I AM MOVING FORWARD

This song says it all

I am moving forward with Christ. He makes all things new and I will follow Him forever.

I am looking forward to the journey.

Today's church was a real blessing. The choir blessed us with "Moving forward" and scripture took it to another level.

Isaiah 54

The Future Glory of Zion

¹ "Sing, O barren woman,
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,
you who were never in labor;
because more are the children of the desolate woman
than of her who has a husband,"
says the LORD.

² "Enlarge the place of your tent,
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.

³ For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants will dispossess nations
and settle in their desolate cities.

⁴ "Do not be afraid; you will not suffer shame.
Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth
and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.

⁵ For your Maker is your husband—
the LORD Almighty is his name—
the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer;
he is called the God of all the earth.

⁶ The LORD will call you back
as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,
only to be rejected," says your God.

⁷ "For a brief moment I abandoned you,
but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

⁸ In a surge of anger
I hid my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness
I will have compassion on you,"
says the LORD your Redeemer.

⁹ "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.

¹⁰ Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

¹¹ "O afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will build you with stones of turquoise your foundations with sapphires.

¹² I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.

¹³ All your sons will be taught by the LORD,
and great will be your children's peace.

¹⁴ In righteousness you will be established:
Tyranny will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.
Terror will be far removed;
it will not come near you.

¹⁵ If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender to you.

¹⁶ "See, it is I who created the blacksmith
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer to work havoc;

¹⁷ no weapon forged against you will prevail,
and you will refute every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD,
and this is their vindication from me,"
declares the LORD.

All things are possible

No matter what the order of the day, just know that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE thru CHRIST!

I thank God for 2010. This year is an amazing year, a year to recover ALL that the devil has stole from you. Just keep remembering that ALL things, not some things, ALL are possible through Christ our savior.

Jesus said it in Matthew 19:26 that with men, it seems impossible, "but with God all things are possible."

In His Time

My cousin/gf emailed me to tell me about her marriage and she reminded me about what I said couple of years ago about leaving all to God to perfect in His Time. I am glad that my counsel gave her hope to overcome her failed relationships and career and took her to a greater level of actually meeting her best friend/husband.

Her testimony reminds of one of my fav bible passages in Zep 3:17 that said that "the Lord will quiet you with His love." Isn't amazing that when God starts blessing us we always seem to forget the past trials and tears? The reason is because He quiets us with His love which overshawdows every tribulations and disappointments in thepast.

For anyone going through some difficult times, the Lord will quiet your storm and comfort you with His love in Jesus name. Wait on the Lord, wait because in His time, He makes all things beautiful.

Zephaniah 3:17 (New International Version)

¹⁷ The LORD your God is with you,
he is mighty to save.
He will take great delight in you,
he will quiet you with his love,
he will rejoice over you with singing."

Hillsong United - Nothing But The Blood

Happy Good Friday Folks
Had a wonderful service this evening via internet...thanks to the Potterhouse.com
Pastor Noel Jones ministered and the topic was "What Else"
A powerful message, encouraging us to hold on to the last resort.
We can get through the tough times, there is nothing ger depressed about...everything is under the blood
What else can the devil do? He already did his worse...
Now is time to pick ourselves up and move up!
What else....

What else can the devil do to me?

2009 Prayer

I have to open my first blog of the year with this prayer that Bishop Robinson delivered at the Pre-Inaugural concert yesterday in DC. I don't know why they kept it from HOB Broadcast, but this shd be a prayer that everyone shd meditate on daily. NO matter what your religion, belief, sexual orientation or race....this prayer is for ALL



“O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will bless us with tears -- tears for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women in many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.

Bless this nation with anger -- anger at discrimination, at home and abroad, against refugees and immigrants, women, people of color, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people.

Bless us with discomfort at the easy, simplistic answers we’ve preferred to hear from our politicians, instead of the truth about ourselves and our world, which we need to face if we are going to rise to the challenges of the future.

Bless us with patience and the knowledge that none of what ails us will be fixed anytime soon, and the understanding that our new president is a human being, not a messiah.

Bless us with humility, open to understanding that our own needs as a nation must always be balanced with those of the world.

Bless us with freedom from mere tolerance, replacing it with a genuine respect and warm embrace of our differences.

Bless us with compassion and generosity, remembering that every religion’s God judges us by the way we care for the most vulnerable.

And God, we give you thanks for your child, Barack, as he assumes the office of President of the United States.

Give him wisdom beyond his years, inspire him with President Lincoln’s reconciling leadership style, President Kennedy’s ability to enlist our best efforts, and Dr. King’s dream of a nation for all people.

Give him a quiet heart, for our ship of state needs a steady, calm captain.

Give him stirring words; We will need to be inspired and motivated to make the personal and common sacrifices necessary to facing the challenges ahead.

Make him color-blind, reminding him of his own words that under his leadership, there will be neither red nor blue states, but the United States.

Help him remember his own oppression as a minority, drawing on that experience of discrimination, that he might seek to change the lives of those who are still its victims.

Give him strength to find family time and privacy, and help him remember that even though he is president, a father only gets one shot at his daughters’ childhoods.

And please, God, keep him safe. We know we ask too much of our presidents, and we’re asking far too much of this one. We implore you, O good and great God, to keep him safe. Hold him in the palm of your hand, that he might do the work we have called him to do, that he might find joy in this impossible calling, and that in the end, he might lead us as a nation to a place of integrity, prosperity, and peace. Amen."

Culled from http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/01/19/robinson/

Israel and New Breed - Alpha and Omega (Full Version)

I give God all the glory because He is worthy to be praised. I thank Him for being faithful especially when I am far from being faithful. This video just tells it all. I love Him.