Just Praise Him!

God loves to hear His Children praise Him. He loves it when we are thankful and when we appreciate all that He's done for us. It doesn't matter what negative circumstances may be going on in your life right now, if you believe God is a GOOD Father and that He takes good care of His Children, then stop what you're doing and give Him some praise right now. Tell Him how much you love Him and appreciate all the wonderful blessings He has brought into your life. The more you think about them, the more you will remember. Just do it... PRAISE HIM! He is such a GOOD FATHER!

With God, All Things Are Possible!

There was an abundance of everything mankind needed in the Garden of Eden. Adam and Eve had need of nothing! They had the fruit of EVERY tree in the garden to keep them healthy...they had peace, they had perfect communion with God and each other...their world was a paradise.

But then, sin entered the picture, and suddenly everything changed. Suddenly pain and death entered the earth and they were banished from the paradise they had been given where everything was provided for them, and suddenly, they had to work for their sustenance by tilling the land in order to grow their own food.

Friends, let me tell you this...when sin enters the picture...everything changes. All the peace is gone, all the calm in our homes disappears, every relationship in our lives begins to suffer because sin takes over and life becomes so much more difficult. We begin to worry about where we are going to get enough money to pay our rent, or to buy food for our families and we begin to worry about everything in our lives.

The key here is that when we RELY on God, when we TRUST God's Word and when we are OBEDIENT to God's Word, then our lives works the way He intended for our lives to work. When we choose sin over obedience to God, then we are banished from the peaceful life that God wants for us and we begin to rely on ourselves. And I don't know about you, but when I was relying on myself, I was ALWAYS in need and looking at trouble.

With God, all things are possible, without Him, I am most miserable indeed!

You're Not Promised Tomorrow

You can be indoctrinated into a denomination, you can fit right into the church culture, you can even preach a sermon that will move the masses...but unless you have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, you are totally lost and on your way to hell. It's not your denomination, your church attendance or even the position you hold within the church environment that will save your soul. ONLY Jesus can save your soul and give you eternal life! You need to repent and place your trust in Jesus today! You need to be sure that the price He paid for your sins was enough...and you need to  take care of that today. Tomorrow could be too late!

A Stone of Stumbling

"Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,” and “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed." 

(I Peter 2:7-8

Let me ask you a question... why are we surprised when we see rejection and persecution for the sake of Christ? Why do we wonder how such a thing could happen in this day in which we live? We see on the news and all over social media the atrocities that people endure for the sake of Christ and the Gospel. Many American Christians want to close their eyes and pretend it is not reality because it is not happening to them...not yet. But we should not be surprised! But also we should not ignore the pain and suffering that our fellow Christians endure, because Jesus warned us that it would happen. He said “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you." (John 15:18) "And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved." (Matthew 10:22) 

The Time is NOW to Get Ready...

Anyone who thinks there is any political candidate who can save America against the things that God clearly outlines in His Word is prime target for the rise of the Antichrist. The signs are all around us and prophecy is being fulfilled daily. There is NO ONE who can hold back what God has ordained! Not Harris, Not Trump, Not RFK Jr. God has ordained a time when He will ALLOW the "Man of Perdition" to rule over the earth we are watching the conditions for his appearing falling into place NOW. And unless you have decided in your heart that you will not take his mark or worship the beast and his system, but that you will stand for God no matter what it may cost you, it will be to your detriment. Now is the time to make sure your faith is firm and your relationship with God is steadfast. Now is the time to place your complete trust in the Lord Jesus Christ!

Remaining Undefiled in the World

“Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.” (James 1:27)

Obviously, from this scripture we could talk about the importance for Christians to take care of widows and orphans, and that is a very important work and much needed in many countries of the world. When I have visited India, I have seen some churches there who are doing an excellent job of caring for these people, and there are a lot of them there to care for. It’s a tremendous need…much more than in the US. But for this message, I felt a need to address the second part of these instructions that the Apostle James left for us to follow. He was saying that while it is very important for us to care for widows and orphans, we need to also be careful as we come closer and closer to the end of the age, that we keep ourselves from becoming “spotted” or contaminated by the things of the world. 

You MUST Be Born-Again

Many people the world over claim to be Christians but they have no idea of what that actually means because they have NO relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ! Hear me well, Friends...you cannot be born a Christian! It doesn't matter what your parents declared about your religion when you were born, it doesn't matter what religion your family is, you must come to Christ in faith for yourself. Family affiliation won't save you, being baptized won't save you, joining a local church won't save you and doing good deeds won't save you! Just like Jesus told Nicodemus, "You MUST be born again". You must repent of your sins and place your trust in Jesus Christ. You must believe in your heart that the blood that Jesus shed on the cross was enough to save your soul and to give you eternal life. And when you do that, you will be born-again, and you will begin your new life in Christ. Jesus already dealt with your sin problem, but you must believe it!

"There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”

Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” (John 3:1-8)

The Battle for Control

The battle that is raging all over the world today is the same battle that took place in the Garden of Eden when the serpent tempted Eve to deny that what God said was true, and enticed her to become her own god by knowing the difference between good and evil.

There is a battle today for power! We see it in politics, in businesses, in science and educational facilities and even in families...many people want to be their own gods or to be in control of their own world. The ONLY remedy to that problem is for each of us to relinquish control of our lives to the One who really is in control...the Creator Himself! Surrender your life to Jesus Christ and let Him be LORD of your life!

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight." (Proverbs 3:5-6)