C H O F Ministry

Tag: Ezra

  • “Exalting Is Better than Contrition”

    1 10 2020 Bishop Houston's Weekend Words Ezra 10 10
    You know, when we’ve failed to achieve our goal or do something that causes a negative consequence feeling guilty is our primary characteristic. We have a tendency to feel terrible about the choice because of the adverse conclusion, which eventually precedes to self-criticism.

    Allow me to bless you with a tip from the word this morning. 😊
    After you’ve failed to achieve your goal or do something that causes a negative consequence, start praising and thanking the Lord. Thank the Lord for His unending love, His endless compassion and understanding we have through His Son Jesus. Thank God for His grace and mercy. Thank God that you’re not destroyed or rebuked when you come up short of your desired goal.
    Beloved, everything in us direct toward thinking embarrassing thoughts, make us feel uncomfortable, and very remorseful about what we’ve done. Others will even get on the bashing, negative branding, and banishing bandwagon to make us feel even worse about our choices. Beloved, GIVING INTO GUILT DOESN’T GIVE GOD GLORY!!! What glorifies God is recognizing, and accepting, all the things (love, grace, mercy, forgiveness, Jesus) He’s made free access to us that will eliminate the guilt of sin.
    So, as you end this week and head into the weekend and you do something that causes a negative consequence, give God the praise and glory. Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊
     
    Let’s Pray Out:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for Your compassionate love, grace, and mercy, and for allowing Your Son Jesus to come into the world and bless us with the knowledge of how we should react when we make decisions that aren’t good quality choices and allowing us to know that beating ourselves up or letting others script their smear tactics is not the proper response or reaction You desire. In Jesus’ Mighty Name, I pray, Amen and Amen.
     
    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have an enjoyable Friday and a fabulous weekend everyone. ✝️❤️😊

  • “We Are Responsible”

    8 27 2019 Ezra 10 10 12
    Praise the Lord Believers in the Christian faith.

    When the priest Ezra heard how the rest of God’s people had broken God’s law by marrying the women of the land, he tore his robes and cried like a newborn baby and fasted. The people followed his lead and felt guilty about their sin. It was the people who encouraged him to tell them what to do to set things right with God. Ezra replied with the verses on this morning’s picture marquee – “…make confession to the Lord God of your fathers and do His will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from [your] foreign wives.”

    Beloved, there are many of us who don’t live in Israel and never prohibited to marry a certain group of people, but the principle remains the same. That’s why the Apostle Paul told us not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers. That could apply to marriage or business. You see, when we recognize we’re with people of evil practices, we shouldn’t commit ourselves to any type of cohesive endeavor with them. How Can Two Walk Together Except They Be Agreed?

     
    Now there’s also a deeper principle. WHAT FELLOWSHIP DOES LIGHT HAVE WITH DARKNESS? If we’re walking in the light, we’ll be disgusted (nauseated) by the sin and have a desire to show them the way to be freed from its bondage. There are some Christians that will play on the edge of the cliff of sin because the allurement is attractive to them. In other words, THEY THINK IT’S A GAME!!! They’ll create a line where there’s a danger of being caught by sin then try to stay far enough behind the line without being caught.” Beloved, let me ask you this question: Would you walk along the very edge of a cliff? It’s that simple.
     
    In this final chapter of Ezra, the men sent their foreign wives and children away. Now, that seems very harsh of God, but the situation existed because of disobedience to God. It was the only thing to do. Not dealing with the issue had caused the downfall of Israel in the past. Beloved, it’s imperative that we cut off from our lives the thing that’s enticing us to sin and send it away from our lives if we’re going to go on with God.
     
    CHOF Ministry’s Mid-Week Prayer:
    Dear Heavenly Father, this morning I confess my sins to You, the ones I am aware of, the ones that I’ve not asked you for forgiveness, and the ones of my past. As I continue to do what you ask and instruct me to do, I will continue to strive all day every day to separate myself from the sins that attempt to separate me from Your blessings. In Jesus’ Name, I Pray Amen Aaamen.
     
    Beloved, life is very short. It comes and goes like an unannounced gust of wind. None of us know the hour or day when that gust of wind will be permitted to enter our room and blow out our earthly light. So today, reach out and touch someone and tell them you love them, BECAUSE TELLING THEM LATER JUST MIGHT BE TOO LATE. I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a Pleasant Wednesday.
     
    Please visit Christian House of Faith, CHOF – CHOF Ministry on Facebook
     
    and Bishop W. F. Houston Jr. Ministry
    bishopdrwfhoustonjr.wordpress.com
     
    “An Online Ministry Teaching and Inspiring People All Over the World with Informative Biblical Principles.”