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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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At Thy Word
Luke 5:5, 'And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.'
LUKE 5:1-11
Peter and his companions had been working hard all night. Their efforts had not produced even one fish. They had given up and were headed home. But Jesus told them to try it just one more time.
It would have been easy for Peter to reject Jesus' command. After all, Peter had been a fisherman all his life. Jesus was just a preacher. What did He know about fishing? Yet something, or rather someone, caused Peter to try just once more.
Many people are like Simon Peter and his partners. They have done all that they know to do and yet they've come up...
FAITH IS REAL
BY DAVID MCMILLEN
Drawn By His Power
Mark 1:37, 'And when they had found him, they said unto him, All [men] seek for thee.'
MK. 1:35-39; LK. 4:42-44
This is an amazing statement. Jesus' ministry was only a few months old and the masses of people were already seeking him out.
This is even more astonishing when you realize that Jesus had not used any of the conventional methods of publicity. In fact, Jesus had already rejected publicity during His first ministry in Jerusalem (Jn. 2:24-25). There was no natural explanation for Jesus' success.
God is the one who promoted Jesus. And He used supernatural means to do it. It was not the slick techniques of Madison Avenue that brought the crowds--it was the awesome manifestation of God's power.
...Ministry In Action
Mk. 1:31, 'And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.'
MT. 8:14-17; MK. 1:29-34; LK. 4:38-41
How did Peter's mother-in-law minister unto Jesus and His disciples? Did she sit them down and preach to them? Certainly not. Yet sometimes people think the only way we can minister to another is to admonish them with the scriptures.
Peter's mother-in-law apparently ministered to them by serving them. The word translated 'minister' is the same word that was translated 'deacon' twice in the New Testament, and 'serve, served or serveth' eight times.
We can minister for the Lord by doing some of the menial tasks that many consider to be...
Demons In Church
Mark 1:23, 'And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out;....'
MK. 1:21-28; LK. 4:33-37
Many people don't associate demon-possessed people with places of worship. Yet most of the demons that Jesus cast out were encountered in the church. Why would demon-possessed people be in church?
In some cases, the people were there because they were seeking help. The church, like a hospital, offers people the cure and therefore, attracts those who are sick.
In other cases, the devil sows these types of people in the church to spread spiritual disease. A church that is teaching the true Word of God should either try to evangelize these individuals or make them so convicted that they...
WILL YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT OUR FINANCES WILL INCREASE AND WE WILL HAVE NO MORE MONEY PROBLEMS? WILL YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT WE, AND OUR FAMILIES, WILL BE HEALTHY? WILL YOU AGREE WITH ME THAT OUR CHILDREN WILL BE SAVED?
I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY MORNING MESSAGES. I HAVE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE. FOR YOU WHO READ MY MORNING MESSAGES REGULARLY IT MIGHT APPEAR THAT YOU HAVE HEARD SOMETHING LIKE IT BEFORE AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME LIKE SALVATION, HEALING, PROSPERITY, AND PEACE FOR JUST A FEW AND WRITING A MESSAGE EVERY DAY I AM GOING TO USE A LOT OF THE SAME SCRIPTURES. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS EVERY DAY FOR OVER NINE YEARS NOW AND SINCE I TRY TO BACK UP EVERYTHING THAT I WRITE WITH SCRIPTURE, I USE A LOT OF THE SAME ONES.
The Chosen Ones
Mark 1:16, 'Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.'
MT. 4:13-22; MK. 1:16-20; LK. 5:27; JN. 5:38
Jesus never chose an apostle from among the religious system. Every one of his twelve disciples were men that He chose from the secular world. It wasn't because God didn't have faith in those who were religious. It's just that most of those who were part of the religious system didn't have any faith in God.
One of the most common mistakes religious people make is to put faith in themselves. They think God will use them because of their great holiness or special abilities.
Paul said, 'But God hath chosen the foolish things of...