[ The Happiness of Those Who Trust in God ] [ A Psalm of David when he pretended madness before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. ] I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continuallybeinmymouth.
I know it’s technically tomorrow, but isn’t fathers day everyday for those that have children, and for all of us who have a Father in Christ Jesus? As Christians we are no longer orphans, but adopted Sons and Daughters of The Father of fathers who is the Most High God.
This Post is a tribute to all the Fathers who have sacrificed so much to be who they are to their children: Protector, Provider, Security, Fighter, Believer, Example of Christ’s love, Teachers, Preachers, Evangelists, Prophets, Defenders, Strength and Advocates, etc… there is so much that a Father is to a child, and although there exist children out there who are fatherless, I praise God for being all these things even for those children.
I remember this song sung by Blackstreet called Finally that I’d like to share here with y’all. God is such an amazing God and Father to all fathers who are on Earth. Let us Bless the Lord with all our hearts and let our praise continually be in our Mouths. May this Song bless your spirit today!
I’m in the mood for praise and worship right about now!!!! I am seeing change in my circumstances before it even happens. More will come if you just believe, but for now, Remember Who Your GOD is and Believe that if He did it before, He can do it again! I see breakthrough coming!!!! That’s why I’m praising my way through it and to it!
Enjoy this song by Tye Tribbett called Same God (If He Did it Before).
God can't get tired.
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.
—Isaiah 40:28
God can't take on a job he can't handle.
Ah, Lord God! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm.
Hope you are having an awesome weekend! Well, I’m in the mood for some praise and worship! Whoohooooo! The song I have today is the kind that will keep your head up by J.Moss! If you didn’t feel joy today, this song will uplift your spirit and make you dance!
When I think of David in the Bible and all the stuff he had to endure before he became King of Israel, he wrote so many psalms to God to keep His focus on who it was that gave Him Strength when he was weak; Who gave him joy in times of depression; Who gave him hope even in the most dismal situations he had encountered while Saul was seeking him out to destroy him. David had a lot of praise to give to the Lord despite all the things that he was going through and this is all evidenced in the book of psalms. The question I have for you today is: Do you give Praise to God everyday no matter what you are going through? I know that even in my present situation I have things that seem like it’s enough to throw in the towel, but I want to be strong like David and give God the highest praise regardless of my circumstances.
Praise is the most powerful weapon to assured victory in Jesus in whatever trial you face.
You can praise through your “prison-like situations” just like Paul and Silas did where the jail doors became open miraculously not only for their own freedom but for the freedom for ALL who were in bondage/captivity.
When you believe, your belief in Jesus can cause not only for you to receive deliverance for yourself, but it can cause others around you to experience the same level of deliverance for themselves as well.
This is the true Power of bondage breaking Faith.
Lately, the Lord has been impressing on my heart to pursue “Bondage Breaking Faith”.
This type of faith is only found in what you do in your PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
Acts 16:25-34
The Philippian Jailer Saved
25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed.27 And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. 28 But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
29 Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. 30 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. 34 Now when he had brought them into his house, he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.
The one thing that keeps us from breakthroughs in life is what we do with our worship. When you stop praising (living a life filled with gratitude unto God) and when you stop worshiping (believing in the one true God, Jesus Christ, and the workings of the Holy Spirit), you set yourself up in a type of prison that locks up your potentials, it locks up all your promises, it locks up even your victories in a type of prison that cannot be shaken unless you decide to open up your mouth and give the Lord Praise and Worship due unto His name.
Paul and Silas got it. It doesn’t matter what circumstances you are facing right now. Don’t let anybody or anything steal your worship unto God.The true KEY to freedom through whatever trial or issue you face is in your Praise and Worship to God.
You’ve got to be like David who ran after God’s heart through worship. You’ve got to be like Paul and Silas who knew that not even prison bars could stop them from speaking, praising and worshiping the true King of kings. When the King of kings hears this language of faith, He is the one that opens every door for you that no man can shut:
Revelations 3:7-8 (NIV)
The Faithful Church
7 “And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write,
‘These things says He who is holy, He who is true, “He who has the key of David, He who opens and no one shuts, and shuts and no one opens”:[c]8 “I know your works. See, I have set before you an open door, and no one can shut it;[d] for you have a little strength, havekept My word, and have not denied My name.
Can we truly fathom the awesomeness of this high level of faith?I can tell you one thing, the Church of Jesus Christ needs to reach this level. We are still in the milk stages of faith...it’s time to pick up our sling shots of faith like David, it’s time stand up in faith like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, it’s time to stand our ground and not be moved until everything that was stolen from us is returned like Moses who stood in the gap for the children of Israel against Pharaoh. “LET MY CHILDREN GO!”. Don’t buckle, don’t give in, and keep on praising until you see the Lord’s desired promise for your life come to pass. You don’t have to accept the world’s opinion of your Faith. You must concern yourself with God’s opinion regarding your Faith in Him. Remember, He is a REWARDER of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Success is built on what and whom you worship by faith. The question is, are we worshiping the right things?
You are a servant to what you worship. I choose to serve my God…and I’d rather be a servant to Him than any other thing in this world because He is where all my hope comes from.
Today, revive your bondage breaking faith in Jesus through your praise and worship unto Him. It is the most powerful weapon to assured victory in whatever trial you face.
PRAISE AND WORSHIP IS THE LANGUAGE OF FAITH.Put this heavenly language in your heart, and begin to see amazing things happen. I strongly believe in this…the question is do you believe?
I just feel myself absorbing in powerful worship. This song by Jekalyn Carr called Greater is Coming is just phenomenal. I feel so touched by it that I can’t wait to post it for tomorrow, so I’m posting it now. May this song minister to your needs.
It’s been a while since I last posted anything on here, and I apologize since it’s been kind of up and down for me lately. For those that haven’t read one of my previous posts, I got laid off from my job recently, and I have been going through the job search phase and keeping my hopes up and keeping my faith alive. I keep speaking positive into my situation, and will believe that this time of unemployment shall pass. Either way, I am enjoying the time I have to spend with the Lord each day. I get to pray and seek His face each day as I wonder what will tomorrow bring?
The way I see it, it’s better to be productive rather than sit around milling about thinking of what could have been, but wasn’t, what should have been, but isn’t. It leads a person down the road to self-pity land which is a place I refuse to go to. Sometimes, when things like a job or a family member or a loved one is snatched away from you, you ran the chance of choosing to operate in one of two attitudes; one that is gratefulfor the grace of God that is on your life that helps you see each day is in God’s hands, or one that is hateful towards God and despises the joy of others while you are in your own perceived trial or test. One way or another, it’s better to live a life filled with GRATITUDE in your ATTITUDE rather than operate with with DISRESPECT and SELF-ENTITLEMENT.
In a way, no one owes you anything, and people who live humbly are often the ones who live with gratitude in their hearts. Everything in this world belongs to God and God owes us nothing and yet He still gave us His beloved and begotten Son Jesus, to die for us and resurrect for us in fulfillment of the scriptures to save us from the price of living in sin which is death. God wants all of us to have life and LIVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY!
But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and thatHe is arewarderofthosewho diligently seek Him.
It is so important to give the Lord Praise everyday, because nothing in this life is secure nor permanent since life is transient and temporary. However, we all have the ability to secure our lives in Jesus Christ by making it a point to live productive livesworshiping our King of kings through acts of kindness, being representatives of His grace in the our daily encounters with people everyday which include the workplace, family, or church. We all have a duty to remain productive.
Self-pity is self-seeking behaviour…and NOT a fruit of the Holy Spirit.
It is a choice to choose to be SELF-PRODUCTIVE (solution focused thinking) versus SELF-PITY (self-seeking, arrogant, prideful and self-entitled behavioural thinking).
CHOOSE to be SELF-PRODUCTIVE because such people find solutions and more answers to questions than those who are self-focused individuals that cannot see past their own mirror and see that the very answers that they seek concerning their trial or situation may very well lie within them.
The Key to remaining SELF-PRODUCTIVE…. is by keeping the right focus.FOCUS ON GOD!
Stop focusing on yourself if you are because the rewards that God has for His people are only for those who are ACTIVELY and DILIGENTLY SEEKING HIM.
Question: Who are you seeking? What are you seeking? Are you Seeking God?
I believe that the Holy Spirit in me has been stirring me up to say to somebody today who maybe reading this post that:
“You’ve got to stop focusing on yourself and start seeking things of the Kingdom because all your treasures, all your prosperity, all your opportunities are wrapped up in JESUS!”.
If you don’t have Him in your heart…you will seek things of this world in vain and will not obtain the fullness of Joy that the treasures you attempt to store up here on earth bring.
Matthew 6:33 But seekfirst the kingdomof God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand arepleasures forevermore.
Today, Choose to be SELF-PRODUCTIVE… have a solution-focused mindset rather than a defeatist attitude. God works with FAITH…not with FAITHLESSNESS and SELFISHNESS. It is impossible to please God without Faith (Hebrews 11:6)… if that is what you lack, then be productive, and WORK OUT YOUR FAITH with much reverential fear and trembling.
I have here two songs to minister to you today. One by J. Moss called God’s Got It. It ministers to me and it’s a bit upbeat but I pray it ministers to you today.
The other is my Jason Nelson called Shifting the Atmosphere. May these worship songs bless your spirit today. God Bless You Everybody!
Show your Mama love today! They could be grandmothers, aunts, or step-moms, or the teacher that guided you in the right direction, or the neighborhood lady across the street. Show these women some love and husbands, show your wives that being a parent together with her is the best thing that every happened to you. Here is a video to pay tribute to all the Proverbs 31 Mom’s out there!
I think I’m on spoken word mode. This video I’m sharing really makes you look at where you stand in Christ. It’s one thing to know about God, but it’s another to be in relationship with Him. We can’t have an acquaintance-like relationship with Jesus by knowing Him in Name only and yet ignore Him for who He really is to us; He is our Lord and Savior and King of kings. May this Video help us to search deep within to know where we really stand. It’s amazing how much scripture Shawn Presley used in his spoken word, but the truth is needed to be heard in order to confront that which we try to shove under the carpet.
It’s amazing how much we try not to face ourselves when we say we are walking “in Christ” and yet live jaded lives thinking that God is blind to our acts of omission or commission to sin. In some cases, we Christians act engaged to Christ and yet are divorced from the Father’s love for us for the mere fact that we aren’t living for God wholly. It’s sad to have a part-time Christian faith when really God seeks a full-time marriage commitment of Faith. If we are the Bride of Christ as we so claim, we must no longer portray a mistress status with our King. Let’s dig deep and pray that the Church of Jesus Christ wakes up to see its real face and not live a compromised life swaying like a pendulum with the world’s way of living and start pursuing righteousness for what it is- living in right-standing with Christ. May we confess before God for not really being what we are meant to be in His Eyes which is to be Joint-Heirs with Christ Jesus. We can’t claim to be a powerful church, if we aren’t even plugged-in to the source which is in Christ our solid Rock, our redeemer and foundation of faith. May God help us be the Church that we ought to be and may we as Christians humble ourselves before the King of kings and repent for not being what we should be before Him. Let’s re-align ourselves back to the heart of the Father and seek to live in right-standing with Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, Amen!