What Does The Word Say?

There are many cliches referring to love. Love is a many splendid thing. What's love got to do with it? If loving you is wrong I don't want to be right. These are all phrases from love songs, and many have adapted them as their own way of thinking. The problem with this is that the songs above are not referring to God's love, which is the love we are commanded to love with. The Bible has much to say about love, which I am not even going to attempt to put in this blog. The servers are not big enough! Therefore, for the sake of this devotion, I will only focus on a few. First, let's look at Mark 12:27-31 which says, "Then one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, perceiving that He had answered them well, asked Him, “Which is the first commandment of all?” Jesus answered him, “The first of all the commandments is: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your s...

Well, I know you know that God cannot lie, but, I also know that many believers are challenged with believing the truth of that statement. The reasoning behind it may be because of a parent who made promises and didn't come through. Perhaps someone else in your life continually broke promises. I don't know, nor will I try to justify why those people in your life didn't keep their word. Nevertheless, that does not change the fact that God CANNOT lie! The antithesis of that fact is the fact that the devil IS a liar. He has gone throughout your life creating situations and circumstances to get you to doubt God. So, all the times your parents, peers and other people let you down was a set up by the devil. Now that you are saved, God, by the power of the Holy Ghost wants to reverse the curse. How do you reverse all the years of disappointment? Well, it's simple. You must take the time to find out what God says in His Word and begin to meditate, memorize and speak it eve...

Praise the Lord! What an exciting time to be in the Kingdom! It shall be seen and I truly have an expectation of a manifestation of love, peace and blessing from the Lord. I know I shall receive it as I continue to love Him, trust Him and walk in obedience to His will work and way for my life. I pray this too is your testimony and confession. Glory! Currently I am preparing to get my Group Exercise Certification. One of the things that I read, which I already knew, was that regular movement prevents weight gain, and overall improves general health and well being. Non-movement conversely, aids and abets in weight gain. This is no deep profound truth, but all of us are acutely aware that if we continue to eat and not burn off what we are eating, we gain many unwanted pounds. This, my friends is just a fact of life! The Bible declares in Hosea 14:9 in the New Living Translation, "Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The pat...

Now that I have your attention with the title,  do you find yourself in pursuit of being "happy?" As I was preparing to write this blog, I paused and thought about being, "in pursuit of happiness." My thoughts took me to the web, the Word, the movie In Pursuit of Happyness and thoughts of others who say,  "I just want to be happy." I did a search for "happy" in the Bible and as I was reviewing the references, I saw that many scriptures correlated happiness with being connected with the Lord. I found this interesting and a direct antithesis to the world's view of happiness. In fact, I realized that there is a great revelation of a difference between the world's view of happiness and God's view on happiness. The Bible says in Proverbs 3:13, "Happy is the man who finds  wisdom and the man who gains understanding." This one verse tells me that my happiness is connected with wisdom and since God is wisdom, in order for me t...

Praise the Lord and Happy New Year! May the manifold love, peace and blessing of God be poured out upon your lives this year in a tangible way. I have an expectation for it. It shall be seen! During my devotion time today, I came across a message I preached back in 2011. It confirmed in my spirit what God was speaking to me that in order to see a manifestation of love, peace and blessing, we must spend time with the source of these things, God.  So, for today's blog I am going to share this message with you. I left the content in the form of my notes. I encourage you to look up the scriptures, meditate upon them and apply them to your life. Yes, the manifestation of the love, peace and blessing of God is available, but it is only available to those who FIRST spend time with Him.  Jeremiah 1:4-12 Praise the Lord! We are in the last quarter of declaring Understanding the Kingdom of Heaven in 2011. Have you therefore understood all these things (Matthew 13:51-52)? Have...