It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Proverbs 25:2

The Sovereign will of God is Preeminent     

July 6, 2026

Jehovah God is the Almighty God and He is Sovereign over heaven and earth, and yet Satan is called the prince of this fallen world. Satan is most responsible for the hate, evil and problems that we encounter in this world.  These truths sound as though they are conflicting statements. God is ultimately the Sovereign King over the world and as a just and holy God He has limited Himself to His word. 

God in His Preeminence and excellent love for mankind created them in His image and gave them dominion over all He created. At the same time God gave them a free will, the ability to choose their allegiance and loyalties allowing mankind the power to determine their own destiny.  

God in His Omniscient, all-seeing and all-knowing power knew mankind would be seduced by Satan into rebellion and disobedience against their God and King. But God made provision to redeem this fallen world system and mankind before the world was formed. Though sin, Satan and the fleshly cravings of mankind created a fallen world system that is geared to destroying and ensnaring humanity, God had made provision that the Son of Man, Jesus, would redeem this world with His precious blood.  

1 Peter 1:18-20 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.   He indeed was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you NKJ 

God’s word will forever stand and there are no “take-backs” with God. Even though Satan became prince of the power of the air, and of darkness, God was bound by His word and His truth. It was man that relinquished dominion of this natural world to Satan and it would take a man, Jesus, to redeem the authority and dominance back to the former natural and spiritual world.  Jesus limited Himself to operate in His humanity and not His deity. He used the same power, the Holy Spirit that we have access, to live His life on earth.  

Now there are two kingdom powers operating in the earth, this fallen world with darkness, principalities and powers of Satan and also, the Kingdom of God, which functions in both the natural and spiritual realm, which is through Holy Spirit.  God’s kingdom on the earth is both natural and spiritual. Many people are confused or blinded to the spiritual aspect of kingdom and how His spiritual operations function in the earthly realm.  

Luke 4:6 And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for thishas been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. Ephesians 2:2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 

Difficult or hard times do not negate or hinder God’s SovereigntyMany people lose hope, lose sight, lose faith and lose confidence in God when they go through hard-times or horrendous or catastrophic experiences. Because their perspective is on their natural situation, the chaos that this life brings, hurt, pain or loss. This self-focus should include God’s word and promises.  Some are hurting because they believe God did not intervene or stop those things from happening to them. These are very natural thoughts and as human beings our first response is in the natural, but the Holy Spirit of God is there to help spirit man navigate through these life crises according to God’s word with a supernatural perspective.  

1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 

Isaiah 55: 8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. 

Knowledge of the love of God and the love of Jesus who gave Himself for us. When we have knowledge of God the Father and Jesus Christ whom He has sent, then we are able to see more clearly the Godly nature and workings of God in the earth and in the spiritual realm.  Satan’s major attack is against the people of God, while trying to tempt them into rebelling against God. But God in His Sovereignty and purpose will use the very things the enemy has brought against His people to transform them and develop them into the image of His dear Son.  God’s people are destroyed for lack of knowledge of who God is. 

Hosea4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. 

2 Peter 1:2-4 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.  

Natural laws and Spiritual laws govern this world and impact our lives.There are natural laws and spiritual laws that are in place and dictate natural and spiritual outcomes. We are more familiar with the natural laws that govern this world, such as the law of gravity, things will fall, and the law of motion of things at rest, motion and speed.  

People have less understanding of God’s spiritual laws that govern the spiritual realm such as the principles of fear and faith. Fear and faith are both spiritual currency in the spirit realm. They are the legal tender or cash notes in which business transactions are performed in the spiritual realm.  Just as we purchase our goods and services with money and currency of the country that we live in, so it is in the spirit realm. We will purchase and draw certain commodities to us according to the spiritual currency that we use. Fear is a negative spiritual coinage or exchange that the enemy uses to have people purchase or to draw destructive or harmful consequences into their lives.  Faith is the spiritual currency that we can use to draw and to bring the power of the Almighty God into our lives. We are constantly engaging in these spiritual transactions be it consciously or unconsciously.  

Job 3:25 For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, And what I dreaded has happened to me. 

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. 

Our Words are used to engage the natural and spiritual realms.  We are participating in the spiritual realm with our natural words, actions and deeds. By faith with our words, we can call the power of God into our natural circumstance. As well, fear can possibly open up avenues or access for the enemy into our circumstances.  God’s word is constantly telling us, do not fear, but have faith in God.

It is the lack of understanding or the knowledge of God’s word and principles that leaves some people open to the attacks of the enemy with little defense. In the book of Job, we see God speaking on the righteousness of Job, that he was a just and upright man. Satan harassed Job because Job was living in fear and this opened an opportunity for the enemy to attack him according to the spiritual principles.  God will not change His laws but He will take those things that the enemy meant for evil and work them for our good.  Though what Job feared came upon him, he stood firm in his faith in God and that He is faithful to His word and delivered him from his fears. 

 Job 1:8, Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?” 

Malachi 3:13 Your words have been harsh against Me, ”Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?. 

God is ultimately Sovereign over all the earthGod will work within the confines of His word and His spiritual principles, which allows mankind to make choices and see the consequences of their choices. Though we may miss the mark of His high calling and Satan may come as the accuser of the people of God, God will defend them. God will make crooked ways straight and bring low those lofty things that may try to exalt themselves higher than the word of God.  

1Peter4:12-13 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

Proverbs 3:6-8 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. Do not be wise in your own eyes: Fear the Lord and depart from evil. It will be health to your flesh, and strength to your bones. 

Do we really believe God is Sovereign, and the Master Engineer of our circumstances? Do we believe in the His mercy as a loving Father? Our obedience to His sovereignty is given to us by power of the Holy Spirit and the magnificent grace of God through Jesus. 

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FORGIVENESS is mandatory for the people of God!   

June 18, 2026

Forgiveness is a serious matter with God. It is so serious that He purchased forgiveness for us with the blood of His One and only Son, Jesus.  The Bible says God gave Jesus for our sins that He might deliver us from the power of sin and death and this present evil. When we refuse to forgive, we are refusing the work of Christ through His shed blood.  God paid a high price with the death of His Son to purchase our deliverance and forgiveness, and for us to refuse to forgive, it is a rejection of what Christ had done and God calls that wicked.

Forgiveness is important to God and the Bible tells us to forgive those who have wronged us just as we were forgiven for our sins against God.  Jesus gives a strong warning under the law that if a person does not forgive, they will not be forgiven and at this time Israel was living under the law of the Old Testament which was based on man’s performance.

Matthew 18:32-35  Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’  And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.  “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.” NKJV

The failure to forgive is a high price to pay

In the parable of the un-forgiving servant Jesus gave an example of the importance of forgiveness when we have received forgiveness from God.  The master forgave his servant a large debt because he had compassion on his servant.

In this parable the servant though he was forgiven a very large debt, he refused to forgive his fellow servant a small debt that was owed him and had the servant thrown into prison. God called this person a wicked servant. Just as it is in all the Old Testament laws man is required to perform the law and his failure will result into dire consequences.

The law was given for mankind to realize the requirements of God and the impossibility of humanity obtaining a perfect life on their own. The law not only revealed to mankind their sins but their need for salvation. Israel was given the ritual of the lamb sacrifice that pointed to a time when the True Lamb of God, Jesus, would come and take on the sin of all mankind forever.

Jesus brought a new Kingdom order of Grace through His life, death and resurrection. By Grace are we saved, it is a gift of God and not by our works.  God forgave us our debt of rebellion and treason against Him by giving His Son Jesus to pay the debt that was owed. Sin costs God a great price and the debt was paid by Jesus. We are no longer under the law to forgive others so we can be forgiven because we are under grace. We are forgiven by God’s grace and now we should forgive others because we have already been forgiven. When we refuse to forgive it only reveals our heart. It shows who we listening to and obeying, God our Father or the lies of the devil.

Matthews 18:21-22 Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

The sincerity of forgiveness must be from the heart, and not just in word. 

Jesus said we must forgive from our hearts not just in pretense but with a true heart. Some people may say “I forgive them enough or love them enough to get to heaven,” but is this a declaration of true forgiveness or is this self-deception?  Some people will go through the motions or with the pretext and the appearance of forgiveness but their heart is full of hate.  Our decision to forgive or not to forgive exposes the true condition of our heart, whether we realize it or not.

Those who accept Jesus as their savior and substitute payment for their sins are born into a new life and the Holy Spirit in them gives them the ability to forgive others by His grace.  When people refuse to forgive, they choose to stand on their own merit and thereby refusing the completed work of Jesus.   The forgiveness we give and the love we show only reflects our true heart which is the heart of our heavenly Father. We forgive not to be forgiven by God or to earn His Favor but because we have the Spirit of God’s Grace in us, we can forgive. It is not a natural response but a supernatural gift of God through faith in Jesus, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

Many people think it does not matter if they forgive. They want to hold on to their hate and bitterness because of their pride, and they will not forgive. Forgiveness will reveal who we are and who is our lord and master. God’s people will act like God their Father whose image they bear.   God is love and He has given His people the Holy Spirit to be His representative of love in the earth to all creation. If a person does not forgive, no matter what they say, their nature and heart will reflect their true make-up whether it be the character of God or that of the enemy.

Jesus told the religious leaders of His time that they were murderers and liars like their father the devil, but Jesus has done what He had seen His Father, God do. Though we may call ourselves religious or saved our actions reveal the truth of who we are. Forgiveness is no light matter, but it is a matter of heritage and son-ship and a reflection of who our true father is. 

John 8:44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks his own, for he is a liar, and its father. WEB

To Forgive is an act of submitting our will to God, and asking The Holy Spirit to give us this Forgiveness we need to forgive others as well as ourselves. 

As an act of our will, it is our choice and we must choose to forgive and to obey God As a decision of our will, we choose to ask God for the forgiveness we need and by faith receive the forgiveness. Faith to receive from God is the same as when we received salvation.  By faith we believe in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus came and died for us so that we could be saved. We take these same steps of faith to receive by faith the forgiveness we need. In our heart we believe God’s word to be true and with our mouth we confess as an act of our will that we forgive as we were forgiven.  

Jesus is our Lord and He would not ask us to do anything that we could not do through His grace. We may feel as though we cannot forgive but it is our decision and our choice to do so. We may need to cry out and ask God to give us help for the forgiveness we need for that person or situation and as an act of the will we say, “I choose to forgive them.”  The act of faith may not always be easy but God has promised to give us the strength we need to forgive others and ourselves. 

We can uproot the anger and bitterness; it is done with the word of God and as an act of our will and our decision to choose to obey God. The Bible says Satan will come because the Word of God has gone forth and he will try to destroy the seeds of the word that were sown in our heart and spirit. 

God’s Word is sure and He tells us of the devices of the enemy.  God would not have us to be ignorant but for us to know the truth. God tells us what to look for and to know that life is coming to test our convictions and to see if we really believe the word of God.  This world system will try to take away all we have been taught and will try and steal the truth from us.  We must not be taken by surprise but be prepared to stand on the promises. 

Romans 10:9-10 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. NIV

A choice and decision to obey God’s word. 

Once we make a choice of our will, the decision to forgive and let go of those injustices, the Holy Spirit and the power of God that is in us strengthens us to walk it out.  Letting go is a choice of our will that is not to say the enemy will not try and bring those thoughts and concerns back to us but we can meet the enemy with the truth of God’s word and say, “Jesus paid for that and God has given me forgiveness for them.” Every time the enemy tries to bring up the past, remind him of your future eternity with God and his future eternity in hell.  

Our actions and choices reveal our heart. Every time we take an action, we are making choices of our will either consciously or by default. We are declaring where we have placed our hope. It is mankind’s ability to choose, their will that makes them different from all of God’s other creations in the earth.  The choices we make lead us to take action and these actions will determine our destiny and how we live this life. We do not have forgiveness for others because we have not asked God to give it to us.

Ephesians 4:31-32 Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice. Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. NIV

 James 4:2 b…Yet you have not, because you ask not.

Vengeance is Mine says the Lord

Forgiveness does not mean the guilty get away but that God will settle the matter. We must understand that forgiveness does not mean the guilty will get by with the wrong they have done. Forgiveness says we trust God to handle the matter and we will allow Him to judge justly. We must believe God will avenge us and forgiveness does not mean the wicked will go unpunished or our enemies will get away without consequence. 

Forgiveness only releases us; it does not mean God has turned a blind eye to the situation or that it has gone unnoticed. It just shows our trust in God as a righteous Judge.  God alone knows the whole situation and knows the beginning and the end. He will judge, but according to His complete knowledge and His ways, which are not man’s ways.  

Our responsibility is to have faith in God, and as an act of our will, we should ask Him for the forgiveness we need. It is God who will take vengeance for the wrong that is done to us. It is not our job to make people pay for what they did, but we are to pray and seek God’s face for them and for ourselves.  We must let God settle our claims. If we try and settle the matter, we may do too much or too little and only God can handle it as the perfect judge.

Romans 12:9Dearly beloved, avenge not yourself, and neither give place to wrath: for it is written VENGEANCE is MINE I WILL REPAY SAITH THE LORD.

Isaiah 55: 8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Isaiah 33:22 For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our King; He will save us.

We are to use the word of God to fight against the enemy just as Jesus did. 

This process will help us move into the direction of forgiveness. Jesus defeated Satan in the wilderness with the Word of God, saying “It is written…” and he left Him for a season. So, we should not be surprised if Satan comes and tries to attack us with those old feelings of anger and un-forgiveness, by trying to have us to go back to our old thoughts and to try to again, enslave our minds. To get a stronghold in our hearts and minds, so that we go back to those old ways of thinking and hating.  

God wants us to trust and have faith in Him, ask and it shall be given to you. 

Matthew 7: 7-8 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

We can choose to think on the things that are good, just and pure. We can choose to stand on the written word of God just as Jesus did when He spoke aloud God’s word. God has given us the forgiveness and peace we need for those situations. We should praise God with songs, hymns or music and the word says that will silence the hand of the enemy.

Colossians 3:12-13  Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;  bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 

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DO NOT BE EASILY OFFENDED 

June 6, 2026

Offense is a tool of the enemy

Satan uses offense to get people ensnared with unforgiveness, which is rooted in pride. Followers of Christ should strive to change their views and personal perspectives so they will not be easily offended by people or situations. They are to follow Christ’s example, to not render insult for insult, through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

We live in a time when people’s response is to be easily offended. It is not just considered the rule in which people should react, but it is being cultivated as a preferred way to respond to problems and struggles. 

Offenses are just snares, traps and tools that the enemy uses against humanity to get them to react to situations out of hate and anger rather than to respond according to God’s word and way of forgiveness, love and mercy. Offense is part of this fallen world system where some people will cultivate it as a means of bringing division and disunity. This is of the enemy, to encourage a spirit of fear, anger, hate and to destroy the image bearers of God. 

Romans 16:17-18 Now I urge you, brethren, note those who cause divisions and offenses, contrary to the doctrine which you learned, and avoid them.  For those who are such do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly, and by smooth words and flattering speech deceive the hearts of the simple.

Matthew 18:7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

Offense comes from these root words, entrap, stumbling or obstacle. 

In the Bible there are two main words that are commonly translated to the word offense, Skandalizo: to entrap, trip up, stumble or entice to sin, and Mikshowl: a stumbling block, obstacle, enticement, to cause to fall or ruin. Both of these terms speak of the harm and injury to those who are offended. People are entrapped or enticed into sin and these pitfalls lead to devastation or a spiral downfall. 

An Offense is a violation of the breaking of a social or moral rule, that causes a feeling of resentment. A hurt is something that cause bodily harm, physical, mental or emotional. The feeling of being offended is one of the most crippling snares. It is cloaked, disguised and concealed in the pretense of being right or in defending one’s rights. When we look at this natural life, (our nationality, race, gender, religion or culture) and place it above God’s word, then we become offended. We feel we have a right to get upset and defend who we are. When we are insulted, overlooked or injured in some manner and become offended, it is because “self” sits on the throne of our hearts and not the word or the love of God.

Offense is driven by emotion that has its roots in self-importance, pride that can lead to unforgiveness. Followers of Christ should operate in faith according to the word of God and the example our Lord has set for us. Jesus speaks of those who are offended as those who have no root in God’s word within them. Many people are offended by the word of God, when they lack an understanding of God’s kingdom ways, or when things happen in a way they do not understand.  

The Bible teaches that we will experience persecution and it will be a constant test of our faith in God’s word. Those who have faith in God and know His word will believe He is faithful and will persevere to the end of the challenge and thereby, will stand in victory. Those who do not know God’s word or His kingdom ways will lack this understanding.  They are offended because they choose to trust in their emotions and their experiences, rather than in the love and faithfulness of God.

Mark 4: 17 And they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble. NKJV

John 15:33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Tribulations, persecutions and trials are part of our heritage in Christ.

John the Baptist was the person who preached the coming of Christ and introduced Jesus to the world as the Messiah. Yet, John questioned Jesus when he was facing death. John did not understand fully, God’s plan for his situations and circumstances, because they were not going the way he felt they should. This caused him a moment of offense. John asked if Jesus was really the One or will there be another?  When people are in difficult situations it will sometimes cause them to question God’s love and His faithfulness to His word.  

Jesus’ response to John’s question was to point to the word of God and the work of God being done for the salvation of men. Jesus did not try to justify Himself or prove He was the Son of God. He pointed to the work of God and the word of God being revealed in the lives of the lost. Jesus told them to go tell John, the blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, in other words God’s divine purpose and plan are being performed and lived out. 

Jesus said, blessed are those who are not offended because of Me. Even though Jesus may not respond the way we want Him to, or we may not understand the ways of God and what He has chosen for our particular situation, we can still trust God’s love.  

Luke 7:20-23 When the men had come to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, ‘Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?’”  And that very hour He cured many of infirmities, afflictions, and evil spirits; and to many blind He gave sight. Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them.  And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” NKJ

Matthew 11: 6 And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me.” NKJV

The process of not being easily offended: Is to know the word and will of God. 

Jesus gave His disciples directions on how not to be easily offended, He spoke to them the word of God and told them the things that were going to happen. He said these things were told so they would not be offended and stumble when they happened.

Some people will allow their offense to take precedence and rise above the word of God and this will lead to destruction. Some people would rather live with their pride and their righteous indignation, rather than to forgive and live in harmony with their family or friends. 

When our minds have been renewed to God’s way of thinking, we will know we are seated in the heavens with Christ. Therefore, our perspective should be different, understanding we are seated high above the things of this world, as kings and priests with Jesus. We should no longer view situations as personal attacks but to understand things are being allowed for a greater purpose and plan and to pray for God’s will to be done. 

We are to see these concerns and problems as opportunities for us to pray, intercede and to display the love and the life of Christ. It is when we are no longer easily offended by life, that we can respond in love and by this the world will be taken by surprise because of our actions. They will ask what is the secret to the strength, which allows us to forgive those who hate us. Only by the power of the Holy Spirit can we show this love. 

John 16:1-4 These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.  They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.  But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

John 15:18-20a If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.  Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you…

To not be easily offended is a practice skill of dying to self. 

Followers of Christ are called to be dead to this life but to live to a life hidden with Christ in God. It is impossible to offend a dead person. They can be kicked and insulted, but there will not be a response. This is how a life hidden in Christ, will strive to respond, because of the love of Jesus. This is not something we can do on our own but by the power of the Holy Spirit. We know we can trust Jesus with our life and our situations because He will defend us. 

God is able to orchestrate circumstances and work them out for our good and His glory. Just as He provided and protected Daniel from the lions and those thrown into the fire, He will bring us out of our horrible situations. God did not keep them from going through their difficult times but He was with them. God knows the plans He has for us to give us hope and a future and He will vindicate us. 

When we lay down our lives for another and we are acting from a position of love and not selfishness, it is through this people will see God’s heart. When we respond in love, the love of God is planted into the lives of others. The pain of life has hardened some people’s hearts because of what they have seen and been through. When we display God’s love, even though there may not appear to be a change or an acknowledgment of our acts of kindness, the seed of God’s love will have been sown into their lives. We are to think on the things of God and renew our minds with His word. It is God who changes lives with the seeds sown by His children into the hearts of those who are lost. 

Colossians 3:2-3 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God

Matthew 13:23 But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.”

The Battle is the Lord’s: We do not fight against flesh and blood.

When we understand our battles are not with people, but with the principalities and this fallen world system.  We will be able to show the love of God, and to die to self-centeredness and entrust our lives to God.  Those who trust God with their fate can trust Him for their vindication, and thereby can operate in His peace and love. 

We must dethrone “self,” our pride and our egos so Jesus may reign on the throne of our hearts. As Jesus gave His body to save others, we as the body of Christ on the earth, must love and not live in offense. 

John12:24-25 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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The Power of Words – Words are important 

May 25, 2026

Words are Important

The Bible has many examples of how faith is exhibited by the words people have spoken. We see the power of the spoken word and understand it has the ability to create, and by faith these words impact our future. The words we say can change our attitude and if we speak the right words, lining them up with God’s words, our attitude can change our perspective and how we view things. When we are believing right, it will change our actions to line up with what we know is right. 

Hebrews11:3   By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. 

Genesis 1:3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 

God the Creator has said we were created in His image, in His likeness for His glory. Instead of us listening to God we have allowed the enemy, people, schools, jobs and our society to define who we are and how we view ourselves.  This fallen world system wants to push us into believing that we are less than who God says we are.  Instead, they want us to allow them to determine who we are and what we can or cannot do.  

We have heard people speak words about a person and because they may have heard part of a conversation they walk away with some misconception. Their attitude, feelings and thoughts are negative toward that situation, but when the truth of the matter is spoken or revealed the attitude could change.  The enemy has lied to us about who we are, speaking words that has marred the way we feel about ourselves and others. When we learn the truth of God’s word and begin speaking His truth into our lives and over our families, we can change our behavior and actions to line up with the truth of who God says we are.  

John1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Life and death are in the power of the tongue. 

Satan is the same enemy who tricked Eve into believing a lie, that God did not want them to be as God. God created them for that very purpose, to be as God over the earth. Satan is using the same trick on humanity today, to have us believe that same lie, that God does not love or care about us.  Satan would have us to focus on nonessentials in this rat-race of life’s deceptions, distractions and anxieties to keep us from God’s word and to leave us and our communities open to his demise.

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

Psalms 45: 1 My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

We are to use our God given abilities to think on the things of God and use our tongue to be the pen of a ready writer to write love, hope and the grace of God on our hearts and in the hearts of others.  The truth of God’s word can dispel the lies the world has planted in us and has said about us. With faith in God’s unfailing love for us we are able to stand in the midst of adversity with a hope for our future. This hope goes far beyond this present moment, when we realize the plans, thoughts and the love God has for us now and for all eternity. 

Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,” Says the LORD, “And I will heal him.”

The scriptures say we are more than conquerors in this world and that we are kings and priests before God.  There are also words that come from Satan, the father of lies who comes to kill, steal and destroy mankind and their created purpose, which is to reflect the image of God.  

Malachi 2:17 You have wearied the LORD with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:13-14 “Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?

Every Word will be judged!

Now there are two systems operating in the world today, the kingdom of God and the lies of a fallen world system which is under the influence of sin.   Everyone is born into this fallen world system through Adam but can choose to be re-born into the family and kingdom of God through the confession of their words of faith in Jesus Christ. 

Words are important because we understand the world was created by the power of God’s spoken word. It is the act of the spoken word which the expression of faith that brings us into redemption and it is also this belief that puts us in right standing with God.

Proverbs 10:19-20 In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; The heart of the wicked is worth little.

Matthew 12:36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 

Matthew 12:37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Out of the heart the mouth speaks 

Belief turns to faith when we take our beliefs and put then action with it. We may believe in our hearts a thing is true, but we cultivate our faith when we express it through words and actions. By this we are acknowledging our belief to the entire world both the seen and the unseen. We declared the position that we stand on and operate in with every detail of our lives by the words we speak and how we live.

The word of God tells us we can tell the type of heart a person has by listening to the words they speak. It is important to listen as well as watch. People can change their actions for a short time but what is buried in their hearts comes through the very wellspring of their being through their words and eventually their behavior.

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

What we truly believe in our hearts, will become the topics that we speak on. The righteousness of faith speaks what God says about the matter.   Through the confession of words by faith in the completed work of Jesus, His birth, death, and resurrection we are made righteous. Those who are righteous are those who are placed back into right standing with God. 

Only God, by the power of the Holy Spirit can tame the tongue. 

The way we tame the tongue is by knowing God’s word.  We are to have a desire and a hunger for His word for our spiritual growth, just as we need food for our natural bodies.  As we grow in God’s word our spirit grows and the Holy Spirit helps us to tame the unruly and evil speaking of the tongue. 

Believers in Jesus are to confess and declare with their mouth the words of truth and affirmation to themselves and others as they begin operating in those truths.   

James 3: 8-11but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse human beings, who have been made in God’s likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be. Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring? 

Psalm 141: 3-4a Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Do not let my heart be drawn to what is evil so that I take part in wicked deeds along with those who are evildoers…

There are benefits to training the tongue to speak words of life and words about God’s love and mercy!   

We can choose to ask the Holy Spirit to line our hearts up with the word of God and set a guard over our mouth that we may discipline our tongue. The Bible says the tongue is deadly as poison, evil and untamable by mankind, therefore we should pray and ask God to help us bridle our tongue.

As true followers of Christ we are to bridle our tongue and to set a watch over our words and to train our emotions to love and not to hate. We are to do this through the power of the Holy Spirit living in us. This is a hard task for everyone and cannot be done in our own strength.  It is a practiced skill, and practice makes better.

Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

Proverbs 12:14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward

Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name

Use your words to create and build and not to teardown.

That which is broken can be made whole, with your words of healing.

That which is lost can be saved, with your words of life.

That which is in darkness can be brought into light, with your words of truth.

It is a practiced skill to hold the tongue, to watch the words we speak.  Practice makes better!

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What is Prayer? Prayer Is a Conversation between Us and God!

April 24, 2026

Genuine prayer is a conversation between us and The True and Living God, The Creator of all, He is God, and Father of all living things. Prayer is a process where we are both are speaking and listening to God as He is speaking and listening to us.  Prayer is how we make our earnest petitions to our loving Father, believing and trusting in God’s love, faithfulness, mercy and compassion for us as His children.  

Prayer is a conduit, pipeline or channel between the natural, the spiritual and supernatural. Prayer is a means of conveying things from one location to another from one person to another, us and God, it is how we operate and conduct business in both the natural and spiritual realm. 

Genesis 28: 12-13 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold, the Lord stood above it and said: “I am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants. 

Genesis 35:1 Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”

Prayer is an intimate, personal, and often times a private conversation between us and God. But like any conversation that we have with someone we do not know very well, the conversation in the beginning may be guarded, uneasy and unfamiliar. But as we grow in our knowledge of God, and our relationship with Him, we began to know Him.  The more we converse with a person the more we get to know them, and it is the same with our relationship with God. God made us to be in a close relationship with Himself as our Father and we as His children. 

Proverbs 22:17- 22 Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge; For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; Let them all be fixed upon your lips, So that your trust may be in the Lord; I have instructed you today, even you. Have I not written to you excellent things of counsels and knowledge, That I may make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may answer words of truth to those who send to you?

It is when we are in close communion with God that we will begin to know not only His acts, actions and the things He does, but we will also, begin to know Him, His ways, and understand His character. The more we look upon Him, to engage and to have fellowship with Him, the more He reveals Himself to us as being a faithful God.  The better we know Him the more we desire to be like Him and He will exchange our weakness for His strength and we will then begin to please Him.

Isaiah 40: 29-31 He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength.Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LordShall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” 

When we begin to understand the character of God, we become more intimate with Him, and we will know what is pleasing and acceptable to God. Just as the more we get to know a person or the longer we live with our spouse, children, parents and siblings the more we began to know and understand them, and their ways, likes and dislikes. So it is with our relationship with God the more we know Him, engage in His word and fellowship with Him, the more we become intimate with Him and begin to better understand His ways.

Genesis 18:17-19 And the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing, since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.

God did not hide His plans to destroy the city of Sodom from Abraham, but revealed to him His plan. God also listened to Abraham’s plea to save the city, if there were ten righteous people found there. Abraham knew his nephew Lott was there, and thought that in his family alone there would be at least ten people to save the city.  

Moses spoke with God face to face and was shown God’s form. David was called a man after God’s own heart. All these men had personal, intimate relationships with God. They had taken time to know, worship, trust and have faith in the Lord their God.  

Psalms 103:7-8 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel.The Lord is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.

Acts 13:22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

God does not arbitrarily, randomly, and without reason, do things with no purpose. God has no respect “of person”, that is He does not give respect due to someone’s social status, their pedigree/ancestral line, or their financial standing. But God does have respect “for persons,” those who seek Him, who commune with Him and who want to know Him.  Abraham, Moses and David were all humble men, with great trust, belief and faith in God. They all worshiped Him through the life they lived.  There is a great distinction between those who “know of God” and those who “know their God!”

Romans 2:10-11 but glory and honor and peace to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek: for there is no respect of persons with God.

1Kings 11:34 However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of My servant David, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes.

Isaiah 37:35 ‘For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’ ”

God knew Abraham would teach his children and household to keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and the right things. Abraham believed God, and trusted God with the life of his son Isaac, and was willing to put him to death, because God had promised that through Isaac his seed would be called. Though Abraham had other children, it was to Isaac that God had given the promise and Isaac had not yet given birth to any children. Therefore, Abraham believed God would bring Isaac back to life in order to keep His promise.  Abraham believed and trusted God’s promise, and it was accounted to him for being righteous and he became known as the “Father of Faith.” 

Genesis 18:19 For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.” 

Genesis 21:12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not let it be displeasing in your sight because of the lad or because of your bondwoman. Whatever Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac your seed shall be called.

Galatians 3:6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”

Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith that it might be according to grace, so that the promise might be sure to all the seed, not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

Like any relationship the level of intimacy will depend on the closeness of the relationship and true humility is one thing that honors and pleases God. It is when we are humble we are more like God. Moses was called the humblest man on earth. Because Moses was a humble man God could trust him to speak with him face to face, plainly, and for Moses to see the form of the Lord, and not get lifted up with pride.   

Numbers 12:3 (Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.)

Numbers 12:6-8 Then He said “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, make Myself known to him in a vision; I speak to him in a dream. Not so with My servant Moses; I speak with him face to face even plainly, and not I dark sayings; And he sees the form of the Lord. 

Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 

The more we read God’s word, and the more we abide in fellowship with Him, the more we begin to recognize and appreciate His ways and not just see His actions, without understanding His integrity, qualities and character.  God called David a man after His own heart and yet we saw David, take another’s man wife and had him killed. What would the world call such a man today? But God saw David’s heart, he was quick to acknowledge his wrong, repent and turn from his wickedness,  and was quick to seek God’s forgiveness and mercy. God saw the sincerity of David’s heart.  

When David’s sins were brought before him, David was quick to acknowledge his wrong and ask for God’s forgiveness. Unlike Adam who blamed his wife and God for his wrong doings. David was a man of humility, even though he was anointed king of Israel, he honored Saul and refused to kill him because he was God’s anointed and he would not take the kingdom on his own and waited for God’s timing.

2 Samuel 24:10 But David’s heart (conscience) troubled him after he had counted the people. David said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the sin of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

David was a worshiper and one who trusted God with his life, to protect and provide for him even when Saul was trying to kill him. Through prayer and worship, David was one who gave continued praise and thanksgiving to God with enthusiasm and vigor, so much so that he was criticized as acting inappropriately for a king. David knew all God had done for him, taking him from his meager existence caring for sheep, to being King over all God’s people.  David did not care about looking bad in their sight or small in his own eyes, but he would praise and exalt God with all his essence, and all his being. 

Psalm 108:1 A Song. A Psalm of David. O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

Psalm 131: 1 A Song of Ascents. Of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me.

2 Samuel 6: 14-15 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod.  So, David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.

2 Samuel 6:21-22 But David said to Michal, “I was before the LORD, who preferred me to your father and to all his house, to appoint me as ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. So I will celebrate before the LORD! And I might demean myself even more than this and be lowly in my own sight, but with the femaleslaves of whom you have spoken, with them I am to be held in honor!” 

A woman washed Jesus’ feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair and kissed and anointed His feet as acts of prayer and worship.  Jesus said she was one who loved much, because she had been forgiven much.  Those who refuse to acknowledge their sins and try to justify them, or believe they have sinned only a little and they think it is of no consequence. They are blind to their sins and do not understand or appreciate all God has done for them.  

Luke 7:44-45 Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped them with the hair of her head.  You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in. 

Luke 7:47 Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

The purpose of prayer is to have communion with God and to be transformed from our fallen sinful nature, into the image of Christ, so that we may operate in our created purpose as image bearers of God. It is when we get to know the true and living God and enter into an intimate and personal relationship with God our Creator as His children, that we will begin to look like and act like and talk like our Father in heaven.  Thereby, we will begin to reveal and reflect His glory here on earth. 

2 Corinthians 3:18 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.Prayer should be a continues daily conversation between us and God where we give all of our praise as we put before Him our petitions, problems, fears and hopes for our future, while seeking His guidance

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Gethsemane  – Jesus’ Prayer of Submission of His Will

March 28, 2026

Many people want Jesus as just their Savior, save me Jesus! But Jesus must not only be our Savior but our Lord, Master and the One who controls and instructs our lives.  It all begins with us submitting our will to God, acknowledging our need for a Savior and then by faith choosing to receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior.  Then Holy Spirit comes into our lives and transforms us by renewing our minds, by changing the way we think and act. 

Many people want to be free but refuse to accept the truth of God’s word. They fail to acknowledge and operate with conviction in the truth they have been shown. Jesus told Pilate that He came into the world that He should bear witness to the truth! Pilate asked the same question so many people ask today, “What is truth?” Because this fallen world system has distorted truth and the enemy has deceived many to believe the lies of this world. 

John 18:37b …Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”

With every new truth we receive, we must go through the battle of submitting our will to obey that truth, which God has revealed. This is a continuous cycle of growth for every believer, as God reveals to us His word and His way. With every new revelation of God’s truth there is a moment of acceptance or rejection based on our mindset and thoughts at the time. Jesus said that we will know the truth and the truth will set us free, but it is the truth that we know, believe and operate on as a guiding principle, that is what frees us. It should not be just a head knowledge of some statement that has no impact on our thoughts or actions. 

John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Many people may have knowledge of God’s word but they do not commit to it as a controlling, leading value of truth, one that dictates their life decisions.  We shall know the truth and it is the truth that we know, and use as a life steering principle, that is what sets us free. 

People will either receive the truth of God’s word and conscientiously and deliberately submitting their will to His word and accepting it as a life principle for their lives. Or they will dismiss it as something they heard, but will not act on it, or may say they need time to accept it. This leaves them open to the lies, winds and ways of this fallen world’s doctrine and thereby being tossed in every different direction.

In order to submit our will to God, the battle is fought in the very essence of our being, which is our will, intellect and state of mind. We must choose to pray a prayer to submit and surrender our will to God’s will and way. It is the same process of prayers that Jesus prayed during His battle of the will in the garden of Gethsemane. Many people fail to see the intensity and greatness of the agony of Jesus, as He wrestled with the truth of the cross that was before Him.  His agony, pain and suffering were not just because of the physical torment that He was about to go through, but it was the fact He would be forsaken by the Father, and the first time in His existence the Son would be separated from God His Father. The emotional and psychological anguish of being in total darkness and separated from His loving Father. 

Matthew 26:38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

Many people want to point to Jesus and say He was God, and that’s why He could live this life. But Jesus, while living on earth, limited Himself to His humanity, and operated just as all mankind, through the power of the Holy Spirit. It was in His humanity that He cried to His Abba, Daddy and asked if it is possible, take this cup away, that was His plea. Jesus prayed and made His appeal as to what He wanted, in the context of His relationship with His Abba Father. Jesus recognized God’s Sovereignty that all things are possible for God and He could, take this cup away. Nevertheless, Jesus did not superimpose His will but submitted to the Father’s will. 

Luke 22:41-44 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him.  And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 

Mark 14:35-36 He went a little farther, and fell on the ground, and prayed that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him. And He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will.”

Jesus’ experience in the garden of Gethsemane was one of extreme pain, stress and misery, to the point that He was sweating greatly with such intensity that He sweated drops of blood. When the body is under severe stress, so that the blood capillaries, (tiny blood vessels located around the sweat glands) ruptures, it causes blood to exit the body through the sweat glands. Not only was His body about to be nailed to a cross, but He would be deserted, rejected and isolated in total separation and forsaken by His Father for the first time in His entire being. It was not just the physical pain that had Jesus overwhelmed in sorrow to the point of death, but also the stress of being totally estranged from His Father. The angels from heaven came and strengthened Him during His trial. In this Jesus took our debt of total separation from God, so that we may spend eternity in fellowship with the Father.

Jesus’ humanity did not want to suffer but He trusted and acknowledge God as a loving Father, and He would do what was best for all humanity.   Jesus believed that whatever the Father decided, for Him would be a decision that was just, kind, loving and for the greater good for all mankind. Then Jesus prayed a prayer of acceptance of God’s will, if it is Your will, take this cup from me, nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.

Luke 22:41-44 And He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and He knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

The submission of our will, is us trusting God with our lives and our future. Our ability to choose is our God given attribute, God Himself will not take this away from us. He is continuously asking us to choose whom we will serve, and to choose life and not death, but the choice is always left up to the individual. We too may need to pray as Jesus prayed, a prayer of submission, Father if this cup (the situation I’m in) cannot pass unless I drink it (experience/go through it) Your will be done. 

Matthew 26: 42 He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink from it, Your will be done.

Jesus being the Son of God, went through the same test that all humanity will go through, the test of the will, to trust, obey and believe in God that He is a loving and faithful Father. This is why Jesus is a faithful High Priest not after the order of Aaron, who was of fallen mankind, but of the order of Melchizedek, the Priest who had no recorded beginning or end. Jesus has experienced the trials of obedience and is the example for us on how to persevere, and how to trust in a loving Father during our trials. Now Jesus Himself, is at the right hand of God and intercedes on our behalf. 

Hebrews 5:7-10 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.  And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 

Jesus endured the shame of the cross, but because of the joy that was set before Him, (bringing God’s people back into the family of God with eternal salvation), in this joy He found pleasure, delight and motivation to endure the suffering.  The joy of knowing we would be spared a sentence of eternal separation from God our Father, Creator and King! We must learn, that we too can take a hit, a blow or be persecuted, for the sake of someone’s soul being saved for all eternity. These too can be viewed as light afflictions and not to be compared with the glory that God will reveal in us.  

Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Romans 8:18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us

Our will is our ability to choose and only we as an individual person can make the choice to trust, believe and obey God. Or, whether to go in our own strength and ability, while leaning into our own understanding.

The three prayers of Jesus, 

  1. Jesus prayed what He wanted done. He made the appeal in regard to His close relationship with His Abba Daddy. Knowing all things are possible with God and He could take this cup away. Mark 14:35-36
  2. Jesus’ prayer of submission was trusting in the Sovereignty of God. Trusting in His knowing what is best in all things. Father, if it is Your will, take this cup from me, Luke 22:41-42
  3. Jesus then prayed a prayer of acceptance and faith in the love of a loving and faithful Father. Father, if it cannot pass unless I drink it Your will be done, Matthew 26: 42

To submit our will to God through prayer, we can pray as Jesus did. We can Submit our request to God. We also Trust in the Sovereignty of the Almighty, All-knowing God to do what is good and perfect for us now and for all eternity. Then Accept God’s way, His chosen path, believing and having faith in the love God has for us.

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A Christ centered life Powered by the Holy Spirit

March 12, 2026
  • A Christ centered life is one that is focused upon Jesus with a commitment, a pledge and obligation of loyalty, and devotion to Jesus Christ as their Lord and Master, the one who controls, instructs and direct their lives.
  • A Christ centered life, is a life well lived through fellowship with Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is vibrant worship, a good knowledge of who Jesus is and a close, intimate relationship with Him. A Christ centered life is one in harmony, unity and fellowship with others, and it is praying forboth friends, enemies and opponents alike. A Christ centered life is one of forgiveness, forgiving everyone, everything regardless of their position, whether they feel regret or not. Forgiving is being at peace with yourself and God, but it is not putting self in harm’s way by allowing people access to us. It is trusting God to vindicate, provide, protect us and give us peace no matter the situation.
  • It is hard for most people to live a Christ centered life, because Christ is revealed by the person of the Holy Spirit through the word of God and it is the Holy Spirit that gives us the power to live this life. Not many people have actually read the Bible and gone through it from Genesis to Revelations and very few read the Bible daily as a means of fellowship and hearing from God.
  • Many people will read the Bible for information to gather facts and in preparation of a message.For a lot of us the cares of work commitments, family responsibilities and daily commitments put time constraints on us giving this the time we want.Often times we will hear the word of God but will not take the time to let it take root in our hearts.
  • Mark 4:14-20 The Sower sows the word. And these are the ones by the wayside where the word is sown. When they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. These likewise are the ones sown on stony ground who, when they hear the word,immediately receive it with gladness; and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble. Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. But these are the ones sown on good ground, those who hear the word, accept it and bear friit: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
  • A Christ centered life is one that is lived by the power of the Holy Spirit, that alone makes us di)erent and strange to the world and our friends, we become the odd person out of the loop. There is fear of rejection of not being involved, or not invited by others to their gatherings, or being ostracized. The need to be accepted, may incline some people toward making an idol of self, by allowing self-centeredness to sit on the throne of their hearts instead of Christ.
  • A Christ center life is lived by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit. The person of Jesus left and returned to heaven and sent the Holy Spirit to us. The presence of the Holy Spirit that is who He is, God Himself within usthe One who can change our hearts. The Power of Holy Spirit is what He does and is seen through His work and He can change our circumstances.The person of the Holy Spirit comes to live within us to reveal and instruct us as God’s children. The power of the Holy Spirit comes upon us for the service and the work of God to a lost world.
  • God’s people are indwelt by the presence of the Holy Spirit. God’s people are endorsed, recognized, validated by His presence, it is the Holy Spirit Himself living within and through us! It is the Holy Spirit with us that will help us to re0ect and reveal God’s love. He helps, comforts, guides, teaches, counsels, strengthens, prays and intercede for us to God. The HolySpirit is the greater One inside, who bear witness to the truth and He reveals the truth that frees us from bondages and He gives us gifts to minister to the church and empowers us.
  • The presence of the Holy Spirit is what keeps us Christ centered and in fellowship with God. No one can really know Jesus unless it is revealed by the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 Corinthians 12:3-7 Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus and no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are di4erences of ministries, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. Butthe manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit all
  • Everyone will not respond the same way in relationship to the Holy Spirit. Some people have a high intense emotion toward God, while others a quiet since of reverence and respect. One is not more than the other. There are di)erences in culture, ethnicity, values and temperament of character, personality and appeal. God is a God of diversity and loves all humanity.
  • Some people feel the emotional excitement of the Holy Spirit, while others believe in the reserve of His presence. Some cultures are loud and expressive. Some are quiet and reserve but all have uniqueness in reverence, worship and praise to God. It is the Power of the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ that brings unity and the appreciation of the beauty of uni4ed praise to God, no matter the form.
  • The power of the Holy Spirit, empowers, endorse and approved God’s message to a lost world. It is the lost who looks for signs, and signs are for the lost, but faith is for the believer.
  • The Power of the Holy Spirit is what He does! God’s message is endorsed, certi4ed and validated by the power of the Holy Spirit. Signs are given for the unbelievers. Speaking God’s word with foresight, trust, loyalty and Faith is the stamp, and trademark of believers, they do not look for signs, they operate in faith.
  • 1 Corinthians 14: 22 Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophesying is not for unbelievers but for those who believe.

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The Bible’s Purpose Is For, Information, Transformation, and Communication  

February 13, 2026

When we read the Bible we should be clear as to the purpose of the practice.  There are many different reasons we go to the Bible and all of them are important and valid reasons, but it is good to be clear and know our particular purpose when we sit down with His Word. We study and read the Bible for information in preparation to teach or preach, we also read the Bible to get instruction on how to transform our lives to be more like Him. But, our highest calling is to commune with God through His word and to let Him speak to us as we listen intently to what He has for us individually. 

All three of these purposes and practices are very important for us to become total and complete in God’s will for our lives. We must be informed and know what God’s word says about a matter before we can go out and teach others 

Titus 2:1-4 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.  Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance. Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.  Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children..

John 21:17 The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.

There are many ways to read the Word of God, we can read it from Genesis to Revelations as printed, or chronologically in the order that it was believed to have transpired, or in the sequence of going through the Bible in a year reading the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs as a few examples.  

We are to gather information, and study to show ourselves approved unto God, that we may pass on correct truth to those we are speaking, so as to be helpful in their life’s journey.  This is a powerful way of helping our loved ones and those God has placed in our sphere or circle of influence. We can give them truth and the principles on how to live this life according to God’s precepts, teachings and guidelines. This is a task we all have been called to do; parents teach your children; let the older women instruct the younger on how to act;  let the fathers and leaders teach the people, as good shepherd who is willing to sacrifice self and time to train, teach and protect God’s people.  

2 Timothy 2:14 Study to shew yourself approved unto God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Our Transformation, should be to change our old fallen ways of doing and seeing things and to change our old patterns and ways thinking.  This is another purpose we should have while we encounter reading the Bible or studying The Word of God. So that we ourselves may be transformed into the image God has created us to be. We all have been taught by a fallen world system and have been indoctrinated and brain washed with lies that are from the enemy of God. But, it is all we have known and were taught, so it appears as truth until our minds are “Renewed or Restored” to God’s way of thinking.

Romans 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

God has birthed us into His family by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our original state was formed into the likeness of God until, the enemy came and disfigured and marred God’s children into fallen creatures that no longer reflect or revealed the love, light and unity of Him. But God, would not leave us in that fallen state and sent Yeshua, Jesus, our Rescuer and Deliverer to rebirth and restore in us that which was lost and stolen, the Holy image of God, through the Holy Spirit. 

Galatians 4:6 And because we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, prompting us to call out, “Abba, Father.”

In order to be transformed into the image of God and His Son Jesus, we must renew our minds to God’s way of thinking, which can only come by the washing our minds with the word of truth. As stated, Jesus cleansed the church by the washing of water with the word of God, which also cleanses us. 

Ephesians 5:25-26 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,

It is so important to take time to commune, to fellowship, and to allow God to speak to us. Having open communication with God may be one of our the most neglected practices while reading the Bible. The Word of God can allow us to hear Him speak to us personally. We will study to teach the word of God, and we will read to know how to be transformed and more like Christ, but seldom do we sit still with the purpose of hearing from God. We should ask, speak Lord for your servant is listening!

Often times we are like Samuel when he was a child, God is calling and speaking to us but we tend to run to those around us to ask what they think or to see what they say about a matter. This is a natural thing for us as children, new in the word and the family of God, that we look and seek those who have known God and His word. But as we grow and mature in the reading and understanding of God’s word, we are to do as Eli told Samuel, go back and sit before the Lord. We must train our spiritual ears to listen for God’s voice, His words and instructions to us through sitting in His presence with His Holy word. 

1 Samuel 3:4 that the Lord called Samuel. And he answered, “Here I am!”  So he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” And he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” And he went and lay down.

6-7 Then the Lord called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” He answered, “I did not call, my son; lie down again.” (Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.)

8-10 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. So he arose and went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you did call me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called the boy.  Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.

Now that we have been transferred into the family of God, Jesus said He now call us friend, and we can call God, Abba Father, we are not just family but in close personal relationship with God as Father and Jesus as Savior and Friend. 

Like any good father God wants to be in constant fellowship and communication with His children. While God is the Father and Creator of all creation, He desires a close and personal relationship with those who are in the household and family of God. All who believe and trust in Him through faith and in the completed work of Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. 

Ephesians 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens [outsiders without rights of citizenship], but you are fellow citizens with the saints (God’s people), and are [members] of God’s household,

Just as in the garden with Adam and Eve, their test was to see who they would believe and obey, God or Satan. That is the same test that lies before each of us today, who will we believe, the word of God our loving Father, or the tricks and lies of the enemy and our own selfishness?

1 Corinthians 1:9 God will do this, for he is faithful to do what he says, and he has invited you into partnership with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

We communicate with God so that He can inform us and then transform us into His image. As with any skill, it is improved with practice.  We should ask God, help me Lord to listen to You and to know Your voice. Speak Lord, for Your child is listening!  

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God Wants A Willing Heart – To be Willing to Be on God’s Mission                           

January 23, 2026

God is looking for someone who is willing to open their heart to His purpose, which is for us to bear His Image, reflect His glory and to show His love to the unlovely, the lost and a hurting world. Our will, which is the ability to choose, is the most Godlike characteristic that we have been given. We possess the power to determine not only how we will live for God our Creator in this life, but the capability to decide our eternal destiny. 

Deuteronomy 30:19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live. NIV

God does not require us to be perfect or live without faults or mishaps, that is the reason Jesus came, to live a perfect life that we could not. But God wants us to be willing to submit to His Word and His authority. We are to align our will with His way and be willing to accept His word. When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior God will give us the Holy Spirit who gives us the ability and the strength to do God’s work according to His will.

Luke 24:49 Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

Acts 1:4-5  On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.  For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

In a time where there is so much division in the world, where the difference in opinions has become a reason and justification to dislike and even hate another. This is the culture that Satan and this fallen world system have cultivated to keep people divided in a spirit of anger, hate and fear. But God has called us to pray for those who misuse us, to love those who hate and persecute us.  

Luke 2:27-28 But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,  bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.

Some people may say this is unfair of God, to ask us to pray for those who hurt us. But this is not just for their benefit, it is for ours also. God is guarding our hearts from hate and bitterness. God knows you cannot maintain hate for those you are praying for.  God is asking us to pray for our enemies for our benefit, so we do not lose sight of who we are in Christ Jesus and also, not to lose ourselves in pride, which could turn to bitterness and hate and endanger and at risk of the judgment. 

Hebrews 12:14-15 Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:  looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled; 

Matthew 5:22a But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. 

Matthew 18:33-35 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’  And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. “So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses.”

This is not something we can do naturally on our own, it takes the power of God through the Holy Spirit to give us both the desire and the power to pray for our enemies. But it must start with us submitting our will to God’s purpose and plan for saving a lost and dying world, through the love of Christ that is within us. 

Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Most people think their goal is to live a life centered around self and to care only for themselves, their family and friends, but we are here to live a life hidden in Christ that we may reflect the life of Christ to others. To live the life Christ lived on earth, one of humility, sacrifice and as a servant to others.  He died to self-interest for the sake of others, and this is what our daily lives should look like. Except we die to the obsession and idol of self, and remove egos from the throne of our life, we will remain confused in this our life’s journey. 

A seed will multiply and reproduce once it is buried and die to its original form. The husk of the seed must be broken for it to be changed into a different form, that it may be rooted into the life-giving soil which provides nutrients that it needs to grow.   Just as we must die to our original self, where we were educated and trained in by this fallen world system that exalts self over the love of Christ. 

1 Corinthians 15:21 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. NKJ

John 12:24 Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.  If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.

As the apostle Paul stated, he died daily and so should we.  We too should die daily, and every day by the act of our will, we must choose whether we will live for ourselves, our pride, position, or culture, or we can choose to die to it all that and let the love, mercy, forgiveness, so that the unity, from the life and love of Christ may flow through us. This is not something that is done overnight but is a process of change, of being transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit, from the old way of living to a new way of thinking.  We are to renew our minds to God’s way of living and thinking. We are to live in humility and in service to others, not looking just at their current needs but for their eternal souls.

It is difficult for us to turn the other cheek or to let people get by with the wrong they have done to us, but if we die to self, there will be no struggle. You can kick a dead man and he will not respond, and that is how we should live in this life. It is a process and a practiced skill to be able to hold our tongue and manage our dislikes, for the saving of another soul from possible eternal perdition or misery, which is far more important than our petty feeling of being disrespected, our pride or the need to vindicate self. 

Joshua24:14a, 15b

Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness….…then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve… But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Every person has a God given will, that is the ability to choose the direction of our lives. Even God will not take our right to choose away, but He tells what the results of our choices are, blessing or curses. God desires to be in a relationship with His children as most parents do. Because of His love for us His Grace gives us the same choice they had in the garden, to choose who they will believe and obey. All He asks is that we choose Jesus and He will give us the power to live this life more abundantly.  

Romans 10:9-11 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.  As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” 

Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

God will not force anyone to come to Him, but He is constantly asking us to choose by faith Jesus, with our heart, mind, and soul as an act of our will. 

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 Jesus Christ Is The Light of the World

January 5, 2026

People over the centuries have sung “Joy to the World, the Lord has come,” but not many really understand the significance of those words. The world was in great darkness from the time of the fall of mankind.  God’s glorious light His Shekinah glory, the indwelling Holy Spirit inhumanity, had ceased to be within them, and they were in spiritual darkness. Most historians call the “Dark Ages” after the fall of Rome, when Europe was marked by a decline economically, intellectually and culturally. But in truth the world had been living in the dark ages from thefall of humanity when the true light of the Holy Spirit departed from mankind. 

God is faithful to His promise, that a Savior would come to bring light and truth back to humanity and He would crush the serpents head and regain dominion over all that God had created. In the fullness of time Jesus was born, the Son of God, Jesus came as the Son of Man to set humanity free from darkness and the power of sin and death. 

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” NIV

Upon Jesus arrival on the earth, the Angel appeared to the shepherds, who were one the lowest in their societies and culture, to announce the birth of the Son of God, our Savior and King. It was truly good news of great joy, an amazing fact, that born in the city of David was The Savior, who is The Christ. The One who will save His people, who will bring light into darkness and set the people free from the lies of Satan with His truth. 

Luke 2:10-11 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.  For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. NKJ

Satan came as a thief and stole the dominion God had given mankind and enslaved them into darkness and sin. God in His mercy and grace saw us in our sin and would not leave us in our fallen state. 

Through mankind’s disobedience they fell into depravity, wickedness and corruption, but God would not leave us without Hope. God The Father,sent His Son Jesus into the world and He came that we might have life, a more abundant life, and not just existing. But with all things it is a matter of the will, every person will choose life or death, blessing or cursing if not by words they will by their actions and deeds.

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. NKJ

Jesus is the living word of God. He came to bring truth and light into the world that humanity should no longer live in darkness. God promised a Savior who would redeem humanity and bring the light of God’s salvation back to His creation. 

John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” NKJ

When we by faith through the grace of God accept Jesus as our Savior we receive the Holy Spirit within us and then we become God’s light in dark places. Then we become the light to a world in darkness.

John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” NKJ

Matthews 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. NKJ

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