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Good morning. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. He knows what to take from us to get our attention and to get us back in line. When we learn our lesson and remember we serve the true and living God, he knows how to restore us and allows us to recover all. We should not dwell on what we’ve lost, but we should be focused on what lesson God wants us to learn from our dilemma.

Joel 2:25-27 NLT
The LORD says, “I will give you back what you lost to the swarming locusts, the hopping locusts, the stripping locusts, and the cutting locusts. It was I who sent this great destroying army against you. Once again you will have all the food you want, and you will praise the LORD your God, who does these miracles for you. Never again will my people be disgraced. Then you will know that I am among my people Israel, that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other.
Never again will my people be disgraced.

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. It may seem like the more we pray, the worst our situation becomes. Or, sometimes we may feel like our prayers are not being heard by God. We must remember that when we pray our prayers are heard by heaven and hell, and Satan will do any and everything to stop the answer to our prayers from reaching us. Don’t stop praying, don’t stop seeking the Lord, don’t stop believing, because no devil in hell can stop what God has for you and me.

Daniel 10:12-13
Then he said, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven. I have come in answer to your prayer. But for twenty-one days the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia blocked my way. Then Michael, one of the archangels, came to help me, and I left him there with the spirit prince of the kingdom of Persia.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. The Bible declares money answers all things. It also declares we shouldn’t love money. There’s nothing wrong with having money, seeking promotions, or making sound financial decisions to live the lifestyle we’ve become accustomed too. The problem is when all we think about is money; and how can we get more, and how can we stockpile it and take God out of the equation. When we begin to think we’re self-made and that we no longer need God because we got money, we’ve crossed the line. We must remember the Lord gives and the Lord takes away. He has always been our source and provided us with resources.

Hebrews 13:5-6
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said,”Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown

Good morning. We cannot think we’re pleasing to God if we’re always worried if he’s going to work something out. The more we stay in the word of God, the more confident we are in him, and the more faith we have in him.

Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We have no need to get angry when God punishes us because we deserve it. Instead of making excuses we need to confess we’ve sinned and that God hasn’t forgiven us because we haven’t repented. How long do we think we can get away with sin and not have to answer to God? Be not deceived God is not mocked, whatever we sow we will also reap.

Lamentations 3:39-42
Why should the living complain
when punished for their sins?
Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. God requires us to pay attention to everything. We have to pay attention to our surroundings and we have to pay attention to what people are saying. God wants us to be careful in this life that we don’t drift away from what we’ve been taught concerning the word of God and fall into the traps of false teachings. We know what the word of God says; so when someone is saying something concerning the word and it doesn’t line up, turn away from them because they are false teachers. Watch as well as pray.

Hebrews 2:1-3
So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it. For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished. So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. Going through trials don’t feel good at all, but once we realize we can’t handle them on our own and we turn them over to Jesus; we can see how we’re growing spiritually. Trials show us we can persevere. Trials show us we have patience because we have no choice but to be patient. Trials show us it’s not by our might or power, but it’s by God’s spirit. Trials help us to mature in the Lord. So stop complaining about what you’re going through and start rejoicing that God chose you to grow spiritually.

James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We have a choice to make and we must choose wisely. Do we openly confess Jesus Christ or do we deny him in front of family and friends? For some people this is an easy answer, but to others this may be complicated. We all live different lives, but there is only one Lord, one Faith, and one Baptism. When we serve the true and living God the choice is simple; wherever we go we will proclaim the name of the Lord. We will not be closet Christians. No one will have to wonder do we love the Lord and serve him. Again I say; we have a choice to make and we must choose wisely.

Matthew 10:32-33
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. We have to be careful what we say to God because it can be detrimental to us. When we tell God we’re going to do something we better do it. If we don’t make good on our word to God we’re worthless and God will deal with us. We have to think before we speak.

Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.

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Pastor Brown

Good morning. It’s hard to see the miracles that Jesus has performed in our lives and keep quiet. His goodness towards us makes us want to sing, shout, holler, and throw up our hands. There are some who see us and wish we’d be quiet and not talk about the goodness of the Lord. If we ever cower to the crowd the Lord will have the rocks cry out. I don’t know about you, but I’m not looking for the crowds approval. Therefore, I’m going to shout it from the mountaintop HE REIGNS!!!

Luke 19:37-40
When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!” Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” “I tell you,” he replied, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.”

Be blessed and continue to be a blessing

Pastor Brown