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“DO YOUR PART”

Praise the Lord Beloved!!! 😀 It is Friday, and I’m happy that we are counted in today’s number to continue to be obedient to God and spread the Words of Jesus Christ. If you are feeling blessed right now shout out if you can or say quietly if you’re in a place you can’t shout out HALLELUJAH!!! THANK YOU, SAVIOR, FOR THIS DAY!!!
You know Beloved, I’ve met people who know that the Lord has called them to do something, but they are so focused on their perceived lack of ability that they keep telling Him, “I’m not at that point, or I can’t.” Beloved, I’m not sure if you realize it, but that is a form of rebellion. It’s almost like telling God that He isn’t powerful enough to equip you, and that His will being done on this earth depends upon your natural skills. Beloved, the Lord is the one who gives us the ability to live within His will. IT’S A DIVINE POWER!!! You see, if we believe Him and move forward “in obedience,” He’ll show us what we’re to do and energize us to get it done. Philippians 2:13 says that God Himself “is a work in you both to will and work for His good pleasure.” So Beloved, there is nothing to fear!!! 😀 You never have to take on His work in your own strength ‘AND” He won’t ask you to do anything that He will not enable you to carry out.

So this weekend Beloved, as a follower of Christ remember, you have a personal responsibility, first, to say yes when God calls and second, to allow Him to achieve His purposes through your life. He won’t let you down, so do your part and don’t let Him down.

Have Blessed Weekend Everyone. 😀

June 22, 2018
“You Too Are Royal Heirs”

Praise the Lord, Beloved, and a Very happy Sunday to you all!!!

Our morning passage comes from
Romans 8:12-18 (NLT)
and it reads this way:
(12) Therefore, dear brothers and sisters, you have no obligation to do what your sinful nature urges you to do. (13) For if you live by its dictates, you will die. But if through the power of the Spirit you put to death the deeds of your sinful nature, you will live. (14) For all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

(15) So, you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” (16) For his Spirit joins with our spirit to affirm that we are God’s children. (17) And since we are his children, we are his heirs. In fact, together with Christ we are heirs of God’s glory. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering.

(18) Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

On Saturday, there was a beautiful royal wedding. A young beautiful black woman became heir to a great royal family. No one saw this coming but God and the two people He joined together in Holy Matrimony.

As a believer you too are an heir to royalty, and for many, they never saw it coming.

Beloved, do you think of yourself as an heir? If not, you’re not alone. Many don’t give it a second thought when it come to considering the blessings that are ours when we accept Jesus Christ as Savior.

And this may be because we don’t actually know what it means to be God’s heir. And it’s very difficult for us to begin to grasp the concept of what awaits us when we leave this earth or when that’ll be.

Beloved, being an heir is generally connected with family ties, and the same is true of our connection to God. When we were born again, by His Spirit, we were approved to be His children and so now, we’re as heirs along with Christ.

In Colossians 1:15, Jesus is called “the firstborn of all creation.” In the ancient world, the firstborn son had a place of importance in the family and was the primary heir of anything his father owned. In the same way, Jesus Christ holds the place of firstborn and is the heir of all creation.

Now, what’s truly amazing is that He has sworn to share His inheritance with us. According to Revelations 2:26-27 it tells us when He returns in glory to take up His rightful place as King of Kings on earth, we’ll rule with Him, under His authority. Beloved, the Christian is filled with unjustifiable kindness from God. What we’re experiencing now of God’s grace is only a mustard seed.

Comprehending all that Christ has done and will do for His followers should quickly encourage us to live for Him now. The Holy Spirit lives within us, permitting us to terminate our fleshly desires and become compliant with God even when it’s risky.

Beloved, anytime we suffer here on earth for Christ’s sake, is trivial when we equate it to the glory that’s waiting for us.

Have a blessed Sunday Everyone.

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May 20, 2018
“HE”

Praise the Lord Everyone. Happy Sunday Morning to you all. 😀

This morning Beloved, I want us to look at a Paul’s letter to the believers at Ephesus.

Ephesians 4:10-11 (NLT) reads: 10 And the same one who descended is the one who ascended higher than all the heavens, so that he might fill the entire universe with himself. 11 Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: ….and the pastors and teachers.

Now I want you to focus on the word “HE”. The “He” here is of course Jesus. This portion of Scripture tells us that “HE” has “descended” and that “HE” has “ascended.”

Now, without getting into the specifics of the words “descended” and “ascended,” let me just say right here, that this is speaking about Jesus’ coming and His going.

“HE” came to carry out the work that was necessary to pay the price for the penalty that was due (because of our sin), to die and give His life a ransom for the lost. He also came to reveal the Father (God) to us. And then, with His work being completed, He rose up from the grave, and all that “HE” had taught and all that “He” had done was confirmed, the stamp of approval placed upon who “HE” is and what “HE” had done.

“He” told us in John chapters 14-16 that it was essential for Him to go, then “He” would send the Holy Spirit, which is the Spirit of truth,” and the Spirit would dwell in the mind and emotions in those who believed on Him. And once the Holy Spirit becomes comfortable enough to make His home in the mind and the emotions of the believers., He authorize the believers to be eyewitnesses for Him.

Now, that the Holy Spirit is residing in the minds and emotions of the believers, they are sanctioned to serve Him according to their authorized position. Some of those who were saved by the Lord, “HE” authorized them to be Lord “pastors and teachers.”

Now, the problem that many believers have is, once they’re given a position by the Lord, all too often they think or make it to be something it really isn’t. Believers must guard against becoming arrogant and conceited. The “pastor” and “teacher” must stay in line with God’s assignment and produce what he or she is supposed to do and do it as the Master has designed.

Now, hears a little word association here: coming from the Strong’s Concordance the word “pastor” is a “shepherd” and the word “teacher” is an “instructor”. This man or woman of God is to be “a shepherd” or an “instructor” to the flock of Christ, the body of Christ, the church. The Holy Spirit filled believer is given this position by Christ “for the equipping of the saints and for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ” (Ephesians 4:12).

This is what the “pastors and teachers” are to be about. It’s a very responsible position and one that, in this day of display, ceremony and the great desire to be entertained, must be kept within a proper biblical perspective.

Have a Blessed Sunday Everyone.

May 6, 2018
“The Best Is Yet To Come”

Sunday Morning!!!

Praise the Lord Beloved.
This is another day that the Lord has made;
let us all rejoice and be glad in it.

2 Timothy 1:10 (NCV)

10 but it is now shown to us by the coming of our Savior Christ Jesus. He destroyed death, and through the Good News he showed us the way to have life that cannot be destroyed.

Praise the Lord Beloved Happy Sunday to you. 😃

Beloved, have you ever pondered what it will be like when your body dies and you go on to heaven? Well, according to the Word, when that time comes, this flesh and blood tent you live in will die, but you won’t feel a thing. You’ll just take off the cloak of your flesh, lay it down and go to a far better place.
Believers who have died and come back say that they have no consciousness of loss in other words “no pain or knowledge gaps. Their minds stay undamaged, and they even have arms and legs, but they are spirit and not flesh. One lady said she couldn’t even tell she wasn’t in her body until she tried to grip something. Her hand would just go right through the material object. She was spirit and not flesh.

According to the Apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:1 he says, “to be absent from the body is to be present with God.”

So, when God calls you home, you’ll just abandon your fleshly body and go to be with Him forever.
And you know what’s more fascinating is? God doesn’t even refer to our old, abandoned bodies as being dead. He says they’re just asleep. Why? Because He knows that just as sleep is temporary, so is the death of the body. He’s planned a day when our sleeping bodies will be awakened and raised up in glory just like Jesus’ was.

Beloved, there’s coming a day when not only our spirits have victory over death, our physical bodies do too!!!

Hallelujah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a Blessed Sunday Everyone!!! 😀

June 11, 2017