HE IS RISEN!! HALLELUJAH!!!

"And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross, WHEREFORE GOD ALSO HATH HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, AND GIVEN HIM A NAME WHICH IS ABOVE EVERY NAME". Philippians 2:8-9. My JESUS is alive. He endured shame with man during His earthly pilgrimage; and who having suffered these things, has entered into His glory...that same Jesus still lives in all the majesty of His divine character, and in all the powers of an everlasting life. Herod could not kill Him, satan could not seduce Him; death could not destroy Him, the sepulchre could not hold Him, and yet He stands forth upon the highest pinnacle of heavenly glory, proclaimed of God, acknowledge by angels, adored by saints and feared by the devils, as a living personal CHRIST; rejected, crucified, exalted, glorified, and coming again like manner as HE ascended; to raise the dead, to transform the saints, to judge the world, to save His people, to be glorified in His saints, to crush the usurper.. to destroy His foes, and to reign forever as the LORD OF ALL. HE IS RISEN!! HE IS ALIVE!! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!! EVEN SO, COME O LORD, QUICKLY!!!! AMEN!!!

MY JESUS!

"Woe to a world that vainly tries to escape from Jesus Christ. They may deny His deity, dispute His power, disbelieve His resurrection, explain away His existence, deride Him as a phantom, insult Him as a spirit medium, philosophize over Him as a myth, accept Him as a mere human teacher, misquote His words to sustain their opinions, pervert His teachings, and despise His precious blood. But all this is done, their difficulty is not removed, for Christ the King still lives at God's right hand, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever!!" (Hastings). Friday they crucified Him, Satan thought that this Jew is in ice - never to come back, hell was partying, But but SUNDAY IS ON THE WAY!!! Hallelujah.

MAKE A RIGHT DECISION!

"Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE BE DONE". My friend, "destiny is the direct result of decision". It will not take care of itself. Something have to provoke the release of God's power in you. Adam failed because of wrong decision. But Jesus came and made the right decision in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus didn't come to impress people with tremendous miracles. He already did great miracles in the Old Testament like ten plagues and parting of the red sea. He came to pass the test of right decision. Demons were waiting, angels were waiting, earth and eternity was waiting for his decision. When he came to the Garden of Gethsemane, hell was trembling and demons were shivering. Have you noticed when He took the right decision by saying "nevertheless NOT MY WILL, BUT THY WILL BE DONE", the crowd of 5000 or 500 or 120 or 12 or 3 ,His inside circle weren't there. Brother, that proves you something. When you make a serious decision you have to make yourself- alone. In the Garden we see an agonizing, straining, and struggling Jesus. We see a man of sorrows. We see a man struggling with fear, commitments, and yearning for relief. Seeing God like this does wonders for our own suffering. God was never nearer to us than when he hurt. The incarnation was never so fulfilled as in the Garden. Make a decision to follow Jesus today. Be a real, true Christian. Can you?

GROW MAN GROW!

"The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow; he shall grow like a like a cedar in Lebanon". Psalms 92:12. My friend our God is challenging us to grow. Ounce by ounce improvement shall in time make a ton of difference. Do you know that it is difficult to stay stationary; one either progresses or retrogresses. Three lessons of growing are:1) learn to be in control of self. 2) Learn to be under control of God. 3) It takes time for good substantial growth. Hey, "Tall oaks from little acorns grow", but not in one day- right? DO NOT BE AFRAID TO VENTURE INTO THE UNKNOWN EITHER. A turtle only makes progress when he sticks his neck out- TADA-INTERESTING! A clear vision and a set of operating values are necessary to fulfill your destiny. Remember, world class athletes often visualize them self breaking a world record, a hundred yards dash under 9 second, scoring five goals in world cup, pitching a perfect game in base ball, and a 100 yard punt return in American foot ball. What is your spiritual vision? Do you have a picture of what things would look like if every thing was running as planned and the vision was being fulfilled? Or Get up in the morning, drink coffee, eat, go to work, live pay check to pay check, drag on , retire and die? Do you know God has a plan for your life? Seek and ask him, He will tell you. Y'all hear me? Yeah? Good.

DECISIONS!

"Now it came to pass...that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man...went to sojourn in the country of MOAB. His name was Elimelech and his wife name is Naomi. ....And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. (Paraphrased). Ruth 1:1-2. My friend, Here Elimelech (My God is King), patriarch of the house made a permanent decision on the basis of temporary circumstances out of fear. At the moment of panic made a decision of logic not of faith. He forgot NOTHING HAPPENS TO HIM WITHOUT GOD'S KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORED THE FACT THAT GOD WAS IN CONTROL. Brother, don't take life changing decisions when you are in crisis. Great decisions always need great peace, information, and God's will. Don't make any decisions when you are angry, upset, and under pressure. Don't spew out senseless words out of your impulses and feelings to others and try to justify it rest of your life. REMEMBER, LIFE IS NOT OVER YET! Here in this story, Elimelech and his sons died leaving his family without any help. Hey, ONE THING ABOUT TROUBLE, IT WON'T STAY FOREVER! Bible says, "Stand still and see the salvation of GOD". TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, BUDDY!! OK!

SATAN'S ACADEMY AWARDS!

"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven... as the hypocrites in synagogues that they have glory of men.." Matthew 6:1-2. This morning during my devotion and study time, some thoughts came to my mind. Can I share with you my friend. Can I? Once a year actors get an award for pretending what they are not. Good job for make-you-believe. It's called ACADEMY AWARDS. But biggest actors and actoreses are not in Hollywood or in Bollywood. They are in the church. Bible calls them HYPOCRITES. Our award is called "Satan's Academy Awards. Notice the words used in the Scripture "Seen-Greek THEOMAI= Theater, HYPOCRITES- Greek HYPOCRITIES= Actor who wears different mask like sad, happy etc.. Humm ,I am not talking about your church, Churches in Cybervania. After church a family sat down for their lunch. they had more than FRIED CHICKEN. They had FRIED PASTOR. The father said, "The sermon was very boring, then the mother said, "what tore me up is, he kept repeating himself". Aunty Julie said "He's hard to follow". Then Cousin Mary said "a mighty poor sermon topic". After listening all this remarks, 9 year old Jimmy said "I thought it was a pretty good show for a QUARTER (25 cents)". After few hard swallows the father said "Why that preacher can't see his mistakes, I don't know". Then he put his HYPOCRISY"S thickest icing by saying "I think I could see my mistakes, If I had any". THEN, they held their hands and prayed "Lord thank you for the food you have provided, let this be nourishments to our bodies. With the strength we received from this, let us glorify your name. In Jesus name we pray!!! Amen. Well, my case is rested.

REDEEMING THE TIME!!

"Redeeming the time, because the days are evil" Ephesians 5:16. Improve every moment to make up for the lost. My friend, One of the secrets of success is enthusiasm and using the time wisely. Without it no book is written, no church grows, no gospel is propagated, no business flourishes, no battle is won, no empire is founded. The men and women of victory have been the ones who have kept the fires of fervency burning when other flames had burned into either the gray ashes of half-heartedness or despair. You have been given 24 hours day to fulfill God's purpose in your life for that day. How much time are you giving away to others to please them? How much time you are spending in front of a TV, computer, telephone, yes- even Face Book and procrastinating the essential things you have to do to accomplish your goal and destiny? If you don't focus your priorities and use time wisely, you may run out before you have completed your assigned tasks. It may be the difference between life and death for those divine appointments God has for you. Don't do second thing first. Now remember, YOU CANNOT RECYCLE TIME!! Did you hear me?

BASTARDS!

"If ye endure chastening, God leadeth with you as with sons for what son is he whom the father chaseneth not? But if ye be without chatisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye BASTARDS, not sons". Hebrews 12:7-8. OKJV. BASTARDS.. WOOO. Don't look at me like that. It's in the Bible. Let me calm you down. You cannot have anybody without a father. No child is fatherless. No child exists without a father. This portion of scripture describes a child without any relationship with his father. Hey, how we are relating to our father now a days? Let me clarify this some more. When Jesus was teaching disciples, the very first word he uttered is "OUR FATHER"- our provider-protector- guide- girder- OUR FATHER. My friend, How we relate to our FATHER determines our life. How we relate to His disciplines determines our DIRECTION. Some people think that if we discipline our child, the child would hate you. But it is a proven fact that the disciplined children love more than undisciplined children. "IF YOU CARE ENOUGH TO CHALLENGE ME, CORRECT ME, AND GET IN MY FACE ABOUT MY LIFE, THEN, I WILL WALK AWAY FROM YOU KNOWING THAT YOU CARED ENOUGH, LOVED ENOUGH TO CONFRONT ME". Buddy, your GOD is fathering you. Do you understand? Stop hanging that lip down, stop that pouty face. HE LOVES YOU!!! Now, smile, yes do it, you can, That's it. GOOD!!!

MONUMENTS OF FAME OR SHAME!!

"Remember Lot's wife". Luke:17:32. Humm, I wonder why? In the Bible there are several things mentioned that we should remember. REMEMBER: the sabbath day and keep it holy, your creator in the days your youth, all the commandments of the Lord. Here, JESUS HIMSELF is telling us to "remember Lot's wife". There are so many Monuments of FAME in the Bible like Mount Calvary, Garden of Gethzamane, Empty tomb of Jesus etc.. But the Dead Sea, Achan's heap of stones (the valley of Achor), and The Pillar of Salt of Lot's wife are Monuments of SHAME! These Monuments of SHAME are of those People who did willful disobedience to God's word, showing to what extend they had become attached to the world. My friend, what kind of legacy, example, or testimony are we having or giving to our family, church, and community. Is it a Monument of FAME or Monument of SHAME! Hey, don't force your priest or pastor to lie at your funeral!! OUCH.

SELF-EXAMINATION!!

"Examine yourself". 2 Corinthians 13:5. (13:5-8) My friend, when I studied this portion this morning I found out that this paragraph is an application of the word PROOF that Paul used in verse 3. "You have been examining me", wrote Paul, why don't you take time to examine yourself?". We have master degree in examining and condemning others and often we are guilty of worse sins than others. TADA! It is time for self-examination! It's the foundation of all progress; self knowledge is a prerequisite to self-improvement. The most successful people are those who know themselves. See yourself as you are and go from there. Never be satisfied with your faults and weaknesses. The desire to improve shows of what stuff you are made off. Maaan, pull back the drapery of your life and ask yourself few questions. And there is no greater accomplishment than a consciousness of sincerity as the examination proceeds too. Now remember, WE CANNOT BECOME WHAT WE WANT TO BE BY REMAINING WHAT WE ARE! Do you understand? well, do you???

VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE!!

My friend, I love this Bible. I found that the characters in the Bible are just like you and me. That means you and I don't have to be perfect to be used by God. Look at Elijah, Job, David, Moses, and Disciples. They have a Roller Coaster life. Elijah: One moment he called down fire from heaven- powerful moment, but next moment he was scared to death and running from Jezebel. Job: One moment he said, "I will come out of this trouble as pure as gold" another time he said "cursed is the day when I was born". David: He said, " One thing I desired of the Lord that I may dwell in the house of the Lord for ever" but soon one look at Bethsheba, messed up his life and true repentance was needed. Moses: Standing in front of Pharaoh he said " Let my people go", few days later he asked the Lord "Whom am I to carry these people on my shoulders". Disciples jacking for position? You mean POLITICS IN JESUS CHURCH? You mean one out of twelve is a devil (9%)? This means when people get saved they will not ascent like jet to heaven. We have to meet our challenges and are vulnerable to temptations and have to over come it. Hey, we need Holy Spirit to lead a VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIFE!! Am I right?

FELLOWSHIP!!

According to Paul, a true FELLOWSHIP is different from our common understanding. In Philippians Chapter 1:1-11, Paul describes true fellowship as: 1) "I HAVE YOU IN MY MIND". 1:3-6. 2) "I HAVE YOU IN MY HEART". 1:7-8. 3) "I HAVE YOU IN MY PRAYERS". 1:9-11. It's good that "you are inviting friends to come over to the house for some fellowship" or "Spending an afternoon playing golf together-great fellowship" or "Fellowship at the retreat" or "Potluck lunch fellowship after the church" but, but , my friend, "FELLOWSHIP" in the Bible is deeper than that. True Christian fellowship is much more than socializing and being present at a meeting. YOU CAN BE CLOSE TO PEOPLE PHYSICALLY AND MILES AWAY FROM THEM SPIRITUALLY. How many times we told people that we will pray and you didn't? Litmus test!!!

MISPLACED PRIORITIES

My friend I am seeing in you some symptoms of Misplaced Priorities in your life. You are uptight, experiencing chest pains, having trouble sleeping, you are restless, uneasy, It's hard to make decisions, you are not happy, you have a feeling of being totally worn out: YOU HAVE STRESS AND YOU ARE BURNED OUT. Money tight for you. Credit Card bills are piling up, and debt continues to rise. There is always seems to be too much "month" left at the end of the money. A budget, to you is a "good idea" not something you are practicing right now. You are not giving your first portion to the Lord, and you can't see any way in the world to do it...which adds to your guilt: THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL MOUNTING FINANCIAL PRESSURE AND MISS MANAGEMENT. People who love you are saying "slow down" and you feel held hostage by time; your clock has become the enemy, you wish you have thirty six hours a day, your kids are clinging to your leg right now, you see tears in your wife's eyes and lack of love and affection: SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN BUDDY, IT'S TIME TO MAKE MID-LIFE ADJUSTMENTS. I SEE RED FLAGS!! STOP... STOP...YOU ARE LOOSING WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN YOUR LIFE- YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. COME ON TAKE A "U" TURN, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT!!!! JUST DO IT..FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE.

SMOKING OR NON-SMOKING!!

When you rise up everyday if you can think that you are one day closer to eternity we will know the truth that we don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. Now remember, "Exposure to the Son prevents burning!" Now you decide, ETERNITY: Smoking, or Non- Smoking? Get it? Yeah, good.

TARES IN OUR WHEATY MOMENT

"Let both grow together until the harvest..I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together FIRST THE TARES, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn." Mathew 13:30. I am going to share what He gave me in my meditation time this morning. WHY DOES GOD ALLOW TARES IN OUR WHEATY MOMENT? Because He knows the integrity He puts in you. He knows the enemy cannot abort or stop what He puts in you if you are in God's will. If you are in a crisis, horrible, painful, humiliating, lost the job two weeks prior to Christmas, unexpected bad news, bad report, nobody support you, abandoned you, didn't deliver what they promised to you, they shot arrows and spears at you, conspiring against you, they planted tares in your life- Say, WAIT A MINUTE,"These light afflictions are temporary compared to the eternal glory" I am going to receive. Now you are in a season of problem? Hey, you are coming to the season of your harvest VERY SOON! I like the order how the harvest in my life is going to happen. The father said, when it is time to get the wheat, HE went in and snatch the tares first and gathered in bundles to BE BURNED. My brother, may be still some not under your feet, not in control, don't worry about them enemies- God is going to pull everyone-everything stopped you, pressed you, accused you, belittle you, threatened you, He will bundle them and will put them under your feet. HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH. This is the plan, don't sweat, worry, just wait for HIM. That's right!!!

OUR GOD IS OMNIPRESENT!!

"But Jonah rose up to FLEE unto Tarshish from THE PRESENCE OF GOD". Jonah 1:3. "For the men knew that HE FLED FROM THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD" Jonah 1:10. Yeah- RIGHT? My friend, you think you can do it? Run away from his presence? AN OMNIPRESENT GOD? He is always present everywhere! Hey, when you need conviction to face some temptation in your life, then you should meditate on the fact that GOD is present everywhere. How does that help. Imagine tempted to do a particular sin. If GOD were to walk into the room where you were going to take that action, would it change the way you think about it? Some people commit sin like "cat drinking milk with closed eyes thinking nobody is seeing me". Do you understand there is NOWHERE you can hide from GOD? You can hide from your spouse, children, parents, pastors and fellow believers, BUT YOU CANNOT HIDE ANYTHING FROM EVER PRESENT GOD. He is watching you!!! Get it??

DO WHAT GOD CREATED YOU TO DO?

"And the Lord said to me, "Write my answer (Vision) on a billboard, large and clear, so that anyone can read it at a glance and rush to tell others" Habakkuk 2:2 TLB. My friend, vision is that purpose for life that is strong enough, real enough, and vivid enough to stir you to action. It will take you through needed education, help you have right attitude about hard work and long days, and will never despise small beginnings. There is no spark and only doing what you think you should be doing is what you call a status quo. Man, vision is the motivation; it's the desire to do what God created you to do. As this scripture says, write down your vision, then you must break it down into bite-size goals, or the steps needed to bring it to pass, establish check points along the way to measure your progress. Do you understand? Now get up, stop drinking tea whole day in front of the computer, only doing what you think you should do, insulate you from negative people ("experts") with negative ideas and do what ever God created and called you to be. Hey HEY "YOU CANNOT DRIVE A PARKED CAR". Y'ALL hear me Partner!

BREAK THROUGH?

"How long halt ye between two opinions? If the Lord be God, follow Him but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him NOT A WORD" 1 Kings 18:21. My friend, you are experiencing a drought in your life and you want me to tell you how to deal with the famine, right? Here these people are tossed between two opinions. They could not decide whether they are in this thing or not. Either you walk in faith or walk in flesh, you are serving the Lord or you are a sinner. YOU CANNOT BE BOTH WAYS. You cannot be a drugee,and whoremonger, and you want a breakthrough? I know some wine heads can get drunk and start singing "Oh precious Lord" and start crying and watch Joel Osteen on Sundays. WHAT IS THIS??? I know, caught up between two opinions. Buddy, IF THE LORD BE GOD SERVE HIM. If Jesus is LORD of your life, live like a CHRISTIAN. Oopps! Sorry! I got to tell like it is.The preacher came out. Well, you asked me how to get a break through!

BE REAL!!

Now the problem with church folk is that we spiritualiize natural problem. We think that if we speak in tongues, more dance, fall out, and slain more, that will take care of the natural problems. So when we have credit we dance- bad credit we dance, leak in the roof- we dance- and we think praising God will fix the natural problem. And when you through dancing roof is still leaking, kids flunking out, no job- and finally we conclude that the Word is not working. But, but, man you are eating only half of the Word. The other half says "Those who live godly will suffer persecution". You expect something which is not realistic. The Bible says "God will not withhold anything from those who walk uprightly". LIVE RIGHT, THEN DANCE. "Many are the afflictions of the righteous: BUT THE LORD delivereth him out out of them all". Psalms: 34:19. Be real man...real..real. Like · · Share · Promote · about a

SMILE!

Some Christians look like they are baptized in lemon juice. There is no joy in their face. SMILE, JESUS LOVES YOU! It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in the business, and is the countersign of friends. it is to the weary, rest. It is to the discouraged, daylight. It is sunshine to the sad, and Nature's antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stolen, for it is something of no earthly good to anyone until it is given away willingly. It won't cost you a dime either. Do you know what it is? IT'S A SMILE!!! smile, smile, smILE, SMILE.

BE AN ENCOURAGER!

" Look to my right and see; no one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; NO ONE CARES FOR MY LIFE". Psalms 142:4. Here David cries out in a moment of extreme loneliness, "No one cares for my soul". Recently one of the Holywood's famous and wealthy celebrity was interviewed by a reporter and she said "We live by encouragement, and we die without it, slowly, sadly, and angrily". There is something within each of us that cries out NOT TO BE PASSED OVER. Life is busy and we have our personal pursuits. We can sit next to a person or live under a roof in our house with our wife, husband, children, parents, and grand parents and hardly notice even they are there. Live in the same house but ABSENT from their life. New Testament Scriptures tell us what we are supposed to be doing for one another and to one another. We are to instruct and teach one another, build up one another, admonish one another, stimulate one another, build up one another, confess our sins to one another, submit to one another, help one another physically and materially, and encourage one another. Brother, STOP THIS ME, MINE, AND MYSELF ATTITUDE. When you die, what will be your family members, church members, or community will saying? Don't let your pastor or priest say lies then! Huhh, Huhh.

GOD'S SUCCESS PLAN

"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves". James 1:22. Hey, are you a DOER or Just A HEARER. Do you know that God has a simple success plan for your life? He expects us to carry it out by studying His Word, meditating on it, learning it by heart so it influences every decision, and align our action with His commands. Jesus did this. Jesus didn't walk around saying "I'm poor, "I'm week, "I'm nervous, "I'm afraid, "I'm desperate, and "I'm fed up". My friend, START SEEING YOURSELF AS GOD SEES YOU. DON'T LET YOUR FED UPS CONVINCE YOU NOT TO GET UP AND SAY IT'S TIME TO GIVE UP. YOU ARE BETTER THAN THAT BUDDY, YES YOU ARE....YES YOU ARE!!!!!

CONSTRUCTION ZONE

"Anxious hearts are very heavy but a word of encouragement does wonders". Proverb 12: 25. Every week I encounter people with three fundamental needs. 1) They need to have their faith reinforced. 2) They need to have their hope renewed 3) They need to have their love restored. Hey, when you are dealing with broken hearts, you are relevant. You have to infuse them with new hope and remind them that with Christ no situation is hopeless. My friend, realize the fact that "You are custom made by your GOD and He has your life's blue print in His hand". What you are in today is a CONSTRUCTION ZONE". Jesus comforted the afflicted and afflicted the comfortable. Jesus said negative things to the sanctimonious Pharisees and never to the afflicted. Hey, God is building a beautiful YOU and "they" can't see it now. Wear a Tshirt my dear which says "Under Construction"- Chief Architect- JESHUA. smIRK, Ha Ha . You hear me, YEAH!!

WHAT IS YOUR GIFTING?

"As everyman hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God" 1 Peter 4:10. Hey, why in our ethnic churches everyone wants to be a PASTOR. For a TITLE to get respect from the crowd? We have too many chiefs, NO INDIANS. Shepherds with no sheep. My friend, what is your personality? Find an area of ministry that matches your GIFTING and PERSONALITY. Some personalities are suited for people ministries others for procedure ministries. People ministries require relationship skills, warmth, empathy, and good communications. Procedure ministries require details, analysis, structure, concrete thinking. Outgoing people make great greeters, ushers, hostesses, and receptionist. They are not good as bookkeepers, sound technicians, and media man. Man- what happens when people with the gift of mercy and giving become business administrators? They give away the farm, right? One pastor told me that "I want to be the pastor of a mega church- but I don't like people". What is your gift, brother? Forget about TITLE, Y'all hear me? Yeah, good.