvest.net
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 God Loves
Faith Building Products

WOMENS C A R L E T T HORTO N
Who said this is a man’s world?
Certainly not God.
God loves women and loves to empower His daughters to live happy, successful lives. In fact, God describes
His idea of a powerful woman in Proverbs 31.
Author Scarlett Horton admits that initially she considered the “virtuous woman” of Proverbs 31 an
outdated cliche, out of touch with today’s woman in almost every way. Then God caused her to see this
woman as never before. Through this book, Scarlett escorts women on a verse-by-verse journey of Proverbs
31 to discover how we are made in Christ to be strong, wealthy, physically healthy and generous towards
others. It is time to step into the beauty of who Christ has made you—full of His strength and character to
impact the world around you.

empowerment W hy Ever y Bel iever Can D o

th e Wo r ks o f Ch r i st
dr. david horton
Have you ever had a desire to be a more effective witness for
Christ, only to be told that you perhaps were not ready, not
mature enough or spiritual enough?
Maybe you’ve believed that God only uses special vessels that He alone chooses.
Maybe you just don’t feel you’re informed, trained or qualified enough to really be
used of God in touching the lives of others.

In Empowerment, Why Every Believer Can Do the Works of Christ, author

David Horton explains in easy-to-understand terms how you can be an effective
witness, no matter how long you have been a believer. Unmasking traditional
erroneous thinking that has held so many back from being bold in their faith,
Empowerment takes the reader on a journey of confidence building truth that
emboldens, equips and empowers. By the end of the final chapter, you can start
experiencing the same kind of ministry results that early believers in the book of
Acts realized. This book will challenge you to do more for God, establish purpose for
your Christianity, and help to fill the “hole in your soul.”
Available for purchase at DavidHortonMinistries.org
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G ra c e
February 28
through
March 1 2020 EVENTS

F a
ANDi t h CAMPM
EE TING
JANUARY 31
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FL
Holy Spirit Experience
Revs. David & Scarlett Horton
6:00pm Prayer School
7:00pm Service
MARCH 5-7
MOBILE, AL
Ross Roberts Ministries
Mobile Marriott
3101 Airport Blvd.
Laketown Wharf Mobile, AL 36606
GRACE HARVEST CHURCH (Lakeview Meeting Room) rossrobertsministries.com
2205 Arcadia Rd • Holiday, FL 34690 9902 South Thomas Dr.
Conference Hosts Guest Speakers Panama City Beach, FL 32408 JUNE 1-6
EFFINGHAM, IL
FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1 Crossroads of America
TAMPA, FL Campmeeting
GRACE AND FAITH Ross Roberts Ministries
CAMPMEETING 2020 at Effingham Event Center
(See ad for details). 1501 W Fayette Ave.
Grace Harvest Church Effingham, IL 62401
Dr. David Rev. Scarlett Dr. Dennis Rev. Vikki 2205 Arcadia Rd. rossrobertsministries.com
HORTON HORTON BURKE BURKE Holiday, FL 34690
Special Music by Rhonda Pyhala and Greg Black
MEET IN G S CH EDUL E: for information on any of these meetings

850.348.0609
for information Friday 7:00pm
850.348.0609 Saturday 9:30am, 10:30am & 7:00pm
Sunday 10:00am & 6:00pm

HORTON MINISTRIES
PO Box 270596
Tampa, FL 33688