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How Far Are You in This World or is the World in You?

One might ask, “When am I in the world or of the world?” The Bible states that so a man thinks in his heart so is he. How many people hear the sound of my word today with a stable mind and heart which is not controlled by their emotions? Have you ever begun speaking with someone and noticed that as you were speaking they looked to be preoccupied with something else on their mind? It’s almost as though the lights are on, but no one is home. Sometimes I believe the Lord looks at us this way as well. We are sometimes so preoccupied with self that we can not hear His voice or see Him moving in situations or in the atmosphere.

9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? 14 The sower soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, 19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

Mark 4:9-19

In these verses when you’re preoccupied with things in your life, you may inadvertently tune out Christ. When He tries to talk to you with the simple things, if you’re preoccupied with your life, how will you ever hear Him in the deep things? You see, when you have locked yourself into this world, you won’t know how deeply rooted into the world you are.

What does it read in the 19th verse again of Mark 4? “And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.”

Not with standing you might want to ask yourself how far have you gone or how far are you willing to go in this world?

3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. 4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven 6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: 7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

Proverbs 23:3-7

You have to remember Christ wasn’t of this world and neither should we be (John 17:16.) With the advent of so many things going on in our lives these days, where does your hope and treasure lie?

30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

Matthew 12:30-35

Always know an understand this, if your more preoccupied with this life and the cares of what going on around you, then ask how far am I in?

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While in a Storm, Whose Report Will You Believe Jesus or Men

In this world of misdirection of one’s own understanding, along with the controlling thoughts of others, man’s heart has turned colder and hard. People are so into themselves and have their own form of salvation. This is not according to the Word of God, but it’s according to their own form of knowledge that is derived from the hurt and pain they have endured, over the different types of emotional and irrational events in their life, or from the life of others. These kind of things in peoples lives will cause people to doubt Jesus words or even that He is who He said He is.

This type will begin to establish their own type of righteousness using an augmented form of the words of Jesus and will then will try to control others or convince them to follow their way of understanding, leading them into a from of holiness that is not from the Lord, but from their own form of ungodliness. In this world, this has become the norm for a lot of people.

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

2 Timothy 3:5-8

Why is it that out of hurt and revenge, coupled with a broken heart and trust issues, that people tend to drag others into their pain and anguish?Living that emotional event in their life over and over, thereby creating the perfect storm in their life. Storms tend to draw everything around them in to their midst. Anything that comes in contact with a storm gets destroyed as well. We all know if we are caught in someone else’s storm. You may ask yourself, “How would I know if I’m caught in somebody’s else storm?” You need to ask yourself these question:

  1. Do you find yourself upset when you’re around the thing that person doesn’t like?
  2. When you are around that individual who has a storm, are your emotions heighten?
  3. Are you a dumping ground for their disgust or are you their sounding board?
  4. Do you feel heavy and spiritual depleted after leaving them?
  5. Is their lifestyle a Godly one?
  6. Do you feel you have to repent after having been with them?
  7. Do they always find fault with real people of God?

So I’m asking all of you…who’s report do you believe? If you start believing the word of the ungodly, then their perfect storm will begin to distort your view of God’s love. You might ask, “What shall I do?”

14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

I’ll leave you with why we do what we do for Christ.

1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. 8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. 9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. 10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. 11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Isaiah 53: 1-12
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What Does Jesus Need to Do to Get Through to You?

In the movie Color Purple, there is a song that was a hit on stage with choirs everywhere. The title of the song is “God is Trying to Tell You Something.” The scene entails a young women, the daughter of a preacher that had a beautiful voice, and she went into the worldly night clubs to sing. Then one day she was singing Blues outside at a lake near her Dad’s church. During the Church service, one of the old mothers leaned over and said to tell the Choir to sing, “God is Trying to Tell You Something” while the Dad was preaching that God has a way to drive you back home. When a young girl in the choir started to sing, her voice carried across the lake, drowning out the Pastor’s daughter, in so much that the Pastor’s daughter could sing no more. Everybody stopped their activities, looking at her, wondering why she had stopped singing. Then suddenly the Pastor’s daughter began to sing the same she heard the choir sing, beginning to walk towards the Church on the other side of the lake. She was singing with joy as everybody from the club followed behind her. They eventually reach the Church door and interjected with singing loudly along with the choir. The daughter came face to face with her Daddy and ran up to hug him tightly, and said in his ear, “See Daddy, sinners have soul too,” with tears.

Now this leads me to the song that was sung, “God is Trying to Tell You Something.” It’s not just a song, but it was one form of communication through which God was trying to speak with or reach an individual. God has been trying to talk to all of us in multiple ways:

  • 1. Through other people
  • 2. Through dreams
  • 3. By the words of the Bible (KJV)
  • 4. Through events in one’s life whether Good or bad tragedies

When all your efforts or hard work on a thing get worse or even fail, it’s sometimes hard to know when Jesus is trying to talk to you, when you are full of you.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Proverbs 14:12

Sometime as people we can’t see reasoning when we are looking at it from unrealistic or unreasonable mindsets. That is why one can’t talk to a hungry person about anything until that person has been given what they need.

14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

James 2:14-18

Why try to gain the things of this life that fad away like flowers or 3 day old pizza? You know the pizza has sat out in a box for a few days and has grown mold on it, or you left it at the back of the refrigerator for a couple days and it become harder and inedible. I think we all can attest to that. But the question you must ask yourself is this: how much does your soul mean to you?

14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.

James 2:14-18

Last, the Word of God says this:

15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

Hebrews 3:15

And it is so!

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Hello, Hello, Why Can’t You Hear Me?

In this time and season in most people lives, they are being bombarded with so many distractions, let alone with all types of doctrines and religious beliefs system, that the average person doesn’t know who or what to believe. One must always remember this: in a multitude of words, the truth is hidden. So it’s up to the individual to dig up and evaluate the validity of the multitude of words.

In this generation, it appears that men have taken a turn for the worse. It seems as though they have taken understanding for ignorance. There’s a phase that people use today and that is “ignorance is bliss.” This seems to be the going norm for some. In our world today its like telling somebody I can’t be held accountable for my actions. This way of addressing personal problems whether mental or emotional, can cause others to be mislead.

In our society today, individuals don’t want to be told what to do or even how to do it. They will say something like, “Who do you think you’re talking to?” They’ll also follow with these statements:

  1. Your not my mother or father
  2. Don’t talk to me
  3. You don’t tell me to do “@#$%&!%” thing
  4. Kiss my White, Asian, Black a”@#”
  5. Then they will try to walk up on you to fight

This is why today’s society has failed. Everybody knows it all. People are quick to give you opinions, attitudes, and arguments. They just don’t want to hear reason or get an understanding about anything. This leads you to the reason why people in this world don’t want hear the voice of Jesus Christ, the truth in the Bible nor those individuals that represent Jesus Christ. So when Christ begins to knock at your heart, nine times out of ten you won’t recognized His voice. That’s why when Jesus calls your name or tries to get your attention, take notice.

14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.

Mark 8:14-19

People of God, we miss out on a lot of blessings from God, from our lack of trusting Jesus, and that He has everything under His authority, even when we fall short. Remember, He never fails.

21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. 24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

Jeremiah 5:21-25

As people of the most high, we’ve got to put our trust in Jesus authority and understanding.

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Take this with you; feel a pull on your heart to come to Jesus. Don’t ignore that feeling and don’t push it aside. Hebrews 3:15 says, while it is said, to day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. It is so in Jesus name!

For extra reading read Matt. 13:1-30

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How Many Faces Do You Own?

Hello everyone and good morning! I’m just giving all of you my good morning face. This is one of the faces I own. How many faces do you own up to? As you all might have noticed, we all have made many faces in our lives because as human beings we show how we feel inside by the faces we display every minute of the day. We all have heard the following sayings: poker face, smiley face, long face, stupid face, petty face, funny face, happy face. Why is it that we have so many faces that we use in our day to day affairs? Even the law takes what is called a mug shots and files it in a criminal log book. All of us at one time or another have told someone how we feel about them without even saying a word. Some of our deepest moments of love have been expressed by the look in their faces. On the other hand, moments of being mad or out right angry have been expressed by the look of the face. Look at the person near you and ask them what type of face they’re wearing now.

4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 1:4-8

It’s so import to note that the very look of your face to an individual can either bring them to Christ or run them away. There is a serious concern for every baptized, Holy Ghost filled believer to contend with. Listed below are 5 Faces you should look out for:

  1. The faces of gossip, James 1:26
  2. The faces of greed, Luke 12:15
  3. The faces of liars, Ephesians 5:6
  4. The faces of an unbeliever, 2 Corinthians 6: 14-18
  5. The faces of deception, Romans 16:17-27

If you’re claiming to be a child of the most high Jesus, then what kind of faces are you presenting to people you are around every day? Are the faces you show those of the attributes of Jesus Christ? Are you being a light?Would Christ be proud or would He be disappointed? Has your bulb gone dim? Or maybe it’s out. Was it ever even on?

Be careful of the faces you show the world because they could draw people to Christ or run them away. Remember the face you show people is not always the face they see. Your faces will always tell the truth on you.

1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

Luke 12:1-3