Dancing in the Rain

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful... This is the hardest part in the prayer… how can I Thank God, when all things around me is not working? #1:  Let’s talk about why should be even thankful to God… When we look back at our life, through the rear-view mirror, we will see the faithfulness of God. The times He made a way, when you didn’t see a way. The times when God placed you...

Jesus was passionate about His prayer life, it was something He was always doing. S.D. Gordon in his book, Quiet Talks on Prayer, says How much prayer meant to Jesus! It was not only his regular habit, but his resort in every emergency, however slight or serious. When perplexed he prayed. When hard pressed by work he prayed. When hungry for fellowship he found it in prayer. He chose his associates...

Colossians 4: 2 – 4 Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; 3 meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the [ a ]mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, 4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.   5 Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech always be with grace, s...

Some days, we feel like – I need prayers… other days, we are pushed to the corner – and everything around me doesn’t seem to move and we are like… I need YOU Nowwwwwwwww, God!   And our heart and soul saying -  I have gone through enough and I don’t have energy to pull through another day – answer my prayers with fire.    __________________ James 5: 13 - 18 13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let hi...

Kingdom… Power… Glory … The last line is our pledge of Allegiance to His Kingdom, His Power and His Glory. Moment by moment – day by day… when decisions are made – are we keeping His Kingdom, His Power and His Glory or our Kingdom, our power, and our glory. It is God’s Kingdom and God reigns over all. We are not self-sufficient… There are times in life, what we go through is beyond our control. Th...

Lead us not into temptation Temptation is everywhere… from the food that we eat, the cloths we were… In fact, what we once thought as wrong is now has become norm. When lucy show was aired, the people gave hard time.. because lucy was smoking a cigarette… Their bedroom showed 2 separate twin beds… Living together – wasn’t norm… 50 years ago. Drinking an alcohol was once considered wrong, is norm i...

Forgive us our sins…   debts/trespasses… Luke 11 – Jesus refers Debts to “SIN” John 3:23 à For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; We have to open up – for God to forgive our sins… We have to allow God to do open heart surgery … Ask God for forgiveness for our actions, words and the attitudes… SIN?  Transgressions of God’s law… willingly, deliberately, knowingly, intentionally ste...

Please listen to this message… there is a prayer offered for you and Christian in the beginning…   But beyond that, what we witnessed this morning – is “The live revival” – a true example of what Prayers can do…   “Fearless Confidence” in the Lord whom we worship. A lady heard a gunshot, when we were able to start the service… and her son went out to see what happened, and the cops caught him as a...

#4:  Give us this day, our daily bread. Every good gift that we have comes from the Lord.  Not become self-reliant;  I am paying the bills and I can get what I want. This verse is kind of a hinge, between the top half of the prayer and bottom half of the prayer. This encourages us to pray for everything that we need (the gifts, talents, resources) – comes from the Lord. “The bread that you eat, af...

The Believers’ prayer…   3 Parts to the Believers' prayer:  It is like a sandwich Worship and Adoration towards God, the Father – the God’s glory. Personal Appeal for help End with Adoration (For your is the Kingdom, and the power and the glory forever and ever. Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily...

On His holy Cross, a mighty battle was fought. All the dark forces of sin, inspired by the demonic spirit of apostasy, hastened to crucify the Son of the Living God and the Lord of Glory.  Redemption is at the heart of our faith. Cross was the symbol of public humiliation, before Christ… There is no other symbol or emblem that is glorified and worshiped as Cross… It is a symbol that not only repre...

God’s narrative of His purpose and will for His people... This is one of the powerful messages on God's covenant - that i truly enjoyed preaching.  As Paul says in 1 Corinthians 10: 12 - 15...  If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than...

Genesis 12: 1 – 4 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. 2 “I will make you into a great nation,     and I will bless you; I will make your name great,     and you will be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you,     and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth     will be blessed through you.”

Genesis 3:15 says...  And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”   Why is this important – Everything that God establishes in the word is to redeem us to Himself.   The word of God becomes personal, the relationship with God is personal. God didn’t save us – so we can go to heaven, He saved us - so...

The sword that Paul refers to here is:  Machaira, which is varied in length between 6 – 18 inches long. It was a common sword carried by the Roman Soldiers, in a hand-to-hand combat.  It is a principal weapon. It is the same weapon used by Peter, the night of Jesus being arrested, that he used and cut of the soldiers ears. ____ Paul says, “The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” This is...

If Paul, speaks to us today – he will say the exact same thing… Draw your strength from the Lord!  We need to be mentally strong, when facing the tough situations in life.   There are so many wimpy Christians out – and we are not one of them. We are not talking about a phony Macho’ism… We need to be the strong mom, strong dad, strong husband and strong wife… That’s what Bible is talking about.

How does your mind work?  For you or against you? Do we have healthy or unhealthy thinking patterns?   Helmet of salvation is about our thinking pattern.   John 16:33,  I have overcome the world. ______________ Choose your helmet: Brain is the control center by the body, and so is the mind for the soul.   In other words, Mind is the spiritual expression of the brain. Soul governs the body.  If my...

Paul was tied to a Roman soldier everyday and every time, when he saw that – he must have been inspired to see, how God protects us, by making everything available to you and me. Average roman soldier – 70 – 80 lbs,   backpack about 60lbs.  – in all together,  it is about 120lbs.  That’s why Paul starts to say, we need to have power to carry this much of weight. The contest can be brutal…. Take un...

From time to time, in our life, that we will go through the battles… intensity may vary – but the battle is real.    Marriage could be in a rocky place? Or your business? Or disagreement with your children -  but the enemy is causing some headache? If you are facing a battle, that is bigger than you – then, this message is for you… There is someone in the line – who is fighting and fighting… but n...

Genesis 2: 15 – 17 (Amp) 15 So the Lord God took the man [He had made] and settled him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may freely (unconditionally) eat [the fruit] from every tree of the garden;  17 but [only] from the tree of the knowledge (recognition) of good and evil you shall not eat, otherwise on the day that you eat from it...

Philippians 4:6, 7  6 Don’t be pulled in different directions or worried about a thing. Be saturated in prayer throughout each day, offering your faith-filled requests before God with overflowing gratitude. Tell him every detail of your life, 7 then God’s wonderful peace that transcends human understanding, will guard your heart and mind through Jesus Christ.  ______________   #1:   Unclutter the...

The hardest part in the Christian life – is the waiting period… you know the promises, and you know that you are standing for the right thing – but you are not sure, because God is not answering your prayers… ____________________________ 1Kings 18:38 says...  Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that w...

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.  ______________ #1 Quality – that God is looking for in a person is, nothing but Prayer. If God wants something to be done, He will be comfortable giving it to the one, who prays… The man, who is not going to compromise.                Make room in your schedule for prayer. Be specific about your motivation in asking for the miracle…