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Complain

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Exodus 16:1-7

The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel left Egypt but Egypt did not leave them. The Israelites continue to look back in complaint instead of looking back only in thanksgiving and praising God. Egypt let them go but they could not let Egypt go after they were delivered from the affliction of over four hundred years. In every step they took forward, they continued to look back. Complaint about their need was a major breakdown that denied so many generations from getting to the promise land. What about you? Is there any thing in the past that is holding you from going forward? Have you ever seen any vehicle that is going forward while at the same time going backward? Probably, the Red Sea was yet settled from its granting passage to huge numbers of the children before complaining started. The Israelites began to complain for lack of bread. Exodus 16:3, ÒAnd the children of Israel said to them, oh that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.Ó It is unimaginable that a group that has just seen the Hand of God in action could turn around so fast and so soon. If you are alive to be able to read this, you can believe that complaining directly or indirectly will not transport you but will terminate you. Among the children of Israel, the ages that came out through the Red Sea failed and did not get into their promise land. Let yesterday be yesterday in your journey. Do not complain. Change from complaining to complementing Him with a heart of thanks giving. God will enable you in all areas of life.

Conduct

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Philippians 1:27-30

How do you act when you are around a fellow believer? What about when you are around non believers? Can you identify the differences in your action? Have you heard people say to you that you are the bible that they are reading? Christianity is not an acting it is a way of life. Whatever your conduct is behind the close door should not be an embarrassing issue when it is conducted in the open.  Year after years, month after months, day after days, you have only been playing religion. Your playing or acting religion will only last for a while before the truth prevail. God will not over look sin do not be overtaken by sin. It is about time for self examination and sincerity before God. God will always have mercy for those that call on Him. Paul said in Philippians 1:27, ÒOnly let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent , I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel.Ó Your conduct is the testimony of how you stand in the Lord. If your conduct is worthy of Christ you will be steadfast in Him. Your conduct is your evangelism to the unbeliever around you that are yet to receive Him as their Lord and savior. As the year goes bye, let the word of God be echoing in your heart. Pray and ask God to work in you both to do his will and to do for His glory.  

January 2007 Issue

Monthly Newsletter

ÒBut seek first the < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things shall be added to you.Ó(Matthew 6:33)< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>

 

When there is a new beginning there should always be a new desire. As a child of the almighty God that has been privileged to see a new day, new week, new month, or a new year, what do you desire of the Lord in this your new beginning? Just as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, the eye of a maid to the hand of her mistress, what is your desire that you look up to God for? As one that loves the Lord and wants to grow in the things of the Lord, your material desires will fall short until you desire more of the things of His Kingdom. Matthew 6:33, ÒBut seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things shall be added to you.Ó What do you desire in your new beginning that you want God to do or add to you besides material things? It does not matter how long you have been in the Lord, there should always be a specific desire for things of the Lord. No one can outgrow spiritual blessings from the Lord. If you have not be asking, or thinking of asking, God for a new thing in your service unto Him, it is indication of spiritual stagnation. God is not a slave master, He is a saving master and He will not add unto you what you do not desire. God is always adding a new thing that empowers those that know their God and desire to be strong to carry out great exploits to the glory of His name. In the parable of the persistent friend, Jesus encourages in Luke 11:9, ÒSo I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; Knock, and it will be opened to you.Ó In His asking and giving, no one will be left without receiving. In Luke 11:10, ÒFor everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds and to him who knocks it will be opened.Ó Are you holding on to the anointing of yesterday? The anointing of yesterday will not carry you for today; desire a fresh anointing that will carry you as you progress in the service of the Lord.

King David, a giant in the hand of God, carried out great exploits to the glory of God and did not fall short in his constant desires. He could not stop asking from God. He asked in Psalm 27:4, ÒOne thing I have desired of the LORD, that will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in His temple.Ó

King David knew what he wanted from the Lord and he did not just ask for it, but he also sought after it. He wanted to dwell in the house of the Lord. He wanted to be exposed to the secret of the Lord. It is not possible to dwell in the house of the Lord and not be exposed to the secret of the Lord. If in deed and in truth you dwell in the house of the Lord not by just showing up or passing by or coming in for socialization, or coming for emotional uplifting, you will be exposed to the secret of the Lord. The psalmist wrote in Psalm 91:1, ÒHe who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Ó Will dwelling in His secret place be your desire? There is so much to gain when you begin to dwell in His secret place. When you dwell in His secret place, His secret will be with you.

Asking or desiring from God should not be approached with a mindset of limitation. God cannot be limited as to what He can give. What do you think you want to be for the Lord in this new beginning? Do you want to be a soul winner for the Lord? Think about it and begin to desire it because as man thinks in his heart so is he (Proverbs 23:7).

< ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>By His grace and not by your determination, begin to dwell in the house of the Lord. King David testifies, Psalm 27:5, ÒFor in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret place of His tabernacle He shall hide me; He shall hide me high on a rock.Ó When you end up in the secret place of the most High God, He will endue you with His fear.  Psalm 25:14, ÒThe secret place of the Lord is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.Ó When you fear God, His eyes will be on you. Have you really asked Him what your desire is? Yes, you do have a desire and you know what you want Him to do in your life; however, it is a different thing to know and not ask, it is also a different thing to know and be asking faithfully and asking with persistency.

 

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Love Of God

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Deuteronomy 28:1-14

The love of God came to us free but the blessings of God came with condition. The requirement for the blessings of God is nothing but obedience to the word of God. Deuteronomy 28:1-2, ÒNow it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all His commandment which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the LORD your God.Ó  As you can see, the blessing of God is not an accident it is based and rooted in obedience to His voice. Yes, you have not been obedient to the word of God and blessings have not stopped flowing in your life. Consider the fact that what you are looking at as a blessing might not be a blessing in GodÕs book. Defining GodÕs blessing is not the message for you today. However, it is written in Proverb < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>10:22, ÒThe blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He add no sorrow with it.Ó If God says obedience to His commandment is what will make blessings to overtake you, that is what He meant because the word of God is true and amen. Despite your inconsistency, the Lord continues to be consistent by being merciful, patient, forgiving, providing, and preserving. Look up to God and acknowledge Him for His goodness and mercy and declare His loving kindness and faithfulness. Ask God to endue you with grace to be consistent in obedience to His voice.

Breakthrough

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Exodus 5

 

The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel have been afflicted by Egypt long enough. Breakthrough is about to take place and God has already moved through Moses, but the manifestation is yet to be in place. They were closer to breakthrough more than ever. As the LORD planned it, Moses approached Pharaoh to request for the release of the children of Israel. Pharaoh responded with anger and he requested for more work for the children of Israel. Exodus 5:9, ÒLet more work be laid on the men that they may labor in it, and let them not regard false words.Ó It is very challenging to see situations get more difficult when it appears you are closer to breakthrough. Moses was supposed to be getting them out, not getting them down. The children of Israel requested from Pharaoh the reasons for addition of work. Pharaoh responded, Exodus 5:17, ÒBut he said, ÔYou are idle! Idle! Therefore you say, ÔLet us go and sacrifice to the LORD.ÕÓ Pharaoh added more to their affliction. You have come a long way, it does not matter how long you have been through, it only matters that God is a true God. Is it certain to you that GodÕs deliverance is a certainty? Ignore all the noise of the liar, hold on to God. You are almost there, and the closer you get, the more it may seem you are losing. In the hand of God you are a winner, your breakthrough is at hand.