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“The Big Pay Back”

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

Back in the day I was a huge James Brown fan. In 1984 the late James Brown released a song called “The Big Pay Back.” And in the song Mr. Brown sings about his way of revenge to make amends. Well since those days my life has taken a drastic change Mr. Brown’s way of the big pay back was not my choice to avenge my compensation. I needed an established strength, a 24/7 lifetime foolproof security structure. One that rebuilds, restores, reinstates, replenishes and regenerates. Beloved, God reestablishes, us. Not only does He restore us, but He has the capability to keep us when we’re rebuilt. Through all the family, work, or community drama, with the escalation and decrease of the economy, and even the severe temperatures in the weather, God revitalizes us.

Now staying established after being reestablished isn’t easy. That’s because of all the negativity that occurs around us after being restored. Beloved, staying established after God brings us back depends on us. If we’re apprehensive or terrified about how we’re going to make it, our faith isn’t in God. If our faith isn’t in God, there’s no assurance that God will keep us reinstated. I’ll be the first to tell you that “a negative mouth and attitude won’t promise God will keep us restored.” If we’re speaking negatively towards this person or that person, or that business, we’re sinking to the world’s level.

Beloved, as you go into this weekend remember, whatever negativity you see around you doesn’t have to be your destiny. God can and will keep you reestablished regardless of what’s around you.

Beloved, being reestablished by God is the big pay back. 😀

Let Us Pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, this weekend help us to stay connected to You. You’re our generator and without Your power staying reestablished is impossible. Help us to stay focused on You and not on all of the negativity that surrounds us.

In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen and Amen.

Have a Fantastic Friday and a Wonderful weekend Everyone!!! 😀

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July 26, 2019
“God Loves You on The Inside”

Praise the Lord Beloved!!!

It’s a joy to be counted among the ones who live.

Beloved, do you belong to a church or ministry that focuses on how a person dresses. I’m speaking of the spiritual edifices where high class fashion is God first. If you’re not wearing the top of the line suits, dresses or hats you’re frowned at or looked down on. Beloved, God looks in the heart of man and not at their external appearance and achievements in life. This morning’s scripture is a great parable. Jesus Christ linked the tax collector and the Pharisee together. The tax collectors are publicly known as a sinner for their dishonesty in collecting taxes. They’re called thieves because they steal money from people. The Pharisees on the other hand, are publicly known as holy, righteous and law-abiding people. They openly display their religious acts such as prayer, fasting, and charity. Many people who looked up to them were impressed by their activities, but God wasn’t. When Christ came, He exposed their private sins, their pride, and self-righteousness. In this morning’s parable, the Pharisee began to “brag” about his righteous acts while the tax collector humbly admitted his wrongdoing and asked for God’s mercy. God honored the prayer of the tax collector, but he hated the self-aggrandizement of the Pharisee.

Beloved, you don’t have to wear the top of the line attire or achieve the highest honors to be acknowledge by God or any authentic spiritual Bible based edifice. If you’re required to, then it’s time to find an authentic Bible based spiritual edifice.

As we go into this weekend let us all remember that no matter who we are or what we do, or what we wear, God’s willing to accept us if we humble ourselves and submit to His mercy. Amen – Aaamen. 😀

Let us Pray:

Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us a recap about shady selfish pride that doesn’t give You pleasure or glory. Help us to stop looking at our spiritual achievements and start focusing on Your great love, mercy, and grace.

In Jesus’ Name I Pray, Amen and Aaamen.

Have an Awesome Friday and a Great Weekend.

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June 28, 2019
“Becoming The Valiant Christian”

Praise the Lord Beloved. It’s Friday!!! Let us rejoice and thank God for allowing us this opportunity to open up another morning.

You know Beloved, there are few things today that are as valuable as prudently selected words. Today we live in an environment where detractors and challengers are looking for reasons or justifications to be offended or upset. Today intrepid dialogue and pure, strong, and vibrant language has progressively evaporated.

But you know, this is nothing new to God’s people. God’s people aren’t protected from the trend of enforced interchange insolence. Many of us have felt the familiar pain of the injections from societal pressure that keeps us silent when we ought speak up, or round off our sharp edges of truth that cuts to the quick.

There are many of you craving to be courageous, pure, strong, and vibrant communicators of God’s Word, that have been virtually shut down often causing you to fall short.

Beloved, many of you (like myself) have been called to preach a gospel the world wants nothing to do with. We’ve been designated to be messengers of a message the world rejects and hates. At one time in my life I was constantly shut down, put down and repeatedly injected by enforced interchanged insolence. I prayed constantly asking God to help me cultivate the courage I needed to faithfully proclaim the truth and to fortify me against the societal, assembly – cliques and pressures that desires to keep me voiceless.

Beloved, as Christians we can’t be afraid of offending the world with the truth. “BUT”, don’t mistake that as an open door for disagreements or cavalier incivility. It’s not the work of the gospel if you’re looking to pick a fight. Instead, like John said, we need to cultivate a high view of Scripture, and take our boldness from our conviction that God’s truth alone can rescue sinners and save souls.

Beloved, this weekend, have confidence in the Word of God it’s the key to becoming the valiant Christian God desires us to be.

Have an up-lifting Friday and a wonderful weekend.

June 21, 2019
“Father’s Day”

“Praise the Lord Beloved. 😀 Happy Friday to you all. 😀

Beloved, as we all know Father’s Day is Sunday. And it’s a day we honor our fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and all the other men who have played an important role in our lives, whether natural or spiritual.

Whoever that person is in your life, his role comes directly from God, Genesis 18:19 says: “For I have chosen him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice”.

Beloved, this Father’s Day weekend let’s praise the men who have taken on the role of fathering through educating, mentoring, and providing an illustration of how to live a life of faith. Let’s thank the Lord for His goodness in bringing these men into our lives.

Have a blessed Friday and a Fantastic Father’s Day Weekend. 😀

June 14, 2019
“Tested Faith”

Praise the Lord Beloved – let us thank God for allowing us to start another Friday under His covenant.

You know Beloved, sooner or later your faith will be tested, no matter how durable or how frail it is. It may be tested by an unconvinced employer, or maybe more likely it’ll be tested by the trials of life. Beloved, eventually something happens, and your heart will cry out, “Not again Lord, I just cannot handle this.” It may be a parent, child, relative or friend’s illness or death, or a marriage/relationship that turns bitter, or a business deal which has not gone well.

It’s happened to me on several occasions from divorce, lost court case to the loss of a child, relative and friends. I’ve found myself asking God “WHY?” and God You said You would not put no more on me than I can handle, but this one is tough “Lord, I just can’t handle this.”. Many will run away or get upset with God. Beloved, when there’s something which you can’t handle turning and running away or shaking your fist in the face of God is not the solution. When the foundation of your faith is shaken, I encourage you to go first to the Word of God and take refuge in the Bible. There are dozens of promises with your name attached to them. In the Word you’ll begin to see life from His viewpoint. You’ll begin to think God’s thoughts. You’ll understand 2 Corinthians 4:18 – “what’s seen is temporary, but what’s unseen is eternal”. Beloved, when your faith is tested take a look at the situations, and then look at the situations of individuals in the Bible. Match up their problem with yours and notice how God met them.

Today my life, mind and emotions lean heavily on the Written Word of God. So, as you start your Friday and go into the weekend remind yourself of the truth of God’s Word and that He is honor bound to keep His Word. Years ago Apostle Paul wrote (2 Timothy 1:12 AMP) “for I know Him [and I am personally acquainted with Him] whom I have believed [with absolute trust and confidence… that He is able to guard that which I have entrusted to Him until that day [when I stand before Him].”

Beloved, “a faith not tested means a spiritual life that’s congested.” (Bishop, W. F. Houston, Jr.)

Have a blessed Friday and a rewarding weekend Everyone.

June 7, 2019
“Love Fulfills Jesus’ Regulations”

Happy Friday Everyone!!! 😀

You know Beloved, I feel that the Israelites thought of the law in the Old Testament as a task that had to be done, and not as a result of what was inside their hearts. When Jesus Christ came to this earth, He made it clear in the New Testament that His law is all about love. He said: First, you love God with all your hearts, then you love others the way you love yourself.

You see, loving others encompasses helping them, guiding them, and even lovingly rebuking them if you have to. So, as Christians we must bear each other’s burdens according to the resources God has provided or provides us. Whatever complications, worries, or even immorality that your brother or sister in the Lord is struggling with, you as a Christian, along with other Believers in your village, should help reduce the load. The law of Christ isn’t just all about cautiously following the rules, working on the task, or getting lots of good ratings on what you did good, but it’s all about how we love one another.

So, this weekend Beloved fulfill Jesus’s regulations by showing your love for someone who needs your help or be lifted up from their burdens in life.

Have a blessed Friday and to Everyone “especially” the Mothers, Moms, Mommas all over the World have an “AWESOME” Mother’s Day Weekend!!! 😀

May 10, 2019
“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!!

May 3, 2019
“Optimism and Confidence with Love”

Well the weekend is upon us once again. 😀 Happy Friday everyone. 😀

You know Beloved, optimism and confidence with love is a major component for a true Christian, because it’s what Jesus gives us. He brings us His love with each new day and strengthens us with that optimism and confidence. And the best thing about His love is it isn’t limited or controlled. He doesn’t give us a little bit now and a little bit later. It flows out of His heart freely and it’s poured unrestrained into ours. Romans 5:5 (NLT) says: “We know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love”. Verses 3-4 tells us He desires to use the hard times to develop perseverance and character and bring us a satisfying, hope-filled life, and verses 6-8 says even when we’re far from Him, He still loves us.

So this weekend Beloved, look for the signs of His optimism and confidence. The Lord gives optimism and confidence with love through inviting us to grow in a relationship with Him. Our optimism and confidence to have a gratifying life is anchored in His unfailing love.

Have a blessed Weekend Everyone. 😀

April 12, 2019
“God’s Will Shouldn’t Be an Option”

Happy Friday Everyone.

You know Beloved, at times we make God’s will an option. I say that because there are times in life when we assume that our desires are in line with God’s will, but somehow, somewhere, we ignore the procedure of asking Him if what we desire is His will for us. Many times, it’s because we’re afraid to find out that our plans are in disagreement with His. So, we purposely opt out of asking Him just to follow or continue to follow the wrong path that has led many believers “INCLUDING ME” into unnecessary and unwanted situations. Instead of asking God to guide us we did things our way. Beloved, we must always remember that as human beings we make mistakes and are often in conflict with God’s will. God’s ways are on a higher level, and we may not understand why He chooses for things to be a certain way, but we still need to trust Him. He sees all things in the future, while we can only assume what’s about to happen. Let us, lay down all our earthly requirements and start inquiring what God wants for us – His will for us should stand alone and not be an option.

So, as we enter this weekend let us all choose His perfect will and opt out of leaning on our own understanding.
Amen? AAAAMen. 😀

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April 5, 2019
“God’s Got This!!!”

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

Beloved, you don’t have to be apprehensive about your future. Your life is divinely arranged. God has determined the conclusion from your launched date. He’s already organized the design, and drawn up the proposal. He knows everything that’s going to happen. The scripture says, “God works all things according to His will.” Beloved, it’s not according to who likes you, according to how much talent you have, according to what family you come from, or even according to how many mistakes you make. It’s according to His will.

So this weeked Beloved, don’t focus on those that say you can’t, it’s impossible, or you shouldn’t. Listen to those that say to you: “You can do “ALL THINGS” in Christ Jesus that strengthens you and then wait on the Master Builder to bring in His team of contractors.

Beloved, God’s Got This.

I love you all!!! And have a blessed Weekend Everyone. 😀

February 22, 2019