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WINNING WORD: GRACE AWAKENING

WINNING WORD: GRACE AWAKENING: "A new movement is on the horizon.It is a movement of freedom, a joyful release from the things that have bound us for far too long. More and..."

GRACE AWAKENING

A new movement is on the horizon.

It is a movement of freedom, a joyful release from the things that have bound us for far too long. More and more Christians are realizing that the man-made restrictions and legalistic regulations under which they have been living have not come from the God of grace, but have been enforced by people who do not want others to be free. It is not an overstatement to describe this movement as an awakening that is beginning to sweep across the country. This awakening to freedom is long overdue. It fits the times in which we are living.

 Free people find delight in others freedom. Only the politically enslaved resist it. The same is true spiritually. It is about time we give people the permission to be free, absolutely free in Christ.

 Why? Because so few are!

Bound and shackled by legalists’ list of do’s and don’ts, intimidated and immobilized by others demands and expectation, far too many in God’s family merely exist in the tight radius of bondage, dictated by those who have appointed themselves our judge and jury. Long enough have we been asleep while all around us the grace killers do their sinister nighttime work. No longer! It is time to awaken. The dawn is bright with grace.

So many people are being turned off by a twisted concept of the Christian life. Instead of offering a winsome and contagious, sensible and achievable invitation of hope and cheer through the sheer power of Christ, more people than ever are projecting a grim-faced caricature of religion on demand. I find it tragic that religious kill-joys have almost succeeded in taking the freedom and fun out of faith. People have to know that there is more to the Christian life than deep frowns, pointing fingers, and unrealistic expectation. Harassment has had the floor long enough. Let grace awaken!

    Author: Chuck Swindoll

Thought Of The Day: By the grace of God, you have a special calling and destiny in Christ!

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YES, THE NEW PASSWORD FOR THE NEW YOU

  The promises of God does not wither like the grass neither does it fade in beauty like a flower. It is forever settled. Our perspective on God has to be this "If God said it, I believe it, and that settles it all. I also agree with the song writer "Forever oh Lord thy word is settled in heaven".
We are living in a period of time that everything we have believed in and relied upon, has probably failed us. Talk about the financial experts and their false hope for the masses whose heart has failed them, moral failures from the pew to the pulpit, World leaders and their failure to fulfill their political agenda has left so many people in disbelief and despair. Innovative ideas and great potentials has all found themselves in the museum of passitivity.
Things has fallen apart in all spheres of life; Churches are being shut down, Spiritual leaders has been incarcerated, broken homes,broken marriages, lack of vaccines, premature death is on the ascendancy in many parts of Africa due to greed, mismanagement,  and our confidence in faulty foundations. The greatest of all, the neglect of God has brought man to an overwhelming emptyness. But there is hope for the living in Christ.

With belly full of despair and the odd that has stack itself against you, it's time to switch gears and redirect your focus on God and patiently wait and feed on His goodness, love and meditate on His power to restore. Maybe you've seen and experience enough of the weight of pain and anguish and it seems like, there is no way out. You might be thinking of committing suicide or liquor to ease your pain or probably as a last resort a for this unpretty situation. I dare you to trust in His unfailing love of God and see Him turn things around. His hands are ready to receive you.

You might be asking, Pastor McDaniels What is the Solution? The solution is in God. He holds the keys to your future, you just have to believe with a childlike faith in Elohim. Remember, there is hope for the future if you so don't throw in the towel and if you don't quit too soon. Don't rush, don't lose your cool, the grace of God is sufficient in your weakness and calamities. One day at a time honey. I bet you, you will be smiling in no time. Let's get a hold of God's eternal promise through the prophet Isaiah;

Isaiah 41:10 (Amplified Bible)
Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice.

I hear the Lord say to somebody YES I WILL HELP YOU, that's right, you read correctly "GOD, HE WILL HELP YOU" and you may ask How? And the Lord is saying to you "You don't have to know HOW. You just have to believe and patiently wait for a performance.
YES is your password. Say Yes in an agreement to the good job He's given you, Yes to the unmerited favor, Yes to the peace of God, Yes to that son of yours coming out of jail, Yes to reconciliation with your partner, Hallelujah... Yes to the child you've been praying for, Yes to the Church growth, Yes to a brand new relationship with God. ooh Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes in Jesus name.

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Glitz, Glamour, and Sorrows

What will be your reaction if every day of your life an Angel of the Lord should come to you and confirm how you've been protected by an Angelic host in your going out and coming in, and the desire of God for your success and prosperity?
I can confidently say, sorrow and fear will not be part and parcel of your daily life. You will walk with your head high up above the clouds of negativity and glide in joy and in an aura of peace and joy.

Job 1:10 (Amplified Bible)
Have You not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him in the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.Look carefully on the text, you will notice that it was the hand of God upon Job, His enabling power that catapulted him to abundance, security, peace in the home and blessings upon the work of his hands. So in reality, every born again Christian have the same covenant blessing that Job enjoyed but in a higher dimension through Jesus Christ.

Two potent weapons of Satan against the believer-Distraction and Deception. If Satan is able to deceive you into believing that, you are an island and God is not with you - You become worried, depress and afraid of life.

If he is able to distract you from the source of blessings which is God, and cause you to channel your efforts in the pursuit of resources instead of the blesser, it leads to a life time of frustration.

Think about it precious one, Proverbs 10:22 It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. The bling bling of Hollywood that we so much crave after can sometimes be deceiving and cause us to miss God and true joy.

In the eyes of the public, she was a successful young lady, I have come to admired her just like so many other people because of her rag to riches story, yet Fantasia Barino of American Idol fame was slipping to the grave.

     She was glittering everyday, trying to please the demands of the masses but just like the Titanic she was sinking inwardly.What she didn't have was the joy that only Christ can give. In her own words:

"Glitz and glamour is like an iceberg, what the public see is the top but
at the bottom is Sorrow"

May God hedge you around with His supernatural strength and may your family see His peace this month and confer upon you prosperity and happiness so that your increase shall bring Him glory in Jesus name.

Satan, You fired Me But I'm Rehired.

How do you react after a big time mess, whether in the public eye or privately? Folks, it's only Jesus who could look beyond our sins and mistakes and still see in us greatness and a future that the natural mind can not fathom.

Luke 22:31-32 (New International Version)
31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to sift all of you as wheat. 32 But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

On the priority list of the enemy is the destruction of the faith foundation of the believer and your right standing with the father. Just to hinder you from getting to your ultimate purpose. Just pay attention to Jesus on the text; "But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail". Remember in the midst of all this Jesus is Praying for you. I see you coming out beautiful like gold through the fire. Hallelujah!

Simon Peter went ahead and betrayed Jesus that same night,but because of Jesus prayer of grace, though he mess up and failed, Peter saturated with guilt cried, prayed and had a mental forceful turn around, renewed his covenant with the master and became the strengthener of the brethren.

I don't care about the enormity of your mistakes, the grace of God is enough to rehire you to your former position of glory. I see you rehired in Jesus name, the devil is a liar. (Read John 21)

You're Hired Again, before you even prayed this prayer today:

Jesus, Your love for me is so great
I come to you for grace and mercy
Wash me today from my short comings
Renew me with your fresh oil and grace
I receive peace that only you can give
Thank you Jesus for restating me again.

                                                         Amen!