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Good morning. When we’re more concerned about money and material things more than we’re concerned about the Holy Spirit, it causes us to lie to the Holy Spirit. When we lie to the Holy Spirit, God doesn’t even want us in his face. When God doesn’t want us in his face destruction and death is sure to come. We better very careful before we open our mouths to spew lies before the Holy Spirit. Will this lie be the death of us or will God give us a chance to repent.

Acts 5:1-5
But there was a certain man named Ananias who, with his wife, Sapphira, sold some property. He brought part of the money to the apostles, claiming it was the full amount. With his wife’s consent, he kept the rest. Then Peter said, “Ananias, why have you let Satan fill your heart? You lied to the Holy Spirit, and you kept some of the money for yourself. The property was yours to sell or not sell, as you wished. And after selling it, the money was also yours to give away. How could you do a thing like this? You weren’t lying to us but to God!” As soon as Ananias heard these words, he fell to the floor and died. Everyone who heard about it was terrified.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We all have a sense of belonging. We want to belong to a family, a group of friends, a sisterhood or brotherhood, or some specific organization. It’s good to know that as believers we belong to the body of Christ and that God watches over us. Not only does he watch over us, he’s with us wherever we go. He’s with us in the good times and he’s with us in the bad the times, therefore, we have no reason to fear. No matter what we’re facing on today, we have the confidence of knowing that God won’t allow us to be consumed by the enemy; he won’t let the enemy prevail against us. God protects the ones he calls his own.

Isaiah 43:1-2
But now, O Jacob, listen to the LORD who created you. O Israel, the one who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine. When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. It’s one thing to hear about God but, it’s another thing to have an experience with him for yourself. When we’ve only heard about God we have to rely on other people’s testimonies and their portrayal of who he is. However, when we’ve had an experience with God and get to know him for ourselves, no one can tell us what he can and cannot do. When we get to know God for ourselves he’ll blow our minds and we will see how foolish we were for letting someone else give us their version of the Lord. Seek to have an experience with God and not just a story about him.

Job 42:1-5
Then Job replied to the LORD:
“I know that you can do anything, and no one can stop you. You asked, ‘Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorance?’ It is I—and I was talking about things I knew nothing about, things far too wonderful for me. You said, ‘Listen and I will speak! I have some questions for you, and you must answer them.’ I had only heard about you before, but now I have seen you with my own eyes.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. As believers we come freely to God to confess our sins. We acknowledge our wrong, knowing, we serve a God that’s faithful and just to forgive our sins. Evil doers are afraid to walk in this light because they are not trying to change from their evil ways, and they don’t want their sins exposed. We must let our light shine before men, so they may see our good works and glorify God in heaven.

John 3:20-21
All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.”

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We must reevaluate how we love people. Those of us that are in Christ cannot pick and choose who we love. For, God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten son. God loves us all and we make his name a reproach amongst men when we say; we love God in one breath and hate some people in the next breath. In fact, the Bible declares we are liars when we don’t follow God’s commands and claim to be his children. When are we going to stop lying? When are we going to start walking in truth? If we have a problem with loving others like Christ loves others, we need to place this on the altar and ask God to create in us a new heart and renew a right spirit in us. Let’s stop walking in error and fooling ourselves into thinking that God is pleased with us. Hating people is not apart of being holy or walking upright before the Lord.

1 John 4:20-21
If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. How we display our representation of God affects how people choose to accept him or not. Are we taking being ambassadors for Christ serious? Do we care how we put the Lord on display? As an ambassador of Christ we will pay the price for being a stumbling block to those who are looking for Christ but our behavior makes them stray away; and we will be rewarded for showing the love of Jesus and drawing all men unto him.

2 Corinthians 5:20
So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. There comes a time in life when we have to take our own advice. That same confidence and no-nonsense attitude we had when we were helping other people in the midst of their storm is the same attitude we have to have in our storm. God is the same God we’ve been sharing with others in their misery. We have to speak life over ourselves and our situations. We have to keep telling ourselves; we’re coming out, we will not be ashamed, we’re more than conquerors, this is but a light affliction and God knows what he’s doing. Don’t allow your circumstances to change how you see God. He’s a good God when things are going well and he’s an even better God when calamity finds our address.

Job 4:3-6
“In the past you have encouraged many people; you have strengthened those who were weak. Your words have supported those who were falling; you encouraged those with shaky knees. But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart. You are terrified when it touches you. Doesn’t your reverence for God give you confidence? Doesn’t your life of integrity give you hope?

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We cannot afford to go along to get along. We must speak truth to power no matter who’s in power. We have to call wrong, wrong. Right, right and a spade a spade. God has us covered and he will not allow weapons that are formed against us to prosper. Don’t weary God because we’re afraid to ruffle a few feathers by calling out injustices. God never called us to act unseemly but he has called us to stand for righteousness. There’s a decent way to do everything. Therefore, we are without an excuse when we see wrong and we call it right just to appease those around us.

Malachi 2:17
You have wearied the LORD with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the LORD’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. When we direct our focus towards heavenly things, we display the light of Christ. If all we’re concerned about is earthly things, then we are full of darkness. The Bible declares we are not to love this world nor the things of this world. We must always remember that we are strangers passing through here; heaven is our home. The sooner we realize that, the sooner our focus will shift to the things of the Lord.

Matthew 6:22-23
“Your eye is like a lamp that provides light for your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is unhealthy, your whole body is filled with darkness. And if the light you think you have is actually darkness, how deep that darkness is!

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. Can we really comprehend the magnitude of how much the Lord loves us and how patient he is with us? We must take God out the box we put man in. Man is no comparison for God. Man will let you down. Man will fall in and out of love with you. Man will lose patience with you. Man will break his promises. Man will tell your secrets. God is slow to anger. God loves us with an everlasting love, an unconditional love and an unfailing love. God’s promises are yea and amen. God is a secret keeper and a burden bearer. God gives us another chance and another chance and another chance, etc. To understand God’s love we must get in the word. The Bible is a story about the greatest love of all; pick it up and read it.

2 Thessalonians 3:5
May the Lord lead your hearts into a full understanding and expression of the love of God and the patient endurance that comes from Christ.

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Pastor Brown