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EPISODE 94–BE STILL

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The title of today’s episode is: “BE STILL”

Yesterday, I talked to you about standing still and seeing God deliver us from our enemy. It got me to thinking about the verse that says be still.

Psalm 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

The word still means calm, quiet, peaceful. When he tells us to be still, he could also mean don’t move but stay in one place. If we hold our peace and let the Lord fight for us, we will have victory.

Isaiah 54:17 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.

Every tongue that rises against us in judgment He will condemn. The word condemn means -express disapproval in public or sentence someone to be punished. If we are under an attack on our character it is hard to not defend ourselves. The enemy wants to tie us up in knots and get us to fear what people think and say about us. It is one of the hardest things in the world to not try to defend against lies of an enemy.

If we launch a defense, then we are judged guilty of trying to cover up what we didn’t do in the first place. The more we try to fix it, the bigger mess we make of the situation. Then the enemy will take what we said in defense and twist it too. No one understood this better than Jesus.

Jesus stood before Pilate, the Jews were accusing him of all sorts of things. He didn’t utter a word in his defense.

Matt 27:12-14 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.

Jesus could have convinced Pilate to set him free. But he chose to go to the cross. Defending himself would have been counter productive to his end goal. However, he was our example.

I Pet 2:21-23 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Neither was guile in his mouth. This meant he walked with integrity and was not deceptive. He did not attack them with evil words, even thought they reviled or attacked him with evil accusations.

Romans 12:17-21 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

We don’t need to look for payback. We are to live as peacefully as possible with everyone. He tells us to not avenge ourselves. Not to defend ourselves. We are to go one step further and repay evil with good. If we can get ourselves in a state of peace we have won half of the battle. Because half is what is done to us, the other half is our reaction. When we defend, we give them power over our peace. If we can give it to God, we keep our peace.

The enemy is all about distraction right now. He doesn’t want us to spend time with God. He doesn’t want us reading the Bible. He is doing all he can to tear down our knowledge of who we are in Christ Jesus. It is time we show him that we know God is in control. We know that God will go before us and fight for us. We understand that all we have to do is stay strong in our faith and hold on to our peace. If we can be still and know God is there for us. We will win the battle every time.

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EPISODE 93 — STANDING STILL

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The title of today’s episode is: “STANDING STILL”

Eph 4:13-15 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

One definition of still is calm, quietness or peaceful. The enemy is trying to destroy God’s people. But God is saying, stand still, be calm and walk in peace. I will be with you and will deliver you.

Now is the time to stand still and wait on God. The enemy is on the prowl preaching pretty sermons that have no real truth. It is easy for us to fall into negativity. God is needing us to be consistent and not give into the enemy. The bible is full of encouragement to stand strong, have faith and walk in love. God wants us to be united against our enemy. He is waiting for us to speak truth in love which will help us to grow in the things of Christ.

We as the body of Christ have been deceived by religion. God is wanting a real relationship. He has always protected his people. He will not fail us. Understanding needs to come to the body. Do we know how big He really is and what he wants from us? He wants us to trust and stand still, waiting for him to bring deliverance.

Exodus 14:13-14 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. 14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

The children of Israel were up against what appeared to be an impossible situation. Moses said “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.” We need to stand still in this day. Things look impossible, the enemy is trying to bring chaos and fear.

But God is reminding us that we have to trust in Him and he will bring light to our darkness. The enemy may appear to be on the attack, but God says stand still and he will fight for us. We just have to have faith in our God.

God also told Jehosphat the same thing that he said through Moses. “Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.” Jehosphat had three armies coming against him and God told him to go to battle and he would fight for them.

2 Chr 20:15-18 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s. 16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.

Notice verse 17- We do not need to fight in this battle, we are to set ourselves which means to be determined. Have a made-up mind that no matter what, we will stand strong against the enemy. We can stand strong against the enemy with prayer. Then we are to stand still and watch God move, he will fight for us.

What kind of battle are you facing today? Is it sickness? He is our healer. Is it financial? He is our provider. Are you under a spiritual attack? His Spirit inside of you will provide resistance to that attack and will protect you.

It doesn’t matter what the enemy tries to use against us. Whatever the attack may be, God will not allow the attack or weapon against us to prosper. It doesn’t say that he will prevent the weapons from being formed. The enemy is exposed by forming weapons against us in the first place. But God will not allow the enemy to prosper against his people.

Standing still means that we cannot move forward because there are obstacles. But God will remove the obstacles and lead us forward to what He has promised. He is the shepherd; we are his sheep. We will see how he has provided salvation for us from our enemies.

God has never let down his people. Even in what seemed to be impossible situations. For He is the God if impossible. He has not lost one battle. Again, I remind you of the two accounts where God said to stand still and see the salvation of the Lord. Pray for the body of Christ, that we can be strong enough to stand still and wait on the Lord.

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EPISODE 92 — ALTAR / ALTER

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The title of today’s episode is: “Altar / Alter”

When we repent at an altar, we come out of the experience altered. In order to fully understand that statement we must fully understand the definition of each of the words that sound the same; alter/altar.

The word altar is a flat surface used for a religious ritual or for making a sacrifice or offering to a deity.

In Christianity, an altar is where we pray and repent of our sins. We make a sacrifice of our will and our lives. It is a place we return in order to continue to lay down our lives for the cause of Christ. When we come to Christ the first time, we repent and lay our lives bare before him on an altar.

We are saying to God, I give you my life, use it and do something with it. Fill me with your Spirit that I may have the strength and courage to walk right. As time goes by, our flesh reasserts its desires. If we are not careful, we can allow it to take over again. We need to repent daily and give our lives to God. He will change us as we learn and grow in him.

Which brings me to the second word Alter. The Oxford dictionary defines Alter as change or cause to change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way. Example: A tailor would alter clothing for a better fit.

This change is the alteration we need to walk in the ways of God. It is a lifelong journey. God’s grace is sufficient to see us through as long as we try to walk right. But his grace is not a license to repent once and then do whatever we wish. That is not true repentance. True repentance means that we not only ask God for forgiveness, but we turn from our sin and do not repeat it.

In order for us to conform to God’s plan we need to alter our lives and try to not walk in the flesh. If we fall short, we go to the altar to repent and ask God to help us overcome our sins.

The altar can be anywhere we choose to pray. It doesn’t have to be a formal altar in a church building, like it was under the law. Under the law they sacrificed animals and sprinkled their blood for redemption of sin.

Christ became the ultimate sacrifice on the cross. His blood forever covers the altar. We can come and lay down our flesh or the will of our flesh. We then ask for the blood to be applied to our lives.

Apostle Paul understood that we are all human. None of the Apostles needed God’s forgiveness more than he did; he was persecuting and executing Christians until he had and encounter with God. He was forever changed. God even changed his name. He said that he died daily. Meaning he gave his life fresh daily to God.

Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

To present our bodies a living sacrifice means that we make our daily decisions to conform to the word of God and his will for our lives. That we renew our minds with the word and think about the things of God. Our desires and will must die in order for our spirit man to live and stay connected to God.

It would be a good idea, before our feet hit the floor to look up and recommit our lives to the cause of Christ. Ask God for his help to overcome the will of our flesh. Place our lives on that altar of sacrifice. This in turn gets our mindset right and allows us to stay focused on God and His will for our day.

Altering our lives meaning adding more room for God and taking away room for us to commit sins. This is why we need to resist the devil. He is there to tempt our flesh to commit sin.

Matthew 16:24-26 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

Taking up our cross is another way of saying, staying committed to following the will of God. Just as Christ sacrificed his flesh on a natural cross. We are to sacrifice the will of our flesh and surrender to the will of God.

Verse 25 sums up the meaning of take up your cross. If we keep our life and not sacrifice it to God. In the end we will lose our life to an eternity in hell or death eternal. If we lose our life or sacrifice our life for Christ. We will find eternal life and not eternal death.

What is worth giving up our lives for, Christ. We could own everything in this world, and it would not be worth living this life without Christ. What is worth giving up our soul?

Gal 2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

Something to think on today as you go about your routine.

Until next time,

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EPISODE 90 — BREATH OF GOD

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The title of today’s episode is, “Breath of God”

When Adam was created God breathed into him the breath of life.

Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

This was the beginning of physical man in the earth. Over the centuries we have multiplied and been through many things. I want to talk today about how God created a body of believers. There are more people that we know that believes in Jesus and the power of the cross. Those of us who are born again have been breathed on by God. As he did to create Adam physically, he breathed on the believers and the bride was born spiritually.

The spirit that was in Jesus returned to earth in the form of a wind to breathe life into the church. In Acts Chapter 2. This is when God came to earth in the form of the Holy Ghost to fill all the believers. That is why we are called the broken body of Christ. We all got a little piece of that spirit that unites us as believers.

We as a whole body have allowed the world to creep in and slowly change our beliefs and direction of our feet. Many things are tolerated in the name of love and acceptance. But our perception of love is tainted. If we truly love people we will tell them the truth. Not brutally, with anger or yelling, but compassionately with God’s love.

Vultures of sin, tolerance, ignorance of the word, being distracted with building our own kingdoms, being laid back and in some cases being asleep have put the church on life support. The vultures have picked apart the bones of the church. Which brings me to the story of Ezekiel. It is time we are like Ezekiel and prophesy to the dry bones to live. God will send His Spirit like a whirlwind to bring to life, renew and make new the church. We will be a great army ready to fight our enemy and take back our territory.

Ezekiel was a prophet of God. He saw a future when Israel would stand strong as one army. God would breathe into the dry bones new life. The true church of today, is in desperate need of a fresh breath of air from God. We need him to blow away mans ideas and tolerances. Denominational boundaries have divided people for too long. We need a fresh anointing and understanding of who we are in the earth. We are children of the most high God. We are his chosen people. He called us out of death and breathed into us new life.

Ezekiel 37:1-2 The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

Is the church as a whole dry bones? Many lack true anointing. We have slowly settled for crumbs of truth. Just enough to ease our conscience. But lack the desire for true change and a real and honest walk with God. Many are just going through the motions. I don’t want to settle for going through the motions. I don’t want crumbs of truth. I want to walk in God’s strength and the power of his love.

Eze 37:3-7 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: 6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

The army was just a bunch of flesh with no life. There is no life without breath. We need God to breathe on us a fresh understanding and anointing. We can speak life into our situations. It is about focus. The things we focus on become bigger in our eyes. When we look at the situations all around us, it is easy to get down and discouraged. But we have the power within our mouth to pray and praise. We can speak to our situations. We as the body of Christ can speak life into the situations of our country.

God adds and multiplies, the enemy subtracts and divides. Every time we speak negatively, we are only making the situation worse by giving the enemy fuel. Think about what we say as wood for a fire, there is a fire of good and a fire of evil. Every positive, encouraging, prayer and scripture we speak, every time we say God has got this, it adds flames to the fire of good. When we speak about how bad things look, how dark they are, how it will not get better, we throw wood on the fire of evil. We want God’s fire to burn out all the evil in this world. It is time we speak life and encouragement.

EZE 37:9-10 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. 10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

When we speak the word of God and speak about how God is in control and will take care of his people, we cause the army to get stronger. Right now we need to tell satan his plans will not work. It’s ok to talk to the enemy as long as we tell him he is powerless and the forever loser. We should never listen to his lies and fearmongering. Remember he is here to subtract and divide.

He wants to subtract our joy, peace, happiness, and strength and cause people to dismiss the message of the cross. He wants to divide the body with negativity and the doctrines of men.

Jesus came that we may have life and have it more abundantly. He wants us to be blessed in this life. He will pour out blessings, not to make us rich, but to give us resources to bless others.

It is up to each of us to speak life, speak victory and say the church will be full. The harvest is ripe and ready, people are starving for the message of Jesus.

We need to truly grasp the meaning of 2 Cor 5:7…for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Learning to walk by faith is not always easy. Our five physical senses get in the way. But even more than the five physical senses, we need to learn to walk with our spiritual senses. Allowing God to breathe life into us, so that we can be ready to fight the good fight of faith.

Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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EPISODE 89 — BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP BY PRAYER

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The title of today’s episode is: “Building A Relationship By Prayer”

As God’s children, we should have joy. We have every reason to walk out our faith walk with joy. Life throws us some hard and hurtful things at times. But in the times of our deepest despair, we can have joy in our hearts that God is with us. He will answer when we call in times of trouble.

Psalm 5:11-12 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. 12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

I have been thinking about all the different stories in the bible that we use for inspiration. Daniel in the lion’s den, the three Hebrew men in the fiery furnace, David and Goliath and don’t forget Elijah calling fire down from heaven.

All of these miracles were preceded by a strong prayer life. Daniel was thrown in the lion’s den for praying. Each of these miracles happened because of the relationships these people had with God. They all had put in the prayer time and had gotten to know God in an intimate way.

If we ever expect receive anything from God, we have to work on our relationship with Him. Not for what He can do for us, but because we desire a deeper faith walk. Our relationship will grow as we create a time of prayer and fellowship.

Think of the old saying about the man that took a chisel and hammer and tried to break a rock in half. He hit the rock repeatedly, finally there was one last blow of the hammer that the chisel separated the rock into pieces. It wasn’t the final blow that broke the rock, but all the ones that had gone before including that final one.

Prayer is the same way. Do you think that God would have answered on top of Mt. Carmel with fire, if Elijah had not built a relationship with God. If that was the first prayer he ever prayed. It is highly unlikely, because the prophets of Baal would have never been in that challenge with Him.

The enemy knows when you have been with God. He knows if you have been with Jesus. Just like Moses came off of the mountain, he had to put a veil over his face because the people couldn’t stand to look at him.

The reason some people do not like to be around Christians is that the Spirit of God in them, makes their demons nervous. They will know that you have spent time with God, because like Moses you will be shining with God’s light.

Building our faith and strength as believers starts with a healthy prayer life. There is power in prayer. My grandfather always said, little prayer equals little power. We need great overcoming power. It stands to reason, the body of Christ needs to amp up our prayer life, me included.

Ps 55:1 Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

Many verses in Psalms are similar to the above verse. David often felt unworthy of God’s attention. It is easier to fall than to get back up. David felt like God was going to give up on him.

God will not give up on us if we are sincere and wanting to grow. He will help to pick us up when we fall, if we ask Him to help.

BEFORE I GO, A QUICK REMINDER: Today is the National Day of Prayer. Take time today to slow down and find a quiet place to talk to God. Our country needs our prayers today more than ever before for good to triumph over evil. Ask God to pull down the evil leaders and set up righteous ones.

Pray for the hurting and the children of the world that are being trafficked for its even hard for me to imagine, for sacrifice to false gods, medical experimentation and evil sexual desires of evil people. God help set the children free.

I want you to know that I will be praying for all of you to be strong against evil. Let your light shine and hope arise in your heart. God is still on the throne and He will take care of it all, If we pray.

Until next time,

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EPISODE 87–THE SAME GOD

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The title of today’s episode is: “THE SAME GOD”

The same God that created the world and created Adam and Eve is the same God that watches over us today. He loves us so much, that he tries over and over again to redeem us from our nature. We can depend on him because he doesn’t change.

The same God who sent plagues to Egypt also protected his people in Goshen. He is the God that sent down fire to prove He was God when Elijah prayed a simple prayer on Mt. Carmel. He is a miracle worker.

When His people were being forced to bow to a golden statue, three Hebrew men stood strong. They did not bow and were thrown into a fiery furnace as punishment. God protected those three men in the middle of the fire. He is still our protector in the middle of the fire. It doesn’t matter what we face, he is there to see that we are not overtaken.

The same God that kept Daniel safe in the lion’s den when he should have been devoured instantly. He has a way of turning around the desperate situations of life. We are safe placing our hope in him. Look at all the examples in the word. There is no good thing he will withhold from them that love him.

We can be comforted that because God doesn’t change that we have stability. We have assurance that we can depend on him. He is not like a lot of people that we know, one day they are one way. Then you see them a week later and they act differently. God can be relied on to always be the same. His word doesn’t change what was sin in bible times is still sin. He doesn’t make exceptions for us today.

The same power that raise Jesus from the dead, lives within us. God is all-powerful. There is nothing he will not do for his children. Maybe one thing, he will not allow us to continue in rebellion and sin. Being our God means He will be all we need our deliverer, healer, hope, peace, strength, savior, friend, father and our safe place to run when life gets tough. We will be fine in the storm because he holds us in his hand. No amount of war, financial instability, or famine can affect us if we fully and truly trust in him.

Look at Elijah, during a famine God sent him to a brook and sent ravens to bring him bread and meat. Then when the brook dried up, God sent him to a widow to perform a miracle for her, then God used that miracle to sustain him, her and her son.

There is no wonder why governments try to ban the bible. Because if we could get down on the inside of us who God is and who He is to us there will be no stopping his people. We will walk by faith and not by sight. We will walk by who we know God is and not by how circumstances look.

He is the same God that came to earth as a babe and suffered horrendous things for us, to redeem us and change our circumstances. He does not change. But we needed a big change, we needed to learn how to walk in the spirit and not by our fleshly nature.

Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

All of the works of the flesh are about changing and not being stable. Living for self and being selfish. Not caring about others, but only what brings what we want at the time, for that moment. It is about acting in impulse. Then the next moment our flesh seeks some other sin to bring about that desire. None of this brings about stability.

Remember God is stability, he never changes. How can we have stability? Allow the fruit of the Spirit to grow in our lives.

Gal 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

The fruit of the Spirit is the character of God. Read the list again. Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. The more God’s fruit grows in our life the more stable we become.

It doesn’t matter what the world tries to throw at us. We can draw on the examples of His word and it will give us power and encouragement to keep going. We have to believe that His word is true, and we learn stability by studying his word.

When people change, it implies that they lose some of their original identity. As a child of God, who has been born again, we do change. We turn from our sin nature and turn toward learning to be more like God. We allow His Spirit to be our guide and not our impulses.

Since God is perfect, there is not any need for Him to change. This is why he is the same as he was before time was created. We can depend on Him because he is the same yesterday, today and forever more.

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EPISODE 84– SPIRITUAL EMERGENCY ROOM

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The title of today’s episode is, “Spiritual Emergency Room”

Prov. 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

Prov. 25:12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

Many think we are to go about screaming, “Repent, you are going to hell if you don’t.” But that will not work unless this person believes in God, heaven and hell. Most people not raised in church will not react to that approach.

People must build a relationship with the one they are trying to help. Praying for God’s timing is also crucial. Think about someone you don’t know telling you to “Repent or you are going to hell.” More than likely you would dismiss that person. But what if your brother, sister or close friend talked to you? It would be better received. Why? Because of the relationship. You know that your brother, sister or friend has your best interest at heart.

Our society is very untrusting of strangers. Sad to say they have seen enough fake preachers that are just out for monetary gain. Some would think you are trying to get them to repent so they will add to the numbers on the Sunday school attendance or to the offering plate.

The main thing is to have God’s timing. Learning to listen to that still small voice is the first step in being a good witness. If we can learn to hear God’s voice, he will give us the right words to say to people.

I have a friend who does street ministry. She doesn’t approach it like most people would by setting up a table and giving away tracts. When she wakes up every morning she asks God, “what do you want me to do today?” She will go where He sends her. Then she waits for the person that she feels drawn to, she approaches them and starts a conversation. As far as I know, she has never started with, “Repent, you are going to hell if you don’t.” Allowing the Spirit of God to lead, He gives her what to say.

Once someone has made a decision to follow Christ, we need to remember that they are a newborn babe in Christ. They are not instant, mature Christian, they are a baby. Just as babies need the bottle and not solid food. These newborns need the basics of God’s word or the milk. Learning to trust God and understand His word will help them to become the mature Christian.

It is not our place to interfere with the process, by overwhelming them with a bunch of rules. That is what religion does, it smothers out the spark of enthusiasm with legalism. We want to encourage people to let their light burn brightly.

When a baby is born, they have to learn to walk, talk and eat solid food. This Christian faith walk takes time to learn. It takes a lot of time for us to learn to walk by faith and not by sight.

We are all on a journey, down the same road. It is up to each of us to not leave stumbling blocks behind us, but road signs of encouragement. When life gets hard, Jesus is the one to turn to for encouragement and peace.

They need to understand the power of their words. Our words have the power to hurt or heal, build up or tear down. An encouraging word at just the right time can be just what someone needs to keep going. There is not one of us that is immune to being discouraged sometimes. We need to go out and do all we can to be a beacon of hope.

The church as a whole is failing these people, especially those who are different. I have a godly friend who was saved in the living room of a mutual friend. Many years ago this woman was involved in some dark things like witchcraft and she cut herself. She dressed in black and wore lots of dark eye make-up. She went to three different churches, each a different denomination, in her community. Each one told her to go home and change her clothes and get rid of the make-up and then come back.

That would be like someone going to the emergency room and them sending them home saying, “When you get that bleeding under control come back and we will look at you. If you go home and get your fever to break, then come back because we don’t want sick people here in this emergency room.” How crazy is that? The church should be a spiritual emergency room. Ready to spring into action with prayer if someone comes in who is obviously in crisis.

Sin is not pretty. Sinners are not always going to look like we think. But that doesn’t make them any less in God’s eyes. What would have happened to my friend if she had given up on God because she had been turned away from the churches. Thank God she had a praying grandma.

God has used this same woman to help countless troubled youth. She has authored books and blogs of encouragement. There are many people that God has used her to reach. She is an amazing prayer warrior and example of how to stay humble when people do not treat you with respect.

None of us have the ability to look at someone and know what they will become. Many may be on a bad path and we know if they do not turn around, it will lead to their destruction. But none of us knows what God can do with them if they will surrender to him. It is not our job to judge, but to show them Jesus and he will do the rest.

Which brings me full circle to our scripture verses above, a word fitly spoken is beautiful. The bible tells us to open our mouth and God will fill it. Only he can give us the right words to say to someone. It is all about the right words at the right time. If we pray for God encounters, he will create divine appointments for us to be able to let our light shine. He will give us the perfect thing to say that will uplift someone and not crush them.

Prov 16:24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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Be Bold, Be Brave and Keep Your God Focus

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EPISODE 80–ENDURANCE

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The title of today’s episode is: “ENDURANCE”

We are in the battle of a lifetime. The church has not had to face such persecution and opposition for many, many years. We are in this to keep pressing forward and showing the world our faith. Jesus is on our side; we cannot lose.

Things may appear scary and if we look with our natural eyes, things do not look good. But we have to endure whatever is coming our way and stand strong in our faith.

Matthew 24:13 KJV: But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

We have to endure what is coming. As Children of God, we have to stand strong on our faith. We need to fight back with prayer. We can only win if we come together and pray for our nation, pray for the body of Christ.

James 5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

We find that James is encouraging endurance and patience. He is explaining how the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth. This is all about the harvest. It is saying, Jesus is waiting patiently for the precious fruit which is the souls that will come in during harvest time. Until he receive the early and latter rain.

The early rain was His Spirit that was poured out on the early church. The latter rain is when His Spirit is poured out on the earth for the final harvest of souls.

James 5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

James is encouraging the believers to establish their hearts. In other words, we need to make sure that our heart is set on the things of God. We are to be determined and have a made-up mind that nothing will keep us from God. We have to have our minds set on the things of God.

The best way to establish our hearts is through prayer and studying the Word. Prayer for an understanding of God’s word.

James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. This means we are not to judge or complain against other believers. We need to get our hearts right if we have grudges against anyone we risk being judged by God.

James 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 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.

We need to look to the prophets as our example of how to stand strong during affliction. Job is one of the best examples of enduring. He was patient and trusted God even in the midst of horrible loss and sickness. He kept his faith and trust when everyone told him to “curse God and die.” But he kept his faith and he was very blessed for endurance. Just like we will receive God’s blessings if we can stand strong and endure our fiery trials.

Think about a runner. They train long hours to build up lung capacity to run marathons. They have to be determined to finish the race strong. They build up their endurance by training.

We build up our endurance to run our spiritual race by training. Training our minds to guard our mouths. Train our minds to fight against negativity planted by the enemy. We are learning to walk by faith and not by sight.

Every time we pray, we add to our endurance. Ask God to help his people stand strong. Every time we dig deep into the word of God, we learn something to give us endurance to stand against the enemy.

2 Tim. 2:3-4 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

We are just passing through this life. It is not our destination; it is just somewhere the road goes through. We cannot allow the things of this life to distract us from doing the will of God.

Enduring means that we will come through the fiery trials of life without compromising or allowing our faith to waiver. It all comes down to knowing God’s will for our lives. Then not allowing anything to keep us from carrying out that will.

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EPISODE 79–GOD WILL DELIVER

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The title of today’s episode is: “GOD WILL DELIVER”

Psalm 91:11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

I mentioned this verse a few days ago in Episode 72 about Angels. God loves us so much that He created Angels to watch over us and protect us. Let that sink in and think about it the next time the enemy tries to tell you that you are not loved by God.

Psalm 91:13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. God gives us authority to overcome attacks of the enemy. The word says that satan is like a lion roaming to see who he can devour. We have power over the enemy. An adder is a type of poisonous snake, but God will render the poison of the enemy neutralized. The lion, adder and dragon are all representatives of satan’s attack. But God has given us power over the powers of the enemy and we can walk right over top of the enemy.

I want to take a moment to look at the word trample. Dictionary.com defines trample – step heavily and noisily; stamp. to tread heavily, roughly, or crushingly.

We will not tip toe past the enemy quietly in fear of getting attacked. But we will step heavily, roughly crushingly to destroy the attacks of the enemy.

Psalm 91:14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. God says because we set our love upon Him, He will deliver us. Oxford Dictionary defines set – as put or bring into a specified state. We need to show Him our love for Him. If we lavish him with our love, he will deliver us from the enemy.

He will place us on high, because we love Him enough to learn of Him. Because we know His name, the name of Jesus.

Psalm 91:15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. When we have been in the secret place and really know God, we can call upon Him and He will answer. He will deliver us from trouble.

Things in our country needs a God intervention. The only way that will happen is if His people, will get in the secret place and pray for God to forgive our nation for turning their back on Him. Ask for Him to deliver us out of the hand of the enemy.

Psalm 91:16 With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

This is the best way to sum up and end this chapter. God will give us a long life and give us peace. He will satisfy or meet our needs, desires and expectations. He will be there to show us his deliverance.

Over the past four days we have learned the key is alone time with God in the secret place. If we can build our relationship with Him in the secret place, there is nothing that can touch us. Because He hides us under his wings. He will protect us from attacks of the enemy. He will send angels to watch over us.

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EPISODE 75–PRESSING TOWARD THE GOAL

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A goal can be defined as an objective or a desired result. A point we reach when trying to accomplish something. In a foot race it is the finish line. What is your goal in life? If you ask this question some say they want to be an Olympic athlete. Others go to school for years to be doctors or engineers. Too often when thinking about life’s goals people think only of their careers. Others long for the day they can have their retirement home on the beach.

As children of God, we often do not think about pressing on to the goal of finishing this life’s race. The things we do in this life are temporary. The word says we need to occupy until he comes to get the bride. That is why we can have goals in this life for whatever we wish to do.

It is a good thing to have goals about the direction of our lives. However, we need to remember that only what we do for the cause of Christ lasts. Only following Jesus and doing what he has told us to do will matter. He has told us to go out and make disciples.

Phil 3:12-13 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Paul says He hasn’t arrived at his goal, neither is He perfect, but he follows after Christ that He may reach perfection. Then He goes on to say to forget the things which are behind. There is no reason to look back. We cannot change the past.

Phil 3:14-15 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you.

He keeps pressing on toward his goal, the prize of the high calling of God. He will reveal to us what we need to do on our journey for the next step toward our goal.

Phil 3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.

We are to walk in the light we have been given while searching for the next level of understanding. As we walk in the light we are given, He will shine more light on our path. Paul told them to follow him and to mark them that walk as he did as an example.

Phil 3:18-19 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

Paul warns that many walk as enemies of the cross. He warns of their destruction. They seek after what satisfies their appetite for sin. They boast and glory in their evil. Because they desire the earthly things. Even though we are to live and occupy until he comes, we must keep our eyes on the prize of finishing this race strong.

Phil 3:20-21 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Our goal and focus should be on doing the will of God. Christ is able to subdue or bring under control all things.

Psalm 126:6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Our goal as God’s children is to gather the harvest. Keep pressing on to learn the deep things of God. As a part of the body, it is our responsibility to gather the harvest and wait patiently for the day He comes to get His Bride.

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Be Bold, Be Brave and Keep Your God Focus