THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS TO BREAK EVERY CHAIN

There is power in the name of Jesus to break every chain (Acts 12:6-7 on the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly" And his chains fell off his hands.)

He released Peter; he will free us; God has the power to deliver us from anything if we believe.  We are no longer bound and chain to sin; Jesus' death released us and gave us the ability to break every chain by accepting Him as our Savior and having faith in the Word.

Father, can You hear us? We need Your love today, Lord; someone is bound by the chains of this world,  with addiction, relationships, or just plain self-destruction.  Lord, we are asking You to lift us up and release us from whatever we are chained to in the name of Jesus.  Please send Your angels to unshackle us and heal the broken pieces of our hearts and lives so that we can come into Your presence.  Father, please help us carry our cross; remove all the shame, guilt, and sin.  Lord, You said You will never give us more than we can carry; we feel overwhelmed with our burdens right now.  Lord, we know we sinned against You and did not listen to Your voice; this is why these things happen to us.  But, You said if we repent and turn away from sin, You will free us from the chains in our lives.  So, Father, we repent and turn away from our sins, and we thank You for removing the chains, in Jesus name Amen

TREAT OTHERS LIKE CHRIST TREATS YOU

Jesus walked, with man and understood what it would take to save us.  He gave us free will too; live in the world or the Spirit.  Now most of us have lived in the flesh, and we are now saved, so we understand what it takes to help guide someone else, The Word.  We must also remember how many times we stumbled and failed, and when we asked for forgiveness, He forgave us.  He wants us to have that same compassionate Spirit when other people stumble and fall around us. Our Father wants us to be Christ-like, and we accomplish this by developing His Fruits of the Spirit love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23).  We are not to judge our brothers and sister that are new on their walk, so we do not discourage them.  We are to show Love, and Forgiveness, so they can feel God presence through us.  Love and forgiveness are the two Fruit of the Spirits we must develop to be a servant in God’s Kingdom and to others. Love is the most powerful Spirit, once we have love everything else will grow. God met us where we were with love, and we have to meet others where they are with the same love and walk with them to the Lord.   We must also endure each other burden and we must have the Fruit of Kindness to make that happen (Galatians 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.)

Father, we were hungry, and You gave us food, we were thirsty, and You gave us drink, we were strangers and You welcomed us; please provide us with Your loving Spirit so we can treat other as You treat us.  Lord, thank You for the Word that nourishes our Fruit and the Holy Spirit that gives us strength and courage to stand on what is written.  Lord, give us the Fruit of Patience, so we want give up on others like You did not give up on us.  Father, teach us so we can do just what You said we could do; we just have to believe and have the Fruit of Faithfulness.  Lord, strengthen our Fruit of discipline, so we will be able to fight temptation and put our carnal desires to rest.  Lord, give us the Fruit of Joy, Peace, and Goodness; so we do not become weary in doing good.   For at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. In Jesus name Amen

DAVID WAS A ADULTERER AND MURDERER, BUT HE WAS A MAN OF GOD.

David was a man who used his power to attract a woman named Bathsheba while her husband was at war on King David's behalf. When she was found to be with his child, David arranged for her husband Uriah to be killed in battle to cover up the matter. David was an adulterer and a murderer. Is this a man after God's own heart?  Yes, God says that he is, "For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." (I Samuel 16:7) So despite his sin, God loved David's heart.

God does not see us like people do; He does not care about our appearance, our education or titles we give ourselves.  God sees us from the inside out, because that is who we are, not the beautiful clothes, shoes, cars, or house we have, it is our Christ-like character that impresses God.  So once David repented  AND TURNED AWAY from his sin, God forgave him and restored him.   But David sins did not go unpunished; God took David first child with Bathsheba.  Yes, He forgave him, but he still suffered the consequence of that sin through his son death.

Lord, thank You for not judging us as people do by appearance, but from what we hold in our hearts.  Thank You for forgiveness and understanding that we will fall short of Your grace, because of our flesh.  Father, thank You for the Holy Spirit; that gives us the strength to obey Your Word and the courage to stand on what is written.  Lord, continue to bless us indeed, broaden our territory and keep us from evil.  Lord, examine our hearts and remove anything that hinders our blessings from You and keeps us from sitting at Your feet.  Thank You, for the hedge of protection around our families, friends, and ourselves.  Father, replace our will with Yours and remove all interference so we may hear You, so You can use us as a vessel to touch others. In Jesus wonderful name Amen

WALK IN SPIRIT

Galatians 5:16-17 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another so that you may not do the things that you please.  Luke 24:45 Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. He told them, “This is what is written: The Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day.  John 14:26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”

When we walk in Spirit, we must communicate with God daily for direction and guidance; and not rely on our understanding or anyone else understanding, it must come from God.  The Word of God gives power to our Spirit, which empowers us to obey the truth.  When we walk in the Spirit, it gives us the ability to become abstinence from any strongholds.  The Spirit brake chains of alcohol, drugs, sex, adultery, anger, or any other sins, if we believe.  The Holy Spirit gives us the same protection, provision, and rights Jesus had through our Father; if we repent, ask for forgiveness, and turn away from sin, and serve our Savior, WE will be restored by the Blood of Jesus.  We can do anything with God’s grace and our faith and obedience.

Father, give us the faith of Joseph, who was entirely devoted to You; even in times of injustice, betrayal, and temptation.  And let all who meant evil against us; understand that You will not allow any weapons against usTO PROSPER.    Give us the patience of Job a man whose life was tested beyond measure, yet he did not curse You.  (“In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.” Job 1:22) Lord, you have saved us so many times it’s hard to see why we still doubt You.  You will never put more on us than we can handle, and You always give us escape out of temptation.  Lord, some of us are just now beginning to understand the Spirit and the flesh connection, continue working in and through us until we get it right.  Father, show us that we cannot keep doing the same things and expect a different outcome.  Lord, advise us throughout our relationships, especially when the flesh shows it’s ugly face.  Lord, help us identify who You will in our lives and not what we think we need.   Father continue to keep us sexually still, because sitting at Your feet means more than fornication, adultery, and immoral sex acts.  Lord, eternal life means more to us than material wealth and man’s opinions.  Lord, give us the repenting heart of David (For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.") Examine our hearts and judge us accordingly, in Jesus name Amen

LET US PRAY

Lord, our purpose is to serve, praise, and worship You, forgive us for falling short of Your glory.  Father, draw us near to Thee with Your Word and help us walk in truth with the understanding of Your Word.   Father, help us prune our Fruit Daily with the Word to help it grow.  Holy Spirit strengthens our Gifts of the Spirits through our wisdom and obedience.   Father, please remove every demonic Spirit we have spoken to our families, our friends, our children and our children’s children lives, for we did not understand the power of our tongues.  So, Lord, we ask that You remove any Spiritual curse we are responsible for, because of our tongues; and forgive us for, leading them astray.  Lord, right now we forgive everyone who wronged us; please forgive us, for we did not know.  Bless our children, Lord, our families, and friends and keep them; help them see Your light in us.   Let Your grace shine on them and assist them as they walk in truth through the knowledge of Your Word; Lord, please help us in surrendering to You, so that we can live in love and peace with each other. Father, right now we release any relentless Spirits in our hearts, and please forgive us, bless us according to Your will.

 Amen

FIND YOUR LOST SHEEP

Luke 15:4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he loses one of them, do not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost until he finds it.

We are more focused on having what the world has to offer, then seeking eternal things; we do not have time to serve God.   If we focused on saving our children (lost sheep) by focusing more on people than having material things, we would all have more money, uncluttered homes, time to spend with a lost sheep (children), and better souls. All worldly procession do is make us work hard to keep them, and by working so hard, there is no time for people or TO SERVE GOD.  Right now must of our young and some older people feel there’s no meaning to their life, and that makes them a danger to themselves and others.  This person has someone saved in their family, Sister Smith (Mom), Brother Smith (Dad), Deacon Smith (Uncle), Ms. Chore Director (Aunt) Pastor Smith (Manager of the sheep herders) someone should have found this lost sheep by now.  But we cannot locate them by waiting for them to come home; we have to MAKE TIME TO GO Get them “where they are” and bring them home as the Spirit did FOR us.

LORD, we are praying for all lost sheep: our children, parents, friend; Father, teach us how to reach those that are lost, and let Your light shine through us.  Give us Your strength to deal with their wavering ways, while we introduce them to Your Word.  Give us Your forgiving heart so we may be able to forgive them as You forgive us.  Lord, help us focus more on eternal things than material things the world has to offer.  Father, please fill us with Your loving Spirit, so we can show that kind of love to others.  Lord, give us Your Faith and courage so we can stand on Your Word as we minister to those who need to hear.  Lord, allow us to touch one heart today by witnessing Your love in and through us.  Father, right now there is a lost sheep in every Christian’s family, let them be found and guided to You, in Jesus name Amen

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

John 10: 11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep. 12 But a laborer, he who is not the shepherd, one who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf catches the sheep and scatters them. 13 The employee flees because he is a worker and does not care about the sheep. 14 I am the good shepherd, and I know My sheep and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father, and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16  And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice, and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

Do not worship your Spiritual teachers, for we all are just servants; and they will not lay down their lives for us.  Not too many if any people are going to stand with us when all hell breaks loose in our lives, but Jesus will because He loves us more than we love ourselves.  God want to have a relationship with us, and we build a relationship through the Word, worship, praise, and prayer; Jesus wants to talk to us daily through His Word and prayer so that we will know Him.

Lord, our purpose is to serve, praise, and worship You, forgive us for falling short of Your glory.  Father, draw us near to Thee through Your Word and help us walk in truth with an understanding of Your Word.   Father, help us prune our Fruit daily with the Word so that it will grow, and strengthen our Gifts of the Spirits through our obedience.   Father, please remove every demonic Spirit we have spoken to our children, family, and friends live, through anger, for we did not understand the power of our tongues.  So, Lord, we ask that You rebuke those Spirits and bless our children, family, and friends and keep them; let Your grace shine on them and help them walk in truth; Lord, assist us with surrendering to You; so that we can live in love and peace with each other.   Father, right now we release any unforgiving Spirits, so please forgive us.  Lord, we ask for forgiveness if we have led any of Your lost sheep’s astray.  Father, please hear our prayers as we pray from our hearts,

THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH

Romans 1:25-27 25 who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the created more than the Creator, who is blessed forever, Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women turned against the natural way of sex to indulge with each other, which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another;

We have abandoned the Word of God, and once the standard for right and wrong are removed from our culture; our Nation has just committed suicide.  Just as Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, for the abandonment of the Word, so will this Nation be destroyed?  We have embraced what society wants instead of the truth of the Word.  We are more in tune with the created then the Creator, but God will not allow this to keep happening.  The Word tells us that if we think it is foolish to acknowledge God, He will abandon us to the things we should not be doing. 

Father, we come to you for forgiveness for not accepting Your Word as it is written.  Lord, we have more respect for the created then the Creator, and for that, we are so sorry.  Father, the crumbling of Your Word in our Nation has brought us every kind of evil, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, bickering, and malicious behavior.  Father, our defiant has gotten so bad that we are inventing new ways to sin. We have removed Your Word from our schools, our workplaces, and even some Churches.  Lord, we are teaching to please people instead of teaching the truth to save souls, and these are the people that say they know You.  Father, we have changed Your Word to suit society wicked ways, which is blaspheme against the Holy Spirit and is an eternal sin.  Lord, those who study the Word know that this is punishable by death, yet they continue to serve their wicked desires instead of obeying Your Word.  And worst Lord, they encourage others to do the same.  But Lord, we are Your followers and will not be fooled by false teachings, help us obey and stand on your Word in Jesus name Amen

THE GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

•    The gift of wisdom is having experience and good judgment; it is the quality of being wise.
•    The gift of knowledge is the theoretical or practical understanding of spiritual issue or situation.
•    The gift of faith is when you trust God and encourage others to trust God, no matter the circumstances.
•    The gift of healing is The privilege of physical healing which is governed by the will and sovereignty of God to restore a person who is sick, injured or suffering.
•    The gift of miracles where we can perform signs and wonders that give authenticity to God's Word and the Gospel message.
•    The gift of prophecy so we can proclaim a message from God.
•    The gift of discerning spirits is the ability to determine whether the understanding of a message, person, or event is truly from God.
•    The gift of tongues is the capacity to speak in a foreign language that we do not have knowledge of, to communicate with someone who speaks that language.
•    The gift of interpreting tongues is the ability to translate the tongues speaking and communicate it back to others in your language.
•    The gift of administration is the ability to keep things organized and by God's principles.
•    The gift of help which gives us the desire and ability to help others, to do whatever it takes to fulfill the needs of God's Kingdom and others.

Father, when Christ ascended into heaven, we were left with the Word and the Holy Spirit to save our souls.  Lord, the Word and the Holy Spirit and Your grace teach us Love, joy, peace, patient, kindness, forgiveness, gentleness, Faith, and discipline.    Father, please allow our fruit and Your grace to develop our Gifts of the Spirit.  The Gift of wisdom so we will have the desire of the things that are eternal,  the Gift of understanding so we may walk in Your divine truth, the Gift of Faith so we will believe and obey the Word, the Gift of healing so we may restore people who are sick and suffering.  Lord give us the Gifts of miracles, prophecy, tongues, interpreting, administration, discernment, so You can use us to draw others near to thee.  Father, help our Fruit grow and strengthen our Gifts of the Spirit so we may choose the surest way of pleasing You and gaining eternal life, Amen

JESUS ASCENDED AND THE HOLY SPIRIT DESCENDED

Soon after Jesus ascension, the Holy Spirit descended on Jerusalem, and thousands became filled with the Spirit.   Act 2; 1-4 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. “God said He will pour out His Spirit upon all people who follow Him.  Some of us will see visions, some dreams, and some will prophesy”.  Act 2:19 I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood and fire and billows of smoke.  20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 21 And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.  Just like the disciples received the Holy Spirit when Jesus died and ascended, we receive the Holy Spirits when we die to ourselves, through the WORD.

  

Father, You allowed Your Son to die for our iniquity so that we may live through faith in Him.  Lord, You are always with us, and it makes our hearts glad.  Father, thank You for not leaving our souls among the dead, rotting in our fleshy grave; Lord, You have shown us the way of life through the WORD and filled us with the joy of Your presence.   Thank You for pouring out Your Spirit to us, and adopting us into Your Holy family, and giving us the same rights as Your Son Christ.  Lord, remove any obstacles that keep us from sitting at Your Feet, or hindering our blessings from You.  Lord, help us nourish our Fruit daily and strengthen our Gifts of the Spirit.  Father, You said that if we call on Your name we will be saved, so please hear our call, please save us and keep us in Your will, in Jesus name Amen

SOME Of Our GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT

Our Fruit is what strengthen our Gifts of the Spirit.  The Word help us develop Fruit, as our fruit grow our Gifts of the Spirits will enhance.  We gain the Gift of WISDOM.  Our Spiritual teacher will help us understand and give us Spiritual guidance as our Gift of KNOWLEDGE increase.  As we grow in KNOWLEDGE, we develop FAITH, because as we see beyond the flesh and into God’s plan for us, it strengthens our FAITH and helps us with our disbelief’s.  When we believe in the Word, we will trust in Him and encourage others to trust in Him.  Some of us are so deep we possess the Gift of HEALING, the ability to use God’s HEALING POWER to heal those who are injured, sick, or suffering.  And some of us have the Gift of MIRACLES, God empowers us to perform sign and wonders that teach truth to God’s Word and the Gospel message.

1 Cor. 12 7-11 To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.8 For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who assign to each one individually as He wills.

Father, thank You for life, health and Strength to endure our day to day struggles and the evil that surround us, thank You for the hedge of protection You have around our families and our lives. Thank You for our Gifts of the Spirit, that will make us better servants, to You Lord and others.  Lord, thank You for the wisdom and knowledge of Your Word, so we can develop into the people You created us to be, and not just religious fanatics.  Thank You Lord for all the Spiritual Soldiers You put in our lives to help guide and teach us.  Father continue working in and through us so we can help others see Your truth,  In Jesus name Amen

THE SPIRIT AND THE HEART

God, sees us and listen to us through our hearts, and WE SHOULD believe in Him THROUGH our Spirit; that He is Who He says He is and HE will do what He promised us in His WORD, “IF WE BELIEVE.”  Those who follow Jesus:  are given Christ-like LOVE, JOY,  and the Holy Spirit to help us obey the Word.  We will suffer in His name as He suffered for OUR SINS, on Calvary, and rose in three days to save us. But, through our suffering, we will have PEACE because we have FAITH that He is with us.   He will bless us abundantly when we treat others with the same KINDNESS, GENTLENESS, and FORGIVENESS, He shows us.  And He will give us the courage to be PATIENT and have SELF-CONTROL through it ALL.

Romans 4:20- No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, 25 who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Father, help us feed our Fruit daily with You Word.  Lord, You are first in our lives, and we are grateful to be a part of Your family.  Help us to discipline ourselves so we may honor You.  Father, keep us in You will so we can strengthen our Spiritual Gifts and be better servants, to You and others.  Father, thank You for giving us Your strength so we could forgive others.  We thank You Lord, for being so patience with us so that we will be patient with others.   And Father, forgive us for polluting Your temple with fornication, and all other sins in Jesus name Amen

MORE WORLD IN THE CHURCH, THEN GOD IN THE WORLD

Today’s Church is married to the world.  Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. We don’t preach the true gospel, in fear "we may offend someone about their sins.  We do not teach about the Fruit of the Spirit or repentance of our sins.  False prophets and false conversions are growing faster than actual conversion. People do not fear the wrath of God; they fear man.  Proverbs 29:25 The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.  Jesus just wants us to follow Him in the Spirit He walked in on earth.  The Spirit of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, gentleness and self-control,  and to treat others as He treats us.

Father, right now we ask You to come into our lives, especially the lives of Christians that do not know You. Lord, help us develop our Fruits so we may walk in the Spirit, for and with You.  Father, teach us the true meaning of Your Word and how to use Your Word in our daily lives.  Father, strengthen our Spiritual gifts to help us operate in the Holy Spirit so we can obey Your word. In Jesus name Amen.

Romans 7 Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.)

 Since I have been following the Lord.”, I have learned more about our Fruit of the Spirit. Christ sacrificed Himself after living as a man because He knew we would not be able to follow the Laws.   So He died not to destroy the Law but to give us grace.  The law was given to show us that we are sinful ( Romans 5:20; 7:7; 3:20, Gal 3:23-25 ). But the grace of God was given to turn us to God (Ephesians 2:8-10 ). Apparently, the Grace of God was not given so that we could continue sinning. He is giving us an opportunity to follow Him in the Spirit that He walked in here on earth. And He wants us to give the same grace He give to us, to others.  But to walk in Spirit, we have to develop The Fruit of the Spirit.  Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.  Once we develop our Fruit, we will be more Christ-like, and the more transformation we receive, the easier, the walk become.  Our Fruit grows through the hearing of the Word and studying the Word to nourish spirit through faith.  John 15:1-8"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; (we cannot walk with God if we bear not Fruit, He will cut you off) and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit ( as we grow and act on Gods Word, He keeps trimming us; until He shapes us into the person He designed us to be). "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

So thank You God for pruning us, so our Fruit will grow, and Thank You for not cutting us off; and strengthen our Spiritual gifts, special the gift of wisdom, knowledge, and discernment.   Lord, thank You for Your guidance, protection, wisdom.  Father give us Your courage to operate in our gifts with knowledge and truth as we continue to follow You. Lord, You said,  “A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.  Thank You, Lord, for the increase, life, health, and strength, Lord, continue pruning us so our Fruit will grow, through the nourishment of Your Word.  in Jesus name Amen.

THE WORD WILL SAVE US

People we cannot keep changing the Word of God to make our lives comfortable, this is not what grace means.  We are still supposed to follow God’s instructions in the new covenant.  We cannot keep living in sin and think we will be saved; this is not why Christ died.  His death was not to release us so we can live in sin; it was to pay the penalty for our sins so we can live.  Grace is not a license to sin, but a gift to repent and opportunity to turn away from sin.   Revelation 1:3 God blesses the one who reads the truth to the Church, and He blesses all who listen to the message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

Father in the name of Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, we arise to establish our legal rights and dominion over every territory and assignment that You have given us.  According to Daniel 9, You are a great and awesome God, who always fulfill Your covenant and keep Your promises of unfailing love to those who love You and obey Your commands.  But Lord, we have sinned and done wrong.  We have rebelled against You and scorned Your commands.  We have refused to listen to Your servants the prophets, who spoke on Your authority to all the people of this land.  Lord, You are in the right; but our faces are covered with shame.  This applies to all of us; none follows Your instructions, and we have turned away refusing to listen to Your voice.  Teach us how to suffer like Job in Your peace, forgive with a pure heart like Peter and, belief in Your promise with the faith of Abraham.  Lord, so many of us listen, but do not hear Your message, and most of them are Your disciples.  They do not teach to save the people with Your Word, but to gain with their greed.  Your people faces no longer show the happy expression of enlightenment, the thrill of discovery, the joy of learning the truth. Father, we ask that You open our hearts and minds so we can receive You, keep us from being religious fanatics, but inward changed men and women.  Who walk in Your love and Spirit, Lord help us be steadfast and truthful to ourselves so that we may honor You.  Lord, right now I ask that You touch the hearts and souls of everyone that hears my voice.  In Jesus mighty name Amen.

WHEN WE ARE CONNECTED TO THE WORD

When we are connected to God, we feel Him all around us: mind, body, and Spirit.  He will walk with us, talk with us, and show us His presence.   God is Spirit, and this is how we relate to Him through our Spirit.   We will not be afraid although we know there much to fear in this lost world.  He will not always answer us immediately when we call but do not give into your pain and fears; we were moving mountains long before we knew we could.  I know He’s who He says He is, because I crave His wisdom, His knowledge, and speaking words I do not even understand sometimes, but someone else around me does. People we do not know will favor us everywhere we go when we’re connected to God, and we will have perfect peace. Just remember no mountain is too high for us to climb, all we have to do is have some climbing faith.  No river is too wide for us cross; all we have to have is Christ-like faith.  He will be our strength when we are weak; He’ll be our voice when we cannot speak, and He’ll be our eyes when we cannot see.  He’ll give us wings so we can fly, and sometimes we lose our faith and He gives it back to us.  How can we not believe and be grateful when He has done so much for us? Especially when He sees the best in us even when are at our worst.  Everyone in Him is in a better place, although we are all in different places, glory to God

"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:6-7  "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." John 14:27

Lord, thank You for lifting us when we fall, thank You for the forgiveness of our sins.  Thank You for dying for us, so we can now live for You.  Father, thank You for Your wisdom, and the knowledge to use Your wisdom in our lives.  Thank You, Lord, for eyes that see and ears that hear: Thank You for all the Spiritual Soldiers You have surrounded us with, and the discernment only You can give.  Father, we crave Your Word and walk in Your Spirit daily, so thank You for Your strength and courage, because it would be impossible without You.  Thank You, Lord, for all the wrong that You made right, thank You for every dream that  You made come true, thank You because our lives are better since we find You.  Now Lord, there someone today that needs You, help us be that light that guide them to You, in Jesus name Amen

CONTROL OUR LUSTFUL DESIRES

Lust is an inward sin which leads to a falling away from God.  This is why we are commanded to avoid sexual impurity in nearly every book of the New Testament and of the Old?  The devil always uses LUST, fornication, and adulteries to bring Spiritual men down. If we look back through biblical history, we can see how Samson and David were caught in the snares of lustful desires.  But that temporary moment of pleasure they experienced was not worth the dishonor they brought to God and themselves.  For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. It is a devastating fire that destroys to hell.” —Job 31:11.  “Don’t let me lust for evil things; don’t let me participate in acts of wickedness. Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do evil.” —Psalm 141:4. “Don’t lust for her beauty. Don’t let her coyness seduce you. Can a man take fire into his lap and not get burned?” —Proverbs 6:25 & 27. “You are like a wild donkey, sniffing the wind at the mating time. Who can restrain your lust? Those who desire you do not even need to search, for you, come running to them!” —Jeremiah 2:24.  Sexual lust is a sin committed against the body, and this can bring on sickness and diseases that can kill us.  Sexual desire has destroyed churches and homes; believers need to work on restraint in this area.

Father, we are Your people, and we should have discipline, but most of us allow our lustfulness to take over our Spirit for that moment of pleasure.  Lord, give our young people Your strength to be sexually still, give them the stability that they may wait for the person You will for them to marry and bring forth life.  Father, we come to our Savior seeking help to battle sexual temptations for the old and young people of this world.  Cleanse our mind, body, and souls of all lustful desires and protect us from the evil one.  Lord, Your Word, says if we walk in the Spirit, we shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh, so help us walk in Spirit to avoid the snares of lust.  In Jesus name, we pray Amen

WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ARE WE WILL PERISH

He gave us free will to choose Him and had life, or choose the World and lose it all; it’s just that simple.  And for those that do not read with the understanding of the Truth of the World will perish.  God allowed His Son to suffer, and He was innocent of the sins, what then will He do us if we do not repent and turn from sin.   God is faithful to His word Luke 13:3 - I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.  Yes God will forgive 7X7777777 before He turns you over to a depraved mind. Romans 1:28  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.

We cannot live a life of sin and go to heaven that’s not how God plan it.  The gift of grace comes through Christ, and His Word is the truth.  And God keeps all His promises good and bad; He said He will never leave us, and He kept that promise to those that follow Him.   Christ suffered physical pain; you must arm yourselves with the same attitude He had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if we have suffered physically for Christ, we are finished with sin.

Father, right now we feel another transition, please give us more understand of You.  Lord, keep us still mental, physically, and Spiritually so we can hear You.  You are the head and not the tail of our lives, help us surrender all to You.  Lord, continue humbling, guiding, providing, and protecting us.  We thank You for life, health, and strength, and we are grateful to You for the truth of Your Word so we may not perish. Lord, we thank You for grace and forgiveness of our sins.  Continue working in and through us, in Jesus name Amen

COME AS YOU ARE, I WILL CHANGE YOU

Peter was a Fisherman when he met Jesus at that time he was a rough man, dirty, vile, shabbily dressed, and often used vulgar language.  The fishermen of the first century were considered a man’s man.  They were full of vigor and had an unruly temper. Although Jesus and Peter had very little in common, Jesus saw something else in Peter no one else did; He saw Peter as the ROCK that He would use to build His Church.  Jesus looks for people like Peter to use for the uplifting of His Kingdom.  Jesus knew His mission would be rough and physically demanding.  Peter was fearless, and hard Jesus took what made Peter strong in the world and made him the Rock, which He built the Church.  Peter was among the first disciples called by Jesus, and Peter was frequently their spokesman.  One thing that Peter is credited with is the special insight that he had concerning Jesus’ identity.  Peter was the first to call Jesus the Son of the Living God – the Messiah (Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20, Matt. 16:16-17).   When Jesus called him, Peter knew that He was of God and felt unworthy to be in Jesus presence (Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man! ).   Even so, Jesus did not hesitate and told Peter that He would make him a “fishers of men” (Luke 5:10  Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” ).

Peter was originally named Simon.  Jesus was the One, who changed Peter’s name. (Peter means “rock”)  How many people today would be willing to leave their families and homes to follow Jesus?  I would, I AM a follower of Jesus, He did not change my name, but He did change my life.  Jesus came to where I was and took me to where I AM today, and I had to leave some things and some people behind.

Father, we are Your followers, please transform us into an Apostle so we may proclaim the Gospel as Peter did by preaching to the people.  Lord, help us receive the Holy Spirit and use our worldly talents to strengthen Your Kingdom.  Father, teach us how to be bold and willing to suffer the persecution and rejoice that we are worthy to suffer disgrace for Your sake.  Father, give us Your courage to bear unkindness and contradiction.  Lord, give us Your courage to fight against evil, temptation, false teachings and fear. Lord, we rebuke every demonic spirit we have spoken over ourselves and our children and let Your will be our will.  Amen

God's Word Has Not Changed

God's Word has not changed societies interpretation of it has, and God did not change His mind about ABOMINATION sins that are: offensive, hateful, sinful, wicked, or vile. God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah because of their acceptance of sin.  The Word says: marriage is between a man and a woman; but because more and more people are coming out, society decided to change their Laws.  God’s plan IS to turn the people to follow the Word, not CHANGE the WORD to support the people. Man Laws may change, but God's Words stays the same. The same could be said about murderers and thieves; if everybody started killing and stealing would we change the Laws to accommodate those sins. We cannot pick and choose what part of God's Word will obey on what the majority rules. Wrong is wrong in "God's sight" even if everybody in the world is doing it, and right is right even if nobody in the world does it. Where does our disobedience stop? How can we keep removing God and changing His Word through man's Laws and feel, there will be no consequences? God loves us all because "He created us" but He hates the lifestyles we are choosing to live. When are we going to wake up and understand "Jesus will return? And if we have not received Him we will suffer the consequences of our sins. Unfortunately, some of us are suffering the consequences of our sins right now.

Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise. Exodus 20:13 Thy shall not kill.  .  Roman 1:27   and likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men........we could go on.  We all must do better, we can see how sin is overtaking us, we must put GOD in the CENTER to make it come out right.

Father, help us understand that there are severe consequences for violating Your Word.  Lord, we have become so comfortable with sin, that we are now violating abomination sin. Father, we have changed our laws to justify the sin of shedding blood: A physician, who is trained to save a life, uses their medical instruments to kill an innocent unborn baby, (Abortion). Those hands which should be healing and ministering to the sick are being used to slaughter the innocent. Killing is an abomination to God! Lord, You said marriage is between a man and a woman, we now accept same-sex marriage.  Father, please forgive us for being more unworthy than ever of Your grace, by changing our laws to go against Your WORD.  Lord, open our deaf ears to Your Word and give us Your strength and courage to obey You, in Jesus name Amen

WE MUST HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, NOT MAN

Our Spiritual relationship will only work if it is with our Lord, not our Pastor, or the Church.  We must create a relationship with God through His Word, prayer, worship, and praise.   Some Christians feel more gratitude, generosity, and love towards the men that deliver the Word than the man that is the Word.  The righteous cry out and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. The righteous people may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers us from them all."Psalm 34:17-19.  God is who we should serve, but instead we worship the man that cannot save us or help us with our problems.  Do we trust the man because we can see him and not our Lord which is unseen?  2 Corinthians 4:18 tells us "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.  For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal."  Maybe this is why so many Christians are losing faith because they do not believe in what they cannot see, so they turn to man, which they can see.  But what good is it to see something that is useless to us.   If we are truly saved, we cannot see God, but we can surely feel Him.   God is a Spirit, and everything about Him works through our Spirit. 

John 3:6-8 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

Lord, thank You for opening my mind so I could understand the Scriptures.  The Word says the Messiah will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, and repentance for the forgiveness of our sins will be preached in His name to all Nations, beginning at Jerusalem.   Father, I am a witness to these things, and I am grateful for the Holy Spirit that guides, protect, and provide for me, in Jesus name.  Jesus did what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, so our Father sent His Son in the likeness of man to save us.  Thank You, Lord, for condemning my flesh so that I may live through Your Spirit, I pray in Your name Amen

STOP EXPOSING OURSELVES AND OUR CHILDREN TO SATAN

We have to be careful of what we expose our children and ourselves to; just like Gospel music and spiritual surroundings set the atmosphere for praise.  Demonic Rap, Heavy Metal, Rock & Roll music, and a sinful environment set the atmosphere for sin.  Whatever we feed our souls with is what we become, so we need to stop exposing our children and ourselves to Satan and start exposing ourselves to the Father.  We have so much exposure to evil, negativity, and sin that we have become comfortable with it, drug use, nudity, and immoral sex is accepted as human rights now.  Satan has invaded our homes through television, music, and the internet, no one wants to hear about God unless all hell is breaking lose in their lives.  Parents need to introduce their children to the Word of God, prayer, and more spiritual surroundings daily to remove the demonic spirits that we have allowed to invade us.   We cannot wait another day we must save our children now, as well as ourselves, and how do we start “with the Word of God and prayer”.  Then find a Bible based Church with a teaching Pastor and keep them in Bible study classes, so they can draw near to God through the Word.

James 4:7 – Submit you therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 1 Peter 5:8 - Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walk about, seeking whom he may devour.  2 Thessalonians 3:3 but the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one.

Father, we are Your people and demonic spirits cannot enter us because we are protected by the Holy Spirit. So as Christians we need to follow the example set by Jesus and avoid the traps and snares of the devil.  So, Lord, we ask for Your guidance, protection, wisdom, and knowledge, so we can ward off the temptation of this lost world and our enemies.  Teach us how to pray and give us the desires of Your Word, so we can endure our day to day struggles and overcome self-destruction. Lord, teach us how to lead and guide our children to You, and, we ask that You rebuke Satan from our homes, our children, and our lives.  In Jesus name Amen

SOME PEOPLE ARE FOR A LESSON, A BLESSING, OR LIFETIME

Some people are in our lives for a lesson, some for a blessing, and some for life.  We have to be able to determine what purpose the people in our lives serve, because if we get it wrong, we will have no peace or joy.  We can learn what purpose people serve in our lives through prayer and discernment (perception in the absence of judgment to (or “intending to”) obtaining spiritual direction and understanding.)  When someone is in our lives for a lesson, it is usually to teach or show us something.  So they are in our life to assist us through a difficult time or we learn how to handle it through their actions, or maybe it is for guidance or support, could be physical, emotionally, or spiritually.  But whatever the reason it should make us better, smarter, or wiser.   Now the problem comes when we decided to keep that person around after the lesson has been taught.  God will show us the reason this person is not for us, but if we ignore Him and follow our will, we will not be happy. Then what happens is without any wrongdoing on our part the relationship or friendship will come to an end. Some people come into our lives as a blessing, because our turn has come to share, growth or learning. They bring us an experience of peace and laughter. They may show us something we have never seen or done before. They usually give us an unbelievable amount of joy. But once the prayer we sent up has been answered, it is time for them to move on. Then you have that person that comes to us for a lifetime; it could be a friend or relationship.  This person has been put into our lives because we are evenly yoked so that we can have a solid emotional foundation.  This individual will have a need of us, and we will have a need for them.  Our job is to accept and love this person without judgment, and once we have done these things our lives will be at peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:6-8 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend,  a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.

Father in Heaven, we know we add fuel to the fire in our relationships because we carry luggage from one relationship to another. Lord, we want that perfect person, but we are not perfect, something we don't like to admit it, but we know it’s true. Thank You, that You see who we are, and  You still love us. Father teach us to do the same with others, please help us to see ourselves honestly, and to own our part in conflict before we point our finger. Please give us insight into our needs and give us patience as we encounter requirements in the one we love. We need Your help, Lord, please guide us to that lifetime person, and provide us with the insight of those that are in our lives for a lesson or a blessing we pray this in Jesus’ name, amen.

The” I Am Solution to Life”

God can change anything

Evil to Live

Death to health

Satisfied to glorified

Envious to content

Loathing to Love

Happiness to joy

Disharmony to harmony

Lost to found

The I Am solution to life is Jesus; He can transform our negative to positive, our hate to love and our worry to peace, if we believe and stand on His word.  The power of God lies within us if we see our lives through His Word and stop looking at life through the chains of fear and doubt.  Our fears, doubts, and uncertainty hinder our blessings from God because we cannot have faith and fear at the same time.   We must step out on faith to move to the next level; there are no escalators to heaven; it’s a journey that we must take step by step.  The problem is when we have gotten in the middle and cannot see the bottom or the top, we feel God is no longer with us.  Not true, God will never leave us all we have to do is stay connected as long as we are connect we feel His presence.  When we no longer feel God’s presence we have walked ahead of Him or fallen too far behind Him.  As long as we follow and stay close to our Father, we will feel His presence with us always.  The lost to found transformation is permanent as long as we keep moving forward.

I Am the Bread of life John 6:35, 41, 48, 51.  I Am the Light of the World 8:12. I Am the way, the Truth, and the Life 14:6.  The I AM Solution to life.

Father, thank You for Your powers of transformation, we are grateful that You chose us to be made in Your image and gave us free will.  Lord, to You we turn for sight, vision, wisdom, and knowledge.  Father, keep us moving forward through our faith and the Holy Spirit.  Lord, You alone give hope and healing to Your people, the Church, and to this lost world, You created.  Lord, we thank You for inward change and not just Words, we ask for forgiveness of our sins, fears, and doubts.  Father, we know if we trust and stand on Your word we will be saved.  So we come to You with the faith of a mustard seed asking for deliverance from every chain and obstacle that keeps us from sitting at Your feet or hindering our blessings.  In Jesus name Amen

DO NOT SEEK MAN'S APPROVAL

We do not need man's approval because it is not steadfast.  Man’s approval will change with his need of you, but God’s approval is unwavering.  Just as His Word never changes neither does He, man will let you down, but God will lift you up.  Jesus warns us to be aware of practicing our righteousness before others to be seen by them” (Matthew 6:1). “When you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others” (Matthew 6:5). “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others” (Matthew 6:16). Jesus calls them “hypocrites” because in their praying and fasting they want to appear as if they treasure God, but in fact, they cherish the praise of men.  Seek the Kingdom of God at all times, because man cannot save you.

Father, declare our innocent, O Lord, for we have acted with integrity; Lord help us trust in You without wavering. Lord, let us not search for man’s approval that changes with their need of us.   Father, examine us test our motives and our hearts and make us aware of Your eternal love.  Father, help us live according to Your truth and not follow along with the hypocrites of this world.  Lord, help us avoid those who are wicked and evil and do not let us suffer the fate of sinners.  Father, we come to the altar with songs of praise and telling of all Your wonders.  Lord, lead us to Your sanctuary where Your glorious presence dwells.  Father, please redeem us and show us mercy as we publicly worship You. Lord, give us a strong desire for Your Word so we can show ourselves approved, by seeking first Your Kingdom.  In Jesus mighty name we pray Amen

LIVING IS MORE THAN MATERIAL PROSSESSIONS

Luke 12: 21-26 This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” 22 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24 Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25 Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life? 26 Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

We cannot go around worrying about anything this world has to offer.  Our lives are more than the day to day living and then dying, without serving a purpose.    Have you ever studied the plants, and animals, the way they live; all living creation has a purpose.  We (humans) also have a purpose; no one is here by chance, and once we have served our purpose then we have lived.  Living is not about partying, traveling, or shopping we store up all these worldly treasures, and what happens, we leave it behind when we’re called home.  The birds carry eggs from one body of water to another, keeping balance in the air and the seas.  Because the creator controls the balance for air and sea, so He will provide all their needs.  But, He made men in His image and gave us free will to choose Him or the world.  Once we decide to be in the world, it creates worry and worry creates stress, and stress creates pressure and sickness, then on and on.   What does it all accomplish; it does not make you joyful or at peace.  Joy and peace are better than being happy and content, because joy and peace come from the Lord, so nothing can take it away.  Happiness and pleasure come from material things of the world, which can be lost, stolen, or it gets old than satisfaction and happiness are gone.  Because wherever our treasure is, our heart's desire will also be.  Seek the Kingdom of God and He will give you all you need.    

IS SATAN WINNING

We are in Spiritual war-fair, and it seems like Satan is winning because we are divided. (Luke 11:17-1 “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall ) Our spiritual division has allowed demonic forces of injustice, racism, and terrorism to invaded our communities, our schools, our home, and our Churches.  But the doctrine affirms God’s absolute power over His creation and confirms the dependence of all creation on the Creator.   Once we come together, Satan will be defeated. ( Luke11:18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand.)  The problem is not his or her problem; it is our problems, and our problem solver is greater than our problems, but we must activate this power through hope, faith, and unity in the Word of God.

To save our communities, schools, Churches, families, and Nation we have to join forces.  We must expose God more than we expose Satan. Let us start with prayer.

Father, we pray this morning for unity in the body. Give us insight to recognize hatred and division and how to put an end to it. Continue to work in and through Your people and help us rely on You and not our ourselves. We understand that we won’t always agree on every point, but when we decide to center our lives around You, we can live in harmony.  Father, help us to walk in truth, so we can continue to be the light and salt of the world.  (1 John 4:8). Help us to always treat each other with love and kindness even in the face of disagreement.  In Jesus name Amen

TRUST AND TRUTHFULNESS

Everyone needs someone around them that will tell them the truth.   You have three friends and asked them the same negative question about yourself.  But only one friend told you the truth, knowing the truth may jeopardize the friendship, then you have only one true friend.   A friend that speaks the truth can be trusted with your life.  Ask King Nebuchadnezzar, read the book of Daniel and you will understand the imperativeness of telling the truth and obeying God’s laws over man’s laws.  Daniel was a God fearing man and would put nothing or anyone before God and the truth.  Daniel honesty gave him much favor with the King’s of this world and God.

 Lord, we ask for an overwhelming confidence and trust in Your divine mercy.  Father, give us the truthful and trustworthy heart as Your servant Daniel had and the courage to accept the sufferings which bring immense goodness to our souls and Your kingdom.  Help us to love You with a pure and contrite heart, and humble us at Your feet.  Father, teach us to carry our cross no matter what the cost, so that we may receive Your heavenly glory.  Lord, we are bombarded every day with actions of people that misuse trust and honesty.  So we pray that our family and friends are not victims of crimes where trust and truth are violated.  Father, search us, and know our hearts and remove any grievous way in us, in Jesus name Amen.

INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO LIVE A CHRISTIANS LIFE

Romans 12:2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Colossians 3:5-10 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which is idolatry. On account of these, the wrath of God is coming. In these, you too once walked, when you were living in them. But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices.
James 1:22-27 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. ...
James 2:14-24 What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. ...

Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.

2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Ephesians 4:1-6 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called. With all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, ...

FATHER PLEASE SAVE YOUR WORLD AND YOUR PEOPLE

Father, we have dealt with the color of our skins for centuries, but now the only color that matters is green.  Lord, we are drinking water filled with pesticides, pollution, and sewage.  Our food is being mass produced with steroids and other chemicals, and cancer and other diseases are at an all-time high.  Father, this world is falling apart and so are the people in it, Lord we need You more than ever.  Lord, we need You to help us before we destroy all you created even ourselves.  Father, Ecclesiastes 10:19 says a feast is made for laughter and wine makes merry: but money control all things.  Lord, everything that is happening in this world is because of the love of money.  Father, no one cares about human life anymore, it’s all about the money.  Lord, I remember my mother saying the older I get, the more I would understand how this world works.  So, Father, I am asking You to please step in and take control of our lives, and stop (Isaiah 24:4-6 The earth mourns and withers; the world fades and withers; the highest people of the land fail. The earth lies polluted under its inhabitants; for they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt; therefore the inhabitants of the earth are scorched, and few men are left.) Lord You are the only one that can stop this from coming to pass. In Jesus name Amen.

SALVATION IS A GIFT TO CHRISTIANS AND NONCHRISTIAN

God does not owe us salvation, and we cannot earn salvation, it is a gift.   Also believing and being baptized do not guarantee salvation it only makes it possible.    The seed of right and wrong was planted in us before we were born and we should obey God whether it brings us rewards or not.  Since God is infinitely just, non-Christians who obey Him through their natural sense of right and wrong will not be condemned to everlasting punishment, but neither will they by the fact of merely existing be entitled to participate in the nature of God.  Belief and baptism will bring that entitlement to Christians.

Eternal salvation is open to those who, through no fault of their own, do not know Christ and His Church but seek God with a sincere heart, and under the inspiration of their conscience.  Nor does divine Providence deny the aids necessary for salvation to those who, without blame on their part, have not yet reached an explicit belief in God, but strive to lead a good life, under the influence of God’s grace.  Do not misunderstand from a single text that heaven is closed to any person, since Christ died to save all people.  Those who will be CONDEMNED are those who were given the grace to believe but refused it.

We have all done thought or said bad things, which the Bible calls “sin.” The Bible says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). The result of sin is death, spiritual separation from God (Romans 6:23).

Father, we understand that there are people that do not know  Your Son through no fault of their own, but You still give them grace.  Lord, we know we cannot earn salvation, but SINNERS are saved through Your grace when we have faith in Your Son, Jesus Christ.  Father, we are sinners, and we fall short of Your grace and mercy and ask for forgiveness.  Lord, we believe Christ died to save us from sin if we repent and turn away from our sins.  Lord, teach us that what matters to You is the attitude of our hearts, our honesty, and the way we treat others.  So, Lord we trust and follow You as our Lord and Savior.  Guide our lives and help us to do your will in Jesus name Amen

GOD WANT US TO PRAY FOR OTHERS

In the midst of Jesus suffering He prayed fervently, not only for Himself (Luke 22:41-42) but His disciples and us.  Philippians 2:3-4 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your personal interests, but also for the benefit of others.

We have so much to pray for:  pray for our soldiers that put their lives on the front line every day for our freedom. Pray for the war-torn countries where people live in fear daily that their family members may not return home. Pray for our Veterans that have lost limbs and mental stability fighting to protect us from the enemies, and have no place to stay in a country they protected.  Pray for the righteous Cops that put themselves in harm’s way to save our lives.  Pray for the firefighters that battled flames not knowing when they could be trapped and burned to death.  Pray for our teachers that deal with all the different attitudes of our children, and the parents that feel like they raised little angles.  Pray for the Doctors and nurses that save lives daily, and have very little time to spend with their families.  Pray for our pilots that fly us daily to and from our destinations safely under all kind of stressful situations.    Pray for our world leaders that are the fall guys for whatever goes wrong in our nations.  Pray for our Spiritual leaders that are looked upon as special, until they fall from grace and ridiculed for being human.  But most of all pray for our lost children that are being sold as sex slaves, gun down in schools, Malls, raising themselves, and have no hope for a better tomorrow.  With so much going on in this lost world how could we only pray for ourselves?

Lord, there is so much evil in this world today, we do not know where to being.  So, Father, we pray for all our children, especially those who are abused and living on the streets.  We pray for the homeless, those that live in war-torn countries, for our soldiers who are fighting for our freedom.  We pray for those who are falsely incarcerated, and the ones whose lives have been taken by those who sworn to protect us.  We pray for our Spiritual Leaders who stand on Your Word and for those who do not walk in Your ways.  We pray for our Nations Leaders to serve You and the people instead of their financial greed.  Lord, we pray for justice to be served to those who have wronged others.  Father, we pray for all the people who have given up hope of a better tomorrow. Lord, give the least of us Your wisdom and knowledge to take advantage of programs to enhance their educational and vocational skills and seek the resources they need in prison and society to help better themselves.  In Jesus name hear our prayer Amen