Church 1/25/09 PRAYER REQUEST

Dad: Fern, Kira, Destiny, the Spraggin family, Sandy, William, Took, Lisa, our neighbors, Aaron and Julie, whole Hoffman family, All the people who lost their families and jobs,  Leroy Beach, Workers at Circut City, 

Uncle Charles: Doug, Co-Workers, Obama, our goverment

Carlton: Esha

Aunt Geri: McClain Family, Kirk Primrose

LaDonna: Ms. Brenda's salvation

Wendy: Dennis to be set free, her skin, Denzel's schooling, 

Aunt Crissy: Steve Matthews Sr.

Darnell: his dad

DeeDee: her step-dad and the president

Nee-Nee: Tynisha, us as believers to lay aside the weights that beseech us

Uncle Charles: Charlene's Pregnancy

Uncle Darryl: His mom's health

Lydia: Carlton's boss

Church 1/25/09

We were going in the Bible to verses:

Acts 6:7

Acts19:20

Notes:

When you grow in the word, the Word will multiply in you. It's a struggle and at times a continual challenge to follow the Word. Because, Satan and his demons will fight you on every turn. When the Word of God grows it spreads. My house shall be a house of prayer. 

God Bless

Bible Study 1/21/09 PRAYER REQUEST

For God to lay it on our hearts to adopt one of the nursing home patients

Our Government 

All family outside of God's will

A revival of America

Gary Sr.: to give Rosemay more grace

Shaina: To get on her own issues before she jumps on other peoples issues

Lil Gary:Just him, his mind, and next week Bible Study to go well

Nat: to be able to stand up next week

Aunt Crissy: Patience, Direction with the teen's lives, her and her daughters to have patience with daycare, To keep up the good fight, Godly discernment

Carlton: Obedience in Christ, To remove the things taking time away from his time with God, Esha and Charmane 

Uncle Charles: Wisdom, Guidance, To be shaped and molded as a role-model, Wisdom with his finances, 

LaDonna: Her chest pains and that she will remember to take her pills

Denzel: To set a wake up time for himself

Mom: Family, Pastor, The kid's school progress, to see fruits of salvation in Mrs. Jackie,

Donald: his job situation, that if it is from God the fire-fighting job will go well, 

Denise: Patience, wisdom, consistency, To get back on track, To do the different challenges Remnant has set up, That she would do the challenges for the right reasons, CJ's safety, Charlene's upcoming pregnancy, Grandma and Granddad, her family's salvation, God to provide a house 

Me: To make my time with God the first thing on my mind and that I wouldn't let the little things steal my time with God

Uncle Darryl: Take a hour to pray

Aunt Geri: To be restored to a right relationship with God

Bible Study 1/21/09

Uncle Charles was speaking

We were going in the Bible to verses:

Acts 12:15-25

My Notes:

How are you going to be strong in the Lord if you don't spend time with Him?

Are you as a christian still growing?

Where is our faith in God to deliver us from whatever is in our lives at that moment? He said seek Him 1st  not seek Him 2nd.  

What I got from this passage of scripture was, it made me think of how we are supposed to have the faith of little kids. When a little kid asks for something. They don't think it won't happen. They trust with all of their hearts that it will happen just like you said it would. If you say that a FAT OLD guy can climb UP and DOWN all the chimneys of ALL the good lil boys and girls in the world, in ONE night and leave each child a buttload of gifts................they would believe you. They would not doubt your word. So why do we? I mean God is perfect. He has never broken His word to anyone. He's loving, caring, fair, and He's always there. Why can't we trust Him?

If you're not right with God go find out why. Don't just leave it there and hope it goes away. Let yourself be cleansed.

God Bless

p.s. I am not asking these questions just for you to ponder them. I wanna hear your answers. 

Church 1/18/09

We were going in the Bible to verses:

Genesis 37:5-10, 24, 

Genesis 39:6-7, 10- 11

Genesis 40:

Notes:

What is or was your making ground? Ya know when life is hell on earth and you don't have any choice but to turn God. Cause you can't do squat on your own. When your weak, powerless, clueless, and have no idea what you should be doing. You make up your mind to draw closer to God. To get that relationship people have been encouraging you to develop from the start. You can choose to flip or you can trust God and give Him your problems. He knows what needs to be removed for us to draw closer to Him. :)

Sometimes people get envious if you have a strong walk with God and they don't

Never be alone when there is temptation near you. 

Joseph was in his making ground. Being abandoned by his brothers, being sold as a slave, being lied on and accused of stuff he didn't do, being thrown in jail. All that was his making ground. 

God was with Him through it all.  Joseph grew in favor with Potipher, the jail keeper, and the king. Eventually Joseph became the 2nd most powerful man in Egypt.

God's timing is always perfect.  Be willing to wait on God. Whatever place God has you in, ask Him how you can grow in favor with those around you. When God is making you stay wherever He has you at and don't leave until He says.

God Bless 

Bible Study 1/14/09

We were going in the Bible to verses:

Acts 12:1-15

My Notes:

Study to show your self approved. The new church brought about change. When you know someone is in bondage. Do you pray for them all the time?

We are weak without prayer. *note* Mom's 60 minute challenge

Will your prayer break chains?

You need an urge, a yearning, and a deep want to pray. Along with a strong belief that God will answer. The reason people do not pray is because they do not realize the power that comes with prayer. Pride could be the reason people do not pray. You think you can do whatever you are doing by yourself without any help. It's when you are in trouble that you start praying. Shouldn't you get to know God now when you aren't all stressed out over something you can not handle. Pride will also make you slow to repent when you have done something wrong. Which will hold you back from a prayer life with God. A secret will keep you in chains for years.

Do you have a peace where you can be totally stressed up and worried about your life, but still go to sleep knowing God will handle it all? 

Do we live like our hearts are free? Like our chains are gone? Are you quick to follow God whenever He calls???????or do you want Him to map it out for you first?

Do you sit still waiting till He calls? God will bring what you need right to you. Have you seen what God does to make you totally open and honest with Him? 

You have to have a prayer life. Prayer is a mighty thing. Do you even believe prayer is a weapon to be used against the physical and spiritual enemy? Think about it

God Bless 

Church 1/11/09

Title: Are you complete?

We were going in the Bible to verses:

Hebrews 13:18-22

2nd Timothy 3:5, 

Titus 1:16

My Notes:

You will always have problems when you follow your way instead of God's. You can be the idol, your children can be an idol, your spouse can be an idol, food can be an idol, an idol is anything you hold above or before God. Make the Word your life. Have you come to the point where you let nothing come between you and God. Make a commitment to meet with Him. Never let Him think that you have for gotten everything He did for you or brought you from. Are you praying for each other?(Hebrews 13:18-22) Are you confident that your conscience is good? If you're walking in integrity the devil can't trap you. Only God can remove your past and make you feel good about yourself. When you step out and do what you want to your telling God you don't need Him anymore. The blood will clense you. Are you busy or are you sitting at the feet of Jesus soaking in His every word, letting nothing distract you. Are you complete? When you are complete good works follow to the end. What's working in you that's well pleasing in God's sight? God's eyes are everywhere looking over the good and the bad. (2nd Timothy 3:5)(Titus 1:16) People say they are of Christ, but their works don't measure up. Study the real thing not a counterfeit. There is evidence in the Word of God. You can't go forward without God.

God Bless

Church 1/4/09

We were going in the Bible to verses:

Hebrews 12:1

Proverbs 17:3

1st Peter 4:12-17

2nd Timothy 3:12

My Notes:

(Hebrews 12:1) Thank God for waking you up each morning. When your not walking with God you are powerless.  We do things we don't do normally do (short temper, stupid decisions, misjudging people) when we don't have the Word of God in us. The sins you had in 2008..............were they carried into 2009?

How can you love God and yet know nothing about Him?
Why don't we set aside time for the Word, but will set aside time for everything else you want to do?
Why don't we have to pray for an increased love for food, electronics or TV, but we pray for an increase in our prayer life, time spent in the Word, or a love for Jesus?
Why don't we set aside time for the Word?
I guess there are a ton of reason or excuses. It could be we don't want to. Or that when you read the Word it will reflect the true you. And you don't want to see what you really look like to Christ.
(Proverbs 17:3)When a trial starts is the first thing you should think is that the trial is to try you. To see how far you can be pushed. Will you lean closer to God or back away? Everyone is not selected to have a trial. 

(1st Peter 4:12-17) If you get close to Jesus you will have trials. How many of you have been rejoicing in your trials? The reason He says to rejoice in your trials because you are being paired up with Jesus. Think of all the trials Jesus went through. You are being thought worthy enough to be tried. You need to be crucified daily. Dead people are not sensitive. If you draw close to God He will draw close to you. *Note* You draw close to God first not the other way around.
Satan will send anyone He can to make you feel like nothing. People shouldn't be able to get through your battle lines of defense.
You need to be someone God can rest on and feel at peace. Sometimes God Has to help you move stuff thats blocking Him out of your life.
(2nd Timothy 3:12) When someone hurts you have to forgive them and when you see that said person act like nothing ever happened. God will take care of the person. When you plot revenge, you show that you don't trust God to keep His promise.
There will come a time that if you judge someone for their sin you will have to repent. You ain't important. If Christ is living in you. You are dead and it's Christ that there. Not you :) Your are a clear glass box that Christ shines through.
If you are suffering as a Christian don't be ashamed, but glorify God through it all. Sometimes God needs you to stand through your troubles. To get to someone else who is watching you struggle through your trial. If you try to skip out on your trial. He will find someone else to do what He needed you to do, But you will miss out.
God Bless

Church 12/28/08

We were going in the Bible to verses:
Micah 5:2
Luke 2:15
Galations 4:19
Proverbs 25:26

My Notes:

There is only one way to make it through life..... Praying every single day. There are many vain christians today. Once Christ has been formed in you. When people look at you they should be seeing Christ. You would be like a little glass house for Christ to shine through. If you were that you would be very abnormal due to the fact everybody wants to be their own person. Do you dare to be UNcommon? When everyone else is doing something and says it's ok. You do something else.
I dare you to spend more time with God. Why is it we don't want to be uncommon?
Is it because we want don't want to stand out when we are supposed to be the light?? Light stands out. If you are the light you should be noticeable. Everyone has come clean about what they are except the Christians. The homosexuals, the pregnant chicks, witches, all things people used to keep quiet are now brought in the open. Why are the Christian still in the closet and why won't we come out................................cause that would be uncommon. :)
God Bless