THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD IS JESUS!
SUN. DECEMBER 22nd, 2013
"...THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT; ON THOSE LIVING IN THE LAND OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
A LIGHT HAS DAWNED."
MATTHEW 4:16
NO ONE LIGHTS A LAMP AND PUTS IT IN A PLACE WHERE IT WILL BE HIDDEN, OR UNDER
A BOWL. INSTEAD ONE PUTS IT ON A STAND, SO THAT THOSE WHO COME IN MAY SEE THE LIGHT.
LUKE 11:33
PUT YOUR TRUST IN THE LIGHT WHILE YOU HAVE IT, SO THAT YOU MAY BECOME SONS OF LIGHT.
JOHN 12:36
YOU ARE ALL SONS OF THE LIGHT AND SONS OF THE DAY. WE DO NOT BELONG TO THE
NIGHT OR TO THE DARKNESS.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:5
FOR YOU WERE ONCE DARKNESS, BUT NOW YOU ARE LIGHT IN THE LORD. LIVE AS CHILDREN OF LIGHT. (FOR THE FRUIT OF THE LIGHT CONSISTS IN ALL GOODNESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH)
EPHESIANS 5:8-9
YES, JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD!
AS CHILDREN OF THE LORD OR CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT, WE CARRY THAT LIGHT WITHIN US.
THOUGH WE LIVE IN A WORLD THAT SEEMS TO LOOK DARKER AND DARKER, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GREAT TRAVESTIES AROUND US, WE MUST REMEMBER THAT JESUS SAVES!
WHEN JESUS LEFT THE THRONE IN HEAVEN AND CAME TO THIS EARTH HE WAS THE TRUE AND ONE LIGHT!
AFTER CHRIST'S ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN, ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST, WE WERE GIVEN THE HOLY SPIRIT: THEREFORE WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS INTO OUR HEART WE RECEIVE THE LIGHT, THE TRUE
LIGHT. THE LIGHT OF JESUS! WE MUST NOT HIDE THAT LIGHT! GOD GIVES US THE GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO BE BEACONS OF LIGHT, IN A DARK WORLD! WE NEED TO LIVE LIVES THAT GLORIFY
GOD. LIVES THAT SHOW THE LOVE AND LIGHT OF JESUS!
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS NOT AN "IT" BUT A PERSON. WE HAVE THE LIVING HOLY SPIRIT WITH IN US WHEN WE ARE SAVED! THAT IS SO AMAZING!
GOD HAS GIVEN US SUCH A WONDERFUL GIFT, SUCH A POWERFUL TOOL, TO SHINE IN THIS WORLD!
TO SHINE FOR GOD, JESUS AND HOLY SPIRIT! TO BLESS OTHERS, TO LEAD OTHERS TO HIM.
THE LIGHT WILL ALWAYS OUTSHINE THE DARKNESS!
WE DON'T NEED TO BE FEARFUL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AROUND US, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HEARTS ARE RIGHT AND THAT OUR LIGHTS ARE SHINING FOR JESUS!
THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER
FOR GIVING YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, THE TRUE LIGHT, THAT WE WOULD HAVE EVERLASTING
LIFE. HELP ME TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE, THAT MY LIGHT WOULD SHINE AND THAT
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT, I WILL BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS AND
GLORIFY YOUR NAME IN ALL THAT I DO.
IN JESUS' NAME
AMEN AND AMEN
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December 21, 2013
BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS LORD!
BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE HE CHOSE FOR HIS INHERITANCE. FROM HEAVEN THE LORD LOOKS DOWN AND SEES ALL MANKIND, FROM HIS DWELLING PLACE HE WATCHES ALL WHO LIVE ON EARTH- HE WHO FORMS THE HEARTS OF ALL, WHO CONSIDERS EVERYTHING THEY DO. NO KING IS SAVED BY THE SIZE OF HIS ARMY;
NO WARRIOR ESCAPES BY HIS GREAT STRENGTH. A HORSE IS A VAIN HOPE FOR DELIVERANCE;
DESPITE ALL ITS GREAT STRENGTH IT CANNOT SAVE.
BUT THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM, ON THOSE WHOSE
HOPE IS IN HIS UNFAILING LOVE, TO DELIVER THEM FROM DEATH AND KEEP THEM ALIVE IN FAMINE.
WE WAIT IN HOPE FOR THE LORD; HE IS OUR HELP AND OUR SHIELD. IN HIM OUR HEARTS REJOICE,
FOR WE TRUST IN HIS HOLY NAME. MAY YOUR UNFAILING LOVE REST UPON US, O LORD, EVEN AS WE PUT OUR HOPE IN YOU.
PSALMS 33:12-22
DEAR FRIENDS,
GOD CALLS US TO PRAY! THEREFORE, LET US PRAY! WE CAN NOT CHANGE THE WORLD NOR OUR NATION WITHIN OUR OWN POWER , BUT LET US NOT FORGET THE GREAT POWER IN PRAYER!
LET US WAKE IN THE MORNING WITH THE JOY OF THE LORD WITHIN US, LET US PRAISE OUR SAVIOR FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE! LET US REMEMBER TO TALK WITH THE LORD IN THE MORNING WHEN WE ARISE AND AS WE GO ABOUT OUR BUSINESS DURING THE DAY! LET US TALK TO THE LORD AS OUR DEAREST AND MOST TRUSTED FRIEND! HE TRULY IS THAT! LET US SHOW A HOLY BOLDNESS IN OUR DAILY WALK, BLESSING THOSE AROUND US! LET US CLAIM AUTHORITY AND DOMINION FOR JESUS'S KINGDOM WHEREVER OUR CAR MAY DRIVE, WHEREVER OUR FOOT MAY TOUCH!
WHEN YOU SEE SINFULNESS AROUND YOU CLAIM THAT TERRITORY AS THE LORD'S AND DECLARE GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING THERE!
THIS MAY SEEM STRANGE OR CRAZY BUT JUST TRY IT!
SMALL AS WE MAY BE BUT GREAT IS HE(GOD) WHO ABIDES WITHIN!
LET US PLAY OUR ROLE IN CLAIMING AMERICA, OUR NATION, A NATION UNDER GOD!
WE ARE HIS CHILDREN AND ALTHOUGH WE ARE IN THE WORLD, WE CHOOSE NOT TO LIVE AS THE WORLD DOES BUT AS THE WORD SAYS WE SHOULD!
LET US PRAY FOR OUR LEADERS! ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH OUR LEADERS LET US PRAY THAT THEY WILL SEEK JESUS IN ALL THAT THEY DO!
AS BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIANS LET US STAND WHEN WE ARE CALLED TO, LET US NEVER CONFORM BUT LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY AND LET US NOT TO FORGET THE POWER WE HAVE WITHIN US-THE HOLY SPIRIT! CLAIM VICTORY IN JESUS' SOVEREIGN NAME AND BELIEVE!
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"FOR ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD IN HIM ARE YEA, AND IN HIM AMEN, UNTO THE GLORY OF
GOD BY US ." 2 CORINTHIANS 1:20
"IF YE HAVE FAITH AS A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED YE SHALL SAY UNTO THIS
MOUNTAIN, REMEMBER HENCE TO YONDER PLACE; AND IT SHALL REMOVE."
MATHEW 17:20
"CALL TO REMEMBRANCE THE FORMER DAYS, IN WHICH AFTER YE WERE
ILLUMINATED, YE ENDURED..." HEBREWS 10:32
SERVE THE LORD WITH GLADNESS!
PSALMS 100:2
BE FOLLOWERS OF THEM WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE INHERIT THE PROMISES.
HEBREWS 6:12
NOTHING IS TOO HARD FOR GOD! GOD IS OMNIPOTENT AND HE IS ABLE TO KEEP
HIS PROMISES! IT IS OUR FAITH THAT BRINGS THESE PROMISES TO PASS!
LET US STAND UPON THE PROMISES, NOT DOUBTING, BUT BELIEVING AND PRAISING OUR HEAVENLY FATHER FOR WHAT HE HAS ALREADY DONE, IS DOING AND IS GOING TO DO!
THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT ARE PROMISES ARE MADE CLEAR TO US, THE HOLY SPIRIT GUIDES
US INTO ALL TRUTH!
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December 20TH, 2013
O LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS THY NAME!
O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
YOU HAVE SET YOUR GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS. FROM THE LIPS OF CHILDREN AND INFANTS YOU HAVE ORDAINED PRAISE BECAUSE OF YOUR ENEMIES, TO SILENCE THE FOE AND THE AVENGER.
WHEN I CONSIDER YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE, WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM?
YOU HAVE MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE HEAVENLY BEINGS AND CROWNED HIM WITH
GLORY AND HONOR. YOU HAVE MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS, YOU PUT EVERYTHING UNDER HIS FEET: ALL FLOCKS AND HERDS, AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND THE FISH OF THE SEA, ALL THAT SWIM THE PATHS OF THE SEAS.
O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!!-PSALM 8
YES, THE LORD IS WORTHY OF ALL PRAISE AND ALL HONOR AND YES, HOW MAJESTIC IS THE NAME OF THE LORD!! MY DESIRE AND PRAYER FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT YOU, AND I- THAT GOD'S CHILDREN-WILL NOT BE SATISFIED WITH AN OCCASIONAL 'DATE' WITH GOD BUT THAT WE WILL TRULY SEEK HIM IN ALL THAT WE DO; IN OUR THOUGHTS, IN OUR ACTIONS, IN OUR WORDS, AND IN OUR EVERY WAKING MOMENTS LET US NOT, FOR ONE MINUTE, FORGET THAT THE LORD IS THE LORD OVER ALL THINGS AND THAT HE LOVES US SO VERY, VERY DEARLY! THE LORD WANTS GOOD THINGS FOR HIS DEAR CHILDREN, FOR US! THAT IS ENCOURAGING!
LET US LIVE AS NEVER BEFORE, WITH A HOLY BOLDNESS, WITH A FERVOR TO LOVE AND TO LIVE EVERY DAY GIVING IT OUR ALL, IN ALL THAT WE DO, FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD! OUR DELIVER HAS HIS STRONG HAND IN ALL, YES IN ALL OF HIS CHILDRENS' LIVES!
WE DO NOT NEED TO LIVE IN FEAR, BUT LET US LIVE HOLY LIVES, AND BE REASSURED THAT GOD
HAS HIS HAND IN ALL THAT WE DO!!
GOD IS OUR CREATOR AND IN HIS IMAGE WE WERE CREATED, HE SHOWERS US WITH BLESSING, WITH LOVE, WITH GIFTS, AND HIS CHILDREN WILL LIVE ETERNALLY WITH HIM FOREVER AND EVER!!
LETS GIVE THE LORD ALL HONOR, ALL PRAISE AND LETS SING OF HIS MAJESTIC NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!! HALLELUJAH!!
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PROvision for the VISION!
December 19th, 2013
WHEN GOD WANTS US TO DO SOMETHING FOR HIM,
SOMETHING FOR HIS KINGDOM, HE WILL MOST DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FULLY RESOURCED FOR THE PLAN THAT HE HAS FOR US.
IN MATTHEW 4, JESUS TELLS HIS FUTURE DISCIPLES TO COME, AND FOLLOW HIM AND HE WILL
MAKE THEM FISHERS OF MEN. THESE SEASONED FISHERMEN DID NOT QUESTION JESUS WHEN HE ASKED THEM TO GO AND MAKE FISHERS OF MEN, THEY AT ONCE LEFT THEIR NETS BEHIND TO FOLLOW HIM. THESE MEN DID NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HOW THEY WERE GOING TO EAT, OR WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO SLEEP! THEIR NEEDS WERE MET. THEY WERE "IN GOD'S WILL" AND WHEN WE ARE DOING GOD'S WILL, HE WILL, WITHOUT A DOUBT, GIVE US THE PROVISION FOR THE VISION, FOR THE MISSION TRIP, FOR THE MINISTRY, WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE WANTS YOU AND I TO DO IT IS THROUGH HIM THAT OUR PROVISION WILL COME!! HOW REASSURING THAT IS, TO BE A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST AND TO KNOW THAT WHEREVER HE ASKS US TO GO AND WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE WANTS US TO DO THE PROVISION WILL SUPERNATURALLY BE THERE!
PROvision for your vision!!!
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December 18TH, 2013
LAKOTA SIOUX NATION
A PEOPLE WOUNDED, A NATION SCATTERED
IT HAS WEIGHED HEAVY UPON MY HEART THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO PRAY FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS THAT HAVE BEEN
TREATED SO UNJUSTLY IN THE PAST.
WE, UNFORTUNATELY CAN NOT TURN BACK THE HAND OF TIME BUT, WE CAN PRAY FOR HEALING AND FOR RESTORATION FOR A NATION WHOS ANCESTORS' LIVES WERE TAKEN, FOR THE LAND THAT WAS TAKEN SO FORCEFULLY, THE DISRESPECT, THE WRONG THAT WAS DONE TO SUCH A FASCINATING AND BLESSED PEOPLE.
OUR GRAND PARENTS, LEAH AND HOWARD BOYLE HAVE LOVED AND CHERISHED THESE SADDENED AND TORN SOULS FOR OVER 43 YEARS WHEN GOD CALLED THEM OUT TO THE FORMER BRAINERD INDIAN SCHOOL IN HOT SPRINGS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, NOW IN THEIR MID-EIGHTIES STILL LOVE, NURTURE AND CARE FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS, SPECIFICALLY THE LAKOTA SIOUX NATION THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO SERVE. THIS PAST SUMMER MY HUSBAND, RUBEN, A FEW OF MY SMALL DAUGHTERS AND OUR GRANDPA BOYLE AND I WENT OUT TO THE SITE OF THE WOUNDED KNEE MASSACRE. WE FELT LED TO PRAY AND ANNOINT THE
AREA. WE PRAYED FOR HEALING AND RESTORATION FOR THE LAKOTA SIOUX NATION AND HER PEOPLE.
I FEEL THE PRAYERS THAT MY GRANDPARENTS HAVE PRAYED FOR YEARS AND I FEEL GOD CALLING US
TO PRAY. I FEEL A SUPERNATURAL STIRRING WITHIN MY HEART TO BE READY, TO BE READY TO HELP FULFILL GOD'S PLAN, TO BE READY TO FOLLOW IN MY GRANDPARENTS STEAD. NOT THAT WE COULD EVER EVEN TOUCH WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, BUT TO JUST BE READY AND OBEDIENT TO GOD'S CALLING; HIS WAY AND IN HIS TIMING....ONLY THROUGH GOD'S GUIDING, GOD'S PROVISION, GOD'S MERCY AND GOD'S GRACE COULD WE EVER BEGIN TO KNOW WHERE TO START. BUT YES,WE CAN- WE CAN START WITH PRAYERS OF REPENTANCE, PRAYERS OF PETITION. WE MUST PRAY FOR RESTORATION IN ALL AREAS SPIRIT, SOUL, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, ACADEMIC, TERRITORIES, FAMILIES, FINANCIAL. ALL AREAS. WE ARE ASKING, SEEKING, KNOCKING.
JOIN US IN PRAYING FOR THE NATIVE AMERICANS, THE LAKOTA SIOUX NATION, THE PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, THE ROSEBUD INDIAN RESERVATION AND FOR THE LEADERS AND CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO STAND UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THESE DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THE NATIVES TO OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
WE LOVE YOU! MAY GOD POUR OUT HIS LOVE UPON YOU THIS SEASON, THIS UPCOMING YEAR 2014
FOR INFO AND INSIGHT:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre
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