Archives for April 2014

April 10, 2014

“WHERE THERE IS NO VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH”

“May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passed knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God. Eph. 3:18-19 (KJV)

My friends as I look at the world today I sit and wonder. What would make a sixteen year old kid stab 18 of his classmates killing one? Or a soldier who seemed to have had everything to live for. A career, lovely family, and then decides to kill his fellow soldiers, before he turns the gun on himself?

I wonder what was the last thought he had before he pulled that trigger that ended his life? Was there a VISION of  his lovely wife and child, or the parents who raised him, or the friends he played hide and seek with as a kid, maybe a favorite pet he love, or brother he adored, or a favorite teacher.

So many things could have flashed through his mind in a instant before that trigger was pulled. Everything except the glory of God, and our Savior entering through the clouds above. So my friends I can say with full assurance from the Savior who gave it all for my salvation.

If your life does not end in the mercy and grace of a risen Savior. All we have accomplished and done on this earth weather we have reached the PEAK of our dreams and become President of the USA, or beyond. it is all as dung, if Christ is not at the center of our life.

“And I count all things but loss for the Excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but DUNG, that I may win Christ,” Phill. 3:8 (KJV)

350 years ago a shipload of travelers landed on the coast of America. They established a town site. And elected a town government. After being there awhile the town government made plans to build a road five miles westward into the wilderness.

But the people protested because they thought it was a waste of public funds to build a road five miles westward into a wilderness. Why is the question? Here were people who had the vision to see three thousand miles across an ocean and overcome great hardships to get there. But were not able to see five miles into the wilderness. (Lynn Anderson)

Why again we may ask? Because They had lost their vision to Go any further. Friends what about you as a child of God. Do you have a clear vision of what direction you are going to finish this journey God has placed us on. And does it end in the Kingdom.

Have we ceased to hope because of the god of this world? Have we lost sight of Christ and His promises in His word. “WHERE THERE IS NO VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH” Prov. 29:18 (KJV) Without our VISION focused on Calvary we PARISH.

Without our VISION focused on the Saving power of our Savior, without our VISION focused on God’s Spirit, Without our VISION not focused on the promises in God’s word, WE PARISH. And it is impossible to move beyond our current boundaries at least those boundaries that leads to life eternal.

Friends, If we allow the forces of evil to lead us, our VISION will only lead to perdition. Deuteronomy 11:16 tells us to “Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them.

Jesus  will keep our VISION focused on Him if we seek His Presence, For He will quench our spiritual thirst. But He must be the VISION and hope we seek daily, a PASSION, or A THIRST for what Our God is willing to give us if we have FAITH.

Psalm 42:1 & 2 (NKJV) says: “As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.” Today we need to recognize our need to THIRST for Christ like never before as we keep our focus and VISION on things above, and Not on the things of this world that one day will pass away. Remember “WHERE THERE IS NO VISION THE PEOPLE PERISH”

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

April 9, 2014

“I WILL TURN ALL MY MOUNTAINS INTO ROADS”  (Isaiah 49:11)

“They shall neither hunger nor thirst neither heat nor sun shall strike them; For He who has mercy on them will lead them, Even by the springs of water He will guide them. I will make each of My Mountains a road, and My highways shall be elevated.” Isaiah 49:10-11 (NKJV)

“Sing, O heavens! Be joyful, O earth! And break out in singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.” “If you are a chosen vessel unto (God,) to bear (His) name before the Gentiles, and kings..” Acts 9:15 (KJV)

My friends the Mercy and grace of God has laid out a direction for our lives, a Road map that leads to Calvary which places before us the HEAVY LOAD and RESPONSIBILITY of the cross that Christ willingly carried to His death.

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.” Matt. 16:24 (NIV) So many situations, and circumstances each day try and keep us from getting to the top of that Mountain especially while trying to carry a cross at the same time we climb.

But our God’s promise that “He WILL TURN ALL OF OUR MOUNTAINS INTO ROADS” and My highways shall be elevated and each Mountain and stretch of highway on this Journey Christ has placed us on leads in only one direction, to His pure and Holy Kingdom.

As we enter those pearly gates I see our Savior with outstretched hands telling each of us I will take that now as he replaces our cross with the wings of angels, and a “white robe which is a symbol of purity which our Character is now.

And as pure as the one who Gave it all for our Salvation “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.”1 John 3:2 (NKJV)

And a palm branch is then placed in our hands “which in Israel was a symbol of national liberation and blessing, and attended the First Coming of the King to Jerusalem” Jesus Christ. John 12:13 (NIV)

I can now only imagine in the case of the redeemed, it represents our liberation from the god of this world, a liberation for all eternity, at Christ second coming as he places a Crown on our head that represents the suffering of times past. As we remember the promises of His word while on earth that states.

“Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.” Rev. 2:10-11(NKJV)

My friends that verse speaks for itself. Life eternal as we will forever be honored worthy “For (our) sake we (were) killed all day long; (for) we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

”Yet in all these things we are (now) more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For (we are now) persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, (nor anything that was ever created was) able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:36-39 (NKJV)

Once again I lay it out before you. A vision that gives each of us something to work towards but IT MUST BECOME A PASSION. A PASSION to give up everything in accordance with God’s will, and His precepts. Friends, now is the time to turn our life completely over to God’s Spirit.

As we seek the Presence of Christ, and allow Him to  transforms our Character in the very likeness of our Savior while preparing us for our new home for “Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” Heb. 9:28 (NIV)

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

April 8, 2014

“THUS FAR THE LORD HAS HELPED US.” 1 Samuel 7:12 (NKJV)

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” John 14:1-31 (ESV)

My Friends as I look back, at times the long distances down a highway, even as a kid traveling with my parents sometimes the stretch of road seemed endless. Every gas station, and rest stop there is a THUS FAR, as you get back into the car and continue.

Friends, This journey to the promise land is a long one so many stops along the way, so many “THUS FAR THE LORD HAS HELPED US.” in Sickness, death, heartache, pain, so many miles on life’s highway, but, THUS FAR we still see the SON shining and today He is as bright as ever.

Sometimes if we take a “moment to rest….to look back over the distance we have traveled, we realize we can only rest for a moment,…and we dare not linger” for the Journey has not ended.

“Every step in life should be that of faith, of love of consecration! We should walk in the light, as Jesus is in the light. Christ offers to walk with us through all the journey of life, and cheer our way by his presence. If we do not avail ourselves of his companionship, it is our own fault, our own loss.

If we grope in darkness, it is because we refuse the presence of the only one who can make our way bright and joyful. We need to cultivate that faith which works by love, and purifies the soul. Our greatest danger is in harboring unbelief, and neglecting to cherish the precious love of Jesus.” (E.G.White)

On this road we travel as we face trials and tragedies, highs and lows of life, ” we can always see our lives  being subject to two forces with a gradient wind representing everything changeable, unpredictable, and distressing.

“But operating simultaneously with these gusts of wind is another force that’s even more powerful. It is the sure movement of God’s wise and sovereign purposes, the deep flow of His unchanging love and the power of his Spirit and what that all means to a Child of God.”

Unlike Thomas who stated to Chris “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” If you seek Christ and His presence with a passion each day my friends you know where our Savior went when He left this earth the first time.

A Child of God knows our Savior left “to prepare a place for you” and we know in Rev. 21:21 (NIV) that John gives us a small glimpse of what He has prepared for us. “The twelve gates were twelve pearls, each gate made of a single pearl. The great street of the city was of gold, as pure as transparent glass.”

And a Child of God knows Paul gives us another glimpse of what our Savior is preparing for His faithful in 1 Cor. 2:9 (NIV) “no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived the things God has prepared for those who love him.”

And a Child of God knows, if you are faithful and endure He will return to “take you with Him, that where He is, you may be also.” And a Child of God knows, when this journey is over that “God will wipe away every tear from (our) eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”Rev.21:4 (NKJV) my friends “THUS FAR THE LORD HAS HELPED US” to make it on this Journey. Let’s continue through our faith and endurance to not stop until we have crossed over into the promise land.

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

April 7, 2014

IT IS WHEN I AM WEAK THAT I AM REALLY STRONG!!!

“Yes, I am glad to have weaknesses if they are for Christ. I am glad to be insulted and have hard times. I am glad when I am persecuted and have problems, because it is when I am weak that I am really strong.” 2 Cor. 12:10 (ERV)

Thank you Lord for all of the trials and tribulation in my life. That doesn’t sound right, thanking God for that unbearable thorn in our life that seems to penetrate deeper and deeper until it has become almost unbearable. The story is told about the baptism of King Aengus by St. Patrick in the middle of the fifth century.

Sometime during the rite, St. Patrick leaned on his sharp-pointed staff and inadvertently stabbed the king’s foot. After the baptism was over, St. Patrick looked down at all the blood, realized what he had done, and begged the king’s forgiveness. Why did you suffer this pain in silence, the Saint wanted to know. The king replied, “I thought it was part of the ritual.”

A Child of God. The trials we endure each day, would this be considered a ritual or a “Right of Passage” on this journey God has placed us on while enduring suffering with a passion of delight as long as it is for Christ and His purpose for my life. Definition of a “Right of Passage” tells us.

It is a Ceremony that marks an important transitional period in a person’s life, it usually involves ritual activities and teachings designed to strip individuals of their original roles and prepare them for new roles. That my friends is where I need you to focus at today. The quote “TEACHINGS DESIGNED TO STRIP INDIVIDUALS OF THEIR ORIGINAL ROLES AND PREPARE THEM FOR NEW ROLES.”

“And she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months in the river” Pharaohs daughter finds the child, and hires Moses Sister Marian to take care of the baby “When the child grew older, Marian took the child to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”

When Moses was grown he kills an Egyptian who was fighting a Hebrew “When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian,…” Ex, 2,3 Then, Forty years later Moses was called by God to be the leader of the Israelite nation. Where he lead Israel 40 years, before his death.

“And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said.” Deu. 34:5 (NIV) Now let’s move our attention to Jude 9:1 (NIV) “But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Also Mark states in Mark 9:4 (NIV) “And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.” So Moses went from A fugitive baby, to Pharaoh’s adopted Grandson and future king of Egypt, too once again becoming a fugitive for the murder of an Egyptian, to exile in a foreign land for 40 years, to going back to Egypt and becoming leader of Israel for another 40 years until his death.

Then, Michael the archangel claimed his body and now he sits in the heavenly Realms of God’s kingdom. Paul tells us in Phill. 3:10 (NIV) “..and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.”

And that my friends is where all of our sufferings takes us. Because one day “by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be”1 Thess. 4:15-17 (NKJV)

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

April 6, 2014

“TILL DEATH DO US PART”

My friends, What God has united, many will put asunder for less than what Judas sold our Lord and Savior for, a measly thirty pieces of silver. Satan therefore is gaining much more success as he plants his banner in the marriage institution that same institution God implemented and blessed at creation, between man and woman, in the Garden of Eden.

But it has always been Satan’s plan to debase, demoralize, and pervert the marriage institution while weakening its sacredness, and commitment to the words that couples should make in the presence of God which states.

To be true to each other in good and bad times, to love and honor each other all the days of your lives, committing to have and to hold for better or worse for richer or poorer in sickness and health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward until death do us part.

And once repeated before God these vows should be with God’s grace, who is and should always be the foundation of the marriage and home. On this happy occasion Satan observes carefully each day, as he studies one’s heart, and mind, as he has with fiendish intensity for six thousand years.

He then points out most easily one’s character flaws that would cause each and everyone who takes their marriage vows to lose sight of Christ, while never willing to yield or compromise with one another thus bringing on unhappiness and most cases divorce.

But each, man and woman must have the Spirit of God and if the Spirit of God dwells in one’s heart there will be a type of heaven on earth in the home, and by God’s grace each will succeed in making the other happy till death do you part.

So as your marriage vows unites you as one, the wife is to respect her husband, the husband is to love and cherish his wife so their belief in Christ should make them as one in Him, while they seek to become more and more imbued with the Spirit of Christ.

Thus, allowing for a perfect harmony between the husband and wife who enter into a covenant with God. So today, let man and woman in the presence of God pledge themselves to love each other as God has ordained they should.

“Always remember that your affections are to complement each other’s happiness and individuality in other words, God should always be the focus of your individuality. Of Him you are to ask: What is right? What is wrong? How may I best fulfill your purpose in our union together?

For if we don’t place God at the center, Satan will be ever ready to take advantage when any matter of variance arises. Because it is at that point he moves upon the objectionable and different traits of character in husband or wife.

Now there is alienation between both parties who have united a solemn convenient before God. So always remember, in your marriage if the law of God is obeyed, and cherished, Satan will be kept out of the home and family, and compromise of interest for one another, will always take place, and no alienation of affection will be permitted.” ( E.G.White)

And as we move closer to Christ soon coming, Satan will work with all the powers he tempted ancient Israel, just before they entered the Promise Land. He will lay snares for those who claim to keep Gods commandments and as we are right at the heavenly borders he will use all powers, to destroy God’s children at their weakest point in their marriage.

But if you will stay focused on Christ abiding love, and endure through His word and Spirit while upholding those vows sacred you both made in His presence. what grace has begun, the glory of God will present with A victory crown one day, very soon, in His pure and holy kingdom.

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

April 5, 2014

IN TURBULENT WATERS, WILL YOUR ANCHOR HOLD?

“Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:11-13 (ESV)

What is the purpose of an ANCHOR IN TURBULENT WATERS? Today let’s call the ANCHOR our FAITH. Which as a Child of God will prevent each of us from drifting out to sea or into this world due to the TURBULENT waters, and currents, or the god of this world making us an offer that sometimes sounds so good that we try and convince ourselves. We have to take it because it is the right thing to do.

A popular misconception is that the anchor itself acts as the main weight to “secure” the ship in its position. On an anchoring run, the ship would lay the anchor together with a length of its iron cables which we will call the HOLY SPIRIT on the seabed. The length to be released would depend on factors such as the depth of the water etc.

So it is not the weight of the anchor, but the weight of the huge iron cables connected to the anchor that “secures” the ship or secures our mind and body into the loving arms of Christ. The ANCHOR’S weight does play a role, but it is mainly used to grip or hook the iron cables to the seabed. My friends this is where I need you to focus today.

The word FAITH, and the fact, in order for the word itself  to have some meaning, we must first be connected to God, through His Spirit. He must have complete complete control. Because if that ANCHOR, or our FAITH ever breaks away from God’s Spirit, then Faith  becomes only a meaningless word with no value except to lay dormant at the bottom of the ocean, or in a world that has but a short time to exist.

I speak of Faith a lot in my devotionals because it is the only way if we are connected to God’s Spirit to survive IN TURBULENT WATERS and Finish this journey. So many of God’s Children fill that they still have mountains in this world they need to climb. But my friends that mountain is only worth climbing if we are doing it for Christ.

We tell ourselves I got to make so much money, or get to a prominent position at my job, or go to England or china. I need a bigger house, or a bigger car. friends they are all great ambitions. But all of our ambitions

only make sense in God’s sight if they are based on our relationship with Him and His needs, and how will my ambitions, and needs in life benefit God in this controversy between good and evil.

We are too close to Christ second coming for any decision to be made in our life without us asking the questions how this will benefit my Lord and Savior. Remember “only what we do for Christ will last” everything else is futile and void. As Christians we believe that a resurrected Christ has conquered death, and therefore death will never pose a barrier to his ability to lead and guide his people who trust him for His grace and salvation.

As we trust his word to guide us in all that we do each day please, keep trusting even when at times it seems all you do is pray to God To take the storm away, but instead of it going away when we think it should, all you hear Him say is: My grace, My grace is sufficient. But friends if we have faith, and allow God’s Spirit to stay attached even in IN TURBULENT WATERS.

Than, His grace truly is sufficient, because He is always “preparing us who have faith for something we cannot handle right now, He is always making each of us ready Just because He cares,” while He provides us the armor we need IN TURBULENT WATERS to carry out the next matter in our life, and finish this race here on earth, and enter his pure and holy kingdom.

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

PAUSE!!! WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT NO FRUIT TO MATURITY?

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” Ps. 46:10 (NKJV)

Kids, Husband, Wife, Grandchildren, Church, School, Daycare, Work, and the list goes on in regards to our everyday responsibilities. Go, here, Go there!!!! Now my friends this is where I need you to focus today.

As you look back over the last 24 hours of your life, and hit the PAUSE button. As you form a distinct and striking mental image in time as you allow you life to play out in slow motion as we place it all in perspective.

First, we can now say without a doubt that God woke us up this morning. He gave us the ability to do all that we have done but of course “He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matt. 5:45 (KJV) so  no big deal.

But as a child of  God, A chosen vessel. We have to make God unique for our lives, and what He does for us daily as we place him in every situation, and circumstances. We cannot generalize God or just take Him for granted. Because sooner than we think.

“we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.”  2 Cor. 5:10 (NIV) So everyone will have his or her own unique set of circumstances of why out of a 24 hour day no time was spent to serve Him.

Surely, there is no misunderstanding on what our Savior has done, and continues to do in our life. While some never PAUSE to acknowledge God’s presence, thus never feeling the importance to serve him in any way.

“The story is told of a devout king, disturbed by the ingratitude of his royal court. He prepared a large banquet for them. When the king and his royal guests were seated, by prearrangement, a beggar shuffled into the hall, sat down at the king’s table, and gorged himself with food.

Without saying a word, he then left the room. The guests were furious and asked permission to seize the tramp and tear him limb from limb for his ingratitude. The king replied, “That beggar has done only once to an earthly king what each of you do each day to God.

You sit at the table of life, and gorge upon the things of this world until you are satisfied. Then you walk away without ever PAUSING, and acknowledging God, His Presence, or what can I do to repay him for all He has done for me.

“A sower went out to sow his seed…. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it…….Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, AND BRING NO FRUIT TO MATURITY. Luke 8:14 (NKJV)

Why my friends HAVE YOU BROUGHT NO FRUIT TO MATURITY that is all God ask of us.  A God who loves us so much that “He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 (NKJV)

Understand my friends, to PAUSE is very difficult when you live in the 21 century, high tech, got to have it now society. But what is the price that we are paying not to PAUSE, and enter the throne room of our Savior as you recognize the Presence of God.

We must seek with passion today while asking. ” Not my will, but thy will be done,”  as you Pause long enough to allow the Spirit to transform every thought and attitude, that will allow you to give it all to the Master. Once Again my friends.

“When you reach that final sunset, and you look into His eyes, will the tears you shed be tears of joy or would they be your last goodbye,” it would be a tragedy to get to that day that you have waited for all of your life, and realize that all you have accumulated and accomplished on this earth “COULD NOT COMPARE TO ETERNAL LIFE”

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

 April 3, 2014

“YOU HAVE DWELT LONG ENOUGH AT THIS MOUNTAIN. TURN AND TAKE YOUR JOURNEY”

“YOU HAVE DWELT LONG ENOUGH AT THIS MOUNTAIN. TURN AND TAKE YOUR JOURNEY” Deu 1:6 (KJV) The Lord telling The Israelites: that mountain you are at will not move, you are going to have to move it, if you want to get to the promise land.

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23 (NKJV) As a Child of God, God is also telling us “THAT WE HAVE DWELT LONG ENOUGH AT THAT MOUNTAIN” trying to get over it.

Friends when we are trying to get over difficult situation and circumstances in our life, that is when you look behind you and see you have come this far by faith so I must continue. Then grab on to the hand of Jesus and don’t let go.

”Every heart will be tested, every character developed. We are too quickly discouraged, and earnestly cry for the trial to be removed from us, when we should plead for patience to endure and grace to overcome. Our heavenly Father measures and weighs every trial before He permits it to come upon the believer. He considers the circumstances and the strength of the one who is to stand under the proving and test of God, and He never permits the temptations to be greater than the capacity of resistance.

If the soul is overborne, the person overpowered, this can never be charged to God, as failing to give strength in grace, but the one tempted was not vigilant and prayerful and did not appropriate by faith the provisions God had abundantly in store for him.Christ never failed a believer in his hour of combat. The believer must claim the promise and meet the foe in the name of the Lord, and he will not know anything like failure.” (E.G.White)

A story is told; one night a house caught fire and a young boy was forced to flee to the roof. The father stood on the ground below with outstretched arms, calling to his son, “Jump! I’ll catch you.” He knew the boy had to jump to save his life. All the boy could see, however, was flame, smoke, and blackness. As can be imagined, he was afraid to leave the roof. His father kept yelling: “Jump! I will catch you.” But the boy protested, “Daddy, I can’t see you.” The father replied, “But I can see you and that’s all that matters.” And so he jumped to safety.

On this Journey to the promise land most of the time we are traveling in blind faith, all we see is flames, smoke, and blackness along with every other obstacle, and trap that the god of this world has provided in our life to discourage us from continuing. But all that matters is Our father sees us.

And “NO TEMPTATION has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.” 1 Cor. 10:13 (KJV)

God promise didn’t say every temptation except, Immorality, or Lying, or Stealing, or Homosexuality, or Covertness. God didn’t even say your “Socially Acceptable sins” God’s promise is all TEMPTATIONS He will make a way of escape, nothing in heaven or on earth is so powerful that He has not made a way of escape for His children. But your faith must tell you God sees me, even if I don’t see Him. So I must endure until this Journey is over.

Today my friends our eyes are to be forever “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross…. (Hebrews 12:2)  Acts 20:24 also states “But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.” So today just remember “YOU HAVE DWELT LONG ENOUGH AT THIS MOUNTAIN. SO TURN AND FINISH YOUR JOURNEY” TO THE PROMISE LAND

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

April 2, 2014

MY FRIENDS, YOUNG AND OLD, GOD HAS A PLAN FOR YOU!!!

“And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days.” Joel 2:28-29 My friends God is seeking dedicated workers today to finish up his work.

But He will not give his power to someone who will only use it when they can fit it into their schedule or around their favorite TV program.  We must seek this power as we eat his Word daily “When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight……” Jer. 15:16 NIV) Their can be no fear or hesitation in what God is asking us to do for Him.

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2Timothy 1:7 (NIV) He knocks at our hearts door daily, but are we listening, have our FOCUS been constantly on the things of this world and not on the presence of the Good Shepherd. “For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him” 2 Chronicles 16:9 (NIV)

But it starts with Faith. Soon our Faith and God’s Spirit if you walk with Him Daily, will allow you to be the beneficiary of power like we have never experience before and it will take us beyond what we can imagine at this moment. A restoration, and revival will take place from within as God’s mandate to take the gospel to all the world is carried out.

But today the passion must exist to seek the showers of blessings from God’s Spirit. It was by the confession and forsaking of all sins even the “Socially Acceptable Sins,” and earnest heartfelt consecrated prayers to God, that the disciples prepared themselves for the Comforter that Christ had promise before He ascended to go be with his father and start his mediation on our behalf.

“Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” John 16:7 (NIV) God is asking no less of His chosen generation who God is given the opportunity, and privilege to carry His torch across the finish line.

But there is still work to be finished, and souls to be saved. He waits with outstretched arms for us to say with Passion, “Not My Will Lord, But Thy Will Be Done”

But “Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit. “the times of refreshing” to which the apostle Peter looked forward when he said: “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;” ( E.G.White)

Our Faith must be stretched to the limit. But if we fail at the start of this race we will never be given greater light To continue. But why should a child of God fail we look around, we see the world as it is today, and recognize that even  Satan knows, and no one had to tell him. So why should a child of God who seeks God’s presence everyday not know that Christ is soon to come.

You know prophecy, you see signs of His coming each day. But you also know that he will come as a thief in the night “But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. So my friends the “curtain is pulled back” it’s time, YOUNG AND OLD, GOD HAS A PLAN for each of you so please accept His call  today. 

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

April 1, 2014

“THESE ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH PAINS!!!”

“To put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.” Eph. 4:22-24 (ESV)

PLEASE GOD I NEED YOU TO RADICALLY, AND THOROUGHLY CHANGE  MY LIFE!!!!! Let’s go to Webster and define the word RADICALLY: Going to the root or origin; now let’s define the word THOROUGHLY: complete; perfect. So if we put the words together we are telling God that we need Him to get to the root or origin of the sins in our life and make us completely perfect. Does that sound about right?

And can I just add for most of us it is an emergency, we are now on life support, but friends don’t worry that is what our Savior is good at emergency situations. Because He will “Refine, He will Restore, He will Replace, He will Change, He will Sculpt you, He will Mold you He’ll even permit trials and tribulation to come into your life just to get you to the point where He can fully reveal Himself  in you.”(Bill Liversidge)

That my friends is what I call a full Makeover. But God is so good to us He is willing to do all of that free of charge. Remember YOUR MAKEOVER has already been paid for by the “Blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ on Calvary 2000 years ago. As our Savior hung on the cross He looked into the future and saw what Satan had in store for all of His Children in the  21^st century.

He saw every situation and circumstances of our lives, the trials and tribulations, the highs and lows, the deaths, and sicknesses, he saw that “lawlessness will be increased, and the love of many will grow cold” and nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and famines and earthquakes in various places. And He knew THESE ARE JUST THE BEGINNING OF BIRTH PAINS.”

“To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.” Gen. 3:16 (ESV) So my friends we are just at the beginning OF OUR “BIRTH PAINS”our FAITH is just being tested as CANDIDATES for God’s holy kingdom God is now seeing if we are “SAFE TO SAVE” because when sin is finally eradicated from this earth my friends, there will be NO MORE SIN.

“Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” 1 Cor. 6:9-10 (ESV)

This is why we can no longer wait WE NEED A RADICAL, AND THOROUGH CHANGE IN OUR LIVES today, but remember one of God’s promises is“No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” 1 Cor. 10:13

But we must have Faith in all of the promises in  God’s Word and in the transforming power of His Spirit, and ENDURE. For our FAITH will be tested, and it will be taken to the very limit where we fill we cannot go any further but my friends we

“must rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” Romans 5:3-5

HOPE is knocking this very moment, for Christ “stands at the door, and knocks: if any man hear (His) voice, and open the door, (He) will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Rev. 3:20 (KJV) and that my friends is a promise that should keep us encourage each day of our life as we deliver the good news to everyone about Christ return, and Endure as we wait THROUGH THE “BIRTH PAINS” for Jesus to come and take us to our NEW HOME IN HIS KINGDOM.

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