40 Scriptures

For his Holy Spirit speaks to us deep in our hearts and tells us that we really are God’s children. Has the Lord redeemed you? Then speak out! Tell others he has saved you from your enemies. For he has rescued us out of the darkness and gloom of Satan’s kingdom and brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, who bought our freedom with his blood and forgave us all our sins. Because of his kindness, you have been saved through trusting Christ. And even trusting is not of yourselves; it too is a gift from God. So now, since we have been made right in God’s sight by faith in his promises, we can have real peace with him because of what Jesus Christ our Lord has done for us. There was a time when some of you were just like that but now your sins are washed away, and you are set apart for God; and he has accepted you because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.
When someone becomes a Christian, he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same anymore. A new life has begun! And by that same mighty power he has given us all the other rich and wonderful blessings he promised; for instance, the promise to save us from the lust and rottenness all around us, and to give us his own character. But Christ has bought us out from under the doom of that impossible system by taking the curse for our wrongdoing upon himself. For it is written in the Scripture, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is cursed” (as Jesus was hung upon a wooden cross). For he has rescued us out of the darkness and gloom of Satan’s kingdom and brought us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For he orders his angels to protect you wherever you go. And it is he who will supply all your needs from his riches in glory because of what Christ Jesus has done for us. Let him have all your worries and cares, for he is always thinking about you and watching everything that concerns you.
Last of all I want to remind you that your strength must come from the Lord’s mighty power within you. for I can do everything God asks me to with the help of Christ who gives me the strength and power. And since we are his children, we will share his treasures—for all God gives to his Son Jesus is now ours too. But if we are to share his glory, we must also share his suffering. But Christ has bought us out from under the doom of that impossible system by taking the curse for our wrongdoing upon himself. For it is written in the Scripture, “Anyone who is hanged on a tree is cursed” (as Jesus was hung upon a wooden cross). Now God can bless the Gentiles, too, with this same blessing he promised to Abraham; and all of us as Christians can have the promised Holy Spirit through this faith.These are the blessings that will come upon you: Blessings in the city, Blessings in the field;Many children,Ample crops,Large flocks and herds;Blessings of fruit and bread;Blessings when you come in,Blessings when you go out.
And what is it that God has said? That he has given us eternal life and that this life is in his Son. So whoever has God’s Son has life; whoever does not have his Son, does not have life. How we praise God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every blessing in heaven because we belong to Christ. He personally carried the load of our sins in his own body when he died on the cross so that we can be finished with sin and live a good life from now on. For his wounds have healed ours! And I have given you authority over all the power of the Enemy, and to walk among serpents and scorpions and to crush them. Nothing shall injure you!
If you will only listen and obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, he will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall always have the upper hand. but despite all this, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ who loved us enough to die for us. And I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven; whatever doors you lock on earth shall be locked in heaven; and whatever doors you open on earth shall be open in heaven!” They defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony; for they did not love their lives but laid them down for him.
Dear young friends, you belong to God and have already won your fight with those who are against Christ because there is someone in your hearts who is stronger than any evil teacher in this wicked world. So we do not look at what we can see right now, the troubles all around us, but we look forward to the joys in heaven which we have not yet seen. The troubles will soon be over, but the joys to come will last forever. We know these things are true by believing, not by seeing. I use God’s mighty weapons, not those made by men, to knock down the devil’s strongholds. These weapons can break down every proud argument against God and every wall that can be built to keep men from finding him. With these weapons I can capture rebels and bring them back to God and change them into men whose hearts’ desire is obedience to Christ.
And so, dear brothers, I plead with you to give your bodies to God. Let them be a living sacrifice, holy—the kind he can accept. When you think of what he has done for you, is this too much to ask? Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but be a new and different person with a fresh newness in all you do and think. Then you will learn from your own experience how his ways will really satisfy you. But whatever I am now it is all because God poured out such kindness and grace upon me—and not without results: for I have worked harder than all the other apostles, yet actually I wasn’t doing it, but God working in me, to bless me. For God took the sinless Christ and poured into him our sins. Then, in exchange, he poured God’s goodness into us! Follow God’s example in everything you do just as a much loved child imitates his father.
You are the world’s light—a city on a hill, glowing in the night for all to see. I will praise the Lord no matter what happens. I will constantly speak of his glories and.
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This is all scripture from different parts of the bible I used the TLB translation.

Dreams of Africa

I had a dream a few months ago that I had went to Africa to be a missionary. While I was there I was in the midst of a crowd and I was praying for this woman she had a problem with alcohol. I saw many demons leave her and after a lot of prayer she went out under the power of the Holy Ghost. The next night of the crusade she came and gave a testimony of how she had not had a drink the whole day and that she knew God had saved her.

El Tuma Nicaragua

Well its been a few weeks since we have returned form El Tuma. We had a great time. When we got to Nicaragua we meet a guy named Moses, he was a funny guy and a hard worker,  he reminded me a lot of my dad. They are both truck drivers,  have about the same build physcially, and are around the same age. Little did I know the plan God had for me there, I will get back to that in second.  Our first night there I was so tired that I don't even remember getting off the bus. When they took us to our rooms, we stayed at an old orphanage, we saw that we had bunk beds and I saw that there was no air conditioner.  I went for a top bunk because they had fans on the walls and I fell right to sleep. Around 530 that morning I decided to flip over and when I did I fell through, now the guy that was in the bottom bunk had gotten up just a few minutes before I fell, and I landed on my feet. I went ahead a stayed up and read my Bible a little and then got ready for  the day.  Later that day I was trying to get in the room and I broke the door handle, I was felt pretty bad at this point for breaking so much. I was told through its really common for things to break there. Well fast forward to the first church service,  Pastor Glenda, and Pastor Reed preached.  Pastor Reed is very bold in her way of preaching, which I think is awesome, and she heard from God and called me up to give my testimony. I was nervous even though I had told my testimony many times,  my flesh got in the way and for a moment I almost didn't tell because I was afraid people there would not accept me after they heard what I had done.  I went on and told my testimony of how before Jesus I was a bad man and how I use to beat my wife. Then I told them how my wife left me and for 40 days I struggled with demons, but thankfully I had a coworker that invited me to church and I went gave my life back to Jesus and git my family back and we are all serving God now.  The next night Pastor Carole taught, then she did alter call and several people came up including Moses. I went up to help pray for people as I prayed for a few I felt the Holy Ghost pulling to go and lift up the hands of Moses, I got over there and lifted one arm and told my brother in Christ to get the other one.  When we did that Moses went out in the spirit, when he got back up I felt lead to hug him and we hugged for a minute or so.  The next morning at breakfast Moses shared how at service when we came over and held his arms up he had never done that before and when I hugged him he felt love like love from a father. Moses is 49 years old and had never felt a father's love,  that was sad to me.  Most of the kids there grow up without ever knowing their dads. I thought it was awesome at the same time that God used me a guy young enough to be Moses' son to give him a hug from the Father. The rest of the week we spent playing with kids and doing dome work on the church.  I got to spend slot of time with Moses and some others while getting supplies during the week.  Overall even though it wasn't all sunshine and rainbows it was a good time and the Lords work was done. I will never forget El Tuma Nicaragua or the people God put in my life there. I will try to post some pictures soon.

Mission trip

I will be leaving in just 3 days for El Tuma, Nicaragua,  and I am so excited to see what God is going to do there. The other day I was reading in my Bible, and came across the scripture  "whoever has a ear let them hear " and I saw a man that was deaf get healed and he heard. Just awesome!!!

Fasting and praying

I came across a note in my Bible the other day it was about fasting and praying and how it cures unbelief. As soon as I read it the HG quickened in me that to cure my unbelief in God as my provider I need to fast and pray. God is good and always answers.

It has been a while

It has been a while since I have even thought about my blog, but today as I was sitting in church God remined me of something. my very fist vision the song Spirit wind came up on the wall and it was like wow that is excatly what God had shown me a long time ago. it a song by casting crowns it talks about the valey of dry bones and how God raised them to be a mighty army once again and then goes into a church setting and shows the picture of a pastor torn because his church has become that valley so he breaks down and prays to God to breath the spirit back into his church so they can be the mighty army again. I know God has called me to do such a thing as the pastor did in the song and like Ezekiel did in the valley. 

New Direction

For the first time in my life I can honestly say I have a vision of what I want to do in my life. I have seen God working in my life alot these last few months. First He has blessed my wife with the knowledge of coupons, which was hard for me to understand at first, but I get it now. We have cut or grocery bill in half and that is a praise God!!! Second I have been presented with a new job opportunity with in the bank I am currently working at. God is moving and I am on the train!!! God has shown me where to go and how to get there and how to run it. I am still praying about some of the details but He has given me a three year plan. I plan on finishing Theology school and getting my bachelors degree at Life Christian Bible Institute, which will happen in just 1 and half years. Then I plan on going on to get my masters and doctorate at Life Christian University. From there God will direct me into new and exciting things. God has also given me a new desire to see the lost saved and a new boldness to talk to them about Jesus.

I know that with God all things are possible and that I can do all things through Jesus. No mountain will stand in my way.

Fear, Power, Love, Sound Mind

“God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love and a sound mind”
II Timothy 1:7

So why do so many of us live in fear?
 1.The main reason is a lack of knowledge, people are afraid of the things they don't understand the word of God says that His people perish because of the lack of knowledge.
Hosea 4:6
 2.You need not fear for there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ
Romans 8:1
 So what Spirit did God give us?
 1. The verse here in Second Timothy says one of POWER, LOVE, and a SOUND MIND that is three different things, but can be wrapped up into The Holy Spirit. So we can read this verse this way God did not give us a spirit of fear but gave us His Holy Spirit. Jesus told us that He would send the Helper.
John 14:16,17&26

What is the power of the Holy Spirit?
1.The Holy Spirit give us the boldness (power) to step out of our comfort zones
Acts 1:8
What is Love?
 1.Paul writes about love to the Corinthians in 1st Corinthians 13 and tells them without love we are nothing.
1st Corinthians 13:1,2
 2.Jesus talks about how love is His commandment
John 15:12
Sound Mind / Faith
 1.As Christians we are to be of sound mind not double minded.
James 1:5-8
 2. The Bible says that with out faith it is impossible to please God
Hebrews 11:6

 3.With a sound mind you know who you are in Christ
2 Corinthians 5:17
Romans 8: 15-17
Closing Statement God has given the commandment to be strong and of good courage
Joshua 1:9

Lord Hear my Cry

Psalm 17:1 "Hear a just cause, O Lord Attend to my Cry....."

Right now Lord I am crying out to you please hear my cry I am tired of feeling this way tired of existing in fear. I'm not living the plan You have for me. I know that fear holds me back, and You are moving forward. My anger also hinders me Lord deal with that root cut it out of me I refuse to be angry anymore the fear only feeds my anger and my anger feeds the fear. THIS IS NOT LIFE please Lord free me of fear and anger.

In Jesus name

Keep your focus

Proverbs 4:25-27 "Let your eyes look straight ahead and your eyelids look right before you. Ponder the path of your feet and let your ways be established. Do not turn to the right or to the left. Remove your foot from evil." As I read this today I was reminded of Peter when he jumped out of the boat on to the raging sea. He walked on water for a little bit then lost focus, started looking at the left and the right. See Peter lost focus on what was before him, and started to sink into the sea. If Jesus had not of been there Peter would have drowned. Thank God He sent His Son to save us. How many of us have lost focus today, and are drowning? I would be the first to admit I loose focus from time to time, but thank God the Holy Ghost is right there to pull my focus right back to God. Have any of you lost focus on what it is God wants for you? God wants you to have life abundant not life just ok . If you are tired of trying to do this all your self and realized you are drowning reach up and grab a hold of Jesus and He will pull out of the sea and set you back on solid ground. Matthew 11:28 "Come to Me (Jesus) all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest."


If you have lost focus and want to get back on track its this simple :

Father I have lost focus on You please forgive me I want to get back on track with the plan you have for my life. Holy Ghost help me to stay on track and order my steps. Thank you Lord for never leaving me and being there to pull me out when I am drowning and set me back on the solid rock. In Jesus name AMEN!

Your body is the Temple!!

The other morning as I was in my prayer time the Holy Ghost revealed to me, my body is His Temple and made me aware of things that I have been putting in His Temple. *1st Corinthians 6:19 "Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own." Most of you know this scripture but have you ever really thought about it. Our body is His temple what kind of things do you let go into it not just food or drink but, things like the tv shows you watch, the kind of stuff you read, the stuff your hear. The temple is to be a place of prayer. *Matthew 21:13 " And He said to them, "It is written 'My house shall be called a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of thieves.'" Really by putting anything into your body that is not of God you are robbing your body of the power of the Holy Ghost. It is all comes down to this will you be known for being a house of prayer or a den of thieves.


*all quoted scripture is from the New King James Version

Building a Home/house

So last night I was looking back at some of my old Journal entries and came across one I found to be so true, I had written back in May of 2009 That you can't build a home if you are constantly tearing down the walls. Wow, I thought the Lord had shown this to me before but for some reason it hit me again as I read it. A man in any marriage can be seen as the Home/House and the family he raises in that house would be the walls with the wife as the main support for him and the "house". So it comes to reason that If you want to build you can't tear down, So if you love your wife and your family build them up, lift them up, and they will be there as the support you need.

The Bible backs this up,"Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her" Ephesians 5:25 NKJV.

Also, "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord," Ephesians 6:4 NKJV

Small Vision

The other night I was reading in the book of Matthew Chapter 6. As i finished up and took time to mediate on what I had just read I saw a vision of myself preaching in a church over Mt. 6:33 "Seek ye first....". It was strange because it was like i was sitting in the pew and watching a future self preach I had more gray hair lol, but the main part was as i finished my service i did an altar call and 5 people were saved that night and 3 people where baptized in the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues. Just something I wanted to share with you all.

Hate

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
Luke 14:26


When I first read this the other day, I was like WOW!!! Jesus used a really strong word here, I was always told as a kid to never say that I hated anyone. So I decided to check into why Jesus choose this word. As Websters dictionary defines hate is "extreme dislike", vines bible dictionary defines it as "preferring one thing over another". So Jesus wasn't talking about hating in the way I thought at first, He was simply saying that we should prefer to follow Him over following our family, or ourselves. You should definitely love your family but, you must be obedient to God first before all things.

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew 6:24

The word hate in this verse is the same form of what Jesus was talking about it Luke 14:26. We can't serve a member of our family or ourselves and serve God for we will prefer one over the other, just the same as we can't serve God and mammon(riches, money, or possessions). If we put our confidence in our riches, possessions, money, ourselves or our family members it will fail it will let us down, but if we put our confidence in God almighty it will be a success every time.

If we will prefer Jesus over our family, possessions, and even our own lives God will bless us for our obedience. Even though the decision to follow Christ may not be the easiest or most popular. It must be the one thing you stand firm in. One must not compromise his devotion to Christ. Obedience to God's will is the key to a happy and full life.

Scriptures I like

..."But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Joshua 24:15

For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand,
Saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’
Isaiah 41:13

But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:31

Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:
“ Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:9

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:1

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jer.29.11

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.
Rom.8.28

Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Heb 12:2
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Isaiah 41:10

I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor His descendants begging bread.
Psalm 37:25

Honor

8/20/09
I think all of us here can agree on one thing and that is that God is our Father. I talked about that a few Wednesdays ago. The bible says that we should Honor our Father its one of the TEN Commandments found in Exodus 20:12 "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER, THAT YOUR DAYS MAYBE LONG UPON THE LAND WHICH THE LORD YOUR GOD HAS GIVEN YOU." this is also the first commandment with promise as it says in Ephians 6:1-3 "HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER WHICH IS THE FIRST COMMANDMENT WITH PROMISE, " THAT IT MAYBE WELL WITH YOU AND YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH."
I know this is mostly talking about our earthly parents but the same goes for Father God we should Honor Him in all we do.
Are you honoring the Father? Are you Honoring Him in Everything you do? The Father wants us to honor Him in all we do so that He can bless us. He says in Malachi 1:6 " A SON HONORS HIS FATHER AND A SERVANT HIS MASTER. IF I AM THE FATHER WHERE IS MY HONOR? AND IF I AM THE MASTER WHERE IS MY REVERENCE? " One of the ways we can honor the Father is to tithe.
Tithing is not just giving money. When Abraham gave the fist tithe in Genesis 14 18-20 he gave of everthing not just the money
Are you giving just what is convenient for you or are you giving in a way that Honors Him? Are you giving your best? He loved us so much that He gave His only begotten Son His best. You cant out give God but you can give in a way that Honors Him.
There in Malachi 1:6 as I mention a min ago it says a servant honors his master. God said in Luke 16:13 "NO ONE CAN SERVE TWO MASTERS FOR EITHER HE WILL HATE ONE AND LOVE THE OTHER OR ELSE HE WILL BE LOYAL TO ONE AND DESPISE THE OTHER. YOU CAN NOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON ! " The word mammon is translated as money wealth and property . Do you serve God or mammon?
If your serving God you will use you mammon to further His kingdom by giving to His Church, if you serve mammon you will most likely be using it for your own pleasures to do what you want instead of what God wants. Jesus said in Matthew 6:19 - 21 to not lay up treasures here on earth but to lay them up in heaven " DO NOT LAY UP TREASURES ON EARTH WHERE MOTH AND RUST DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK IN AND STEAL; BUT LAY UP FOR YOURSELF TREASURES IN HEAVEN , WHERE NETHER MOTH OR RUST DESTROY AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK IN AND STEAL, FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS THERE YOUR HEART WILL BE ALSO" Where is your heart ?
We should all try to live a life that is free from the love of money it says in Hebrews 13:5(NIV) " KEEP YOUR LIVES FREE FROM THE LOVE OF MONEY AND BE CONTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAVE , BECAUSE GOD HAS SAID NEVER WILL I LEAVE YOU NEVER WILL I FORSAKE YOU" If you serve money it will leave you, it comes and goes but God reamins the same yeterday today and forever He will never leave you nor will he forsake you. He will provide everything you need.
If you serve money it can just like the enemy Steal Kill and Destroy. Jesus said that about Satan in John 10:10 "THE THIEF DOES NOT COME EXCEPT TO STEAL AND TO KILL AND TO DESTROY. I HAVE COME THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE AND THAT THEY MAY HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY." The love of money can destroy, kill and, steal. The love of God can give to you Abundantly He says in Luke 6:38 " GIVE AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU : GOOD MEASURE , PRESSED DOWN , SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER WILL BE PUT INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YOU USE IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU." If you sow a samll seed you get a small return but as you are faithul to do so your seed will gorw to a harvest that is plentyful.
I was watching Kenneth Haggin the son on TV the other day and he explain it like this " if you have one Kernel of corn and you plant it one stock will grow and they say one good stock of corn will yield three ears of corn and that's say there is 351 kernels of corn on each ear Sometimes you have to start out small and then God will multiply it back to you by planting one seed you yielded 1053 kernels and if you plant two ears and keep one it will continue to multiply" this cleared it up for me I finally got what God was saying if I can just stay faithful to plant a seed I will reap a harvest that is beyond what I can imagine.

Ask The Father

Ask The Father
By: Joshua Hills
June, 2nd 2009
Many of you remember while growing up wanting something or needing something who would you turn to? Most likely you ran to mom or dad and asked them. Sometimes mom would say I don't know ask your dad, and sometimes dad would say ask your mom. Some of you can still run to mom and dad some of you can't, but we can all run to our Heavenly Father.
(Read from family Bible pg 1487 when kids ask)

Father God tells us several times in His word if you will ask He will give, John 14:14 " If you ask thing in My name (In Jesus Name) I will do it" , If you have a need all you have to do is ask the Father In Jesus' name and He will do it for you. It is that simple all we need is faith.
James 1: 6-8 AMP. "Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, [For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, doubtfull, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]."
You have to have faith when you ask the Father. We already know that He will do it if you ask in Jesus name because He said so in John 14:14 that I mentioned earlier. In Mark 11:24 " Therefore I say to you , whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them."
Matthew 7:7-11 " Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who ask receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. Or what man is there among you who if his son asks for bread will give him a stone? Or if he ask for a fish will give him a serpent ? If you then being evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will you Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him."
We also need to be patiencet sometimes God will tell us to wait for His perfect timing. Phliipans 4:6-7 " Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your request be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will gurad your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus"
Aren't we glad that our Heavenly Father is so willing to give to us and all we have to do is ask and believe in our hearts that it is done. He'll never say I don't know and tell you to ask somewhere else.

Changing Your Confession

Changing Your Confession
4/22/2009
What was the one thing you did when you accepted Christ as your Lord and Savior? You changed your confession form death to eternal life, and that took faith and that faith came from hearing the word. Romans 10 :17 "So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." Romans 10: 8-9 "But what does it say? the word is near you in your mouth and in your heart (that is the word of faith which we preach), that if you CONFESS with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead you will be saved." In doing this you have taken the first step in changing your confession.
( My change of confession started when I was about 8 years old in the Assembly of God church just down the road from here although I never really fully grasped the concept of what I was doing till about a year ago when My wife and I rededicated ourselves here at Liberty Church)
Romans 4:17 “As it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations" in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did; Let's focus mostly on the last part of this verse "God who gives life to the dead (that is when you become born again you were spiritually dead) and calls those things which do not exist as though they did." God wants us to have this kind of faith.
( Talk about Kristin and I calling our baby in after two miscarriages and our separation)
All good Confessions begin with Faith, Hebrews 11:1 "Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen." Mark 11:23-24 " For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." Now I don't know what Mountains are in your life ,but God does. All you need to do is have faith and He will move those mountains for you. Change your confession from one that says "I'll never make it, this mountain is too high, its too wide, I cant do this", to one that says "Thank you God for moving this mountain so I can make it." You know God has no limits there is nothing He can't do. Nothing is too big for God, and He Lives in you, so you can say " I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Philippians 4:13
( One of my mountains is finances in my job it is really is to look at the lack and God has really opening my eyes to see that I don't have to live in the land of lack but I can live in the land of OVERFLOWING all I have to do is speak to my Mountain and have the bible kind of faith and believe that I am not lacking but I AM prosperous I need to change my confession about my finances. and so can any of you no matter what you mountain is if you will change your confession and have full trust (FAITH) in God those mountains will move)
Our words are life people, because we have accepted Christ as Lord and Savior and He lives in us. In John 6:63 He says " It is the Spirit who gives life ; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I ( JESUS) speak to you are spirit and they are life." It is important that we learn this we must change our confession for if we confess unbelief and fear and then we gain nothing, but if we confess life and belief then we will gain everything God has promised us in His word.
( because Jesus lives in us our words are life and when we speak things they become life. If you start you day With Jesus and confess a great day the day will go easy For His Burden is Light. But if you wake up grumpy and start out throwing your arms around and bo hoin saying man this day stinks it will. Monta and i have been starting our day at work with prayer and been confessing favor with our coworkers and with our customers and we have noticed a great increase in the number of people that have there work ready so our days are easier)
Psalm 19:14 "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your Sight, O Lord my strength my Redeemer" Like David said our words we speak should be found pleasing in the sight of the Lord. God desires to see us thrive and be prosperous. If your confession is not pleasing to God then you are keeping yourself from the blessings He has for you, but when you change your confession, to one that pleases Him, towards any situation, you unleash God to do what He desires in your life.

The Lords Army

The Lords Army
September 28, 2008

It was a couple of months ago that the God gave me this vision of : Two armies opposing each other. One was big and was made up of humans in a bright light, the other army was a little smaller and was made up of dry bones and they were in darkness. Every so often a beam of light would hit the dry bones and almost instantly they would be transformed to a person and be put into the light.

Now if you will turn with me to the book of Joel 2 : 28 it talks about how young men will have visions and old men will have dreams "And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh Your sons and daughters shall prophecy, your old men shall dream dreams, and young men shall see visions"

The army of light (the first army) I believe is God's army composed of His people and each time the light would hit the dry bones I see that as a soul being saved, it is being brought out of the darkness and into the light, out of Satan's power and into God's light and power. Acts 26:18 says " To open their eyes in order to turn them from the power of Satan to God that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me." Also in Ezekiel 37: 5-6 "Thus says the Lord God to these bones : Surely I will cause a breath to enter into you , and you shall live . I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you, and you shall live. Then you shall know that I AM the Lord." I think in these two verses God shows us how He is restoring His people and bringing them out of the darkness and putting them back together thru spiritual rebirth. Also I see that the Lord wants us to be like Ezekiel and go out and Prophecy to the dry bones of the world which is the non-belivers and also the church.

God is preparing us for a battle. He has given us armor to protect us. In Eph. 6:10-13 "Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the Devil, for we don't wrestle against flesh and blood but against ,principalities, against powers against the rulers of darkness of this age against spiritual host of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day and having done all to stand."

THE ARMOR
Grided wrist of truth - know the truth about God
A breast plate for righteousness - Have Jesus in you
Shod your feet - for standing strong on His word and to be prepared to use His word
A shield of Faith - to protect us From satans firey darts live by faith
A helmet of Salvation - Through Christ
The Sword of Spirit - is the word of God know it

We just need to be strong in Him and trust in Him but our time is short. Romans 13:11 - 12 "And do this knowing the time that now it is high time to awake out of sleep for now our salvation is nearer than we first believed. The night is far spent the day is at hand therefore let us cast off the works of darkness and let us put on the armor of light" Now think of it like this: The time is near we are in the 11th hour. Wake up and spread the word to the dry bones, shake off the devil and put on Christ. Tell the world about The Light.

Eph 5:14 " Therefore He says: Awake you who sleep, Arise from the dead and Christ will give you light" Wake up ,rise up and Christ will Give you the Light to see the way he has prepared for you. Eph. 5:8 "For you were once darkness but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light" We were all once in the darkness and couldn't see the way, but now we are saved, born again, out of darkness, because at some point in our lives some one showed us the light and now we walk as children of light in the Lord . God has given us a misson Church to go out and spread the word of His light to the valley of dry bones (The world and the Church). Mark 16 :15-16 " Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature. He who belives and is Baptized will be saved ; but he who does not will be condemned"


So my Questions to you today are, Will you be accused of hiding your light? Will you get to the gates of heaven and be asked Why did you hide me? Or will you go out and shine your light in the dark places so others may see CHRIST in you. Matthew 10: 32-33 "Therefore whoever confesses me before men, him I will confess before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, him I will deny before My Father who is in heaven."