Sep. 16, 2013

YOUR REALITY SHOW /  SALVATION!!!

Our over saturation of television programming has turned the United States into a nation of zombies who are easily manipulated by government and corporate advertisers. Each day as we squander away God’s precious time in front of the TV, Satan’s desire that we all lose sight of Christ saving grace, gradually becomes our personal REALITY SHOW that ends in destruction.

The only way in which we can redeem our time is by making the most of that which remains, Psalms 90:12 teaches us “to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” Satin is at his best when he can utilize our lives for his agenda, USELESS TIME in front of the TV. But we must all be custodians of GOD’S TIME.

Refusing to waste, squander, or misuse what God has given us for His glory and honor.  Any wasted time in front of the TV is selfishness on our part, and a transgression of God’s precepts, which is His first commandment, that states “Thou shalt have no other god’s before Me.” Furthermore watching an excessive  amount of TV, immediately shifts our brain activity, to

an unfocused state of mind which lacks the act of knowing, perceiving, or remembering the things God deems beneficial, and precious for our salvation. And most important it takes away time that should be spent studying the word of God and doing His will. One day God will question us about our time and say to each and everyone.

EITHER “Well done, good and trustworthy servant! Since you’ve been trustworthy with a small amount, of time I’ll put you in charge of a large amount (Eternal life). COME AND SHARE YOUR MASTER’S JOY!!”

OR, He will ask you, one final question, why was, house wives of Atlanta, Scandal, DWTS, The Voice, and Grays Anatomy more important then studying MY WORD, and doing MY WILL? And the saddest words we will ever here repeated, He will say, I KNOW YOU NOT.

In Ephesians 5:15-17 Paul states “Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is”,

Moses had seen an entire generation wander aimlessly in the desert because they refused to believe God’s word. Instead, choose to believe the ten spies who said the land God had promised them was too difficult to conquer. Therefore 40 years, the Israelites roamed the wilderness, with no specific destination in sight.

An entire generation was sentenced to an inactive and slothful wandering in the wilderness. Then only Moses, Joshua and Caleb remained to represent the generation that left Egypt. Many of us experience this same dilemma, wandering in the wilderness of TV! TV! And More TV as the years flies by.

By allowing the foolishness of what we watch on TV to consume our precious time that should be spent focusing on the transforming power of Christ as he changes our lives each day through the study His word. only allows us to loose sight of our journey here on earth, as it begins to influence our lives instead of Christ.

As Fenelon tells us, “Time is given to us to prepare for eternity.” And we may also reverse that statement and say  eternity is given to prepare us for time. But if we fail to live out our time wisely here on earth by watching those things on TV, that takes our focus away from Christ. Then, our character becomes what we watch on TV and not what the Spirit of God prepares us for.

So my friends, today decide to turn off that TV and spend each precious moment you have left on this earth searching to capture the mind and character of Christ. In 2 Peter 3:8-11 Peter tells us

“But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and our works, and time, that are done on this earth will be exposed. So my friends let’s decide today, to give it all to the Master. Of course the first step is to turn off your TV and open the word of God as you stay focused on His promises, and continue to tell yourself “This world is not my home.

I’m just passing through my treasures are not here but laid up somewhere way beyond the blue. I can fill the presence of God’s Spirit each day as the celestial Angels beckons me from heaven’s open door.

And that is why I can never feel at home on this earth anymore. Oh, Lord, I know there is no friend like you, so please continue to lead, guide and show me, to live throughout eternity with you, what must I do?”

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

Sep. 15, 2013

TO SOAR AS EAGLE’S!!!

As Christians who are seeking to be in God’s pure and holy kingdom. We can learn a lot from the eagle. An eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks. The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm.

While defining A storm, as a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow. As the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it. The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm.

And like the eagle when the storms of life comes to us, we too can rise above it, by setting our faith and mind toward our heavenly Father. because only our faith will enable us to ride out the winds that bring about sickness, tragedy, and the disappointments of life in A world where Satan’s only goal is to stretched our faith to A limit.

A limit, where we give up, and no longer recognize the grace and mercy of A God who gave it all for us on Calvary. But it is at this time in our life when we have to weather the storm, while understanding that true peace, and hope, does not come when the raging storm becomes calm, and the temperous waves subsides enough for us to say.

“If it was not for the Lord on my side where would I be.” But real peace, and hope, comes when in the middle of the storm, and when the raging waves seems to be taking control, you can find rest in the loving arms of Jesus, as you face the storm head on, and rise above it, knowing that your God is always there.

The Bible says, “Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles.” Isaiah 40:31 Also in Joshua 1:9 it also tells us “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

But we must be willing to say, God, I can’t figure out what is happening in my life, in fact I will not even try to, I’m just going to trust You to give me a vision that will allow me to rest in your arms as I ride out this storm, and no matter what happens in my life on this earth, if I remained focused on the saving grace of A loving Savior.

If I remain focused on knowing that God is allowing this storm in my life, only to prepare me for another storm, that I am not quite ready for. Then victory and Eternal life is mine. So today my friends, MY FAITH AND GOD’S WORD TELLS ME TO HOLD ON. As I rest in the loving arms of Jesus and each day, as my faith is strengthened.

My God will complete what he has started in each of us. For in Phil 1:6 Paul tells us being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. So my friends Today, just accept God’s plan for your life as you rest in his presence.

While allowing the storms of life to prepare your Character for eternity. And then and only then can we experience total peace and happiness as the storm rages on. As you repeat these words today.

Master, the tempest is raging! The billows are tossing high! The sky is o’ershadowed with blackness, No shelter or help is nigh; Carest Thou not that we perish? How canst Thou lie asleep, When each moment so madly is threat’ning A grave in the angry deep? The winds and the waves shall obey Thy will, Peace, be still! Whether the wrath of the storm-tossed sea, Or demons or men, or whatever it be, No waters can swallow the ship where lies The Master of ocean, and earth, and skies; They all shall sweetly obey Thy will, Peace, be still! Peace, be still! They all shall sweetly obey Thy will, Peace, peace, be still. Master, with anguish of spirit I bow in my grief today; The depths of my sad heart are troubled Oh, waken and save, I pray. Torrents of sin and of anguish Sweep o’er my sinking soul; And I perish! I perish! dear Master Oh, hasten, and take control. Master, the terror is over, The elements sweetly rest; Earth’s sun in the calm lake is mirrored, And heaven’s within my breast; Linger, O blessed Redeemer! Leave me alone no more; And with joy I shall make the blest harbor, And rest on the blissful shore.

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

Sep. 14, 2013

EATING TO THE GLORY OF GOD!!!

1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

Appetite: Wikipedia “describes the term as the desire to eat food, felt as hunger. Appetite exists in All higher life-forms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. It is Regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Appetite has A relationship with every individual’s behavior. Appetitive and consummatory behaviors are the only Processes that involve energy intake, whereas all other behaviors affect the release of energy When Stressed, appetite levels may increase and result in an increase of food intake.”  

We are often made sick by the overindulgence of our appetites. We usually eat what suits our taste, not what’s good for us. Thus we weaken the digestive organs, and injure the power of the digestive system to assimilate the food that is fundamental in sustaining a healthy mind and body.

Thus our delicate bodies become deteriorated by improper eating habits. But let’s never fool ourselves. Sin and Satan’s desire that we all lose sight of Christ saving grace, lies at the door. Thus allowing the door to become our mouth and what we consume in it each and every day.

So if we allow appetite to Rule our mind and body then the final result will be the disintegration of the spiritual part of what God intended for us from the beginning. One of the strongest temptations that we will ever have to face is probably upon the point of appetite.

As our first parents lost Eden by the gratification and indulgence of appetite, our only hope of regaining what was lost by our first parents in the beginning, is through the firm denial of one’s inappropriate eating habits, If only we as Christians could conquer on this point, then we would have the moral power through Christ to gain the victory over every other temptation that Satan tries to attack us on.

But those who remain slaves to appetite will forever fail, in perfecting Christian character. My friends, as we near the close of this life’s history, Satan’s temptation of the flesh, and the passion of improper eating habits, will be more powerful and more difficult to overcome. But Satan can only attack our weakness and infirmities when we allow the affairs of this world to outweigh our relationship with God and the amount of time we spend each day in studying His word and doing His will.

Remember Christ was also tempted in appetite, But His words to Satan are one’s we as Christians should all use as Christ prepares our character for His pure and holy kingdom “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word (and not just the words we deem appropriate for our lifestyle) but every word of God” While allowing the power of His word to dictate our appetite through His Holy Spirit.

So learn for yourselves what you should eat, and what kinds of food best nourish the entire mind and body, and then follow the dictates of reason and conscience through the renewal of Gods Spirit each and every day.

Remember “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against, the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand…

Above all, taking the shield of faith…And  the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God…Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit… Eph.6:12-18 So My friends Remember “those who will not eat and drink from principle, will never regulate there mind and body by principle, in other areas of their lives.” (White)

Our eating habits should always and forever, be regulated from a moral and religious standpoint, that is based on Christ example. So we are to be temperate in all things, because an incorruptible crown, and eternal life, is before us. So just eat that which is best to sustain a proper physical, mental, and spiritual fortitude in all you do in the sight of God, as we race for that eternal crown remember, Paul states in 1 Cor. 10:31 “Therefore whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.”

And in the end as John states in 1 John 3:2 “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when he is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” And l will tell you today, that we must be like our Savior in all things that pertain to our Mind and Body, as we allow the Spirit of Christ, to transform our character to be like Christ.

So remember Christ began His work of redemption by reforming the physical habits of man. He says, “Beware; restrain, deny, unnatural appetite. If we create a perverted appetite, we violate the laws of our being, and assume the responsibility of abusing our bodies, and bringing disease upon ourselves.”(White) God knows that we need not more of what this world has to offer in the flesh, but more of Him, and His word. 

By attempting to fill that inner emptiness with improper eating habits, we will never bring a lasting satisfaction in our lives. For we can only become conquerors in all areas of our life through Him that loved us enough to go to Calvary on our behalf.

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

21st CENTURY MARRIAGE

Sep. 12, 2013

Nearly Two million divorces will probably be granted this year in the United States. This is three times the number recorded just twenty years ago. The 21st century has witnessed a striking increase in the Divorce rate. Most nations of the world seem to be following a similar trend.

Today, more than one out of every three marriages ends in divorce; unfortunately, families within the church are following this world pattern to an alarming rate. More and more spouses choose divorce as a way to escape from Obstacles in their family life, instead of facing the problem, while allowing God to be the center of their marriage. Usually the reasons for this rising divorce rate, falls into three main categories:

1. Changes in the women’s roles in the home.

2. Adultery in the marriage.

3. financial instability.

As we leap into the 21st century, we face a whole new world of marital problems, especially as we focus on the breakdown of the modern day marriage and family, and the epidemic statistics as such, in our society as a whole. While there is hardly a Christian family that, directly or indirectly, does not know the pain of divorce.

An important factor that contributes to this alarming escalation of divorce among Christians is the growing acceptance of the societal view or compromise of the standard of marriage as a social contract, governed by civil laws, rather than as a sacred covenant, witnessed and guaranteed by God Himself.

Instead of promising each other faithfulness “till death do us part,” many couples are adopting the modern day version of the marriage vow, by pledging to remain together “as long as we both shall love. The recent, no fault divorce law, makes the dissolution of marriage so easy that some lawyers advertise divorce services for less than $100.00. All legal fees and services are included in one low price. What a sad commentary on the cheapness of marriage today.

What God has united, many will put asunder for less than what Judas sold our Lord and Savior for, a measly thirty pieces of silver. Satan therefore is gaining much more success as he plants his banner in the marriage institution, that same institution God implemented and blessed at creation, between man and woman, in the Garden of Eden. But it has always been Satan’s plan to debase, demoralize, and pervert the marriage institution while weakening its sacredness, and commitment to the words that couples should make in the presence of God which states.

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

And once repeated before God these vows should be with God’s grace, who is and should always be the foundation of the marriage and home. On this happy occasion Satan observes carefully each day, as he studies one’s heart, and mind, as he has with fiendish intensity for six thousand years, while pointing out most easily one’s character flaws that would cause each and everyone who takes their marriage vows to lose sight of Christ, while never willing to yield or compromise with one another thus bringing on unhappiness and most cases divorce.

But each, man and woman must have the Spirit of God and if the Spirit of God dwells in one’s heart there will be a type of heaven on earth in the home, and by God’s grace each will succeed in making the other happy till death do you part. So as your marriage vows unites you as one, the wife is to respect her husband, the husband is to love and cherish his wife so their belief in Christ should make them as one in Him, while they seek to become more and more ingrained with the Spirit of Christ.

Thus, allowing for a perfect harmony between the husband and wife who enter into a covenant with God. So today, let man and woman in the presence of God pledge themselves to love each other as God has ordained they should, and in your life together your affections are to complement each other’s happiness and individuality in other words, God should always be the focus of your individuality.

Of Him you are to ask: What is right? What is wrong? How may I best fulfill your purpose in our union together? For if we don’t place God at the center, Satan will be ever ready to take advantage when any matter of variance arises. Because it is at that point he moves upon the objectionable and different traits of character in husband or wife, while causing alienation between both parties who have united a solemn convenient before God.

So always remember, in your marriage if the law of God is obeyed, and cherished, Satan will be kept out of the home and family, and compromise of interest for one another, will always take place, and no alienation of affection will be permitted.

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

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

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

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ROMANS 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.

“I AM NOT ASHAME OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST.” And we as Christians need never to be ashamed of our Christian faith because of God’s promises in Romans 5:5 “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”

Romans 10:11 also says For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame” In this text Paul is asking us to go deep within and search diligently your heart and soul if you claim to be a child of God, then ask yourself, “AM I ASHAMED of the Gospel of Christ? Do my friends, relatives, love one’s, co-workers, know you are a soldier in the army of God?

Does the world know that you proclaim Calvary in all you do and say each day? And, do you tell others about the transforming power of Christ that took place in your life, and if so, are they also willing to allow the Master to transform there lives? When is the last time you spoke to someone about the saving grace of Jesus Christ and him crucified?

Or when was the last time you passed out a tract proclaiming the name of Christ? Was it today, yesterday, last week, or perhaps a month ago, or maybe A year ago, or maybe, it has never crossed your mind. My friends, as Christians, we are recipients of the good news of Jesus soon return, but the Gospel is not for the Saved, but the lost generation who are seeking a sign.

In Matthew 12:39 it says An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. In the 21st Century the good new’s of the gospel is the sign the world looks for. friends history tells us millions of martyrs died for this same gospel many of you are ASHAME to proclaim. Most were not some skilled competent, pastor, or eloquent professional in the area of the Bible, or Hebrew philosophy.

But the good news of the gospel was mostly proclaimed by the common man or woman who experienced the transforming power of the holy Spirit in there lives, and just wanted to proclaim this good news of what Christ had done, and was doing in there lives, as they were sinking deep in sin. When His Love and grace, not wanting them to perish, brought them to safety.

What a wonderful message to proclaim as you begin to tell how our loving Savior lifted you up and brought you to Safety in His loving, caring and merciful arms. if you are willing to give it all for the Master the Bible will speak for itself through Gods Spirit. Because there is power in the Word!

David, declared in Psalms 31:1, “In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be ASHAMED: deliver me in Thy righteousness.” And the Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 10:9-11, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For with the heart man believe-th unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believe-th on Him SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED.”

If you are ASHAMED of the good news of Jesus Christ then you have not allowed God’s Spirit to make a complete transformation in your Character. But when you proclaim the Gospel to the world, It enables you to have A life changing conversion, and also, whoever accepts this good news message, and applies it in there lives,

while allowing the power of God’s grace to place them on A pathway to Calvary and salvation. As Christians we sometimes try and live in our own strength as we begin to rationalize within our minds why we are not able to be torch bearers for the kingdom of God. So with that attitude, Satan now has rendered us powerless, and weak.

But Paul tells us “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” “Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” So my friends today do you stand up and stand out for the Master? Are you A bold believer with A heartfelt passion to proclaim His name.

Do you stand like Paul and say, “I’m not ASHAMED of the gospel of Christ.” We put the cross of gold around our necks, but that same cross represent our Savior’s path and crucifixion on Calvary. along with the persecution of thousands of Christian martyr’s who were killed by stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake,

eaten by lions in a arena for public amusement, and many many other forms of torture and capital punishment, man through the influence of the forces of evil could come up with. Jesus went to Calvary as A common criminal. the gospel that we so love and cherish today in our various churches was identified with a poor Jewish carpenter.

Who died not for the sins of all mankind, but Jesus was brought before Pilate to be punished. According to God’s word. The Jewish leaders accused Jesus of CLAIMING to be the king of the Jews, which is how they perceived their awaited Messiah.

“We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king” (Luke 23:2) then The Jewish leaders replied, “We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!” (John 19:7)

So my Friends, The question I have for you today is, are you still Crucifying our Savior today by being ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL. Remember the secret to every Christian’s success in his or her mandate from God, will be found in the harmonious and daily working of all Christians along with the Holy Spirit, As we take the “Gospel of the kingdom throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then “THE END WILL COME.”

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

Sep. 10, 2013

WHEN WAS IT FINISHED?

Satan has had close to six thousand years to study prophecy. And he knew over two thousand years ago when Christ said “IT IS FINISHED!” that his days were numbered. Yes, at that point, Satan knew without a doubt, that all the prophesies, all the laws, all the prophets before Christ, terminated on the cross when Christ repeated, just three words. And everything from that point is than consummated, because this is where God concludes, to everyone who believes, “IT IS FINISH!”.

Three simple words became Satan’s demise. “IT IS FINISHED!”. I don’t believe that ever in history of our world, anywhere, at any time, by anybody, where three words, were more pertinent with there meaning, than these three words given by one man our Savior on Calvary. “IT IS FINISHED!” In John 19:30 it says “When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar He said, ‘IT IS FINISHED!’ and He bowed His head and gave up the ghost.”

And I  believe, Satan and all the forces of evil were totally shocked, and amazed! You see, this is the platform into which Jesus is moving.  The first 30 years of His life, is in preparation for the last three. “The terror Satan must have felt when Christ said “IT IS FINISHED”! I can only imagine demons asking Satan what’s happening as they see Jesus dying on the cross.

I can see angels looking over the parapets of heaven, I can see the Jews the Romans and the Greeks all there together on Calvary wondering what is this all about. But it was not until the death of Christ, that Satan’s character clearly was revealed. Satan had so hidden himself with duplicity, and deceit that even the holy Angels had not understood the course he took or why.

The plan of redemption was completed at Calvary the character of God was revealed to all mankind, and God’s love and honor is now established. The destruction of sin and Satan was forever made certain to all, at the cross, and the redemption and salvation of man was guaranteed. And the universe was forever protected from the penalty of sin. When Christ cried out, “IT IS FINISHED.

Each Old Testament prophet before Christ was like an artist that came along and put their own unique style on the canvas of this story. One by one, they came, each putting their distinct, color and touch on the canvas. Then as Christ is Crucified, we have the final stroke which FINISHES the picture, and interpretation of God’s sacrifice.

And now the revelation to mankind IS FINISHED! And Satan’s fate is sealed. But we as Christians have A responsibility, because it is only an individuals who has walked with God who recognizes the importance of Paul”s statement in Romans 5:7-9 when he says.

“Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!”

John says it best in John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” So our mandate Comes directly from our savior who did it all for us. And that is to tell the world “IT IS FINISHED!”

And through Christ, we whose heart is fixed to serve God will always find the opportunity to be witnesses for Him, because the more we can focus on the character and love of Christ the more we come to realize that we must follow Him all the way to Calvary by being A humble servant to others as we carry out Christ mission to go into all the world and tell everyone IT IS FINISHED.

Remember success as a Christian for Christ is not Him asking us to devote ourselves to His cause: but for us to yield ourselves to His will. Every excuse in word and action, with every element of fear and faithlessness to continue witnessing for Him was challenged and answered on the cross. When He said IT IS FINISHED’.

Like Christ who forever stayed focused on His goal, which was the cross, and our salvation. The words IT IS FINISHED places each individual who has decided to endure till the end, responsibilities, and  duties that will be peculiar to the times in which they live. But the message is still the same. Satan was defeated on Calvary. and now the controversy is FINISHED.

As we enter into the final days of this life’s history, as God’s Children begin to finish this race, while allowing the light of Gods Spirit to also be open before those we witness to. Remember truth is no more desired by the majority today than it was when Christ was on this earth. So we must not get discourage as we use Christ as our example forever enduring to the end to be witnesses for Christ.

And at that time, all who saw Christ in us here on this earth, and believed. will finally come to understand the sympathetic, and loving interest which was taken by our Savior, and the faithful workers of Christ, so that they may have salvation. And then, together on one accord, in adoration, throughout the heavenly courts, we will all give God the praise, glory and honor, for we will forever recognize fully.

AS WE LIVE THROUGHOUT THE CEASELESS AGES OH ETERNITY without Satan telling us otherwise, what Love, grace, and mercy was employed in the salvation of mankind when God sent His only Begotten Son, to die on a cruel cross, so that we may all be saved from the penalty of sin. And now my friends that is the END OF THE STORY.

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

July 18, 2013

ROAD TO GOD’S KINGDOM, GOES THROUGH THE POOR!!!

“To accept passively an unjust system is to cooperate with that system; thereby the oppressed become as evil as the oppressor”. Martin Luther King Jr. “It takes a village originated with the teachings of Jesus. But the village must be an environment in which families and individuals are supported and strengthened by each of us whose goal it is to walk the same path as Christ walked to Calvary. 

“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on social programs for the poor, is approaching spiritual doom.” Martin Luther King Jr.

We as A nation continue to bring the middle class down to such a low poverty level that only the return of Christ will  they ever be able to escape from it.  As the majority of the rich throughout the world we live in, believe only in the god of money. But If I am not mistaken, In God We Trust is still on our currency, but whose god. Not The God I serve.

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat. (Mother Teresa) The God I serve, died on the cross for all and loved all, which includes the rich and the poor.

As we get closer to Christ return many of our church doors are even being locked to the poor. When someone phone’s a church asking for help, they are usually sent  to a shelter, or an agency which the government funds, which most in congress want to cut the funding for.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. “I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.” Martin Luther King Jr. In Proverbs it also states “He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.” Proverbs 14:31. 

As Christians we must individualized our stance on our compassion for others as Christ did and hope it will catch own to others as we spread Gods word. For “He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth, and he who gives gifts to the rich both come to poverty.” Proverbs 22:16 

Ezekiel says it best in Ezekiel 16:49-50 “Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.”

God states clearly that he destroyed Sodom’s sins because of their pride, and their excess of food while the poor and needy suffered. The bible maintains a clear position on the poor throughout its pages, and, interestingly, it has less to do with them than it has to do with us and how we treat the poor.

In Deuteronomy 15:11 it says There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land. Christians are commanded to help one another but we are also called to help those who are less fortunate than we are.

Proverbs 21:13 is among the most powerful calls from God to help those who are hungry, it tells us “If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered.” 1 John 3:17 states that, “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

As Christians, our Character to be like Christ is shaped by how we treat the poor and needy. We don’t get into heaven, by going to church, or by being moral. We don’t even get  into heaven by being good. No! we only get into heaven by loving as Christ loved, and Caring as Christ cared, especially for the vulnerable and needy.

Even when this is not spiritually motivated, by our churches, or those around us. It must be an individual passion and A heartfelt concern. That only comes about by walking with God each and every day. And as we make this walk it determines our eternal destiny. For everyone who takes a daily walk with God, has within themselves the capacity to love everyone, as Christ loved.

Dr. King, always a believer in nonviolent civil disobedience, spent his last months organizing the national Poor People’s Campaign, which sought to bring low-income Americans from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. As he focused on poverty he also dramatize the pressing need for jobs, income, healthcare, and housing;

As he also raise essential questions about the gap between the rich and poor in America. But forty five years later, America still has not gotten it, even though we are at a crossroad in history, as we move further into the 21 century, and  Christ soon return. “All too many of those who live in affluent America ignore those who exist in poor America ”Martin Luther King, Jr.

And today my friends I don’t speak to the world or to the “fool who says in his heart, “There is no God.” For They are corrupt, their deeds are vile…”Ps. 14:1. But I speak to the Christian whose destiny is Gods pure and holy kingdom. Luke says “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor…. ” (Luke 4:18)

And once we as Christians have taken care of one’s physically needs it will be easy to lead them to the love of Christ, because they already see Christ in us. So as the world moves farther and farther away  from Gods will and responsibility to the poor. Ask yourself  how can I as a Christian keep from “conforming to the pattern of this world, as I transform my mind, and character as I carry out Gods will in my life. And in the end, the Master will say to me, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

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

September 8. 2013

TO REACH, PASSION OF FAITH!!!

And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.

And the woman was made whole from that hour. Matthew 9:20-22 Whenever we speak of this Bible Story, we usually deal with the healing aspect of the story instead of the power of Jesus Christ and Him Crucified to save the sinner sinking deep in sin. His ability to perform miracles is secondary.

For healing the sick, piece of Cake Ps. 30:2 tells us  “O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” Money problems, no problem Psalm 24:1 says “The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it”, Mortgage problems is that all you got “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you…. “John 14:2

Matthew 7:7 tells us“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Paul tells us in Ephesians 3:20 “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.”

My friends let’s not miss the message of Christ Actions by focusing only on the miracle of healing, and not on the Saving Grace of the Master and all He is willing and able to do for us. Often when Jesus healed in the gospels, He told the person that was healed not to tell anyone. It was not because He was trying to hide The power of His miracles.

But He knew the need of our focus to be on His name, and journey to  Calvary. Twelve years of constant blood flow. What physical strength the woman with the issue of blood must have endured to get to the Master. Exhausted and smothered by the crowd, oh so desperate just to get to the Savior.

Finally falling to her knees as she told herself, “If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole” ( Matt. 9: 21) reaching, crawling, hyperventilating, oh what PASSION as she reached out her hand and touched His garment as He passed her. That was all it took. She did not have to talk to Him, she did not have to tell Him her problems.

“Lord, you have examined me and know all about me.You know when I sit down and when I get up.You know my thoughts before I think them. You know where I go and where I lie down.You know everything I do. Lord, even before I say a word, Ps. 139 1:4. She just needed that faith, it took to reach out to Him.

A faith we must all have as we tell Him, Jesus, I need you, please don’t pass me by, I don’t mean to waste your time, but I have A passion deep down inside just to touch you. Every Situations and circumstances in my life tells me I have no hope, but I here in your touch There is hope for the hopless, Rest for the weary, Love for the broken hearted.

And then if that is not enough. You give grace, mercy, and forgiveness, as you meet me wherever, at whatever place in my life I am at. And when the wind and rain, beats against the very fiber of my existence, you tell me not to be afraid just cry out. “Lord, save me!” Oh your power grace, and mercy know no bounds, and all we have to do is have the faith to reach out.

For “your grace is sufficient for me, your power is made perfect in all of my weaknesses.” So my friends please today stretched your faith to the very limit it will go, because there will be a testimony of praise in the end. So let God work his will in you.“Submit yourselves……Come near to God and he will come near to you.”

For with Christ Faith knows no barriers. Neither does God’s love and his williness to give. So “To pray without soul hunger and living faith, avails nothing. A nominal faith in Christ, which accepts Him merely as the Saviour of the world, can never bring healing to the soul. The faith that is unto salvation is not a mere intellectual assent to the truth.

He who waits for A entire knowledge before he will exercise faith, cannot receive blessing from God. It is not enough to believe about Christ; we must believe in Him. The only faith that will benefit us is that which embraces Him as a personal Saviour; which appropriates His merits to ourselves. Many hold faith as an opinion.

Saving faith is a transaction by which those who receive Christ join themselves in covenant relation with God. Genuine faith is life. A living faith means an increase of vigor, a confiding trust, by which the soul becomes a conquering power.” (E.G. White Desire og Ages pp347)

So once again focus less on the healing power of Christ but the saving grace of the Savior. Remember if you can just reach in faith. God will give to the one with a boldness and passion to endure, because that boldness is not inspired by the person’s confidence in himself or anything he has done.

But It’s inspired by his confidence in God’s grace, mercy, and love and the promises of His Word and Spirit that will transform our lives as we die daily to Christ as we follow Him to Calvary. For Paul tells us in

Galatians 2:20 – 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. My friends REACH REACH AND REACH SOME MORE stretch your faith to the limit.

For faith does not make things easy, it only makes things possible. So today “Trust in the Lord with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding or knowledge. And then one day in Gods pure and holy kingdom as you walk “down the middle of the great street of the city.

On each side of the river you will be able to REACH FOR THE TREE OF LIFE, as you eat from the twelve crops of fruit, that yields its fruit every month…… Rev 22:2 MY FRIENDS SOON AND VERY SOON, OH WHAT A DAY, OH WHAT A DAY!!!!!

So friends stay focused, remain faithful, love one another and endure till the end and never forget to STUDY&PRAY As you rest in the Bosom of Christ