Prayer is our way of communicating with God. It can be an earnest hope, a solemn request, or an expression of thanks that is directed to God. Prayer is a powerful tool and prayer changes things. Not only in the physical but in the spiritual as well. There are certain words that when used correctly they can cause things to move in the spiritual realm. Words like declare and decree which means to announce and assert something with your legal authority. God has given us legal

When you make a call, you are reaching out to someone. In most cases that person is not within your reach or eye sight. Making a call is our way of keeping in contact, It can also make the physical distance between two people seem to disappear. And when that person answers the call you can communicate with them as if they are right there in the room. Making a call is a way to connect with those near and far. But to close the gap of distance, space and separation you have to r

Scripture is defined as the scared writings of Christianity contained in the Bible. Scripture teaches us about God, about Jesus and about who we really are. It contains life lessons and examples of faith, trust and tells us what to believe in. It is a guide that shows us how to live. And tells us the testimonies of believers who have taken this walk long before us. Simply put scripture is the living and active word of God. When we take scripture and we combine it with prayer,

There are times in your life when you need to be alone. Not really by yourself but time spent alone with the Lord. Life can be stressful and we don't always understand how we got into a particular situation. We often have questions about what we need to do next, where to go or who to turn to. So many uncertainties in life. But remember, God is always there and we do not have to live this life all by ourselves. Prayer is one of the tools He has given us. A powerful tool

I usually try to give a message that is upbeat and positive. Something that will encourage believers and motivate their relationship with Christ. My message today will hopefully be just as encouraging. But I am feeling more of an urgency to share this with you today. There are many of us who believe in God, the bible and Jesus Christ. That try to live lives that reflect our beliefs. Lives that exhibit who He is and how much He loves us. There are also those of us who do

Prayer is our communication with God. It is how we acknowledge Him. It is how we show respect and reverence to who He is. It is also how we exhibit our faith. It takes faith and trust to quietly go to the Lord with your head held low, hands pressed together and know that your God has heard your request. In prayer we open our hearts, minds and thoughts to God. Of course He knows everything anyway. But this is more for us to show Him that we know exactly who He is. There

To be intentional means to move or act in a deliberate manner. To do something on purpose. To make a conscious decision towards an intended goal. It means that the desired outcome was not achieved by accident, coincidence or chance. Being intentional requires that you knowingly consider the response to your actions. God is intentional. He is deliberate in His every action. And every time He responds to us it is for a designed purpose. With an expected and known reactio

Prayer is defined as an earnest hope or wish. It is also a request for help or an expression of thanks addressed to God. But to put it simply prayer is our communication with God. Of course He already knows everything but it is important for us to make an effort to talk to Him. It gives us the chance to acknowledge Him for who He is. To come to Him in reverence and with respect as our...everything. If God is really important to you, you will make the time to talk to Him.

All my life I have always looked to the sky, up above when talking about God. I think we all do it. We look to a God that is outside, away from us. In doing that we mentally detached ourselves from God. We may not do it on purpose but it sure does make it easier to live our lives as we see fit. When we think of a God that is watching us from a far. Maybe even over our shoulder, that disappears when do things that He does not like. What I have learned on this journey is

What is the Truth? It is defined as a fact or belief that is accepted as true. Also as honesty, genuineness, the gospel. You cannot go wrong if you are following the truth. The truth will lead you to those things that are right, positive and true. Now, what is a lie? It is defined as a statement that is known and intended to be misleading, inaccurate or false. The purpose of a lie is to lead you away from the truth. To misinform, to lead astray, an intentionally false

I am sure that none of us could ever imagine saying no to the Lord. But the truth is that we say no everyday. We say no when we live our lives as we see fit. We say no when we continue to live in our sin. And we say no when don't acknowledge Him daily. I think the Lord deserves more 'yeses' from all of us. He is better to us than any of us deserve. If we just say, yes Lord. Our lives would be better for it. He has plans for our lives. Plans for us to prosper and not

There is a song that I love. I am sure that you all are familiar with it. It is called, Silver and Gold by Kirk Franklin. In this song, the singer talks about how she'd rather have Jesus than silver and gold. That by itself touches my soul because I feel the same way. There is nothing more precious to me than my relationship with God. But recently, as I listen to this song, there is a different part that speaks to me just a little louder than it did before. The singer s

I am going to apologize ahead of time, if this comes across the wrong way. This is a subject that has caused me some hurt as I began my journey. Now I really believe that I am over this, that I've grown from this experience and have begun to heal. But this is something that I still would like to talk about. I am sure that you have heard people say that, when you change your life for the Lord, that you are going to lose some friends. I have heard many pastors say this over

REPOST from 4/2/18

What is prayer? The dictionary says that it is an earnest hope or wish. Personally I believe that prayer is so much more than that. Another definition I came across is, a solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God or an object of worship. This definition is more in tune to what I think. But to put it more simply, prayer is our conversations with the Lord. It is beneficial for us to talk to God. It is one of the most significant things we can do as

There are good and bad forces all around us. Guiding us and influencing our thoughts and actions. We need to be aware that there are things working together for our good but there are also things that work against us. For me it is all very black and white, good or evil, positive or negative, right or wrong. My outlook is that everything is either heavenly inspired or it is not. This world is full of distractions and I believe that anything that distracts you from God's pu

In the world today there seems to be a lack of true repentance. Repentance means to turn away from sin, to change, to regret your misdeeds and wrong doings. There are many people who say they love God, that pay their tithes and offerings, who even hold positions in their church but continue to live a worldly lifestyle. I believe this is because they are not convicted for their sins. Maybe they do not realize that they are sinning or maybe they know and believe that everyth

I find myself in a place where I just want to be used by the Lord. It doesn't matter when, where or how. I just want him to use me. I can imagine myself as a small child with my hand raised, jumping up and down, anxiously saying ooh, ooh, ooh Lord pick me, choose me, I'll do it. Not knowing what the task is or what it would require of me, just eager to do something for the Lord. This also makes me think of what it could've been like to be with the Lord before our lifetime

I believe I first heard this term on YouTube. As I was listening to the testimony of a man who decided to get to know God for himself. This term spoke volumes to me because I did not know Him personally. I always went to the church house, to my pastor to other people to find out who God was. I had gone to church my whole life and yet I was still in a place of uncertainty, where I was not sure if I really knew Him at all. At this time, I knew what I had been told about Him

When I hear others say that they are saved, I ponder just a bit because it sounds so complete and final. Like they have made it to the finish line, it sounds like they are safe and their job is done. It makes me think about the games that we played when we were little. Games like kick ball and baseball. When you made it back to the home plate you were safe and they couldn't get you out any more. That was the final destination and you could finally breathe a sigh of relie