C H O F Ministry

Tag: Pandemic

  • “God Got This”

    3 23 2020 Joshua 14 12
    Praise The Lord Everyone!!! Happy Monday to you!!! ✝️❤️😊

     
    Beloved, we’re facing a huge giant called the Coronavirus or COVID-19. First Lady Donece and I hadn’t needed to grocery shop in several weeks. So, we decided up in the week we would go early Sunday morning. We were in Walmart yesterday morning and was shocked when we saw all the empty shelves (BARE!!!). We were gloved up and masked up, but I was astonished when I saw 85% of the people with masks and gloves on also. I’ve watched the pandemic news on T.V seen information and advice all over the internet, including how vulnerable the elderly population is. Being up close and personal to the activity and action was very surreal. I could see the urgency and panic in just about everyone’s face.
     
    This morning I want you to be encouraged. We serve a mighty God, and we serve a God that cannot lie. He said, “I will never leave you or forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6 (MSG) says: “Be strong. Take courage. Don’t be intimidated. Don’t give them a second thought because God, your God, is striding ahead of you. He’s right there with you. He won’t let you down; he won’t leave you.” Beloved, If you have faith, then you know, “God Got This!!!” Hebrews 13:5-6 (MSG) says: “Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help; I’m fearless no matter what. Who or what can get to me?”
     
    You know, after the inheritance was split up among different tribes and families, Caleb came to Joshua and reminded him of God’s promise He had made 40 years ago. Remember, Caleb and Joshua were two of the ten spies sent by God to Kadesh-Barnea, who gave encouraging reports. In comparison, the remaining eight spies discouraged the people from going to the promised land because they had seen the sons of Anak (giants) living there. God promised to Caleb the hill country that he asked for. Caleb was confident in fighting and driving the giants away because of his faith in God. Beloved, He was eighty-five years old!!! His strength, and above all, “HIS FAITH,” remained the same as the day God had commissioned him to spy. Caleb had an unwavering faith, which is very inspiring and encouraging. God gave him the victory to drive the giants away and possess the land.
     
    Beloved, the faith of Caleb reminds us that we can overcome anything as long as we seek, depend upon God, and claim His promises. Amen and Aaamen!!! ✝️❤️😊
     
    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, forgive me for those that are panicking, have doubts, unbelief, during the attack by this pandemic. Let my voice and writing along with other Christian believers, influence resolve and bring peace to those that are worried and in fear. Allow the words that Your Spirit speaks through us, protect them from their anxieties, and refocus their confidence that “You Got This.” Help all of us to be like Caleb, whose faith was unwavering through the years. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️
     
    I Love you all!!! Have a Happy Monday and safe and sound week Everyone. ✝️❤️😊
     
    CHOF Ministry Bible References: N/A

  • “Jehovah Jireh”

    March 22 2020 week 3 and 4 Bishop Houston's Sunday Morning Church Proverbs 6 6 through11
    Praise The Lord Everyone!!! Happy Sunday to you!!! ✝️❤️😊

    In March, we use to have an ant problem in our kitchen. They are very persistent and challenging to eradicate. And the coronavirus reminds me of those ants “hard to get rid of” once it’s engaged. But you know Beloved, to a person trying to remain on the right path, these tiny creatures and this pandemic seem determined or even motivating. If you examine the traits of ants, you’ll find they have numerous attributes people respect, including planning, teamwork, determination, attentiveness, and synchronization.

    Ants are just one illustration of how much the world can teach us about God’s creations; it encompasses abundant proof of His character and principles. Knowing this, Jesus directed His followers’ attention to the birds so that they might think about the foolishness of apprehension (*1). Birds don’t collect or harvest crumb but, instead, believe their food will be provided as it always has been. This manifestation of nature validates that the Lord, who provides for birds, can be reliable to meet His people’s requirements as well even during and after this pandemic.

    Jehovah Jireh – God Will Provide. ✝️❤️

    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, help us to stay focused on You so that we may see Your principles in the natural world and as we go through this pandemic. Help us to continue to grow and understand what’s going on not just inside our homes but outside them as well. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and Aaamen.
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    To God Be The Glory. Have a Blessed Sunday Everyone.
    ✝️❤️😊

    Bishop Houston’s Sunday Morning Word Bible References:
    *1. Matt. 6:25-26

  • “Uniting During a Disaster”

    3 20 2020 Bishop Houston's Weekend Words John 15 5
    The Coronavirus (Corvid – 19) has place panic and shock all over the world today. This type of disaster has sounded a countrywide alarm that people in the modern era are not familiar. Disasters can be daunting. In the fog of an emergency, it can be difficult to see anything, no matter the good things that God might be doing. During a disaster, job lay-offs may occur, money, investments, and other resources may start to dissolve, and relationships may dangerously threaten to collapse, or you may experience some other destructive event. It’s devastating to see your world transformed from being beneficial to pandemic status. Sooner Or Later, you start to question if God might be rebuking for something.

     
    But in reality, we need disasters to balance our spiritual ecosystem. Often many people won’t try to connect with God until there’s a crisis in their life. When an emergency occurs in their life, many people try to find all kinds of ways to connect with Him in ways that they wouldn’t ordinarily think. Let some fake news get started; During this pandemic, the rumor mill on social media has been non-stop!!! For many people, fake news has been their god. Rumors such as how to know if you’ve contracted the virus. From holding your breath to drinking water. Or the origin of the virus and how about the confounding effect of a medical test for a cure. These are just a few in many that I received, heard on T.V. and read on different social media sites. Beloved, be careful of fake news; it will alter how you few yourself and re-route your spiritual values.
     
    Beloved, life isn’t about you; it’s about God. A significant disaster induces our spiritual mentality. A crisis encourages us to go and discuss it with God. Matthew 11:28 (AMP) says: “Come to Me, all who are weary and heavily burdened [by religious rituals that provide no peace], and I will give you rest [refreshing your souls with salvation].” Beloved, we can go to God with anything that burdens us. Is that so bad?
     
    Understandably, suffering is painful. But Jesus’ point in John 15 is that the only way we can thrive in life is by being instinctively attached to Him, like branches to a vine. That means our lives will be far more affluent connected to Him in a disaster than if we’re wandering off on our own.
     
    The pandemic is massive, but we serve a Mighty God that has the answer and the remedy to every crisis.
     
    Beloved as we enter this Friday and step into the weekend, I want you to understand, the point isn’t that disasters aren’t unfortunate; it’s that staying connected to Jesus Christ is good. Sometimes God uses the blinding fog of a disaster to help us find Him. Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊
     
    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, we need You. You’re our source that has the resources to recover and move beyond this pandemic. Please connect us deeply to You. In Jesus’s name, I pray, Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️
     
    Have a Blessed Friday and a safe weekend, Everyone.
    ✝️❤️😊

  • The Fourth Seal – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

    Pandemic Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

    Beloved, many clergymen “will not” touch the Book of Revelation. That’s because the apocalyptic literature and symbolism have to be decoded, in other words, translated into a dialect for people to understand. I have no problem with teaching the book of Revelation. For example, if you read Revelation Chapter 18, you’ll find the events of 9/11. The most frightening part of the book of Revelation incorporates four dispositions riding horses. There’s a lot of interest that’s built around the four highlighted distributions in Revelation 6. Artwork, documents, and movies have profited from these four horsemen of the apocalypse. These four horsemen appear to symbolically represent four catastrophic experiences that will take place before the second coming of Jesus Christ. The 4th seal represents a time of Death in the Roman empire, not the whole earth. Where is the Roman empire located? Italy.

    We all know the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been declared a pandemic. The fourth seal is opened.

    Revelation 6:8 (NCV)
    I looked, and there before me was a pale horse. Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. They were given power over a fourth of the earth to kill people by war, by starvation, by disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.