Everyday You Are Faced With Choices

Who Are You Gonna Call (Upon)?

          Everyday you are faced with choices that you have to make. They can be as simple as - what am I going to wear, eat, or do today or as complex as - should I marry this person, take this job or that one, etc. But did you realize that you make a lot of choices you seem unaware of? You will make choices that determine your day, your week or even the rest of your life, as well as choices that determine how you handle situations and crisis in your life.

          Everyday you make a choice to submit to either God or the devil. I bet you didn't see that one coming! J More times than not, without even realizing it, you submit to the devil and his works of darkness.

“What”?!! you say, “But I’m a Christian and I go to church every time the doors are open! I work at the church, I volunteer, for heaven’s sake I teach Children’s church! How can you say such a thing”?!!

Very easily…do you want to know how? By listening to what comes out of your mouth between the “Praise the Lord!” and “Hallelujah’s!”.

You see…if what comes out of your mouth is contrary to the Word of God and what He says about your situation, then you are bringing yourself into submission to satan and allowing the works of darkness to operate in your life.

What you need to do is keep your mouth SHUT until you have heard from God about anything - from how your day should be ordered to what He wants you to speak over your body when symptoms of sickness try to come against you, to what you should say to the person that is right in front of you yelling at you for whatever reason, etc.

Every night you need to seek the Lord and inquire in His temple for the next day. Ask Him to show you how He wants you to handle what may come the next day or in the weeks to come. Ask Him to let you hear what He would have you to speak over people or situations that would arise. Ask Him to prepare you and equip you so that you will not fall prey to the tactics the enemy of your soul will present to you that day. 

Read in John 5:19, 30 about what Jesus did. Something a dear friend once said to us has impacted us greatly. He said “Jesus prayed and sought the Father at night and commanded (or carried out what He saw and heard) during the day”.

God wants you to be prepared as a good soldier to fight the good fight of faith. Declare with your mouth that which brings life to your body, to your family – those you love, to your finances, to your job, to those around you.

How can you prosper in ALL things if you are constantly speaking death to those you love, speaking that you feel sick and agreeing with the symptoms, complaining about work and the people there, etc.

James 3:3-18 talks about the tongue and how it affects your life and the lives of those around us.

Bring your tongue and every part of your being into submission to God. Resist agreeing with satan on ANY level and he must flee. Draw near to God every day and He will draw near to you so that you can be a BLESSING everywhere you go and to whomever you meet!         

(James 4:7-8)

So Who are YOU gonna call upon today?

   

                                         

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Gun Control

The tragedy that took place in Newton, Connecticut on 12/14/12 took the entire country off guard.  The event has sparked discussions about gun control and how future tragedies can be avoided.  Believers are calling for God to be placed back in the school.  Others, incorrectly, are asking why God would allow such a horrible thing to happen.  While I would agree with those that are calling for God back in our schools, the time for talk, debate, and social networking is over.  What I am calling for is prayer.  No debate, post, rant, or rave is going to change the hearts of the American people.

In 1^st Thessalonians 5:17 we are told to be in constant prayer, ‘Be unceasing in prayer’.  Obviously, unceasing means non-stop.  God is telling us to never stop praying.  I am convicted myself when it comes to prayer, let alone unceasing prayer.  In today’s world it is difficult to remember the unlimited access that we have to our Father.  When Jesus Christ gave his life on the cross, He created a bridge that allows us to go before God in the Throne Room of Grace.  That bridge allows us to bring any worldly concern to the Father, and like Pastor Mitch says, we should be leaning on the Holy Spirit for direction in what we pray for.  The Holy Spirit was left on Earth as our helper so that we might know and understand the perfect will of God.

After spending quiet time with the Holy Spirit, if you still are not sure what to pray for, you can never go wrong when praying for God to be glorified.  After all, no matter how things seem to be going, if God is not being glorified, it is pointless.  I promise you that God is not glorified when a tragedy such as Newton, Connecticut takes place.  The prayer that Pastor Mitch gives us is a good example of how to pray for our nation, and it is a good start in glorifying God. 

“Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on Earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.  For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Mathew 18:19-20.  More of us need to be agreeing that God’s will be done on Earth, that God be glorified, and that our children are protected against the wiles of the Devil.  Anyone who is not praying these things on a daily basis is failing to contribute to the Kingdom of God.  The very least that a person can do to help their country and their family is to pray for God’s will and protection.  This is where we need to place our focus.  Complaining does no good.  In fact, complaining gives credit to Satan and strengthens his goals.  Arguing about politics and policies is futile and a waste of time.  God wants us to let Him do the work.  He is waiting for us to allow Him to do it.

I am calling for anyone that reads this to make a conscious effort to always be praying for God’s will and for His glory to be manifested.  Every time you see an injustice in the world, pray for God’s will to show greater than the injustice.  Any time you see Satan attack, pray that God’s glory shines through and Satan is forced to flea at the magnification of God.  When victory is experienced, make sure that God is given the glory for the blessings that he provides.  If we can start doing this, God’s protection will return to our country and we will stop seeing such tragic events taking place.

                      

The Season to Arise and Shine

Tis the Season to Arise and Shine

And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night.

And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

Luke 2: 8-11

A Light for revelation to the Gentiles (to disclose what was before unknown) and (to bring) praise and honor and glory to Your people Israel.

Luke 2:32 AMP

Glory to God in the Highest!!

This is the time of year that we celebrate the birth of our Precious Lord and Saviour - that we remember and appreciate how He humbled Himself and became a man to save us from our sin. I Praise God for all of this and am so very grateful!

As I have grown in my walk with the Lord and have learned from His Word, I am finding out that there is so much more to what Christ has done for us!

He came as the LIGHT of the world - A Light that dispels the darkness. Light also means having understanding and knowledge of the truth. As children of God we have that Light of the gospel within us and it gives us revelation of His Word.

Jesus’ main objective for coming to the earth was to destroy the works of satan (that’s what His Light does) and restore relationship with the Father. As believers, that should be our objective too.

He gave us power to become the sons of God when we choose to believe on Him. (John 1:12) In doing so, He also gave power and authority over all devils and sickness. (Luke 9:1)

We can only know and understand these things and how to defeat satan’s deception by spending time with the Father, reading the Word which helps us get to know the Father, believing what the Bible says and living like we believe it!

This Christmas season live in that Light and Arise and Shine for the Glory of God!!

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Love and Light

Who Is Lord?
Jesus is Lord!

The Love of God

The Love of God

‘For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoseoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ John 3:16.  

Let us take a deep look into this verse.  Can you imagine someone taking a punch in the face so that you can live a life free of sickness?  Can you imagine someone being kicked in the back of the head so that no weapon formed against you shall prosper?  What about someone having a nail, most likely the size of railroad ties, driven through their wrist so that you may have peace both on the Earth and throughout eternity?

I want you to imagine yourself being this person.  Think about how much you would have to love a person to take this sort of torture for them.  Oh, do not forget that you know for several years leading up to the day of torture what is going to happened.  In addition, you have every opportunity to back out.

Obviously, I am referring to the life of Jesus and his purpose here on Earth.  In Matthew 26:39, Jesus prayed, “O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me:”  He is asking that he not endure what is coming because he knows how horrible it is going to be.  But then the second part of the prayer is “nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.”  Despite the knowledge that he has, he will go through with his calling because it is the will of God.  This not only speaks to the love that Jesus has for the world, but it also speaks to the love and trust that he has for God.

In Matthew 4 Jesus was tempted by Satan to not go through with the calling that God had put on his life.  In verse 9, Satan offered Jesus all of the kingdoms of the world.  So, at that very point in history, Jesus made a choice to resist the wiles of the devil and to accept the calling of Jesus.  The world should be thankful that He chose the unselfish path.

Now that you have attempted to relate to Jesus, take it one step further.  Try to imagine the position of God.  Send your only son into a place that will not accept him.  Into a place where he will be ridiculed, persecuted, and eventually tortured and murdered.  Then, he is going to be sent to hell for three days so that the very people that murdered him can have a way to avoid hell.  In addition, throughout time, people attempt to deny that this incredible sacrifice even happened.  Despite knowing all of this, God sent Jesus to the Earth knowing the he would be tempted by Satan, knowing that he would request an alternative, and knowing that there would still be those that rejected Him.

Think about how much God loved us to put His Son through that.  Think about the words of John 3:16 and how true the love of God really is.  Think of how much love God must have for each and every one of us that he will accept us into His Kingdom just for accepting Jesus into our hearts.  He is not asking for us to endure anything close to the sacrifices of His Son.  Instead, He is offering us everlasting life, health, security, and peace.  All of these things were taken from His Son so that we may have them.  The love that God must have for us to do what he did is a love that I want and need a revelation of.  If God will offer up his own son as a sacrifice for my sins so that I may live without lack, without sickness, and without the curse, what would God not do for me?  

Once we get a revelation of the depth of God’s love, we will understand that he has already provided everything we need.  Once we understand this, nothing else will matter except God’s will being done on Earth, and once we are focused on His will, we will stop asking Him for worldly things and start asking what He would have us do for His Kingdom.

You Cannot Serve Two Masters

To my brothers and sisters in Christ, after the recent elections I have spent a lot of my time in meditation and prayer and I would like to share my thoughts.  

I feel your anger and bitterness.  You look around at your fellow Americans and ask yourselves, how can you do this?  The answer is quite simple, this nation has turned its back on God and they do not know their Lord.  You cannot serve two masters and they have chosen to serve the ruler of this world.

  The ramification of this election is great.  We now have a government that calls what is good bad and what is bad good. With 16 trillion in debt they will continue to spend this country into an economic collapse, and when the United States sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold, so this will be a worldwide collapse.  They will continue to print money to try to pay for their spending which will continue to devalue the dollar and create massive inflation.  Expect to see higher and higher taxes as the price of everything you buy continues to rise.  You will continue to see massive regulation from the EPA on greenhouse gas emissions that will cause utilities bills and gas to skyrocket.  They will continue to defund and weaken the military until we will no longer be able to defend ourselves.   

The Bible talks about the nation of Israel.  All nations are judged on how they treat the country that God has placed his name on.  Those that bless Israel will be blessed those that curse Israel will be cursed.  The United States has been a friend and ally of the nation of Israel since it was re-founded in 1948, but now we have a government in direct opposition to Israel. With Israel feeling more and more isolated and knowing they can no longer rely on the United States, I would expect them to launch an attack on the Iranian nuclear facility in the near future that could very well escalate into WWIII and draw us into it. This will usher in a world government system and a one world religion that will be forced upon us.  All of this will lead to a final battle that will culminate in our Lord setting up his kingdom on earth that will not perish.  You should not be surprised about what I am writing about because it has already been written in the bible. 

This is not the time for you to despair and to become fearful, this is the time for you to gird up your loin belt, dust off your bibles and get into the word. Put on the whole armor of God because we do not fight against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against the rules of the darkness of this world and, against spiritual wickedness in high places.  In their arrogance the enemy thinks it is winning, they think they have defeated and demoralized us, but I see the Lords hand in all this, he is moving the nations to his place of choosing and for his judgment for our God is also the God of the deceived and the deceiver.  He increases nations and destroys them. He enlarges them and straightens them again. He gives and he takes away. At the same time he is gathering his people to him.  We have become too complacent and have trusted the government to always do the right thing. Now he is taking away everything that we trusted and relied on so that only he is left, so put your trust in him.  Soon the Lord will pour out his spirit on the earth and you should expect to see miracles and all manner of great wonders, be ready to receive it.  

We still have a lot of brothers and sisters still living in darkness, once they stop believing and relying on the government they will flood back to the Lord, we should welcome them with open arms. We have been put on this earth for a purpose and at this time and this place. You will become the kings and priest of the kingdom set up by our Lord and we will reign with Jesus forever. It is time for you to prepare yourself, put away the things of the flesh and focus on the Lord, because our time is drawing short and the victory is ours.  

              

Album Party Faith Has A Voice

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FAITH HAS A VOICE