Start the Year with the Holy Spirit

“But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the almighty giveth them understanding [Light].” Job 32:8

Happy New Year!!

The opening verse of scripture tells us a deep truth: the truth of how light, inspiration, wisdom and knowledge enters into the life of a man.

II Timothy 3:16 - “All scripture is given by inspiration of God….” You cannot in all truth be correct in terms of scriptures without the assistance of God - in our time and dispensation, without the help of the Holy Spirit.

Do you need knowledge and tactics to save that ailing marriage, bring back a rebellious son or save your friend from the jaws of Satan? Then you and I need to get hooked up and connected with the

Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:26 - 27 tells us that He [ the Holy Spirit] bears our infirmities and we do not know how we ought to pray but He helps us out. Another scripture tells us that He will teach us and lead us in all truth ( John 16: 13).

Romans 8: 14 - 17 informs us that we are assured of God's presence and mandate that has made us His children with a sure word of an inheritance.

In the book of James chapter 1:5 - God said: “Ask for wisdom….”

Proverbs 24: 3 - 6 reinforces the importance of God’s light in building both a home and business. It is needed for the activation of His covenant with us (Deuteronomy 8:18).

How do we receive Light from God:

We receive light from God in simple faith ( James 1: 5 - 8). His Spirit already dwells in us and God is far more ready to guide and guard us than we are ever ready to receive His protection. Wisdom and knowledge is a protection and at all times, it bring in profits of all kinds but the highest of them all is understanding: and the Lord urges us that: “with all thy getting, get understanding” (Proverbs 4: 7).

My prayer for us this year is that we enter into God’s understanding for our lives and by so doing, those around us would find purpose and destiny because we are shining lights.

The fear [Honor and respect]of the Lord is wisdom (Job 28:28). As we honor God the Lord with our lives, we are assured of His guidance and wisdom to direct us and profit us in all affairs of life.

Do have a very purposeful and prosperous 2017 in Jesus name: amen.

Thanksgiving - It is year ending

Many as we did started out in January 2016 with high hopes of a great year and future but this never came to be as many never made it beyond some months into the year.
We lost loved one's, friends and colleagues; properties and opportunities but as well God made us gain in so much several ways we have not though about.

Eyes to see and ears to hear the beautiful sounds will all long for. 
A tongue to taste the ever delicious foods we eat at home and out; arms and legs to move and take hold off. Our kids, sisters, aunts, mother's and father's. Why we not thank God for "these" and much more we consider normal!

God in His infinite mercies had kept us despite the wicked will of Satan and his cohorts. We might have suffered pain in some few places but consider that without God who is always on our side, it could have been worse.

The Bible urges us to enter His courts with praise and His gates with thanksgiving: by this, God said He will still the enemy and the avenger - Psalm 8:1 - 9; 9:1 -14.

Why is it good to praise the Lord?

We are not to praise God out of a sign of duty or requirement. God made us living souls - free, intelligent and able to recreate what He has made. Is that enough reason to thank someone for? 
He gave us life, despite the fact that SIN entered the world through Adam more so, life entered back into the world through Jesus the second Adam showing God's true intent and love towards all mankind.
Your children look like you and no other. This is a free gift that God gave us to create our own world around us according to, and within the confines of His will.
God never forces us to do anything and indeed this is love in action. He paid by Himself to prove that he cares for us and wants us ever with Him. 

Praising and thanking God should never be an act of compulsion or duty, rather it has flow outwards towards God from the very depth of our souls.
When we truly appreciate Him and thank Him for who He His to us and to our loved ones' we will by His Spirit in us praise Him in thanksgiving for all.

I close with this scripture, a prayer and praise to God for what He will do when we thank Him:

Psalm 67King James Version (KJV)

1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

3 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

6 Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us.

7 God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.

The Paradox of Our Time - George Carlin

Greetings in Jesus Name.

I want to share this peice with us having been blessed by it.

This is a master piece. If you have not read it take the time to read it now. If you have read it take time to read it again!

Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember; spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side.

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent.

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. An embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

- George Carlin

Psalm 91: Walking Under the Shadow of God

Dwelling Under His Shadow

It is God's great intention that we dwell under His covering; that is: under the power of His glory and will. For this scripture to come alive within lives we must necessarily personalize it and appropriate it over lives and  loved ones in meditation and by actual voice actuation in prayer to God.
Scripture was given to us an example of God's will towards us using people He dealt with. We need to put our names and personalize these promises in the present continuous and God does not exist in the past but : "He His." This is God's secret revealed towards us. 

We are not praying to be healed but rather we are healed by His stripes (Isaiah 53:4 - 5).
The scriptures below is in the original form, after it comes the personalized rhema of it.
I pray we all experience the blessings and the power of God now and for ever in Jesus name.

Psalm 91 (All scriptures based on KJV )

Psa 91:1  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psa 91:3  Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
Psa 91:4  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Psa 91:5  Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Psa 91:6  Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Psa 91:7  A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
Psa 91:8  Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psa 91:9  Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
Psa 91:10  There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Psa 91:11  For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psa 91:12  They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Psa 91:13  Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
Psa 91:14  Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
Psa 91:15  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Psa 91:16  With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.

Psalm 91- Personalized for daily confession

Psa 91:1  I dwell in the secret place [within the confines of His will] of the most High and abide under the shadow  [presence] of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2  I say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psa 91:3  Surely he has delivered thee from the snare of the fowler [traps of the evil on], and from the noisome pestilence [plagues and diseases].
Psa 91:4  God has me under the protective covering of His glory, and under His dominion I trust: His truth is my shield and protection.
Psa 91:5  I will not be afraid of the terror [wickedness] by night; nor for the arrow [evil] that moves around by day;
Psa 91:6  Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Psa 91:7  A thousand shall fall at my side, and ten thousand at my right hand; but it shall not come near me.
Psa 91:8  Only with my eyes I shall behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psa 91:9  Because I have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, my habitation;
Psa 91:10  There shall no evil befall me, neither shall any plague come near my dwelling.
Psa 91:11  For He has given his angels charge [responsibility] over me, to keep me in all affairs of life.
Psa 91:12  God's angels shall bear me up in their hands, so that I destroy not my foot [life] against the perils that ever surround me.
Psa 91:13  I will tread upon the lion and adder [ wicked attacks of the enemy and cunning's of men]: the young lion and the dragon [ demonic forces] shalt I trample under my feet [ take authority over and rule].
Psa 91:14  Because I have set my heart towards God, therefore will God deliver me and set me on high, because I showed respect to the Lord as my testimony.
Psa 91:15  I shall call upon the Lord, and He has promised to answer my cries and also be with me in life's issues and travail; to deliver me, and honour me.
Psa 91:16  With long life the Lord will satisfy me with, and show me the power of my salvation.

Confession vs Knowing

Greetings. Confession in clear and exact terms is saying and speaking the promises of God as stated in scriptures concerning a situation. This situation may either be a personal need or intercessory prayer for another. It does not necessarily involve a belief in what is said, read or confessed. Knowing on the other hand is confession made with the understanding that God will do exactly as promised in His word. It is Faith that says " I have not seen, yet I have." Hebrews 11 : 6 states clearly that "it is impossible to please God without faith." Faith in action is knowing. Knowing is the difference between why one is healed and the other not. You cannot know God by your strength or Christian action. You know God by asking Him to help your unbelief. "The God kind of faith" is injected and can never be worked for just as salvation can never be worked for (Ephesians 2: 8 - 9). It is a free gift and should be asked for. No wonder many go with unfulfilled answers to prayers and problems thinking that faith can be worked upon to be attained. The kind of faith God wants from you and I is simple trust. He [God ] then takes it from there when a demand is.made in our lives by providing the essence of the grace to reach Him through His faith active in our lives by His Holy Spirit in us. This is the secret and the process (Romans 8 : 14 - 17 ). Remember Moses asked God "show me your glory!" God never said no! God in His love towards us provided for Moses a way to see His glory (Exodus ) Likewise, when we cry out to God for help to reach Him concerning a matter despite our unbelief, He reaches out to us and helps us. This is the kind of faith Jesus said was "Mustard Seed;" it grows by reaching out to God for help by not deceiving oneself that you are able to attain inner strenght to draw virtue from Him. No one can attain that; the reason Jesus said: " If thou canst only believe. " Only believe in simple trust and hope and God who sees all hearts will surely visit with Power and Might. Mighty men such as Caleb an Joshua were mere men until God visited them. They had all their doubts and unbelief yet God made them mighty men of valor. Same will be your story, my story as we hold God with our all and as our all in simple faith. Knowing is this: God, you are my only hope and I rely on you despite my doubts of not knowing how you will solve this for me. Have a blessed week.

Let's Ponder on These...

I have prayed, fasted, and given all and yet God seems to be far away!
Sometimes; and indeed most times we believe, but we can believe God amiss.
I want us to understand this as matured believers and such that is searching for the
sincere milk of God that:

1. God is not emotional
2. God is eternal
3. God is a Spirit
4. God cannot be manipulated
5. We cannot out-give God
6. We cannot out-smart God
7. We cannot out-live God
8. We cannot lie to to God
9. Our sin is the problem with God not Satan
10. God cannot do all things in this wise:
a. He cannot lie
b. He cannot die
c. God cannot be diminished
d. God cannot change
e. God cannot cease
f. God cannot pervert justice ( The soul that sinneth shall die)

Now, with these nuggets, lets face where the issues really lie: it is in  our belief system.
What do we really believe God for? Who do we really think that He his? Is God a "force?" Movement or a perception of our hearts that we need to hold unto something as a figure for worship, to worship; and to be worshiped? With these questions, we will cross examine ourselves and come to an understanding that it has ever been the intention(s) of God to "father" us. Romans 8: 14 - 17 says

 " Rom 8:14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 
Rom 8:15  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 
Rom 8:16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: 
Rom 8:17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together."

Our belief system MUST be consistent with the Holy Scriptures for God to show up in our situations. He cannot deny Himself as He [God] said: " I have exalted my word above my name." Therefore, in our daily living, let us examine what we believe in and how we believe.
Too many people say God isn't there for them at the heights of their needs. I beg to differ; what they should have said is that we believed God wrongly on faulty principles of men and enticements of men's wisdom.
Apostle Paul said in the book of  Romans Chapter 10: 8 - 17 that our faith should come from hearing God's word; meaning that whatever, whoever is preaching God's word should be examined in the light of the scriptures; that includes "me."

Rom 10:8  But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; 
Rom 10:9  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
Rom 10:10  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 
Rom 10:11  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 
Rom 10:12  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 
Rom 10:13  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 
Rom 10:14  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? 
Rom 10:15  And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! 
Rom 10:16  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 
Rom 10:17  So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

Okay, let us ponder on the following.

• A belief does not necessarily have to be true. we can believe, and believe wrong.
• Beliefs are self fulfilling and stronger than your desires.
• Examine, and make sure your belief system(s) is consistent with scriptures.
• Your belief should not built around and on manifestations and experiences; rather it should be built on the sure word of God and prophecies in Gods Holy Scriptures.
• God will always confirm His word by His power when you say and keep on saying what He asked you to say [ I mean keeping Your confessions, prayers and supplications in line with scriptures].

I look forward to great testimonies in your life and mine. Have a blessed week ahead in Jesus name. Amen

Standing in the Victory of Jesus

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Last time I wrote to us, It was on the matter of our new life in Jesus:  the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus. This is the new life Jesus told us about; this is the New Testament He advent towards us when He went back to heaven and gave us of His Spirit to be in us to renew, to be with us to guide and to surround us to protect. The work of the Holy Spirit is so crucial in the life of the New Testament believer that without Him [Holy Spirit who is the person of Jesus Christ] it would have been impossible to live victorious life in this age and time   (Please study the Book of John Chapter 14).

Salvation came through Jesus taking our place in God's wrath. He took our infirmities, pains and sorrows and paid by His blood the full just recompense for sin on our behalf. This Jesus did [God] because of the love He had towards man and that man was His absolute creation in perfection despite man's weakness of being limited in a physical world; man had a special place in God's heart and in His entire creation. The reason why you and I should let no one demean us in any way ( Psalm 8: 1 - 6 )
Psa 8:1  To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. 
Psa 8:2  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. 
Psa 8:3  When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 
Psa 8:4  What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 
Psa 8:5  For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 

Psa 8:6  Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet (Courtesy: e-Sword).

After salvation would come the process of the conformance to the "thoughts" and will of God ( 2 Corinthians 10: 3 - 5 & Romans 12: 2). Many things we were used to has to be left behind, not that God wants to control us as machines, hey! no! He wants us to first see, learn and adopt His kingdom's principles which are eternal, real and effective in not only making our souls alive but also able to save other's as well ( Colossians 1: 3). This is are the very true intention(s) of God.

Standing in the Victory of Jesus
Standing in the victory Jesus gave us is the real deal of the " good fight of faith." The adversary will try every trick in his book to usurp that awesome position God Himself gave us through His son. The knowledge of who God is and quality of  our relationship with Him through Jesus has to be fully established in the heart of the believer to enable the believer stand his/her ground in Christ.

We must in essence remember that we are no longer under the enemies power but under Jesus'. Paul in his letter to the Colossian Church, stated in chapter 2 what Jesus did on his cross. Hand-writings, covenants and past issues Satan held us bound with were broken by His crucifixion. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians in the sixth chapter declared that the life of the believer is that of a soldier and warfare. He stated that our fights and battles are not against flesh and blood but against unseen wicked spirits that try to outwit us. He stated we needed to stand by the gear of a roman soldier which he used as an analogy to describe how we should conduct our lives in the battles of life and necessary tools we need to acquire and use to stand.

Hebrews 11: 6 talks about faith. It is impossible to please God and maintain our victory without trusting God with our all. Yes, I mean all. I had suffered in the past by not trusting God on some issues, but when I let go and gave up all to Him; I mean in the sense of total trust, victory came and in a very outstanding way too.  

The battle in the thought realm is most crucial and I must tell us; it would be unrelenting by the wicked one especially in these last days.
Thought bombs, suggestions, TV, Music, Magazines, Friends, Family, Foes, Education system(s), even through fellow church goers ( I am careful here not to say believers as I assume a believer is grounded and filled with the Holy Spirit rightly dividing the truth and knowing how to go out and come in, in the affairs of life); will be used as agents against you and I.

Fear not, I must say again, fear not. 

Leaning on the Holy Spirit will see us in many cases and times not even knowing the depth of the attack Satan had planned against us. We have God's support, His Angels and the Blood of the Lamb that covers us faultless before God as great weapons of warfare to stand against Satan's attacks. 
We must also remember at this time that we are not fighting for VICTORY, rather, we are standing in the VICTORY Jesus gave us through His death and resurrection for us.
Never have the idea that you are fighting to win, rather you are standing as a winner. Standing your ground over the "land" your savior gave you on His behalf by His weapon. 
The evil one will try over and over again to let you take the position of fighting for victory, nay! Avoid it with all your soul. You and I are standing in for Jesus. We are His ambassadors, His Royal Priests, called out of darkness into His wonderful light. (1 Peter 2:9  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: 
1 Peter 2:10  Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy). 

In Closing, to remain victorious, the scriptures is sure the standard. Reading, studying and meditating on God's word is where we find victory and maintain it. A good student of the bible and prayer is a victorious believer.
The writings here are gleanings from God's Holy Spirit to help show us direction: and what I mean by direction, is to God's Holy Scriptures.
Read, study, pray and meditate. God bless you.