ARE YOU READY TO FACE THE STORM COMING AGAINST YOUR HOME?

Matthew 7: 24-27. Holy Spirit brought to my attention this morning about the wise man building his house on a rock and the foolish man building the house on sand. I noticed the materials they used are same , but the LOCATION on where they built is different. Both houses were hit by the storm. Hey, it doesn't matter you are a college student or has a PhD in physics, widow or widower, newly wed or c...elebrating 50 year anniversary, lives in one bed room apartment or a multimillion mansion, riding a bicycle or driving a Bentley car, physically small or Mr. Universe, average beauty or Miss Universe: are you READY TO FACE THE STORM COMING AGAINST YOUR HOME? My friend, check your location... location...LOCATION! Is it on JESUS!!!!

A PROMISE IS NOT BETTER THAN WHO MAKES IT!

On this Memorial Day, the Lord spoke to me from these verse- "...be content with what you have, because GOD HAS SAID, NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU; NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU". Hebrews 13: 5. A promise not better than the one who makes it. Who says here? The OMNIPOTENT, OMNISCIENT, OMNIPRESENT GOD. In the coming days, when I say, "God, I just don't have the strength"- the OMNIPOTENT GOD will answer, " I w...ill NEVER LEAVE you nor FORSAKE you". When I say, "God, I'm afraid of what is going to happen"- the OMNIPRESENT God says, " I will NEVER LEAVE you nor FORSAKE you. And when I say, "God I don't know what to do - The OMNISCIENT God will respond, " I will NEVER LEAVE you nor FORSAKE you. Hey HEY "HE HIMSELF HAS SAID IT". That settles it.

HOW BAD YOU WANT IT?

Devotion nugget: Genesis 30:1. "When Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob any children, ....she said 'GIVE ME CHILDREN , OR I WILL DIE". This leads to a question- HOW BAD I WANT IT? Hey, Rachel misunderstood about the level of intensity required to ACHIEVE or CONCEIVE. Apparently, casually requiring it will never happen. Most of us do not have the intensity to fruition. Hoping if it is the will of God- it will not happen. Lithergic faith will not move mountains or circumstances. You and I want a easy way out, right? Stop complaining, murmuring, talking, judging, and blaming somebody else. HOW BAAAD YOU WANT IT???? HUH....

DITCHES ON THE WAY TO YOUR DESTINY

Genesis 45:5-8. " And now, do not be distressed and do not be angry with yourself...that God sent me ahead of you... So then, it was not you who sent me here but God". WOW. Here Joseph makes himself known to his brothers who sold him to the slave merchants. My friend, understand that life is a test, NOTHING is insignificant in our life. Bible says, "the steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lo...rd". In our life every incident is significant, every second is an opportunity to grow- opportunity to develop character- and to demonstrate love. Like Joseph, some tests are OVERWHELMING, but through it all our MASTER never leaves us and as always it has eternal implications. These tests are DITCHES ON THE WAY TO YOUR DESTINY. SOOOO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF, YOU ARE GOING SOMEWHERE!!!!

LEADERSHIP

1 Samuel 16: 11-12. " So he asked Jesse, "Are these all the sons you have?..Jesse answered, "..youngest- but he is tending the sheep...Then the Lord said, "RISE AND ANOINT HIM; HE IS THE ONE". Hey, hey, hey- did you get it? Leadership that is ordained of God usually comes unsought. In another words, in God's kingdom, leadership doesn't come to one who is looking for it--Huhh..someone trying to be the BIG SHOT, or who is doing everything to be SEEN- No no no, it's the person who is faithful in little things is ushered into leadership. TRUE LEADERSHIP IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GRASP BUT SOMETHING YOU BECOME. Do you understand buddy???

DUCK IT..DUCK IT

1 Samuel 18: 7-8: "As they danced, they sang: "Saul has slain hid thousands, and David his tens of thousands...And from that on Saul kept a jealous eye on David". Humm- David might be thinking "I didn't ask them to sing like that". The women are making a comparison- Not David. Now King Saul is Jealous and he wants me get killed. This is not right! Hey, some people despise you because you are effe...ctive. Extreme effectiveness will draw persecution and intimidation. Don't you assume that you are persecuted because you are doing something wrong. You are SUFFERING because you are RIGHT and EFFECTIVE. SAULS will throw spears at you. DON'T RETALIATE. Duck it...duck it.. duck it.. you are on the way to palace!! Y'all hear me!!!

MY FATHER

Hebrew 12:6-8. KJV. " For whom the Lord loveth he chaseneth, and scourgeth every son....But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then ye are BASTARDS, and not SONS". Humm, Lord- you mean to tell me you are chastening me because I am your son? That's why when you are teaching your disciples, the very first word you uttered is "OUR FATHER"- our provider, protector, guide- OUR FA......THER! Hey, how we relate to our Father determines our life. How we react to His discipline determines our direction.DISCIPLINE? You would think that if you discipline a child, the child would hate you. NO no no. A disciplined child loves you more than undisciplined child. If you love me enough to confront me, correct me, I don't want anymore proof that you love me. OMG. I am preaching to myself this morning. Thank you JESUS

Dear Partners and Friends!! I just came back from a 36 day mission trip to India. Because of your valuable prayers and generous contributions, the Lord’s work in India is experiencing explosive growth. “ And Jesus went about all the CITIES and VILLAGES, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then He said unto his disciples, “The harvest is plenteous, but the laborers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into His harvest”. Matthew 9:35-38. Christians urgently need to become missions minded- to think like missionaries to “Go to them” not to “come to us”. The strategy of an effective foreign mission is to figure out the culture, learn the language, and relate the gospel so that the target audience can receive it. India is a populous country having more than 1.2 billion people living there. Our Lord divinely guided World Mission 360 to go to the North Indian Villages, speak their languages, plant churches, establish Bible Training Centers to train native young people and equip them to spread the Gospel of good news. We are demonstrating the love of our Lord Jesus through compassion projects such as Children’s Home, Orphanages, feeding programs, Vocational Training Centers, Medical Clinics with free medicines, Educational Assistance to the needy, and we are taking care of destitute and abandoned. In the year 2011, we planted 25 churches, supporting 85 missionaries, built 4 church buildings, dug two bore wells, and established a children’s home with 25 children.

FAILURE IS AN EVENT NOT A PERSON!!!

"The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down". Psalms 145:14. My friend, let me tell you what I learned from life about failure and fall. Failure, you see it everywhere. It happens to everyone. That doesn't mean we are all failures! Accept that you failed this time or this area of your life. This can be extremely difficult because it's an admission of our imperfec...tion and that we aren't always the best. GET OVER IT. Remember failure happens to everyone- it's how we deal with it that defines who we are. FAILURE IS AN EVENT NOT A PERSON. Our God promises us that He will hold us up when we fall and He will raise us up again. He loves us and He knows our frame. Come on GET UP...

I MAY KNOW HIM!!!

"That I may KNOW HIM?, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death".. Philippians 3: 10. Hey, look at this! Saul who later became Paul, who had the experience of Damascus, who wrote most of the NT Epistles- Pastor of Pastors - Greatest Apostle- says "that I may know Him". The problem with church today is that we think we know God. ...Really we DON"T KNOW GOD. We know church- the protocol- Greek/ Hebrew- know each other inside the church and outside the church. We allow ourselves to believe that we know God. That's why we don't seek Him. That's why we have to hire other people to lead us in to His presence in worship. That is why we are sitting like spectators evaluating who is the best performer. WHY DO YOU SEEK WHICH YOU ALREADY KNOW? OOPS- SORRY- the preacher got out!