Ephesians 5:15-16 Choices

Ephesians 5:15-16 See then that you walk carefully, not as fools, but as wise men,16 making the most of the time because the days are evil.

The Wisdom  of God is calling you on today.  We are reminded in scripture that “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (Prov. 4:7, ESV).

Every fork in the road and every cross roads of life requires a decision on our part. Throughout our entire life, on a daily basis, 24/7, we are making countless choices that determines whether we live as wise or as fools.”

Wise decision is not based on self examination of anything else, other than the wisdom of God that is found in His Word. Yes, it is through the seeking of the Lord's guidance and His wisdom that we make wise choices.

To choose wise or foolishly started in the garden of Eden with our first parents, Adam and Eve and the choice is still alive today with you and I.

The unwise decision by Adam and Eve in eating the forbidden fruit did not bring a sudden physical death, but a sudden spiritual death that caused man to be separated from God.

In all our decision making, we live the consequences of the choices we make, be it good or bad.

“Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil” (Prov.3:7, NIV).

People of God, it’s decision making time for ALL of us!

God bless you all!

Minister Aiken.

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Proverbs 25:11 Encourage

Proverbs 25:11-A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Encourage one another! This is the call today to all believers.

If there ever was at time when people need encouragement, the time is now.

We live in a world where people can be very cruel in the hateful, disrespectful and painful words that comes out of their mouth to others or concerning others. 

Our text reminds us that like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances.

Words are important, that is why we must make it a habit of choosing the right words in our communication with others. Our words can either tear down or build up. 

God is calling His people to build one another up. To come together as a unified body in building up one another and building up others who are in need of being lifted up out of the mindset of hopelessness and defeat.

Proverbs 15:1-A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. Proverbs 16:24-Kind words are like honey--sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.

Believe it or not, but we encounter people everyday that are silently hurting. They are discouraged and could use a word of comfort or an act of kindness.

What are we speaking? Does it lift up and encourage or tear down and discourage?

Are you making it a habit to encourage others or discourage them? What is your motive concerning your fellowman?

1 Thessalonians 5:11-Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

Let us all pray today that God would grant us the wisdom needed to speak words that are “fitly spoken” in hopes of building up and encouraging one another.

God bless you all.

Debra

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Matthew 6:15 Let It Go

Matthew 6:15 But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Is there someone that you need to forgive on today?

Perhaps you have been painfully wounded by a friend, a child, a spouse, a sibling, a coworker, a neighbor or even a church brother or sister.

Whoever it is that has offended you and have caused you much pain and unforgiveness, God is willing to help you forgive them on today.

Let it go and give it to God on today for He alone is the one who can help you forgive.

Ask God to give you a heart to forgive those who hurt you the most. Those whose hurt against you feels so deep.

The heart that forgives is the heart that lives free from the pain of the past.

Believe it nor not but unforgiveness  does not imprison your offender, it imprisons you.

Forgiveness allows you to move forward  in your relationship with God and in His work that He has assigned to our hands. LET IT GO!!

Forgiveness starts with the decision to forgive. Trust God on today to help you forgive and He will do just that for you.

Instead of a prayer of wrath and revenge on behalf of His enemies, Jesus prayed a prayer of forgiveness for them with these profound words "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do".

This must be our prayer on today for all those who have hurt and wounded us in one way or another.

When we decide to forgive our offender, God in turn will forgive us, but if we choose not to forgive our offenders, Jesus says that we too will not be forgiven.

Let our prayer on today be one with a heart of forgiveness for those who have caused us to harbor unforgiveness in our hearts towards them because of the pain and hurt we believe they have caused towards us.

LET IT GO!!! Tell God you are now willing to let Him have it.

God bless.

Debra

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Luke 18:1- Persist In Prayer And Never Give Up

Luke 18:1-He told them a parable to illustrate that it is necessary always to pray and not lose heart.

Of all the things God commands us to do, being persistent in prayer proves to be the most difficult for so many people.  

In our text on today Jesus exhorts His disciples to always pray and never give up when he said “men ought to always pray, and not give up and quit.".

Believe it or not,  as corrupt and as chaotic as this world is in which we live, Our God, The Sovereign God, has the ultimate say so in all affairs. Why He allows certain things? He alone knows.

The widow woman in this text is proof to us that persistent prayer of faith works! The unjust judge may have had no respect for God or man, but the will of God concerning this woman was done!

People of God, I can only hope and pray that this day you have found yourself in a place of perseverance in persistent prayer to God our Father who promises to hear and answer our prayers of faith.

 GOD BLESS!

Debra

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Proverbs 14:3 Prideful Or Humble?

Proverbs 14:3- NLT-A fool’s proud talk becomes a rod that beats him, but the words of the wise keep them safe.

MEV-In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Nothing speaks more to who we are than our words and our actions.

King Solomon, whom the bible describes as the wisest man ever lived, other than Jesus Himself, gives us a comparison of a foolish man and a wise man based on what is spoken from their lips. 

King Solomon plainly states that the lips of the foolish are filled with punishment because of their pride.

Throughout scripture we find God's command to stay away from a "prideful heart" for God hates it. Proverbs 16:5-Everyone who is proud in heart is a shame to the Lord. For sure, that one will be punished.

Where pride is, there is shame and disgrace, but where humility is, there is wisdom.

Pride is foolish. It cost nothing but it can take away everything!

Pride produces 3 deadly poison that is still ruling and reigning in the hearts of many even on today. They are (1) the lust of the flesh, 2) the lust of the eyes, and 3) the pride of life.

Scripture declares in Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

I leave all of us with this point on today and that is, “OUR WORDS MATTERS.”

Believe it or not, but prideful words opens the door for satan to destroy you.

Pride destroys you, but humility and wisdom keeps you safe.

SPEAK TO OUR HEARTS LORD!

God bless.

Debra

Matthew 10:40 The Gospel Must Be Delivered And Received

Matthew 10:40 He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.

In chapter 10 of this text, Jesus had been warning His disciples about  the different kinds of persecution they could possibly suffer for the sake of the Gospel.

In our key verse, after having warned His disciples of what's to come for them in the future, Jesus also gives them a words of encouragement by telling them in vs#40 of this text that not all will reject your message for some will respond and welcome it and receive it and by doing so, they are accepting Jesus and God the Father who sent Him.

John 1:14-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.

Matthew 24:14a- And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations.

People of God, remember that you are not responsible for making others accept God's Word, your duty is to put it out there.

I want to end with one point about this lesson today. There is no way that anyone can claim to have a personal, growing relationship with Jesus Christ and at the same time, reject those whom God sends into the world as His Ambassadors.

I am speaking of those who boldly claim "I am saved, I believe in Jesus, I read my bible daily, I love God and His Gospel" and then turn around and reject those whom God sent.

Here is what Jesus says concerning this type of mindset and behavior in Matthew 12:30-This is war, and there is no neutral ground. If you’re not on my side, you’re the enemy; if you’re not helping, you’re making things worse.

Remember, Jesus said "He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me."What a blessing and honor it is to be one of His "sent-ones."

Thank you Lord, for you alone are God and worthy of all the praise, glory and honor.

People of God, GO!!!

God bless.

Minister Aiken

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Psalm 9:1-2 Give Thanks To The Lord

Psalm 9:1-2 I will give thanks to You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will declare all Your marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. 

Psalm 107:31-32 Let them praise the Lord for His goodness  and for His wonderful works to the people! 32 Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him in the assembly of the elders. 

1 Thessalonians 5:18- In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.

Every day is a day of thanksgiving unto the Lord our God.

People of God, give thanks unto the Lord on today for He has been and still is good to us.

If you are above dirt and have breath in your body, we MUST give thanks unto our God for He alone is God and He alone is good.

Open your mouth and tell God thank you on today!

We have more reasons than we can number as to why we should give God thanks.

TELL GOD THANK YOU PEOPLE OF GOD!!!!!

Give thanks to the Great and Holy One for He has given us His son Jesus Christ as the atonement for our sins.

Praise Him on today with your whole heart. Sing praise unto His name people of God.

God bless.

Debra

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John 4:1-26 An Unexpected Encounter At Jacob's Well

John 4:1-26 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,  2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) 

3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. 4 And he must needs go through Samaria.

5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.

7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink.

8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?

13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:

14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.

17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:

18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.

21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.

22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.

23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.

26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am He.

God bless.

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Mark 4:37-41 Are You In Need Of Peace In Your Storm

Mark 4:37-41- A great wind storm arose, and the waves splashed into the boat, so that it was now filling the boat. 38 He was in the stern asleep on a pillow. They woke Him and said, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”

39 He rose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!”Then the wind ceased and there was a great calm.

40 He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is that you have no faith?”

41 They feared greatly and said to one another, “What kind of Man is He, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”

Do you need to hear "peace be still" on today from the Father concerning the storm that is raging in your life?

The disciples were caught in a unexpected storm. They called upon Jesus who was at the bottom of the ship alseep and He spoke to their storm these powerful and profound words "Peace Be Still". 

Scripture declares that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. If He did it back then, He is able to do the same in our lives on today.

Are you are in need of a "Storm Calmer" on today, call upon the Lord our God for He promises to hear and answer your prayer. He alone will the storms of life obey when He says "Peace Be Still".

Our God is the Master of ocean, earth and sky. They all shall obey His will.

If you arose to a storm in your life this morning say "Lord, do it for me right now".

The Lord our God cares and is concerned about His people.

Jesus alone has the power to save, deliver and set free. He is waiting to hear from you on today so that He can speak "PEACE" to your storm sea.

If we refuse to call upon the Lord for help we desperately stand in need of on our stormy and raging seas of life, we are guaranteed defeat or death by drowning in a storm sea where we could have been saved by calling upon the Lord and surrendering to His authority for the saving of our souls.

Do you want to hear "peace be still"? Call upon the Lord!

God bless.

Debra

Psalm 146:3 Where Have You Placed Your Trust

Psalm 146:3 Do not put your trust in princes, nor in a son of man, in whom there is no help.

NLT- Don't put your confidence in powerful people; there is no help for you there.

Where or in whom have you placed your trust in on today? Who or what have you placed over God as priority in your life?

The only One worthy of our praise is the Lord our God. He is the only One who is able to redeem, save and set us free. He is the only one who can allow us to walk out of death row into our eternal destination with Him in heaven for eternity.

James 4:14-Yet you do not know [the least thing about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

God on the other hand is everlasting. His promises are true and He will do just what He says He will do.

Psalm 118:8-It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in people.

Call upon the Lord on today for He promises to hear and answer your prayer. He bids you to trust Him enough to call upon Him. Will you do it? He is calling you.

Woe to the man who look to man and away from God. Where is your faith on today? In Whom have you placed your trust?

Who is it that you have purposed in your heart to trust from this day forward?

As believers, our citizenship is in heaven. Earth is temporary. It is a place of preparation for eternity.

It is very important that we believe and take serious the words that God is speaking to us on today.

The choices we all are left with on today is“who are we going to believe? Who are we going to trust? Who are we going to follow?”

Those whose hope is The Lord will not be disappointed!

Where have you placed your trust on today? I pray that it is in the Lord God.

God bless.

Debra

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