The Power of Unity
The truth that there is power in unity is irrefutable. You can look through history, any great movement that’s ever taken place has been by a group of people who all wanted the same thing and come together in unity to accomplish it. More than ever before it is crucial that our churches become unified in the single goal to win souls. We’re living in a day where there is numerous denominations and religions. There’s more separation in the Christian church then there ever has been. You can find churches splitting from their organization on a continuous basis because of a small disagreement that isn’t even a salvation issue. More and more children are growing up in single parent homes or in home with step parents. This is not what God wanted for his children.
Choices
Sometimes we find ourselves at a crossroad in our lives that we've
came to before. The tricky part of this situation is do you take the
road you traveled before or do you take a new path?
You see, I am at that crossroads and I desperatly need to make a decision. But I don't want to step out of the will of God. So if you guys could help pray an mention to God to help me make this decision then I would greatly appretiate it!
Blessed Be Your Name
So I'm doing laundry tonight and I decided to sit down and I had music playing for the past few hours on the computer before I sat down, so I sat down and put my headphones on and the song I hear is "Blessed Be Your Name." I suddenly felt the urge to write, what is in a name anyway? What's so big about the name? What's so special? How come we stress the name so much?
In Enemy Territory
I recently preached a message that would change me. Funny I know,I preached it and it changed me. But I recently preached a message titled 'In Enemy Territory'. I just wanted to share with everyone a little bit of this message that God laid on my heart and really moved on me about. I feel this message is most definitely for anyone in Pentecost. Not because I preached it, but because it was from GOD for his people.
Once upon a time there was a young man named David. David was a keeper of sheep. A little Shepherd boy, and he took his job seriously, Just so happens that one day Samuel the prophet was led by God to go down and anoint a new King of Israel. That ended up being David. The story moves on through a lot of Davids life and what he faced.
God Center Your Desires
Psalm 37:4 (KJV) Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
I was sitting in church tonight listening to my pastor preach on altar work. And I've always been the type of person sadly that thinks I'm not good at altar work. I love to work in the altars but was just afraid of it. So listening to my pastor preach on this, I was just kind of reminded of my desires. I may be scared of it, but my desire is to become an amazing altar worker, to be an anointed preacher, and to be a soul winner. I've had other desires along the way, desires of this nature and that. And I still have some of them. But this all comes down to altar work. That was a desire but not my main desire.
Surviving
I have really been thinking a lot lately about our young people in our churches recently and how there are so many of them going into "survival mode." Trying to just hang in there and make it through. This in itself is very disturbing.
Now I really haven't studied this out so I don't have any scriptures to write but I just have my feelings. So I'm truly sorry if you are expecting a lot of bible to back up this post.
I've seen these teens in "survival Mode" for far to long. Something funny about this type of mentality is when they go into this stage they quit witnessing, they quit sharing their testimony, they quite their "soul winning mode"
Parable Series – Part One: The Mote and the Beam
Matthew 7:2-6 (King James Version)
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
I read a story the other day about a woman and her husband.
"Not long ago I had a kidney stone but was able to pass it. A few months later, my husband
also passed a kidney stone. I made sure to remind him, "The bible says, 'Let she who is
without sin cast the first stone.'"
God’s Greatest Miracle
Psalm 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them
(KJV)
So I'm deep in prayer the other day, and I am praying for miracles to take place in our town. I want to see the blind eyes opened and I want to see the dumb tongues loosed and the deaf ears opened. I want to see all these miracles and I'm deep in prayer about this, I know this should be happening and I'm praying so hard for it to happen, but in the mist of a powerful prayer meeting with just me and God he spoke to me this saying, "The Greatest Miracle I am going to do in your church is not the lame to walk, or the deaf to hear, but it will be the lost souls delivered from the path of destruction."
Sometimes I feel we get so caught up in not seeing the healings that we want to see, that we don't see the greatest miracle God has ever performed, the healing of our souls. Where would we be if God had not had mercy on us and seen fit to make a way of escape from hell for us? I have prayed so many times, "God, I desire the gift of healing". Then one day, my pastor preached that he prayed the same thing, and God said to him "Heal them with my word." That touched me to hear that, because that opened my eyes to see that all of us, have seen the greatest miracle, the greatest healing God has ever done, he has taken our broken, shattered, ravaged lives, and he has put those broken pieces back together and created something completely different.
He formed us into a vessel, something he can pour a mixture of his own creation into, he will pour into us love, so that we will know how to love our friends and family. He will then add to us joy, so that through everything we may face we will be happy and see the light at the end of the tunnel per say. After that he pours in some peace, nothing like being able to take things that have bothered you for a long time and having peace about it and no more worries. He doesn't forget to add patience either, it doesn't matter how rough the trial or temptation, he's given us a way to stick it out.
After these he goes ahead and adds some kindness and goodness. The bible says a soft answer turneth away wrath, well when you are a kind and good person, your answers will always be soft and you'll have less strife and fighting with your friends and family. After this he the addition of faithfulness, the bible says if you are faithful over few things, he will make you rulers over many. It is not to lift you up, but if you are faithful, he can use you in the capacity of the soul winner that you can be. And coming to a close he adds to his recipe gentleness and self control. Self control especially is something this generation lacks. We are not here to please anyone but God, and when you dress or act to please the friends at school and work, that is a lack of self control. When we gain self control we begin to dress the way that God would want us to dress no matter who you are around.
So you see, God did this for us. The bible says in "Psalm 107:20 (KJV) He sent his word, and healed them." This is what God has done for us, and this is what we can show this lost world. When you begin to see souls saved, and lives changed, the addicted set free. Then you will be a witness to the greatest miracle God ever performed, the Healing of our souls. I encourage each and every one of you that read this. Begin to give bible studies, and inviting new people to church. It is always good to see someone healed by the Word of God.
Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell
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