MY FRIENDS, “THE LORD HAS HEARD OUR WEEPING AND OUR PLEADING. HE WILL ANSWER ALL OUR PRAYERS”

MY FRIENDS, “THE LORD HAS HEARD OUR WEEPING AND OUR PLEADING. HE WILL ANSWER ALL OUR PRAYERS”

www-st-takla-org-20-david-weeping-over-the-death-of-absalomNo, Lord! Don’t punish me in the heat of Your anger. Pity me, O Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, for my body is sick, and I am upset and disturbed. My mind is filled with apprehension and with gloom. Oh, restore me soon … I am worn out with pain; every night my pillow is wet with tears. My eyes are growing old and dim with grief … Go, leave me now, you men of evil deeds, for the Lord has heard my weeping and my pleading. He will answer all my prayers Ps 6 (vv. 1-3, 6-9, TLB).

I think it is safe to call David the weeping Prophet/King, but he was also a man after God’s own heart. Oh my friends what an honor but why wouldn’t he be called a man after God’s own heart this is a man who had a passion for God from his youth, in spite of how others responded to a situation.

His entire focus was in allowing God’s name, honor, reputation, and glory too become a burning passion within his soul, a passion Gerard_van_Honthorst_-_King_David_Playing_the_Harpthat was exemplified when everyone else stood on the side line, looking for answers. But David, would not keep silent he knew he “could lift his eyes to the hills.”

And he could ask himself the question “From where does my help come? And in the same breath answer himself. “My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. He will not let [my] foot be moved; He who keeps [me]…..neither slumbers nor sleeps.” Ps 121:1-4 (ESV)

David could look at the world around him and with no reservation, “know God [did not give] us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Tim 1:7 (KJV) to stand when no one else would and ask “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?”

yes my friends why wouldn’t he be called a man after God’s own heart. Consistent with this, like all of mankind who are “sinful from the time [our] mothers conceived [us]” there were times when David would lose his focus but he could look back, and remember.

images4“God is my refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Ps 46:1 (NIV) he knew his God “Did not slumber or sleep so he knew he could cry out, Lord, please! “Don’t punish me in the heat of Your anger, pity me, o lord, for I am weak” and in the quiet solitude of his sanctuary.

A sanctuary that was either in the royal palace, or in the depths of a hidden cave, or on the mountainside with His sheep, he could say with no reservation “the Lord has heard my weeping and my pleading. He will answer all my prayers.

My friends with that scenario in mind, we can all be men and women after God’s own heart. Faith, endurance, prayer, study, and hard work, key attributes and with God’s Spirit, you need all of them, to make it across the finish line, as we use Christ as our example on His journey.

In addition,  like all who are born of a woman. His journey started at birth and like Christ we must make a choice, how will d6dbca4511381d0f0efca1744c141520.500x394x1it end. For Christ it ended with the ultimate climax, Calvary, resurrection and now he sits at the right hand of “Our Father Which Art In Heaven” advocating and mediating on our behalf.

My friends where will your journey take you, once again we must make it personal, as we ask where does this journey end, and who do we take with us. I pray today, that you will pledge like I, that we will be conquerors through Him who loved us.

For we must be persuaded that nothing, or no one in this world “neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:31-39 (NKJV)

And with that pledge we also will carry out God’s mandate, telling the world of His return, while preparing to leave this earth and make heaven our home.

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, DO YOU HAVE THE AFTER THANKSGIVING DAY BLUES?

Nov. 28, 2014

MY FRIENDS, DO YOU HAVE THE AFTER THANKSGIVING DAY BLUES?

thankfulIt’s great being a child of God, we are so blessed. Yesterday our tables, had an avalanche of ever kind of delicacy imaginable, most of us will be eating left overs for days. With Christmas a month away, the year ends, then we start the madness all over again, starting Jan 1, 2015.

The process is maddening. Our lives, decade after decade are constantly in a state of zombinism, whose lives are forever manipulated by government and corporate advertisers that guides our lives through some type of never ending maze.

And behind door number 1, 2 and 3 is Satan’s desire that we all lose sight of Christ saving grace, while we squander away this probationary period on this journey Christ has placed us on. My friends “almost $4 billion was spent for this year’s midterm election, the Center for Responsive Politics projected.

The candidates and parties alone combined and spent about $2.7 billion, while outside groups likely spent close to $900 million images24on their own.” My friends what gives me the after Thanksgiving Day blues, Rome is burning, and worldwide, millions, mostly kids went to bed hungry Nov. 27, 2014, as others mock.

“On the eve of Thanksgiving, Fox News pundit Andrea Tantaros mockingly dismissed the plight of hungry Americans, claiming that she would “look fabulous” if she were forced to live on a food stamp diet.” My friends,  iniquity abounds, and I would imagine at, before the flood and Sodom and Gomorrah proportions.

The love of many continues to wax colder and colder. What is amazing the majority of our churches are caught up into this madness? Friends where is our leadership. But as God’s chosen how can we complain if we sit on the side line, each year, waiting until one day, someone sprinkles dust over our caskets, while repeating the words, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

The god of this world keeps us so occupied with our day to day activities, we lose sight of Matt. 25:31-36 (NKJV) where Christtoo_much_to_do tells us “When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory.

All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats. And He will set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.

Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.”

My friends when God separates the flock what side will we be on. Today we are on a spiritual battleground, but we remain so consumed by our lives from day to day we fail to recognize the plight of anyone beyond our residency.

But thank God, for his grace and mercy, today, we all have to make it personal, what am I going to do tomorrow. We all haveknowhisvoice various things in our life that consumes our time, I am a student, but I cannot allow that, or anything else, to come between what God’s will for me is, in finishing up his mandate here on earth.

If we seek God’s kingdom, we all have to make a consorted effort, not with ourselves, or the church, or our families and friends, but with God, the One who sits on the right side our father, the One who at this moment is advocating on our behalf.

The One who mediates daily to the Father, telling Him “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me.”  My friends let’s not let another day go by where those words are meaningless. Let’s all “seek first, God’s kingdom” with a passion.

As this battle rages on, let’s look to the “author and finisher of our faith,” until we here, “Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.” Matt. 25:21(ESV)

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, TODAY, LET’S THANK GOD, FOR THE STRENGTH OF THE CROSS!!!

MY FRIENDS, TODAY, LET’S THANK GOD, FOR THE STRENGTH OF THE CROSS!!!

Thank you God for bringing that one element into my life, which when united with my faith and endurance can never be destroyed, and that is the cross. When we think about metals, there is a element in it call Yield strength; which is the degree to imageswhich a material can be put under stress until its elasticity fails and it is deformed permanently.

My friends the cross along with our faith and endurance creates a resilience, or Yield strength too any attack from the god of this world, even though, as long as our residency is on this earth the attacks will never cease, but thank God our hope of victory is secure if we are faithful and endure, simply because Jesus died on the cross so that through Him we would never permanently fail.

Thank God the cross assures our victory and each day through God’s Spirit our faith and endurance continues to get stronger and stronger, and no amount of stress can make it fail. As God wakes us up each day and we are overwhelmed with circumstances and situation in our life that seems out of control, we must continue to stay focused.

In addition, we cannot become so involved with all of the day to day problems in our life, that we fail to turn them over to God, because if Christ is not in control, we loose our faith and we never see beyond the storm so we fail, while forgetting our only hope is through the cross.

Jude 1:24-25 says “Glory to God Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.

So as God’s chosen vessels, glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever, this is our praise we Man on topexpress to God each day for allowing the element of the cross into our life along with His love, grace and mercy.

In addition, we show our thanks by forever allowing our life to be centered on God’s will being done, not ours, a will that never changes, a will that tells each of us “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me,” Matt. 16:24 (ESV)

In addition, our thankfulness is a personal revival that takes place in our lives. There are some who claim to be Christian but refuse to give it all to the Master.  God needs your undivided attention, not part of it, remember the cross never fails, only our faith to endure.

So what we are thankful for must be all about Him, and if the convicting voice of Gods Spirit abides in us, than we will give Him all the honor praise and glory that our God and our God only deserves as we carry out His mandate throughout the world.

urlSo today my friends, we can not allow any foreign elements to enter our life we must always maintain a Yield strength in Christ for “The Lord is our strength and our shield; our heart trusts in him, and we are helped. Our heart leaps for joy and we will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28:7 (PSV)

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” Eph. 1:3-7 (NKJV)

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, LET’S “THANK GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”

Nov. 26, 2014

MY FRIENDS, LET’S “THANK GOD, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW”

My friends, when we think thanksgiving, it all becomes personal, weather we are thankful for, those who are a part of our life, or food and shelter, or a God who wakes us each day, as the sun rises above the horizon. It all becomes personal. Hopefully, when we focus on what we are truly thankful for, we can begin as Paul in Eph.1:3-7 (NKJV) as he starts by saying,

knowhisvoice“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,

having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.”

My friends it is nothing that we could add, that would make a proclamation of the gift of Calvary any plainer. There should also be no doubt in anyone’s mind that the worlds definition of Thanksgiving has nothing to do with God.

Matt. 24:12 (KJV) tells us, “and because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Today I can say with full gifts.of.holy.spiritassurance and my prayer is that your daily walk with God will allow you to say also “where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.” Rom. 5:20 (NKJV)

So instead of a love that grows colder each day thank God, His Spirit has guided and continues to guide our life to love as God loves, selfless, sacrificial, and unconditional. In addition, as we enter the threshold of our Saviors return, we can be thankful that we are aliens, in a foreign country.

In addition, the word of God, which is our green card states; that we can only stay here until we have finished the work of our Savior in telling the world about the good news of His return. My friends it becomes very personal, because my God allowed me to live a life that the majority of it, was spent trying to do it my way.

imgres3So today, each of our thanks should transcend to a God who in spite of us and what we wanted “mercy said no, mercy said, I’m not gonna let you go, or let you slip away, so don’t be afraid” for “I will never leave you or forsake you” “my grace is sufficient.”

In addition, without that grace, today, I can only speak for myself, but without it, I would be “wandering and wondering down some pointless road to nowhere with my salvation up to me, and I know how that would go, all of the battles I would face Forever running but losing this race,”  if it was not for my God’s mercy and grace.

I hope today I speak for all of my friends, as we now enter the threshold of the promise land, if we can just hold on to our faith and endure just a little while longer, victory will be ours. yes we all can become conquerors because “If God is for us, who can be against us?

He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?… Just-Passing-Through-300x225Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written: Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:31-39 (NKJV)

My friends, with full assurance we all can become conquerors, and that is a thanksgiving promise from Jehovah Nissi: the Lord, our Banner, the one that goes before us and fights all of our battles.

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I’M FREE AT LAST!!

Nov. 25, 2014

MY FRIENDS, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE, FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY, I’M FREE AT LAST!!

praise-him-300x258“Surrounded by Your glory, what will my heart feel, will I dance for you Jesus or in awe of you be still, will I stand in your presence or to my knees will I fall,  Will I sing hallelujah, will I be able to speak at all, I can only imagine” (MercyMe)

My friends, I can only imagine. As the streets of Ferguson Mo. burns, headlines read; Michael Brown, allegedly taunted Officer Darren Wilson, telling him “he was too much of a coward to shoot him, Wilson told investigators.” now a young black man, Michael Brown is dead.

What is a life worth these days, one dollar, five, maybe if you are rich and famous. but we must ask, what is our worth to God, what was the price paid for our Salvation. My friends, our God has given us a mandate, and that is to tell, as many as will listen, what our true worth is, and one day as free men and woman, if we believe, God will personally give us the freedom award, life eternal.

No more demonstrations, or protest, no more death or destruction, we will all be on one accord, as Christ places on us the same imgresoutfit, the robe of His righteousness. But as long as our temporary residence is this world “They [will] dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious.

“Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush….”Jer. 8:11-12 (ESV) My friends our time on this earth are but “light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.

While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:17-18 (NKJV) And soon, we will be free, throughout eternity, but for now we can only imagine.

prayer“Our eyes being “drawn to the East, for a small black cloud [will] appear about half as large as a man’s hand, which [His faithful will all know is] the Sign of the Son of Man.

[His redeemed we are all] in solemn silence [as we] gaze on the cloud as it draws nearer, lighter, and brighter, glorious, and still more glorious, till it [becomes] a great white cloud.

The bottom [will] appear like fire, a rainbow [will be] over it, around the cloud [will be] ten thousand angels singing a most lovely song.  And on it [will sit] the Son of Man, on his head [will be] crowns, his hair white and curly and lay on his shoulders.

His feet the appearance of fire, in his right hand [will be] a sharp sickle, in his left a silver trumpet.  His eyes [will be] as a flame of fire, which [will] search his children through and through…. Then we [will] all cry out, who shall be able to standIs my robe spotless? (E. G. White, Heaven pp31)

I can only imagine, that day we all seek. My friends, as we still stand in the presence of God’s grace we must second-coming-christcontinue to ask ourselves Is my robe spotless. Are we making long range plans, for big happenings on this earth, or for our heavenly abode?

Are we allowing self to die daily as God’s Spirit transforms our character into the image of Christ, as we prepare too sing that freedom song for the last time, which says “I am restored, I am redeemed, by your Spirit I am free” yes free at last, thank God almighty, I am free at last!!

My friends, we don’t have time to sit down and rest, or catch our breath as our mind takes us to a place “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man what God has prepared for us” 1Cor 2:9 (NKJV) “for with freedom comes responsibilities,” and [we] dare not linger, for our [journey] is not yet ended.” (N. Mandela) So stay focus, as we allow our faith and endurance, to soon, set us free. 

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, “I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES; HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH”

Nov. 24, 2014

MY FRIENDS, “I WILL BLESS THE LORD AT ALL TIMES; HIS PRAISE SHALL CONTINUALLY BE IN MY MOUTH”

“My soul shall make its boast in the Lord; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together.” Ps. 34:1-2 (NIV)

imagesMy friends, at all times does not tell us, we should skip a day praising God, or go into time out while we are in the barber or beauty salon, or at the mall. We must represent Christ and praise His name at all times, no matter what situation or circumstances may arise in our life.

Praise Him when the sunset glows, praise Him when we smell the aroma of fresh bread coming out of the oven, and when we hear the sound of birds outside of our window each morning, as we are awaken by the hand of God as we recognize His presence.

But my friends, we must also praise God, when the sun does not shine at all, or when we are lacking the funds to even buy bread, or when a love one is no longer awaken by the hand of God. Our God must be praised always, forever “sitting on the throne of our heart” as He guides us on this journey He has placed us on.

In addition, He’s in control, He knows everything about us, “Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them mustard-seedwill fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows Luke 12:7 (NASB)

“While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; and they raised their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” When He saw them, He said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.”

And as they were going, they were cleansed. Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. Then Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed?

2But the nine where are they? Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?” And He said to him, “Stand up and go; your faith has made you well.” Luke 17:11-19 (NASB) My friends isn’t it amazing we are all God’s Children that is why,

“He causes His sun [or Son] to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.” Matt 5:45 (NASB) He told the leper who had returned to give praises to the one who had transformed his life “your faith has made you well.”

But there were nine others who were healed, what type of faith did they have? As one that ask for guidance in all of  my studies I would say only one leper had faith, but because that one, who recognized the presence of God when it was in front of him, the other nine benefited.

In addition, he praised and glorified God’s name daily, even in the terrible condition of being ostracized from society because of his condition. my friends I would imagine that  God’s name was forever imprinted in his mind as he seeked God daily, with sincere and heartfelt prayer, too be healed, and his prayers were answered.

In addition, Because he was a Samaritan, the other nine, probably had nothing else to do with him, thus missing another chance of being Calmin the presence of someone who had a personal relationship with the one who had come to redeem mankind from the god of this world.

It is not just about our praise, it is also about the world that also has the privilege of the sun or Son to shine on them, recognizing who provides what they take for granted, through us, as we fulfill Christ mandate, “receiving power after “the Holy Ghost has come upon us, going out and  witnessing for our Savior, both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 (NASB)

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, NO ONE SHOULD BE A VICTIM ON OUR WATCH.

Nov. 23, 2014

MY FRIENDS, NO ONE SHOULD BE A VICTIM ON OUR WATCH.

“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 Cor. 15:55-57 (NASB)

No-Fear-of-DeathDeath, the toll it takes on a love one, the pain, heartache, misery, and a understanding of the vulnerability of life and death and the level of victims and non-victims unprecedented in our life time.

And it all goes back to the being who “said in his heart, “I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” Is. 14:13-15 (NASB)

Every day family members, love one’s, friends, co-workers, and neighbors have fallen victim to the one who says in his heart I will make myself like the Most High. I can say victim because Webster defines victim as; “a person who is deceived or cheated, as by his or her own emotions or ignorance, by the dishonesty of others, or by some impersonal agency.

But oh my friends, to all of our family members, love one’s, friends, co-workers, and neighbors who falls asleep in the Lord, one dayDeath-where-is-your-sting “if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

For this we say to you 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 with the Lord.” 1 Thess. 4:14-17 (NKJV)

JesusStandsByHisTombNot victims my friends, but all who die in Christ “are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For [every child of God must be] persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” Romans 8:37-39 (NKJV)

Consistent with this, our Savior made sure we would never be victims on Calvary when He said it is finished. Today the god of this world is constantly devising ways in which to keep our minds occupied, so that we never fully understand, what our responsibility is in this great controversy, and to the one who gave His life so that we never have to become victims.

If you truly love your Lord and Savior, there can be no victims in our life, we must assist God’s Spirit in leading them to Christ and one day “All that has perplexed us in the Providences of God will in the world to come be made plain. The things hard to be understood will then find explanation.

The mysteries of grace will unfold before us. Where our finite minds discovered only confusion and broken promises, we shall seesecond-coming-christ the most perfect and beautiful harmony. We shall know that infinite love ordered the experiences that seemed most trying.

As we realize the tender care of Him who makes all things work together for our good, we shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.”( E. G.White 9T 286) My friends “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few,” so God need’s workers.

There are many souls without hope that will become victims if we don’t take the good news too them of our Saviors righteousness. God has chosen us to be his ambassadors in making that happen. As much as we long for a place “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man” God still has unfinished work. So “set your priorities for the high calling of Christ” as we tell the world that our risen Savior lives.

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, HE LOOKED BEYOND OUR FAULTS AND SAW OUR NEED!

Nov. 22, 2013

MY FRIENDS, HE LOOKED BEYOND OUR FAULTS AND SAW OUR NEED!

“I shall forever lift mine eyes to Calvary, to view the cross, where Jesus died for me how marvelous, His grace that caught my maxresdefaultfalling soul. He Looked beyond our faults and saw our need.” “Oh my friends, what Grace!!”

Calvary, that is where it all started for each of us, Our God knew every messed up situation and out of control circumstance we would find ourselves in throughout our life, he knew, at times the lure of the things the god of this world would present to us, would be more enticing then Sabbath, or Sunday school.

He knew every mountain and valley we would encounter. He knew the sickness and death, the heartache and pain that would surround our life decade after decade, he knew how close we would get to our probationary period ending, before we would call out in heartfelt anguish, Lord, what must I do to be saved!

My friends if you seek God’s kingdom like I, you will continue to fall, but we get up and brush our self off, but the thought of one dayMtnClimber not being able to get up should terrify each of us, that is why we have to stay focus on the  promises in God’s word.

In addition, our attitude must be no matter what, we will never leave His presence, because even though, we loose our  direction at times, He is always the compass that leads us right back to Him.

Consistent with this, “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Tim 1:7 (KJV) so we have to hold on my friends, allow your faith to be stretched to the limit endure for a moment because I can say with full assurance that a moment is all the time we have left in this controversy between good and evil.

But thank God for His grace for our God has looked beyond our faults and saw our needs remember “our God is the peace, which surpasses all understanding, He will guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus. [But we must continue to] “all look to [Him to], give [us our] food in due season, [as He] opens our hand; [and] satisfies the desire of all our needs.” Ps 145:15-16 (PSV)

imagesHe is the light that shines within our hearts that awakens our conscious each day to our responsibility of service, in fulfilling his mandate, to go into all the world. My friends we must never loose sight of the fact that the “thief in the night” scenario our Savior gave us in Matt 24 is upon us and soon He will “come quickly; and our reward is with [him], to give every man, [or woman] according as his work…” Rev 22:12 (KJV)

My friends, that is a promise like all of God’s promises in His word “the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. Habakkuk 2:3

Life is frustrating we tend to sometimes look back on the good old days, when life seemed so simple, and then reality sinks inHomeComing-300x225 maybe the death of a love one or a rebellious child, that seems out of control, or maybe it is just the world we have to wake up to each day.

That is “why [we must] find pleasure in things above, soon to be, the celestial music, the meadows and streams of water. The playful voices of  children and animals, our family and friends forever united, our new home with mansions and streets of Gold and the sun or Son of God, that forever light the atmosphere of the sky and our hearts.

But remember my friends, “the gates of hell will not prevail” against God’s chosen. From Genesis to Revelation, nothing will keep God’s promises in His word from coming to pass, but we must know those promises, because they “all Look beyond our faults” for they are the promises of all our needs in Christ Jesus Amazing Grace,”

 

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

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MY FRIENDS, MOVING AWAY FROM THE CLUTCHES OF SIN.

 

Nov. 21, 2014

MY FRIENDS, MOVING AWAY FROM THE CLUTCHES OF SIN.

Armor of God_SeriesButton2_raster_webWhen an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through dry places seeking rest and finding none. Then it says, “I will return to my house from which I came. When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter and dwell there.

And the final condition of that man is worse than the first. (Luke 11:24-26) Luke 11:21-22, Says, even a strong man cannot protect his house if someone stronger comes along. So we must never fool ourselves into thinking we can out think Satan.

“For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places”. (Eph. 6:12)

So Gods word tells us that we cannot protect ourselves from Satan, but God can protect us, if we only have faith and believe. Johnimages wrote, “You are of God, little Children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4).

But first, Christ must be in each of us intimately. So just to get rid of our sins without allowing Christ to take full control, will only allow Satan to re-enter our lives with those same sins we thought we had gotten rid of, only now, “it is worst than the first”.

In addition, our victory today will not be sufficient for a victory tomorrow if Christ is not the Master of our mind and body. For our heartfelt words each day must be “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Gal. 2:20)!’

Our sins is like a vine that grows up along a trunk of a tree. The vine starts small, nothing to worry about. But over the years the vine will get taller and taller, until it covers  the lower half of the tree, the process is called vine creepers.

f4d791828d16d9971631d3170d9173f2And once the tree is taken over by these vines, the tree will become in danger of being completely  consumed, as life is then squeezed out of it. But in order to save the tree someone must severed the trunk of the vine one neat cut across the middle.

The tangled mass of the vine’s branches still clung to the oak, but the vine is now dead. That would gradually become plain as weeks passed and the creepers began to die and fall away from the tree, but my friends  that does not guarantee that these creepers will not return.

Consistent with this, How easy it is for sin, which begins so small and seemingly insignificant, grow until it has a strangling grip on our lives, although Christ’s death has cut the power of sin. the “creepers” of sin still cling and have some effect. But sin’s power is severed by Christ, and gradually, sin’s grip dries up and falls away.

But that does not guarantee it will not return in some other form, with just the same amount of destruction only greater. My friends we must continually fill our lives with the pureness of Christ righteousness. There can be no time out, or I need a day just for my self.

“Fallen man is Satan’s lawful captive. The mission of Christ was to rescue him from the power of his great adversary. Man is john-3-16naturally inclined to follow Satan’s suggestions, and he cannot successfully resist so terrible a foe unless Christ, the mighty Conqueror, dwells in him, guiding his desires, and giving him strength [daily].

God alone can limit the power of Satan. He is going to and fro in the earth, and walking up and down in it. He is not off his watch for a single moment, through fear of losing an opportunity to destroy souls. It is important that God’s people understand this, that they may escape his snares.(E. G. White)

My friend the roaring lion, Satan, never sleeps, neither does the Spirit of God, But as it reaches out to save us we must grab onto his hand for dear life, never letting go until we can see our Savior face to face coming through the clouds above, to take His faithful children home.

 

MY FRIENDS, WE ARE IN DESCENT, WE ARE LOSING CABIN PRESSURE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE INSTRUCTION?

Nov. 20, 2014

MY FRIENDS, WE ARE IN DESCENT, WE ARE LOSING CABIN PRESSURE, DO YOU REMEMBER THE INSTRUCTION?

For then there will be a great tribulation, such as one,[that has] not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.…. For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah…and they did not understand until the flood came and john-3-16took them all away…..” Matt. Matt. 24:21-22, 37-39 (NASB)

Have we become too busy, or just uninterested, in telling the world of its ultimate destruction, but that the good news is, the final chapter brings about life eternal, to all who has faith and endures to the end. My friends, that Eternal ending, is the part of this story and our journey we all should be seeking daily.

But once again I need you to make it personnel, focus on self, because at some point on our Journey all of Matt. 24 will become real to everyone who is living. We are now at the threshold of prophecy. In addition, God’s word is a complete look into the beginning and the end of all prophecy, which must be fulfilled before we enter the “promise land”

Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. Therefore be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.” Matt 24:42:44 (NASB)

So today, Let’s picture the world as an out-of-control airplane about to crash. This is typically the point where people begin to pray SINGAPORE-AVIATION-SIA-AIRBUSas they call out God’s name, as they look for answers in a very short time period. What is happening? why is it happening, as they cry out to the Lord.

In addition, there will be some who just give up, as they say; well I lived a good life, which means there good life is all they have to cling on to. But for those who genuinely seek answers. Your family, friends, live one’s, co-workers, all are petrified.

Mothers are telling their kids, “Mommy loves you, Mommy loves you,” over and over again, with no concrete solution as to how to comfort them. Suddenly the oxygen masks deploys…” panic goes to another level, but no one knows what to do, they never heard or read the instruction because they were occupied with the things of this world.

In addition,they don’t understand that the oxygen is life, life that can only come from God’s word and Spirit. So now you are totally conscious of all that is happening, because you have been in the presence of God and His word daily.

urlMy friends, Satan’s desire is that all are destroyed and no one accepts life and the saving power of Christ that is right in front of them. It has now become personnel, we have read the instructions, so now we must carry out God’s mandate of hope to everyone as this world descends into ultimate destruction.

Right now there is still cabin pressure, which is God’s grace, this is the time we must be giving others hope and telling them about the promises of a new life in God’s word.

“Let us keep fresh in our memory all the tender mercies that God has shown us, the tears He has wiped away, the pains He has soothed, the anxieties removed, the fears dispelled, the wants supplied, the blessings bestowed,–thus strengthening ourselves for all that is before us through the remainder of our pilgrimage.

We cannot but look forward to new perplexities in the coming conflict, but we may look on what is past as well as on what is to imagescome, and say, “Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.” “As thy days, so shall thy strength be.” Deuteronomy 33:25. The trial will not exceed the strength that shall be given us to bear it.

Then let us take up our work just where we find it, believing that whatever may come, strength proportionate to the trial will be given.” (E.G. White Steps To Christ pp 93-94) my friends, we are now in descent, we are losing cabin pressure, you have the instruction, you know, life is only in God’s word and Spirit, now you must let the world know.

 

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

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