THE LATTER WILL BE GREATER!

No one said living this life would be easy. We are commanded to take up our cross if we are to follow Christ. We are to suffer as He has suffered. No it's not easy, but He left us a comforter and a sustainer. He even carries us when we feel we can't take another step. God said He'll never leave you nor forsake you. He said he wouldn't put more on you than you can bare. In these last days, we see the signs everywhere, unfolding before our very eyes. Now is not the time to give up and lose heart. Now is the time to draw closer to God. We cannot stress how important it is to form your very own support and prayer group. You don't want to miss out on the greater reward for a few moments of pleasure, riches or fame. For no man knows the hour nor than day that the Lord our God shall appear. Be ready. Get ready. Stay ready. For the latter WILL BE greater!

HE says, the day you hear MY voice, harden NOT your heart. Let your heart and soul say YES.

Where are you?

Where are you? Where are you in Christ? Are you just a babe OR a seasoned saint? Wherever you are, God as given us the same gifts, the same power and the same authority. Authority to speak to our situations, to speak to our illness. He has given us the power and authority to heal ourselves, our children, our spouse and those connected to us. When Christ died on the cross and his blood was shed, He released the same authority He had to you and me. Now all we have to do is take authority, have faith, believe, receive and claim your victory today. No matter where you are in Christ this day, just say the "Lords Prayer" Psalms 23, embed it and keep it in your heart; so when troubles come and storms arise, no matter where you are "surely goodness and mercy shall follow me/you/us all the days of my/your/our life: and I/you/we will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. Amen!

A TRUE FRIEND

I was sitting here trying figure out what to post, and there was a post that caught my attention. It caught my attention because this is something that my sisters and i had been talking about a lot lately. We tend to think a friend is someone who never have an arguement with, someone who never disagrees with us, and someone who always knows just what to say. WRONG! A friend is also someone who can give you the truth just when you need it. Often times we get ourselves into situations that we created ourselves, we make excuses for our behavior, why we feel we should repay evil for evil, and we want others to go along with it. "yea girl, i understand..he hurt you so you're only doing this out of hurt." "yea man that dude betrayed you, you should never trust anyone again."..."they dont listen to you anyway,so just do what you want to do." " God doesnt force you to do anything if you dont know any better, religion is not for everyone.""you're single so you can sleep around with whomever you choose, and its her problem if she doesnt know what her husband is doing." "go ahead and do what makes you happy..your kids wil understand" Any of this sound familier?? And the list goes on and on. ADULTS, its time out for hearing just what you want to hear! Wrong is wrong, and the truth is the truth! If you are a friend and you truly care, you'd offer up the tough love. Pull your FRIEND aside and tell them the truth!! Why continue to watch them stay in the state that they are in? Tell them whats right, NOT what they want to hear. Because quite frankly, at the end of the day....THEIR SOUL DEPENDS ON IT!

YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS MOUNTAIN LONG ENOUGH

Deuteronomy 1:6-8

The Lord our God said to Horeb, You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. Turn and take up your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites. behold i have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them and to their descendants after them.

Today I believe God is saying enough is enough, you have been in this situation long enough, its time for you to take what i have promised long before you were even born. God has made promises to our fore fathers long before we were even born and HE swore by himself that He would fullfill each and every promise. But to recognize and obtain those promises is your choice. The devil knows what God has promised and he knows what will keep you from obtaining them. Whether it be healing of your physical being or emotional being, God has promised that by Jesus stripes we are ALREADY healed. Whether you are struggling in your financies, God owns the cattle on a thousand hills, everything belongs to Him, and since you are HIS child He said that He wouldnt withhold NO good thing, whether its battling the opinions of others, your marriage, your job, God said He has ALREADY conquered the world, the victory is ALREADY yours. You have been on this mountain, this way of thinking, depressed, defeat..long enough! The land has ALREADY been set long before you, GO IN AND TAKE YOUR GOD GIVEN POSSESSIONS! Take it by force! and how you do that is by knowing what God has promised, studying His word and verbally casting down every lie that the enemy tells you! SINCE God said it, let the devil know that that IS enough for you! Fight with the word ( you cant use the word if you dont know it..STUDY STUDY STUDY) and stand firm, giving thanks for the victory is ALREADY won! Will you get off that mountain today??

Will you be made whole?

When Jesus approached the man at the pool who asked him ONE question. "Will you be made whole?"...not what happened to you, not who did what, not who died, not even how he felt. Will you be made whole?? The man began to give excuses why he couldn't get in the pool. Jesus just simply said "Take up thy bed and walk"...he didn't say awww you poor thing, or no wonder why you're the way you are, or I'm so sorry to hear that...Take up thy bed and walk. Many of us stay in our conditions because we choose too. We murmur, we complain and we shift the blame, all just validate why we are the way we are. Today Jesus is telling us to get up and walk!!! Get up from depression! Get up from drug abuse! Get up from promiscuous ways! Get up from low self esteem! Get up from that mans/woman's bed that don't belong to you! Get up from guilt! From pride! From pornography! From homosexuality! From lesbianism! NO EXCUSES! WILL U BE MADE WHOLE????!!

Be Thankful:)

Wherever you turn, news reports, schools, White house, and even in your own lives; there is much to complain about. However, today we want to just take a moment and be thankful for what we do have. Yes, it's that simple, no long speeches, no big articulate words, and no extravagant ways to say it. Just BE thankful! "This IS the day that the Lord HAS made, let us ALL rejoice and BE glad in it!"

Gods way isn't the easy way but it's the BEST way. Take short cuts and you'll get cut short. Father knows best!!

ITS BEEN ALL GOOD!

From a child on to adulthood, we all can sit on the side of the bed and say...weeewww what a ride the journey called life has been! Reflect back for a moment...let it soak in..dont deny ANYTHING that has happened to you. Dont make any excuses, claim total responsibility for your actions and recognize what was done to you. Everything! The child abuse, the abandonment, the divorce, the heartache, the foreclosure, the job loses, the deaths, the betrayals...EVERYTHING! Now that you are broken in spirit, change the focus from where you have BEEN to where you ARE NOW. God has brought us from a mighty long way, has he not?? And through it all we are still standing, well, and alive. And through it all God has been just as good. He has kept you from suicide, He has kept you from homicide, He has kept you from losing your mind, He has kept your children while you were deep in depression, He has kept you from walking out on it all, He has kept YOU ..."all things work together for the good of them that love the Lord and are called to His reasonable service." Yes you have been drug through the dirt but allow God to show you how its all BEEN GOOD. Allow the peace of God, that surpasses all knowledge and understanding, to give you true rest this morning. Now release, now relax, and now let God restore you...because ITS BEEN ALL GOOD! Be blessed!

DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY?

Remember the saying "If you don't have nothing nice to say, then don't say anything at all?" Yes I'm sure that you do. But how many of you have said nice things but didn't really mean that either? You tell the lady in church that she looks nice in that hat, but soon as she turns her back you're saying just the opposite. You tell your child that they can be all that they want to be but soon as they're out of your site you're saying stuff like, "Lord I dont know what you're gonna do with this child." You say all the nice things to your spouse before you leave out for work but once you're around your co-workers all you do is complain about him. DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY??...
Now let me take it a step further. When we pray and when we witness to others. We SAY that God is a way-maker and a provider, but as soon as the money gets low we're telling our friends."Girl, I don't know what I'm going to do? The bills need to be paid but I have no money." Nevertheless, in the same breath we tell God how much of a healer He is; when we get a bad report its more like,"I just don't know what I'm going to do, the doctor said, 'I have 3 months' .." We tell God the He is a restorer of many things, YET, ".. I'm tired of hanging on to this person..I don't see any change. That's it! I'm filing for divorce!" ...God wants to know DO YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY? You say I'm a healer, but do you believe it? You say I'm a provider, BUT do you believe it? You say im a lawyer in the court room, but do you REALLY believe that? You say all these nice things about me, you hype me up in your prayers, you make it sound real nice for your friends, BUT I don't think that you truly believe what you say. Who do you say that I am? AND do you believe what you say? I, the Father, has spoken to you and I say that "I Am that I Am" and when I decree a thing it comes to past. I AM who I say I AM and I DO what I say I'll DO. I AM all of that, but what good is it for Me that I know it and yet you still don't believe. 'O ye of little faith'. God is saying don't just talk a good game BE about it and believe that He IS who He says HE is. Watch God blow your mind. 'Faith without works IS dead' These things shall be performed according to the faith that works WITHIN YOU. BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY.

VICTORY!

As the song says, "Victory is mine! Victory is mine! Victory today is mine. I told satan, get thee behind me, victory today is mine!" Glory be to God! How do we have victory in our lives? A wise author said to humble ourselves and know that inspite of our weakness, trials and tribulations, we have victory because God is our Father. Oftentimes we think that weakness means we are not strong. However, the great thing about weakness is that God uses our weakness for something great and strong. It help others overcome their weaknesses, our weakness is our testimony. Our trial and tribulations are our testimony. God gave us the power to move a mountain only if we have the faith the size of a mustard seed. We can command the storm to pass on by us, to go away, to cease and not to return. To send it back to the sender who will be cast into the lake of fire. Because these are Gods words, we have "VICTORY" over everything that is not of God. We claim victory, we receive victory and we have victory!

Taking Territory

Have you been robbed? Has the devil came in and took everything God has blessed you with? Are you ready to fight and win? As we go into battle, put on the whole armour, letting God be the sword and sheild as we take dominon over pricipalities and take back our children, our spouse, our family, our self esteem, our self respect, our integrity, our minds, our body, our soul,our home, our health, our community, our cites, our state, our youth as a whole and whatever else the devil took that didn't belong to him. We claim total victory over our cicumstance because God is in full control. Are you ready for battle, to take back your/our territory?

"GET OUT OF MY WAY!"

God said, He will move among us if we would only "Get Out of His Way!"  Is there an illness that He cannot heal, a problem that He cannot solve, a mountain He cannot not move, a concern He cannot address, a feeling He cannot remove.  He can do all that He said He can do if we would only move and get out of His way.  He said, "I'm going to move among you, I'm going stay amoung you, just cast your cares on me and I'll move."  God is all knowing, before He formed us in our mothers womb, He knew us.  He knows our heart, our finances, our situations, what builds us up and what breaks us down, and if we would just get out of Gods way and cast our all our cares on Him, He will move on your behalf.  So, when are you going to move and get out of His way?     

Courting God!

In the beginning stages of a new relationship we court the person we have become attracted to.  We think about this person day in and day out.  We want to be in their presence as often as possible and will actually diss our friends just to be with this new person in our life. As we begin to spend more time the greater our feeling become and then before you know it we are in love, doing everything under our power to please and make this person happy.  This is the same type of behavior we should put into God.  We should make every effort in getting to know Him, seeking to please and make Him happy, most importantly falling in love with Him.  That is what we were created for, to love and serve God as we love and serve our husband or wife, our children, our parents and often times our friends.  When we start "Courting God" and building a strong relationship with him, loving him, then will we fill complete and be able live life abundantly in love.

A Call to Minister

Oftentimes, Christians believe that the call to minister is restricted to the pastors, bishops and evangelists.  However, God has commissioned us all to minister to those around us.  There are plenty people in need of a word that may not gain the courage to make it inside to the church walls.  We need to be sensitive to these people. The devil keeps us so distracted with our busy schedules and life, that we don't notice the hurting people. We see them as problems, haters and folk we don't fool with. Jesus didn't come for the Saints, he came for the Sinners. So why do we feel our words of encouragement are only for the body of Christ.  Who needs it more the one that knows Jesus or the one that living like no God exists? Answer the call, people are waiting.

Don't lose your God Perspective!

The fall of Adam and Eve cost mankind a lot.  Most importantly, our ability to see only as God sees.  Before the great sin, Adam and Eve had perceived things in Earth only as God viewed them.  Once the fall, the understanding of  many more views were seen. Now centuries later, mankind has forgotten how to narrow in on God's view.  We constantly fall victim to the understanding of our newfound sight.  Remember once Adam and Eve saw,  their vision distorted God's creations.  They immediately saw each other and became ashamed, despising what God had made.  What are you looking at in disdain and missing the beauty that God created? Focus back in on God and get your sight right!!!