Hear – Understand – Do

“I hear from God, but I don’t understand what He’s saying.” Why? Sometimes it’s not meant for us to understand at that particular time.

Know — knowledge. You must build knowledge through reading, research, or by asking questions. It just doesn’t happen overnight. You can pray for, and receive a Word of Knowledge, and it will come to you at an appointed time. Word of Knowledge is supernatural revelation, by the Holy Spirit, of certain facts from the mind of God. It is the God-given ability to receive from God, by revelation, the facts concerning something that is humanly impossible for us to know anything about. A “word” of knowledge is just a part of God's insight (omniscience) regarding a specific situation or incident.

When God gives us an assignment, it is our responsibility to GO and DO. If we don’t complete our assignment, then God will use another more willing vessel. When God said to, “Occupy until I come;” He meant… (to read the rest and more, order “Where Did That Come From?”)

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“A Time to Pray…”

I prayed real hard to the Lord that day, “If you can use anything Lord, you can use me,” (just thought I’d mention that song here). Devil, I command you in the name of Jesus, release your hold on my blessings. I bind up you and all your imps from stopping men from giving to me. I regret not having the customers that the business needs to thrive. I will not accept second best in my life and my children will not lack for any good thing. Lord as I continue to do your will and wait on your voice, I am accused of having too much time on my hands. Father, strengthen me when I feel like I don’t want to do something. I need help to overcome my sense of not knowing my purpose here on this earth. I don’t feel like I’m doing things according to your plan, yet I don’t know what else to do. Lord, strengthen me in these hours. The telephone is bothersome, and there is no joy in picking up the mail due to the bill collectors, yet we need these forms of communication, so please help us to keep everything operational.”

I wanted to schedule a ‘pity party’. I have the spot picked out. The decorations, cake, and time has been reserved. Lord, You won’t allow me to send out any invitations. You send me packages of distractions to get me away from my focus on me. Neither my husband nor I can find another job that would pay the overhead costs. It would be like chasing the wind, senseless and useless. It’s also becoming a strain on my relationship with my spouse. I have to continually replace doubt with Phil. 4:8-9: Finally, brethren whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. Those things, which ye have both learned and received, and heard, and seen in me, do and the God of peace shall be with you.

“I can’t blame anyone but myself. If I heard you wrong Lord, and it’s my fault, I will continue to look to the hills (Psalm 121:1-8 [please read]). Father, I pray for the peace which passeth all understanding to keep my heart and mind in Jesus name (Phil. 4:7). Let it be well with my soul Lord.

Lord, it’s so hard to sit around and just work on cross-stitch when I am so used to being active in all that I do...

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Choirs and Commitment

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Choirs and Commitment

If a choir is not dedicated and disciplined, then they will not be effective. When there are no rules, and a member does what he or she wants to, and comes to practice when they choose to, then the other, faithful members become disillusioned and disinterested.

The ministry of serving God in song is not a show-and-tell, or “They need my voice to uplift the congregation” experience. I believe, if a person has not been blessed to sound like BeBe or CeCe Winans, then they can sing out to the Lord in a sweet bouquet of song in their own way. Attitude is most important, especially in remembering to whom we’re singing, and what we’re singing for.

I have seen the anointing leave a choir over the years due to a haughty spirit within that choir. The Lord will bless our endeavors to a certain point. We have to do our part: Come to rehearsal on time, be devoted to the ministry, be committed, and be faithful. This is what God expects from us when we sing and everyone will be blessed.

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God Does Not Argue

We may try to justify or find fault with what God wants us to do when we read the Bible. And sometimes we just refuse to accept His commands and we do our own thing.

*God Commands — We Obey*

When God says to repeat a “Word of Knowledge” or a “Word of Wisdom” to someone, we should comply. If the person doesn’t want to accept the Word, then our work as the messenger has been done. We, as the messengers, completed the work on our end; it’s up to the receiver and God to do the rest, but, if we don’t deliver, there is always someone else who will do what God asks.

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Lenten & New Years Resolutions

Why should we just examine our conscious excessively to do good things at a particular time of the year? Why give up (candy, meat, smoking, movies, over eating, lack of exercise, lying etc.), for a couple of weeks in atonement and then go right back to doing the same thing afterwards, especially if that thing is not good for you.

The time frame that I am referring to is called “Lent”. It’s the time that is designated seven weeks before Easter (Christ’s Resurrection Day). The Lenten season has been appointed by some folks as a time to fast from specific sins like gluttony, slothfulness, laziness; doing and enjoying things, which are not good for the human body (smoking, drinking alcoholic beverages etc.). Where in the Bible is the season of “lent” specified? Prayer and fasting are two ways that we may atone for our sins, yet during Lent and the first of January (New Year’s Resolution time), people promise God not to commit a particular offense again for awhile; then they expect God to turn His head until they get it out of their system.

I’ve overheard people ask one another, “What are you giving up for Lent?” They offer up candy or another favorite food in order to get a sense of fulfillment when Easter Sunday rolls around.

The definition for Atonement is being sorry for sin (reconciliation of God and man). It’s the act of making a sacrifice to God by denying oneself. To do an act of atonement just because everyone else does it, will not make it a sacrifice to God.

Mardi Gras is another date for discussion. This is a time set aside to do all the sinning one can do before the season of “lent” kicks off. God help and have mercy on those persons who should die during a Mardi Gras celebration doing some immoral act; where would they open their eyes if they have not asked forgiveness of any sin they may have committed? Also what about Aids and other sexually transmitted diseases and the perversion that takes place during this so-called celebration? No, I have never participated in a Mardi Gras, but I do believe that consequences do happen according to what God’s word has to say (II Tim. 3:1-7).

Yes, I once called myself sacrificing something to God during the Lenten Season, yet I thank God that I don’t have to wait until a particular time of the year to get close to Our Lord and neither do you.

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Now I Really Know Him

When I attended elementary school, God instilled in my fellow classmates and me a sense of how to do things on cue while we concentrated on other things.

Let me explain. During church services, we were programmed to know when the proper time came to sit, stand or kneel, especially when we would hear certain words spoken in another language. I’m not being sacrilegious, but think about it. I was brought up in a church that ministered in Latin (a language I knew little about), and, although I was present physically, I was miles away in my mind. The times that I can recall hearing and understanding what was being taught were only during the sermons of Christmas, Easter, and Lent.

The experience did teach me discipline. I was instructed in religious truths each day because catechism[1] was part of the curriculum. The Word of God touched my life early, beginning in the first grade.

This man Jesus, whom I was drilled on and taught about daily, I did not know. I knew of Him, but oh! how sweet it is to really know our Savior. We are privileged to be able to learn from the Bible how we should live and conduct our lives in order to enjoy the many things which God has for us in this world and in the world to come.

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[1]an elementary book containing a summary of the principles of the Christian religion, esp। as maintained by a particular church, in the form of questions and answers.

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Xmas?

If Christmas is the day we celebrate as Christ’s birth (Dec. 25^th, according to Webster’s Dictionary), then what is the abbreviation “Xmas” all about? If “X” is the mathematical symbol for the unknown, then “X”-mas must mean the celebration of the unknown.

Jesus Christ is known by many people to be the Son of God. He is not an unknown factor. It is our responsibility to tell everyone about Jesus. Christians—let’s help everyone put Christ back into Christmas and take the “X” out. “Merry Christ – mas”!

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