Greetings Brothers, Sisters, and friends, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, and The Lord Jesus Christ. I thank God for you. I pray that everything is Good for you considering that the enemy has launched a devastating assault against God’s people. The enemy doesn’t even care if He kills vast numbers of his own followers as long as he can destroy the lives of God’s people. This is where his understanding breaks down, It is apparent that he doesn’t know that nothing absolutely nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, Amen.   Lord thank you for giving me this opportunity to share your word concerning the gift of life and the key thereof. Please help me to use the right words so that I may say what you want me to say, and that you help everyone who hears and read this message understand, Thank You, Father, in Jesus name I pray, Amen.

My friends Our Lord Jesus while on His mission to provide salvation to the world was constantly surrounded by controversy. The religious leaders of that day represented God to the people. This position in the eyes of the people was one of privilege, authority, admiration, and respect. In other words, this was a position of power over the hearts and minds of God’s people, until the coming of the Messiah who would sit on the throne of David. These people thought themselves to be special, and in fact, they were. They were Gods’ chosen people. The promised Messiah was announced centuries in advance and his identity was unknown until Jesus’s ministry began They could not see, nor did they try to see. the light had come into the world and it was like their eyes couldn’t take the light so they preferred darkness. Unless the Messiah burst on the scene with chariots and armies of angels they were not going to accept Him regardless of his being the embodiment of truth and grace and life.

So there are three controversies that came into play that was quite revealing in several ways. There was the controversy form His

1. family: Jesus brothers knew that  He had the gift of healing and that he attracted people everywhere He went. They wanted Him to use His gifts in a spectacular way before all the people at the first of the Passover. Maybe they thought to cash in on His claimed Messiahship. they were not really concerned as they pretended to be, they didn’t have discernment about his mission. Jesus gave his brothers a lesson on time, and it was related to the fact that people didn’t hate them,  because they were just like them, they are one of them, but they hated Jesus because He reminds the world of its evil. Jesus said It is not my time to make such an appearance that will trigger being put to death before the time allotted by His Father. It was not part of His Fathers’ plan.

2. Crowd. The crowd just couldn’t get a good fix on identifying Jesus. They entertained all types of opinions about Him. Some thought of him as a good man, some thought of Him as a deceiver, some as the deliverer, some as a prophet, some as demon-possessed, and some as the Christ, some even thought that he as an entertainer such as a circus act. hey questioned His credentials and His origin. The crowd wanted to know how it is that Jesus had such knowledge without attending school? Jesus explained to them that His teaching came from God. If you want to serve and do the will of God you will search the doctrine and find out if I am telling you the truth. This is also a lesson for us today. If you want to know if a preacher is teaching you the truth go to the bible, you will know. Since Jesus used this offer of proof I believe it to be fair to say that the word authenticates the preacher and not the preacher authenticates the word. Not that we in any way measure up to Jesus. Jesus explained that the doctrine he teaches is not his own, but the doctrine that was given to Him by his Father. If He was teaching His own doctrine He would be seeking His own glory. But He who seeks to glorify God is true.

People claim to honor Moses so Jesus reminded them that Moses gave them the law and not one of them obeys the law. Yet for the sake of the law, they would circumcise a baby so as not to break the law, the law says that a child had to be circumcised on the eight-day after birth. If that day falls on the sabbath they obeyed the law concerning circumcision but, when Jesus healed a man on the sabbath they became very angry. Don’t judge according to the way something appears, judge with righteous judgment.

Religious Leaders

After hearing the crowds The religious leaders sent the temple guards to arrest Jesus, but when they heard him speak, they stopped in their tracks Never have I heard a man speak like that before. they were scolded by the religious leaders for not carrying out their orders. The crowd reasoned among themselves concluding that when the Messiah comes they will not know where He is from because they know where Jesus is from. Jesus told them“Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me. You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come.”(33, 34)  Suddenly Jesus stood up and said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within (37-38).

Immediately the temple guards said what did he mean? Where is He going? Jesus was telling everyone that He is going home where he will be glorified, once He is glorified, The Holy Spirit is going to come. The life Giving Spirit of God. Everyone who believes is going to be filled by the Holy Spirit and receive eternal life.

The question remains today. Jesus asked Peter Who do men say that I am? Then Jesus asked Peter who do you say that I Am? Peter replied you are the Christ, The living God. Who do you say that Jesus is? The answer to this question will determine where you spend eternity. This is the question that comes before the world and everyone must answer. The answer will come in the form of belief. God said that if you believe that Jesus is His Son and that He (God) sent him to the world to die on the cross for your sin and mine, that you shall have eternal life. The scripture said if you confess with your mouth Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. The scripture also says that anyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Thank you, Lord, for your love, goodness,  grace, and generosity.  My friends, who do you say Jesus is?

https://testflight.apple.com/join/om8voNVm      When one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, he went to the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. A woman in that town who lived a sinful life learned that Jesus was eating at the Pharisee’s house, so she came there with an alabaster jar of perfume. As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and poured perfume on them.
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know who is touching him and what kind of woman she is—that she is a sinner.”
Jesus answered him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Tell me, teacher,” he said.
“Two people owed money to a certain moneylender. One owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. Neither of them had the money to pay him back, so he forgave the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?”
Simon replied, “I suppose the one who had the bigger debt forgiven.”
“You have judged correctly,” Jesus said.
Then he turned toward the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You did not give me any water for my feet, but she wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. You did not give me a kiss, but this woman, from the time I entered, has not stopped kissing my feet. You did not put oil on my head, but she has poured perfume on my feet. Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven—as her great love has shown. But whoever has been forgiven little loves little.”
Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
The other guests began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”
Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace”(Luke 7:36-50).

In the days when Jesus was here,  it was customary to recline while eating. dinner quest would lie on coaches with their heads near the table. they would prompt themselves upon their elbow and stretch their feet out behind them. The woman could easily wash his feet without approaching the table. There were several customs that were not observed, or extended to Jesus, as a quest in the house of Simon who was a pharisee. Simon observed what the woman was doing and also recognized the type of woman she was. He immediately said to himself that this was proof that Jesus was not a prophet, because He didn’t reject the woman who was washing his feet. Jesus having omniscience knew what he was thinking. through the use of a parable, Jesus ask Simon who would be more grateful for the forgiveness of the debt? Simon said that it would be the one who had the most debt.

Jesus pointed out Simon’s inconsistencies. It was customary for a quest to be greeted with a kiss, it was customary to anoint the quest head with olive oil because people wore sandals it was customary to wash their feet. Jesus explained to Simon that this sinful woman who has sinned much has washed his feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair, Simon you wouldn’t even give me the courtesy of olive oil to anoint my head, but she has covered my feet with expensive perfume, you wouldn’t give me the customary kiss, but this woman has not stopped kissing my feet. Jesus said “therefore her sins and there are many are forgiven, for she loved me much, but one who is forgiven little show little love. It is the grateful prostitute whose sin is forgiven and not the stingy religious leaders. It is God’s grace through faith that sins are forgiven and not acts of love or generosity. Her act demonstrated her true faith and Jesus honored her faith. Overflowing love is the natural response to forgiveness. Only those who realize the depth of their sin can appreciate the complete forgiveness God offers. Do you appreciate the wideness of God’s mercy? are you grateful for his forgiveness?

The Unforgivable Sin

Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him so that he could both talk and see. All the people were astonished and said, “Could this be the Son of David?”
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons.”
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
“Or again, how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and carry off his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can plunder his house.
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

Sometimes believers worry that they have accidentally committed the unforgivable sin, but only those who have turned their backs on God and rejected all faith have any need to worry. Jesus said they can’t be forgiven. Not because their sin is any more or less worse than any other, but because they will never ask for forgiveness. whoever rejects the prompting of the Holy Spirit removes himself or herself from the only force that can lead him or her to repentance and restoration to God.

The Pharisees had already accused Jesus of being in league with the devil (Satan) (Matt 9:34). They were trying to discredit Him by using an emotional argument. Refusing to believe that Jesus came from God. They said he was from Satan. Jesus easily exposed the foolishness of their argument. Jesus said “Even blasphemy against me or any other sin can be forgiven- all except one: speaking against the Holy Spirit shall never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come. Can you ask God for forgiveness? Here is how, God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life. Ask Jesus to forgive you today, don’t be afraid. God bless you.

Greetings, grace, peace, and love to you in the name of God, our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I am Rev. Reginald Stevens, Pastor of Immanuel Church of Jesus Christ. I thank God for this privilege to share with you a Daily Dose of Encouragement.  

Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them, he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. “It’s a ghost,” they said and cried out in fear.

But Jesus immediately said to them: “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.”

“Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.”

“Come,” he said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, “Lord, save me!”

Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. “You of little faith,” he said, “why did you doubt?”

And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”(Matt 14:22-33).

As you face the challenges of the recent storm, God wants you to hold on to your faith and fear not. God wants you to remember all he has shown and done you. God wants you to place your trust in Him. When the weather is good, we praise God. When the storm comes, we quickly turn away from God as if He is no longer there. God finds it amazing how one minute you praise him, and the next moment you run in fear as if He is not even there. Do you think that God has abandoned you as if He is afraid of the storm?  God wants you to keep your focus on Jesus.

Peter wanted to come to Jesus walking on water in the storm. Peter knew that his request defies science, even so He knew that If Jesus allow him to do so he could. He Had faith in Jesus. We are faced with a raging storm, a viral pestilence. This storm is very deadly and destructive as the storm Peter faced, but because he trusted in Christ, He was able to walk on the water. It was not until He took His focus off Jesus and allowed fear produced by the storm to invade his mind. He then put his focus on what the storm can do, and the impossibility of surviving its devasting evil power. This is when he began to sink and call out to Jesus, Jesus immediately reached out and took him by the hand and saved him from the storm.

You may ask, does God want me to act as if the storm is not there? No, God wants you to not fear the storm. God wants you to know that when you go through the storm He is with you, God wants you to trust Him in the storm, God wants you to know that He will bring you through the storm,

all you need to do is trust Jesus. God expects you to exercise caution, God expects you to do everything you can, not to be infectious, to yourself and to others. God expects you to pray, God wants to enable you to weather the storm. When Storms develop some of them are capable of doing damage which is apocalyptical in nature. God wants us to continue living and placing our trust in Him. David said” though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I shall fear no evil. This corona Virus is a storm that is apocalyptic in nature and has already killed thousands of people. This storm has cast a giant shadow of death encompassing the face of the earth. God wants you to fear not this evil enemy, God wants you to know that with him you can come through this storm, unharmed, God wants you to know that your salvation is secure. and if things come to their best, you will pass from death to life in Jesus Christ. God bless You, my friends, If you have not asked Jesus to save you don’t waste any more time. This I can tell you, we are closer to the end now then we were when we first began. God loves you, but time won’t wait. God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life (John 3:16).

If you believe tell someone. 

God Bless You

Rev. Reginald Stevens

Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation—The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the L ORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
The L ORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul—I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible—He that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth—The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations.
1 C HRON. 4:10; L UKE 22:46—MATT. 26:41; P ROV. 30:7-9; P S. 121:7—JER. 15:21—1 J OHN 5:18; R EV. 3:10—2 P ET. 2:9 

When they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost—Take … no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
The God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God—He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong—I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me—O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.
D EUT. 33:25; M ARK 13:11—MATT. 6:34; P S. 68:35—ISA. 40:29; 2 C OR. 12:9-10—P HIL. 4:13—J UDG. 5:21

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See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand—I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end—My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her—As a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee—Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby—Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
P ROV. 3:12; D EUT. 32:39—JER. 29:11—ISA. 55:8; H OS. 2:14—D EUT. 8:5—HEB. 12:11—1 P ET. 5:6; P S. 119:75

Greetings my friends, grace, and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank God for you and the opportunity He has given me to share His word of life and love with you. Lord, I ask that you guide my thoughts and enable me to express your word in such a way that it will provoke a change of heart to all those who take the time and read, In Jesus name, Amen.

Then God said, Let us make man in our own image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea, and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground. So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God He created them; male and female he created them. God saw all that He made, and it was very good. (Genesis 1:26, 27,).

My friends when we err our favorite excuse when we don’t want to take responsibility for our era is, I’m not perfect or as some may say I am only human. God has given us the ability to analyze, so let us do just that and analyze exactly what it is God has done. God created us to be the same type of being He is. God has the highest intellect there is, and He created each of us with intellect. This gives us the ability to think, to plan, to reason, to imagine, to create, to make decisions, to make choices, to communicate, to make scientific computations and so on. God has given us the ability to learn and to understand. In doing so God gave us the ability to be more or less intelligent. God has given us the intellectual properties we need to live in the world He created in harmony with one another. God gave us a will the ability to make life-changing decisions, that will not only affect our lives but the lives of others.

God has emotions, and He created us with emotions. Emotions enable us to love, to feel happy, or sad, or satisfied, or dissatisfied, or angry, or jealous, or caring, or remorseful, or guilty, or pleased, or hateful, anxious, terrified, or joy, or fear, or the ability to feel proud of someone. These emotions help us as we socialize and interact with one another, and with God. These emotions help us as we interact with the world around us. For example, when we see someone that is hurt we feel sorry for them and we reach out and help them if we can because we care, or if someone is hungry we feed them because we care. When our children are obedient to the instructions we give them we are happy with them and in addition to that, we know they love us. It is the same way with God, He knows that we love Him because we are obedient to Him.

God has a will and He also created us with a will, When God created us, our will was to do the will of God. This was our position in the beginning. As long as we made the choice to place God’s will before our own we were in harmony with God and God was pleased with us. Then just as now we knew what God’s will is. We also knew what the consequence was for disobeying what we knew to be God’s will. I am only human is a very poor excuse for exhibiting the type of behavior you know is not acceptable to God. What you are doing when you make the I’m only human excuse is, you are blaming God for the corruption you chose to place in your heart. Your position should be one of sorrow, shame, remorseful, repentance, seeking Gods forgiveness. Don’t fool yourself into thinking because you don’t see God physically that you will not suffer consequences for your sin. Every choice you make good or bad there are consequences.

My friends God know you are Human, He created you. In His Image as the crown of His creation. He gave you dominion over the earth and everything in it. God knows you better then you know yourself and yet after knowing you and all your faults, and all your sins even ones who have yet to commit, He offers you the gift of forgiveness, and peace, and eternal life. You must stop blaming your humanity and admit to yourself what God already knows. That you are a sinner and need forgiveness. Then you are mentally capable of making a conscious decision to act upon the Gracious gift offered to you by God. Here is God’s offer, “God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in Him shall not perish but shall have everlasting life”. God’s love transcends all understanding, don’t get hung up on trying to figure it out. You have plenty of time for that, what is important is to believe in Jesus now, that He is God’s Son, and that He died on the cross for your sin. If you believe ask Him to forgive you. If you did this, I congratulate you and welcome you in the family of God. If you choose not to, you will only be able to blame yourself.

If you are already a Christian and this message applies to you, ask God to forgive you. God promise that If you Confess your sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sin and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1John 1:9). Confess your sins to God, He will forgive you and restore your fellowship. Thank you, Lord, for this opportunity In Jesus name

August 26, 2019

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another—Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins—Love covereth all sins.
When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses—Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again—Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth—Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing—If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men—Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
E PH. 5:2; J OHN 13:34—1 P ET. 4:8—PROV. 10:12; M ARK 11:25—LUKE 6:35—PROV. 24:17—1 P ET. 3:9—ROM. 12:18—EPH. 4:32; 1 J OHN 3:18

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August 24, 2019

He shall choose our inheritance for us—He led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirred up her nest, fluttering over her young, spread abroad her wings, taketh them, bear them on her wings: so the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
I am the Lord thy God which teaches thee to profit, which lead thee by the way that thou shouldest go—Who teaches like him?
We walk by faith, not by sight—Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come—Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul—Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction.
H EB. 11:8; P S. 47:4—DEUT. 32:10-12; I SA. 48:17—JOB 36:22; 2 C OR. 5:7—HEB. 13:14—1 P ET. 2:11—MIC. 2:10

August 23, 2019

He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life—He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
He which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts—Hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God—We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins—Quickened … together with Christ—Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son.
1 J OHN 3:14; J OHN 5:24—1 J OHN 5:12; 2 C OR. 1:21-22—1 J OHN 3:19, 21—1 J OHN 5:19; E PH. 2:1, 5 —COL. 1:13

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August 22, 2019

It is the L ORD: let him do what seemeth him good—Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge—The L ORD gave, and the L ORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the L ORD—What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
Jesus wept—A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby—Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness—In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
R OM. 12:12; 1 S AM. 3:18—JOB 9:15—JOB 1:21—JOB 2:10; J OHN 11:35—ISA. 53:3-4; H EB. 12:6, 11—COL. 1:11—JOHN 16:33

August 20, 2019

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief—In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners—That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation.
Jesus of Nazareth … went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him—As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world—Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
J OHN 17:16; I SA. 53:3—JOHN 16:33; H EB. 7:26—PHIL. 2:15; A CTS 10:38—GAL. 6:10; J OHN 1:9—MATT. 5:14, 16

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August 19, 2019

Who is like unto thee, O L ORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?—Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O L ORD; neither are there any works like unto thy works—Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy—Hallowed be thy name.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people.
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save—I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us … be glory.
L UKE 1:49; E XOD. 15:11—PS. 86:8—REV. 15:4—MATT. 6:9; L UKE 1:68—ISA. 63:1—PS. 89:19; E PH. 3:20-21

August 7, 2019

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom.
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life—Death and life are in the power of the tongue—The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. The law of his God is in his heart: none of his steps shall slide—Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard—I believed, therefore have I spoken.
Whosoever … shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven—With the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
M ATT. 12:34; C OL. 3:16; P ROV. 4:23—PROV. 18:21—PS. 37:30-31—EPH. 4:29—ACTS 4:20—PS. 116:10; M ATT. 10:32—ROM. 10:10

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July 15, 2019

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The ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them … to search out a resting place for them.

My times are in thy hand—He shall choose our inheritance for us—Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness … make thy way straight before my face.
Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass—In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths—Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters—Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust—Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things—Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
N UM. 10:33; P S. 31:15—Ps. 47:4—PS. 5:8; P S. 37:5—PROV. 3:6—I SA. 30:21; P S. 23:1-2—Ps. 103:13-14—MATT. 6:32—1 P ET. 5:7

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June 26, 2019

The L ORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand .

Blessed is every one that feareth the L ORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee—Trust in the L ORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the L ORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart—Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the L ORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
As long as he sought the L ORD, God made him to prosper—Beware that thou forget not the L ORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Is not the L ORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side?
G EN. 39:3; P S. 128:1-2—PS. 37:3-4—J OSH. 1:9; M ATT. 6:33; 2 C HRON. 26:5—DEUT. 8:11, 17; 1 C HRON. 22:189

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June 24, 2019

Greetings my friends, Grace, and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Thank God for you and your families. God is good and His mercy endures forever. I thank God for this opportunity to share His word with you. There is nothing more gratifying than to be in God’s service, sharing His word with His people. Every Christian should be aware that the enemy is among us, and he is vicious. He will use anyone he can to stop people from becoming members of God’s family or to stop God’s people from benefitting from God’s blessing. Even if you are members of God’s family the enemy can and will use you if you allow him. Lord Help me to share an encouraging word to your people and those who desire to be a part of your family, thank you in Jesus name Amen.

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. (James 3:6).

My friends the enemy is hiding in plain sight, he is waiting for the right opportunity to use you in such a way that you will do irreparable harm to someone who has never harmed you in any way. You must be aware of the communication coming from your mouth especially when it concerns someone besides yourself. A person who is able to control His tongue is a person that is able to bring his or her entire body under control and in subjection to the truth. With the tongue, a person is able to build you up and encourage you, it is also true that with the tongue a person is also able to bring you down, break your heart, and even disrupt your life as you know it.  When we are subjected to this menacing type of behavior we are surprised, one would expect this type of assault to come from someone outside the church, or outside of your family, this you can handle. but when it comes from people you love and hold in very high esteem, the injury is deeper than anything you could ever imagine. That is why it is so devasting, it comes from people you have invested your life, people who you admire and value their friendship, they are Christian people like your self, only they are not living according to Christian ethics, and moral values, they are living according to the ways of the world.

We all stumble, none of us are perfect but that is not an excuse for us not to exhibit self-control in what we are communicating out of our mouths. It comes out of our mouths as a little spark and the next thing you know it becomes a raging fire able to destroy an entire forest. It is the same mouth that speaks of praises to God and turn around the next second and pronounces curses to men, and offend God. This type of behavior is not right. Bitter and sweet cannot come from the same source. either it is bitter or it is sweet. This type of behavior is sinful. You know a tree by its fruit. A bad tree cannot give good fruit. This type of behavior is demonic and comes from a person that is bitter, jealous, arrogant, and has selfish ambitions in their hearts. This type of communication did not come from above, it is earthly. Where ever you find this type of behavior you’ll find disorder and every evil thing. God will hold us responsible for the words that come from our mouths. You can not have dual citizenship, you can’t be a citizen of Heaven and a citizen of the world. What comes from your mouth allow others to determine that which is in your heart, whether you are inclined toward God in Heaven or inclined toward the ways of the world that leads to Hell.

My friends God wants us to use the wisdom that comes from above, which is first of all pure, peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruit, unwavering, without hypocrisy. God wants us to love one another. treat each other with dignity and respect. Pray for one another, and be kind and lift up one another. We must be true to our faith from inside out. We must be aware of how we conduct ourselves, what we say and what we do. Those who are not Christians observe us. What they see us do can have an influence on their decision to become a Christian. If an unsaved person witnesses the type of behavior that is contrary to how they perceive a Christian should conduct themselves, that could be the excuse they need to reject Christ. Let us use our voices to help others know about Jesus. Let us use our voice to help each other and not tear each other down. Let us use our voice to Glorify God. Let us not allow our communication to take our eyes off the prize which is Jesus Christ our Lord.

Remember, all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. No one is innocent but Jesus. We all have a past and God forgave us because of the work His Son did on the cross on our behalf, not because of anything special in ourselves, our righteousness is like filthy rags before God. Not one of us deserves what God has done for us. Everyone that is a Christian came the same way. There is only one way if there was another way God would have given it. Jesus said you must be born again. my friends the only way you can be born again, you must come to Jesus. Jesus said ” I Am the way and the truth and the life, no one can come to my Father, except by me”(John 14:6). If this message has helped you to understand what God has done for you, don’t put it off any longer, believe in Jesus today He loves you. Thank You, Lord, Amen.

God Bless You

Rev. Reginald Stevens

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June 20, 2019

When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants.

Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith—What hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?—By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me—For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things—All things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
L UKE 17:10; R OM. 3:27—1 C OR. 4:7—E PH. 2:8-10; 1 C OR. 15:10—ROM. 11:36—1 C HRON. 29:14; P S. 143:2

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June 19, 2019

The L ORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand .

Blessed is every one that feareth the L ORD; that walketh in his ways. For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee—Trust in the L ORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight thyself also in the L ORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart—Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the L ORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
As long as he sought the L ORD, God made him to prosper—Beware that thou forget not the L ORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Is not the L ORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side?
G EN. 39:3; P S. 128:1-2—PS. 37:3-4—J OSH. 1:9; M ATT. 6:33; 2 C HRON. 26:5—DEUT. 8:11, 17; 1 C HRON. 22:18

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June 16, 2019

The fruit of the Spirit is … longsuffering, gentleness.

The L ORD, the L ORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love—Be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you—The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy—Charity suffereth long, and is kind.
In due season we shall reap, if we faint not—Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
G AL. 5:22; E XOD. 34:6; E PH. 4:1-2—EPH. 4:32—JAMES 3:17—1 C OR. 13:4—GAL. 6:9—JAMES 5:7-8

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June 15, 2019

Thy name shall be called … Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

By his strength he had power with God: yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him—{Abraham} staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God.
Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them—If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth—Blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
Lord, Increase our faith.
G EN. 32:28; H OS. 12:3-4—ROM. 4:20; M ARK 11:22-24—M ARK 9:23 —LUKE 1:45 —LUKE 17:5

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May 22, 2019

For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places—Forasmuch … as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil—And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them—I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 J OHN 3:8; E PH. 6:12—HEB. 2:14—COL. 2:15—REV. 12:10-11; 1 C OR. 15:57

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May 20, 2019

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us—Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God—He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him—In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace—That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 J OHN 4:7; R OM. 5:5—ROM. 8:15-16—1 J OHN 5:10; 1 J OHN 4:9—EPH. 1:7—EPH. 2:7; 1 J OHN 4:11

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Greetings my Friends grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit. It is a wonderful thing to be in the family of God. Eyes have not seen, ears have not herd the wonderful things that God has in store for the ones He ? love. Thank you Lord God for you reached out and saved us from the lake of fire. Lord thank you for the permanent salvation that you store in Christ for all who believe,. Father lead me as I share with your people why our salvation is permanent, thank you a Lord in Jesus name, Amen.

My Friends God said that if you believe in His Son Jesus Christ you will recieve eternal salvation, is it true or not? God the person who created the world and everything in it, the person who created the universe and everything in it, the person who is the source of life. Is God telling you the truth? Think about it.

In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;” (Titus 1:2).

know that God who is infallible promises eternal life to those who believe in His Son, do you believe Him, or do you believe man who is fallible and untrustworthy, and prone to error. Who do you believe? This is what God’s word says “If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (1 John 5:9-12).

Listen my friends, God is true and He can not lie. When we put our trust in Jesus Christ we have eternal life. We are safe and secure for all eternity. Our salvation is permanent because God Promised, Amen! Amen! Amen! Don’t resist Jesus any longer, In Him you will find life everlasting, trust in Jesus today. Thank you Lord God, in Jesus name Amen

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God Bless you

Rev. Reginald Stevens

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Greetings Friends, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit. Cheers my friends, the blessings continues with out end. The salvation God has granted you is permanent because God at the moment you believed in Christ , Baptized you by the Holy Spirit and placed you into the body of Christ. The Church is the body of Christ, and Christ is the head of the body. Lord thank you for this opportunity to share with my brothers and sister who are fellow members along with me of the body of Christ, as always I ask that you guide me in Jesus name, Amen

For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:12-13).

Your body is made up of many parts, no part of your body is disposable, no part of your body is less important then any other part. If one part of your body is threatened by injury, the whole body will come to its rescue. If your hand is smashed in a door the whole body feels the pain. If your eyes get blinded your whole body suffers. So it is with the body of Christ, the Church. Once you become a part of the body, you will always be a part of the body.

1 Corinthians 12:12-26  The apostle Paul explains in-depth concerning the body of Christ. The Church is the body of Christ and Christ is the head of the body. So we are the body and Christ is the head. The body recieve it’s instruction from the head.18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. ( Col 1:18). The body is Church, not the building that we call the Church. The building we call the church is the place where the Church meets to worship God. It is the Church the ( believers) that worship God not the building.

My Friends be careful, it is possible that you are a member of the local Church and yet you are not saved because you have never believed in Jesus Christ suffering and dying on the cross for your sin and you have never asked Him to forgive you. If this is true, what a tragedy, and what a shame on us that something like this could happen right before our eyes. My friends take this time to come to Jesus He saves. Amen. If God has given you the strength to come to Jesus, congratulations ? le me know.

God bless you

Rev. Reginald Stevens               

Greeting Friends Grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. I thank God for giving me the desire to share His word with who ever will recieve it. What ever we learn about God is beneficial to our lives. Because once we learn something about God and understand it our lives are changed, that is if we conform our lives to be in harmony with that which we have learned about Him. One way or the other our lives will change. If we conform to the truth about God we will change for the better, if we don’t we will change for the worse. Lord please guide me as I share with my friends concerning why the salvation you give us is permanent, thank you in Jesus name, ? Amen.

my friends, when you purchase a computer, or a refrigerator, or something with value you want a guarantee that the product is going to work and perform according to the specifications. Usually the store and or the manufacturer will issue you a guarantee that it will work the way they stated it would or you can return it for a full refund. The manufacturer will embed a seal on the product and when you see that seal you are confident that your purchase is protected. Your product can’t recieve this seal unless it meets certain standards which will reveal its authenticity. Our salvation is permanent because we are seal by the Holy Spirit.

“In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13-14).

The very moment that we believe in Jesus Christ and the work He did on our behalf we are instantly seal by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is our guarantee that we belong to The person who purchased us with His blood shed on the cross. The Holy Spirit is our seal of authenticity, witnessing that we truly meet the standards set forth as the condition to be met for salvation. When we purchase property, the real estate company require that you have to put up earnest money, this makes the transaction legal and binding. The Holy Spirit is a down payment of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession. To put it simply, the Holy Spirit is our down payment and seal and legally binding earnest, and our stamp of authenticity guaranteeing that everything God has promised us we will recieve to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen!!! We are Redeemed, Alleluia , Alleluia, Alleluia, thank you Lord.

My Friends this is to wonderful for you to allow this opportunity to pass you by. God love ❤️ you, He wants to save you. He already paid the price for your salvation. All God require from you is that you believe that His Son died a shameful death on the cross for you, in your place, ask Him to forgive you, He promised that He will. Don’t waste anymore time, do it today.

God Bless You

Rev. Reginald Stevens

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Greetings my friends, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and the Son and The Holy Spirit. God is so wonderful that He gives us the opportunity to share in the work of sharing the good news. The good news is that the salvation that God gives us is permanent because it is a work of God. One of my professors once said creating us was easy to God, but to save us He had to roll up His sleeves. Lord help me to share your word with your people and those who are seeking to know you. I pray that this will encourage my brothers and sister in their faith, and help others to accept your invitation for salvation in Jesus Christ. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

One Tuesday morning bible study I taught a few years ago, a couple of the ladies there that day was concerned about their husbands, who had both went home to be with the Lord. I could sense that they were deeply concerned and truly didn’t know if their husbands were in Heaven or Hell. The reason they were troubled is because from bad information they had picked up through the years from people that in most cases has done the same thing. Their question was, If my husband died before he prayed would he go to heaven. The answer is contingent on whether or not He believed and trusted in Christ before he died. Now if he trusted in Christ before his death then God forgave him for all his sins. God know all the sins you will commit in your life. When God forgive you for your sins , He forgive you for all of your sins, Amen praise God. It would be very difficult for most people to ask for forgiveness before they die. Many people die without warning, it would be virtually impossible for them to pray before they die. Scripture doesn’t support this idea.

The good news is salvation is a work of God. Salvation places you into the hands of God. This is what Jesus Christ said, “And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand” (John 10:28). This is a great verse showing the security of the believer. Christ goes on to say, “My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” (John 10:29). Our salvation is secure in the hands of The Father and The Son, Amen. Praise God, because He didn’t leave it up to us to secure our salvation. Thank you Lord, Amen. Let us rejoice in the Lord, for his mercy extends into infinity.

My Friends if you don’t know Jesus concerning the forgiveness of your sin, you are walking on very dangerous ground. Don’t gamble on your being able to believe and be save when you approach your time of departure, anything can go wrong at that time and you won’t be able. Take this opportunity now while you can. If you believe contact me, or tell somebody. God bless you, Amen!

There Is None Greater Than God

Rev. Reginald Stevens

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Greetings my friend, grace and peace to you in the name of the Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. Thank you Father for give me this wonderful opportunity to share your word on the subject of eternal security. Lord guide me as I ommunicate what your word says concerning the permanence of being saved. thank you Lord in Jesus name. Amen!

In the eyes of God we have already been glorified and we are seated in heaven along side of Christ. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified” (Romans 8:28-30). (italics added) Eyes of God  have already been glorified.

God see us as we are already glorified, God sees us as we have left this body of sin, containing within sicknesses and disease. God see us as having left these sinful bodies and our sin nature and the consequences that we suffer in our live as a result. When God looks at us He don’t see us, God see His Son who died for us. Thank you Jesus. God sees it as an accomplished fact.If God see it as an accomplished fact in the past then it is going to happen in the future, then we are going to experience it in the future. Our salvation is permanent because in the eyes of God we are already glorified. There is no possibility that we will not experience this glorification, other wise God could not be God, Amen. My friend you don’t want to deny yourself such a great Salvation. It cost you nothing, it cost God His Son. God is willing to give it to you as a free gift. All you have to do is believe in His Son Jesus Christ. I hope this short message help you to make up your mind for Christ.

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Greetings my Friends, Grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father and The Son And The Holy Spirit. I thank God for the exposing to us the treasure that was hidden from us until it pleased Him to make it known to us. I thank God for this opportunity to share His word with you to increase your understanding and strengthen your faith making you a powerful witness for Christ. Thank you Lord, Lead me and guide me so that I communicate your word in a way that is acceptable to you.

This is truly good news, salvation is permanent, it can’t be revoked. God is so great that there is no one greater,God love us with a love that has no Equal, a love that is infinite in nature. God is all powerful and able to accomplish anything He wants at any time He wants limited only by Himself. God’s love is Holy, spiritually pure. God is infinitely righteous, and just and He is the Justifier. He is the Judge of the universe in its entirety, Amen. The very thought of Him makes you tremble. There is no one like Him anywhere at all. It is Him, God who offers us eternal life which is in His Son, all God ask us to do is believe in Him.

Salvation in Jesus is permanent  because Christ paid for all sin. Salvation is permanent because believers have been declared righteous. Salvation is permanent because everlasting is everlasting, Salvation is permanent because God promise to never lose one who trust in Christ, Salvation is permanent because God do not give birth to temporary children. Salvation is permanent because We are already Glorified in the eyes of God. Salvation is permanent because when you believe you are in God’s hand, and not your own. Salvation is permanent because a believer is sealed by the Holy Spirit. Salvation is permanent because when you trusted Christ you became part of the body. Salvation is permanent because eternal salvation is a gift not a reward. Salvation is permanent because it is God who keeps us saved.Salvation is permanent because God can not Lie. Thank you Lord God, Amen. My friends don’t take Salvation lightly because it is free. It is free to you and me, but make no mistake a terrible price had to be paid, the life of God’s only begotten Son.

My Friends I know how difficult t is to make a decision when you don’t have the information to base it on. Well here it is my friends, Don’t continue putting off your salvation. God has taken care of everything for you, trust God, He made the way for you, believe in Jess Christ, Amen.

God Bless You

Rev. Regnald Stevens

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Greetings my friends Grace and peace to you in the name God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Our God is so great that it is impossible to get any greater. God loves us with a great love that transcends our understanding. God’s love for us is infinite and has no end. God With His lovingkindness is infinitely merciful. Thank you, Lord, for this opportunity to share concerning your Grace. Lord, please lead and guide me so that I may help someone to understand clearly about your Grace. Thank you Lord in Jesus Name I pray. Amen

It is by Grace You are Saved through faith it’s not of yourselves, it is the gift of God not by works so no one can boast.you have been saved for good works so no one can boast (Eph 2:8,9). The most important issue that everyone face is, where will I spend eternity? According to the Bible, every person will either spend eternity in Heaven or Hell. There is no middle grown, to say forever is an understatement.

That being said, September 1971 Was the day that began to change my life forever, because that is when I understood something about God that opened my understanding and enabled me to believe in the only person who could save me from spending eternity in Hell. A guy that I worked with at North American Car Corporations shared a verse of scripture with me. He recited John 3:16, after which he shows me the scripture to read it my self. I have heard about Jesus, I’ve been to church, but for the first time in my life, I sort of understood. Will looked at me and laughed. Everyday Will would share scripture with me. One day will said to me “Reggie did you know that you can not even talk to God unless you go through His Son”. I responded are you kidding? Again He showed me the passage John 14:6 I Am the way and the truth and the life and no one comes to my Father unless by Me. That verse of scripture changed the way I looked at everything. I found myself thinking a lot about God, and will continue sharing with me. One day Will said to me “Reggie you are going to be the reason you, your wife and baby go to Hell. I became angry with Will and I told Him I didn’t want to discuss the Bible with him anymore. I understand now that I was resisting coming to the Lord for salvation. But Will did his duty as a Christian and planted a seed that in time, about two years God would make it grow.

Will gave me something that would literally save my life. April 17, 1973, I was working inside a tank car, and there was a flash fire inside the tank, the air was on fire. The skin on my hands and face rolled right up as it was burned. I looked to one end of the tank and there was a ball of fire that began to spend in a circular manner and it roared as it picked up speed, and began coming toward me. My thoughts began to race, I thought about my wife and my son, my mother, sisters and brothers, and death and Hell, I knew that this is it, and I thought about John 14:6 and I thought about John 3:16 and I got on my knees while I was burning and I asked Jesus to save me, and then the tank exploded. I was in Cook County Hospital for four and a half months. The doctor told me when I came when you leave here you are going to walk. I always say God saved me from the fire and He saved me from the fire.

It was by the grace of God that I was saved, I did nothing to deserve it, I certainly did not earn it. It was given to me as a gift, by God because of the work that Jesus did on the cross and He died for my sin. God said if I believe in Him I shall have eternal life. I believed. What about you? Do you believe? You don’t have to wait until some catastrophe happens before you come to God. You never know when your time is up. You don’t have to be sick to die, sometimes people just die, but as long as you have a life you can be saved, once you die it too late. Choose Jesus today.

Thank you, my friends, if this message helped you to make up your mind and choose Jesus, reach out and let me know. Blog me. Thank you, Jesus, Lord of Lords

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Greeting my friends, grace, and peace to you in the name of the Father and The Son and the Holy Spirit. I consider it

an honor and a privilege that God has allowed me to share with you concerning the stubbornness because of sin’s influence in

our lives. Thank You, Lord Lead me and guide me that I may stay focused and express your word to your people in which I am also one.

Thank You In Jesus name Amen.

According to numbers 21:8,9 the people made a lot of complaints against Moses and God.  As a result, God sent fiery serpents among

the people. Many of them were bit by the serpents and many of them died. The people cried out to Moses and informed him that they had sinned

against God. They asked Moses to Go to God on their behalf. God instructed Moses to erect a serpent on a pole and place it into the middle of the camp,

And anyone who gets bit by a serpent all that person has to do is look at the serpent on the pole and they will live. The people were so stubborn they wouldn’t even

look at the serpent on the pole to save their life. God provided them with a way to save their lives and many of them wouldn’t take it. They couldn’t believe it.

Jesus spoke of this with Nicodemus. The problem of disbelief. Jesus told Nicodemus, you must be born again. Nicodemus asked Jesus How can a man be born again once

he is old. Can a man go back into his mother’s womb?  Jesus explained to him that his thinking is all messed up. It is difficult for him to understand because he doesn’t

understand natural things, how can he understand spiritual things. Jesus explained to Him that he needed to be born again spiritually. Flesh gives birth to flesh and Spirit gives birth to spirit.

Jesus went on to tell him just how to get born again. God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believe in Him shall not perish, but shall have everlasting life.

Just like people wouldn’t look at the serpent, they won’t believe that God sent His Son to die for their sin. Jesus said, “And if I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all

men unto me “( John 12:32). There comes a time in life when we have to use the ability God gave each of us to reason. We must use our ability to reason and trust God, and not ourselves.

There shall be no salvation apart from the cross. You must come to Jesus.  People are going to be stubborn and resist, they can’t help it, because of the evil influence of sin in their lives.

Gods’ word is so powerful that it will not come back void. Don’t be discouraged you serve the awesome, Living God. Thank you, my friends. Thank You Jesus Amen.

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Greeting my friends’ grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

I thank God for you and the privilege He has given me to share His word with you. I pray Lord that you keep me focused

on the delivery concerning the choices we make. Thank You, Lord, in Jesus name Amen.

Brothers and sisters these two Son that Jesus is speaking of gives us a perfect contrast to compare and choose.

The first Son just said right away, “no” whatever His problem was he was perfectly honest in his response to his father.

No father I’m not going to do it. He knew he should have done what his father wanted him to do but he didn’t care.

He didn’t try to hide it. He just did not want to do it and made the conscious decision that he was not going to do.

Later He thought about it, he probably thought this is my dad who asks me to do this work. He has been good to me,

He provided for me, he made sure I had everything I needed to live a decent life free of worry or danger, or hunger and even now

loves me unconditionally. I am wrong l change my mind, I will do as he asked. The scriptures seem to allude to this son representing

the people who have no interest in pure religion. They do not fear God, and they don’t pretend to. There is no hypocrisy about them.

They know they are sinners and they will tell you that.

The second son said “I go Sir” and went not. He said one thing and then acted in the opposite direction of what He said he would do.

His actions were not consistent. There is a contradiction in what he said he was going to do and what he actually did. there was a contradiction

in his promise and his performance. He was deceptive, he gave no indication that he had no intention of doing what his father wanted him to do.

His composure and his words were a lie. He professed obedience and had no intention of obeying, therefore he was a hypocrite.

Both sons were in a dangerous position. Their characters were different,  opposite each other. they were different in thought and word.

Their difference answers were only an indication of varieties of sin.  The first Son was bold, guilty of rebellion. The second son was cowardly.

the first son neither promised or meant to obey. The other son promised obedience but intended not to keep his word.

Looking at it from this point we have no reason to prefer one son over the other. It is in their ultimate act that they were different.

The first son after a blunt refusal repented of his sin and went out to labor for his father. The other promptly promised but failed to

perform.  His brother changed from bad to good, but this son was not changed from good to bad, his attitude was pre-determined’

he had no intention of changing. These two sons represent two different types of people. The first represented the harlots and the publicans and all

the people John the Baptist preached to, they lived in open rebellion, publicans, tax collectors, harlots, they were sinners and they knew it.

The second son represents the religious leaders, who wore garments to give the impression of religious order and prominence.   But they were as far from

God as the outcast. Professing to be the Lords, yet they were disobedient and rebellious in all the deep facts of their lives.

We must be careful not to allow ourselves to think we are more than we really are. If we are  Christians it is because we are sinners who repented and believed that Jesus

Christ died on the cross for our sins and based on that fact we ask Him to forgive us, and as a result of that God gives us eternal life. The only difference between the

saved and the unsaved is not that we are not sinners, because we are, we were born sinners. The difference is that we repented and believed on Jesus Christ and asked Jesus

to forgive us, And He did. My friends tell others about Jesus, We all have to come the same way,  Jesus Is the Way.  help them to understand, their lives depend on it. God bless you.

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Jesus warns

Luke 12:49-53 

I have come to bring fire to the earth, and, oh, that my task was completed! There is a terrible baptism ahead of me, and how I am pent up until it is accomplished!

“Do you think I have come to give peace to the earth? No! Rather, strife and division! From now on families will be split apart, three in favor of me, and two against—or perhaps the other way around. A father will decide one way about me; his son, the other; mother and daughter will disagree; and the decision of an honored mother-in-law will be spurned by her daughter-in-law.”

The “baptism” to which Jesus referred was his coming crucifixion. Jesus was dreading the physical pain, of course, but even worse would be the spiritual pain of complete separation from God that would accompany his death for the sins of the world.

Taking a Risk

In these strange and unsettling words, Jesus revealed that his coming often results in conflict. He demands a response, so intimate groups may be torn apart when some choose to follow him and others refuse to do so. There is no middle ground with Jesus. Loyalties must be declared and commitments made, sometimes to the point of severing other relationships. Are you willing to risk your family’s disapproval in order to gain eternal life? God so Love the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that who so ever believes

in Him shall not perish but shall have everlasting Life (John 3:16).  Do you believe?

Nicodemus visits Jesus at night

John 3:9-17

Nicodemus Visits Jesus By Night

What do you mean?” Nicodemus asked.

Jesus replied, “You, a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? I am telling you what I know and have seen—and yet you won’t believe me. But if you don’t even believe me when I tell you about such things as these that happen here among men, how can you possibly believe if I tell you what is going on in heaven? For only I, the Messiah, have come to earth and will return to heaven again. And as Moses in the wilderness lifted up the bronze image of a serpent on a pole, even so I must be lifted up upon a pole, so that anyone who believes in me will have eternal life. God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that anyone who believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.”

When the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, God sent a plague of serpents to punish the people for their rebellious attitude. Those doomed to die from snakebite could be healed by obeying God’s command to look up at the elevated bronze serpent and by believing that God would heal them if they did.

The Gospel

The entire gospel comes to a focus in John 3:16. God’s love is not static or self-centered; it reaches out and draws others in. Here God sets the pattern of true love, the basis for all love relationships—when you love someone dearly, you are willing to give freely to the point of self-sacrifice. God paid dearly with the life of his Son, the highest price he could pay. Jesus accepted our punishment, paid the price for our sins, and then offered us the new life that he had bought for us. When we share the gospel with others, our love must be like Jesus’—willingly giving up our own comfort and security so that others might join us in receiving God’s love. To “believe” is more than an intellectual agreement that Jesus is God. It means to put our trust and confidence in him that he alone can save us. It is to put Christ in charge of our present plans and eternal destiny. Believing is both trusting his words as reliable and relying on him for the power to change. If you have never trusted Christ, let this promise of everlasting life be yours … and believe.

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The Blind man Testify

 John 9:13-23

Then they took the man to the Pharisees. Now as it happened, this all occurred on a Sabbath. Then the Pharisees asked him all about it. So he told them how Jesus had smoothed the mud over his eyes, and when it was washed away, he could see!

Some of them said, “Then this fellow Jesus is not from God because he is working on the Sabbath.”

Others said, “But how could an ordinary sinner do such miracles?” So there was a deep division of opinion among them.

Then the Pharisees turned on the man who had been blind and demanded, “This man who opened your eyes—who do you say he is?”

“I think he must be a prophet sent from God,” the man replied.

The Jewish leaders wouldn’t believe he had been blind until they called in his parents and asked them, “Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he see?”

His parents replied, “We know this is our son and that he was born blind, but we don’t know what happened to make him see, or who did it. He is old enough to speak for himself. Ask him.”

They said this in fear of the Jewish leaders who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be excommunicated.

While the Pharisees conducted investigations and debated about Jesus, people were being healed and lives were being changed. The Pharisees’ skepticism was based not on insufficient evidence, but on jealousy of Jesus’ popularity and his influence on the people.

Sabbath Rest

The Jewish Sabbath, Saturday, was the weekly holy day of rest. The Pharisees had made a long list of specific do’s and don’t’s regarding the Sabbath. Kneading the clay and healing the man were considered work and therefore were forbidden. Jesus may have purposely made the clay in order to emphasize his teaching about the Sabbath—that it is right to care for others’ needs even if it involves working on a day of rest. The Sabbath had two purposes: It was a time to rest and a time to remember what God had done. We need rest. Without the time out from the bustle, life loses its meaning. In our day, as in Moses’ day, taking time out is not easy. Your Sabbath rest may be different from others’; to you, gardening might be restful while someone else would consider it work. Don’t get bogged down in laws and judging. God created a Sabbath for you. He reminds us that without Sabbaths we will forget the purpose for all of our activity and lose the balance crucial to a faithful life. Make sure that your Sabbath provides a time of both refreshment and remembrance of God.

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Jesus heals the man who was born blind

John 8:6-12

Then he spat on the ground and made mud from the spittle and smoothed the mud over the blind man’s eyes, and told him, “Go and wash in the Pool of Siloam” (the word Siloam means “sent”). So the man went where he was sent and washed and came back seeing!

His neighbors and others who knew him as a blind beggar asked each other, “Is this the same fellow—that beggar?”

Some said yes, and some said no. “It can’t be the same man,” they thought, “but he sure looks like him!”

And the beggar said, “I am the same man!”

Then they asked him how in the world he could see. What had happened?

And he told them, “A man they call Jesus made mud and smoothed it over my eyes and told me to go to the Pool of Siloam and wash off the mud. I did, and I can see!”

“Where is he now?” they asked.

“I don’t know,” he replied.

The Pool of Siloam was built by Hezekiah. His workers constructed an underground tunnel from a spring outside the city walls to carry water into the city. Thus the people could always get water without fear of being attacked. This was especially important during times of siege (see 2 Kings 20:20; 2 Chronicles 32:30).

Steps of Faith

Jesus’ miracles were meant to strengthen people’s faith and lead them to believe in Jesus as the Messiah. Christ’s miracles were significant, not just because of their power, but because of their purpose—to help, to heal, and to point people to God. This man’s simple act of faith in going to wash, as Jesus instructed, resulted in his restored sight. Faith is a step between promise and assurance. Miracles seem so out of reach for our feeble faith. But every miracle, large or small, begins with an act of obedience. We may not see the solution until we take the first step of faith.

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Jesus heals the man who was born blind

John 9:1-5

As he was walking along, he saw a man blind from birth.

“Master,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it a result of his own sins or those of his parents?”

“Neither,” Jesus answered. “But to demonstrate the power of God. All of us must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent me, for there is little time left before the night falls and all work comes to an end. But while I am still here in the world, I give it my light.

In chapter 9, we see four different reactions to Jesus. The neighbors revealed surprise and skepticism; the Pharisees showed disbelief and prejudice; the parents believed but kept quiet for fear of excommunication; and the healed man showed a consistent, growing faith.

Suffering

A common belief in Jewish culture was that calamity or suffering was the result of some great sin. But Christ used this man’s suffering to teach about faith and to glorify God. We live in a fallen world where good behavior is not always rewarded and bad behavior not always punished. Therefore, innocent people sometimes suffer. If God took suffering away whenever we asked, we would follow him for comfort and convenience, not out of love and devotion. Regardless of the reasons for our suffering, Jesus has the power to help us deal with it. When you suffer from a disease, tragedy, or disability, try not to ask Why did this happen to me? or What did I do wrong? Instead, ask God to give you strength for the trial and a clearer perspective on what is happening. 

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Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of God

Luke 13:18-21

Now he began teaching them again about the Kingdom of God: “What is the Kingdom like?” he asked. “How can I illustrate it? It is like a tiny mustard seed planted in a garden; soon it grows into a tall bush and the birds live among its branches.

“It is like yeast kneaded into dough, which works unseen until it has risen high and light.”

The mustard plant grows to be quite large; in fact, one of the largest plants in Palestine. And yet its seeds are the tiniest. Jesus’ audience easily understood his illustration.

Let It Grow

The general expectation among Jesus’ hearers was that the Messiah would come as a great king and leader, freeing the nation from Rome and restoring Israel’s former glory. But Jesus said his Kingdom was beginning quietly. Like the tiny mustard seed that grows into an enormous tree, or the spoonful of yeast that makes the bread dough double in size, the Kingdom of God would eventually push outward until the whole world was changed. You are a part of that Kingdom because people have continued to spread the gospel since the days of Christ. What are you doing to continue the growth of the Kingdom?

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Jesus Heals

Luke 13:10-17

One Sabbath as he was teaching in a synagogue, he saw a seriously handicapped woman who had been bent double for eighteen years and was unable to straighten herself.

Calling her over to him Jesus said, “Woman, you are healed of your sickness!” He touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she praised and thanked God!

But the local Jewish leader in charge of the synagogue was very angry about it because Jesus had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week to work,” he shouted to the crowd. “Those are the days to come for healing, not on the Sabbath!”

But the Lord replied, “You hypocrite! You work on the Sabbath! Don’t you untie your cattle from their stalls on the Sabbath and lead them out for water? And is it wrong for me, just because it is the Sabbath day, to free this Jewish woman from the bondage in which Satan has held her for eighteen years?”

This shamed his enemies. And all the people rejoiced at the wonderful things he did.

In our fallen world, disease and disability are common. Their causes are many and often multiple—inadequate nutrition, contact with a source of infection, lowered defenses, and even direct attack by Satan. Whatever the immediate cause of our illness, we can trace its original source to Satan, the author of all the evil in our world. The good news is that Jesus is more powerful than any devil or disease.

Why was healing considered work? The religious leaders saw healing as part of a doctor’s profession, and practicing one’s profession on the Sabbath was prohibited. The synagogue ruler could not see beyond the law to Jesus’ compassion in healing this handicapped woman. Jesus shamed him and the other leaders by pointing out their hypocrisy. The Pharisees hid behind their own set of laws to avoid love’s obligations. We too can use the letter of the Law to rationalize away our obligation to care for others (for example, by tithing regularly and then refusing to help a needy neighbor). But people’s needs are more important than rules and regulations. Take time to help others, even if doing so might compromise your public image. 

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 Repent

Luke 13:1-5

About this time he was informed that Pilate had butchered some Jews from Galilee as they were sacrificing at the Temple in Jerusalem.

“Do you think they were worse sinners than other men from Galilee?” he asked. “Is that why they suffered? Not at all! And don’t you realize that you also will perish unless you leave your evil ways and turn to God?

“And what about the eighteen men who died when the Tower of Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? Not at all! And you, too, will perish unless you repent.”

Whether a person is killed in a tragic accident or miraculously survives is not a measure of righteousness. Everyone has to die; that’s part of being human. But people don’t need to stay dead. Jesus promises that those who believe in him will not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).

Tough Questions

Pilate may have killed the Galileans because he thought they were rebelling against Rome; those killed by the Tower of Siloam may have been working for the Romans on an aqueduct there. The Pharisees, who were opposed to using force to deal with Rome, would have said that the Galileans deserved to die for rebelling. The Zealots, a group of anti-Roman terrorists, would have said the aqueduct workers deserved to die for cooperating. Jesus said that neither the Galileans nor the workers should be blamed for their calamity. And instead of blaming others, everyone should look to his or her own day of judgment. Death may come at any time. Being a believer doesn’t shield you from death, or even from tragic death. Are you ready to die?

Do you know for sure that you’ll be with the Savior? 

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Jesus warns about the future crisis

Luke 12:54-59

Then he turned to the crowd and said, “When you see clouds beginning to form in the west, you say, ‘Here comes a shower.’ And you are right.

“When the south wind blows you say, ‘Today will be a scorcher.’ And it is. Hypocrites! You interpret the sky well enough, but you refuse to notice the warnings all around you about the crisis ahead. Why do you refuse to see for yourselves what is right?

“If you meet your accuser on the way to court, try to settle the matter before it reaches the judge, lest he sentence you to jail; for if that happens, you won’t be free again until the last penny is paid in full.”

For most of recorded history, the world’s principal occupation was farming. The farmer depended directly on the weather for his livelihood. He needed just the right amounts of sun and rain—not too much, not too little—to make his living, and he grew skilled at interpreting natural signs.

Kingdom Signs

Jesus was announcing an earthshaking event—the coming of God’s Kingdom. Like a rainstorm or a sunny day, there were signs that the Kingdom would soon arrive. But Jesus’ hearers, though skilled at interpreting weather signs, were intentionally ignoring the signs of the times. Jesus’ question could be asked of many today, “Why do you refuse to see for yourselves what is right?” Have you taken Jesus at his word? See for yourself the truth of his words. 

Jesus states he is eternal

John 8:48-59

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“You Samaritan! Foreigner! Devil!” the Jewish leaders snarled. “Didn’t we say all along you were possessed by a demon?”

“No,” Jesus said, “I have no demon in me. For I honor my Father—and you dishonor me. And though I have no wish to make myself great, God wants this for me and judges those who reject me. With all the earnestness I have I tell you this—no one who obeys me shall ever die!”

The leaders of the Jews said, “Now we know you are possessed by a demon. Even Abraham and the mightiest prophets died, and yet you say that obeying you will keep a man from dying! So you are greater than our father Abraham, who died? And greater than the prophets, who died? Who do you think you are?” Then Jesus told them this: “If I am merely boasting about myself, it doesn’t count. But it is my Father—and you claim him as your God—who is saying these glorious things about me. But you do not even know him. I do. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But it is true—I know him and fully obey him. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He knew I was coming and was glad.”

The Jewish leaders: “You aren’t even fifty years old—sure, you’ve seen Abraham!”

Jesus: “The absolute truth is that I was in existence before Abraham was ever born!”

At that point, the Jewish leaders picked up stones to kill him. But Jesus was hidden from them, and walked past them and left the Temple.

In accordance with the law in Leviticus 24:16, the religious leaders were ready to stone Jesus for claiming to be God. They well understood what Jesus was claiming, and because they didn’t believe him, they charged him with blasphemy.

The True Son of God

This is one of the most powerful statements uttered by Jesus. When he said that he existed before Abraham was born, he undeniably proclaimed his divinity. Not only did Jesus say that he existed before Abraham; he also applied God’s holy name (I Am in Exodus 3:14) to himself. This claim demands a response. It cannot be ignored. The Jewish leaders tried to stone Jesus for blasphemy because he claimed equality with God. But Jesus is God. How have you responded to Jesus, the Son of God?

Whom Can You Trust?

As for me, I look to the Lord for his help. (Micah 7:7)

Whom can you trust completely? Is there anyone in your world on whom you can depend on without reservation? Many of us have a wife or husband who comes to mind. I trust my wife implicitly, without reservation. But what if I turned my back on her and left? What if I forsook our marriage vows and moved on? As loving and forgiving as she is, I’m sure I could push her too far and fall out of her good graces. Of course, I don’t intend to ever let that happen, but the possibility for pain and disappointment exists in every human relationship.

Maybe you come from an unbelieving family, and your siblings don’t understand your faith. Can you trust them with your heart? Can you turn to them in a crisis? Is there anyone on earth without the capacity to let you down under the right set of circumstances? According to Micah, the answer is no.

“Don’t trust anyone—not your best friend or even your wife! For the son despises his father. The daughter defies her mother. The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law. Your enemies will be right in your own household” (Micah 7:5-6). Micah understood that people are people, no matter how close you are to them. We are flawed and often unforgiving. Our love may be genuine and true and deep, but it is not entirely without condition. Turn your back on your friend, and it won’t be long before he’ll turn his back on you.

But God is not that way. “As for me, I look to the Lord for his help,” says Micah. “I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me” (Micah 7:7). People have turned their backs on God time and again, yet he has never given up on us. We have let him down over and over and over, and each time he retaliates with forgiveness. We spit in the face of his Son, and he embraces us with his love and redemption.

If you think you can fall out of God’s graces, think again. If you think you can push him so far that he’ll never accept you back, you’re wrong. If you believe his love has an ounce of condition attached to it, just look at the story of humanity.

So let me ask again. Whom can you trust completely? Only God. 

Today’s Reading 

Micah 7:5-7

Reflection 

How can you and I trust God for the things we need? Have you accepted his unconditional forgiveness and love? If not, go to him today.

Quote 

“If you have placed your trust in Christ alone for salvation by grace through faith, you are a true tribulation saint.” (The Mark, 337)

The Strictest Discipline

The Strictest Discipline

“If your right-hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish than for your whole body to be cast into hell” (Matthew 5:30).

Jesus did not say that everyone must cut off his right hand, but that “if your right-hand causes you to sin” in your walk with Him, then it is better to “cut it off.” There are many things that are perfectly legitimate, but if you are going to concentrate on God you cannot do them. Your right hand is one of the best things you have, but Jesus says that if it hinders you in following His precepts, then “cut it off.” The principle taught here is the strictest discipline or lesson that ever hit humankind.

When God changes you through regeneration, giving you new life through spiritual rebirth, your life initially has the characteristic of being maimed. There are a hundred and one things that you dare not do—things that would be sin for you and would be recognized as sin by those who really know you. But the unspiritual people around you will say, “What’s so wrong with doing that? How absurd you are!” There has never yet been a saint who has not lived a maimed life initially. Yet it is better to enter into life maimed but lovely in God’s sight than to appear lovely to man’s eyes but lame to God’s. At first, Jesus Christ through His Spirit has to restrain you from doing a great many things that may be perfectly right for everyone else but not right for you. Yet, see that you don’t use your restrictions to criticize someone else.

The Christian life is a maimed life initially, but in verse 48 Jesus gave us the picture of a perfectly well-rounded life—“You shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

My Utmost for His Highest

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For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. or scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement (Rom 5:6-11).

Greetings Brothers and Sisters, grace and peace to you in the name of God our Father, The Son and the Holy Spirit. I thank God for you and the opportunity He has given me to share His word with you. I only hope that God opens your eyes of understanding so that you can incorporate His word into your life. Help me Lord God as I share your word concerning the verdict resulting from your Judgement. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus name, Amen.

Have you ever had to go to court to answer charges that were made against you? Maybe you feel you were falsely accused, or maybe you feel as though you were the one that was wronged. either way going before the judge to settle all differences would be the final disposition of the matter.  Maybe you have never experienced it personally, but maybe you have asked yourself what if I had to go before the judge and you think of the different scenarios you could face in this situation. Can you imagine being adjudicated in a court of law and facing a possibility of receiving the death penalty? Imagine this you are in court and the Judge has made His decision The judgment is guilty, the verdict is death. First, you go into shock, you know that you are receiving that which you deserve. You thought you could get away with it, but now you realize that there is no way out of this predicament. You want to live you ask the Judge for mercy, just one more chance. You realize you are powerless, just like a man in quicksand the more you struggle the faster you go down, your mind is darkened, your life is degraded. Sin is your way of life, you have missed the target God has set before you. Not because you are not a good shooter but because you purposely missed it. You understand that you deserve  God’s wrath. To put it plainly we are God’s enemies. This is a very dangerous position to be in with an awesome and powerful God, who is able to do anything He wants to do, being accountable to no one but Himself.

The Judge of all the earth had mercy on us before He created the world, knowing all things completely past, present, and future.  God in His great love and mercy planned to provide the life of His son to pay the price and take the penalty handed down demanded by the law, in order to pardon us for the sins committed. God planned to exchange the righteousness of His Son for our unrighteousness. God planned to take our sin and impute them to His son, and take His Son’s righteousness and impute it upon us. This was not an impulse from God, nor was it plan B in case plan A  don’t work. It was God’s only plan. God’s Son came, shared His plan, told all who want Him the Son of God to take their place and pay the penalty what was required of them. He will be our sacrifice and we will be His people.

God wants us as His people to bear fruit. He wants us to grow as Christians (Matt 21:18-22). God wants us to be doers of the words, not just promises as the two brothers Jesus spoke about (Matt:21:28-32). If you live on the property of the landowner and He sends His Son to conduct business with you, it would be very wise of you to receive Him with respect and honor. (Matt 21:33-46). God is having a banquet and you are invited all you have to do is put on the right garments, the ones that are given to you, not your own (Matt:22:1-14). Be a good citizen in your present country and a good citizen in Heaven (Matt 22:15-22). God wants us to be ready for Him when He returns. God wants us to be ready and to stay ready. God wants us not to slack, we don’t know if there is a delay or not, nor should we stop doing what God wants us to do (Matt 24:36-5:13). God wants us to use what He has given us to help others come to Jesus. God does not want us to receive the knowledge He given us and waste it or to keep it for the sake of having it (Matt 25:14-30).

My friends remember Paul’s words, while we were still without power, unable to do anything to save ourselves from the retribution to come as payment for our sins, Christ died for us. While we are still sinners, deserving of death, and fire and hell, Christ died for us. Christ took our place, Christ paid the penalty demanded by the Holiness and the righteousness of God. God must punish sin, His righteousness demands it, His holiness demands it, His very Nature as God demands it. God love the creatures that He created so much that He gave the life of His son as payment for our sins so that we will live and be restored to a right relationship with Himself. While we were still His enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son. God the Judge of the entire universe the highest court that exists, reverses His own just verdict and sentences His own Son, not to just serve time for us, but also to be executed in our place. We have been justified, declared to be not guilty by the Judge of the universe. Not based on our innocence, but based on Christ paying the price for us. We are saved from the wrath of God and the doom that the unsaved will endure later. We are reconciled to God, We are changed from enmity with God to friendship with God. The Action is on God’s part but needs an acceptance on our part. Brothers and Sisters, I hope this message encourages you and builds you up in the Lord. My friends if this message help you understand God’s great love for you, choose Jesus today. Thank you, Lord Amen.  If this message help you in any way Blog my post

God Bless You

Rev. Reginald Stevens

Are You Listening to God?

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“They said to Moses, ‘You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die’ ” (Exodus 20:19).

We don’t consciously and deliberately disobey God—we simply don’t listen to Him. God has given His commands to us, but we pay no attention to them—not because of willful disobedience, but because we do not truly love and respect Him. “If you love Me, keep My commandments” (John 14:15). Once we realize we have constantly been showing disrespect to God, we will be filled with shame and humiliation for ignoring Him.

“You speak with us, … but let not God speak with us … .” We show how little love we have for God by preferring to listen to His servants rather than to Him. We like to listen to personal testimonies, but we don’t want God Himself to speak to us. Why are we so terrified for God to speak to us? It is because we know that when God speaks we must either do what He asks or tell Him we will not obey. But if it is simply one of God’s servants speaking to us, we feel obedience is optional, not imperative. We respond by saying, “Well, that’s only your own idea, even though I don’t deny that what you said is probably God’s truth.”

Am I constantly humiliating God by ignoring Him, while He lovingly continues to treat me as His child? Once I finally do hear Him, the humiliation I have heaped on Him returns to me. My response then becomes, “Lord, why was I so insensitive and obstinate?” This is always the result once we hear God. But our real delight in finally hearing Him is tempered with the shame we feel for having taken so long to do so.

My Utmost for His Highest

Copyright © 1992 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. Original edition copyright © 1935 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

United States publication rights are held by Discovery House Publishers, which is affiliated with RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512.

Is Your Mind Stayed on God?

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“You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You because he trusts in You” (Isaiah 26:3).

Is your mind stayed on God or is it starved? Starvation of the mind, caused by neglect, is one of the chief sources of exhaustion and weakness in a servant’s life. If you have never used your mind to place yourself before God, begin to do it now. There is no reason to wait for God to come to you. You must turn your thoughts and your eyes away from the face of idols and look to Him and be saved (see Isaiah 45:22).

Your mind is the greatest gift God has given you and it ought to be devoted entirely to Him. You should seek to be “bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ …” (2 Corinthians 10:5). This will be one of the greatest assets of your faith when a time of trial comes because then your faith and the Spirit of God will work together. When you have thoughts and ideas that are worthy of credit to God, learn to compare and associate them with all that happens in nature—the rising and the setting of the sun, the shining of the moon and the stars, and the changing of the seasons.

You will begin to see that your thoughts are from God as well, and your mind will no longer be at the mercy of your impulsive thinking, but will always be used in service to God. 

“We have sinned with our fathers … [and] … did not remember …” (Psalm 106:6–7). Then prod your memory and wake up immediately. Don’t say to yourself, “But God is not talking to me right now.” He ought to be. Remember whose you are and whom you serve. Encourage yourself to remember, and your affection for God will increase tenfold. Your mind will no longer be starved but will be quick and enthusiastic, and your hope will be inexpressibly bright.

My Utmost for His Highest

Copyright © 1992 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. Original edition copyright © 1935 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

United States publication rights are held by Discovery House Publishers, which is affiliated with RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512.

Is Your Ability To See God Blinded?

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“Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these things …” (Isaiah 40:26).

The people of God in Isaiah’s time had blinded their minds’ ability to see God by looking at the face of idols. But Isaiah made them look up at the heavens; that is, he made them begin to use their power to think and to visualize correctly. If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in nature and will realize that it is holy and sacred. We will see God reaching out to us in every wind that blows, every sunrise and sunset, every cloud in the sky, every flower that blooms, and every leaf that fades if we will only begin to use our blinded thinking to visualize it. 

The real test of spiritual focus is being able to bring your mind and thoughts under control. Is your mind focused on the face of an idol? Is the idol yourself? Is it your work? Is it your idea of what a servant should be, or maybe your experience of salvation and sanctification? If so, then your ability to see God is blinded. You will be powerless when faced with difficulties and will be forced to endure in darkness. If your power to see has been blinded, don’t look back on your own experiences, but look to God. It is God you need. Go beyond yourself and away from the faces of your idols and away from everything else that has been blinding your thinking. Wake up and accept the ridicule that Isaiah gave to his people, and deliberately turn your thoughts and your eyes to God. 

One of the reasons for our sense of futility in prayer is that we have lost our power to visualize. We can no longer even imagine putting ourselves deliberately before God. It is actually more important to be broken bread and poured-out wine in the area of intercession than in our personal contact with others. The power of visualization is what God gives a saint so that he can go beyond himself and be firmly placed into relationships he never before experienced.

My Utmost for His Highest

Copyright © 1992 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. Original edition copyright © 1935 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

United States publication rights are held by Discovery House Publishers, which is affiliated with RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512.

Are You Exhausted Spiritually?

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“The everlasting God … neither faints nor is weary” (Isaiah 40:28).

Exhaustion means that our vital energies are completely worn out and spent. Spiritual exhaustion is never the result of sin, but of service. Whether or not you experience exhaustion will depend on where you get your supplies. Jesus said to Peter, “Feed My sheep,” but He gave him nothing with which to feed them (John 21:17).

The process of being made broken bread and poured-out wine means that you have to be the nourishment for other people’s souls until they learn to feed on God. They must drain you completely —to the very last drop. But be careful to replenish your supply, or you will quickly be utterly exhausted. Until others learn to draw on the life of the Lord Jesus directly, they will have to draw on His life through you. You must literally be their source of supply until they learn to take their nourishment from God. We owe it to God to be our best for His lambs and sheep, as well as for Him.

Have you delivered yourself over to exhaustion because of the way you have been serving God? If so, then renew and rekindle your desires and affections. Examine your reasons for service. Is your source based on your own understanding or is it grounded in the redemption of Jesus Christ? Continually look back to the foundation of your love and affection and remember where your Source of power lies. You have no right to complain, “O Lord, I am so exhausted.” He saved and sanctified you to exhaust you. Be exhausted for God, but remember that He is your supply. “All my springs are in you” (Psalm 87:7).

My Utmost for His Highest

Copyright © 1992 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. Original edition copyright © 1935 by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. Copyright renewed 1963 by Oswald Chambers Publications Association, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

United States publication rights are held by Discovery House Publishers, which is affiliated with RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49512