Healing Faith

I think my "believer" is out of whack. I am seeking for faith that will move mountains .... the real thing .... first church, blind eye opening, leprosy destroying, demon chasing .... FAITH! Pray for me to find it.


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3-26-2015      Romans 12:6-8

S.       6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

O.      How to use a gifting.

A.      The gift within me is from the Lord and I will minister (use) the gift in a holy manner. I will remember that the gift is to benefit the body of Christ.

P.       Father; use me Lord to win souls, encourage Saints and bless all I contact. Fill me with the oil of gladness as I praise you. Amen.

THINKING

Why do we focus more on people than God? If someone says the wrong thing to us we become angry even when we know that they are not properly informed. We worry about what others think of us and how we will be received. I am praying for a lady that thinks the whole world hates her. She never has peace. Please God, teach her to look at you instead of those around her. Teach her to bring her thoughts into alignment with your Holy Word. Amen

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3-24-2015      Romans 12:3

S.       3For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

O.      Man must think of himself in the proper manner.

A.      I am not above others in any form. All are created in the image of God. I must guard against conceit and arrogance. I will be the man God would have me to be.

P.       Father; open my eyes to the evil of conceit and arrogance and keep me from that trap. Amen.

3-25-2015      Romans 12:4-5

S.       4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

O.      All believers are of one body.

A.      The goal is unity with each person filling their respective place. I will seek to live the second great command; love thy neighbor.

P.       Father; Show me how to fill my place in this world and support those around me with love and understanding. Amen.

Praying for.......

It is a joy to pray for the people of God. I pray for Israel. I pray for Tanzania. I pray for Elm Grove and all her sister churches. I pray for peace and lost souls. I pray for the back-slid-den and the lost. Our Lord is soon to return. He will catch up his children that are ready and watching. My desire is to see all my friends at that meeting in the air.

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3-23-2015      Romans 12:1-2

S.       1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

O.      The body must be brought into subjection and man must not conform to sinful practices.

A.      I will give myself to God, body, soul and spirit (heart & soul) without reservation. I will abandon sin and be led by the law of God and the Holy Spirit. I am no longer my own; I belong to God and I love him.

P.       Father; seal me safely into your family thru the blood of Jesus. Guide my steps into holy joy. Amen. 

Jesus is coming!

It is impossible to be prepared for everything life brings our way. Talking with a friend one day and he is gone the next. Sending anniversary congratulations to friends and getting them back by return mail. Trying to order on line from my favorite auto supply house and finding them out of business. Reporting for work on Monday morning and finding the doors locked. I know that I can't be ready for all these problems but that is because I can't see them coming. I am ready for what I see ahead. When I see the shape this world is in I shutter. Not the war, or economy, or politics but the people who are not ready for the return of Jesus. He is coming. It may be today. Are you ready?

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3-22-2015      Romans 11:33-36

S.       33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever. Amen.

O.      God is the true source of all things and does not need man to teach him.

A.      God is my source/supply and I surrender myself, body, mind, spirit and soul as his servant.

    P.       Father; I praise your Holiness, perfection and Love. Thank you for calling me out of sin and          forgiving me. I sing a song of joy to your name. Amen. 

Revival

I want to see a revival, like spring coming after winter, showing forth from within and producing fruit. I will believe and I will receive ....... Full measure, pressed down and shaken together ..... I ask; in Jesus' name. Amen.

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3-21-2015      Romans 11:28-32

S.       28As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.29For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.30For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: 31Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.32For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

O.      God has gifts and callings for all and his way is Holy.

A.      My great challenge is to learn the ways of God for my Life and then obey them.

    P.       Father; I am your child and desire to please you in every way. Speak to me clearly as I ask                for your direction. Amen. 

Worshiping God

What do we fill our time with? Jobs, school, family, sports,TV and many more Things use up our time. What about God? How much time do you focus on Him? I have come to realize that I need to give more time to God. I give a great deal of time to my church, to my family and friends, to watching TV and keeping life together but very little to God. Worship and praise are my best offerings of time to God. I will double my effort to worship and praise!

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3-20-2015      Romans 11:22-27

S.       22Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.24For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?25For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:27For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

O.      God has a plan to re-graft the Jews who believe that Jesus is the Messiah.

A.      I must do all that I can to encourage back-sliders to return to Jesus and be re-grafted into the faith.

P.       Father; fill me to the fullest with your Holy Spirit that I may be led in this ministry. Keep me pure from wrong, judgmental ideas and flow your love through me. Amen. 

Not All That Say: Lord, will enter!

God is preparing his church for the last call. We must gather the lost, back-slid-den, cold, indifferent and religiously stifled while there is still time. Reach out and offer a loving hand while there is still time. 

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3-19-2015      Romans 11:17-21

S.       17And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;18Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.19Thou wilt say then, the branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.20Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: 21For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

O.      All believers must remain attached to the root. The root is Jesus.

A.      I must remember that my faith is to be rooted in Jesus, not religion, tradition or habit.

    P.     Father; I will focus my life and conduct around the example that Jesus left for me. Give me                 understanding, wisdom and strength to accomplish this Holy goal. Amen.