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

 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 urlIsraelites: 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 earnestlyimages 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 article-yonkers6-1211ground 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. peter_sinking_in_water1God 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

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

April 2, 2014

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

sf_outpouring_01“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 imagesearnest 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)

fear_the_lord1Our 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

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

April 1, 2014

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

imgres“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 imagesMAKEOVER 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  21st 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)

imagesThis 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

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SOMETIMES I JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON WHY I AM ON THIS JOURNEY!!!

March 31, 2013

SOMETIMES I JUST NEED TO FOCUS ON WHY I AM ON THIS JOURNEY!!!

“But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.” Philippians 3:20-21

normal_Jesus_Heaven“As I entered the gates of that city, My loved ones all knew me well. They took me down the streets of Heaven; such scenes were too many to tell; I saw Abraham, Jacob and Isaac Talked with Mark, and Timothy But I said, “I want to see Jesus, ‘Cause He’s the One who died for me.”

Every once and a while I need to reach back and focus on why I am on this journey. It is so easy to lose sight and forget your purpose and your destination. Sometimes you have to look at the map, and get a clear vision as you assure yourself that you haven’t lost your way, and that you are still going in the right direction.

Satan at times has us believing God’s Mandate is unattainable. But that’s when we tell ourselves. My Faith and God’s word lets me know God has my back at all times. Isaiah 48:17 (NIV) tells us.” This is what the Lord says your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.”

But struggles sometimes takes its toll on a child of God that’s why you can never lose sight of the vision of  walking with friends and love ones down the streets of Heaven, as the brightness of the Son, our Savior illuminates the eternal sky as the redeemed sings in unison Worthy is the Lamb who gave it all for our Salvation.

As I envision that scene, now the struggles of this old world become only a challenge, or a mountain worth conquering. The Journey now doesn’t seem so overwhelming thereligion2 setbacks and trials are but a moment in time. God knew we would all have times when we felt like given up, but he provided His Word a road-map that would never get us lost or discourage about the route we have to take too finish the course.

Each time I read a promise in God’s Word, a promise of love and Hope I understand failure can never be an option, only endurance until we cross into the Promise Land. My friends it want be long when we will received our true reward life eternal when Christ says “it is finished” until then, this journey will demand commitments from all of God’s children.

So we must remain focused, we must also stimulate ourselves, and set higher goals, in the work of bringing more souls under the umbrella of the faith of Jesus Christ. We must forever find ways to evangelize as we take the good news of Christ return to a world that is disintegrating before our eyes each day.

“This life at best is but the Christian’s winter; and the bleak winds of winter disappointments, losses, pain, and anguish–are our lot here; but our hopes are reaching forward to the Christian’s summer, when we shall change climate, leave all the wintry blasts and fierce tempests behind, and be taken to those mansions Jesus has gone to prepare for those that love Him.(”Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, pp. 239, 240.)

urlSuccess comes from finishing the course Christ sets for us. It must be all about Him and his will. We must die in Christ daily as we continue to stay focused on the prize, life eternal through Jesus Christ who gave it all for us. Friends remember the controversy and battle has been fought and won on Calvary, and it will also be won once our death to self and resurrection of a new life in Jesus Christ takes place as we now begin to carry the  cross for Christ.

But we must also endure while allowing the Holy Spirit and God’s Word too  keep us focused and moving forward. For it can only be our faith and the power of the Cross that gives us the strength to finish this course. As we become “more than conquerors through him who loves us.”

 

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 Where is Your Focus Today?

March 30, 2014

My Friends Where is Your Focus Today?

images FOCUS: Wikipedia, describes the word as selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things, the Free Dictionary describe FOCUS: As a point at which rays of light or other radiation converge or from which they appear to diverge, also called focal point. “As we begin to focus on our Salvation, the transforming power of the Holy Spirit will begin to take shape before our eyes.”

As a Christian our Focal Point should always be Jesus Christ and Him Crucified. Nothing else should define This Race or journey that each of us are on. It doesn’t matter about our politics, Religious Denominations, Ethnicity, social status, or your sexual orientation. The only thing that matters, when each of us stand’s before God is what was our Relationships with Christ, while we were here on this earth.

And did we allow Our Lord and Savior and His Spirit to transform our character to be like Christ. So as a Child of God we can never lose our focus, or direction where Christ is leading, as we Study his Word, and seek His Spirit. My friends if our focus, and our Faith Holds as we Endure to the end of this journey, eternity, and Gods pure and holy kingdom will soon be ours.

Have you ever wondered why a pigeon walks so funny? According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, a pigeon walks the way it does so it can see where it’s going. Because it can’t adjust its focus as it moves, the pigeon actually has to bring its head to a complete stop between steps in order to refocus. This is the way it walks: head forward, stop; head back, stop!

In our spiritual walk with the Lord we have the same problem as the pigeon. We have a hard time seeing while we’re moving. We also need to stop between steps to refocus onimages where we are in relation to the World and the will of God. Our walk with the Lord needs to have built into it a pattern of “stops,” which enable us to see more clearly before moving on.

Paul tells us in Colossians 3:2 (NKJV) “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. He also tells us in Colossians 2:6 -8 (NKJV) “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”

When we as Christians remain Focused we then surrender our all to the Master. And once that happens it all becomes about trusting and having faith in a God, that has done it all for our Salvation. “Totally Surrendering and given it all to the Master is not the most outstanding way to live, it is the only way to live,” If we want to make heaven our home.

Nothing else should mattes as a Christians. Because all other pathways will only lead to resentment, defeat, and in the end destruction. Hebrews 12:2 (KJV) says “fixing our imageseyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith…..” So if our Goal is the kingdom of God, then we must forever keep our focus on Christ and what it will take to be like Him. “Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.”1 John 2:6 (NIV)

Paul also tells us. “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” Gal. 2:20 (NIV) So By Surrendering to God, it takes the focus off of self, and what we may want, and places it upon the blood of Jesus Christ.

God is asking a lot, that cross can get quite heavy at times. The Spirit has been designated to give us all of our needs and more to finish God’s work, but you must decide is it worth it?  yes my friends Salvation and eternal life is worth it. but that must be your decision God will not make it for you.

 

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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“THE BEST OF THE BEST, THE THREE AND THE THIRTY”

 THE BEST OF THE BEST, THE THREE AND THE THIRTY 

“Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith.” Heb. 13:7

imgresMy friends if you are a child of God, you must have a vision, a vision to make extraordinary things happen for Christ which can only happen if you have allowed the same spirit that was a part of creation before man was created, to transforms an ordinary man and woman that has been “born in sin and shaped in iniquity” to be an extraordinary  leader for Christ in the war against sin.

Satan has devised many weapons that communicates to the masses of what his world has to offer. But as a leader in God’s army we must present a vision of a contrasting message to the masses as well of God’s world, a world “what no eye has seen, or ear has heard, and no human mind has conceived.”  therefore God’s passion to save souls, must be our passion as well.

David exemplifies this type of leader, a leader with such passion, a leader “after God’s on heart” “David’s Special Forces: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahkemonite was head of the Three; he was nicknamed Adino the Eznite because he killed 800 men in a single battle engagement.”2 Samuel 23:8 (NIV) That text says it all because that text tells us “If you abide in God, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.” John 15:7 (NIV)

This is where I need you to focus today my friends. David understood that promise that is how he could inspired a vision in Adino the Eznite, which led him to seek  the same about-you1power from above as David possessed as he killed 800 men in a single battle. As God’s Children we can also seek such power from God’s Spirit.

But first we must have a cause, and we must also have the passion of Adino the Eznite,  and once we have this power we  must use it, not in the killing of 800 men for Christ. But in the saving of souls for God’s pure and holy kingdom as we take the good news of the “gospel to all the world and then the end will come” David’s “Elite Special Forces.”

THE BEST OF THE BEST, THE THREE AND THE THIRTY who did miraculous wonders on the battle field for Christ. Like their leader who had exemplified this same passion from His youth with only a stone and a sling shot. “a man after God’s on heart  lead by Example as He made Extraordinary things happen for God. His vision inspired others to serve Christ because of his commitment to serve.

My friends we must also set the example, we can’t serve Christ sitting on our couches in front of the TV. David  practiced what he preach he always lead by example, who imgreswould get personally involved.  When the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines; and David grew faint.

Then Ishbi-Benob, who was one of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose bronze spear was three hundred shekels, who was bearing a new sword, thought he could kill David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “You shall go out no more with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.” 2 samuel 21:15 -17 (NIV)

David ways a man no different from the rest of us, but he spent time with God even as a boy keeping his fathers sheep, as he seeked the presence of God. A leader, a warrior, a man after Gods own heart, and a humble servant for God “The humble He guides in justice And the humble He teaches His way. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth, To such as keep His covenant and His testimonies. Ps. 25:9-10 (NIV) and seeks His presence with passion.

 

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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LET’S GIVE IT ALL TO THE ONE WHO GAVE, AND STILL GIVES IT ALL FOR US!!!

March 28, 2014

LET’S GIVE IT ALL TO THE ONE WHO GAVE, AND STILL GIVES IT ALL FOR US!!!

“He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge…” (Psalm 91:4)

Habakkuk 3:17-18 states “Though the fig tree may not blossom, Nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive may fail, And the fields yield no food; Though the flock tumblr_lf6btymqnG1qfg3voo1_400may be cut off from the fold, And there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.”

What a disastrous situation being described by Habakkuk but like Habakkuk sometimes God appears to be silent amid all the trials tribulations and heartaches that goes on in our life from day to day and year to year. Like Habakkuk, we must wait in faith and trust in an unseen God until the time when the world will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of our Lord, and His presence that will forever shine throughout eternity in His pure and holy kingdom.

But before that time comes while we are In the midst of all the evil, and injustice in the world we live in, only our complete faithfulness, and dependability In God and His word will take us to the promise land.

An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of God’s wings. “After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno’s damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.

Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother’s wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.

She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. When the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained imagessteadfast. Because she had been willing to die, so that those under the cover of her wings would live. (Author Unknown)

“For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8 (NKJV)

And like the mother bird who gave her life so her children might live, our Savior could have flown to safety also, but He refused to abandon His children. On Calvary Christ remained steadfast through it all, simply because He remained focused and through His faith, love and His endurance to stay the course He was willing to die for those under the cover of his wings so that those who have faith and believe would live with Him throughout eternity.

god-of-the-livingOh what love our Savior has shown for us. Through His death we have been justified by His blood, and through our faith we shall be saved from the wrath of sin.” All for His children “There is no greater love.” So now how do we repay the one who gave it all for our Salvation? God’s word tells us “He has saved us and called us to a holy life not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace.” 2 Tim. 1:9 (NIV)

What can I say “while the one who lives by faith is not saved by his works, his works show that he lives by faith. His faith is revealed in his works, and thus he is promised life eternal.” So as a Child of God we have a lot of work to do to finish up Gods work here on earth and as we look at our world today, we don’t have any time to squander it away on the foolishness of this world. So friends LET’S GIVE IT ALL TO THE ONE WHO GAVE, AND STILL GIVES IT ALL FOR US!!!

 

 

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 Heating Unit Stops Working March 25, 2014 Hmmm!!!

March 27, 2014

My Heating Unit Stops Working March 25, 2014 Hmmm!!!

“And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” Matt. 24:20-22 (NKJV)

Doesn’t sound much like a devotional title, but the point is, my unit did go out, and it should not have mattered, we are a few weeks into springtime when the birds begin to 8456sing and the grass starts to turn green so who needs heat. But at the end of March in Nashville the temp. was in the twenties and cold. But I survived, and God is a mighty good God.

But where I need you to focus today is the volatile times we live in nothing is predictable the seasons, the weather, mud slides, Saber Rattling from country to country. The Koch Brothers, spending millions through their super PAC to pay Americans to think unamerican as they buy elections. To the suppression of voters right to vote, that a few have died for.

Lawlessness continues on a level, not quite seen in our lifetime, as “the love of many grows cold” and the god of this world continues to reign in this world for another day. But my friends his time is running out. But have you as a child of God decided what your agenda is as you wait for Christ second coming. Or are you content in just waiting.

Well that will never work if you are sincere about your salvation. “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.” 1 cor. 14:33 (KJV) So there must be a plan. One that includes God’s Spirit and a mission statement that says I will serve Christ till the day he appears, to take me home.

Now the next question is how will you serve, because one thing I have learned if you are sincere about given it all to the master His Spirit will guide you “But when he, the techSpirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” John 16:13 (NIV)

While much of the fruit of our labor will not be apparent in this life, God’s workers have His sure promise of ultimate success. But there must be a sincere commitment to Christ for “Anyone who loves their father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves their son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.” Matt 10:37 (NIV)

Friends the text does not tell us not to love but it puts everything in this world we hold dear to us, car, home, Job, Church, Family in perspective to where we place the one who gave it all for our Salvation. So therefore our responsibility and duty as Christians as we enter into the last phase of this life’s history before Christ soon return is to make Christ and His will for us our number one priority.

imgresThe challenge must become personal, as we become passionate about our desire to serve. In the 21st century we must create new and inventive ways to witnessing. It cannot be business as usual, the message of the saving power of Jesus Christ will never change, but the technique, the way we go about communicating the message must be the challenge to God’s Chosen.

Through modern technology extraordinary things must happen but it is up to us to make it happen. So “Every impulse, every imagination, every ambition, and every desire must be submitted to Christ. Every possession, physical or invisible, every talent and ability, and everything of value must be under Christ’s command. What we don’t surrender to Him can, and inevitably will, become an idol, with the potential to lead us astray.” (Dan Solis)

So my friends stay faithful to your values stay focused, and keep your eyes on the prize which is Life eternal, and endure even if your Heating Unit Stops Working in the cold, in spring, when the birds should be singing, and the grass turning green.

 

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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“When Jesus Perceived in His Spirit”

March 26, 2014

“When Jesus Perceived in His Spirit” 

But immediately, When Jesus Perceived in His Spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?  Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’?  But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” Mark 2:8-11 (NKJV)

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. imgresJohn 16:7 (KJV) My friends this same Power that Jesus Perceived in His Spirit is the same Power we should be seeking to guide us daily in every situation and circumstances of our life.

We must get to the point where we hear that still small voice telling us to sit down and focus on God’s word, for “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 1 Cor. 2:24(NIV)

Or He might just ask you to close your eyes and speak from the heart to your loving Savior for “I will help your weaknesses; for you do not know how to pray as you should, but I the Spirit will intercede for you with groanings too deep for words; Romans 8:26 (NASB) (paraphrased) So today my friends our FOCUS must remain to seek the Spirit of God because it is only through His power can we endure to the finish line.

We each must have our own Mount of Olives experience where our faith will be tested before we take up the Cross of our Savior, and claim victory. The question we must ask ruler_04ourselves today. Am I willing to do whatever it takes to receive the power of Gods Spirit. Remember my friends the rich young ruler had all the attributes of a good church member.

But when Jesus ask Him to give it all to the Master “he was saddened, and he went away grieving.” What that tells each of us is, the demand of our time, money and talents will certainly be a Part of this Journey Christ places us on.  But are you willing to give whatever it takes for the Master. The Spirit will be leading, and there can be no doubt, that  He will lead us to life eternal.

But have you decided in your mind that the journey is worth it. The Spirit has been designated to give us all of our needs and more to finish God’s work, but you must be willing to stop long enough to here His voice and to seek His Presence “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” Luke 11:13 (NKJV)

My friends There can be no deviation from the Master’s mandate if it is to be completed in our lifetime. The outpouring of God’s Spirit should be going on in our lives right now. And once we are transformed by His power, the Spirit then “CONVICTS, INSTRUCTS, GUIDES and EMPOWERS each believer” to “be a leading vessel for Christ.

come away76A vessel that overflows with the outpouring of God’s Spirit. Paul tells us in 2 Cor. 4:5-7  (NKJV)“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light too shine in our hearts, to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”

And this light can only come When We HavePerceived in His Spirit” a personal commitment to serve Christ in whatever capacity He ask us too. And than one day we will “receive that crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award (to each of us) on that day and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.” 2 Tim 4:8 (NIV)

 

 

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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“In Hope of Eternal Life, Which God Who Never Lies, Promise“

March 25, 2014

In Hope of Eternal Life, Which God, Who Never Lies, Promise

“But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.” Phil 3:20-21 (NIV)

fear_the_lord1“In Hope of Eternal Life, Which God Who Never Lies, Promise Before the Ages Begin.” Titus 1:2 (NIV) My friends our God Promises, and He never Lies. Oh what hope for our future? As God’s chosen our goal today is to Have faith in the promises of God and then Move Out in Faith in the “only name by which we can be saved”

And with Passion and a vision of hope, motivate and inspire others to also give it all to the Master. These are volatile times we live in “lawlessness abounds, and the love of many grows cold” So as God’s chosen there must be a passion to serve, to make a difference as we bring Christ into the lives of our family, friends love ones, co-workers, neighbors, and the world.

Remember this is the Journey Christ has placed us on, as leaders this must become our message, a message of God’s promises to everyone we come in contact with, but there must first be a Passion from within us that we have something special to give to the world. A unique message, with a unique visions which is all based on the promises of God.

Which brings all who believe in alignment with God and His Spirit and promises of Eternal life. We are diplomats for Christ who must lead by example. The world waits on us to fall by default because that is the world we live in, where the god of this world tries and tell us that the precepts in God’s Word are not a benchmark for getting what you desire, he is.

If you follow the forces of evil “Socially Acceptable Sins.” are accepted, and you can still have everything your hearts desire. But as Christ ambassadors we have a ok6fdkdifferent message “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. And that includes “Socially Acceptable Sins.”

Remember friends we are building a community for God’s kingdom. This community will become part of one body with one message and many promises that leads to salvation in God’s Word. But where I need you to focus today as God’s chosen is that we will be working hand in hand with God as we spread the good news of God’s promises.

Paul tells us in 1 Cor. 3:6-10 (NIV) “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.”

sunJust another great promise out of God’s Word. Now with a Passion like we have never felt before. We must present a vision of a Future in God’s Pure and Holy Kingdom. A vision that “no eye has seen, no ear has heard, and  no human mind has conceived” the things God has prepared for those who love him.” 1 Cor. 2:9 (NIV)

My friends “we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Eph. 2:10 (NIV) We are called by Christ to tell the world of all of His promises. We must Share The Vision that God has given to us in His Word.

We must take all who will listen and believe “across The Horizon” on this same Journey. As we allow Christ to” Refine, restore, replace, change, sculp, and mold us, He will even permit trials and tribulation to befall us on this Journey just to get us to the point where He can fully reveal Himself.” as He gives us “Hope of Eternal Life, Which God Who Never Lies, Promises”

 

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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