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Good morning. When discouragement and sadness comes we need to praise the Lord. The Bible declares in all things give thanks. The Bible never said we had to be happy about everything but we can be thankful that things are not as bad as they could be; and God being the gracious God he is is keeping us through whatever we’re faced with. We can praise God in any situation because he is Savior and Lord. We can praise God through anything because he is protector and provider. We can praise God through anything because he is healer and peace. So lift up your heads and stop acting like a defeated foe. Lift up your heads and rejoice in the Lord for he is good and he’s worthy to be praised.

Psalms 42:11
Why am I discouraged?
Why is my heart so sad?
I will put my hope in God!
I will praise him again—
my Savior and my God!

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. We can’t help what people call us but we can help what we answer too. We don’t have to get angry when people talk about us and insult us; for the Bible declares every tongue that rises against us shall be condemned. Being quick to blow our temper isn’t Christ-like and we should never satisfy a fool and let them think they’ve pushed our buttons. We have to learn to turn everything over to God and walk away.

Proverbs 12:16
A fool is quick-tempered,
but a wise person stays calm when insulted.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. Have you ever wondered why so many things were coming at you negatively? Have you ever considered your ways and thought I’m the cause of all this? Have you ever thought my disobedience to God and my friendliness with the world has caused all of this. If so, you were right. We often like to think Satan or the enemy is doing these things to us and we never want to look at ourselves or our behavior. Many times the cause of our distress can be associated with the sin in our lives. We need to stop blaming others, God, and Satan for many things that happened to us and look at the man in the mirror. We need to repent and turn solely back to God. When need to render our hearts to God and stop straddling the fence. Obedience and holiness go hand-in-hand and that’s what God is calling for.

Haggai 1:6-7
You have planted much but harvest little. You eat but are not satisfied. You drink but are still thirsty. You put on clothes but cannot keep warm. Your wages disappear as though you were putting them in pockets filled with holes! “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: Look at what’s happening to you!

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Good morning. Each and every one of us has a gift given by God. We are to use our gifts to glorify him. Our gifts are not to be used just inside the four walks of a church building, they are to be used everywhere we go and in everything we do. Let’s not sit on our gifts then wonder why we’re not being used by God.

1 Peter 4:10-11
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. Do you have the gift of speaking? Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Do you have the gift of helping others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then everything you do will bring glory to God through Jesus Christ. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. When we ask God for a Christ like mind we are asking that his desires become our desires. The Lord’s desire is that no one perish and that should be our desire too. The Lord’s desire is that the wicked turn back to him and live, that should be our desire too. We should never look at anyone and think they are useless and unworthy unless we are looking at ourselves. God’s grace loves the sinner, the unlovable, and the unworthy, so that includes us. We should thank God daily for delaying his return because it’s giving someone else a chance to be saved.

2 Peter 3:15
And remember, our Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved. This is what our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you with the wisdom God gave him—

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. When trials come into our lives that is not the time to murmur and complain; that is not time to have a pity party and say why me Lord. That’s actually an opportunity for great joy knowing that our faith has a chance to grow. We have an opportunity to experience God’s mighty hand, to see how powerful he his. We have have an opportunity to stand on the word of God and watch the word come alive in our lives. Nowhere in the Bible does it say when trials come our way we are to faint, lose hope, change our character and act like the world, doubt God, or get worldly advice. Yet, sadly this is what many of us do at the slightest sign of trouble. Will we trust God today? Will we activate our faith and give it a chance to grow? Will we endure on today? Now is not the time to throw in the towel; for greater is he that’s in me than he that’s in the world.

James 1:2-4
Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. It’s not good to talk too much. The Bible declares too much talking brings about sin. The Bible also declares we will give an account for every idle word we speak. In this season let’s learn to be quiet and learn to listen more. We don’t always have to say anything. We don’t always have to have the last word. Many times we can’t hear God because we’re too busy running our mouths. If we feel like we just have to talk, then we need to let the conversation be with God in prayer.

Proverbs 10:19
Too much talk leads to sin.
Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. We don’t ever want to get to a point in life where our sins make God so mad that he instructs people not to pray for us. We should never delight in sinning nor should we willfully keep turning our backs on God. God is a loving, compassionate, and good God; he’s slow to anger but when he becomes angry it’s a wrap. We cannot take God’s mercy and grace for granted; and please stop saying the Lord knows my heart like that’s a get out of jail free card. God is giving us every opportunity not to die in our sins, yet we keep provoking him and forcing his hand. We have to be careful how we treat God because we won’t be able to handle the backlash.

Jeremiah 11:14-15
“Pray no more for these people, Jeremiah. Do not weep or pray for them, for I will not listen to them when they cry out to me in distress. “What right do my beloved people have to come to my Temple, when they have done so many immoral things? Can their vows and sacrifices prevent their destruction? They actually rejoice in doing evil!

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. In this season we must take a stand. Now is not the time to be carnal and appease the world. Now is the time to let the world know what we believe and who we believe in. We cannot be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ and our lifestyles will tell the story. Jesus has paid the ultimate price for us and the least we can do is serve him with our whole heart. We must stop thinking that we can be worldly and God is pleased with us. Let’s repent and get back in line.

Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. There’s no need to ever worry or fear because Jesus has given us power. Power to pray, power to speak the word over our lives, power to tread upon scorpions and serpents, power to lay hands on the sick and they recover, power to overcome the enemy, and power to stand in the midst of adversity. Many of us are walking around defeated, hopeless, and with hung down heads because we don’t utilize the power within us. We don’t realize that spirits are subject unto us and although this is good, this is nothing to rejoice over. The only thing we should be rejoicing over is the fact that our names are written in the book of life.

Luke 10:19-20
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown