God is not impressed or depressed by our social status; be it economical or political. Ha, God isn't especially interested in our social media and networking status! However, God is impressed that YOU KNOW HIM and also know that He is DEPRESSED when WE DON'T KNOW HIM.
Don't think you know, KNOW you know!
Peter said, "Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God." (Matthew 16:16 KJV)
The call of the church, a Christ centered church, is to repent. However, the call to repent is not a matter of "repent before it's too late," but it's a matter of "live according to the identity you have been given and for the purpose for which you were created"!
You must not see repentance as giving up, surrendering and turning it all over to God as something final or completed. No, repentance is truly the beginning of living the life that you were created and purposed to live!
Repent and start living, RIGHT NOW!!
We can't erase our past or have "do overs". We can't take back our words or actions that may have offended someone. No matter how hard it may seem, we must know that we need to move on from there! No amount of time spent in those dark places, wishing and hoping that things were different, will actually make things different or better.
In order to make things different and in order to make things right, we need to keep moving, always striving to do better, striving to treat people better and striving to live life better. Wallowing in our mistakes and missteps only allows us to remain burdened and in a dark place.
Some will be able to do this, while there may be some that require our help to move past some things. Are you willing to reach out your hand to extend grace to those who need our help to keep on moving?
I'm willing to extend grace to those who want to move on to a life that will lead to salvation. C'mon, let's move on...together!
God's favor surrounds us like a shield. We can be talked about, laughed at and even if you try to attack us with bad thoughts, rumors and accusations. NONE of these can pierce God's shield of favor over our life. The shield protects us and God's favor keeps us!
Hallelujah and Amen!
On many occasions, during the night when all is quiet, thoughts begin to creep into our mind that is contrary to God's plan and purpose for our lives. These thoughts and inclinations are from the very pit of Hell. Do not let yourself be persuaded by these lies, they will only prevent you and I from living the life that God has purposed for us to live.
Understand that you have authority over these mind/head games that the devil is attacking you and I with.
I have come to know that on most days, success begins with simply willing yourself to get up, get out of bed and engage this thing called life. You see, the enemy would rather you stay afraid and hiding undercover trying to deal with the evil that has been planted in our heads. Again, lies!
Get up and cast down these things! Our getting up and our believing God's Word over the suggestions of the devil is our victory!
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ (2 Corinthians 10:3-5 KJV)
The same Power that raised Jesus from the grave; the same Power that calmed a raging sea; the same Power that healed the blind, the lame, the sick, the deaf; and the same Power that restores, that salvages, and confirms us as children of the Most High...LIVES IN ME AND LIVES IN YOU!
If there was a way of doing something wrong, I found it. If there was a way to speak words that hurt, I was an expert at it. If there was a way to ruin relationships and tear families apart, I have succeeded!
However, I've come to KNOW that God is so much bigger than my evil ways and God's purpose truly trumps the plans of the devil.
I recognize that I should have been disqualified to preach, teach and reach others with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. However, God changed my heart and turned my wrong living into right living! He turned my negative energy into POSITIVE POWER!
Because of my sins, I will still suffer the consequences because God’s Calling doesnt come with a "Cruise Through Life Pass".
However, when we are truly committed to God, His Word and His purpose for our lives, we have a contentment that overtakes our sufferings. Why are we content? Because those who truly have placed their hope, faith and love in God know that this life and its sufferings are temporary and that the eternal will replace the temporary.
So lean forward, stay the course and press onward my brothers and my sisters!
God’s calling isn't a Call to comfort, but it is a Call to Commitment.
God Called me in spite of how I use to behave and He is using me to tell you that if He can Save me, then you too can be Saved!
I'm Committed! How about you?
But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument to proclaim my name to the Gentiles and their kings and to the people of Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” (Acts 9:15-16 NIV)
Do I get tired or overburdened posting every day? Of course not! When you live by your own strength, you will be depleted in a very short time. When you live for God, He renews your strength.
"He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength." (Isaiah 40:29 NKJV)
We often hear of the troubles of others in such a way that they would want for us to somehow believe that what they are facing is so much different and so much bigger than anything and everything that any of us has had to contend with.
Their struggles are deeper, darker and longer...their enemies are stronger, more persistent and more unyielding than those you and I face. But let me tell you, you haven't been assigned "Special Devils".
The same devils you are facing, we are all facing. A Nickel Bag to you is still a Nickel Bag to others! The difference is that you have not taken control of the desires of your flesh; where you yield and surrender to drugs, others simply deny it's hold over them. Same devil, but different approaches.
The Bible says that there is a great cloud of witnesses that have already survived the attacks of the devil. What makes your fight so much more difficult? With God all things are possible, don't give the devil so much credit. Also remember, that the devil that you're fighting doesn't stand a chance. He lost back then and He'll lose again today. As a matter of fact, if we look back over our lives, we will see that the only victories that the devil has had, are those we allowed him to have.
You still think that you have "Special Devils"? ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A "SPECIAL SAVIOR". I CALL HIM LORD. HE IS THE ANOINTED ONE, KING OF KINGS!!
Today, know that we no longer have to lose because Jesus has already won!
We really can be hard on one another in life. We place unnecessary and overwhelming weight on others to act, react, live and exist the way we want them to. Guess what, it's not up for discussion or discretion by you or by me. Be very careful how you treat others, because "IN THE SAME WAY", you will be judged!
Can you withstand the weight of your very own judgement that you place on others? I doubt it! So, STOP IT!
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." (Matthew 7:1-2 NIV)
Many have learned how to suffer but NOW its time to learn how to FIGHT!
You've got the strategy, but do you have the attitude, confidence and faith to carry it out? God's Word confirms your Call and equips you for the task.
And now I say to you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for if this plan or this work is of men, it will come to nothing; but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.” If God be for us, who can be against us? (Acts 5:38-39 NKJV; Romans 8:31b KJV)
It's Alright to Grow. It's Natural and Expected, both Physically and Spiritually.
There comes a time when we NEED to make adjustments. It's not you being difficult, it's you growing up and growing out of some things that are no longer beneficial for the season of life that you are in.
What's your Sin Interest? Don't be bashful or secretive. You know what it is, the devil knows what it is and most likely your family already knows what it is.
God also knows what it is and He wants to rid you from it, take you out of it, pull you away from it and deliver you totally!
Will you give it over to Him and let Him save you? Don’t tell me what you Sin Interest is, tell God. I can't save you but He will.
The God I serve cares for everyone!
He cares for the Sinner as much as He cares for the Saint; He cares for those who reject Him as much as He cares for the Repentant; He cares for the innocent as much as He cares for the Incarcerated; He cares for those who acknowledges who He is and He also cares for the Addict.
The question today is, do you care as much for yourself to give all that you are (sinner or saint, rejecting or Repentant, innocent or incarcerated, an acknowledger or an addict), to God?
I DID!!!
We get as much of God as we go after! If you're not experiencing God, then maybe you haven't sought God.
“Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.” (Jeremiah 29:12-14 NKJV)
“It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’" (Matthew 4:4 NKJV)
People are losing their identity, jobs, friendships, loved ones and families in their pursuit to find something to feed their craving of the flesh. Today let your search be over. Everything that you will ever need God shall provide it. He will sustain you through life's struggles and put you in position for life's greatest moments.
Let us not lose another classmate, friend, brother or sister to addiction. Being addicted to something that is known to destroy you is hard to understand, but it happens each and every day.
Let us be intentional by feeding those in our lives The Bread of Life, Jesus Christ. He will conquer all of their demons, He will break every Stronghold and He will free them from their dependency of the life stealing substances that has them imprisoned.
What is NEEDED can't be found in a needle.
‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’
