Are you fruitful, is your Ministry fruitful? May 31, 2012 Thursday

Are you fruitful, is your Ministry fruitful? May 31, 2012 Wednesday

Have you ever been pruned? Most of us if we are true Christians have been pruned and will continue to be pruned.  I have been pruned and God is still pruning me. In John 15 v NLT it says; “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in Me, and I in them, will produce much fruit, For apart from Me you can do nothing.” In v4 God says; “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful apart from me.”

In Matthew Henry’s Commentary it tells us “ The necessity of our abiding in Christ, in order to our own fruitfulness (v4-5)  You cannot bring forth fruit, except you abide in me; but, if you do, you bring forth much fruit; for without me you can do nothing. So necessary is it to our happiness that we be fruitful, that the best argument to engage us to abide in Christ is, that otherwise we cannot be fruitful. Abiding in Christ is necessary in order to our doing much good. He that is constant in the exercise of faith in Christ and love to Him, bringeth forth much fruit. A life of faith in the Son of God is incomparably the most excellent life a man can live in this world. It is necessary to our doing any good. It is the root and spring of all good: “Without Me you can do nothing: not only no great thing, but nothing.” Without Christ we can do nothing alright, nothing that will be fruit pleasing to God or profitable to ourselves. We depend upon Christ, not only as the vine upon the wall, for support; but, as the branch on the root, for sap.

It is incumbent upon us to be fruitful and be in God’s will. In order to be fruitful we need to not only study God’s word everyday but to find a “fruitful church.” Has your church or Ministry been pruned and continually being pruned by God? Furthermore in Matthew Henry’s Commentary it tells us; God made a promise to the fruitful: “He purgeth them, that they may bring forth more fruit.” Further fruitfulness is the blessed reward of forward fruitfulness. Even fruitful branches, on order to their further fruitfulness, have need of purging or pruning. The best have that in them which is peccant; some notions, passions, or humours, that want to be purged away. These shall be taken off in degrees in the proper season.

There are many fruitful ministries out there in your area, the trick is to find them, many of you are already attending fruitful ministries, you know this because they are in compliance with the word of God, if they are not in compliance with the word then they are not fruitful and you should find a ministry that is fruitful. Below I have mentioned as examples some fruitful ministries in my local area. I know that they are fruitful because they are in line with God’s word. I go to a full Gospel Ministry. There are so many fruitful ministries that I cannot list them all, for example Pastor James White, Pastor Jim Brass. You know who they are in your area, search them out and get blessed.

If you are looking for a full Gospel church to go to in the local area of Auburn, WA I am suggesting Faith&Vision Ministries (Pastor Jack Bernard) the services are on Sunday and Monday nights at 7:00 PM. We are located at; Lifegate Foursquare Church, 307 East Main St. in Auburn, WA 98002. Web page address is; www.faithandvison.com

If you need prayer you can reach the Pastor at fav1@comcast.net

If you are looking for a good messianic church I recommend One New Man Ministry in Bellevue, WA, their web address is; www.1newman.org

If you are looking for an outreach of God’s word and ministry to the world for old and young alike I highly recommend you check out the web site of this up and coming young evangelist Jordan Cook.  This young lady paints, writes, and preaches God’s word. This is a God ordained ministry and is outstanding for young folks, your children will love it and become closer to God.

It is called “Reaching My World.” The web address is www.reachingmyworld.com

You can also follow her on Twitter. I have watched her grow stronger in the Lord since she was a small child. You cannot go wrong following her. God has great plans for her and for you.

God is Awesome, May 30, 2012

Our God is an awesome God!  May 30, 2012 Wednesday

Psalm 90v1-2 "Lord through all the generations you have been our home! Before the mountains were created, before you made the earth and the world, You are God, without beginning or end."

Is Abortion Murder For Hire. Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Is Abortion Murder For Hire? Tuesday, May 29, 2012

 To many this is a controversial subject, but we need reminding and we need to know what GOD says about this. Some of you will say; haven’t we heard enough about this? No, you have not; it is the Lord’s will that this will be talked about. That being said there is no doubt in the Scriptures that abortion is murder. The abortion industry is not only murder it is full of greed, and when greed kicks in, greed brings trouble and heartache. There is a price on the head of every aborted child.

 This “so called industry” is making millions and millions of dollars a year off the lives of our unborn children. What does that say about this nation? Why is the church mostly silent about this? Why isn’t the church up in arms about this? Are we afraid to speak out on this issue? Are we in fear of our own government?  It is clear that this administration supports the abortion industry.

 Are we in fear of what the women’s rights organizations are going to say? What does this say about the nation’s morals? Why are we teaching our children that it is ok to have sex with anyone at any time and any place? Why are we not teaching our children the consequences of their actions?  What does it say about the people, the schools, counselors and others who are “advising” our daughters to have this procedure? Why aren’t we teaching right from wrong in our schools, in our homes anymore? Is this nation going to follow the way of Sodom and Gomorrah? We know what happened to them don’t we?

In Genesis 18 we see that Abraham pleaded with the Lord not to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah as we see in verse 32 Abraham had got God to agree to not destroy the cities even if there was only ten godly people in the city, this teaches us that the Lord is merciful and will hear the prayers of a righteous man; but in the end only Lot, his wife and two daughters left the city. The city had so much evil in it that only Lot and his family escaped with their lives and even then Lot’s wife after they had escaped the city looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt for the angels had informed them not to look back and she looked back.

As by the example of Sodom the wicked are warned to turn from their wickedness, so by the example of Lot’s wife the righteous are warned not to turn from their righteousness. Why did this happen to her? Her sin was that she looked back from behind him. She disobeyed an express command from God. This is only one good example that we can learn from; there are many more examples in the gospel. God loves us and wants us to have a joyful life filled with His mercy and grace but we have to look to Him and obey Him. Let us look at some scriptures that will let us know that abortion is murder.

God will protect those who are helpless. In Psalm 12 v5 from the NLT version, it states; “The Lord replies,” I have seen violence done to the helpless, and I have heard the groans of the poor.” When wickedness abounds, and goes barefaced under the protection and countenance of those in authority, then the times are very bad. When the wicked bear rule the people mourn. It is good that we have a God to go too from whom we may ask and expect the redress of all our grievances, but the unborn have no one to address their grievances we as Christians have to intercede to the Lord for them.

Psalm 82 v 3-4 “Give fair judgment to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.”

God cares for the unborn. Exodus 21v 22-23 Amplified version, “ If men contend with each other, and a pregnant woman [interfering] is hurt so that she has a miscarriage, yet no further damage follows, [the one who hurt her] shall surely be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman’s husband, as much as the judges determine. But if any damage follows, you shall give life for life.”  V 24 talks about and eye for an eye and tooth for tooth. On this occasion comes in that the general law or retaliation which our Savior refers to, Matt, v 38, an eye for an eye. The execution of this law is not hereby put into the hands of private persons, the elders back then and many of the present day put a corrupt spin on the law that we are to take matters into our own hands, and that is in opposition to which our Savior commands us to forgive injures, and not to take revenge in our own hands. We should leave it to God. It is in God’s providence and he will make the punishment fit the sin.

Children are from God. Psalm 127 v3 NLT. “Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” It tells us in Matthew Henry’s Commentary that; children are a heritage, and a reward, and are so to be accounted, blessings and not burdens; for He that sends mouths will sent meat if we trust in Him. Children are a heritage for the Lord, as well as from Him.

God forms every child. Psalm 139 v 13-16 Amplified. “For you did form my inward parts; you did knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will confess and phrase You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [ as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [ a region of darkness and mystery]. Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them.”

This scripture tells us that God knew us before we were born; before we were formed what more do we need to convince us that from the moment of conception we are alive. Part of the problem is that out in the world so many have been fooled by Satan and taken in by his and man’s lies, remember the devil comes to kill, steal, and destroy and he is apparently doing a good job of it. There are thousands out there who do not know God, who do not believe in Him, and those who have fallen away, or have been taken in by the so called women’s rights movement that their body is their own, it does not belong to them, it belongs to God.

God plans the future of every child. Jeremiah 1v5.” I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my spokesman to the world.”

The gospel makes it clear that abortion is wrong; it is murder of the worse kind. What are we sowing here? Are we going to reap what we sow? The answer is yes we will reap what we sow; we need to plant good seeds not bad ones. How many future presidents, ministers, teachers, scientists, doctors or just regular people have not been born because of abortion? Our Father in heaven mourns and cries whenever a child’s life has been cut short. It breaks His heart.

 We as a nation, as people, and the church need to cry out to God for forgiveness; we need to repent and cry out for His mercy and grace. We need to instill godliness, morality and responsibility in our children our future depends on it.

 Each of us bears responsibility, we are responsible to God, and to our unborn children for our actions. We need to repeal Roe v Wade; that will be a step in the right direction.

 Our God is a forgiving God; those who have had an abortion or even the person or persons who performed the abortion can be forgiven by God, they have to go before Him and ask Him for that forgiveness and in their heart truly repent for that sin and they will be forgiven by our wonderful Savior.

 You may ask; how do I know that those who committed abortion can be forgiven; in Mark 3 v28 NKJV our Lord and Savior says, “Assuredly, I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they may utter.” To make it clearer in Matthew Henry’s Commentary it says,” it is true, the gospel promiseth, because Christ hath purchased, forgiveness for the greatest sins and sinners. Many of those who reviled Christ on the cross found mercy, and Christ himself prayed, Father forgive them.” All of us need to pray for this nation; that we as a nation will get back to the biblical principles that this country was founded on.

Memorial Day Remenber It. Monday May 28, 2012

May 28, 2012. This weekend in America we celebrate Memorial Day. It has roots dating back to the American Civil War in the 1800's. On the last Monday in May, our nation has set aside time to commemorate fallen soldiers and others who have gone on before us. The Lord says, "Will you take the necessary time to remember those who have blazed trails before you? Just as I had Joshua tell the Israelites, after they crossed over the Jordan River, to take twelve stones from the river bed to honor the sons of Israel forever. I tell you now to establish a marker within you to recognize your forerunners. Remember the members."

Hebrews 13:7 (NASB) "Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith."Kevin Robinson

You will seek the Lord and find Him; May 24, 2012

Deuteronomy 4:29-31 (NASB) "But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the Lord your God and listen to His voice.For the Lord your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them."

Do we reap what we sow? Tuesday, May 22, 2012

We reap what we sow.   Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Do we reap what we sow? Reap can be defined as; to harvest (crops, sin, souls); to receive fruit of one’s labor as in Gal 6:7. Sow can be defined as; to scatter grain seeds in planting a crop, illustrating the principle of cause and effect.

Yes, we do reap what we sow; we must make ourselves aware of what seeds we plant. The things that we sow we will reap in a future time. Let us ask ourselves a question such as; if I sow this seed what kind of effect will it have on me or others? What kind of effect will it have on my relationship with God? For the most part we do not think about the long term or short term effects of something we do.

All too often we just do what we are going to do and not worry about it. We are living in the world and not asking God if the seed we plant is in His will.  I myself have planted many seeds that I wished that I had not planted, because once done it cannot be undone and I reaped the harvest for what I had done. I have also planted many good seeds and have harvested that too and had good results from the crop I planted.

In Gal 6:1 NLT it says,” Dear brothers and sisters, if another Christian is overcome by some sin, you who are godly should gently and humbly help that person back into the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same temptation yourself.” In verse 5 it tells us that we are responsible for our own conduct. Verse 7 tells us “Don’t be misled. Remember that you can’t ignore God and get away with it. You will always reap what you sow.”

Proverbs 6:19 Amplified bible tells us,” A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren.”

Much more can be said about the principle of reaping and sowing and will be spoken about in another time. Beloved, in closing what I am trying to impart to you is that we are responsible for what we say or do and that we will be held accountable to God. God cannot be deceived if you think you are deceiving Him you are deceiving yourself.

Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap. Our present time is seed-time: in the other world there will be a great harvest. We shall reap then as we sow now. And He further informs us (v8) that, as there are two sorts of seedness, so accordingly will the reckoning be hereafter: if we sow to the flesh, we shall of the flesh reap corruption: but on the other hand those who sow to the Spirit, may depend upon it that of the Spirit they shall reap life everlasting. I pray that our Father’s mercy, grace and righteous be upon us and that we reap a good harvest because we are seeking our Fathers will in all things.

God has told us in the Gospel that whatever we pray for he will give us, but there is a condition on that because if it is in His will He will give it to us. In other words are we praying the way we are supposed to? Is what we are praying for in his will? So what I do now is when I pray for something ( such as help on a bill, or a new car) I will say, Father if it is in your will I pray that you will provide it but if it is not in your will then do not answer that prayer, but tell me in your still small voice what I am doing wrong and I will repent ( of course I would rather Him talk more loudly to me as I am hard of hearing) but I will take whatever He gives me for our Father is just and good and knows our needs better than we do.

When we see our brothers and sisters are in sin, we should not judge them, but should gently and humbly help that person back onto the right path. Do not get tired of doing good. Whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone, especially to our Christian brothers and sisters.

Are You Followiing The Greatest Commandments?

What is the greatest commandments and are you following it?

Matthew 22:36-40 (NASB) "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' This is the great and foremost commandment. The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets."