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The Dust Settles - Feb 3, 2012 - 11:44:55 AM
 All
that you’re going through (The ups & downs, the setbacks, the
disappointments and in some cases the failures) use them to your
advantage as you move forward to your God ordained place / assignment in
life. When the dust settles as a result of your faithfulness and
confidence in the One True God (Father Yahweh) all of your tears, pains
and sorrows will turn to joy, gladness and thanksgiving unto the God of
your salvation.
KJV
: Heb.10:
35.
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.
NLT
: Heb.10:
35.
Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord...
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In-spite of... - Jan 30, 2012 - 1:15:12 PM
In-spite of what you’re going through!
The
set-backs, financial challenges, health issues, marital problems, death
in the family, home foreclosure, lost of a job, etc; it’s imperative
that you remain
faithful to God and that which He’s called you to.
(
1Corinth.4:
2.
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful).
No
matter what position one may hold in this life, financially stable or
not, academically inclined or not, nationality or geographical location
we all will have challenges; sometimes more than we care to talk about
or can explain. Have you ever found yourself asking such questions:
“Lord, how much longer? Or, when is it my turn?”
Well, maybe not you; and if that’s so...
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When the Church had power - Jan 24, 2012 - 7:14:05 PM
There
was a time in the church when the saints really worshiped the Lord in
spirit and in truth; they sang songs about the blood of Jesus (Yahshua
Messiah), about the cross of Calvary and about His name. Wow, what a
time!
In those days when songs like
“Amazing
Grace, The Old Rugged Cross, Blessed Assurance, I Surrender All, and
There is Power, power, wonder working power in the blood of the lamb,
etc, etc were sang” the Preachers had very little work to do in
the pulpit as the atmosphere had already been made conducive via the
Holy Spirit, for the word of God to go forth with power and authority.
Whether
you believe it or not, in those days folks got delivered from unclean /
ungodly spirits that held them hostage and they were healed from
various forms of sickness and disease; but then again that was back...
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The Righteous Forsaken - Jan 18, 2012 - 1:19:58 PM
KJV:
Psa.37: 25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
The King James Version of the above
passage of scripture is one of the most quoted among today’s religious
church folks; below is the New Living Translation of the same passage
of scripture verse is as follows.
NLT: Psa.37: 25. I have been young, and
now am old; yet have I not seen the [uncompromisingly] righteous
forsaken, or his seed begging bread.
A key word in the NLT version of
Psa.37:25, is “UNCOMPROMISINGLY”. As believers we can’t live
compromising lifestyles and deceive ourselves by thinking / believing
that we’re righteous from the word of God perspective...
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An Ought - Jan 10, 2012 - 7:18:12 PM
As we celebrate the New Year 2012, I take this opportunity to say “Thank you, for your faithful support in reading and responding to these articles; whether positively or negatively, I do thank you”. With that being said, let’s get started and follow the leading of the Holy Spirit via this article
2012, is going to a very interesting year for the body of Christ / Messiah as the Holy Spirit shows Himself in ways that will literally dumbfound the naysayers, and the erroneous preconceived ideas of the religious mind-set. There will be major shake ups and forceful removal within church leadership worldwide; due to shameful exposure of deceit and trickery by prominent religious ...
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A New Year - A New Start! - Dec 29, 2011 - 10:10:03 PM
Isa.43:
19.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall
spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert.
Was
2011, and the year before 2010, years where you’ve gotten prophetic words that
God was about to move mightily in your life / on your behalf?
Chances are there might have been a rhyming,
religious cliché attached to the prophetic word and interestingly enough, you
weren’t the only person in the church service or financial conference, etc; who
received such prophetic words also.
Please
know that there are some dynamics that one must take into
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The tradition of Christmas - Dec 24, 2011 - 4:25:20 PM
The
word Christmas itself and the erroneous religious teachings thereof has painted
such an indelible picture in the minds and hearts of many that claims to know
and worship God (Yahweh).
The danger
with today’s Christmas teaching is that despite the fact; the bible / the word
of God doesn’t support such teachings; religious leaders both far and wide
takes great delight in preaching / teaching their Christmas messages.
Most
church-folks / religious-minded folks really don’t care about knowing the
truth, especially when such truth is going to disrupt and expose their
religious / traditional beliefs which they hold dearly to their hearts. In
fact, many will diligently search the scriptures to argue, defend and to justify
their religious tradition...
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Gods’ Favor, even in Lo-debar - Dec 7, 2011 - 12:12:30 PM
2Sam.9:
5. Then King David sent, and fetched him
out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.
How wonderful it is was for Mephibosheth to find favor with King
David; this favor was the result of the covenant King David established
beforehand with Mephibosheth’s father (Jonathan).
After the death of his grandfather (King Saul) and his
father Jonathan, Mephibosheth’s life drastically changed...
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A Reprobate Mind - Nov 25, 2011 - 8:58:27 AM
We’re
living in a day and time whereby man has gone to great extent to justify their
sinful, wicked lifestyle.
I’m of the
firm belief that
“The hardest spirit to drive / cast out, is the spirit that’s been
invited in”
This
homosexual / lesbian spirit that’s boldly manifesting itself here in the
Bahamas is no stranger to our shores; this is an ancient spirit that’s been
kept secret / in the closet for generations. It’s just that throughout the
generations our leaders (Political, Religious, Parental, Civic, etc;) took the
position of compromise rather than to boldly standing upon the word of God and
confronting / casting out this wicked spirit.
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Blind Authorities - Nov 21, 2011 - 11:45:11 AM
Prov.29:
18. Where there is no vision, the people
perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
Please note:
The
above passage of scripture doesn’t say
“Where there is no vision, the LEADERS
perish.
While we as a nation spend countless hours, days, weeks,
months and years arguing about political and religious differences the facts /
truth still remains; our people are perishing.
Here’s where the rubber meets the road!
Our leaders...
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It’s not the devil - Nov 7, 2011 - 3:47:13 PM
One of the greatest
advantages that Satan has on today’s believers / church is that of
IGNORANCE; despite the fact that the church’s most quoted scripture is
(Hosea.4: 6. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge),
The root of this ignorance
runs so deep within the church in that when God begins to reveal his
truth; the religious minded-church folks would refute and
systematically fight against it. No matter whether I’m in the Bahamas
or throughout the U.S.A. the carnal perception of (John.10:10) remains
the same. Whether it’s in a church setting or at a family picnic where
spiritual concerns / matters are being discussed one can often be heard
saying “The bible say that the devil / Satan comes to kill, steal and
destroy...
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God’s economic plan! - Oct 28, 2011 - 5:12:12 PM
There are two economic plans in the church world!
# 1: God’s economic plan for his church benefits the multitude of them that believe, and are of one heart and one soul.
# 2: The Religious economic plan is
to construct huge buildings / buy property and to ensure that religious
leader / Mand-of-God has no financial / material lack.
The twisted, religious economic plan
is so vast, it can be spoken of for an unlimited period of time;
whereas God’s economic plan is straight forward, its only requirement
is faithful obedience.
Let’s look at, and talk about plan # 2:
This sickness / disease that are in
the religious economic plan can be liken to that of gangrene; if it’s
not properly addressed, dealt with and cut-out; it has the potential of
affecting and destroying an entire body of believers. This sickness /
disease is called “The Love of Money / Greed...
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No fear of God - Oct 24, 2011 - 10:21:31 PM
With
over four thousand (4,000) religious denominational and none denominational
churches in the Bahamas and most of these churches can be found in little
Nassau; unknowingly one would believe that there’s a great fear of God (Yahweh)
in the Bahamas.
Now,
before going any further; just the above statement would and have already
offended those of a religious mind-set.
There
is a small sense of reverential fear of God among SOME, and this fear in most
cases is displayed for public amusement during some televised church service...
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What if? - Oct 18, 2011 - 2:26:24 PM
What
if God were to expose all of your wrong doings?
Not
just the ones you’ve committed before professing Christ as your Lord and
Savior; but also those after your acceptance of Him, and the ones that you’re
yet struggling with.
So!
Before you undertake the task of condemning, pulling down and trying to
exposing the short falls / short comings of another; ask yourself this question
“What
if God were to expose my hidden secrets?”
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Do they know? Do they care? - Oct 7, 2011 - 8:14:51 PM
Does
today’s church know and care about End-Times Events? Or, is it that the church
is being lured to sleep by the prosperity / materialistic gospel?
There
is this world of ignorance that ninety nine, point nine percent (99.9%) of the
Christian church lives in; when it comes to End-Times Events.
One would have easily thought that in this
day and time with the great advancement of technology, the Internet / the
information highway, that the level of ignorance would not be as high; but
unfortunately this is not the case when it comes to the religious minded
church-folks.
Here
in the Bahamas we’ve got over four thousand religious churches, different
denominations and none denominations. I believe that there’s not a scripture in
the bible that a Bahamian can’t quote; that’s whether he or she attends a
church...
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Whose church is it? - Oct 3, 2011 - 1:31:30 AM
Matt.16:
18.
And I say also unto thee, That thou art
Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall
not prevail against it.
One
of the greatest problems we’re faced with today is the misconception / the preconceived
ideas of the word church.
Notwithstanding
that even though many among us can intellectually and articulately give the
Greek meaning of the word church
(ekklesia, ek-klay-see'-ah;) The hidden
ignorance within many religious leaders concerning church is being manifested every
day, and also the true revelation of church
(Matt.16:18).
Here’s
where we are today as it relates to what is known as the church!
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Prosperity belongs to you - Sep 27, 2011 - 4:48:17 PM
The one sided, twisted, incomplete prosperity gospel that’s emanating
from many church pulpits today is certainly not of God (Yahweh).
This twisted version of Godly prosperity primarily
benefits the religious leaders while the majority of the congregation live a life
of waiting for their breakthrough / a life of poverty or just barely making it.
Despite the fact that many church leaders are twisting the
word of God for their selfish financial gain. It is the will of God to prosper
His people; He takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servants (those who
faithfully serve Him). Here’s how David says it!
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Perilous Times - Sep 21, 2011 - 11:44:07 AM
2Tim.
3:1.
This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come.
Can
you stand to hear the truth, or do you wish to continue hearing the religious rhetoric
and prophet-lying like:
“I
don’t know who I’m talking to in here, but God told me to tell you that He’s
about to bless you with a house, or a car or some other material blessing”
that’s being echoed throughout today’s church?
As
a young man, I didn’t grow up in what we call a (Christian home), but I’ve
always had a sense / reverence for the things of God (Yahweh).
Growing up in Coconut Grove when and wherever
there was a tent meeting, church service, revival taking place I was there.
I now know that it was God who kept me around
to help with the setting up and taking down of the tents after the meetings. I
was at every...
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Two Opinions - Sep 14, 2011 - 7:29:31 PM
1Kings.18:
21.
And Elijah came unto all the people, and
said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him:
but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.
The
question of “How long halt ye between two opinions?” was asked of the children
of Israel by the prophet Elijah.
It is
constantly said, and can be heard in the midst of many conversations the
sayings that The Bahamas is a Christian Nation.
As
we ( The Bahamas ) goes through this vicious cycle of having the enemy wreaking
havoc throughout the length and breadth of this country as a result of the spiritual...
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And when thou art converted - Sep 6, 2011 - 12:13:01 PM
Lk.22: 31. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
:32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
This word converted in the Greek is:
epistrepho, ep-ee-stref'-o; which has several meanings such as (1) to
revert, (2) to come or go again, (3) to re-turn about, or again.
Often when a church leader has been
publicly disgraced this question is always asked “How a man of God
could be accused of doing such a thing?” The simple answer to such a
question is this “he hasn’t been converted as yet...
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