Vital & Challenging Truths
God Opened Her Eyes
Genesis 21:9-20
Hagar found herself out in the Desert, without water and without hope. She was so distraught that she had become blinded; she was unable to see the “WELL OF WATER” to which God had directed her. Although He was Leading her, Directing her, and Nudging her – she had lost the ability to See God’s Promise, Plan, and Provisions. Previously, she had received a Divine Visitation from God, yet she was now overwhelmed by her Circumstances, Situation, and her State of Mind. But God displayed His Mercy & Grace as He “OPENED HER EYES” to the “WELL” that was in plain sight.
I invite you to journey with me as we learn how Hagar became unable to See that which was in plain sight. If you are facing struggles, if you feel helpless & hopeless, if you are in a place of darkness & despair – this message is for you! All of us will experience time in the Desert; but God never abandons us!
Challenges To Gratitude: Trials & Suffering
JOB 8:1-22
The reality of life is that there will Moments, or even Seasons, in which we experience grief, sorrow, loss, trials and suffering. But God’s desire is to use such Moments, such Seasons in life, as avenues through which Christians can Seek Him & Know Him in a greater way than ever before. God’s desire is that these times would bring about a Deeper Worship of Him, a Greater Experience with Him, and would Birth a Spirit of Gratitude that would not be quenched. How is this possible? Job’s life answers that question for us.
In the midst of great loss, trials and suffering, Job did not abandon God. Job did not lose his passion to know God, did not lose his intimacy with God, and his sense of gratitude toward God. Rather, he serves as the ultimate example of one who lives out God’s desire for each of us – when we experience grief, sorrow, loss, trials and suffering.
Please join me as we discover how Job dealt with Challenges To Gratitude – how he dealt with Trials & Suffering.
“SHOCKED!!!” A Sobering Passage
MATTHEW 7:13-23
SHOCKED … Truly Surprised – When One Stands Before Jesus! How could such an outcome even be possible?
For me, this is perhaps the most sobering passage of Scripture. I don’t want any person to stand before Jesus, confidently declaring Him as “LORD,” and yet rejected by The Master. I pray that we all Examine our Relationship with God; my prayer is that no one would be SHOCKED as they stand before God in Eternity.
MY TESTIMONY: TRANSFORMATIVE – NOT TRANSACTIONAL
2 Corinthians 5:17, “IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, THE NEW CREATION HAS COME. THE OLD IS GONE, THE NEW IS HERE!”
This is MY TESTIMONY. What I experienced, and still experience, was TRANSFORMATIVE – NOT TRANSACTIONAL. I Praise God Forever and Give All Glory to My Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ. I Praise The Holy Spirit for Divine Conviction and for Always Coming to My Rescue.
WHY ENTER A PROSTITUTE’S HOUSE!?
JOSHUA Chapter 2
WHY ENTER A PROSTITUTE’S HOUSE!? Why obediently follow God’s Voice, His Nudging, His Directions – When you can’t make sense of things!?The story of the 2 Spies sent to Jericho by Joshua, and who were led to seek refuge in the House of a Prostitute named Rahab, help answer those questions!
THE EVOLVING IMAGERY OF JESUS
ISAIAH 53
When Jesus was on the earth, what was His physical appearance? Why does that question even matter and what are the implications for the world in which we live? I invite you to join me as I seek to answer those questions.
2 Timothy 4:3
Everyone is ready to diagnose you. Many are happy to tell you whatever pleases you. But is this what you need?
The MEANING of MATTHEW 24; the Divine Duality of His Love
God wants us to prepare for Eternity, but He also cares about our lives while we’re in this Earthly World; it’s the Divine Duality of His Love. In Matthew 24, the Disciples ask 2 Specific Questions (one is an Earthly Existence question, the other is a Spiritual Existence question). And Jesus answers both questions, but it’s all intertwined in a way that can make it difficult to understand. In this passage, Jesus speaks about Preparing, Prayer & Passion. My summation is that we’re not to be so Spiritually Minded, so Eternity Focused – that we are of No Earthly Good. Go with me as we seek to understand the 2 Specific Questions asked and the 2 Specific Answers given.
Ephesians 4:17-24
The WORD says that there are those who have “LOST ALL SENSITIVITY” to the voice & presence of God. Sadly, the lives of many give evidence of this tragic spiritual condition. But Praise God, there are things we can do, must do, in order to increase our ability to hear, sense and experience God. My personal prayer, and my prayer for each of you, is that the Holy Spirit would increase our Spiritual “SENSITIVITY.”
JOSHUA 23-24
It’s Time To CHOOSE FOR YOURSELVES
We’re called to make a choice, to determine under what banner we will fly. Will you choose to serve God on His terms, serve Him with all faithfulness, and throw away those things in your life that are contrary to the Bible? Friends, it’s time to choose for yourselves.
Revelations 22:19
“If anyone takes words away from this book …”
When it comes to the Christian life, we must embrace the entire Word Of God, the Bible. Doing otherwise, in an attempt to modify God’s truth to fit your chosen lifestyle or in an attempt to excuse a particular sin, is to invite a disastrous outcome.
ACTS 17
TRUTH-TELLERS; It’s The Same Old BATTLE
In ACTS 17 (as well as ACTS 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 16, etc.), we see the BATTLE that was waged against the TRUTH & TRUTH-TELLERS. Throughout the New Testament, we see the same ole battle and the same ole battle plan. And it’s exactly the same spiritual warfare, using the identical battle plan, that has been unleashed against The TRUTH & TRUTH-TELLERS in our current times.
MATTHEW 25:40
I’m officially ordaining each of you to THE MINISTRY OF “WHATEVER.” Your ordination is valid ANYWHERE you go, at ANYTIME, while doing ANYTHING directly related to THE MINISTRY OF WHATEVER (as defined by Matthew 25:40).