God's Promises Sunday

 

The Power Of Prayer

Mark 11: 24, Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you received them, and you will have them.

One of the most common doubts that many Christians have, is whether or not prayer works. Many preachers encourage those who have received answers to prayer to tell people about them.

There are many people who would doubt an answer to prayer if it fell on their head, but those who have faith realize that without a doubt prayers do get answered. I tell this little personal story because I want people to know that prayers being answered really do happen.

I have had a personal experience very recently, that really was a boost to my faith as well as the few people that I told it to. A month or two ago I had an attack of eczema. It got to the point where I had about 80% of my body covered with a rash.

The first thing most of us do is what I did, I looked for some product that promised relief. Needless to say, that didn't happen. My problem was so bad that when I fell asleep, the itching was so bad that it woke me up. I didn't know what to do. In a very short time, I remembered the fact that taking problems to the Lord is essential.

I spoke to the Lord about healing; I claimed it and believed it. Nothing happened. As things seemed to be getting worse. I stepped up the time I spent talking to the Lord. I was trying very hard to believe about a healing, when every day it seemed to be getting worse.

Luke 17:19, And He said to him, Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.

About two weeks ago I was taking a shower. As the water was hitting my body I had a feeling that the only way I could explain it is by using the word ecstasy. That is not an exaggeration. Everything felt so good I felt like staying there forever with the water directed all over me.

Shortly after my shower, I told my wife that I believed what I was feeling was the power of God washing my body clean. She thought so too. The next day my situation was better, but that's as far as it went.

I guess I needed a little boost for my faith because the Lord put it in my heart to find a moisturizer rather than looking for a medical type of solution. I believe He directed me to the one I did get.

The next day, I was about 90% healed, and by the end of the day, it was 100%. I don't know of any other way to explain what happened other than the fact that the Holy Spirit touched me with the healing power on my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. My message to everyone that reads this, is believe what the Bible says no matter how tough it gets. Sometimes it isn't easy, because satan tries to nullify God's work. Stand firm and win. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made by Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank You Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

Don't Blame God

Proverbs 5: 21, for the ways of men are before the eyes of the Lord and He ponders all his paths.

From the time we were born, God takes care of each of us. He had a plan for us before we were even born, and that plan was perfect for us, and would lead us back to Him for eternity.

All of us at times, reject God's plan, by trying to do things our way. He allows us to do what we think in order to learn that we need Him. Even while we carry on our foolishness, He still blesses us, and sends us wake up calls.

Those of us who read the Bible, or listen to preachers and read their books, sometimes go astray without even realizing it. There are many verses in the Bible that tell us what we can achieve when we pray for in Jesus name. Preachers repeat these verses, and it all seems simple, so we pray and nothing happens.

 As humans we have a tendency to blame God for everything that goes wrong. We question Him all the time, in anger, self pity, and wounded pride, and on it goes. We are fortunate that He loves us and doesn't strike us dead.

Most of us miss the part that tells us that when we pray, we are to do it with Thanksgiving, as well as faith. We must realize that the bonehead decisions we make, are made by us outside of God's plan, so we should repent and look at ourselves for the failures.

Sometimes we get upset and question God because our Prayers are not answered the way we expected, or not at all. We feel that God did not keep His word, so we stop praying, and get angry.

For Prayer to be successful we need a relationship with God that is ongoing. When we are close to God, we are able to hear His voice guiding us. Many times, we see that if we do it our way it might take us away from God because of things like pride. Other times we're not yet ready spiritually. He will not allow us to do things that would be detrimental to our spiritual life.

Remember, God is not our slave to do our bidding whenever we snap our fingers. If we don't know Him, He will not know us. He is God, we are not. Let's put the blame where it belongs and that my friends is us. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank You Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

Waiting  On The Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12: 7-11, Different manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: for to 1 is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as he wills.

Have you ever seen a preacher in person or on television, that had a healing ministry? Did you envy him or her even a little bit? Did you really want to do the same things they were doing? Many people would give anything they had in order to do what they saw the preacher doing.

The first thing you must do is have absolute faith, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. We all know that God has a plan for each of us, but sometimes we don't know what that plan is

 As we read in today's opening verse, The life of a true believer is guided by the Holy Spirit. Most of us would like to do the things that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did when He was here, and all the things the apostles did in His name.

Everything the apostles did was a plan for their life that Almighty God had envisioned before they were even born. If we trust God and commit our lives to Him, we are guided by the Holy Spirit. That Holy Spirit will give us what we need when we need it.

I believe that in the eyes of our Lord, everyone has different jobs as dictated by God Almighty and enabled by the Holy Spirit at the proper time and place. Since that appears to be the case then no one is higher or lower in God's opinion, if they are doing what they are supposed to do.

Do you remember hearing about our bodies. Each part of our body is important for the good of the entire body. Every part of the body cannot be the brain, the nose, the hands, or the feet. Each one has to exist in the function they perform in order to make the whole thing work. That again was designed by God.

So as each of us goes through life, we may or may not be presented with a special opportunity from the Holy Spirit. The important thing in life, is to commit your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, and follow as you are LED. Incidentally, if the Holy Spirit has a job for you to do, you will not miss it, and you will be provided with everything you need to fulfill that mission. God's plan and God's timing is what it's all about. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank You Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

It's Unfortunate

Matthew 13: 13, therefore I speak to them in parables; Because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.

There are literally dozens of verses in the Bible that talk about people not being aware of Almighty God. Most people know that the earth and the entire universe was created by God Almighty. So why is it that in our daily lives we do not act like He's even there.

All of these things can be explained in part by a couple of verses that I found while reading the Bible.

Isaiah 56: 11, and the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.

Isaiah 29: 16, you turn things around! Shall the Potter be considered as equal with the clay, that what is made would say to its maker, he did not make me: or what is formed say to him who formed it, he has no understanding?

You may be wondering what has anything to do with these last couple of verses. The simple thing is the average person totally neglects God and tries to be his own God without even realizing it.

Most of us hear the words regularly, but they just bounce off of us. A case in point was something that I recognized in myself a number of years ago. I decided to do things without ever even thinking about what God thought about it.

Even worse than doing that, is that when God acted in my life I did not recognize it, and I did not thank Him for it. That went on for years. I was pretty much like these verses tell the story. The fact of the matter is Almighty God not only created everyone and everything, He loved His creation unconditionally.

Since almighty God loves every person, He wants to see all of them do well. The purpose of the Bible was the written word of God to help people do just that. Unfortunately, human nature goes against what God wants ever since Adam and Eve were thrown out of the garden of Eden.

So here we are in this day and age, with satan basically in charge of what goes on among men. Couple that with free will and you have a condition that is very dangerous.

Ephesians 5: 20, giving thanks always for all things to God the father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

One thing we must all understand right from the start. No one is special to God above everyone else. He loves each of us the same even though we don't appreciate or show any gratitude for what He does for us.

The reason this message started out the way it did it's kind of laying the groundwork for the main topic of gratitude to our Lord, and what Jesus Christ our Lord did for each of us. So, until next time, God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was healed and your Blood washed away sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank You Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord! 

Gratitude is Essential

 

1 Corinthians 15: 56-57, the sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

There are many people in the world today, probably the majority, who do not think there is anything to be grateful for. This is a mistake that many people do not even realize. Most of us were brought up to be thankful when someone gives us something. While that is true it is more than that.

Almighty God works in our lives every single day. There are things He does for us that make us feel good, but we don't associate it with our Lord. There are also things that happen during the day that we are not happy about, and we don't realize it is for our own good.

 The reason for gratitude every single day to Almighty God is that no matter what happens it is for our good. You might be asking why should I be grateful when things don't go the way I want them to go? The answer is simple, Almighty God is behind it.

You will find that as years go by you inevitably will look back at things that happened in your life, and you will realize that the times you were kept from doing something was actually for your own good. You probably didn't recognize it at the time, but the day will come when you will.

Almighty God is always working in our lives 24 hours a day, every second of every minute, He is there watching over us and trying to steer us in the right direction. Whether we listen to Him or not is up to us.

The Bible tells us, and I have found out, that if you commit your day to the Lord and absolutely put everything that happens into His hands, the outcome will be a good one. You may not think so in that particular day but there will come a day where you will see just how much He did for you. Let God be God!

Proverbs 16:3, commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.

When you commit yourself and your day to the Lord, you are giving Him authority and responsibility for you. If you do not take God into the equation and go about doing things your way, then you are totally responsible for what happens, and have absolutely no business blaming God for anything.

Psalm 37:5, commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass.

Always be thankful no matter what. About 50 years ago I read a book entitled Praise the Lord Anyway. That book changed my life. I started out skeptical, but I soon found out the truth of it.

So, my next question to you is, do you want to be a winner, or a loser? The answer should be obvious. God is always a winner and if you follow Him, you are a winner. satan on the other hand is nothing but a broken down loser and following him makes you a loser. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

My Time With Jesus Tuesday

A Good Life Revealed

Proverbs 16: 3, commit your works to the Lord, and your thoughts will be established.

Many people dismiss the Old Testament as not being relevant in these times. The truth however is the exact opposite of that line of thinking. We live in what has been referred to as the me generation. The words in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes seem like they were written with these times in mind.

While most people are confused and afraid of what goes on in this world, and where they fit in it, it isn't anything to worry about if you have the answers. As you probably figured out by now, the answers are in the Bible

Romans 15: 13, now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace and believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

If you were to seriously study the books of Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes, you could put together what we will call a game plan for life. There is so much truth in these books that it has gone unnoticed among the general population.

I am in my 80s, and I have in the last few years figured out what the book of Ecclesiastes says is absolutely true. If you take the book of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, and follow them with all your heart, you will not end up frustrated as Solomon was.

Matthew 6: 33, but seek first the Kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Following the word of God from the beginning is the key to success. You will find that God is ready and more than able to help you in your endeavors if you follow the basic plan that He laid out. Yes, God laid it out because the word is from God Himself.

After the better part of a lifetime, I have come up with the conclusion, that if I knew about Ecclesiastes and Proverbs when I was young, and asked the Lord to help me to spend my life following what those books teach, even if nothing that I did changed, my attitude would have been much better, and peace would be in my heart, because I would realize that God allowed it for a reason.

The big thing I would like to stress is, you are never too old to start again. Your decisions, your free will, got you to where you are today. The amazing thing is if you go to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and give Him your life and put your life in His hands and don't interfere, you will be Blessed beyond measure.

Remember this, the word of God isn't like a commercial on TV that promises a cure all for everything. You must take some time and effort to find out how the game is played and whether or not you want to win or lose. God Bless you and your family. 

Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your Stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!

God's Promises Sunday

The Accuracy Of The Bible

Numbers 28: 19, God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a Son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will not do? Or has He spoken, and will not make it good?

If you are over the age of five, you probably know that truth is something most people are not familiar with. As a matter of fact, it seems that the bigger the lie, or the more outrageous the statement, the more likely it is that it will be believed.

Lying is so common that even people in our government as well as other world leaders, are either lying 99% of the time or they believe the garbage they preach. No one is held accountable, because lying has become a way of life to the point where a lie becomes the truth. Nothing is as it seems.

2 Timothy 3: 16, all scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction and righteousness.

2 Peter 1: 20, knowing this first, that no prophecy of scripture is of any private interpretation.

If you want to break away from all of this deception, go to the word of God, because this is the only source of truth. You will never be deceived, because unlike man, God cannot lie. Just as you cannot make a good decision based on the wrong facts, ignoring the truth of God's word and making important decisions, even concerning your eternal life, based on what society says, is a losing game.

It is sad to say that there are versions of the Bible out there that have been adulterated. They drift away from the true Bible, and some are even so bad that they change what the Bible says in big ways.

The bibles I find that are the most accurate and unchanged are the King James, the New King James, the English standard version, the American standard version, and the NIV. I'm sure there are a few others that are accurate, but I just named the ones that I use.

Do yourself a favor, and take responsibility for yourself, and stop accepting lies. Seek the truth in life and in God's word. If you don't believe it, you at least made a decision by what you think rather than what political correctness or what the lying media says. God Bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus Loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

My Lord Jesus Christ, I Thank you and Praise you for what you did on the Cross for me. By your stripes I was Healed and your Blood washed away my sins. Your Death and Resurrection made my Salvation possible. I confess my sins, and I ask you to come into my heart as my personal Savior. Thank you Lord

Amen! 

Praise The Lord!