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Pray For Someone Who Needs It Today |Powerful Prayer Series

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“Spiritual work is taxing work, and men are loath to do it. Praying, true praying, costs an outlay of serious attention and of time, which flesh and blood do not relish.” ― E.M. Bounds, Power Through Prayer

“18 Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, divine utterance may be given me, so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,…  “

Paul to the Church in Ephesus Chapter 6   Berean Study Bible

  • If you truly love people, pray for them. It is far better for the person being lifted up than anything else here on earth. When you pray for someone else:
  • You pass your own needs and put them on someone else.
  • You start seeing what God really wants in your life.
  • You become a servant for all who need it. 
  • This is a ministry that transcends Borders, strongholds and the time-space barriers.
  • This is where we all need to be. 
  • Pray powerfully and powerfully pray for someone.

Not through your own power but through the Spirit of the LORD. This is where the True Power comes from.

Today if you need any prayer, know that someone has interceded for you. The Holy Spirit. Ask God to help you.

  • Pray hard, Praise hard, Worship hard, Listen Intently.

How Can I know God

Steps to Peace With God

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May 7, 2019

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Your Kingdom Above All Else |Prayer Series + Life Series

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Gospel of Matthew 6:33
  • What better way for me to start this year by doing something with prayer.
  • Praying intentionally requires us to get rid of all the white noise around us.
  • What is white noise?
  • Anything that keeps us from concentrating and giving our full attention to the LORD.

  • I am talking about your:
  • Cell phones
  • Radios
  • TV’s
  • Video games
  • Significant other
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Sports
  • Food
  • Drinks
  • These are just a few of our favorite things that need to be less while we communicate with our Maker.
    I have found that the times I want to get rid of all the above, and more:
  • Someone will call or text me.
  • Or I get a text saying something about this politician or that sports team.
  • I may get a call from someone I haven’t heard in a while.
  • Or, I can all of sudden hear something happening outside.
  • Whatever it is, I have learned to drown out the noise. All that white noise is not good for us. This is not the way were created.

God had something perfectly planned for all of us in the Paradise our forefathers called the Garden.
Yet, we managed to kill a good deal…and before blaming Adam and Eve, I often wonder how we ourselves would do in that place. Walking and talking with God and taking Him for granted.

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    —All this to say—
  • What is your weakness?
  • Whatever it may be, God has it covered.
  • If you feel you can’t sit and pray, stand and pray!
  • If you can’t sit or stand to pray, go for a walk and pray!
  • If you need music to pray, play that funky music.
  • As long as you are not caught up in the action instead of the worship and communication.

Remember, first make God your priority. With Him, in Him and through Him in Your prayers. That’s all he’s ever wanted. Your undivided attention, adoration, and communication…

 

January 31, 2019January 30, 2019

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Pray Intentionally |Prayer Series

“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.”—Corrie ten Boom

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—Lord, may we be extremely intentional when it comes to communicating with You above all else.

—May we not forget to listen to what You have to say to us.

—May we sit still enough to hear Your Spirit and be filled by You so that we could have our full warrior armor on! because the only way we can pray in the Spirit at all times is by having our warrior armor on!

If you want to pray intentionally and you don’t know how.  Start here:

How Can I know God?

Steps to Peace With God

Know God

How do I talk to God?

January 21, 2019

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When Life Gives You Lemons Squeeze the Living Daylights Out of Them Until You Get Lemonade! |Slander & Gossip

Screen Shot 2018-07-30 at 8.15.31 AM.pngI just found out that my wife has been carrying a heavy burden. She had told me bits and pieces about what was happening with a long time acquaintance. Yet, she kept the heavy parts quiet. Not because she wanted to hide things from me but because she was in prayer about it. She wanted me to still speak to this person in a typical manner. My wife knew that this person needs prayer and salvation and that we need to always pray for this to happen.

Her accusers were spreading lies and slandering her name. Also, come to find out, I have been guilty by association! Association of her being my wife.
You see, if you know anything about my wife, the lies and rumors that have spread about her character are so far out there, that if this were a movie or TV program, it would be about a female protagonist who has been falsely accused of something she did not do.

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In scripture, the book of Proverbs tells us that if a man finds a good wife, he has found a good thing and finds favor with God.
I have found a great wife. A Proverbs 31 wife who has never done anything to insult or hurt anyone on purpose. She is faithful and loving to the point of people taking advantage of her. But, this is who my wife is.

Now comes the plot twist, this acquaintance of hers, has been a thorn in her side. Not just with her but with others. This is a bully who has a life that I would not envy. This person has slandered my wife and bullied everyone around to the point that no one likes, nor wants to be around this person. My wife had to confront this person a few years back, and because this person is a bully, they did not like what my wife had to say. From then on, the war against my wife began. The slandering, malicious gossip started. Worse than this, I was involved in this slander. How? By being her husband, I was found guilty by association.

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This lonely, pathetic, sad person accused us of falsely spreading damaging information about them.
When my wife told me, I laughed because I thought she was telling me a joke. Then I saw her face and realized that she was dead serious.
First thing I did was to pray with her. Because I know the person spreading these false accusations is, well, let’s say, a person who needs God. In a big way. This person has been out there in the world so deep in its murkiness, that they are drowning in it.
I am praying for this person and the poor saps who have been duped into this person’s lies and manipulation.
You can say anything about me. You can insult me all you want. I am made of thick skin spiritually and mentally. But don’t come after my wife with lies and defamation of her character. Especially when this person knows that my wife would never do whatever they are falsely accusing her of doing.

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One thing that people know about me is that I don’t beat around the bush when I need to confront an issue. Whenever there is a problem, I face the problem head-on in a professional and Christian manner.

This, however, doesn’t mean that it is a wimpy manner. It takes more guts and courage to confront a person face to face with facts, than to avoid the issue altogether. I am not one of those wimpy Christians who avoid the Matthew 18 instructions.

My wife told me what they are accusing her of doing. Well, more like what they think that I have done. I write this with a smile on my face. A smile of incredulity and also of thinking how pathetic, infantile and moronic the accusations are. If I were to have done those things they are accusing my wife and me of doing, I would first off, not use the means of communication that the real perpetrator used.

Come on; it’s the modern era of electronic information. It’s the social media frenzied time of everything is out there on the internet for all to see kind of time.

Not the archaic way that we have been accused of doing. I am not a fourth grader trying to get someone’s attention. Scratch that, a fourth grader nowadays has better social media skills than the average adult.
So if you are going to accuse us of doing something, please, don’t insult us, at least give us the credit of falsely accusing us of doing something, when it is a super stupendous well thought out plan. Not just little notes and phone calls.
As far as me confronting the individual or persons, I am praying about it, with an extended period of meditation. Because if I speak to them now, it will not be in a very spiritual way. I have to cool down enough to see that this person needs God. I hold no grudge against this person because I know they don’t have the peace that my wife and I do. The peace of Christ, who gives us tranquility in all the good and bad aspects of our lives.

July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

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Pray-Fill-Love-Truth |Thought of Day

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FOR CHRISTIANS:

Spirit filled people of God were spirit filled first before they spoke or witnessed. They had been in agonizing prayer before going out. They did not just talk truth. They instructed and discipled whom the Lord led them to. 

June 13, 2018June 13, 2018

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Preaching In The Pulpit Is… |Sermons & Studies Series

Teaching the Word of God is one of the most honorable things one can do. But when we are preparing the study or sermon, we must be very cautious as to what will be said and taught. We must be prayed up, studied up and most importantly, be serious of who we are representing. Sometimes,… Continue reading →

December 6, 2019

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The Quiet, Unsung Heroes |Real Christlike Service

|” “Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.” —Colossians 3:23(ISV)| There are people who you’ll never hear from and will never be famous’ Christians. They won’t be household names, and that’s how they want to be remembered. We had one of… Continue reading →

December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

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8 DAYS OF GIVING THANKS | THANKSGIVING 2019

The origins of this sacred Holyday by Oscar Roca 4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name. 5 For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.… Psalm 100:4 & 5 LORD, thank You for always providing for us. Like the first Pilgrims who came… Continue reading →

November 28, 2019

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8 Days of Giving Thanks T-1 Days | Thanksgiving 2019

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. —Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV I’m thankful for the free gift of eternal life. It can’t be earned. It’s only thru His grace and… Continue reading →

November 27, 2019

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8 DAYS OF GIVING THANKS T-2 DAYS |THANKSGIVING 2019

Thank You LORD for those who serve us by Oscar Roca Today I want to thank all those who serve people in any capacity. From the waiters and waitresses at restaurants, or the store employees who work hard to keep the aisles and checkouts clear, to the first responders who selflessly give up their family… Continue reading →

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019

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8 DAYS OF GIVING THANKS T-3 DAYS |THANKSGIVING 2019

Thankful for a God who reinvents us! by Oscar Roca I just got a sent a picture of a blind farmer who was passing through his land, looking for his turkeys. The funny part was that he was walking right in front of them, and they were making cow sounds.  I laughed so hard because… Continue reading →

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019

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8 DAYS OF GIVING THANKS T-4 DAYS |THANKSGIVING 2019

Dysfunctional Symphony by Oscar Roca LORD, I’m thankful for making this time of year one of my favorites by changing dysfunction to order. It wasn’t like this when my family was broken up into chaos, and people were calling our family disfunction. You don’t believe in labels, and neither do I. I had to see… Continue reading →

November 24, 2019

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8 Days of Giving Thanks T-5 Days |Thanksgiving 2019

Today I want to thank God for the children and grandchildren I’ve been blessed with. They make my life joyful. Without them, my wife and I’s lives would be different. Even more so today, since I’m getting ready to go to a USC-UCLA with one of my daughters who got me the tickets for Father’s… Continue reading →

November 23, 2019

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8 DAYS OF GIVING THANKS T-6 DAYS |THANKSGIVING 2019

Today, I’d like to thank God for the wife of my youth. She has been with me through thick and thin, in darkness and light. She has seen my worst and has been the reason for my best.  During this time of reflection, I thank God for this priceless gift, which was wrapped before the… Continue reading →

November 22, 2019November 22, 2019

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8 Days of Giving Thanks T-7 |Thanksgiving 2019

My mom and Dad pointed me to my faith but God’s love cemented it.  Without Christ reaching in and touching my heart, I would not be the man I am today. His grace gave me hope that I would otherwise not have. |Without His mercy, my punishment would be intense. That is the most important… Continue reading →

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019

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