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ARE WE BOLD or DO WE HIDE OUR HEAD IN THE SAND?

In the book of Acts, the single word that is used most frequently to speak of the Christian life is “boldness”. Christians are bold. They speak boldly. They act boldly. PARRHESIA is translated in scripture: boldness, forthrightness, frankness, confidence.

The book of Hebre…ws exhorts us, “Let us with confidence (“boldly”) draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

Luke writes, “When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they wondered; and then they recognized that these two had been with Jesus.” The boldness of Peter and John isn’t cockiness. Their boldness is conviction plus courage plus transparency. Living in the company of Jesus supplies this.

“Lazarus isn’t sleeping; he is dead.” Our Lord speaks boldly and bluntly not to brutalize his hearers, but rather to keep them from hiding their head in the sand unrealistically. Herein we are to be bold as he was bold before us.

“Bold”= means confident but not cocky in our approaching that throne whose grace rules our life as well as the entire world. It means public, open, manifest as we recall our Lord’s triumph over everything that gives us a false identity and false identifiability.

Let’s WAKE UP church …YOU ARE the hands, feet, ears, mouth of God, SPEAK UP! Let them know JESUS LOVES THEM…Let them know HELL IS REAL…let them know there is HOPE, HEALING, MERCY…WAKE UP and BE BOLD!!

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?’Thy love to me was wonderful.’-2 Samuel 1:26

This Sunday, the world will be celebrating Valentines Day. They will spend money buying forget me not gifts to show their love for each other. As Christians lets each one of us remember it in a different way ~ let’s celebrate the wonderful love of Jesus.?

? Do not relate …it to what you have been told, but the things which you have experienced by the love of Christ. His love to you was wonderful when you were a stranger wandering far from him, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind.

His love restrained you from death and self-destruction. His love drew you into the wilderness, stripped you there, and made you feel the guilt of your sin, and the burden of your iniquitys, until you gave your whole heart to Him. His love spoke softly to you as He said “Come unto Me, and I will give thee rest.” ?

?There is no match for this type of love. A love that by His blood took our dirty as charcoal, ugly sins and turned them white as the snow, and pure as the finest wool. This is a real love that whispers in your ear ‘I am yours and you are mine,” and you can be 100% sure is Eternally true.

How sweet it is to know that the Father loves us! How sweet is our precious Lord Jesus! So this Sunday, also celebrate His Eternal Love for YOU !!!!!!?

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?Note: Men, although valentines ‘love day’ for us should be every day, this note does not excuse you from buying your wonderful wife a bouquet of flowers, a box of candy, or even a hand written letter by you not computer generate it… to show your appreciation for her…and ladies we are not excused either..?…Have a great~blessed~non-stressed weekend everyone!!!!! Don’t eat too much chocolates!!!!?)….

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Thought For Today…one thing I do. FORGETTING what is BEHIND and straining TOWARD what is ahead, I PRESS on toward the GOAL to WIN the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus….Philippians 3:14

When the children of Israel crossed the red sea, God closed the waters for two reason. One was to stop… the enemy from coming after them, and two so they could not go back to what He had brought them out of…

You made it, the enemy is not happy – thats his problem ~ good riddance 2009!

You are now going into a new season !!! Let go of the past !!! You can’t go back, and you can’t change it. 2010 is not a year of restoration. God did not disrupt your life to take you back from what He took you out. So dont expect Him to take you back to the same thing.

God says to forget it and put it out of your mind, your spirit, your thought, delete those old files out of your memory. Dont ask him to take you back to the past. He shook up your life because He is going to do something in your life that is no way similar to anything you have experienced before. Is something different, revolutionary. BREAKTHROUGH is here!!!

Get a new attitude! Only with a new attitude and faith can God move in 2010. The time to start is NOW ! Give God a Praise !!! You made it… 2010 !!!

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REMEMBER:

Santa lives at the North Pole.
JESUS is everywhere.

Santa rides in a sleigh
JESUS rides on the wind and walks on the water.

Santa comes but once a year
JESUS is an ever present help.

Santa fills your stockings with goodies
JESUS supplies all your needs.

Santa comes down your chimney uninvited
JESUS stands at your door and knocks.. and then enters your heart.

You have to stand in line to see Santa
JESUS is as close as the mention of His name.

Santa lets you sit on his lap
JESUS lets you rest in His arms.

Santa doesn’t know your name, all he can say is
“Hi little boy or girl, What’s your name?”
JESUS knew our name before we did. Not only does He know our name,

He knows our address too. He knows our history and future and

He even knows how many hairs are on our heads.

Santa has a belly like a bowl full of jelly
JESUS has a heart full of love.

All Santa can offer is HO HO HO
JESUS offers health, help and hope.

Santa says “You better not cry”
JESUS says “Cast all your cares on me for I care for you.

Santa’s little helpers make toys
JESUS makes new life, mends wounded hearts, repairs broken homes and builds mansions.

Santa may make you chuckle but
JESUS gives you joy that is your strength.

While Santa puts gifts under your tree
JESUS became our gift and died on the tree.

It’s obvious there is really no comparison.
We need to remember WHO Christmas is all about.
We need to put Christ back in Christmas.
Jesus is still the reason for the season.

May the Lord Bless and Watch over you and your loved ones this Christmas 2009
And may He prosper and bless the work of your hands in the New Year!

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As the story goes there was once a candymaker in Indiana who wanted to make a candy that would remind people of the true meaning of Christmas. So he decided to create the candy cane. He made the candy cane and decided to incorporate several symbols for the birth, ministry, and death of Jesus Christ.

He began with a stick of pure white, hard candy. He used the white to symbolize the virgin Birth and the sinless nature of Jesus. The hard part is to symbolize the Solid Rock, the foundation of the Church, and the firmness of the promises of God.

The candymaker then shaped his cane into the form of a “J” to represent the precious name of Jesus, who came to the earth as Savior. It is said that it could also represent the staff of the “Good Shepherd” with which He reaches down to to reclaim the fallen lambs who, like sheep, have gone astray.

He sat down to look at it, and thinking that the candy was somewhat plain, the candymaker decided to stained it with red stripes. He used three small stripes to show the stripes of the scourging Jesus received. And the large red stripe to represent the blood shed by Christ on the cross so that we could have the promise of eternal life.

So the next time you eat a candy cane, think about the meaning behind it, and rejoice ~ our sweet JESUS!

I have no way of proving if this story is true, but I do know my sweet JESUS is true. Point is, being the season, take and use the opportunity given to us, get some candy cane and give them to none believers. Take the time to tell them how the candy was made, you’ll never know, if there might be someone in need of a Savior this Christmas!

Also some say that the three stripes are the Trinity.

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The Word of God *.-“*:…Part #3 ~ Thanksgiving Week…*.-“*:
~ ~THANKSGIVING ~~

Believe it or not, not everyone is looking forward to Thanksgiving. As I was standing in line at the grocery store yesterday, I overheard someone behind me say they wished they had to work on Thanksgiving so they could avoid having to spend time with t…heir in-laws. No, I’m not making a joke, it was true.

Why do some people have such a negative feeling about such a positive holiday?….It would seem there are plenty of people who go through life looking only at the disappointments, or the painful experiences refusing to see the blessings that surround many of life’s challenges…. I don’t know who should receive the credit for the following witticism to but I agree with its underlying philosophy. “As you travel down life’s pathway, may this ever be your goal…keep you eye on the donut, and not on the hole.”

The first Thanksgiving took place in the midst of some of the worst trials imaginable for those who braved the crossing of the Atlantic to begin a new life in the new world. One hundred and two pilgrims landed at Plymouth in December of 1620…. Less than six months later only fifty-five were still alive. Their chances of survival rested fully upon the fruit of the fall harvest……When that harvest was fully gathered Edward Winslow wrote these words, “…although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish you partakers of our plenty.”

There in the middle of devastating circumstances with their very lives hanging on the quality of the harvest that small band of believers were able to praise God for what they believed were His abundant blessings……..King David understood this principle when he wrote Psalm 103. David begins by exalting the name of the Lord and by encouraging himself to remember who God is and what He has done. “Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me bless His holy name. Bless the Lord O my soul and forget not all His benefits.”

The key to an attitude of thanksgiving that transcends the season is our ability to remember the blessing of our God. David emphasizes the fact we must respond to God in a personal way. We must personally bless the Lord as we remember His goodness……Jesus understood this principle well for John’s Gospel records that before Jesus multiplied the loaves and the fish to feed the five thousand, He lifted his eyes toward heaven and gave thanks for what He had in His hand.

I am afraid if I had been holding nothing but a few loaves, and a few small fish I probably would have been too focused on my lack of supply to be thankful for what God had already supplied…..When our praise becomes personal it does so because we are consumed with an attitude of thanksgiving for what we have rather than focusing on what we need.

Those blessings are profound, in that they are blessings that proceed from the soul. Being thankful for our blessings should proceed from the very fiber of our being. It isn’t the mere material and temporary blessings that David is speaking about but rather the eternal blessings that flow from God who is eternal……Tomorrow, as we sit around a bountiful table surrounded by the blessings of God, let us not forget all His benefits…..and lets be eternally THANKFUL !!!!

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The Word of God

*.-“*:-…Who Will You Listen To ?…*.-“*:-

If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 1 John 5:9 (KJV)

All right, which way will it be ? Shall we listen to men, or shall we listen to God ? That’s easy. We will listen to God bec…ause His witness is greater than men’s witness. God’s witness or God’s word says “that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us… And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” (1 John 5:14-15)

Some of you wonder why God is not answering your prayers. Could it be that it is not a prayer of belief but rather a prayer of hope. ? You just kind of threw something out there and hoped that something good would happen. ~ Thank God for His mercy ! Because there are times that the mercy of God will get involve in your life. And the situation will turn out in your favor, but let me tell you that you could not duplicate it if you wanted to, because you don’t know how it was done. It was God’s mercy.

God is merciful, but He requires that we grow up in Him. There are some things we have to know, and there is a voice ~ this is the voice of the word of God ~ we must listen to it. “If we know that he hears us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.” (1 John 5:15)

When you know that you have asked someone for something, and you know that they have given it to you, what do you say to them ? You thank them…… Giving thanks to God is a direct link to your FAITH in God. Example, if you are in a tough spot and you find your deliverance in the Word, then pray for that deliverance and thank the Father that you have it by faith, and you will see Him manifest Himself in your behalf. In Matthew 17:20 it says “Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Now, the only thing left to do after that is to thank God. It should not be asking God to deliver you today, then tomorrow, ask again, then the next day ask again, because you do not see a change. It should not matter whether you see a change or not. You have confidence and the FAITH that God is taking care of it, and the change is bound to appear. And this goes for everything you ask of Him.

The word of God is a higher witness than the witness that you can SEE. His word is the ultimate witness. Faith in the name of JESUS, faith in the power of His blood shed on the cross for you, and faith in the WORD will cause the manifestation of God in your life. His word clearly says “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” ( Hebrews 11:6)

Finally, the question is: Which witness will you listen to ? Listen to the witness of the word of God, for it tells of His provision for you. Or when men say it can not be done, God says it can. When men say you are finished, God says you can do all things through Christ.

Which witness will you listen to, small minded men un-believers faith crushers or decide on GOD ?

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Psa 18:1 To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of Jehovah, who spoke to Jehovah the words of this song in the day that Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul; and he said: I love You, O Jehovah, my strength.
Psa 18:2 Jehovah is my strength, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock; I will trust in Him; He is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
Psa 18:3 I will call on Jehovah, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.
Psa 18:4 The sorrows of death hemmed me in, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
Psa 18:5 The sorrows of hell surrounded me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psa 18:6 In my distress I called on Jehovah, and I cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry came before Him, into His ears.
Psa 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; and the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken, because He was angry.
Psa 18:8 A smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire devoured out of His mouth; coals were kindled by it.
Psa 18:9 And He bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under His feet.
Psa 18:10 And He rode on a cherub, and flew; yea, He soared on the wings of the wind.
Psa 18:11 He made darkness His secret place, His pavilion around Him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
Psa 18:12 At the brightness before Him, His dark clouds passed through, hailstones and coals of fire passed.
Psa 18:13 Jehovah also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.
Psa 18:14 Yea, He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He shot out lightnings and crushed them.
Psa 18:15 Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were uncovered, at Your rebuke, O Jehovah, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Psa 18:16 He sent from above, He took me, He drew me out of many waters.
Psa 18:17 He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me.
Psa 18:18 They went before me in the day of my calamity; but Jehovah was my stay.
Psa 18:19 He brought me forth also into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.
Psa 18:20 Jehovah rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He has repaid me.
Psa 18:21 For I have kept the ways of Jehovah, and have not wickedly departed from my God.
Psa 18:22 For all His judgments were before me, and I did not put away His Precepts from me.
Psa 18:23 I was also upright before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.
Psa 18:24 And Jehovah has returned to me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.
Psa 18:25 With the merciful, You will show Yourself merciful; with an upright man You will show Yourself upright;
Psa 18:26 with the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the crooked You will show Yourself perverse.
Psa 18:27 For You will save the afflicted people, but will bring down high looks.
Psa 18:28 For You will light my candle; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
Psa 18:29 For by You I have run through a troop; and by my God I have leaped over a wall.
Psa 18:30 As for God, His way is perfect; the Word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield to all those who trust in Him.
Psa 18:31 For who is God besides Jehovah? Or, who is a Rock except our God?
Psa 18:32 It is God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect.
Psa 18:33 He makes my feet like hinds’ feet, and sets me on my high places.
Psa 18:34 He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of bronze is bent by my arms.
Psa 18:35 You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your right hand has held me up, and Your gentleness has made me great.
Psa 18:36 You have given a wide place for my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped.
Psa 18:37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them; nor did I turn again until they were destroyed.
Psa 18:38 I have shattered them, and they cannot rise again; they have fallen under my feet.
Psa 18:39 For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have humbled under me those who rose up against me.
Psa 18:40 You have also given me the neck of my enemies; so that I might destroy those who hate me.
Psa 18:41 They cried, but there was none to save; even to Jehovah, but He did not answer them.
Psa 18:42 Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I cast them out like the dirt in the streets.
Psa 18:43 You have delivered Me from the strivings of the people; You have made Me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known shall serve Me.
Psa 18:44 As soon as they hear of Me, they shall obey Me; the sons of strangers shall bow down to Me.
Psa 18:45 The sons of strangers shall fade away and be afraid out of their strongholds.
Psa 18:46 Jehovah lives; and blessed be my rock, and let the God of my salvation be praised.
Psa 18:47 It is God who avenges me, and humbles the people under me.
Psa 18:48 He delivers me from my enemies; yea, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You have delivered me from the violent man.
Psa 18:49 Therefore I will give thanks to You, O Jehovah, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name,
Psa 18:50 magnifying the salvations to His king, and working mercy to His anointed, to David, and to his seed forevermore.

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The Word of God

*?*:~He is my ….. El Shaddai !!!.?*:~

Philippians 3:10 – That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death…

It is vital for every believer to have a personal revelat…ion of God as El Shaddai, our God who will change the course of nature for us if necessary……Just because you heard about El Shaddai does not mean you “got” it or understood it…… You have to have the revelation for yourself.

You get that revelation only by getting in the Word and getting to know Him deeper and more intimately.
Remember that Paul said, “That I might know Him.” You have to have the attitude, I am going to stay before Him so I can see for myself….The Book of Revelation talks about angels that fly around and around the throne of God and worship Him. That is why they get to see more sides of God. They stay before Him, around the throne of God.

You have to stay around the throne so you can see more sides of God. If you do not stay around the throne, and you are down at Mike’s Bar, you are not going to get a revelation of God. You are going to get a revelation of Mike !…. If you hang around the phone gossiping with Susan, you are not going to get a revelation of God. You are going to get a revelation of Bad News Susan.

If you want a revelation of God, you are going to have to hang around the throne. How do you hang around the throne ? With praise and worship unto God… with glorifying His Name… with praying in the Holy Ghost and with meditating the Word.

Let me tell you what will happen. You will read the Word, and say, “Holy !” You will read something else and say, “Holy !” You will praise God, and you will say, “Holy is the Lord !” And you will see a new facet of God as you have never seen it – as you continue to build on your foundation and not let it slip. …..

Most high God Holy is your name !

He is my…… El Shaddai !!!!

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Word of God

Revelation 4:8 ~Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”

2 Peter 1:19 ~And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;Read More

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