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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
*4. 2 Pet. 3:18

February 23, 2020
“Mature, Develop and Produce”

Praise the Lord Beloved, Happy Tuesday.

Beloved, have you ever been in a traffic jam when you’re hungry, tired and excited about getting home? Or have you ever experienced standing in line for hours and it never seems to be moving toward the counter? Almost in every moment of our life, it seems we’re somehow waiting for something. Waiting is one of the toughest things to do. In today’s culture, people want instantaneous results and swift replies to requests. While waiting for God’s answer, we can either be an inpatient or we can have confidence in His timing. God knows when the time is right and when we’re ready to receive. While waiting, He’s preparing us, testing our faith, and evolving our perseverance. It makes us dependent on Him and Him only. It can be difficult at times but it’s important that while waiting we learn to mature, develop and produce. 😀

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 blessed Tuesday. 😀

September 3, 2019
“Don’t Be Hurried into Anger”

James 1:19-20 “Let everyone be . . . slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God”. These are awesome Bible verses that help me stay saved. 😀

Beloved, have you ever began reading your Bible, perceiving all is well between you and the Lord, only to have the Word unexpectedly cut deep into your soul to expose, describe, characterize and categorized a sin you’ve ignored or tried to hide? That usually happens because God wants to eliminate immorality in His children. The Holy Spirit uses the Word to infiltrate the concealed pauses “interruptions” in our heart (mind and emotions) to do His convicting and cleansing work. Now, it’s how you respond to that procedure that will be the indicator of the authenticity of your faith.

The “anger” referred to in our morning scripture refers to an adverse response to that procedure. It’s a deep inside “down to the core” antipathy escorted by an intrepid refusal. Sometimes that antipathy can be indirect. Paul described those who “will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires” – (*1).

These are the people who tensely go from church to church, ministry to ministry in search of someone who’ll tell them what they want to hear—or a congregation that wants a pastor who’ll make them feel good about themselves (an altered message) instead of preaching the Word (an unaltered – immature word) and setting a high standard of holiness.

You know, every now and then antipathy toward the Word stops being indirect and turns to downright up in your face hostility. That’s what happened to Stephen when the crowd he confronted covered their ears, drove him out of the city, and stoned him to death. – (*2). Throughout history there have been many others that have felt the lethal misfortunes of those whose antipathy of God’s truth turned to detestation for His people.

You see, to be a recipient of the Word consist of being swift to perceive what it says and unhurried to anger when it disagrees with your personal opinions or confronts your immorality. Beloved, today is your boldness covering an immoral principle? Are you defiant to what God is saying to you through the Word? Do you welcome its criticism and aware of its warnings, or do you secretly feel hostile about it? When a Christian brother or sister challenges an immoral principle in your life, do you accept or reject their advice? 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.

Beloved, I thank for your unconditional love. 😀

I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a “Tremendous” Wednesday.

CHOF Ministry’s Cross Reference Scriptures

*1. 2 Timothy 4:3

*2. Acts 7:57

July 10, 2019
“It’s Time to Mature!!!”

1 Peter 2:2 (AMP)
Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation.

This morning I visited a daycare, and let me tell you, it takes a special person for that job. 😀

The room was filled with babies. Infants crying. Baby’s crawling and screaming for certain toys. Toddlers pushing and whining to get their way. Lord, let me tell you, my nerves was shot when I left there.

But after I left there the spirit of the Lord showed me something. Spiritual Babies. For the past several months once a week I’ve been meeting with 15 young men and women that attend Cleveland State University for lunch. All pretty much are spiritual babies. When we get together it’s just about the same way it was at that daycare. Everyone has a question, or wants attention, or want to share their experiences. Now, let me say right here, there’s nothing wrong with being a spiritual baby. All of us start out that way. When we’re first born into the kingdom of God, we’re much like physical newborns. We’re not very strong or well developed. We have slip ups while trying to learn how to operate in our new environment. That’s how we all have to begin. But God never meant for us to stay that way.

That’s why in 1 Peter 2:2 He says we should ” crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow….”

Beloved, God intends for us to be complete so we can become productive!!! He intends for us to feed on His Word, moving from the milk of the Word to the meat of the Word until we have totally matured into developed and established sons and daughters.

Beloved, it’s time to change your diet, it’s time to find your nourishment in His Word and enjoy the reward of completely maturing in Him!!!

Have a blessed Tuesday Everyone. 😀

February 12, 2019