Thursday, April 12, 2012
If You Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands
You can be sure of happiness if you do no harm to others. Your future is a light on the road of happiness if you watch your mouth, speaking kind and loving words to everyone in every situation. Writing your ticket to happiness is simple; do to others only what you would want other to do to you. Most of the unhappiness in life comes because others hurt , bring that hurt back to those who hurt them. Do good to others and know that today and tomorrow bring happiness, and you know it. Then at the end and beginning of each day you can clap hands and sing: "Yes, I'm happy and I know it."
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Praise God For Your Prudent Wife
Proverbs 19:14
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
It's great to be a man of God with good looks. Your good looks are a gift from God, but don't give your good looks credit for causing your wife to fall hopelessly in love with you.
Mister Good Looking, your wife married you because God moved on her heart to do so. How do I know? That's any easy question to answer: "The Bible Tells Me So."
Pick up your Bible and turn to the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 19, verse14. Now, read the Word of the Lord: "House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord."
Proverbs 19:14 makes it clear that there are somethings money can't buy, and good looks can't acquire. Parents can leave children houses and lands, jewlery, cars and toys; but parents can't leave their children prudent husbands and wives. When one is blessed with a prudent wife, one can be sure that the only way one has such a wife is because God gave the blessing.
If one could inherit a wife in the same way one inherits houses and lands then the poor would find themselves without prudent wives. Thank God for God, who gives prudent wives to the rich as well as the poor.
If your wife is clever, wise, careful in how she goes about walking, talking, and speaking she is prudent. If your wife is capable of handing business affairs, and solving conflicts and problems; she is prudent. Why don't you give God a shout out praise now. Good job! I can hear you here in Oklahoma City, shouting out, "Praise the Lord!"
House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord.
It's great to be a man of God with good looks. Your good looks are a gift from God, but don't give your good looks credit for causing your wife to fall hopelessly in love with you.
Mister Good Looking, your wife married you because God moved on her heart to do so. How do I know? That's any easy question to answer: "The Bible Tells Me So."
Pick up your Bible and turn to the Book of Proverbs, Chapter 19, verse14. Now, read the Word of the Lord: "House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the Lord."
Proverbs 19:14 makes it clear that there are somethings money can't buy, and good looks can't acquire. Parents can leave children houses and lands, jewlery, cars and toys; but parents can't leave their children prudent husbands and wives. When one is blessed with a prudent wife, one can be sure that the only way one has such a wife is because God gave the blessing.
If one could inherit a wife in the same way one inherits houses and lands then the poor would find themselves without prudent wives. Thank God for God, who gives prudent wives to the rich as well as the poor.
If your wife is clever, wise, careful in how she goes about walking, talking, and speaking she is prudent. If your wife is capable of handing business affairs, and solving conflicts and problems; she is prudent. Why don't you give God a shout out praise now. Good job! I can hear you here in Oklahoma City, shouting out, "Praise the Lord!"
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
When God Becomes Our Enemy
WHEN GOD BECOMES OUR ENEMY
But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them (Isaiah 63:10 KJV)
In life there are many things I don’t want to experience, the horrible and painful encounters of life. And yet I know that in this life there are fiery trials (I Peter 4:12). When the fiery trials of life come, I have an anchor, it’s God’s unchanging hand. You know the song, “hold to his hand, God’s unchanging hand, build you hopes on things eternal, hold to God’s unchanging hand.”
This is a great song, but we better be sure that we are doing what God tells us to do before we put our faith in God’s unchanging hand. If we are not doing what God requires we can forget the song, “Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand,” because God’s hand is not there for us to hold onto when we do our will and not God’s.
In the book of Isaiah, Chapter 63, verse 9, we read that God is afflicted whenever Israel is afflicted. Not only that, but the angel who stands in the presence of God saves Israel, and God redeems Israel, and carries them on God own back. But when Israel rebels against God, and vex God holy Spirit; God turns against Israel and become Israel’s enemy. When God becomes Israel’s enemy God fights against Israel.
This text makes it clear, that God’s hand is changeable. God’s hand changes when we change. As long as we do the will of God, God’s hand is there for us to hold. But when we let sin run like a river through our lives, we vex the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can’t live in an unclean temple; unclean in heart, mind, and spirit.
Let’s take a minute and stop singing, “Hold to God Unchanging Hand,” in our hard times to take a good look at the enemy. We might just be surprise to find that the enemy, fighting against us is God. Let’s get it together, we don’t want God to fight against us, because that’s a fight we can’t win.
But they rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them (Isaiah 63:10 KJV)
In life there are many things I don’t want to experience, the horrible and painful encounters of life. And yet I know that in this life there are fiery trials (I Peter 4:12). When the fiery trials of life come, I have an anchor, it’s God’s unchanging hand. You know the song, “hold to his hand, God’s unchanging hand, build you hopes on things eternal, hold to God’s unchanging hand.”
This is a great song, but we better be sure that we are doing what God tells us to do before we put our faith in God’s unchanging hand. If we are not doing what God requires we can forget the song, “Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand,” because God’s hand is not there for us to hold onto when we do our will and not God’s.
In the book of Isaiah, Chapter 63, verse 9, we read that God is afflicted whenever Israel is afflicted. Not only that, but the angel who stands in the presence of God saves Israel, and God redeems Israel, and carries them on God own back. But when Israel rebels against God, and vex God holy Spirit; God turns against Israel and become Israel’s enemy. When God becomes Israel’s enemy God fights against Israel.
This text makes it clear, that God’s hand is changeable. God’s hand changes when we change. As long as we do the will of God, God’s hand is there for us to hold. But when we let sin run like a river through our lives, we vex the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit can’t live in an unclean temple; unclean in heart, mind, and spirit.
Let’s take a minute and stop singing, “Hold to God Unchanging Hand,” in our hard times to take a good look at the enemy. We might just be surprise to find that the enemy, fighting against us is God. Let’s get it together, we don’t want God to fight against us, because that’s a fight we can’t win.
God is God of the Fat Not the Skinny
God Is God of the Fat not the Skinny
Psalms 65:11
You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness. (Ps. 65:11)
In the time of David, when God crowns the year with goodness, everything is fat because God walks through the land and the people follow. When God walks and the people follow God’s path, every step God makes drop fatness. The fatness of God drops upon the pastures of the wilderness, and so the wilderness has fat pastures for grazing animals.
The little hills of the wilderness rejoice because of fatness, everything is green and beautiful. Flock cloth the pastures and corn covers the valley. The fatness of the valleys gives life that compels the valleys to shout and sing.
This is the year for the people of God to pray that God crowns the year with goodness. And yes, we also want fatness; but fatness belongs to those who follow God’s path. One cannot expect fatness if one is not walking God’s path. Those who walk in the footsteps of God walk in the fatness of God, while those who follow their own path boast about being skinny.
Psalms 65:11
You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness. (Ps. 65:11)
In the time of David, when God crowns the year with goodness, everything is fat because God walks through the land and the people follow. When God walks and the people follow God’s path, every step God makes drop fatness. The fatness of God drops upon the pastures of the wilderness, and so the wilderness has fat pastures for grazing animals.
The little hills of the wilderness rejoice because of fatness, everything is green and beautiful. Flock cloth the pastures and corn covers the valley. The fatness of the valleys gives life that compels the valleys to shout and sing.
This is the year for the people of God to pray that God crowns the year with goodness. And yes, we also want fatness; but fatness belongs to those who follow God’s path. One cannot expect fatness if one is not walking God’s path. Those who walk in the footsteps of God walk in the fatness of God, while those who follow their own path boast about being skinny.
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Saturday, April 3, 2010
WHAT IS JESUS DOING IN THE GRAVE?
WHAT IS JESUS DOING IN THE GRAVE?
I Peter 3:18-20
Jesus is crucified Friday, on a cross and buried by Joseph of Arimathaea (Matthew 27:57-60; Mark 15:45-46; Luke 23:50-53 and John 19:38). All four Gospel writers agree that it is Joseph of Arimathaea who buries Jesus. We have no doubt that Jesus is in the grave, but what is he doing? Is he resting from his labors? No, Jesus is in the earth preaching the Good News.
In the first letter of Peter, Chapter 3, verses 18-20 we read that Christ suffers on the cross for the sins of humanity. Christ, the Innocent, suffers for humanity, the guilty to bring humanity to God. On the cross Christ dies in the flesh, but God keeps his spirit alive. The spirit of Christ preaches the gospel to disobedient spirits of dead humans who live in the prison of death.
The spirits of those who are dead in the flesh live, just as the spirit of Jesus lives. Jesus is not in the grave preaching to the spirits of all the dead. He only preaches to the spirits of the disobedient people who live in the days of Noah. While Noah builds the ark God patiently waits for the people to repent but they refuse, and so only eight souls save from drowning in the flood.
The end comes when the living and the dead face the Judge to give an account of their lifestyle ( I Peter 4:5). This is why Jesus, dead in the flesh, but alive in spirit preaches to the disobedience spirits in the grave. These disobedient spirits died in the flood because they would not repent of sins. They died for their sins, but now Jesus dies for the sins of humanity which includes disobedient spirits who died in the flood. Jesus preaches to disobedient spirits so that they repent and live in the spirit with God eternally (I Peter 4:6).
I Peter 3:18-20
Jesus is crucified Friday, on a cross and buried by Joseph of Arimathaea (Matthew 27:57-60; Mark 15:45-46; Luke 23:50-53 and John 19:38). All four Gospel writers agree that it is Joseph of Arimathaea who buries Jesus. We have no doubt that Jesus is in the grave, but what is he doing? Is he resting from his labors? No, Jesus is in the earth preaching the Good News.
In the first letter of Peter, Chapter 3, verses 18-20 we read that Christ suffers on the cross for the sins of humanity. Christ, the Innocent, suffers for humanity, the guilty to bring humanity to God. On the cross Christ dies in the flesh, but God keeps his spirit alive. The spirit of Christ preaches the gospel to disobedient spirits of dead humans who live in the prison of death.
The spirits of those who are dead in the flesh live, just as the spirit of Jesus lives. Jesus is not in the grave preaching to the spirits of all the dead. He only preaches to the spirits of the disobedient people who live in the days of Noah. While Noah builds the ark God patiently waits for the people to repent but they refuse, and so only eight souls save from drowning in the flood.
The end comes when the living and the dead face the Judge to give an account of their lifestyle ( I Peter 4:5). This is why Jesus, dead in the flesh, but alive in spirit preaches to the disobedience spirits in the grave. These disobedient spirits died in the flood because they would not repent of sins. They died for their sins, but now Jesus dies for the sins of humanity which includes disobedient spirits who died in the flood. Jesus preaches to disobedient spirits so that they repent and live in the spirit with God eternally (I Peter 4:6).
Face An Uncertain Future With Faith
Ecclesiastes 11:4-6
Face An Uncertain Future With Faith
Don't fear buying your home. This is the time to act, not fear. I know the economy is not good, but I also know that God is good. You can afford a home, so buy it. Listen, I have a word for you from God. That word comes to you from the book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 11:4-6. The writer of the book appeals to you to know the future is uncertain, not just to you, but also to all of us. No one knows the future, and so we act without knowledge, we call action without knowledge, faith.
Listen to the writer of Ecclesiastes: Whoever observes the wind will not sow. (11:4a) Now the wind is the economy. If you look at the economy you can forget sowing. And so, don't look at the wind. The second part of that verse reads, whoever regards the clouds will not reap (11b). If you look at the clouds, unempoyment, you will not reap (purchase your home). So, forget the rate of unemployment, and purchase your home. Your have a job today, don't look at the clouds of tommorrow.
The next verse, 5, reads: just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
The next verse, 6, reads: In the morning sow your seed, ( you are young, this is your morning season) and at evening (growing old) do not let you hands be idle; (even the aged must not fear purchasing a home) for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
We don't know about tommorrow, but we do not that God is with us today and in our tommorrow. And so, Ecclesiastes appeals to us to forget the wind and sow ( act:do); and forget the clouds and reap (act:do).
Go in faith, that's all we have, but it's also all we need. Remember, faith without works is dead (James 2:20). You have faith, now go and get your home, your wife, your car.
Face An Uncertain Future With Faith
Don't fear buying your home. This is the time to act, not fear. I know the economy is not good, but I also know that God is good. You can afford a home, so buy it. Listen, I have a word for you from God. That word comes to you from the book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 11:4-6. The writer of the book appeals to you to know the future is uncertain, not just to you, but also to all of us. No one knows the future, and so we act without knowledge, we call action without knowledge, faith.
Listen to the writer of Ecclesiastes: Whoever observes the wind will not sow. (11:4a) Now the wind is the economy. If you look at the economy you can forget sowing. And so, don't look at the wind. The second part of that verse reads, whoever regards the clouds will not reap (11b). If you look at the clouds, unempoyment, you will not reap (purchase your home). So, forget the rate of unemployment, and purchase your home. Your have a job today, don't look at the clouds of tommorrow.
The next verse, 5, reads: just as you do not know how the breath comes to the bones in the mother's womb, so you do not know the work of God, who makes everything.
The next verse, 6, reads: In the morning sow your seed, ( you are young, this is your morning season) and at evening (growing old) do not let you hands be idle; (even the aged must not fear purchasing a home) for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good.
We don't know about tommorrow, but we do not that God is with us today and in our tommorrow. And so, Ecclesiastes appeals to us to forget the wind and sow ( act:do); and forget the clouds and reap (act:do).
Go in faith, that's all we have, but it's also all we need. Remember, faith without works is dead (James 2:20). You have faith, now go and get your home, your wife, your car.
Easter Time Is Women Time
MARK 16:1-8
EASTER TIME IS WOMEN TIME
In Mark’s gospel, two women, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome (Mark 16:1) know something that no one else knows: “Jesus is not dead, but alive.” These two women hear something that no one else hears, because they do something no one else does. Mary and Mary bring sweet spices to the tomb of Jesus to anoint him. Imagine these two women anointing Jesus, not with oil, but with sweet spices.
We should not be surprise to find these two women at the tomb of Jesus with sweet spices. Why? They were with Jesus in his time of trouble as he hangs on the cross, and anyone who is with you in trouble is also with you in death. Mark tells the story of Mary and Mary presence with Jesus as he dies, hanging on an old rugged cross. “There were also women looking on afar off: among them is Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome. Who also when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women which came up with him to Jerusalem. (Mark 15:41-42).
The story of Mary and Mary reminds us that it pays to serve Jesus. Listen, these two women hear the news, “Jesus is alive,” only because they come to anoint his body. The disciples did not come to the cross to see Jesus crucified, because they fear the Romans. Remember Peter denies Jesus three times because he fears death. We do not blame the disciples for being afraid of Roman soldiers. Every one fears a brutal death.
Fears keeps the disciples far from the cross where Jesus dies. The disciples were not with Jesus is trouble, so it is no surprise that they did not come to the tomb to be with him in death, knowing their fear of Roman soldiers. Mary and Mary had some fear of Roman soldiers; this is why when Jesus dies on the cross they stand “afar off.” Even though they stand “afar off,” they conquer their fear, and come to the cross to be present with Jesus in death.
This is why Eastertime is the time to remember and admire the courage of Mary and Mary, women like Sojourn Truth and Rosa Parks, forerunner of Dr. King. It is God who sends John to prepare the way for the ministry of Jesus, the Christ; and it is God who sends Rosa Parks to prepare the way for the ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King. And so as we celebrate the “Rising,” of our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ we praise God for brave women of all times, ages, and generations. Let the women of God, and the men, rise and say something:” Amen!”
EASTER TIME IS WOMEN TIME
In Mark’s gospel, two women, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome (Mark 16:1) know something that no one else knows: “Jesus is not dead, but alive.” These two women hear something that no one else hears, because they do something no one else does. Mary and Mary bring sweet spices to the tomb of Jesus to anoint him. Imagine these two women anointing Jesus, not with oil, but with sweet spices.
We should not be surprise to find these two women at the tomb of Jesus with sweet spices. Why? They were with Jesus in his time of trouble as he hangs on the cross, and anyone who is with you in trouble is also with you in death. Mark tells the story of Mary and Mary presence with Jesus as he dies, hanging on an old rugged cross. “There were also women looking on afar off: among them is Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome. Who also when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women which came up with him to Jerusalem. (Mark 15:41-42).
The story of Mary and Mary reminds us that it pays to serve Jesus. Listen, these two women hear the news, “Jesus is alive,” only because they come to anoint his body. The disciples did not come to the cross to see Jesus crucified, because they fear the Romans. Remember Peter denies Jesus three times because he fears death. We do not blame the disciples for being afraid of Roman soldiers. Every one fears a brutal death.
Fears keeps the disciples far from the cross where Jesus dies. The disciples were not with Jesus is trouble, so it is no surprise that they did not come to the tomb to be with him in death, knowing their fear of Roman soldiers. Mary and Mary had some fear of Roman soldiers; this is why when Jesus dies on the cross they stand “afar off.” Even though they stand “afar off,” they conquer their fear, and come to the cross to be present with Jesus in death.
This is why Eastertime is the time to remember and admire the courage of Mary and Mary, women like Sojourn Truth and Rosa Parks, forerunner of Dr. King. It is God who sends John to prepare the way for the ministry of Jesus, the Christ; and it is God who sends Rosa Parks to prepare the way for the ministry of Dr. Martin Luther King. And so as we celebrate the “Rising,” of our Lord and Savior, Jesus, the Christ we praise God for brave women of all times, ages, and generations. Let the women of God, and the men, rise and say something:” Amen!”
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Psalm 18: 29
Running and Leaping
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
(Psalm 18: 29 KJV)
God did something for David that I want God to do for me, and that you want God to do for you. God empowers David to run through a troop, and leap over a wall. His life is a meeting with battles and he wins every one, running through the battle, conquering soldiers. Many times David escapes his enemies, leaping over walls. This text, Psalms 18:29, is David’s testimony of the power that God gives him to win every battle. It is God who wins, because God gives David strength to run and leap.
What God did for David, God did for Nelson Mandela, who runs through the troop on Robben Island where he is imprison for 27 years to freedom. He runs and then he leaps over the wall of apartheid, knocking it down carrying his people on his back. God did the same for Barack Obama, who runs through a troop to become President of the United States of America, and leaps over the wall of impossibility to sign a Health Care Reform Bill.
John McCain was a North Vietnamese prisoner of war for five and a half years where he suffers torture, but he outruns the troop and reaches freedom in 1973. After set free, McCain keeps on running until he leaps over the wall of injustice, writing the John McCain Detainee Amendment, banning inhumane treatment of American prisoners of war, even those at Guantanamo Bay.
We want God to do for us what God did for David, Nelson, Barack, and McCain. When we do what we do on behalf of others God is with us, empowering us to run through troops and leap over walls. Let’s become the running and leaping generation and continue David's legacy. I’m looking to see you soon on the highway of life, running through a troop and leaping over a wall. Amen! Amen!
Running and Leaping
For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
(Psalm 18: 29 KJV)
God did something for David that I want God to do for me, and that you want God to do for you. God empowers David to run through a troop, and leap over a wall. His life is a meeting with battles and he wins every one, running through the battle, conquering soldiers. Many times David escapes his enemies, leaping over walls. This text, Psalms 18:29, is David’s testimony of the power that God gives him to win every battle. It is God who wins, because God gives David strength to run and leap.
What God did for David, God did for Nelson Mandela, who runs through the troop on Robben Island where he is imprison for 27 years to freedom. He runs and then he leaps over the wall of apartheid, knocking it down carrying his people on his back. God did the same for Barack Obama, who runs through a troop to become President of the United States of America, and leaps over the wall of impossibility to sign a Health Care Reform Bill.
John McCain was a North Vietnamese prisoner of war for five and a half years where he suffers torture, but he outruns the troop and reaches freedom in 1973. After set free, McCain keeps on running until he leaps over the wall of injustice, writing the John McCain Detainee Amendment, banning inhumane treatment of American prisoners of war, even those at Guantanamo Bay.
We want God to do for us what God did for David, Nelson, Barack, and McCain. When we do what we do on behalf of others God is with us, empowering us to run through troops and leap over walls. Let’s become the running and leaping generation and continue David's legacy. I’m looking to see you soon on the highway of life, running through a troop and leaping over a wall. Amen! Amen!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Pslam 69:13
GOD ANSWERS PAYER WHEN WE ARE READY FOR THE ANSWER
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time (Psalm 69:13a).
When we pray God does not always answer us because the time is not right for God to answer. I know we believe that God is a right now God, but that is not always true. God is a right now God if the time is right. Our God refuses to answer our prayers if what we ask God to do prevents us from doing the will of God, or prevents God’s will in the lives of others.
Don’t you remember that God sends Jesus into the world, only when the time is right. God waits for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobs to do God will in the earth. Then God sends all the prophets into the world, and lastly God sends John, to prepare the way for Jesus. And then when the time was right God sends Jesus, born of a virgin, name Mary.
Yes, in the fullness of time God sends Jesus (Galatians 4:4) That means that God sends Jesus into the world when the time is right for the world to need a Savior. God is a timely God, who knows our time and answers not our prayer if the time is not right for us, and others.
In the book of Psalms, Chapter 69:13a, the writer of the book of Psalms knows that God answers only at an acceptable time. And so David prayers that God answers his prayer when the time is acceptable. David knows God answers prayer at a determine time, and so he prays knowing that Gods answers his prayer when the times is right.
Not unlike David we must pray and patiently wait for God to answer our prayer. God hears us, and God answers us when God decides the time is right for us to receive that for which we prayer.
GOD ANSWERS PAYER WHEN WE ARE READY FOR THE ANSWER
But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable time (Psalm 69:13a).
When we pray God does not always answer us because the time is not right for God to answer. I know we believe that God is a right now God, but that is not always true. God is a right now God if the time is right. Our God refuses to answer our prayers if what we ask God to do prevents us from doing the will of God, or prevents God’s will in the lives of others.
Don’t you remember that God sends Jesus into the world, only when the time is right. God waits for Abraham, Isaac, and Jacobs to do God will in the earth. Then God sends all the prophets into the world, and lastly God sends John, to prepare the way for Jesus. And then when the time was right God sends Jesus, born of a virgin, name Mary.
Yes, in the fullness of time God sends Jesus (Galatians 4:4) That means that God sends Jesus into the world when the time is right for the world to need a Savior. God is a timely God, who knows our time and answers not our prayer if the time is not right for us, and others.
In the book of Psalms, Chapter 69:13a, the writer of the book of Psalms knows that God answers only at an acceptable time. And so David prayers that God answers his prayer when the time is acceptable. David knows God answers prayer at a determine time, and so he prays knowing that Gods answers his prayer when the times is right.
Not unlike David we must pray and patiently wait for God to answer our prayer. God hears us, and God answers us when God decides the time is right for us to receive that for which we prayer.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Don't Play the Blame Game
Don’t be like Aunt Mae who almost started a riot at her granddaughter's school last week. There was a race at the school and Aunt Mae's granddaughter lost. The winner was a girl everybody harass because she has big feet. Well, those big feet run fast. Aunt Mae was furious when the girl with big feet put her feet over the finish line just seconds before her granddaughter. Aunt Mae says the race was un-fair because her granddaughter was defeated, not by the speed of the winner, but by her big-feet. Aunt Mae blames the girl’s big feet for her granddaughter’s defeat.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
FAITH IS TALKING GOOD
Everybody talking about faith got it. You see faith is talk. No talk, no faith. If you say you got it, you have it. And if you say you don’t have it, you don’t have it. You can’t have it, if you say you don’t have it. And if you say you have it, you have what you say. Every time you say what you say, you say what’s in your heart. And so if you talk, faith-talk, then faith is in your heart. Now, if you talk doubt and unbelief, THEN doubt and unbelief is in your heart. If you are talking doubt and unbelief: “Shut your mouth.” If you don’t shut your mouth you will have what you say. Now open your mouth and tell yourself and everybody else that God CAN DO ANYTHING but fail. Talk God- talk and you talk faith-talk. You see you can’t faith-talk without God- talk. And you can’t God- talk without faith-talk. Faith-talk is the proof that you believe God not only CAN, but will do all that you say that God will do. If you dare say it, God will prove that your hope in God to give you what you hope in your heart that God will give you is faith that gets you what you hope God will give you.Now remember the greatest faith-talk is prayer-talk. What's that you're saying, "you don't believe me." Well, talk to Mark (Mark 11:25), tell him what you don't believe.
I hear you raising the question, “What is faith?” Well, being this is Labor Day, I guess I can do a little work, and answer your question. Faith is: (1) love work; (2) abandoning sight; (3) living while dying; (4) living with dying; (5) an inheritance; (6) eating what you didn’t plant; (7) seeing light in darkness; (8) a river running in the spirit watering possibilities; (9) hope outrunning fear; (10) driving without gas; (11) turning words into gold; (12) dying when old; (13) sucking honey out of the rock of doubt; (14) a gift of the spirit; (15) standing without feet; (15) the path to salvation; (16) pleasing God; (17) the ears of God’s word; (18) holy assurance; (19) human hands at work; (20) salvation drinking grace; (21) grandmother’s gift; (22) grandfather’s speech; (23) mother’s eyes; (24) father’s ears; (25) the evidence that you trust God to bring into sight that which your heart longs for but your eyes cannot see; (26) faith is prayer; and (27) faith is earning a good report.
Philippians 3:13b
You ain't taking about nothing. I'm tired of hearing about this and that, yesterday, and last week. Listen, to me, because I want to give you the good word. Didn't the Bible tell you to to forget about what you said and did last week. I know you made a big mistake on your job, and you got a ticket for speeding in a school zone. But, go on. Forget about it. Don't sweat what happen yesterday. Forget it! So what, your wife forgot your birthday. I keep on telling you to "forget it." Listen, the prophet Isaiah had the good word from God, writing, "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. Listen, you can't remeber what happen last year, neither can you consider, saying, "what if," about what you didn't do that you thought you should have done. Don't even consider what should, or could, or would have happened if you had done this or that. No, no, forget it. Yes, you made a poor choice; yes, you got yourself in debt; yes, you act a fool. But, forget it. Refuse to remember what when down yesterday.Why? God is doing a new thing. The new thing that God is doing he is doing now. Do you not see what God is doing? Listen, you will miss this thing that God is doing in your life;in your ministry, if you are looking at yesterday. You can't see what God is doing today, if you eyes are on what you did yesterday. Now when you look backward you are look at yourself because God is not present in the past. And you know as well as I that there in no power in self. But when you look forward you are looking at God. You see humanity knows about what happened yesterday. Hey, just check out the news. But no man, or woman, can predict the future. That's why the future is of God. It's a God thing. God is a futurist God. A God who moves forward, a progressive God, demanding a progressive people. God is moving, so you've gotta move, if you want the new thing that God is doing. Can't you see it? Well, if you can't it only because your eyes have a backward look.Don't look back and miss God. Look forward! In the words of old man Paul, forget those things which are behind, and reach forth for those thing which are before ( Philippians 3:13b).Now listen, you can't reach out and touch those things that God have for you if you are looking backward. Come on, give me a forward look. I know you can. Yes, you can; yes, you can. Oh, yes you can. __________________________________________________
Friday, October 23, 2009
Jesus Give My Life Your Light
When in doubt…about what is right and what is wrong……just remember when you’re doubting that Jesus still sits upon the throne…….in the heavens….on the right side of God….the Father………..look to Jesus for the answer……never doubt his love for you…..Jesus wants to lead and guide you……and that he will do ……if in your struggle to do the right and not the wrong……you call on the name of Jesus…. .wait…but not long….for that peace…..which is beyond human understanding….comes……calming your mind…..bringing clarity to your thoughts……light out of the darkness of confusion……so know that regardless of what may come……your life will always have purpose and praise…….if only you remember to say……Jesus…..the way…the truth….and the light…….shine on my path……..give my life your light……
When in doubt…about what is right and what is wrong……just remember when you’re doubting that Jesus still sits upon the throne…….in the heavens….on the right side of God….the Father………..look to Jesus for the answer……never doubt his love for you…..Jesus wants to lead and guide you……and that he will do ……if in your struggle to do the right and not the wrong……you call on the name of Jesus…. .wait…but not long….for that peace…..which is beyond human understanding….comes……calming your mind…..bringing clarity to your thoughts……light out of the darkness of confusion……so know that regardless of what may come……your life will always have purpose and praise…….if only you remember to say……Jesus…..the way…the truth….and the light…….shine on my path……..give my life your light……
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Yes You Can Shut Your Mouth
YES YOU CAN SHUT YOUR MOUTH
Everybody talking about faith got it. You see faith is talk. No talk, no faith. If you say you got it, you have it. And if you say you don’t have it, you don’t have it. You can’t have it, if you say you don’t have it. And if you say you have it, you have what you say. Every time you say what you say, you say what’s in your heart. And so if you talk, faith-talk, then faith is in your heart. Now, if you talk doubt and unbelief, THEN doubt and unbelief is in your heart. If you are talking doubt and unbelief: “Shut your mouth.” If you don’t shut your mouth you will have what you say. Now open your mouth and tell yourself and everybody else that God CAN DO ANYTHING but fail. Talk God- talk and you talk faith-talk. You see you can’t faith-talk without God- talk. And you can’t God- talk without faith-talk. Faith-talk is the proof that you believe God not only CAN, but will do all that you say that God will do. If you dare say it, God will prove that your hope in God to give you what you hope in your heart that God will give you is faith that gets you what you hope God will give you.Now remember the greatest faith-talk is prayer-talk. What's that you're saying, "you don't believe me." Well, talk to Mark (Mark 11:25), tell him what you don't believe.
I hear you raising the question, “What is faith?” Well, being this is Labor Day, I guess I can do a little work, and answer your question. Faith is: (1) love work; (2) abandoning sight; (3) living while dying; (4) living with dying; (5) an inheritance; (6) eating what you didn’t plant; (7) seeing light in darkness; (8) a river running in the spirit watering possibilities; (9) hope outrunning fear; (10) driving without gas; (11) turning words into gold; (12) dying when old; (13) sucking honey out of the rock of doubt; (14) a gift of the spirit; (15) standing without feet; (15) the path to salvation; (16) pleasing God; (17) the ears of God’s word; (18) holy assurance; (19) human hands at work; (20) salvation drinking grace; (21) grandmother’s gift; (22) grandfather’s speech; (23) mother’s eyes; (24) father’s ears; (25) the evidence that you trust God to bring into sight that which your heart longs for but your eyes cannot see; (26) faith is prayer; and (27) faith is earning a good report.
Everybody talking about faith got it. You see faith is talk. No talk, no faith. If you say you got it, you have it. And if you say you don’t have it, you don’t have it. You can’t have it, if you say you don’t have it. And if you say you have it, you have what you say. Every time you say what you say, you say what’s in your heart. And so if you talk, faith-talk, then faith is in your heart. Now, if you talk doubt and unbelief, THEN doubt and unbelief is in your heart. If you are talking doubt and unbelief: “Shut your mouth.” If you don’t shut your mouth you will have what you say. Now open your mouth and tell yourself and everybody else that God CAN DO ANYTHING but fail. Talk God- talk and you talk faith-talk. You see you can’t faith-talk without God- talk. And you can’t God- talk without faith-talk. Faith-talk is the proof that you believe God not only CAN, but will do all that you say that God will do. If you dare say it, God will prove that your hope in God to give you what you hope in your heart that God will give you is faith that gets you what you hope God will give you.Now remember the greatest faith-talk is prayer-talk. What's that you're saying, "you don't believe me." Well, talk to Mark (Mark 11:25), tell him what you don't believe.
I hear you raising the question, “What is faith?” Well, being this is Labor Day, I guess I can do a little work, and answer your question. Faith is: (1) love work; (2) abandoning sight; (3) living while dying; (4) living with dying; (5) an inheritance; (6) eating what you didn’t plant; (7) seeing light in darkness; (8) a river running in the spirit watering possibilities; (9) hope outrunning fear; (10) driving without gas; (11) turning words into gold; (12) dying when old; (13) sucking honey out of the rock of doubt; (14) a gift of the spirit; (15) standing without feet; (15) the path to salvation; (16) pleasing God; (17) the ears of God’s word; (18) holy assurance; (19) human hands at work; (20) salvation drinking grace; (21) grandmother’s gift; (22) grandfather’s speech; (23) mother’s eyes; (24) father’s ears; (25) the evidence that you trust God to bring into sight that which your heart longs for but your eyes cannot see; (26) faith is prayer; and (27) faith is earning a good report.
Set Your Marriage On Fire
MARRIAGE
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh: but nourish and cherish it, even as the Lord the Church (Ephesians 5:29).
If a marriage is to succeed…..it must be ordained by God from heaven…..otherwise it is just a rumor of one’s imagination of what it is suppose to be……true dedication in a marriage is determined by one’s ability to be in connection with God and not with evil….for God is love…and only through him…and the knowledge of him can one really know and understand what love is….God is love…his love will allow a wife to submit to her husband…it will cause the husband to love his wife as himself….because marriage makes two as one…he who loves not his wife…loves not himself…the love of God in each partner will project the amount of love given…God’s love for the world allowed him to give his only Son…that same love allowed The Son to give his life…it is that love which requires husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church…if Jesus gave up his life for the church…the husband must also be willing….if necessary…to give up his life for his wife…this truly is the love of God…and only in it can two become as one…..
For no man ever yet hated his own flesh: but nourish and cherish it, even as the Lord the Church (Ephesians 5:29).
If a marriage is to succeed…..it must be ordained by God from heaven…..otherwise it is just a rumor of one’s imagination of what it is suppose to be……true dedication in a marriage is determined by one’s ability to be in connection with God and not with evil….for God is love…and only through him…and the knowledge of him can one really know and understand what love is….God is love…his love will allow a wife to submit to her husband…it will cause the husband to love his wife as himself….because marriage makes two as one…he who loves not his wife…loves not himself…the love of God in each partner will project the amount of love given…God’s love for the world allowed him to give his only Son…that same love allowed The Son to give his life…it is that love which requires husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church…if Jesus gave up his life for the church…the husband must also be willing….if necessary…to give up his life for his wife…this truly is the love of God…and only in it can two become as one…..
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