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  • “You Must Change Your Psychological Consciousness”

    March 15 2020 week 3 and 4 Bishop Houston's Sunday Morning Church Judges 16 1 through 21
    Praise The Lord Everyone!!! Happy Sunday to you!!! ✝️❤️😊

     
    Several years ago, I installed a deadbolt lock on the entry coming from the garage of a home we purchased. At that time, it was the securest lock we knew; we felt well-safeguarded!!! But since then times have changed, today many proprietors set up high-tech protection systems, complete with video cameras and motion sensors with night vision.
     
    In biblical times, the city gate played a significant role in safeguarding and protecting the citizens against enemies. To keep an intimidating military out of a walled city, they merely shut and barred the entrance gate.
     
    Beloved, God applies powerful actions. He intensifies His affections. When it comes to His people, God will affectionately refer to His “amazing actions” of love to bring us security. His loving interest for His people is pictured using this same image of a city gate in Psalm 107:15–16 (NLT): “For he broke down their prison gates of bronze; he cut apart their bars of iron.”
     
    That’s what makes Samson’s achievement in our Sunday morning reading so amazing. In Verse 3 of our morning study, we see Samson unaided smashed the gates and pillars of the city of Gaza and walked away with them. The Pillars and beams weighed a total of 400–500 pounds, they were also firmly affixed and fortified. While the Philistines had planned to ambush and capture Samson in Gaza, they never stood a chance. All by himself, he destroyed the city’s primary security.
     
    The Lord had blessed Samson with unbelievable physical strength, but he damaged himself by playing with sin and temptation. That’s maybe why he thought he could get away with sinful mischief. Samson teased Delilah and neglected to pay attention to her betrayals. We see this in verse 16. And in verse 20, we see his moral strength disappears. He disregarded God by telling his secret, disrespecting his Nazirite vow and God’s unique gift of power. Samson’s physical strength completely conflicted tragically with his moral and spiritual weakness.
     
    Beloved, be very conscious of the enemy when it comes to securing the security for your spiritual property. ✝️❤️
     
    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, this morning, I come to You humbly to once again rely on Your strength. The Coronavirus Pandemic has us all on heightened alert. We need Your protection. Help us to be conscious to and stay alert as we encounter each day and lean on Your strength and not our understanding. COVID-19 is a severe virus. We praise You for being our mighty influential God who has the power to overcome all impediments and, as today’s key verse says, “cuts through bars of iron.”
    In Jesus’ Name, I Pray, Amen and Aaamen. ✝️❤️
     
    To God Be The Glory. Have a Happy Sunday Everyone. ✝️❤️😊
     
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  • “Critical Errors”

    1 20 2020 Judges 16 21
    Samson was an arbitrator and a soldier. He was also significantly blessed with amazing strength. He tormented the Philistines who were his nation’s enemy. But Samson was a very rebellious and disobedient man and over time he became hardened to sin. He should have known and behaved better being a marked man by his enemies. He unveiled the foundation of his strength to his enemies which led to his downfall. He also ended up losing his eyes in the most vicious way. He was chained and displayed in the enemy’s land like a tracked animal that was caught by the hunter. He was booed, laughed at, made fun of and was forced to do hard labor in prison. It’s tough to imagine that in a moment of weakness, everything was taken away from him. The penalties were brutal and unfortunately irreparable.

    Beloved, we must let his life be a message and caution to us about the after-effects of persistent disobedience and disregard for God’s laws. Doing things our way persistently makes our conscience callous. Don’t wait until you’ve made a critical error like Samson. As long we’re alive, there’s hope for us and God’s ready to forgive and restore us.
    Amen? Aaamen. ✝️❤️😊

    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us the possibility to come back to You. Lord, we respectfully ask for Your compassion and repent of anything in our lives that are not satisfying to You. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and Amen.
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    Thank you for being such an inspiration to us. We would appreciate it if you would take a few minutes of your time and pass on our daily inspirational words to others. Tell them how Christ is doing things in your life and inspire them in their walk with our Lord, Jesus Christ.

    I LOVE YOU ALL!!! Have a marvelous Monday and a fantastic week. ✝️❤️😊