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How Desperate Are You?

“When Jesus returned to Capernaum several days later, the news spread quickly that He was back home. 2 Soon the house where He was staying was so packed with visitors that there was no more room, even outside the door. While He was preaching God’s word to them, 3 four men arrived carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. 4 They couldn’t bring him to Jesus because of the crowd, so they dug a hole through the roof above His head. Then they lowered the man on his mat, right down in front of Jesus. 5 Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, ‘My child, your sins are forgiven.’” ~ Mark 2:1-5 NLT

The house was packed. There was no way in, but that didn’t stop them. That didn’t discourage them, they were determined to find a way to Jesus. They climbed on a roof with a paralyzed man on a mat, dug a hole in the roof, and proceeded to lower the paralyzed man down into the hole so that he could be at the feet of Jesus.

Imagine how desperate they most’ve been in order to do that for another person. The faith they must’ve had to do that for another person. How much desire do we have to get to Jesus just for ourselves? They didn’t give up when they saw there was no way in, they climbed the roof and made their own way in. We don’t even make the effort to meet Him in our own home. We don’t have to fight the crowds to hear Him, the Holy Spirit had it all written down for us. We don’t have to fight the government in order to worship our God, we have that freedom, yet we don’t take it.

Our faith has shifted. Our desires have shifted. We no longer desire to hear the Word of God because God would rather us to be happy than to be stressed with what we should and shouldn’t do. We push God away, refuse to talk to Him, and refuse to hear from Him, then we say that it’s because that’s how He would want it. But look at Jesus’ reaction, “Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralyzed man, ‘My child, your sins are forgiven.’” You think there would be forgiveness and healing if they hadn’t found a way to Jesus? There is no place other than Jesus that you can find freedom. He is our one source of salvation, peace, healing, life we cannot find those things anywhere else, yet we don’t go to Him. Why? Why do take Him for granted and push Him away? Imagine if we all found our way in to get to Jesus. Imagine the healing, the peace, the new life we would all receive.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and How Desperate Are You?

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Believe In Your Forerunner

“19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.” ~ Hebrews 6:19-20

During this pandemic God hasn’t forgotten us. God hasn’t turned away. He’s still watching over us. Jesus Himself has gone before us behind the curtain on our behalf. It may feel like the world is falling apart and everyone is ready to turn on each other, but Jesus hasn’t turned on us. He’s still praying on our behalf. God is still on His throne and still in control. So don’t lose hope in a time that seems so hopeless, because Jesus is watching out for us and praying on our behalf.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Believe In Your Forerunner.

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Give Thanks For All You Have

“6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.” ~ Philippians 4:6-7

We pray for peace of mind, but do we know how to actually receive the peace that Jesus promised us? Let’s look at these verses one more time. Pray, tell God what you need, then thank Him for all He has done. Did you catch that? We need to thank God first, then we will receive God’s peace. Peace that the world cannot give and peace that world cannot take away.

We’re really good at asking God for help, but are we good at thanking Him for all that He does for us? God isn’t a genie that we just ask for things and He gives it to us. God is a person that is seeking a relationship with us, His Children. So during this pandemic don’t forget to give thanks to God for all that He has done for you and has given you, and He will give you His peace.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Give Thanks For All You Have.

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Move In The Spiritual

“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” ~ Ephesians 6:12

Right now, we have one common enemy, COVID-19. If all good things come from above from the Father of Lights, then all bad things must come from The Accuser. Therefore, this COVID-19 is not from God, but from our enemy, and we must fight it. How do we do that? We pray against it. When we pray, things happen in the Spiritual that manifests itself in the Physical.

When in Peter was in prison, and they began to pray, an angel freed him. When Elisha saw the young boy dead, he prayed for him, and the boy began to breathe again. When we pray, things happen. So no matter how silly it may sound, or how hopeless things may look, pray for the things that need to come to pass, and we shall see the physical move.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Start In The Spiritual.

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Do Not Be Afraid

“Say to those with fearful hearts, ‘Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.’” ~ Isaiah 35:4 NLT

When God is for you who can be against you? Including any virus. If we humble ourselves before Him and ask for His help, He will come to our rescue and save us. He will destroy our enemy, because we are His children and He is our God.

So don’t be afraid of this virus, for God is still God. He will come at the right moment, if we seek Him and pray, to save us.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Do Not Be Afraid.

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Call For Peace

“Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you His peace at all times and in every situation. The Lord be with you all.” ~ 2 Thessalonians 3:16 NLT

In every situation our God is still the God of Peace. He doesn’t change. He’s still seated upon His throne. Even when you feel He’s gone quiet, He’s still there. When you feel He’s forgotten you, He’s still there. Call out to Him and He will give you peace. His peace. Peace the world cannot give and the world cannot take away.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Call For Peace.

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Let God Meet You

“He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.” ~ Isaiah 40:29 NLT

You don’t have to get everything right. You don’t have to be perfect. Because when you can’t, God will. He’ll lift you up when you’re too weak to lift yourself up. God will always be there for you. God meets us wherever we’re at.

You don’t have to fix yourself to come to God, come to God as you are and He will fix you. He will give you everything you need. The Prodigal Son came home with nothing. He was hungry, dirty, ashamed, but his father ran to him. He didn’t wait for his son to walk all the way home. No, the father so his son in the distance, and ran to him. He clothed him, fed him, celebrated with him, he through a party. He was filled with nothing but joy because his son was dead, and now he is alive.

When we come home, the Father runs to us. He comes running as soon as He sees us in the distance and He brings us home. He replaces our filthy rags with righteous clothes. He gives us food. He throws a celebration. He fills us with His love and His joy.

So, don’t be ashamed. Don’t give up. Come home to the Father. He’s waiting for you. He’s watching for the street to catch a glimpse of His Prodigal Child. So, come home.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Let God Meet You.

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Continue To Preach

“I am in chains now, still preaching this message as God’s ambassador. So pray that I will keep on speaking boldly for him, as I should.” ~ Ephesians 6:20

Paul was still writing to the Ephesians while in chains. He didn’t grow quiet and discouraged, he fought on still preaching the good news of God because he knew what it was like to be without Jesus. He remembered the emptiness. The spiritual death. The separation. Paul remembered what it was like to be in sin away from God, but do we?

Often times we forget our time before God because we grew up in the Church and we take it for granted. So, when some discomfort comes, we shut up and shut down. We tend to not fight for God the way we should. When we’re told to be silent and put away our Bibles, we do. When we’re told to change our beliefs because they’re outdated, we do. When the world speaks, we listen and obey because we don’t want to offend the world.

Imagine that. Paul was in chains for preaching the Gospel so he continued preaching the Gospel because he knew the importance of it. He knew that the Word of God was and still is life. The world couldn’t turn Paul away or force him to change The Gospel, because Paul never forgot what it was like before Jesus. No matter what the world throws at us, are we prepared to stand up for our God and our faith? Jesus said don’t fear man because he can only kill the body, instead fear God who can destroy both body and soul in Hell. Man can never destroy your soul, so don’t destroy it for him. Don’t give into fear. Stand in faith that God will be there for you and uphold you in times of trouble and sorrow, never forgetting all that He has done for you. Don’t allow fear to have the last word.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Continue To Preach.

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Time To Go

“17And when they Him they worshiped Him, but some doubted. 18And Jesus came and said to them, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.’” ~ Matthew 28:17-20

When Jesus appeared to His disciples, He gave them one simple command, Go. He broke that one simple command up into two actions, baptize and teach. Why was this Jesus’ last command to His disciples? Jesus had just died and then resurrected three days later overcoming every sin, bringing healing, peace, and much more to whomever would accept it. That was Jesus’ one mission, save the world. He did His part. He taught, He died, He overcame, He rose again. Now it was time for Him to return to Heaven. The only logical thing for Him to do now, was to pass the mantel to His disciples.
He sent them out to all the nations so that all people may be saved. He told them to baptize and then teach them to observe all the commands. Our first and foremost mission is to get them saved. We can’t try to change who they are before they are saved. They have to first be saved and then they will change.

Our first job should be to show them the love of Jesus. Show them that the only way to have eternal life, is through Jesus. Then we show them how to change. Often times we get caught up in changing them, before getting them saved. But change only comes through salvation. It only comes through the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. So first lead them to Christ, and then correct them.
As Christians that is our main underlying mission. Save souls. The mantel has been passed to us, are we going to put it down and keep the joy, peace, healing, and eternal life to ourselves? Or are we going to let our light shine bright so that we may lead many to Christ. This is the will of God, that none should perish, but all come to acceptance. What are we doing in order to fulfill the ultimate underlying will of God?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Go.

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Praise Our Everlasting King

“25 Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?’” ~ John 11:25-26

2,000 years ago, Jesus died on a cross and was buried in a tomb, for the sins of the entire world. But His story didn’t end there, for He rose from the dead three days later and now sits at the right hand of The Father. When Jesus rose, He overcame everything. Death no longer has victory and the grave no longer has its sting because God has overcome.

Because Jesus has risen and is alive! When He comes back, we shall be alive with Him for all eternity. We will be joined together with all of our saved loved ones who have gone ahead of us and we will be with them in a place with no more pain, no more suffering, no tears for all of eternity. So rejoice this Resurrection Sunday, for our God and our King is not dead! No He is ALIVE!

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Praise Our Everlasting King!

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