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Restless

06/02/2017 0 Comment

MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS-

“My bowels, my bowels! I writhe! The walls of my heart! My heart is restless within me, I cannot keep silent, for I hear [in] my inner self the sound of a horn, [the] alarm of war.” Jer. 4:19

Living upon this planet at this moment in time should aways captivate our hearts for more. Why were we born? What is my purpose? Have I gotten caught in the here and now? Do I, or have I surrendered to His will and let things become weightless? Kevin Ott calls it “Inconsolable mot..

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

05/02/2017 0 Comment

Phil. 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

The consistency and perseverance of the Lord is amazing. Once we get a word of direction from the Lord that we are sure of, we can have that same relentless perseverance in our lives. Like Paul said in today’s verse “I am sure of this, He who began a good work in you will bring it to completion”. It has been that keeping power that is on our Church, Victory Fellowship t..

ALWAYS REJOICING

04/02/2017 0 Comment

Rejoice alway; . . . in everything give thanks.
1 Thessalonians 5:16
To me this verse describes one of the greatest of all miracles, joy in the midst of all circumstances. One of my reading assignments in Bible College was Fox’s Book of Martyrs. I really struggled with that book. Some of the responses of the martyrs described in that book were way beyond me. I couldn’t imagine being filled with joy as you were facing being burned at the stake or even when seeing your own family members tortured ..

BROKEN HEARTED FRAGRANCE

03/02/2017 0 Comment

Mark 14:3 ¶ And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.

No one is ever excited about bad times but let’s face it, often our worst times give birth to our best times. That is probably true in Mary’s case. In John 11 she is struggling with the sudden death of her beloved brother Lazarus. In John 12 Mary is caught up in bro..

PLEASURE SEEKER

01/02/2017 0 Comment

Psa. 16:11 ¶ You make known to me the path of life;
in your presence there is fullness of joy;

at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
True religion has a way of sneaking up on you. What do I mean? You see the average person would never see spiritual things as the pursuit of pleasure. Most people would think that religion is the denial of pleasure. Actually it is exactly the opposite. The spiritual man can enjoy the natural pleasures of this world within their proper boundaries, he also h..

ARTESIAN JOY

31/01/2017 0 Comment

John 15:11 ¶ “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

I remember just like it was yesterday the day I discovered the joy of the Lord. I had been hearing strange reports of people laughing in church services but didn’t give it must thought; at least I didn’t until it happened to me. You see I was a little hesitant to embrace what was being called the “laughing revival”, I had seen so much weirdness that I was not so sure this was legit. T..

ETERNAL PRAYERS

30/01/2017 0 Comment

MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS

“Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.”

ACTS 10:4
God never forgets his prayers he puts within us. He needs our voice to utter his promises over the earth. Each season that passes he sends his Rain to water our precious seeds. His word says we plant them into the ground weeping but there will be a time or a season that we will rejoice over the harvest of our prayers. I bet if you close your eyes you can remember specific place..

ARE YOU WASTING YOUR LIFE?

28/01/2017 0 Comment

There were some that had indignation among themselves, saying, To what purpose hath this waste of the ointment been made? Mark 14:4

John’s gospel makes it very clear, this controversy about waste was stirred up by Judas. It’s funny, as much as things change nothing ever changes. When I was first entering into the ministry this dilemma became very real to me. A close relative sat me down to warn me about wasting my life by entering the ministry. He talked with me about responsibility and taking ..

DON’T BE A LITTERBUG

26/01/2017 0 Comment

John 12:3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

Worship is all about beauty. When something is striking we can’t help ourselves; beauty and greatness turns us all into worshippers. I guess one of the challenges in life is this, not everybody can see or even notice beauty. When I was a child there was a big national campaign about littering; ‘don’t be a litterb..

“Fools Gold”

25/01/2017 0 Comment

MERRY MONDAY BY PARRIS-

“For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in [the] Holy Spirit” Rom. 14:17
What a lot of ruckus with the election and the “peaceful transfer of power”! Goodness gracious it does make one want to learn more of our nation, its issues and just exactly WHAT DO I BELIEVE. The Apostle Paul lived in such a time himself and he warns us not to get to caught up in the world’s kingdom but stay in righteous favor with God and continue..