God’s plan

I was once told that as time goes by everything changes with no reasons why, explanations we won’t receive we’re just told we must believe…. the Lord has a plan for each of us this I believe this I trust…. doctors-lawyers-teachers-wives, Lord what’s your plan for my life…explanations I don’t expect just some guidance on the right track, show me Lord your plan for me I ask you this while on my knees…praying to you helps me to see the wonderful plan you have for me, the Lord has a plan for each of us, this I believe this I trust.

16 Year Old Ex-Cutter Testimony

Spontaneous Worshipper

Spontaneous worship.  Would you? Could you, without the prompting of the praise leaders on Sunday morning– just worship?  Could you really lose sight on yourself, your situation and the things around you and simply worship?  I’m not referring to the automated hand claps and victory laps that we have been programmed to think are “real worship.” Not just physical worship because the praise team just sang our song–it has to be more.  Our hearts and minds have to no longer be so cognizant of who we think we are.  We must make a decision to worship God for who He is!

Today, I ran across an interesting video that I believe captured worship. An up and coming musician, Carlos Whittaker, was attempting to record a promotional video for his upcoming release when a homeless man, Danny, walks up to him as he prepares to sing.  Danny appears to kneel in reverence as he worships through song. It is difficult to ignore the sincerity in both of their voices.  The result is amazing.

Carlos shares some more on his blog that is hard to pick up from the video:

If you listen carefully at the end you hear me saying this to Danny. “Keep trying to make it man.”

He looked me square in the eye… cocked his head sideways with a confused look on his face… and said, “Trying to make it? No man. I ain’t trying to make it… I’m making it. Jah puts his soldiers everywhere. Jah says, Yea though you walk through the valley of the shadow of death… So he places some of us, in that valley.”

What is so amazing is that this obviously homeless man understands that he might just be there for a reason.  I know that would be a hard pill to swallow for most of us.  Yet, with humility he seems to have accepted the call and continues to simply worship.  Could you?

Spoken Word: Soul Ties

My husband and I teach a purity workshop and we spend a great deal of time searching for innovative ways to convey the spiritual dangers of sexual impurity.  So many confessed believers still struggle in the area of purity and cannot understand why.  Kirk Franklin’s very public struggle with pornography is just one example of a confessed believer still struggling with the open wounds left by impure relationships.  The soul truly is vexed when the flesh is at war with spirit, especially in the area of purity.  I praise God for the verbal picture these two anointed young people paint as they describe soul ties, their aftermath and the road to repentance.  Be blessed!

The Way

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope  and a future.  Jeremiah 29:11

GEICO, Allstate, State Farm, Liberty Mutual, Fidelis; there are many different insurance companies. There are many different kinds of insurances.  There’s life insurance, health insurance, car insurance, flood insurance, house insurance, pet insurance, and there’s even now car maintenance insurance.  People feel safer when they know they insured.  Amen but, how safe can this type of insurance really make you?

Life insurance can only be benefited from in the event of your or someone’s death.  Something would actually have to happen to your car for your car insurance to take effect, and health insurance is there for when your heath fails. Whether it’s just a cold or if it’s full blown cancer, you still have to be in a bad way to benefit from the insurance.  And what’s the best thing that could happen with these insurances, the best case scenario?  Well if you’re not dead, your car is not wrecked and you and your family is not sick…..you get to pay the insurance company, and feel safe.

But, how would you really like to be “in good hands.”  I mean the best hands.  Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I would like to present to you….a better than life insurance….the eternal life insurance established over 2,000 years ago.  An insurance that you can benefit from whether you are sick or well.  Those other types insurance talk about constant coverage but don’t pay your premium and see how constant that coverage is.  With our plan you’re covered under the blood of Jesus Christ our savior and redeemer.  But wait—there’s more; regular life insurance ends with the physical death of the policy holder. It provides for his or her funeral expense and may even give saved up money or possessions to loved ones.  I tell you that there is an insurance that provides your sweetest benefit after your physical death.  Membership and compliance guarantees eternal life in heaven in the presence of our Holy Father.  I’ll let that sink in for a moment.

This type of life insurance—or a better term might be life assurance, is insurance for your soul.  It works great not only in the hereafter but right now.  You’re able to have joy, peace, and contentment houses and land, the whole nine.  Our Father owns all of this and if you only believe with your heart and confess with mouth that our elder brother and savior Jesus Christ died for our sins on a cross and resurrected himself on the 3^rd day you too can become a policyholder.  Let me apologize because in my excitement I’m getting ahead of myself.

Let me tell you a little bit about our organization.  The name of our organization is called The Way.  Our founder is all mighty God who resides in heaven.  Our C.E.C. and co-founder is Jesus who currently resides in heaven at our Father’s right hand.  Our vice president and co-founder in charge of training and also runs the help desk, our comforter the precious Holy Ghost.  Down my chain of command or my upline are Bishop Frazier, Elder Campbell and finally Pastor and Deacon Robinson.

Our instruction manual or standard operating procedure (S.O.P) for short consists of 66 books and as of 2007 approximately 7.5 billion have been distributed world wide.  Talk about a best seller.  All or a part of it has been printed in over 2.370 languages.  Our members today,  number between 1.5 and 2.2 billion believers.  Some famous retirees in our organization consist of Brother John, Brother Matthew, Brother Timothy and Bishop Fuller.

The way is available to everyone, all nations and all races.  Our Master’s plan is so elegant,  yet so simple that even the most educated and smartest person couldn’t mess it up by over thinking things.  In fact,  in Matthew 18:4 of our instruction manual Jesus said this (And he said “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.) The way was not always available to us all; up until approximately 2,000 years ago the way was a hand to adhere to system called the Law and only God’s original people the Jews had the rights to it.  Even when Jesus came down to earth to simplify the system it still wasn’t available to us.  But thanks to one of our pioneering representatives, Brother Paul (and the Jews rejection and crucifixion of our savior and C.E.O. Jesus) we are all, worldwide, privy to this pearl of great price.

You may by now be thinking what is the cost for something so wonderful.  Well worry not, for the premium has been paid in blood no less by our Lord and savior (our C.E.O if you will).  All you have to do is believe on Him, believe that he actually did pay that price for us and do this while the blood is still running warm in your veins.  And with that belief comes membership and with membership your name will be written in the Lamb Book at our corporate headquarters in Heaven.

Let me give you a few examples by way of personal testimony, what the way can do for you.  When I was a younger man I could end up in places and situation that make the hair stand on the back of my neck but whatever situation that was lurking m never revealed itself.  How many people know that before you ever enroll in this great plan, someone who already knows the way will put you on their policy?  All they have to do is bring your name up when they’re on their upline communicating with our C.E.O.  No doubt our pastor and deacon had a group policy for most of us back then.

My daughter gave us cause for concern with headache and a disturbing prognosis from her doctor.  It resulted in a couple of trips to Chapel Hill.  I myself got sick in 09; my condition could have had serious consequences.  In both cases we used a medical insurance through my job called Medcost.  I was lucky to have it but how many of you know that medcost was just my supplementary or secondary insurance.  The way was, and is my first to go.

Now as I’ve said before, the cost of membership has been paid in full.  As I ‘m sure you’ll remember someone said; salvation is free but it costs to keep it.  You must supply a sanctified life a godly life.  You must stay in contact with your C.E.O. on your upline constantly.  You must read your instruction manual daily.  And you love your brother as you love yourself, maybe better.  Our organization is a lean green efficient company. We keep advertisement costs down by using word of mouth, in fact every member is compelled to go out into the hedges and hi ways and tell people about our C.E.O. and the way.

As I conclude, keep in mind being on someone else’s policy will not get your name written in the Book of Life.  You need to secure a personal policy.  If you do not know the way tonight you are in a good place at a most opportune time. If you wish to secure for yourself a policy of peace that surpasses all understanding all you need to do is come down to the alter and you name can be added right now.  So don’t be without coverage a minute longer get yourself a peculiar policy.  Become one of us a royal priesthood come with us, on the way.

-Brother Darrin Johnson

Spoken Word:You Just Never Knew

I can remember being unsaved and just “knowing” that I had my whole life ahead of me.  This should be expected of the spiritually blind.  Sadly, even after regeneration many of us take for granted that tomorrow is promised to us.  We should not be so presumptuous in our planning James 4:13-17.  The following video highlights how living as if we hold our tomorrows can lead us to an unexpected end.

The Found Should Seek the Lost

I found the following on another website today and I really believe that it simultaneously conveys the simplicity or importance of The Great Commission.

Matthew 28:16-20

The Found Should Seek the Lost
By Fenny West

The found should seek the Lost

Reach out to them in love

God wants them to be just

Born again from above.
If you’ve found bread, then give

To others who hunger

Tell them He will forgive

If they confess- whosoever.
Just tell them we’re all sinners

Come short of God’s glory

Those who come are made winners

As they bow to the High and Holy.

Tell them the banquet is all set

But their seat is still empty

Tell the sin’s price is all met

By Jesus the Lord of Glory.
Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever. Dan12:3

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who wins souls is wise. Prov, 11:30

Psalms:126:6: He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.Ps126:6

And Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”John1:46

28Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, 29″Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Christ[b?” 30They came out of the town and made their way toward him. John4:28-30

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Appreciate Your Pastor

Sorry for the late notice, but the month of October is Pastor Appreciation month.  I know many churches this time of the year are celebrating pastors’ anniversaries, etc.  Take the time to show your love and appreciation for the man/woman that God has placed over your spiritual lives.  The role of a pastor can be a daunting task.  They are often loved, yet hated, sometimes praised, but always scrutinized, surrounded by people, but often lonely.  We will never know the sacrifice, time, and dedication it takes to oversee a body of believers until we’ve walked a mile in their shoes.  Our pastors need our support,  our presence, and most of all our prayers.  

What does the Word say about our pastors and how we relate  to one another?    Here is some information from my-pastor.com:                  

There are a lot of pastor appreciation Scripture passages in the Bible. Each of them falls into one of three categories.

First, there are passages that encourage us to show our pastors appreciation.

Second, there are texts that tell us why we should appreciate them.

And third, there are passages that tell us how to show them our love and respect.  Continue reading…

The Store Closes in 15 Minutes

The Store Closes in 15 Minutes
By Sherrie Coronas

It was a warm, lazy Sunday and the late afternoon nap we were slowly coming out of was an extraordinary treat for us. Dragging ourselves out of bed was painful but not as painful as the week would be with two teenage boys and an empty refrigerator.

“What time does Costco close?” asked David, still groggy and a little bit grumpy that real life could so quickly erase the bliss of his slumber.

“8:30 I think,” I responded with a fuzzy brain that wasn’t really even sure what day of the week it was. “Ok, lots of time. Let’s head out soon,” said David trying to talk himself into action.

Within half an hour we jumped in the car and began the 20-minute drive from home to the megastore. Pulling into Costco’s driveway, everything seemed usual. The lot was pretty full and shoppers were streaming in and out of the warehouse with wagons and flatbeds. I pulled my Costco card out of my wallet and flashed it at the greeter at the door. She smiled, nodded to acknowledge my membership, and then plainly said, “The store closes in 15 minutes.”

My mind slowly processed these six very simple words as if they represented the brain-twister of the century. “What? I must be hearing things,” I thought. I whipped open my cell phone which declared it to be 5:45 p.m. “Oh no. I was wrong the store closes at 6!” I groaned to my own self.

Immediate regret set in over the long nap we took that afternoon which resulted in the frantic situation we suddenly found ourselves in. I was sure there was no way we could get all our shopping done in 15 minutes. Costco shopping takes at least one hour — sometimes two! How would we get all of it done? Our shopping list was so long, and it is such a BIG store. We needed to get our act together fast, split the list and stay focused. Rather than turn around in defeat and walk back to the car, we decided to be on a mission.

We dashed through the store like never before, denying the urge to window shop favorite aisles. On that day, there was no browsing the DVD selections, no ogling the new, shiny appliances and no slow cruises through the automotive section.

We needed hamburger, roasted chicken, steak, bread, eggs, fruit, frozen lasagna and other essentials. “Stay focused,” we told ourselves. There would be no time to circle back for missed items on a long-passed aisle, so my eyes darted back to the shopping list every few minutes. Stewed tomatoes, juice, water, Gatorade, shampoo, toothpaste; the list went on and on.

With just a few aisles to go, the lights suddenly dimmed. A quick glance at the list revealed that each item was checked off. Mission accomplished, we declared. With everything in the cart, we were safely in the checkout line. As we pushed our overflowing cart to the car, I thought, “It’s amazing that we were in and out of that store in 15 minutes and all it took was a deadline to motivate us into such efficiency!”

Later that evening, I sat on my couch watching a well-schooled minister describe Biblical “End Time” signs that have already come to pass, such as the establishment of Israel as a modern nation, the energy crisis and the European Union — to name just a few. He further described signs unfolding before us today in the volatile Middle East.

“We are living in the Last Days,” declared the minister. “The second coming of Christ could happen within the next few years, the next few months or tomorrow,” he said. And then it hit me, like the proverbial ton of bricks, it actually could happen in the next 15 minutes.

Immediate regret set in over my years of evangelistic laziness and the frantic situation I suddenly found myself in. With so many friends, family and neighbors to reach, 15 minutes was not enough time. We need to get our act together, split the list and stay focused. We must be on a mission. The alternative is simply unbearable.

Sherrie is a believer in Jesus Christ, a website writer for her church, a wife of 25 years and a mother of two wonderful sons. She resides with her family on the island of Oahu in Hawaii, where she was born and raised.

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Gospel Dream 2009

Season four of Gospel Dream, Gospel Music Channel’s talent search, premieres on June 24th at 10:00 p.m, exclusively on GMC.  This season’s celebrity judges will be J. Moss, Mitchell Soralek and Michelle Williams (formerly of Destiny’s Child).

Last year’s winner, Melinda Watts will release her debut album, People Get Ready, on July 28th.  Take a look at a clip from last year’s competition below.

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