Words of encouragement

A couple min. in the Word... Some good news with your coffee!

Besides the conflicts throughout the world, there is also a war within us between our carnal sinful nature and our spiritual nature...

What's it going to take to awaken this fallen crooked world?

We can accomplish the greater things Jesus talked about when we get our priorities straight and seek 1st the Kingdom of God and His righteousness.

When our motives are pure, we want to please God because we love him unconditionally. We are not out to manipulate Him because He giving nature!

When we keep ourselves free from sin, trusting in God, He will make sure we are fruitful in the good works He planned for us from the very beginning of time!

Let's not get so distracted by good works we forget what God appreciates most from His children... love, relationship and obedience without compromising our mission!

What would we do different if we really believed God, the King of the Universe, was living in our bodies that He calls His Temple?

God is all about the Truth! In fact He is the God of Truth and He wants us, as His children, to be all about the truth... anything less makes us fall short of our potential in Him.

As believers we get the luxury of knowing we were created with a purpose, we are not mistakes and our future is in God's hands! Thereby taking off the pressure of trying to do life on our own.

Expect a wild celebration of epic proportions when America wakes up and welcomes God's presence back into our nation!

In the book of Galatians in the bible, Paul boils down what is truly important to God... hint: it's not anything the world considers important!

This last solar eclipse was a natural unifier...it was an opportunity for everyone to experience God's awe-inspiring creation showing up and showing out!

Love is the bond that holds us, as believers, together!

Awake to this truth: No-one comes to Father God except through Jesus!

God loves good order and discipline within His church body as it leads to being fruitful and able to respond to needs when necessary.

When we engage the mind of Christ within us, the whole Kingdom of God opens up along with our desire to obey God's word with all our heart!

As believers, we should be striving for unity in the faith, not harping on differences...instead lets rally around the common factor of our faith... Jesus Christ!

Since Christ is in us believers, miracles should be a normal occurrence when we ask in faith, with no doubt!

What's the point of suffering?

Don't give into discouragement, rather, tap into your faith and trust in The One who is able to see above the storm to guide you!

David and God were tight... God called him, a man after His own heart... God is no respecter of persons...which opens the door to all who are willing to seek Him first and love Him most!

Today's message is short and sweet....

This Resurrection weekend, let's make time to worship and praise God for all He is and all He has done for us! Jesus is King!

God warns us not to think like the world thinks, don't consider everything a conspiracy and don't live in fear...rather put on the mind of Christ which leads to life and peace!

When we Fear of the Lord (hating evil our of love and respect for He who is holy), we take on His character which is Faithful and true!

Love is the perfect bonding agent between us and God. Time and pressure only enhance it's ability to make us one with Christ.

Because we love God, we make it a priority to seek 1st His Kingdom and way of life before anything or anyone else!

We can read the book of Proverbs in the bible with the carnal mind and it would be hard to understand, if not impossible...but when we read with the mind of Christ, it opens up a hidden treasure!

God's pure view of what's valuable is topsy-turvy of how our corrupted, polluted world sees.

When we identify with Christ, we put down our desire to live like the godless world around us.

Serve God with a pure heart... anything less is unwanted!

As believers in Christ, we have the ability to choose to worship God, no matter what we are going through... the reward: Joy!

Jesus said, "I am the true vine, you are the branches," a concept hard to fathom with our carnal mind... It's only when we acivate the mind of Christ in us, that we fully appreciate the power and authority in this statement and others like it in the bible.

Don't let our Fatih in God grow weak, wither or die by ignoring it. Rather, get stronger by believing God's word and obeying it!

We are not to manage or learn to live with our fleshly (carnal) desires...we are to crucify or kill them....giving no room for their influence in our lives!

God tests our hearts and mind because He loves us and wants us nowhere near being religious robots who spout vain words as prayers thinking they will reach His heart.

Even though we can see miracles, we can't fully understand what took place without the mind of Christ fully functioning within us.

God is fierce in His desire for our time and attention...so much so, He periodically inserts His course corrections for our lives in the form of judgement.

Don't try to understand God's word with your carnal mind, it's an enemy of God, rather, as believers rely on the mind of Christ in us, to understand God's will for our lives.

Jesus is the Bread of Life...We need Him like we need food to survive, only this Bread provides eternal life to all who listen and obey His word.

Our carnal mind cannot understand the things of God...that's why He gave us the mind of Christ.

God hears our prayers anytime, but He seems to appreciate when we add a passion to our prayer and an expectancy He will provide the answer!

Forget the lies... the truth of the matter is Jesus Loves You and God has a plan for your life! That being said, let's live life to the fullest, in the power of His love!

As we spend more and more time with the Lord in our secret place (just us and God alone), we begin to take on His glory, like Moses did after meeting with God.

We say we want to draw close to the Lord, but He wants to make sure our heart is really in it... He has no desire to fellowship with hypocrites.

Like gold tested by fire, our faith is tested by God periodically to give us patience when confronted by various trials.

What is your gift? What are you good at without much effort? These gifts are God-given and are most effectively used for His service!

The bible tells us we can know our heart's condition, whether good or evil, by listening to the words we speak...

Let's use laser intensive focus on Jesus as we live to fulfil His 1st commandment to love God with all that we have!