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No Fear Here

Friday, 23 October, 2009 07:33 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Fear not! “Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.” – Genesis 15:1 KJV

With every step of faith we are confronted with fear. Fear comes but we do not have to receive it. We choose. The devil can not put fear on you without your permission!

God told Abram that He would make Abram the father of many nations. Abram could not make himself the father of many nations he had to trust in God! That’s extreme faith!

Walking by faith is the only way to please God, because without faith it is impossible to please God. Walking by faith requires that we FEAR NOT! We refuse to look at things from the natural standpoint and choose to look at the promise of God from His viewpoint. It is all in what we choose to look at and act upon. In a day where fear is running rampant we must go against the flow and resist the devil, put on the armor of God and quench every fiery dart of fear. Lift up the shield of faith and stand!

Let’s declare today – “NO FEAR HERE”!

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Act Your Age

Thursday, 22 October, 2009 08:51 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

How old are you anyway? “Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.” – 2 Corinthians 4:16 NKJV

You are a spirit, you have a soul and you live in a body. It is possible to grow old and not grow up! Both naturally speaking and spiritually speaking. The older that we grow the more mature we should be and should act! Our spiritual growth and progress will be displayed in our actions. There was probably a time in your life where your mother or father said, “Act your age.” In other words, grow up.

Our inward man, our spirit has the opportunity to be renewed and make progress everyday. If we feed on the Word of God and put it in practice daily we are becoming more and more  like our elder brother Jesus! This is God’s plan. (and our responsibility)

We have the major part to play in our spiritual development. We can grow up and act our age. Let’s get after it!

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U R what U eat

Wednesday, 21 October, 2009 08:28 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Your diet? “For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap.” – Galatians 6:7 AMP

No doubt you become what you eat. Junk in, junk out. The junk food that people have been putting in their bodies has affected their physical health. And the lack of the sincere milk of the Word of God and the meat of the Word has affected our growth spiritually. You cannot grow properly on the wrong diet.

We give more attention to “the tube” than the Word and then face a crisis and wonder why we are filled with fear instead of faith. Duh! Proverbs 4:20 says “My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh.” – Proverbs 4:20-22 AMP

What do we want? Life, peace and faith? or death, fear and dismay? We control our spiritual health by what we feed on…what we put in our spirit.

If you are dealing with fear, double up on the milk and meat of the Word of God! Take the Bread of Life! Eat freely!

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Out Grow The Shoe

Tuesday, 20 October, 2009 09:36 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

“If the shoe fits…” So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also. – Philippians 3:15 AMP

God desires to reveal to us those areas where we need to change and grow. But it is up to us to stay open and willing to change. Never get to a place in your life where you think or say, “this is just the way that I am and I will never change.” There is always room to grow. You can change!

Use your faith to grow and begin to say, “I am growing and changing, everyday!” Get real bold and ask the Lord to begin to show you areas where you need to grow. Then write them down and begin to work on them, one at a time. Move yourself out of your rut! Do something different just to shock your “system”…like drive a different way home the next time you are headed home. We are such creatures of habit and we normally take the “path of least resistance”. Stir yourself up to change! Out grow the shoe! …Go barefoot!

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Saying The Wrong Thing

Thursday, 08 October, 2009 08:37 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Open mouth, insert foot. “For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature.” – James 3:2 AMP

Being able to say the right thing at the right time comes with maturity. As we grow we learn what not to say. Words can hurt or heal, offend or edify. This scripture in James says that a “perfect” man (or complete, mature man) does not offend in speech. Perfect does not mean that we are without flaw but rather that we are grown up and mature. The Amplified version even uses the phrase “fully developed character” to describe the complete and mature man. This is our goal and frankly what the Lord expects us to be.

To say the wrong thing and offend with our words shows immaturity. The words that we speak reveal how developed (or undeveloped) that we are. As we grow up in the Lord we can control our words, control our whole body and curb (restrict) our entire nature. Self control is one of the tell tale signs that we are mature and maturing.

“Help me to guard my words whenever I say something.” – Psalms 141:3 CEV

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