“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself him who is godly; The Lord will hear when I call to Him. Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the Lord . There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” Lord , lift up the light of Your countenance upon us. You have put gladness in my heart, More than in the season that their grain and wine increased. I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord , make me dwell in safety”; {Psalms 4:1-8}
Monthly Archives: April 2017
WAITING ON GOD
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord , The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint”.
{Isaiah 40:28-31}
Waiting on God.
Have you ever say to yourself that you are tired of waiting on God? Waiting on Him sometimes seems to be the worst experience or things we have ever done. But, as we get to know God, the more we realize that His slowness or slow way of doing things is not a bad thing. We come to the realization that it is for our own good. Have you ever sit and fantasized that God do to you what He did to Moses or as Jesus Christ spoke to His apostles? And you can ask Them anything you want them to do for you? While you are fantasizing do you know exactly what you would ask for? And what if there were no conditions? That is you don’t have to ask for God honoring and noble things. What would be your request?. You see before you can start to wishing and fantasizing you need to know what exactly you need to ask for? Keep in mind, God gives you whatever you ask for. I would ask for what Moses asked for. In Exodus 33:12, God had let Moses know that He (God) was pleased with him by saying: “You have also found grace in My sight.” Moses took that opportunity and replied to God, “if I have found “favor” in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You ” (Exodus 33:13). In other words, I want to know my Heavenly Father because I want to have an intimate and close relationship with Him. Apostle. Paul’s greatest desire was the same as Moses, “To know. Him” referring to Jesus Christ in Philippians 3:10. You may think of asking, “Paul, you are saying you don’t know Christ?.. But of course, Apostle Paul knew Him. But his deepest yearnings is to know Christ better. That is what these three words mean “TO KNOW HIM ”
This is true of God: “The more you want to know Him. The more you know Him, the more you are in awe of Him. The more you know Him, the more you want to spend time with Him. The more you spend time with Him, the more you feel you need Him. The best way to get to know people is to spend time with them. So too when it comes to knowing God.” (MOG R.T.Rendall)
“Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him”.(Isaiah 30:18)
LISTEN:
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord , And whose hope is the Lord . For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit.
[Jeremiah 17:7-8]
FORGET THE PAST
Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, And will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea.[Micah 7:18-19}.
LISTEN
God said,”If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us”[I John 1:8-10].
REMEMBER THIS:
“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be. So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God. But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Therefore, brethren, we are debtors—not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us”,[Romans 8:1, 5-18].
SO Because God has forgiven our sins,the apostle Paul in Philippians 3:13-14 tells us to:
” Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
•We are in Christ, and in Christ our sins are forgiven, our past is forgotten and our future is secure.
•The enemy (the devil) likes to remind us of our past sins.
•Our Loving Heavenly Father has already forgiven us of all sins and trespasses because we have repented and We are redeemed by the Blood of Jesus.
•Let us not let the enemy oppress and stress our minds with past sins.
•Our God is Faithful and forgiving.
Acts 19:28
For in him we live, and move, and have our being…
•In the Name of Jesus we are free from the sins of our past in spirit, soul, mind, and body.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him.
•BLESSED we are and BLESSED we will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!
GODLY WISDOM
”For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men”,( 1 Corinthians 1:18-25)
Proverb 1:5
A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels.
James 3:17
Wisdom is from above (God)…
1 Cor 1:30
Christ is made wisdom unto us…
1. Wisemen not only seek Christ, but they find Him and follow Him.
2. God’s work done God’s way is always filled with Love and Wisdom.
3. Maturity is walking in the love of God toward others.
4. Walking in the love of God prepares us to walk in the power of God.
5. A Wiseman tastes his own words before he speaks them.
+Wisdom is not taught it is given by God.
James 1:5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all liberally…
+Walking in Wisdom and Love is well pleasing unto the Lord.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!
THE MIND OF CHRIST
WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST. So use it
1Corinthians 2:16
For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
Philippians 2:5
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
•The Mind of Christ, the Mind of God and the mind of the Holy Spirit are one and the same.
•Since we have the Mind of Christ we can think like Christ our Lord, we can think like God our Heavenly Father and we can think like the Holy Spirit.
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world: but be all of you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that all of you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
•When we got born again our minds became renewed as a part of our new creation( 2 Corinthians 5:17). The new program for our minds is the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit in us enables us to think in the beautiful and awesome Mind of Christ.
•You have no mental deficiencies. Your have the wonderful, righteous, holy and awesome a mind of Christ.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!
PRAISE GO UP;BLESSINGS IS RELEASED
Our Lord is Worthy to be Praised!!! Hallelujah!!!
Where the Lord is PRAISED (His Presence and Power will be manifested.
+PRAISE is to celebrate the Lord in every way conceivable without limit and without end, and in Love, Truth, Holiness, Righteousness, and Faith.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”{John 14:24}
David shows us how to truly praise,and worship the Lord from the depths of our heart and soul,he said…..
“Bless the Lord , O my soul; And all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord , O my soul, And forget not all His benefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s. The Lord executes righteousness And justice for all who are oppressed”{Psalms 103:1-6}
.” I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make its boast in the Lord ; The humble shall hear of it and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, And let us exalt His name together. I sought the Lord , and He heard me, And delivered me from all my fears. They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried out, and the Lord heard him, And saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps all around those who fear Him, And delivers them. Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him! Oh, fear the Lord , you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him. The young lions lack and suffer hunger; But those who seek the Lord shall not lack any good thing”,[Psalms 34:1-10]
+ When was the last time you praised the Lord with some Holy Ghost Fire, Zeal and Excitement?
+We are not members of the First Church of the Frigidaire where many are COLD and few are FROZEN.
+Meaningful Praises to the Lord is the lifestyle of the Believer.
•Continue to let the WORD of God be the standard for our lives. Always LOVING others like Christ Jesus loves us while keeping our faith, trust and confidence in Him.
•BLESSED you are and BLESSED you will always be and to God be all the GLORY. Amen!
STOP ARGUING,AND DON’T BE AFRAID .
Stop arguing and fighting with the devil and his demons,his job is to steal,kill and destroy you at all cost,so just tell him…”THE LORD REBUKE YOU “.
Don’t entertain his thoughts of doubt and fear cast it down,as the Bible says,”For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled”. [2 Corinthians 10:3-6]
“Jude, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are called, sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ: Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you. Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord God and our Lord Jesus Christ. But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe. And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Likewise also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject authority, and speak evil of dignitaries. Yet Michael the archangel, in contending with the devil, when he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a reviling accusation, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” But these speak evil of whatever they do not know; and whatever they know naturally, like brute beasts, in these things they corrupt themselves. Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah; These are spots in your love feasts, while they feast with you without fear, serving only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried about by the winds; late autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, pulled up by the roots; raging waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness forever. Now Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men also, saying, “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of His saints, to execute judgment on all, to convict all who are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed in an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.” These are grumblers, complainers, walking according to their own lusts; and they mouth great swelling words, flattering people to gain advantage. But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: how they told you that there would be mockers in the last time who would walk according to their own ungodly lusts. These are sensual persons, who cause divisions, not having the Spirit. But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, To God our Savior, Who alone is wise, Be glory and majesty, Dominion and power, Both now and forever. Amen.{Jude 1:1-25}
“And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ, being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God”.[Philippians 1:9-11]
JESUS SAID:
“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.”[Luke 10:19-20]
CHRIST COMPLETE US
You are Fully Completed in Christ
Colossians 2:10
And all of you are complete in Him (Christ Jesus), Who is the head of all principality and power.
•You may have come into this world with some deficiencies but Christ in you is the ALL Sufficient One.
•Don’t focus on your deficiencies but focus on Christ who is your Sufficiency.
•You mean everything to God, and you are not just a Child of God, but a close intimate friend, John 1:12; 15:15.
•God loves you with the Highest and most powerful form of love which is Himself because God is Love, 1 John :4.
•God didn’t let you die in your sin. He sent His Son Jesus to die for you instead. In God’s Eyes, Heart and Mind you are worth dying for.
•God’s love for you is beyond awesome.
•Take this message for the rest of the week and meditate on it. Do not be burdened with the things your going through. Give it all to your Loving Heavenly Father in prayer and He will see you through.
Our God is Faithful.
+++Blessed you are and blessed you will always be and to God be all the glory. Amen!
GOD IS ALWAYS FAITHFUL
“This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, We shall also live with Him. If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself”(2 Timothy 2:11-13)
However,in Deuteronomy 7:9-13 we are reminded of how faithful God really is:
“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments; and He repays those who hate Him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack with him who hates Him; He will repay him to his face. Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them. “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers. And He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.
LISTEN UP:
“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord , The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, And to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint”.[Isaiah 40:28-31]
JESUS JESUS JESUS
*Who is Jesus?*
*In chemistry,*
He turned water to wine.
John 2:6-10
John 4:46
*In biology,*
He was born without the normal conception;
Isaiah 7:14
Luke 1:26- 37
*In physics,*
He disapproved the law of gravity when He ascended into heaven;
Mark 16:19
*In economics,*
He disapproved the law of diminishing return by feeding 5000 men with
two fishes & 5 loaves of bread;
Matthew 14:19
John 6:13
*In medicine,*
He cured the sick and the blind without administering a single dose of drugs;
Matthew 15:30
Mark 1:34
*In history,*
He is the beginning and the end;
John 1:1-5
Revelation 22:13
Revelation 21:6
*In government,*
He said that He shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Prince of Peace;
Isaiah 9:6-7
*In religion,*
He said no one comes to the Father except through Him;
John 14:4-6
*So, Who is He? He is Jesus!*
The Greatest Man in History
Jesus had no servants,
yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree,
yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines,
yet they called Him Healer.
He had no army,
yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles,
yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime,
yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb,
yet He lives today.
I feel honoured to serve such a Leader who loves us.