NO LONGER CRIPPLED,,written by J.E. Sturdivant

[Eric Hancock]

this is a book that really opened my eyes to a lot about life's failures and how to get back on then track that God wants us to be on ,,and off the Track that the devil has placed us on..

God is not a talkative ,he never waiste words,when he speaks it is done,,however when God repeats himself it is only for emphasis,,So when you hear VERILY VERILY I SAY it means that he wants to get your attention,,when God mention something thrice,,he is really trying to get your attention,,he said be strong three time's to Joshua,,Joshua 9:6-9

Affliction is only valuable when we have learned from it then it becomes our teacher,,this is our advantage in the misdt of dis-advantage

Acts 20:9 here is a man lambed from his mothers womb,,can we imagin being carried for nine months and bibng taking care of by that mother and then struggle to get out and then have to struggle in life? soon as he came out of his mother something went wrongand he became lame.life has a way of breaking you while your struggling to live some has been crushed emotionally,mentally,physically ans psychology CRIPPLED,,but God can squeeze the stuff out of us that life placed in us ans in result of that we surround ourselves with people like us,,and there is more unity in streetgangs than the church because streetgangs accept short commings and church folks act like it dont exist,,NOTHINGS WRONG with them!!!

POSITIONED BY PAIN
People find themselves in strategic spots where they need some one to enable them,being co-dependant,relying on others,lowering there standards,,EVEN accepting mental ,emotional and verbal abuse just to keep someone in there life cant make a Concrete decision because the pains of life,,looking down ones family line,,no one stayed married,every one had some sort of addictions of some kind no one has went to college as well as children being abandoned,and that can lead to some waiting for someone to validate them friends are limited they can only take us but so far

MIND SET EFFECTS MY MOVEMENT
God has allowed us to arrive at a Pivotal point in our life where we are about to go into something and come out of something,,either your ready to stay in or come out,,God want you to come out but the devil has his hand on your mind that you dont want or dont think that one can come out,,do you remeber the Cinderella story?? her situation did not change until her mind changed,,when she seen the beauty in herself and someone wanted her then her mind changed,,,,GOD IS SAYING IN ORDER TO GO INTO YOUR PROMISE THE MIND MUST CHANGE FIRST

GOD WILL HELP YOU MAKE THE CHANGE
not going to work with what I lost,But what I still have,,God is NOT going to maximizing the area of your deficiency and minimizing the area of your strength the area of your life that was broken IS NOT IMPORTANT TO GOD,,it is the area that still has STRENGTH is what he wants to work with

[Evelyn Blacksher]

Amen. so many have to,yes, have to, get to the place where i will no longer be" held hostage "to my past, not even by myself. Choose to be whole in JESUS CHRIST. is it easy? No .But ,bless the LORD my strength which teach my hands to war and my fingers to fight"ps.144:1;utilize the" weapons of our warfare"2cor.10:3-6 i feel myself getting fired up ,i better stop, i am warrior who is @ war for real. so many just want a "word" but don't want to fight the good fight of faith,enduring hardness as a good solider.we have to get the place where we KNOW:greater is HE that is in me,than he that is in the world,i can do ALL things through CHRIST that strengthens me.We preachers (see luke 4:18-19)must preach under the unction of the HOLY GHOST,so that faith will be increased enabling people to get there through JESUS CHRIST

[Eric Hancock]

Evelyn Blacksher
we must not become crippled by accepting what we could 've have had and being satisfied with a little bit BUT cast out into the deep
Jesus told the Phoenician Woman that he could not give the childrens bread to the dogs her response was that dogs receive the crumbs that fall from the table..and I wonder why is it that as Christians we receive the crumbs instead of the whole Loaf,I learned that sometimes that God will hold back until sin and people are out of our lives,,we must get that lack mind set out of our lives even if it means the people who posses it

[Eric Hancock]

"The man who puts the law into practice wins true happiness." Jesus, in Matthew
7, tells the story of the wise and the foolish builder. He says the foolish builder builds on sand. He is
like the guy who hears the word of God but doesn't do what it says. The wise man is the one who
hears it and then goes out and makes an honest attempt to put it into his life. Practice it.
Jesus said John 13:17, "Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them." I
think the simplest definition of maturity is to be a doer of the word. That's what it means to be mature.
You do what the Bible says. We must not only read the word, we must heed the word. Every single
one of us knows more spiritual truth than we're putting into practice right now. You don't need to know
more, you already know enough. It's not the matter that we need to know more. We just need to put
into practice what we already know. I just need to practice what I already know to do, not learn
anything new. Be a doer of the word.
James concludes this section with three examples of practicing the word. He covers each of these in the
rest of the book so we will be back to them.
In v. 26 he says, “One of the ways you can know that you are a doer of the word is you have a
controlled mouth.” "If any one considers himself religious and does not keep a tight reign on his
tongue he deceives himself and his religion is worthless." One of the ways you can know if you are
a doer of the word is you have self-control over your words.

[Eric Hancock]

I MUST RESPOND TO THE WORD OF GOD
I must do something about it, act on it, live it, practice it. vs. 22 "Do not merely listen to what the
word says and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." Practice. What good is a mirror if you
look at it and don't do anything about it? The word "listen" in Greek is the word for "auditor". If you
audited a class in college you didn't take it for credit, no tests, no responsibility, no research. You were
totally relaxed. You just listened, you didn't have any intention of applying it. We have a lot of auditors
in the church. They come to church, walk in, hear the word of God, walk out with no intention of ever

[Eric Hancock]

What is your emotional state, normally, when you come to church on Sunday morning? Do you come
with a calm attitude? In many homes on Sunday morning it's kind of hectic. Then we come at the last
minute and expect God to speak to us. What preparation? You need to be calm. Maybe you need to
get up a little bit earlier.
3. Be clean. v. 21 "Get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent..." Before you can
plant the seed you need to do a little weeding. The word "filth" that he says you've got to get rid of is
actually the Greek word that means "earwax". When you have a sin in your life it blocks your hearing.
It prevents God's word from getting into your heart. He says get rid of the evil, anything that we know
that isn't right in our lives. God says, “Lay aside all of the emotional garbage, the old habits, the junk in
your life so that God's word can get through to you.”
How can we be clean? By confession. "If we confess our sins, He's faithful and just to forgive us
and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." The Living Bible says "Get rid of all that's wrong in
your life, both inside and out."
4. Be compliant. Teachable, yielded, humble, willing to be changed. He says "humbly accept the
word of God planted in you..." Don't act like you know it all. If you know it all, God's word can't get
through to you. Pray, "God, do what You need to do in my life."
God says if you want to be blessed, first you have to receive it, be receptive with these four hearing
aids. Reception is not enough. James says we not only need to receive the word of God, but...

[Eric Hancock]

YahsNiviim
you asked why cant the people in the Church be blessed like the ones in the bible ??I believe that was your question

1. I MUST RECEIVE GOD'S WORD IF I'M GOING TO BE BLESSED BY IT
vs. 21, "Accept the word planted in you." Circle the word "accept". This word in Greek is a
hospitality term which literally means "to welcome" -- come on in. If we're going to be blessed by the
word of God, first we must welcome the word into our lives. We must be receptive.
James gives an illustration. He says it's planted in you. He gives the illustration of a garden and seed.
The Bible, all through Scripture, compares itself to seed. Jesus told the parable of the sower and said,
“The word of God is a seed and it's planted in our hearts.” How is it you can take two seeds that are
exactly the same and plant them in two different locations and get two different crops in fruitfulness?
One soil is prepared and the other is not. How is it that you can take two people and put them in the
same service, with the same message, and one person gets blessed by it and the other person says he
didn't get anything out of it. One heart was prepared and one wasn't. James says we must receive the
word of God with the right attitude. He gives us four attitudes you need to be blessed by God's word.
They are hearing-aides.
1. Be careful. I must have a careful attitude. v. 19 "Be quick to listen..." Give it your full attention.
Be alert. Don't miss it. "... slow to speak ..." When I'm talking, I'm not listening. God gave us two
ears and one mouth so we ought to listen twice as much as we talk. Many of our problems are caused
because we're quick to speak rather than being quick to listen. Be careful in your attitude. Be ready.
Be intent. Be ready to receive God's word. Be careful.
2. Be calm. Be calm if you're going to receive God's word and be blessed by it. v. 19b "... and slow
to become angry ..." A relaxed attitude increases receptivity. If you're relaxed, people

[Evelyn Blacksher]

please read beyond the typos . Bless you

[Evelyn Blacksher]

"GOD says,I can't talk with,dine with,or sup with on the surface,but ,if you get into my presence in the spiritual realm,i can give you what you need."

REV.Luckett, you better preach! luke 5:1-6, after toiling all nite ,they caught nothing.letting the net down.....nothing ,letting the net down .......nothing ,letting the net down ......nothing ,letting the net down......nothing ,after they were done washing the nets (washing away the days ;in some cases the years mindset "being transformed by the renewing of the mind" "let this mind be in you that was also in CHRIST JESUS" JESUS came over by one of the smaller boats,told Simon move out a little bit from the shore,then JESUS sat down and begin to teach the people.after we have washed out the old mindset,JESUS will sit down in US and begin to teach the people through us and us being one of the people.HE is teaching,HE will teach through adversity "no weapon"is.54:17, in the "firey furnace" HE will show up and make you fireproof bringing you out to bring an entire nation to it's knees @ HIS feet (even the nation called your family)i better stop ,but ,and AFTER ,JESUS left off teaching HE told HIM launch into the deep,y'all know what we oops (LOL)they said,i been fasting, i been tithing, i been trying to love my eneimies,i been studying to show myself approved, i forgave my unfaithful spouse,etc etc.still nothings changed,but ,NEVERTHELESS @ thy WORD ......you know the story .JESUS is still saying even today launch into the deep ,the depth that is me. there is so much more of ME i want to reveal to you and release through you

[PASTOR CHARLES E BELL JR]

Tara , Rev luckett ,bro Eric ya showing out in God name . who said you cant get your praise on at BPN !!!!!!! I the devil is a lie

[Tara Robinson]

Rev you are about to make me shout up in here!!!!!! work it holy spirit work it!!!!