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Contentment helps us to trust, and trust gives us strength to have faith when all-natural indicators say that we should give up or everything is hopeless; however, Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Contentment helps us to go on autopilot and trust that in all...

Points of Interest 1. Ungodliness in the Old and New Testament became repetitious with God’s Chosen People. a. Old Testament Called Out Ones continued to disobey God through their desire to be like the Canaanites and serve their gods. b. Paul tells the New Testament believers to refrain from looking and living like the people who live in ungodliness and paganistic characteristics. 2. Ungodliness m...

Definition of the word IT - "IT: // the thing, act, or matter about which these words are spoken or written." -Marriam Webster False teachings are destroying the hope of a better existence in Christ Jesus. The Covering Theology incorporates the actions and doctrine that a Christian needs spiritual covering other than the spiritual covering of God through the teaching and guidance of the Holy Spiri...

How can we, as believers in Christ, help to regain the sovereignty and respect of our faith to others? What does the church today look like, and why is it disregarded by so many? Does our example of leadership and fellowship hurt the gospel's message today?  Denominationalism is the belief that some or all Christian groups are legitimate churches of the same religion regardless of their disti...

It Shouldn't be in the Church; The Saga Continues book discussion will allow the author of the book to expound on why the book was written and what inspired him to write and research this topic. The book discussion intends to bring insight into the book's perspective of why the modern-day church has lost its' appeal to the younger generations. The author will also discuss how the 21st-century chur...

Faith allows us to believe and trust that something good will happen. If we do not have faith, how can we believe that something will happen for our good? The woman with the issue of blood believed that Jesus could help her. She needed healing, she needed deliverance, and when all else failed she turned to Him. Do we try everything before coming to Jesus or do we immediately try Jesus?   Ther...

God wants us to use His Word, the Bible scriptures, to examine what and who a friend looks like and how mercy and love for another person looks when they say they are your friend.

When we say we love someone, we are emotionally declaring to someone or something more severe than just words. You see, the word love means something to the average person in a way that makes us feel we belong and matter to someone. The definition of love means we have an intense feeling of deep affection. The Bible tells us throughout the scriptures how God loved the chosen people called the Isra...

Who is Elisha:  Was the son of a farmer named Shaphat, from the ancient town of Abel-meholah in the fertile Jordan River Valley. He was the Armor Bearer for a Powerful Prophet named Elijah around 861 to 860 BC. Elisha was an overseer of men who worked on his father’s farm. Elisha’s family were farmers who was prosperous. The prophet Elisha’s only request from the Prophet Elijah was for a doub...

Happy upcoming Father’s Day to all of the fathers in the world. We often celebrate Father’s Day in June with different gift items to the loved ones who have stood as positive men in our lives. Gifts often range from a written card from Hallmark to an expensive gift for the father. However, does a written card or expensive gift item validate or quantify who that man or father has been in our lives?...

I wanted to say a few words of encouragement to everyone who believes in Jesus. In this discussion, we talk about Peter's letter of encouragement to the saints and how it is important that we continue to encourage one another during these terrible times to remain faithful and strengthen within our belief system. Each of us is accountable to each other to pray and uplift our fellow believers when t...

Now Is the Time to Believe connects us to someone greater than ourselves by explaining how God has always loved us and shown mercy to each generation to learn and build a personal relationship with Him. Questions regarding faith, hope, liberty, and peace through the trials and experiences of our lives; are unpacked in this unique book Own Your Copy or download and listen today on Amazon and Downlo...

4.26.2022.  The definition of “Wall” means to enclose, shut off, divide, protect, border; to seal or fill. These are verbs according to the dictionary and are considered action words used with an object. Therefore, if we are a church and a body of believers and the actions of our church show signs of a wall, how does that church follow the Great Commission and the examples of the disciples?

One of the first churches of Jesus Christ was established in a country that worshiped idols, they were partaking in divination and witchcraft, and also taught that Jesus was not the Son of God but a man and prophet. The believers and disciples of this church faced terrible persecution and multiple objections to their new faith in Jesus and his dying for our sins on the cross; also, they were more...

There is such thing as a positive and negative confession. When we positively confess, we are believing that God has the power to make something happen. However, when we negatively confess, we are believing that something bad will come to pass. This is what the twelve spies sent to survey the promised land did in the Old Testament. One representative from each of the twelve tribes of Israel was se...

SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 55 | 2 Samuel 15:1-31 Absalom | JESUS BETRAYAL: Luke 22:21-22; 47-48 | FORGIVENESS: Matthew 6:14-15 | 1 Peter 2:23 INTRODUCTION Betrayal from someone you love is such a hard thing to move forward from. The betrayal isn’t so bad to understand, it’s normally the person that betrayed you that hurts you the most. Many of us have experienced betrayal in some form in our lives;...

Changing your ways and starting new 4/28/2022 INTRODUCTION What is fasting? Fasting is a ritual that allows a person to willfully refrain from eating or drinking nutritional needs for a period of time. Also, other types of fasting are medical, nutritional, protest fasting, and religious fasting. Although each of these fasts is important to engage in; the fasting that is recognized is a religious f...

"Healing in the New Faith Era" The Bible teaches us to have faith and walk by faith and not by sight through scripture. Faith is, as the Bible tells us, the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. We are even saved by faith through grace, and our faith justifies us to freely believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior. Also, the Bible teaches us that it was a person’s faith...

The Passover and Jesus Commonalities between the Old and New Testament is without a doubt Jesus.  The reason why this can be said is the fact that God loved both the chosen people of the Old Testament and the New Testament Jewish people because God was willing to make a blood covenant with His people.  Some may argue that the smearing of a pure lamb does not equate to the blood loss of t...

INTRODUCTION Making a choice can be a very complicated situation. Sometimes, we make choices in our lives that send us down a path that seems to bring problem after problem. There are times when we make choices that we are not mature enough to make due to the lack of knowledge in handling a thing. Our choices always have consequences, no matter how great or how small, our choices are what we have...

There is a king in the Bible named David who was tested and failed, tried and did not succeed, hunted but was not killed. But there was an act of love and kindness that helped David to realize that He needed someone’s love and kindness in his corner who would look out for him and shield him from certain death. Not only did God protect, comfort, and keep him, his friend Jonathan also protected him....

WORD REFERENCE : ROD in the Bible 2. (n.) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. (Proverb 23:13) “Do not withhold correction from a child, For if you beat him with a rod, he will not die.” De·ri·sion- contemptuous ridicule or mockery Jeremiah 1: 11-12 11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, “Jeremiah, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a branch of an...

TITLE: “I need you to trust me” SCRIPTURE READING: Genesis 22| Ruth | PSALMS 37 | 1 Samuel 15:21-23 We’ve heard people say to us “trust me” ok “don’t you trust me?” then, finally, the words “I trust You.” Each of these phrases has been heard so many times in the movies, books, and personally by people who profess the ability to trust something or someone’s actions towards them. However, what happe...

The definition of rich means having a great deal of money or assets, wealthy. To have wealth means an abundance of valuable possessions or money.  However,  our health is one of the greatest assets that a person can have. When do we consider our health greater than the materialism or the status that we attain on earth?  What does God say about wealth or riches? There are many script...

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