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A miracle blessing

A Miracle Blessing

This week’s Scripture: Jesus said that the last days would be like the days of Noah: people would be marrying and giving in marriage and yet after all these years of experience, marriage as an institution is under great pressure today. It is appropriate therefore that we try and learn some secrets of a successful marriage from Jesus first miracle at the Wedding at Cana.

1. Invite Jesus (John 2:1,2)

* Beginning of miracles: Jesus was invited to the marriage. Even… Continue

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THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS

THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS

"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;

and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Romans 10:9-10 (KJV)

A young man who had been raised as an atheist was training to be an Olympic diver. The only religious influence in his life came from his outspoken Christian friend.… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on January 16, 2011 at 3:39pm — No Comments

A mother's love

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.( 2 Timothy 1:1-2 ) [ Ref. reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-7 ]

Families are under attack. However, we can narrow that down to something even more shocking today…

· Never before has Satan leveled such outrageous attacks against motherhood, as what we find…

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Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on January 9, 2011 at 3:40pm — No Comments

God’s Promise of Protection

God’s Promise of Protection

"He 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. (Psalm 91: 1-3) [Ref.reading: Psalm 91:1-18]

God is a shelter. In His shadow is protection and safety and rest. That is what is implied in the first verse of the Psalm. But we must put ourselves there. How? By… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on January 2, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Take Self Out and Look at God's Way Of Perspective

Take Self Out and Look at God's Way Of Perspective

We tend to do things to satisfy ourselves with lustful wants, instead of thinking of what God wants us to do .

This world has a bad habit of doing the wrong thing without thinking about what God might say about what they are doing. We want to worry about the consequences later on in life but not right now, as long we get what we want.

Jesus went through alot of torture to save our behinds to act like we don't care about… Continue

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Receive your gift from God

Receive your gift from God

The reason for Christmas – is that YOU needed a Savior, The reason for the season, is God’s gift to you - so that you would not have to perish – would not have to be destroyed, so that you would not have to be plunged into Hades and a hopeless destiny of death… NEVER allow yourself to forget that.

UNDERSTAND – The Christ child did not come 2,000 years ago; so that we could give each other presents, decorate our houses, drink egg nog, have parties and…

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Weed Kill

Weed Kill

6 For we know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body ruled by sin might be done away with,[a] that we should no longer be slaves to sin— 7 because anyone who has died has been set free from sin.

8 Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9 For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him. 10 The death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he…

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Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on December 12, 2010 at 5:08pm — No Comments

Praise The Lord

Praise The Lord

“The LORD is my strength and my defense ; he has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Exodus 15:2

We believe that praise is a life giving root to us. I believe that we are purposed to praise. It is what we are created to do. I know you expect to hear that praise is important when you attend a church.

There are some people want their worship the Burger King Way! , to have it your way. They… Continue

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You can"t run from God

You can't run from God

But Jonah tried to run away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. Jonah 1:3

Well most of us know the story of Jonah and the big fish that swallowed him. I do not know of any fish bigger tha a whale, but the bible say big fish, so I am going to use the word fish.

But the LORD provided a great fish to… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on November 28, 2010 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Forgive or not to Forgive what is the answer?

Forgive or not to Forgive what is the answer?

'This is what you are to say to Joseph: I ask you to forgive your brothers the sins and the wrongs they committed in treating you so badly.' Now please forgive the sins of the servants of the God of your father." When their message came to him, Joseph wept. Genesis 50:17

God knows the future of our lives, and is putting different kinds of directions in our path to guide us the right direction he wants us to go.

But we also have the free… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on November 21, 2010 at 7:48pm — No Comments

Allow God to shape you

Allow God to shape you

"We are the clay, and You our potter."

Isaiah 64:8 NKJV

Imagine a beautiful china teacup saying: "I wasn't always like this. There was a time when I was just a cold, hard, colorless lump of clay. One day the potter picked me up and said, 'I could do something with this.' Then he started to put pressure on me and change my shape. I said, 'What are you doing? That hurts. Stop!' But he said, 'Not yet.' Then he put me on a wheel and began to spin me around… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on November 14, 2010 at 3:24pm — No Comments

Holy Ghost

Holy Ghost:

We believe in the Holy Ghost, but what is the Holy Ghost? What does it do? How do you feel the Holy Ghost? Learn what members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints believe about the Holy Ghost including the Gift of the Holy Ghost.

What is the Holy Ghost?:

The Holy Ghost is a member of the Godhead, a personage of spirit, knows all things, and is known by many names.

What Does the Holy Ghost Do?:

The Holy Ghost has a variety of roles including… Continue

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What he valued most

What he valued most

A young man learns what's most important in life from the guy next door.

It had been some time since Jack had seen the old man. College, girls,

career, and life itself got in the way. In fact, Jack moved clear across

the country in pursuit of his dreams. There, in the rush of his busy

life, Jack had little time to think about the past and often no time to

spend with his wife and son. He was working on his future, and nothing

could stop… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on October 31, 2010 at 1:54pm — No Comments

Dream to come

Dream to come

Genesis 37:5-8,28; 39:20,21; 41:39-41; 42:3,6

Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had; for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf." Then his brothers said to him, " Are you actually going to reign over… Continue

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A Heart tells no lies

A Heart tells no lies

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it ?

I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. ( Jeremiah 17:9-10 KJV ) [Proverbs 19:5,9,]

When we all stand before God on that glorious day, our heart will tell no lies, you will be unable to fool God.

The reason we… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on October 17, 2010 at 4:17pm — No Comments

I give you me

I give you me

Here is a true story about a nine-year-old boy who lived in a rural town in Tennessee. His house was in a poor area of the community. A church had a bus ministry that came knocking on his door one Saturday afternoon. The kid came to answer the door and greeted the bus pastor. The bus pastor asked if his parents were home and the small boy told him that his parents take off every weekend and leave him at home to take care of his little brother. The bus pastor couldn’t believe… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on October 10, 2010 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Keep doing good for God and forgive

Keep doing good for God and forgive

Matthew 18

21 The Parable of the Unmerciful Servant

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?"

22 Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

I know we hurt from people saying and doing wrong towards us but we also have to do the opposite that God is requesting of… Continue

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Surrender

Surrender

Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord." But He said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into His side, I will never believe." Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on September 26, 2010 at 3:00pm — No Comments

His House

His House

It was a cold Sunday morning when members started arriving at church, snow flakes had just fallen, people were rushing in to get inside. To the warmth, to the dry sanctuary.

As the members were walking in they were astonished to see a homeless person laying on the sidewalk by the front door. He was bent over all covered up with an old black trench coat, that had many holes in it. His shoes had holes in it and you could see his socks… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on September 19, 2010 at 1:29pm — No Comments

Have you reduced God to an expression?

Have you reduced God to an expression?

This is a story of a little boy using God as an expression.

Some of this story actually happened and some didn't.

My son, Josiah, poked his head in the door and said, "Johnny's saying a bad word."

"What bad word?" I said.

"He keeps saying 'Oh my God.' and he won't stop."

"Tell him to stop saying it or he has to go home."

"I did but he won't stop."

I… Continue

Added by VERMAURICE BROWN on September 12, 2010 at 3:51pm — No Comments