August 14, 2013: Give ear to my words
Category: General
Posted by: IDF Minister
Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. 2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. 3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Psalms 5:1-3 (KJV)
This is a nugget for new saints.
Hello my young brothers and sisters, I just wanted to share a little nugget on quiet time. You may not have heard or familiar with the term “quiet time” but it is vital in your walk and growth in the Lord. Quiet Time, what is it? What does it look like?
Quiet time is a set time to sit with God usually in the morning before the start of day. It’s anywhere from 5 min. to an hour with God in prayer, reading of scripture, again prayer, then meditating on the Word you just received from God.
What does quiet time look like? For many it looks like:
• A prayer asking God to reveal His will through His Word.
• Then reading of scripture. One verse to a whole chapter.
• 2nd prayer thanking God for speaking and asking for clarification on scripture.
• Then meditating on the verse or verses that jumped out at you from the passage you read to see how to apply it to your life.
God is not concern with how long your time with Him is, He only desire his kids to seek to have fellowship with Him each day. Oh how He loves you and me.
I pray this nugget blesses someone. In the beginning you may want to set a timer and turn the phone on low so you can be alone with God. Why? Because the enemy of your soul will try to interrupt this time you’ve set to be with God, for your spiritual growth.
The enemy of our soul, (Satan) doesn’t want us to grow closer to our Savior, but our faith says, push on my child! Push on.
Submitted by Co-Pastor Annell German 0813
This is a nugget for new saints.
Hello my young brothers and sisters, I just wanted to share a little nugget on quiet time. You may not have heard or familiar with the term “quiet time” but it is vital in your walk and growth in the Lord. Quiet Time, what is it? What does it look like?
Quiet time is a set time to sit with God usually in the morning before the start of day. It’s anywhere from 5 min. to an hour with God in prayer, reading of scripture, again prayer, then meditating on the Word you just received from God.
What does quiet time look like? For many it looks like:
• A prayer asking God to reveal His will through His Word.
• Then reading of scripture. One verse to a whole chapter.
• 2nd prayer thanking God for speaking and asking for clarification on scripture.
• Then meditating on the verse or verses that jumped out at you from the passage you read to see how to apply it to your life.
God is not concern with how long your time with Him is, He only desire his kids to seek to have fellowship with Him each day. Oh how He loves you and me.
I pray this nugget blesses someone. In the beginning you may want to set a timer and turn the phone on low so you can be alone with God. Why? Because the enemy of your soul will try to interrupt this time you’ve set to be with God, for your spiritual growth.
The enemy of our soul, (Satan) doesn’t want us to grow closer to our Savior, but our faith says, push on my child! Push on.
Submitted by Co-Pastor Annell German 0813
August 14, 2013: STAND YOUR GROUND!
Category: General
Posted by: IDF Minister
In times like these, we may have had instances where we have felt threatened, scared, fearful, helpless and even hopeless. Recently, we have been inundated with news and various views on the Stand-Your Ground Law that which came to widespread national attention after the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin. A stand-your-ground law is a type of self-defense law that gives individuals the right to use deadly force to defend themselves without any requirement to evade or retreat from a dangerous situation. It is law in certain jurisdictions within the United States. The law further states that under these legal concepts, a person is justified in using deadly force in certain situations and he stand your ground law would be a defense in that immunity bars unit, charges, detention and arrests. Despite various political and personal views regarding this, the fact is we face situations daily that come to kill, steal and destroy. Yes, these are the works and wiles of the enemy. Ephesians 6 warns that we must put on the whole armor of God that we will be able to withstand all the fiery darts of the enemy for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. As it is written, “For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” (Romans 8:36). Every day we are faced with troubles, trials and tribulation that weaken our flesh and our faith to keep us from reaching toward the mark of the higher calling in Jesus Christ. We quickly become the victim instead of the victor! I’m here to remind us of who we are and that with the power and authority that we’ve been given through our resurrected Christ and the Blood of Jesus, we are more than conquerors! We have been instructed to “Be strong in the Lord and power of His might; put on the whole armor of God that we will be able to stand. No matter what, we must “stand our ground.” In the natural, that is the law of the land. In the spirit, it is the law of the Lord! We have weapons gifted by God that guarantee that we are victorious in this life. He has already conquered sin and death. He pronounced us as “more than.” For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal (not the weapons of this world) but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds. (2 Corinthians 10:4).
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