Month: August 2020

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, thus saith the Lord, set your house in order, for you shall die and not live (Isaiah 38:1)
These are heavy tidings. You get sick and a prophet of God comes and say set your house in order this it you will die and not live. Many of us would have die from we hear this. These are things you must do. In preparation for death is to make your relationship with God right, and that is really what it meant by set thy house in order.
So Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the lord Remember now O thy God, I beseech thee, how I have walked before you in truth and with a complete heart, and have done that which is good in his sight. And Hezekiah wept then came the word of God that saith thou hast heard thy cry and thou will add fifteen years to your life.

In the name of Jesus who has removed death’s sting and defeated death for us, so changing the nature of death for the Christian, that we can even safely say with Paul.; I desire to depart and be with Jesus, which is better by far(Philippians 1:23)
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my soul to keep .if I die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take. Many of us may remember these familiar lines. Many people don’t think about death very much because we’re so busy with life. Day to day activities, a rushed schedule, and heavily committed lifestyles leave little or no time to think about life, death and beyond. Yet in spite of the joy we have in carrying out our daily activities, we also live in realization that some day we have to face death. In other words some day we will die.

Brothers and sisters the reality we face today is that death is sure. Romans 6:23 says for the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our lord. what this saying to us because we are all sinners we need to face death. But if we remain faithful we shall have eternal life. I am encouraging us to claim the gift and not the wage. the wages come with consequences but the gift is a reward from god which is eternal life. When we will not take anything but if we die with Christ we will have eternal life. Many of us think that when God tells us to put our house in order it is to refurnish our house but it is not so it is to renew a relationship with God. God will have to say to us before we die set your house in order for you shall die and not live. Many of us today knows that our house is not in order and it needs to get in order now. When sis Brooks was going to die God said set your house, fix your house in order for you will not live but die. My brothers and sisters I want to let you know that death has come for sis Brooks but if her house was in order it is quite fine. Death does not have the victory if we set our house in order. The song writer says” no grave can hold my body down no grave can hold my body down, when the trumpet of the lord shall sound and the dead in Christ shall rise no grave can hold my body down” No grave cannot hold your body down when you have set your house in order. My brothers and sisters we must cry out to God when we are going to die and long before we die. Not to say to him don’t let death pass my way but for him to let you set your house in order in the right way. When we know that our house is set in order we wont worry if death comes our way but we know that our house would have been in order. Have you ever read a book and it’s a good story and you’re enjoying it, and then you get to the ending and you’re so disappointed and heart rending because the ending was no good? You finish the book and say, what a bad way for the story to end. What if our life has a bad ending? What if our whole life is good and then ends up horribly. What would be a bad ending to life? Dying with regrets? So to avoid this set your house in order. I emplore each and every one of us to SET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER. FOR YOU WILL DIE.

TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards, our vineyards that are in bloom. Song of Solomon 2:15, NIV

TODAY’S WORD: Everyone has opportunities to get upset and be frustrated every single day. Sometimes it’s the little things—we can’t find the car keys, traffic is backed up, somebody was rude, or what should have taken an hour ends up taking four hours. Something happened and now you are frustrated and all bent out of shape. There will always be something that can sour your day, but if you are going to live in victory, you have to maintain the right approach. You can’t let the little foxes spoil the vine. In other words, don’t let the little things in life spoil the harvest God has for your future. 

I’ve heard it said, “Life is 10 percent what happens to you and 90 percent how you respond.” Make sure you respond to life with an attitude of faith and expectancy. Sure, things may irritate you, but don’t let that irritation last into the next moment. Let it go. Don’t try to control everything around you. Instead, release it to God knowing that His plans are for your good, and He is leading and guiding you in the path of blessing.??

PRAYER FOR TODAY: Father, today I choose to hold on to peace. I won’t let the little things upset me and steal my joy and peace. I choose to trust You and praise You for what You are doing today and in the future of my life in Jesus’ name! Amen.

The opening chapter of Revelation sets the tone for everything else that will happen in the book. Rev. 1:1 tells us that this book is “The revelation of Jesus Christ.” Rev. 1:7-8 says, “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindred’s of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” This book is about Jesus and about His return to this earth to rule and reign.
        Revelation chapter 5 takes us into Heaven. God is shown holding a book that is sealed with seven seals, 5:1. A search is made in heaven and in earth to find someone worthy to open the book, but no one is found, 5:2-3. John weeps at this news, because he desperately wants to know what is written in the book, 5:4. John is told not to weep because the Lamb of God is worthy to take the book, Rev. 5:5-7. When the Lord takes the book from the hand of God, Heaven erupts into praise and worship because the Lord Jesus has been found worthy to take the book and to open the seals, Rev. 5:8.
         You see, Satan is called “the god of this world”, 2 Cor. 4:4. He may be the “little g” god of this world today, but he is not worthy to retain his grip on the world. This world belongs to Jesus, and to Jesus alone! The day will come when He will take possession of this world away from Satan.
        This world is belongs to Jesus because of three great truths.
         It is His by right of Creation – He made it!
         It is His by right of Calvary – He redeemed it!
         It is His by right of Conquest – He will retake it!
The entire book of Revelation has been leading us to this great moment we will consider together today. The whole purpose of the Tribulation Period, chapters 6-18, is to prepare the world for the coming of the King. The passage we are about to look at today speaks of that great moment in the future when Jesus will return to this earth is power and glory to claim what is rightfully His. The first time Jesus came to this world, He came as a Redeemer. The next time He comes, He is coming as a Ruler! The first time He faced a Cross; the next time, He will wear a Crown. The first time He came there was a Tomb; the next time He comes there will be a Throne

The book of proverbs speaks about many thing as well as the topic of cursing and why it is prohibited. There are several verses in the book of proverbs which speaks on the topic of cursing, these verses include:
Proverbs 6: 12, A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.” Proverbs 21: 23, “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.” Proverbs 4:24 “Put away from thee a forward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.” proverbs 10:32“The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the forward tongue shall be cut out.” Proverbs 15: 1 “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” Proverbs 30:11 “There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.” Proverbs 20:20 “Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.” Proverbs 27: 14 “He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.” Proverbs 30: 9 “Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.” Proverbs 29:24 “Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.”
The tongue is said to be a muscular organ in the mouth that is covered with moist, and pink tissue called mucosa. Its vital use is for chewing, swallowing and for speech. (Hoffman). According to Ellen G. White in the book, The Voice in Speech and Song, “It is with the tongue that we offer prayer and praise to God. With the tongue we convince and persuade. With the tongue we comfort and bless, sooth the bruised, wounded soul. With the tongue we may make known the wonders of the grace of God. With the tongue also we may utter perverse things, speaking words that sting like an adder.”
In James 5:3 it is clearly explained that the tongue is a little member that is seen as a fire able to set the body on blaze and thereby corrupt the whole being. Furthermore, in Psalms 109: 17-18 it is clear that a life that is full of misery allows one to curse because of this misery it is made known with their degenerate speech. Thus, God keeps them unhappy by cursing them because of their curse words used in their speech.
Cursing is a well-known theme that can be found in proverbs as well as the reasons why people curse and the consequences that comes after. For example, proverbs 21: 23 which states “Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.” This verse simply means if you rule your speech you will save yourself from trouble. Your mouth and tongue are two of your greatest enemies. If you will keep them under control and only speak the right words at the right time, your life will be blessed. Thus, God’s ideal for his children is Godliness and Godlikeness therefore, we must be careful of the words that proceeded from out of our mouth because words can heal, hurt, build or destroy.

Revelation 20:1-3,1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.
7 Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison 8 and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.
This morning I want to remind us how powerful Satan is. He is not to be taken lightly in our lives. Satan is a deceiver and he is the master of it.
Lets take a look at what is going on.
I.       In verse 7, Satan is bound for 1000 years.
A.    The bound, nothing can get out. Look at verse 3.
B.    Satan can’t temp anyone from within the bottomless pit.
C.    Peace on earth for 1000 years.
D.    Technically we can only be temped two ways.
1.     One is Satan, this is from without.
2.     The other is from with in. Our old nature which is changing if one is saved.
 
 
 
 
 
II.     Than Satan is released after 1000 years.
A.    Satan goes out temping people again.
1.     Remember, these people have not been temped for 1000 years.
B.    People have been born who have never been temped by Satan.
1.     They will fall to his influence.
 
III.    As the sand are of the Sea, that is how many people will turn from Christ and serve Satan.
A.    There is no way anyone can number how many people that will be. But it will be a lot.
B.    These people lived 1000 years in perfect Pease, which the earth has never experienced.
C.    This shows us two things, Satan is powerful and how wicked our hearts are.
1.     Jeremiah 17:9,9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
2.     I thank God that through Jesus Christ that can change.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
D.    This is how powerful Satan is.
1.     We take it for granted whom Satan is and what he can do.
E.     People here are just not deceived, they are going out to battle for Satan.
1.     This will show that a lot of people will be submissive to Christ, but never get saved during the 1000-year reign of Christ.
2.     That is what is happening today.
a)     People go to church, some every Saturday and will never get saved.
b)     They have the outward appearance of a Christians, but no change take place inside.
 
Conclusion:  I hope this gets you thinking today that we need the power of Christ each and every moment of every day. Than we can battle against Satan through the help of Christ doing the a work in us.
 
Please don’t take Satan for-granted.