tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7420761538402573362010-12-03T07:59:05.210+01:00Restoration Power For Covenant ManifestationRestoration Power For Covenant Manifestation is devoted to providing an easy access to God's presence for Christians around the world who desire deeply the touch of God in every area of their lives. Our motto is simple: "Bringing people to the Lord Jesus Christ and equipping them for Spiritual and Ministerial Vibrancy!"Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-50073626339272342122010-12-03T07:59:00.000+01:002010-12-03T07:59:05.218+01:002010-12-03T07:59:05.218+01:00Lay the Right Foundation "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock." — Matthew 7:24–25 In 1173, the foundation was laid for one of Italy's most famous structures:Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-35096552855961977442010-12-01T09:49:00.000+01:002010-12-01T09:49:08.338+01:002010-12-01T09:49:08.338+01:00Beware of "Miracles""For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect."
— Matthew 24:24Did you know that the devil can do so-called "miracles"? Of course, they are not the same kind of miracles that God does, but they resemble them. When Moses went into the court of Pharaoh and was performing certain signs to confirm that he was Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-73090343029048669282010-11-30T11:24:00.002+01:002010-11-30T11:24:38.877+01:002010-11-30T11:24:38.877+01:00Posers "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven." — Matthew 7:21 Did you know it is possible to pray, be baptized, keep the Ten Commandments, go to church, and not necessarily be a Christian? A Christian should do those things, but doing them in and of themselves does not mean Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-71056043934051902672010-11-29T11:51:00.002+01:002010-11-29T11:51:40.079+01:002010-11-29T11:51:40.079+01:00When to Stay Silent "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces." — Matthew 7:6 Years ago, we went snorkeling in Hawaii with one of the local guys who knew the water really well. We were cruising along when we came to a net, and inside the net was a shark. The shark wasn't Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-18834415954018444132010-11-27T13:36:00.000+01:002010-11-27T13:36:27.614+01:002010-11-27T13:36:27.614+01:00For He Is Good Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name. — Hebrews 13:15 We can praise God in good times and we can praise God in bad times. And I don't know that we will fully understand what is good or bad for us on this side of heaven. When we are younger, we think certain Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-33558790442511096182010-11-27T13:35:00.000+01:002010-11-27T13:35:09.321+01:002010-11-27T13:35:09.321+01:00Be Narrow-Minded "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." — Matthew 7:13–14 If you are worried about fitting in and being cool and being culturally acceptable, you will have a hardJob Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-69622337848472375362010-11-27T13:32:00.000+01:002010-11-27T13:32:47.902+01:002010-11-27T13:32:47.902+01:00Wear Your Helmet!Paul tells us we are to take "the helmet of salvation" (Ephesians 6:17).
The two most sought-after and vulnerable targets on the ancient battlefield were the heart and the head. With our heart and other vital organs ably protected by the breastplate of righteousness, the enemy will try to strike the head. One well-placed blow to the head and the battle is over.
What does it mean to wear theJob Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-21213008759183631982010-11-24T14:37:00.002+01:002010-11-24T14:37:50.140+01:002010-11-24T14:37:50.140+01:00Sacrificial Praise Because Your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name — Psalm 63:3–4 A hospital chaplain kept a record of 2,000 patients who were apparently in a dying condition and showed signs of repentance. But he noted that of those who were restored to health, only two Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-32829804124516734462010-11-23T13:19:00.002+01:002010-11-23T13:19:33.194+01:002010-11-23T13:19:33.194+01:00Remember to Thank Him So Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?" — Luke 17:17–18 Luke 17 tells the story of some men who had a lot to give thanks for. Prior to being miraculously touched by Jesus, they were complete outcasts—the very scourge of society. TheseJob Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-3334392482860417722010-11-23T13:18:00.002+01:002010-11-23T13:18:44.238+01:002010-11-23T13:18:44.238+01:00Reasons to Be ThankfulOh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
— Psalm 107:1It seems as though merchants really don't know what to do with Thanksgiving. They market Halloween and Christmas and make a lot of money off these holidays. But they don't really know what to do with Thanksgiving, which is really very spiritual in its origins. It was designated by President Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-48639958691769838502010-11-21T21:16:00.000+01:002010-11-21T21:16:33.736+01:002010-11-21T21:16:33.736+01:00Lead on…Lead on… Casting a vision and leading people are not easy to do. Here are a few pointers when it comes to creating vision in the local church.
Don’t micromanage. Create a program or system for management then simply allow others to do their job. You may consider employing another person to do the managing. This would be someone who is close to you and knows how to follow your orders.Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-48551571259802667112010-11-21T21:11:00.000+01:002010-11-21T21:11:30.171+01:002010-11-21T21:11:30.171+01:00How to Build a Team of LeadersHow to Build a Team of Leaders "In these days he went out to the mountain to pray; and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called his disciples, and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles;" (Luke 6:12-13)
Whether the church you pastor is a big, thriving church or it is a growing church with twenty members it is very important to have a great team of Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-49167528072884901672010-11-21T19:45:00.001+01:002010-11-21T19:51:12.020+01:002010-11-21T19:51:12.020+01:00Leadership: To Train Or Not To TrainLeadership: To Train Or Not To Train
Have you ever wondered why some churches achieve their goals and objectives much faster than others despite having less talent? Talent is important, but typically those who succeed have a plan for success. That plan always includes training and developing leaders.A popular saying states, "A church that fails to plan is a church that plans to fail." I Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-51135583900347311832010-11-19T13:59:00.002+01:002010-11-19T13:59:51.733+01:002010-11-19T13:59:51.733+01:00Restoration Is the Goal Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. — Galatians 6:1 Our desire should always be to restore, not condemn a person who is in sin. Galatians 6:1 says it perfectly: "Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-17138363918364876952010-11-19T13:57:00.001+01:002010-11-19T13:57:28.977+01:002010-11-19T13:57:28.977+01:00Check the Mirror And why do you look at the speck in your brother's eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? — Matthew 7:3 Commentator Kent Hughes said, "We find it so easy to turn a microscope on another person's sin, but we look at ours through the wrong end of a telescope. We easily spot a speck of phoniness in another, because we have a logjam of it in our ownJob Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-11240116371035307542010-11-18T02:39:00.002+01:002010-11-18T02:39:14.035+01:002010-11-18T02:39:14.035+01:00Is It Ever Okay to Judge? Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world will be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? — 1 Corinthians 6:2 Is there a place for judging? Are we to judge one another, and if so, on what basis? Jesus said, "Judge not, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-82501717809227488832010-11-18T02:38:00.002+01:002010-11-18T02:38:38.980+01:002010-11-18T02:38:38.980+01:00Discerning, Not Condemning “Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church.” — Ephesians 4:15 It seems as though every nonbeliever knows Matthew 7:1: "Do not judge others, and you will not be judged." Generally, it goes something like this: The Christian approaches a compromising Christian or a Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-27104966713664163352010-11-16T06:34:00.000+01:002010-11-16T06:34:18.519+01:002010-11-16T06:34:18.519+01:00No Other Options From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." — John 6:66–69 "Where else can we goJob Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-22163989461850831042010-11-16T06:30:00.003+01:002010-11-16T06:31:48.357+01:002010-11-16T06:31:48.357+01:00The Best Antidote for WorryBe anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
— Philippians 4:6It is not an issue of whether hardship will come into our lives; it is an issue of what we will do when it actually does. Our natural inclination is to freak out, to stress out, and to worry. But that doesn't help—it actually makes it Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-18696185204661148852010-11-15T08:35:00.003+01:002010-11-15T08:35:45.913+01:002010-11-15T08:35:45.913+01:00Guided MissilesAs we fight the spiritual battle, we need spiritual weaponry.
Let's consider our shield. The apostle Paul writes, "above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one" (Ephesians 6:16).
The words above all mean that faith is of paramount importance. The other armor won't function apart from faith.
The shields that Roman soldiers Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-89224706780240822962010-11-15T08:35:00.000+01:002010-11-15T08:35:04.710+01:002010-11-15T08:35:04.710+01:00When We Put God First "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." — Matthew 6:33 When Solomon, the son of David and Bathsheba, ascended to the throne after his father died, he was overwhelmed by the task at hand. So he prayed, and God appeared to him in a dream and told him, "Ask! What shall I give you?" (1 Kings 3:5).
Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-56598319785906313402010-11-11T15:41:00.000+01:002010-11-11T15:41:32.589+01:002010-11-11T15:41:32.589+01:00First Things First "Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven." — Matthew 6:10 A verse every Christian should commit to memory is Matthew 6:33: "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
What does it mean to seek first the kingdom of God? God's kingdom is the rule and reign of Christ in our Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-39193359725454287242010-11-11T02:33:00.000+01:002010-11-11T02:33:16.158+01:002010-11-11T02:33:16.158+01:00Mastered by Your Circumstances? "Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?" — Matthew 6:30 Martin Lloyd Jones said, "To be of little faith means we are mastered by our circumstances instead of mastering them." Worry is an indication of a lack of faith.
Jesus said, "Now if Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-41919154786064986972010-11-09T14:35:00.000+01:002010-11-09T14:35:16.864+01:002010-11-09T14:35:16.864+01:00Live Carefully and Prayerfully “Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?” — Matthew 6:27 Worry will not make your life longer; it will just make it more miserable. In fact, worry can shorten your life—or at least make it harder. In addition to being obsessed with the outward appearance, our culture is obsessed with trying to lengthen life. We exercise regularly. We eat Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-742076153840257336.post-7088219201327132112010-11-09T14:34:00.003+01:002010-11-09T14:35:46.648+01:002010-11-09T14:35:46.648+01:00Focus on What Lasts"And why worry about your clothing? Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow. They don't work or make their clothing, yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are."
— Matthew 6:28–29We live in a culture that is obsessed with appearance. We will be so concerned about what we are going to wear. Is this in style? Does this look good? Do I look fat in Job Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04882773104920302190turnmanytochrist@gmail.com0