Thursday, September 3, 2009

The Power of Words

What we say out of our mouths has a tremendous amount of power in our lives. As Christians we know that we reap what we sow, whether it is positive or negative. This also holds true for the words that we speak on a dailly basis. Read Proverbs 18:21 .

If you constantly go around speaking negative words out of our lives, then you will reap negativity into your life. If you want to have your prayers answered then you must continually speak as if they are already present in your life.

For example, if you are having financial difficulties in this economy and continually pray about it, don't negate it by talking about how broke you are. Always believe that God can and does restore and that He can restore your finances. When you speak out negativily then God will retract his angels from answering your prayer.

Always maintain hope in times of despair and you will be given peace and receive the love of God. Read Romans 5:1-5. There will always be hope, but you have to have faith and believe at all times.

The best is yet to come for a Christian, but first you must speak of hope as you eagerly have a expectancy of something good.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Character,Conduct, and Commitment

You must have Excellence of Ministry through your conduct, character, and commitment to God, yourself, and others in order to be a credible witness to others.

Your character is who you are as a person and how you are regarded as by other people that know you on a personal level. Your conduct is your character on display. Your character is manifested in your conduct. You commitment is how your character and conduct shows your integrity as a person.

Your integrity is shown when your character, conduct, and commitment has been put to the test against difficulty and has been proven. Be sure you stay steadfast, unmoveable, and unshakeable in all even when your back is up against the wall.

Just focus on 1 Peter 5:9, "Whom reist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethern that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus,afther that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, and settle you."

So when times seem hard remain stedfast and put it in God's hands and keep it in prayer.

Recognize False Prophets

There are so many false prophets that take the word of God and put their own slant on it so it sounds more pleasing to the flesh to appeal to more people. In Malachi 3:6, it says "I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye some of Jacob are not consumed."

False profits are taking what you are taught from God and using pride and ignorance so do not allow them to spoil, beguile, or judge you based on their false teachings.

Take the time to develop your own relationship with God and beware of false prophets. They will always sugar coat anything with their own slant. They are to please the flesh by showing very little consequence and only the outcome.

They can be in the form of Christians that have back slided, sinners perpetrating as Christians, and yes even pastors, elders, bishops etc. So be very careful not to fall victim to their ploys and games.

Systematic Plan for Local Church

There are so many times that people finally find their way to church only to find that they really do not know who or what the church represents and what they believe. Before you join a church there are some basic things that you need to find out and questions that you need answered.

1.What is the vision of the church? Make sure their vision is from the Bible and not the vision of the world.

2.What is the plan of the church? How do the intend to bring the vision to life? Is is according to the word of God. Do they have a systematic plan.

3.What is the motivation of the church? What is the driving force behind their vision and plan?

4.What are the obejectives and goals of the church? What is the doctrine that they teach and what is their overall goal?

We Must Establish the Plan of God for The Local Church

in 1 Corinthians 1-18-31 it talks about how we are to preach the word of God. Those that the world rejects, God accepts. We must accept and glorify God in our conduct, character and commitment as we continue to trust him.

For God I will live and for God I will die. We have to realize that God has given us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. The gospel is hidden from those that are lost. The plan of the local church should be preached by the pastor for the pew.

All of us are called to minister to the lost. We have been given the grace of ministry through grace. That is why it is so unbelieveably critical that you are a credible witness at all times.

Your life will either be driven by the word of God or by the Devil, God gives you the power to choose. He has already chosen you, now you must choose him.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Your Father is Rich

Whatever you do, do not get discouraged by the financial mess that the economy is in at this present time. I am not saying that you should not care, what I am saying is that your Father in Heaven is rich and will supply all of your needs.

Matthew 6:30 says, " But if God clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you. O ye of little faith."

Trust in God at all times. He wants the absolute best for you and as long as you continue to put your trust in Him and seek Him first at all times, He will supply all of your needs. When you start having doubts and leaning to your own understanding or the understanding of the world, problems will arise.

His blood covers all of those that are righteous and live according to his word. Do not second guess God. 2 Corinthians 8:10 says, " For if the readiness is there, it is aceptable according to what a person has ,not according to what he does not have." So just do what you can and God will supply the rest.

Remember the government and wall street of the world, and they are supposed to have problems. You have been chosen to come out of the world. Put your faith in God and not the world.

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Right In God Honors Truth

So many people saved and unsaved believe that getting into Heaven means nothing more than being a good person. Although we are supposed to be good, it takes being RIGHT with God. You have to ask yourself the following questions.
1.) Am I living righteously?
2.) Am I keeping his commandments, statues, and judgements?
3.) Am I filled with and baptized with the Holy Spirit?
4.) Am I unmovable, steadfast, unshakable, and abounding in the word of God?
5.) Am I a credible witness for Jesus?

To be righteous means that you do right by God. We know that Jesus was the only perfect man. We also know that we are not perfect. However, God wants to know that he can trust us to come to him and put him first and that when we do something that is not right by him, that we confess and repent our sins and give him the glory and honor regardless of the situation.

In John 14:21,Jesus says, " He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is who loves Me. He who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and i will love him and manifest Myself to him."

When you are filled with and baptized with the Holy Spirit, there are certain people, places, activities, and things that you will not involve yourself with in any fashion. You have to take your mind and put it in line with the spirit of God in order to stop carnality. In Romans 8:9-10, " But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His, and if Christ is in you the body is dead because of sin, but Spirit is life because of righteousness."

You have to remain unmovable, unshakable, steadfast, and abounding for the word of God at all times whether they are good or bad. Give God the glory. You have to check the situation at the door with God. Always look to God to give you the answer and stay right with God. Psalms 150:6, "Let everything that has breath, praise ye the Lord."

Remember that although being a good person is wonderful, there are plenty of good people that still go to hell. In order to get to Heaven, you must be a child of God.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Let The Past Stay In The Past

It is so vitally important that once you become a new creature in Christ that you leave the past exactly where it belongs.. in the past. The worst thing that you can do is to continue to live in the past and relive what was, could have or should have been. Isaiah 43:18, "Allow God to do a new thing, it shall spring forth, shall ye not know it." How can you expect God to do a new thing if you keep are constantly stuck in the past?

Romans 8:1-2," There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death." Once you come to Jesus, the devil will continually use his lies and deceit to make you think that you were better off in the world. The devil is a lie. Do not allow yourself to be beguiled, spoiled and judged. Hebrews 12:2, "Jesus is the author and finisher of our faith."

Learn from your mistakes and why you stayed in transgressions and iniquities. As soon as Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, sin was put in all of us. Therefore, God already knows that we are going to sin in some way, shape or form. What matters is that we allow the Holy Spirit to come into our lives and teach us whatever is necessary so that we don't consistently repeat the same mistake over and over.

Remember learning has not taken place until there has been a modification in behavoir. If you continue to do the same thing, you will get the same result. Therefore, when you gave your salvation you were basically saying that you tried it your way and it failed. Now that you are doing it the way of Jesus, you must do differently in order to get a different result.

Only the Holy Spirit knows our tomorrow, so we must live each and every day to the absolute fullest as we prepare for tomorrow. Learn from your past, but don't stay in the past and your today and your future will be that much brighter.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Conduct, Character, and Commitment

Can I just say how critical your conduct, character, and commitment are in your daily life. Psalms 51:1-10 talks about guarding your mind, because what is in your mind will come out in your conduct. Your conduct is your character on display and your commitment is what will determine what you put in your mind.

It is a full circle. That is why we are taught in several scriptures throughout the Bible that we are to be transfored from the world. We are in the world, we are not of the world. Once you acknowledge your sins, then you can ask God to forgive you for your sins. Then allow the word of God to cleanse your of your sins.

God is omnipresent and omnipetent. That means that He knows all and sees all. There is absolutely nothing that you can keep from God. You may be able to confuse, lie, hide, and get away with certain things to people, but not from God. God knew your thoughts and what you were going to do before you did.

That is why it is to crucial to conduct yourself only as Jesus did. Therefore, as God told David in Psalms110:1, "The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, Till I make your enemies your footstool." Always allow God to fight your battles for you. Absolutely everything that you do within your conduct, character, and commitment should be that of God. Anything that is contrary will damage your relationship with the trinity. Once it is damaged you will have to show God that He can trust you again. Be a credible witness to others. They should be able to tell that you are diffent from the world.

Monday, April 20, 2009

Obedience is Better than Sacrafice

Before we can begin to talk about what it means to be disciplined according to the word of God, we must first understand what it means to be disobedient. When you are disobedient 1.) refusing to heard the word of God, 2.) hearing the word of God incorrectly, and 3.) rejecting the will of God. When we are disobedient it is because we are not putting our flesh under subjection. When we do this, then we are meant to suffer and we will have some type of loss in our lives.

If you have a improper attitude you will always cause harm to your relationship with the trinity of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. In James 2:17-22, " Thus also faith by itself is dead, if it does not have works, is dead." The works simply means your obedience to God. Therefore, if you do not have obedience then you can you can not have any faith.

In 1Samuel15:22-23, "Behold to obey is better than sacrafice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of withchcraft and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king." When we sacrafice to the devil it will bring death and when we sacrafice to the Lord it will bring abundant life. We must remain obedient even when we are faced with temptation by the world.Delight yourself unto the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. God knows what you need, but he can only give them to you if you always put him first and continue to give him the honor and the glory.

When we are obedient unto God, blessings and favor will be ours for the taking. God wants the absolute best for us and did not create us to fail. The answer to all of our problems, circumstances, situations, tribulations, trials, or any other question rests in the word of God. Matthew 6:24, No one can serve two masters:for either he will hate one and love the other or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You can not serve God and mammon.Therefore, I say to you do not worry about what you will eat or what you will drink.

Just always seek God first in all that you do, say, or think. Remain obedient to God at all times even when you don't understand and you will continue to be blessed and receive favor.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Be a Credible Witness

I can not begin to tell you how vital it is that you are a credible witness for Jesus Christ. The world has made a complete mockery of what it means to be a Christian. It is up to saints to re-define what it means to be a Christian according to the gospel of God. When you profess that you are a Christian, the world puts a microscope on your life to see what you do, how you act, and what you say.

When they see something that it contrary to what they believe a Christian is supposed be, it has detrimental affects. It then adds to the mockery and Christianity becomes a joke in their eyes. That is why your conduct, character, and commitment must be at the highest level at all times. When things in your life are wonderful, it is easy to be a Christian. The real question comes when times are difficult. For example, the gospel says that we are to be transformed from the world. That is easy when it is something you don't love or care about, but can you do it when it involves something that you cherish or love.

Whenever you feel yourself backsliding go to the hospital of Jesus, better known as 1John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us for our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." When Jesus died on the cross he forgave us for all of our sins whether they are transgressions or iniquities. God loves us with agape love and will never leave or forsake us, Hebrews 13:5.

When you are not a credible witness you disrupt 1.)plan of God, you force God to go to plan B. It shows God that you are not ready for the next progression and He can not bless you with the same favor. Stay on course so that you may receive plan A, which is God's best that He has for you. 2.) Yourself, you pick away at the relationship that you have with God. God is a jealous God and wants you to put him first at all times. 3. Others. They are looking to you to see Jesus. Since they may or may not know Jesus for themselves they are looking to you to see who He is. When they see falsehoods in you, they see falsehoods in Jesus.

Be a credible witness every day and seek the righteousness of the trinity in all that you say and do in your life.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Only God Can Judge

It is so critically important that we do not judge others. We have absolutely no idea of every experience or thought of anybody. Only God is all knowing. In Matthew 7:1-2, the Bible says,"Judge not, that you be not judged. For the judgement that you pronounce will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you."

Each individual person must develop their own personal relationship with the trinity of God. When you judge others, then you are judged by the same measure if not more so than if you did not judge in the first place. In John 14:16, Jesus says," I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." That simply means that Jesus is the only way to follow.

Jesus sits on the right hand of God and if God says that we are not to judge then we are not to judge. John 13:34-35 says, "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." God is commanding that you love others the way that he loved you. Going further in 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 we are given the definition of what it means to love according to God."Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful. It does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things."

There is absolutely no room for judgement when you obey God's commandment to love one another if you are really a born again, tongue speaking Christian then you can not judge others. In Romans 13:1, " Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. for there is no authority except from God, and those that have been instituted by God. Therefore who ever resists the authorities will incur judgement."

In conclusion, you have no right to judge others regardless of the circumstance or situation. Only God can judge. If you do so then others will judge you.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Have God Sized Dreams

We do not serve a small time God so why do we put limitations on our hopes and dreams for the future? God doesn't put limits on us. In the Bible we are taught in Philipians 4:13 that we can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthns me. So how dare we put limits on the power of God.

We need to stop asking for him to fulful our dreams and then put limits on it. We need to stop thinking that we are not good enough or smart enough to live whatever it is that we hope and desire to live. In Isaiah 55:11, the word of God says that His word does not come back void. When God created us in Genesis, he created us last because he was saving his best for last.

When we put limitations on ourselves we are giving the devil place in our lives. The devil wants us to believe that we are inferior and we can not live our best life. Stop giving the devil power. Matthew 6:24,You can only serve one master. In Matthew 6:8, "Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him." God knows you better than you know yourself so trust him at all times.

Trust God and delight yourself in God at all times and he will fulful the desires of your heart. Dream big, make big plans, there is nothing that is impossible for God. When you tell yourself that you can not do something, you are tellling God that he is not worthy. Quiting or failing is a permitted response. So do not quit. Give God the plan and let Him work his plan through His Holy Spirit.

When you short change yourself, you short change the power of God.

Friday, January 23, 2009

God Is Love

Love is something that the world has taken and twisted into something that is complete opposite of what God created love to mean. The world has turned love into something that is material and conditional. The world basically says that love is based on how someone else makes you feel or what they can do for you. They have placed a value on people that they claim to love. They have turned love into lust, attraction, and materialism, etc.

Love is something that is supposed to be unconditional and has nothing to do with lust and attraction. The principle of unconditional love is the most precious of all of the 7 spiritual principles taught in the Bible. Without unconditional love, none of the other 6 will prosper in your life, because it takes love to live by the other principles. In the Bible, love is Agape love. This is the love that God has for us. We are to love each other based on how much God loved us. In John 3:16 it teaches that God loved us so much that he gave us His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ and that we are to love others the way that He loved the church.

God knows how much we love Him by how much we love others. The question that you have to ask yourself is how can you love God who you can't see and not love your brothers and sisters that you see every day. This does not mean that you have to go to the ends of the earth for everyone that you come into contact with. It does mean that you should always want the best for others and respect them. This does not mean that you have to be a fool and be taken advantage of by people. However, it does mean that you don't wish evil on others. The Bible teaches that we are to pray for those that despitefully use us. Put it in God's hands.

When you have agape love in your life, your life will become full of love. You have to learn how to give love, before you can get love. If you love others then others will love you. Grow in love and as you grow in love you will grow in your relationship with God. Once this happens you will develop more and more in becoming one with Jesus Christ. As you do this you will begin to gain favor with God and open the door for Him to shower you with blessing after blessing. At times, you will be uncomfortable. God is not concerned with our uncomfortability. He has no respect to person. We must put our flesh under subjection and be obedient to Him at all times. Obedience is not a option. Jesus is the Truth, the Way, and the Light. God knows that your uncomfortability is only temporary and when it is time the Holy Spirit will move inside of you to direct and guide your path. Once you are steadfast, unshakeable, and unmoveable in your obedience to God, then he can fulfil the desires of your heart.

If you have been burned by love then that does not mean that you are not to love others. Love is not based on situations. It comes from spirit within you. If you have been hurt, then rest in knowing that the Holy Spirit will rest inside of you. The Holy Spirit will reveal, remove and then restore you. This means that as the Holy Spirit is revealing your hurt you will go through a period of pain, suffering, and confusion. As he removes, you will no longer have that pain, suffering, and confusion. Then He will restore and you will have peace, joy, happiness and know that only God can do it.

So in conclusion, put your trust in God and know that Jesus loved you so much that he died for your sins and that you have been forgiven.
God is love and love is God.

Seek God First

I can not begin to stress the importance of seeking a relationship with God first and foremost in everything that you do, say, think, feel, desire, or need. The Bible teachs that once we are obedient to Him and stay under His authority then He will fulfil all of the desires of our heart.

When we put anything or anyone above God, then it shows that we are not being obedient to His word. We can not serve two masters, it either has to be God or is it money, shopping, our spouse, children etc. It is critical that we do not place these above God.

God has no respect to person, therefore His word does not change. The gospel is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It does not change based on the circumstances of the situation. What God told the disciples, and others in the Bible is the same as what He is telling you right now today. It is up to you to apply what He said to your situation and/or circumstance.

There is nothing that you can do that has not already been done. What you have done has already been done by someone else. When Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden, sin entered into man and woman. Therefore, it is important to know that we are genetically coded to have sin in us. The difference is whether or not we give into the flesh and commit the sin or if we punish it with the word of God and repent.

Develop a relationship with God and live everyday of your life to be the new creature in life that He created you to be. Understand that God can not err and therefore, He did not error when he created you. Put God first and stay under His authority at all times whether good or bad and He will fulfil all of your needs. Just remember to always keep your heart, mind, and spirit in line with the word of God.

Uplift With Prayer

It is so unbelievably important that you pray at all times. Many people make the mistake of praying only when circumstances are in their favor. It is more important to pray at all times. It is easy to give all glory, honor, and praise when we are on the mountain top, but can we do it when we are in the valley.

The Bible teaches in Mark 11:22-24 says And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain,Be taken up and thrown into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer believe that you have received it, and it will be yours." This is so powerful, it is telling you that if you seek God and tell him your prayers and believe it in your heart then you will receive what ever it is that you are praying for.

So you may come back and say, "If God is all knowing and he is the one that created me then I should not have to say anything, he should already know." This is true and God is all knowing and yes, He did create you in the image of Jesus Christ. However it is also important for us to make our requests known. When you pray it makes it so that you can give a voice to it and not something abstract.

Habakkuk 2:2-3ays "Write the vision: make it plain on tablets so he may run who reads it. For still the vision awaits its appointed time it hastens to the end-It will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.

Always give God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit all of the praise, honor and glory first and foremost. Always know that God wants the absolute best for us while we are in the natural. That is why in John 3:16 He gave us his only begotten son Jesus Christ who sits on the right hand of the Father God. Let the Holy Spirit guide and direct your path.

Once you begin to pray keep a written record of your prayers. It is a wonderful way to go back and see how God has answered you. It shows you the almighty power of God. As we just learned in Mark 11, if we believe it without doubt it will come to pass. It may take a while, but God's word does not come back void and God does not lie.

We are to have all trust in God and Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We are to trust without proof and without understanding. We are to seek God at all times.

Let the power of prayer move you closer to God.

Allow the Holy Spirit to Operate In Your Life

I can not begin to tell you how important it is that you allow the Holy Spirit into your life. Once you stand up at the alter and give your salvation,it is just the begining. In Isaiah 43:18, the Bible teaches that you must allow the Holy Spirit to come in. You have to be willing to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to your spirit. Let go of your past as you become a new creature in Christ as you renew your mind. As the scripture states, God will make rivers in the desert and ways in the wilderness and even the wild beasts will honor him. God has the answer to every problem, situation, circumstance, trial and tribulation that you can imagine in your wildest dreams. As long as you continue to live according to God, He will show you out of the wilderness.

When we allow our lives to be controlled by our emotions we are headed for disaster. Our emotions are a rollcoaster ride of ups and downs. God is not concerned with our emotions. God's word is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It is unchanging. It is what it is and does not change. The word of the world has many gray areas and changes depending on the situation. There is no grey area when it comes to the word of God. The word is such that there is no question.

If you allow your emotions and intellect to control your mind then you will not be able to rightly divide what is true and what is false. You become subject to falsities, beguiling thoughts, false prophets, and give the devil a footing in your life. You must ask that the Holy Spirit to take over and speak to your spirit.

Once you do this,then the Holy Spirit will guide, direct, and teach you according to the word of God. Trust in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. In Isaiah 55:8-9, the Bible teaches that God's thoughts are not our thoughts and God's ways are not our ways. Therefore, we are to keep God's thoughts and ways and not our own. We can only do this if we allow the Holy Spirit in to our lives. Isaiah 55:11 KJV So shall my word goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Trust in His word and remain steadfast in seeking a relationship with Jesus. Allow the Holy Spirit in your life.

Get a Relationship with Jesus

I can not begin to tell you how important it is that you allow the Holy Spirit into your life. Once you stand up at the alter and give your salvation,it is just the begining. In Isaiah 43:18, the Bible teaches that you must allow the Holy Spirit to come in. You have to be willing to allow the Holy Spirit to speak to your spirit. Let go of your past as you become a new creature in Christ as you renew your mind. As the scripture states, God will make rivers in the desert and ways in the wilderness and even the wild beasts will honor him. God has the answer to every problem, situation, circumstance, trial and tribulation that you can imagine in your wildest dreams. As long as you continue to live according to God, He will show you out of the wilderness.

When we allow our lives to be controlled by our emotions we are headed for disaster. Our emotions are a rollcoaster ride of ups and downs. God is not concerned with our emotions. God's word is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It is unchanging. It is what it is and does not change. The word of the world has many gray areas and changes depending on the situation. There is no grey area when it comes to the word of God. The word is such that there is no question.

If you allow your emotions and intellect to control your mind then you will not be able to rightly divide what is true and what is false. You become subject to falsities, beguiling thoughts, false prophets, and give the devil a footing in your life. You must ask that the Holy Spirit to take over and speak to your spirit.

Once you do this,then the Holy Spirit will guide, direct, and teach you according to the word of God. Trust in God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. In Isaiah 55:8-9, the Bible teaches that God's thoughts are not our thoughts and God's ways are not our ways. Therefore, we are to keep God's thoughts and ways and not our own. We can only do this if we allow the Holy Spirit in to our lives. Isaiah 55:11 KJV So shall my word goeth forth out of my mouth; it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

Trust in His word and remain steadfast in seeking a relationship with Jesus. Allow the Holy Spirit in your life.

Find Joy in the Hard Times

I know that times are extremely tight in the current economical state that America is facing today. It seems that more and more we are having to make choices between necessities. The question of do we get groceries or pay the power bill or gas bill. Do we pay for college or the mortgage? Do we have to down size and decrease our standard of living? What about whether or not we are going to have employment or a retirement? These are all questions that are at the forefront of our daily lives.

In Matthew 6:24-34, the Bible plainly states that God will take care of our daily necessities. Specifically in verse 30, God says, " Wherefore, is God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast in the oven, shall he not much more clothe you. O ye of little faith." Then it goes on to say in verse 33, God says, "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you."

God knows are needs better than what we know our needs. He knew us before the foundation of the earth. He finished the earth with perfection so that we could have all of our needs met. Keep God first and foremost, seek his righteousness, keep His commandments, statutes, and judgements. Trust in Him and know that God is your source. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and Light. God will find a way to supply your needs.

God wants the absolute best for us. He is soverign and does not have to explain himself, for He has no respect to person. He puts us through the tough assignments so that we can continue to give Him the glory. Even though times are hard, we must continue to seek a relationship with our Lord and Savoir, Jesus Christ.

We must go through the difficulty of the valley to know the joy of the mountaintop. We are taught through the Bible that there will be trials and tribulations along with the joy and happiness. Rejoice and be glad in it.

BE the Fruit of The Spirit

What I am about to talk about is so critically important that I don't know where to begin. In Galatians 5:16, the Bible teaches the Fruit of the Spirit. They are the character, conduct, and commitment of God that we are to have in us. They are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,faithfulness, , gentleness and self control.

My Pastor put it so eloquently when he said that you must BE these things. Saints it is not acceptable just to have these in your life. You must BE these things every moment of each and every day. You must be these things when times are hard, when others forsake, hurt, disappoint you. If something or someone gets on your last nerve, then you need to get new nerves. If someone gets you all rouled up and pushes your button, then you need to get a new button.

We need to stop having these characteristics only when it is easy or convenient. We DO NOT serve a easy or convenient GOD! He wants us to be at our absolute BEST. So BE these things at ALL times. You bring others to God when they can see who you are through to your core. What comes out of your mouth is secondary.

If you love God and seek God at ALL times then this becomes your nature. Live your best life. Let the Fruit of the Spirit not just live inside of you, but be so bright that even the Devil gets blinded and tumbles down.

The Power of Togetherness

This is one of the most fundamental truths of the word of God. In Matthew 18:18, it states that what is bound in earth is bound in Heaven and what is bound in Heaven is bound in earth. When you are bound together in God, then you are will have fulfilment. There are some basic requirements that must happen when we come together. We must realize that we are the flock and must lay aside anything that is contrary to the word of God. We must come in faith humility, and forgiveness. Trust in God, leadership and each other. When we do this then we will receive favor and goodness automatically from God. Once this happens then God can empower, protect, and puts us in position to receive kingdom benefits.

We must know that God is the Source, Jesus is the Head and we are the Body. We must come to God through Jesus. God created us to be together. Just as God created the trinity of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, we are to be one within the trinity of mind, body, and spirit. God desires us to come together as one. We are the center of God's will. Once we do this then God can continue to bless us.

In Romans 5:1, we are the righteousness of God and we are to be with God for eternity. To be righteous means that we are to do what is right, be in rightstanding with God, and that the rights of God are available to us. We have to get in line with what God can do. As God's children, we need to stop walking around giving ourselves pity parties and carrying around old baggage. You can't work on yourself, only the trinity can change you.

In order to maximize togetherness, Revelations 1:2-3 we are taught that God wants us to come to church with believers of like precious faith. It is our responsibility to bring the church to the highest level of spiritual, financial, and administrative excellence.

When you come together, you have the peace of God and freedom from stress and the pressures of the world. We are confident and justified in the testimony of God. We can come to God boldly and have access to God at all times. When God created us, He created all of us with a purpose. God wanted all of us here.