Minister Connie's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Mark 11: 13-14} And seeing in the distance a fig tree (covered) with leaves, He went to see if He could find any fruit on it ( for in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves). but when He came up to it, he found nothing but leaves for the fig season had not yet come. and He said to it, No one ever again shall eat fruit from you. and His disciples were listening to what He said. (Amplified version)

I love the amplified…

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Matthew 15:8-9} These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me. Uselessly do they worship Me for they teach as doctrines the commands of men.



The Lord really weighed these Scriptures heavy on my heart yesterday. So many of us come to church and we need to be pumped up to praise God. This should not be saints! We should look forward with anticipation to go to church and to enter into God's presence and give… Continue

2 Corinthians 3: 6} It is He Who has qualified us (making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient) as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant (of salvation through Christ), not (ministers) of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit for the code (of the Law) kills, but the Holy Spirit makes alive.

I was brought up in a very religious and restrictive church. Every single week it was the same thing over and over again. They had so many programs and rules in place…

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Ezekiel 37:21-23} Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God; Behold I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bringthem into their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and one King shall be King over the mall,they shall be no longer two nations , neither be divided into two kingdoms anymore. They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and… Continue