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Monday, 1 January 2007
Hide not your light under a table, in a basket, or in a box.
“You are the light of the world.
A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor so they
light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand,
and it gives light to all who are in the house.”
MATTHEW 5:14-15 (NKJ)
T
he BOX.
Isn’t it interesting how the spirit of the anti-christ
tries to get us to box things up? We tend to consciously or
sub-consciously put people, places, and things in a box and
place a label on that box—whether a Christmas box, an
anniversary box, a wedding box, a Valentine’s box, or the
all but “infamous,” I can’t hear from God like you hear from
God box. This last box is a “doosey.” That is the box that
tries to get us to ignore Jesus’ mandate (The Great
Commission): “Go therefore and make
disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and
lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Matthew 28:20 (NKJ)
The sides of these boxes are designed to keep whatever
is inside—inside. And the box is designed to keep whatever
is inside to remain the same (as it is in that box). If you
are, let’s say, a homosexual, the box wants to keep you that
way. If you are a Pharisee (or in that spirit), the box
wants to keep you hypocritical. If you are hateful or evil,
the box will keep you that way or put things in place (in
your box world) to maintain your condition, status, or
position in the box. The enemies of God in “Box World” have
agents or workers like UPS, DHL, or FedX who keep these
labeled boxes moving down the conveyor belt of life going
where they want them to end up. Not only that, but there are
workers in every location imaginable, who will use you when
you arrive in your box to keep the evil status quo.
We have to step out of the box that we are in—trapped
either by ourselves or one another. What am I saying? Only
you can go into the box. If you are an attorney; live as if
it is a job. Once you accept it (the job, career,
engagement…) as who you are (once it defines you) you now
are boxed in—you are now in the box. Once you accept who
people say you are or what you believe people are saying you
are—you are in that box. An occupation, career, life-goal,
or that which you do can allow the enemies of God to lock
you in a box. What must define us is God as we receive Him
though Christ Jesus, Emmanuel.
“Let your
light so shine before men, that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
(NKJ)
Lord God Almighty, helps us to understand that
we cannot just abandon the world as it is. We
cannot let it go to h-e-l-l in a hand basket. We
as Christians must make a change, a positive
change and bring Your Kingdom, Christ to bear of
this planet. Amen.
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"Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD,
and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to
the crown of his head. And he took for himself a potsherd with
which to scrape himself while he sat in the midst of the ashes.
Then his wife said to him, ‘Do you still hold fast your
integrity? Curse God and die!’ But he said to her, ‘You speak as
one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good
from God and shall not accept adversity?’ In all this Job did
not sin with his lips."
JOB 2:7-10 (NKJ)
T
o Grow Up in the Word of God-2. Though Job seriously faced and
encountered a lot of problems, such as losing all his children
and losing all his wealth, he kept on trusting God with his
heart to the extent that even his wife advised him to curse God
and die. But he refused. Job endured trials and temptations; in
all these he didn't sin against God.
One day Job said, "I came into this world with nothing,
and I'll go out of it with nothing. The Lord is One who gave me
all these children and wealth; and He is the One at the same
time who takes them, may His name be glorified.” In his heart,
Job determined to die a righteous death. He desired to honour
God rather than hearing what his friends and his wife told him.
Job understood very well that God is able; he knew that God is
the creator of all things. He understood that whatever occurred
unto him, God knew them before they came to happen.
Job said good words when he replied to his friends, "For
as long as life is in me, and the breath of God is my nostrils,
my lips certainly will not speak unjustly, nor will my tongue
mutter deceit. Far be it from me that I should declare you
right; till I die I will not put away righteousness and will not
let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days.” Job was
taught to stand firm in trials and challenges. Though he was
affected both spiritually and physically by these troubles, he
yet released the belief that there was a hope to restore what
the enemy had taken away. Then he said, "For there is
hope for a tree, when it is cut down, that it will
be sprout again, and its shoots will not fail." Job 14:7
Brethren, it is very important to stick unto Jesus, rather
than backsliding today and arise up tomorrow; we have to make up
our mind the same way Job did in his days. We have to boldly
face the trials and courageously tell them, "Come what may, we
never will quit.”
Lord teach us not to do the wrong things, not to
backslide, teach us not to live unproductive
lives. Continue to love us Lord Emmanuel, the
Christ, and look past our shortcomings and help
us to do better with our lives and with the
lives we serve. Amen.
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In life, what are we mining? Where does
our life energy go?
“Why do you make men like fish of the sea, like
creeping things that have no ruler over them?
They take up all of them with a hook, they catch them
in their net, and gather them in their dragnet.
Therefore they rejoice and are glad. Therefore they
sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their
dragnet;
because by them their share is sumptuous and their
food plenteous.”
HABAKKUK 1:14-16 (NKJ)
F
orward mining versus backward mining.
In life, we are mining, digging ahead,
moving forward, making plans for the future, pressing on
through adversity: forward mining. Or we are
doing nothing, waiting for something to happen, not
planning, not writing down our goals, thinking about
what could have, should have, and would have happen if
only this or that didn’t happen: backward mining.
Forward mining: thinking and planning ahead,
positive expectations and perceptions, hope and belief,
and a positive focus. In terms of the world: being
responsible, eating well, exercising, car insurance,
life insurance, and plans for providing food, security,
clothing, and education for you, your family, and
community. Backward mining: being negative, thinking
and/or dwelling on (“nursing”) all or some of the
negative events in your life, having negative
perceptions, beliefs, and expectations. No one can do
anything right because they are seen as wrong—no matter
what they do or say, it is wrong.
We have to change our negative outlooks, learn to
plan better, or simply to plan. When we fail to plan; we
plan to fail. One of the biggest reasons plans fail is
because of FTI: the Failure To Implement. In Habakkuk,
the LORD says: “…Write the
vision and make it plain on tablets, that he may
run who reads it. For the vision is yet
for an appointed time; but at the end it will speak, and
it will not lie. Though it tarries, wait for it; because
it will surely come, it will not tarry.” Habakkuk
2:2-3 (NKJ)
Have a positive mental attitude. Create one. Live
in it with Christ. “Finally, brethren, whatever
things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever
things are just, whatever things are pure,
whatever things are lovely, whatever things
are of good report, if there is any virtue
and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on
these things.” Philippians 4:8 (NKJ)
Thank You Christ Jesus for giving us the ability
to plan, to be positive, but most of all, thank
You for giving us choice and the desire to
choose You in our lives. Bless You. Amen.
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How we live
our lives, has an impact on the lives of others.
We are connected to one
another as one body.
"Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him
that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready
to perish came upon me:
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy."
JOB 29: 12, 13 (KJV)
Nothing
changes until something changes. We may desire for a thing to
change, a job to change or us to change; but nothing will change if we
continue to do it the same old way. If we keep on eating after 9:00
p.m., we will not lose weight. If we keep using those curse words, we
curse others and ourselves. If we keep watching 14 hours of television a
week, we will never have time for real people in our homes and in our
communities.
Nothing changes if nothing changes. We can continue on the road we are
on and continue to watch the destruction of our world, our communities,
and our homes; or we can make a change. We are called to be “standards”
of God; to make the crooked roads straight, to make wrong things right.
Things change when there is change. Change begins at home, in these
bodies. We are the arms and hands of God here on this planet. Let’s be
the extension of our Father God while we are in these bodies. We change
when we change. People change when they change. Be a change and watch
the world change!
To “be” different, we have to “do” differently. To be different, exert
energy to think differently, think life. We put energy into getting the
way we are, therefore we must put energy to get out of the mess, out of
the behavior, which we may find ourselves. We have to start somewhere.
Let’s start here. We have to start sometime, let’s start now. Thank you
Father God for the understanding. We love you! We love You!! We love
You!!!
No matter what accomplishments we make, somebody
helped us along our way.
“God is not a man, that he should lie;
neither the son of man, that he should repent:
hath he said, and shall
he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"
NUMBERS 23:19 (KJV)
Speak blessings
into
your life today. Speak life. Be positive. We are made in the spiritual
image of God, therefore we have the ability to use God’s characteristics
which indwell in us. One of these attributes is the power of
“emanation.” What we say and what do emanates from us and becomes our
reality.
We must speak things as though they are, as opposed to how we want them
to be. Example. “I am going to get my book.” We have spoken that we are
"going to" get it. We can always be on the way to get it and never get
there. “I am trying to lose weight.” “I am fixing to stop watching so
much television.” “I will pray for my enemies.” “I’m going to visit old
people.”
It is better to say: “I am (action specific) (subject specific), and
(time specific; today, Feb. 8th, 2005, etc.). “I am getting my book
today.” “I am losing ten pounds by March 15th.” Never say tomorrow,
because tomorrow is today. You may say that is just semantics. I say
this is your life, this is your future. Speak life. If we are always
“going to” get something, we are always heading to get it; going there,
on the way, never to arrive.
Webster. Going: A condition influencing process or activities. Doing:
Activities or proceedings; behavior, conduct. Going is influence; doing
is action. Find new, interesting and biblical ways to say what you want
to happen in your life and the lives you touch. The enemies of God and
the enemies of the Cross, attempt to use us against ourselves. Words
coming out of our mouths is a way the enemies of Christ claim victory in
our lives. Not going to, but getting. Not try, but do. Speak life!
Go to church even when your hair is not just right.
Go to church when you don’t have offering money.
Go to church in every
day clothes. Go to church.
"The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil; he
shall preserve thy soul.
The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy
coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore."
PSALMS 121: 7, 8 (KJV)
Forgiveness and correction.
It is important to understand spiritually the difference between the
two. We must forgive individuals, groups, tribes, societies, nations for
the injustice, tragedies, pain and suffering which they inflicted upon
us.
We must forgive and not forget—but forgive. Remembering helps the
incident not to happen again in our lives or in the lives of our
children. We forgive, make amends, ask for forgiveness and move on. But
before we move on, there must be correction: self-correction,
group-correction and spiritual-correction.
We must correct our behavior, our reactions, our thinking concerning the
negative aspects of the situation and look for the positive in it. We
must correct the behavior, actions, and thinking of the parties
concerned so they do not inflict similar negative behavior upon others,
our children, or us. We have to look at the situation, the occurrence
and see it spiritually. We must see what actually happened, not just
what we saw with our physical eyes, but what happened behind the scenes
spiritually.
Parents as well as children know if poor behavior or habits are not
corrected, the same negative habits and patterns will be repeated again;
perpetuating sin. This only benefits the enemies of God. This doesn’t
benefit the family, the world family or the Holy Family. Forgiveness and
correction are spiritual partners.
Be present with the Lord today! Today is yesterday’s tomorrow.
"I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice
and my supplications.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
therefore will I call upon him as long as I live."
PSALMS 116:1, 2 (KJV)
Today is the first
day of the rest of your life. I know you have heard that expression. It
is important to live today as though tomorrow is not promised to you.
Tomorrow is not promised.
You may not see your mother tomorrow. You may not see your father
tomorrow. You may not see your child tomorrow. Go to them and make
amends. Go to them with your olive leaf and let them know that whatever
was an issue before is no longer an issue. You have forgiven them and
you have corrected them. Or they have forgiven you and corrected you.
Now is the time for the two of you to move forward in the spirit of the
Love of God. Accept that which is and know that God is doing a work in
their lives even though it may not look like it—God is.
God has heard our prayers, our supplications. He examines our hearts and
knows the intentions of our hearts. God and His Holy Family are on the
job, 24/7 (twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week). They do not have
to sleep, like we do. They are here for us—ask and it shall be given. We
must speak the presence of the Holy Family, the Holy Hierarchy into our
lives right now.
Ask Emmanuel to ask our Father, Jehovah to wash us in Jesus’ blood, bind
a spherical spiritual hedge of protection around us against any evil
machinations, give us the mind of Christ, allow the Holy Spirit to
indwell in us, allow the Christ to use us and have the Holy Angels to
illuminate us with Understanding, Knowledge and Wisdom as they go before
us preparing our lives and the lives we touch to execute the Perfect
Will of Yahweh. Christ Jesus let it happen right now! Selah!
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
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When you pray for others, your prayers will return
to you.
Pray for many, for many have need of prayer.
"Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
And of some have
compassion, making a difference:"
JUDE 1:21, 22 (KJV)
M
ultidimensional living.
We must learn how to live multidimensionally. We are linear beings
living in God’s multidimensional world.
What am I talking about? We are linear beings. We walk in a straight
line. We have been programmed to see and hear in a straight pattern.
Humankind has created a linear world in which we exist. Roads go
straight ahead. Elevators move up and down. Paths and sidewalks are in
one direction, except at crossroads. Everything is basically in a row,
in line and in linear order. We move forward in a straight process.
We have to live and think multidimensionally in our spirits, in our
physical nature. By design we can see 180 degrees and hear in a 360
degrees plus pattern. We must change our thinking from linear thinking
to multidimensional thinking. It is often referred to as “thinking
outside the box.”
We must think about others besides ourselves and our families. We should
think globally. Think decisions/consequences, action/reaction,
goals/success, expectation/receiving, we bless others/God blesses us,
and serving God/God’s Family serving us. Think past: “Me, myself and I.”
and “What can I get God to do for me?” Think what can I do for God?
Bless God!
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
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We must be willing to receive that which is
required for us to grow spiritually.
“The eyes of the LORD are in every place,
beholding the evil and the good.
PROVERBS 15:3 (KJV)
Dirt - 1.
One
day I was in a jewelry store to replace a broken clasp (the fastening
part of a necklace) on my daughter’s necklace. It was about the size of
a third of your pinkie fingernail. I was told I could only get it in 14
carat gold which would cost $10. They made me wait and wait and wait.
While I was waiting, I look at the showcases full of jewelry. $4,000 -
$7,000 necklaces, $1,500 rings, all types of gold, $500 watches,
diamonds, sapphires, etc. but nothing under $50 that I could see. I was
ready to pick up and leave when the Lord spoke to me. He said, “Polished
rocks.” I asked, “What?” The Lord said, “You are looking at polished
rocks.” I looked around at the gemstones then I heard, “It is all dirt.”
I asked, “What?”
By this time I was at the diamond counter. The Lord said, “That is
compressed dirt, but it is dirt.” I said, “Oh my goodness, You are
right.” I looked at the rubies, the diamonds, the sapphires, and the
$7,000 necklaces. Then the Lord said, “Look at what value people place
on dirt. It is just dirt.”
I paid $10 for the clasp and walked over to the Christian bookstore
where I bought the Logos Bible system of compact discs for $20. That is,
I paid $20 for 60 plus books; Bibles, Lexicons, dictionaries,
commentaries, etc. The Lord said, “Look where people place their
values.” I thought, “People value stuff, more than they value the Word.”
Which is more beneficial: spiritual growth or material riches?
Proverbs 8:11. The Lord placed in my understanding “The Value
Makers.” There are those who set the values for society and we buy into
those values. Who is setting your values? Whose values are you
following?
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
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One!
Bless
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God is watching and listening to everyone at all
times. He doesn’t miss the smallest detail!
“That
ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing,
being fruitful in
every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God:"
COLOSSIANS 1:10 (KJV)
I
understand
where you are coming from. I get where you coming
from sister girl! I know what you mean. I be feelin’ ya brother man!
That was whack! I feel you. It is important to make sure we do not give
people the wrong impression with these expressions. The impression that
we are supporting their position when we are saying these statements
when we really don’t agree with them. People may believe that we are
affirming their positions when we really want to be left alone.
We can relate to what they are saying but we are really not agreeing. We
just want them to get out of our faces with that noise. So what do we
do? We say: “I feel you.” “I know what you mean.” “I understand where
you are coming from.” Wrong, wrong, wrong. Stand up, speak up and
correct, correct, and correct. Tell them what they really need to hear.
Tell them what you really think about what they did. Speak the Bible to
them about what happened. If your girlfriend slept with her boyfriend’s
brother, tell her how wrong she was. If your homey is stealing money out
of his mother’s purse, while she is working that second job and he’s not
working at all; let him know that it is wrong. If your boyfriend or live
in friend is knocking you around, let them know it is wrong and call the
police! Straighten your life out! Straighten their lives out!
Make an effort to communicate to individuals who are venting and
expressing their opinions to let them know what you really think, how
you really feel about what they are saying. Let them know definitely
whether you believe their position or if they are moving like a snake.
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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Spiritual warriors must take new spiritual
territory.
"Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted from the world."
JAMES 1:27 (
KJV)
Dirt
- 2.
I left the jewelry store where I purchased a
tiny $10, 14-carat gold clasp for my daughter’s necklace. In the nearby
Christian bookstore, I purchased a 60-plus book Bible study system for
$20. The Lord placed “The Value Makers” in my understanding.
Individuals, systems, principalities in life who set up values, which we
adhere to or not, are the value makers in societies, in our communities.
We buy into the value.
When I got to the counter I said to the cashier, “You have some nice
watches here, but those watches in that jewelry store were very
expensive.” His reply was, “You know they must be really nice.” I
replied, “But they keep the same time.” Then I heard my grandmother’s
voice, “Why would anybody buy a watch with a battery when all you have
to do is wind it up?” The value makers. Some of you remember the “wind
up” wristwatches. Our children don’t.
On the way home, a song came on the radio. “Silver and gold, silver and
gold, Lord I love you more than silver and gold.” The Lord spoke to me
and said, “Listen to them, they are telling me that they love me more
than dirt.” I hear that song with different ears now. Look where we have
placed our values.
When I got home the Lord said, “Look out the window.” I looked out the
window. I said, “All I see are trees, grass, the street, the sidewalk,
the driveway…” The Lord asked, “What are they made of?” I asked, “Dirt?”
“Yes, dirt. Now look around in the house.” I asked, “Dirt?” He said,
“Yes. All of this is made from dirt. Look at the value man has placed on
dirt.” I thought cars, houses, boats, television, furniture, computers,
things; it all comes from dirt. The "value makers."
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Success is the
application of spiritual principles at work.
"If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land:"
ISAIAH 1:19
(KJV)
Mode
of operation.
Look around. Watch how the world is operating.
Watch how the person with whom you work and interact is operating. They
are using a specific mode of operation. People do certain things,
specific ways. If they are not doing things a specific, routine way,
they may be operating in a disorganized way; that is their mode of
operation.
People tend to bump heads because of their differing modes of operation.
In relationships people have conflict with one another because people
operate differently from one another. People have different expectations
than one another. A person may expect one type of behavior and get
another. The other person may not know what the expected response is
supposed to be based on a specific given action. When they get a
negative response because of what they did or didn’t do, they don’t
really know what the deal is; why the other person is upset.
Your mode of operation may be foreign to the mode of operation of
others. They may wait to the last minute to do a job, while you do it as
soon as you get the assignment. You may want to come early to a meeting
to sit relax, think about the meeting, what you will say and what will
be said. Your counterpart or supervisor may want to come fashionably
late to show how much work they have and how precious their time is;
when in actuality they are sending a different message.
Conflict occurs when we don’t get the expected behavior from others
based on our specific action. We all operate in specific modes of
operation which impact others as well as ourselves. Recognize modes of
operation and get them parallel instead of perpendicular so we move
smoother along the path of life.
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Through fellowship and relationship with one
another, we experience relationship and fellowship with Christ.
"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of mercies,
and the God of all comfort; who
comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort
them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are
comforted of God."
2 CORINTHIANS 1:3 (KJV)
Dirt - 3.
There are
four main elements of our physical world: earth, wind, fire and water.
They are often used as a medium for the wrath of God. They are also
mediums to receive the miraculous physical manifestations of God’s
awesome nature. They help to activate God’s nature in us.
Look around and notice whether you have touched the ground today. Be
aware. Have you walked on the grass? On the dirt today? Yesterday? Have
you? Think about it. We can leave the house, get in the car, go to work,
work all day, leave the job and go home and never touch the earth. The
earth is one of the largest creations, which God has made in His
Infinite Wisdom. It is therefore not just something that we are
connected to by gravity. It is a God creation, something to behold; to
utilize.
We must touch this miraculous physical manifestation of God. It is akin
to a mother touching her newborn baby. The earth heals us. The earth
acts as a ground for our negative energy. Leave your shoes on, but get
off the sidewalk, walk on the grass--on the earth. The enemies of God do
not want us to walk on the earth. Spinning over 1,500 miles an hour,
trees collect energy and send it into the earth—grounding it. We can
ground our negative energy by walking on the earth, in the park, working
in the garden, or doing yard work. We can receive healing of our
physical bodies if we touch the earth regularly. We come from the earth
and when we die we go back to the earth. Shouldn’t we enjoy, touch, put
our hands and feet on the earth while we live? Be comforted now by God’s
earth! Selah!
Continue dear Jesus to let us understand the
deep spiritual things which are for our
spiritual development. Bless You for giving us
the ability to receive Your Wisdom. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Release God’s Presence in your life by understanding His
Word.
“Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD,
and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his
foot to the crown of his head.”
JOB 2:7 (NKJ)
T
o Grow Up in the Word of
God-3.
I want you to understand these:
a)
We must be PERSUADED that God is in control
of the timing and intensity of our trials.
b) We must RELEASE that God has a specific
purpose for each trial in life;
c) We must UNDERSTAND that each trial is
designed to meet a specific need that God sees
in our lives;
d) We must ACCEPT/EXPECT the result to be
for our own good if we respond in faith;
e) We must DISCOVER how each trial can
strengthen our faith by proving that we can
depend on the Lord for all of our needs;
f) We must REJOICE in that each trial is
an opportunity for God to demonstrate his power
to sustain us under tremendous pressure.
Brothers and sisters, let us stand firm, Jesus is
our captain. He is Commander in Chief. Stop looking at
your weakness. Let us march forward. Remember what Jesus
told to His disciples when He was ascending to His
Father. "I have been given the power on the earth
and Heaven, go and preach the gospel, I'll be with you."
Matthew 28:18-19
We have the victory in the name of Jesus. Let us
set a good example. There is a great reward that is
waiting for us on that day. When we will reach Heaven,
there will be rewards for these things we did while we
were here on the earth. Everybody will receive a crown.
That is what the apostle Paul told the church of
Thessalonica: "We ought always to give thanks to God
for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your
faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one you
toward one another grows ever greater. Therefore, we
ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God
for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your
persecutions and afflictions which you endure." 2
Thessalonians 1:3-4
Come on, and let us grow up in the spirit, if we
abide in the word of God and allow the Holy Spirit to
work in us, certainly it will be easy to do the Will of
God.
Lord God, in the mighty name of Christ Jesus,
allow us to be persuaded to believe, live, and
perfect Your Will in our lives. Let us also
understand that You, O' God are in control and
nothing, and I mean nothing, gets past You. That
is just another thing we love about You. Bless
You O' Father. Amen.
Each
One!
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One!
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Our action is our fruit, not our money. Miracles live in
our action.
“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.’”
MATTHEW 25:34-36 (NKJ)
A
ngels
illuminated me this morning with this. I, like you, look
for the manifestation of speaking in tongues for the
evidence of the reception (a person receiving) the Holy
Ghost or Holy Spirit. I was believing that my
spirituality was defined by, my living like a true
Christian was evidenced by the physical manifestation of
the Holy Spirit. That is not the answer to: “You will
know them by their fruit.” Matthew 7:17-20 (NKJ)
Money cannot get us into Heaven. Fruit is not our
money. Our money cannot act as fruit.. Only the efforts
of our labor are fruit: “the fruit of our labor.” Yes,
children are fruit; the fruit of sexual labor, child
birth labor, and God’s Miracle Power. Fruit is the
physical manifestation of our actions. At church when
the Holy Spirit comes in and everyone is having a great
time in the Spirit jumping, shouting, throwing up their
hands, and having a wonderful time in the LORD; this is
not fruit. It is wonderful; I do it and love doing it.
They are signs: Mark 16:17-18. I am not talking
about spiritual fruit outlined in Galatians 5.
Remember, Jesus didn’t give the people His money, He
gave them Himself. Christ Jesus is our example; we must
give of ourselves to others on the behalf of Christ.
Let me get back on track. Put simply, our fruit is
working and helping the old and infirm, the sick and
shut-in, the homeless, the poor, the orphans and widows,
the naked and hungry, those in prison, and spreading the
Gospel to the entire world. When the rich man asked
Jesus what to do to get into Heaven, Jesus didn’t say,
“Oh, you got to be speaking in tongues and have the Holy
Spirit before you can get into the pearly gates.”
(Matthew 19:16-23)
The evidence for the manifestation of the Holy
Spirit is working in the world community to express the
Compassion of Christ. The Compassion of Christ is not
speaking in tongues, interpreting, shouting, and
prophesying. That is the Joy of the Lord. “For God
is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love
which you have shown toward His name, in that you have
ministered to the saints, and do minister. And we desire
that each one of you show the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope until the end, that you do not become
sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.” Hebrews 6:10-12 (NKJ)
“Even the righteousness of God which is through
faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all who believe.
For there is no difference; for all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God.”
ROMANS 3:22-24 (NKJ)
O
ur
purpose for being here.
From the beginning of time, according to the Bible,
life was meant to be a richly satisfying experience. The
purpose of life even included friendship with God
Himself. God created man and woman to enjoy His
friendship in a perfect world of love and trust.
I learned from the Bible that God created mankind
in His own image. “So God created man in His own
image; in the image of God He created him; male and
female He created them.” Genesis 1:27 (NKJ) He
shared with them attributes which were similar to His
own—conscience, personality, and the ability to choose.
Our purpose for being here is to serve God.
“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the
whole world, and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36 (KJV)
Give your life to Jesus right now and He will forgive
your sins. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful
and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 (NKJ) He is
faithful and just to forgive our sins. “That if you
confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you
will be saved.” Romans 10:9 (NKJ)
If you believe, please say this prayer by faith
and you will be saved: Lord Jesus, I admit I have sinned
against You many times in my life. I’m convinced that
Jesus died in my place and took the judgment for sin
that I deserved. I accept Your offer of forgiveness. I
want the new life Jesus promises to those who believe in
Him. Thank You Jesus for saving me.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
(KJV) Welcome to the Family.
Thank
You Father God for sending Your Beloved Son
Christ Jesus to save us from ourselves and our
sins. Bless Your Holy name.
Thank You, thank You, thank You! Amen.
Each
One!
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One!
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Life offers many choices. Our choices show the direction
of our spiritual lives.
“Most assuredly, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies,
it remains alone; but if it
dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will
lose it,
and he who hates his life in
this world will keep it for eternal life.”
JOHN 12:24-25 (NKJ)
E
TERNAL LIFE or eternal death? The choice is yours, mine, and ours. Choice has been
given to us by God. The world looks to be going to “hell
in a hand basket” at a time when there are more churches
than ever before and when there are mega-churches
sprinkling the global landscape. What is wrong with
this picture? We must be doing something incorrectly for
the enemies of God and man to be victorious in the lives
of God’s Saints around the world. We have to look for
God’s “new thing” and follow the Words and Teachings of
Christ Jesus: God’s “New Thing.”
Are you a believer in Christ Jesus? Demons believe
in Him. Do you believe in God? Satan does that too. Are
you a follower of Jesus Christ—or of Paul or Solomon or
David or another Bible legend? Jesus gave us a simple
declaration: go. “Go therefore
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have
commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the
end of the age.” Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJ) Go
teach, preach, heal the sick, help the orphans, the
widows, the naked, the hungry, the sad, the downtrodden,
prisoners, and bring the kingdom of God into their lives
so they may believe in Me and have eternal life and
happiness with the Father.
“Now a certain ruler asked Him, saying, ‘Good
Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?’” Luke
18:18 Jesus had some things to say, then said this:
“…Sell all that you have and
distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in
heaven; and come, follow Me.” Luke 18:22 (NKJ)
Jesus did not tell him or us to only throw our
money at the poor. He said to go and share your life and
His Love with His Children (not only Christians, but
Jews, Hindus, Muslims…, all people). “For this is
good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who
desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge
of the truth.” 1 Timothy 2:3-4 (NKJ)
Now, if there is a remote possibility that eternal
life exists in Christ Jesus, then don’t you think it
would be wise to take the opportunity to investigate the
possibilities? Eternity is a very long time. Think
about it. Life is precious.
God, thank You for
sending Jesus Christ to let us know that we are
His disciples, we are His messengers, and that
makes us His ministers of His Gospel.
Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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“Fear not: for I am with
thee: I will bring thy seed from the east,
and gather thee from the west; I will say to the
north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back:
bring my sons from far, and my
daughters from the ends of the earth;”
ISAIAH 43:5-6 (KJV)
G
od's special gift.
I feel great to welcome you to this New Year. I hope
that you landed safely. Congratulations for making it.
Many lost out of this physical world in the past year,
but here you are kicking. Welcome friend, your presence
here (on earth) is enough proof that God still has a lot
to do in you, with you, and through you.
There will be a serious imbalance in our world
without you in the now. You are a special piece created
to impact positively on our world. There is a precious
deposit on your inside. You are God's prime investment.
You are so unique that none can fill your place. It does
not matter what people have said about you. It does not
even matter what situations have made you to think about
yourself. What matters is God’s opinion.
He said that you are fearfully and wonderfully
made. “I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and
that my soul knoweth right well.” Psalm 139:14
(KJV)
You are created for His glory. “Even
every one that is called by my name: for I have created
him; yea, I have made him.” Isaiah 43:7
He said that you are His own. “You
did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you
that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit
should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My
name He may give you.” John 15:16 (NKJ)
You are God's special gift to our world. You are
here on assignment. There is someone somewhere who is
waiting for you to manifest. There is a situation
somewhere that is waiting for you as its answer. There
is a problem somewhere that is waiting for you as its
solution. Our world is placing a demand on you to
release those potentials on your inside.
God, thank You for
implanting in us Your Special Qualities. Show us
how to manifest Them in us and our world today,
tonight, and always in Christ..
Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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Emmanuel, Christ Jesus is with you right now. Speak to
Him.
“And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus
Christ has come in the flesh is not of God.
And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which
you have heard was coming, and is now already in
the world.”
1 JOHN 4:3 (NKJ)
A
ntichrist – 1a.
Jesus was a flesh man. The spirit of the anti-christ is
huge and is doing a great disservice to mankind and the
Kingdom of Christ in many ways. One of its goals is to
take our focus off of CHRIST. I said Christ, not Jesus.
Remember, it is the spirit of the anti-CHRIST (Christ:
the Anointed One of God), NOT the spirit of the
anti-JESUS (Jesus: a man like you and I born of the
flesh, but for the Immaculate Conception), but could be
called the anti-EMMANUEL (God is with us: the
name God gave His Son).
Jesus is the Anointed One of God (the Christ, the
Messiah, our Saviour, our Redeemer) The way salvation
works for us is that Emmanuel Jesus, who was a person
born in the flesh of the spirit was without sin. “For
we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with
our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as
we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 (NKJ)
We needed Jesus, who was bearing the Christ (the SPIRIT
of GOD within Him) to be without sin, “for all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
(NKJ) If Jesus had sinned, then satan would have won
that round of the battle in the spiritual war and God
would have tried another way to redeem men. But blessed
are we to have Jesus (Iesous, Yehoshua, Eashoa) who was
without sin.
There are those who would have you to believe that
Jesus was with God in the beginning of time, at
Creation. There are those who say Jesus showed up in
biblical history as: Adam, Joshua, Melchizedek (Hebrews
7; the King of Salem; Jesus Christ being the King of
Jeru (new) salem), Daniel, and Elijah. I am not going to
debate any of those issues, but to say Jesus was a flesh
man born of a flesh woman with the intervention of the
Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:20).
The anti-christ does not want you to know this.
Christ, the Anointed One of God (the same Who was
residing in Jesus is Who was with God at Creation).
Fleshly Jesus could not have been because:
1) Jesus had not been born yet;
2) If the fleshly Jesus crossed those types
of spiritual boundaries, i.e., when tempted by satan,
thrown Himself off the temple, or transcend
millennia as a flesh person, He would have been
cheating the spiritual laws.
3) The Spiritual Laws cannot be broken. We
all play within their boundaries, even God, because
He is the One Who set them up.
Jesus had to be in the flesh to secure our eternal
lives and He had to be in the form of a human to secure
our salvation. Humans did not exist until the sixth day
of Creation. God and Christ existed well before Creation
ever did.
God, thank You for
sending Jesus Christ to let us know that we are
His disciples, we are His messengers, and that
makes us His ministers of His Gospel.
Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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Our obedience to the Word is key to the salvation of
the world.
“When you are in distress, and all these things come
upon you in the latter days,
when you turn to the LORD your God and obey His voice (for the LORD
your God is a merciful God),
He will not forsake you nor destroy you, nor forget the
covenant of your fathers which He swore to them.”
DEUTERONOMY 4:30-31 (NKJ)
O
bedience
-1.
I greet you in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ and hope this devotional make a change in your
life and increase you in the faith and in your
relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. We have been
given the opportunities to make a commitment to God, but
I say to you, it is the time to obey the Lord. The
commitment is to obey the Lord. It is very important to
obey the Lord when He speaks because for each time we
disobey the Word of God there is a curse that is placed
upon us.
“And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to
get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He
swore to your fathers, as it is this day. Then it
shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD
your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and
worship them, I testify against you this day that you
shall surely perish. As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you
would to be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God.” Deuteronomy 8:18-20
(NKJ)
This the time, today, for us to reconcile with our
Lord from when we have disobeyed Him, so that the curse
can be broken. Because there may not be time to
reconcile. As in the case of the lady, Jesus met at the
well. (John 4) He told her all her sins. She had
to reconcile and live a new life. But I say to us, if we
do not obey, we will not always have the time to
reconcile after our disobedience.
We see in the situation with Jonah in the book of
Jonah 1:1-5; 10:12. We also see in the book of
1King 13:8-10; 21-24. The disobedience of
the new prophet led to his death. It is important to
always obey God's Word when He speaks. We also see
Abraham’s obedience had been a great blessing to
mankind. We see Abraham being blessed by God because he
obeyed when God told him to sacrifice his only son
(Isaac). Abraham did not disobey God. He did not
complain or argue with God. He obeyed and he was blessed
and we are also enjoying his blessings today.
We must seek the Christ to live in us for the full
manifestation of healing and miracles.
"Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my
refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
there shall no evil befall
thee, neither shall any plague come nigh they dwelling.
For he shall
give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
PSALM 91: 9-11 (KJV)
The
face of evil - 1.
The enemies of God would have us to believe
that evil approaches us and attacks us like the evil, demonic, grotesque
images which are projected daily by television and video games into our
households. The enemies of the Cross would have us believe that when
evil attacks we will see it coming and it will look so repulsive that we
can immediately recognize it and know it is from hell and fight it.
When we get an angry boss in our faces, a person with a negative
attitude, or a child with negative behavior moving in our direction; ask
this question: “Is this like Jesus?” “Is this behavior, or speech
God-like?” Now if it is not like God or Christ-like, then what is it
like? There are negative and positive forces at work in the world. Is
that which stands before you positive or negative? If it is negative
then it is imperative that we move against it like it is an attack from
the enemies of God.
Pray against it. Bind it. You can use the
Black Blob Prayer. Watch the negative energy dissipate before you.
We are spiritual vessels and as such can and will be embodied by the
spiritual forces we allow into us by our actions and words; they open
spiritual doors to allow negative spirits into our lives. Imagine a
person lies; a lying spirit comes into their lives—and deception too. A
person lusts, then a lustful spirit. In “all you can eat” restaurants,
look for a spirit of gluttony. What we do opens spiritual doors into our
lives, for spiritual entities to visit our lives, the lives we touch,
our communities and our world.
Grant us O LORD
the ability to see evil in its many forms. Let
us not be deceived by evil and any of its
companions. In the name of Christ Jesus, which
is Emmanuel I pray.
Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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When you receive a child, your reward will be great in
heaven.
“And Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the
midst of them, and said,
‘Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and
become as little children,
you will by no means enter the
kingdom of heaven.’ ”
MATTHEW 18:2-3
(NKJ)
B
e Obedient.
I am Magarate Dagbe: 12 years old. I am so grateful for
the Children for Christ Ministries taking me from the
streets and providing free education for me and my many
friends. I have learned since being part of this
ministry that it is important to be obedient. It is
because of obedience from people who believe in God that
this ministry has established a school and has been
doing a lot of good things for my friends and I.
(Ephesians 6:1-2)
Give Thanks In Everything.
I am Joseph Sackie: 12 years old and in the 3rd
grade. Is it a blessing for us as believers to be doing
harm to the others? Thanks to God Almighty for the
wonderful things He has done, by connecting me to the
Children for Christ Ministries. They have since been a
blessing to me. I have learned to give thanks to God for
everything. Things had been so bad with me, picking up
things from the streets to eat, not having foot wear,
clothes; but thank God for this Ministry. (1
Thessalonians 5:18)
“Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child
is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:4
My name is Annie Bemah. I am 16 years of age and in the
5th grade. Thank God for Uncle Sylvester who
had been talking to me to trust God and give Him thanks
for everything and He invited me to Bible study. And
today I am going to free school. Copies of books and
pens are all given to me free. I now know and believe
that it is very important to give God thanks in
everything. (Ephesians 5:20)
My name is Felecia Lincoln. I am 13 years of age and in
the K-II. My parents can’t make it to send me to
school, but thank God for the Children for Christ
Ministries. I got to know about them by one of the
fathers in our yard. That’s how I started going to Bible
study and I am now in school. Besides schooling us, they
sometimes help us with clothes, copy books and that
alone makes me understand the teaching of giving thanks
to God for everything.
“And whoever receives one little child like this in My
name receives Me.” Matthew 18:5
(NKJ)
Thank You Christ Jesus for the children. Let us
follow You with the passion and innocence of a
child. In the name of Jesus, Emmanuel I pray, I
ask, and I thank You Father God.
Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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As spiritual warriors we must free ourselves from
any past, present or future bondage.
"And above all things have fervent love for one
another, for 'love will cover a multitude of sins.'
Be hospitable to one
another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift,
minister it
to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God."
1 PETER 4: 8-10 (NKJV)
The
face of evil - 2. The enemies of Christ, the enemies of God
Almighty have been here on earth for a very long time and are very
cunning and effective in their battle against us. They will almost never
reveal to us what they really look like because we would realize that
they are really real. Then we would start acting like spiritual warriors
to defend our families and our homes and our communities from a hoard of
demonic entities. (Romans 8:38)
The enemies of the Most High God are going to try and slither and snake
into our lives. They have been exposed to the Word, the Bible for
centuries and therefore may be able to quote scripture better than you
or I. So it is important to study the Word of God, remember scripture,
learn how and ask Jesus to teach us to activate the ingrafted Word,
(James 1:21) which dwells in us. We want to know the Word so they cannot use it
against us. (James 1:22)
When we are on the verge of a breakthrough, the enemies of God will
approach us to defeat us and to get us to turn negative. To get us to
view life or the situation negatively. To move us to disbelieve the
Word, to disbelieve what God has spoken into our lives in accordance
with His Word for His Creation.
The enemies of God will usually initially do a frontal attack—that is
someone right up in your face. If you do not handle the frontal attack
properly, it will be followed by another and yet another, until we are
either defeated or learn to be successful in how we handle the frontal
attack. See the attack as it really is, not what Hollywood has contrived
for our imaginations.
Thank You Christ Jesus for showing us the works
of the evil ones and letting us know how to
defeat them in our lives and in our communities
and in the entire world. Amen and amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
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Disobedience is surely a path to failure. Be strong in
your obedience.
“And your sons shall be shepherds in the wilderness
forty years, and bear the brunt of your infidelity,
until your carcasses are consumed in the wilderness.
According to the number of the days in which you spied
out the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear
your guilt one year, namely forty years, and you
shall know your guilt one year, namely forty years, and
you shall know My rejection. I the LORD
have spoken this; I will surely do so to all this evil
congregation who are gathered together against Me. In
this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they
shall die.”
NUMBERS 14:33-35 (NKJ)
O
bedience - 2. I greet you in the name of our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ and hope this devotional make a
change in your life and increase you in the faith and in
your relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ. We have
been given the opportunities to make a commitment to
God, but I say to you, it is the time to obey the Lord.
The commitment is to obey the Lord. It is very important
to obey the Lord when He speaks because for each time we
disobey the Word of God there is a curse that is placed
upon us.
Look in the book of Numbers 14:24 -45, the
children of Israel disobeyed God when He told them to go
spy the route they were to use to go to the Promised
Land. They refused saying that they couldn't make it.
And God cursed them by putting sickness on them. God
also punished the older ones from 20 years and above
that they where going to stay in the wilderness for
forty years and they were not going to see the Promised
Land.
Also in the book 1 Kings 13:8-10, 12 that
disobedience brought a curse upon the new prophet that
led to his death. Note: the times you obey the Word of
God, there are breakthroughs in your life. I almost fell
victim to a curse because of disobedience. The Spirit of
God spoke to me one night concerning two girls that had
serious stomach pain. He told me that I must pray for
them. I was complaining that I was tired and I told the
girls that they should be patient, that their day would
soon break, (daybreak was soon coming as well as their
breakthrough).
Not knowing the pain the girls were going through,
God still spoke to me to pray for them immediately. And
I tell you when I obeyed the LORD,
the children’s stomach pain stop instantly. And so
brothers and sisters, it is very important that we obey
God's Word so that we can be blessed and also be a
blessing to others.
"Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the
king himself is served by the field.
He that loveth silver shall not be
satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase:
this
is also vanity."
ECCLESIASTES 5:9-10 (KJV)
Get
in the trenches.
Dr. A. C. Brown says, “We have got to get in
the trenches.” I agree with him. We as Christians, as Muslims, as
Buddhists, as naturalists, as whatever we are and claim to be, must take
responsibility not only for ourselves but reach down and lend a hand to
someone. We are not talking about throwing your money around at
something, giving your money to somebody; we are talking about getting
down and getting your hands dirty by getting into the trenches and
giving someone a helping hand. Jesus didn’t pass out silver and gold.
When we lend a helping hand to someone, we are really helping Jesus. We
are helping the spirit of God in them to be activated. In activating the
spirit of God in them, we enhance, empower, and grow the spirit of God
in us. You want to grow spiritually?
Help someone! You want to please God! Help someone! You want the
riches and glory prosperity preachers preach--help somebody! You want to
be like Jesus—help
somebody now!
Jesus has prepared the trenches for us to get into. We just have to get
into them and fight the enemies of God and not let them overrun our
camps. Look around—help someone! People who are in need are everywhere. We
have been given easy access to people in need. God has grouped them for
us so we have no excuses. They’re all around us in hospitals, prisons,
rest homes, homeless shelters, unwed mothers homes, rehabilitation
centers, recovery homes, neighbors and the elderly couple in the block.
Dr. A. C. Brown says, “The way to get God’s attention is to go out there
and do the work of Jesus!” Along with our church work we have to walk
the walk of Jesus, not just talk the talk!
Thank You Christ Jesus for giving us the
opportunity to get out there in our communities
and into the world communities to get our hands
dirty doing work for the Kingdom. Bless Your
Holy name: EMMANUEL. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Do you want to know the secret things? Do
you want more revelation?
Do you want to do mighty things? “Call
to Me and I will answer you.”
“Call to Me and I will answer you
and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and
hidden,
which you do not know (do
not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and
understand).”
JEREMIAH 33:3
(Message Bible)
T
hings we know not.
God wants to give us revelation as He did for Daniel.
Daniel called upon the Lord and He answered. The King’s
dream was fenced in known to no one BUT God gave
revelation. God wants us to be a people to whom He can
give revelation.
“He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is
in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him!” Daniel
2:22
(Message)
The secret of Daniel’s life was his prayer. How easy it
is to do anything rather than pray. We can be so busy
doing! Good things, even God’s things, but we miss the
mark, we miss the prize. The prize of the high calling
of God in Christ Jesus, that of knowing and being
intimately acquainted with the Lord Jesus. This intimate
relationship with the Lord causes us not just to know
Him, but to do the things He did. Mighty acts. Daniel’s
life brought forth the mighty. A mighty God delivered
Him from the lion’s den. A mighty God subdued the lions.
A mighty God gave him the answers for the King.
When we know the One who tell us the secret things that
One begins to do those mighty things through us. I was
in Cuba, I called unto the Lord and He showed me to
speak the Blood of Jesus over the people who came for
prayer. As I called on the Lord in obedience, speaking
the Blood they were healed, delivered and set free.
There was great power.
One day there was the prayer meeting where
I could only call on the Blood and Name of Jesus, as
there was no interpreter and all day from 9am till 4pm,
I prayed for the church people and did not know anything
about them. They were healed and delivered; lives were
transformed because I called! When we call, He will
answer. Call on Him today.
A women came to the church and testified, “Pastor, you
know I am a communist woman and don’t believe! When I
was prayed for I woke on the concrete floor and it felt
like I was floating on a bed of soft down and now I am
so changed.”
Pray with me now: Father, I love you. I’m calling on you
now. Please come to me that I may know you more. Please
Father, show Your Love and mighty Power in my life.
Lord, I’m paying attention to what You are going to
reveal to me. Lord I am waiting for Your announcement
and revelations. Thank You that You are a faithful
Father Who loves to give good gifts to us, Your
children.
CALL ON ME NOW
Rev. Denise Reid
International Apostolic Ministry, Pastor,
Teacher, Missionary Evangelist
Thank You GOD ALMIGHTY for giving us the opportunity to CALL ON
YOU and the knowledge and understanding that You
will ALWAYS ANSWER OUR CALL to You. Bless Your Holy
Worthiness and Steadfastness. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Christ is LORD in the flesh. Jesus is the Christ and He
can live in you.
“And every spirit that confesseth not the Jesus Christ
is come in the flesh is not of God:
and this is the spirit of antichrist, whereof
ye have hear that it should come;
and even now already is it in the world.”
1 JOHN 4:3 (KJV)
A
ntichrist – 2a.
One morning I was watching a Christian television
interview show. The host said she had been listening to
a Christian radio show which was discussing the merits
of church leadership being overly affluent (she did use
those words), living decadent lives well above average
means. She said that they questioned whether Bishops,
Pastors, or Ministers should own Bentley’s ($250,000),
Mercedes, $5 million dollar homes (in which only one or
two families live), and the like. She said that it was
okay because they were serving the people. She thought
and thinks that it is okay---her thinking and their
living. She said that is what I think and what I
believe.
In life, in all things, examine what the Bible
says. More importantly, what did/does God say and what
does Jesus say about it? God’s Word is timeless. Another
thing to look at, the person in the Bible to look at and
follow is Jesus, the Christ—Who is our example. People
often look at the conniving Jacob before and after his
change, or Solomon before his fall into idolatry, and
the Hebrew priests of old who forgot/lost God’s Holy
Living Name, living pharisaical, religious,
tradition-filled, “country club” lives which focused on
themselves, evidenced by their possessions. What
possessions did Jesus own? Worship? Love more than
people? Place before God? Spend the most time?
Any one, any action, event, place, speech,
oration, or any thing which takes your focus, your
energy, your life away from God and His Son Jesus can
lead to, can be, and probably is idolatrous and in the
spirit of the antichrist. Jesus said to His disciples
(of which you are one):
“…Assuredly, I say to you that it is hard for a rich man
to enter the kingdom of heaven. And again I say to you,
it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a
needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”
Matthew 19:23-24 (NKJ)
Three keys here:
1) When you see “assuredly” that is
representative of an absolute;
2) He did not say the rich could not make it,
but it would be difficult;
3) A focus on riches is in the spirit of the
antichrist.
When we focus on Christ and the Work of Christ,
riches do not envelop our lives. We become enveloped in
riches and the desire for riches when they become our
focus. When we focus on Christ and begin to do the Work
as He did when He walked the earth, we become enveloped
in Christ.
Then the impossible becomes possible.
Bless Your
Holiness Christ Jesus. Thank You for blessing us
with Your Riches and Glory. Thank You for
supplying our every need in the midst of our
trouble. Bless Your Holy Name: Emmanuel. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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The enemies of God and man are attacking and killing our children.
“And He took a little child, and put him in the center
of their group; and taking him in [His] arms, He said to them,
Whoever in My name and for My sake
accepts and receives and welcomes one such child, also
accepts and receives and welcomes Me; and whoever so
receives Me, receives not only Me, but Him Who sent Me.”
MARK 9:36-37 (AMP)
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he Value of a Child. Your
biggest investment may be helping a little child. The Bible gives us
advice for how to bring them up. “Train up a child in the way he
should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and
when he is old he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 (AMP)
But in discipling them, it must be done in an atmosphere of
love. “Fathers, do not irritate and provoke your children to
anger—do not exasperate them to resentment—but rear them [tenderly]
in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the
Lord.” Ephesians 6:4 (AMP)
“But as for you, continue to hold to the things that
you have learned and of which you are convinced, knowing from whom
you learned [them], and how from your childhood you have had a
knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred writings
which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding
for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus [that is,
through the leaning of the entire human personality on God in Christ
Jesus in absolute trust and confidence I His power, wisdom and
goodness]. 2 Timothy 3:15
(AMP)
As parents, we should show our children love and care for them
in the way God instruct us to bring them up. “Hear, O Israel: The
LORD our God is one LORD:
and thou shalt love the LORD
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be
in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy
CHILDREN, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house,
and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when
thou risest up.” Deuteronomy 6:5 (KJV)
LORD teach us how to raise our children and how
to love them, and how to bring them to Your
Salvation and to keep them in Your Spirit and in
Your Love and teach how to bring Your Kingdom to
bear upon their world. Selah and amen and amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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"The
steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his
way.
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For the LORD
upholdeth him with his hand."
PSALMS 37: 23, 24 (KJV)
Connections - 1.
The enemies of the Almighty God, Jehovah want to keep our focus off of
God, Christ Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Family. As Pastor
Nikola Dimitrov of Bulgaria reiterates, “distractions are our enemy.”
Distractions and a redirection of our focus can come in the guise of
possessions. Let’s say it is winter and we are outside with our heavy
coat. We have a strong connection with that coat when we are outside.
When inside and warm, our connection with that coat doesn’t seem as
strong—but it is. Think conscious (awake), unconscious (asleep) and
sub-conscious (always in operation; like our autonomic
system--breathing, heartbeat, etc.)
When we have a fabulous house, a new car or a $500 watch, we are
connected to those things. When we share the fact that we have these
things or we show them off, we feel a strong connection with them at
that moment. The strength of that connection, at that level doesn’t
diminish, it just goes underground into our unconscious minds, working
in our sub-conscious and having an effect until the next “show off”
moment where we feel the power of it. You may be innocent as innocent
can be, but stuff (materialism) is having its effect.
Materialism causes separation from the God Family. Our focus is more on
taking care of our “stuff” than on God’s people, God’s business. Our
focus is on getting more “stuff” than on our fellowship with God and
reading His Word (Bible). Know this. Our connections impact one another.
Our connections with “stuff” impacts our connections with people, with
our spirituality, our peace, our joy, our desire, our families, etc.
Make sure you have the right connections in your life!
FAMILY
Previous Devotional from Saturday, 29 January 2005
LORD CHRIST in
Your Name help us to understand that we are one
big family and what one of us does affects,
effects, and impacts the next person. Help us to
know that we may not see the repercussions
immediately, but we will see, hear, taste, or
touch each others response to their
responsibilities. Thank You my Brother. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Spread the Word!
We got to believe from the top of your head to the
bottom of your feet.
"In God is my salvation and my glory:
the rock of
my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
Trust in him at all times;
ye people, pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for
us. Selah."
PSALMS 62: 7, 8 (KJV)
The Christ - 1.
Many
people say that “Christ” is just a title for Jesus. The anointed one of
the LORD is the Christ. As I search for the mysteries of God, I asked
the Holy Spirit which is always with us to help me understand the issue
with the Christ.
I began to wonder what was the full name of Jesus. What was Jesus’ name?
What was His surname, His last name? Many people refer to Jesus as Jesus
Christ, as though Christ is His last name. Christ is not the earthly
last name of Jesus. Jesus grew up in a traditional Hebrew family and as
such had names like those used by Hebrews during the times in which He
lived.
The LORD allowed me to understand that Jesus is a physical being, a
flesh man and that “the Christ” is a spiritual, supernatural being.
Coming through the lineage of David in the tribe of Judah, Jesus was
prepared from before birth to receive his Kingship as the Messiah of all
known and unknown worlds. Jesus was a man who being perfectly prepared
and divinely purposed, was able to receive “the Christ” in the form of a
dove, when He was baptized in the Jordan river. Jesus being a flesh man,
who knew no sin, was able to become the physical embodiment of God
united in the flesh with “the Christ”.
Jesus, a man with the “Christ” indwelling, could do miracles, healings,
and perform the perfect will of God in Spirit and in Truth. Like Jesus,
we have to be as perfect as we can be and seek the indwelling of the
Holy Spirit and the Christ, so we can have the physical manifestations
of His Glory in His Creation.
LORD CHRIST in
Your Name help us to understand that we are one
big family and what one of us does affects,
effects, and impacts the next person. Help us to
know that we may not see the repercussions
immediately, but we will see, hear, taste, or
touch each others response to their
responsibilities. Thank You my Brother. Amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
Tell your friends and family about eBlessings!
Spread the Word!
Stop the fiery darts from the enemies of God with
discernment. Monitor your words.
“And he said unto me,
My grace is sufficient for thee:
for my
strength is made perfect in weakness.
Most
gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities,
that
the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
(KJV)
No
barriers. The only barrier between Heaven and us is
ourselves! What lies between you and Heaven is "self". Only “self” can
stop our salvation. The enemies of God, the devil, his family and
friends cannot stop you even though they try!
They get us to create barriers in our lives, which hinder our spiritual
growth and separate us from God and His Promises. Only we can stop
ourselves from entering into the Promised Land. Our “flesh” is the
vehicle on which the barrier “self” travels. Jesus, the Christ conquered
that “flesh” barrier for us.
Nothing and no one can stand between God and us; not your brother, your
mother, no one and nothing. The only thing that can stand between God
and us is ourselves. The only thing, which can keep you out of Heaven,
is you. We can be and often are our own worst enemies when we allow the
enemies of God to prevail in our lives to our detriment and to the
detriment of others. The enemies of Christ attempt to use us and our
God-like qualities, which are an innate part of our beings to prevail
against us. The enemies of God attack us, attempting to turn our minds,
bodies and spirits against the power of God in us; to turn us against
ourselves, individually and systematically.
Self can accept into our lives: unforgiveness of ourselves or others, a
lack of faith, fear, our desire, focus on that big new house, or to be
in the $100,000 club etc. These things can act as barriers. We must not
allow that which has impacted our lives negatively to allow our minds to
be polluted with iniquity. We must keep our hearts, minds and souls
focused on the Lord.
Please LORD JESUS
CHRIST, You are the Christ. Help us with these grant to complete
them on time, to submit them on time and to allow us to receive and
execute the grants and for the people who are to receive the food to
get the food and all that you have them receive, and let it be to
Your Glory. Show us O LORD YOUR GLORY. Selah! and amen.
Each
One!
Bless
One!
May the Blessing of the LORD
and Favor Continue in Your Life in Your Service to GOD.
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Pastors
Paul and Joseph Chapala
and fellow
workers at the Jesus Christ Prayer Church are
walking house to house sharing the Gospel of Christ
in our slums and rural, remote areas where the
Gospel has never been proclaimed. Jonnada -
533 233; E.G.DT. Andhra Pradesh, India
Giving Rice to Lepers
Handing Out Gospel Tracks
Giving Clothes to Flood Victims
We have no affiliations with any
other organization though we are
teaching Bible classes and are
involved in Christian and social
work by the Grace of God.
We assist many poor
people who are affected by the
cyclones and floods which hit
the Andhra Pradesh region.
Thousands are displaced when
these disasters hit. Please help us in
assessing short- and long-term
ways to help these people. We
also rescue children from the
perils of the trash and garbage
piles and the dangers of living
on the street. Pastor Paul can
be reached at:
Chapala2001@rediffmail.com
Evangelist Sylvester Y. Harris
