We Are The Delivered Part2

Praise the Lord. I was at work yesterday and I started thinking about 1 Peter 5:8 The word says that the devil is going around seeking whom he may devour. I thought about the word seek and what it means it means to search for. As I thought about this I started thinking well if the devil is searching for some one to devour that there must be some he can't touch. And I wondered who those are that he can't touch. Daniel was one that God did not allow satan to devour. Notice in Daniel life adversity came at him but it did not devour him. Could it be that it was because of his deep commitment to God.I thought of the words in 1 John 5:18"We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself,and that wicked one toucheth him not. You and I must purpose in our hearts to keep ourselves pure before the Lord just as Daniel chose to. By doing so when the adversity's come we will not be devoured by them for we will do like God says to do in Psalms 50:15"And call upon me in the day of trouble;I (God) will deliver thee, and thou shalt gorify me!!!! We are coming into a new year lets purpose in our hearts to be in absolute surrender to God. To do this we must come out from among the world and be seperated people unto the LORD. May the LORD make this new years eve a victourious day for you. From Pastor Ken

We Are The Delivered

Good morning and praise the Lord. Hope you all had a very blessed Christmas in our Lord. I was reading over an outline that I have and when I read this passage of scripture the holy Spirit started showing me what I am about to share with you I hope it blesses you like it has me. "So Daniel was taken up out of the den,AND NO MANNER OF HURT WAS FOUND UPON HIM,BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN HIS GOD!!!!! WHY WAS THERE NO MANNER OF HURT UPON DANIEL? BECAUSE HE BELIEVED HIS GOD. Daniel had an absolute trust in the love and power of his God. We all know who Daniels God was ans is He is the almighty God the one who loved us so much that he sent his only begotten son to redeem us out of the lions den of life. Daniel chose to stay faithful to God in a land that was filled with sin and idol worship. He prayed to His God on a daily bases never forgetting in whom he put his trust and confidence. You and I are living in a time in history when we need to look at ourselves and ask the question do I have that same con fidence in the God of Daniel. Think about what 1Peter 5:8 says "Be sober, be vigilent;because your adversary the devil,as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour: Notice who our enemy is Satan. And what is he doing he's walking about seeking whom he may devour just like those hungry lions in the den Daniel was cast into. However he cannot devour what is committed to the FATHER THROUGH CHRIST OUR LORD!!! Are you devouted to God with all your life Daniel devouted himself to God no matter what it looked like around him. He was not committed to the wordly king he was not willing to give into the ways of the world around him. You and I must take on this same attitude I will not be be directed by the circumstances around me. I will submit myself to God and resist the Devil and all he tries to send my way. FOR IAM THE REDEEMED OF THE LORD!!!! THE BLOOD OF JESUS COVERS ME IAM SANCTIFIED THROUGH HIM!!!! IAM THE BLESSED OF THE LORD!!!! You and I have to resist the devil and stand our ground in Jesus name. Just like Daniel in the lions den we must stand true to the God of promise. Just remember what is committed to the Father through Jesus, satan cannot devour he can not touch. With the comming of the new year I would challenge us to give total alliegence to God our Father and to his Son.MAy the Lord bless this day for you with the power and presence of the Holy Ghost all around you. From Pastor Ken

Will You Let GO of The Old

Good morning and praise the Lord. He is worthy of all our praise. I was reading Mark 10:46-52 this morning and as I was reading the Holy Spirit just made verse 50 jump out at me."And he,casting away his garmet,rose and came to Jesus. How many of us try to come to Jesus to ask something from him and are not willing to throw off the old before we come to Him. This man was a begger sitting by the roadside he had been sitting there for a long time begging. On this paticular day something good was about to come his way. You and are always asking Jesus to do something for us but many times we ask without really wanting to let go of the past. Blind Bartimaeus heard the crowd coming his way but today there was different atmosphere in the air. The crowd is excited because Jesus is leading them and talking with them. The blind man heres them say Jesus He began to cry out "thou son of David have mercy on me. Some tried get him to be quitebut he just got that much louder. He wanted something from Jesus. He wanted to get Jesus attention. In verse 49 we are told Jesusstopped and called for him. At that moment the blind man made a decision that he would cast off the old and go before Jesus to get what he sought after. Listen to the words of Jesus in verse 51"And Jesu answered and said unto him. WHAT WILT THOU THAT I SHOULD DO UNTO THEE? He said that I might receive my sight. jesus said go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole. Why did the blind man throw off the old garmet? I believe he got rid of it so he would not be reminded that he was a begger he wanted to start out new and fresh. The word says immediatly he received his sight,notice what else he did he left the old and picked up the new and followed after Jesus, he did not go back and pick up the old outer garmet to put back on. He left the past to follow the new. How many of us can truly look at Jesus and say that we have put the past behind us and follow the master with and free and pure heart.I also beleive that the blind man received more than just his physical sight he received a new spiritual sight if he had not he would have just taken his miracle and walked away as so many had done but instead he left the past and followed the new. The word says you and I are new creations in Christ so if we are we need to let the past go and follow the new life we have in Christ. I know as I read this scripture this morning Holy Spirit just started revealing to me what I was still holding unto and would not let go of. I want all that the Father has prividedc for me and if there are things holding that back then I want to get free of them how about you? My prayer is that you will read this text and meditate on it with a desire to have the LORD open our spiritaul eyes. May the Lord Bless you and Keep You Healthy From Pastor Ken

Does He Reign

Good morning and praise the LORD.I just want to take this time to say to all Jesus loves you!!!! I was reading this scripture this morning and started to think upon it and just wanted to share with you what the Holy Spirit was showing me."Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. If you read this scripture you will find its where Jesus appeared to the disciples after his resurrection and Thomas was there this time. If you have ever read the gosples you will remember Jesus had appeared to his disciples and Thomas was not there with them. When they told Thomas he said I'll not believe it unless I see the periced hands and feet and the wounded side. In this passage Jesus is there and Thomas sees for himself, Thomas replies in verse 28 "MY LORD and MY GOD" what a decleration of faith but notice what Jesus says "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet they believed. Jesus looked down through the portals of time and saw people who would come to believe in the saving grace of God through Him even though we have not seen him. Do you think he was talking about this generation of people of God. We are living in one of most powerful times in the history of man. Do we truly believe in power of the ressurected Christ the one who died and rose again with the victory for life. He's is our King and redeemer he is the one who broke the curse over our lives that we could live a complete and victorious life in Him. I like what Paul says in Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I but christ liveth in me:and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,who loved me and gave himself for me. Paul declares that his faith is in the Son of God and all that the Son is. He says the life he's now living in the flesh He's living it for Christ. Thomas believed because He seen, but you and I have never seen yet we believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God. But that belief just can't be superficial it has to be deeply rooted in us till we declare it is not I that lives but the Christ in me lives and regiens. We are called to do the super natural and to let the world see the glory of the LORD upon and shinning out of us to those in darkness. "DO YOU BELIEVE IN THE ONE WHO LIVES IN YOU!!!IN CLOSING LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF JOHN 20:29 FORM THE AMPLIFIED TRANSLATION: "Jesus said to him, Because you have seen ME, Thomas do you now believe(trust have faith)?Blessed and happy and to be envied are those who have never seen ME and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on ME. The LORD bless you and Keep you Healed and Whole. From Pastor Ken

Liberty

Good morning and praise the Lord everybody.In 2 Corinthians 3:17 we find a profound statement listen to the word "Now the LORD is that spirit:and where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty. Think about what this word says where the Spirit of the LORD is there is liberty. Many people are looking for peace and happiness the place to find it is in a life given to the LORD ship of Christ. Christians have the spirit of the LORD living in them but they fail to see the liberty that the presence of the living Christ has given them. We have the promise from the LORD in Luke 4:18 That he was anointed to heal the broken hearted,to preach the gosplel, to preach deliverance to the captives,recovering of sight to the blind. Do you realize that the same spirit that anointed Jesus is the same spirit living on the inside of you and I. We in the body of Christ need to tell the devil where he needs to go when he tries to defeat and take our liberty away from us. This liberty frees us from the curse of sickness,poverty,oppression and every other curse that the devil would like to convince us we have not been set free from. You are free in Christ from all the curse. Listen to this verse from the amplified translation 2Cor.3:17"Now the Lord is the Spirit,and where the Spirit of the LORD is,there is liberty[emancipation from bondage,freedom].Listen to John 8:32,36"And ye shall know the truth,and the truth shall make you free. "If the Son therefore shall make you free,ye shall be free indeed. What liberty we have in Christ our Lord. Next time the devil sends you a bad report take and shake it at him and say no way for Iam free in Christ and refuse to accept this lie. You have been set free from bondage dont get back under the curse for Jesus has broken the curse from your life. Have a blessed and healthy day in the LORD. From Pastor Ken

Walk in Love

Praise the Lord Our God for He mighty within us to the tarring down of all strong holds. I was reading the word this morning in 1 Corinthians 12:25 "That there should be no schism in the body;but that the members should have the same care for one another. The Holy Spirit started me thinking on this from the aspect of what it would be like if the whole body of Christ every where could be concerned about each other. Paul wrote this to church at Corinth because there was so much division going on in the church.Paul through the direction of the Holy Spirit addresses this by using the anology of the body.There is no part of our body that we dont need and we must take care of it so that each part is able to serve the other.If we fail to watch and protect a part and something happens to it we suffer at the loss of that part. We still go on but all the time we feel like we are just struggling to do what we used to do. So it is in the body of Christ when we fail to love one another and be there for each other.Listen to this veres fron the Amplified Bible 1 Cor.12:25"So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaption[of the parts of the body to each other],but the members all alike should have a mutal interest in and care one for another. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ and when one in the body hurts we should all hurt and come to the aid of each other. But in stead in many cases we forget how to forgive and how to love the way Jesus forgave us and has loved us in all our short comings.Pastor what if I have asked forgivness and they say they have forgiven me but it just feels like they havent when I am around them. You have to ask your self this question am I confussing trust with forgiveness.
I have known people who have truly forgiven some one but at the same time it takes them a long to to develope trust in that person again. To me when I say I forgive I just let it all go and get on with my life however there are people who are very cautoius about who they make friends with and when they do make friends and that trust is betrayed in there eyes they may forgive that person but they struggle in trusting that person. What do we do in that situation I have found that if you and I truly love that person we will pray very hard for God to show His love to them and work hard to gain there trust once again. Just remember we are all members of the body of Christ and we need each other even if it seems like we dont, each one of us are a very important part of the body and Jesus put us there to show his love and support to each other. May Lord fill your day with His happines. God Bless frm Pastor Ken.

Christ The Life Within

Good morning and praise the Lord!!! May the blessing and goodness of the Lord abound to us all.Here is something that the Lord has been dealing with me about for some time. It is found in Galatians 2:20"I am crucified with Christ:nevertheless I live,yet not I,but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now in the flesh,I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me,and gave himself for me. What was Paul saying to us? Could it be Paul was giving us a revelation on the kind of life we should be living in and for Christ. A crucified life is one that is sold out to Jesus. It is a life that is no longer driven by the wants and dictates of the flesh.I beleive Paul was telling of a place in Christ. Where it is no longer about me, and all about Him. A life surrendered to the Christ that lives in us. We are the called of the Lord and we are to be the living epistle of Christ walking in this earth. Its the place where the divine has been given full contol in our lives. When the devine has that control all the earthly cares and and anxieties will pass away.If we open up to the power of the resurrected Christ that lives in us I believe we will reach that place in Christ where we will always be in the place of peace. Jesus said in John 15:7: If ye abide in me,and my words abide in you,you will ask what you desire,and it will be given you. Living in that abiding presence of Christ brings us into that place where we can keep our carnal nature under subjection and live the true life of Christ before this sin infested world.When you think about the course that Pauls life took after his coversion on the road of Damascus you have to see his surrendered life to the presence of the ressurected Christ within him. You and I must be the epistle of Christ upon the earth to be read by all men. The episle of Christ is a living power in our mortal flesh making alive the very presence of Christ visible to all who we come in contact with. May the Lord keep you healthy and blessed in the abundance of His grace.I have been praying this prayer for a few months know I would like to share it with you in closing out this session "Father have your way: Do not let my human will spoil your divine plan for my life:Father take charge of me today, in such away that I will be wholly on the alter for your service.We must be dedicated to the will of God. From Pastor Ken

Psalms 91:16

Good evening and praise the Lord everybody. I want to finish the thoughts on Psalms 91 so lets look at verse 16. "With long life will I satisfy him,and show him my salvation. Here we are given the promise of long life as we abide in the Lord and in His presence. I believe the deeper we draw into the Lord God, the more his life becomes ours. What I mean is the more intimate we become with God and Christ the more of their presence and power begins to reign in our lives. When we truly commit to Gods way of living and doing his will, I believe it will open the door to a glourious presence of God that will reign in us and create His life with in us. In Deuteronmy 34:7 " THe word says "And Moses was 120 years old when he died: his eye was not dim nor his natural force abated.To me this was because Moses lived before the LORD day and night. He walked in the presence of the Lord doing His will. Long life belongs to the believer just as much as it did to Moses. The next portion of this verse says "And I will show him my salvation. You and I walk in that salvation his name is Jesus. In John 14:6 Jesus says these words "I am the way,the truth,and the life,no man cometh unto the Father,but by me. The fullness of the salvation promised to us is provided to us in and through our relationship with Jesus. The more of Jesus we let live in us the greater the revelation of what our salvation is all about. We are the redeemed of the Lord. He is the greater one living in us. For the power of the greater one to be displayed in our lives we must be wlling to surrender our will over to the will of God. In Isaiah chapter 1 verse 19 "We find these words "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: When I read these words I had to look and think about what I was doing was I truly Willing and obedient or was I just willing? Many of us are willing but not obedient to do all that God ask us to do. I believe unless we become willing and obedient we will miss out on alot of what God has planed for our lives. Its one thing to be wlling, but its another to be totaly surrendered to the obedience. Through our salvation in Jesus we have all the power we need on the inside of us to be obedient on to all that God asks of us. In closing think about these words from this grand old hymn " I surrender all,all to Jesus I surrender all. Have we truly surendered all? From Pastor Ken

Psalms 91:15 Part2

Praise the Lord everybody and may the richly bless you. Lets look at the second I will.
2.)I WILL BE WITH HIM IN TROUBLE!!!!
When we read this you and I have to hear the voice of our heavenly Father saying to us I am with you no matter what is coming at you. We are to hear him say I have given you the way out of trouble, I have sent you my son, through him I will always be with you. Listen to the definition of the word trouble from Websters Dictionary.1.To disturb 2.To distress 3.To busy 4.Distress 5.Aggitation 6. Affliction 7.Labor. A s we look at these definition we can see what the Father is saying no matter what is going on I am with you. Which leads us into the promise of the next I will.
3. I WILL DELIVER HIM AND HONOR HIM!!!
This I will says I will deliver him. It is sad but many of us just fail to see Gods promise to deliver us from the troubles that come at us. God promised to deliver us and He kept that promise listen to the the words of Psalm 107:20"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destuctions. notice it says their destructions meaning more than one so no matter what the enemy is trying to throw at us God our Father has sent our deliverence. Listen to the words of John 3:16"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever beleiveth in him should not parish,but have everlasting life. If you are a whosoever the promise is right there He sent us our deliverence in and through his son. We are the redeemed of the LORD!!! Every where we turn somebody is trying to give an answer to the problems we are facing today,every politician is trying to give us the answer, but there is only one answer it is Jesus the Son Of God. The answers we seek are in the WORD of GOD and our relationship to it. When ever a person or persons,or a nation gets to the point where they think they dont need God or His Word thats when you will no longer have the protective hand of God upon you. in closing today hear the word of the Lord from John 1:1,14"In the begining was the WORD,and the WORD was with GOD,and the WORD was GOD."14:"And the WORD was made flesh and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory,the glory as of the only begotten of the father,)full of grace and truth. Jesus is that WORD and he was sent to deliver,heal and protect those who would only beleive. May the Lord shine his light upon us that we might truly begin to see through the cloud of darkness that the enemy trys to cloud our way with. From Pastor Ken.

Psalms 91:15

Good morning and praise the Lord our God for his wonderful love he imparts to us and for his abounding grace. Psa.91:15 "He shall call upon me, and I will answer him, I will be with him im trouble,I will deliver him and honor him. Notice how many times the term I will is in this verse. Three times the Father makes the point of letting us know He will be there for us. Lets look at the first one.
1. I WILL ANSWER HIM: This is Gods word to us spoken to us by the power of the Holy Spirit through the writng of the psalmist. God our Father says "He shall call upon me and I will answer him. God our Father is letting us know if we call upon him he will hear us and answer us. Jesus spoke the same promise to us in John 14:13-14 "And whatsoever you ask the Father in my name,that will I do,that the Father may be glorified in the Son."If ye ask anything in my name I will do it. I think that in many cases of unanswered prayer its because that the devil trys to convince us that we are unworthy of receiving an answer to our prayers. WE need to realize that in our relationship with Christ we have become worthy to have our payers answered by the Father. Jesus said he will do it what ever we ask him in prayer. We need to only believe it. Listen to the word of the LORD from Mark 11:24"Therfore I (Jesus) say (to) you,What things soever ye desire,when ye pray,believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. You and I must believe that the momemt we bring our petition before the Lord in payer through the name of Jesus he hears us and answers us. Does this not agree with what the psalmist said to us. He meaning you and I shall call upon me and I (GOD) will answer him. May the Lord Bless you and Keep you in His awsome arms of Love. From Pastor Ken

Psalms 91:14

Hello and praise the Lord.What a mighty God we serve. Psalms 91:14 "Because he hath set his love upon me,therefore will I deliver him I will set him on high,because he hath known my name. Notice these words "Because he hath set his love upon me" Have we really set our love upon the Lord? To me when a person really loves someone and has set there love towards that person, they devote themselves to making that love true and solid.I believe every child of God must have devoted love toward God. This type of love does not put itself before the will and purpose of God. What I mean is that God must be first and foremost in our lives. Seeking his will and purpose for our lives.The question each and every one of us need to consider here is this. Where is the focus of our love.Is it on God and what he has planned for us or is it on self and self gratfication.To set our love upon God we must give up our self will. We must surrender to his will. For most of us to surrender our will is hard because we have been taught all our lives that we must be in control. We have the idea if I surrender my will I will be weak. I beleive that once we decide to surrender our will over to the will of God we will find a place of peace like we have never known.we will find that place where fear will not be a part of our lives the scripture says that "There is no fear in love;but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment: And he that feareth is not made perfect in love. When we surrender to God his perfected love starts to manifest in our lives the more we surrender the richer the love. I ask you again where is the focus of your love? God Bless You. From Pastor Ken.

Psalms91:13

Good morning everybody and praise the Lord our God. I just want to praise ;the Lord for all the love and mercy He showers down on all of us.For His arms of protection that embrace all his children. As we look into verse thirteen this morning we are going to see that God has given us a command to stand up against the enemy.91:13"Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder;the young lion and the dragon,shalt thou trample under feet. We as beleivers have been given the authority to do exactly what the Psalmist has revealed to us here. Jesus gave us the authority when he spoke these words in Luke 10:19"Behold I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions,and over all the power of the enemy:and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Jesus is talking here and he has said I give you power over the enemy. You might ask how? He has given us the beleiver his name and told us to go forth in his name. In Mark 16:17-18 Jesus tells us to go forth in his name. Listen to the Words of Jesus to us." And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils;they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents;and if they drink any deadly thing,it shall not hurt them;they shall lay hands on the sick,and they shall recover. Jesus gave us His name and if we believe in that name and all that it represents we will walk in the power of the resurrected Christ,we will do the works that he did. The one thing the enemy of our soul fears is the name of Jesus. At the name of Jesus every demon in hell fears and trembles. And when that name is spoken from the lips of a believer who knows his rights and privileges in Christ the power of the Almighty will be manifested. And sickness wuill have to flee, and demons have to flee. You and I must do what it says in James 4:7"Submit yourselves therefore unto God. Resist the devil,and he will have to flee. You and I must surrender to the will of GOD when we do the abillity to resist the enemy becomes powerful in our lives. You and I are the redeemed of the LORD he did not leave us power less. HE gave us his name JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! have a blessed day in the LORD our God. From Pastor Ken

Psalms91:11-12

Good morning and praise the LORD!!! He is worthy to be PRAISED!!!!Verses 11-12"For he shall give his angels charge over thee,to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands,lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Oh what a promise from our Father God. You and I are encamped about by the angels of the LORD, they are there to protect and shield us. I personaly beleive we are surronded on all sides by the angels of the LORD. I have never seen them but never the less I beleive they are there. I beleive the Word of God and according to Hebrews 1:14 they are there for us who are heirs of salvation"Are they not all ministering spirits,sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Now listen to this verse from the amplified translation:"Are not the angels all ministering spirits(servents)sent out in the service{of God for the assistance]of those who are to inherit salvation. Think about it what a safety net God has around us as we walk upright before the Lord. The lord has promised us that if we follow after his truths. He will place an encampment of angels all aroud us and on all sides of us. I remember growing up my grandmother would tell me all the time that I had a gaurdian angel assigned to me by the lord and his job was to watch over me. Well the LORD says here in thses passgaes of scripture that he has given His angels charge over us. In this I am just sharing with you what I personally beleive. God sent us his only begotten Son and If we will beleive in him and confess his Lordship in are lives He is there with us at all times. Everything God has pronmised the beleiver in the word is ours but we have to be servents of the Most High. If you think about it God was always with the nation Isreal and he protected them and kept them safe. However when they would forget Him and start follwing the ways of the nations around them they would tie his hands and he would be unable to shield them and protect them because they chose to walk out from under the covering of the LORD. You and I have a covering his name is Jesus the Son Of God. He is there protecting us and shielding us but if we choose to walk out from under that covering we also tie Gods hands in our lives also. Along with this think about these words from 2 Chronicles7:14"If my people,which are called by my name,shall humble themselves,and pray,and seek my face,and turn from there wicked ways;then will I here from heaven,and will forgive their sin,and will heal their land. Notice the promise He will forgive our sins and heal our land. The bottom line is He will be there for us with forgiveness and healing. Praise his Blessed Name!!! May the LORD bless thee and keep thee in his arms of love and peace. From Pastor Ken.

Psalms91:10

Good morning everybody and praise the Lord our God. He is from everlasting to everlasting the great Iam.This verse brings the promise to us of protection and healing."There shall no evil befall thee,niether shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. Websters definition of the word dwell is:To live in a place;to reside;to hang on with fondness;to continue. Here is Gods promise to you and I if we stay in his will and dwell in the secret place,that place of safety and refuge that no matter whats going on no evil can penetrate that secret place. Listen again to the first verse of this Psalm from the amplified translation."HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the MOST HIGH shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty[WHOSE POWER NO FOE CAN WITH STAND]. HERE IS THE PROMISE OF DIVINE PROTECTION THE KEY IS WE HAVE TO GET SETLLED IN OUR HEARTS THAT THIS IS FOR TODAY AND BELONGS TO EVERY BELIEVE!!!! I BELIEVE THE MORE WE SURRENDER OURSELVES OVER TO THE WILL OF GOD THE MORE WE WILL REALIZE THE POWER OF DWELLING IN THAT SECRET PLACE WITH HIM. Now listen to verse ten from the amplified translation:"There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent. I would like to ask you to think about this for a moment. Where is our tent? The answer to me is this body we dwell in it is our tent it is the covering over our spirit man. The word says no evil or calamity will come near your tent. Some ones thinking well if thats true why do people get sick? I can not totally answere that question all I can do is share my personal conviction and that is if we let ourselves be drawn away from the presence of the Lord we open the door for the enemy of our sole to attack us due to the fact we have got out from under the protective covering of the Lord Our God. The bottom line is its up to us where we want to live and how we want to live. If we choose the life of God and follow after that life I beleive we will see the promises of God fulfilled in our lives. You and I have to commit our lives to the Lord and when we do He will be there with healing,protection,and deliverence. May the lord Bless you and keep you safe. From Pastor Ken

Psalms 91:8

Praise the Lord everybody this is the day the Lord has made. WE are living in the time of great expectansy. For the Lord our God is working strong on our behalf. In this verse of Psalm 91 we are given an insight to where we will be when the Lord returns.If we are abiding in the presence of the Almighty he says" Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.Here is Gods promise that you and I will only be wittness to the reward of the wicked we will be away from the devestation and destruction that is going to be poured out upon the wicked. I like the way the amplified translation of this verse reads:"Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] we will be in that place of protection and peace held in the embrace of the Father God. We will be secure in the presence of God the place where no foe can enter. You and I have the opportunity to walk and dwell in that holy plce of Gods glory right know, but it takes that absolute surrender to God. You and I have to give our will over to the will of God. Just look around you today where is the love for God today in our nation. God has always blessed this nation until we started taking Him out of our lives and the lives of our children. Everybody is trying to find an answer to whats wrong with America. The answer is we need to turn this nation back to God. We need to put Him back in our schools and back in the everyday parts of our lives. We are told we will only be spectators to the reward of the wicked. Why will that be? Here is the answer verse 9" Because thou hast made the Lord, which is my refuge,even the most High,thy habitation. You and I have made our lives one that honors the LORD and because of it we are dwelling in the secret place of His safety net. He reminds us in the is verse that He is our place refuge,and our hiding place.When I meditate upon this verse I think of what Jesus said in John14:23" Jesus answerd and said unto him,If a man love me,he will keep my words:and my Father will love him,and we will come unto him,and make our abode with him. You and I have the Father and the Son living in us through the presence of the Holy Spirit in us. For we have made the LORD our habitation. Jesus was sent to redeem us and bring us into that place of peace and joy in the LORD our God. Have a Blessed and Joyful day in the LORD!!!! From Pastor Ken

Psalms 91:5-7

Praise the Lord what a glorious day this is. For this is the day that the Lord Hath made I will be glad and rejoice in it.As we look at the verse in Psalms 91:5-7'we will discover some powerful truths we must keep an open heart to the WROD of GOD."Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side,ten thousand at thy right hand;BUT IT SHALL NOT COME NIGH THEE. In the last post I closed it with the Word of the Lord from 2Timothy 1:7"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;but of power,and of love,and of a sound mind. Notice the verses in the above Psalms are all about living free from fear. The Lord is letting us know in the Words of the Psalmist that no matter what is going on around us that it can not come nigh us. The biggest reason the enemy of our soul can get to us is becuase he uses fear to try to trap us. What is fear? According to 2Timothy it is a spirit. Howerver he also says that it does not come from God so if the spirit of fear does not come from God then where does it come from? For years now I have prayed Psalms 91 before I ever leave my house, I declare the promises of this great Psalm over all my family and over the body of Christ that I serve I strongly believe in the protective power of the WORD of GOD spoken in these verses.If you and I really meditate upon it we will discover that Jesus is the fulfillment of this Psalm is not Jesus our protector,healer and deliverer. Is not this what this Psalm is all about healing,protection, and deliverence. Just think you and I have the promise that no matter what is around us it can not come nigh those who are living under the protective presence of the Almighty God our Father. For Gods perfect love casteth out all fear where the full presence of God is allowed to dwell He is there and darkness can not reign over light. Jesus is the very light in us and darkness can not reign over the light of Jesus that lives and reigns in us. You and I do not have to give into the fears around us all we have to do is stand on the WORD of GOD and PROCLAIM IT ALLOWED!!!! Start Shouting Your VICTORY IN CHRIST. Declare to the enemy who you are in Christ. Make the Enemy of your Soul Tremple at the Power of Resurrected Christ living in you. ONLY BELIEVE!!!!! May the LORD richly bless your day. From Pastor Ken

Psalms 91:4

Good morning and praise the Lord whos mercys endure forever.Psalms 91:4"He shall cover thee with his feathers,and under his wings shalt thou trust:his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. Here in this verse the Lord declares his protective care for those who belong to him. After He has delivered us from the snare of the fowler He pulls us up into his arms of protection. When we take time to mdeitate on this we can see His love flowing down around us forming a cloud of safety all around us. The Lord is the one who holds us and keeps us. Its the place of peace and safety from the turmoil that trys so hard to engulf us and rob us of peace and joy. When we are under the protective covering of the Lord we can take on the attitude of no fear of the enemy. The next few verses tell us this listen to the word of the Lord. Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;nor for the arrow that flieth by day;Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. Notice where you are when all this is going on you are under the protective embrace of the Lord God.Verse seven A thousand shall fall at thy side,and ten thousand at thy right hand; pay close attention to these next few words of this verse:BUT IT SHALL NOT COME NIGH THEE!!!! Can you see it,it can be all around you but if you are under the protective covering of the Lord it cant come near you. You and I are under the precious blood of Jesus and the glory of his presence. What a place to be!!!The word of God says in 2Timothy 1:7"For God Hath not given us the spirit of fear,but of power,and of love,and of a sound mind. You and I have been given the name of Jesus to stand up against the enemy with. Reread these verse and picture your self under the protective embrace of your loving heavenly Father.May the Lord richly bless your day. From Pastor Ken

Psalms91:3

Good morning and praise the Lord."Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.Lets look at the word snare it is defined as any thing that traps. In this verse we are given revelation into the fact that God said he would deliver us from the snares of the fowler.We need to realize that the fowler is the enemy of our soul and that is non other than satan. God has promised to make the way for us to keep out of the snares of the fowler. In one way we have that promise is where the word says the steps of a righteous man are ordered of the Lord. If we follow the will of God the Father he has our steps already laid out and he will keep us from the traps or snares the devil will try to set for us. As I think upon this verse I cant help but think about the term noisome pstilence. I have come to believe that these are all the little thoughts of doubt and unbelief that we are tempted with everyday. God says he will deliver us from them. He will do this through our faithfullnes to his Word. The Word is the answer to these attacks it takes the word to defeat the enemy. If we dont know the Word than we wont no the battle course that the Father has given us through the son that will bring the victory. Jesus is the victory in our lives that enables us to over come the world.1 John 5:4" For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world:and this is the victory that overcometh the world, EVEN OUR FAITH. How do we do it by our faith and trust in the Word of God. This psalm is the loaded with protection and deliverence and healing all we have to do is beleive it. I personally beleive that the promises in this Psalm belong to us today because Jesus is the fulfillment of this Psalm He is our protector,our healer,and our deliverer. May the Lord richly bless your day. from Pastor Ken

Psalms91:2

Good morning and praise the Lord who is Almighty and powerful.I would like to continue to share with you on the 91st Psalm.Verse 2: I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge, and my fortress: My God in Him will I put my trust. As we read this verse we need to see several things that we are called to do.
1.We are called to declare that Jesus is Lord in our lives.For I will say of the Lord. We have to make known by our confession that the Lord is my protector.
2.He is my refuge and my fortress: We are to stand up and declare that we have a secret place of refuge and safety. A hiding place where no foe can enter.According to the definition given in websters dictionary a fortress is a fortified place;stronghold:a place of security. You and I have a stronghold a fortified place that is all around us if we are truly giving God the Lord ship of our lives.
3. We must absolutley put all our trust in Him.My God in Him will I put my trust. What is trust?The amplified translation of this second verse will give us a good look at trust.I will say of the LORD,He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my GOD:on HIM I lean and rely,and in HIM I[confidently] trust!!! We have to be people of cnfidence in the love that the Father has for us and have confidence in his written word that is before us. He sent his word to heal and deliver and keep us in the safety of his love and grace. That word became flesh and walked among us and paid the price for our redemption. Jesus is your ark safety and when you and I put our full trust in that promise we will see the mighty hand of God moving in our lives. May the LORDS blessing be on you always. from Pastor Ken.

Psalms 91:1

Good morning and praise the Lord. Iam excited about sharing with you what the Lord has been sharing with me about this great Psalm. May the Lord grant you revelation knowledge in this. Psalm 91:1"He that dwelleth in the secret place of Most high shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Abiding in His shadow. What does it mean? The shadow of God is His presence, His light, and His glory that He embraces us with. That glorious light that radiates from God to his children. To abide in this enables us to dwell in a place where we are surrounded by the protective covering of God. To dwell comes from the Hebrew word yasab Which means:to sit down, to remain, to settle in, in the sence of taking up a homestead or staking out a claim and resisting all claim jumpers to posses a place and live there in. Notice the part resisting all claim jumpers. In the word of God we are told to submit ourselves unto God resist the devil and he will flee.(James 4:7. Why will he flee? Could it be that when we put up a resistence that the presence of God appears and the devil can not stand the presence of God.This first verse gives us great insight to what can be ours if we commit our lives to the living God and doing all that he asks us to do. I love the amplified translation of this verse listen to it:" He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most high shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty whose power no foe can with stand. What a promise for you and I a place of protection and safety that no foe can stand up against. I beleive that every beleiver can abide in this place but it will take a life of total surrender to the purpose and will of God for our lives. Living in the abiding presence of God to me is to be embraced by the shielding glory of God the Father walking in that light just as Jesus our high priest did on the earth. Jesus gave us a good picture of abiding in the Fathers presence. Jesus speaks of a vine and a branch where the father is the husbandman. God is the one who protects us and purges the unrighteous nature away from our lives, and then keeps them from our lives by the power of the written word.Jesus is the written word living in you and I producing the glory of the Father in us. Be blessed and walk in the healing glory of God.From Pastor Ken

AMOS 5:4

Well praise the lord. I want to apologize for not posting before this but I have not been able to get into post until today. I dont know what was wrong still tying to figure the computer out.Amos 5:4" For thus saith the Lord unto the house of IsreaL,SEEK YE ME,AND YE SHALL LIVE:look at what God our Father is saying to the house of Isreal about how to have life. He says seek me.I know that it says house of Isreal but what if God is also giving us insight to how to have the abundant life.Here is a question that you and I need to ask ourselves as we look into the mirror. How inportoant is it for me to seek God. Are we ever looking for that deep intimate relationship with god the Father. Webster defines the word seek like this. 1.To search for.
2.To solicit.
3.To have recourse to. Lets just take the first one to search for. What does a person do to search for something they really want. Most will pull out all the stops and go on quest to find what they are looking. They will develope a deep hunger for it and can not rest till they find it. I wonder how many of us have that same hunger for a deep relationship for God.Or do we only hunger for God when we are in trouble when things are going wrong. And then when He gets us out of the trouble how do we continue after Him. In this fast pace we live in today we just barely take time to say good morning to Him. Jesus told us in Matt. 6:33"But seek ye first the Kingdom of God,and his righteuosness;and all these things shall be added unto you.To live is not just getting by. Its about having a peace in the midst of the storms we face, its knowing that no matter what it looks like my God is always there. Listen to these words of Jesus as recorde in the 28th chapter of Matt.28:20"and lo,I am with you alway,even unto the end of the world. Jesus lets us know as we seek after the things of God we can rest assured that he is always with use we are never alone.Here the word of the Lord from Deuteronomy 4:29-30"But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God,thou shalt find him,if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
"When thou art in tribulation,and all things are come upon thee,even in the latter days,if thou turn to the Lord thy God and shall be obedient unto his voice. WE will not truly know how to be obedient to his voice if we are not willing to seek him with our whole heart and soul. If there ever was a time in the history of man that he needed to truly seek after the will of God it is know. God Bless you all. From Pastor Ken.

1John 4:19

Good morning everybody and praise the Lord. This verse makes the statement that every one of us need to use to evaluate our relationship with The Father. Lets look at the scripture refrence"WE love him, because he first loved us.Because he first loved us.How did he first love us? To understand this we first have to ask ourselves do we understand the heart of Father God. God is our heavenly Father and he loves us. He loved us so much he sent his only begotten Son Jesus to make the way for us to come into the grace and love of the Father. As I was meditating on this verse for the last few days this is the question that came to me? When you think of a father what do you think of? Here are the thoughts that filled my mind and heart. I beleive these came from the Holy spirit for me to share with all of us.
1.)He works to care for his family. To provide for there well being.
2.)He wants the best for his family. He drives himself day and night to see to it that they can have the best he's able to give.
3.)He is so united to the family that when one of them hurts he hurts.
4.)In many cases he is never praised for for the good things he does, only criticized for his mistakes.
5.)However no matter how many times he's rejected by those he loves, he always comes to their aid when they need him.
Now I ask you. Is this not the Love of God our Father for us. He has always been there for us and no matter how many times we reject him and his love he is there waiting for our return. If you have ever read the parable of the prodigle son you will see the love of the Father God reaching out to you in all the above ways. Hes the Father standing on the porch of heaven looking out to see if that wayward son has come to his senses and has headed for home.I wish to chalenge us all to take time to think about how much the Father has given for us to become his children. May the Lord bless this day for you with health and happiness. From Pastor Ken

Living in the Love of God part3

Good morning and praise the Lord. This truly is a gloroious day of the Lord.Be blessed and may the Lord open the window of heaven and pour out His blessing upon you.Lets look at verse 18 of 1 John chapter4" There is no fear in love;but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. Notice that the word says that there is no fear in love. When you and I make the decision to live in the light of God and walk in the Word of truth and follow the life of Christ the full love of God will manifest in us. In that full love of God there is no fear because we know in whom we belong. Gods peace floods our soul like a river. When you and I confessed our sins to the Lord and asked Jesus to become Lord and Master of our lives we opened the door to that love and when that love came in it casteth out the spirit of fear that dominanted our lives before Christ. Why would God want to get fear out of our lives? the answer is right here in this verse{because fear hath torment]. When fear dominates a persons life they live in torment all the time. The fear torments and creates aggitations in there physical well being. You and I were recreated in the life and image of God at our new birth. This means that our spirit man was delivered from the powers of darkness that once dominated our life. Fear was apart of our lives from the day we were born. And if we were raised in the atmosphere of fear it took control of our lives. But when Jesus came in through the agent of the Holy Spirit that light casteth out the spirit of fear that once dominanted us and held us in darkness. Fear is a real enemy. Listen to this passgae of scripture"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear,but of power,and of love,and of a sound mind.[2Timothy 1:7]Did you catch what the word says God did not give us a spirit of fear.If fear did not come from God then where does it come from? It came from satan. Just look at Adam and Eve before the fall they walked with God talked with God and lived in His presence but one day when God came to the garden to talk with them they hid from Him in fear. What changed they commited high treason and broke covenant with God opening the door to the dominating spirit of fear. And from that point on every man born of women was born with that spirit of fear. But here is the joy Jesus destroyed the power of satan with His victory over sin. And you and I when we were born again was released from that spirit and received the spirit of the Lord that destroyed the power of darkness over our lives. Whom the Son sets free is free indeed. From this day forward remember fear can not contol you if you are a born again child of GOD for the perfect love of God has casted out the spirit of fear. Have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus only beleive the Word and live in the freedom Jesus has provided for us. From Pastor Ken

Living in the Love of God Part 2

Before I start this morning please accept my apology for the type error on the scripture refrence. The scripture references are in chapter four of 1 John.They are 1John 4:16-18 please forgive me for the mistake.Good morning and praise the Lord this is a glourious morning already may the Father open the windows of heaven and pour you out a blessing that there wont be room enough for you to contain it. Lets look at the next verse 1John 4:17"Herein is our love made perfect,that we may have boldness in the day of judgement:because as he is,so are we in this world.As you and I devote our lives to God and become united to Him through our union and communion with Him the love of God is being perfected in us. This love is being brought to its completion in us. So that in the day of judgement we may have confidence as we face our Lord and stand in front of Him. The latter part of this verse really jumped out at me as I was studing these verses:because as he is,so are we in this world. As He is, we are to walk and talk as Jesus did we are to express the truth and love of God as Jesus did. And where are we to do this? We are to do it right here in this world we live in. How did Jesus walk He walked in confidence toward the Father that caused Him to trust the Father to meet his every need. He lived to express the Father love for man. He showed the Fathers love and compassion for fallen man. He came to present healing and deliverence to fallen man and to show him a way back to the Father that loves Him and cares for Him. This is the way you and I are to walk in this world living the sanctified life before fallen man so that they can truly see the redemptive love of God reaching out to them. The sad part of it is in some cases we are not promoting God we are promoting ourselves. Jesus came promoting the will and desire of the Father to all mankind. We need to truly humble ourselves before the Lord. Listen to the word of the Lord from Matt:18:4"Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. What is Jesus saying to us? Take on the attitude of the little child think for a moment how a little child respondes to us, they trust us,they show us unconditional love,even when in some cases they have been abused by the one they trusted, all that person has to do is ask them to forgive them and they are right there to forgive and get on with life. How many of us can say we have that humble attitude toward our adult relationships? I pray that you and I will truly open up to the true love of God and then begin to show that love to each other.Have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus. From Pastor Ken.

Living in the Love of God

Well praise the Lord everybody and may the blessing of the Lord be upon you.
For the next few days I would like to share some thoughts from 1 John 5:16-18. Lets look at verse 16"And we have known and believed the love God hath to us.God is love, and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,and God in him. As I was reading this verse the thought started filling my soul. What does it mean to dwell in God. I looked up the word dwell in Websters dictionary and these are the definitions it gave for the word dwell.
1.To live in a place 2.To reside 3.To hang on with fondness. 4.To continue.
Lets think about the one that says:To live in a place. The first thing that came to my mind was the the first verse of Psa91" He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Think about it you and I dwell in a place with God through His love for us that the enemy can not penetrate.Listen to this first verse of Psa91 from the amplified translation"He Who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty{Whose power no foe can withstand]. When you and I chooose to follow after the love of God and purpose in our hearts to live in that love we are in a place that satan can't penetrate due to the redemptive work of Jesus our Lord. You and I have been given the greatest opportunity to live in the presence of God.We can truly let the world that is filled with fear and terror see the peace that floods ones soul when he knows in whom he belongs.God is Love. He loves you and I to the point that he sent his only Son to the earth to show us the way to live and walk in that love everyday.Jesus walked this earth in the power and the love of God and you and I have that same ability if we want to surrender unto the Lord. In the first chapter of the gospel of John in verse 12 it says"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that beleive on his name: Do you see yourself as a son of the Most High living in the Fathers love and forgiveness. When you dwell in something you become attached to it you put down roots. You and I are supposed to become attached to God our Father and become rooted and grounded in His love. Walk in the love of God live for him.Make your life a precious symbol of Gods grace to you. God bless you and have healthy life in Jesus. From Pastor Ken.

Thank You

Good morning and praise the Lord. I just wanted to take this morning and say thank you to all of you who read this everyday. My prayer is always that God will give me something that will bless us and make us think about where we are in our walk with the Lord. I also want to say again how much I like reading the comments that you leave. I am just a servent of the most high that wants to see all of Gods people come to know the deep truths of God our Father. The Father loves us and wants us to have the best. When you think about it God gave His best to secure our salvation He sent His Son.
I was just reading psalms 35:27"Let them shout for joy,and be glad,that favour my rightouse cause: yea let them say continually,Let the LORD be magnified,which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servent. Notice it says That God has pleasure in the properity of his servent. God wants you and I to prosper in all that we do. As I was reading this passage the words "LET THEM SAY CONTINUALLY" just kind of leaped out at me how are we to respond we are to be continually saying Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servent. You and I need to be in a continual praise mode. Look at verse 28" And my tongue shall speak of thy rightuoseness and of thy praise all the day long. Think about this when you and I are praising God all the day long satan wont be able to get through the presence of God to steal our joy. Try this today make a decision to praise the Lord all day speaking and singing praise to the Lord and then look back and see how peaceful your day was.Have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus. From Pastor Ken

Trust Jesus Part 2

Good morning and praise the Lord!!!Just think how wonderful it is to know God the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.Think how wonderful it is that the Father loved us so much that he gave his only Begotten Son For us and that through Jesus he sent us the Holy Spirit to guide us into the things of God and into the great truths of God. Which brings me to the what I believe God has made away for us to walk free from all distractions that come at us. Lets look at distraction number two.TEMPTATION: MANY OF US CHRISTIAN AND NON CHRISTIAN ARE FACED WITH TEMTATION EVERYDAY.Temtation is real it comes in all sizes and shapes and comes in many forms. What ever made a christians think that they would never be tempted after the gave trheir life to Christ. WE are told in 1Cor.10:13" There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful,who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but with the temptation also make a way to escape,that ye may be able to bear it." What a promise from God we have away out of the temptation it is through our relationship with Jesus the Son Of God. We live in a time when you can not go any where or even turn the TV on with out being faced with a temptation. But praise God we have the power within us to say no. As you have probly seen buy know I like the amplified translation of the bible as I study with the King James I lay the amplified beside it and read both. Listen to this verse from the amplified bible"For no temtation(no trial regarded as enticing to sin),[no matter how it comes or where it leads]has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man[that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful[to His Word and to His compassionate nature],and He[can be trusted]not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistence and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out(the means of escape to a landing place),that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. I believe we have the power within us to resist those temtations that come at us. We are the ones who have to step up to the plate and say no when those temptations come. Let me ask you this. Is this not what Jesus did at the hour of his baptismn. After John had baptized him in the Jordan was he not taken immediatly by the spirit into the wilderness where he was temted by the devil with all the things we are tempted with. How did Jesus resist? He spoke the word of God against the devil and his temptations you and I must follow the example of Jesus. Read Luke chapter 4:1-14 for youself and see how Jesus resisted temptation and then decide to follow his example and begin to resist by speaking the Word of God against the temptation. Let me leave you with the words from verse fourteen from the amplified translation"Therefore my dearly beloved, shun(keep clear away from, avoid by flight if need be)any sort of idolatry(of loving or venerating anything more than God). Have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus Our Lord. Open your heart to Jesus and let him become the joy and power in your life. From Pastor Ken

Trust Jesus

Good morning and praise the Lord everybody. This is going to be a great day in Jesus. I was reading Matt:11:28"Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,and I will give you rest. Rest what a beatiuful word how many of us have ever said oh if could just get a good nights rest. What keeps us from the peace or rest we seek for? Its the lack of devotion to the one who will give us the peace that surpasses all understanding. In these troubled times people are looking for answers to the situations that are coming at us all everyday. Notice Jesus said for us to come unto Him. He is are answer to the troubles that we face if you and I will truly give Him the Lordship of our lives He will be there with us. What are some of distresses we face that creates the unrest in our lives.
1)Poverty: All around us we se the destruction that poverty brings on peoples lives. Many are fearing this due to the lose of jobs. However there is a peace that can come to you and I even in the mist of poverty.And that comes from the word of God"But my God shall supply all your need according to his richs in glory by Christ Jesus. When I think of poverty I think of not just physical poverty but spiritual poverty. Many people walk around in spiritual poverty they have never taken time to get truly aqainted with the one who will meet there need. When God sent his only begotten son Jesus into the world it was for us to come to know the Father God and His love for us. John 3:16 says for God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God the Father gave Jesus so that you and I could know the freedom from all the torment that comes to the world. Notice the word whosoever that means exactly what it says whosoever you are you have the opportunity to have eternal life all you have to do is believe in the Son of God accept him as your personal saviour. When one truly can place their trust in Jesus he will find a peace that surpasses all understanding even in the midst of great turmoil. Jesus is the answer to all our problems if we will open up our hearts to Him. Many years ago when I first started out in ministry a dear women of God gave me this passgae of scripture and said no matter how hard it gets remember these words:"I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me. I have faced many times of difficulty in my life but these words have always encouraged me to never give up. Have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus. From Pastor Ken

Be Free

Before I start this morning I would like to let everyone know that I greatly appreciaete your comments and enjoy reading them. This morning I was reading Luke 7:31-50.Jesus says to the women in verse 50 Thy faith hath saved thee;go in peace. AS read that I deccided to read it in my amplified translation. Listen to this translation"But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you;go(enter)into peace[in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. Here is Jesus saying to the woman your sins are forgiven now walk in the freedom from all the problems that sin has created for you.She was made completly whole. If you read the story you will find that she was a lady of the night. She had built up quite a reputation that made her an outcast from the rest of society. She came into the Pharisees house and found Jesus and began to weep and the tears from her eyes were used by her to wash and caress the feet of Jesus. She had brought a very expensive oil and began to sooth his feet with it. She had shown Jesus her love for him with out expecting any thing in return. The Key to all this is in verse 47"Therfore I tell you,her sins, many[as they are]are forgiven her- because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little. Those of us who just take are salvation for granted and keep on doing what we no to be wrong really have not come to place this woman came to. What did she give? She gave of herself. When you think about it she entered a house where people rejected and scorned her to get near the Master she fell at his feet and gave of her substance to care for the need of Jesus. If you read the story the man who invited Jesus never even thought about giving him water to wash his tired feet, nor oil to sooth them with but yet he was a guest of that man. The man just took Jesus love for granted and never truly experienced the joy that the woman experienced when Jesus cleansed her from all her sin and the ditresses that came with the sin. What a mighty Lord we have who has forgiven us all our sins and has given us a great freedom in Him. Be blessed in the Lord and enjoy your freedom he has given you in Him.Have a Blessed and healthy day in Jesus.FromPastor Ken

WHat Will You Do With Jesus Christ? PART 2

GOOD MORNING AND PRAISE THE LORD OUR SOON COMING KING. I would like to share with you some more of the thoughts that the Holy spirit has been sharing with me about the above question. This morning the Holy spirit woke me up with these words from the Apostle Paul" Know ye not that ye are the temple of the Holy ghost and the Spirit of god dwelleth in you(1Cor:3:-16).
To have the Holy Ghost dwelling in us we have to be the born again child of God. That new birth can only come by and through Jesus Christ. Jesus said in the gospel of John 14:16"And I (meaning Jesus) will pray to the Father, and he shall send you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. Without Jesus Christ you and I would not have the spirit of God dwelling in us to guide us and direct us into the true life of God. If you think about it for just a little bit you and I have all we need to flow in the presence of God.Psa91:1 says He that dwelleth in the secret place of most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. With out Jesus Christ you and I could never find that secret place to dwell in. And with out the comforter that Jesus prayed to the Father to send to guide us we would not even know how to come into that presence of God.To live in the presence of God is such an awsome revelation from God.Here is another thought without Jesus christ you and I would not see the kingdom of God her the words of Jesus as he spoke to Nicodemus:" Jesus answered and said unto him,Verily, Verily,I say unto thee,(You and I),Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God. Without the new birth which come through Jesus Christ we can not even see the kingdom of God. As the Holy spirit was talking to me this morning he was making me think about my relationship with Jesus how important it is to give him the Lordship over my life. If I did not know Jesus and with out him in my life I would be a most miserable man. And dont think that I am saying that I am perfect becuase I am not I make many mistakes and mess up. But I am so thankful that when I do mess up that I have some one to go to that will plead my case before the Father and that is Jesus my Lord. However for Jesus to plead my case before the Father I have to be able to admit to God that I messed up. In 1st John 1:9 You will find these words" If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Does all mean all? Listen to the words of Hebrews 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Without Jesus Christ we would not even have the ability to realize that Jesus brings us into a place where the Father says I will remember their sins and inquities no more. WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS CHRIST? Have a Blessed and Healthy day in Jesus Our Lord and King; From Pastor Ken

WHat Will You Do With Jesus Christ?

The above title was a question that a great man of God would ask those who would be in the revival services he preached. This man was Charles Finney.
When you think about the question it shuold make us start asking ourselves how does Christ reign in my life. Jesus said I am the way,the truth, and the life. What did he mean? He is the only way that man can enter into a relationship with God the Father. Without Christ there is no way to the Father God. Hes the one truth that man can count on. WE are always looking for the answer to lifes problems, there is only one answer his name is Jesus. Many people know of Jesus but do we truly know Him by this I mean have we truly given our lives to Him. Does He truly regein as Lord in our lives. He is the truth that will keep our souls at peace if we will let him bring into our lives that peace that surpasses all understanding. Iam the life. What life is He talking about? I believe about a life that will be filled with His presence and strength. Jesus said I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly. Its through Christ that we will truly come to know what an abundant life is all about. Some people think that if I had all the money in the world I would have a good life. Thats not true think about all the rich people that are out there in the world and think how misserable their life is. They are constantly being attacked with fear of loosing everything,thier life style is one that shows them trying to find lifes answer in all the wrong places. Jesus has people that follow him that are rich but those that have chosen to seek a deep intimate relationship with Him do not fear the lose of their richs as they know that Jesus is their supplier not the riches. Here is that question to you and I: WHAT WILL YOU DO WITH JESUS CHRIST? Will you open your heart up to Him and truly let him become the living LORD of your life.Have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus:From Pastor Ken.

Watch

Good evening and praise the Lord. Sorry I did not get anything posted this morning. I was reading the thirteenth chapter of Mark and the Holy spirit just opened my euyes to this Word I want to share with you. If youread the thirteenth chapter you will find Jesus talking about the end times. We are told toward the end of this teaching to do something very powerful. We are told to watch and pray. Also in this teaching of Jesus He reveals to us the revelation of the churchs duty on the earth. in verse 34 He says the Son of man is like a man taking a far journey, the Son of man is Jesus he was refering to his returning to the Father. He says the man left his house,could it be the house Jesus was refering to was the church, look at the next part He says he gave authority to his servents. We are the servents of the Lord I believe he was giving us the WORD to go forth in His name and do the work he did when he was here on the earth. You know Jesus in Luke 10:19 says to the church " Behold I give unto you power to tread upon serpents and scorpions,and over all the power of the enemy:and nothing shall by any means hurt you. We are to be people of prayer and to stay in communication with the Father. WE do this by becoming students of the WORD. He futher says in verse thirteen and to every mman his work, each one of us are to do the work he commiissioned the church to do.See Mathew 28:18-20 and Mark 16:15-20. You and I dont know when Jesus is comming back but we are to be gaurding are souls and staying alert as tho He was comming tomorrow. I love the amplified translation of verse 34" It is like a man[already]going on a journey: when he leaves home,he puts his servents in charge, each with his particular task, and he gives oders to the doorkeeper to be consatantly alert and on watch. I see a twofold revelation here 1. The doorkeeper could be the Pastor of the church who should be on cosatant watch for the spiritual welfare of the flock he serves and teach the deep truths of God. 2. WE are the door keepers of our hearts and we need to be on gaurd and protect our heart from all evil by building our selves up in the most Holy faith. This comes by commiting to the word of God. We must be come one with the word. I would like to challenge us all to read the rest of the verses from 34-37. And just meditate in them and see what the Holy Spirit reveals to you. Be Blessed in The Lord: From Pastor Ken.

IN the VINE

Good morning and praise the Lord for this glorius day. May you be richly blessed tthrough out this day. Lets take another look at being in the vine.To be secure in the vine takes a great deal of comittment from the born again believer. For you and I as the child of God it boils down to the place of absolute surrender to the will and purpose of God for our lives.
Absolute surrender means sold out to the WORD. Our lives are on a journey here on this earth and we will face the world and all its traps and snares everyday of this journey. But as a child of God the snares are not able to trap us. Psa.91:3 promises us that God our Father will deliver us from the snare of the fowler here theses blessed WORDS from Gods Holy Book"Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,and from the noisome pestilence. Let me just give you this thought about this verse the snare is the trap that catches someone and the noisome pestilence is the fears that come from being trapped in that snare. If we dont know the power of the risen Christ with in us those traps and fears will rob us of the life offered to us by being attached to the vine. Who is the WORD it is Jesus the living word.In John 1:1 it says "IN the begining was the word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The vine is the living Word Jesus.
To surrender to the word is surrendering to God for God and the Word are one. According to John15:3 We are made clean by the word which Jesus has spoken to us which is the written word. How can we remain clean and fresh if we never become attached to the word that produces that cleansing revelation in us. You and I are the blessed of the Lord and we are called by Him to declare the truth of his life giving message. To me abiding in the vine means we must live in the WORD and let our lives shine with the light from it. Remember we are the only picture the world sees of our Lord and Saviour. God loves us and is reaching out to us everday so that we can grasp the full life of Christ with in us. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day in Jesus Name: From Pastor Ken.

IN the VINE

In the gospel of John fifeteenth chapter Jesus gives us the pattern of how to live in sound doctrine. He talks about a vine and a branch. He tells us he is the vine and we are the branches. As we look at one of the passages from that chapter lets think about what a vine is. It is the life line to the branch, it feeds the branch the nutrients that it needs to survive and bring forth fruit. So with this in mind lets look at verse four "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of its self,except it abide in the vine,no more can ye, except ye abide in me. Jesus is giveing us the key to succesful living in Christ we must be totally secured in the vine Jesus. I love the amplified translation of this verse."Dwell in Me, and I(JESUS)will dwell in you,[Live in Me,and I will live in you.]Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in(being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. This to me tells us that we can have a great life if we will choose a life dedicated to being attached to or engrafted in the life of Christ. The vine also represents the heart of the branch by this I mean the vine pumps his life into the branch and in doing so produces his life in the branch and the branch brings forth the fuit of the vine. In the first two verses Jesus tells us that the Father is the husbandman the one who purges and trims the branch so that that life of the vine continues to flow to the branch with full strenghth every day. How does the Father purge and trim us? I believe it is by our dedication to the WORD when we committ ourselves to this word He the Father uses it to keep us clean and pure so that we produce the fruit of the vine over and over into the lives of those we come into contact with. You and I are to bear the same fruit Jesus bore by being a light to those in darkness so that they will be drawn to the saviour.We are called to be the wittness of His grace in the earth. We are to feed the Word of God to the world around us. When we committ to the will of the Father as Jesus did we can expect Him to fulfill the promises in our lives listen to verse seven"If ye abide in me and my WORDS abide in you, ye(meaning you)shall ask what ye will,and it shall be done unto you. Here is the amplified translation of this verse:"If you live in Me[abide vitally united to Me]and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will,and it shall be done for you. Now what do you think about what Jesus is saying to us? I believe he wants us to walk in the blessings but to do so we must get attached to the vine that produces the life of God in evry one of us who are called by His name. God bless you and have a blessed and healthy day in Jesus. From Pastor Ken

Who's The God Of Your Battle

When we are going through trials and tribulations we need to know in our heart of hearts that God is the God of our Battle. The word fight in the scripture talks of being dedicated to the LORD and He will be there to fight our battle. In Exod.14:14 here these words "The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. God had shown himself strong on behalf of Israel and they were freed from the cuelty of the task master Pharaoh. They are at the edge of the red sea and Pharaoh is coming after them. This is a picture of the hand of God against our enemy when you and I will put our Trust in God. The people of God are in fear because Pharaoh and his army is coming upon them they start giving into the fear listen to the words of verse 10"And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold,the Egyptians marched after them, and they were sore afraid:and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord. Notice how quickly fear took them over, before they were rejoicing at their freedom that God had just gotten for them. Kind of like us today God gives us victory in an area of our lives and then when the enemy comes at us we begin to listen to the pounding of the enemy and fear arises and we forget how that God had just brought us out of a trail with victory in our hands. God has given us victory over our enemy and his lying ways all we have to do is do what Moses tells the children of Israel in verse 13."And Moses said unto the people,FEAR YE NOT,stand still and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will show you TODAY, for the Egyptians whom ye have seen today, ye shall see them again no more. "FOR THE LORD SHALL FIGHT FOR YOU!!!!! You and I can not allow fear to dictate over our lives. God our Father is the God of Our battles. He will fight for us. When the Father sent his son into the world he sent us the victory over the enemy of our soul. Jesus gave us his name and told us to use his name over the enemy. Satan fears the name of Jesus. And when a believer speaks to his enemy in the name of Jesus he has to flee. James 4:7 says" Sbumit yourself therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee. WE resist the devil by holding fast to God and his promises.The pronmise in this is the LORD shall fight for you. You speak the Word of God over the fears you are facing and watch God turn it around. Remember if God be for us who can be against us. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day In Jesus:From Pastor Ken

Who Controls Your Thoughts Part 3

Good morning and praise the Lord!!!!The Holy Spirit keeps pushing at me the word fear so lets look at another scripture this morning about fear.2 Timothy 1:7"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;but of power,and of love, and of a sound mind. Notice that the WORD says God did not give us a spirit of fear. So if God did not give us a spirit of fear then where does it come from? It comes from the enemy of our soul satan. As I have been led to show you the last couple of days satan finds ways to create fear in us through our thoughts.Fear does many things to our thoughts. Fear creates restlessness when we are being driven by fear we just can not seem to find rest. The only fear we as christians should have is a fear of the LORD but that is reverential. This fear in the text we are looking at is dealing with the enemy.Look at this verse from the amplified translation:"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity(of cowardice, of craven and cringing, and fawning fear), but {He has given us a spirit} of power,and of love, and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self control. Think about your life before Jesus if you were like me you were out of control there was nothing calm about us. We would loose our tempers at the drop of a hat and we never had any true respect for anything or any one. But when we opened the door of our heart to Jesus that all changed. So it should be with our dealing with satan the enemy of our soul and life. When he tries to create fear in my life I remind Him of what Jesus did thruogh the cross and how Jesus stripped him of the keys to death hell and the grave. He no longer has power over the child of God. The only way he can over power a child of God is if he can get us to drop our gaurd down. How do we drop our gaurd by allowing him to place thoughts of fear and despair in our minds. Notice the Word power in the text God has given us all the power we need to defeat this fear its in the name of Jesus. All we have to do is know our rights and privliges in the name of Jesus our enemy cringes at the name of Jesus when spoken through the lips of dedicated born again child of God. If you and I are the children of God we should be satan will quickly learn he cant win by intimidating us with fear tactics.Notice the WORD love. God has shed His love abroad into our hearts, this love that God put in us conquers all fear.Listen to the Words of 1John4:18"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.When we choose to walk by the Word of God we are walking in the Fathers perfect love and that love casteth out fear from our lives.Let me just say to all that God Loves You and He wacthes over you to keep you safe just stand on the WORD. If your being tormented by thoughts that are creating fear and anxiety in your life. Tell the devil to back off you have had enough of his lies. Speak to him in the name of Jesus. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day in Jesus. From Pastor Ken

Who Controls Your Thoughts Part 2

Here is one way the devil tries to control our thoughts, it is through fear. He will try to bring fear into our lives by creating wrong thoughts. In the word of God it is written and we are told not to fear over three hundred times.Here is one of my faviorite scriptures when it comes to dealing with fear. Isaiah 41:10 "Fear not: for I am with thee: be not dismayed for I am thy God: I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Notice God says That He is with us, if He is with us the enemy can not control us.Listen to this verse from the amplified bible: " Fear not[there is nothing to fear], for I am with you;do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God, I will strengthen you and harden your heart to difficulties,yes I will help you; I will hold you up and retain you with My[victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. What a promise from our heavenly Father that He will be there to hold us up we have nothing to fear. Here is the thing if satan can create fear in our thought life it will cause us to begin to doubt the hand of God moving in our lives wether it be physically with a healing to our bodies or spiritual healing to our soul. Listen to these words from the book of Romans 8:31"What shall we then say to these things? If God before us,who can be against us? Here is the amplified translation of this verse"What then shall we say to[all]this? If God is for us,who[can be]against us?[Who can be our foe ,If God is on our side?]You and I as children of the most high have our heavenly Father right by our side. He walks with us and protects us everyday of our lives we just need to realize we are not alone in this walk. Jesus said that he and the father would come and make there abode in us that means that the Father and the son live in us. One last scripture to share with you Isaiah 54:17"No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn.This is the heritage of the servents of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. Tell the devil to take his fear tactices and get lost as he has no power over you the child of GOD!!!Have a Happy and healthy day in Jesus name. from Pastor Ken.

Who Controls your Thoughts

Good morning and praise the Lord everybody.In 1Corinthians 2:16 we find these words "For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST!!!Heres the question that I woke up with this morning. Where does the enemy of our soul play his biggest game? It is with our minds. Listen to the amplified translation of the above verse:For who has known or understood the mind(the counsels and purposes)of the LOrd so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ(the Messiah)and do hold the thoughts(feelings and purposes)of His heart. You and I as born again beleivers have the mind of Christ we have the ability through the Holy Spirit to think with the thoughts of Jesus our Lord. But the enemy of our soul tries to trick us with false thoughts. When God has done everything in our lives to confirm in us His mighty work the devil will try and convince us that we didnt receive what we asked for from God our Father. He will use situations and friends to try to rob us of the peace that God has given us through Christ our Lord. The mind can be the devils biggest play ground if it does not think upon the Word of God and stay focused in the Word. WE are told through out the word of God to protect the mind here is the word of God from Romans 12:1 "And be not conformed to this world:but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable, and perfect will of God. Why do you think we are told to renew our minds? It is so that when our enemy comes at us with wrong thoughts we have the Word to tell him I refuse to think this way. I have the mind of Christ and Jesus would not entertain these thoughts and neither will I!!! You and I are the children of God He gave us all we need to defeat our enemy. He gave us His word and He sent the Holy Spirit to lead us into those truths that Jesus our Lord spoke and confirmed in His earthly ministry.Have a Blessed and Healthy Day In Jesus.From Pastor Ken

Where Art Thou

God morning and Praise the Lord.Genesis 3:9"And the Lord God called unto Adam,and said unto him, WHERE ART THOU? From the time God had made the garden and placed man in it He had always come in and talked with Adam. This perticular day God comes to talk with Adam, and Adam doesn't come walking toward him to fellowship and talk.
It was not because Adam did not hear God because the scripture says in verse eight "And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day;: Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. I wonder how many times God has called to the born again believer and received no reply because we were to busy with other things to take time to talk with the Lord God. Today we have so many beleivers fighting amongst themselves that I wonder how they can truly hear the voice of God. Jesus said in the gospels my sheep no my voice nad another they will not follow. You and I are the vesels of God and we are here to serve the Lord. How can we serve Him if we dont take time to talk with Him and fellowship with him. To talk with Him we have to be willing to meet with Him. I just wonder what God felt when Adam did not come walking toward Him to set and fellowship with Him. I know how I feel when I dont here from my grown children for long intervals. You and I shuold take great account concerning these words "WHERE ART THOU." Are we open to the voice of God at all times.Have Blessed and Healthy Day in Jesus: Pastor Ken

Psalms 1:1-6

Back in March of 2001 I was reading this Psalm and the Lord just gave me what I feel was some good advise I would just like to share those thoughts with you this morning as I wrote them down when the spirit was talking to me. Look at verse 1 It says " Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the"ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. I would like to share with you the amplified translation of verse one:"Blessed(Happy, fortunate," prosperous, and enviable)is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly[following their advice, their plans, and purposes], nor stands[submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful[ and mockers] gather.
AS I read the first verse these thoughts began to fill my mind God says we will be blessed if we walk not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Who are the ungodly? Are those who think they no God but have no idea how to truly walk with him and be in communication with Him,they run the way of the world and think they no God, they try to give counsel to others and their own relationships are in trouble and they walk in constant restlesness.
The way of sinners: WE are to avoid the hang outs and old places we once walked, once we have been saved those places should no longer have a hold on us. We should no longer dersire to walk the way of the sinner.
The seat of the scornful: To understand the seat of the scornful we must first define scornful. The word scornful is a derivitiveof the word scorn, scorn has several definitions.
1. open or unqualified contempt 2.mockery or derision 3.an object of derision or contempt 4.a contemptouse action or speech 5. to treat or regard with scorn 6. to reject or refuse with scorn 7. to mock or jeer, thus we have the seat of the scornful. Simply put a person or persons who never has anything good to say about anybody or life its self. Theses types of people God says dont even set with them.
When we as children of God learn to avoid these areas.
Our lives as the children of God must be a life of devotion to God and His word. We have to seperate our selves from the old ways and walk in the new.
The deeper the Word in us the stronger our roots become in Christ and then we become like that tree planted by the river, where the roots constanly receive watering and its leaves are always full of life. The Word is are water of life for our roots in God. Here is the little prayer I wrote at the end of this as the Holy spirit was sharing these thoughts with me. Prayer: Oh my Father lead me so that I will have no desire to walk in places where I have no bussiness being. Oh Lord keep me focused on you so that I will always be able to see the good in everybody.Lord keep me where my delight is always in you and your WORD to do your will and not mine. I pray that you will be blessed by this. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day In Jesus. From Pastor Ken

Abide Part Two

This word is so powerful when one takes time to meditate upon it so this morning I want to share some more of it signifigence with you.
1. Another is to be a client: When a man has the Lord as his advocate he can never lose, for all things work together for good. Here are the words from Romans 8:28"And we know that all things wok together for good to them that love God,to them called according ti his purpose. Just think you and I have the Son of God as our advocate who like a lawyer goes before the Judge and jury to plead his clients case, Jesus goes before the Father and pleads our case.In Romans 8:31" The word says" What Shall we then say to thses things? If God before us who can be against us? Listen to the amplified translation of this verse:"What the shall we say to [all] this? If GOD is for us, who [can be] against us? [ Who can be our foe, if GOD is on our side?
2. Yet another signification of this Hebrew word is almost puzzling: It is to fear or be afraid- Psa:33:8"Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. Think about this: one who really fears the Lord will run to Him like a prodigal son: confessing, trusting ,and abiding. WE all need to realize how much our heavenly Father loves us, he is the Father in the parable of the prodigle son who waits for us to turn to him when we mess up and confess it to him He is their to throw his arms around us and say welcome home my child I love you.
3. In Jer51:38 gur is translated whelp. A whelp is still an abider-Ezek 19:2 lingering near its mother for its nourishment."Man can not live seperated from God. With out God we are nothing: I know what my life was before Jesus got a hold of me and changed me from the inside out and praise the Lord he is still working on me. With out God we truly dont understand the real meaning of love and peace. You and I need to stay close to the Father we need to be committed to Him and his word abiding in the vine getting our nourishment just like the whelp is nourished by its mother we are nourished by the Word of God: Have a Blessed and Healthy Day in Jesus: From Pastor Ken

Abide

In Psalms 15:1 we find these words"Lord who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? Notice David has put two questions before the Lord. Lets take a look at one of the words in the first question.The word abide it comes from the Hebrew word gur. And it has several significations. I would like to share a couple of them with you this morning.
1.Is to turn aside from ones own way to some other person or place with the idea of lodging there. The happiest person in this world or the next is he who turns from his own way and abides in Him who is"the Way."

Did not Jesus say in John 14:6" Iam the way, the truth and the life: To truly come to know Jesus in this light we must learn to abide in the Word and see Jesus in every portion of it from Genesis to Revelation. I like the thought of lodging in the Word taking up residence in the Word to the point that all your thoughts are on the Word and it becomes so ingrafted in us that we radiate with the light of the Word. Jesus said in the 15th chapter of John that He is the vine and we are the branches to be a branch you have to abide in the vine. In verse three of that chapter Jesus tells us how to keep clean He says "Now ye are clean through the WORD I have spoken unto you. Every time we pick up the WORD of GOD it is Jesus speaking to us of the will and purpose of the Father through the Holy Spirit.Another siginificance of the Word abide is this:Is to live as a guest. Most people like to be guests. Think about this the preccious prospect, precious reality, that of being a guest of the Lord and being under His care and protection. When I read this my thought immediatly went to Psalms 91:1"He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Listen to this verse from the amplified translation" He Who dwells in the secret place of the most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty[whose power no foe can with stand]. Think about what a place to lodge or abide in. You and I have a great priviledge given to us to live in the presence of the Almighty God by becoming in grafted in the Word of God. I would like to give you one more scripture the Lord took me to when I was just looking at the WORD abide John 15:7"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Listen to this verse from the amplified translation"If you live in me[abide vitally united to ME]and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will,and it shall be done for you. I pray that this will bless you today as it has made me stop and think about how close do I abide in Christ My Lord. Have a Blessed and Healthy Day In Jesus. From Pastor Ken

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO COMPROMISE

Good morning and praise the Lord. This morning I was awakened by the Holy Spirit with this thought in mind.He was reminding me of the story in the book of Daniel about the fiery furnace and three Hebrew boys that would not compromise no matter what. We live in a time the bible calls perilous times 2 Timothy3:2. Its a time when compromise is running rampent in all the earth. However we as christians can not compromise our convictions. The three servents of God in the story of Daniel were faced with a decision that could cost them thier lives. They were men of great conviction when it came to the service to their God. They chose to be true to their God and they were cast into a firey furnace that should have detroyed them but it didn't touch them. The story says a fourth man showed up in the furnace with them. This fourth man was the Son of God. You and I are faced everyday with decision that may cause us to comprimise what we know is right. As the spirit was talking to me this morning he was showing me some areas where we as human beings have the biggest challenge for compromise its with family members and most of all with our children. Lets think for a moment how many times we may of compromised with our children for example lets think about when they wanted something you knew it wasn't good for them but rather then get into an argument with them you gave in and let them do what they wanted. What about ourselves we were faced with a decision that could challenge our godly convictions and we new what we should be doing but we ignored the promptings of the Holy Spirit and went and did what our flesh wanted. Then when the problems started coming at us as a result of compromise who did we blame not ourselves but God got the blame. Its time for us as christians to take a long look at our life in Christ and ask the question are we truly committed to him so that there will be no compromise in our life. Compromise is very costly. I would challenge you and I to read Daniel Chapter three and 2 Timothy Chapter three. And ask the Holy Spirit to show us the areas of comprimise in our lives. The time for standing for our Godly convictions is right now as we see are world going into the perilous times as written in 2 Timothy Chapter three. Its time to stand for the truth no matter what the cost. I have just shared with you what the Holy Spirit was speaking to my heart this morning I pray that you will be blessed by it. Have A Blessed and Healthy Day In Jesus. From Pastor Ken.