Dec. 3, 2014

MY FRIENDS, SOON AND VERY SOON, THE SON OF MAN WILL BE REVEALED!!

They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriages, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise, in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.” Luke 17:27-30 (NKJV)

My friends “the Son of Man is revealed” The word revealed could also mean, acknowledged, announced, claimed or declare, all attributes that would tell you someone is arriving and everyone will know it, and “Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man….coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matt 24:30-31(ESV) But before that happens “the dead in Christ will rise first.”Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds,”

Imagine, the awesome power and energy that will be exemplified on that day? The question we must ask ourselves is, “who will be able to stand before this holy Lord on that day? who will have the Fortitude and endurance from within, to stand and look up, as the Son of God comes through those clouds and with full assurance know, you will return with Him.

Who will stand and repeat over and over “Behold, this is our God, whom I have waited for, the King of Kings and lord of Lords; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.” Is. 25:9 (NASB)

My friends, I am excited and I need you to feel this same excitement and passion, because our God lives and He saves. I don’t know about you, but the “Almighty God, The Great I Am, Immovable Rock, Omnipotent, Powerful, Awesome Lord.

Victorious Warrior, Commanding King of Kings, Mighty Conqueror, today I can say with all the passion and fortitude that is humanly possible, a passion that takes me to a level of unknown proportions, I can say, the only time I ever saw my Savior run,

“Was when He ran to me, and He took me in His arms, as He held my head to His chest, and Said “My son come home, as He Lifted my face and wiped the tears from my eyes and with forgiveness in His voice He said to me “Son, do you know I still love You?”

My friends that tells me and it should also tell you, our God has a passion to save, I can remember every Christmas morning as a child, my Mother at 5:00 am, taken a wooden spoon and beating a pan to wake us up. Oh the passion and excitement in her voice and face when her children would get up and she would see that smile on our faces.

That is how I picture our God my friends when He comes through those clouds, The only thing is He want have a wooden spoon and a pan, but, He will send out ten thousand times thousand and thousands and thousands of angels with a loud trumpet call and oh the smile on our God’s face when He sees the excitement on His children’s faces.

And then as we enter those pearly gates above, with family, friends, love one’s and those we have witness too throughout our life, “He will wipe away every tear from our eyes; for there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”

And then “an angel will show us the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city;…..And night will be no more, for we will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be our light, and they will reign forever and ever.”

“And so we will forever be with the Lord throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.” Rev. 21:4 (NKJV), Rev. 21:1-5 (NKJV), 1 Thess. 4:16-17 (NKJV)

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

MY FRIENDS, GOD’S WORK WILL END WITH HIS FAITHFUL CHILDREN

My friends as a child of God we are no longer lost sheep, for we are God’s chosen, set apart to finish His work for “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” We must now say we have evolved into the man or woman our God has been trying too create within us.

I dare not say, at times we will not fall, but when we fall, we get right up and focus just a little harder on God’s mandate and how much more effort on our part it will take to make it happen. Just think how great it is living in the 21st century and being a part of God’s chosen generation, commissioned to finish up His work.

And because of our passion and commitment to Christ, Satan is just as passionate and determine that we will fall in some area of our life, weather it is appetite, marriage, work, gossip, dishonesty, adultery, covertness, other gods, entertainment and we must never leave out our “socially acceptable sins.” but the list is endless.

So daily we lay prostrate before our God, as we humble ourselves, and say with no reservations the good work our Savior has started in us please “carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

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

God is now speaking to our heart, He is telling His children to carry his word and Spirit within us 24/7. Remember the approach and tactics of Satan are to destroy by whatever means necessary. My friends, we must know what direction we are going before we can lead others or represent Heaven.

We must understand that Satan’s strategy for our destruction will become relentless as we get closer to Christ return, he knows his days are numbered, so he wages a vicious and maddening pursuit for each and everyone’s soul.

But as a child of the King we can only be safe in the loving arms of Christ for “He is our strength and our shield,” if we give it all to the Master, nothing can come between that relationship.

So today It’s time we all say we are ready to put off the old man or woman and focus all of our time and resources in doing the will of Christ as we become humble servants for the cause of the Master, while allowing Him to live unconditionally through our life in all areas.

The psalmist tells us in Proverbs 16:3 (KJV) “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.” As God allows  new doors of opportunity in our life to open, we don’t ask, what is your plan for my life, we just ask where do we go from here as we spread  the good news of His gospel.

The more we live our lives in accordance to the will of God, the more of Himself He is willing to give and the more of his territory we will receive for witnessing, and the more of His Spirit He will pour out upon us. So today my friends what are you doing to increase your territory as you allow God to penetrate every area of your life.

Where does your spiritual compass take you, or the places and people where God has allowed you to have the most influence over. Remember God’s perspective for each of us is far beyond anything we could ever imagine if we would only believe.

So, as we receive God’s power we must begin to transform the world from within, which is our home, and then we go wherever He sends, one territory at a time as we all bring Christ jurisdiction from heaven, to the world and then back to the kingdom where all of his faithful children will live throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity.

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

Dec. 1, 2014

MY FRIENDS, DISCOURAGEMENT IS NOT AN OPTION, AT THE THRESHOLD OF THE PROMISE LAND!!

My friends, on this Journey we travel on our way to the promise land, the insurmountable amount of mountains and valleys we encounter each day, as the tempest continues to rage and at times, seems out of control.

Each decade of our life, we can rewrite history, as situations shifts, goals and destinations abounds, people change as family and love one’s move on as you look back and picture a babe in diapers while  doing the electric slide at their wedding celebration.

The timeline seems blurred at times, but one thing we can forever count on in our lives, Two forces, both operating simultaneously with each other, but both moving in opposite directions with different agendas and different outcomes.

One force representing everything changeable, unpredictable, and distressing in our lives where all hope will be lost one day in a state of final spiritual ruin. The other force, a much more powerful one representing the sure movement of God’s wise and sovereign purposes.

In addition, it is forever transcending a deep flow of His unchanging love within us, along with the power of his Spirit transforming our lives as He prepares us for that place Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which He hath prepared for them that love him.” 1 Cor. 2:9 (KJV)

My friends, where we need to focus today is maintaining an attitude of passion that keeps us focus. We are now at the threshold of the promise land, discouragement is not an option, we must hold on, finishing this journey with our “torches still lit.” and shinning bright with the radiance of the Son who gave it all for our salvation.

We can never allow our minds to linger aimlessly, seeking after the things of this world, forgetting the prize at the end of this journey, eternal life. God’s word is a perfect curriculum for finishing, there can be no fear of the unknown for “God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Tim 1:7 (NKJV)

It becomes personal, a Child of God knows our Savior left  and will return, it must also be obvious that once we get to God’s kingdom there can be no eviction or foreclosure on the prize we have obtained. in Rev. 21:21 (NIV) John gives us a small glimpse of what God 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.”  My friends, discouragement only comes in when Satan tells us that our dreams, and goals for eternity are unattainable.

As Paul went before the emperor Nero he tells us “no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.” 2 Timothy 4:16 (KJV)

“loyal among the disloyal, Paul stands as God’s representative, and his voice is as a voice from heaven. There is no fear, no sadness, no discouragement in word or look. Strong in a consciousness of innocence, clothed in the panoply of truth, he rejoices that he is a son of God.

His words are as a shout of victory above the roar of battle. He declares the cause to which he has devoted his life, to be the only cause that can never fail. Though he may perish, the gospel will not perish. God lives, and His truth will triumph.” (E.G.White Acts of the Apostles)

My friends, Paul was not discouraged because of his circumstances because  He remained in the presence of our God each day since his Damascus road experience, his conversion showed him, in the presence of God is where we find what love it took for our God to love the world with such passion that He allowed His only begotten Son to die at Calvary and a Son who was willing to die, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. My friends how could the thought of that ever discourage you.

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

MY FRIENDS, WE CAN SEE THE PROMISE LAND, WHY CAN WE NOT CROSS OVER?

”God gave Moses a mandate, “Take the rod; you and your brother Aaron gather the congregation together. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the rock…….”

So Moses took the rod from before the Lord as He commanded him……. Then Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came out abundantly..…..

Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.” Num. 20:1-13 (NKJV)

Such terrible consequences, for such a minor offence. But my friends, all sin, is an abomination unto the Lord even the minor one’s. Deu. 34:1-5 tells us, “Moses went up…..to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho.

And the Lord showed Moses all the [promise] land……, Then the Lord said to him, “This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over.”

So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.” my friends let’s focus on grace today. Were it not for grace where would we be, for God gives us grace even though, we tell our boss that little white lie, why we missed work the day before.

God gives us grace even though, we will sit down in front of our TV’s several hours as corporate advertisers and the god of this world manipulates our mind and time. And God  gives us grace even though, we continue to carry out our usual “socially acceptable sins” that we claim harms no one.

As I look at our world, and sin abounds, God’s grace and “Spirit shall not always strive with man,” it will end soon, so today, we must allow ourselves to be totally crucified with Christ as we deny ourselves, and take up his cross and follow him.

If we delay, the Lord will “come as a thief in the night” and tell us, “This is the land of which I swore to give to my chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession,” “I have caused you to see it through my Word and Spirit, but you chose not to cross over” my friends, your choice.

It was your choice not to “lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset you, and it was your choice not to run with faith and endurance the race that was set before you,” Heb. 12:1 (KJV paraphrased) God is looking for dedicated soldiers to enter the Promise Land.

We must all remember “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17. (KJV) “Those who become new creatures in Christ Jesus will bring forth the fruits of the Spirit, “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” Galatians 5:22, 23.

“They will no longer fashion themselves according to the former lusts, but by the faith of the Son of God they will follow in His steps, reflect His character, and purify themselves even as He is pure. The things they once hated they now love, and the things they once loved they hate” (E. G. White Steps To Christ, pp 58)

My friends God’s grace did not run out on Moses even though he was denied entrance into the promise land on this earth that would eventually pass away. But because of his sincere faithfulness and repentance and God’s grace and mercy he was given an early reward, he now resides in the royal domain, of the heavenly courts above.

My friends it’s personal. “The angels have pull back the curtain” of prophecy and we all see how close the god of this world and all who follow Him are to reaching their cup of indignation, God will stand soon and tell his Son let’s go get our children.” God’s word has shown us the promise land, are we prepared to cross over?

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

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

No, 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 that 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.

“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 it 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

Nov. 28, 2014

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

It’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 on 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 Christ 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 have 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

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 which 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 express 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.

So 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

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,

“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 assurance 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.

So 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?… Who 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

Nov. 25, 2014

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

“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 outfit, 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.

“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 stand?  Is 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 continue 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

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)

My 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 will 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?

But 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 in 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