Joy Brinson ( spiritual encouragement)

Spirit of Offence is Killing the Church

2015-11-28T10:24:00.003-06:00

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

The word of God states that there will be offences that come but they should be in the world not in the church. Everybody is offended by everything, and the enemy is using that to divide the body of Christ. People are so easily offended by their sisters or brothers in Christ for lack of understanding. Understanding how the enemy operates and lack of understanding the Word of God and how to rely on it and apply it.
WHAT DO I MEAN? Let's Get Into It!

Romans 16:17

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

We should learn to avoid Offenses, Not partake in them.

2 Corinthians 6:3

Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
We are not suppose to give an offense in anything because we are the representatives of Christ!
Philippians 1:
¹⁰That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ.
¹¹Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Let's talk about the Fruit of God's Spirit. When you have the fruit of righteousness dwelling inside of you, your not easily offended. Because God's Spirit is Joy, Peace, Love, Happiness, Temperance, Meekness, Longsuffering, Gentleness and Faith.
Galatians 5:22-23

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

When we have these operating fully in our lives we are not easily offended by our brothern . We understand God's word and we are not operating in our flesh! The devil is an accuser of the brothern and when we understand that he will use things to cause division we are not an easy prey.

But people are so focused on their feelings and their agenda's that they miss God in every situation. Also if we were praying in every situation we would get a better outlook on things that arise and things that are said. The devil tries to magnify things to blow them out of proportion and we fall prey to his weapon of offense every time we allow an offense to cause us to separate from the body of Christ. We got to learn to apply God's word even when an offense occurs. The natural thing to do is avoid dealing with it at all. But the bottom line is you will continue to have offenses until you pass the test of walking in the Spirit of God. You will continue to have the same problems arise, the same hurts, the same relationship problems until you learn how to apply the word of God.

What does the word mean when it says avoid offenses? I will use myself as an example. When an offense occurs and I am offended by someone, I have the choice to act upon that offense in an ungodly manner or to apply the word and choose not to let the offense hinder me by separating, by acting out, by talking about it in a degrading manner or by believing the lies the enemy tell me about my brother or sister in Christ. I can take the offense to God and leave it there. I can chose to forgive and continue to love. I can chose to get a better understanding by talking to the individual and coming to a resolution. When I do these things I am displaying Godly character. It is never about what the other person does, but about you! God may be trying to do something in your life that He is not doing in the other person. That is why this walk of salvation is a independent walk.

We have to learn how to rule our flesh and let our Spirit man take precedent to everything.

I pray that you will allow the Spirit of God fill you up and learn how to walk in the Spirit! I pray that you will recognize the enemy plan to conquer and divide and you would chose to love instead of hate, to pray instead of talk, to display Godly character instead of react like the world.

God wants us all to grow in His word and in His Spirit!

I pray this blog has helped you in some way and that you will apply the Word and even mend any offenses that you may have caused because the word also says woe unto them that cause offenses.

God Bless you!

PJB

I apply this blog to myself as well as the readers!

Do You Really Love Your Neighbor?

2015-11-27T12:30:00.004-06:00

Romans 13:1 ¹⁰Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

I pose the question 'Do You Really Love Your Neighbor"? We as believers of Christ say we have the love of Christ in our hearts but our actions show something different! I have witnessed over the years how believers say they love but if someone wrongs them or they have a misunderstanding with another they act in a manner that would not display love. They either say something to bring harm, or they spread lies that would bring harm or they do things that would bring harm to another. When we follow after Christ, we are His representatives. I try to live my life as if I had to answer to Christ everyday! In reality we do have to answer to Him everyday because He see's our actions. In Romans 13 Apostle Paul states Love does not treat the neighbor badly, does not cause harm to your neighbor.
So why do we as believers and followers of Christ feel we need to bring harm to our neighbors? Your Neighbor is the person in your life, your family, your friends, anybody that is connected to you. Also those that are in the World that are not believers.

Romans 12:¹⁴Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Bless those that talk about you, that lie on you, that treat you wrong! Continue to let the love of Christ shine even when you are being treated wrong. The word of God says Bless and not curse.

You curse them when you share what you feel is the problem instead of taking it to God. You curse them when you try and use the word of God as your weapon or defense against the person directly or indirectly! You curse them when you put your words or your mouth on them. Then you become disobedient to God's Word!

We all need to learn how to have the Agape Love of God in our hearts! Meaning we can love unconditional! We can love anybody, no matter what the situation or circumstance! We Love the ones that we know don't know any better. Jesus died on the cross saying Father forgive them for they know not what they do! If Jesus had that kind of love for the ones that tortured Him and made a mockery of Him, why we can't love our neighbor just because they said something we didn't like?

Father in Jesus name, I pray that the reader is touched with conviction and will repent and ask you to teach them how to love like Christ love. That they would not be ruled by their emotions but by the Holy Spirit! I pray that they will show your love in every action in their life! I pray that they will mend relationships with family and friends even if that person is not receptive. I pray that they continue to show love even when love is not shown to them. And I pray that you bless them for this Father in Jesus name!

I love you all! Jesus loves you best!

PJB

THANKFUL

2015-11-26T19:37:00.001-06:00

Thankful, we have so many things to be thankful for. God wakes us up each morning. He gives us strength to see another day. He loves us unconditionally. He protects us, he provides for us, he makes a way for us, he forgives us of all of our sins, and he keeps on doing great things for us! But I don't want to talk about the good things that we should be thankful for I want to talk about some not so good things. Like or that parent that abandon us or that adult that we trusted, but they took our innocence. You might say why should I be thankful for these things, why should I be thankful for the bad things? Because if it wasn't for the things that transpired in your life you would not be the person that you are today and you would not be able to handle the things that come up in life. Because there was someone that did not go through what you went through and when lifes hardship came their way they were not able to make it. So although I wish I would have had a loving father I still thank God for the father that he gave me because it made me stronger! There's always something good that can come out of the bad, you just have to be able to recognize it. I encourage you to give thanks in all things as the Word of God tells us to. For the good and the bad and all the in between Lord I thank you. Now Father I pray in Jesus name that you would touch the reader right now God and whatever they have went through in their past I pray that you allow them to see the good out of that. I pray that you will take whatever misery that they have encountered in their life and turn it into their ministry. I pray to God that you allow them to see themselves as you see them and help them to understand why they went through what they went through and to be thankful in Jesus name I pray Amen!
I pray you have a blessed and Happy Thanksgiving!
PJB

2015-11-25T06:53:00.001-06:00

Peace of Mind! There are some ppl that would love Just to have peace of mind! Everything in their life is going haywire! Their mind don't stop going! Life is just to much! What to do? The Word of God speaks about a peace that you just can't understand. That kind of peace that have you happy and calm in the middle of Kaos! That peace that let's you rest at night even though your children are not home. God's peace you can't pay for but you can pray for it! That kind of peace that people long for is right in your mouth. God's peace is everlasting. That kind of peace that let you know everything is going to be alright because you've put it in Gods hands. The God of the universe, knowing that he is able to work out every problem, to work out every circumstance, to work out every situation, that kind of peace that some people long for is available to you right now! . Father I pray in the name of Jesus that you would giv the readers of this blog peace of mind, peace in their hearts, peace in their spirits, peace that they can rest at night, peace that they can be assured everything will be alright because they put it in your hands right now! In Jesus the Christ name, Amen!
I challenge you to give it to Jesus today!
God Bless you, I love you!
PJB

Time to Grow up in God

2015-11-23T11:55:00.003-06:00

Hebrews 5:12
¹²For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
¹³For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
¹⁴But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

MATURITY!
The church lacks grow in God and Maturity because the focus has been so self centered. Mostly people are seeking to gratify themselves rather God the head! I have been in church all my life and been preaching 15 years and I have seen a lot go on in Christendom! I have seen people compete with one another, be jealous of one another, be in the church for years and have not grown or learn anything! Why is this the case? The Word of God says when we should be teaching others, we are needing to be taught ourselves. WHAT are the principles that are lacking in the church? Apostle Paul said there are babes walking around unskillful in the word of righteousness! The Word of God is the first principles that we need to mediate and feed on to grow us! But now the Word has become a means to justify peoples own agenda and their own theology. We have got to get order back! We have got to bring conviction back through the word of God not through judgment. We have got to remove flesh out of the way! We have got to pray and rely on God's Spirit to lead us and teach us! Get out of your flesh! Learn how to control your emotions! Learn how to be good stewards over that God has installed in you! Learn how to Love unconditionally! Learn how to turn the other cheek! Learn how to pray for those that do evil! Seek the face of God! Seek His Will for your life! All the Glory belong to Him! When you do things to try and hurt other people it shows your still immature in God! When you operate in your flesh to gain some type of revenge or gratification, you are operating as a babe! Unlearned, Untrained, Unskillful! Now days people that have not been submitted under leadership, or have not been trained to follow order in God's house are just a bunch of babes trying to find their way! When you do things, everyday you should ask yourself the question, God are you pleased with my life! God are you pleased with my actions?
It's time to Grow up in God! You have to make the decision to grow up and move forward with lining up with the WORD of God!
I pray right now in Jesus name that every person reading this blog would examine themselves and begin to move forward in God in His Word and in their life! I pray Lord that you would make every crooked plain straight! Bring Order in their life God! Bring Peace and Love and meekness and teach them how to be humble. Teach them your first principles Lord! Elevate them even now as they read this post! Take them to higher heights and deeper depths in you Lord! Meet every need in their life in Jesus Name I pray Amen!

I apply everything in this post to myself first! I love you and May God Bless you!
PJB

New! New! New!

2015-11-22T18:40:00.000-06:00

This is a new year! It's been a while, some years since I have blogged, but God is directing me to get back to my writing! I am in a New season of life! I am even in a New state! Under a New Ministry doing NEW things in the Kingdom!
So much has transpired since I last blogged, but stay tune because God has so much to release to you!
God Bless you!

Going Through!!! But Coming out as Pure Gold!

2012-08-27T22:39:00.001-05:00

This has been the season that everybody is going through something. Seems as though Hell has intensified in your life. If it's not one thing it's another. Health, Finances, Children, Family, Bills, Transportation.... You name it and theres something going wrong. But the word of God tells us that many are the afflictions of the righteous but one thing that you can count on is the Lord will deliver you from them all. As I look back over the struggles that I have been through and faced the main thing I take with me is that I am still standing. I went through but I came out as pure gold. I came through the pain, through the shame, through the hell and I am still here today to tell you about it. The Lord delivered me from them all. I want to encourage somebody that has been going through to hang on in there and no that you will come through your storm. God has to bring you to an expected end. Your story doesn't end here!
A lot of times God is making us and developing us to make us that pure vessel of Gold. He said in his Word in Isaiah 48:10
Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

So when I am going through now I embrace myself for what God is doing in my life. I don't alwasy understand it, it sure don't feel good but I do know it pushes me to be the Women that he is calling me to be.. You may be going through in this season...But you will come through as Pure Gold!

1 Peter 1:7
That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

EJB

FREE WRITING

2012-05-25T00:14:00.000-05:00

I am just trying to be the best me I can be. God created us in his image but he had a purpose and a plan for our lives. He formed us and he already knew what our purpose was before we were created. But somehow we get of course. I was 13 when I was first told that the Lord had his hand on my life and I would preach his word. I gave my life to the Lord at the age of 15 but I didn't have a foundation so I was easily tempted by the enemy. I felt unworthy each time I made a mistake. So I ran from the Lord for a number of year. In and out of the church. Searching for Love in all the wrong places. Getting my heart stomped on time after time. Having Low self esteem so I settled for less than what God had in store for me. Not knowing my true identity. Not knowing the women that God wanted, or created me to be. You will never really know who you are until you lose yourself in the Lord! Until you go back to the creator and let him reshape and mold you to be who he predestine you to be. Be the best you you can be...........................................To Be Continued......EJB

I FIND NO FAULT!

2012-04-06T08:57:00.000-05:00

LUKE 23:¹⁴Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:

¹⁵No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.

THERE WAS NO SIN IN HIM. HE WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE JUDGE AND THE JUDGE SAID I FIND NO FAULT. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HE HAD DONE OR SAID THAT MADE HIM WORTHY OF DEATH. BUT HE SACRIFICED HIS LIFE, HE WENT THROUGH THE PAIN AND SUFFERING FOR MY FAULTS AND MY SIN. BECAUSE HE LOVED YOU AND BECAUSE HE LOVED THE FATHER HE HUNG, BLED AND DIED ON THE CROSS FOR YOU AND ME! THIS IS WHY I SERVE HIM. THIS IS WHY I LOVE HIM. THIS IS WHY I CAN TAKE BEING LIED ON, TALKED ABOUT, HATED, MISTREATED, MISUSED. THIS IS WHY IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I GIVE MORE THAN I GET BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY GIVEN ME MORE THAN I EVER DESERVE. IT'S OKAY IF NOBODY LOVES ME BECAUSE THE GREATEST LOVE I WILL EVER EXPERIENCE IS WHAT HE DID FOR ME ON CALVARY! IT'S OKAY IF PEOPLE WALK OUT OF ME BECAUSE I KNOW HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR ME. THERE WAS NO FAULT IN HIM BUT HIS LOVE FOR YOU AND ME, ALLOWED HIM TO CARRY MY FAULTS YOUR FAULTS AND THE SINS OF THE WORLD TO THE CROSS AND HE NAILED THEM THERE. THANK YOU JESUS ON THIS GOOD FRIDAY FOR THE GOOD YOU DID IN MY LIFE! YOU SAVED ME AND SET ME FREE! I FIND NO FAULT!

EJB

What Goes on in the Dark!

2012-04-02T10:02:00.001-05:00

We live in a world that has no shame. We live in a world that think they can cover there bad deeds and secrets in the dark. Why is it People dont think God see all their dark secrets. It is open before him day and night! There is nothing that has been done in the dark that God has not seen. He sits high and he looks low. He knows what your going to do before you do it! But why is it we dont fear God! Because he hasn't sent a bolt of lightening to stop us dead in our tracks. Because he continues to extend his grace and mercy and give us a chance to get it right. Well now were living in the time of Kingdom Judgment and Order. God is pulling the covers and exposing the dark secrets of men. Now is the time to get yourself in Order because Jesus is on his way back and he will set things in order. What goes on in the dark will come to the light. Time to get it right before it is too late! He is still extending his mercy! But one thing you can count on is God will defend his people! So if you have been wrong, violated and lied on. All you have to do is trust in the God that you serve! Romans 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 4

¹If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God

Time to give your secret to the Lord and let him erase them, before he exposes them!

EJB

I AM TRAYVON MARTIN

2012-03-29T10:24:00.000-05:00

ONE DAY A YOUNG BLACK MAIL WAS WALKING HOME FROM THE STORE AND WAS CHASED DOWN AND GUN DOWN BY A MAN NAMED GEORGE ZIMMERMAN. THIS MAN CLAIM HE SHOT TRAYVON IN SELF DEFENSE. THE SANFORD POLICE DEPARTMENT, IN FLORIDA DID NOT ARREST THIS MAN AND CAUSE A WORLD WIDE ALERT THAT RACIST IS STILL GOING ON IN AMERICA. ALL OF THE EVIDENCE POINTS TO THIS MAN WHO PURSUED TRAYVON WHILE HE WAS WALKING HOME TALKING ON THE PHONE TO HIS GIRLFRIEND AND MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS. THE WORLD HEARD THE SCREAMING AND PLEADING FOR HELP. THIS DID NOT HAVE TO HAPPEN. WHY IS IT THAT PEOPLE CAN HATE SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR OWN. WHY IS IT THAT BECAUSE A PERSON HAD A HOODIE ON THEY AUTOMATICALLY LOOK LIKE A BURGLAR OR A THUG OR ON DRUGS. YOU CAN NOT LOOK AT SOME ONE OUTWARD APPEARANCE AND JUDGE THEM BASED ON WHAT YOU SEE. MY HEART IS HEAVY BECAUSE WE HAVE LOST ANOTHER SON, ANOTHER BLACK MALE THAT DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO LIVE HIS LIFE TO THE FULLEST. BUT IN THAT SAME TOKEN GOD HAS A DIFFERENT PLAN FOR TRAYVON. GOD HAS USED THIS YOUNG MANS DEATH TO BRING A NATIONWIDE AWARENESS THAT INJUSTICE IS STILL GOING ON IN THE SOUTH AND IT MUST BE DEALT WITH. GOD IS PULLING THE COVERS OFF CORRUPT AND INJUSTICE PEOPLE IN HIGH POSITION. LOOK AT HOW GOD HAS BROUGHT A NATION WIDE AWARENESS TO THE POINT THAT PEOPLE OF ALL COLOR, ALL NATIONALITY FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD HAS COME TOGETHER IN THE NAME OF TRAYVON MARTIN TO BRING DOWN CORRUPT COVER UPS AND RACIAL PROFILING AND INJUSTICE FOR THE MARTIN FAMILY! I AM PROUD TO SAY I AM TRAYVON BECAUSE I HAVE A YOUNG SON THAT IS 14 YEARS OLD WHO WEARS A HOODIE AND WALKS HOME FORM THE BUS STOP AND WALKS FROM THE STORE AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN YOU. SO I THANK GOD FOR WHAT HE IS DOING IN THIS HOUR, IN THIS CASE AND FOR THE MARTIN FAMILY. I AM DEEPLY AND TRULY SORRY FOR THE LOST OF THEIR SON AND I FEEL THEIR PAIN WITH THEM. EVERY TIME I SEE SABRINA AND TRACEY CRY I CRY! BUT LOOK AT WHAT GOD IS DOING ON THEIR BEHALF! GOD HAS DEFINITELY GOT THEIR BACK! VENGEANCE IS MINE SAYS THE LORD, I WILL REPAY! EVEN IN DEATH GOD CAN RAISE YOU UP AND MAKE YOUR LIFE MAKE A DIFFERENCE! NOBODY BUT GOD CAN DO THIS! I PRAY JUSTICE SHALL PREVAIL AS I KNOW IT WILL. AND I PRAY GOD'S WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE IN THIS SITUATION, FOR THE FAMILY AND FOR THIS NATION! GOD BLESS....................................EJB

DO YOU FEEL ALONE?

2012-03-27T15:22:00.001-05:00

Who feels all alone as if you have no real friends? (my hands raised) I have felt like this for years! I can count on one hand the number of true real friends I have. I have always been one to give and love unconditionally but never really received it in return. But when I found Jesus it did not even matter anymore because he is my True friend! I can rely on him, depend on him, confide in him, trust in him, and he will never let me down, turn his back on me, disappoint me, walk away from me, or talk about me! He has my best interest and he is who I rely on! If you always feel alone I need to introduce you to Jesus! If you know him already the I encourage you to really get to know him as a true friend!

John 15:12-14

King James Version (KJV)

¹²This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
¹³Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
¹⁴Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

GIVE HIM YOUR LIFE BECAUSE HE HAS ALREADY LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR YOU!
GOD BLESS YOU.........................................................................EJB

Don't Turn Back!

2012-03-20T09:55:00.000-05:00

Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

What is so Good behind you that you must look back? What is ahead of you is much more precious and desirable than what is behind you. Lot's wife look back at God destroying a city for their sins and rejecting God. Knowing this she still had to look back one last time and it cost her, her life.. WHY do people risk their lives going back into a world of sin. When Jesus died on the cross for all our sins, He paid the price so that we might have a right to eternal life in Heaven. Heaven is my future, Hell and destruction is your Pass! Don't look back there is nothing back there that can save your soul. Nothing in your Pass that can heal your body. Don't become a pillar of Salt! Don't die in your mess! You have a chance to Live and to Live eternally.
Luke 9:62
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

When you look back and turn back to the things God has delivered you from then you, say in so many ways I don't want eternal life in Heaven..... DON'T TURN BACK! Don't let this worlds pleasures fool you into spending eternity in Hell! Jesus loves you and he wish that none should perish! Get it right now why you have a chance! Look towards the hills from which cometh your help! Your Help come from the Lord!

Much love.......................................................................EJB

Your Latter shall be greater!

2012-02-24T07:56:00.004-06:00

Haggai 2:9
The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.

Ezekiel 36:11
And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

HOLD ON SAINTS! YOUR LATTER SHALL BE GREATER THAN YOU FORMER! YOUR BLESSINGS WILL OUT WEIGH YOUR TRIALS! HOLD ON GOD ALWAYS HAS A COMEBACK FOR HIS PEOPLE. YOUR GOING TO GET DOUBLE FOR YOUR TROUBLE TRIPLE FOR YOUR TRIALS AND MORE THAN ENOUGH FOR YOUR LACK!
GOD IS GETTING READY TO COME TO YOUR RESCUE! YOUR BLESSINGS IS ON THE WAY IF YOU FAINT NOT! YESSSSS!!!!!!

It don't take all that! Hmm! It takes that and then some!

2012-02-17T08:39:00.000-06:00

Have you ever heard somebody say "It don't take all that to be save" or " That is too much church for me". Well those are the kind of people that don't want to go higher. Or they are the type of people that never really got to know God as their personal savior so they don't have that relationship with God. These are what we call complacent people. They go to church and heard the word and that is all it takes for them. Some people have never been through the kind of hell your going through because the enemy already know that they don't want anything more so he don't even bother with them. But when you have been through hell and high water you know that it's going to take that and then some. It's going to take me shouting a praise, it's going to take me clapping my hands and dancing before the Lord. It's going to take me crying out and worshiping the Lord with my whole heart. It just might take me going to church five days a week just to keep my sanity. It's gonna take that and anything else I can do to keep me connected with the Father. It's going to take me praying and fasting and cutting some people off that are complacent and cause they not trying to go no higher they don't want me to go any higher. It's gonna take me getting in the Word of God for myself and studying his word so I know how to follow it. It may take me shouting unto the Lord in a loud voice...the Bible say make a joyful noise unto the Lord! Don't let people put limits on you just because it don't take all that for them. I got to get what I need from the Lord myself! That and then some! Be Blessed!
EJB

DON'T WAIT TILL THE BATTLE IS OVER SHOUT RIGHT NOW!

2012-02-02T23:01:00.000-06:00

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK THEY SHOULD ONLY GIVE GOD PRAISE WHEN EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD IN THEIR LIFE. THE TIME TO GIVE GOD A SHOUT OF PRAISE IS WHEN YOUR GOING THROUGH THE FIRE! THE TIME TO DANCE AND SHOUT AND GLORIFY HIM IS WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR WAY OUT LIKE THE WALL OF JERICHO. THE NATURAL EYE COULD NOT SEE HOW THE WALL WAS COMING DOWN BUT IN THE MIDST OF OPPOSITION THE LORD ORDER JOSHUA TO TELL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL TO GIVE OUT A SHOUT! YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE BATTLE TO BE OVER TO GIVE GOD PRAISE! BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW THE GOD THAT YOU SERVE YOU WILL KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT IT LOOK LIKE HE IS ABLE TO BRING YOU OUT OF EVERY BATTLE! THE ENEMY HAS LAUNCHED ALL KINDS OF ATTACKS... BUT THE WORD OF GOD SAYS MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS BUT THE LORD DELIVER THEM FROM THEM ALL. SHOUT!!!! GIVE GOD PRAISE FOR THE VICTORY! DON'T BE OVER WHELM BY THE WALLS IN YOUR LIFE! GIVE GOD THE PRAISE THAT YOUR COMING OUT! PRAISE HIM IN ADVANCE! SHOOOOOUUUUUUTTTTTTTTT!

GOD BLESS! EJB

DON'T GET WEARY IN WELL DOING!

2012-01-25T21:39:00.000-06:00

YOU CAN BE DOING GOOD AND DOING ALL YOU KNOW HOW TO DO AND IT WILL STILL SEEM LIKE PEOPLE WON'T APPRECIATE YOU. YOU CAN GIVE YOUR LAST AND GIVE ALL YOU HAVE AND STILL SEEM LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS GETTING AHEAD. YOU CAN GO TO CHURCH AND BE FAITHFUL AND PRAISE GOD AND YOU WILL STILL FIND SOMEBODY THAT IS JEALOUS OF YOU. YOU CAN PRAY AND PRAY AND IT STILL SEEM LIKE ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE IN YR LIFE! GUESS WHAT YOUR IN A GOOD PLACE! THE WORD OF GOD SAYS Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. IF YOU HOLD ON IN THAT PLACE OF WEARINESS AND DON'T FAINT YOU WILL BE REWARDED. GOD WILL BLESS YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE HAD TO ENDURE! BUT IF THE ENEMY CAN PUT THE PRESSURE ON YOU AND CAUSE YOU TO GIVE UP THEN YOU LOOSE YR REWARD! HOLD ON TIL THE REWARDER COMES! HOLD IN AND KEEP DOING GOOD IN SPITE OF HOW IT FEELS! GOD BLESS YOU! EJB

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND SEE IT IN THE SPIRIT!

2012-01-12T15:36:00.000-06:00

2 Corinthians 4:18
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND STOP LOOKING AT YOUR SITUATION. CLOSE YOUR EYES AND LOOK INTO THE SPIRIT AND SEE YOURSELF COMING OUT OF YOUR SITUATION. SEE THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD MOVING ON YOUR BEHALF. WHAT WE SEE IS TEMPORARY BUT IF YOU TAP INTO THE SPIRIT YOU'LL SEE WHAT IS ETERNAL. YOUR LIFE IN JESUS IS MORE THAN YOUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD! EXERCISE YOUR FAITH. I KNOW I AM UP AGAINST THESE PROBLEMS IN MY LIFE BUT I WILL TRUST IN THE LORD AND STAND ON HIS WORD SO I WON'T LOOK AT THE PRESENT SITUATION BUT I WILL LOOK BEYOND IT AND SEE THE SUPERNATURAL WAY I AM GOING TO COME OUT OF IT!
Romans 8:24
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of thingsnot seen.

TIME TO WALK BY FAITH....CLOSE YOUR EYE AND SEE IN THE SPIRIT!!!!!!

LORD I DON'T KNOW BUT YOU DO!

2012-01-10T06:16:00.000-06:00

LORD I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY FUTURE HOLDS BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT DIRECTION I SHOULD BE GOING TOWARDS BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW HOW I AM GOING TO MAKE IT BUT YOU DO! DON'T KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO PAY THESE BILLS BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW IF MY MARRIAGE WILL LAST BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW IF MY BUSINESS WILL BE PROSPEROUS BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW HOW MY CHILDREN WILL TURN OUT BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW WHO LIFE I MAY TOUCH BUT YOU DO! I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY FUTURE BUT I KNOW WHO HOLDS MY FUTURE AND I WILL KEEP TRUSTING IN THE LORD BECAUSE HE HAS HIS HANDS ON MY LIFE AND HE KNOWS ALL THINGS! WHEN EVER YOU FEEL LOST AND HOPELESS JUST KNOW THAT GOD HOLDS YOUR LIFE IN THE PALM OF HIS HANDS AND HE KNOWS WHAT YOUR FUTURE HOLDS AND TRUST IN HIM AND HIM ONLY! BLESSINGS EJB
Job 33:4
The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

PRAISING GOD FOR WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!

2012-01-05T20:42:00.000-06:00

TO MANY TIMES WE COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN OUR LIFE, BUT I WANT TO PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN! I WENT INTO THE HOSPITAL AND ENDED UP HAVING TO GO INTO SURGERY! THANK YOU LORD BECAUSE I COULD HAVE LET THE PAIN GO UNANSWERED AND IT COULD HAVE COST ME MY LIFE! I GOT SOME BAD NEWS ABOUT ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS BUT I THANK YOU GOD THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO TO A FUNERAL. IN ALL THINGS GIVE GOD PRAISE! YES THE KIDS TAKING YOU THROUGH BUT THANK GOD FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE SOMEBODY DON'T HAVE ANY AND CAN'T HAVE ANY KIDS BUT GOD BLESSED YOU TO PRODUCE, SO THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THE TRAILS THAT COME WITH IT. SOMEBODY LOST THEIR CHILD TO MURDER, OR SOMEBODY'S CHILD WAS RAPED OR MOLESTED, THANK GOD HE DIDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO MY CHILD! YOU BROKE UP WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD, WELL THANK GOD BECAUSE SOMEBODY BOYFRIEND KILLED THEIR GIRLFRIEND AND THE BODY IS MISSING. BUT THANK GOD HE DIDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO YOU! MY HUSBAND LOST HIS JOB, BUT I THANK YOU HE DIDN'T LOOSE HIS MIND! SOMEBODY LOST THEIR JOB AND THEIR MIND AND KILLED THEM SELF AND THEIR FAMILY, THANK YOU JESUS YOU DIDN'T ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN TO ME! PRAISE GOD FOR WHAT HE DIDN'T ALLOW TO HAPPEN, IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE! IT COULD HAVE TOOK YOU OUT OF HERE, YOU COULD HAVE LOST YOUR MIND, BUT THANK GOD FOR WHAT DIDN'T HAPPEN!!!!! BLESSINGS EJB

IT'S A NEW SEASON! WALK IN YOUR SEASON!

2012-01-03T15:18:00.000-06:00

IT'S A NEW SEASON! TODAY IS ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER YEAR OF GOD'S GLORY AND HIS MERCY! THIS IS A SEASON OF BLESSINGS AND PROSPERITY! A SEASON OF RESTORATION AND DIVINE ORDER. GOD SHALL RESTORE THE ORDER IN THE BODY OF CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM SHALL REIGN ONCE AGAIN. IF YOUR NOT ON THE LORD SIDE, THIS IS THE TIME TO REPENT AND GET IN RIGHT STANDING WITH THE FATHER. BECAUSE WHEN ORDER COME ALSO COMES WRATH AND DESTRUCTION AND IF YOUR NOT IN A PLACE WITH GOD TO WHERE YOUR UNDER THE COVERING YOU WILL SUFFER LIKE THE REST OF THE WORLD! BUT THANK GOD FOR HIS LOVE HIS MERCY AND HIS GRACE! I AM COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB! I AM IN THE SAFETY ZONE! I AM RECEIVING THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD! BECAUSE THIS IS THE SEASON AND I AM WALKING IN EVERYTHING THAT GOD HAS IN STORE FOR ME! PRAY, FAST, AND MOVE WHEN GOD SAY MOVE AND BE STILL WHEN GOD SAY BE STILL. STAND STILL AND WATCH THE SALVATION OF THE LORD! BLESSINGS! EJB

2012! Happy New Year!

2012-01-01T19:07:00.000-06:00

Happy Blessed New Year!!! God is Great and Greatly to be praised! Expect good and Bad this year! Good for all those that have been waiting patiently and faithfully on the Lord! For all those that have held on and haven't given up and didn't give in God is going to Bless you and set things in order for you this year! All you have to do is trust in the Lord our God! Praise him no matter what! Stand still and watch the salvation of the Lord! Blessings! EJB

WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER THIS YEAR!

2011-12-30T21:47:00.000-06:00

WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER THIS YEAR I CAN TRULY SAY THAT GOD HAS BEEN GOOD! THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HELL BUT IN IT ALL GOD HAS BEEN GOOD! HE HAS BEEN RIGHT THERE IN THE GOOD AND THE BAD! HE HAS SHOWED UP FOR ME JUST WHEN I NEEDED HIM MOST! THERE WAS DAYS WHEN I HAD TO CRY AND DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, ALL I COULD DO WAS CRY AND GIVE IT TO THE LORD! AND HE HEARD MY CRY! HE CAME TO RESCUE ME! HE SHOWED ME HIS FAVOR, HE SHOWED ME HIS LOVE, HE SHOWED ME HIS FAITHFULNESS! JESUS WATCHED OVER ME AND MY FAMILY, JESUS PRAYED FOR ME, HE LOVED ME, HE HEALED ME, HE SUSTAINED ME! I WANTED TO GIVE UP, I WANTED TO RUN AWAY, I WANTED TO DIE, I WANTED TO FIGHT..BUT I JUST PRAYED AND TURNED IT OVER TO THE LORD! I TRUSTED IN THE FATHER! I STOOD ON HIS PROMISES! SO WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER THIS YEAR I SEE ALL THE TRIALS BUT I ALSO SEE ALL THE VICTORIES, I SEE TRIUMPH! I SEE JOY, I SEE STRENGTH! I WON'T REFLECT OVER ALL THE HELL I WENT THROUGH BUT I WILL GLORIFY THE GOD THAT BROUGHT ME OUT EACH TIME! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! YES I MADE IT! YES I AM STILL STANDING! I AM STILL HERE! THE DEVIL TRIED HE WANTED TO TAKE ME OUT BUT I AM STILL HERE! THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I LOOK BACK OVER THIS YEAR! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! BLESSINGS! EJB

Stand when you can't do nothing else...STAND!

2011-12-29T07:53:00.000-06:00

Ephesians 6:13
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Life can beat you down sometimes! You can be backed up in a corner and have no way of escape. Life circumstance can throw you a curve ball. But you still got to live and endure and STAND! With Christ you can Stand in the midst of some trying times. Because God equips his people to go through the fire and come out as pure gold. He walks with you and up holds you when the chips are down. He said he would never leave you or forsake you so when it seems like there is nothing else you can do Just Stand! Stand on his word! Stand on his promises! Stand on your Faith in Christ! Stand on that solid rock....JESUS! Blessings EJB

ENCOURAGE YOURSELF!

2011-12-27T10:50:00.000-06:00

1 Samuel 30:6
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF! WHEN OTHER PEOPLE DON'T SUPPORT YOU, DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU, DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, TURN AGAINST YOU, TALK ABOUT YOU, SLANDER YR NAME, MISTREAT YOU! WHEN ALL HELL IS BREAKING LOOSE AND YOU CAN'T SEEM TO FIND YOUR WAY! WHEN YOUR CHILDREN TAKING YOU THROUGH ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS AND YOU WONDER WHEN IT WILL TURN AROUND FOR THE GOOD! WHEN THE DOCTOR GIVES YOU A BAD REPORT AND YOU HAVE TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT! SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD! YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE THAT LOVE THE LORD AND ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE, YOU HAVE TO ENCOURAGE YRSLF AND KNOW THAT NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST YOU SHALL PROSPER AND EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES UP AGAINST YOU GOD SHALL CONDEMN, YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT GOD KNOWS THE PLANS THAT HE HAS FOR YOU TO DO GOOD AND NOT EVIL! YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT MANY ARE THE AFFLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS BUT GOD WILL DELIVER THEM FROM THEM ALL. YOU HAVE TO TELL THE DEVIL THAT GOD IS FOR YOU AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO IS AGAINST YOU! YOU HAVE TO KNOW THAT GREAT IS HE THAT IS IN YOU THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD! YOU GOT TO SPEAK OVER YOUR LIFE AND SAY I WILL MAKE IT, I SHALL NOT DIE BUT LIVE AND DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD!
ENCOURAGE YOURSELF IN THE LORD IN ALL THAT YOU GO THROUGH! BLESSINGS! EJB