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GOD IS A GOOD FATHER

GOD IS A GOOD FATHER
What man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?  Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent?  If you then, being evil, know how to give good fits to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!      Matthew 7:9-11
How do you know that God is a good God and a good Father?
Jesus dealt with this question simply by asking another question:  “If earthly fathers, imperfect as they are, know how to give good gifts to their children, don’t you think that your loving Father who is in heaven will be even better?”
If your child asks you for bread, would you give him a stone?  Certainly not.  You would give him the best bread you can find.  How much more then, will your heavenly Father give good things to you when you ask Him!
Beloved, know in your heart that God is a good Father to you.  So if you need something today, just as Him for it.  And as you ask HIm, believe that you have received it from Him, and you will have it (Mark 11:24).         Joseph Prince

The Right Definition of “Righteousness”

 The Right Definition of “Righteousness”  
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today?  Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.”  Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.”  But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21:  “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).”  We are not righteous because we do right.  We became righteous because of what Jesus  did for us at the cross.  “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing.  It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing.  Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous.  It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right?  Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness.  It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you.  He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross.  He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous!  Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ.  It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me.  I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of  God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”  My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here.  He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing!  That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side.  Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you!  And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today!                                  Joseph Prince
 The Right Definition of “Righteousness”  
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today?  Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.”  Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.”  But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21:  “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).”  We are not righteous because we do right.  We became righteous because of what Jesus  did for us at the cross.  “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing.  It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing.  Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous.  It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right?  Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness.  It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you.  He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross.  He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous!  Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ.  It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me.  I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of  God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”  My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here.  He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing!  That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side.  Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you!  And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today!                                  Joseph Prince
 The Right Definition of “Righteousness”  
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today?  Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.”  Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.”  But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21:  “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).”  We are not righteous because we do right.  We became righteous because of what Jesus  did for us at the cross.  “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing.  It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing.  Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous.  It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right?  Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness.  It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you.  He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross.  He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous!  Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ.  It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me.  I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of  God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”  My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here.  He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing!  That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side.  Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you!  And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today!                                  Joseph Prince
 The Right Definition of “Righteousness”  
What has a right understanding of your righteousness got to do with expecting good to happen to you today?  Everything!
Many believers associate righteousness with a list of things that they have to do, and if they fulfill this list, they feel “righteous.”  Conversely, when they fail in terms of their behavior, they feel “unrighteous.”  But this is the wrong definition of righteousness.
Look at 2 Corinthians 5:21:  “For He (God) made Him (Jesus Christ) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him (Jesus Christ).”  We are not righteous because we do right.  We became righteous because of what Jesus  did for us at the cross.  “Righteousness, “ therefore, is not based on our right doing.  It is based entirely on Jesus’ right doing.  Christianity is not about doing the right to become righteous.  It is all about believing right in Jesus to become righteous.
Do you realize we have been conditioned to associate being blessed with doing right?  Most belief systems are based on a system of merit whereby you need to fulfill certain requirements–give to the poor, do good to others and care for the underprivileged–to attain a certain state of righteousness.  It all sounds very noble, self-sacrificial and appealing to our flesh, which likes to feel that our good works have earned us our righteousness.
But God is not looking at your nobility, sacrifices or good works to justify you.  He is only interested in Jesus’ humility at the cross.  He looks at His Son’s perfect sacrifice at Calvary to justify you and make you righteous!  Attempting to be justified by your good works and trying your best to keep the Ten Commandments to become righteous is to negate the cross of Jesus Christ.  It is as good as saying, “ the cross is not enough to justify me.  I need to depend on my good works to make myself clean and righteous before God.”
The apostle Paul said, “I do not frustrate the grace (unmerited favor) of  God; for if righteousness comes by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”  My friend, consider carefully what Paul is saying here.  He is effectively saying that if you are depending on your good works, your doing and your ability to keep perfectly the Ten Commandments to become righteous, then Jesus died for nothing!  That’s what “in vain” means–for nothing! So don’t frustrate the grace of God by depending on your good works to make yourself righteous and put God on your side.  Jesus’ sacrifice is more than enough to justify you!  And when you know that you are justified, you can be confident that the unmerited favor of God is on your side and expect good to happen to you today!                                  Joseph Prince

Could you forgive someone who sexually assaulted you and cut of your hands and feet?

Could you forgive someone who sexually assaulted you and cut of your hands and feet?
     Many years ago, I read a news story about a young girl who had been kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and brutally attacked.  Her hands and feet had been cut off by her attacker, and she was left for dead.  Miraculously,  she survived, and the man was caught and sent to prison for his horrific crime.
     Eighteen years later, this man was being paroled.  The news media got wind of it and thought this would make a great human interest story.  They tracked down the girl, who was now a married woman with children of her own.  With cameras running, they approached her front door, and when she answered, they delivered the news that the man who had kidnapped and brutalized her was going to be set free!  The cameras quickly zoomed in on her face expecting to see a burst of emotional outrage and anger at hearing this monster was going free.  Instead, she calmly said, “Eighteen years ago this man took thirty minutes of my life, and I have decided not to give him one second more.”
   This lady was a believer in Jesus and she made the decision to forgive the man who had maimed and violated her so terribly.  If she hadn’t forgiven him, she too would have been in prison; a different kind but, nonetheless, a prison.
     Someone once said, “ Harboring unforgiveness is like drinking poison and hoping your enemy will die!” Unforgiveness poisons anyone who holds it, causing them to become bitter.  It is impossible to be bitter and get better at the same time!
     The love every believer possesses today is the very same love that forgave the entire world on the cross.  God would never ask us to forgive if He hadn’t equipped us with the ability to do so.  This same love can heal your broken heart and enable you to forgive the one  who broke it.  Living in God’s forgiveness is freedom.  Knowing how to forgive is freeing.
“And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you” (Ephesians 4:23).  Ed Elliot 

A LYDIA PLACE

A LYDIA PLACE
She was baptized along with other members of her household, and she asked us to be her guests.  “If you agree that I am faithful to the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.”  And she urged us until we did.  Acts 16:15
“Be my guests,” said Lydia to Paul and Silas.  Lydia “urged” them–in other words, she wouldn’t take no for an answer.  So Paul and Silas accepted her offer of gracious hospitality.
Hospitality has been defined as “the love of strangers,” and all through Christian history, the homes of believers have been the places where both strangers and friends have gathered for worship, friendship, healing, and help.  Paul told the Roman Christians to practice hospitality (Romans 12:13); and Paul honored Gaius, the Roman whose hospitality he and the church enjoyed  (16:23).  On the island of Malta after a shipwreck, Publius, “the chief official of the island,” welcomed Paul, Luke, and their companions to his home and fed them for three days (Acts 28:7). Paul  healed Publius’ father while he was there, and a stream of blessing began on the island (28:8-10).
If nonbelievers, like Publius, and brand-new believers, like Lydia, welcomed strangers hospitably, then how much more should we, who have known the Lord for much longer, show hospitality?  The problem often lies in western busyness and fractured, scattered families.  The words, “Come and stay with me,” are seldom heard.
                                        Jill Briscoe

The Key to Living a Life Filled with Joy! 

The Key to Living a Life Filled with Joy! 
When we entertain or meditate on thoughts from our past or present, that gives birth to negative emotions.  If we don’t cast them down as Scripture instructs us to do, those thoughts will cause us to disconnect from our true identity in Christ.
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ”  (2 Corinthians 10:5).
One significant negative thought that tries to capture many people is the false idea that God doesn’t love them.  Take that thought captive and cast it down never to think or meditate on it ever again because Jesus’ life demonstrated beyond any shadow of a doubt God loves us.                   
Ed Ellliot 

Delight in Jesus Daily

                       Delight in Jesus Daily
The Bible tells us, “Blessed in the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly.”  This means that while there is wisdom in ungodly counsel, a blessed man does not depend on it nor walk in it.  On the contrary, his delight is in the Word of God, which is the person of Jesus!
Let your delight be in Jesus.  See Him in every page of the Bible as you meditate on God’s Word day and night.
Beloved, whose counsel are you walking in today for your provision?  Be wary of ungodly counsel that promises you quick short-term gains that could cause you to get into a debt trap.  Conversely, as you meditate on Jesus daily, you will enjoy the blessings of abundance as a by-product of just being in His presence!  As you delight in Jesus, you will bring forth fruit in season, your leaf (your health) will not wither, and whatever you do becomes abundantly blessed!  
                                    Joseph Prince

JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL

JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL
“By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.”  Hebrews 11:11
We often hear about Abraham’s faith, but do you know that his wife, Sarah, had faith too?  She received divine strength to conceive Isaac, even though by this time, as a woman who had never conceived, she was doubly barren!
How did Sarah find faith?  The Bible tells us that she “judged Him faithful who had provided”.  She was conscious of the Lord’s faithfulness, not her own faithfulness!
My friend, rest in the faithfulness of Jesus.  It’s not your faith but His faithfulness–His faithfulness is always loving you and making good on His promise to heal you.  When you find yourself wavering in faith, judge Him faithful and be at rest.  He cannot fail you and will do as His Word has promised.
                                        Joseph Prince

JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL by Joseph Prince

JUDGE GOD FAITHFUL
“By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged HIm faithful who had promised.”  Hebrews 11:11
We often hear about Abraham’s faith, but do you know that his wife, Sarah, had faith too?  She received divine strength to conceive Isaac, even though by this time, as a woman who had never conceived, she was doubly barren!
How did Sarah find faith?  The Bible tells us that she “judged Him faithful who had provided”.  She was conscious of the Lord’s faithfulness, not her own faithfulness!
My friend, rest in the faithfulness of Jesus.  It’s not your faith but His faithfulness–His faithfulness is always loving you and making good on His promise to heal you.  When you find yourself wavering in faith, judge Him faithful and be at rest.  He cannot fail you and will do as His Word has promised.
                                        Joseph Prince

THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT by Joseph Prince   

THE RACE IS NOT TO THE SWIFT
“I returned and saw under the sun that–the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to men of understanding, nor favor to men of skill;  but time and chance happen to them all.”  Ecclesiastes 9:11
The world tells you that those with the qualifications, talents and experience get the jobs, promotions and high salaries.
My friend, though you live in this world, as God’s beloved child, you need not be limited by it.  You have God’s favor–His unmerited, unearned, undeserved grace!  Ecclesiastes 9:11 says, “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strongest, most knowledgeable or best looking in the natural world, God can still give you good success when you depend on His grace.
Instead of mulling over your “disqualifications”, be conscious of God’s favor on you.  Smile and say, “God’s favor is all over me because of Jesus.  I expect good things to happen to me today!”  Beloved, be conscious of His favor.  Believe it. Confess it. And you will experience it.  
                                      Joseph Prince  

ENCOUNTER THE PERSON OF GRACE, JESUS CHRIST by Joseph Prince

ENCOUNTER THE PERSON OF GRACE, JESUS CHRIST
What then?  Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace!  Certainly not!!  Romans 6:15
When I share–even from the Bible–the gift of righteousness we have through Christ, someone will inevitably say, “But, Pastor Prince, If you preach that one is forever righteous before the Lord apart from his works and law keeping, won’t people go out and live a licentious life?  Won’t I give people a license to sin?” Let me make this very clear–”I, Joseph Prince, (and New Life for the Nations**) are vehemently, completely, aggressively, and irrevocably against sin!  Sin is evil.  We do not condone sin”.  A lifestyle of sin leads only to defeat and destruction.   
Our goal is for people to live a life of victory over sin, but we do not believe a victorious life comes by keeping the law. I am convinced that it happens by preaching the grace of God.   What you will see in our congregation is that sin loses its appeal when you encounter the person of grace, Jesus Christ, and realize all that He has done for you on the cross and blessed you with.  You will begin to realize that you have been given this great gift of righteousness, and that you did nothing to deserve it.  You did nothing to earn it and you did nothing to merit it.  
Now, will such an encounter with Jesus cause you to want to go out and sin?  Of course not!  On the contrary, It will cause you to fall in love with Jesus all over again.  It will make you a better husband, a better father, a better housewife, a better student.  It will make you someone who desires with all your heart to guard the glory of our Lord Jesus by living a life that is victorious over sin, by His grace and strength. The preoccupation with Christ instead of self will cause you to start reigning in life through the one, Jesus Christ.  That is what we call the Grace Revelation!
 The Word of God says, “ Awake to righteousness and sin not.. (I Cor. 15:34 KJV).  The more you realize you are righteous, the more you will experience victory over sin!  So, wake up every morning and give thanks that you are the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ!      Joseph Prince                            
**The name of our church was inserted into this article by Pastor LaVerne to establish where we stand*.

JESUS CHRIST… by  Dr. Daniel O.C.

JESUS CHRIST…

                                                                               Dr. Daniel O.C.

Is my God, my King, my lord, my Savior and my Healer!

He is my Refuge, my Provider, my Strength and my Defender!

My Protector, my Peace, my Joy, my Life and my All!

Jesus is my rock, my High Tower and my Everything, blessed be His holy name!

 

God’s way is much better than ours.  So, hold on tight, hang in there, strengthen your faith and everything will fall into place with God.

Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does change the future.

I will thank God for my blessings without forgetting that I am BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING.

 

God, Adonai Elohim has taught me that I never need to worry about tomorrow.  I overcome yesterday.  I am alive and dealing with today.  With God’s help, I will face tomorrow and withstand whatever may come my way. 

What God, Adonai Yahweh promised in the BLOOD OF JESUS shall come to pass in my LIFE  in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!

 

Remember, there are about 4200 world religions, but there is only ONE Man who conquered sin, death, the grave, and hell forever.  His name is JESUS CHRIST!

What would happen if ……..

What would happen if………
What do you think would have happened to the Prodigal son had he run into his elder brother before he got to experience the love, acceptance, embrace, and kiss of his father?
I think there is a good chance he may have never made it home.  His elder brother’s view of their father was radically different from who he really was.
I believe the elder brother would have scolded and condemned his younger brother for being selfish, thoughtless, reckless, and living a sin-filled life.  He would have probably made the Prodigal think his father was so angry with him he never wanted to see him again.  At that point of hopelessness, the Prodigal would have probably changed his course and may have never gone home.
How we portray God to people we meet daily will determine the path they take in life.  My desire is for people to experience our heavenly Father’s unconditional love and forgiveness as a reality in their hearts.  We never know when we act as God’s embrace and kiss to someone searching for the kind of love only God can provide.
                                                                Ed & Laurie Elliott

The Absence of Children in the Church

There always has been a full-blown, spiritual attack on children.  But now it’s bolder.   The church must engage in the battle like never before.  Barna Research shows that what a young person believes by the time they are 13 years old is most likely what they will believe until death.  After the age of 19, someone’s probability of accepting Christ drops to just 6%.
     The battle is more difficult because children are not taken to church.  The social center of the community was the church, now it is the school.  In 2018 before the pandemic, church attendance  had dwindled to a mere 18% of the USA population.  Church attendees tend to be older, meaning far fewer than 18% of children were in church.  Now we have the additional phenomena of people who never got around to returning to church after the pandemic.  
     “The percentage of people (with ) a biblical worldview declines in each successively younger generation…to only 4 percent of Gen Z (teenagers).  This is a foreboding statistic for the Gen z children who are coming next.
     When a church loves and encourages children, parents appreciate it like nothing else.  Parenting is such hard work that when a child comes home with a new attitude, parents take notice and want to meet whoever is responsible.        
By Lydia Kaiser  CHURCHLEADERS
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.”  Proverbs 22:6
“And He took the children in His arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them”     Mark 10:16

Toward the Hundredfold – Joseph Prince

Toward the Hundredfold – Joseph Prince
Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground.  Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but He does not understand how it happens.  The earth produces the crops on its own.  First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens.”  Mark 4:26-28  NLT  First the blade, then the head, and then the full grain in the head of wheat.  Just as a seed takes time to sprout and grow, it may take some time before your healing manifests fully.  And just as a new farmer may see a thirty or sixtyfold yield before he sees a hundredfold yield, it may take some time before you experience 100 percent wholeness. My friend, don’t say, “Why is my healing taking so long?”  and give up.  Press on toward the hundredfold.  As you get 30  percent better, trust God for the 60 percent, and then the 100 percent. Don’t lose sleep over when or how the full manifestation of your healing will happen.  Be like the farmer–go to sleep!  Rest!  And leave the how and when to God.  Beloved, the Lord will give you strength to persevere.  Your hundredfold is on the way!        

You are the ONE!

You are the ONE!
In Luke 15, Jesus is the Good Shepherd!  He leaves the 99 to look for the one lost sheep.  Jesus leaving the 99 to find the one seems illogical, irrational, and senseless–until that one is YOU.                
Ed Elliot

ONLY GOD CAN MAKE THIS CHANGE IN US

ONLY GOD CAN MAKE THIS CHANGE IN US
The beautiful thing about God’s love is that it doesn’t stop at just accepting us as we are.  When we trust it, His love will never leave us the same way it first found us.   Ed Elliot
“Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies (dedicating all of yourselves, set apart), as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship.  
And do not be conformed to this world (any longer with its superficial values and customs), but be transformed and progressively changed (as you mature spiritually) by the renewing of your mind (focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes), so that you many prove (for yourselves) what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect  (in His plan and purpose for you).”
    Romans 12:1-2  Amplified

RULES FOR LIVING WITH PEOPLE

RULES FOR LIVING WITH PEOPLE
 
When you meet young people–INSPIRE THEM
When you meet children–EDUCATE THEM
When you meet old people–HELP THEM
When you meet wise people–STUDY THEM
When you meet leaders–HONOR THEM
When your meet foolish people–AVOID THEM
When you meet humble people–TREASURE THEM
When you meet arrogant people–IGNORE THEM
When you meet gracious people–EMULATE THEM
When you meet aspirational people–ELEVATE THEM
When you meet strong people–SUPPORT THEM
When you meet godly people–BLESS THEM
When you meet elderly people–RESPECT THEM
When you meet weak people–STRENGTHEN THEM
When you meet hardworking people–ENCOURAGE THEM
When you meet kind people–ESTEEM THEM
When you meet honest people–PROMOTE THEM
When you meet virtuous people–REWARD THEM
When you meet evil people–EVADE THEM
When you meet younger people–BE GOOD EXAMPLES 
       And in all situations, WATCH, PRAY, AND WISH everyone well in Jesus’ mighty name, Amen!
“Do unto others as you wish them to do to you.   Then the world will be a liveable place for all.
                                                          Dr. Daniel O.C.
                                                         Bishop A.E.G.A.

The God of Glory

The God of Glory
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth’s foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.  Because of the sacrifice of the Messiah, his blood poured out on the altar of the Cross, we’re a free people—free of penalties and punishments chalked up by all our misdeeds. And not just barely free, either. Abundantly free! He thought of everything, provided for everything we could possibly need, letting us in on the plans he took such delight in making. He set it all out before us in Christ, a long-range plan in which everything would be brought together and summed up in him, everything in deepest heaven, everything on planet earth. It’s in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ and got our hopes up, he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone. It’s in Christ that you, once you heard the truth and believed it (this Message of your salvation), found yourselves home free—signed, sealed, and delivered by the Holy Spirit. This down payment from God is the first installment on what’s coming, a reminder that we’ll get everything God has planned for us, a praising and glorious life.    Ephesians 1:3-14    Message

This is the Love of God         Ed Elliot

John writes: ”This is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us”  (1 John 4:10). 
Walking in love is all about understanding and believing in the love God has for you.  A principle of the heart is as a man thinks in his heart, so will he be (Proverbs 23:7).  What you believe in your heart will be reflected in your life.  If you struggle with believing God has forgiven you, it will be a battle for you to forgive others.  If your heart isn’t established in the love God has for you, it will always be a battle for you to love others.
“Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life”  (Proverbs 4:23).  The issues we have in life, positive or negative, are often related to what we do or don’t believe about who God is to us.
The simple truth is walking in love isn’t about your  performance but a lifestyle based on living in the reality of God’s love for you.
I John 4:8 says, “He that loves, knows God and he that loves not, doesn’t know God!”  It doesn’t say, “He that lives holy knows God or he that keeps the Ten Commandments knows God or he that rebukes and corrects false doctrine knows God.”  It says, “He that loves knows God.” Someone who truly knows God, will out of love for Him, do what pleases Him.  The believer’s life and character will replicate God’s presence because faith works by love.  The believer’s life will be a reflection of that unfailing and life-transforming love God has for us.  Then, the world will see what Jesus declared, “They shall know you by your love.”  What a beautiful identity to have!   

God’s Perfect Will Is for You to Be Healed

God’s Perfect Will Is for You to Be Healed      
Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers. 3 John 1:2   Look no further than 3 John 1:2 for a prayer that reflects God’s heart. That’s how you know that He wants you healed, healthy and never sick, as much as He wants your soul to prosper! Don’t go by human experiences to know if God wants His people healed today. If you say, “Well, I know of Christians who are sick,” I can point you to many others whom God has healed. We’re not called to base our believing on human experiences. We’re called to believe God’s Word. Beloved, never put your eyes on people and their experiences, even good ones. The basis of your faith must always be God’s Word. Believe that God still heals today because His Word says so!      
Joseph Prince               

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