Good Morning Beloved, Happy Friday to you all.
In this morning’s Bible Verse, we find a little boy with a sack lunch, and in his bag, he had five loaves of bread and two fish. Nothing to get excited about. Not until Jesus took his lunch multiplied it and fed a hungry crowd of over a thousand people. Imagine this child’s mother who made his lunch. She was a stay at home mom raising a child without a big-name title or acclamation. But titles don’t bring satisfaction. Keeping up with the Joneses (your neighbors) doesn’t bring joy. Trying to impress your friends, family, co-workers, the church family will make your life depressing. You must understand your position and your assignment and be comfortable with who God created you to be. You will find out that not trying to be like the Joneses will bring real pleasure.
Beloved as we bring to an end another week and organize ourselves for the weekend, I encourage you not to diminish the gift God has given you. Be reliable and protect the role that God has given you. Be happy not to have to be number one, or have all eyes on you, to have a big-name title, keep up with The Joneses or others.
Beloved, the splendor of our God is that He has given every one of us a special gift and purpose. Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️
Let Us Pray
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the custom-made gifts You’ve distributed to me. Thank You for matching me with what You want me to do, and I have the proper tools and resources that I need to accomplish Your plan for my life. I declare that I am very content with my position and assignment. In Jesus’ Name, I pray,
Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️
Have a Satisfying Friday and a Fantastic Weekend, Everyone. ✝️❤️😊
Tag: Child
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“Extremely Satisfied”
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“Craving for Spiritual Nourishment”
Praise The Lord Everyone!!! Happy Sunday to you!!! ✝️❤️😊
Back in July 2019, a newborn was found wrapped in a T-shirt on the stoop of an apartment. The mother had left it there. The baby was close to death when someone heard its muffled cry and called medical help. The child lived, but not until it had received the care and nutrition it needed.
Beloved, that situation has a spiritual similarity, which Peter used to demonstrate the believer’s reliance on God’s Word. When a baby’s sustenance isn’t properly provided, it’ll quickly die. Comparably, if a Christian doesn’t consume the Word, he or she will deteriorate spiritually and become unproductive for the Lord. On the optimistic side, a believer should crave God’s Word as attentively as a newborn baby longs for its mother’s milk.You’ll find Scriptures that parallel the parent/child allegory in other ways, referring to Christians as being born again (*1), children of God (*2), and adopted sons (*3). Just as it’s instinctive for biological children to grow and mature, Christians also have the capability for spiritual growth. In actuality, we’re instructed to “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (*4).
Beloved the Word of God is the lifeblood of your spiritual diet. It’s your most important supplier of nourishment. Paul said, “As you . . . have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed” (*5). “YOUR FAITH” in that perspective describes the content of Christianity—the dogmas of Scripture. As your understanding and usage of biblical principles improve, you’ll become more and more prepared in truth and persistent in Christ. ✝️❤️😊
Let Us Pray:
Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for supplying Your spiritual nutrients to me. I need it daily to survive. In Jesus’ Name, I pray Amen.To God Be The Glory. Have a Blessed Sunday Everyone. ✝️❤️😊
Bishop Houston’s Sunday Morning Word Bible References:
*1. John 3:7; 1 Pet. 1:3
*2. Rom. 8:16; 1 John 3:1
*3. Rom. 8:14; Eph. 1:5
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“Rebirth – Spiritual Rejuvenation!!!”
Praise the Lord Beloved!!! 😀 Happy Monday to you all. I hope everyone had an awesome weekend.
As we all know we’re in a special time of year. According to history, a special child would be born, I’m speaking of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So, I want to speak to you briefly about rebirth.Beloved, do you know what Jesus had in mind when He said “Born Again” to Nicodemus? He was talking covenant talk. He was telling Nicodemus what it meant to have an agreement with God.
Allow me to paint you a virtual mental picture I believe that was in Jesus’ mind. Imagine a baby, a little baby born of an unwed mother. No one knows who its daddy is, and no one wants to know. He’s a child no one wants. He doesn’t belong to anyone.
Now, I want you to picture the best kind of family you can think of. I’m speaking of a family that loves God. The man has a good career. They’re blessed monetarily. They’re contributors, supporters and lovers of people, and they fall in love with this baby. Before long, they adopt it.
Now look at what just happened!!! 😀 That baby was just rebirth. Life for the baby is now “Rejuvenated!!!” 😀 He got a new set of parents. Through adoption, he has now become an heir. Why? Not because of anything the baby has done. Those parents didn’t say, “I want you to look at that baby. I’m so overwhelmed with all that that child has done for us. He has certainly earned our love and admiration.”
NO, it’s a baby. It couldn’t have done anything to earn its new life. This man and this woman agreed together out of the love in their hearts (mind and emotion) to give grace (unmerited favor) to the child. Now he has access to everything they have. When they offer him a bottle, he doesn’t knock the bottle away and say, “I’m so humble and undeserving. Just give me water.” Of course not. That baby acts like part of the family, and not just part of the family but the best part of the family. Because in Jesus’ day a covenant or adopted child had the same birthright as the firstborn son. That’s what Jesus was talking about when He said, “You must be born again (rebirth).” He was talking about grace. He was talking about a new relationship of favor. He was talking about a spiritual rejuvenation. A new family. A new authority. A new power.
Beloved, if you feel undeserving to receive the rich blessings God has for you today, think about that. Meditate on it, so instead of worrying about and struggling with the needs in your life, you can just walk confidently into the throne room of your Father and receive help to get those needs met.
Learn what it really means to be a blood-bought child of Almighty God with a big brother like Jesus. Learn what it means to be, Rebirth and become Spiritually Rejuvenated!!!
Have a blessed Monday and a splendid week Everyone.
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“Fitting In”
Our spiritual topic this morning is entitled: “Fitting In”,and this morning’s verse is Isaiah 44:2. This morning’s verse is coming out of the New Living Translation Bible and it reads this way: The Lord who made you and helps you says: “Do not be afraid . . . my chosen one.”I’d been out late the night before, just as I was every Saturday night hanging out with my Transformer buddies. I was Just twenty something years old, and I was running from God as fast as I could. But suddenly, strangely, I felt compelled to attend the church my grandfather once pastored and the church my family has attended for many decades. I put on a pair of casual slacks, a shirt and tie, and some very worn dressed shoes and drove across town.
I don’t recall the sermon the pastor preached that day, but I can’t forget how delighted my mother was to see me. With her arm under my arm, she introduced me to everyone she saw, many of them I already knew, after all I grew up in the neighborhood. “This is my oldest son!!!” She proudly declared. Her joy became a picture of God’s love that has stuck with me all these decades.Beloved, the imagery of God as a loving Father occurs throughout the Bible. In Isaiah 44, the prophet interrupts a series of warnings to proclaim God’s message of family love. “Dear Israel, my chosen one,” he says in verses 2-3: “I will pour out my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your children,” Isaiah noted how the response of those descendants would demonstrate family pride. Verse 5 says: “Some will proudly claim, ‘I belong to the Lord,’” he wrote. “Some will write the Lord’s name on their hands.”Disobedient Israel belonged to God, just as I belonged to my mother. Nothing I could do would ever make her lose her love for me. That Sunday I was given a glimpse of our heavenly Father’s love for us.Prayer:Dear Heavenly Father, we all come from families that are broken in one way or another. Thank You for loving us in that brokenness and for showing us what real love looks like.Beloved, God’s love for us offers us the sense of fitting in and an identity we all crave.CHOF Ministry is here to help you feed your spiritual cravings.Have a Blessed Sunday Everyone. 😀 -
“CHOF Ministry Sunday Morning Devotion”
I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord.” (Psalm 122:1))Proverbs 14:26
Whoever fears the Lord has a secure fortress, and for their children it will be a refuge.You know, no one should be able to teach your child or children like you can. No babysitter, Sunday school teacher, aunt, uncle or in-law should not have the authority to instruct you child or children. This is an extraordinary privilege God has provided.
Beloved, God is everyone’s Father. Just think about all the emotions He must deal with all day every day. There isn’t an emotion on earth He hasn’t dealt with. There are many parents who are separated from their child or children. If you think it’s something new, well, think again because it’s not. God was separated from His child also. Is someone mistreating, or leading your child or children? They ridiculed and bullied God’s child. Is someone taking advantage (using) of your child? The Son of God was set up by false testimony and betrayed by a greedy follower.
I’m sure there are many of you that are forced to watch while your child suffers?
God watched His Son on the cross.Beloved, we’re God’s children, suffering in a world of immorality that inflicts destruction on our bodies, warps our minds, and severs our relationships. We have an awesome Father. He doesn’t shrug His shoulders and say, “Oh well, that’s life, nor does He say, “It sucks to be you.” He didn’t go to all the trouble of introducing Himself to the world with the title of Father for nothing.
God chose a relationship title you I can identify with. We can now understand His heart when one of us (His children) are in pain.
So, whatever emotions you feel about your child or children, God feels about your child. Maybe more!!! I know that’s hard to believe, but God has known your child or children longer than you have. He hurt for your child/children before he/she was born. You’re not alone. When you shed tears, your Father is crying right by your side.
God’s the Father of your child/children also. Just as you’ll do everything to help your child/children during his/her pain, so will God.
Have a blessed Father’s Day.
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“A Child Is Born”
Isaiah 9:6 (KJV)
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Happy Holidays Everyone!!!Beloved,
when Jesus came to earth, He brought with Him everything you need to be permitted to live a life of victory. He came as a little baby, but He exemplified all authority in heaven and earth. When you choose to serve Him, you have access to all of His resources. You have access to His peace, power, authority, provision, joy and strength. He brought all of this to us when He came to earth.
As you prepare to celebrate Christmas remember, a child has been born to us
Victory has been given to us.
Given to us is, peace. Given to us is, provision. Given to us are, hope and healing. Given to us is, eternal life!!!Beloved,
whatever you need today, remember, when Jesus came into the world, He made a way for every one of your needs to be met spiritually, emotionally and physically.Surrender your life to Him and receive all the spiritual blessings He has in store for you!!!
Remember, Jesus is the reason for the season.
May your Holidays be blessed in the Lord.