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Check Your Heart’s Abundance

[23] Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. ~ Proverbs 4:23

So, there’s no secret I like movies and tv shows, and there’s also no secret that I see the bible in almost everything (if not everything) I watch. Now, one that I genuinely really enjoy is The Hobbit trilogy. Within The Hobbit is a main character named Thorin Oakenshield. Throughout the movies, Thorin is on a quest to return to and reclaim the Lonely Mountain, the home of his fathers.

Now, throughout the movies Thorin is loyal, honorable, and brave. BUT he is also angry, prideful, and worst of all unforgiving. He is haunted and bound by the pain and wrong doings of the past. Now, even though he faces obstacle after obstacle and is captured time after time, Thorin is able to fulfill his quest and reclaim the home of his fathers. Here’s the thing though, the sins of his fathers takes hold of him and ultimately proves to not only be his downfall but his complete and utter demise.

See, his grandfather lost the kingdom because of his love of gold and when Thorin inherited that same gold, he also inherited that same spirit of Mammon. This one fatal flaw of the love of money caused him to lose those three good traits he had previously. Why? Because when we try to focus all of our energy on the past, the past and all of its woes will consume us. Just as Thorin did, you’ll find yourself succumbing to generational curses that should have been broken, and your faint bit of light will found to be dwindling in the darkness as it consumes you.

What should have been a happy and victorious ending with great rejoicing turned to be a sad and disappointing end because one man refused to look forward allowing pride, anger, and unforgiveness consume him.

Our heart controls our actions. It’s the source of all we say and do. What is your heart full of? What It’s full of and what is focus is will be what your destiny is.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Check Your Heart’s Abundance. 

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Enjoy Your Goodwill

He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, 19 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor. ~ Luke 4:18b–19

Jesus was anointed or commissioned by the Father to set us free and to declare the year of the LORD’s favor. This is indeed Good News. It’s exciting news. Let’s unpack this and see how Jesus fulfilled His mission.

Because this is really exciting.

Jesus got up and read from the book of Isaiah, Isaiah 61:1-2, but in the middle of verse 2, He rolled up the scroll, handed it back to the attendant, and sat down.

We never go back to check what Jesus eliminated from verse 2. Let’s read it together. Jesus stopped reading here:

2 to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, (Isaiah 61:2)

Now here is the part, or the rest of verse 2 that Jesus did not read:

and the day of vengeance of or God; to comfort all who mourn;

Jesus stopped reading at “…proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor.” He outright snubbed the part about the “day of vengeance” of our God. Isn’t that amazing? Exciting even? …If it’s not, it soon will be. What does that mean for us?

Let’s break it down and see what it means for us today. Jesus said that He was anointed “to proclaim” (Greek: kēruxai pronounced as kay-roo-kai), which means to announce or herald publicly, like a messenger delivering big news, and this is significantly big news.

It is the year or the time of the LORD’s favor An acceptable year to the LORD. It’s the season of the LORD’s unfathomable grace. It’s a time of divine acceptance or goodwill toward mankind.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Enjoy Your Goodwill. 

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Remove It First

[1]  Judge not, that you be not judged. [2] For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. [3] Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? [4] Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? [5] You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye. [6]  Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. ~ Matthew 7:1-6

Jesus wasn’t saying “never judge.” Jesus as saying “judge correctly.” Many of us, hold others to a higher standard than we hold ourselves. We allow ourselves to think more of ourselves than we ought. This is why Jesus warned us to get ourselves together before we judge someone else.

Jesus wasn’t just speaking to random people either. Jesus was specifically speaking to the Pharisees who held themselves as not only righteous, but more righteous than anyone else, even though they didn’t keep the Law perfectly. Even though they were flawed. Even though they denied the Messiah and missed His coming, they felt they were more righteous than all others.

So, Jesus was explaining to them that they were holding others to a higher standard than they held themselves. That they were overlooking their own sins and shortcomings but not others. So, Jesus was warning them that when you live your life however you feel and disregard God’s Law, as they condemn others, they would receive that same level of merciless judgment from God.

As Christians we cannot hold others to a higher standard than we hold ourselves. But also as Christians we cannot refuse to hold ourselves or anyone else to no standard at all. We are to love others and ourselves. Love means to take no pleasure in evil but rejoice only in the Truth. So what are we to do? We are to remove that log before we judge the actions of others for how can a hypocrite save anyone?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Remove It First.

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Make A Divine Shift

17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through Him. ~ John 3:17

It’s all about grace, the opportunity to be saved. Jesus invites us into a real relationship with Him, and today is the day because tomorrow is not promised to anyone.

Jesus ushered in a divine shift from bondage to blessing, from toil to rest, although we haven’t received our rest as yet, but it’s on its way.

We’re called to go into all the world, starting where we are at. In our hometown. We are to make disciples teaching them to obey all that Jesus taught and commanded. We are called to be the light. Let us light our part of our world and then take it as far as we can get before Jesus comes back.

Are you ready to work? Are you ready to win souls? Are you ready to make disciples? 

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Pray For The Silenced

11 Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. ~ Proverbs 24:11

Today is Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. Today we remember those who have been silenced before they even had a chance to breathe their first breath of air. Those who were silenced before they even had a chance to be born. As Christians, we aren’t called to turn a blind eye to this kind of evil. We are called to confront this evil and remove it from our land. What does that mean?

We are to pray for the LORD to move in our midst, forgive us for allowing it to go on for so long, and then we are to vote for those willing to change it. Willing to protect the unborn. That is our charge given to us from above.

Today, take some time to pray for those who are thinking of aborting their baby. Pray for those who have aborted their babies. And pray that those facilities that abort babies would no longer exist.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Pray For The Silenced.

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Find Another Strand

[9] Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. [10] For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! [11] Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? [12] And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken. ~ Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

Something I’ve been working on lately is allowing myself to let out pain instead of bottling it up inside. And what I’ve learned is that the pain doesn’t destroy me like it used to. Yes, it hurts, but allowing myself to breakdown and just cry has really helped. It sounds absolutely crazy, but it does help.

When the world keeps dumping on you, finding someone you can trust that you know loves you more than words can say and letting out your pain with them unburdens your soul. I don’t know why, but it does. Someone holding you as you cry in their arms, it releases that pain that has been burdening you down for so long.

When things begin to take a toll on you and you feel like you might burst, it’s okay to lean on someone else. It doesn’t make you weak. It doesn’t make you less. It means you are growing up and you understand that no one makes it through life alone.

So, find someone you can depend on. Someone you can unburden with and can in turn can unburden you.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Find Another Strand.

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Live Like Chau

[19] Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, [20] teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. ~ Matthew 28:19-20

Today is World Mission Sunday. We as Christians, are called to go to the ends of the earth and proclaim the Gospel. As I was scrolling through reels (shorts) on my phone, I saw a movie trailer for the movie “Last Days.” The comment section was filled with negative comments. In fact, every single comment on there was negative. “Stupid idea for a movie.” “He got what he deserved.” “We all knew what would happen.” Many of these people were self-professing Christians.

See, “Last Days” is a movie based on the last days of John Allen Chau who died on November 17, 2018 at 26 years old. He was an American evangelical Christian missionary who attempted to share the Gospel with an isolated tribe in the North Sentinel Island. On his second attempt to share the Gospel with the Sentinelese people, he got in a kayak and made his way to the tribe. He was shot with an arrow and died from the wound.

His actions were condemned across the internet. He was accused of neocolonialism. He was called an idiot and arrogant. Condemned by the majority of commentary. All because he wanted to share the Gospel with those who had never heard. He wanted to fulfill the Great Commission as we all should try to do. To share the Gospel with all people.

We’re not all called to extreme mission work but we’re all called to mission work. We’re all called to share the Gospel and make disciples of all nations. This is the call of all people in the Church. What are you doing to fulfilling this call? Are you sharing with anyone willing to listen? Are you making yourself uncomfortable in order to share the Gospel with someone and possibly save a soul?

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Live Like Chau.

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You Are Being Saved

Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:1-2

Paul said that he wanted to remind his readers, the Corinthian brothers, about the gospel that he had preached to them. He said that they had received the good news, that they were standing in that faith, and by grace they were being saved, if they would hold fast to that good news that he had preached to them.

In other words, they had not arrived; they were still being saved. It was not all said and done; they had an obligation to hold fast to the word that Paul had preached to them.

Imagine a man caught in a storm at sea, clinging to a lifebuoy thrown to him from a rescue ship. He is being pulled from the water, but he is not yet on the ship. The waves are still crashing, the wind is still howling, and the danger is not yet behind him. His only hope is to keep holding on to that lifebuoy until he is brought safely aboard.

That’s the picture Paul paints in 1 Corinthians 15:1–2. The gospel is the lifebuoy. We have received it, we are standing in it, and we are being saved by it—but only if we hold fast. Not because our grip earns our salvation, but because letting go would reveal that we never truly trusted the One who saves.

This is not about living in fear or uncertainty. It’s about perseverance in faith. Hebrews 3:14 echoes this truth: “For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.” And Jesus Himself said, “The one who endures to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:13).

So today, let us examine our hearts. Are we holding fast to the gospel in word and in deeds? Are we trusting in Christ alone—not just once, but daily? Salvation is not a one-time transaction; it is a lifelong transformation. And the good news is, the One who began a good work in us will bring it to completion (Philippians 1:6)—if we do not let go. Heavenly Father, thank You for the gift of Your Son Jesus. Help me to live daily for You, and when I fall short, correct me and bring me back in alignment with Your Word. In Jesus’ Name I pray, amen.

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Do You Know Your Savior?

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of Him who sent me. ~ John 6:38

Many people, including many in the Church, argue that Jesus never claimed any divinity but always only pointed back to the father as only God. Here’s the thing, Jesus claimed to have come down from Heaven. Why does that matter? No human comes down from Heaven. We are created for this earth and this earth alone, which is why we, the Bride of Christ, will dwell on the New Earth for all eternity and not Heaven (Revelation 21 & 1 Corinthians 15:42-49).

So, Jesus is claiming to be much more than human. Now, if Jesus comes down from Heaven and claims God to be His Father that would mean He is at the very minimum a celestial being. Now, take a look at Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane:

5 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

John 17:5

Jesus claims to have glory that He had with the Father before the world existed. This now changes the titles He claims for Himself in the Book of Revelation.

12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

Revelation 22:12-13

These aren’t just titles the father gave Jesus, these are titles He set aside while on Earth and the father then bestowed back on Him when He ascended on high (Philippians 2:9-11). Therefore, when Christ declared that He descended from Heaven, He was claiming to be God incarnate.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Know Your Savior.

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Let His Religion Change You

[11] Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. [12] For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. [13] And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account. ~ Hebrews 4:11-13

There is nothing in all of creation that can be hidden from God, nor can He be bamboozled into accepting someone who has rejected Him. But know this: “Everything is opened and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Hebrews 4:13).

What I want you to understand is this: It’s like what Charles Spurgeon said: “The Gospel that does not change me will not save me.” Jesus spent time with Pharisees and tax collectors, and wayward people, but He did not leave them the way He found them. Their lives were forever changed for the good by their encounter with the Savior.

Let us consider the caterpillar and its transition to a butterfly. The caterpillar doesn’t just believe that it’s a butterfly; it actually becomes a butterfly. He builds a cocoon and seals himself inside, and goes through a complete transformation.

When he emerges from the cocoon, he is unrecognizable because the old caterpillar has passed away and the new butterfly has emerged.

In contrast, the Gospel doesn’t polish up the outside; instead, it transforms the inside by removing all fleshly, sinful, and selfish desires and replacing them with Godly desires. Therefore, the Gospel doesn’t make us better caterpillars; it makes us entirely new creatures.

Peace. Love. Go Forth and Let His Religion Change You.

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