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Trust in the LORD with all your heart. And do not lean on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. Prov. 3:5-6

But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble. O my Strength, I sing praise to you; you, O God, are my fortress, my loving God. Psalm 59:16-17. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. Psalm 63:2-4. But God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me! Psalm 66:19-20 Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD. Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek Him with all their heart. They do nothing wrong; they walk in His ways. You have laid down precepts that are to be fully obeyed. Oh, that my ways were steadfast in obeying your decrees! Then I would not be put to shame when I consider all your commands. I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws. I will obey your decrees; do not utterly forsake me. Psalm 119:1-8

I guess I pulled a few Psalms out to help along my spirit and yours, to help us through our troubles and our fears, and our loneliness, I do at times feel alone, and even when there are people around, there is still that empty feeling sometimes, I know that God and Christ, and the Holy Spirit are there and living inside me. But at times I do feel alone, and hurt, so I look up to the Lord and he gives me that smile or that gush of wind, or that light of sunshine, or that phone call, or that email. I pray for so many people everyday and I do get back some wonderful words of love and thanksgiving, and all of the prayers are well worth it, even if no one rights back. The way I just got medically and mentally treated did take a toll, but we all have Christ, His strength is in us. He is never going to leave us, no matter what, so we all know and believe that. He is God, and if it wasn’t for Him I would not be able to
pray for all the requests that flood my church computer. I have noticed that on Saturday night there are not a great deal to of prayer requests, but Sunday and during the week they come pouring in. I just want to say as always God loves us, and he will never forsake us, or leave us, and the power of our Lord will make us over comers, He will give us the crown of life, and we will be written in the Lamb’s book of life, if we love and believe in Jesus. I do miss my email friends, and I haven’t heard from a lot of them, and I am now finally getting the medicine I need, but I have to administer it all myself. They planted a tube about two feet long, close to my heart, and with my arm all stitched up it is hard just to push in the tube into the bag I have to hang, but as the Lord says all things work out for good to those who love God. There are many out there, poorer than I, but I haven’t been able to do much for the last five months, So I devoted all my time to build the church website, with future plans for the mission downtown, I believe it will come to pass, Jesus said do not worry about tomorrow because tomorrow will take care of itself, I have learned a lot answering prayers and giving hope, love and strength, to all the many prayer requests, and I do enjoy writing back to each and everyone of them. Most of the time we become friends, and we stick by each other with fellowship, but as time goes by you are soon forgotten. Other people have there work and kids and family’s, and their own problems, afflictions and troubles, and I am just a lonely preacher that does a Sunday sermon every week, I can’t do much else, I don’t really enjoy watching TV, it is basically a waste of time, I would rather preach about Jesus and the power and love He has to heal all your hardships. He is really there you know, and sometimes I have to forgive myself by the way the system has been treating me. I do get mad only for a moment, and then I try to put my head in that bible and gain as much wisdom from the Word of Truth that I can. I do love you all, and I am praying for every ailment and every problem, that you or your friends or families are encountering, I myself am struggling severe, but I know in my heart to have that faith that things will work out, and anytime I loose something the Lord gives you back double or triple, I can tell by all my books in my office, I left so many biblical and Christian books back 5,000 miles away, but the Lord gave me a full wall of them, and when I start to fell better I will be reading them again, they are only to be read to help or bring knowledge to others someday, I am not one of those people that want to flaunt there knowledge, only to help and care for a persons need, and to be able to say the right words, to help, heal or just bring an example of joy and peace to someone else’s heart. And someday when all of this is over I will make people laugh again, and to help them over come what ever ailment or burdens or sufferings they are going through, I am praying for each and everyone of you and I know things will happen for the best, they always do. Me maybe I need another lesson of faith, or to forgive all the mistreatment of all these doctors, and that might be my test. Don’t forget as Jesus hung on that cross for us, in more pain then anyone of us can imagine. He said forgive them Father for they do not know what they do. So maybe that is the lesson I have to learn, and I tell you it has been a hard time for me, but I praise my God I can still reach out to you all, to let you all know you are in my prayers, and your names will be heard by the Father and the Son and our Holy Spirit. I bid you a great peace and hope that your prayers will be answered. God bless you. Rev. Paul

For to be sure, He was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God's power. Likewise, we are weak in Him, yet by God's power we will live with Him to serve you.2 Cor.13:4

I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.1Cor2:3-5. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor. For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. 1Cor.3:7-9. Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. Gal. 6:2. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Eph. 2:8-10 And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:15-16.

Well I am praying for you all, as always, I set my heart out every night to help the people that are suffering and worrying, and in pain and sorrow, and some are in misery, and some are lonely, some are poor, some are homeless, or alone, some have problems with the family, some have problems with addictions, some are sitting at home waiting for their mate to return, some are in the hospital, and some are dieing. My prayers through the scriptures are the best I can do, to help you with any burden you might have. We all know our God is a mighty God and we all need healing to some extent. We all need to be loved, and to have family and friends that are close to us who know what to say to make us all feel better. And sometimes we just need a person to talk to. My prayers go out to you all, I have felt many sorrows and I have gone through many tests and trials, but I have placed in my heart, or the Spirit of God has placed in me the truth, and the power of our Lord Jesus Christ to be an over comer. My words to you are, you are all over comers. I guess it is one of those days, again for me, here I still wait for the phone call of the Surgery Center and say come on down Paul, and get your IV’s that you have been waiting to save your life, and you will be able to eat again, and you will regain your strength and your weight back, you won’t be suffering any pain, and the stress and waiting for your health to improve, will be over in about a month. Well my bothers and sisters we are all within the power and strength of God, He will rescue us all, and He will heal most of all our sufferings and pain. Our God’s timing is perfect; He has everything already planned out for each and every one of us. But prayer does help, it opens the door to a life of saving, mending, healing, fixing, satisfying, loving, cherishing, gratifying, rewarding, pleasing, fulfilling, and with a restoration of devotion to a new life with God and Christ. I send you my prayers of hope for all your requests, and cares and needs, God Bless you all, Rev. Paul

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land. Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other. Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven. Psalm 85:9-11

I am praying, I found out today that I myself am fighting for my life, so all I can do is pray for others and continue on the path my Father in heaven, is leading me.

The arrogant are attacking me, O God; a band of ruthless men seeks my life- men without regard for you. But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,

slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. Turn to me and have mercy on me; grant your strength to your servant, or save your faithful son. Psalm 86:14-16

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."

Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence.

He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night,

nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. Psalm 91:1-7

I guess we all need word of inspiration to our fellow brothers and sisters, My prayers are with you, and your families, children, friends, neighbors, and the other people that you care for, the ones you say hello to everyday, the co-workers at your job, and all the people you remember, when you see them, plus all the people that you miss so deeply, that might have moved away, or went to be close to the Lord. I am reaching out to each one of you, to give you the faith to withstand any stronghold by the evil one, or any suffering that you may be going through, it has been tough on me these last few months, and my purpose is to reach out and give everyone a special elegance of hope, knowing that our mighty God and our Lord Jesus is with us, and our guidance is enriched and chosen by the Holy Spirit. I wish I had the power to heal all your troubles afflictions, pain confusion, loneliness, spiritual warfare, financial situations, and other life threatening diseases or discomfort. I say that because I am being tested more or less like Job in the bible, I understand it, and we all just need faith to know for sure that God and our Lord Jesus will heal us from any or all these difficulties, burdens, hardships, troubles or misfortunes. We need strong faith as Jesus said in Matt 17:20 "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you." Jesus was telling us the truth, but the worries of this world and all the things we see and hear happening in the newspapers, radio and the television, modify our thinking, and our faith. We all have the power to move a mountain, to gain healing, to mend a broken heart, and any other miseries we come across, for ourselves, and for all others. We have to keep pure love in our hearts, and keep our eyes focused on Jesus, and if we do, just as Peter walked on the water he was looking at Jesus and focusing on Him, and when he felt the wind and the rain, he lost focus, he lost his concentration on God, and he began to sink, and then he cried out to the Lord to save him. Well we are not all perfect, we try to maintain our focus, but this world is changing, and it is getting harder and colder out there. We have to remain strong in faith and concentrate on love, forgiveness and the true light of life, with prayer and thanksgiving, and then we will be able to do anything, through the Lord. Nothing will be impossible to us. I am truly praying for all your needs and requests with all of my heart and I bid you the grace and peace that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God Bless you, Rev. Paul

I have been in prayer, our answerers are all in a simple prayer, sometimes when I get stuck on the churches Sunday sermon, which I have, this weekend, it kind of holds up my prayer work, in which I do have to apologize, that is what I and this church, have been trying to do, pray for the hurt and suffering ones of this world. The miracles of God have been so amazing, the responses have saved so many lives, and people were brought to Christ, seeds have been planted, marriages have been restored, people have been healed both physically and physiologically, and many other amazing miracles have happened, all because of the power of prayer. All our joint efforts of sharing and truly loving our Father in heaven, loving the Lord Jesus Christ more than anything, and cherishing the Holy Spirit makes a difference. When we all unite together, there is nothing that we can’t do through prayer. I can realize that I am wagering war with the flesh and spirit, I know I am under extreme spiritual warfare, more than anyone I know, or even saw in a movie. It does make sense if Satan could get rid of me, it would be like breaking a link in a strong chain, but I don’t believe that is going to happen. I estimate I was destined to find the truth, and we all know the truth is in God’s word. I am trying to walk in pure fellowship with the Holy Spirit, and I have figured I am, but the evil one, makes me think I am not. That is all that he can do, is try to make me, or anyone else think certain thoughts. The Devil and his agents have been manipulating our intellect for along time, filling people’s minds with fear etc, to everyone for years. That is all those demonic beings can do is put evil, or worry thoughts in our minds, or thoughts like you’re not doing God’s work, or it is not good enough, but in my heart I know that it isn’t true. I have been declining here and there, because of this great affliction, I can’t say that I am slipping, but the unknown speculations of my affliction can easy swing to facing death, and it becomes a little hard at times, especially when you have all these other God given talents and cannot use them. Or I could be very impatient, to the outcome of the true course of the meaning of my life, and this teaching. I will just continue on this computer to pray for as many people as I can. But this is my joy praying for others. I am too weak to really go anywhere, but as other folks would say it could be worse. It is a lot better than sitting in a hospital, home care is all right, but you have to do everything yourself, and it gets lonely after a while. I do have my biblical devotions every morning with my friend and he is also another pastor of a church I frequently visit when I am up to it. The facing of these doctors and all there criticism and ill treatment does not help, some of these men think they are gods, but who am I to judge, but they don’t have to down right condemn me, or stereotype me, without even knowing me, that part is wrong. Being afraid to walk into a doctors office is not only a sin, but it should not even be thought about, how can you fear any man when you have the Lord inside you? But these people have control of your pain, your sleep, and your stress levels, so I could consider that some could even end a persons life, just by their attitudes being who they are, or there treatment towards others because of the color of there patients skin. I believe they should not be aloud to do the same thing to others. They should not have that control, and after seeing about 10 doctors and about 10 nurses, and there was only very few that had any compassion at all. Here I go judging again but it makes you wonder what kind of world this has become. We all know who is in control of everything. I believe you find true compassion by long suffering, otherwise we could not understand how others hurt or suffer. It is a very simple concept, why would you want to help a street or a homeless person, unless you have been there yourself. You just don’t know what it is like. So why would want to help someone if you don’t understand them. I believe Jesus went into the desert to find out the true suffering of a human being, what is really like to be hungry, and to be cold, and to hot, to be thirsty, and having your skin burn up and peel, from the dryness and the rays of the sun. And on top of it all, Jesus was tempted by the devil. Was Jesus testing Himself? Not only to understand what it is like to be human, and to give up His God-ship, and to fully understand how and why He could love all people, looking deep within there hearts with all these afflictions coming at Him, and on the peak of it all He knew what He had to face, “the cross”. For sins of the world, full of people that some either didn’t believe in Him, or mocked Him, or tormented Him, and some even hated Him. We all know that there were only a few that understood and loved him at that time period. So I also have considered that maybe I am going through a great test, which in the end I will get that church mission, and instead of praying through a machine, I will be holding the poor, feeding and handing out food and clothes, doing some preaching and counseling, and maybe playing that 12 string again, and singing some peaceful worship songs. I worked in a mission many moons ago, and I loved it, and I only got paid 32.50 every two weeks, and I don’t think I was ever so content in my life. Don’t forget I was the cook too, with a free bunk, and 26 men all on the same wave length, to share all our feelings about God, man, the bible, troubles, and relationships. Anyway my prayers are with you, and my compassion is with you, we all have to care and love one another. May the Lord Bless you, and comfort you all, in prayer, Rev. Paul

A Prayer for everyone

I am praying for all, in this world we are living in we all need prayer, prayer is the most important thing known to man, it is a form of communication with our God and what a blessing it is.

“My son, pay attention to what I say; listen closely to my words. Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart; for they are life to those who find them and health to a man's whole body.”(Prov. 4:20-22).

Our heart our feelings of love and desire dictates to a great extent how we live because some of us find time to do what we enjoy. Solomon tells us to guard our heart above all else, making sure we concentrate on those desires that will keep us on the right path. Make sure your affections push you in the right direction. Put boundaries on your desires: don’t go after everything you see. Look straight ahead, keep your eyes fixed on your goal, and don’t get sidetracked on detours that lead to sin.

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.” (Prov. 3:5-8)

Leaning has the sense of putting your whole weight on something, resting on and trusting in that person or thing. When we have an important decision to make, we sometimes feel that we can’t trust anyone in this day and age, that is just the way it is, people tend today to not even trust in God and that is a horrible thought, that is all we can trust, God is right there with us , even when we don’t see him or feel Him He is there right beside us, that is one of the things I have learned which I hope before I am gone I can in some way show to all of mankind that God is so real and He will never ever leave us and He is always with us. God knows what is best for us, so it might seam that He is not there or giving us the wrong type of discipline , but we have no right to even question or even judge God’s motives. He is a better judge of what we want, than even we think we want. God knows us more than we know ourselves. We must trust him completely in every choice we make. We should not neglect careful thinking or put down our God-given ability to reason; but we should not trust our own ideas to the removal of all others. We must not be wise in our own eyes. We should always be willing to listen to and be corrected by God’s Word and the Holy Spirit. Bring your decisions to God in prayer; use the Bible as your guide; and then follow God’s leading. He will make your paths straight by both guiding and protecting you always, I have learned many lessons, and when I was a boy I did a lot of hitch-hiking and if I didn’t depend on the Lord at those times, my whole life could be different or I would not even be here to pray with you.

“The righteous cry, and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles.

The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But the LORD delivers him out of them all.” (Psalm 34:17-18)

We often wish we could escape troubles the pain of heartache, loss, unhappiness, and failure; or even the small daily frustrations that constantly wear us down, to me the daily frustrations become many anytime the enemy has a chance to drill another hole he does, and you know it hurts everyday, and being a man of logic and truth with perceptible reasoning, you begin to just let it roll over and don’t let it bother you, that was a big lesson I had to learn, some day when everything works out and I crack a smile or even laugh when I am by myself, I will know that the war is over, but the thing is if you work for God those daily frustrations don’t ever go away, and I am not going to stop working for God to stop the attacks, like I have said before 15,000 pastors a month give up there jobs, and that right there the numbers of that statistic is unbelievably high, but we have to look at what some of these people are facing, I could never give up on my work for the Lord, we are going to be rejoicing either here is this world or the one to come, at times I do get disappointed, and my feelings get hurt and at times I break down and cry, but that goes with the job. God promises to be “close to the brokenhearted,” to be our source of power, bravery, courage, understanding, and wisdom, helping us through our problems, and He does, there are so many things that go on that we do never even find out about, and some people just take those things for granted, I don’t try to, but I am human too, and I do have faults, but I do know the Lord is there, and Jesus is pleading our case at the same time the devil is saying horrible things against and about us, to God. Sometimes God chooses to deliver us from those problems, but His timing is always perfect, that is why there are a few scriptures that say “wait upon the Lord.” When trouble strikes, we can never get frustrated at God. Instead, we have to admit to the fact that we all need God’s help and we should be thanking Him, prayer with devotion and giving Him praise for being at our sides. What a God we serve, I have written back to so many prayer requests at times I wish I could just reach out to the people going through their troubles or hardships or pain or disease, and I myself am being one of the victims to spiritual warfare and the steady attacks from the enemy, satan doesn’t want me to pray for anyone, he knows and he has tried to take away the whole prayer ministry and the Church, but God Himself after a great test of faith after 2 months of compounded intimidation by the darkness of evil to take away the office and the house and the illusion that devil implanted into my mind was the church closing and the prayer ministry folding and me out on the streets pushing a shopping cart at the age of 52 and skinny and with know strength, suffering with my unknown affliction that I have been fighting for over 3 years, and I would have starved, not because I could not obtain any food but I had to be around a blender to drink all my nutrition because the pain is so over whelming that I can not chew. I would be in a big predicament. So God said no more!! He changed the minds of the people selling the establishment. So now I am banging the keys and bringing hope and the love of the Lord with faith throughout the world into your home through the computer. Praise God for the advancements of the technology and I can pray to anyone in the world and give them comfort, and at all times, I can be a friend or I can be a shoulder to cry on. What I want to share is we have so much to learn in this mortal life, the many trials we have to endure and many joys that could just be around the corner. We are all glad that each of us grows toward the grace and mind of Christ. We are all going at different speeds and this truly humbles us all, when things get over and what ever we are faced with the stress and the guilt of not trusting and not having strong enough faith does bring us to a humble point. We are all happy that we can give God the glory when we all get healed or the burdens stop, or the troubles end, or a marriage comes back together, or if someone gets a new job, the rewards are endless like the church office was saved and it seems each of our hearts have gained more light and more truth to battle our next attack or turmoil or what ever it may be, we can trust in the Lord to heal and end any burden or pain or turmoil. I wish I could just be there with you all and read some of the promises of the Lord to each of you. We know in the end times and they are so close the bible says:

“But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. (2Tim.3:1-4)

Paul’s reference to the “last days” reveals his sense of urgency. The last days began after Jesus’ resurrection when the Holy Spirit came upon the believers at Pentecost. The “last days” will continue until Christ’s second coming. This means that we are living in the last days. So we should make the most of the time that God has given us, which I would say most of us do. I know I try to be a workman for the Lord, but my mother who is not a Christian would say you’re not making any money; she just doesn’t realize that working for God brings more assets then mere money. God Has always provided, when you live on faith and do the work of and evangelist pastor, prayer warrior it goes far beyond the reality of a man making 100K, but unsaved people just don’t understand, someday I will get to her and share the love of Christ, but she only listens to people that have more money then she does, that is how she judges people by what is in there wallet not what is in their heart. There are probably many more people that judge the same exact way. In many parts of the world today it is not especially difficult to be a Christian, but in other parts of the world people are getting beaten to death for just sharing Christ in the streets of China, if anyone saw the video, voice of Martyrs, but in most places people are jailed for reading the Bible or executed for preaching Christ. But Paul’s descriptive list of behavior in the last days describes our society even, unfortunately, the behavior of many Christians. We can not give in to society’s pressures. Don’t settle for comfort without commitment. Stand up against evil by living as God would have his people live. And that is exactly what I do except hurting my own mother, she just would not listen or understand. She is blinded by the enemy like so many others even some Christians that say they are Christians. (2Cor. 4:4)

“And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. Do not put out the Spirit's fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil. May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1Thes. 5:14-23)

Don’t hang out or around with the inactive; warn them. Don’t yell at the timid and weak; encourage and edify them and give them a bit of comfort. There are times it’s difficult to distinguish between the inactive and shy ones. Two people may be doing nothing one out of shear laziness and the other out of shyness or fear, of even going out in the world, or just afraid of doing something wrong and getting yelled at or just a dirty look hurts, that to me hurts more than someone just coming up to me and saying something nasty, but a dirty look it like strikes your heart like a knife and then you go throughout the day and say what did I do to that person, like I said before I deal in facts not fantasy, I have been around to many people to know what type of look a person is giving me, and you can’t say anything in return like what was that for, or what did I do, and most of time they would just deny it, or say what look. I am to familiar with the games people play, I have been around, and I just didn’t walk in from the cotton fields. The whole key to ministry and churches and feeding the poor, food banks, prayer teams, and playing music for the praise and worship teams is “[sensitivity]”: sensing the condition of each person and offering the appropriate remedy for each situation. You can’t effectively help until you know the problem. You can’t apply the medicine until you know where the wound is. I wish everyone could understand, that one word “sensitivity.” Our joy, prayers, and thankfulness should not vary with our circumstances or feelings. Obeying these three commands be “joyful, pray continually, and give thanks” often goes against our natural learning. Some people just don’t do all three things all the time, it seems like it is not natural for some. When we make a conscious decision to do what God says, however, we will begin to see people in a new perspective. The thing is when we are doing the will of God and feeling good about it, we will find it easier to be joyful and thankful. We can’t spend 24 hours on our knees but we are always in acknowledgment with God we have a constant communication with small prayers and we are constantly seeking to have contact with God, letting God know we need Him and to obedient to His wishes plus realizing His presence, but we have our regular prayer times, and our prayer closet times, and with me I set aside an evening that I am healthy enough, and not running a fever, for prayer responses and I spend time writing out particular prayers and then I send what is appropriate to each person so in a way I can take care of any need or request, it does take time but the Holy Spirit writes the prayers and I just type them. The most important part of prayer is the thankfulness, we can’t thank God for everything that happens to us, but the thing is the major part is thanking Him “in” everything that happens to us. We also thank God even when the attacks come and we are constantly asking God for peace and we thank God when we do receive peace. We should always be as the people of Berea to be noble-minded and test everything with the word of God. (Acts 17:11) We should almost live on the word of God. (Matt. 4:4) “Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

We can not ridicule anyone especially if they are speaking the truth, we accept what people say on the outside but on the inside of our hearts we accept what is true and we reject what is false. We are not the type of people to stand there and argue with a person we either take them to the side and show them in scripture and explain to them your viewpoint and most of the time you come to a common ground. And you also know we can’t avoid every type of evil because this whole world is getting eviler by the day, we live in a sinful world, and it will be worse tomorrow, we just make sure that we don’t let evil get any type of strong hold around us or within even the conversation. We are Christians and we have to analyze many things and we have to be pleasant and accept what people say like I said on the outside. We don’t fall into temptations and we don’t do things to make God angry. Remember we are heaven bound and we are totally honoring our Lord. And we follow the Holy Spirit through faith with the gifts that we have. Christ is in our heart and He is at the controls. We can’t separate our spiritual lives with our flesh. And we just don’t worship and praise one day a week, being a Christian is a 24 hour a day way of life, with the spirit soul and body as the entire being of each person at one with the Father and the Son. Sorry I got carried away with this prayer, but my prayers are with you all and I hope you all will be blessed with the days ahead, God Bless, Rev. Paul www.thechurch-ministries.org