IS YOUR LIGHT ALWAYS SHINING FOR JESUS????????
I JUST SEEM HEAVY HEARTED TODAY....MAYBE IT IS ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN AMERICA TODAY.... INCOME BEING CUT BACK...CHILDREN BEING NEGLECTED....PEOPLE TURNING FROM GOD AND TURNING BACKWARD TO THE SINS OF THE WORLD....PEOPLE'S POLITICAL OPINION ARE JUST OPINION AND NOT RESEARCHING WHAT THE CANDIDATE TRULY STANDS FOR....STUDENTS TURNING AGAINST EACH OTHER IN DEATH... GAS PRICES ENORMOUS AND NOT EVEN AVAILABLE....
AND ON AND ON THE LIST CAN GO.............
WE ALL NEED TO TURN BACK TO GOD BE CLOSER THAN WE HAVE EVER BEEN...SEEK HIM FOR WISDOM, HELP IN ALL THINGS...EVEN THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE NOT JUST THE DIFFICULT TIMES....WE NEED GOD AT ALL TIMES...EVEN WHEN LIFE IS AT IT BEST NO IMMEDIATE TROUBLES IN YOUR LIFE....
IF THIS UPCOMING ELECTION DOES NOT CONCERN YOU THEN YOU HAVE BETTER STOP AND THINK ABOUT IT...SPEND SOME TIME ON YOUR KNEES IN PRAYER IN ALL MY YEARS OF ELECTION TIMES I CAN REMEMBER... THIS ONE IS CERTAINLY THE MOST UNUSUAL I HAVE WITNESS MYSELF.... WHO DOES GOD HAVE IN STORE, WHO DOES GOD HAVE IN MIND TO HOLD OFFICE IN THE WHITE HOUSE NEXT????????
WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO AND END THAT IS IT.....THE END OF TIMES IS CLOSER THAN YOU COULD EVEN IMAGINE..WHAT IS GOING ON WHY ARE PEOPLE SO FAR AWAY FROM GOD?????WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL NEGLECTING GOD???? WHY ARE PEOPLE SO HATEFUL AND SO SELFISH....WHY???WHY??? SIN, SIN, SIN.... IT ALL GOES BACK TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN... FIRST EVE AND THEN ADAM.....
ISAIAH 65:1 I AM SOUGHT OF THEM THAT ASKED NOT FOR ME; I AM FOUND OF THEM THAT SOUGHT ME NOT: I SAID, BEHOLD ME, BEHOLD ME, UNTO A NATION THAT WAS NOT CALLED BY MY NAME.
TAKE TIME TO PRAY TODAY..PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS....PRAY FOR OUR NATIONS...PRAY FOR OUR PASTORS...PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOL TEACHERS...PRAY FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND YOURSELF.....WE NEED TO TAKE TIME FOR THE LORD AND NOT GET CAUGHT UP IN THE THINGS OF LIFE THAT DOES NOT MATTER...
DOES IT REALLY MATTER THAT THE DISHES ARE DIRTY..THE LAUNDRY IS DIRTY...THAT YOUR BED IS NOT MADE...AND ON AND ON THE LIST GOES....
THIS NATION NEEDS TO TURN BACK TO GOD BEFORE IT IS EVERLASTING TO LATE.
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING........CONTINUE IN PRAY.. WE CAN NEVER TAKE ENOUGH TIME FOR OUR LORD.. WE CAN NEVER DO ENOUGH TO REPAY HIM FOR WHAT HE DONE FOR US ON THE CROSS...
ZECHARIAH 2:11 AND MANY NATIONS SHALL BE JOINED TO THE LORD IN THAT DAY, AND SHALL BE MY PEOPLE: AND I WILL DWELL IN THE MIDST OF THEE, AND THOU SHALT KNOW THAT THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH SENT ME UNTO THEE.
PSALM 113:4 THE LORD IS HIGH ABOVE ALL NATIONS, AND HIS GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS.
ISAIAH 26:3
THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE: BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH IN THEE.
THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE, WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE: BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH IN THEE.
GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS
WELL, HAVE YOU EVER ASK GOD FOR SOMETHING AND IT SEEM THE PRAYER WAS ANSWER IMMEDIATELY? THEN OTHER TIMES IT SEEM LIKE IT TOOK DAYS AND SOMETIMES YEARS TO BE ANSWER......GOD ANSWER OUR PRAYERS IN HIS TIME....NOT IN MIND AND NOT IN YOUR TIME... IN FACT, OUR TIME SCHEDULE AND HIS TIME SCHEDULE IS NOT HIS SCHEDULE... WHAT SEEM LIKE FOREVER TO US MADE REALLY ONLY BE MINUTES TO HIM... THINK ABOUT IT HE ANSWERS PRAYERS FOR ALL THE WORLD NOT JUST FOR YOU OR ME...
....GOD I REALLY HOPE WE SING THIS SONG IN CHURCH TODAY... THIS COULD BE ANSWER IN JUST MINUTES. GOD PLEASE HELP OUR FRIENDS TO BE IN CHURCH TODAY.... GOD PLEASE KEEP MY FRIENDS SAFE ON THE HIGHWAYS TODAY.... YES, WE CAN ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING AND HE WILL ANSWER IN HIS TIME. BIG OR LITTLE REQUEST THESE PRAYERS COULD BE ANSWERS IN MINUTES OR HOURS, OR EVEN YEARS IT JUST ACCORDING WHEN GOD SEE BEST. HE DOES KNOW BEST YOU KNOW.
KEEP THE FAITH.... HE WILL ANSWER BUT ACCORDING TO HIS WILL OUR WILL IS NOT ALWAYS HIS WILL...
(FAITH) MARK 11:24 THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, WHAT THINGS SOEVER YE DESIRE, WHEN YE PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YE RECEIVE THEM, AND YE SHALL HAVE THEM.
(OBEDIENCE) I JOHN 3:22 AND WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE RECEIVE OF HIM, BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND DO THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT.
(MAN'S HAPPINESS IN GOD'S FAVOUR) PSALM 4:1 HEAR ME WHEN I CALL, O GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS: THOU HAST ENLARGED ME WHEN I WAS IN DISTRESS: HAVE MERCY UPON ME, AND HEAR MY PRAYER.
....GOD I REALLY HOPE WE SING THIS SONG IN CHURCH TODAY... THIS COULD BE ANSWER IN JUST MINUTES. GOD PLEASE HELP OUR FRIENDS TO BE IN CHURCH TODAY.... GOD PLEASE KEEP MY FRIENDS SAFE ON THE HIGHWAYS TODAY.... YES, WE CAN ASK GOD FOR ANYTHING AND HE WILL ANSWER IN HIS TIME. BIG OR LITTLE REQUEST THESE PRAYERS COULD BE ANSWERS IN MINUTES OR HOURS, OR EVEN YEARS IT JUST ACCORDING WHEN GOD SEE BEST. HE DOES KNOW BEST YOU KNOW.
KEEP THE FAITH.... HE WILL ANSWER BUT ACCORDING TO HIS WILL OUR WILL IS NOT ALWAYS HIS WILL...
(FAITH) MARK 11:24 THEREFORE I SAY UNTO YOU, WHAT THINGS SOEVER YE DESIRE, WHEN YE PRAY, BELIEVE THAT YE RECEIVE THEM, AND YE SHALL HAVE THEM.
(OBEDIENCE) I JOHN 3:22 AND WHATSOEVER WE ASK, WE RECEIVE OF HIM, BECAUSE WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND DO THINGS THAT ARE PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT.
(MAN'S HAPPINESS IN GOD'S FAVOUR) PSALM 4:1 HEAR ME WHEN I CALL, O GOD OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS: THOU HAST ENLARGED ME WHEN I WAS IN DISTRESS: HAVE MERCY UPON ME, AND HEAR MY PRAYER.
PRIDE
PRIDE IS A DANGEROUS THING......... THINK ABOUT THE TITANIC HOW THE OWNER SAID NO ONE CAN SINK THIS SHIP NOT EVEN GOD...HA!! HA!!! THEY WERE WRONG. THEN THINK ABOUT THE TOWER OF BABEL HOW THESE PRIDEFUL PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY COULD BUILD A TOWER TO REACH HEAVEN HA!! HA!!! THEN WHAT DID GOD DO HE CONFUSED THEIR LANGUAGE SO THAT THEY COULDN'T UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
GOD ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS EVEN THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE. IT IS ONLY THOUGH HUMILITY AS WE APPROACH GOD, AND BY THE LOVE OF GOD THAT HE GRACES US TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS WORK. SO YOU SEE I'M REALLY NOT DOING ANY OF THE WORK, I AM JUST GRATEFUL SERVANT THAT GOD CAN USE TO WORK A BLESSING IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. WHICH GOD HAS OPENED MY EYES TO IS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING I DO SHOULD BE FOR THE FAME OF HIS GLORY AND NOT FOR THE FAME OF OTHERS. IF I AM SEEKING FOR PRAISES FROM EARTHLY INDIVIDUALS THEN I'M DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASON. DO NOT LET PRIDE STAND IN YOUR WAY OF SERVING THE LORD, AND DOING WHAT IS BEST IN JESUS NAME. ITS ONLY WHEN I REALIZE THAT I AM TOTALLY DEPENDENT OF GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND HOW MUCH I NEED HIM, THAT PRIDE IN MYSELF WILL FADE AWAY, AND I CAN HAVE COMMUNION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER OUT OF A HUMBLE HEART OF THANKFULNESS.
JAMES 4:10 HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE SHALL LIFT YOU UP.
GOD ALLOWS US TO DO THINGS EVEN THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE. IT IS ONLY THOUGH HUMILITY AS WE APPROACH GOD, AND BY THE LOVE OF GOD THAT HE GRACES US TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS WORK. SO YOU SEE I'M REALLY NOT DOING ANY OF THE WORK, I AM JUST GRATEFUL SERVANT THAT GOD CAN USE TO WORK A BLESSING IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. WHICH GOD HAS OPENED MY EYES TO IS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING I DO SHOULD BE FOR THE FAME OF HIS GLORY AND NOT FOR THE FAME OF OTHERS. IF I AM SEEKING FOR PRAISES FROM EARTHLY INDIVIDUALS THEN I'M DOING IT FOR THE WRONG REASON. DO NOT LET PRIDE STAND IN YOUR WAY OF SERVING THE LORD, AND DOING WHAT IS BEST IN JESUS NAME. ITS ONLY WHEN I REALIZE THAT I AM TOTALLY DEPENDENT OF GOD FOR EVERYTHING AND HOW MUCH I NEED HIM, THAT PRIDE IN MYSELF WILL FADE AWAY, AND I CAN HAVE COMMUNION AND FELLOWSHIP WITH THE FATHER OUT OF A HUMBLE HEART OF THANKFULNESS.
JAMES 4:10 HUMBLE YOURSELF IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, AND HE SHALL LIFT YOU UP.
THANK YOU FOR PRAYERS FOR COUSIN STEVEN
HE WENT HOME YESTERDAY AND IT WAS THE DIVERTICULITIS. HE LOST THIRTY POUNDS WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL. HE TOLD HIS FAMILY HE WAS GOING TO EAT BETTER AND WATCH WHAT HE EATS. HE WANTED TO BE HERE FOR HIS BOYS AND HIS WIFE.
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