Reflections
Greetings and blessings to all of you. The Word says in I John 2:15-17 “ Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life-is not of the Father but is of the world. The world and its desires are passing away, but the one who does the will of God lives forever.” Many Christians seemed to be completely unaware or unwilling to see that serious dangers threaten the church or the (Body of Christ) from within. We are currently liv...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. We are currently praying for the Christians who are causalities in the mayhem that is going on in Europe, in Africa and the persecuted churches all over the world; however, we must not forget our focus on what is going on here in the United States. Before the plandemic, the Body of Christ was in conflict but now the division is even greater. Just like the conflict overseas there is conflict in the Body of Christ. Conflict in the church is why people sometimes leave a church. We should not be surprised by disagreement in our church or any other church. Con...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. While doing research on the Names of God.. I counted over 21 names. The story of Hagar and Sarah in Genesis Chapter 16 introduces us to The GOD That Sees (EL ROI) Hagar had fled into the wilderness because things had become difficult living with Sarah after she suggested that Abraham conceive a child for her. Hager homeless, pregnant, not knowing what would become of her. She laid down in the wilderness. Have you ever felt this abandoned, sad, just done? An angel appeared to her to give her comfort and to speak of God’s grace and mercy. `Then she ca...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. There is a question we should ask ourselves… to what authority will you submit your heart and life? There a parable in Luke 19 that tells of a nobleman “who went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom….but his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him saying: “ We do not want this man to rule over us.” This is exactly what Adam and Eve said to God. When God told our parents they were forbidden to eat from the knowledge of good and evil. Their disobedience was a rejection and rebellion against God&rsquo...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. When a Nation Forgets God guess what happens? Just look around. More depravity, same sex marriages, open sin, increased ignorance, economic distress, lawlessness, sexual perversion in our homes thru the media, sex trafficking has increased, abortions as a form of birth control, transgenderism, a radical LGBTQ agenda offered to kids, increased socialism which leads to communism shown by the harsh persecutions that continue on our fellow believers overseas, closing churches while keeping gambling halls and liquor/weed stores open, freedom of speech is being...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Smyrna was one of the seven churches that God spoke of in Rev. 2:8-11. He said, “Do not fear what you are about to suffer…. Be faithful until death and I will give you the crown of life.” The words of Christ to this church pose the same question for us today: Will we deny Christ in the face of persecution? Will we exchange the riches of our faith “in the first and the last, who died and came to life, “for spiritual poverty? We are asked to be FAITHFUL through tribulation.” The Psalmist in 116:3-4 said in anguish, &ldqu...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. The time has come when you must feed your spirit. We are in a Spiritual Warfare. The battle lines have been drawn. What side are you on? You must choose now. If you have been faithfully reading, eating, praying, and walking with Christ and His foot soldiers, choosing will be a No Brainer. To those of you who are a 2 hour a week church participant you will have a problem choosing. God warned us “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world the love of the Father is not in him. (I John 2:15-17). God also told us in (Matt...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. This is the season of pestilence which is a deadly overwhelming disease that effects an entire community. How should we as believers respond to this? Is this something that caught God by surprise? Here are two incidents (there are more) in the OT where a pandemic has happened and God was in control. In Eze. 39:22 “I will punish you and your armies with disease and bloodshed; I will send torrential rain, hailstones, fire, and burning sulfur! In this way, I will show my greatness and holiness, and I will make myself known to all the world. Then they w...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. In Acts 17:6-7 it says, “But the Jews were jealous. So, they rounded up some evil fellows from the market place. Forming a crowd, they started all kinds of trouble in the city. The Jews rushed to Jason’s house. They were looking for Paul and Silas. They wanted to bring them out to the crowd. But they could not find them. So, they dragged Jason and some other believers to the city officials. ‘These men have caused trouble all over the world,’ they shouted. Now they have come here. Jason has welcomed them into his house. They are all...
(Read More)Greetings and blessings to all of you. Reading John 8:12 it says, “Yeshua spoke to them saying, I am the light of the world. The one who follows Me will no longer walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” Christ is known as “Light of the World”. The name is associated with knowledge, truth, righteousness, hope and life. When Jesus said this to the Pharisees; they challenged Him by saying Jesus was lying. Jesus rebuked them in John 8:44 saying, “you want to do the desires of your father. He (Satan) was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in th...
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