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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP522 BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT

Now is the time to awaken out of sleep. Now is the time to ask for God to give us deeper understanding about spiritual things. We no longer have the luxury to ignore the things of the spirit realm. We go along acting like if we ignore anything spiritual, we will not have to deal with it. But that is not how the real-world works. We are spiritual beings and we will either serve God or Satan, there is no middle and no way to avoid it. We all will have to make a choice for ourselves.

I cannot stress enough that we need to be on guard. Evil is all around us, the enemy loves to try and draw us into temptation. If he cannot get us to sin, he will put people in our lives to tear us down. The attack always comes when we least expect it. Unless we are vigilant about keeping our guard up and our shield ready.

Our freedom is not in our circumstances. Our happiness doesn’t depend on lack of adversity. Our freedom lies in our trust of God. I spoke to you yesterday about trusting even when the feeling may not be there. When we are hurt and feel betrayed by people, we still have to trust God.

The body of Christ needs to hear the warning, “Be on guard.” We as God’s children were given the whole armor of God for a reason. To protect and to defend this is true, but to also go on the offensive and use our swords if needed. Swords are both offensive and defensive weapons. They can take out an enemy or they can block an attack or threat from an enemy.

It is time that we ask God for wisdom and discernment when it comes to spiritual things. The enemy does not lack tactics. He will use different ones until he reaches his goal of getting us trapped in sin. But for every weapon he tries to form against us we have a weapon of defense. It is found in the word of God.

Remember every time the enemy came at Jesus in the wilderness, Jesus used the word to deflect the enemies lies. He is the deceiver. It is time the church had open dialog about spiritual experiences, not all of them are from God.

2 Cor 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

The devil goes to church, he tries to weigh down the service. Satan’s servants are not all showy with their evil, some are stealthy like a panther. They want people to believe that they are genuine and really love the Lord, when they only love themselves. They serve only their own agenda.

People are clueless to the tricks of our enemy. Because he has had centuries to watch human nature. He studies us and knows how to drag us into temptation. For every real move of God, the enemy tries to fake a move of God to be deceitful. This is why there is so much church hurt in the world.

I was reminded of an experience I had several years ago. I had a job at a car dealership, there was an add in another town advertising for someone in my position. It was more pay, better benefits. I went for a job interview. It looked perfect. The building the dealership was in was beautiful, marble floors, beautiful glass offices, everything looked like success. I would have taken that job in a moment. But as I looked at the beauty and grandeur of the building God said to me, “All that glitters is not gold.” I went ahead with the interview and was offered the job. I told them I needed to give notice. But I went home and thought about what I felt like God had said to me. I turned it down the next day. Within six months they declared bankruptcy and someone else bought the dealership. They brought in their own office staff, so I would have been without a job.

We cannot always judge things by how they look, not every spirit is from God. The Holy Ghost doesn’t glorify anything but Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost does not move on people for show. He moves on people to transform their lives from being servants of Satan to being born again. The Holy Ghost came to be our guide it is time we give up and let him lead.

John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Notice the Holy Ghost aka the Spirit of Truth will guide us into all truth. We need to listen to the leading of God’s Spirit, because he knows where to lead. It is up to us to follow. Now is the time to prepare to step out into deeper waters. Now is the time to be ever vigilant.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP351- LISTENING FOR GOD

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: LISTENING FOR GOD

In the quiet silence, I sit and wait for God’s voice. I whisper quietly, “Speak to me Lord, speak to your daughter.” In my heart I am longing for him to share something with me that I can pass along to encourage you. My mind often reels with topics but they don’t seem right. I pray again, “Speak to me Lord, I need you to share with me what you want your body to hear.”

As I sat quietly a large portion of yesterday. God began to place on my heart, to remind his people not to fear what is coming. He has never let down his people. There has always been a hedge of protection around those who love and serve God. We have no reason to fear; God holds us in his hand.

John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

Jesus tells us he will leave peace for his people. He tells us to not let our hearts be troubled. He tells us to not be afraid. We do have some control in the situation, we must look to him when we are hit with the emotion of fear. We cannot allow the emotion to take root and become fear in our spirit. When we fear, it is an act of unbelief. We are telling God we do not believe he will protect us or take care of us. This is not a message we want to send to God.

Our message should always be, “I trust you Lord, I don’t understand what is happening, but I trust you, Lord.”

There are different seasons we walk through. Sometimes outside influences cause us to react differently. Like right now, if you pay any attention to the news, then it is easy to allow fear to take over. But we have to know with everything we see, God has it in his control. He will take care of his people.

The enemy comes to cause division; he comes to destroy those who are determined to live for the cause of Christ. He is not stupid; he knows those who have that deep down faith and determination. He will try to cause us to fall into fear.

Psalm 56:3-4 What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. 4 In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.

We must get Psalm 56:3-4 into our hearts and allow it to seep into our soul. This way when the enemy comes to attack us with fear, we can send him on his way. We have the power to send him packing, simply by saying, I resist your lies, you have no place here, I belong to Jesus, I am covered by the blood.

When I have faced hard situations in the past, there has been times I couldn’t understand why thing happened like they did. I didn’t have answers, I didn’t know how to pray. I would just sit and say, “I trust you Lord, you are wise and know what you are doing. I don’t understand, but I trust you, Lord.”

We can never allow fear or anxiety to get a stronghold. It is hard to get that stronghold broken. But nothing is impossible with God. Even if there is a stronghold, ask God to break it and tell him you trust him, until you feel that trust. He truly only wants what is best for us and will deliver us from all fear. Our job is to trust and not fear.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP520 HOLY

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: HOLY

Satan tells us lies every day. Some we believe and fall for, causing us to fall into temptation. Other lies we see through immediately. It is the lies that are close to the truth that are the scariest. They are the most dangerous. Our enemy is the father of lies. He came to destroy anything that is good. This is why the children are on his radar. He is trying to destroy the next generations.

John 10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

Jesus wants to give us an abundant life. He cares about us. Just as much as Jesus is love the enemy is hate. He hates us, because God loved us enough to die for us. We will one day be in a place he was removed from and never allowed to see again. He hates us because we are God’s chosen. The enemy loves to draw people into sin and uncleanness. God is pure and holy. He wants us to walk in holiness.

I Thes 4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

God’s word many times states that he is holy. In the sixth chapter of Isaiah. It talks about a vision Isaiah had. He saw the throne and angels that were created by God just to fly and sing. “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty the whole earth is full of his glory.” That is their single purpose for existing.

But what does it mean to be holy? “holy” in the bible is the Hebrew word Kodesh. It means set apart from common or ordinary. We have to walk by the faith of God. We must keep ourselves clean from sin.

Satan comes with his lies that we are not strong enough to live holy. We are not strong enough on our own. But God has placed authority in us to be strong enough to rise up above the temptations and lies of the enemy.

Isaiah 57:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

The enemy will often try to form weapons against us; weapons of doubt and fear. But God comes along with his peace. He restores, he strengthens and he delivers us.

I Pet 1:15-16 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

Peter was quoting a verse in the Old Testament from Leviticus. God would not tell us to be holy if it was impossible. If we walk fully in our flesh, it is impossible. But we have the Spirit of God on the inside of us as believers. He will lead and guide us into all truth and righteousness or holiness. All things are possible when we allow the Holy Ghost to be our guide, even being holy.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP519 DON’T SELL OUT

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: DON’T SELL OUT

Every moment in time is unique, every wave that crashed against the sea shore will never crash again, even though the water goes back and more waves crash. Every step we take gets us closer to our goals or it takes us further away. Depending on our direction. Are we boldly crashing the shore of the future or are we retreating only to be tossed in the waves.

God honors the bold and the brave. He is calling all of us to be bold and stand for the truth. It is going to take a bold church to stand up to the brazen, blatant display of evil that is in our face 24/7. The enemy is trying harder than ever to destroy as many people as possible. Because he knows his time is short to lock people into a life they cannot get out of. One of blaspheming against God’s spirit.

Matt 12:31-32 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.

The Pharisees committed this unpardonable sin when they said that Jesus cast out devils by the prince of devils. They looked like holy men on the outside, but inside their hearts were pure evil. They were very insecure that Jesus’ popularity would take away their standing in the community. When they heard he had cast out devils.

Matt 12:24-26 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

In trying to sway the people away from Jesus, they actually sealed their own fate. It is no small thing to speak negatively about the Holy Ghost of God. He was sent to this earth to be our help and guide.

Matt 8:14-16 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Matt 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

There is nothing we face as children of God that we cannot get through, as long as we are led by the Spirit of God. We are no longer in bondage. It is not wise for us to allow man made things to bind us up. Look at the Phariasees, they were bound by their religion. I say their religion, because they took the ten commandments and made hundreds of rules to keep them from breaking the original ten. Jesus came to set us free from bondage. We cannot allow man made rules bind us up in religion.

Today is the day of salvation, today is the day to dig deep into the word, today is the day to pray and intercede against the enemy and what is coming. If the Spirit of God dwells within us, we need to ask that we develop spiritual sensitivity to understand and discern the voice of God.

We are standing on the edge of our Red Sea, life is about to change. How it changes for us will be determined if we are listening to the voice of God or falling into fear. Will we be a wave that penetrates the sand, or will we be drawn back out to sea. Because we have given in to the enemy and his lies. So don’t sell out to the enemy.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP516 ARE YOU READY?

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: ARE YOU READY?

I Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Are you ready to give an answer? If not, I have a few ideas to share today to get you started on having your answer ready.

We are all without hope until we accept the blood of Jesus and his plan for our lives. That is the simple answer some would brush off as being religious. Generic answers will not work, it’s about relationship. But if we can share a rock bottom moment with someone, then give God the glory it will be more accepted.

For me my rock bottom was when I fell into deep depression. Someone else’s, may be drug addiction or losing all they had financially. It could be alcohol addiction, porn addiction, there are many rock bottom moments. They are as individual as the people who suffered them.

It all starts with honor and reverence in our hearts for the Lord. Making Jesus the center of our faith. When we share the hope we have we must share Jesus, because his love and sacrifice are the reasons for our hope.

This verse doesn’t mean that we have to have an answer like a legal defense to fight against those who will not accept that Jesus gives us hope. If we take that approach we will not effectively share why we have hope.

We believe the word of God is true, that word is full of reasons to have hope. One of the main reasons is that when we become children of God we have hope of a home in heaven far away from the punishment we deserved for breaking God’s laws. His forgiveness gives us hope that we are never alone.

Another way to look at the key verse is that if we are full of God’s hope, we will live a life that causes people to question, why we have hope. The world could be flying apart and we have peace, because of Jesus.

I COR 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

This verse is a reminder that our hope is in Jesus not only for this life but the one to come.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP515 FIRE ON THE ALTAR

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: FIRE ON THE ALTAR

Across all denominational boundaries almost all would agree that we need to see revival. We often think of revival as a meeting set up weeks in advance. There is a preacher from another church to bring the word. But if he doesn’t bring the fire, no one will come to know Jesus. If the people have not prepared the altar, there will be no fire.

Mirriam Webster online defines revival as: the restoration, re-connection or to bring back to life something that has declined faded or died.

The word revive means – an improvement in the condition or strength.

If we allow God to revive us, we will gain strength and improve in condition, we will re-connect with him. It is easy to let life get in the way of our relationship with God. Revival can restore our faith walk.

A congregation can have church services every night for a year and call it revival, but it will accomplish nothing until the saint are re-kindled with God’s holy fire. Until they pray the fire down.

Which brings me to my next point. The story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. A large portion of these people were God’s people who had turned aside to serve baal. We too at times allow things to creep into our lives. Often ours is more subtle than turning to worship a false little “g” god.

Elijah was tired of watching God’s people chase after the false god. He put forth a challenge and said, we will set up an altar and worship. Which ever God answers by fire, let him be God.

For times sake I am starting at verse 30, I suggest you read the whole chapter and think about how amazing that God answers by fire. We pick up with where the prophets of baal had spent all day crying, cutting themselves with knives and nothing happened.

I KGS 18:30-38 And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: 32 And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. 34 And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. 35 And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. 36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Notice the sacrifice that was on the altar to baal was not the sacrifice Elijah used. He prepared his own sacrifice. Just like we must put ourselves on the altar and rededicate and re-surrender. We need to become broken before him and allow him to send down the fire to consume our sacrifice.

He asked the people to pour not four, not eight barrels but twelve barrels of water on the altar, the sacrifice and the area around the altar. Think about what a sacrifice it was to use the water, there was a famine and drought in the land. But they still offered it to God.

Notice Elijah didn’t use the altar of the enemy and try to pray to God. He repaired the altar before adding the sacrifice and water. He didn’t have to cry and cut himself with a knife, like the prophets of baal. He just said a simple prayer and all off the sudden there came a fire from heaven. God not only answered by fire, he consumed the sacrifice, the wood, stones, dust and all the water.

True revival will come when we see God’s fire. But first we have to repair the altar. It is not just a place for sinners to repent. The altar is a place to make changes in our lives through sacrificing what our flesh wants to do and spend time crying out to God for real change. Some churches have made a mockery of the altar.

What if Elijah’s sacrifice was like we are, as soon as the prayer gets serious our flesh wants to get up and call it a day. But in bible times the sacrifice was tied to the altar. What if our desire for God kept us tied to the altar until we were saturated with is presence? We must pour out everything before God. Re-connect to him in a deeper way.

There is no shame in needing renewal. Everyone needs to be refreshed (with the washing of the word), refilled with God’s spirit so we can pour him out to others. We need renewed so that we have fresh bread and not the same stale message for those who are lost.

If there was ever a time in history that needed God more than now, I do not know when it was. The only way people are going to be drawn away from the bone chilling coldness of this world is for the church to get on fire. It can only do that, if we sacrifice time to pray for the fire to fall once again.

As spring begins and people start to plan revivals in their churches, I pray each one prays for lost souls to come to know God. And that there will once again be fire on the altar.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP511 WHERE ARE THE WATCHMEN?

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: WHERE ARE THE WATCHMEN?

What would happen if God’s watchmen all left their post. Evil would swallow up the earth. The enemy would come in and overtake everything and the people would have no warning. No one would be guarding the weak. God is needing us to stay on the wall and keep watch. This is what has been happening in the world today, many left their post.

In America in 1963, watchmen left the wall and one woman was able to take prayer out of the school system. Where were the watchmen? Then they removed teaching morality and biblical principles. All of this before I was born. Why were the watchmen not on the wall?

In the 1980’s, my generation saw the ten commandments being removed from the schools, while drug use and sexual immorality increased. Where were the watchmen?

Ezekiel 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

This could very well say children of God I have made you watchmen over America and the world warn them about their evil. Compel them to turn from their worship of the little gods of this world. Compel them to return to me.

Every generation has let down a little more of the fortress. It is like each generation removes a row of block from the high walls of protection. If allowed to continue soon there will be no walls and the enemy can walk in and set up his kingdom. But for now, we have something to say about it. We can find our place on the wall and watch.

Amos 8:11-12 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

Have you ever gone to your pantry, you are hungry but are not sure what you want to eat. I can honestly say I often opt for something quick to fix, but it may not be the best choice.

Spiritually, morally, people are like this: they are hungry, but not sure what they are hungry for, they opt for the quick fix. They allow the enemy to tempt them into sin which satisfies for the moment. But long term does nothing to help them be better, stronger or happier.

The famine is for the word of God and his presence. Many churches have “feel” good messages, but the watchmen have left the wall years ago. Now they tell people how to gain wealth or live their best life. They never mention the blood because it is too gory. They don’t want to preach about hell, because they don’t want to offend anyone. Week after week, people leave their services unchanged and still starving for God.

Where are the watchmen?

We all can be watchmen and guard our own lives. Once we get ourselves to the place that we can be of use to God he will set us to watch and warn of the enemy’s attacks.

Ways we can be watchmen: Guarding our hearts, guard against distractions from the enemy, pray for help, study God’s word and apply it to our lives.

Prov 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

We are the only ones who can guard our hearts. No one can do it for us. The enemy will try to get us distracted by the world. He will try to bring offense to cause us to lose our focus and develop unforgiveness. He will offer us shortcuts to success, even when we have not put in the work to make success possible. He will try to fill our mind with lies about God and his plans. The enemy wants us to look at circumstances and fall into fear so that we do not focus on God.

Watchmen know the word of God and can use it effectively. We must know how to use our sword to show compassion and not to harm. Praying daily for fresh understanding will help us to see the enemy’s next move long before we ever see him. Fresh anointing and discernment daily should be what we ask for when we pray. The anointing will give us power to overcome and discernment will show us what we need to do next to avoid the enemy.

As we each guard the gates of our own hearts, we learn how to help spiritually guard the gates of our nation. We have a powerful tool in our arsenal; we have the power of prayer. It is time for the watchmen to arise and find their place on the wall. There is much work to be done to see the harvest gathered. If we stand side by side the enemy will not prevail. With God on our side, we cannot fail. We are stronger when we stand together.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP510 PERFECT PEACE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: PERFECT PEACE

Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

How do we walk in perfect peace? We do not look at what is going on around us, but we keep focused on God. Perfect peace is not the absence of conflict. It is having God’s peace in spite of conflict.

As soldiers in God’s army, we need to train ourselves to not look at what is happening around us. We cannot watch the news and fall apart by what we see there, but we have to say, I know it looks bad, but I trust you, Lord.

How often do we allow things to distract our attention and cause us to start falling into anxiety and fear? Far too often, our flesh wants to worry about all the what if scenarios. That is just the enemy speaking to us trying to destroy our peace. We have to fight to keep that peace in our hearts, by keeping our minds on God. By talking to him about the anxiety and concerns we have about the chaos we see around us.

It comes down to, trust. Do we trust that God is going to keep his promises? He has promised to give us peace, protection and healing. But do we walk by what we see or do we trust God to keep us in perfect peace.

We have to have a made up mind that circumstances are not going to dictate our peace. God is love and God is peace. Sometimes peace is earned by going to battle. The enemy needs to be put in his place. Satan will not win, he cannot steal our peace if we don’t let him.

It’s not easy to get our focus and keep it at times. But God has promised to never leave us and he has promised to fight for us. We can overcome the enemy. We can walk in peace, like we walk in faith. One step at a time.

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

These were Jesus’ words. He tells us to not allow our heart to be troubled. That tells me we have control if we are troubled, fearful or if we are walking in peace. If we lack peace, we can ask God to give us peace.

Phil 4:6-7 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

The atmosphere is full of anxiety and uncertainty. It is easy to fall into being anxious and worrying about thing around us. Paul said, be careful for nothing. In other words, do not be anxious about anything. He tells us to pray and the God of peace will give us his peace. Keep holding on and keep fighting the good fight of faith. One day it is all going to be worth it.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING –EP509 ENDURANCE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: ENDURANCE

Endurance is talked about in the word. But what is endurance? When we are thinking about endurance in the bible, we can trace it back to a Greek word, hypomone pronounced (hoopmon a) which means remain under pressure without giving in. It means to have perseverance and to be determined to reach your goal. Which is often on the other side of a difficult trial.

Psalm 5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Endurance is about more than patience, although patience has something to do with it. It means having a deep determination to keep going in spite of the circumstances. It means overcoming obstacles and struggles even when we feel we cannot. Jesus will give us strength to endure, if we hold on to him.

There is a reward on the other side of the endurance, if we do not give up. We have to run our race, determined. We have to dig deep within our souls and find that courage to hold on just a little while longer. These rewards are the fruit of our labor or our patient determination to keep going.

James 1:12: “Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.”

I can not think of a better reward than to face my trials with grace and strength. Knowing that one day I will hear him say, “Well done.”

Right now, the body of Christ is going through some growing pains as God removes things that have slipped into the body to cause spots and wrinkles. We will never be effective to reach the lost while there is strife and blatant sin in the body. God is separating those who are serious about their faith walk and those who attend services to personal gain and to deceive others.
Once the shaking has occurred and there is only left those who are serious about running their race with faith. Then we will see many souls added to the kingdom of God. There is joy in serving Jesus. We need to remember to share that joy with those around us. If we can endure the tough times, we will reap in joy.

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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP508 THE ACCUSATION

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE: THE ACCUSATION

When Jesus was on the cross with him was his accusation. Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews.”

The Pharisees didn’t like for that to be there, they wanted Pilate to change it to say, He says he the king of the Jews. But Pilate refused because he had already had an encounter with Jesus that convinced him that he was possibly the son of God.

Jesus was accused of many things when he shook religious spirits. The Pharisees loved their select seats in the synagogue, their prestige and power. Jesus challenged it all. That is why they hated him.

Their motives were grounded in the fear that he might be real. They feared losing their standing in the community. They would no longer be rich or be able to gain great wealth. The Pharisees, Sadducee and scribes often made accusations against Jesus. He was accused of breaking the sabbath, because his disciples picked corn and ate it.

In their eyes he blasphemed against God because he told the paralyzed man his sins were forgiven. Then he healed him. They also said he blasphemed on other occasions, he claimed to have a unique relationship with God, the “Great I AM”

When he cast out devils they said he did it because he had power through the devil. They were afraid to admit he might actually have power from God.

They got all upset and judgmental when the disciples ate without doing all the “man-made” hand washing rituals. They would often demand a sign to prove his authority. Their greatest accusation came when he was brought before Pilate. They accused him, they lied about what Jesus supposedly said about paying taxes to Caesar.

Pilate could find no fault with him. He believed him to be innocent. He even gave them a chance to let him go. Pilate said he would release one prisoner, the murderer, Barabas or Jesus. The crowd yelled for Barabas to be free.

Have you ever thought about how that was symbolic of Jesus setting all of us free, because we deserved punishment just like Barabas deserved punishment. Yet because Jesus went to the cross Barabas was free and so are we, if we accept what he did for us.

Then when Pilate asked what he should do with Jesus they shouted crucify. Pilate washed his hands before the crowd, because he could not find any fault with him. The Pharisees said, “Let it be on our heads.”

All of their accusations were lies and misconceptions. They were supposed to be the enlightened ones, the ones who would know the Messiah as soon as they saw him. But instead, they feared him and what he represented. They didn’t want to lose what they had built, their kingdom.

Everywhere Jesus went, he brought freedom to the broken and hurting. He also stirred up the religious people who thought more of their religion than they did the God they were supposed to be serving.

It makes me wonder if there is enough of Jesus in our lives to upset a few religious spirits? Is our walk with God close enough that the enemy is on alert?

Out of all the accusations against Jesus. The truth was on his cross. JESUS OF NAZARETH KING OF THE JEWS.

Not only is he the king of the Jews, but king above all kings and lord above all lords. In the times we are living many worship Baal. When they talk, they will say things about the lord. We as Christians assume they mean the one true God, our LORD JESUS CHRIST. But they are talking about Baal or satan. Do not be deceived, there is only one true God and de died on a cross under the accusation of being King of the Jews.

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