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Staying in the Love of God

Thursday, 29 September, 2011 11:43 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

It is the power of the love of God working through us that causes us to win in all that we do!

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. – Jude 1:20-21 NKJV

We can walk in love at all times, with all people and in every situation! Each one of us have the ability to love people that act unlovely and in our opinion may be undeserving of any love.

The way that we “tap in” to the love of God is first to become “born again”! When we become born again and make Jesus the Lord of our lives the love of God resides in our heart. His love can be “shed abroad” (Romans 5:5) increased or expanded in our lives as we yield and submit to the Holy Spirit. God is love according to 1 John 4:7-8 and when we pray in the Holy Spirit we “stir up” or cause His love to grow in our heart. When we pray in the spirit we are exercising and gaining ground spiritually in our ability to love like Jesus loves. We begin to have more compassion on people and see them the way that God sees them. This motivates us to love them the way that God loves them and we become a bigger vessel of His love extended to those around us. We stay in the love of God by continuing to pray in the Holy Spirit consistently. Let the love flow through you!

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All Together Now

Tuesday, 30 August, 2011 15:49 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Being “in sync” allows us to produce a harmony. When we are pursuing and aiming at peace we are walking in unity and fulfilling the will of our Father.

Rom 15:6 …that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

The church began in unity. Acts Chapter 2 uses the phrase “in one accord” to signify that the believers that were gathered in the upper room were not just in the same room but that they were united in heart and in mind. It is not enough to just be in the same place at the same time.

You can be under the same roof and be miles and miles apart.

If we are to mature in the Lord we must prefer one another and adjust in our relationships to the point that we experience a unity. The more unity that we experience, the more of God’s power we will see flowing through our homes and churches. Every adjustment we make and every time that we choose to prefer others it is worth the effort that it takes. Walking in love translates to HARMONY and UNITY! God has not called us to be self-serving (alone) but to serve (united with the body of Christ).

Psalms 133:1 NKJV – Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!

 

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Harmonize

Thursday, 25 August, 2011 05:55 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Unity is a big deal to God! He desires that our marriages, families, churches, cities, nation be unified. After all he created man to be united to Himself and to Eve. “It is not good that man is alone.”

To be unified requires that we learn how to harmonize. Harmonizing is adjusting and adapting in order to produce a pleasing sound. In music to harmonize means to play a chord or series of notes at the same time that complement each other and produce a pleasing tone.

In each chord there is a root note that determines the name and nature of the chord or “key”. Our root note is God. He is the base of our chord and He is the one that each of us adjust ourselves to. We daily seek the Lord through His Word and adjust ourselves to be in harmony with Him and in doing so we place ourselves in harmony with those who are doing the same thing. It is not about adjusting ourselves to each other but each of us adjusting ourselves to God.

Let’s aim at and pursue harmony. Let’s lay down our agendas and pick up His agenda.

Romans 14:19

So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly pursue what makes for harmony and for mutual upbuilding edification and development) of one another.

Find the root note and make every adjustment necessary to be pleasing to Him. What a beautiful sound!

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Honoring God Honoring People

Thursday, 11 November, 2010 21:38 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Do you want to honor God more? then you must honor people.

If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? – 1 John 4:20

When we honor, respect and reverence God we are loving Him. If we think that we love God and do not love people we are deceived and need to have the blinders removed.

We must learn how to honor and respect people to fully love God. Another way to say this is that you cannot disrespect and dishonor people and pretend to love God. You may say “You don’t know how much they hurt me…” or “I was abused by my father and I have these issues…it is hard for me to trust…”. There is no excuse for disobeying the Word of God and dishonoring and disrespecting people. The truth is that no one is worthy enough to deserve our respect and honor. We give respect and honor in faith out of respect and honor for God! And when we honor and respect God, He honors and respects us. (1 Sam. 3:20) The more that we honor and respect God the more that He honors and respects us. The greatest way that He honors us is with His presence. More honor, more of His manifest presence in our lives, families and churches. God desires to display His glory but it will only be displayed where He is honored. (Acts 2)

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Reverence?

Wednesday, 20 October, 2010 10:06 Written by Pastor Bruce 0 Comments

Words disappear from society over time when they are not used. One of those words is REVERENCE.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. – Hebrews 12:28-29 NKJV

Here is a New Testament scripture talking about reverence and godly fear! Reverence and godly fear are not being taught in most churches today. People are told to “come as you are”, casual dress, flip flops, coffee cups and all! BE COMFORTABLE is the “buzz message” for today. And most people are lapping it up without even thinking. Their attitude is “tell us want we want to hear”…instead of tell us what we need to hear.

In a day where millions and millons have no respect or reverence for anyone or anything we have been teaching the body of Christ to relax and be comfortable. Sit back and take it easy, don’t worry, be happy.

Our God is still a consuming fire and deserves all respect, all reverence and all honor! There is a lot that we need to learn about THE FEAR OF THE LORD.

My personal prayer is, “Lord, teach me. I am at awe in Your presence. I humble myself before you to learn more how to respect you more…”

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