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Monday, May 18, 2009

Issue # 43 - You’ll score big if…

When was the last time you scored in life? I just want to let you know that another celebration is coming your way, but there is something important that you must do.

If you only knew how close you are to your next breakthrough you will begin to shout now. Let’s see if we can know how close. Well, more distractions are coming at you now more than ever. How about the pressure that is trying to cause you to give in is increasing?

Then there is news of so many going their separate ways when we really should be coming together. Many people are trying to get you to live life having one good time after another to get you to forget about your purpose and destiny.




To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problems of contentment.
George Woodberry




Well all this and more is a plan of the enemy to get you out of place. Place and timing is important to God. Imagine making all the sacrifices through sowing, then harvest time comes and you are out of place. You face the possibility of someone else eating your crops.





As in the game of football, when the quarterback calls a play he sets it up for the wide receiver to be in a certain spot or zone to catch the ball when he releases it. It doesn’t matter what tries to distract the wide receiver his duty is to get to that zone. Therefore like the wide receiver, you need to be where God wants you to be. Cause he’s getting ready to release something to you.

When you are feeling weary and discouraged still get to the zone. Nobody encouraging you, get to the zone. People making mockery of you and your God get to the zone. When it doesn’t make sense get to the zone.

God is setting you up to be his next ambassador. Once you do what needs to be done, the doors will swing wide open because of the spectacular performance God will do with you. Imagine being given the opportunity to say something for God to be glorified. Remember outstanding performances will always happen for people to see. Like I said earlier you can shout now cause your getting ready for a big score.

You’ll score big if….you stay in place.



Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come
short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.



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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Issue # 42 - God has a right to do with you what he pleases.

“A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it” .
Frank Herbert


God promised to complete the work that he started in you. “And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns” Philippians 1:6 (NLT).

Even though this is a great promise do you know you can delay and hinder the process. God is perfect, all knowing, wise and then some. Most definitely he knows what is best for you, but are you giving him a hard time not letting go of the past, not submitting to his will, or obeying him?

You cannot want your life to become great by skipping the process. In order to be the best, look the best, and carry great value you must be processed.

If you want to be the best gold you have to be go through the refining fire. To be the best sculptured piece you must be placed in the hand of the sculpturer. To build a good life you must be connected to a great builder. To become a beautiful flower in the garden you need to be planted and groomed by a good gardener.


What I’m saying is you must be willing to go on God’s operating table and be cut by his tools. “God means what he says. What he says goes. His powerful Word is sharp as a surgeon's scalpel, cutting through everything, whether doubt or defense, laying us open to listen and obey. Nothing and no one is impervious to God's Word. We can't get away from it—no matter what”. Hebrews 4:12,13 (The Message)

The surgeon’s knife is used to cut and heal. God knows that the process hurts, but he won’t waste your hurt. Your hurt will be someone’s relief, benefit, or pleasure. Remember Jesus crucifixion, I’m sure you enjoyed benefiting from that right?.

The more you resist, rebel, misbehave, the longer the process. This can also result in you have to do it over. “20But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did you make me like this?' "21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?” Rom 9:20-21 (NIV)

Who says when the operation is over? The surgeon
Who says when the test is over? The teacher
Who says when the construction is over? The builder
Who says when the sculpting is over? The sculpturer
Who says when the movie is over? The producer

GOD HAS THE LAST SAY.

God says when your process is over.
God says when your race is over.
God says when your test is over.
God says when it’s time for your promotion.
God says when it’s time for you to be blessed.

Don’t allow anyone to change God’s plan for you. You will get you rewards quicker when you allow God to have his way. You cannot fight against God and win.


Take care until…......and God Bless ya
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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:


Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Issue # 41 - Love’s Best Position

What is the number one position that you have seen or heard love ever demonstrated? Selah.

Yes I’m sure you have heard of love demonstrated in so many ways. Today I want to look at the best love act of all time. This one tops them all. Many have come and gone but yet to come close to this act. The effort, passion, zeal that was put into this is second to none. Why was this done though? What was the motivating factor behind it?

To demonstrate an act of love that is lasting and worth talking about takes strength to carry out. The love that we see and hear about so often is based on emotions. When the emotion is down then the love is down vice versa. I’m sure you don’t want to be connected with that type of love, cause you’ll never know what you’re going to get each day.

“Love much. Earth has enough bitter in it”.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox


Nothing heals better emotionally, physically and mentally than love. It is more powerful and safer than any healing drug. It could be the missing link in your life.

Obviously it’s more than a talk, true love will be put to a test. You can only succeed with this type of love that I want to address. It’s unconditional and unemotional. Tina Turner says “What’s Love Gat To Do With It?” and my answer “Everything” cause I think this act of love is very important.

If all of us appreciated and demonstrated this kind of love then we would have a lot less broken hearts. This kind of love brings a sigh of relief cause someone did it for you.


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Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come
short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Issue # 40 –What you gonna do?

Can you imagine being told that it’s going to rain shortly and all you see is blue skies, bright sun and a warm atmosphere,? Rain! I’ll see about that.

Then all of a sudden later on in the day things begin to change. The weather breaks, the breeze picks up, clouds appearing as if from nowhere and then the heavens open. Caught in the middle of an open sky you begin to run for shelter. You also remember that you had a need to capture some rain water.

So you run to the shed to put out a few containers only to find that it is locked. Now where is the key? Searching left and right and all the places it could be but no results. Just like that you watched the rain pour down but could not do anything to capture any of it. Imagine barrels of water coming down and falling on the ground as you watch it soak the earth.

How could this happen and you not take advantage of it? Well, not taking heed to the message before. The message came earlier, "it’s going to rain shortly" to get you in position to prepare.





Are you ready for what God wants to do in your life? For weeks, months, years you have been told that God is going to do some great things. And the good news, he has you to be a part of it.

Now how prepared are you for when God shows up and rains in your life? What are you going to do, when you don’t have any more mortgage to pay? What are you going to do when you get in position to retire early? What are you going to do when you get set up with your own business?

What are you going to do when all of a sudden you are getting married? What are you going to do when you find yourself debt free and you now have more money in your hand? What are you going to do when God gives you the desires of your heart?

“I violated the Noah rule: Predicating rain doesn’t count; building arks does”.
Warren Buffett

How are you going to respond? Well you better get ready for this change in your life because the opportunity is coming shortly. And it won’t be an April Fool prank.



Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Issue # 39 – A – Z “The Grand Finale’

So often in life we must come to the end of something that has been started. Sometimes this may be a hard thing to do, especially if you are enjoying the moment. If we look on the bright side it could be the beginning of something even better. Never be afraid to come to the end because new beginnings can lead into an adventure that has been waiting for you to embrace it. You will never know this if you are afraid of facing the end.

I do hope that this series ‘From A –Z’ has been beneficial to you. May you enjoy the end and embrace your new beginning.




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Thanks for making the series A- Z enjoyable.

Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Issue # 38 – Can you use some 'Z'zzzz?

As you got up this morning were you forced out of bed or was there an excitement to get the day started? Either you will be drawn out of bed with passion or live in a state of wanting to stay there forever. Do you have any drive to face each day or is this a big struggle for you?

Is there anything in life that gets you excited, fired up, thrilled, motivated, hopping, skipping, jumping, dancing, adrenaline pumping, thank God I’m alive to experience this?


Well, we are on the last lap of our series A – Z and you did make it to the end. I guess it’s time to get your Z’zzzz. Not so fast my friend let’s deal with our subject matter first. What kind of 'zeal' do you have?

Zeal:
1.Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance.
2.Eagerness and enthusiasm.






Look at the popular television show American Idol and how much zeal and passion these people show looking to get a chance at their big break. Zeal is the thing that gets your adrenaline pumping about a particular thing, even if it seems like a long road ahead. You may have experienced that this level fluctuates at times. I’m sure you have seen times in your life when you were so excited and motivated you could have carried the world on your shoulder. Then there were those days like life felt so hard.

Did you know that those days of high energy and zeal were meant to carry you a long way? It’s like when you fill your car with gas to take you where you need to go, that’s providing you did the right thing. The more you have the further you can go.

Therefore in those days when you’re at high peak it is wise to be as productive as possible. It doesn’t matter how high your level is, the reality is that you will face some challenging days. During those moments is when you can reflect on the accomplishments and the progress of times past. This exercise should be a positive factor because it should recharge you and get your juices flowing again to go after your intended goal.

Everyone that was successful in life faced days of opposition and wanting to give up. It’s what you do in the face of opposition that determines the results you get in life.

Above all things, there is nothing in life that you should have greater zeal for than God and the things he desires. "1Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. 2For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God,..". Romans 10:1-2 (KJV)

You must bear in mind things will pass away but God will last forever.

Warning

Please stay away from these zeal blockers:

1.Negative people
2.Corrupt lifestyle
3.Procrastination
4.Disobedience
5.Separation from God.

Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come
short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.



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Coming next……………… A – Z 'The Grand Finale'


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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Issue # 37 – ‘Y’ aren’t you doing this?

So many things you think about each day. Your mind is racing at a high rate of speed but in different directions. The question is which one of these thoughts or ideas are you going to give in to?

What I am about to address today in our series A-Z is a big issue in the lives many. You may find a few areas in your life that this relates to. Today we bring out the big 'Y'. It’s not the question why but the letter 'y' which produces the word 'yield'. Now this may be a tough one to go through but if you would put down your defense you should get some good results in life.

Yield:
1.To let (something) go.
2.To give up a possession, claim, or right; hand over.
3.To cease opposition, give in.
4.To conform to the will or judgment of another, especially out of respect or courtesy.







What do you think about when you hear this word? Are you like most persons that think this is an act of weakness? When you are of this mind set what actually happens is you are fighting with your ego and a proud spirit. When you cannot yield to the right and proper things then you will have a big struggle throughout your life.

You drive along the busy intersection downtown and standing in the middle you see a police officer signaling you to stop. “Oh, no he’s not meaning me” so you aim to drive straight by even after he passionately aims to get you to stop. Let’s look at two things that could result from this. You are hit by another vehicle crossing and you could face charges for refusing to yield and obey the law officer.

Either way, you would regret the action of not stopping. This is only one example of what can happen when you refuse to yield. You will pay a price for not yielding.
We have the opportunity to yield too many authorities in life, parents, teachers, supervisors, law officers, etc. When you yield according to God’s will, you demonstrate that you value order. This is how you add favor and preferential treatment to your life.

Look at most of the persons you know that have a problem with yielding or submitting to authority. Now look at the position that they are in. I’m sure you would agree that they could have been in a better position.

We like to be in authority but how you respond when you are under authority shows real character, conduct and respect. Always remember how you treat figures of authority will reflect back on your life when you are given authority.

God and the devil are in need of vessels to use but you still have a choice who you will yield your members to. “Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God”. Romans 6:13 (KJV)

We are living in a generation that has come to know the saying “have it your way”. My friend, this is not applicable in every situation, because most persons who did this have caused chaos and are living in regret. You will never find God’s will on the road to your way.

Yielding to the right and proper things demonstrate that you know how to be disciplined and respect order. God does not want to approve your plans; He wants your approval of His plans, and He wants you to yield to them.

Are you ready to face eternity? If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour of your life and desire to make that commitment now please repeat the following prayer:

Lord Jesus be merciful to me a sinner. I realize that I have sinned against you and come
short of your glory. I confess that Jesus Christ is Lord and I believe in my heart that God has raised him from the dead. I pray for your forgiveness and ask that you save me now and accept me into your kingdom. Give me eternal life today.
In Jesus Name, Amen.


Coming next………………letter 'Z'

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