HOW GOOD IS YOUR HEART?

HOW GOOD IS YOUR HEART?

My friend recently poised this question to me knowing that I have my heart issue to be fixed. She said how good is your heart? Well knowing myself, I inwardly smiled as my mind was constructing the right response. I spontaneously said, Well you know what my heart is Still Beating to the rhythm of God. I want to Thank Him because I am still alive. That is the Biggest Miracle. Sometimes when it really hurts and makes me breathless I want to pluck it out of my system, place it on a platter, see what’s wrong and fix it. But to cut the long story short I actually ended saying to her – Probably it needs hovering, dust has settled, all in all I am getting OLDER. 

Masking the ORIGINAL symptom usually causes others to believe that the person has made a change, but soon enough, that symptom re-surfaces or a new symptom appears, which, is only a result of the same problem as the original symptom.

LORD, LISTEN TO OUR HEART (YOU HAVE THE WORSHIP SONG LISTED BELOW...IT'S BEAUTIFUL - OUR WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH)

Let’s look at it spiritually:

One of the things that identify very quickly a person’s poor spiritual condition is something that is rarely seen with our own eyes.  A person may for years be able to hide what is really going on in their life.  You may only get a glimpse of the condition only rarely when they momentarily lose the ability to hide their real problem. 

Too often, people go through their Christian walk fooling themselves into believing that nothing is wrong with their Heart.  They become well trained at controlling their actions well, but their heart on the other hand is something that struggles constantly. So often in the church, we wrestle with people’s bad spirits, ill tempers, and pride.  We assume that these symptoms are themselves the problem that the person is having.  We say, “You need to get ahold of that temper of yours.”   What we fail to realize, is the temper is only a symptom of a much bigger and more dangerous problem.

Learn to Listen to your Heart:

What kinds of messages do you give yourself?

Is there something about your life you’d like to change?

If you felt good, what would you attract?

 Our inner self-talk is very powerful.  The thoughts we entertain and the emotions that result create our experience of life.  If we give ourselves messages based in fear or worry, we feel anxious.  If we use messages based in love and trust, we feel at ease.  We feel good.  When we feel good, we show up for life from a different vantage point, creating the life we desire. Isn’t this Awesome. We kind of have our own mechanism.

Love God with all your heart:

Jesus said to him, “‘you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” 
(Matthew 22:37 – 40)

Loving God with your whole heart is the key to everything in life; because your relationship with God affects everything and everyone in your life. It is impossible to love God too much; however it is easy to fall short of loving Him with your whole heart. In a moment of honesty with myself and the Lord I asked “Lord, how can I love you more”?
Instantly the Lord responded “BE THANKFUL”. In one moment, with those two words, came several scriptures to my mind and concepts that I had not thought of before. I also understood for the first time that anything, whether past or present, that we are unthankful about is a part of our heart that does not love God. In that same moment I also understood why this is true. Deep down inside our spirit we know that God is in control of the universe. If we have had painful experiences which we are not thankful for then we are unhappy and unthankful to God for them, consciously or unconsciously.

You may not even know that you are blaming God; you may think that you are blaming Satan or you may be blaming other people. However, in reality you are blaming God also because you know that He is in control. God allowed the experience to happen to you. God could have prevented it and you know it. Each painful experience which you are unthankful for is a dark spot in your heart that does not love God. 

 We are commanded to love God with our whole heart. That is because it is possible to love God with only a part of your heart. Only when you are thankful to God with your whole heart do you really love Him with your whole heart. That means you must be thankful for everything in your life, past and present. Thankfulness is a gauge that measures your heart condition; it reveals anything which is blocking your love for God. Thankfulness to God is an indication of a heart that has right standing before God. Out of a thankful heart flow expressions of love to God, including praise, worship, and obedience. This is a good question to ask yourself, “is there anything that I am not thankful to God for”?

Now Ask Yourself this Question  - How Good Is My Heart?

"DARE TO BE A FOLLOWER - SEE THE COST FACTOR"

DARE TO BE A FOLLOWER, A DISCIPLE...

 YOU NEED TO SEE THE COST FACTOR

HOW MANY OF U R READY TO COUNT THE COST?

Dear Brother's & Sister's in the Lord.........You need to weigh in on the cost factor, and count the cost of being a disciple of JESUS CHRIST.A true Follower. It will cost you popularity, it will cost you your promotion or perhaps it will cost you your family…your loved ones who fail to understand, it will cost you  an easy life , it will cost you your luxury, your music, your habits, you will have to discipline yourself, you will have to say NO TO TEMPTATION, you will have to say no to this world, you will have to break with the crowd,  you will have to be willing TO WALK TO THE BEAT OF A DIFFERENT DRUMMER. You will be willing to stand even if you’re the ONLY ONE for CHRIST. AT the END of all this EPISODE are YOU & ME willing to go on this RIDE?

You will have to bear TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS…(that is Satan’s game plan)…it will not even  COST YOU YOUR LIFE….He OUR LORD JESUS is NOT COMING BACK for FUN or PLAY GAMES.

HE is coming to DOMINATE……….

HE is COMING to SLAUGHTER......

HE IS THE KING OF KINGS AND THE LORD OF LORDS…..and at the end of all this HE IS COMING ON A WHITE HORSE……and HIS GARMENTS ARE DRIPPED IN BLOOD……MAKE WAY MAKE WAY FOR THE KING. MAKE WAY FOR THE KING. HE IS COMING BACK TO CONQUER.

You do not want to go to the FINAL DAY of CONFLICT with JESUS CHRIST.  HE offered you MERCY, HE offered terms of PEACE,  we just need to ACCEPT IT. YOU & I JUST NEED TO TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW JESUS.

He is pressing us for a DECISION, we cannot hit the MUTE BUTTON in our HEART, we NEED TO ANSWER HIM FOLKS. Listen to his voice my BELOVED PEOPLE. YOU NEED TO GIVE UP EVERYTHING IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW JESUS.

How many of US are on this ROAD….It is kind of difficult for us, we give up some things BUT we keep EVERYTHING so CLOSE to our HEARTS…….LUKE 14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

CONCLUSION

He says none of US can be a TRUE CHRISTIAN, none of US can be in a TRUE Relationship with GOD the Father and JESUS, and None of Us can BE a TRUE Disciple – WHO DOES NOT GIVE UP ALL HIS OWN POSSESSION. He is increasing the commitment that he is calling for, with every line. He is not saying that you have to buy you’re way to THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, for none of us have ENOUGH of GOLD or SILVER, infact the TRUTH is EVERYTHING we HAVE belongs TO HIM.

To summarize – YOU must TRANSFER all that you HAVE – to all that HE IS. Your life is no longer your life because now it is his life, your possessions are no longer your possessions they are now His POSSESSIONS. Your future is no longer your Future but it is His Future, your Treasure is no longer your treasure but it is NOW HIS Treasure. You have transferred all that you have to all that IS HIS.

That’s what it is to submit to his terms of peace. Yet the EXCHANGE IS NOT BATTERED OR BOUGHT WITH REAL MONEY, BUT IT IS PURCHASED WITH THE TOTAL COMPLETE SURRENDER OF YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST.

It is coming to the END of yourself COMPLETELY & ENTIRELY, TRUSTING ALL THAT YOU ARE AND ALL THAT YOU HAVE TO ALL THAT HE HIS

SO HE SAYS SALT IS GOOD…….BUT WHAT IS THE USE IF………[Read]

Lu:14:34: Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

Lu:14:35: It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

(I heard Banning preaching, he said his friend was extremely happy to get a Rolex Watch from the imitation shop for 5$, a ROLEX watch my friends….after few days the diamonds from the watch started falling off, the strap wore out – ALL because it DID NOT COST HIM ANYTHING.

Having said all that, I ask you Body of Christ how then will you value something that does not cost anything? To be a FOLLOWER of CHRIST it will cost you a hell of a lot. The question is are you ready to sign off the pay cheque.)

BE BLESSED ALL YOU BELOVED PEOPLE, HAVE A GREAT DAY IN THE LORD………! LET US BE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS CHRIST

"MAKE WAY FOR THE SHEPHERD"

MAKE WAY…MAKE WAY FOR THE SHEPHERD!

MAKE WAY….MAKE WAY FOR THE MAN OF FAITH!

 (I dedicate this post for OUR DEAR  LOVING PASTOR, who is going to be back in our midst SOOOOON! A Man of FAITH. A Man of Substance. His works cannot be described or defined. He just gets out of his way to see that you and me our BLESSED. Not just BLESSED but BLESSED ABUNDANTLY.  Our Shepherd is going to be back. I request the Body of Christ to MAKE WAY…As I was meditating this morning, the below scripture that I have quoted Isa:55 [8-9] took me away to the depths of reality, as the Lord’s presence felt thick, it all flashed back. The Lord helped me compare two different situations. The Worship song MAKE WAY FOR THE KING was ringing into my ears).

Dear Body of Christ,

Hope you agree with me that we NEED TO MAKE WAY….MAKE WAY…HIS coming to the PULPIT, with a LIGHTING…a THUNDER….a speed that you and I, are going to be astounded, amazed, flabbergasted. The Radiation that will emit, will drop you & me with the HOLY FIRE and its flames will rest on our hearts. 

HE is coming back with 300 fold ANOINTING my folks. The SHEPHERD is coming back with INSTANT HEALING. HE IS COMING BACK WITH A SURPRISE PACKAGE.!

GOD”S PLANS are HIGHER (I am not saying this, it’s the WORD of GOD)

Isa:55 [8] For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. [9] For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A TIME – SO SAY’S THE WORD

Ec:3:1: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:

The Lord had put this situation so suddenly into Pastor Vincent’s bosom, that all his sheep were worried. BUT GOD’S PLANS – they were HIGHER; he took him away from the ministry for a reason and a purpose. HE has PREPARED Him for a BIGGER TOMORROW. Our God is  Awesome GOD, who reigns from Heaven ABOVE. He is the ONLY CREATOR of Heaven & Earth. Our GOD SAVES….not just from Accidents & Sickness…no he SAVES US FROM ALL OUR SITUATIONS.

HE OUR LORD JESUS has PAID it all; we are all redeemed by the BLOOD of THE LAMB. He is the KING of KINGS…the Beginning and the END….He is MATCHLESS….He Is OMNIPOTENT. HE is OUR GOD….. What an AWESOME GOD we serve.

There is so much to be spoken about OUR PASTOR, but even the more I write would be LESSER to define his characteristics. Although he has been advice to REST, I guess he must have picked the phone and called every sheep to see if they are doing well. What manner of man is OUR PASTOR? Totally dedicated to the KINGDOM of GOD and HIS WORKS.

Therefore folks, fasten your seatbelts, prepare your mind & soul, to receive that ANOINTING.

FINALLY

Eph:6:10: Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

Eph:6:11: Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Eph:6:12: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

BE BLESSED ALL YOU PEOPLE OF GOD !!!!!!!

"LIFE IS A JOURNEY & NOT A DESTINATION"

(Dear Folks, Friends, Brother’s & Sister’s in the Lord…..I have been away for long, God Blessed me with a job, unfortunately the timings are not suitable, yet HE IS THE GIVER, I have no complains. But what has really ridiculed me is that some of you have MISSED my POST’s. This in itself is an INSPIRATION. I THANK YOU all for reading, well I hope my previous posts have impacted your life in some way or the other, even if it’s 1%...I just THANK the ALMIGHTY FATHER…….)

Today I want to talk about LIFE, more about the basics; this post is going to be SCRIPTURE FREE. Forgive me because I have so much to align with practical facts of life.

LIFE IS A JOURNEY & NOT A DESTINATION……WE ALONE HOLD THE MAP, TO BROWSE THROUGH THE LATITUDES & LONGTITUDES.

We are all on a journey in life. It is a journey of discovery, of so many possibilities and of unexpected opportunity. Of course we do not know where we will end up - for our destination is unknown to us. Indeed, some people have a very strong sense of 'fate' of 'knowing' just where they will end up. Cheers to THEM…! But even then life is so big and so mysterious that because every day is a new day, none of us can know for sure where we will end up.

For everything in this journey of life we are on, there is a right wing and a left wing: for the wing of love there is anger; for the wing of destiny there is fear; for the wing of pain there is healing; for the wing of hurt there is forgiveness; for the wing of pride there is humility; for the wing of giving there is taking; for the wing of tears there is joy; for the wing of rejection there is acceptance; for the wing of judgment there is grace; for the wing of honor there is shame; for the wing of letting go there is the wing of keeping.

We can only fly with two wings and two wings can only stay in the air if there is a balance. Two beautiful wings is perfection. There is a generation of people who idealize perfection as the existence of only one of these wings every time. But I see that a bird with one wing is imperfect. An angel with one wing is imperfect. A butterfly with one wing is dead. So this generation of people strive to always cut off the other wing in the hopes of embodying their ideal of perfection, and in doing so, have created a crippled race.

But there are circumstances, which allow you to strive on one wing, no matter what, you have a war between your heart and mind. Ask yourself what the status of your wings is, do they fall in any of the above categories. As an individual you hope for a CHANGE, but this is far from happening. We are all so porous. We tend to give up, on this long journey. But here I am to encourage you to continue your journey with a hope.

Let’s ride into imagination, assume that God Blessed you & me with a SON, who grows up and is a PILOT someday. What would be his response to the above scenario….? This is how life for some is – CRASHED/CRUSHED INTO PIECES…..at ground level. We probably have taken off on the wrong plane.

Sometimes it is about being in the right place at the right time. Of taking the opportunities that life affords us and grabbing, with both hands, those opportunities. In life it is all about decisions. What happens if you take the left road instead of the right? What happens if you turn down the opportunity of marriage, and a potential family? So many decisions, and that is what life is, from beginning to end, a series of decisions and decision-making.

Life is all about 'whatifs' and 'maybes'. It is all about making those choices that we think are right for us, at that particular point in time. 

Life is what you make it and those words are true up to a point.  So be optimistic, believe that GOD is the CREATOR of Heaven & Earth, he has fashioned us so beautifully for a purpose. We are his workmanship alone, lest any man should boast. Believe that he wants you to have all the good things. Satan comes to steal, kill & destroy. Almighty God wants to give us everything in ABUNDANCE.

BE BLESSED FOLKS……

DEDICATED FOR OUR PASTOR

"Thank You For Being Our Pastor"

(This post is Dedicated for our loving Pastor Vincent Rajendra, we you're sheep whom you have gathered all through these years, are all so truly encouraged and blessed by the WORD of GOD. May the Lord strengthen you and use you & your ministry to accomplish HIS will in your life & POUR out SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH......! You are an AWESOME example to all of us in serving CHRIST and putting others first, faithfully committed and submitted to OUR LORD & SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST......!

Today, we want to say THANK YOU
For how you walk in truth
To share God's Word, Salvation, Life
That will each soul renew.THANK YOU  for the time you spend
The hours you gladly give,
Unfolding of God's perfect way
The only way to live.THANK YOU  for your Shepherding,
Leading on the upward path,
For prayerful concern and visitation,
Caring from the HEART.THANK YOU  for how you are fulfilling
The Call of God you heard,
Sharing of the gift He gave
To bless us with His Word.THANK YOU  for your walk in Him
For trusting God each day,
Gleaning of the endless wisdom
For all The Lord would say.THANK YOU  for your hand of grace
Stretched forth with loving care,
We Thank our God for YOU
As we lift you up in prayer.

GRACE and PEACE & HEALING RAIN to YOU
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
WE Thank OUR God every time WE remember YOU.
In all OUR prayers for you, WE always pray with joy
because of your partnership in the gospel from
the first day until now, being confident of this,
That... He who began a good work in you
will carry it on to completion until
the day of Christ Jesus.

'You are MY CREATOR...lest any MAN should Boast'

"YOU MY LORD....are MY CREATOR and I THANK YOU....I BREATHE....That's my greatest BLESSING"

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. (Psalm 139:13-16)

AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE ... SOMEONE NEEDS ENCOURAGEMENT

 Oh I just want to THANK YOU Lord...., THANK YOU that I hear YOUR VOICE my FATHER.  As I feel your presence guiding me into exploring the depth's of your WORD. I feel the POWER OF YOUR WORD at an INTENSITY so HIGH that I JUST BURN....BURN....BURN for you MY LORD.....!

Well the spirit of the sovereign Lord come and make your presence known and reveal the Glory of the Lord.....Your CREATION is so BEAUTIFUL...so VERY MAGNIFICENT...

It's your POWER that helps me to DIVE into your HOLY WORD to see what is the difference between CREATION and RESTORATION. The six days that are found in Genesis chapter one are not six days of creation; they are actually six days of restoration. In fact the earth was here long before the time of Adam and Eve. How long ago the beginning was we do not know. The Father,Son and Holy Spirit never had a beginning,but the universe and the earth did. That is where Genesis 1:1 comes in.

As long as I'm alive ... I'm relying on GOD'S ability to somehow be a blessing to others ... because honestly ... I've all run out of my OWN ability a long time ago.

The Apostle Paul came to an amazing revelation through his own suffering, I believe, when he wrote: 

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.  (2 Corinthians 12:10)

I don't see myself on the spiritual level that Apostle Paul was ... YET ... but with God ... "All things are possible"! 

I AM HIS DIVINE WORKMANSHIP..........!

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)

We are his workmanship. It is easy to get this wrong. It is often the case that believers struggle, trying to do everything in their own efforts. We forget that God is the Worker, not us! We don’t have to have all the answers, and we don’t have to fix everything for everybody. We are not the workers, but the workmanship.

This doesn’t mean we just sit and do nothing. Work needs to be done in all earthly relationships, and it is the same with God. If we want to know Him we need to spend time with Him in the Word and prayer. If we want to grow stronger we need to exercise a little discipline. This word is not for the careless and lazy. It is to those who want to please God, but they have got caught up in the mindset of “everything depends upon me.”

Unto good works. God is building us up for good works. Once again the religious mindset grabs hold of this and thinks, “I’ve gotta do something!” “Get busy for the Lord- that’s all He wants!” 

We are created unto God’s good works, that we should walk in them. I used to think that this was saying, “Get busy and do something for the Lord.” But this is saying that God wants to bring us into His good works, good works that Has already planned for us. Yet many of us believe that God only wants to bring us into trials so that we might be “schooled.” But it doesn’t say that we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto troubles and trials. Trials indeed will come and God can still use them in our lives. But there is greater joy in believing that God wants us to walk into His good works. He has thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end (not an unexpected tragedy). Jeremiah 29:11.

Believing this will motivate us to do our own good works for the Lord, and I believe it will motivate us better than the legalistic, “I’ve gotta do something” mindset. A musician plays better when he or she is relaxed. Our own works will become greater when we quit trying so hard in the flesh. The joy of faith is to find rest in the Worker, not our works. And we can be confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ Philippians 1:6.

PRAYER

Loving heavenly Father, I THANK YOU for this BREATHE...You are my BLESSER...I have nothing to give you, because everything here on Earth & Heaven BELONG's to you alone. 

I just want to THANK YOU my LORD because I am HERE SAFE IN YOUR ARMS......

I THANK & PRAISE YOU in the firmament of your POWER......Glory to the KING of KINGS & LORD of LORD's......AMEN

'BLESSINGS DELAYED BUT NOT DENIED'

PRAYERFUL LIFE !!!

(We the Body of Christ have recently last month Fasted on 29/8 and 31/8 and heard a wonderful message from Pastor Vincent Rajendra, about how we should maintain our communication with GOD having a prayerful life. May all BE BLESSED in THE LORD !)

Glory be to God! 
I believe when we go before the Father and put up our petitions before Him, sometimes we have to wait, because God is taking us to a place where we completely surrender and trust Him. 


Some of us have been waiting years for some things to come to pass, and do not allow that negative demon to whisper in your ear, you did something wrong and that is why God is not blessing you.

Every day you wake up is a BLESSING. Don't always look for the things you want to come to pass, but start looking at a lot of things that  already came to pass that you didn't even ask God for. So often we focus on the bad that is going on, but my loving BODY OF CHRIST.... I have learned that we are supposed to THANK HIM in that as well.

STOP.........! focusing on the storms and realize that after every rainy cloud there is a rainbow; and that rainbow symbolizes God's promise to us. Somebody better hear me, see when it's about to rain we don't see nothing it becomes dark and the rain comes down hard, and depending where you are sometimes the rain hurts, and sometimes it rains so much that places become flooded.

This is how it is in our walk with Christ, sometimes when the trials and storms come you feel like darkness has taken over and some trials are harder than others some hurt real bad, and others become so heavy you feel as if your drowning.....but then GOD the Alpha and the Omega sees us and has mercy and dries up that rain and allows the sun to shine on the earth, as in our walk with Him, He knows where every one of us is in our walk with Him, and God knows when to calm the sea......

I have learned and still learning that if some of your blessings are being delayed it's because God is still making you over, preparing and setting you on the right TRACK and when you receive the blessing everybody will know that it was nobody but God.

We feel like giving up sometimes, sometimes we feel that God has forgotten about us, but honey I stopped by to let you know - that WE SERVE A GOD FULL OF LOVE, MERCY & COMPASSION ! Above all is HIS LOVE....HE LOVES YOU and HE LOVES ME........Claim the PROMISE below.....

Mal:3:10: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 

Pastor Vincent Rajendra's Message Captured for your reference:

PRAYER IS COMMUNICATION:

1. Prayer should be directed to GOD our Father.(Mat 6:6/10-13 / Phill 6 / Psa 5)
2. Ask in the Name of JESUS. (Joh 14:13-14 / Joh 15:16)
3. How to Prayer. (Isia 65:24 / Mat 6:14)
4. Why our Prayers go unanswered. (Isia 1:14/15 / Mat 22:37-40)
5. Power in Prayer.(Acts 12:9-12 / Acts 16:20-26)
6. Keep Praying until you receive.(Luke 11:5/9/10)

PRAYER:

Father God, we have nothing to return back to you today, all that is on Earth belongs to you, but we just want  to PRAISE YOU LORD....and thank you for the breathe we have....which is our greatest blessing.....!!!!!!!

Psalms:150:1: Praise ye the LORD.  Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.

Psalms:150:2: Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

Psalms:150:3: Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

Psalms:150:4: Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Psalms:150:5: Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

Psalms:150:6: Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.  Praise ye the LORD.

'STAND FIRM IN FAITH'

DOUBT NOT…DOUBT NOT…DOUBT NOT – DOUBT NOT THE WORD OF GOD - WHERE IS YOUR FAITH?

STAND IN FAITH – LOVE GOD! LOVE ONE ANOTHER!

“WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR – HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT OF GOD HAS TO SAY” This message is not by chance but by his appointed time, a rhythm for us to follow, where we have left behind one of the GIFT & FRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT.

(I am a CHILD OF GOD, and believe that, because of the GRACE OF GOD, You and I are not CONSUMED. I thank Pastor Vincent Rajendr, for as a GOOD SHEPHERD has brought his sheep this message about FAITH at the ELM services held on 15^th August- Wednesday and 17^th August- Friday. Below is what I have captured in order to document so that when time permits all THE FLOCK OF GOD can READ and EDIFY their SOUL.)

HOW GOD WANT’S YOU TO RECEIVE FAITH & LIVE BY FAITH

1Corin12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit [10] To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues [11] But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

FAITH is the 7th FRUIT and the 3rd GIFT of the HOLY SPIRIT. You have received the GIFT but not the FRUIT

Gala: 5 [22] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith[23] Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Every CHRISTIAN should not live according to their own understanding.

Proverb:3[1] My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments [2]For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee [3] Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart [4] So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.[5] Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

1Co:2:5: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

Look at GOD with your SPIRITUAL EYE, for you are very much aware that your PHYSICAL EYE many a times does not allow/permit you to READ the WORD OF GOD (YOUR HOLY BIBLE). Do not look at your situation/circumstances. Learn to RECEIVE FAITH…..

Romans:10[13] For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.[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?[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![16] But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? [17]So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

DOUBT IF NOT FAITH IS SIN – DOUBT NOT …DOUBT NOT…DOUBT NOT…..PLEASE DOUBT NOT…

Romans:14[22]: Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. [23]And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.

HOW DO YOU & I REVIVE OUR FAITH – LET US SUMMARISE:

1.      READING THE WORD OF GOD

2.      HEARING THE WORD OF GOD

3.      BELIEVE – DOUBT NOT

M't:21:21: Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

2Co:5:7: (For we walk by faith, not by sight)

Well JESUS in the New Testament said ‘Have Faith, for if you have the WORD OF GOD you will never see DEATH. By the VOICE & POWER of GOD we try to overcome all things.

DON’T DOUBT THE WORD OF GOD

Heb: 11[1] Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Daniel:3 [14] Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? [15] Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? [16] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. [17] If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. [18] But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

JEREMIAH was sad & weeping prophet, he became a mouthpiece of GOD. He was a challenging prophet at the age of 18 years…….

Jer:1[1] The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin [2] To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. [3] It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.[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. [9] Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth.  And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.[10] See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. [11] Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou?  And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. [12]Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it.

BE DOER’S of THEE WORD OF GOD…Also move in SIGNS & WONDER’s but prior to all that CALL UPON THE LORD & HE WILL ANSWER YOU!

Jer:33:3: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

PRAYER

Dear Loving Heavenly Father, we come to your THRONE OF GRACE, we PRAISE, HONOR & ADORE You Lord. We put forth our REQUEST to your table of GRACE and ask that we be strengthened to STAND IN FAITH even when we can’t see our way, Stand in faith even when we feel like we can’t face another day, Stand in faith even when the tears want to flow from our eyes.

Stand in faith knowing that our God will always provide, Stand in faith even when we feel that all hope is gone, Stand in faith knowing that He is always there for us to lean on, Stand in faith - Hold on and be strong, for He is still on the throne, Stand in Faith knowing that He can change our situation, suddenly. 

Stand in faith -Even in those times you feel it’s hard to pray. Stand in faith - And believe that He has already made the way.

Faith ... is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen 
so HELP US ALL to stand in faith …..Because you already have the victory!

AMEN