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  • “God Has Designed a Program Just For You”

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    Praise the Lord Beloved!!! Welcome to Wednesday’s CHOF Bible Fellowship (On Thursday). I hope everyone had a blessed 4th of July.

    Our focal CHOF Bible Fellowship verse this morning comes from Matthew 25:21 (AMP) and it reads:
    (21) His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little, I will put you in charge of many things; share in the joy of your master.’
    Beloved, allow me to ask you a few questions:
    *Are you using all the gifts or talents the Lord has given you?
    *Do you feel like your talents aren’t enough?
    Beloved, others may have more than you when it comes to physical resources, but we’re still obligated to be faithful over the gifts God has given us, no matter how small we feel they are. In the parable of the talents, a master gave three servants a portion of talents. Two of the servants took what they had and produced an increase. The third servant concealed his one talent and returned the same talent to the master. (In other words, he didn’t do anything with it). As a result, his talent was taken, and he was cast away.
    Beloved, “ALL” the servants were expected to produce a profit, no matter how much they were given. The same thing is true for our gifts and talents. Beloved, God wants us to use the portion He’s blessed us with to increase His kingdom regardless of what anyone says or think!!! God blessed you with certain gifts or talents. What God blesses you with is only for you!!!
    Today I encourage you to be faithful over the few things the Lord has given you and trust that God will bring the increase.
    He has a program that’s fit just for you. Believe me, God doesn’t want more than you can give. He simply wants you to be faithful with what you have.
    Come let’s pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for the talents and gifts You have given me. I’ll no longer hide my gifts, but I will use them to give You glory and increase your Kingdom.
    In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen and Amen.
    Have a blessed Thursday Everyone.

  • “CHOF Ministry Sunday Morning Devotion”

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    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.

  • “Do Your Homework!!!”

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    Praise the Lord Beloved!!! 😀
    We have reached another weekend. Let us all say Thank you Jesus!!! 😀

    This weekend, I’m giving you a certain word to think about. And that word is “HOMEWORK”.

    Beloved, when it comes to aggressive spiritual encounters, that’s a word you’d do well to remember. Most believers don’t pay much attention to it. They don’t prepare themselves in advance. They mess around until the devil makes his move, then they jump up and try to fight him with the Word!!! And they usually lose. 😀

    I was in that number myself. I used to do the same thing until the Lord educated me differently. I used to wait until I would get ready to speak at a conference, bring the word to an assembly or lecture at a seminar to pray for a successful outcome. Satan would engage his battle against them from one direction, I’d fight him there. Then he’d move around and attack them in another area, and I’d fight him there.

    So, one day the Lord showed me that by waiting until the last minute to take my stand, I was giving Satan to much time to build up his forces against me. And consequently, I was losing many of my battles. Then the Lord said something to me I’ll never forget. He said, if they had stopped Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Pablo Escobar and Al Capone when they were just small-time operators, they wouldn’t have been so hard to handle. But, they waited until they became first-class criminals with their forces built up around them. Then it took an army to bring him down.

     

    Let me tell you Beloved, when I processed what the spirit of the Lord was saying to me, I made up my mind never to be caught unprepared or make spontaneous decisions again. I started praying about my Special events and meetings weeks in advance, getting the stage set spiritually before they ever began. Instead of letting Satan get his forces deep-seated, I started throwing him out before he had a chance to set up and embed his opposing position. When I did that, I saw more victories than I ever had before.

    Beloved, this weekend, don’t allow the devil to capture you off guard or with a sneak attack. DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!! Start praying and speaking the Word of faith now over your family, your business, your church/ministry. Get your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Then if Satan causes trouble, you’ll be well-equipped to run him out of your municipality.

    Have a Blessed Weekend Everyone!!! 😀

  • “HE”

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    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.

  • “Tearing Down Sophisticated Barriers”

    Tearing Down Sophisticated Barriers

    2 Corinthians 10:5 (AMP)
    We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ,

  • “Walking Over The Belief Stripe”

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    Praise the Lord Beloved!! 😀
    Happy Friday to you all.
     
    You know, in the years since I’ve given my life over to God, there’s something I’ve learned to do that helps me accept the things of God from God when I’m going through some tough circumstances. It’s something I’ve implemented several years ago I call, walking over the belief stripe.
     
    A “belief stripe” is what you need when you want God to do the “incredible” in your life. It’s what you need when you want to be strong in your faith especially when you’re indecisive about something-you know, go back and forth between your circumstances and God’s promises, believe one thing one moment, then believe something else.
     
    Walking over the belief stripe helps you have the same faith as Abraham. You see, Abraham had natural facts to deal with just like we do. He knew there was no natural way for God’s promise to him to become true. Yet the Word says Abraham considered not his own body.
     
    In other words, Beloved, Abraham ignored the natural evidence around him and believed only God’s promise.
    Somewhere he walked over the “belief stripe”.
    He made a permanent decision to go with the Word of God. He made a final commitment. He chose to walk past the point of no return. If you and I are ever going to see God do the impossible in our lives, we’re going to have to do the same thing!!! 😀
     
    Beloved, this weekend why don’t you walk over the belief stripe?
     
    Now, there may be someone out the asking: “Bishop Houston how do I walk over the belief stripe?
    “Well I’m Glad You Asked.” 😀
     
    It starts with the Word. Search the promises of God and purposely believe what He said, and is saying, about your need. Meditate on those promises until your trust, confidence and belief intensifies in your heart.
     
    Then boldly walk over the belief stripe. Walk over it in your mind. You must become expressive with it!!! Walk over it as you walk the floor in your prayer room. Say: “I believe God exist, I believe angels exist in this room as I pray, and I believe that the devil exists and is watching is watching me as I walk over my belief stripe. From this moment on, I consider this matter done!!! From this day forward, I give God my admiration because I believe in His splendor in the Name of Jesus!!!”
     
    And from that moment on, only say things as if your miracle has already happened.
     
    Believe me Beloved, when you walk over that belief stripe, the Word of God greets you and then walks every step of the way with you. As you gain strength in your belief in God, turning your back on your complications-issues, and on the doubts become less complicated and easier to face.
    Beloved, God “will” do the impossible in your life. But you must walk over the belief stripe. 😀
     
    Have a blessed weekend Everyone!!! 😀

  • “Spread The Word!!!”

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    Beloved, we must develop spiritual eyes and ears in order to extend the knowledge of the Word of God with persistence.

  • “The Lord Will Bring You Joy”

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    Beloved, when you’re in destress, depressed or oppressed it’s time to call on the Lord to cleanse, mend, and apprehend the negative installments in your life.

  • “Keep Your Head UP”

    Bishop, Dr. W. F. Houston, Jr.
     
    You know Beloved, every now and then we can focus too much on our sinfulness and immorality.
     
    Every now and then we get trapped in a state of remorse, and we go into a state of hopelessness over our past sins.
     
    Or, every now and then we start worrying about our current weakness, and we beat ourselves up over it.
     
    Beloved, if you’re there, “it’s ok”, acknowledge it, confess it and repent of those things!!! Beloved, don’t stay there, don’t live in the past, and don’t dwell on them. No matter what you’ve done, no matter what labels you have, stop staring at those things, they no longer define you if you believe!!!
     
    Beloved, Jesus defines you now, so focus on Him. Not yourself, not your sins, not the past. And those present weaknesses you face? He’s making you more like Himself daily, by the power of His Spirit. So, look to His strength, not your weakness.
     
    It’s ok to focus on the good things in life, and there’s none better to focus on than the Lord.
     
    “So Keep Your Head UP”.

  • “Walk in The Spirit”

    “Walk in The Spirit”

    Galatians 5:16
    This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.

    Praise the Lord Beloved!!!
    Happy Friday… and another weekend is upon us.

    Beloved, this weekend be sure to walk in the spirit. That will be the key to overcoming the flesh.
    If you follow the reassurance the Spirit of God provides you, you won’t be dominated by the pressure your flesh tries to put on you.

    As you listen to the written Word and the Holy Spirit telling you what to do, you’ll constantly be making little adjustments in your life according to what He says. And those little adjustments will keep the darkness from overtaking you.

    You see Beloved, God knows just what you need. He can look ahead in your life and see the traps and pressures the devil is laying for you. So this weekend follow the Holy Spirit’s leading and He will maneuver you safely around them to victory.

    May your weekend be blessed in the Lord.

    Its Friday