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An Arranged Marriage, What are You Wearing?

Do I believe in an arranged marriage ? I want to show today why God has arranged our wedding  with him and the importance of wearing his robe and talking on his name in order to be considered his bride. The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who arranged a marriage for his son and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding and they were not willing to come... they made light of it and went their own ways (Matthew 22:1-5). They made light of it and went their own ways. Why make light of a wedding when you have a personal invite? Salvation and our wedding with Christ are uniquely linked. I do believe that many who think they are the bride are mistaken, by falling in love with one yet have not actually taken on the vows, for they "make light" of the ceremony which many know as the new birth born of water and spirit as in (John 3:5). I was in conversation on Friday which a group of sisters who told me the vows are irrelevant today and s

God's Word Must Find Its Prophet

God's word must find its prophet. I'm not sure that what certain prophets today are speaking out is God! Here's why. A True prophet listens not to the times but to the God of the time. A true prophet listens not to the troubles of the age but the God of the age. If he looks around and sees what all others see, how can he then claim to be a "seer?" God's word will find God's prophet, and it wont be what be what the BBC, Al Jazeera or ISIS is telling us either!

Dealing with a Poverty Mentality

Its time to deal with our attitude toward money. We've had so much negativity toward money in Christian circles, its ridiculous. Money is not my God and I don't believe its yours either. I'm not a prosperity preacher but I do believe the preacher needs wealth in every area of his life. Our dreams can never be powerful without money. Some folks don't believe that they are entitled to money. They say things like "OK its Just not in my heart to want it" OR "God don't want me rich!" Maybe your thinking came out of a childhood. You never thought you " deserved " more than others or that it was a " shame " to have more than other folks. Well, you don't deserve eternal life either and neither do I, but God gave it to us! how much will he give us the lesser gift of money. If you believe that money and success are yours and these two do go together, then success and wealth will come to you. Money comes to the confident and

Overcoming Your Disqualification

God didn't call you because you were perfect. Neither does the fact that you are saved mean you will never slip up. God's grace qualifies you, his righteousness makes us fit, any weakness he covers with his righteousness. We don't use it as a license to sin but rather we use it as a cover if we do sin. Knowing we have an advocate with the father, Jesus Christ the righteous. Moses, killed an Egyptian while in an angry fit. He spent forty years in the desert as a result. Yet God choose him to lead three million Israelites out of Bondage. David, A Giant layer, a celebrity, a hero, he had an affair with Bathsheba. God restored back to him the Joy of his salvation. He is remembered today as a man after God's own heart and Israels greatest King. Each of these men had greatness in them yet greatness often accompanies weakness . Your success lies not in your ability to avoid making mistakes but after having made mistakes be able to quit condemning yourself, get up and

Jesus our Melchzidek

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Melchizidek King of Salem priest of the most high God . The writer giving an insight into the divinity of Jesus. King of Righteousness. W ithout father, without mother, without geneology, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, remains a priest continually (Hebrews 7:1,3). "King of Salem." See Genesis 14:17-20. He is a King. As a man he was born King. He was king before he was born. He did not come to be king he was king before he arrived here. Jerusalem, city of peace. Not an earthly Jerusalem, but a heavenly city not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. One who is is "made like" unto the son of God. That is God himself "made like" a son, how was he made? He was made of a woman. Only as a Son could he be made of a woman. No woman can make God but as a mother she gave birth to a son God himself manifest in a body. "Without father without mother" Only God can be without father and mother. As G

Is your Life a Gift?

Acts 4:32 the congregation of those who had believed and united in heart  and soul; and not one of them claimed anything he owned for his own use; All that they owned was held on common and in Acts 4:34,35, "Amongst them no one was in want" ... An apostolic solution for all our social problems. It forces me to ask, "What if everything I had was my gift to you?" What will be my contribution? How much of me can I give away? Is that in me valuable to another? Will my life better this world or will I be a beggar in it? Paul

Love Made Me Do It!

The Love of God "constraineth" us (2 Cor5:14) ...in that he died for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves (v15). Have you been asked why you preach? Here Paul gives us a little insight into his passion. The word "constraineth" us means "a grip" that is irresistable. A mother might ask a son, "Whats got a hold of you!"  suggesting that you are not being yourself. Paul suggests here that the love of Christ "constraineth" him  or "compells" him (NKJV). It keeps him in a "straight" (Phil 1:23) Here he suggests he is hard pressed between two choices (in a fix) to serve the flesh of serve the spirit. One could say "hemmed in" that is, he is "held captive" bound, by a love that out-masters him . A love that casts aside self love,  and all value for self. This was the love that led Jesus to Calvary to die for all and this same love had gripped Paul where he too could "no

Do you know the God you Worship?

A generation that knows not God! Must a man know God before he is born again? Can a man call on the name of God and not know who God is? (This article appears on our google + network Apostolic Preachers ) It's an important question because if a man can call on God then later turn around and say "the trinity is God!" Is that proof that he knew not the God he called upon? We know that folks who know God embrace his name upon baptism while those who believe in the three co-equal persons as God, don't embrace the name upon baptism. Did the apostles and the disciples know God before they called on his name in Acts? I believe they did! How can a man call on someone yet not know him? How can they know without a preacher? Is this then, a generation of saved folks who cannot admit that they know not the God they worship! Should we not therefore humble ourselves and seek to know him. For until we know him as one, we really don't know him at all! Until we know