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Good morning. It’s only by the grace of God that we have a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes on our backs. Just as surely as the Lord has blessed us he can take it all away. We should never get high-minded and think the tables can’t turn and we’re the one’s asking for a handout. Never look down on the poor. Never gloat at someone’s misfortune. We don’t know how and why a person is poor, living on the streets, or have the hardest time making it in life. We just need to show them the love of God. We need to be careful how we treat people who has less than us. Today that can have less and tomorrow we could be asking them to share their piece of the sidewalk.

Proverbs 17:5
Those who mock the poor insult their Maker; those who rejoice at the misfortune of others will be punished.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. Storing up treasures in heaven is not just about paying tithes, it’s also about total obedience to God. God is not just looking at what we do with our money he’s looking at how we live our lives. Are we fulfilling our purpose? Are we walking in our destiny? Are we being intentional about our relationship with God? We have to figure out what we treasure most; whether it be earthly treasures or heavenly treasures. Whatever we treasure most that’s what we fix our hearts on. Our prayers should be; Lord I only want to desire what you desire for my life – Lord I only want to treasure what you treasure. We must always remember one of these days all of this earthly stuff we value will pass away and only what we do for Christ will last.

Matthew 6:19-21
“Don’t store up treasures here on earth, where moths eat them and rust destroys them, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. As believers we should encourage and lift up other believers. We shouldn’t want to see another believer fall. We all have faults and flaws, and we all will give an account to God. We are not pleasing to God when we talk negatively about other believers and when we become stumbling blocks for them. So, for the rest of our days our will should be to please God and to be helpers one to another.

Romans 14:10-13
So why do you condemn another believer? Why do you look down on another believer? Remember, we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. For the Scriptures say,
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the LORD, every knee will bend to me, and every tongue will declare allegiance to God.’” Yes, each of us will give a personal account to God. So let’s stop condemning each other. Decide instead to live in such a way that you will not cause another believer to stumble and fall.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. As children of God we should never have the testimony that
“I can’t control myself”. When we have the power of the Holy Spirit residing on the inside of us; we can do all things through Christ Jesus. We can control what we say, we can control how we use our bodies, we can control who we hang around, and we can control our thoughts by bringing them under the subjection to God. Now that we are in Christ, sin is no longer our puppet master. We must submit ourselves wholeheartedly to God and let him get the glory out of our lives.

Romans 6:12-13
Do not let sin control the way you live; do not give in to sinful desires. Do not let any part of your body become an instrument of evil to serve sin. Instead, give yourselves completely to God, for you were dead, but now you have new life. So use your whole body as an instrument to do what is right for the glory of God.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. When people give us praise we need to direct their praise to God. We should never let people think we’re all that. It’s in God that we live, move, and have our being. We walk on dangerous ground when we try to take God’s glory; it could get us killed. So, be careful how you respond to other people praise.

Acts 12:20-23
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. The delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant, and an appointment with Herod was granted. When the day arrived, Herod put on his royal robes, sat on his throne, and made a speech to them. The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!” Instantly, an angel of the Lord struck Herod with a sickness, because he accepted the people’s worship instead of giving the glory to God. So he was consumed with worms and died.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. We cannot buy our salvation. When judgement day comes no amount of money can buy reconciliation with God. God requires obedience to his will and his word. When it’s time to settle our accounts with God; he will look upon our hearts not our bank accounts. Therefore, don’t trust in your riches but make sure your soul is anchored in the Lord.

Proverbs 11:4
Riches won’t help on the day of judgment, but right living can save you from death.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We’ve been hearing for a while now that debt free is the way to be and it’s true. The Bible declares we are to owe no man nothing but to love him. When we are in debt we are in bondage and we are slave to the lender, and we have no financial peace. The lender lord our debt over us until it’s paid. We can never truly enjoy the fruits of our labor because as soon as we make money we have to give it to the creditors. It’s time to get free in every area of our lives. It’s time to spend within our means. It’s time to cut out unnecessary purchases and have something in the coffer for a rainy day; because rainy days are on the horizon.

Proverbs 22:7
Just as the rich rule the poor,
so the borrower is servant to the lender.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. If we are fortunate enough to have a true friend we’re blessed. True friends are not afraid to tell us we’re wrong, they are not afraid to tell us to stop having a pity party and start praying, and they are not afraid to tell us the hard truth even if they know we may get angry. If we don’t have these type of friends in our circle, then the people we do have in our circle is doing us a great disservice. Seek real friendship. Desire friends that will help push you into your destiny. Desire friends that will challenge you in the word of God. Don’t settle for friends who always pat you on the back and never tell you you’re wrong. These type of friends will see you walking in error and let you walk right into hell.

Proverbs 27:6
Wounds from a sincere friend
are better than many kisses from an enemy.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. We serve a just and faithful God. He doesn’t love one of us more than the other one. He see’s everything and deals with us according to our actions. Only what we do for Christ will last. So let’s make sure we are doing things to please him. Let’s make sure we are doing things to advance the kingdom of God. Let’s make sure we are doing things that God will be able to say; well done thy good and faithful servant.

1 Peter 1:17
And remember that the heavenly Father to whom you pray has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time here as “temporary residents.”

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. After we’ve tasted and seen that the Lord is good then go back to our wicked ways; there is no more sacrifice that the Lord can do for us. When we deliberately sin we cut ourselves off from God. Jesus died that we may have life and when we sin, we crucify him afresh. Rejecting Christ is a sure ticket to hell. We don’t have to go to hell. Choose life and stop making the name of the Lord a reproach among men.

Hebrews 6:4-6
For it is impossible to bring back to repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the good things of heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the power of the age to come— and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown