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Lenten Season - VICTORY

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:59:04 +0100

Grace and Peace be unto each of you from God, our Father, Jesus, our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, our Guide, We were TREMENDOUSLY blessed on last night with Pastor Damian Chandler and the Word that the Lord gave Him emanating from Matthew 27 and 28. What a relevant word that each of us can live resurrected, redeemed lives because the Lord has dispatched an angel on our behalf that has moved the stone, but not only moved it, he sat on it symbolizing complete and absolute control over a hard, imm...

Lenten Season - Glorify

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:56:54 +0100

Grace and Peace be unto each of you from God, our Father, Jesus, our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, our Guide, How exciting is it that we’re approaching one of the most glorious times in the lives of the Saints? I am intriguingly excited about Jesus and the GREAT things He has, is and WILL do!!! Reminder: Worship Encounter tonight with Pastor Damian Chandler and the Madison Mission SDA Church and Praise Team. I submit that if you have not heard Pastor Chandler tonight would be a good night ...

Lenten Season - The Drawing

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:38:00 +0100

Grace and Peace be unto each of you from God, our Father, Jesus, our Savior, and the Holy Spirit, our Guide, In John 12:32, Jesus declared, And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, shall draw all men unto me.This past Sunday, I preached a word from this passage where I concentrated on The Lifting. Jesus’ statement would make it appear that there was a possibility that lifting would not occur, however, a more detailed study of this passage reveals that His being lifted was a foregone conclusio...

Lenten Season - Courage

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 13:37:00 +0100

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have. – Abraham LincolnIn 1940, the newspaper headlines were filled with the story of an undersized, knobby-kneed horse by the name of Seabiscuit who had become a champion of hope during the Great Depression. Early in his life he was known for sleeping and eating for long periods of time and was even the butt of stable jokes. Eventually the owners sold the horse, thinking...

Lenten Season - Legacy

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:23:58 +0100

Stephen Covey is well known today for his phrase “To live, to love, to learn, to leave a legacy.” It’s true that God desires for the work of your hands to result in something that continues on AFTER you are no longer on this Earth. What exactly lasts that long? Does that mean you are to build a structure for people to occupy, to create foundation that funds good works, or, as most people think of it, to raise up many disciples for Christ? Only God knows the right answer for each ind...

Lenten Season - Loyalty

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:22:43 +0100

Blessings and Peace be unto each of you as we fastly approach Palm Sunday (01 April) and Resurrection Sunday (08 April), This indeed is an exciting time for the Body of Christ and the Kingdom of God,Loyalty is evidenced by singleness of heart. James talked about the double-minded man who should not expect to receive anything from God (James 1:8 NKJV). Instead, James wrote, “when you ask him, be sure faith is in God alone” (James 1:6 NLT). He went on to add: Do not waiver, for person ...

Lenten Season - Respect

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:10:41 +0100

The Bible teaches us to “show respect for all people” (1 Peter 2:17 NCV) and “show respect and honor to them all” (Romans 13:7 NCV). Respect can be defined as “to hold in esteem or honor.” In many cases throughout the Bible it is used interchangeably with the word honor. We are told to honor our parents, the elderly and those in authority – as well as, one another. It part and parcel of walking in love: “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourse...

Lenten Season - Blessings

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:22:51 +0100

But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of Him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven (1 Peter 2:9 BBE).The priest in the Old Testament had the responsibility to first bless the Name of God and then to bear the needs of the people to Him, asking for blessing and provision. He combined his words with hope and expectation that God would, in response to those words of blessing and pra...

Lenten Season - Sowing

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:34:14 +0100

Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed. – Robert SchullerGalatians 6:7 declares that whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. It is vitally important to know that we have the capacity to yield results in our lives based solely on what we sow, or what we give. I submit to you on this 29th Day of the Lenten Season that in order to fulfill God’s design and destiny for your life the law of sowing and reaping must be operative in our ...

Lenten Season - INTEGRITY

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:33:17 +0100

Days 27/28 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around INTEGRITY. “Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You.” — Psalm 25:21 (AMP) In a study on "Integrity" by Dr. Kenneth Boa (Reflections Ministries) he says that, "Biblical integrity is not just doing the right thing; it’s a matter of having the right heart and allowing the person you are on the inside to match the person you are on the outside. This is how God is. This is how His people should b...

Lenten Season - Trust

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:50:04 +0100

Day 26 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around TRUST. Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly. ~George MacDonald In the book, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, Hannah Whitehall Smith says, “And remember, there are two things that are more utterly incompatible than even oil and water, and these two are trust and worry. Would you call it trust if you should give something into the hands of a friend to attend for you and then spend your nights and days in anx...

Lenten Season - Pursue

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:48:29 +0100

Day 25 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around PURSUE/PURSUIT. Have you ever considered just what or who is the primary focus of your time, energy, attention and determination? Perhaps without even giving it much thought, we sometimes find ourselves planning, preparing, purposing ourselves and pursuing things and people that we believe are necessary to our happiness, our joy, our growth, our success. We can find ourselves spending an inordinate amount of time “chasing” the thing/pe...

Lenten Season - Identity

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:23:04 +0100

Day 24 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around IDENTITY. If I asked you the question, “Who are you?” would you answer with the role you play or the title you wear? So many people don’t know who they are. People are always saying, “I’m trying to find myself; I don’t know who I am; I don’t know what I want; I don’t know where I’m going.” Perhaps you married hoping to find yourself. You went to college, identified a career, and had a family, but did you really find...

Lenten Season - Destiny

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:03:02 +0100

Day 23 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around DESTINY. I’ll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out – plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for (Jeremiah 29:11 MSG). Your divine self has a divine destiny. Over and over in the Bible we read how God orchestrates our destinies – how He has called and anointed ALL who would “only believe” (Mark 5:36) to s...

Lenten Season - FAITH

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:39:52 +0100

Day 21/22 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around FAITH. An unknown author shared a story about a young lady who was driving along with her father. They came upon a storm, and she asked her father, “What should I do?” He said, “Keep driving.” Cars begin pulling over to the side of the road as the storm grew worse. “What should I do?” she asked. “Keep driving,” her father replied. On up a few feet, she noticed that eighteen-wheelers were also pulling over. She to...

Lenten Season - Order

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Day 20 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around ORDER. Don’t be naïve. You have an enemy who is determined to steal your destiny, kill your heart, and destroy everything you care about. He wants to convince you that you’re not worthy of God’s love and that you are inadequate of achieving something great. He doesn’t have to eliminate you, but merely control your thoughts. It would be easy to recognize and resist him and his cohorts if they came to you and told you to overtly sin –...

Lenten Season - Focus

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:07:19 +0100

Day 19 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around FOCUS. The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird waits in the egg, and in the highest vision of the soul a waking angel stirs. Dreams are the seedlings of realities. – James AllenThought is not limited to reality. You can envision something that does not currently exist in that present form; you can see yourself doing something you can’t currently do. That is a loose definition of...

Lenten Season - Authenticity

Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:02:24 +0100

Day 18 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around AUTHENTICITY. It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way we will go. – Jim RohnAuthenticity simply means being true to who you are – aligning your every thought and action with who and what you were created to be and do. Nothing or nobody should define you – it is up to you to understand who you are and live according to that truth. As Harvey S. Firestone once said, “Accept no one’s definition o...

Lenten Season - Rest

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:30:33 +0100

Day 17 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around REST – EFFORTLESSNESS. When I think of effortlessness, I think of entering God’s rest – a major theme throughout the Bible. In Matthew 11:29 (NLT), Jesus said, take My yoke upon you. Let me teach your, because I am humble and gentle in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”Living authentically has much to do with living effortlessly – not striving, conniving, manipulating, clamoring to get ahead, etc. When you rest in God, ...

Lenten Season - Joy

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 16:56:18 +0100

Day 15 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around JOY. Nehemiah 8:10 declares The joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold – AMP. It is when the center of your emotions and affections are turned towards the Lord that you find your place of strength. In order to live authentically powerful and strong it is important to know where to focus your joy. The joy of the Lord says I take great pleasure and am ecstatic about Him and in that I’m able to deal STRONGLY with any entity that...

Lenten Season - Imaging

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:09:43 +0100

Day 14 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around IMAGING. The noble man is only God’s image. – Ludwig TieckGenesis 1 says that we are made in the image of God. 2 Peter 1 tells us that we are formed with divine, creative potential. Debates by theologians for hundreds of years begs “what made in the image of God” looks like. I submit to you that being made in God’s image means that I’m created with His very nature and DNA. During last night’s Bible Study moment the Lord s...

Lenten Season - Uniqueness

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:59:32 +0100

Day 13 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around UNIQUENESS. Your soul is what makes you uniquely you. Your soul is imprinted with an eternally unique DNA that holds within it the keys to your purpose, potential and destiny. I say “eternally unique” because NOBODY in the history of the world has ever been – or ever will be – just like you. Once upon a time there was a crooked tree and a straight tree. They grew up alongside of each other. Everyday the straight tree would look at t...

Lenten Season - Simplicity

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:09:13 +0100

Day 12 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around SIMPLICITY. This morning during the early morning prayer, the Word of the Lord centered around Worship/Faith (Luke 7:40-50) and the Kingdom (Luke 12:32). The final result of the Lord’s voice this morning centered around the fact that His Favor will meet your Faith in this Season in order to release your blessings and your promise. If you are RIGHTLY positioned, it is His good pleasure to GIVE you the Kingdom. In life’s simplest form, I enc...

Lenten Season - Discipline

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 21:00:56 +0100

Day 11 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around DISCIPLINE To be disciplined is to make yourself do something regularly: to make yourself act or work in a controlled or systematic way.Paul emphasized the importance of discipline in almost every letter he wrote. In the Book of Acts he said, “I always exercise and discipline myself…to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience, void of offense toward God and toward men” (Acts 24:16 AMP). So how do we exercise a disciplined life in God...

Lenten Season - Peace

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:23:27 +0100

Day 9 & 10 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around PEACE. Whoever wants to embrace life and see the day fill up with good, here’s what you do; Say nothing evil or hurtful; snub evil and cultivate good; run after peace for all you’re worth. God looks on all this with approval…but He turns His back on those who do evil things (1 Peter 3:10-12). If a state of peace is essential for health and prosperity to flourish in a nation, how much more in our individual lives. For this reason ...

Lenten Season - Empowering

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:06:56 +0100

Day 8 of the Lenten Season 2012 centers around Empowering. I live in a vacuum that is as lonely as a radio tube when the batteries are dead and there is no current to plug into. – Ernest Hemingway. In this quote, Hemingway expresses what it feels like to be doing life on your own. Even if you have enough talent to get the job done, it will never accomplish all that God intends to do if He is not your source of power. Fasting is about removing you from the control of your life and real...

Lenten Season - Healing

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:20:21 +0100

Today is considered LEAP Day. In that instance we are afforded or privileged with an EXTRA Day in the month of February. Do you need EXTRA today? God’s ALREADY done it. The purpose of leap years is to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. This period of synchronization speaks of the timing of God and I submit as we step out in this Season of God’s timing, He HAS redeemed time (kairos) for our sakes. Ephesians 5:16. He’s causing us to catch up ...

Lenten Season - Capacity

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:30:57 +0100

Capacity speaks of the ability to receive or to contain or to space to obtain. What is your capacity from a spiritual perspective?Isaiah 54:2,3 MSG says "Clear lots of ground for your tents! Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big! Use plenty of rope, drive the tent pegs deep. You're going to need lots of elbow room for your growing family. You're going to take over whole nations; you're going to resettle abandoned cities.Your increase is imminent and you must be willing to step ...

Lenten Season - Preparation and Commitment

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:29:51 +0100

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by spectacular preparation. – Robert H. SchullerIn Matthew 4, Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert where He fasted and prayed for 40 days and nights. It was a time of preparation for the opposition that would follow, but also for the opportunities ahead of Him. Paul understood that combination as well. He wrote in 1 Cor. 16:9, A huge door of opportunity for good work has opened up here. (There is also mushrooming opposition.)” Cleansin...

Lenten Season - Aligning and Truth

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:18:29 +0100

This is the 3rd Day of the Lenten Season and our focus today is Aligning and Truth.Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. Brian TracyThe number 40 is also associated with repentance and realignment. God through Jonah gave the Ninevites 40 days to repent. The word repentance is often linked with sin, but the word is ac...

Lenten Season - Cleanliness and Godliness

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:14:31 +0100

Blessings and Peace be upon each of you, On Day One we discussed Transforming the prime characteristic for that day was AWARENESS, and our subject matter for Day Two is CLEANSING, with the prime characteristic as GODLINESS. Please consider the following in your meditation with many excerpts taken from Cindy Trimm’s The 40-Day Soul Fast. All religion exhort man to cleanse the heart of malice, greed, hate, and anger. All religions hold out the gift of Grace as the prize for success in this ...

Lenten Season Begins - Transforming

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:42:52 +0100

We have entered into one of the most exciting Seasons for the Body of Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God, As I informed you on yesterday, I will be providing messages of direction and inspiration during this period. This is Day One of the Lenten Season, denoted as Ash Wednesday. I pray that this day finds each of us AWARE of the things we say and/or do and that our lives reflect and regard the IMAGE of our Savior, Jesus, the Christ. Let’s bring clarity to His image by being true to our G...

Supernatural Living

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:21:46 +0100

John 11:25-26 The past few months I’ve been dealing with this topic/theme of supernatural living. In this particular realm of study, the revelation is that everything that we, who are the sons of God, need in order to prosper is already done. If we believe in Him, He has already given us access to the abundant life or supernatural living. In the study passage today, we find where Lazarus has died and his sisters are mourning at his transition and in discussions with Martha, Jesus informed her ...

The Same Power

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:44:23 +0100

John 21:14 – And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.Romans 8:11 - And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.Resurrection Sunday week, what a significant time in the Body of the Christ. A time of gratification and a time of glorification because our Savior victoriously won...

He Brings Us Up and Out

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:16:47 +0100

Joshua 24:17 - For the LORD our God, he [it is] that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:The month of February is affectionately known as Black History Month and it serves as a reminder to those who are descendants of former slaves in America to reflect on the rich history our ancestors have given us during th...

Standing on the Promises of God

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:28:31 +0100

2 Corinthians 1:20 - For all the promises of God in Him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.I entered 2011 after experiencing one of the most challenging years in my life. My Mom transitioned on 23 January 2010 and through that hurt God allowed me to give the eulogy the following weekend. The challenge itself was not her transition because that was absolutely God, but the void of her absence and inability to hear her voice or her encouragement which served as a source of str...

Thank You for the Joyful Journey

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Grace and Peace, Beloved!ENM Nation…what an honor it has been for me to share this past year with each of you! It has indeed been a year filled with the hope and glory of Almighty God and I humbly thank each of you for choosing to be an integral part of this joyful journey!I am grateful that God entrusted us with one another. He entrusted me to care for you as a people of impact whose heart’s desire is to share Jesus with the world. It is because you have been a praying people, an encou...