Spartan Dreams

Choices

2009-09-21T00:22:00.002-05:00

Sometimes we find ourselves at a crossroad in our lives that we've came to before. The tricky part of this situation is do you take the road you traveled before or do you take a new path?

You see, I am at that crossroads and I desperatly need to make a decision. But I don't want to step out of the will of God. So if you guys could help pray an mention to God to help me male this decision then I would greatly appretiate it!

Blessed Be Your Name

2009-09-15T22:13:00.002-05:00

So I'm doing laundry tonight and I decided to sit down and I had music playing for the past few hours on the computer before I sat down, so I sat down and put my headphones on and the song I hear is "Blessed Be Your Name." I suddenly felt the urge to write, what is in a name anyway? What's so big about the name? What's so special? How come we stress the name so much?

The Name of Jesus! Why is it stressed so much? Because that Identifies and recognizes from who we are blessed. See, the bible says in Deuteronomy 6:4 'Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD'. You see, there is only ONE. Theres not two or three. Jesus was God, he wasn't God the Son. He was God. John 10:30 'I and my Father are one.'

You see, the significance is realizing that he wasn't just a person, he was God in the flesh, 1 Timothy 3:16 'And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.'

Jesus Christ. So what is this Christ part? Christ is the English term for the Greek Χριστός (Khristós) meaning "the anointed".[1] It is a translation of the Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (Mašíaḥ). The term "Christ" was a title rather than a proper name. See, Jesus was the one spoken of and prophesied about. If you'll notice Christ derives from Messiah. So what does Messiah mean? Messiah - an expected deliverer.

See, there is Power in the Name. If we struggle with bondage, there is deliverance in the Name. I remember when I was younger I was baptized in the "name of the father, son and the Holy Ghost" and they dunked me. Well, to be honest I felt there was more. It was years later that I realized the importance that Jesus said "John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name", and the Son was Jesus, and then Jesus said "John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name." Wow, you mean all three of those can be said as the Name of JESUS?

So lets also look into the Book of ACTS. The Apostles and Desciples didn't go fourth and baptise with titles. They baptized In the name of Jesus Christ.

So with all of this said, I was thinking about how BLESSED we as Apostolics are to have the full revelation of the Power of the name of Jesus. That he wasn't just a Son of a living God, but he was the Living God! And thanks to his decision to robe himself in flesh and die on a cross, we're blessed to be able to call on that blessed name and see our mountains fall, our enemies surrender, our needs met.

If you find yourself in a valley, hanging onto the side of a mountain, encamped about by your enemies, struck between the choice of right and wrong, you can always call on the name of Jesus and God will bless you with understanding, guidance, direction, LOVE, and power.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

2009-09-14T21:37:00.002-05:00

Hmmm, really been thinking about updating this thing.

It's amazing how life comes at you sometimes and how rough things can get when you're not paying close enough attention is amazing. I definitely need to be updating this more often because it's been a LONG TIME since I've really wrote.

So keep this site bookmarked and visit often. I've got some new ideas for it and you should be a part of it!

James Mitchell

In Enemy Territory

2008-11-30T15:12:00.000-06:00

I recently preached a message that would change me. Funny I know, I preached it and it changed me. But I recently preached a message titled 'In Enemy Territory'. I just wanted to share with everyone a little bit of this message that God laid on my heart and really moved on me about. I feel this message is most definitely for anyone in Pentecost. Not because I preached it, but because it was from GOD for his people.

Once upon a time there was a young man named David. David was a keeper of sheep. A little Shepherd boy, and he took his job seriously, Just so happens that one day Samuel the prophet was led by God to go down and anoint a new King of Israel. That ended up being David. The story moves on through a lot of Davids life and what he faced.

What I want to point out is that this young man was anointed the next King of Israel, but it didn't come to fruition over night. David didn't wake up the next day and put on his crown and start doing the kings job. No, David had to go through a lot of trials and situations on his way to that stage in his life. He put up with a lot of things and really, I don't believe he would have been the man he did without having to face a Goliath. See, David learned what it was like to go up against the impossible with an unyielding faith in God and prevail.

You find this repeated continually through the whole entire story of David and then in the middle of one of the greatest trials he's ever known he slips up. Let me make note that when he sought the will of God then David was in God's territory. When he had his unyielding faith, he was in God's territory. David had an ability to keep on the path, but he also had his slip ups.

I want to talk about the slip up of when David became content to dwell in the Enemy's Territory. Let's look at what the bible says about this.

I Samual 27:1-2
1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand.
2 And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

You see, at this point David WILLINGLY goes into enemy territory to escape the trials in his life. I bet this sounds like some of you doesn't it? I know I've done it before. Feel the pressure of the trial we're going through and get to a point we feel that it'd be easier for us to live in the world than to continue to fight the spirits. This happens to many Pentecostals, and I've seen it happen to people that are all different. This doesn't pick out just a certain type of person, it picks everyone.

David became this way and felt that if he can just get out of this and get to where Saul can't touch him anymore, that it would all be better. Well for a while it looks that way to David. Secretly doing battle with his real enemy's, becoming more prosperous, always having a come to come home to, and not a cave.

He spent one year and four months in Ziklag, that's a long time to dwell with your enemy. One year and four months of which David did not look for the direction of God. You see, David was content to live in Enemy territory. Later on he almost went to war with Saul, but the philistines didn't want him by their side so Achish sent David and his men back to Ziklag. Three days they walked about, three days of dreaming to be in their beds, seeing their wives and children. Life seemed so good, like it was gonna continue to be alright. And that's when it happened.

You see, when they arrived home, they arrived to no homes. Their homes had been burned down and their Wives and children taken captive. When you become content in the enemy's territory he'll slowly strip you of everything you have. At first you might be careful of everything around you and your guards up, but after a while, you let your guard down. You feel as if nothing bad is going to happen so you relax. It's then, that you're relaxed, when the devil will do more harm and pain to you than you ever though imaginable.

If David had just sought God's guidance and direction before he came to Achish a year and four months ago, he most likely wouldn't have had to face this situation, but because he felt it better to dwell in enemy territory, he's lost everything. I don't want to leave this article as a discouragement because it's not, the story ends well. When David was confused, he looked to God. When he was challenged, he looked to God, afraid, he looked to God. The next thing David did at this point was what we should all be doing when we think about giving up. David inquired of the Lord!

David was a man after God's own heart, and we should all strive to be like that. Ladies, gentlemen, it doesn't matter what you face, if you'll inquire of the Lord and let him direct your paths, you'll never stay in enemy territory. The story ends that David did follow after the enemy and got back the wives and children. His own men were going to stone him but God saved him from that because David looked to him. You'll save yourself a lot of heartache and pain if you'll just keep following what God says!

If you'd like to hear the sermon you can find it at http://www.cornerstoneofcollinwood.com/servicesaudio.html 11/16/08 Bro. James Mitchell 'In Enemy Territory.

Discouragement, Confusion, and a Touch of Loneliness

2008-11-23T12:19:00.002-06:00

This is just a blog. I've not tried to really write a real blog and I've more focused my direction of writing to articles about Christian living. I thought I might just vent for a second in a blog. I'm James Mitchell, I'm 22 years old about to be 23. I honestly spiritually seem to have a lot of things going for me in my life. I was just informed last week I'm gonna be trained into becoming out first Praise and Worship leader, something I've always wanted to be able to do. My pastor recently asked me to start a nursing home ministry, he put me in charge of starting a drama team and doing all plays and such for our church. I've been apart of jail ministry before, I'm head over all our media ministry. I was just ordained a few weeks ago. God is really moving spiritually for me and I thank him and Praise him for all those things and what he's doing and I'll do my best to serve in any capacity that I can.

But even with all those things going on, It doesn't exclude me or any of us from the feelings of discouragement, confusion, or loneliness. I'm gonna be the first to admit, My home life isn't great, God is truly moving in my family, but for the most part most of them refuse to let God be a part of their lives. I struggle with that continuously and desire to see them come into the truth.

Confusion really gets me too. I've felt my calling to be something that it's not become yet and I'm a little bit of an impatient person. I dream continuously of that coming to pass and sure God's beginning to use me more in other area's but not even the slightest in that area that I dream of. I know God has it all under control and he knows what's going on and he'll move when he's ready for me but I'm still confused.

Last of all is the loneliness. I desire more than any other young man to find that special one, to meet her, be with her, marry her and live the remainder of my life with that one God has for me, someone to help me out when times are rough and be that special help my ministry needs. But I find myself faced with a situation of having someone there that would fill that position, but things just don't work out to make that happen, at times it feels right, at others it feels completely wrong, that in itself draws confusion and I really don't know how to handle it. It's like we can't get on the same page, then on top of that theres no other options except to remain single. I'm completely fine with that if that's what God wants but it just makes it rough, no one to talk to, no best friends any long, no one to confide in except my pastor who's a VERY BUSY man and I hate to bother him.

To top it all off, I don't exactly have a high paging job. I only make enough to get by and sometimes that's really not enough, young ladies don't want a man like that, they want someone with a house, good paying steady job, that security is what they want, to know that he'll take care of them financially. Well, I feel that I want to be that man, but in the area I live and the cards I've been delt, I've just not been able to make that happen.

I'm discouraged, confused, and lonely when it comes to my life but I know that through it all God will take care of me. God has promised it to me and I'll never let that go. I said all that to say this, it doesn't matter what you face or how great your ministry comes, you can still have heartache and pain, none of us are invincible and I see that every day when I wake up and look in the mirror. Everything in my life screams backslide, had a elder lady the other morning after I preached come up and say she was so proud of me but she thought that I was gonna backslide early on, not two of the young preachers that did, because they were 2nd and 3rd generation pentecostals, and I'm a first generation, they have family history in church and I don't, everything in my life says I won't make it, but I said I will. I'm not letting the devil win, he will not steal my victory or my joy, I've pressed hard for 6 years against spirits that I wished I'd never had to face, but I didn't give up and I'm not going to now.

God is my strength, my victory and joy are in his presence. God bless you all and thanks for reading, keep me in your prayers please!

God Center Your Desires

2008-10-08T23:27:00.001-05:00

Psalm 37:4 (KJV) Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

I was sitting in church tonight listening to my pastor preach on altar work. And I've always been the type of person sadly that thinks I'm not good at altar work. I love to work in the altars but was just afraid of it. So listening to my pastor preach on this, I was just kind of reminded of my desires. I may be scared of it, but my desire is to become an amazing altar worker, to be an anointed preacher, and to be a soul winner. I've had other desires along the way, desires of this nature and that. And I still have some of them. But this all comes down to altar work. That was a desire but not my main desire.

If you read the entire chapter 37 of psalm, you'll find many many many good things. This chapter is absolutely packed full of good things. I want to pause just on this scripture for a moment though, it says 'delight thyself also in the Lord'. Websters dictionary defines Delight as 'to take great pleasure.' So if we read this scripture this way 'Take great pleasure in the Lord, and he shall give you the desires of your heart.' Bare with me while I try to bring my scattered thoughts together. The next verse says to 'Commit thy way unto the Lord, trust also in him, and he shall bring it to pass.' You can separate all these verses and get whatever you want out of them. But the simple truth is this. You want the desires of your heart? You've got to be committed and happy in doing work for the Lord.

You may have read that and thought, Well, where did the working for the Lord part come in? Simple, verse 3 says, 'Trust in the Lord, and do good.'(Emphasis mine) You see, all scripture walks hand in hand. No 2 scriptures will contradict one another. You can not pick and choose which scripture you want to believe and which you don't. It doesn't work that way. That would be like saying 'I desire to be a preacher, but I don't want to study or pray.' God doesn't work that way ladies and Gentleman.

When your desires begin to go hand in hand with God's will, then it's not so hard to see those desires come about. When you really begin to delight in God and get excited about what he's doing then 'old things pass away'. Those desires for the things of the world begin to fade away and it becomes easy to begin to desire the callings of God.

Before I finish with this I have to give a small word of advice, nothing worth anything will come easy nor will it come quick. I've known many young ministers my age who came into the ministry around the same time as I did that have fallen away sadly. Most of the reasons were due to impatience. I've been a preacher now for over 3 years, and can count on my two hands the amount I've preached in a church setting. At the same time our youth pastor, a very dear friend of mine, a year younger than I am and began his ministry a year before I did, has preached and preached and preached some more.

I'm not saying that in asking for pity, I'm saying that to say this, without patience, I might look at the and become discouraged. But you see, I've had a wonderful mentor who's a man of God that told me many things, one of which is that the bible says that 'if we compare ourselves amongst ourselves we are unwise'. My youth pastors ministry is not my ministry, mine is not his. We are both called to preach but we have not been called to do the same thing in the same place.

Stay encouraged and know that sometimes it may take years for your calling to flourish and your desires to come to fruit, but 'with God all things are possible'.

Surviving

2008-09-18T21:44:00.003-05:00

I have really been thinking a lot lately about our young people in our churches recently and how there are so many of them going into "survival mode." Trying to just hang in there and make it through. This in itself is very disturbing.

Now I really haven't studied this out so I don't have any scriptures to write but I just have my feelings. So I'm truly sorry if you are expecting a lot of bible to back up this post.

I've seen these teens in "survival Mode" for far to long. Something funny about this type of mentality is when they go into this stage they quit witnessing, they quit sharing their testimony, they quite their "soul winning mode"

It's been my desire and my vision to see our young people in "soul winning mode" because when they get a grip on that mode they are far less likely to hit that survival mode. I'm sorry if I'm not making any sense, but I really am ready to see them catch fire. I don't see the possibility of receiving the Holy Ghost and not being on fire. The bible said that when the people in the upper room received the Holy Ghost that cloven tongues like as of FIRE set upon each of them. That's a FIRE that's associated with receiving the Holy Ghost. When we receive the Holy Ghost, we receive that fire.

If your fire has went out, if you're fire is dwindling, it's time to get back that fire, take it back, 'lay aside every weight that doth so easily beset you' and pick up the Holy Ghost and Fire, and begin to go out and win some souls. It's time to hit that select button in our minds and switch ourselves from survival mode to "soul winning mode"

God bless you all!
James Mitchell

iPhone test

2008-09-18T00:44:00.001-05:00

I'm actually just testing out my iphone!

POLL

2008-08-05T13:41:00.003-05:00

I have been in a bit of a tight spot trying to figure out if I should continue writing on my parable series that I started. I actually finished 2 writings but I never posted the second. So I'm gonna add a poll on here and I am asking my readers to voice their opinion. I might find out how many readers I really have by this poll too.

A Chosen Generation

2008-07-29T22:20:00.002-05:00

Hello again everyone, I realize that it's been yet another 4 months since I've posted. I know there is no real excuse and I should feel bad. Well I do feel bad but I'm going to attempt to go on and do my best to present to you what's on my heart. I hope that I don't go another 4 months after this without writing again. So As a few of you have, please continue to pester me if I don't write.

I want to begin this with reading a portion of Judges 2:10

Judges 2:10 "and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel."

I was at our Youth camp this past week and I had the privilege of being a counselor/staff member this year and I found it different but fulfilling to my spiritual needs but during camp God spoke this verse to me. I'm not going to say that this is the greatest revelation in the world because it's not, but it's something that everyone knows and we tend to not give ear to though because we've heard it so many times.

You see, when the children of Israel came into the promise land the bible says at one point that God said in Joshua 24:13 "And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat." You see guys, That's us now in this time, we are seeing people filled with the Holy Ghost that we prayed for in the Alter, but we didn't plant that seed, we're seeing revival but we didn't plant the seed. Someone before us, the generation before us planted those seeds, they toiled, they set the foundations for what our churches are today.

We sometimes get so relaxed in what's happening that we feel we don't have to work anymore to see people filled with the Holy Ghost. We become less prayerful because we might not have prayed as much as we should before service and we have an awesome service and then all of a sudden our thoughts are "I only prayed 5 minutes for service and look what God did, I don't have to pray very long at all."

I'm so terribly afraid that we may become so complacent in where we are that one day without us knowing we're going to decide we don't have to do anything to make it to heaven and we can live however we want. At which point God may give us over to a reprobate mind and I'm terribly afraid that we'll go down in history as a Generation that knew not God.

It's time that we begin to pray more than we ever had, to fast more than we ever have, to seek God's face more than we ever have. My desire is that this generation will go down in history known as a "Chosen Generation" See, The bible says : "ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light"

We don't need to sit back any longer and enjoy the blessings and reap what the generation before us sowed, Because we could be reaping so much more and giving our children some blessings if we'll begin to dedicate our lives to prayer and fasting and the work of the Lord. God is a wonderful God and he is worthy of our praise and the honor and glory. He's done so much for you and me and he's placed us in a blessed nation with the easiest way of living. Sure we have to work to make money but most of us don't have to grow our food or slaughter our food before we eat it. We're living in a time of convenience where we can go to the store down the road and get whatever we want. But we do not need to become complacent like the children of Israel because if we do we'll become that generation that doesn't know God.

Guys it's time for extra prayer and fasting. You want to see your life turned around? Well first you've got to turn from your ways and turn to God!

Have a wonderful week and I hope you enjoyed what's on my heart!

Parable Series - Part One: The Mote and the Beam

2007-11-27T10:48:00.001-06:00

Matthew 7:2-6 (King James Version)

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.

I read a story the other day about a woman and her husband.

"Not long ago I had a kidney stone but was able to pass it. A few months later, my husband
also passed a kidney stone. I made sure to remind him, "The bible says, 'Let she who is
without sin cast the first stone.'"

I know that it was a really cheesy story, but I felt like it went pretty good with my idea for this piece. I know you're thinking, "what does a woman and a man passing kidney stones have to do with the parable about the mote and the beam?"

Well, I'm going to try to show you that. You see, God loves each of us the same and has given us all the opportunity for eternal life. He's commissioned us all to "present our bodies a living sacrifice, Holy and acceptable to God."

You see, Sometimes we look around the church or at work or school and we see all these people and we point fingers at them and think about all the things you've heard they did. Yet we fail to see that we ourselves have some problems also. Here's an example of what I'm trying to say. Have you ever seen someone play a game and they just couldn't get it and someone acts like their savior and jumps in to save the day and show them how to play it, only to find themselves dieing within seconds and that's they're really not any better at the game than the first person was?

Yeah, that's our personal lives and that's what Jesus was telling us. We shouldn't be trying to fix someones problems and tell them what to do when you can't even fix your own problems. All you're going to end up doing is causing more harm than good. But if you can work on your own problems and let God show you the solutions, then you can help other people with their problems. See, the bible says, "Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?" When we've not learned to go to God in prayer about our own problems, we're blind and even our best intentions are harmful because we can cause someone else to stumble with us. When you let God show you the solutions and he deals with your problems with you, he opens your eyes, and instead of criticism and resent in trying to help someone, there shows through the Love of Christ when trying to help them. We don't need to be blind leading the blind because we'll never find the correct path that way.

Something I've seen a lot recently is gossip. It's a past time of young people, they love to gossip about this person or that person and what they were doing or what they were caught doing or what their real intentions about something are. We sit around talking about how so&so said this and said that and they should just keep their mouth shut. The question I have for these people is this, "What do you think you're doing, keeping your mouth shut?" This is something call Hypocrisy. Not a favorite of God's if ya know what I mean.

This brings me to a closing quote I've got on my mind. "I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment. It takes place every day. - Albert Camus" No one knows when Jesus is coming back but I do know this, we should be prepared every minute as if he is coming back the next minute. That leaves no place for hypocrisy in our lives. He's called every one of us to be soul winners, but before we can win others, we've got to be able to show them the promise land by the lives we live.

God bless you all and Have a good week!

Obedience

2006-12-30T11:31:00.001-06:00

Hello again everyone. It's been a tremendously long time since I've been able to update this. I'm currently in a position of not having the internet or a computer where I live. As you can imagine that makes it hard to get on the internet. Who knows, chances are no one is going to see this. While I am in the position though I just wanted to say a couple words on something that was on my mind lately.

Obedience is a key trait in a walk with God that will move you forward to the next level. If you want to be blessed at home.... You be obedient.... You want to be used of God.... You be Obedient.... You want to be blessed in the work place.... You be obedient... You want to be blessed at school.... You be obedient.... "Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;(Deu. 11:26)." There has never been a decision with so simple of consequences in my life. I can either choose to do good and be blessed. I can choose the will of God in my life, follow his guidence and direction, obey my pastor and those in authority that God has set over me, and I have the promise I will be blessed.

Or I can choose to disobey them and decide to not listen to my Pastor and those in authority over me. I can choose to try to make a life for myself and not heed to the will of God and seek his will for my life. I can choose that I myself, my flesh, this body and mind of mine will make it's own decisions and I don't have to bow a knee to anymore, I don't have to be in subjection to anyone, and I don't have to obed.... Yet for that I will choose the curse.

Is being obedient really that bad? When we are teenages we all go through a stage where we are rebellious. I remember I would feel everyone hated me and was out to get me. I wasn't going to do what anyone told me to do, I was growing up and I could make my own decisions. I had something to prove, I was on a mission, I was gonna show the world that James Mitchell was a man and no longer a young boy. I was gonna show the world I could take care of myself, I could make myself. I was going to prove I didn't need any help or anyone above me and I was going to be the best.

Ultimatly what I didn't see is that God did not design my body to do all those things. I need God with me through all things. Without God in my life I become dust in the wind, For truely thats all we are. We are formed from the dust of the ground, and breathed life into. "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.(Gen 2:7)" So if it was not for God I would not be alive.

I know it seems so easy to say, well Obey and be blessed, or disobey and be cursed. You are more than likely thinking.... "James, it is not that easy, some decisions are hard decisions." Yes they are, some are hard decisions, but I will key you in on something that will make them all easier..... "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.(Psalms 119:105)" "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth:(John 16:13)"

So you see, for us a decision may be hard, but if we'll put that decision in the hands of God and truth him for our safetly, you've chosen to be blessed, Obey the Lord and you'll reap a harvest that will be sweeter and better than you'll ever imagine.

Ephesians 1:

18The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints

Remembering 9/11

2006-09-11T21:56:00.002-05:00

Lets see, 5 years ago today I was sitting at home. I was in a wheelchair because about a month before I had crushed my heel bones. But I was in the living room and my dad was flipping through the channels on the TV and all of a sudden we tuned in right at the time the 2nd plane hit the 2nd tower. For the rest of the entire day I was glued to the TV watching everything that was going on.

All I could think at the time was, "What is happening in my country?" I have been living in a country that is supposed to be untouchable by anyone, a place I am supposed to feel safe, to know I can do anything my mind imagines.

So the falling of the towers was an awakening to me to know we are touchable, but now 5 years later I look back and can take this and apply it to my spiritual life. Just because I live for God, and do his will does not mean that satan will not try to touch me, of course, he can not touch me unless I let him, but that means I must always keep my guard up and never think that I am better than anyone else.

We are all servants, Jesus had a different way of thinking. Our humanity would tell us that in order to get into heaven first we much be above everyone else, but Jesus had a different way of thinking, when we lay down our lives for his sake, we will gain that eternal life. Oh but preacher, we do need to be the best we can to enter heaven. True, we must do our best, but if we ever fall to the snares of the devil and start thinking that we are better than everyone else then right there, at that point, we fail. We can never loose the mentality of a servant.

Back to 9/11, my sympathies go with all the families and friends of the victims of 9/11. I am proud to be in this country and I give honor to all those over seas fighting right now.
God Bless You All!

Yours in Christ!
James Mitchell'

God's Greatest Miracle

2006-09-11T01:24:00.001-05:00

Psalm 107:20
He sent his word, and healed them
(KJV)

So I'm deep in prayer the other day, and I am praying for miracles to take place in our town. I want to see the blind eyes opened and I want to see the dumb tongues loosed and the deaf ears opened. I want to see all these miracles and I'm deep in prayer about this, I know this should be happening and I'm praying so hard for it to happen, but in the mist of a powerful prayer meeting with just me and God he spoke to me this saying, "The Greatest Miracle I am going to do in your church is not the lame to walk, or the deaf to hear, but it will be the lost souls delivered from the path of destruction."

Sometimes I feel we get so caught up in not seeing the healings that we want to see, that we don't see the greatest miracle God has ever performed, the healing of our souls. Where would we be if God had not had mercy on us and seen fit to make a way of escape from hell for us? I have prayed so many times, "God, I desire the gift of healing". Then one day, my pastor preached that he prayed the same thing, and God said to him "Heal them with my word." That touched me to hear that, because that opened my eyes to see that all of us, have seen the greatest miracle, the greatest healing God has ever done, he has taken our broken, shattered, ravaged lives, and he has put those broken pieces back together and created something completely different.

He formed us into a vessel, something he can pour a mixture of his own creation into, he will pour into us love, so that we will know how to love our friends and family. He will then add to us joy, so that through everything we may face we will be happy and see the light at the end of the tunnel per say. After that he pours in some peace, nothing like being able to take things that have bothered you for a long time and having peace about it and no more worries. He doesn't forget to add patience either, it doesn't matter how rough the trial or temptation, he's given us a way to stick it out.

After these he goes ahead and adds some kindness and goodness. The bible says a soft answer turneth away wrath, well when you are a kind and good person, your answers will always be soft and you'll have less strife and fighting with your friends and family. After this he the addition of faithfulness, the bible says if you are faithful over few things, he will make you rulers over many. It is not to lift you up, but if you are faithful, he can use you in the capacity of the soul winner that you can be. And coming to a close he adds to his recipe gentleness and self control. Self control especially is something this generation lacks. We are not here to please anyone but God, and when you dress or act to please the friends at school and work, that is a lack of self control. When we gain self control we begin to dress the way that God would want us to dress no matter who you are around.

So you see, God did this for us. The bible says in "Psalm 107:20 (KJV) He sent his word, and healed them." This is what God has done for us, and this is what we can show this lost world. When you begin to see souls saved, and lives changed, the addicted set free. Then you will be a witness to the greatest miracle God ever performed, the Healing of our souls. I encourage each and every one of you that read this. Begin to give bible studies, and inviting new people to church. It is always good to see someone healed by the Word of God.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

Exhortation

2006-08-31T01:23:00.001-05:00

Hebrews 3:13
13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (kjv)

So I'm sitting here reading highlighted scriptures in my bible and I come across this scripture. I got to thinking, how much to we really exhort or encourage one another? I mean, are we not so used to being around the people at our church and our friends from church that we just tend to have the image in our minds that nothing well ever get to them?

Do we not see the possibility that satan could really get to these people and effect their train of though. I've seen one to many people come into the Holy house of God, be buried in baptism and born again with God's Holy Spirit to only be back to their old way of life less than a year later.

Is it truly that they just couldn't handle the type of lifestyle that a christian should live? Is it that they just didn't want to live it? Is it that satan tried any harder on them than he does me and you? These are some questions that pose in my mind when I look at all these people that I've seen fall from the truth.

Could it be that we just didn't do our job as Christians? Maybe it was us whom God expected to encourage that person, to watch them as you would watch a new born babe and take care of them, feed them with the sincere milk of the word(1 Peter 2:2). We as saints are to encourage these new converts, to lift them up. We are as much at fault for their falling away as satan is if we are not doing what Jesus would do for them if he was in our shoes.

Just because Peter denied Jesus 3 times doesn't mean God just gave up on him. Peter had faith in God that I could only dream to have. To be able to step out in faith and walk on water with our Lord would be a great and excellent experience, but even with this kind of faith, Peter still denied him when faced with the death of his own life. The thing he did not have at that time was Jesus Spirit that comforts us and will help us to break away from the cares of the world and realize that when faced with even death, we will suffer nothing like our Lord suffered for our sins.

Even though He denied Christ, Christ did not just forget him, but instead Peter was the one who stood up in front of the 120 when The Holy Spirit was first poured out on the day of pentecost.

So you see, every new convert is precious, when they are baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit they walk into the next phase which is the temptation phased. As when Jesus was Baptized and God sent his spirit in the form of a dove upon Jesus, the next step was Jesus was led away by the spirit to be tempted in the wilderness for 40 days.

We need to take care of these new converts, because without the comfort and friendship that we are to provide they may fall to the snares of this world and fall from the truth that is so precious to our lives. We need to continually involve them in the duties of the church no matter how minimal the task. When we get them to having a reason to be there, it'll be worth to them every trial and temptation they face. Without a meaning they may fall to the question of "what use is it to go through all this, I'm not of any use anyway" When we encourage them, and use them, and tell them how good of a job they are doing, they have a reason to be at church when the doors are open, they have a purpose and a desire.

By encouraging each other daily, we will provide a friendship and a motivation and drive in our Walks with God that will keep our internal clock ticking and not stopping when satan takes his hammer to our lives.

Yours in Christ!
James Michael Mitchell

Walking by Faith

2005-11-07T20:51:00.001-06:00

This isn't really a post more than to tell you all about myself a little bit. I truly believe in walking by faith. Paul said in 2 Cor 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:). I've been going so out there lately, I mean OUT THERE. I'm not bragging by any mean. I'm going to try to explain how God has blessed me.

I don't have a job at the current time and there's no where really around here to get a job, In all seriousness there isn't. I work little side jobs like for someone I"ll do a little something. And I prayed one day and God told me, "Show me how much you love me, and show me how dedicated you are to me." So I got to thinking. How am I going to do this? Then one day my pastor preached on tithes one day. So I decided. I'm upping my tithes to 20% and I'll give to every offering I have money in my pocket for. So I started getting more money coming in from small jobs. I still don't have a full time job yet. But I haven't had need for anything.

But to explain how much I walk by faith. In the next 2 days I have to go pick up a friend from his fathers, and I have to drive a ways. I have NO money in my pocket but I'm trusting God to give me some way to make the money in the next day or two. I truly had the money. I worked all last week for a man installing insulation and For the time I put in I got paid a decent amount of money, and he wrote me a check. and I couldn't cash it till the Monday(today) and Yesterday I was sitting in youth service and we were talking about getting a new bus, and I really felt it on my heart to give every bit of that money to the bus fund. So after thinking about it and praying quietly for a little bit I decided I needed to do it if that's what God wants. So gladly I signed the check and handed it over. I now am broke. But I know God is going to bless it.

I truly believe what Jesus said:
Matt 6:30-34

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
KJV

I'm not asking for anything, and I'm not bragging by any means. But I want to tell you something, I believe here soon I'll have a good paying full time Job that will allow me my time to do things for God. I believe God is going to open the doors. And I know it's my job to make the step through the door, and also to pay attention to when the door is opened. But I encourage you all to walk more by faith. I'm not trying to tell you to give all your money to the church. But God gives you all of it. If it wasn't for God, you wouldn't have any of that money. Is 10% really fair? And how blessed do you wanna be?

Yours in Christ!
James Mitchell

Wait on the Lord

2005-10-16T22:00:00.000-05:00

Ps 37:7-9

7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

9 For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
KJV

I was thinking tonight, that I needed to write, so I prayed, God, Please give me a message to write on. Again he said unto me, Wait on the Lord! So I'm writing to you all tonight hoping, praying, that this will touch some of your heart. I know I'm touched right now thinking about it.

How many times do we find outselves pushing God for something? "God, I need this, I need that, Make it happen Lord" I to find myself praying that way somtimes, but recently I've changed my prayers. I realized something, You annoy God enough he might give you what you want, but that might not be what's best for you! The bible says "Ps 37:4 he shall give thee the desires of thine heart." That's is a very true statement, because God will, I've seen it time and time again. Oh Lord, but again, I stress watch what you say, the bible says in Matthew 15:18-20

18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.

19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

20 These are the things which defile a man:
KJV

What are the desires that are in your heart. I dunno about you, but I want my desires to be desires to further God's kingdom. I want to be able to win souls. I wanna see new converts running those aisles, dancing, shouting, being baptized in the Holy Ghost. But I'll never see me become a soul winner if I don't get that in my heart. I had to make up my mind, that whatever desires I had needed to be somthing that will be a help to the kingdom. And the bible says that Those who wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. You see, I am going to wait upon the Lord. I want to win souls, But maybe I'm not ready to be that soul winner yet, Maybe I need to spend an extra few hours a day in my bible, reading it studying it. Maybe before God can send you that special someone, or send you to be a missionary, you need to get to studying, so that God can acually use you or send you.

If your not ready, What good are you going to do? So I encourage you all, to Wait upon the Lord for the things that you pray for, God will take care of it, But while your waiting, you might as well try to get a closer walk with God, It's not going to hurt anything to walk closer to God. I strive daily to walk closer with God, I can remember a year ago, I was most likely drunk and stoned outa my mind. WHy did I get into that position, because I didn't understand the importance of waiting upon the Lord. You see, God called me to some things, and I wanted them to happen right then, right there, and I wasn't ready, I wasn't ready to face what I had to face, and ultimatly it tore me down and I cowered and ran away.

I backslid, I became an alcoholic, a stoner if you wanna use the term, That's all I did every day. I would come home from work and Get high, then a little later I'd pull out the liquor and start trying to drown my concious out. God was constantly reminding me of the callings on my life, and I didn't wanna hear it. I drowned it out. Then one day, Something clicked, I've been called to something greater than killing my braincells, I've been called by the Almighty God to do a work for him. And if I have to wait 10 years to see my callings come to pass, I will. Because I know God is going to use me, But you see, If you will wait, You'll be so blessed for it. Don't just wait, but wait patiently for him.

You can not fathom the blessing that come from God with Patience and waiting. I've seen a family wait patiently and continue praying for their lost children, whom some thought would never come to God. I want you all to know, that 3 of their children have been baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost and can be found running and shouting those aisles when it comes church time.

Wait patiently for him, Don't be angry, God will come in his time. As the song says, "Isn't it great, when he's 4 days late, and he's still on time?"

Yours In Christ,
James Mitchell

Prayer Request

2005-09-29T00:39:00.000-05:00

I usually wouldn't do this, and I came close to deciding not to. But I'd like to ask you all if you could pray for me, Your so great to me, your all such great friends and I appretiate the support you show me and the friendship you show me, You help me out when I need it and you encourage me when I'm down. Well, Theres some things in my life, that it just seems no matter what I do, I can't overcome it, or I should say, I make a mistake in a new way, and I havn't got it right now, I change what I do, and I still come up with the same result. I truthfully am needing God to comfort me on this, and I know his spirit will comfort me, but I'd really appretiate all your prayers. Seems like when I get close to the point of figuring it out, the devil throws everything he's got at me. And I'm ready for a Holy Ghost breakthrough that will propel me past the devils snare in this area to where he can't bother me again. But Anyway, I will be posting hopefully soon again, I went through some things recently and was unable to post much at all, but I'm through them, and I again have plenty of free time to study and write.

God bless you all,
James Mitchell

Watch and Pray

2005-09-26T12:12:00.000-05:00

Matt 26:41

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

KJV

I am going to do my best do describe right here, right now, how I feel when I read this scripture. I am going to show you the importance of a habitual prayer and fasting life. How important it is that every day, you would pray at the least once. And every week you should have a fast day. You may disagree, that’s fine, I’m not trying to step on your toes, but I’m trying to help you.

Instead of hitting it off talking about praying and fast I’m going to hit this off talking to you about the flesh. How dangerous is our flesh, what are a few of the sins our flesh can cause us to commit? How can we overcome the pushing, pulling, and nagging at us by the temptations caused by the flesh?

1 John 2:16

16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

KJV

You see that? The LUST OF THE FLESH, is not of the Father, but is of the world. You know how we refer to when we were in the world? Well, we are meaning, before God Filled us with the Holy Ghost and set us on a rock that can not be moved. Yet, some of us, and you know who you are, still have the lust of the flesh, even the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life. You live them all, let me get a little more specific, it’s a problem I used to have, pornography. Yes, I said it, pornography, a filthy nasty way to be living. I’ve known many young men in the faith that love God with all their heart and would do anything in the world if they knew it would further God’s kingdom, like the scripture said, “THE SPIRIT IS WILLING, but the Flesh is weak.” Yet no matter how much they’d do for him, they still find themselves falling down to the pornography.

Maybe it’s not pornography for you, maybe it’s looking at the other young men or women in your area in a bad way, looking at them with your eyes and imagining something you aren’t meant to ever see. Either way, This is a way our flesh is dangerous, when we give in to the lust of the flesh, to please the flesh.

Eph 6:12

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

KJV

Another way that our flesh is dangerous to us is a lot of the time we don’t realize that we’re not fighting against anything of the flesh, You CAN overcome anything in this world that’s of the flesh, pornography, drugs, alcohol, Doesn’t matter, I’ve done it, so can you. But you must realize that we are fighting against Principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness in this world, and against spiritual wickedness in high places. Do you really understand what that means? It means that if you have anything that’s bothering you, it’s not a battle with your flesh; it’s a battle with Spirits. And we have the Spirit of GOD in us; we can overcome any evil spirit in this world.

What all sins can be committed when we yield to the flesh? Here are a few, fornication, adultery, which the bible says in Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

So you better watch where you let your imagination go, it’s a dangerous thing. Fornication, adultery, alcohol, drugs, hmm, I feel the need to say this, I truly believe in habitual prayer and fasting. But if you’re a young lady and you’re going without eating because you think your fat, and you’re not actually fasting, that is a sin, the same for you young ladies who cut your arms and so on, cutters. The bible says: know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? Oh I know this is reaching someone. If you cut your arms, your cutting the temple of God, if you purposely starve your body of food for the reason of you think your fat, then you’re starving the temple of God.

If you are giving in to anything of the flesh, that pulls your mind away from God, and keeps you from the Godly things, then you need to check yourself. I’ve gave you some ideas of how our flesh causes us to sin. Now I’m going to give you some ideas of how to overcome this and to fight this, spiritually speaking.

Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: Jesus here was telling us, If you’ll pray, and pray, then you’ll find that you’ll be much better to overcome the temptations that will come at you, possibly stay out of them completely, if you will just habitually pray. PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!!!!!! I can not express to you the importance of prayer. Now I’m going to tell you about fasting, there is nothing that can humble you more than fasting. I love food, whew I love it, and sometimes I think I’m going to die when I go one day fasting. But it is one of the most humbling experiences you will ever have.

So you see, this is why Jesus said, Watch and Pray, that ye may not enter into temptation, because He knows our spirit wants to worship and to praise him with everything we have, He knows we want to do everything for him, but He also knows the dangers the flesh can pose if we haven’t been praying and fasting like we should.

I encourage you all, Pray every single day, at least once, for an hour or more, and fast at the least once a week, twice if possible, and see what kind of changes occur in your life. See how much more a lost soul means to you when you walk by them on the street, pay attention to the fact that you’ll feel less inclined to participate in fleshly sin. Pray and Fast like you feel Jesus would want you to.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

More than one meal

2005-08-18T15:57:00.000-05:00

John 6:57-58

57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
KJV

What in the world is Jesus talking about? How can we eat him? Jesus was not talking about his real flesh. Sure look in the scriptures right before these and he says, "Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you." Sure he said that, but he was referring to this in a spiritual food to fill your spirit rather than a fleshly food to fill your body.

I want to express to you a belief that I have today that it is going to take more than one meal to keep your spirit alive.

If you go back to Exodus chapter 16 and read you will find the children of Israel in the wilderness murmuring against God. Despite this God gave them manna to eat each morning for forty years. But James, I thought we were talking about a spiritual bread, not a physical breed. I am talking about a spiritual food. Look at what Jesus spoke in Luke 9:3-5 "take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece." How does this apply to us? Sure we need bread/food to live, but if we can just learn to put God first he will provide us with a way to make money, the money to buy food. And the food to fill our bodies.

I want to talk to you more about spiritual food though. We need to have discipline in our lives. When we receive the Holy Ghost we have everything we need to discipline our lives. It is God in us, look at what Jesus spoke in John 6:35, "I am the bread of life" Having his spirit in us and having discipline in our lives will feed our soul.

You want to know the best food you could ever eat? It's the Word, your bible. Spend time daily reading and studying what it says. It's not only food for your soul, it's food for your mind. It will teach you how to live, it will teach you the importance of holiness living. It will teach you everything you need to know about life.

But keep in mind. Our daily reading and praying is what feeds our soul. Just like our body, we must feed our soul daily or it will die. What I mean by this is after a while of not studying and praying, missing a church service doesn't mean much. Then it's two or three services in a row. Before long you don't go to church anymore. Your bible is put on the shelf and you'll then quit living the holiness lifestyle, the way you dress will no longer show who you are, it'll show what you have become. Can I tell you something? By doing this you will be doing what satan wants. He doesn't want you dressing holy, he doesn't want you going to church, he doesn't want you reading and praying daily.

So you see that feeding our soul once isn't enough, we have to feed our soul daily so it doesn't die. One meal for our soul isn't going to last us for our entire physical life. SO I'm urging you to read and pray daily. Also Thirsty? Remember Jesus said. John 4:14 "But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." So keep in the word, Drink of it, eat of it. and your soul will be full.

Supporting Scriptures:

Psalms 63:1
Psalms 143:6
Matthew 4:4
Luke 9:3
John 4:13-14
John 6:35
John 7:37-39

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

One post a week.

2005-08-15T13:40:00.000-05:00

Well. In my eyes, this is truely a blessing. I will only be posting one post a week, most likely on a friday. I'm sorry to those of you who have been using this as a daily devotional site. I know a couple have. But I've been praying earnestly lately that God use me in any way he can, and he really is beginning to use me. I'm putting myself out of the way more and God first. Example, last night, I went to mcdonalds to get a bite to eat, ended up witnessing to four people for half an hour, telling them what God has done for me and how he can do the same for them. Completely unintentional, but a true blessing to me to allow God to open up opportunities in my life like that. He's really set my feet to runnin and doin things for him. So my time for writing has been getting shorter and shorter. So I prayed, and felt I should post one time a week, this will also give me more time to get in depth with my post, and hopefully make it more interesting. Thank you all for your time and your patience.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

Don't Harden Your Heart

2005-08-12T00:37:00.000-05:00

Heb 3:13-14

13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
KJV

Ok, I am going to do my best to explain what I feel when I read this. I don't know if it will come out right or not, but the best I can do is try.

While we're reading here if you go up to verse 7-11 it tells us not to harden our hearts as the generation that was in the desert for 40 years on the verge of the promise land. They hardened their hearts and for that, the whole generation will not enter his rest.

The rest that God offered Israel was the promised land of Canaan. That entire generation did not get to enter into the Promised Land because of the hardness of their hearts and the unbelief that they could go in and take the land. The only two of the generation that lived to enter the promised land were Caleb and Joshua. They had belief enough and said that the land did have giants and such, but they could go in and take the land because God was with them.

How is your belief? Do you believe that God still performs miracles today as he did back when Jesus healed the blind? Do you believe God can heal cancer right there in the alter as someone is praying?

Do some of you ever wonder why you don't see these miracles right now? They are happening, I assure you they are, I believe it. I want to see more miracles happen. I want to see people healed of cancer, I want to see the blinded eyes opened and the lame to walk. All these things though will not be done if we do not have belief.

Rest might have been Canaan for that generation, but rest for this generation I believe is the enjoyment of his spiritual blessings. Do you want to take part in this? Do you want to enjoy spiritual blessings?

Do not harden your hearts, do not loose your belief in God. There are so many things I could tell you right now, say to you right now, about reasons why we shouldn't loose faith in our God, but we know these things. If your reading this you've felt God move in your life, If you haven't I challenge you to walk to the front of an Apostolic Oneness Tongue talking church raise your hands and praise God. You'll feel the presence of God, it's a humbling feelings to feel the presence of God.

Let us study the word, let us know how to react to the things that happen to us. If someone has treated you wrong, forgive them, if you can not forgive your brother, how can God forgive you? So don't harden your hearts. You are my Brothers and Sisters in Christ and I want you to be dancing with me while I walk through that Pearly Gate.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

Do Not Be Discouraged

2005-08-11T00:31:00.000-05:00

Josh 1:9
9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."
NIV

At times I'm so overwhelmed with things going on in my life that I think, "Wow, I wish God was here to help me out with this, it might make things a little bit easier." Or something like, "Wow, I wish God would move with me on this, I don't know what's going on and why he hasn't helped me out in this situation but it's not going good." Then we have the Sad face going on =(.

I'm sure you and I have had these times. Times of Discouragement, times of depression, thinking that God isn't with us and that he will never show up in our situation. I'm here to tell you right now, today, that is not what the bible says. The bible says that he is with us always.

Come on guys, he isn't only with us when we're happy and feeling good. Sure He is with us in those times, the times where you dance before the Lord. The times where you run the aisles, and shout praise unto God. He's there, your inviting him in with your praise and worship. But he's also there when we're in that trial that it feels we're never going to make it out. He's there when we're in the valley or climbing the next mountain. Through every trail and temptation, He's there, If he doesn't keep you from it, He will keep you through it.

Have you ever heard the footsteps in the sand story? Well, that's the truth, you may have looked down and saw one set of footsteps the whole way in the sand, but that's really God carrying you the whole way. I love the song that goes, "He'll keep you through the fire, when it becomes a furnace, he'll keep you through the water, when it becomes a flood." See, You might be in a fire, that's turned into a furnace, you might be in a flood right now, but raise your hands and your voice to Jesus Christ, the Lord of Lords, and he'll keep you through all your trials.

I want to go back to this other part of this scripture. "Do not be terrified : NIV" or "be not afraid : KJV". Sometimes we get ourselves into situations, or in a place, where we are afraid of what is going to happen. I don't know, maybe some of you are scared of the dark, and your riding your 4-wheeler out in the middle of logging territory and it goes dead(actually happened to me) and it's pitch black outside, and you can't see anything. Ended up having to walk all night long, with the least amount of light, about 10 miles home. I admit, I was terrified, I thought every sound was something out to get me, but I just kept praising the Lord, and he would make things ok.

Sometimes we don't see the significance of the small things like Praying when you feel a temptation. Feeling an old temptation coming on? Pray, praise God, dance, leap, whatever you feel to do, and that temptation will move on. Satan knows that at the spoken name of Jesus, that he much turn and flee, he has no place where the name of Jesus is spoken.

Back to the point, no matter how much you feel God isn't with you at times, for those of us with the Holy Ghost, God is always with us. He will never leave us, he will never forsake us. Maybe this message is only for one person. I don't know. But I'm just obeying God in what he told me to write about this scripture. Remember, Just because you don't feel God sometimes, doesn't mean he isn't right there holding you up, just waiting for you to realize that your in good Hands.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell

I appologise guys

2005-08-10T22:59:00.000-05:00

I am sorry guys. I've been rediculously busy lately here with church stuff, or just not being able to get to a computer. I usualy about about 5 new emails when I log online. Well, today when I got on I had 30 new emails. Well. I am going to have a article for tomorrow, and I guess you will be reading both these post together.

I'm slacking

2005-08-05T23:36:00.000-05:00

Sorry folks, No post today, I guess you already noticed. LOL. Anyway, I didn't expect it but I stayed the night at a friends house, and I thought he had a computer. I was W-R-O-N-G. THen I was gone all day today to Loretta Lynns National Amateur Motocross. When I got back I rushed to get ready and go to church for Revival. I am getting tomorrows post ready though, it might be sometime tomorrow before I get it posted though. Thank you everyone for your patience.

Yours in Christ,
James Mitchell