Don't Stop Praying
Scriptures
Romans 13:11
11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
1 Chronicles 16:11
11 Seek the Lord and his strength, seek his face continually.
Hosea 14:1-3
1 O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
3 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
Matthew 26:41
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Mark 13:32-34
32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
Main Points
Seek God like you seek food.
How much did you pray when you first came to God?
And how much do spend now?
Prayer is like a cup of coffee. You need prayer to wake up the spirit. Then, like you stir up your coffee, you need to stir up your spirit.
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Sunday, March 6, 2016
Sunday Evening with Bro. Platania - "The Other Son" - 3/6/16
Audio File: The Other Son
Scriptures
Luke 15:25
25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Main Points
God can give you back your life, your identity, your future.
You have to celebrate righteousness and faithfulness.
If your friends don't want to come to church, don't want to live for God, don't follow them. Stay in the house.
It's not about them, it's about your father's house. It's about you and your future.
God said everything that is mine, is yours.
Sunday Morning with Bro. Platania - "You and The Crowd" - 3/6/16
Audio File: You and The Crowd
Scriptures
Exodus 23:2
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Main Points
The strongest force of nature is Jesus Christ.
You can't change anything around you until God changes you.
When God changes you, you will change everything around you.
When you see crowds in the Bible, you see people who were influenced by those around them, a lot of times pertaining to life and death.
The crowd can affect your mind and your ability to make good decisions.
For example, when it came to Jesus and Parabus.
The crowd was blinded by the general thought to crucify a man who had done nothing wrong and free a criminal.
What you decide to do with your life can be influenced by the crowd. When it comes to living for Jesus, the crowd may influence you to steer a different way. It's easy to do what everyone else is doing.
If you have a choice today to choose between Parabus and Jesus; life and death; you cannot let the crowd influence you to do what they are doing. You need to make up your mind on your own to pick life, pick Jesus.
A crowd cam hold you back. If you need something from Jesus don't let the crowd hold you back. You need go to the alter, fight to the front, whatever you have to do to get to Jesus. You have to get desperate.
Don't worry about what others are going to think about you. People are too busy with their own issues to worry about yours. You need to step out and go for Jesus no matter what.
Scriptures
Exodus 23:2
2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:
Main Points
The strongest force of nature is Jesus Christ.
You can't change anything around you until God changes you.
When God changes you, you will change everything around you.
When you see crowds in the Bible, you see people who were influenced by those around them, a lot of times pertaining to life and death.
The crowd can affect your mind and your ability to make good decisions.
For example, when it came to Jesus and Parabus.
The crowd was blinded by the general thought to crucify a man who had done nothing wrong and free a criminal.
What you decide to do with your life can be influenced by the crowd. When it comes to living for Jesus, the crowd may influence you to steer a different way. It's easy to do what everyone else is doing.
If you have a choice today to choose between Parabus and Jesus; life and death; you cannot let the crowd influence you to do what they are doing. You need to make up your mind on your own to pick life, pick Jesus.
A crowd cam hold you back. If you need something from Jesus don't let the crowd hold you back. You need go to the alter, fight to the front, whatever you have to do to get to Jesus. You have to get desperate.
Don't worry about what others are going to think about you. People are too busy with their own issues to worry about yours. You need to step out and go for Jesus no matter what.
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Surrender to God" - 2/28/16
Surrender to God
Scriptures
James 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Jerimiah 10:23
23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 12:26
26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Main Points
Worship is a time when we pay deep, sincere, awesome respect, love, and fear to the one who created us.
Surrender means to yield ownership, to relinquish control over what we consider "ours".
When we surrender to God we are acknowledging that what we "own" actually belongs to Him.
He is the giver of all good things.
We are responsible to care for what God has given us, as stewards of his property, but by surrendering to God. we admit that he is in control of everything.
By surrendering to God, we let go of whatever has kept us from wanting God's ways first.
You have to be a servant.
Scriptures
James 1:17
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
Jerimiah 10:23
23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Philippians 4:13
13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
John 12:26
26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
Main Points
Worship is a time when we pay deep, sincere, awesome respect, love, and fear to the one who created us.
Surrender means to yield ownership, to relinquish control over what we consider "ours".
When we surrender to God we are acknowledging that what we "own" actually belongs to Him.
He is the giver of all good things.
We are responsible to care for what God has given us, as stewards of his property, but by surrendering to God. we admit that he is in control of everything.
By surrendering to God, we let go of whatever has kept us from wanting God's ways first.
You have to be a servant.
Sunday, February 21, 2016
Sunday Morning with Bro. Paschal - "The Word Must Go On" - 2/21/16
Bro. Paschal - The Word Must Go On
Scriptures
1 Corinthians 15:57-58
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:9-14
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Main Points
"Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel."
Don't worry about the enemy, God already has them under control.
God uses your adversary to make you better.
Always abound in the Work of the Lord.
God has a plan.
When you identify your Man of God and the anointing God has placed on his life, you will see the vision God has given him.
God has given you a visionary.
Don't allow yourself to be so cynical that you miss out on an avenue for help.
Faith without works is dead!
Scriptures
1 Corinthians 15:57-58
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
1 Corinthians 9:9-14
9 For it is written in the law of Moses, thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Main Points
"Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel."
Don't worry about the enemy, God already has them under control.
God uses your adversary to make you better.
Always abound in the Work of the Lord.
God has a plan.
When you identify your Man of God and the anointing God has placed on his life, you will see the vision God has given him.
God has given you a visionary.
Don't allow yourself to be so cynical that you miss out on an avenue for help.
Faith without works is dead!
Sunday, February 7, 2016
Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Keep" - 2/7/16
Keep
Scriptures
Proverbs 7:1-2
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Proverbs 3:1-7
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 14:12
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Ephesians 3:14-17
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Proverbs 3:16
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Main Points
If you choose not to keep what you got today, it's on you.
Fear God and keep His commandments!
If you keep His commandments and do what's right, you will be blessed.
If you choose not to you will be rich/poor and miserable.
If you follow his commandments you will have wisdom; which will lead to honor, pleasure, wealth and security!
Those that become wise will be happy!
Scriptures
Proverbs 7:1-2
1 My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Proverbs 3:1-7
1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4 So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7 Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.
Proverbs 14:12
12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Ephesians 3:14-17
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
Proverbs 3:16
16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Main Points
If you choose not to keep what you got today, it's on you.
Fear God and keep His commandments!
If you keep His commandments and do what's right, you will be blessed.
If you choose not to you will be rich/poor and miserable.
If you follow his commandments you will have wisdom; which will lead to honor, pleasure, wealth and security!
Those that become wise will be happy!
Sunday Morning with Pastor Henderson - "Is Your Love for God Sincere?" - 1/31/16
Is Your Love for God Sincere?
Scriptures
Jeremiah 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 20:12
12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Job 1:6
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Gen 22:2
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Main Points
Testing is a normal part of righteous living.
Experiencing trials shouldn't be unusual for believers. All righteous people are tested from time to time by the One who created them.
The Lord already knows our hearts.
He uses tests to reveal to us our priorities so we can adjust them if necessary.
Your actions determine your love for God.
Scriptures
Jeremiah 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 20:12
12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
Job 1:6
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.
Gen 22:2
2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Main Points
Testing is a normal part of righteous living.
Experiencing trials shouldn't be unusual for believers. All righteous people are tested from time to time by the One who created them.
The Lord already knows our hearts.
He uses tests to reveal to us our priorities so we can adjust them if necessary.
Your actions determine your love for God.
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