Tuesday, August 18, 2009
God Is
But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrews 11:6
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Monday, August 17, 2009
Overcoming Emotions
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Sunday, August 16, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
What are you afraid of?
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Friday, August 14, 2009
An appeal for Mike Vick
My heart is saddened by the state of our world. We praise men for their great talents but when they made a mistake it is unforgiveable. We want them to pay for their mistakes for the rest of their life. Everytime we see them we see the stain of their mistake on them. Are we without sin? Are we any better than Mike Vick? Have we paid our debt for our sins and mistakes? We are so willing to cast stones at a man but unwilling to look at our wicked hearts. We don't want to look at the habits that we can't break. We ignore our issues and magnify the sins of others. Does that make us any better? No it makes us worse. We are judging and condemning instead of forgiving and loving. We are not the judge God is. We must stop judging others. We don't even know the man but poison and bitterness flows from our lips because someone(Eagles) was willing to look past his mistakes and give him a second chance.
I thank God that He does not treat me like man/this world does. No one in this world deserves a second chance for the sins and mistakes that we have made in life but God sent His Son in spite of our mistakes to redeem us and give us a second chance. We are saved by grace. We are redeemed because God looked past our sins. Never forget that you are not perfect and no matter how little you think your sins are they are worthy of death. Stop looking for people to be perfect if you are not perfect. Let us love one another and stop spreading hate. Remember that our saints in the bible Paul our apostle in his former life was a murderer so was Moses. Only Jesus Christ was without sin no one else. It is not about Mike Vick getting a second chance it is about our hearts. Let our hearts be aligned with the love of God.
We are the role models for our children they must see Christ in us. Stop looking for some athlete to babysit your children and become the one that God uses to show His character to a world lost and desperate for a savior. If we judge our children will judge. If we love our children will love. Let our lives speak life to our children that they might not act like this world but like our Father God Jesus Christ. God bless you and I pray that Mike Vick prospers in his second chance.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
How is it working for you?
7Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. 10Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I
11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. Isaiah 43:7, 10-11
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
HSTC Book Excerpt - Our Walls fall flat
God is gracious and merciful, but we must take the first step for us to receive His grace and mercy in our lives. This process is truly difficult because our hearts are fortified like Jericho.
“Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.” (Joshua 6:1)
Our walls are guarded and protected as we hide from our vulnerability inside. Our hearts are inhabited by fear and selfishness, and are protected by our pride. We refuse to let down our guard without a fight. God is on the outside, desiring to conquer our hearts and destroy every evil agent that festers inside our walls. Jesus has gathered His host, as the Ark of the Covenant (His presence), is carried around our walls. We believe, however, that there is no way Jesus and His army is going to conquer our hearts for we are well equipped for battle.
We boast, in pride, that our walls have never been breached and we are confident that our secrets and our sins will never be discovered. As Jesus and His host march around our walls, we don’t understand their tactics, but they continue to march around us silently. “And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.” (Joshua 6:10) The silence summons the presence of God and empowers their cry. Has Jesus ever cried out to you? When He has completely surrounded us, He cries out for us and our walls fall down flat.
“So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.” (Joshua 6:20)
Our hearts are purged from evil and only His love remains. (Joshua 6:21) God is crying out for our hearts; He is calling out to His sheep to be reconciled with Him, their shepherd.
Our love must be rooted in who He is, not in what He does. Our love for Him is based on the belief of who He is. “And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.” (I John 4:16) Pure love is shown not through the abundance of tangible blessings we receive, but rather, through the overwhelming knowledge of who God reveals Himself to be.
God’s love is unchanged by our circumstances; it is more than an observable blessing, His love is the blessing. No matter how we perceive Him, He is unquestionably who He reveals Himself to be. Unfortunately, our love is fickle towards God. “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” (Matthew 24:12) We love God as long as He blesses us with health, provisions and even salvation, but when things are taken away, we turn our hearts from God and look for the comfort of someone or something else.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Humbly Submitting to Change release 08/11 read an excerpt "open to divine appointments"
Excerpt from God's Heart Chapter:
OPEN TO DIVINE APPOINTMENTS
Some of the most amazing moves of God that I have experienced were not in a church, but in divine appointments that God had placed in my life. We work so hard to garner the presence of God to fall at our church services, but it is when we are not even looking for God, that He shows up in a mighty way. I have realized that it is not enough just to praise God to reach the depths of His heart, but to seek Him in everything because He reveals Himself through the most unattractive situations.
I can remember one time when I was dropping off the students in our church's tutoring program. I had to rush back to church to attend an important meeting. Anyone that really knows me knows that I hate to be late more than anything. I am very controlled in trying to make sure that I am on time for my responsibilities.
As I was exiting the freeway, I noticed that the exit ramp was backed up because someone's car had stalled. When the traffic light turned green, cars just went around the stalled car. When I approached the car I had an attitude because I knew I was going to be late for church. As I began to go around the stalled car and saw that the owner was desperately trying to push his car out of the way, God spoke to my heart and instructed me to help him. Has God ever spoken to your heart in the midst of your busyness?
When I pulled over, I helped the gentleman who was still trying to move his car but he could not do it with his own strength. We ended up pushing the car into an empty parking lot. He was thankful for the help and as I was about to leave him with his car, (so that I could hurry to the church meeting), God spoke to my heart again and told me, "Ask him if he needs a ride somewhere." Of course I asked, but I questioned God saying within myself: "What about church?"
As I drove the man to his destination, he began to tell me about his struggle with his relationship with God and how he was at a crossroads in his faith in God. He began to ask me questions, and the spirit of God began to speak into both of our lives. God began to use me and share things about the man through me that only He would have known. As the presence of God filled the car, strongholds in both of our lives began to come down. In that car ride, I saw Jesus like I never saw Him before.
Before his car stalled, the young man was on his way to a church bible study that a friend urged him to come to. He told me that when the car stopped on him, he was scared because he was in an area across town from where he lived. He had no means to contact his friend at the church and he felt that his situation was hopeless. Then, at his lowest point, he prayed and God told him not be afraid because help was on the way. So, he waited and then I showed up. As he got out of the car to enter into the church, I was awestruck at the power of God, to be able to use me even when I was not looking to be used. We were both headed to church and we were both detoured, so that we could meet Jesus, and forever have our lives impacted by His visitation. "Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit." (Job 10:12)
Through divine appointments we find the heart of God and are forever changed by His presence. We do not have to find people to minister to; our lives just have to be open to the spirit of God so that He can place us in our rightful position, allowing His grace to touch His sheep. Our divine appointments are never convenient to our daily routine; they completely mess up our agenda and schedule. God wants to use us, but we have to be willing to disregard our agenda for His agenda when He calls on us.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Right Focus
Friday, August 7, 2009
Asleep in His Arms
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Thursday, August 6, 2009
God is real - A simple truth
Read this story about two blind men that met Jesus. 30And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
31And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
32And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?
33They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. Matthew 20:30-34 God bless you.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
No one else
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Unexpected Hope
"For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we seen not, then do we with patience wait for it." Romans 8:24-25
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Monday, August 3, 2009
Enjoy the moment
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Sunday, August 2, 2009
Obeying the uncommon Voice
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