Archives for October 2013

Oct. 31, 2013

THE PRAYERS OF THE RIGHTEOUS AVAILETH MUCH!!!

James 5:16…The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man or woman avails much.”

When we pray we believe we will receive. What we ask for in His name with passion we must believe that all things are possible. Yes my friends when we pray we tap into miraculous things. That can only come from above. And as we petition Our God, victoriously we declare because of the promises in His word that we know through our faith and His Spirit that the prayers of the righteous availeth much. 

EFFECTIVE, FERVENT PRAYER: those three words tell me that you must have a passion about what you are petitioning God for. There must be a passion of hope that A family member or friend will be healed when you lay prostrate before the great physician and say Lord not my will but thou will,

a passion of faith that your son or daughter will find the Lord one day as the tears runs down your cheeks and you say Oh the Great I Am, it was your promises that told me “train up a child in the way of the Lord and He will not depart,”

A passion of understanding as you study the  Word of God from Genesis to Revelation, as you cry out to the Rabbi All Scripture is breathed out by you God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work. 2Tim 3:16-17,

A deep and heartfelt passion for A successful marriage as you plead for direction, as you cry out to the Good Shepherd and say, to you only can I turn to, for I know “Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. ” Corinthians 13:7

A passion as you cry out oh the true light of the world “the increase of wickedness, and the love of the world is growing cold” please give me the  passion as a vessel in a chosen generation, the will, and desire, to spread the good news of the gospel to all the world as you ask “Lord Jesus, come quickly, please come soon.”

But most of all a passion that whatever your petition is, it will bring glory and honor to our Saviors name, as you cry out to the Savior I know I was “bought with a price: So every day of my life I will glorify God in my body, and in my spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:20

As you lift Him up and magnify His name you are petitioning your best friend,  not just some acquaintance. Oh “What a Friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and grief’s to bear! What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer!”

As I write this devotional the song “The midnight Cry” begins to play, and I tell you today my friends A real passion in prayer and faith is when you can close your eye’s and focus on what the words of a song of passion is telling you.

As I talk to God I really can here the sound of the rushing wind, and the more I talk to Him I realize, His appearing is closer then ever as I begin to here the trumpet of Gabriel, and hear the Father as He says son go get my children,

and the more I pray I can see our Savior standing on A cloud, with tens of thousands of angels as I witness for my self On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords. Yes my friends, only passion, through prayer do I know that it will all happen in a moment,

in the twinkling of an eye, as the trumpet is blown. and the more I pray I witness all of my friends, family, and love one’s that were laid to sleep before me suddenly become alive, with new bodies that will never, never die; and then we who are still alive shall suddenly have new bodies also.

Yes my friends  His second coming should be a passion among  many we all must seek as our petitions goes up to Christ. while looking up, with hands raised in adoration to the King of Kings, as lips shudder with the words “not to us, LORD, not to us, but to your name be given glory on account of your gracious love and faithfulness. Ps 115:1

Yes my friends it must be a  feeling that what you believe from the heart will be answered not because of anything we have done but simple because our God loves granting our request “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Mark 11:24

MY friends As the final season of this world is about to end and the books of God’s judgment will soon be closed. Our prayers must be passionate, focused, and faithful as we pray for the outpouring of God’s Spirit while enduring until the day of Christ soon appearing.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 30, 2013

HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE?

“Direct your children onto the right path, and when they are older, they will not leave it.” Proverbs 22:6

“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward” Psalm 127:3

Oh the heartfelt prayers, and A mothers pain for her son or daughter as she partitions the good shepherd during her sleepless nights on her knees as she tells God “You have seen me tossing and turning through the night.You have collected all my tears and preserved them in your bottle! You have recorded every one in your book.” Ps 56:8

My friends what A wonderful feeling to know that our God stores our parents tears that are shed for there children in his heart as he records them for any and all situation and circumstances their Child may encounter from Satan and the forces of evil throughout the child’s life,

even after the parents have been laid to rest as they wait for A call from the master to awake them and say let’s go home your children are waiting. My friends today I ask that each of you go back in time to a event that happen to you when you can truly say with no reservations HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE?

I go back forty years when those recorded tears was all I had going spiritually. I decided to move to San Antonio from Nashville with the hopes of starting A new life. As I make my plans I find out it would be cheaper to tell the U-Haul co. that the truck I was about to rent was going to Houston instead of San Antonio.

My First experience in why you should never lie. The trip started off great until I went under a canopy that was to low at A Gas station and well I will let you use your imagination. I also thought it would be cheaper not to get insurance either HMMMM!!!. Another lesson, for little grasshopper, Kung Fu remember, I’m drifting sorry.

I got to San Antonio unloaded the truck then headed to Houston about two hundred miles away to drop the truck off with only a gas card and about five dollars in my pocket, but my plan was to get my deposit back and ride the bus back to SA.

Arrived in Houston no problem, it was late afternoon and the U-Haul co. was closed. Not good. I had about 50 cents left and a gas card HMMMM!!!  Well I will go somewhere and sleep in the truck until morning but first need to get some gas.

Got on the interstate headed to who knows where, and I run out of gas HMMMM!!! It’s now dark and I don’t know where I am In the big city of Houston. Well I get out of the truck and walk around to one side. as I head back around I look up and a crazy looking white man who is all beat up with cuts and bruises on his face is asking me do I need a ride.

Well I figure just because he looks crazy he might not be HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE? well I get in his car we take off and of course he is crazy and he tries to kill me HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE? I escaped by the skin of my teeth, with no idea where I am now. So I just roam the streets of Houston all night, HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE?

Morning finally came. I thumbed back to my truck. You see I really never learned my lesson about getting in the car with strangers HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE? Got some gas. Got to the U-Haul co. and of course when they checked the mileage I owed them money. That is when my lie caught up with me about a one way trip to Houston instead of San Antonio HMMMM!!!

Well I will just thumb back to San Antonio so someone tried to kill me the night before this is a new day HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE? Well the story does end pretty good. Some one picked me up I told him I was going to San Antonio He was going the same way only he was flying, yes flying, his own plane, ask if I didn’t mind flying with him, sure what else could happen on this journey HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE?

Got back to San Antonio and of course I thumbed back to my apartment from the airport HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE? I tell you this story because most of the other adventures I had through out my life usually involved some form of substance abuse HMMMM!!! AND I’M STILL HERE?

Oh the tears of A praying mother that God stores just for us throughout our life, God especially stores close to Him so they will always be  A permanent hedge around his chosen children who find there way back to Him one day.

For you maybe it was not your parents prayers maybe it was your grandparents or aunt and uncle or sister or brother or maybe just a friend who loved you more then life itself I now understand after all these years

“God will not turn away your petitions, and leave you and yours to the buffetings of Satan in the great day of final conflict. It is for you to work with simplicity and faithfulness, and God will establish the work of your hands. The lifework performed on earth is acknowledged in the heavenly courts as a work well done. With joy unutterable, parents see the crown, the robe, the harp, given to their children…. The seed sown with tears and prayers may have seemed to be sown in vain, but their harvest is reaped with joy at last. Their children have been redeemed.” (E.G. White A Mothers Prayer)

Satan may kill this body of mine one day but he will never kill my Spirit, or my relationship with God, or my entrance into God’s pure and holy kingdom and A seat at the banquet table of the redeemed where my Savior will sit at the head of the table and next to me will be my parents and all of my family, friends, and love one’s as we give God the praise glory and honor throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.

And each day I will say to myself  HMMMM!!! I  FINALLY MADE IT TO THE PROMISE LAND. BUT MY FRIENDS UNTIL THAT DAY I WILL SERVE MY GOD WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 29, 2013

MY FRIENDS, IS THERE NOT A CAUSE?

And David said, “What have I done now? Is there not a cause?”  Then he turned from him toward another and said the same thing; 1 Samuel 17:29

Some were stoned to death; Others beheaded, many were lured with tempting offers to renounce their faith but they HAD A CAUSE TO DIE FOR so they were burned to the stake; others were sawn in two; some were slaughtered by the sword; others crucified, thousands were thrown in an arena to be eaten by lions BUT THEY ALL HAD A CAUSE TO DIE FOR.  Many wandered over mountains, living in caves and caverns and holes like untamed animals throughout the earth ALL FOR A CAUSE these were Christians martyrs. With the PASSION TO DIE FOR A CAUSE, the CAUSE was their Savior Jesus Christ who gave it all for them on Calvary.

My friends WHAT IS YOUR CAUSE TODAY are you willing to give it all for your families, love one’s friends, church, and the peace of mind that you gave it all for the Master who gave it all for you on Calvary. And as our example Our Savior knew HIS CAUSE,

as He came into A sinful world to die on a cruel cross for our sins. For John tells us in John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this CAUSE CAME I INTO THE WORLD, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.”

My friends today, our CAUSE must be a PASSION to fight the enemy of God on the battlefield of this world. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”

And as we go out each day on the battlefield, many who claim to be warriors of God, are now loosing the battle themselves with Satan who defiles our God in every way possible, as he leads many to destruction using his weapon of

TV, video games, Radio, Internet, food, and gossip. But only A few of the hidden landmines of sin Satan is using on the battle field that is claiming the lives each day of individuals because of the sinful, transforming, and destructive power it has on the mind and body.

“and all the men of God fled and were dreadfully afraid. 1 Samuel 17:24” But IS THERE NOT A CAUSE to stand up for God and fight. God has given us his own personal battle armor, which is His holy Word and Spirit in preparation for the battles being fought, first in our homes,

which is at the front lines of this war between good and evil. So my friends their must be A CAUSE to save our families, friends and A world that has lost it’s spiritual compass. Today, Victory is ours if we will just have the PASSION FOR GOD’S CAUSE IN FINISHING UP HIS WORK.

1 Cor. 15:57-58 tells us “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

But first we must give it all to the Master as we begin to focus on the PASSION OF OUR CAUSE FOR GOD!! And than there will be no doubt in your mind about YOUR  CAUSE. And Like David who had no doubt in his mind that he would defeat the giant Goliath and that it would be A victory for God.

For in 1 Samuel 17:48 it tells us ” So it was, when the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, that David HURRIED AND RAN toward the army to meet the Philistine.” OH WHAT PASSION FOR A CAUSE HE RAN quickly toward the battle,

because his faith in God was strong and he knew The victory had nothing to do with him, but it had everything to do with THE PASSION FOR THE CAUSE HE HAD FOR HIS GOD. Then David threw the stone, and through the power of God’s Spirit, Goliath was defeated.

“And when they saw their champion was dead, they fled”1 Samuel 17:51 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 this is what the power of our God will do for us my friends IF WE HAVE A CAUSE.

So today it is our responsibility to introduce the world to this same power, the power of grace mercy and love of our God, and not so they will be afraid and run, but, that once they here the good news of Jesus Christ and him Crucified and about His soon return, they will also HAVE A PASSION AND A CAUSE TO SERVE GOD. And in the courts of heaven one day soon we will all praise His name together through out the ceaseless ages of eternity

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 28, 2013

MY FRIENDS, WHEN DID IT ALL START?

“Don’t be afraid.” Are we in the place of God? Satan intended to destroy our generation, “but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives. So then, don’t be afraid. I will provide FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN.” Gen.50:19

Robertson McQuilkin wrote, “God planned the strength and beauty of youth to be physical. But the strength and beauty of age is spiritual. We gradually lose the strength and beauty that is temporary so we’ll be sure to concentrate on the strength and beauty that is forever.”

For most baby boomers life has been A journey that has been a quandary of twist and turns like “the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it and reworked it into many vessels, until it seemed good to the potter.

Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so were each of our Characters in the hands of OUR SAVIOR” But thank God the Potter continues to transform our characters because we were All A part of A larger plan A chosen generation.

But the question I now ask is how do we through the Spirit of God make God real in the 21^st century, high tech, got to have it now generation. Yes my friends How does this generation of youth rise above or go beyond what God requires,

when they seem content to be on a train bound for perdition? I ask that question, But you know I personally fill great, about THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THIS CONTROVERSY, because we  still have the power of the cross, and the grace of God who is

“longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. So as I go back in history, beginning with the Baby Boomers and the economic prosperity that followed World War II which probably gave most parents the feeling that my child will never go through what I experienced.

This way of thinking more in likely shaped the teenage subculture of which the young today still are a part. Because today there is nothing held back, A free society that started with the chosen generation. Yes the golden age of the fifties and sixties,

where moral authority, and discipline disintegrated or became extent; the Hippie culture, Civil rights, mod fashions of the young; idealism, protest, rebellion; the triumph of popular music based on sex and drugs with the Beatles, Temptations, and Elvis as the heroes of  a generation, who were given godlike status;

We also explored religions of the Orient and beyond; as the marriage vows became obsolete all together; while the relaxation of censorship in books, TV, music, and the media: and gay liberation became the norm.

Yes this was the chosen generations characteristic pattern and style of influence. So now we have a new generation who “calls evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Yes it seems we  provided the forbidden fruit that developed House wives of Atlanta, Pulp Fiction, Twilight, Kanye West, JZ, and the acceptance of the marriage vows between Adam and Steve. But my friends can anyone accept the responsibility for the downfall of generation after generation except Satan,

Who stated “I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” Isaiah 14:13-14

But my friends the good news is the war Satan started has already been won on  Calvary when Christ said it is finish, and it will all be eradicated when Christ says “He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still;

he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still. And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.”

So once again I pledge not to allow Satan to ever intimidate me into thinking the millennium generation or the baby boomers or any other generation is a lost generation, because what I do know through Gods word is that it will all end with the destruction of Satan and the victory of the redeemed.

So today I will just lean on God’s Spirit and the promises in His Word that tells me “if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be the FRUIT OF YOUR WOMB….. Deut 28:1-68

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 27, 2013

MY FEET ALMOST SLIPPED, THEN I WENT INTO YOUR SANCTUARY!!

My feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my foothold. For I envied the arrogant For I envied the proud when I saw them prosper despite their wickedness….. …..So I tried to understand why the wicked prosper…… But what a difficult task it is! THEN I WENT INTO YOUR SANCTUARY,…….how good it is to be near God! I have made the Sovereign Lord my shelter and I will tell everyone about the wonderful things you do. (Ps. 73)

The passion of David “a man after God’s own heart;”  This “One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord All the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, And to inquire in His temple….. When You said, “Seek My face,” My heart said to You, “Your face, Lord, I will seek.” Ps. 27:4, 8

Such a beautiful passage on how easy it is even for the elect to loose one’s focus, as David tells us he almost slips, while loosing sight of God’s presence, as he fixates towards the world agenda, and how they prospered. But longing once again for a passion for God he seeks the presence of God.

this is when“ HE WENT INTO GOD”S SANCTUARY” This is the passion I lone for my friends TO SEEK MY Saviors presence each day IN HIS SANCTUARY until I can witness His appearing through the clouds and I can FINALLY SAY, LO THIS IS MY GOD WHO I HAVE WAITED FOR.

And now My journey on earth ends, as a new journey begins throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity as I will forever be in the SANCTUARY OF MY MASTERS LOVING ARMS.  But before that great day As God’s Chosen generation,

we ALL must look back on where God has brought us, and where this journey He leads us on will take us, as we realize God must be our fortress against Satan’s attempts to lead us into a slippery slope, by thinking we want what this world has above what Christ wants for us.

Satan will keep us thinking that the world owes us, so we have to acquire it, and if our anchor is not firmly rooted in the solid rock of Jesus Christ and Him crucified, our Perception begins to transform our Reality instead of God doing the transforming.

“For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Who seems to have the least share of the troubles of this life; but have the greatest share of this world wealth and comforts. They have no fear of and yet they prosper, in A world that My God created.”

My friends once you have the opportunity to go high into the mountains, as you look down the smaller the world below you will get. So it is with A child of God the Higher up or closer you get to Christ the smaller the world gets until it is no longer relevant, only the presence of God.

So in a world that has lost its spiritual compass and the love of the wicked grows cold, the best place in which to be instructed with heavenly wisdom is in the PRESENCE AND SANCTUARY OF GOD,  His Word and Spirit.

I ask myself what in the ancient SANCTUARY that cultivated the wisdom as to the fate of the wicked and the eternal prosperity of God’s Children as David sat in the presence of the Master in heartfelt prayer in HIS SANCTUARY.

Well my belief is the Spirit of God fell upon David and He remembered “the wicked are reserved for the day of doom; And I also believed He looked back before the flood and remembered a world where the wicked’s eternal destiny was sealed in A sea of water.

I also believe he looked back at the fate of the wicked of Sodom. And I also believe he went back in time and remembered the suffering of Egypt when Moses stretched out his rod, and the Lord’s vengeance, fell on Pharaoh,

who also like many of the prosperous who have no fear of God, went down in defeat in the midst of the Red Sea. But I also believe when David went into the sanctuary God revealed to Him the promise that states in His word.

“Eye has not seen, nor ear heard Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him; and as he listened to the enchanting anthems of  God’s precepts of love, It was at that moment

“IN THE SANCTUARY HE UNDERSTOOD THE WICKEDS FATE OF DESTRUCTION AND THE REDEEMS ETERNAL REWARD” and like David who “told everyone about the wonderful things God does” we must also tell the good news to A world of the mercies grace and love of Christ.

And about His soon return and what he has prepared for all who have faith and belied in the saving power of God. in HIS SANCTUARY

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 26, 2013

WHAT A HONOR TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN, SO WE MUST NOW STAND FIRM, STAY FOCUSED, AND ENDURE!!!

As it is written: For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Today I can say the best is yet to come in spite of what we encounter from day to day in this relentless battle Satan, and His forces are waging in his vicious and maddening pursuit for each and everyone’s soul that allows Him A passage into there mind and body.

But as A child of the King I WILL NOW settle for nothing less than God’s best for my life and my family, friends and the Church that I whole so dear to my heart that I am A part of. It’s time we all say I am ready today to put off the old man or woman.

My friends we are no longer lost sheep, for we are GOD’S CHOSEN, set apart to finish His work for “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” So please my friends pledge with me today that we all will be the man or women God created us to be.

Just think how great it is living in the 21^st century and being A part of the chosen generation of His faithful to finish up His work. It is now more clearer than ever before why Satan is so determine that we fall in some area of our life.

Weather it is appetite, marriage, work, gossip, dishonesty, adultery, covertness, other gods, entertainment, and the list goes on. I now know He will never stop or take one prisoner so I now challenge Satan and his forces, as I lay prostrate before my God today, as I humble myself,

and say with no reservations the good work you started in me you can now “carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Today I honor your commission you have set for me. I will not let Satan victimized me anymore.

I now know more then ever that I AM YOUR CHILD. So MY FRIENDS I now give it all to the Master. Not tomorrow, but at  this very moment I will put on the whole amour of God. I will not let Satan intimidate, or discourage me any longer because I am A child of the King.

And my faith tells me I have been chosen for such A time as this. I am now ready for the battle. Oh WHAT A HONOR TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN, SO WE MUST NOW STAND FIRM, STAY FOCUSED AND ENDURE!! For

“God from the beginning choose us for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by the gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. 2 Thess. 2:13-15

God is now speaking to my heart and I want you, like I to be more determined than ever. For the strategy and tactics of Satan are to destroy by whatever means necessary. But as A Child of God I will only use the POWER OF THE CROSS.

AND MY FRIENDS THE ENDING OF  THIS STORY, HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN ON CALVARY.  SATAN LOSES, AND CHRIST AND ALL OF HIS FAITHFUL WHO HAVE ENDURED THROUGH IT ALL, WILL WIN. So my friends

“Come and hear, all you who fear God, And I will declare what He has done for my soul. I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. If I regard iniquity in my heart,The Lord will not hear.

But certainly God has heard me; He has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer, Nor His mercy from me!” Ps 66:16-20 So now my friends I have no doubt who I am and who God wants me to be.

So I praise His name in great exaltation, as we go to battle in this great controversy between good and evil So “Lord please Fill me up completely With your anointing oil Not only my head But every part of me. Let my life send forth a glow Let the oil around me flow, So please Anoint me Lord This day I pray. For I now realize that broken hearts and lives Can be mended anew Just with one touch Dear Lord from you. So Let the oil of your Spirit Bring healing divine Through me. So Let it overflow”  So LET IT OVERFLOW IN ME PLEASE LORD PLEASE LET  IT OVERFLOW IN ME!!! (Vicki Yohe)

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 25, 2013

MY FRIENDS, CAN YOU HELP ME FIND A NAME?

let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone. ”NOR IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED” Acts 4:10-12

Acts 4:12 is telling me that, no name can give me Salvation but Jesus Christ, or save my soul from the condemnation, or penalty of sin except Jesus Christ, and Him Crucified. Isn’t it amazing that Jesus is the only name by which we can be save.

But it is also the only one that we seem to always use in vain, or swear by, it is  the only name that produces so much hate in the world we live in, or love in one’s Heart who has allowed His transforming power to take effect in there lives.

And yet Jesus name is the only one that can give us Eternal life if we so desire. My friends you will never here other gods name used in such utter contempt “Oh My Allah.” or “What in Buddha’s name is going on?” or “Krishna Dam” it’s amazing no other name do we annihilate,

or obliterate like the one and only name that can give us SALVATION. Oh what POWER, what HOPE, what GRACE, what LOVE, what FAITH behind A name. But my friends not just any name, the best way I can define it in one word or less is to just say TRANSFORMATION.

Because in just that name I have gone from someone on the road to self destruction to someone who eats, and breathes the awesome power of His name. And I am sure reformed alcoholics, or the cleansed prostitutes, or the reformed junkie, or the thief on the cross,

Or the murderer on death row who after A life of crime now recognizes the saving power of that name can say the same about the transforming power of the name of Jesus Christ, and what it means to them, as they stand in total awe before their Savior And say with all sincerity;

“My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace; in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil.”

Paul tells us also in Romans 10:13 for “whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved. The passion one must have to be “sinking deep in sin” and say Lord save me with faith and conviction and Eternal life is theirs.

“For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.” Psalms 111:9 Oh the power in the name of Jesus Christ. and it is that power that sets the standard that we all must live by. Because it is that standard in that name that allowed no sin to enter his life.

And at the same time stayed focused on His death, on A cross, for our sins so that we all may be eligible to sit before him in His pure and Holy kingdom. So today my friends we should all be able to say without A doubt, if we are A Child of God, that perfection is the nature of the name by which we receive salvation,

and everything else just falls short of  the honor, and glory of the name Jesus Christ. And that is why each day we must die to self so that we may one day be able to say “I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.

The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Gal 2:20 and then one day as John tells us in 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 1 Peter 1:3-5 And as we stand among the redeemed one day soon, while witnessing our Saviors return we will have no doubt who is coming to take us Home because “On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.” Rev. 19:16

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 24, 2013

WHO IS A MEMBER OF GOD’S RAPID RESPONSE TEAM?

GOD’S RAPID RESPONSE TEAM Are A team of Laymen, Women and Men that God has commissioned With the help of His Holy spirit and all the forces in His heavenly realm which responds to high awareness cases, where only the concept of  “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Will succeed in bringing Christ into someone’s life. 

But first we as God’s chosen team members must recognize that there is no greater command from the Master then to Love as God Loves. And as we take on the challenge, to love those who have lost hope,

we will also succeed in decreasing the risk of further deterioration of one’s dignity and self respect that comes about as A result from living in A world where the concept of love is what can I do for self,  “as the love of most “grows cold,” in our 21^st century, high tech got to have it right now society.

So many have lost hope because they recognize that the riches of this world are out of there reach, and they have never experienced the power of God’s love.

But My friends, if they only knew, if they could only touch the helm of his garment what transforming power that would be. And because they have never experienced the power of the masters touch, there hopeless situation seems only to get worse,

because there focus is always on how bad the situation or circumstances is, instead of who God is, and the fact that He is able to bring hope, peace love and joy into all situation and circumstances into A life that has never experienced such A feeling before.

But as members of God’s team, they will first have to see Christ in us, they will first have to see hope and mercy in us, they will first have to see beyond today to A land flowing with milk and honey in us, and then once they have been introduced to God through us,

Then they will begin to understand that “weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning” because Love conquers any and all situation. And once this process takes place, they begin to know God as A personal Savior like each of His team members.

But friends we must also understand that Satan will not relinquish easily, one who he has lead to believe there is no hope from the clutches of despair. Therefore team members must be able with the Help of the God’s Spirit to take the Whole Armor of God,

and with love, denounce all outside distractions that causes one to loose focus in the direction God is leading until they can understand for themselves that they “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places,” Ephesians 6:12-13 while also understanding through God’s Spirit, that our God has the weapon that can never be destroyed which is the weapon of the cross.

As they also hold too the promise for His chosen that “The sun shall no longer be your light by day, Nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; But the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, And your God your glory.

Your sun shall no longer go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself; For the Lord will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. Isaiah 60:19-20 And my friends we must also never forget that God Himself will wipe away the tears,

and comfort the heartaches of everyone that we bring before Him as they begin to understand God’s Love does not discriminate because there is only one God and one Heaven that he has prepared for everyone  who has allowed Christ to transform there lives.

And as He brings them safely through the trials and storms of this life that they go through. They now understand that trials sometimes are allowed by God who as the head of this rescue team, always has a specific purpose, or reason far greater than where they are now at this  phase of there life.

And My friends it also comes down to God bringing people into our lives as He records our response of love in the books of heaven as He increases our territory each day, because As members of God’s team we should never think that we receive Salvation because we simply helped someone.

But our Salvation comes only when we have died to self and followed Christ to the cross and loved as He loved for john tells us in 1 John 4:7  “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.”

So my friends today Lets just take the time to express the love of God  as we give hope to those who seem to have no hope. As we all on one accord give God all the honor praise and glory he deserves.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 23 2013

 SANCTIFICATION!! AND HIS NAME’S SAKE

1 Cor 1: But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

I am A Repentant sinner. Today I lay prostrate before the Lord as I begin to realize Christ reparation on my behalf’, and as A Child of God I understand that my only hope for Salvation was through the blood of Christ and the cross.

That mission statement tells me that my faith in what Christ has done for me gives me hope for eternal life. So now I am justified through my sincere belief in what the cross has done for me as I allow self to die daily while continuing to Study the Word of God,

while allowing His Holy Spirit to convict me of my sins before the presence of my Savior who Pardons or justifies my sins as an adopted child of the King. And once my sincere repentance reaches the courts of heaven my Savior who is our Advocate, goes before the father

for John tells us in 1 john 2:1 “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.” who’s blood made this process possible.  And once before the father, He say’s

“This is My child. I reprieve him from the condemnation of death, giving him My life insurance policy (eternal life) because I have taken his place and have suffered for his sins. He is even My beloved son.” (White)

And now I can sing praises to the king and say with full assurance that “My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean in Jesus’ Name.”

But the challenge for most of us is in allowing self to die and turning your life over to the unknown or terrified where Christ my lead. But my friends remember “The LORD is our shepherd; we shall not want.” And He also leadeth each of His children who have accepted Him as the Good Shepherd “in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.”

And it is FOR HIS NAME SAKE that I consecrate my life for the Good shepherd today. Yes My friends I give him all the praise, honor and glory, for HIS NAME’S SAKE. I die daily to self and live my life through Jesus Christ who died on the cross for my sins,

and is now my advocate FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE. for God’s credibility to the universe is based on His living up to His NAMESAKE as the one and only God, who’s PRECEPTS are holy, and based on, love, truthfulness, grace and mercy.

Which through Christ is our only means of salvation. And FOR HIS NAMES SAKE I worship and glorify His name 1 John 2:12 tells me I write to you, little children, Because your sins are forgiven you for His NAME’S SAKE:”

1 Samuel 12:22 also says “For the Lord will not forsake his people, for his GREAT NAME’S SAKE.”  1Peter 2:9 tells me And today it pleases the Lord to make you “a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession,

that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. by His Son Jesus Christ,”  and “Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise”.  And FOR HIS NAME SAKE like  A proud Father He can say with no reservations

“Have you” considered my Son’s and daughters, “that there is none like them on the earth”, a blameless and upright generation, A generation “who fears God and shuns evil?” Oh what an honor to have God speak of you in HIS NAME’S SAKE.

But this only happens when we have allowed God to transform us mentally and spiritually into His Image through the blood of His Son, and once our Character is like His and we have been identified as his son’s and daughters through Sanctification and His Holy righteousness,

we demonstrate our love for all that He has done in HIS NAME’S SAKE and spread the good news of Christ  holiness in His NAME SAKE. So my Friends remember, God’s willingness to invest in each of us lays at the very foundation of the sanctification process.

Psalm 23:3 tells us, the reason He guides us in righteous paths is for the sake of HIS NAME. So my friends, today we can rest assured that if God has called us, He will sanctify and ultimately glorify us in the blood of Christ. For the honor of His NAME SAKE is invested in His CHOSEN.

For if we are called by His NAMF then we “are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.” Eph 2:19 and seeing that His divine power has granted us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the  knowledge of Him who called us by His own HONOR AND GLORY FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY

Oct. 22, 2013

WHY IS THIS CROSS SO HARD TO CARRY

My friends We are God’s Children, and we are told that God’s desire is that we CARRY THE CROSS THAT HE CARRIED, But Biblically, every command that Jesus gives us to get through this life to the next is not A easy PATH to follow. Love our enemies, Matthew 5:44

Turn the other cheek. Matthew 5:39 Making choices between my family and God. Matt. 19:29 And Then the toughest command of them all “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and TAKE UP THERE CROSS DAILY, and follow me…. Luke 9:23-24

Yes to most of us that happy life Christ wants for us is unattainable. But my friends it’s all about believing in A God who knows our strengths, and our weaknesses, In Isaiah 40:29 it tells us “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak”

Christ on the Mount of Olives as He was praying recognized the difficult road before him. And how unattainable the Journey was from a human standpoint, But as Jesus Christ, and our example He also knew, only through THE CROSS could we as His Children be strengthen, and saved.

So on His way to Calvary Humanity was weaken, and it was at that moment that He needed help to carry HIS CROSS. But my friends we must not make any mistakes. Only Christ as God and Man, could die for our sins on THE CROSS. So today as we carry OUR CROSS,

Yes, It will be A difficult journey. “But we have Christ Himself to help us with the load, because He knows the burden of  THE CROSS. And “Our Lord desires us to lay aside this yoke of bondage. He invites us to accept His yoke; He says, “My yoke or(CROSS)is easy, and My burden or (CROSS) is light.”

Yes Christ Journey to THE CROSS, His humanity knew the path would seem impossible. But He stayed focused, Oh my friends the power of CONCENTRATION and He also had His Fathers WORD, Oh my friends the power of His WORD. And He Never stopped praying, oh my friends the power of PRAYER.  And through his FAITH, on THE CROSS,

Humanity, along with the king of kings and Lord of Lords joined together AS ONE to save us, and to say without A doubt to the universe IT IS FINISHED. Oh my friends the power of FAITH. Today our Savior sees the end from the beginning.

Yes he knows every situation and circumstances that we may encounter in our lives and He has provided thousands  of ways to help us CARRY OUR CROSS. Because as Children of the King we must never forget.

That each of us like Christ, through God’s WORD and SPIRIT can JOIN FORCES with OUR FAITH AND ENDURANCE and  be saved through THE CROSS WE BEAR FOR CHRIST. Oh my God what Hope that gives EACH OF US.

And so my friends He waits, He knocks,  for his sole purpose is to save us with all the power, and strength, that got him to Calvary and THE CROSS, He gives us to lighten our load on our Journey to the Promise land. Yes  The path will be very difficult.

But like our savior victory can be ours through THE CROSS. So as Christ agonized and prayed for strength to finish the course, we must do the same as time moves toward Christ soon return and the trials of this world seem unbearable, as we ask ourselves, where is God.

It is at that moment, we must look back on His promises. when He tells us “The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8

Also in Psalms 55:22 it says cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. So my friends today, ask yourself are the comfort and pleasures of this world standing in the way of  ME, CARRYING MY CROSS FOR CHRIST?

If so then ask yourselves what must I do to carry MY CROSS for the Master. But also remember, if it get’s too heavy on your journey I know He will be right there to help you get to, THE FINISH LINE. So my friends remember God calls us to pursue righteousness THROUGH THE CROSS.

To sustain a drive toward excellence THROUGH THE CROSS. God also calls us to have a life of purpose far beyond what you think yourself capable of living THROUGH THE CROSS, Because He will sustain.

And provide us with the adequate amount of strength to fulfill His will in our life THROUGH THE CROSS.

And in the earth made new when we walk those streets of gold we will be able to say without A doubt, YES THE CROSS WAS HEAVY BUT IT WAS WELL WORTH IT.

So my friends today. Stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY