The Lord made it to prosper. (even those things in prsion and Imprisonment)

Just the Word

Imprisonment

On Prison not necessarily rehabilitating but debilitating.

 Community and family suffers. Assets are seized which could be utilized in the community. When assets are seized ,-community as well as individual families suffers  Individuals and communities are knowingly impoverished to be bought up under gentrification rules, including Eminent Domain. A master plan for this was drawn up years ago in the King Alfred Plan. Assets are seized with a different law other than the constitution called Maritime Law. This speaks of the piracy game being re-played by the Feds regardless of party,  DEA, and those in power-a mad dash for the cash here on earth. To the victor belongs the spoils said a founding father while fathering children with Sally Hemming.

 Yet no weapon shall prosper if you are in Jesus Christ, and under a praying Man of God. This is why we need our communities to be immediately placed under this shield, otherwise the community will perish.

All who go are not necessarily guilty like  Joseph in Genesis of a crime that would necessitate prison. Some are in prison without being in prison. emotionally and mentally tied up unable to function.

Yet it could be that God is working on you in prison.

Prison and its ramifications out of Spirit

READ Genesis 39

A King and His Son's Wedding

One thing that troubled me up to today was the answer to the behavior of the king in Matthew 22: 12-14. I could not understand why a "friend " was cut off into outer darkness with "how did you get IN"
I was given the answer this morning. How could he have entered the gate and escaped notice unless he came through an unorthodox way.

Chinese - English John 3:16

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Houston Festival Gospel 1981

Glorifying God. Putting PRAYER to SONG Lord Show Me The Way.  1981 Houston Festival. Apex Gospel Singers. 34 3/4 YEARS AGO at a public festival we were enjoying Gospel Music in Downtown Houston
Jesus Show Me The Way

By Grace of God time travel made available to you via Peters' Productions filmed with Panasonic Bulky 2 piece recorder and camera.

WHAT FRUIT ARE YOU EATING? CAN IT BEAR SEED? ARE YOU BEARING SEED?

The early and possible first commandment sequentially given by God was to " be fruitful and multiply" (Gen 1:29) . ironically we are told not to eat of the tree with the forbidden fruit. Since we are told earlier that we could eat of every tree that beareth fruit that beareth seed (Gen 1:29b), the forbidden fruit must not have been able to bear seed and those who ate of it could possibly be less likely to be fruitful and multiply.

This commandment was also given to Jacob later on in Genesis 35:11 Rachel and Jacob were true to this commandment This was especially true after the discovery and use of the FRUIT of love-apples (the equvalent of Viagra) which Leah;s son (Rueben ) found in the field .  Rachel's later extorted Rueben and Leah  to get Jacob to sleep with her utilizing his original love-apples. Rueben could have been given Bilhah to sleep with who was Rachel's handmaid and was one of Jacob;'s wife. (Did you missed this in the daily reading)

  Rachel had a difficult delivery with Benjamin (born after Joseph). and later died. This may have been due to a ruptured uterus and shock from bleeding out. In essence , Benjamin was born at the expense of his mother's blood. Paul is later born as Saul to yield the fruit of 2/3 of the Word of God, because of this history.

We are also able to to be fruitful and multiply with our humility  which is a Spiritual Fruit and product after LOVE.  We must stay connected to the vine of Jesus (John 15) in order to bear this fruit. It is by Jesus' blood and. death at the cross that we can claim victory in faith over our adversary who represents death, lies and stealing.

 Have you prayed to yield fruit  lately or even for more workers to yield fruit ? Have you found yourself eating the fruit that beareth no seed and then yielding only works of flesh, having been tempted by the adversary and your flesh? It is easy to do in the land of plenty, with capital of which was predominantly built upon the backs of slaves.

This is the season to repent and return to Jesus where you can eat of the Tree of Life namely in listening to your Pastor, reading and meditating on the Word he preaches, and praying to do it. The whole armor of God can also be sealed with this daily prayer protecting among the whole the thought life , as you pray for our Pastor and the leadership under him. This WILL yield the fruit desired.

What type of road are you on?

Today's focus in the 365 day reading dealt with The disciples being told to go out and speak of the Kingdom of Heaven. They are told "do not go to the Gentiles or Samaritans, but only to the People of Israel" , to the lost sheep.

It is in the book of Acts that we hear of our evangelist as Gentiles in Saul soon to become Saul who  was "called" to Arabia by himself. It was here that he was fashioned and molded with the fellowship of suffering to as Oswald Chambers said in his 14th day writing today 'Pay the price of our dreams".. Paul was given his dream by Jesus himself to undergo suffering in order to bring the Good News to we as Gentiles. Even though Jesus could have picked another way he converted Saul to Paul on the Damascus road.

In these last days are you paying today with the follow up on your  declaration as opposed to resolutions? If not, check yourself. You could be drifting away by yourself away from church and Jesus' fellowship of suffering and be on that wide road to destruction. There could be someone or something that you are cathexing instead of the Lord who we must first seek. It is not that we need to work for our salvation but their is work necessary within our salvation. Paul talks about working out our salvation.

Let us pray for the strength to maintain our steadfastness in "followship" as well as fellowship into this year and continue on the Road Less Traveled, that narrow one with few people.

Do you know that you are deficient and require replenishment each day with the LIVING WATER?

Don't hate, Educate YOURSELF

People with iron deficiency (Fe on the periodic chart) are known to consume ice in abundance. When this is done it is called PICA. It is not that there is a deficiency of the other forms of water (liquid water and steam) in the body. The body merely craves ice, The body does not crave steam which in  the gas form which generates electricity for man and is required for lattes, or liquid water which is required for birth and life of man. All are available to man for his and her use. We have it in America on tap and ofttimes take all the forms for granted unless craving them

In a similar way due to our duality of flesh and Spirit (instinct and Godliness), with a soul interface, we in our sanity crave God and Spiritual things. Sermons involving and Study of  the Word of God at Church fulfill that need while actions toward our fellow man spread the Good News. Actions cuch as inviting people to church allow for  that masked need to be met. We need God as Spirit, as Son(Word) and as Father 

 Yet like water we take for granted these gifts given each week. We do not drink enough water because we do not generate enough work to develop a thirst. We do not crave the ice because our deficiency is maskedEven Jesus (the Word in whom God was truly pleased) required a public water baptism and a filling each day by the Father being restored by the Spirit daily THIRSTING FOR THE FATHER, as does a deer panting for water.  It becomes similar to pulling hen's teeth getting volunteers from the church. Volunteerism and ministry falls second to selfism in time management.  Why is this.so? Is your church like this? Has growth been stifled by bad attitudes of faithful members turning off prospective new members?

Pastor Doctor Johnson speaks on this question in this message which I am sure you will receive with joy. We will repost this again for the sake of those too busy to listen and share it with others asking questions. For those of you have listened and responded with prayer and action we thank you

Celebrate Jesus' today and each day. Celebrate His going and His coming back also

Zechariah 8:13c (NLT) Now I will rescue you and make you BOTH a symbol and a SOURCE of blessing. So do not be afraid . Be strong and get on with building the Temple!

The word now gives reference to what had been. In previous verses the object of this verse (Judah and Jerusalem),  had become symbols of a cursed nation. But NOW. ......you get double for your trouble. You do not sacrifice being a symbol you do a 180 degree change. This is akin to Job who with a prayer for his "friends" prophesied in chapter 42 went from appearing to be cursed to being a symbol of being blessed. (kids, family,cattle, goats, Camels,ect). Family returned. There was a celebration, after repentance.
 This  change is good going from appearing to be cursed and needing to be hunted and killed on the street not far from your home to appearing to be blessed. You go from being someone who is not wanted "because you are down and out",  as Harry the Hippie , scandalized in the newspaper  to "My Girl" in the eyes of God or the girl sung about in "Since I Lost My Baby". Wake up on this Christmas day of 2014 entering 2015 as the Mighty Black nation that you have been and are.

 In addition to "appearing" to becoming an icon of someone who is a blessing having fame and fortune, you give out good advice and actually BECOME  a source of the blessing.like Steve Harvey here lately, driving off in a Bentley. You become a source instead of a co-dependent like the woman at the well in John 4 who had many husbands who was looking for the source in. You plant seeds of jobs, and capital, Word of God, with education like some of the great educators you have been exposed to out and in the church.  You cease to be a consuming nation and become a producing nation. I ask you to WAKE UP you mighty Black nation!. Become a source. You were the source in slavery appearing to be cursed. How could cotton be made a $3 billion a year crop without you before the cotton gin was produced? Yes surprise I got that in.

 You can later give to your have not white brothers the WORD and material also having more to spare.You become a source because you are the source like Jesus, who appeared to be cursed on the cross, but who by Grace of God became the gift, as we celebrate this day. He became the source making His Father happy by making His Father in Heaven our Father in Heaven(John 17). He made us family where previously we were kicked out of the garden, getting the world cursed.  God stated (Luke 3:22 "thou art my beloved Son: IN THEE I AM WELL PLEASED" . Jesus bridged the gap generated centuries ago by Adam in yielding to Eve's voice. Pray to God to reverse the curse for you and for all people not having this Word and dying for lack of WIsdom. It will catch on like a brushfire. It is TIME now.

So get out of that pity-party room. Get in the Word. Put down the downers and uppers. Put down that excessive alcohol. PUT DOWN ANYTHING THAT BURNS. Hook up with the Source. Please ! You have time, I don't care what they say. I know you are numb from having two many blessings in things flesh and material to cathex (not really love)

 Share this encouragement with all you see especially the pan-handler on the street. Cook some bacon  or chicken and eggs and biscuits and give them away on the streets. When you do you will appear to be blessed and become the source of a blessing as you do what the ONLY REAL SOURCE would do.......Jesus. As you do you will build your relationship with Him. This is akin to rebuilding of the Temple. You rebuild the relationship fractured by sin. He never left you!

Celebrate His coming into the world today and do it at least on each 25th, That way you will hit the correct month in spite of the naysayers. Don't stop with celebrating birth which the Koran and Bible agree was by a Virgin,. Continue to serve with obedience by asking for the Source of strength and motivation  in the Holy Spirit. Celebrate the death of your sin on the cross as well as the resurrection, the ascension, and HIS COMING BACK SOON. Will you be ready? This world as we know it is on its way out. You can get on the mother ship as depicted by Bootsy Collins I believe or the Matrix or in the Word which is truth. Then we will fly away with Jesus.

Jesus' birth life, death, resurrection and coming back points to FAMILY

Jesus' birth may have been in the Spring, but it is good to celebrate the birth, life death, resurrection each season. It is good to remain MINDful of His return also each day.

Our message from our Pastor Doctor Johnson dealt with something that was on his heart for 2 years. We were blessed by his references to responsibilities of Fathers and Parents and the duty of the children.

 Both are prophetically related to our relationship with Family. The first reference to this is in Genesis ironically. Therefore shall a man LEAVE HIS FATHER,  .... AND CLEAVE UNTO HIS WIFE. Is this not what Joseph did even though Jesus was not his baby?

 We as the church are referred to as the BRIDE OF CHRIST. When Jesus returns He will SAVE His bride. He will find her spotless and pure and not just virgins in law, but one with Him in Wisdom having oil ready in their lamps in the DAYTIME, when it is time to work, We should not be scrambling around trying to find or buy some after sleeping which we know we will do each day by grace of God. Are you a part of this wedding?

Are you a child of the King ready each day to make your Father in heaven happy not grieving the Spirit of the ONE TRUE LIVING GOD? In making Him happy you Glorify Him. Did not the Father say of the Son, "In him I am Truly Pleased". did not the Son say in John 17 " I have glorified thee on the earth.......  How can you glorify anyone without making him happy. Are not these two words synonymous in a sense? May God be praised for our PastoO r?  Thank God for Jesus our EVERLASTING FATHER (Isaiah 6)

 Was not the son given to the world, such that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life? Was not the Child born. Were these two events simultaneous? Yes in an actuarial sense, but the sacrifice on the cross required the GIVING. No one but He who was worthy could open the scroll, and be sacrificed for the sin of the World.

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Faith Trust and Wisdom

For those of us who do not need to read in the paper the details of your being wrongfully abused, we need to trust He who controls all that we are being positioned to serve and glorify God. We must trust that God is putting on a path that we would not pick to meet a person or persons that will be necessary to cooperate with. The attitude of Joseph must be exercised and 

But please do not forget to purge with forgiveness

ARE YOU PRACTICING SUSTAINABILITY?

Sustainability. We hear this on the morning investment talk shows on the Houston Media Channel when speaking of investments in companies. Are they sustainable? Do they utilize electric cars for their fleets?  The City of Houston speaks about being green by having a "ride the bike to work day". Organizations that are charitable also strive to utilize recycling. In other words there is no violating of the “principles” of taking care of the earth with respect to pollution. The organizations are sustainable in utilizing recycled materials, and going to websites to prevent paper waste and utilize solar energy generation as well as heat their own water without water heaters. Sustainability in these days and times means LONG TERM PROFITABILITY for our progeny.

Yet we as individuals are sometimes less than sustainable in not exercising, overeating, failing to exercise our spiritual body in fellowship with the saints or not taking notes from sermons. We then suffer from spiritual malnourishment by failing to snack and eat main meals of the WORD OF GOD, sometimes quickly running out to participate in veiled pornographic rituals  watching for the cheerleaders at games.  In essence, we fail to follow what we know is our home training and church training given in our youth. It is like failing to brush our teeth in the morning for months. Then we seek dental cosmetics. WE BECOME LESS THAN SUSTAINABLE, GOING INTO DEBT FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. We may find ourselves  obese, and wanting to do drugs to lose weight only to have it backfire in more obesity, and heart disease.

The whole earth groaneth due to the sin of Adam, and the curse placed upon it , awaiting its undoing when Jesus comes back. Do not make the earth groan more and or the Holy Spirit by neglecting one of the above necessary exercises. Slow down on those highways and byways. Pollute less air. In general try to sin less.

 Jesus in John 15 gives us the ultimate instructions on sustainability. Stay grafted. Without staying in the vine (listening to sermons reading, studying  and doing the Word) we become less than sustainable. If we bear no fruit we are taken away. If we bear fruit we are purged.  Be ready. Have you been purged lately? This is a check, ONLY A CHECK.

Jesus is the LIFE. Abiding in Him and telling others to, especially in this season will backfire in a positive way by making you more sustainable.

Prayer:

Lord, please allow me to stay in the vine. Allow me to expect purging and not complain as this is your plan for MORE FRUIT. I love you Lord, and help me to have patience on these highways by following the existing speed limit. Allow me the strength to stay away from those things that are not good for my sustainability with you like drugs, the number one being alcohol AND ANYTHING SMOKED.  Allow me to sustain the body by seeking those that do not look like me to help physically  and give financial gifts to, especially in this season. May you be praised and glorified for the outcome

Everlasting Father?Emmanuel? Who is this?

                EVERLASTING FATHER?   EMMANUEL?

I am perplexed by the passage in Isaiah 9:6  “ A child will be born and a son given. And His name shall be ……..Eternal Father. Yes you know the other names Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Prince of Peace. But Eternal Father, and (Isaiah 7:14) (I)Emmanuel? I never remember Jesus being called EMMANUEL or Immanuel during His life. How can this ever be? Were the aforementioned expanded definitions of the Messiah given by Peter ?I understand eternal, but Father?  I understand Son but Jesus is at the right Hand of the Father so how can he be with us forever as an Emmanuel? Paul gives a commentary on this all inclusive “baby” from Isaiah’s prophetic words written centuries before Jesus’ actual birth.  Before this He was the second part of the Trinity, possibly being spoken into existence with “Let there be light” spoken by God. Of course as the Sabbath which was made for man according to Jesus .

First of all we are included into the “family” of God after having been thrown out of the Garden by God himself. We were banned from Him , and at enmity with HIM,  having a gulf between us placed as a consequence of our disobedience. The one-time sacrifice of Jesus obviated this gulf along with His prayer of John 17, when linked with our obedience to belief in the perfect sacrifice. In anticipation of His death the prayer reestablished a family relationship with our Father who art in heaven. Yet how could he be claimed as FATHER and be a son, and a wonderful counselor, and Emmanuel?

Paul sheds light on these questions with the  concept of reconciliation in Colossians 1 In verse 15. He is the firstborn of creation (light) in order to participate in it. Then in vs. 19 , for it was the Father’s good pleasure for all the FULLNESS should dwell. If ALL still means all then the Father is in the Son as well as the Holy Spirit. For God to dwell among us, He does so as Emmanuel the mighty counselor. This of course could not happen until Jesus murder on the cross for the sin of you and me. He promised us a Comforter I believe in Emmanuel, but this could be a part of the definition of the Christ that Peter acknowledged. 

Are you taking shortcuts on God?

There are no shortcuts to reentry" is the slogan of the City of Houston's Reentry Program's (CRNP) program. After possible years of being programed as worthless,the majority of former inmate's desire is to immediately assume action with  a purpose given by God, as well as getting a job  Yet there are no shortcuts to anyone who is trying to achieve anything this worthwhile. It takes time and planning

One example is in Jesus who was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.  After he fasted for 40 days, He was challenged by the accuser to take a shortcut other than the cross.Yet there was a plan written by major and minor prophets that was a part of him as In the beginning was the Word.  The Word was with God and the Word was God. The first messianic prophecy was written when God addressed Eve after she took the bait (early Genesis 3) of a shortcut to "knowing " with the Gen 3:15 " And I will put enmity between thee and the woman , and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shall bruise his heel" (Namely the calcaneus - the largest bone composing the heel)

We are challenged daily to take shortcuts by the world and by our flesh. This is sin. We want the milk without buying the cow sometimes in our youth. If and when we get to know someone, we are concerned more about the outer person that we are or that our prospective partner is, as opposed to the inner person that we must live with if we are to marry. We fail to carry out the plan to check their credit, and their relationship with their mother and father. We consider ourselves "super man and woman' neglecting to get out of the telephone booth or we never go in to change. We did it before and we try to take the shortcut again as an unwise decision. We fail to plan. Therefore we plan to fail and pay the consequences later for years of not sticking to the plan of even asking God about the person that we initially desire to be with.

 We must remember that nothing is given by taking the easy way out. We must prepare ourselves with prayer and a plan in order to anticipate the attack of the enemy and the inevitable onslaught of the temptation to take a shortcut. We must then daily avoid the temptation to throw out the plan  and stick to it at all costs, especially avoiding the temptation to take a shortcut.

This is probably how Jesus recognized the accuser when he was coming . This is how we should recognize him as our enemy. He will offer a shortcut. He will offer a better way when your business and or  relationship with Jesus was not broken and did not need fixing.

Eunuchs :To be or not to be. Daniel had no choice according to Josephus. This allowed him to be as a child... OF GOD

Matthew 19:12 gives 3 classes of EUNUCHS. One class was born as such, another group was "made so by men" and for a third group there was a choice made by individuals who "made themselves" eunuchs.

Imagine this, a single man who had a girl he liked. Would he be able to  get into someone's head telling them what they were dreaming then interpret the dream if he kept the girlfriend? Would he have projected the Spirit of peace instead of fear enough to calm a group of hungry lions with a wife who he was supposed to take care of?

Since we do not have a Biblical record of wives and children for Daniel, but do have a perfect record of him as representative and one who glorified God with his actions, we can see the trade off. God was his wife, mother , father , children, nephew, niece, grandson and grandaughter. Think about it. God as your all in all as he was for Daniel.

Did not Jesus himself chose to be a eunuch for the sake of doing the will of the Father in dying for the sin of humanity two of which ironically are fornication and adultery?

Let us consider the grace given us before we were saved and in some cases after we were saved in being faithful to our spouses no matter how much we outgrew them, and not choosing the route of adultery and or repenting from it prior to exposure. We chose not to adopt a para-religious cult, Mormonism or Islam tenet of being married to more than one wife and or concubines at a time.  We as kings need to adopt the law of not having but one wife, avoiding charges of bigamy. This is obvious, but to take it a step further we can practice a tenet of worship in Spirit and truth (next part of chapter 19) of our time. In fact their is a ministry of celibacy that is seldom mentioned. Paul alludes to it when he mentions marry, burn or contain your vessel. He chose the 3d option. The third option is available to women also.

Be careful young men who you pick for your wife.  Make sure your "picker" is working for the lady to have your children and who you will need to keep through years of possible obesity after child bearing. She must be "picked" with your ministry in mind. Will she be supportive? Will she be a stumblingblock?  Those who are older should  not put a spiritual monkey-wrench into the spiritual engine of your ministry by choosing some eye-candy for a night of fun. It will inevitably lead to an adulteration of your relationship with GOD and everything else that you stand for including drug addiction.

Thus as the chosen in grace , choosing to be as  children, we are allowed to practice our Spiritual gift and have the power to practice it not grieving the Holy Spirit by choosing to be as eunuchs outside of marriage. As children who do not have sex at all hopefully, we are allowed to have spoken of us "for such is the kingdom of heaven" (vs. 14). You may not be able to preach as well as Rev. Manson B. Johnson, but your teaching will be with power without confusion with self and chaos.

Babe, adolescent or adult in Jesus Christ. It depends on your local church.

Are you a babe an adolescent or an adult in Jesus Christ as a member of your church?

The Book of James tells us that faith without works is dead (useless). Yet Paul tells us that it is by faith that we are saved and without faith we can not please God. Which great writer is correct? THEY BOTH ARE.

Paul by grace of God was allowed to articulate the maintenance activity necessary to "work out your salvation". He through the unction of the Holy Spirit tells of Spiritual Gifts and Fruit.. He gives us a MODEL of how it should go in identifying member parts neither of which are more important than the other. He in fact states that their should not be two tongues operating their gift at the same time and that tongues should not be heard unless there is an interpreter to  give meaning to the tongue speaking in order for new members to not think the church is crazy. He goes on to tell us that the member (appendage ) of the member should not be utilized in sin. The word member is functional and important to Paul. He who began a good work in you shall be faithful to complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. The gifts of God are without repentance.

  Did this mean that one needs to work with their members for salvation ? No. but like all 10 virgins slept, not all 10 had a desire or worked with their members to fill their lamps IN FAITH awaiting the return of the groom.  Paul by grace of God was allowed to live long enough to be under house arrest and later actual imprisonment while he wrote about Spiritual gifts, and fruit ( the greatest of all is LOVE.We still do not know all until Jesus returns from the books lost like the actual  II Corinthians. We are given a peek in how it should go for "members" of the local and universal church. The book of Revelations tells us that the minority of churches were doing the right thing to keep their lampstands. Yet some by being lukewarm were worthy of being spit out, or who were called to repentance due to losing their first love. This is obviously the unwise virgin. Is this you being pulled from your adolescence into the adulthood of pride, lust of the flesh or eye by the magnet of the world?

Those who are inactive and sometimes irascible looking for "their" seat on the pew,  and who lack altruism even if they have  been "in" the church for 50 years, could possibly be lacking something. Few of the model Christian leadership led protestant churches and none  of the Catholic churches whose "services" we model have a  ministry to develop the "member " to do service with their members within  the local body.  I came from a church spending 25 plus years not realizing this principle . We should be  looking forward to doing this more intensely for the children women and men who are not as active and no under small group ministries AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE AND TRICASTER. Remember a mother and father;s first ministry is to the children in the home, Websites under the direction of your local Pastor  have  the great potential to allow this "Extra Church Curricula " to come to fruit, within the home INSTEAD OF TELEVISION.

The average person when he or she joins other especially large churches is given a number to be able to donate. Their service is in giving monetarily and not "bodily". In most churches there are opportunities as deacons and Sunday School teachers but very few opportunities to identify Spiritual gifts unless the person knew what it was  along the lines of their vocation.or hobby. Most of the nonactive babes in Christ do  not have a desire to give of themselves in Spirit and truth unless they prioritize their time with the goal in mind to save souls and edify the saints ALONG THE LINES OF ACTIVATING THEIR SPIRITUAL GIFT AND ACTUALIZING IT ALONG THE LINES OF A MINISTRY AS A MEMBER OF THE BODY. Even then Marilyn Hickey tells of of the offending older member who chases away spiritual gifts with their tongue .

So giving works within a ministry is not complicated. It is a process. Ultimately this is the anointed  work or lack thereof respectively that James in Chapter 2 speaks of. SIMILAR TO  BUILDING AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IT IS A PROCESS FORM THE BASEMENT UP. It should not be done out of anything but Spirit Truth and FAITH in Jesus' death, resurrection for our sins, and also His return. This is the point of salvation. He will save us from God's wrath . The ministry of development of gifts must be provided with the help of prayer and discernment as early as the time of joining. The good thing is that we are provided a model with BODY PARTS, and not a commandment by the Holy Spirit to follow in order to identify, and then assist the member to actualize  it as adolescents then adults in Christ from babes.

It is what it is

It is what it is. Haggai's advice

 

 

READ IT!

Are you condemning or praying, giving then RESTING?

I know it is difficult to imagine. A God who as the IMAGE of the invisible God the firstborn (Col 1:15) by and THROUGH Him the things seen and unseen were created (We are talking photons and protons, mountains, valleys sweet potatoes for pies, grapes for wine as well as water as a molecule) In other words as the second component of the Trinity in the Son He created everything we see and do not see in in six days, yet we as a human race behold Him not (not looking) we do not recognize Him. (Homework time in Isaiah and John). WE do not rest in Him either as He did on the 7th day.

A Father God, who so loved the world that He Gave His Son who created the Heavens and the Earth, such that whoever believes (death and resurrection for our sin) in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.

Yet He did not come to condemn but through Him the world might be saved. Who have you condemned lately in contradiction to what God does, yet you carry His name? Who are you challenging to a stumble in saying things that you really do not mean. Things that do not represent reality? On the other hand who are you encouraging, and or even given the GOSPEL mentioned above. Why are you waiting on the Reverends Why?. HAVE YOU EVER PASSED OUT EVEN A Gospel TRACT?  Are you recognizing Jesus in the poor, widow or stranger? We are not even talking about friends and children.

In this same spirit if you are going through something you just may be like Job who as God spoke to his "friends" while suffering in Chapter 42, after His wrath was kindled " You have NOT spoken of me what is right AS my servant Job has", now go do a sacrifice and watch how " My servant Job will pray for you"

Are you on the condemning side today or the praying and giving side of this equation? If you are going through something as we all do, are you praying for your family and giving to friends ( and those not like yourself) who you feel are kinding the wrath of God? Or are you going tit for tat with them in defending yourself?

TAKE TIME OUT AND ASK FOR THE MOTIVATION TO EVANGELIZE IN THESE LAST DAYS! PRAY GIVE AND ABOVE ALL REST IN FAITH AND PEACE. 
Help in the work if you are asked by Him to (like Noah). Most of us do not have Noah's ministry, we are too caught up in the world.


                   Wait for your double for your trouble like job received.

BEEFING ,CHAOS, CONFUSION, WILLIE LYNCH, AND ANGER

James has been called the Proverbs of the New Testament. One of the verses that I love is in chapter 4.  "we have not because we ask not, and when we ask we ask amiss"  This says to me that when my "gimmes' to God are not lined up with his will for me there is going to be trouble. (vs. 1-3).and chaos.

The sin of adultery (physical or Spiritual) is blamed by James to be responsible for the ENTRY of this chaos and lack of peace. This is the antecedent, the precursor, the enzyme and the heat that brings on the chaos or lack of peace according to James (4-7). He gets more specific when he says friendship with the world is enmity with God. You can not serve the world and God at the same time

These verses are also replete with good information to practice. If I find myself beefing or angry with somebody, what is it that they have that I do not or vice versa.

The proceeding verses (chapter 1) give information about anger. We know that we are to sin not but where does it spring forth from in the first place?  The very next verse after the advice tells us that we must "get rid of all the filth and evil in our lives, and humbly accept the WORD that God has planted in your heart(s), for it has the power to save your souls.

The very person that you are angry with or who you find yourself arguing with may have the key Spiritual Gift to bring the church to a new level especially with respect to Missionary Evangelism which is what we ALL are supposed to be about. John MacArthur said on 11-19 " I never saw, chaos, arguments and strife among BABY CHRISTIANS, THEY ARE TOO FOCUSED ON THE RIGHT THING"