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GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP242 UNMOVABLE

GOD FOCUS THIS MORNING EP242 UNMOVABLE

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THE TITLE FOR TODAY’S EPISODE:  UNMOVABLE

Have you ever been around that person that nothing shakes them? Bad news comes, they say, God will take care of it. Devastating things happen maybe their house burns down or is washed away in a flood. They are one the news standing strong saying, I don’t know why this had to happen. Yes, it is hurtful and sad but God will take care of me.

They appear to be solid like granite. They have unshakable faith. Every child of God should be that unshakable.  We have our lives built on the solid rock. Things in this life are looking unstable and are beginning to shake. But His children will be unshakable.

Psalm 125:1 They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.

Mount Zion is God’s dwelling place. It is symbolic of being unmovable. It is a place of security to us who believe in God. Follow me for a moment if Mt Zion is unmovable because it is the place God dwells. Then our lives should be unmovable because God dwells within us. Being unmovable will make us grow deep roots and allow us to be fruitful.

Being steadfast doesn’t mean that we are not emotionally moved. We will still feel disappointment, loss and pain when bad things happen. But we will not let our faith waiver. We believe that God has got our backs and will work out our issues.

I Cor 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Abounding means plentiful, large quantity.  We must be steady or consistent, unmovable always working for the Lord. Our labor is not in vain in the Lord. We cannot outgive God. He will take what we give him and always multiply it into something good. Having consistency in our faith walk, with help us to be steadier and more unmovable.

Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

These verses explain what it means to be strong and steadfast. We have chosen as Christians to walk in the path of God’s way. Not in the way of the ungodly. Not in the seat of judgmental and critical. Being negative and critical is not walking in God’s plan. Our happiness should be in God’s plan. As his children we must be saturated with God’s word.

We as children of God are compared to a tree that is planted beside of water. Trees beside of water has to grow deep roots, to keep from being washed away in the water. By having deep roots, the tree will grow strong and bring forth fruit at the right time.

The thing that makes the tree fruitful is that it has strong roots. The tree is unmovable. We too can have the kind of roots that will produce godly fruit.

Col 2:6-7 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him:  7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

No one starts out being an instant mature Christian. It takes time to study, learn and establish our faith.  It takes time to sort out man-made religion and to find God’s plan for our lives. As we grow into mature Christians, we become established and grow the roots we need to be bold in our faith. To be unmovable.

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EPISODE 325 JESUS MY ROCK

EPISODE 325 JESUS MY ROCK

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The title of today’s episode: JESUS MY ROCK

We have always heard the phrase, “Solid as a rock.” Meaning a person is dependable and can be counted on even under pressure. Jesus is our rock. He is that solid foundation we can rely on, starting with the cross. Jesus’ sacrifice was the beginning of our foundation.

Now as children of God there is not a storm too big that we cannot withstand it as long as we cling to our solid rock. He is the one we can depend on for our protection from the storms in life. Our faith in him is what is going to carry us through whatever we have facing us.

There is not a demon in this world that can overtake us as long as we hold onto Jesus. The enemy may try different tactics, but he will fail in every attempt. We have been set apart by God all mighty. He is our protector against anything the enemy wants to try.

 Psalm 62:1-2 Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. 2 He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

Do you have confidence in your foundation? Do you believe that Jesus will see you through whatever will come your way?

We can have confidence in our foundation. We have a hope in Jesus that we do not ever face anything alone. He has promised to never leave us nor forsake us. Even when the dark clouds roll in and we can no longer see his face. We know he is there, even when we don’t see him.

We can rest in the fact that during the storms of life, he covers us with his hand. We are his and he has promised to protect us. As we face the uncertainty of life, we can be sure that no matter how things appear to our natural eyes, God has got us.

2 Thes 3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.

Stablish is the Old English form of the word establish, which means make firm or secure. The Lord is faithful to make you secure and keep you from evil. He makes our foundation firm, beneath our feet.

Deut 31:6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

The children of Israel had to learn to trust God. Their enemy pursued them, and they immediately fell into fear. Their foundation was not solid. They did not stand on the promises of God. He had delivered them from the death angel and all the other plagues. Then delivered them from the Egyptian’s in the desert. But yet they did not understand who God was, they were on sinking sand. They decided to build them a gold calf.

God will bring steadiness to the chaos of life. He wants to be involved in our lives and not a spectator. In order to build our lives on the solid rock that is Jesus; we are going to have to learn to lean on him. We need to trust that he will watch over us.

We can have peace, even in the midst of a storm, when we have Jesus as our foundation. If he is not our foundation we will be tossed by the winds of the storm and never find true peace.

As the world is shaken, we need to be sure we are anchored to the solid rock. He will never let us down. Like the words of the old hymn says, “On Christ the Solid Rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

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SOLID FOUNDATION OF AUTHORITY

SOLID FOUNDATION OF AUTHORITY

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The title of today’s episode is: A Solid Foundation Of Authority

When Jesus walked this earth, once he started his ministry, he walked with power and authority. When he was baptized by John and the spirit ascended like a dove and they heard God speak, that is when Jesus was given His authority.

Matt 3:16-17 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

There is a Jewish custom, that when the son is believed to be mature enough to make good decisions, his father will stand before their congregation. He will tell the people that the son now has authority to speak for the father. This is what happened on the day that Jesus was baptized. (God gave him his authority) He then started his ministry. We receive the power of God when we get the Holy Ghost. We will gain authority as we learn to walk by faith.

 The first miracle that Jesus ever did was turn water to wine at a wedding. Before Jesus ascended into heaven he told the disciples, now ye are the body. We are the broken body of Christ. He told them to go to Jerusalem and wait for the promise of the father. (In other words, wait for their authority and power to be witnesses to the world.) This was when they were empowered to carry out the great commission, to win souls.

 Acts 1:4-5 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

For the sake of time I am going to skip to Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

He said we would receive power. God’s power (the Holy Ghost) lives within us. When we become born again, we receive the Holy Ghost. When this happens, we now have power and authority.

Adam was given dominion over all the earth. Then through sin that authority was taken from him. Satan deceived him out of his authority. Jesus died to save us from the sin curse in every way. This included restoring the authority to his body of believers.

This is why I keep telling you to watch what you say, there is power in your words. Granted, most of us are not walking in all the authority that the Holy Ghost gives us. But God is raising up his body to walk in the authority and power of His Spirit.

I love how the Bible works together like a big puzzle. The more understanding we get the more we can see the big picture of God and his amazing love for mankind.  Wine in the word represents the Holy Ghost. He told them to go and wait for the promise of the father. The Holy Ghost is sometimes referred to as new wine.

The first miracle of his ministry was to turn water into wine. Follow me now, up to this point the disciples had been baptized with water. John preached repent and be baptized. Now God sent them to tarry until they received the power that Jesus carried while he was on earth. They collectively were the body of Christ. Their obedience of repent and be baptized made them candidates to receive his spirit on the day of Pentecost. God turned their water into new wine.

Our entire journey is about learning to walk in the authority that God gave to his body. God is no respecter of persons. He loves all his children the same, and want to give us good gifts. But he like the Jewish father is waiting for us to grow up. Too much authority given to someone that is not ready to handle it, will cause greater harm than it does good.

I fully believe, we have been living beneath our privileges as children of the most high God. Most churches say that miracles have ceased. The things that the disciples did in the bible were for that time to further the gospel. What if along the way, we stopped believing? What if we lack the faith to see these things take place? Ministers make light of miracles, because God didn’t use them to perform any of them. Because these men didn’t walk in the authority that God gave them and it became habit.

For those of you that are over fifty, think about how church was when you were a child. Has it changed compared to today? When I was a little girl, I travelled with my grandparents all over the east coast of the US. I have seen deaf ears opened, broken bones healed. I have seen large gashes grow together after a group of people prayed. I watched a woman walk into church each night for a week. She was bowed at the waist. She could not stand straight because of a back trauma. She had been that way for several years. One night, after preaching, my grandpa felt God leading him to pray for her. He asked her if she believed that was her night to receive her miracle. He said yes. He prayed for her along with the congregation, God moved and I watched that woman walk back and forth across the front of the altar. Each trip she made she walked a little straighter until she was standing fully upright.  I know God’s power is real. I know that we as a body of believers have not seen anything yet.

I have longed for the days of miracles, signs and wonders. When my dad was a child, he witness a dead woman being brought back to life. He has seen many miracles traveling with his parents. God will give us the power and authority if we seek him. But we have to be willing to yield to him.

Kathyrn Kullman said that walking in authority and power will cost you something, it will cost you everything. We have to surrender all to Jesus. God didn’t lose the ability to bind up people’s wounds and healing their brokenness. We can believe that he will keep our soul from hell. But can’t believe that he has the power to heal.  He is the same yesterday, today and forever.

Before you start questioning what I am saying, there are times that God doesn’t heal. We all come to a point in life where we are at the end of our journey. God gives us the ultimate healing at that point. He reaches down and closes our eyes in death and we are at peace, safely in his arms.

While we have life left to live, it is not his will that we do it living beneath our privilege. We just need to learn how to surrender to the Spirit of God within us and allow him to give us the miracles that we wish to see.

We walk by faith and not by sight. We speak things that are not as though they were already in front of us. This is what it means to be a believer. We do not give up, but expect God to do what he has promised.

I know that was a lot to pack into ten minutes. I hope my points were clear. If you have any questions, email me at: angela@godfocus.net. Pray about what I have said, ask God to know him in a deeper way. He will not withhold any good thing from those that love him. Those that wish to walk into the deeper things of God.

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EPISODE 123-BUILDING ON A SOLID FOUNDATION

EPISODE 123-BUILDING ON A SOLID FOUNDATION

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The title of today’s episode is: BUILDING ON A SOLID FOUNDATION

I have been working on writing a bible study of things I wish I had been told as a new Christian. There are some basic things in the bible that are the anchor points to the whole book. It is in those anchor points that we find the truth of our foundation.

Often we hear people speaking about being rooted and grounded in the gospel. We hear, you need to stand on the firm foundation. But to the person that was not raised in church some of our phrases may not mean much to them until they learn more of the word.

As believers we need to make sure, now more than ever, that we are on that firm foundation. There are many out there trying to deceive God’s people with feel good cupcake doctrines. The truth is often like a large antibiotic pill, hard to swallow, but good for your body. Sometimes, we don’t want to read or know the truth, because learning it will mean we have to measure up in some way. We may have to give up something that our flesh wants to hold onto.

Matthew Chapter Seven will give us some insight into a solid foundation.

Matt 7:24Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

I have heard people preach about how we need to build on a firm foundation. But in this chapter of Matthew there are a few foundational points or anchors that they usually skip over and tell people to stand on the word of God.

Jesus said whosoever heareth these saying and does them is like a wise man that builds on rock. Just in chapter seven alone he tells us not to judge one another. He tells us to take the log out of our eye before trying to get the splinter out of our brother’s eye. We have no right to judge, we all have fallen short.

We are not to keep witnessing to someone that wants to argue with us. Every thing we say they want to turn it and argue with us. This is what he meant in verse 6, cast not your pearls or jewels of wisdom before people that don’t want to learn but want to argue. Ask and seek, God will give us the answers we need.

He teaches us to do unto others as we would want someone to do to us. We are to keep to the strait gate, because that is a narrow way. Few find the narrow path, it takes faith in the word of God and being obedient to find the narrow way.

Jesus warns of false prophets which come in sheep’ clothing. This would reinforce what I said the other day, there has to be real prophets, in order for their to be false ones.

We are to be like good trees and bring forth good fruit. Which is something to be shared. Gal. 5:22 lists this good fruit, Love, Joy, Peace, Longsuffering, Gentleness, Goodness, Faith, Meekness, Temperance.

These are a few of the sayings that we are to do, so that we are building on a solid foundation.

Matt 7:25 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and sat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

If we build our lives on the foundation of God’s word, when the trials of life or rain, floods and winds beat upon our lives, we will not fall. Because we have anchored our lives to the rock or solid foundation, which is Jesus.

Matt 7:26-27 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: 27 and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

It stands to reason that the foolish man that doesn’t build on the words of Christ would judge others, not walk in love by showing the fruit of the spirit. Because without the firm foundation, they would not develop the fruit of the spirit.  

They would seek the broad path, maybe a feel good all roads lead to heaven message to ease their conscience. But one that is not biblically solid. They do not treat others they way they wish to be treated.

Many will hear the words spoken in the Bible, but they will not heed. They will go their own way and follow the desires of their flesh. Their choices are often the wind, rain and flood that comes against their house. But because they do not have anything to give their lives substance and stability, their house falls because there is nothing solid on which their belief system was built.

Matt 7:28-29 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

Jesus walked in authority and power because the spirit of God lived within Him.

John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

If Jesus had not ascended the Holy Ghost could not have been sent to the church. But because he ascended, he sent that same spirit that was in Jesus back to the body of believers. Now we can walk in the power and authority of the Holy Ghost. Because we have that firm foundation. We are building our lives on what is written in the word of God.

Our faith comes from every word written in the book, from Genesis to Revelations. It is all relevant and necessary. I often encourage you to read the word. It is our source of information and our firm foundation.

Tomorrow, we are doing a deeper dive into the solid foundation of our authority.

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EPISODE 102– SOLID FOUNDATION-SOLID FOOD

EPISODE 102– SOLID FOUNDATION-SOLID FOOD

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The title of today’s episode is: “SOLID FOUNDATION /SOLID FOOD”
When a baby is born it is unable to eat solid food. It doesn’t have any teeth to chew it up. The baby will eat it’s mothers milk which has all the nutrients it needs. This milk also contains anti-bodies against disease. As a child grows they develop their teeth. Then they can start eating solid food. But you don’t give a toddler that has just started to develop teeth a steak or raw carrot. They start off with things like macaroni and cheese and cooked apples.
As they grow up a little more then they are ready for chicken or steak. They are mature enough to be able to chew the meat and digest it properly.
Paul found the church at Corinth in a mess. They were arguing over minor points of doctrine, and each stood with the minister that led them to Christ. Paul said I fed you with milk and not with meat because you were not able to bear it.
A large portion of the church is in this state today. They have been on the milk bottle too long. If a baby is not introduced to soft foods and is continued to be fed with milk they will never develop into a strong child.
I Cor 3:1-3 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. (2) I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. 3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
Paul told them that they needed to see that it didn’t matter if they came in under Paul or Apollos or someone else, it was still the same Jesus. We cannot be carnal and spiritual at the same time. He went on to tell them that Christ was the foundation on which to build our faith and doctrine.
1 Cor 3:10-11 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. 11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
We must build on a solid foundation. Once that foundation was laid, we need to build our spiritual house upon the foundation of the gospel of Christ. Everyday the enemy is releasing new doctrines into the world to confuse people. These amazing revelations often come from people taking the word out of context.
I saw where someone said we should not say Jesus when we pray because of Acts 4:18. This is the danger of taking one verse and basing a doctrine on it. The word of God says, precept upon precept, line upon line.
Acts 4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
If you read the whole chapter for context, Peter and John healed a man in the name of Jesus. The religious people who thought they knew it all was concerned about losing their status in the peoples eyes if Jesus continued to be preached. They are the ones that commanded that Peter and John not say or teach about the name of Jesus.
This doesn’t mean that we cannot teach and say the name of Jesus. Because the whole rest of the bible says we should use the name of Jesus.
I said all of that to say this, it is easy for people to get confused if they do not have a solid foundation. To someone who did not know the word of God says all through the New Testament that we should use the name of Jesus. They would be lacking the foundation necessary to say that the above assumption, built on one verse is incorrect. Colossians says whatever we do in word or deed to do it in the name of Jesus.
Heb 5:11-14 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Paul was telling them that they should be matured in the doctrine of Christ Jesus. They should be helping the new converts to build a solid knowledge of the truth. Instead, they were holding on to the milk bottle and didn’t have sound doctrine themselves. In other words, the deep things of God that help us to grow the spiritual fruit, comes from the meat of the word. A lot of fruit will not grow from staying on the milk bottle.
I think many of the body are clinging to the milk bottle. They are satisfied with just basic knowledge. They don’t want a deep walk with God because it will cost them something. They will have to give up their canal ways and dig into the word of God. It will cost them doing some of the things they would like to do, in order to spend alone time with God in the secret place.
I pray the Body of Christ can grasp the concept of digging deeper into the word. We have been on the milk bottle too long, its time we grow up. We will never have the necessary tools for the harvest if we don’t grow up.
Take time to read the word and ask God to give you insights to the meat of the word.

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BUILDING A HOUSE

Psalm 127 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

I know, I hate to waste my time. Why would you waste your time building a house, that does not have any value? A contractor could invest a lot of time and money in building a house. Now imagine that house sitting on the market.  No one is living in it; therefore, it has no value as shelter or comfort to anyone. The contractor cannot get a return on the investment to put in other projects.  This is the worst-case scenario for a contractor.

Spiritually speaking, we can build all sorts of fancy buildings to have meetings in that we call church.  But if the Lord is not in building the spiritual side of the house (church) it is worthless. True everlasting kingdom things will not be accomplished. People will only be full of coffee from their coffee bar in the lobby. The church needs to be full of the Spirit of God. It is God that transforms lives.

How many times do we miss God’s instructions about how he wants us to build? Every good contractor will have a blueprint.  Our Bible is our blueprint, it gives us instructions on how we need to build His house. Many natural houses get taken out by dry rot and termites. Our church can suffer from the decay of sin. Too, long we have allowed sin to creep into the church. Eating away at the foundation like termites. We have accepted things that are contrary to the word in the name of compassion and tolerance.

The church is not called to conform to the world. We are called to change it. If people’s lives were in good, solid shape they would not need God to remodel them like an old house. Eph 2:19-22    19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;   20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;  21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:   22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit.

We are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Jesus told Peter that he was a rock, and said, upon this rock, I will build my church.  In other words, you have a solid grasp of what I want you to carry out in the world. You will be solid and not wishy, washy. I can trust you to be solid ground for people to build their understanding of the gospel.

Just like Jesus being the chief cornerstone of any congregation, we need him to be our personal spiritual cornerstone. Our personal lives need Jesus in the center.  We too need a blueprint on which to build our lives. Again, that blueprint is the Word Of God, our Bible. The enemy has tried to alter the blueprints by changing them with a watered-down version of the word. Some of the “new” translations are severely inaccurate. If someone new to building came along and read some of these translations, they would be deceived and not build on a firm foundation. Then the house would suffer all sorts of issues from cracks in the walls to a total collapse.

Jesus spoke a parable of a wise man that built on a rock. When the storms of life came, it stood strong against the storms. But he also spoke of a foolish man that built on sand. When the storms came, his house fell. We never want to see anyone fall. It is up to us to get into our Bible and study the blueprint. Then we need to share our knowledge to help others build wisely.

I Cor 6:19- 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  This is a reminder that we are the house in which God dwells. We can trust him because he is a master craftsman. He not only built each one of us as unique individuals, but he created the heavens and the earth.  We are so individually designed that we all fit together perfectly to make the beautiful bride that Jesus will return to receive one day soon.

JUDE 17-21 17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Do not let your labor be in vain; allow God to build your house.  He wants to talk to you. Spend time in prayer, building up your most holy faith. I promise you He will keep you on track if He is your chief cornerstone.

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