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EPISODE 61 –THE WORD

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

The Bible is not just some old book full of ancient stories. It is living and breathing. The word can inspire us when we are lackluster. It can encourage us when we are down. Comfort can be found in the verses when we are suffering. It enlightens us to God’s law and the fact that no one can ever measure up on their own.

Then we read of a virgin who found favor with the Lord. The Holy Ghost overshadowed her and a baby was created. This child was half God and half man. Jesus is the word made flesh. This is why I encourage you to study your Bible. We need to get to know the word. The more we know the bible the better we know who Jesus is.

John 1:1-4 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

In him was life. We get a new life when we follow Jesus. He is our life. Jesus gives us light to walk the path before us.

Psalm 119:104-105 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Jesus, the light of men, is a lamp to our feet and a light for our path. The word is the answer we all need.

Paul charges Timothy to stand firm on what he has been taught.

2 Tim 3:14-17 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

James 1:22-25But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

James tells us to not just hear the word but to do what it says. If a man is a hearer only he is like someone that sees their reflection in the mirror and when they walk away forget what they look like. If we look and allow the word to give us the reflection of who we are, we will be a doer of the word. The word will give us a picture of who we are that we will not forget. This will lead to a lifetime of blessings.

Jesus the word, is our example. He knew not sin, but was pure and without sin. His shed blood makes us pure and without sin. We have to strive to walk in perfection. Even though we are not perfect. Jesus is there to cleans our failures and sins, as long as we are sincere and ask for His forgiveness.

Psalm18:30-32 As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the Lord? or who is a rock save our God? 32 It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.

God’s way is perfect, he is our shield. He will give us strength and make our way perfect. Perfection is in the eye of the beholder. When the word says He will make our way perfect, it may not appear to man to be perfect. But in God’s eyes we will have a walk that is perfect. Because Jesus is the light to our path and his blood cleanses all of our sins.

All we need can be found in the pages of the ancient text that no one wants to believe. The Bible is the word, Jesus is the word made flesh and he walked this earth. When he died and rose again, he left this earth. Just as Jesus ascended into the clouds, someday he is coming back for those of us who have the light of life, Jesus, the Word, within us.

I know it can be intimidating and Leviticus can be hard to get through, but start with the gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Read about Jesus when He walked the earth and learn of his mighty power. It will encourage you to read further and want to know all about Him.

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BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

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EPISODE 58 — GOD CAN NOT LIE

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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: “GOD CANNOT LIE”

What if you had a friend that it was impossible for them to tell a lie. Would you take them at their word even when things seemed too good to be true? Well we have such a friend in Jesus. He cannot lie.

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

When God gives us his promises in his word, we can be sure that it is truth. Faith should come easy. But it doesn’t always. Often, we struggle when we look at situations through the lens of our experiences, emotions or intuition. God is beyond our human lens. This is where we learn to have child like faith. If God said it, we need to believe it and fully take Him at His word. (He cannot lie).

Heb 6:17-19 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

God confirmed two things to his children. Verse 18 says it was impossible for God to lie. The second thing is to have encouragement and hope in the Lord. Not just hope, but a hope that anchors our soul.

Think about an anchor. On a boat, the anchor keeps the ship from getting carried along with the current. When the enemy comes along whispering lies, trying to get us caught up in fear or anxiety. God’s truth is our anchor that keeps us from being carried along with the current. That way we do not end up at a destination that satan chooses. God’s hope anchors the soul.

We must remember when faced with the enemy’s lies that God cannot lie. His promises are real and true. I want to remind you of just a few of his promises.

Is 41:10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

He tells us to not fear because he is with us and will give us strength.

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

He will keep us in peace if we focus our thoughts on Him.

Phil 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

He will supply our needs.

Deut 31:8 And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

He will not leave us nor forsake us.

Ps 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

He will teach us and guide us.

Exodus 14:14 – The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

He will fight for us.

The Bible is full of promises and things God has said concerning His people. The more of the word we get on the inside of us, the more we will trust, because we will know what all He has said and we know he cannot lie.

Until next time,

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EPISODE 57–MEANING OF SPRING

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Happy first day of Spring, many thoughts go through my mind as I think about spring. It is normally triggered by the adjusting of our clocks for most people in the US. We call it springing forward. Which is something that we can do in life as well.

The deadness of winter gives way to the beautiful Easter flowers that seem to appear overnight. The way nature suddenly bursts forth with new leaves and flower buds. Just a couple of weeks ago everything looked dead. Now as if there is still hope, new life springs forth.

Our spiritual walk can be the same way. One day we wake up and realize that we are in a dark season. It is hard to just keep moving forward. It is not that we have made a conscience decision to not follow Christ. It is not that we have even stopped doing all the things that make us strong. We still pray and read our bibles, but it feels like the ceiling is holding the prayers in and that they are not reaching God’s ears.

The darkness of spiritual attack seems to be all around us, and we wonder what is going on in our lives. Sometimes the dark places are from the enemy to distract us from our purpose. Other times God allows us to be in this dark place to bring forth new growth. We have to be able to discern the difference. If not, we could be praying against God’s plan, thinking it is an attack of the enemy. If the darkness is oppressive and makes you feel like you cannot move a muscle it is probably the enemy. God uses us being planted to grow us.

Seeds don’t die and bring forth life unless planted beneath the soil, in a warm, dark place. When the time is right, suddenly there is a speck of green pushing its way through the soil.

All the conditions had to be right in order for the seed to turn into a plant. We can only thrive and have new growth if the conditions are right. God spends a great amount of effort to make sure we have just the right conditions to bring forth new growth.

When thinking about seeds and spiritual growth the obvious comes to mind. Jesus was crucified, buried and in three days burst forth with power and the ability to produce fruit. We are that growth of his time of walking in darkness. He descended into hell and took back the power and authority that Adam gave to satan in the garden.

He came out of the grave victorious. We too can come out of our dark places of growing, with victory. In the darkness, one of two things will happen. We will either give up or we will grow. If we choose to grow, we will burst forth with new enthusiasm and be stronger. In the darkness, faith grows and we become empowered by God to keep pressing forward.

Gal 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Just as we have different seasons of weather. We have seasons in our spiritual walk. God will put us through seasons to grow us. Some seasons are ones of darkness, where God is trying to grow us. He is trying to cause new blossoms in our lives to produce spiritual fruit.

The growing season is never easy. It takes us to be consistent even when we don’t feel like it. It takes us being intentional even when we are weary. If we can do what God has called us to do without fainting or backing off, then we will reap the fruit that can feed others.

As you look around this first day of spring at the new leaves and buds remember God is also trying to grow something in your life. We are at a new season, God is trying to wake up his church to be the church. Millions of souls hang in the balance and need us to have the fruit that God is trying to produce in us.

John 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

We have to yield to the vine and draw strength from him to produce this fruit. It is not something we can do on our own. It all comes down to a relationship with Jesus. If we allow him to flow in our lives that spiritual flow is like sap in the vine, and it will produce the fruit in the branches.

Every day is a small chance to grow and bring forth new growth. Enjoy, the first day of spring, thank God for another day. Thank him for producing new fruit in your life and be encouraged, God has the final say, even when things appear to be scary, even when you find yourself in a dark place.

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EPISODE 55-CORRECTING THE VISION

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The title of today’s episode is: “Correcting The Vision”

People wear glasses or contact lenses to correct their vision. It is a lens that they look through that magnifies in the right proportion to give clear vision. Far too long the body of Christ has been looking through the wrong lens. If the lenses are not the correct ones the vision is blurry. The wrong lenses can even damage the eyes.

We have looked through the lens of religious ideas and man’s philosophy. It is time we threw away those lenses and got new ones to correct our vision. It is time the church set aside the old vision of man and found the old vision or the old path that is God’s vision.

There are visions people have for this world. There are visions people have for the church. We may even envision how we think our lives will turn out. But the only vision that matters is God’s vision. We need to pray and ask God to share His vision. We need to look at things through a new lens and the lens of His word. What is He calling the body of Christ to do? What does that vision look like to Christians?

God is calling for the body of Christ to come apart from the world. Far too long the body has mixed with the desires of the flesh. The vision man has had for the church is not necessarily God’s vision. We have been lulled into a false sense of security. Too many things have been allowed to creep it’s way into the church.

We need to have compassion and show love to people, especially the lost. But that doesn’t mean that we are to allow sin to reign in the body of believers. It is time for an eye exam and a correction of the lens we are using to see through.

Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

We need to consecrate our lives to the Lord. Consecrate means to sanctify, declared to be dedicated formally to a divine purpose. In other words, a life consecrated to God will be dedicated in every way to the divine purpose of God. They will keep themselves set apart from the evil of the world.

1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Everyday we have a choice to make when we get out of bed. Are we going to be dedicated to our God and His will or are we going to follow the will of our flesh. There are two visions for the day God’s vision or the vision our flesh would like for the day. I am not even saying that our flesh wants us to go and commit a major sin. It will desire to be neglectful in prayer.

If we don’t pray and talk to God about His vision for our lives daily, we are not fully consecrated to God. Without the dedication, we will not know God’s vision.

Leviticus 20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. Let the word be the lens in which you look at the world. God will lead us to do what He desires if we seek His vision and not our own.

Nearsightedness is one vision issue that can mess with vision. If you experience nearsightedness, then things that are far away from you are blurry, while things close are clear. We can get spiritual nearsightedness. This is when we are so focused on a task that God has given us that we lose sight of the big picture. For example: I could get so caught up in writing bible studies I could neglect my relationship with God and the rest of what He has for me to do.

Farsightedness is a vision issue opposite of nearsightedness. Farsightedness is where a person can see things that are far away from them but have difficulty seeing things that are close. In the spiritual realm a person may see the big picture, they set lofty goals of something they believe they are called to do, but do not do the little things daily to get to the point of seeing the future thing to manifest.

Both nearsightedness and farsightedness require vision correction. An optometrist can check the eyes and see just what needs to be done to correct the vision. God is there to correct our spiritual vision. We just have to trust him and ask every day, “What is your plan for me today?”

Spend some time to think about your spiritual vision. Ask God for the right prescription to make you see His way clearly. PROV 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

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Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

EPISODE 54 –HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD?

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WELCOME TO GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING

The title of today’s episode is: “How great is our God?”

When thinking about how Big God is, the word measureless comes to mind. In other words it is beyond our comprehension to even begin to fathom His size. But scripture gives us a clue that fits within our comprehension.

Psalm 33:4-8 For the word of the Lord is right, And all His work is done in truth. 5 He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 7 He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap; He lays up the deep in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him.

The heavens were made by the word of the Lord. He is so powerful that he spoke things into existence. I know that most people have heard this already, but how many have meditated on it? We need to get a grasp on it.

Psalm 8:3-4 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?

Is 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? The word meted means to distribute or measure out. He distributed heaven with the span of his hand. He weighed the mountains in scales. This should help us realize how big He is.

Is 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.

I liked this because it is a reminder that all of these people that feel like they are so powerful and mighty, they have money and political power are not even dust. The nations are as dust so we are even smaller than dust. But he care about us.

That would be like us going to the beach and knowing all about every grain of sand and if it were like us, every dream, hope, fear, worry and care. We would know which ones chose to be ours and those we need to deal with and try to reach. And He is even bigger than that comparison, because sand is bigger than dust, and the nations are dust. We are microscopic dust, yet he loves us and cares about us.

Ps 147:3-5 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 4 He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

He is a God of details, he named the stars. He even knows the number of hairs on your head. Now I ask? Is anything to big for our God? Does our problems seem too big? What about the issues in our country? NOTHING IS TOO GREAT FOR OUR GOD!!

God said to Jeremiah:

Jer 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?

I hope I have given you something to think about today. It is my prayer that we all learn to look at God in a different light. We need to realize we cannot stretch our understanding big enough to fully realize how big and amazing He is, but all he asks is for us to love Him and worship Him.

The reason that, I encouraged you to think about how big our God is, was to remind you that this incredible, God that is bigger than we can imagine cares about you. Nothing is too small for him to care about. This great big God feeds the birds, how much more will he do for us.

When God told Abraham he would have a son, Sarah laughed and God asked, “Is anything too hard for the Lord?”

That is a question we all need to get a hold on. The answer is No. There is not one thing too hard for God. Once we have that on the inside of us, our trials, troubles and the things in this world seems a little less scary. They somehow, seem smaller. And to our God they are small.

The next time you find yourself facing a seemingly impossible situation, remember to God it is not impossible. There is nothing too hard for our God.

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Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

EPISODE 52 — LEVELS OF BOLDNESS

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Hello my friends

The title of today’s episode is: “LEVELS OF BOLDNESS”

We are living in times where we need to be bold about our faith. The word bold means, not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger; courageous and daring. Warriors of God, we need to not be fearful but have courage.

When Jesus chose Peter, he was a fisherman; strong and willing to do the right thing for his family. Fishermen were often rough brawlers. They were not considered scholarly or well-educated. Most of them had what we would call street smarts today. They had survival skills that helped them brave the elements as they tried to catch fish. They knew how to negotiate for the best price for their daily catch.

Peter was determined to follow Jesus. He was brave enough to walk away from everything to follow Jesus. As he walked with Jesus, he started learning about miracles. He knew in his heart that Jesus was the Messiah. Many of the Jews were blind to this fact. Some were too evil to care, others were too religious to see it.

Peter was known to have a temper. He would hear Jesus preach about loving people. Yet Peter was ready to defend Jesus with a sword. In the garden of Gethsemane, Peter was bold and took on a Roman soldier with a sword, cutting off his ear. He was brave enough to fight for Jesus in the natural. He was bold in the flesh, but he lacked spiritual boldness. Once Jesus was taken to be delivered up for crucifixion, Peter lost all boldness for a moment, and he let fear kick in. He allowed his fear to overtake his faith. I can see how easily that could happen. One day, he is walking with the Messiah, who had the power to heal people and raise the dead. Then all of a sudden he was taken captive to be offered up for punishment.

He denied Jesus and found himself warming by the enemy’s fire. Jesus wasn’t concerned by his momentary laps in judgment. Jesus knew what Peter would become someday. He knew Peter would be a strong leader after He ascended into heaven.

Matt 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

When Jesus was crucified, Peter’s faith waivered. His boldness spiraled and failed him. Until fortified on the day of Pentecost. Then he boldly stood and proclaimed, “This is that which was prophesied by Joel.” He never looked back. Once he walked with Jesus as a man and his friend. But after that day, God was within him. Suddenly he had HOLY Boldness. He became an empowered spreader of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

He suffered much for the gospel. He may not have always done the right thing. But he never denied Christ again. Church history says that he was even crucified upside down, because he felt unworthy to die like his savior. Many people down through the years have been Martyred for the gospel. Peter went through many levels of boldness. As he walked in one and grew in faith, God raised him up a level.

Satan has always had evil men in power. Look at Hearod, he killed many young male babies in hopes of killing Jesus. Because he didn’t want to give up his crown. He didn’t understand that Jesus wasn’t born to take his earthly crown.

The Foxes Book of Martyrs is a book of church history. It tells stories of people that have been martyred for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is horrific what these people suffered. They were an inspiration to many people down through the ages. They had to have holy boldness to stand and say, “It doesn’t matter what you do, I will not deny Christ.”

Today satan has people in power that have evil intentions. We can stand strong, like Peter or David. The same Spirit that was in them is within us. We can have Holy Boldness and stand in the middle of adversity. Jesus is the only way to heaven. He is the only true God. He is the only God that died to give us life.

We need to give him back that life as an offering to thank him for Eternal life. Make no mistake about it when you decide to live a life for Jesus. The enemy will try to stop you. Greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

We will never win the lost with a watered down, weak gospel. People need the real truth of God. They need us to have holy boldness and stand up to evil as the early church. Where would we be today if they had not fully surrendered to the cause of Christ? Would we even know about God’s plan of salvation? I would hate to think that the gospel itself became lost because I was not bold enough to open my mouth in declaration of God’s plan.

II COR 4:1-4 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

I encourage you today to let your bold light shine to the world. They have been blinded to the gospel. But Jesus opened the eyes of the blind, physically and spiritually. If we can be bold, we can give the blind a little bit of light to start to see that Jesus is real and HE IS ALL they need.

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Until next time,

BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

EPISODE 50 — PRAISE & VICTORY

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The title of today’s episode is: “PRAISE AND VICTORY”

I COR 15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

We have victory. There are times when we may not feel very victorious. Even in those times we have victory because of the blood of Jesus. We often don’t see things clearly because of our emotions. We can’t see the big picture of how things are going to work out. We feel like we are defeated, but that is the enemy’s way of distracting us from the goodness of God.

God is faithful in pulling us through anything we face in life. When bad news hits us like a semi-truck, we don’t feel victorious. We feel pain that has flattened us and taken the wind from our lungs. God is right there making sure we have air in our lungs so we can keep breathing.

He already sees the way we will rise from our ashes and hurt. He sees us victorious. Even when we cannot imagine ever being in a place of victory. The same thing goes for anyone struggling with an addiction. God sees them on the other side of that struggle. He sees them victorious. But they cannot imagine a time when they will have victory.

Job is the perfect example of this, he had the victory. God knew that he would not let his circumstances dictate his victory. Satan tried everything. To everyone around him, things looked like Job would never have victory again. But he held onto God through the process. He came out the other side victorious. Victory was always there; they just couldn’t see it for the circumstances.

1 Cor 5:7 We walk by faith and not by sight.

When we are walking through tough moments and we cannot see the victory, we pray. God says, “Wait.”

Waiting is the last thing we ever want to do. None of us enjoy the quiet time of waiting. We are the microwave generation. But God’s timing is perfect.

Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

We will rise above everything that is coming against us. If we wait on the Lord, He will give us strength. He will not allow us to be overtaken. Victory will be ours as long as we trust in Him.

We have to praise God when we are waiting for our victory.

Exodus 17:10-12 — So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Hur and Aaron held up Moses’ hands, and Joshua and the Children of Israel prevailed against Amalek. As long as he held up his hands, they gained ground. When his arms were let down, the tables turned, and they started losing.

We need to lift our hands and praise the Lord. Not because of what we need Him to do. Not because of our circumstances, but because of who He is and because He is worthy of our praise. Giving God praise and worship will distract our minds until we see our breakthrough. If we keep our hands lifted up, we will see our victory.

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

If you need victory, wait and praise the Lord. He will come through at just the right moment.

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BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

EPISODE 48- THE HARVEST

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A farmer is going to protect his harvest more than a hired hand. The farmer nurtured the
seeds. Invested time to ensure the seedlings had water and kept the weeds out. He watched it grow to a seedling and then to fruit production. During Harvest time, many small farmers hire migrant workers. Those workers do not care beyond their payment for the day. They don’t care if the fruit is bruised
or not harvested properly. It doesn’t bother them if they harm the vines or the
trees. They only care about their payment. The farmer cares that his harvest is
taken care of and not bruised. He wants it to be protected. Jesus cares about the harvest. He is the farmer in my scenario. He plants, waters and
nurtures the seeds of faith that are planted. But He never hires those who
don’t care about the harvest to help gather the fruit. He asks for his heirs who love the harvest to go out and gather. He asks his children to help in the harvest. They want to do the will of the father.

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.

Jesus is longsuffering and cares about the branches that they produce fruit. God is
patient and long-suffering. His children must first produce fruit before theycan be effective at harvesting the lost souls. God’s spirit inside of us, produces fruit as we deny our flesh and learn to yield to God.

The fruit of the spirit is listed in Gal 5:22 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 that is produced in our lives causes us to be the light others need to see.
When we let our light shine, it will help us to harvest souls. There is nothing
more important to God than harvesting the souls that are lost. In order to be what God wants us to be, we have to work the harvest. We do not want tobring shame to our heavenly father.

Proverb 10:5 5 He that gathereth insummer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.

How can we be thankful for what he has done for us, when we don’t share that story? The
church has been asleep, but is waking up just in time to pray for harvest. Now
more than ever we need to be doing all we can to see souls saved, time has
never been shorter than this moment. 2Cor 9:6-8 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; andhe which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he purposeth in hisheart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a
cheerful giver. 8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye,
always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

This verse is used a lot when people are speaking about tithing and offerings. If we sow
bountifully into the work of the Lord, the church will have resources necessary
to be the church. But I want you to look at it with different eyes. If we sow
sparingly in witnessing and shining our light, we will reap sparingly. The darkness of this world will not keep people If we are bountiful in the amount of witnessing, we will reap a larger
harvest. We do not want to be found guilty of neglecting the harvest. Being
more than adequate to do what we have been called to do. If we rise above the
status quo, we can be the ones to fulfill God’s plan.It is not his will that any perish, but that all come to repentance. He gave his
disciples a clear-cut plan for the future. Go out and make disciples of others.
We are called to follow in their footsteps and go out and make disciples. A Disciple can be defined as one who follows a teacher or philosophy. We are disciples of Jesus and his teaching. We believe in the written word of God and the story of Jesus that is written there. I encourage you today to go out and make disciples of the lost. They are starving for the
truth. They may not realize it, but what they need is Jesus.Until next time,

Be bold be brave and keep your God focus

EPISODE 47 COMPLAINING KILLS FAITH PART2

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Yesterday we discussed the children of Israel and how they complained continually about every circumstance. They were a product of their own unbelief. They wandered for forty years in the desert because they didn’t believe God. Their complaints counteracted their faith, preventing them from receiving God’s promises for their life.

Today I want to start with Phil 2:14-15 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

The very act of complaining is saying that you know better than God what should be happening. Time and time again, this is not an accurate fact. How many times do we face things we feel like God needs to handle a certain way. When he doesn’t, we may feel like complaining. But in time, we come to realize that the way God handled it was the right way. At the time, we couldn’t see the big picture, but God could; he is all-knowing.

When we complain, we say that God is incapable of handling our situations. Again, this is not faith it is the opposite.

Which brings me to 1 Thes 5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

If we are being thankful, we are saying we understand that God is in control. Sometimes, we don’t like the circumstances that we are walking out. We don’t have to be happy about certain things we are dealing with or walking through, but we are supposed to give thanks. Praise him in our storms and honor him as our God.

Having the right attitude will go a long way to moving the heart of God. He wants us to trust Him and His ability to handle everything. There is not a trial that we face alone. He will be there to sustain us and train us. Everything that happens to us is for a purpose in the grand scheme of life. I don’t want to miss the promises of God because I am too busy having a pity party.

People often grumble and complain for attention and sympathy. This is just feeding their flesh and making it stronger. In turn this makes it a little harder to keep it under control. Our words have power to heal or hurt our lives and the lives of others. Many in the bible died because they spoke the wrong words.

We have already established that the reason the children of Israel wandered forty years was because of their complaining and unbelief. Then we go to the story of Elijah, he prophesied during a famine that the next day there would be plenty to buy. The man who was close to the king in status, spoke unbelief and the prophet said you will see it, but will not partake of it. God worked a miracle, and it was just like the prophet spoke. The man saw it but was trampled to death by the crowd. If you want to read the story it is in 2^nd Kings Chapter 7. His arrogant words ended his life. We must guard our words. Part of that is by not complaining. By these examples and many others in the word of God, we know that our words can bring judgment.

This is why, when we come under attack of a disease or affliction in our body, we should never use the phrase, for example, I have blank disease. You are claiming it. It doesn’t belong to you. Instead, you can say I am under attack of blank disease, or the doctors say I have blank disease. You are not accepting it as something you have; you are not taking possession of it. It is easier to pray to get rid of it if you don’t claim it.

We can change our circumstances by praying for God to help the situation. Then, speak faith. You are not denying the way things currently appear. You are speaking faith that God is going to do what you have asked him to do.

I know things appear bad concerning the evil in our world. But complaining about it will not make it better. We need to walk by faith and start speaking faith. God is going to turn around America. I know it looks bad, but God has always taken care of His people. We have to have faith and trust in Him. Not complaining but praying and believing that he will turn it around.

James 3:8-12 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

We all have a decision to make. Are we going to speak life, victory, and thanks to God? Are we going to speak negativity, doubt, fear, and complaints? As children of God, we are supposed to give thanks in all things and not speak doubt by complaining.

I want to leave you with this verse and thought

James 1:19- Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

We are encouraged by James to be swift to hear and slow to speak. Maybe in the hesitation to speak, we filter our words to see if they are edifying or if they are negative complaints. Maybe, just maybe, that is why God gave us two ears and only one mouth.

Thanks for watching,

Until next time, BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS

EPISODE 46 – COMPLAINING KILLS FAITH

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Hello My Friends,

I want to talk to you today about how important it is to not be a complainer. The word complain is defined to express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something, grumble, find fault with someone or something, criticize.

Since God has given us what we have, if we complain we are saying God what you have done for me is not enough. Let that sink in for a moment. We are telling God that everything you have done for me is not good enough. He created life. He created us. He came and died to repair the damage that a man done to the world God created. We are saying that the work of the cross is not even enough.

I often speak about our words and how they have power. I am passionate about this subject because I know firsthand how complaining and looking at everything negatively can destroy a person. When I was suffering with depression, I made it worse by focusing on the negative. It made the hole I was in even deeper, darker and more hopeless by complaining and speaking negativity.

The things we focus on, we magnify in our life. If we focus on God, his place in our life becomes bigger. IF we focus on negativity and wrong it will become bigger in our lives. Complaining is making God smaller and magnifying the enemy. I recently had a friend tell me they heard a minister say, “Complaining is worship to the enemy.” I think this is true, because you definitely are not magnifying the Lord with complaining lips. It is not edifying to anyone.

We go to God in prayer for something. The act of prayer plants a faith seed about a situation. Then we complain about the situation we have asked God to fix. What is that complaint doing to the faith? It is killing the faith seed.

When we speak faith about the situation, even when it doesn’t look like it is going our way, God honors our faith. That faith seed grows into a faith tree.

Phil 2:13-15

13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings: 15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Paul tells the church at Phillipi to do all thing without murmuring and disputings, which means complaining, so that they stay free of blame. That they can be without rebuke which means that God will show his disapproval if we complain. He actually punished Children of Israel for complaining and speaking words of murmuring and negativity.

Numbers 14:26–30 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. 28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: 29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me. 30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.

Several times the Children of Israel complained against God. They accused him of bringing them into the wilderness to die. That was like saying God had evil intentions. When he set them free, he wanted them to have an abundant life in the promised land. But their constant negativity ended up being their destruction.

God finally realized that they were not ever going to trust him fully and quit complaining. He set them to wandering around and around in circles until all of those that came out of Egypt from twenty years old and older died in the wilderness. Except Joshua and Caleb. Joshua and Caleb had faith and trusted God at his word. They are the only two out of the twelve spies that went to spy out the promised land.

They didn’t go to see that it was good. It was everything that God said it would be, they were sent to check out the stronghold of the inhabitants there and to make a strategy to take the land. But the other ten allowed their fear to override their faith. Then they spoke out that fear and negativity. God allowed their words to define their destiny.

God let their words define their destiny. Many had complained that he brought them out of Egypt to die in the wilderness. So that is what happened to them. They never received what God had for them because of complaints.

Think today about the words you say. Are they complaints? Are they words of faith? I pray they are words of faith. Faith can move mountains. Complaining keeps you going around the same mountain as you wander in the desert.

Tune in tomorrow for part two of this subject.

Until next time, BE BOLD, BE BRAVE AND KEEP YOUR GOD FOCUS