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WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE

In this text GOD took Ezekiel to a valley full of dry bones and asked him, could these bones live? GOD then commands Ezekiel to prophesy upon the bones, that, the Lord will cause breath to enter into them and they shall live. As Ezekiel commanded, the sinews and flesh came upon them, and the skin came upon them. Finally, upon another command, breath came into them and they lived and 'stood up upon their feet an exceeding great army.'

Although this prophecy relates to the whole house of Israel, we can draw comfort from it that GOD, the Creator makes impossible things possible. He causes dry bones to live; He makes all things new. His Word is sure and Amen. He will make your life new if only you will believe in the work of Christ JESUS and invite Him to be your personal Saviour. The Bible declares that "He that hath the Son hath life."

How can you fight the enemy you don't know?? How can you close your eyes and and fight with an enemy and not be defeated?? Sister Alice tells us this week that demons are like squatters who take full habitation of someone's property and it will take the power of the Holy Spirit to break their habitation and to cast them out.

Deliverance, what is it?? The LORD talks about evil spirits and why they never give up. They always want to return to where they have been cast out. These demons throw doubt, fornication, infirmities, pride, lust, hatred, they hate marriages and every good thing, it is not just the one who practices witchcraft as many have mistakenly thought.

These demons when they do re-enter are very difficult to cast out. It takes the power of the Holy Spirit of the LORD to cast them out. When they are within you doing the above listed, you will need deliverance by someone with the Holy Anointing of the GOD. They see our bodies as their paradise and they don't want to leave. But because of the Anointing and the Awesome power of GOD, through deliverance, we will be set free.

Consider the Great Teacher's Word and live a Holy and righteous life for if they had been cast out, they are still out there waiting to come back. Keep Praying! Keep Praying! Keep Praying!

Have you seen JESUS, Is HE missing from your mind, from your thoughts, from your emotions, from your heart ?? GOD is asking, " Am I missing from your life? " Search your life and if he's missing from you, FIND JESUS! FIND HIM. You will find Him in His WORD. Ask him by prayer and He will come to your heart.

AMEN

The disciples asked the LORD, their Master for a sign about His second coming. He warned them of deception of those who will come, claiming to be Him.

He also warned them of wars and rumours of wars. But we should not be troubled, for all these must come to pass before the end. For nation shall rise against nation and there shall be famines, pestilences and earthquakes. When you watch newscasts, read newspapers, you see many evidences of these.

Friend, JESUS is coming soon, prepare to meet Him. If you are not sure that you will see Him, then change your life, for He is surely coming soon! Accept Him now as your Personal Saviour and friend. If not, you will see Him as Judge.

Stand on the Rock means JESUS. Storms will come but if you have Christ in your heart, you will stand firm. The storm means troubles, sorrows, doubts, , misunderstanding, sickness, unbelief, pains, marriage problems and many more.

If you build your house on the Rock, satan will try to shake you but you will never be moved. Because of the Rock, your house will stand firm. That Rock is our LORD JESUS.

The LORD wants us to pray with meaning, from our hearts and not just from our mouths. The LORD wants our heart to be right with Him. When we pray, we should ask the LORD GOD Almighty to come and be LORD of our lives, we should for his will to be done in our lives.

We should forgive our enemies their sins, so that when we pray, the LORD will hear our prayers and forgive us our sins. We should also ask the LORD not to lead us into temptation and also ask the LORD to deliver us from the evil one.

For the Kingdom belongs to the LORD GOD Almighty, He has all the power to do what we ask, He is crowned with Glory and will show His glory and do you know what???

Matthew's gospel describes how Mary espoused to Joseph, a just man was found with child of the Holy Ghost and Joseph was thinking of putting her away privily. But an angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream confirming that the child is of the Holy Ghost. The angel went on " And she shall bring forth a son and thou shalt call His name JESUS; for He shall save his people from their sins"

This is a confirmation of the prophecy; " and they shalt call his name IMMANUEL which is being interpreted, GOD WITH US".

Thus began to unroll GOD's Master plan of salvation. That He came to dwell among mankind, preached and healed the sick, died and rose again, that whosoever will believe in Him, will have eternal life.

Hallelujah, He is here to give salvation to the sinner, to destroy the works of the evil one and to free us forever from all bondages. His name is JESUS, He is Immanuel, GOD with us.

Some people do not want to serve the anointing but they want the anointing to fall on them. NO! you cannot have it unless you humble yourself. If you do not humble yourself, the last result will be separation. That is why there are thousands of Churches around which are not of GOD. It is satan's character. You need humbleness to serve the anointing.

When Jacob was running away from his elder brother Esau, he reached a place called Bethel where he used stones for his pillow. It was here that the LORD revealed Himself to him and here he vowed a vow to the LORD; if the LORD will be with him, keep him, feed him and bring him safely to his father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be his GOD.

Be like Jacob, vow to the LORD in the New year, the year 2004. Tell the LORD to deliver you from all your old deeds, from your old self, change your life, be a new person and certainly deny your old ways.

The LORD has been good to us. We will be honest and say that we were never good, we didn't obey the WORD of the LORD as we said we will, but because of His love and mercy, He has preserved us and is with us going into the year 2004.

A young man came to JESUS asking Him, “Good Master, what can I do to inherit eternal life? “ JESUS reprimanded him, not to call any good, but the FATHER. He then told him to keep the commandments. The young man has tried to do that since infancy.

Then came the answer to the core of his problem; “Go… sell what you have…give to the poor and you shall have treasure in heaven, and come and come and take up your cross and follow me.! “ The young man loved his possessions more than he loved GOD.

Is your GOD in your possessions?? Are you ready to serve the LORD. Are you ready to sacrifice for the love of GOD?? Are you ready to carry the LORD Jesus' cross, bear His burdens?? Well, if your answer is no to all the above, then I have news for you, “No cross, no crown”. For our Master JESUS, the Christ whom we follow, carried the cross before He was crowned by Our Father in Heaven.

Dearest friend, do you know JESUS? Is He your friend? How do you that He is your friend?? Did you know He's the Greatest Friend, our friend forever? He is. But to become His friend, you need to follow certain conditions;

First, you need to accept Him as your LORD and Saviour then you have to take His word and eat them as food.

Secondly, you have to follow His will and when you ask anything, then He will do it.

Thirdly, you must bear fruit but how do you bear fruit? You have to take the LORD's word and obey Him everyday. The Holy Spirit will bring fruit out of your life. When you do that, then you will become His disciple and the Father's glory will be shown in the son. Master JESUS wants us to continue in His love and obey His commandments.

When we follow His commandments, then we will be His friend and not His servants, because the servant knows not what His Master does but a friend does.

So after all this, if you are His friend, then continue in His love but if you are not and want to be, then you must get right with GOD.

Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. How do you know that the LORD has answered your prayer ?? How do you know that the LORD is speaking to you ? You have been praying all the time but now you want to give up. Why ? Because everything is at a standstill. Don't give up, one day, He will appear. Will you know Him when He appears?? Will you remember His voice as a child of GOD ? If the answer is yes, He will come and feed your hungry soul.

The LORD sent Nathan the prophet to King David who had committed adultery with Bathsheba, wife of Uriah, a soldier away on the battlefield. David had engineered for Uriah to be killed.

Nathan first spoke by a parable: There were two men in a city; one rich, the other poor. The poor man had one little lamb which he had bought and nourished up.; the rich man who owned a large herd had a visitor, killed the poor man's lamb and dressed it to serve his visitors table.

David flared in anger against the man; as the LORD liveth, he said, he shall surely die! "You are the man !" said Nathan. Nathan then delivered the LORD's judgment to David; the sword shall never depart from his house, his child, borne out of adulterous relationship would die, others will take his wives.

Sin brings judgment from GOD and this judgment is very unbearable. Though we put on pride to fend off the repercussions of our sins, we feel it and we go through it.

GOD is a loving GOD but a fearful judge. He hates sin and He hates people who allow the world to blaspheme His name. His name is so Holy and He is Holy. When we sin, we receive judgment but who can predict what His (GOD's) judgment will be?? We can choose any sin to commit, but we cannot choose our judgment from the LORD. For He is a fearful GOD, the one True GOD and His Word is true.

Dear Reader, if you are a sinner, please repent, please I urge you to repent for His (GOD's) day of wrath is coming, can you stand it?

We see here in Luke 4:31 et seq Master JESUS went to Capernaum and taught in the synagogue on a Sabbath. Those in the meeting were astonished at His teaching. His Word was with power!

Then man with an unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice manifesting the evil spirits in him. The evil spirits acknowledging that JESUS of Nazareth was the Holy one of GOD, JESUS, rebuked him and cast him out. The congregants were all amazed and spoke among themselves saying..."With authority and power He commanded the unclean spirits and they come out!"

The LORD GOD Almighty is here and has given us power and authority over the devil. Did you know we have power over the devil and his works?? Well, Dear Reader, we do! JESUS Christ has given us power over the devil. Look at what happened to this man possessed with the devil; the devil fled in the face of the Holy one, Our Master JESUS.

If you build your house on the Rock, satan will try to shake you but you will never be moved. Because of the Rock, your house will stand firm. That Rock is our LORD JESUS.

A man born blind was healed by Master JESUS on the Sabbath day and encountered the wrath of the Pharisees. They were angry that JESUS healed the man on a Sabbath day and reasoned that accordingly, JESUS was not of GOD. The man stood his ground. He was a blind man. Now he could see ! He was not worried who it was who healed him, by what method nor on what day! The truth was, now he could see!

Do you know the truth? Are you prepared to stand for the truth, defend Him?? Are you willing to die for Him?? Sometimes, defending the truth can lead to mockery, reviling and even death!

But the truth will always remain the truth. JESUS is the truth. Defending Him in certain circles can lead to death as earlier written but tell the world what He has done for you yesterday, today and forever in spite of persecution, because the truth will set you free. Not just the ordinary, but the truth from GOD. Be willing to defend Master JESUS everywhere anytime.

When you suffer for Him (Master JESUS), He will always find you just like He found the blind man after he was cast out from before the Pharisees, for Master JESUS came so that we who see not, will see and believe on Him. If you think you know it all and refuse to see then JESUS is come so that you might be blind, not blind physically but spiritually because you refuse to see and believe on Him, that you might see Him.

After the death of JESUS Our Master, the disciples were very sad, their hope had gone and they had decided to go back to their old vocation. But Mary Magdalene, went to the tomb of Master JESUS to see if He was still there. He laid in the sepulchre after His crucifixion and had been dead for 3 days. As she wept and stooped, she saw 2 angels sitting where Master JESUS had laid. He was not there.

In her dialogue with them, she turned around and saw Master JESUS behind her. She didn't recognize Him, but then He called out her name and then she recognized Him. Not allowed to touch Him, Master JESUS told her to go and inform His brethren that He is Alive.

She got there and while speaking to them, Master JESUS appeared and said "Peace Be unto you". he didn't stop there, He also commissioned them to send the Word of GOD to the many souls.

He also did a very great thing; He gave them great power, the Power of the Holy Spirit. If they forgive sins, they will be forgiven, but if they say "Your sin remain with you" it will remain. This power is so great, so great my friend, so great. No else has such power, but Master JESUS.. Why? because Her carried the cross, he died on it, was buried in a sepulchre, rose on the third day and is given all power and might. He has given us this power, se we have power.

This is a very classic one. Readers of the Bible will all know that leprosy was a very serious disease in the days gone by. In fact, even now. But in Biblical Israel, it was more serious. One who suffered was a definite outcast! You cannot come to town, definitely not !.

But these 10 lepers were told to go and show themselves to the Priest, by the Master JESUS. How? One would have said "But we aren't healed?? ". But these did not ! They obeyed. You see the price of a miracle is obedience and because they did, they received a miracle. Why?? Because they obeyed. Master JESUS didn't say much, He only said "Go and show thyself to the Priest". The only way, they could have done that is if they are healed. They were not but believed they will be because they obeyed and while they went, they were healed. Do you believe today?? To have done what they did, you should have faith. they believed but not all came to give glory to GOD. When you pay the price which is obedience, you must also give glory to GOD like this leper did.

Seeing that he had been healed, he turned back and went to give GOD the glory. He worshipped Him!!!

Have you robbed GOD?? You might ask "How have I robbed GOD, for can a man rob GOD?". Yes. The LORD spoke through the Prophet Malachi, when the nation of Israel turned away from the ordinances of GOD Almighty. One of them was His tithes. Tithes belong to the LORD GOD Almighty, He commands us to bring it to Him and no one else. He calls His House His storehouse and we are called to bring them into His storehouse for use in evangelism and His many other good things. When you do this in truth and in spirit, you will be blessed.

As we are in the end times, the LORD is speaking to believers. We should pay our tithes, so that the LORD can pour out His blessings on us and so that we can provide for evangelism and evangelists.

The disciples were all gathered in JERUSALEM. The Master, JESUS the Christ had left them 10 days earlier and had told them to wait JERUSALEM until the Father's promised had come come upon them. They believed and were waiting. But they were just not sitting and waiting, they were praying, everyday and the most important thing of all is "They were all of one accord".

The Holy Spirit came, He came as the Father had promised. He filled the whole room and the disciples began to speak in different tongues. At that time, there were ,many people from nations gathered in JERUSALEM and these people heard the Word of GOD in their own languages, made possible by the Holy Spirit. They heard it, they sure did ! They were surprised, but the excellent thing is they all heard it. They heard the wonderful works that GOD has done and is still doing.

Peter recounted the days coming, saying it will be terrible, but "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved". That is the way of Salvation ! "Whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved".

Are you saved? Have you ever called on the name of JESUS?? It is through His name that you will be saved and also receive empowerment by His Holy Spirit

Peter explained to those gathered together listening to the "tongues". As we saw last week, all the apostles spoke in "tongues" and in the languages of those gathered there. These came from various nations.

So when Peter stood to speak, he had explained the moments they were seeing and went on to explain to them that this same JESUS, had been spoken about by David, the King, many, many, many years before the coming of Christ. He told the people that JESUS is seated on the right hand of GOD.

The people were pricked in their hearts and wanted to change, so they asked Peter "What shall we do ? " and he replied "Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of JESUS the Christ for remissions of sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, just as they had. This gift is for all but you have to be of GOD. For where there is sin, one cannot receive the Holy Spirit. The other notable thing, when you receive the Holy Spirit, you will exalt the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit as Peter did.

You will also testify of the LORD GOD Almighty. You will also win more souls into His Kingdom. This is what happens when you receive the Holy Spirit. Again, these fellowshipped together, prayed together, broke bread together and did all things together. GOD was with them all the time, confirming His word with signs and wonders.

Master JESUS the Christ is our healer. This passage tells us about the wondrous works that Master JESUS did. He healed many of the sicknesses, cast out devils and did this with power and did this with power and authority. When JESUS appears anywhere, the devil and his demons flee from His presence. He has power to cast out the devil and all his demons and so the devil stays away from His presence.

But the LORD healed all diseases, removed everything unclean and restored man to his original state as he had planned from the beginning. So my friend, as JESUS healed people of all manner of diseases and cast out all oppressive demons in those days, this same JESUS is alive and ever present to do the same for you if you will only ask in faith.

Prophet Isaiah saw the LORD, seated on a throne. He was high and lifted up, exalted and above the throne and Our Father (GOD) were seraphims and they each had six wings, two covering their face, two covering their feet and with two they flew. They were praising the Father thus; "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory" and the post of the door moved at the voice of him that cried and the house was filled with smoke. Prophet Isaiah said "Woe is me, For I am undone" Why?? Because in the past, they all believed on cannot see GOD and live and also he was a man unclean lips, but in this instance, GOD kept him standing and the Prophet Isaiah did not die.

Rather he had also seen himself, the type of person he is, and the type of people he's amongst. He was repentant. One of the angels, a seraphim, touched his lips with a hot coal and cleansed his lips of all iniquity and also purged him of all his sins.

He also heard a voice, the voice of the LORD saying "Whom shall I send and who will go for us??" and Isaiah said, "Here am I, send me". He saw a lot of the LORD's glory, the glory of the only true GOD and he was strengthened by the LORD. What Isaiah saw was His (GOD's) majestic power in Heaven and on Earth. He is able to do all things. Fear not, His glory covereth the earth, the devil cannot hurt you if you really are His.

When Master JESUS walked the face of the earth, His disciples asked Him to teach them how to pray just as John the Baptist had taught his disciples. The Master taught them how to pray and here is how; "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name, they Kingdom come, thy will be done, as in Heaven, so in earth. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive us everyone that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

Why do we say "Our Father" ??, this is because He is our Father and Master JESUS gave us the secret, that He is our Father . Whenever you say "Hallowed be your name", you should also pray that GOD cleanses you as well, so that your prayer can reach into the ear of our Father. His Will be done, because if we have His Will, we will always have do His pleasure. Because it is His will, we always have daylight as He wills and nighttime as He wills.

We must also ask that the LORD forgives us our sins. He will always forgive us, why?? Because if He does not, then His son's WORD will seem a lie, but of course, His WORD is always true. He always wants us to forgive other people' sin against us, if that doesn't happen, then He will also not forgive us our sins. But He is always ready and willing to forgive.

Lastly, He wants us to always ask our Father that He leads not into temptation, but deliver us from evil and from the evil one.

The previous week, we learnt that the LORD JESUS had taught His disciples how to pray. They wanted to pray as John the Baptist had taught his (John the Baptist) disciples. He had taught them to pray. This week, we continue with Master JESUS teaching us to persist in prayer. He teaches us to ask and we shall receive, seek and we shall find and knock for it shall opened.

For whosoever asks shall receive and whosoever seeketh shall find and whosoever knocks shall find. This is wonderful, for when we ask, we will definitely get it. This is very sure, very, very sure, no doubt.

Master JESUS tells us, that His Father and our Father is waiting for us to ask so that He will give us what we desire. He is waiting for us to seek so that he will make you find it and then He is waiting for us to knock so that He shall open .

For He is a good Father, better that the Fathers we have on earth. For if our earthly fathers know how to give us good things, how much He, Our divine Father who is in Heaven who gives all good things, who loves us more more than ourselves, who makes our fathers good?? He is waiting even now, to do it for you.

...Nor tell it to any in the city. These are Master JESUS' words. Please let's see why. In the other gospels, the LORD JESUS had told Bethsaida and Chorazim, that as a result of their unbelief, He had told them that it shall be intolerable for them than in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. These people didn't believe even though He (JESUS) had done many miracles in this town.

Thus when they had brought a blind man, who they "besought Him to touch him", what do you think Dear reader?? Would they have believed?? I can tell you, they will not have. So Master JESUS took his hand and took him outside the town and healed him. After his healing, Master JESUS commanded him not to go to Bethsaida, nor tell anything of your healing for they will not believe.

Today, as you read this, please note this; "Go no more to Bethsaida", but rather go forward and be His disciple.

After Master JESUS the Christ had constrained His disciples to get into a boat to go to the other side, He went to a mountain and prayed, alone. It was evening and the disciples sat aboard a boat in the middle of the sea with a wind, very strong blowing against them and their boat. The Bible describes the wind as contrary, that is opposite. They had left in the evening, on a journey that should have taken them a very short time.

But in the 4th Watch ( recounted to be somewhere early in the morning, they were still stuck on the boat. Master JESUS went out to them, walking on the sea towards them and they feared greatly, for they all started screaming. Then Master JESUS spoke and said "Be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid".

Peter still supposing the voice to have come from a spirit instead of Master JESUS, he asked the Master if he could come over to Him and the LORD said "Come". Peter then got out of the and walked on the sea. Peter actually walked on the sea, dear friend, he walked on the sea!!. This is impossible, for man to walk on the sea. You can walk in the water if it is shallow but never on it, let alone in the middle of an ocean or river. But Peter did it because he had been invited by Master JESUS.

However when he (Peter) saw the wind, he was afraid and began to sink. He was not focused on Master JESUS the Christ. Dear Reader, the moment you take your eyes off the LORD, you start losing good things and you head towards destruction. Unless you call on the LORD JESUS, you will be destroyed. But Peter cried out to master JESUS and the LORD caught him and said to him "O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt (KJV)"?

The LORD JESUS asks us to come unto Hi, whether there is the impossible storm or not. Once we come to Him, and He is with us, the wind ceases, the storm ceases because the of Peace is with you. He is the Master of the impossible and if we walk with Him, the impossible becomes possible in our lives.

After parting from Abraham, the angels went to Sodom and Gomorrah and visited Lot. They told him they will destroy the city because the cry of the city has "waxen great before the face of the LORD". They therefore have orders to destroy the city. Lot went to his sons in law and told them but they mocked him. They will not believe that the city will be destroyed.

In the morning, the angels hastened Lot to leave "Lest they be consumed in the iniquity of the city". However Lot lingered. Dear reader, what will you have done?? He had been warned twice to leave. The angels wanted to save him, but it looks as if Lot was not ready to leave, let alone be saved. They however laid hands on him, his wife and his children and took them out of the city and then warned them to "escape for thy life". They were also told to not to look back. "Looking back" always makes you want to go back to the old life and enjoy the lusts in them.

Dear reader, if there was any good in them, we would not have run to JESUS. We have escaped with our lives to JESUS. Let us remain there. If you have not escaped, you still have time to, but don't leave it past today. The call is here, please heed Him and repent.

The angels had also told them not to stay in the plain. "Staying in the plain" means escaping but not doing anything with your life. The Christian life is an ongoing journey and you should not stay still. You have to always pray and desire to be close to Him.

The angels also wanted them to escape to the mountain, to higher ground. But Lot couldn't go to the mountain, he couldn't go unto higher higher ground. He wanted to instead go into a city that is close. The angel told him he has agreed with his (Lot's) request, however he was also told to hurry into the city else the angel said he could not start anything. As soon as Lot reached the city called Zoar, the angel started destroying Sodom and Gomorrah. And the plain !. If Lot had stayed in the plain, he would have been consumed, so please don't stay in the plain, for you will be consumed.

And then Lot's wife decided to look back, after having been warned clearly by the angel of GOD. Perhaps she wanted to go back, she had missed the life of Sodom and Gomorrah, she wanted to go back and get back into it. But that wasn't a good life. It was very bad and needed to be wiped away with the people who lived and enjoyed it. Why would you want to go back after so great a Salvation.

Dear Reader, if you have not made the decision to escape, then now is the time. And when you do, please don't stay in the plain, go to higher ground. If you have escaped and you are still in the plain, now is the time to head for the mountains. Walk with JESUS! Pray always. read the Bible and be advised and take what you read into your life.

The Prophet Daniel had fasted and asked the LORD GOD Almighty to remember His words as He spoke to the Prophet Jeremiah, concerning the desolation of Jerusalem. The LORD GOD had promised that it will be seventy(70) years. As it got close, Daniel wanted the LORD to remember and end the suffering.

While praying, the LORD sent Angel Gabriel, who came and told Daniel many, many things concerning the end times. He spoke of the calamities, the pains and the agony, that will happen in the end times, to all on earth. This is what He said;

"And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. ² And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. ³ And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. ⁴ But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased."

Do you know if your name is in the book of life?? If your name is not, then you still have a chance to do so for the Bible says in Acts 2 : 21, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved. The days following will only be easy for the righteous, for the saved.

Master JESUS, one day sat on the Mount of Olives. His disciples began to ask Him of the things that will happen before He comes back. He began to tell them thus;

^"4   And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
⁵   For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
⁶   And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
⁷   For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
⁸   All these are the beginning of sorrows. " (King James Version)

As the heading reads, this is real, you cannot deny it. We are testimony to all the things that are going on. Today, we see many wars and the near outbreak of them. There are also rumours of wars, nations are up against nations, Kingdoms against kingdoms. There is also hunger and diseases are widespread. If you cannot see this, then please sit down and reflect. It is also true that we are in the days of sorrow. Look around.

If you are a Christian, please stand firm and stay on course till He (Master JESUS) comes back. If you are not a Christian, then please ask the LORD JESUS to come into your heart. Please pray this prayer;

" Dear LORD JESUS, I know that I am a sinner and I am sorry for my sins. I know that you died for me on the cross, that I may have life and have it more abundantly. Lord, I want to repent and accept you as my personal Saviour. Please come into my heart. Please abide in my heart forever, so that one day, when you come back, I will see you and be with you. AMEN"

After King Solomon had built the temple for GOD and dedicated it to Him, he prayed to GOD and this was a very powerful prayer. He also sacrificed greatly to the LORD. As soon as he had finished praying, the LORD appeared to him by night and told him thus;

" ¹²   And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice.
¹³   If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
¹⁴   If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

4. Seek His face - He wants us to acknowledge Him in all our ways and He will direct our paths. He wants us to always call on us.

5. Turn from our wicked ways - The LORD always wants us to obey Him, instead of the devil. He made us, He owns us and wants us to be righteous.

That is why Master JESUS came to die for us so that through Him, we will have righteousness. When we have done this, He will hear us. He will do whatever we have asked of Him and then He will heal our land.

Dear Reader, the LORD GOD has good plans for us, but most of all, He wants us to come back to Him after we have finished our course on earth. The LORD is coming back again, He is surely coming back to take us home to Himself.

... and continue to ask. Why?? Here is why; One day while JESUS the Christ walked the face of the earth, He went to the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

" ²¹   Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
²²   And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
²³   But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
²⁴   But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
²⁵   Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
²⁶   But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
²⁷   And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
²⁸   Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. "

The dialogue between Master JESUS and the canaanite lady had seemed very serious and full of opposition. Why? Because she was called a "dog" but still persisted for her daughter. Many would have forgotten about the request and turned back for being called names. From what happened, it was not easy for the woman. Now get this; It is not always easy when you ask for are about to receive your miracle. Remember what happened with Daniel? The Devil withstood the Angel of the LORD until another was sent to His aid. Then Daniel received answers to his request. Today's message is this; "Even in the face of very stiff opposition, stand and wait for your miracle or request." It may take too long, but the WORD of GOD is true for He commands us to "Ask and we shall receive"

... Come Home to the Father!!! He is always compassionate, He is full of love, He is always watching and waiting. Let us read this little story about a son who came home;

" ¹¹   And he said, A certain man had two sons:
¹²   And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.
¹³   And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
¹⁴   And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
¹⁵   And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
¹⁶   And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
¹⁷   And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
¹⁸   I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
¹⁹   And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
²⁰   And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
²¹   And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
²²   But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
²³   And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
²⁴   For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. "

From the above, this young son fell into very serious difficulty. He was at the end of hope or his life. But get this;

As the son made his plea, the Father was not listening, but seeing that his heart was genuine, asked for a robe for His son and killed a cow and made merry for His son.

No man can do this for their son or daughter. Only GOD can. The son in this passage is the sinner and the Father is our GOD in Heaven. After all his sins, GOD was still waiting to welcome him back.

GOD is always watching and waiting, even as we have made the decision to desert GOD and go and do our own thing.

One day, Master JESUS was preaching in a certain place and in the course of the preaching, He said;

²¹   When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
²²   But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. ²³   He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
²⁴   When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. ²⁵   And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
²⁶   Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. ²⁷   And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
²⁸   But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.²¹   When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: ²²   But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.²³   He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.²⁴   When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.²⁵   And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
²⁶   Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.²⁷   And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked.
²⁸   But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

After reading this passage, we all know that we can be totally healed of all our infirmities or any problem or ailment. We also know we can be saved by the LORD GOD Almighty. But we also need to get close to GOD after our healing, salvation, our redemption. If we do that, then we become untouchable, by the devil. Of course the devil will come back to try and see if he can get back into you or your life and use you for the same old purpose for which you have been saved, but it will fail him because of your closeness to the LORD GOD Almighty and fellowship.

What normally happens is, once we get the healing or salvation, we forget to stay close to the LORD and the dangers of not being close to Him is that at this point, the devil will come, have a look, find your heart cleaned out but very empty of the Word of GOD, His presence or fellowship.

He goes and get seven more dangerous demon, comes back and inhabits the heart and your state is worse than before, so dear reader, please note this;

One day, Master JESUS entered and passed through Jericho. This is what happened next;

" ¹   And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
²   And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
³   And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
⁴   And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
⁵   And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
⁶   And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
⁷   And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
⁸   And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
⁹   And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
¹⁰   For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. "

Zacchaeus ran for his deliverance. He needed to be delivered from sin - from cheating, from stealing, from greed. He was in haste, for he ran to climb a tree to see the Master. He was ready to confess his sins, he wanted to be saved. Of course, he had it after he had confessed. You will not be delivered, if you do not confess your sins You will come for the deliverance but will not get it.

You have to repent and mean it as Zacchaeus did and then you will have your deliverance as he did.

²⁵During the fourth watch of the night Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake. ²⁶When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. "It's a ghost," they said, and cried out in fear.²⁷But Jesus immediately said to them: "Take courage! It is I. Don't be afraid."²⁸"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."²⁹"Come," he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. ³⁰But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"³¹Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. "You of little faith," he said, "why did you doubt?"³²And when they climbed into the boat, the wind died down. ³³Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God."

A lot of the people suffer from doubt and fear. There is an English adage that "cowards die many times before their death". This is fear breeding cowardice. Fear brings death nearer than you are. Sometimes the devil will bring you bad news in the form of your ill-health, your job and the things that will put you in constant fear for the rest of your life. But the Lord Jesus is telling you today "Do Not Fear", He is with you, that is if you believe in Him. Fear is a demon, people of God, so rebuke it!

Doubt is also another demon that will always seeks to interfere with the voice of God; At most times, God speaks to us, but doubt holds us back from obeying the voice of God. It is a very wicked demon. Resist it at all times so that you can obey God's voice all the time. Let us take David's advice and example in Psalm 56:3 - " What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee". Trust in the Lord, faith in the Lord destroys doubt and fear.

⁴¹Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. ⁴²And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. ⁴³And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. ⁴⁴But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. ⁴⁵And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. ⁴⁶And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. ⁴⁷And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. ⁴⁸And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. ⁴⁹And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? ⁵⁰And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. ⁵¹And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.

³And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.⁵For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. ⁶And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.⁷For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. ⁸All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Our Lord Jesus is coming soon!! He is coming!! So Christians, prepare to meet him!! Look around the world and see what is happening. Wars, rumours of wars, famines, pestilence, earthquakes, tsunamis and plagues. All these herald that he is coming soon, as he said. Only no one knows when. Jesus, the Saviour of the world is coming!! You need to have him as your Lord and Saviour. Ask him to forgive your sins and come into your life. You will be expecting his appearance with joy in your heart!!

AMEN

¹Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.²There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.³Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.⁴Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him,⁵Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor ⁶This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.⁷Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.⁸For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.⁹Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

Have you seen what the devil wanted to do? He wanted them to kill the man (Lazarus) so that people will not believe in Master Jesus the Christ. This is why you must keep your miracle by staying close to the Lord Jesus, who gave you the miracle because it is the devil's plan to reverse the miracle so people will stop giving glory to God. But the name of the Lord Jesus must be lifted high and the devil must not get his way. Worship the Lord with all your heart and mind. Be close to him, and the devil, although he may try will be the defeated foe forever. In the home where the Master Jesus was guest, the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary a great drama occurred. The players, Lazarus, the miracle, the one who was raised from the dead. Martha served as a waitress - she waited on the Lord at the table. Then there was Mary - the one who worshipped him with all she had. She poured her most expensive perfume at his dusty feet, and wiped his feet with her hair. The bible says a woman's hair is "a glory to her" (1st Corinthians 11:15). She used her glory to wipe the Master's feet. This is total worship with no reservation!! Judas displayed the character of the thief. He criticised the noble act of Mary, not because he had more noble acts in mind, selling the perfume and giving the money to the poor but that he wanted more money in the bag, which he held so that he could steal from it. It was the character of satan. The Master Jesus called satan the thief. Jesus has said the thief cometh not but for to steal, kill and destroy. The murderous priests also wanted to kill Lazarus, the miracle, which Jesus had wrought. Typical of the devil, again!!

Pastor Charles and Sister Alice Newman greet you and pray for you this festive season. We see from the signs of the time that JESUS Christ is coming soon, so we must all together double our efforts to win more souls for His Kingdom.

May the LORD JESUS Bless you and keep you in the coming year and may you win more souls for his Kingdom. That is what the Master will love most; To get souls for His Kingdom. GOD Bless You.

18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. 20And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 21Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 22And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

Unbelief in Master JESUS and His Father brings curses on us. We should learn to believe in GOD so that He will move mightily in our lives.

17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Every problem that we see is gone because we are going to leave them behind. Why?? Because we believe in the LORD JESUS and we have made the LORD JESUS, the Most High, Our LORD and Saviour.

1And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.4All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,5Tell ye the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.6And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,7And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.8And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.9And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.10And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?11And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.

This is the story of JESUS and His disciples journey into Jerusalem. When they reached Bethphage, JESUS summoned his disciples and instructed them to go to the village opposite and prophesied that they would find an ass and a colt tied there. ISN'T HE WONDERFUL?? HE IS WONDERFUL!! He also told them to tell anyone that questioned them about why they were taking the animals, they were to reply that " The LORD has need of them" and the person will let them go. Once again, JESUS said something that only He the SON OF GOD could know! When He says something it must by all means come to pass!

When the disciples returned, they lay their clothes on the animals and set the LORD JESUS on them. As the LORD made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, His firstborn, the multitudes spread their garments on the ground before Him, other cut down branches and spread them onto the road. The people cried " Hosanna, Hosanna! Hosanna to the SON OF DAVID! Blessed is He who comes in the name of LORD! Hosanna in the highest!" The city was shaken by His coming and the people were astounded and moved saying, "Who is this?" The multitudes replied "This is JESUS, the Prophet from Galilee."

This chapter gives us an incredible insight into JESUS' entry into Jerusalem and the reaction of the people. He is TRULY WORTHY TO BE PRAISED! AND HE DESERVES TO BE! MY BRETHREN, I ASK YOU SINCERELY, TO GIVE THE LORD THE PRAISE HE DESERVES, NO MATTER THE SITUATION! HE IS MASTER OF ALL, AND WILL BRING YOU OUT OF TIMES OF STRIFE, TO TIMES OF TRIUMPH! HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU, HALLELUJAH!

10Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. 11But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, 12And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him. 14And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. 15Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. 16Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 17Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. 18Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. 19Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 20And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. 21Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

He is Risen! Our LORD JESUS is risen! He has overcome the enemy of our souls which is satan and has given us Power by His Holy Spirit, that we may go and win more souls into the Kingdom of GOD.

This is every Christian's duty. May the LORD help us to do more for He is coming soon, He is coming very quickly.

10 Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying,11 Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD.14 Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

The LORD told Ahaz to ask for a sign from HIM but Ahaz refused because of the sheer greatness of the LORD and was afraid. The LORD reassured him that he had nothing to be afraid of but he was still fearful and did not want to tempt the LORD. So the LORD said that HE HIMSELF would show him a sign of HIS might and prophesied the birth of Immanuel otherwise known as Jesus our LORD and SAVIOUR. The LORD said that a virgin would conceive and bear a son and he would be called Immanuel. Immanuel means "GOD is with us" at all times. In our times of sadness, happiness and when we are lonely. See what the LORD can do!! The LORD is the great I AM and HE can do anything!!

Ask HIM for your heart's desire in spirit and in truth and HE will surely answer your prayers! Ask and it shall be given unto you (John 14:13). So, my brothers and sisters I implore you to keep asking GOD for what you want as only you and the LORD know what is bothering you! Pray for yourself!! Also, let one of our prayers be for the LORD to be with us forever, guide us in everything we do and to show us signs to help us know of HIS wishes for us and HIS supreme might.

38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

JESUS entered into Martha's house as she invited HIM in. JESUS always loved to go where HE was invited. There JESUS began to speak HIS word of life and wisdom to the sisters and his disciples. During this Martha got up and busied herself preparing food and serving whilst Mary continued to listen to the words of the LORD. After much time had passed, Martha complained to the LORD and asked HIM to tell Mary to help her. JESUS then told her that she was worried and troubled over so many things, that only one thing was needed and that Mary had chosen the right thing and that it would never be taken away from her.

There are two types of people around the world. One type seriously listen to the word of GOD and accept JESUS with love and those who invite HIM into their hearts and home find that HE has words of life and peace that lead to eternal life. Which type of the sisters are you like? Are you more concerned with useless things or is your ear listening clearly to the words of the LORD? Are you more concerned about your salvation or so preoccupied that your chance may pass you by? Friends, keep your focus on the LORD as all the things of this world will pass away. Serve HIM in spirit and in truth and one day you will meet HIM in paradise.

8But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

1And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 3And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the day of Pentecost, the fearful, despairing disciples suddenly received power to preach and testify about Christ. Starting with Peter, they preached with such power and signs following that many thousands were convicted of sin and received JESUS as their Messiah.

The disciples waited and prayed for this outpouring. Today, it not easy to pray and wait for anything. But to have an effective Ministry for GOD, we have to have empowerment of the Holy Spirit. So pray, ask the LORD to give you the Holy Baptism. As Joel prophesied, the promise to pour out His spirit upon all flesh is for you and whosoever calls upon the name of the LORD shall be saved.

So my Dear friend, GOD wants you to have power to spread the good news, with power. Pray then, for the Holy Spirit to come upon you as He has promised.

This is God's advice to all Christians. He tells us that if we abide in Him and His words abide on our hearts, minds, body and spirit, He will give us anything we ask for. He also tells us that He loves us as much as His father loves Him and that if we keep his commandments we will abide in His love forever.

It is of uttermost importance that we take heed of our Lord's advice and attempt to follow it. We should always make sure that God comes first in our lives and concentrate less on pleasing others as we may in turn end up not pleasing God. We should never allow our love for the Lord to wane as real love is not like water, it cannot be discarded easily as it is deep, thick and hard to get rid of. Put God first in your life and you shall reap the rewards.

Luke chapter 4 goes into great detail about the things Jesus did and what He expected after His return from Jordan . We will concentrate on His experience in Capernaum and some of His experiences before this. Before reaching Capernaum, Jesus was tempted in the wilderness by the devil for forty days and was then rejected at the synagogue in Nazareth. It was then that he went to Capernaum. He preached the Word to the people and they were astounded at His wisdom and they were hungry for the Word. They were amazed at His authority and power to command unclean spirits. When you are hungry for the Word when it comes it penetrates you with power, however if you are not you will be unaffected. We should all try to seek the Lord in spirit and in truth so that we may know Him. Christians, if you have something that is preventing you from receiving the Lord's Word LET IT GO!! In the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of unclean demon and he began to cry out for Jesus to let them leave him alone and called him the Holy one of God. Jesus then rebuked him and told him to be quiet. This is because any witnessing that comes from the devil is suspect. Our Lord did not need the fake testimony of the devil. In presence of the Lord the devil cannot stand. After preaching at the synagogue Jesus went to Simon's house where He found out that Simon's mother in law had a very bad fever. Jesus rebuked the fever and it was gone. Immediately she arose and began to serve him. What gratitude! We should all show appreciation when God has done something for us and give him the gratitude He deserves. All of God's people receive healings, hear the power behind His great Words and witness His signs and wonders. Brothers and sisters , are you really His? If you know you are not, let whatever is blocking your relationship with Him LET IT GO and come into His open arms.