Pentecostal Sisters

Anonymous

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. But the father said to his servants, Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. Luke 15:21–22 ESV
The young man in the story could hardly wait to get the inheritance that he had asked the father for. Then when he got it, he ran through it immediately and spent the entire inheritance on prostitutes and wild living. It was certainly not what his father had wanted him to do.

Still, when he came to his senses, broke and making a living by feeding pigs, the father in the story took him right back in as his son. The son said: “I am no longer worthy to be called your son”, but the Father’s heart said: “You will always be my son”.

Sometimes we ask God for things and then when we get it, we completely blow it. One of those “Oh my that was stupid” moments that we wake up from. God understands and He wants us to return to Him. This story was included in the Bible for people like us. When you wake up with: “What have I done?” just come back home. It is ok.

Anonymous

 Pour Out Your Heart 

After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. She was deeply distressed and prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. 1 Samuel 1:9–11 ESV
Hannah poured out her heart to the Lord. She wanted a child so badly that the rest of her life seemed empty and nothing else really mattered. Her husband loved her and they had a great life, but she was troubled. Though the priest Eli thought that she was drunk and insulted her, the Lord granted her request and she had a son.

It was not a necessity for Hannah to have a son. It was not a matter of life and death. It was something that she deeply wanted. When it is important to you, it is important to God.

It is time to pour out your heart. Get somewhere quiet and tell the Lord all about it. He already knows, but sometimes you have not because you ask not. Today is the day and may the Lord grant you your petition in Jesus name.

Anonymous

Life is a process. Some things we learn and embrace quickly. Other things take time, patience and endurance. Among the most difficult are the things we have learned and now are challenged to "unlearn" because they were never truth to begin with. We have a responsibility to examine our spiritual lives, our moral beliefs, our personal standards and attitudes. We are challenged to live without spot, wrinkle or blemish. We are challenged to go beyond what we believe is the obvious and press in for the deeper truth so that we are not deceived. The process is imperative. We invest our money in spot removers and wrinkle creams, face lifts and all manner of product to make things look good, but are we willing to invest in eliminating all the spot, wrinkle and blemish of eternal significance? The things the Bible speaks of that are spot, wrinkle and blemish? Those things cosmetics cannot hide and surgery cannot repair. Are we even aware that spot is sin and wrinkle is false doctrine? Let us take a close look and begin the refining process with the grace of the Father to reveal the true flaws.

Anonymous

The Godly shall be firmly planted in the land, and live there forever. The Godly man is a good counselor because he is just and fair and knows right from wrong. Evil men spy on the Godly, waiting for an excuse to accuse them and then demanding their death. But the Lord will not let these evil men succeed, nor let the Godly be condemned when they are brought before the judge. Don't be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep traveling steadily along His pathway and in due season He will honor you with every blessing, and you will see the wicked destroyed. I myself have seen it happen: a proud and evil man, towering like a cedar of Lebanon, but when I looked again he was gone! I searched but could not find him! But the good man what a different story! For the good man the blameless, the upright, the man of peace he has a wonderful future ahead of him. For him there is a happy ending. But evil men shall be destroyed, and their posterity shall be cut off. The Lord saves the Godly! He is their salvation and their refuge when troubles comes. Because they trust in Him, He helps them and delivers them from the plots of evil men.....PSALM 37:29-40.

Anonymous

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. John 10:29 ESV

We often worry about so many things in this life, but when all is stripped away, the fact remains that we are in good hands. When everything else is gone, we still have a hope.

The Lord God the Almighty has set His love on you and no one is able to snatch you from His hand. You can crawl out on your own and go back to your old life, but no one can take you from Him for He is mightier than all.

Do not fear today what may happen to you. God is more than able to protect you from harm and provide for you in any circumstance that you find yourself in. He has created food where there was lack, turned water into wine, and brought gold from the mouth of a fish. You are in good hands with the Lord God, the Almighty.

Anonymous

Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. Daniel 6:23 ESV

They took Daniel to the edge of the lion’s den and let him see all of the half-starved lions prowling below them. The stench drifting upwards was horrible. I am sure the soldiers stood back a little ways as they pushed him to the edge of the pit. Then with a shove Daniel was falling through the air, right into the hungry mouths below.

On the way down he could hardly believe that after serving God and the kings uncompromisingly for over eighty years he was now being fed to the lions. What a retirement plan this was… Then they sealed the pit with a stone and it became dark with the sound of panting hungry lions pacing the floor. After a long dark stress filled night the dawn finally came and Daniel was unharmed. He was taken out of the pit, and his enemies were thrown in and devoured.

Tomorrow will be a better day. The dawn will come and no matter how bad it looks at night you will come through it unscathed. Just continue to trust in God just as Daniel did. God will deliver you from the half-starved lions.

Anonymous

Romans 8:33 

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Some people see God as a judge who has exacting demands on man. When they fall short or when things go wrong in their lives, they think that God is judging them.
My friend, the truth is that if you are a believer, God does not bring any charge against you. Instead, He justifies you because of the blood of His Son. In fact, God’s Word goes on to say that the One who has the right to condemn you, chose instead to die for you and is risen at the Father’s right hand to be your righteousness! (Romans 8:34)
But what the devil tries to do is to get you to believe that God watches you with a critical eye and punishes you when you do wrong. He has deceived many sincere Christians into believing that if they have done something wrong, bad things have a right to come upon them and their families. And when these things happen, he convinces them that they are suffering God’s judgment because of their wrongdoings. In the meantime, these sincere Christians struggle with condemnation because they think that they are the cause of their problems.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Ever since the cross, where Jesus was judged in your place for every one of your wrong actions, thoughts and words, God no longer judges you, His child. You need not accept condemnation because Jesus took all your punishment at the cross.
So when you start to feel condemned for your actions or when you experience negative circumstances, say, “It is written: It is God who justifies me. I am completely forgiven and made righteous before Him. I refuse to accept any condemnation and I reject every symptom of the curse that I am seeing in my circumstances!”
Then, simply stand on the truth of God’s Word, and watch Him deliver and bless you!

Anonymous

Matthew 15:27
And she said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the little dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.”
Come as you are to the Lord with your need, and lean on His unfailing and unconditional love for you. You don’t have to pretend to be more than what you are to receive the blessing you need from God. You don’t have to pretend to be someone else to appear more deserving to receive from God.
A Canaanite woman desperately seeking healing for her demon-possessed daughter came to Jesus. (Matthew 15:22–28) Knowing that He healed and did miracles among the Jews, she pretended to be a Jew, calling out, “O Lord, Son of David!” (Only the Jews addressed Jesus as the “Son of David”.) Jesus did not answer her. His silence made her drop her pretense and cry out, “Lord, help me!”
Only when her pretenses had melted away did she see the grace of God extended to her. Jesus made a way for her to receive her miracle even though it was not yet time for the Gentiles to receive His blessings. He told her, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”
Many people might be offended at being called a “dog”. Actually, the Greek word used here by Jesus means “puppy”, and is thus an affectionate rather than offensive term. So this woman was not offended. In fact, she knew then that she could receive healing for her daughter because even puppies get to eat what falls from their masters’ table.
She saw that the crumbs under the Master’s table were enough for a Gentile, a “little dog”, like herself. You must understand that the Jews then considered Gentiles dogs. But what Jesus was trying to say was that He was called to the Jews first, not the Gentiles. Yet, He loved this Gentile woman and her daughter enough to provide a “loophole” for them to receive their miracle.
So when the Canaanite woman took her place by dropping the title “Son of David” and just leaned on Jesus’ compassion for her, her daughter was healed from that very hour.
If God was willing to extend His grace to a Gentile, how much more you, His beloved child! You do not need to depend on pretensions to receive a miracle from Him. Come as you are and lean on His grace. If He has delivered Jesus up for us, “how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things”? (Romans 8:32)

Anonymous

Standing On Shaky Ground 

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it. Matthew 7:26–27 ESV
Jesus told a parable of two men who built a house. One dug deep and laid his foundation on the rock while the other built his house on the sand. When the storm came, the house that was built on the rock was fine while the one on sand collapsed.

Both of the men had houses, and from the surface, one looked as good as the other one. You could not tell them apart. The truth lay deep below where no one could see, until the winds came. Both of the groups that Jesus talked about heard His words. The only difference was that one did them and one did not.

Don’t wait until the storms of life hit you to start checking your foundation. Digging deeper and cultivating a relationship takes effort, and not everyone is going to do it. Become the one that built on the rock and not the one that is standing on shaky ground because the winds will com

Anonymous

thank you Soteria!

Anonymous

 My Greatest Fear 

For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. Job 3:25 KJV

Look to God, pray, and do not become immobilized by fear. The more that you focus on the fear the more power that you give it. God did not give us a spirit of fear (2 Tim 1:7). Also, be careful of who you let in your boat.

Anonymous

if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV
We are involved in a spiritual battle whether we are aware of it or not. When you do something meaningful for God, there is a backlash of trouble that occurs and you will often become the new target. You cannot see this struggle with the normal eye but you can certainly see the effects of it. God works through people, the enemy often works through people, too.

Our enemy will gladly remain invisible and is perfectly fine with you not believing that he exists at all. When Jesus cast out a demon 2,000 years ago they asked “What new teaching is this?” (Mark 1:27) and today, people still ask the same thing if they see it happen.

It is normal for people to be stirred up against us by the enemy, but we are not to stoop to their level. Our weapons are spiritual (Ephesians 6). We are to remain humble and pray, which will bring in the help of God. Jesus had to pray even though God certainly knew everything going on in His life. With the help of God, we can own the battleground.

Anonymous

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matt. 6:26
The ants crawling along the ground have plenty to eat. They just do their part as they are able, and God takes care of the rest. The birds of the air are taken care of one day at a time. There may be a draught or a famine and it may affect them for a while, but their species is not extinct so, over all, they have been taken care of pretty well.

It is always us that starts to panic when it does not happen fast enough. So many times I have been concerned about tomorrow and then find that when it got here, everything was ok. God took care of it somehow.

Don’t panic, don’t get anxious about what is coming. God knows your needs and you mean much more to Him than the birds that He takes care of. He created us in His own image. When the need comes, the answer will as well. Just continue to do your part and rely on God.

Anonymous

But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:6

God does not care if I have a stutter when I pray. He went out of His way to say: “When you give, when you pray, when you fast…”. Don’t do it to impress others. Moses had a speech impediment and was the chosen one.

It is not the quantity, but the quality. Leave the long beautiful public speeches to the politicians and when you really want to connect with God, get somewhere quiet, pray and listen.

Anonymous

And he said, My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest. And he said to him, If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. Exodus 33:14–15 ESV

You can do anything that He calls you to do if you just step out and try. Moses did not want to leave without God's presence. David killed Goliath with God's presence while an army watched on in fear. Even Jesus had times when the power was present to heal (Luke 5:17)

Don’t try and make it happen on your own. Invite the Lord's presence into your problems and watch them dissolve. Just be honest: “Lord, I cannot do this without you! Please come with me and give me the grace to do this in Jesus' name.” When the Presence is Present, you can do anything He calls you to do.

Anonymous

When you look at yourself, what do you see? Do you see someone who is imperfect and lacking in many areas, or someone who is whole and complete in Christ?

There are believers who see themselves as incomplete. This is because they are conscious of their lack and imperfections. They say, “There are so many things imperfect about me! How can I be complete if there are so many things I am lacking in?” They see their weaknesses, condemn themselves and feel inferior to others.
The good news is that God does not see the way man sees. Man sees the flesh. God sees the spirit. He sees us already complete in Christ. In spite of our imperfections, He sees us as new creations, partakers of His divine nature and more than conquerors over our faults. And He wants us to see ourselves the way He sees us.
What we think we need or are lacking in, whether it is godly character traits or physical health, we already have in Christ.
I used to think that I had to ask God to make me more patient, until I realized one day that Jesus is my patience. Since then, I no longer ask God to make me wiser either, because Jesus is my wisdom. (1 Corinthians 1:30) I am not waiting to receive more healing because Jesus is my complete healing at this moment. And I am not yearning for peace and rest one day because Jesus is my peace and rest today. Right now, I have everything because I stand complete in Christ!
My friend, you are not going to be complete in Christ some day—you are already complete in Christ! And what remains for you to do is to walk daily in that completeness by believing that it is true and confessing that what you need right now, Jesus is to you. He is your complete forgiveness, complete righteousness, complete favor and complete protection.
So don’t focus on the lack you see in your life. Focus instead on how in Christ, you are complete in everything at this moment. And instead of weaknesses, lack and defects, you will see His strength, wholeness, soundness and completeness manifesting in you!

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Amen!

Anonymous

For 400 years, the children of Israel were slaves in Egypt. Life for them was one of hard labor, pain, loss and even death. When Moses their deliverer came, what soon followed was one plague after another on the Egyptians. But none of the plagues caused Pharaoh to release the Israelites until they put the blood on their doorposts. What nine plagues could not do, the blood did! The Israelites were finally set free because of the blood.
Are you under any kind of bondage? Are your loved ones held captive by the destroyer who is bent on destroying them? Plead the blood of the Lamb of God over all that is yours and your family’s. When nothing else seems to work, His blood always works!
You see, when you plead the blood of Jesus, the destroyer cannot come near. When he sees the blood, he must respect the blood. He cannot touch what is covered by the blood. The blood of Jesus truly protects and sets you free!

Anonymous

Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way; Psa. 44:18 ESV
Many times the Christian walk appears so difficult, almost impossible if you try and examine all of your faults and figure out all the shall and shall nots.

There is often a seemingly unlimited list of things that need to be made right before you are “Right with God” before you are ready to pray for someone, or speak something in faith. After dwelling on the “list” for a while people often just give up.

There is a simple solution: Just keep putting one foot in front of the other and do not focus on yourself, focus on Jesus. Live your life daily for the Lord by involving Him in your plans and you will find yourself in His Kingdom.

I have heard it said if you do not change your direction, you will end up where you are headed. This is true. Even if you take baby steps, you will still get there.

Anonymous

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 1Pet. 4:12 ESV

Unless a test comes, there is no testimony. Testimony, witness, a matter of fact, are things that come from our experience. These are the things you can stand on when the going gets tough. Things that you hear from others help, but the things that you have lived are your testimony and will help you, and others.

When you look at what Jesus has already brought you through, you know that He will bring you through this as well. Just as David killed the lion, the bear and was now ready for Goliath, the Lord will turn your test into a testimony. The things that you now suffer will work out for your own good in due time.

Anonymous

The Bible tells us that Christ was delivered up for our sins and raised from the dead for our justification. You may already know why Jesus died for our sins, but do you know the significance of God raising Him from the dead?

Let me give you an illustration to help you understand the significance of Jesus’ resurrection.
Let’s say that you are living in a foreign country. One day, you happen to break a major rule of the land. You appeal to the king for mercy. He says, “A rule is a rule. I cannot bend the rule for you. What will others say about my integrity? However, if you can find a substitute to take your punishment—three months in jail—I will allow it.”
By God’s grace, you find a willing substitute. He goes to prison on your behalf and you don’t see him for some time. Days, weeks and months pass by.
Now, how or when will you know that your crime has been fully paid for? When will you be able to rest easy regarding your crime? It is when you see your substitute walking free again! When you see him out of prison, you will know that the sentence has been fully served. You will know that you are now justified and no one can bring a charge against you for your old crime. No longer will you be afraid of the king or his guards coming after you because you know that the one who was punished in your place is now walking free.
Beloved, Jesus, your substitute, paid the debt you could not pay. On the cross, He bore the sins of your entire life. God put it all on Jesus and then He punished Jesus for every single one of those sins until He was fully satisfied. And because He was so pleased with what Jesus had done, He raised Him from the dead.
Today, Jesus’ tomb remains empty. He is not there for He has risen! His resurrection and empty tomb will forever be our assurance that we have been fully justified. You no longer have to be afraid of God judging you for your sins. His justice is on your side today!

Anonymous

† The Rising of the Sun †

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. Ephesians 2:7–9 ESV
There is a movie where the people made a sacrifice every day so that the sun would come up. One day when everything went wrong, they were not able to make the daily sacrifice but the sun came up anyway. They then found that the sun just came up, with or without their sacrifice.

So it is with us: when I came to the Lord I read the Bible about eight hours a day, fasted more than I ate, went through Bible College, gave all that I had in the offering plate, but there was still no intimacy in my relationship to God. He was distant and I was trying to earn His love. I knew all about God, I just did not know Him, though He loved me the whole time. His love was already there every day while I was busy ignoring Him and focusing on the future.

Relax. Talk to God as you would your best friend and be yourself. God already loves you today and you will not increase this love by your works. Of course you should try and live right, and faith with out works is dead, but works without the relationship is a waste of your time and resources. If you miss your Bible reading today, God will still love you just as the sun managed to come up without a sacrifice. Just try not to make it a habit.

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Anonymous

Throughout the Bible, we observe God at work in people’s lives. Sometimes He acts in dramatic fashion, as when He parted the Red Sea to let the Israelites escape from the Egyptian army. At other times it may appear that He’s not taking any action. Mary and Martha sent word to Jesus that their brother needed His help, but Christ delayed before traveling to their home (John 11:3-6). In fact, He was preparing an even greater miracle.
The Holy Spirit helps us recognize God’s presence and handiwork. He does this by cultivating our ability to discern when and where the Lord is at work.
In addition to spiritual discernment, we must develop patience because God operates according to His timetable, not ours. Abraham was promised numerous descendants, but there was a long wait before his wife conceived—in fact, he and Sarah were beyond childbearing years. Impatience can cause us to take matters into our own hands and make mistakes.
The Lord’s efforts can bring delight, as was the case when Hannah became a mother (1 Sam. 1:27-2:1). His plan can also lead through painful times, which was Joseph’s experience. Before the Lord elevated him to a position of authority to help his family, Joseph was sold into slavery and unjustly imprisoned.
Jesus told the disciples that His Father was always at work and so was He. We will be encouraged and strengthened in our faith when we recognize the ways in which God is operating. These glimpses of His handiwork will motivate us to stay the course and help us maintain a godly perspective on life.

Anonymous

And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed. For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another. 2Chr. 20:22 ESV
A great army came up against Israel and King Jehoshaphat was scared as it looked hopeless. But he went to the Lord in prayer and afterwards brought out the choir in holy attire and sent them before the army, singing “Give thanks to the Lord, for His steadfast love endures forever.” This had to look completely insane to the enemy army.

But when the praise team started up, God set ambushes against the enemy and they turned on each and wiped themselves out, not one escaped. Israel did not have to kill a man and it took them three days to gather all the spoil. It was “delivered” to their door. They spent a long time thanking God for this blessing.

If you facing an impossible situation today do not neglect praising God. Praise (halal) means to flash, radiate, shine. To make the Lord look good! Lord, you are Awesome! It just may be that your impossible situation becomes a great blessing in disguise, delivered right to your door by Kingdom Express.

Anonymous

Do to others as you would have them do to you. Luke 6:31 NIV
After coming out of the grocery store I found that I had parked way out in the parking lot and did not really feel like taking the buggy all the way back to the store. I saw a few other carts near by that people had left in the parking lot and as I thought of just leaving my grocery buggy there with the others this scripture came to my mind: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."

I knew without a doubt that it was the Holy Spirit. Convicted, I gathered the buggies and took them all back. It was a small thing, but God starts with small things, and if you obey will give you bigger ones. Imagine the world if everyone obeyed this one commandment, it would be an entirely different place. You could walk the streets safely, there would be no abuse, murders, robberies, and there would be a lot less divorce.

If you would like to make the world a better place today, try and follow this commandment. It is simple to understand, but by no means easy to do. You can change the world one buggy at a time.

Anonymous

† God’s Interstate Highways †

Then Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother, our own flesh. And his brothers listened to him. Then Midianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. Genesis 37:25–28 ESV
Trapped inside an empty well, Joseph had to contemplate his life and how he got there. He was from a wealthy family, the favorite son of his dad. He wore a special coat of many colors that his dad had given him. God had given him dreams that he was going to be a leader one day.

Everything was in place for him to shine, or so it seemed. Then Joseph was kidnapped by his jealous brothers and sold as a slave. He went to Egypt as a captive, and after that, into prison. Looking back, it was an effective plan. It humbled Joseph, transported him to Egypt, and placed him right where he needed to be. He became the second-in-command of the most powerful nation on earth at that time.

Though your life may have taken a sudden turn for the worse, it actually will work out for the better. Be patient, God will work out the details. Life’s detours are God's Interstate Highways.

Anonymous

When the devil accuses us of having done wrong and tells us that we don’t deserve God’s blessings, what should we do? Well, the Lord showed me one day what we are to do. We are to point everything back to Jesus, who qualifies us for all of God’s blessings.

So when the devil says, “You are not righteous enough,” just look to Jesus and declare, “He is my righteousness!”
When the devil says, “You are not holy enough,” just look to Jesus and declare, “He is my sanctification!”
When the devil says, “You don’t deserve to be healed,” just look to Jesus and declare, “By His stripes I am healed!”
When the devil says, “You don’t qualify for the blessing,” just look to Jesus and declare, “He is my qualification!”
Each time you point everything back to Jesus, the devil has nothing to say because Jesus qualifies you for all of God’s blessings. In and of yourself, you do not qualify. Without Christ, there is nothing good in you which can qualify you.
But with Christ, your disqualification becomes your qualification for the undeserved, unearned and unmerited blessings of God. And because God puts your life in Christ (Colossians 3:3), who is the all-deserving one, you become all-deserving. Because you are in Christ, you are qualified.
Jesus qualifies you because He died for you and gave you a blood-bought right to every blessing of God. You have a blood-bought right to a life full of meaning, purpose and abundance. You have a blood-bought right to walk in divine health. You have a blood-bought right to God’s provision even when the economy is bad. You have a blood-bought right to preferential treatment because God favors you. You have a blood-bought right to the good life!
My friend, you have a right to all these blessings not because you are good, but because Jesus shed His blood and qualified you to have them. So don’t let the devil or anyone tell you that you can’t expect to walk in the blessings of God!

Anonymous

And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had said to him, Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times. And he broke down and wept. Mark 14:71–72 ESV
Looking back over the mistakes in his life, Peter probably regretted this moment above them all. He was one of the closest companions of Jesus and followed Him closely for three years. Now he had denied that he even knew Jesus three times. But his story does not end there. Peter got up, and followed the Lord again and his greatest days happened after this incident.

Everyone falls, but not everyone gets back up. The Lord knew that Peter would deny Him. He told him this before it happened. Jesus loved him anyway. The Lord knows our weaknesses. He knows that we will fail sometimes. He loves us anyway. It is important that you get back up.

When you stumble, tell God you are sorry and try it again. Do not give up. Do not throw in the towel. We all fall down. Be the one who gets up and fulfill the Lord’s plan for your life. Do it now.

Anonymous

My church, CharismaLife Ministries in Whitehall, Ohio is involved in helping Jews to make Aliyah. (Go home to Israel) according to Isaiah 49:22.... I will beckon to the Gentiles, and they will carry your sons home in their arms, and your daughters on their shoulders.

We are non-denominational, but are learning to observe the Hebrew calendar. If you don't mind, I'd like to share each month, where we are on the calendar, which tribe it represents, and what God expects of us and what He will do for us.

Anonymous

The Month of Nissan

This is the month linked with the Tribe of Judah. The apostolic leadership, warring tribe, who knew how to operate with sound. Judah means PRAISE! Judah was of the Tribe of David, the Tribe of Jerusalem, and the Tribe of our Messiah, Jesus. The symbol of the Tribe of Judah is the Lion. Jesus is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah.

This is a key time to PRAISE!!!

Remember Judah always goes first into battle! Their weapons are PRAISE, whether through singing, dancing, waving a banner, playing an instrument, or just quietly telling The Lord how wonderful He is.

This month is the Beginning of Miracles and the month that sets the course for your future.

Be especially careful of the words you speak this month and always. Remember, "Life & death are in the power of the tongue. Proverbs 15. We can speak blessings or curses over our own lives or that of others.

During the month of Nissan The Lord miraculously delivered his people from the bondage of Egypt, through Passover (Jesus is our Passover Lamb) for the purpose of worshipping Him. Jesus was crucified during Nissan. When a king came into power, his official reign began in Nissan.

Judah's blessings release several significant anointings. These include the anointing to

1) move out first (praise)

2) release worship that moves the heart of God

3) experience the favor of men

4) walk in authority

5) open the way of victory and the miraculous deliverance from ones enemies.

Whatever you're dealing with.....Repent, then start praising Him.

Start by just trying to thank him for all the many things He's already done for you. I promise you. "There aren't enough hours in the month to thank Him for all He's done." 

Then thank Him for what you're asking Him to do.