Good Morning everyone from Hawaii to all points of the world, we welcome to you all. Today is a very important day to The Church Ministries, today is our 52nd church gathering and 52nd Church service. Welcome to our one year of church services! Praise the Lord. I thank God we made it. As you all know that we opened on the 17th of August 2003, but we were not sure the Holy Spirit would lead us. We wanted to open a mission downtown and I was running around looking for any type building to rent, I did come to Hawaii with many blessings and at that time we did have the finances to open a church building, but as time went on as you know I was afflicted with an unknown disease on the 12th of November one year ago, and at the time I had no idea that the health care on this Big Island was so reduced. I have never run into so many obstacles and doctors that just had know idea what they were facing. The Big Island in Hawaii is very beautiful and as we all know the Good Lord sent me here to build a mission for the poor and the homeless, when I first came to town I took many pictures of the downtown area , so to give you the idea of the surroundings, with all the experience that I have had for the last 50 years I considered this would not be such a hard task, but I had so much strength in the Lord then, did you notice I said I had, well to stand in truth again, that is the way it was, here was a man that new scripture and studied intensely on church history, and studying very hard with a school for biblical counseling, I was gung ho to help these people of this medium size town in Hawaii setting on the eastern side in this rain forest. With a nice size bay where there are only a few shipping lines and a few pleasure ships that come in. I did notice that most of the buildings were quiet old and none were fixed up to convey the town as in a progressive stage. I didn’t think I would have any problems at the time renting some where on the ground floor for easy assess for all the street people, and travelers and people that are carrying there hole life in a shopping cart or a back pack. I new I would need a ground floor for all the homeless or the poor. Besides I knew there would be bicycles and other kinds of push carts or wagons and anything of that nature that people that carry there belongings in. I could not picture in my mind anyone carrying these home articles up and down stairs. Plus the fact I wanted the people to have an easy access and be able to go in and out, plus when it would be meal time there would be a line, and I know it would be pretty much uncomfortable for people to stand and wait for their meals on staircases. We as you all knew my plans, we as I shopped around I found perfect locations and there were many buildings that were empty and they all seemed perfect for what we were planning to do, then when I started to call these realty companies and private owners the prices were all so unbelievable, and the places are still sitting there and the rents are so unbelievably high.
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Dear Heavenly Father, we cannot express the words deeply enough to say how much we love You. We have gathered here and all over the world each in every home and dwelling may it be a penthouse on Park Avenue or a small village in a poor town in Africa. It could be high in the mountains of Nepal or in the deserts by the railroad tracks in Tucson, Arizona. It does not matter where any of us worship we are here today to give honor and glory to You. We are all here as one, in one spirit and in pure truth. Father we come to express our humble hearts of togetherness to You. Please Father we all need the anointing of the Holy Spirit to come upon us all. Please Holy Spirit come to all our gatherings to all our dwellings, or to all our camps or anywhere we may be, to share this day of worship. We need Your peace, grace and love to come to come upon us all. Please Father, hear our cries, count our tears, and bring all our afflictions, pain and sufferings to an end. Please heal all of our inner problems of this life; please bring us Your joy. We turn all our troubles and pain into hope, and truth and turn them all into an act of worship for You. We praise You Father! In Jesus Name, Amen
Today I was going to continue with the parables of Matthew 13 but for some reason the Holy Spirit is leading into some other direction. Being all these dreadful things are happening all around me and the church. Today especially our one year service, I wanted it to be somewhat of an importance, as always I wanted everything to stand out. I can not stop the tears and I can not even keep my mind on my work, I could not even read the points and effects of the 4th parable, I could not hold back the tears long enough to even concentrate, it seems the walls are just closing in upon my self. As far as I know the neurologist wants me to see the specialist in neurosurgery for the Trigeminal Neuralgia, so now there is going to be a long wait because of my insurance, I can not afford all the trips back and forth to Honolulu, and I was turned down to see a specialist in February, so I don’t know what the next steps will be and when. All we can do is hope in the Lord. I do praise God that all the C-scans came up negative, and for the past two weeks I was living under the cancer scare of Lymphoma, at least that is what the hernia surgeon was looking for. My appointment for the bilateral hernia is set for sometime in January, and it seems that it would be nice to get the brain surgery first so I can gain some weight. We still need the new specialist to find out what all the other things in my brain are, the neurologist did not see any metallic object, he doesn’t know what it is, it could be a clot but he is referring me to the best brain surgeon in the state in fact his partner is a well know brain surgeon, that I have met before. So I know between the both of them, I stand a good chance, that all of this will someday get cleaned up and fixed so I do praise God for that.
For today I will call to arms the revelation of suffering, which all of you know maybe not even half the things this church and its pastor are going through, I do not know what God wants from me or this church the sermons are getting harder and harder to do, each month that goes by body mind and spirit are getting weaker and weaker and the strength in my body is changing. The Holy spirit will come upon me do the thinking for me and God will point me right into the direction of what ever He wants me to say to all of you. I must admit that all these things that are going on, mixed with additional interlocking events have brought me to my knees in tears and in prayer. I have been crying out to the Lord, I never knew this could be such a great affliction; it is not only that it is burying the past and holding on to the forgiveness. I must continue to fill my heart with love. I never thought it would take a year to get someone to diagnose me, and get me to the right doctor, I knew what doctor to get to, in June and now I am still suffering 6 months later and all the pounds I have lost, and all the frustration, the sleepless nights, the nightmares and all the extra suffering with all the blood tests, all these c-scans, nuclear bone scans, Mri’s and all these doctors visits and all these specialists, and still yet I am still waiting for all of this to be clarified. Not being able to eat right properly for a year has stripped me from the worldly flesh which may be a good thing, and maybe God wanted me to just stop working out, and that was something I looked forward doing, like people that need to relieve stress, there are a lot of people out there that have to run, or swim everyday or every other day, to keep there mind and body in tune with the Spirit and with God, and when that was taken away, I have not been able to relive all this anxiety. I do understand that God wanted me to remove the flesh of the world so he could just see Christ in me, not the sinner named Paul.
For he has not ignored the suffering of the needy.
He has not turned and walked away.
He has listened to their cries for help. Psalm 22:24 NLT
For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ's sake not only to believe in (adhere to, rely on, and trust in) Him, but also to suffer in His behalf. Phil. 1:29 AMP
We know that Jesus is our strength and our life and breath, and that is all that we really need. We are all human and still living in the flesh, are there are times where you need people, people close to you, may it be family, friends or your children, people that you admire, care about; love, or just general friends and acquaintances that you are close to. To give you that extra hope confidence, love, compassion, and understanding, or maybe just someone that will listen, to give you that extra drive to go on. May it be just with a few words, or a gentle smile, or maybe a word of just saying the future will be eternal with Christ, and with joy, and the life we live now does serve a purpose, but not a purpose for ourselves. Our purpose is for Christ and His people and the church. The love you have all given me, and the love of Christ guiding me has made a great change in my life and eventually, I in return can make a change for others. The same would exist for anyone that is suffering unjustly, partially, or unreasonably. Because if my spirit is edified and uplifted than it is far easier for me to find the words to uplift and pray and to say the right things or words to others. If we cling too much to this world, then the future for the world to come will not be as we picture it.
So we ask ourselves can this suffering bring about positive results, we know many angles of our lives can change and to better ourselves. We have to understand that we are only here for a short time some would say just a blink of an eye, some theologians say that life in this world should not become to attractive. We are all bound for heaven, and to live eternally with Christ and the Father, and there are many scriptures that entail that if we love this world, we are not concentrating on heavenly things and Christ.
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Matt. 10:39 NIV
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." Matt. 16:24-28 NIV
Other forms of suffering can bring about the best in us.
“Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way; let it be an opportunity for joy. For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.” James 1:2-4 NLT
God has given gifts to each of you from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Manage them well so that God's generosity can flow through you. Then speak as though God himself were speaking through you. Are you called to help others? Do it with all the strength and energy that God supplies. Then God will be given glory in everything through Jesus Christ. All glory and power belong to Him forever and ever. (1Pet. 4:10-11) Yes God has given us different gifts and different ways to communicate, and special ways to try and help others; I wish this whole world would like to assist others, with prayer, love and compassion. Some of us try, and some of us don’t even know the power of God, or don’t even know the Lord. But to send out our caring thoughts, and our sympathy, to let others know they are out there with them. To gather all the feelings through the Spirit and then direct them to others to help when the time is needed. I pray and hope for all complications that we all go through, some more than others, and some even compounded together with various obstacles, I pray for a great peace, with grace and sincerity that your life will all come together, with healings and comfort, and an inner harmony with our Lord. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:18) God will never leave us alone, although sometimes we feel that we are, sometimes we feel that there isn’t anyone in this world that fully understands what we are going through, but the Lord hears all our hearts, and He knows what is traveling within our minds, so we might not have a person right there, or a friend to hold and break down and cry with, or just some one to listen for a few minutes, there is always Jesus, He is there, and always will be. He does talk, but we have to listen very openly, we ourselves have to listen, it may not be a voice, it could be just the beauty of the shifting clouds, or the way the wind blows, or it may come from something else, a letter, a gift, an email, a group of flowers that have just bloomed, to show you a certain beauty that everything will be all right. But we have to look for the signs, the effects we sometimes take for granted. We know He is there, and He can answer in all different ways if we become patient and calm. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27) God is so awesome and sometimes we are getting hit with evil, getting hurt physically, with suffering, or mental torment, but this things are only temporary, we have a whole life to share in the next life to come, we tend to worry so much about this short time we spend on this planet earth, we must look to the future and the joy and gladness we will receive, when we can do all we can for others now. We strive to have hope, we want the best for our family’s and loved ones, so we just keep on praying, asking, and knocking, and all things will work out for good to those who love and believe in the Lord and His people, to live with forgiveness, and understanding of others, and then all things will be added to us. But you, dear friends, must continue to build your lives on the foundation of your holy faith. And continue to pray as you are directed by the Holy Spirit. Live in such a way that God's love can bless you as you wait for the eternal life that our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy is going to give you. (Jude 1:20-21)
Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:17-18 NIV
For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 2 Cor.1:5 NIV
In other aspects we appreciate many things different that we take for granted, it makes us realize that just to hear the waves crashing on the beach, it would be a lot different if we were deaf we would not hear them, we would not here the birds singing, we would not be able to communicate and there are so many others handicaps, I could list. Many of us take the five senses for granted, some of us are complaining and murmuring we are living in darkness, or we are not happy where we are, well there are many people out there that actually do live in complete darkness, they don’t experience the sunset or the ability to even drive a vehicle, or watch a play, or se the actual beauty of any type of art work or anything along that line, and here we are murmuring about our pains and we never look at the other brother or sister worse off then ourselves. Like the ability to walk, people complain that they cannot walk long distances or they are weak, be thankful that you can walk at all. How hard or embarrassing would it be if you had to ask for help just to use the bathroom? Some of us don’t realize how good we have it, even though we are going through vast amounts of suffering, but there are so many more out there that are worse off then ourselves. I am guilty too, and many of us are, God is the smartest being alive, God knows what He is doing, in any and every action in our lives.
Another thing how many of us would pray if everything just went honky-dory everyday that is why many months ago we had the discussion on the rich and the poor. Just on the subject about getting up for work and starting the car. The rich all have new cars, they don’t have to worry about staring there car or being late for work, if the rich man can not start his car, he will just call the auto club and he could probably get to work late but he would get there. Now let us take the poor person, with the old clunker and they have to start praying even before they get outside, besides if they have an old clunker they probably can’t afford to miss one minute at work, because they probably are living week to week, and if they lose any time at work, it would be a disaster. So they are in deep prayer and in hope to see if the car starts then they are praying all the way to work to make sure they get there or don’t run out of gas. Sometimes God wants us to speak to Him and have a good relationship, so God may want a stronger relationship with you so you are poor at the time for now, God has His reasoning so this is why things turn out the way they do. The car and work is only one analogy to depend on God, not money.
“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.” James 4:7-9
We are all the part of the body of Christ and we need to strengthen the chain, not to weaken the links, we have to consider each other first, (Phil. 2:3-4) this way the entire body of Christ will be in full readiness and fully armored, to defeat the evil that dwells within our flesh, also with others within the world. Christ pictured the church as a body with all different parts, if the foot is not edified then the body can not walk, if the hand is not edified, or cared for, the hand cannot hold the shield of faith to stop the arrows of the evil one. If the eye is not edified the body will be blinded, and all will fall into a ditch. So we must all edify each other, to give us strength to go on to fight of the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life which weakens us. (1John 2:16.)
Timothy, you know what I teach and how I live. You know what I want to do and what I believe. You have seen how patient and loving I am, and how in the past I put up with trouble and suffering in the cities of Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. Yet the Lord rescued me from all those terrible troubles. Anyone who belongs to Christ Jesus and wants to live right will have trouble from others. But evil people who pretend to be what they are not will become worse than ever, as they fool others and are fooled themselves.
Keep on being faithful to what you were taught and to what you believed. After all, you know who taught you these things. Since childhood, you have known the Holy Scriptures that are able to make you wise enough to have faith in Christ Jesus and be saved. Everything in the Scriptures is God's Word. All of it is useful for teaching and helping people and for correcting them and showing them how to live. The Scriptures train God's servants to do all kinds of good deeds. 2Tim. 3:10-17 CEV
You see also through suffering God wants to purify us each in our own way, we can not seek evil desires and we must remain humble, it is a lot like me, I had to humble myself, I used to be very strong and now I am so faint and frail. It is the more of a way to depend on God and His protection and not on your own, it is a special teaching and guidance. I used to walk down the street with a little pride after leaving the gym and feeling strong, I never worried about being mugged, now I have to totally depend on the Lord for His protection, besides His protection is better than our own human protection. So through some types of suffering we become purified, and at times the suffering brings us even closer to God, and more like Him in the same sense. So you see there are a lot of reasons for suffering. As we go through continues suffering we know that God will never leave us, and never forsake us, no matter what any one of us are going through, our God is a gracious God and a Loving God, He just doesn’t forget about us, He is always watching and planning our lives. He hears our cries and he counts our tears and He understand what kind of world this is, He knows how much the little person is getting so ultimately hurt. He knows the lies and all the con games that are going on, and even God sheds tears, remember He is a lot like us, He made us from His own image. We all know that He is not behind all these afflictions and problems and pain, a lot of all this is man himself, the greed the lust for power and the old possessions and accomplishments. God does help us through all of these hard times, I here people blaming God and you can’t. God is helping us and carrying us at many points in our lives. We are made to live by pure faith and not money, as we all know it is the root of all evil, money is a way of exchange for may it be work, or material items, or time spent. Money is a major subject to talk about when it comes to selfishness, people gather around and just talk about money to make themselves feel like big men, and what they should be doing is praising God for giving them the money in the first place, I don’t understand why if they have so much of it share it with people like they did during the early church, where know one suffered financially if anyone needed anything people would just help them out, and make joy in there hearts. I know when I give someone something I feel good, you get that nice feeling inside. And those feelings of giving can not be bought. You can’t find those good feeling in a catalog or on a T.V. selling show. I wish everyone felt like sharing and giving to the needy, what a change, and we all would have a better chance of survival, and how nice it would be to live in a world like that. Well there will be know need for money in heaven, we will have all we need and God will be giving us all kinds of gifts, more than the ones he gives us now. I wish people would realize that God gives us everything, and if some start realizing it maybe they would want to be more like God and get that warm and great feeling giving and sharing with others.
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world." John 16:33 NLT
Prayer is our most powerful weapon next to the word of God, to fight against the evil darkness’ and powers of this world. Prayer is the light of God, which carries and guides us through the darkness of this generation. We are fighting a fallen world and broken generation. If we don’t try to repair it now our children will suffer, which is plain and simple to understand. I often wonder what it would be like without Christ and the Spirit being a non-Christian, with no scripture or word to guide us through this life and darkness, I guess if you are without Christ you would (not) notice that the walls per say are defiantly falling in on us, and on top of us, and it seems that only a chosen few realize what is taking place.
You have kept record of my days of wandering. You have stored my tears in your bottle and counted each of them. When I pray, LORD God, my enemies will retreat, because I know for certain that you are with me. I praise your promises! I trust you and am not afraid. No one can harm me. I will keep my promises to you, my God, and bring you gifts. You protected me from death and kept me from stumbling, so that I would please you and follow the light that leads to life. Psalm 56:8-13 CEV
Are next area will be the sympathetic or may I say more sympathetic through suffering, as you go through all kinds of different pains with finances, or family problems, or marital problems, or maybe children problems, or any other types of problems with people. If you have lived a life with all different types of problems with others, you can understand them better and be able to talk to them and help them go through what you have already gone through. With me I have traveled all over this country and I have lived and worked with and really became close to about 50,000 people in my lifetime, some people never leave their hometown except for a vacation and even then you just make acquaintances, but with me I have gone through every type of problem and blessing with all sorts of disagreements and all sorts of compassion, and it maybe just in the neighborhood or you may look at the vast western states with the treatment of the American Indians, or the gangs in the South part of L.A, or the problems like prejudice in the cities of Newark, or places like Harlem N.Y. and New Orleans, LA. Maybe that is why God has sent me to all these places and educated me about people. Also it helps with healing and salvation and to spread the word of Christ and the Gospel.
“Finally, all [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble).
Never return evil for evil or insult for insult (scolding, tongue-lashing, berating), but on the contrary blessing [praying for their welfare, happiness, and protection, and truly pitying and loving them]. For know that to this you have been called, that you may yourselves inherit a blessing [from God--that you may obtain a blessing as heirs, bringing welfare and happiness and protection].
For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good--whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit).
Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbed ness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!]
For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), and His ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil [to oppose them, to frustrate, and defeat them].”1Pet. 3:8-12 AMP
We as Christians are the major foothold of the survival of civilization. With out us, even though many of us are hidden and unseen the civilization as we know it now, would be a living hell. Even to some Christians the walls that are falling in on us are presently unseen. And to others(non- believers) they don’t care about eternal life, or don’t understand it, or really don’t think that it exists, they only care about today and themselves, and some only believe that this is the only life that they have. So it is very understandable that they act in the way they do. All for self, all for today, wanting everything right now, to not be patient, or to even understand about waiting upon the Lord.
Plus the major suffering or reason I can see why is so plain is to pray more, God wants to hear from us, that is why generally the whole form of Christendom are generally poor.
“Listen, my dear brothers: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have insulted the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are slandering the noble name of him to whom you belong?” James 2:5-7 NIV
And our job is simple one to explain the fact if they except Christ, there would not be such an importance, and great eagerness in there daily life of satisfying themselves. Some go around and don’t even believe that they will stand in front of the judgment seat of Christ, and be evaluated. This is why they act the way they do, do the things the way they want to, and use others as stepping stones to get to the top, but the thing is, the top of what? (Matt. 16:26) A few years of pleasure, and then life of eternal destruction. It doesn’t make much sense to me, how could it make sense to them? That is why we as Christians must be out there to witness, show our kindness, being more or less like Christ, and to perform the great commission; (Mark 16:15-18). So are we doing this? Are we doing what Jesus asked us to do? Then the great task still avails, how do we get them to listen? They have this temporary power, and potency, and certain particular forces, and edges with this wealth, they don’t think or need that they should listen, they will say I am a good person and I do help people with a few things, the fact remains they should be helping people with a lot of things, but that is not up to me to judge. All things are given by God to each and every individual, (James 1:17) But we again as Christians have to find a way to reveal the true light and purpose, of the true objective to life, and the presence of God.
Friends, when life gets really difficult, don't jump to the conclusion that God isn't on the job. Instead, be glad that you are in the very thick of what Christ experienced. This is a spiritual refining process, with glory just around the corner.
If you're abused because of Christ, count yourself fortunate. It's the Spirit of God and his glory in you that brought you to the notice of others. If they're on you because you broke the law or disturbed the peace, that's a different matter. But if it's because you're a Christian, don't give it a second thought. Be proud of the distinguished status reflected in that name!
It's judgment time for Christians. We're first in line. If it starts with us, think what it's going to be like for those who refuse God's Message! 1Pet. 4:12-17 MSG
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. To him be the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1Pet 5:6-11 ESV
Christ is our strength and we need the unity of friendship and fellowship to go on. Just last week when I spoke about evil using others to manipulate towards the destruction of others, so today our base is to edify others, and ourselves within our own realm, to preach and teach the love of Jesus, and who we can save in and from this fallen world. As I see and read and write back to many prayer requests, the evil one is using money as a major stronghold, people don’t want their honor to be destroyed, it seems money is one of a major concern on our prayer networks today; Of course the top requests are health problems. People are loosing jobs, careers, houses, cars, you name it, and it is all about finances. Most are not relying on Christ, or the truth of Christ, or the word of Christ. And the reasoning behind a lot of marriage breakups is finance situations.
Christ is all and in all, Christ is our strength and our provider (Phil. 4:19) and our might which gives us the ability to stand firm. Still people need to survive; our system of proposed or worldly leadership forgets the suffering of our own people. It seems the rich are all afraid to share, or they don’t want to share, or they never experienced what it was like to be poor, or they have no true knowledge of what the poor have to go through to survive. Maybe this will be our next project to educate the rich, on what and how it is to be poor, and hear the cries of a baby totally innocent and hungry, and how the mother feels, and the thoughts that go through a mother’s mind, to feed her children. We must educate also that the rich would receive blessings that would be poured upon them not only in this life, but in the life to come, if they could only help the suffering brothers and sisters of this world.
During The early church times people was generally poor, but like we talked about that subject months before. Now as the holidays approach there is much prayer needed especially around these times, there are many families praying for a turkey to feed the younglings. During Christmas many are praying for a Christmas tree, and gifts for there children. To some, these holidays are very hard on all family members, unless you are rich, you can go out and buy anything you wish at any time, and I would say most of there Christmas shopping is already done, they don’t have to wait from paycheck to paycheck to be able to do their shopping, plus we have to worry about day care and baby sitters, and all kinds of timing, that is why the poor need to pray the most, people have to put gifts on lay –a-way and pay just a small amount at a time, which can get pretty hectic, especially during all the hustle and bustle plus the gas, and the parking, and all the time that is spent just getting presents for the kids. Diners will be late and it becomes hard on all the families during these times. We will all be praying for everyone, and each day we should add a small prayer for all the mothers and fathers that are out there fighting the traffic and trying to find all the right gifts for all their children.
Loving everlasting Father, as we close this day we want to thank you for your teaching, Your anointing, Your listening and Your love. Dear Jesus You our are comforter, counselor, helper, intercessor, advocate, strengthener and whatever shall come our way this week help us to conquer any battle that is placed before us, consider our endurance, steadfastness, and patience to gain your refreshment and to be complete in all your ways, and continue a thorough good work in us, to mold us to what You want us to be. We are Your chosen people, holy and dear loved, and we clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. We bear with each other and forgive one another. We forgive all people as You have forgiven us. We hold onto these virtues, we put on love which binds us all together in perfect unity. We all take comfort and boldly say, that the Lord has encouraged us and has sat beside us through all these good and hard times. You have been our helper. We will not be confused anymore with any more non-love. We will not fear or dread anything because what can mere man do to us. We proclaim the Word toward Heavens, toward hell, and toward the Earth. We are clothed in Christ, the powerful blood of the Lamb, for we have been made the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. We are fully armored, fully protected, and totally complete in Him. Praise the Name Of Jesus! And everyone together says: Amen and Amem
