C H O F Ministry

Tag: Power

  • There’s Power In Faith

  • CHOF Ministry’s “Probing For Spiritual Answers – “Pleading The Blood”

    Probing For Spiritual Answers Plead The Blood
    Q: Bishop Houston, can you tell me what pleading the blood means?

    Great question. ✝️❤️😊
    Answer:
    Beloved, “Pleading the blood,” is legal terminology. It’s like an attorney arguing his case in court. He introduces witnesses and testimony along with detailed statistics and statements that will substantiate his claim in front of a judge. Look in your Bible at 1 Samuel 24:15 and Psalm 43:1 (The Old Law); they’re great examples of this terminology.
    When the prosecutor says we’re guilty, our appeal before God, the Honest and Honorable Magistrate, is the blood of Jesus. It reworked everything. The blood of Jesus created a modern-day and clearer covenant between a holy God and us(*1). Beloved, the blood is our security. It confirms we’re not guilty but free from all punishment of sin. The blood authorizes us and supplies us with the ability to resist Satan and put him out of all the activities of our lives and our families’ lives.
    It’s Jesus’ sacrifice at Calvary that the devil has no lawful right to intrude in our lives anymore. He says we’re guilty; we “plead the blood!!!” (*2). So, as you can see, we have all rights and requirements to walk in victory through the precious blood of the Lamb.
    Beloved, you have the right “Every Day” to use that power. All you have to do is plead the blood of Jesus over what He’s done for you.
    Don’t give the enemy even one small inch of space. Satan is a defeated opponent, and through the precious blood of Jesus, we’re victorious also!!! Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊
    Probing For Spiritual Answers Cross-Reference Verses
    *1. Hebrews 8:6-7, 9:11-14, 22, 12:24
    *2. James 4:7, 1 John 3:8, Luke 10:19

  • “Re-imaging Your Mind”

    12 11 2019 Col. 1 9 10 Godly Imaging
     Praise the Lord!!! Happy Wednesday. 😀

    Beloved, are you familiar with the term “what you put in is what you get out or input and output?” Our mind is similar to a computer what you feed into a computer is what you’ll get out. What you program into your mind will be the image of your conduct. That’s why you must expose your mind to things that are correct, admirable, decent, genuine, wonderful, of good reputation, exceptional, and praiseworthy (*1). In other words, you must spiritually re-image your mind to get Godly performance. I heard a preacher say: “You should be so drenched with God’s Word that your blood is ‘bibline.’ If you cut yourself, you should bleed Bible verses!!!” His overemphasis shows his zeal for God’s truth. This is the passion every believer should disclose.

    Paul prayed that we would “walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; [and be] strengthened with all power . . . for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously giving thanks to the Father” (*2).

    Those are fantastic Christian attributes, but you must know how they’re achieved in order to receive them to be used. Verse 9 gives us the solution: “…ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding.” Now, the Greek word translated “filled” speaks of influence or control. It’s the same word Paul uses in Ephesians 5:18: “Be filled [controlled by] the Holy Spirit.” Once you’re filled with the Spirit, He regulates your decisions. Similarly, when you’re filled with the knowledge of God’s will, your preferences mirror godly wisdom and understanding. The phrase “spiritual wisdom and understanding” implies more than simply knowing God’s Word. It speaks of utilizing it to your life under the Spirit’s power and direction.
    Beloved, as you prayerfully saturate your mind with God’s Word, it begins more and more to control your thinking and behavior. This engages the Spirit to apply the Word, rejuvenate your mind, and safeguard you from worldly compliance, thoughts and behaviors (*3). Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊

    CHOF Ministry’s Mid-Week Prayer: Dear Heavenly Father, please allow the Holy Spirit to regulate every aspect of our life today as we carefully utilize the proper biblical principles to every situation we face. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and Amen.

    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 you love and tell them you love them, BECAUSE TELLING THEM LATER JUST MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a “Remarkable” Wednesday. 😀

    CHOF Ministry Cross-Reference Verses: *1. Phil. 4:8 *2. Col. 1:10-12 *3. Rom. 12:2

  • “There’s Power When We’re Weak”

    Monday 7 29 2019 Let Us Pray Corinthians 12 9

    Praise the Lord Beloved!!! 😀 Happy Monday to you all.

    As I’ve gotten older, I have a few lingering health conditions that require me to take several medications a day. You know Beloved, we don’t always understand why the Lord allows us to have certain health problems and challenges, but as Paul reminds us in 2 Corinthians, sometimes the Lord won’t remove certain hardships from our lives because of the testimony that we have through them to give Him glory outweighs any potential benefit we might otherwise receive. But if we can tell others how hard we struggle and how we eventually obtain victory through the Lord’s strength and not our own, that gives glory to Him.

    Beloved, whenever ongoing health issues or other setbacks get you down, use them as a road sign to point others to the source of your strength and hope. If we can use our weaknesses to point to God and give Him the glory, then that’s a very irrefutable powerful weakness. 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 blessed Monday. 😀

  • “Never Doubt God’s Capability”

    Wednesday 6 19 2019 Let Us Pray Numbers 11 21 thru 23
    Praise the Lord Beloved. Happy Wednesday. 😀 

    What we find here in this morning’s Bible verse is the people complaining about not having meat to eat. Moses was very unhappy. God promised meat for a month along with some valuable lessons. But Moses just couldn’t comprehend it. To him it wasn’t possible. He looked out over the camp and couldn’t envision how God could do it. His response to God was an embellishment. You see, it was unquestionable that all the fish in the sea could have fed them. Even the flocks they herded could have fed them. But you know, when we get discouraged about something, at times, even the everyday situations look impossible.

    Beloved, God’s reply is worth remembering when you think He has promised more than can be delivered. Now allow me to ask you a few questions: has the omnipotent God lost some of His power? Can’t the One who created the world and everything in it provide anything at any time He chooses? Is there anything out of His reach? Is there anything too difficult for God to handle? Beloved, The Eternal One doesn’t work in a perimeter!!! He can do whatever He says He’ll do within His perfect character.

    This was a great lesson not just for Moses but for you and I also. Beloved, you and I have seen what God can do when we read these true stories. We have seen what He has done in the lives of people we know and in our own life. We have seen that God can do what we considered impossible. Never doubt God’s capability to do what He’s promised. He’s able!!! And you know it!!! 😀 – You’ve seen it. And you know what? You’ll see it again. 😀 Trust Him and come from behind your wall of doubt and step in front of the radiant light of faith. 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 God for you. You all are my inspiration. 😀
    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a very blessed Wednesday Everyone. 😀

  • “You Got The Power!!!”

    Tuesday 21 2019 Let Us Pray Bible Verse 2 Timothy 1 7

    Good Morning and Happy Tuesday!!! 😀
     
    You know Beloved, there are many things that initiate a person into doing something. A lot of aspects are entrenched in our choices. It may be motivated by pressure, desire, impulse, conviction, faith or fear. There are times when I get so occupied with the severities and pressures of life that from a human viewpoint I’ll decide “it’s petty or it’s simply unbearable.” Then the doubts start to set in which leads to magnifying the problem instead of the possible solutions. Beloved, fear is intangible but a real thing which shouldn’t be ignored. When it goes unchecked, it becomes dangerous in one’s mind. Proverbs 9:10 tells us that the only fear we as Believers should entertain is the fear of the Lord. The problem is sometimes we fear men/women more than God. We listen and believe more the words of men/women rather than His Word. The apostles were courageous because they obeyed and listened to God. Acts 4:19 (AMP) says: But Peter and John replied to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must judge [for yourselves].
     
    So Beloved, go all-out for a confident understanding with God, get close to God and experience real power!!! 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 blessed Tuesday Everyone. 😀

  • “We Find Strength in God”

    Weekend Words We Find Strength in God

    HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!!

    Beloved, allow me to ask you a few quick questions this morning:
    *Are there periods in your life when you feel weak?
    *Do you ever desire to find an innovative power in the middle of a very important issue you’re dealing with? Well, you’re not alone because we all do. It’s a fact of life and there isn’t much we can do about it OR is there?

    Well, actually there is something we can do about it. We can take it to God. The scripture teaches us time and time again that we find strength in God. It teaches us that while we may feel weak, our strength is found in His magnificent power. We also find strength in others that God places in our life. Let me tell you, we can prepare ourselves as much as we want, but the fact is we can’t survive this world on our own. There are those that will stand and walk through struggles alongside us, if we be truthful to them and let them.

    Beloved, as we go into this weekend remember, you inherit strength from God, but as Col. 1:11-12 says, you also inherit strength through “the saints in the light.”

    Have a blessed Friday and A “WONDERFUL” weekend!!

  • “Authorize the Power in Your Life”

    Bishop Houston's Monday Morning Blog Picture Transcend your energy
    Praise the Lord Beloved. I hope you had a blessed weekend.

     
    God has made known to each of us His love and it’s that love that inspires Paul to write the letter of Colossians. Epaphras, a man who worked with Paul, traveled to Colossae to share the message of Christ’s love and to build a church founded in that love. But, somehow both Epaphras and Paul found themselves confined to prison in Rome. Epaphras shared his story. Upon hearing of the love, the Colossian people had for God, Paul was obligated to write to them. Beloved, it’s this letter that we read in scripture today. Just as Paul was inspired by the testimony Epaphras shared, we should be encouraged by the message Paul shares with the Colossian people. This message of love authorizes us to seek the spiritual wisdom Paul prayed over the Colossians and to lead lives worthy of the Lord.
     
    Have a blessed week Everyone

  • “Prayer Has Power”

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    Praise the Lord Everyone!!! 😀 Happy Friday to each of you.

    Several months ago, I was extremely concerned about the welfare of someone close to me. But, one day during that time while reading and meditating on the words of God, I found encouragement in part of the Old Testament story of Samuel, who was a wise Israelite leader. As I read how Samuel interceded for God’s people as they faced trouble, I found my resolution was strengthened through prayer for my loved one.

    In 1 Samuel 4 The Israelites faced the threat of the Philistines, who had previously defeated them when God’s people didn’t trust in Him. In 1 Samuel 7:8 after repenting of their sins, they heard that the Philistines were about to attack. But this time, they asked Samuel to continue praying for them.

    In verse 10 you’ll find the Lord answered them clearly by throwing their enemy into confusion. Though the Philistines may have been larger than the Israelites, the Lord was the strongest of them all.

    Beloved, when we ache over the challenges facing those we love, and fear the situation won’t change, we may be tempted to believe that the Lord won’t act. But we should never underestimate prayer power. Our loving God hears our prayer petitions. 
    Beloved, this weekend if you find yourself in a situation where you don’t know how God will move in response to your petition(s), just remember as our Heavenly Father He wants us to embrace His love and “trust” in His faithfulness.

    Have a blessed weekend Everyone!!! 😀

  • “You’re a Covenant Child”

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    Praise the Lord Everyone!!! Happy Friday to you. 😀

    Beloved, are you a covenant child? If your answer is yes, I want you to know that God has made an arraignment for you to receive His wonderful promises. That’s what you and I have when we stand on the solid foundation with Almighty God. If you could truly grasp the significance of that, you’d never be the same again.

    You have a relationship of favor that gives you free admission to someone else’s power. You see, when you become God’s family member you can walk right on in (through prayer) without being stopped and let God know where you’re weak. Once you leave your prayer position it’s time to get excited, because you know with all that you are, that everything’s going to be handled, you have no doubt that whatever or whoever is making you weak “GOD GOT THIS!!! You’ll have no doubt that any weapon formed against you won’t prosper. That’s because you’re a family member of the Highest God and He has ALL POWER.

    Beloved, God has entered a blood covenant with you. If you’ll give everything you have to God, HE WILL exchange everything He has with you.

    He’ll take your sin to give you His righteousness. He’ll take your sickness to give you His health. He’ll take your poverty in order to meet all your needs according to His riches in glory. God provides.

    So, this weekend Beloved, remember, The Great Jehovah, God of heaven and earth, is your Father God. If you’re under the blood of Jesus, you’ve been made a covenant child of the most powerful being in the universe.

    “The morals of a good man and woman will run to enter the building of Jehovah Jireh.” – Bishop, W. F. Houston, Jr.

    Have a Blessed Weekend Everyone. 😀