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  • “Liberated Captive”

    April 19 2020 week 3 and 4 CHOF Bible Fellowship 'sSunday Morning Church Eph 17
    Praise The Lord Everybody!!! Happy Sunday to you!!! Let us all remember to wash our hands and continue to stay in compliance with social distancing. ✝️❤️😊

    Beloved, emancipation is priceless. Throughout history, people have begged, battled, and even perished for it. Beloved, our Declaration of Independence upholds it as one of our indisputable civil rights.
     
    But the truth is, it doesn’t matter what one’s political views might be, everyone is a slave—either to immorality or to God. Jesus said in John 8:34: “everyone who sins is the slave of sin.” In Romans 8:21, Paul added that all of creation is in slavery to corruption. Yet, according to Romans 6:22, believers have “been freed from sin and enslaved to God.” The Roman Empire had about twenty million slaves. Slave trade was a significant industry. A recovery price had to be paid for a slave to gain his or her independence. Now, the Greek word for this kind of transaction is lutroō. In Ephesians 1:7, Paul uses the Greek word lutroō to speak of our “redemption” from sin’s bondage.
     
    Beloved, Servitude to sin is bondage; servitude to God is liberty. That sounds contradictory, but God is the Sovereign King, and real independence means having the capability to bend your will to His, in other words, become all God has formed you. Sure, you will fail at times, but your extreme desire and main quest as a believer is to be like Christ (*1.) Those incarcerated to sin cannot do that, nor do they want to.
     
    Beloved, it’s time to validate your proposal to Jesus. Let your attitudes and actions speak clearly of your love for the Master. ✝️❤️
     
    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for keeping it real and being fair. You always provide what’s best and the safest for me. Lord, provide me with the strength that keeps me from seeking my interest. I understand that exploring my desires incarcerates me and is a contradiction to Your terms. Continue to guard me against my thoughts and actions that are contrary to Your will. In Jesus’ Name, I Pray, Amen, and Aaamen.
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    To God Be The Glory. Have a Happy Sunday, Everyone.
    ✝️❤️😊
     
    Bishop Houston’s Sunday Morning Word Bible References:
    *1. 1 John 2:5-6
     
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  • “If God Chose You Today…”

    10 15 2019 Would You Be Obedient
    BHMSS Biblical Passage for the day: Philippians 2:7-8 (NLT)*7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, *8 he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross.

    Praise the Lord Beloved. Joyful Tuesday to you. 😀
     
    You know Beloved, our loving God didn’t come to earth as a King, He came as modestly as He could. He came as a baby, WITH NOTHING, and built His life on service and humbling Himself even more. Jesus was so modest many humiliated Him right up to the point of His death. If God asked for sacrifice from you would you be obedient? Could you be as modest as Jesus? Could you take the humiliations? Can you accept not being accepted to an ideal college, that preferred job you want, the beautiful new home you wanted, that assembly of people, etc.? Beloved, what are these things in light of everlasting life – eternity? The Bible tells us that our current sufferings are not worth comparing to the promise of eternity and the glory we’ll see. Jesus saw the glory that was to be delivered to us. He knew what it would mean to humble Himself to the point of death on a cross.
     
    Beloved, if God chose you today would you be obedient? Are you willing to live a humbled – modest life without the high end of fashion and materialism? If God chose you today would you be able to live a life that includes critical criticism, ruthless sarcasm, and betrayal on a daily basis?
    Amen? Aaamen. 😀
     
    Let Us Pray:
    Dear Heavenly Father, this morning my prayer is for our decisions and core desires to stay focused on You and Your glory. That we become more conscious about the things in this life that sidetracks us or tries to grow immoral roots into our spiritual mentality trying to direct us to take our eyes away from what’s everlasting. Help us stay focused on the straight and narrow path. In Jesus’ name, I pray, Amen and 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.
     
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  • “Breaking Bread”

    Romans 6 22 through 23

    BREAKING BREAD    🍞
    Beloved, people claim to be living on their own terms, they’re actually serving whatever their human nature craves. The penalty for that false sense of liberty is death.