God is still awesome, in the mist of this crisis we are in with COVID-19 virus. I heard at one time or another or more often so, in fact, in my spirit this morning. “This too shall Pass” I thought this quote was scriptural or a verse from the bible. I recently was directed to learn that it is not. However, I direct you to or it you already knew that this quote its not scriptural it seems to align with Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. So, to my brothers and my sisters I say to you “This COVID-19 it too shall pass” In fact, whatever trails and tribulations that may come your way read this scripture as I pray that it will encourage you to not be discourage hold on Help is on the way. BLESSINGS!
Category Archives: Jesus
Run, Jump to the Light
Apostle John wrote in 1 John 1:5 said; This is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all! What a powerful statement to share to those who are on the road of recovery or whatever walk of life we as people experience in our lifetime. Can I tell you as a child of the Most High one of many who wants the share the Gospel throughout the land in which we live in. This can open up a conversation to anyone….
How to share the Gospel using techniques that the person will remember you when you gone. So often, we as people of God when we go on our first mission to evangelize we are excited to tell someone about the love of Jesus but so often we become of afraid; as my mom so loves to say with some swag “Whats up with that” What are some of your excuses?
BLESSINGS!
Conviction ~ Period
I wasn’t sure if I would make a comeback on my limited time here at this time at this moment at this second but I get a pull every now and then called conviction. The world is changing and it seems that if you don’t keep your head above the water you will surly drown. I know that I can’t and I wont stop believing its’ almost as you keep reminding yourself why am I here what am I suppose to do and it’s it worth it and the answer is always yes. There are so many things going wrong that I’m not going to celebrate the enemy with what we see on TV, what we hear, what we experience etc. etc. etc. so I do what I know go to the scriptures. Now mind you I’m glad I don’t go every day only for the simple fact that I will get lost and I have to become or put on the robe that I’m not like those folks who sin; those folks who I have shook my head at or gave them the stinky face why because I’m God ‘s anointed. I am so glad when the light came on in the sense that I will live in Jesus name. That doesn’t mean I’m going to do everything under the sun (things that I know its not pleasing to God) and think that God doesn’t see what I’m doing and continue to do it over and over again. This is what I’m thankful for in the name of this blog: Conviction.
These two scriptures jump at me:
There is nothing under the sun that Jesus doesn’t know about us.
Mark 14:72 Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, “Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he began to weep. (In fact, read this entire chapter) of how Jesus knows all our plots he predicts because of our actions of how, where and when we do it (I couldn’t understand the terminology of Jesus predicts) well this how the Holy Spirit gave it to me.
Acts 2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brethren, what shall we do?
The Writer ‘s Block
Amazing how the world defines success as climbing up. There are many articles on statistics in one area or another of how to be successful. In many cases you will see that of people who have a career (making the bucks) i.e Executives in all categories may have inherited their wealth some may have gotten this success from a good education while some may have had mentors or some who have been in the right place at the right time. In essence someone who is successful has either come from humble beginnings or some by any means necessary to accomplished success in which the world sees. There are a lot books on the market as well how someone may have come from the bottom with humble beginnings and climb their way up the ladder. There is also another side that many of us don’t know sometimes the struggle or maybe the hard work they put in to climb this latter in what we see as successful. Ironically, this brings me to my perspective for 2018. I’ve decided that not to make promises or resolutions for what I could remember I always in one way or another would do every New Year. But this year I believe for the first time in my life I will knowingly wait and let God tell me what I need to do for this new year.
For years, I’ve been told to write it down. I have always been afraid of this gift that God has given me. I’ve always asked the question “Why Me Lord” At an early age I have known that there was something peculiar about me. I can remember now profound it was for me to discover the verse I Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: I mean I owned this verse it explain to my understanding that this is how God sees me and this is why folks would look at me sometimes with envy sometimes with love. It’s not my fault or my doing when I receive favor and I seemed to always jump back when things don’t go well in my life. Out of all the siblings in my family I was the different one. Always and even today my siblings when they look at me there is always this look that they give me that there is something special about me (with Love) This is who we are in 1 Peter 2:9; that’s you too.
BLESSINGS
The Writer ‘s Block
Amazing how the world defines success as climbing up. There are many articles on statistics in one area or another of how to be successful. In many cases you will see that of people who have a career (making the bucks) i.e Executives in all categories may have inherited their wealth some may have gotten this success from a good education while some may have had mentors or some who have been in the right place at the right time. In essence someone who is successful has either come from humble beginnings or some by any means necessary to accomplished success in which the world sees. There are a lot books on the market as well how someone may have come from the bottom with humble beginnings and climb their way up the ladder. There is also another side that many of us don’t know sometimes the struggle or maybe the hard work they put in to climb this latter in what we see as successful. Ironically, this brings me to my perspective for 2018. I’ve decided that not to make promises or resolutions for what I could remember I always in one way or another would do every New Year. But this year I believe for the first time in my life I will knowingly wait and let God tell me what I need to do for this new year.
For years, I’ve been told to write it down. I have always been afraid of this gift that God has given me. I’ve always asked the question “Why Me Lord” At an early age I have known that there was something peculiar about me. I can remember now profound it was for me to discover the verse I Peter 2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: I mean I owned this verse it explain to my understanding that this is how God sees me and this is why folks would look at me sometimes with envy sometimes with love. It’s not my fault or my doing when I receive favor and I seemed to always jump back when things don’t go well in my life. Out of all the siblings in my family I was the different one. Always and even today my siblings when they look at me there is always this look that they give me that there is something special about me (with Love) This is who we are in 1 Peter 2:9; that’s you too.
BLESSINGS
This one is for you ~ Yeah You
There is a shift taking place in the world that if we are not careful we will miss what is surely to come.(ask me how) Whether you are a believer or you are not sure what you believe rest assure that we live and we will die. Everyone knows that. The question is what are you doing with your life at this moment at this particular time. Have you answered the age old question W’s Who, What and Where am I. I have been blessed to be guided by the Holy Spirit which builds my faith and my ministry. Although it was spoken in my hearing so long ago that it is finally coming to what God has set up for my Life. So here I am begging at the feet of Jesus for you. I believe that things happen to us are not my accidents in the sense that whether things are good or not so good happening in your life. God purpose and will for us would be fulfilled. Please don’t be like so many who have pass on not fulfilling what God purpose for there life. There was a study sometime ago of how many graves were full with supposed to be Apostles, Prophet, Evangelist, Pastor & Teachers. Every time you look at your hand remember this and find out which is your gift. This is good (see picture below) It ‘s amazing that God can use whoever he wants for him to get the glory. Some say why should He get the Glory…. I don’t believe God is mad at you for thinking that way because there ‘s a wealth of knowledge about him that folks have not tap into and therefore one may think (or should I say many) this way. I find it’s my duty Ladies & Gentlemen to tell you that there is probably a missing link in your life and that is Jesus the Christ.
And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers.” (Ephesians 4:11)
You fit into one of these categories once you become a believer; Will you accept him? Confess and Repent so you can walk into you destiny. Just say, Dear God, I am sinner, forgive me and I ‘m sorry for all that I did what was not of you. I accept Jesus as Lord and believe that He is the Son of God. Jesus, will you come into my mind, soul and Spirit that I may have eternal life. Thank you for listening as I pray in Jesus Name.
There is a scripture Psalms 8:34 ESV -Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
EXPOSITION
I wanted to give you some insight of what this means to be and then how a scholar of so long ago put it which I think interwoven in my thoughts.
As human beings we know that food and water is essential to our living. If you can think of your best palate of food you ever tasted; can I tell you that there is something so much better. In the culinary world I read an article of the 50 best dishes in the world. If your food is listed as one of the main dishes when I think of this verse there is something even better than that 10k better than or better yet I can’t put a number on it. Just as you identify the best meal look into the Word of God so you will boldly say “I have tasted and see” and He is Good~
Thomas Binney’s “Sermons,” 1869. V
Verse 8. Taste and see. There are some things, especially in the depths of the religious life, which can only be understood by being experienced, and which even then are incapable of being adequately embodied in words. O taste and see that the Lord is good. The enjoyment must come before the illumination; or rather the enjoyment is the illumination. There are things that must be loved before we can know them to be worthy of our love; things to be believed before we can understand them to be worthy of belief. And even after this — after we are conscious of a distinct apprehension of some spiritual truth, we can only, perhaps, answer, if required to explain it, in the words of the philosopher to who the question was put, “What is God?” “I know, if I am not asked.” Thomas Binney’s “Sermons,” 1869.(amazing how this is so prevalent even today )
God’s Hand of Ministry
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God… “ (1 Pet. 5:6)
When Christ ascended, He took His whole ministry mantle, divided it, and gave it in five parts to men and women. All five are needed to perfect, mature and equip the saints “till we all come to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of… the fullness of Christ” (Eph. 4:13). The function of these gifts, also sometimes called equipping or ascension gifts, and how they fit together can better be understood through the analogy of how a physical hand functions.
Stay tuned for Bible Study coming soon.
BLESSINGS!
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