Is Your Hope For Change In God Or Man Podcast

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We All Hope For A Better Life

Where in the world are we placing our hope these days? It seems that man is placing their hope for change everywhere but the right place. Let’s find out just where man has been placing their hope.

We take our hope and place it in something with a vision in our mind thinking that this is what the outcome is going to be. Our imagination can run wild and believe that men can make a change and give us a better life than what God has to offer. Ask yourself this, “Has man ever given you happiness, joy, peace and love that will last forever?” Can man give you eternal life? Can man give you protection from your enemies?

No, man cannot give you any of these things and neither can the world. Yet, people continue to place their hope and trust in man like they are some miracle worker. For example, a politician starts a campaign by promising to change this, that and everything else for the common welfare of the people. Since people are easily mis-led, the politicians professionally written speeches tickle the ears of many people. The more the people listen, the more their hope grows in them.

You can see what happens when people place their hope in man, the administration that is controlling the government in the United States these days is doing nothing for the people. People are losing their houses with no end in sight, unemployment is still growing and the banks are taking advantage of the situation. The majority of the people put their hope in one man and this is what they got.

Here we come up to the elections again and people once again are going to put their hope in man. They are going to go to the polls and most likely vote out all the people that they believe are responsible for the mess that the United States is in. They will most likely give control of the government over to the opposite party that is in control now.

So, here we go with that hope in the wrong place again. This is not the answer, besides, whatever happened to “the people are supposed to control the government and not the other way around?” Without turning back to God, people’s hope for change is going to fail again. You may get change, but not the change you were hoping for.

The United States, England and Israel are supposed to be setting an example to all the other nations of the world by showing them just how well God will bless a nation with prosperity, security and an abundance of resources when the people put God in control. But in turn, the people turned their backs on God and evil set in. They chose the way of the world and not the way of God. Now, God is going to have to correct these three nations and withdraw His blessings. Without God, these three nations are going down. The wrath of God will be upon them and soon.

God has to come first, these three nations are His and He will do whatever it takes to wake them up and come to their senses. Some people will, but many will perish. God wants a world full of peace and love, He wants people to live in harmony with each other. Unfortunately, man pushes God too far and causes God to pour out His wrath upon them. You can be protected from His wrath, but you have to put God first in your life. Your hope for change must go to God and not man.

Take this as a warning and place your hope in God. Make God number one in your life and you will find peace, freedom, love and protection from your enemies. Don’t wait until tomorrow, tomorrow may be too late. God can change things either for us or against us, we do get to decide what change we want. Make that hope for change with God and not man.

Love Your Neighbor Podcast

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Practice To Love Your Neighbor Daily

1John 2:9-11 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the dark. But anyone who loves his brother is living in the light and need not be afraid of stumbling; unlike the man who hates his brother and is in the darkness, not knowing where he is going, because it is to dark to see.

1John 4:20,21 Anyone who says, ‘ I love God,’ and hates his brother, is a liar, since a man who does not love the brother that he can see cannot love God, whom he has never seen. So this is the commandment He has given us, that anyone who loves God must also love his brother. Wouldn’t it be a beautiful world if everyone loved each other? Well, that’s the kind of world God has planned for those who can love each other. The question is, will you be apart of it? Read more

What Happened To The United States – The Greatest Nation Podcast

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Everything about the greatest nation in the world was perfect. So, what happened?

What happened to this country? We were once the greatest nation in the world. Now, we’re on the verge of bankruptcy. It wouldn’t take much to cause a financial collapse. We could even become a third world country by the way we’re heading.

This country has it all. Good soil to grow just about any crop you want to plant. Our land is full of precious minerals that we could mine. Everything about this country was perfect. So, what happened? Why have we become so dependent on other countries for the things we have right here in our own backyard? Why do we import everything these days?

It is so important for a country to be self-sufficient. For example: When we entered World War I & II, we were able to produce everything needed to sustain ourselves. We can’t do that these days, a lot of contracts have been given to foreign countries. We also rely too much on imports.

What if we went to war with one or two or more of these countries? What would happen if our enemy took over the country(ies) that we rely on for minerals or parts for our jets or basically anything that is not mined or manufactured here? We lost our self-sufficiency. We have no one to blame but ourselves.

We let too many things happen to this country. We let athiests tell us we can’t pray here or there. They tell us we have to remove God from this country. This country was built on God by faith and trust in Him. This country cannot survive without God, as you will see. It’s already falling apart. We let the immorals of homosexuality have it’s way.

We all hate child molesters, yet we let people manufacture and sell costumes that makes a woman look like a little girl. Look at our prisons, filled to the max. Sex is totally out of control, there’s nothing sacred about it anymore, by the way things are going, kids will be having sex before they’re 10 years old.

Families are almost non-existent. Kids are out of control. Our youth are not getting properly educated. Too much reliability on technology(we don’t have to use our mind anymore). Both parents have to work to keep up with the wants. God will take care of our needs, provided we love Him. This is why both parents have to get a job these days. God doesn’t want to see broken homes or families that are apart even though they live together.

I remember when the Father would go to work and the mother would be at home for the family. It was nice to get up in the morning to a good breakfast, come home from school and mom would be there waiting. In the evening we would all have a good wholesome dinner together, not fast food garbage or frozen dinners. This was a great time for the family to interact with each other.

Everyone seems to be so self-absorbed these days. Instead of how can I help, it’s what can I do for me. There is a great lack of consideration for one another. Instead of people being considerate, it seems like they want to make others angry. If you need an example, just take a drive somewhere, it won’t be long before you see what I’m talking about. Inconsideration, purposely doing things to annoy others, or just plain being ignorant is nothing more than Hate. It’s all in your attitude. If you want to have a pleasant day, then be pleasant. If you want to be miserable, then keep it to yourself.

From time to time, things go wrong, mistakes happen, as well as accidents. Nobody’s perfect, we need to remember this. When someone makes a mistake we need to help them through it, not make it worse for them. This is called compassion, a form of love. Be grateful for what you have, there’s always someone worse off than you.

Greed has many different forms. It already has caused this country to be on the verge of a depression. The world itself is close to a global economic colapse. Things are happening all over the world that we need to be concerned about. Natural disasters, famine, disease, terrorism, a new super power on the rise (which will be a big threat to us & I don’t think we’re going to win this one).

What happened to this country? What happened to the world? Why are we putting up with terrorism? Why do we even negotiate with these people? You can’t negotiate with hate. Israel has been trying for years. They keep giving away land in exchange for a peace deal and the U. S. even coaxed them into it. They have given away land that rightfully belonged to them. They’re almost out of land.

The land they’ve traded for peace, still hasn’t brought them any peace, only more terrorists. They almost have Israel completely surrounded. Egypt is the only one left and they’re hooking up with Iran and going to break ties with Isreal. Israel right now wants to give up half of Jerusalem. Israel, the United States and England seem to be wimping out these days. Not having God as head of a nation is a big mistake, but we can still be the greatest nation in the world.

Back when Israel had faith in God, they were strong, the ultimate warriors, just as they were in the Old Testament days. Look at the Six Day War, it was an impossible feat for any country to accomplish what they did in six days. God was certainly with them then. History repeats itself, great nations come and go like the wind. With God, nothing is impossible. When we start pushing God away disaster happens. These things are happening right now to Israel, the United States and England.

It’s not going to get better until we get better, in other words Wake Up! Man seems to always want to do things his way. Why? Because of pride. God created this planet and He created us. One other of man’s downfalls is teaching evolution. God knows better than anyone about how things are supposed to be done, whether it’s farming, or how to set up a community so there isn’t people living on top of people causing diseases and how to punish criminals so crimes will cease, even how to pay taxes (one tax – 10%). We have more taxes than we know what to do with.

God gives us all the instructions we need to be healthy, properous and so no one goes without. We could be free from all misery, so why are we so stupid? We wouldn’t let someone operate on us without knowing that that person was properly instructed on how to perform an operation would we? How about work on our car or build a house for us or teach our kids in school?

There’s a perfect instruction manual available to us on everything we need to know about life and how to live it. This manual is called the Bible. It was given to us by our ever so loving God. If we all would follow His Instructions, we could all live together in perfect harmony. We would be able to live our lives in total peace and freedom without fear. God wants to bless us so much, He doesn’t want us to suffer. All God is asking is that we love Him back. Why is that so hard? Such a small price to pay for peace and happiness.

May God Bless You and Your Family

Choose Life Podcast

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Who are we to destroy what God has formed in the womb? Choose Life

Since when did God give us the right to decide whether a baby lives or dies? From what I can tell, scripture repeatedly states that God forms us while we are in the womb. Isaiah 44: 2, “Thus says God who made you, who formed you from the womb.” Isaiah 44: 24, “Thus says God, your redeemer, He who formed you in the womb; I, Myself, God, made all things.”

So who are we to destroy what God has formed in the womb? Have we become so de-sensitized that women are even using abortion as a form of birth control? Let’s look at some statistics on abortions.

From a Department of Health study, reported by the Daily Mail that dozens of girls at the age of 12 and 13, are having abortions regularly. In England, girls under 14 that were having abortions rose 21 percent from 2006 to 2007. At the same time, girls under 16 that were having abortions rose 10 percent. Also in England, repeat abortions were on the rise dramatically.

The Daily Mail said that there were over 64,000 repeat abortions just in the last year. In this same year, over 40 women terminated over 8 pregnancies each. Girls, below the age of 18, terminated four or more pregnancies between 2005 and 2008. The number of abortions performed on teenage girls since 1991 has risen 70 percent, stunning isn’t it? Choose Life
Parents are turning away from their duties and they are causing irreparable harm to their children. If you notice these days, so many of our children are insecure, lonely, unhealthy, emotionally immature, unruly, disrespectful to their elders and rebellious toward authority.

Are parents that blind that they can’t even see the signs that there is something wrong with their own child that they could commit suicide right in their own house or plot out to kill others? It seems like every time a situation arises, we mask it with something worse thinking that the problem will go away.

Women were a lot more refined years ago. It took a while just to get a kiss from a girl that you were dating. These days you usually find yourself in bed on the first date. Sex has lost it’s meaning, it’s supposed to be a sacred thing between a man and a woman who truely love each other and are joined together by marriage. This is another reason why divorce rates are so high.

It seems that our morality has declined dramatically. Fornication is a dominating factor these days, along with adultery. It is a deadly sin, 1Corinthians 10: 8, “We must never fall into sexual immorality.”

We have distanced ourselves from God so much that we can’t even see the destruction that we are bringing upon ourselves. It’s become a world of the self – absorbed. God gave us free will which means that we can choose to live by His law or man’s way of life (the way of the flesh). One way will bring eternal life, the other way will only bring death, eternal death in the lake of fire. This death is total separation from God.

Because of our moral decline and self destructive ways, the United States and England are going to fall, and fall hard they will. We are so close right now, many people can’t even see it. They don’t even want to be bothered with it. God’s wrath is going to rain down on England and the U.S. in the very near future. If you don’t think so, this is what God tells us in Deuteronomy 28. God says that He will bless a nation with prosperity (like it used to for both nations) as long as they adhere to His ways, otherwise He will curse any nation that doesn’t follow His law. Choose Life!
There is no way to stop prophecy which is unfolding right before your very eyes. It’s important to see what’s going on globally as well as within your own nation. You can protect yourself from the upcoming disasters that have been foretold. Follow God, be obedient to Him, have faith and He will help you.

May God Bless You

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What are Your Christian Beliefs Podcast

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Do You Follow Your Christian Beliefs?

Many people will not call on Jesus, but you know having found Jesus is a beautiful thing. Your life seems to have meaning. You’ve seem to have found something that brings you great joy and happiness. If you were coping with loneliness, then you know now, to overcome loneliness it takes Jesus Christ to fill your heart with His Love. Praise the Lord.

Anyone that has accepted Jesus into their heart is considered to be a follower of Jesus Christ. So, when anyone asks you, “Are you a Christian?”, certainly you’re going to reply “Yes, I am” because of your Christian beliefs. Now there is a big responsibility in calling yourself a Christian.

One needs to know that in calling yourself a Christian, you are representing the ministry that Jesus started. Not any of the churches that exist, but the ministry of Jesus Christ. The danger of this is, is that by not living up to the standards of what Jesus laid out for us to follow, we could very well bring God into contempt.

People are going to be people, and if they see the opportunity to make themselves feel good about themselves, they will. What it is, is that people like to point fingers. And when it comes to religion, they will convince themselves of things like Christians are a bunch of hypocrites, Christian beliefs conflict with each other, and why would I want to become one of them or look at the Catholic priests that are molesting little boys. What about the Muslims? Certainly they’re not all terrorists, yet have one come around and people begin to judge them without even getting to know them. Understand what I’m trying to get at. People love dirty laundry.

It seems that the worse it is, the better for them. I’m definitely not denying that I haven’t been there myself pointing fingers. It seems like we need to do this, so that we can feel a little better about ourselves and not have to really see who we really are. We can be quick to judge others, but when it comes to ourselves, forget it. You have to remember that people are always watching you. Not so much as to be in waiting for you to slip up, but your conduct.

If they see a mild mannered, polite, easy going person that is kind and considerate then that’s what they’re going to see. But if they see a rude, nasty, foul mouthed, angry person then that is what they are going to see. It’s not so much as to be concerned about you calling yourself a Christian, but it would be better that they call you a Christian. That is what brings Glory to God.

The best thing that you want people to see in you is the good. No one wants to be considered evil, but who and what you are in God’s eyes is what is really going to matter. Here’s an example: I do a lot of driving everyday at work. I see people with the fish sign on their car. To me they’re advertising the fact that they are a Christian. What gets me is the way they drive. Speeding, cutting people off and so on. Now I’m sure that there’s people that don’t know the Lord yet, saying things like “look at that maniac and he’s supposed to be a Christian?” Whoops, there goes another black eye for God. I just basically want you to see what harm can be done.

We really need to be cautious about how we represent ourselves and express our Christian beliefs. If you want to be humble and someone asks you if you are a Christian, just tell them that your faith is in Jesus Christ, He is our Savior and that you try to follow Him as best as you can, but you are not without fault. Then when you do mess up, no one gets hurt. A Christian is a follower of Christ,a disciple. If you want to see what Jesus requires of one to be a disciple of His, look up these scriptures. Luke 6:46 – 49, Luke 14:26, 27 & 33, John 8:31 -34, John 13:34, 35, John 15:8.

May God Bless You All

What is Life After Death? Podcast

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Life and Death – Physical and Spiritual

When Adam and Eve sinned, their carnal eyes opened. Sin had caused them to lose that spiritual bond they had with God. When they were living a spiritual life, death had no hold on them. It wasn’t until they sinned that death would come upon them. God allows death to the flesh so man won’t live forever in the misery of sin. Would there sin cause them to lose life after death?

Adam and Eve were thrown out of the Garden of Eden so they would not partake of the Tree of Life and live for ever in their sins. We all know that one day we are going to die, it’s inevitable. The one thing we don’t know is “when”. Many people are afraid of death, but why? Could it be that this life is all that they have going for them? Could be that this is where they set their hearts, on the world, instead of Jesus Christ. If you don’t know Jesus, this could cause you to be afraid to die. Call on Jesus for life after death of the flesh. Revelations 3: 3 ‘Repent. If you do not wake up, I shall come to you like a thief, without telling you at what hour to expect me.’

Satan is the author of death. He tries anything and everything to keep us apart from God. By living the ways of the world, you will see death. 1 Corinthians 15: 56, 57 ‘Now the sting of death is sin, and sin gets its power from the Law. So let us thank God for us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. ‘So by living in sin, one will be living under the Law of God, in which you will be judged by. (Read Romans about the Law) It’s similar to committing a crime and going before a judge to be sentenced. That is why it is so important to purify ourselves through the blood of Jesus Christ.

One of the things we need to do to purify ourselves is to make a confession. Please read “Confession”. His blood which represents life, was shed as a sacrifice so that we can be cleansed of our sins. That is why He is the way, the truth and the life. Without accepting Jesus and following Him to the cross, The way He has already laid out for you, you will see death. 1 John 5:11, 12 ‘This is the testimony: God has given eternal life and this life is in His Son; anyone who has the Son has life, anyone who does not have the Son does not have eternal life.’ Jesus will lead us to eternal life, but it is you who has to desire it by giving up your life and this passing world.

As we travel the road with Christ, we will have to go through suffering and tests and trials. We will suffer as He did. 1 Peter 4:1, 2 ‘Think of what Christ suffered in this life, and then arm yourselves with the same resolution that He had: anyone who in this life has bodily suffering has broken with sin, because for the rest of his life on earth he is not ruled by human passions but only by the will of God.’ 1 Peter 5: 10 ‘You will have to suffer only for a little while: the God of all grace who called you to eternal glory in Christ will see that all is well again: He will confirm, strengthen and support you.’ It will make us strong, so that we can overcome our flesh and purify ourselves. In this way we can receive the Spirit of Truth, and be connected to God forever. This is life that Jesus will give us.

(John 14:15-17) If you are still living for the world and by the world and the ways of the world, then you are still of the world. Romans 8:6 ‘It is death to limit oneself to what is not spiritual: life and peace can only come with concern for the spiritual. So, basically to be carnally minded it could cause you not to have life after death. God did not create us for us to die. He created us for companionship and to be able to share His glory and everything He has including His love. All we have to do is His will and we will have life after death. We will eat from the Tree of Life.

It’s hard to fathom that someone would reject His love and all He is offering for the misery of this temporary life and world. Jesus came here to teach and preach the word of God. He also came here for other reasons, but one of the things that He said that He would do for us is written in John 14:1-4 ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God still, and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father’s house; if there were not, I should have told you. I am going now to prepare a place for you, and after I have gone and prepared you a place, I shall return to take you with me; so that where I am you may be too.’ Jesus has prepared a place for those who believe (be and live) in Him. Anyone can say they believe in Jesus, but can they prove it?

False Prophets, Teachers and Preachers Podcast

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Who Are You Listening To?

There’s a lot to be said about this topic. First off, almost anyone can fall prey to these people. Jesus said in Matthew 7:15,16 ‘Beware of false prophets who come to you disguised as sheep but underneath are ravenous wolves. You will be able to tell them by their “fruits”. (If you do not know what they mean by “fruits” read Galatians 5:22).

You have good orators for one. They know how to hold your attention which is very important to them or no one would listen. Most of them are taught how to do this. Let’s ask ourselves a few questions. Am I looking for someone to tickle my ears? Why did I choose the church I am now attending? What about the bible study I am now in? Take a moment before reading on and think about it……….

2Timothy 4:3,4 ‘ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables’. This scripture is so true! People flock to these so-called men of God. Why? Because they put up a good front and they say what people want to hear, and the sad thing about it is that they are being sooo misled.

I have heard some of the most abominable things come out of preachers and teachers mouths and people believe it. I’ll tell you from experience that they do not like being refuted. Pride and closed mindedness have control over them and that’s deadly. I’ve seen their faces glow with pride and it is ugly. Now, I’m not trying to tell you that all preachers and teachers and even people are corrupting God’s Word and that everything they say is a lie or misinterpreted. Just be careful what you hear and believe.

When a man is taught solely by another man, how can one know truth? I’ve know people who have been going to church and bible study all their life and still don’t know truth. Not a good thing.

Read Mark 4:15-19. When you hear God’s Word or even when you study it yourself, talk to Jesus about it. He’ll give you the answer you need. Maybe you won’t receive it right away, but when you do receive it, you will know it. And the nice thing about it is, He’ll give you a conformation on it. Sometimes two, three or more. If you do not receive an answer right away, put it on the shelf and come back to it later. Don’t get discouraged because you don’t understand, the Lord knows what you need and when you need it.

False prophets, teachers and preachers don’t know what you need, or when you need it or even if you understand. That’s why they are going to speak things that they believe are truth or by their pride, they will con you into believing that they are a spiritual leader sent by God and that everything they say is truth.

It took 2 years of contemplating off and on on one subject before the Holy Spirit revealed the whole truth to me. And once He did, I could look back and see the things I had to learn first before I could understand the whole truth. Be Patient! We have a tendency to to get impatient because we want to understand it all right away.

Rushing into things can be harmful to our spiritual growth. For example: Take however old you are and think about everything you know. You couldn’t possibly take all that knowledge and experience and learn it all in say a month, a year or even in half the years you are old.

Follow Jesus, He is The Way, The Truth and Life! Everyone has a different path to travel on. No two people travel the same path (although many people travel the same highway) that is why it is so important to put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ. He will take you to the cross, and you will enter into the tomb and emerge reborn into a new creation.

Then, Jesus will as He says in John 14:15-17 ‘ If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you a another Advocate, that He may abide with you forever. The Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, nor knoweth Him; but you shall know Him; because He shall abide with you. ‘ This is one of thee most beautiful gifts God gives us.The Holy Spirit in our hearts and souls forever.

Praise God and Bless His Heart and Soul. He will teach you the truth, help you discern the truth (another wonderful gift from God-discernment), guide you to spiritual maturity and comfort you in your sufferings. But first, before this can happen, you’ll need to follow Jesus to the cross – YOUR CROSS.

Keep Jesus with you always and remember to be aware of the False Prophets, Teachers and Preachers that are with us.

Materialism – Treasures Of The Heart Podcast

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Good Master, what have I to do to inherit eternal life?

Matthew 6:19-21 ‘Do not store up treasure for yourselves on earth, where moths and woodworms destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. But store up treasure for yourselves in heaven, where neither moth nor woodworms destroy them and thieves can break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

What treasure is stored up in your heart? What’s attached to my heart?, worldly things?, things of the flesh?, people?, places? You could find a number of things if you look. These things are what keep God out of your heart. God is a jealous God and loving someone or something above Him is not loving God. You can test yourself to see what’s attached to your heart by seeing if you can live without whatever you have. All the different things you do, people you love, and things you have.

Luke 18:18-23 A member of one of the leading families put this question to Him, ‘Good Master, what have I to do to inherit eternal life? Jesus said to him, ‘Why do you call Me good? No one is good but God alone. You know the commandments : You must not commit adultery ; you must not kill ; You must not steal ; You must not bear false witness ; Honour your father and mother. He replied, ‘I have kept all these from my earliest days till now. ‘And when Jesus heard this He said, ‘There is still one thing you lack. Sell all you own and distribute the money to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven ; then come follow me.’ But when he heard this he was filled with sadness, for he was very rich.

It’s that attachment thing, his heart was full of temporary love. Not the everlasting love of God. Rich doesn’t always apply to people with millions. If you have more than someone else, you are rich. Detachment from materialism and the world is the way to a spiritual life and true spiritual love for God and your neighbor. Luke 18:24, 25 Jesus looked at him and said, ‘How hard it is for those who have riches to make their way into the Kingdom of God! Yes, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.’

In Jerusalem there was a gate called “the eye of the needle”. It was only big enough for one person at a time to pass through. It was the only gate open at night, in case of enemy attack. If a person wanted to bring his camel into the city at night he would have to unburden the camel. Removing all items attached to the camel. Then he would have to get the camel down on all four knees and have him crawl through the gate willingly.

Now, we know that camels are pretty stubborn animals, probably the most stubborn. In this scripture Jesus is using a camel to describe us. We can be pretty stubborn when it comes to giving up our petty little lives. When we follow Jesus and in our walk with Him, we need to unburden ourselves, by lightening the load we carry.

How about your mind? We constantly occupy our minds with meaningless thoughts. Things like, how much better things would be if you had a lot of money or a better job, daydreams, things we lust for, etc., etc. Our life is supposed to be in Gods hands and we are supposed to do His will. But how are we supposed to find out what Gods will is for us if we keep our minds occupied with frivolous things? Our minds should be occupied on spiritual things, like proving God’s promises and fulfilling the laws of righteousness. How corrupt is your soul?

John 2:13-16 And pasch of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. And He found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. And when He had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, He drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen, and the money of the changers He poured out, and the tables He overthrew. And to them that sold doves He said : take these things hence, and make not the house my Father a house of traffic.

The body is a temple and it houses your soul. What you bring in can corrupt your soul. Your eyes are the windows to your soul. Your other bodily senses can corrupt your soul. Just like the Jews corrupted the temple of God. They’re scales were not true, they sold blemished animals (like buying a lemon). They were con artists and thieves. The things of the world and also your carnal self will rob your soul of the love of God and everything He promised us. We need Jesus to come into our temple and clean house(Colossians 2:11 circumcision of the flesh).

Love God with all your strength. God loves people that are strong and brave, ones that can cut it. Ones that are not afraid of tests and trials. He does not want a kingdom full of wimps. God wants people who can stand up to satan and everything he can dish out. (read Job) Not people as in the parable of the sower.

Mark 4:14 What the sower is sowing is the word. Those on the edge of the path where the word is sown are people who have no sooner heard the it than satan comes and carries away the word that was sown in them. Similary, those who receive the seed on patches of rock are people who, when first they hear the word, welcome it at once with joy, but they have no root in them, they do not last ; should some trial come, or some persecution on account of the word, they fall away at once.

God will give you the strength you need to face tests and trials, provided you have faith. God will never give you more than you can handle or give you a way out. Overcome your weakness’. Don’t gloat on your victories or satan will have the last laugh. Keep your gaurd up. Satan will be back and he will hit harder. Be Strong!

Jesus says in Matthew 6:24-34 ‘No one can be the slave of two masters : He will either hate the first and love the second, or treat the first with respect and the second with scorn. You cannot be the slave of both God and money. That is why I am telling you not to worry about your life and what you are to eat, nor about your body and how you are to clothe it. Surely life means more than food, and the body more than clothing!

Look at the birds in the sky. They do not sow or reap or gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they are? Can any of you, for all his worrying, add one single cubit to his span of life? And why worry about clothing? Think of the flowers growing in the fields ; they never have to work or spin ; yet I assure you that not even Solomon in all his regalia was robed like one of these. Now if that is how God clothes the grass in the field which is there today and thrown into the furnace tomorrow, will He not much more look after you? you men of little faith.

So do not worry ; do not say, “What are we to eat? What are we to drink? How are we to be clothed? It is the pagans (worldly people) who set their hearts on all these things. Your heavenly Father knows you need them all. Set your hearts on His kingdom first, and on His righteousness, and all these other things will be given you as well. So do not worry about tomorrow : tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

You have a choice of two lives to live, one is worldly and the other is spiritual. Problem with the worldly life is that when you die, it dies also and you are left with nothing. The nice thing about the spiritual life is that when you die only your flesh dies and you keep on living because you stored up your treasures in heaven. No more tears or sorrow. We will finally be home with God , Jesus and the Holy Spirit, also with all those that made the choice of life. The ones that decided to love God over the world and their own self.

We spend to much time for ourselves, and self is pride. Pride is the root of all evil. Pride is the root of the tree of death. All sin comes from pride. Give up yourself, your life, pick up your cross and follow Jesus to the tree of life. Too many people believe that there is nothing wrong with enjoying life’s pleasures. And that God wants us to. And they say, ‘He made all this for us to enjoy.’ Well, Jesus says in John 18:36 ‘My kingdom is not of this world.’

Go back to the beginning before the fall, and read what God created. 1John 2:15-17 ‘You must not love this passing world or anything that is in the world. Don’t get caught up with materialism. The love of the Father cannot be in any man who loves the world, because nothing the world has to offer – the sensual body, the lustful eye, pride in possessions – could ever come from the Father but only from the world, with all it craves for, is coming to an end; but anyone who does the will of God remains for ever.’

So for the pleasure seekers, the ones that say, ‘There’s nothing wrong with this or that,’ Have a nice trip! But for those that follow Jesus and die in Him for the sake of loving God, and gives up their life for His love, see you soon.

Materialism: Don’t let it get the best of you.

Repentance Podcast

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Jesus Can Help Bring Us To Repentance

Repentance – Feel Deep Sorrow About One’s Actions

We Need Jesus To Help Us Prepare Our Hearts

Feel deep sorrow about one’s actions, etc., etc. wish one had not done; resolve not to continue (a wrong doing etc.) Repentance is much more than just saying, “I’m sorry”. One needs to see how one has lived and is living their life. We have become so accustomed to living a worldly life for ourselves, that we are totally blind to what is acceptable living in the eyes of God. Carnally, it’s our nature to live a worldly life, mostly for ourselves, for the life we want, and not the life that the Lord wants us to live, the life that will prepare us for the kingdom of God.

According to Matthew 4:17 Jesus began His preaching with the message, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is close at hand’. In Luke 17:20, 21 it says, ‘And being ask by the Pharisees, ‘When the kingdom of God should come?’ He answering them, and said, ‘The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you’. This is why we need to repent, purify ourselves. We cannot possibly enter into the kingdom of God if we are still living a worldly life, a life for ourselves.

In Luke 11:17 Jesus says, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is heading for ruin’. Before we accepted Jesus as our personal Savior, we were building a worldly kingdom. After we accepted Jesus, we are supposed to renounce our life, pick up our cross and follow Jesus. This is where we are supposed to leave the kingdom of the world that we had built for ourselves and follow Jesus to the cross.

When we overcome our old ways, our iniquities, we start to acquire virtues and righteousness and we start to be obedient towards God and not rebellious. The only way to start to overcome our old ways is with a contrite heart. We can’t repent if we don’t know what to repent for. This is where Jesus will help us. He’ll help bring us to repentance by showing us the things we need to shed. Many, many people will not be brought to repentance because even though they’ve accepted Jesus, they just haven’t given their life over to Him. This is where the divided kingdom comes in.

There are many preachers, teachers and church-goers that will tell you that God gave us all these things to take pleasure in. Jesus said in John 18:36, ‘Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this kind’. Jesus says right here that His kingdom is not a worldly one. A divided kingdom is one where someone is trying to live both lives, worldly and spiritual.

You can’t live both lives, we need to move into one kingdom permanently, your choice. We need to empty our hearts of the things of the world that we are attached to. We can’t be in union with God if our hearts have other loves or lovers. God is a jealous God. No matter how much you shake up oil and vinegar they can never become one, the same with trying to live a worldly life and a life with the Lord. They will always be divided, and if they continue in this way, they will fall.

Acts 2:36 Peter says, ‘You must repent and everyone of you must be baptised in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit’. So ask yourself these questions: What life am I living? Is my house divided? Have I truly repented? Did I give my entire life over to the Lord or just part of it? What are the things that are in my heart? Am I following Jesus or myself? Ask Jesus to show you the way.

Seek The Holy Spirit for Guidance Podcast

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Preachers and Teachers Need To Be Tested

“Be Careful Of The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”

Be very careful these days. There are a lot of nonspiritual preachers out there and ones that speak half truth. You have to remember that many, many preachers were taught by man and not by God, not by Jesus and not by the Holy Spirit.

Preachers need to be tested to see if he/she is worthy to seek spiritual advice from. It’s not enough to have credentials hanging on the wall. They need to be guided by the Holy Spirit and also Faith. One thing you might want to look at is, “What works of faith can they produce?”

Ask yourself this, “Does my church teach confession?” if not, then, “Why not?” I don’t know of any Christian churches that teach confession. All the ones I have attended in New Jersey and Florida haven’t. When I’ve inquired about it, they just seem to want to avoid the subject. I can understand that nobody wants to look inwards at themselves and see the rotten garbage that accumulated over the years.

In James 5: 16 it says, “So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, and this will cure you.” ( Read Confession ) So I ask you, “Does your church practice confession?” Could be that they don’t know how. Confession and making amends is a deep cleansing and it is what will lead you to repentance.

One church I started to attend, I spent almost a month observing and listening to the preacher before I had a one on one meeting with him. I enjoy talking with people about the Lord, but anyway I was trying to figure out how spiritual he was. Well, the Lord showed me.

One night I was in my bedroom sitting in a chair contemplating on the Lord when the Holy Spirit took me into a gaze and showed me a vision. I saw complete darkness, and in the darkness was this preacher nailed to a cross. The cross was spinning slowly, and every time I saw the preachers face, it was full of horror. His mouth was opened what seemed like three times bigger than normal.

Over the few years of attending this church, the Lord also gave me confirmations that this was not the man to be seeking spiritual advice from. As a matter of fact, I thought I was going to pass out from some the teachings that he spoke.

I called on Jesus just over 20 years ago. I have never been taught by man, only by God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I could never put something so important as my salvation in the hands of any man. I trust God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit only. When you pray, pray for two things, Love and the gift of discernment.

Growing Spiritually Podcast

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Face Life Growing Spiritually One Day At A Time With God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit

After following Jesus and working on yourself, you should have gained a lot of knowledge about yourself. Such things as the way you think and act, how you treat people and the way you treat them. You should have learned a great deal about sin, like pride, greed, envy, sloth, impatience, jealousy, anger and gluttony. One should have gained a lot of humility as one looked deep within their self and saw what a wretch they really are. We’re not perfect, but we sure can work towards spiritual perfection.

We Have to be Growing Spiritually on a Daily Basis

We can’t learn everything about ourselves overnight, it takes time. We need to take our life and live it one moment at a time. Each moment of thought could lead you in one direction or the other. It’s your choice whether to abandon that thought because it is leading you into darkness or make your thoughts productive in producing good fruits. It takes time to change oneself and we need to do this a little bit at a time, patiently, but not in a way where one would procrastinate.

This is what Jesus says about not keeping constant guard on ones house, ‘When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it wanders through waterless country looking for a place to rest, and cannot find one. Then it says,” I will return to the home I came from”. But on arrival, finding it unoccupied, swept and tidied, it then goes off and collects seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and set up house there, so that the man ends up by being worse than he was before. This is what will happen to this evil generation.’

The Road to Growing Spiritually

The journey is a long, lonely and laborous road. People are going to have a hard time trying to understand the spiritual awakening that took place in you. Your life has changed and it’s not easy to explain what happened. Even if you could, they wouldn’t be able to understand. So don’t let it get you down, have faith, the Lord is in control and He will help you through it.

One has to experience the walk with the Lord, as well as faith in order to be able to see and understand. Don’t ever be too hasty to push your experiences on to others. They may not be ready yet. It is OK to talk to people about the Lord, just don’t be overbearing. Remember always, that you are on your own road and you can’t put others on your road, they have to travel their own road, by themself with Jesus as their guide.

You will experience spiritual dry periods, just hang in there and keep the faith. God is not all about feelings. Don’t get hung up on the good feelings you get, some are spiritual and pure, while others come from pride. Be very, very, very careful of pride, it could lead you in the wrong direction. Welcome suffering and tests and trials, they’ll make you stronger.

Things are not always going to go YOUR way, they’re not supposed to. Why? Because they’re going to go God’s way, the way He has it planned out for you. Remember, you denounced your life and you agreed to do it His way. You can take your will back, God’s not going to stop you, He’s just going to let you see what happens when you want to do it your way.

Help out others whenever you can. Don’t expect even a thank you in return. Give thanks to God for putting you in a position to help your brothers and sisters out. This is how people see a true Christian in action. 2 Corinthians 9:7 ‘ Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver.’ Some people use this scripture to try to make you feel guilty and extract money from you. This scripture is about giving from the heart, all sorts of giving, not just money.

If you get a little disturbed or riled because someone asks you for help or you feel that you have to help or even have to give money, then it’s not coming from the heart and what you would be doing would be in vain. So when you give, give from the heart and you will be storing up treasures in heaven. Practice everything you’ve learned on a daily basis because growing spiritually takes a lot of effort and work, but it has its rewards. Pray constantly, it’ll help keep your mind from wandering.

God Bless You All