ABUNDANT LIFE MINISTRIES

When we are all alone in our thoughts about ourselves, away from putting forth an image or portrayal to try and impress others with, most of us if we are honest with ourselves feel quite ORDINARY! We don't feel like we have any special or distinctive features and we actually feel quite common. Let me feel you in on a not so little secret… For those who have been BORN AGAIN and made NEW, listen up!

Genesis 1 declares, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion "… Romans 8 teaches, "whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son"… and Psalms 139 proclaims, "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works". Now does any of this sound ORDINARY to you? Actually quite opposite…We suddenly sound extremely EXTRAORDINARY!

We began a journey Sunday that was based out of a book entitled, "The Dream Giver". This book starts out with a this opening line, "Not long ago and not far away, a Nobody named ORDINARY lived in the Land of FAMILIAR." I don't know about you but I instantly could relate to this sentence the first time I read it… But I want to encourage you this Thursday…If you have been feeling ORDINARY and you have been living in the Land of FAMILIAR, you have been given the authority to move and become EXTRAORDINARY through the Power of Jesus Christ… Join us as the HOLY SPIRIT leads us into our God given destiny and dreams!

When we are all alone in our thoughts about ourselves, away from putting forth an image or portrayal to try and impress others with, most of us if we are honest with ourselves feel quite ORDINARY! We don't feel like we have any special or distinctive features and we actually feel quite common. Let me feel you in on a not so little secret… For those who have been BORN AGAIN and made NEW, listen up!

Genesis 1 declares, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion "… Romans 8 teaches, "whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son"… and Psalms 139 proclaims, "I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works". Now does any of this sound ORDINARY to you? Actually quite opposite…We suddenly sound extremely EXTRAORDINARY!

We began a journey Sunday that was based out of a book entitled, "The Dream Giver". This book starts out with a this opening line, "Not long ago and not far away, a Nobody named ORDINARY lived in the Land of FAMILIAR." I don't know about you but I instantly could relate to this sentence the first time I read it… But I want to encourage you this Thursday…If you have been feeling ORDINARY and you have been living in the Land of FAMILIAR, you have been given the authority to move and become EXTRAORDINARY through the Power of Jesus Christ… Join us as the HOLY SPIRIT leads us into our God given destiny and dreams!

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God has had a master plan from the very beginning and that was to establish His Kingdom on earth. God created the earth and e...verything in it: The birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and every creature that moves on earth. He created every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. What came next? God created man in an incredible way...He created humankind in HIS OWN image and told them to fill the earth and subdue it...to rule over everything on the earth. Their place of inhabitance, the Garden of Eden, was their domain to rule. We all know what happened next! Adam and Eve chose their will and desire over God's Wisdom. What they didn't expect to happen is what came next... They were required to leave the Kingdom established by God and made to live in THE WASTELAND!

What is a WASTELAND? A bleak and unused or neglected area...Uninhabited...Not fit for crops...NOT ABLE TO SUSTAIN NORMAL LIFE, DEATH...

What waited for them there?
- Loss of God given position...No longer did the have dominion, but life was dominating them
- Transfer of responsibility from God supplying their needs, to them being responsible to have to do everything for themselves
- Fear and timidity in lieu of peace and confidence
- Frustration replaced delight
- Pain and discomfort overcame health and rest

This is the place the Holy Spirit said to many of us are living...In the Wasteland...
The Wasteland is uninhabitable...It’s overgrown with issues...it’s barren of dreams and success...It’s a land that isn’t fertile and can’t produce anything but weeds of problems and thorns failure...

The truth is we were born to be WASTELAND WALKERS... We were born from the seed of Adam...The original Wasteland Walker...So our carnal, human nature, is to:
Build a house there
Struggle trying to make a living their
Find our spouse their
Have our children their
Develop our habits from their
Get comfortable and complacent their...

So, If we are born with a corrupt seed that causes us to have an innate inclination to be Wasteland Walkers...What are we to do? God had a plan in mind...

A little over 2,000 years ago the Prophet John the Baptist comes on the seen proclaiming: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.” Because God had revealed to him that He was sending Jesus to re-establish His Kingdom on earth!!!!

Then Jesus Declares Himself ... “The Kingdom of Heaven is near...has come...Is among you...” Jesus literally came to fulfill God’s plan to Have Kingdom People on Earth...To have dominion as a kingly ruler!

John 3:3 NIV - In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no-one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."

If you are Born Again you need to understand this very clearly!!!
1 Peter 1:23 NET - You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God

Understand that God did not change His mind on what He wants His Kingdom to be like! His original intent is still as prevalent today as it was when he created Earth...He still wants us to Have Authority, Be Successful, Have our Needs Met, and Have Incredible Marriages...

We just have to be be willing to cross over from the Wastelands to the Metropolis of the Kingdom of God!


Isaiah 51:3 NIV
3 The Lord will surely comfort Zion
and will look with compassion on all her ruins;
he will make her deserts like Eden,
her wastelands like the garden of the Lord.
Joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of singing.

(THINGS GET HOSTILE, WHEN WORLD-CHANGERS ABOLISH EXISTING THINGS THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THE WORD AND WILL OF GOD!!!)

WHEN YOU PREACH A CHRIST MESSAGE THAT TEARS DOWN AND CONFRONTS FRACTURED THEOLOGY, SELF-RIGHTEOUS MINDSETS, AND OLD WAYS OF THINKING THAT ARE FILLED WITH TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, PREJUDICES, AND DIVISIONS...

THINGS GET HOSTILE!!!...

BUT IF CHRIST JESUS HAS PUT TO DEATH THIS HOSTILITY, ENMITY, AND DIVISION, THROUGH HIS CROSS CREATING A NEW MAN, (A CROSS MAN) A NEW KINGDOM ETHNICITY... WHY ARE WE THEN STILL STANDING FIRM IN THE PRIDE OF OUR OLD RACES, CULTURES, AND DOCTRINAL DIFFERENCES CONTINUOUSLY STRIVING TO BE VIEWED AS BETTER THAN ANYBODY ELSE????? CHRIST DEATH AND RESURRECTION CALLS EVERYONE TO RECEIVE AND BELIEVE IN HIS SALVATION!!!

NO ONE IS EXEMPT FROM HIS CALL, BUT ONCE RECEIVING HIS CALL, MUST DENY AND DIE TO HIMSELF, AND IN OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF GOD, BY THE GRACE AND INDWELLING SPIRIT OF GOD, BE TRANSFORMED AND CREATED NEW... NO MORE BEING POWERLESS TO SIN AND CARNALITIES BUT NOW VICTORIOUS, READY TO STAMP OUT AND DESTROY ALL THAT IS WITHIN THAT HAS BEEN REBELLIOUS TO GOD!!!

Ephesians 2:15-16 NLT
By his death he ended the whole system of Jewish law that excluded the Gentiles. His purpose was to make peace between Jews and Gentiles by creating in himself one new person from the two groups. Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.

Ephesians 2:15-16 MSG
He repealed the law code that had become so clogged with fine print and footnotes that it hindered more than it helped. Then he started over. Instead of continuing with two groups of people separated by centuries of animosity and suspicion, he created a new kind of human being, a fresh start for everybody. Christ brought us together through his death on the Cross. The Cross got us to embrace, and that was the end of the hostility.

Ephesians 2:15-16 NKJV
having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is , the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.

***WE HAVE NO ENVY FOR NOT BEING BORN JEWISH AND NO PRIDE IN BEING GENTILES, BUT WITH MUCH GRATITUDE AND THANKFULNESS, WE ARE HIS NEW CREATION!!!***

THE CHORAZIN WARNING!

When God does mighty works among you, you are accountable to CHANGE! What doesn't change becomes RUINS!

"Chorazin" (khor-ad-zin')
How does a place where Jesus walked, and spoke and displayed most of His miraculous powers lay in ruins today?

THEY DID NOT CHANGE!

Why isn't there one recorded miracle of all the miracles that took place there?

THEY DID NOT CHANGE!

How can a waterfront property, rich in grain, and olive production, that had built houses for God, which contained the seat of Moses, be known now as a place of ruin?

THEY DID NOT CHANGE!

WAKE UP!!!...INDIVIDUALS, CITIES, AND NATIONS, When we refuse THE CHANGE JESUS CHRIST BRINGS, WE WILL SOMEDAY LIE IN RUINS!!! WOE - great sorrow and distress, troubles, grief, regret, await cities, and nations that deny the "Change" that God brings. YOUR BEGINNINGS MAY HAVE BEEN IN GOD, BUT YOUR ENDINGS MUST BE AS WELL!!

Woes on Unrepentant (Unchanging) Cities
MATTHEW 11:20 Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many (MOST) of his miracles, because they did not repent. 11:21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 11:22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you!

Repent - a change to the entire life... A change of ones mind for the better... heartily to amend with abhorrence past sins.

WHAT PREVENTS THE RUINS? CHANGE!

When a world changer comes and lives in your town, WILL YOUR LIFE CHANGE?!

WE MUST EMBRACE THE CHANGE THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED AND BECOME "THE CHANGED" THAT CHANGES THE WORLD!!!

We had 13 Teens "Enlist" in Max... They took an Oath of Enlistment to Join the Army of God, never to retire, "This Is For Eternity" No giving up on this new life! To be a soldier in this army we must be PERSISTENT which means, "Refuse to give up or let go...To ENDURE"

2 Timothy 2:3-4 - You therefore must ENDURE hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who ENLISTED him as a soldier.

We are not promised a pain free, easy going life, with no wounds or battle scars...BUT we are promised VICTORY! WE ARE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY OF THE LIVING GOD! Victory is guaranteed!

SOLDIERS GET BATTLE DRESSED AND IN FORMATION! WE HAVE A BATTLE TO WIN!!!

BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT THROUGH PASTOR CHAD, JUST PREACHED THE PAINT OFF THESE WALLS! WOW! WHAT AN INSPIRATION!!!!!

"AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD"

THIS ISN'T JUST SOME PRETTY SAYING ON A WALL PLAQUE, BUT A DECLARATION BY A FATHER WHO DECLARED, YOU MUST CHOOSE THIS DAY, WHO YOU WILL SERVE? THE GODS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER OR TH...E GODS IN THE LAND YOU NOW DWELL IN, OR THE ONE TRUE GOD? BUT AS FOR AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD!

LETS TALK ABOUT THIS FATHER JOSHUA,

First let me tell you, there was nothing soft or wimpy about Joshua! He was one of 12 secret spies sent to scout out Canaan. He was a real life James Bond, Jason Born, Ethan Hunt, type! Out of the 12 spies only Joshua and Caleb had confidence in God, and only those two survived the desert ordeal to enter the Promised Land.
Joshua showed tremendous courage, and boldness, despite the huge responsibility assigned to him. Joshua knew that God would act, so He was fearless....He was not foolish though - He just knew where his help would come from... Joshua became a brilliant military commander... A general! Against overwhelming odds, Joshua led the Israelite army in its conquest of the Promised Land. The wars of conquest which Joshua carried on for many years, including defeating the most fortified city in the world, Jericho, added up to six nations and thirty-one kings that were conquered through him, by God!

FATHERS LETS RISE IN BOLDNESS AND BE THE MIGHTY CONQUERORS GOD HAS CALLED US TO BE! LETS NOT SIT IDLY BY AND ALLOW THE ENEMY TO TAKE FROM US, TO TAKE FROM OUR MARRIAGES, TO TAKE FROM OUR CHILDREN, TO TAKE FROM OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY, TAKE OUR SANITY!!!!

FATHERS RAISE UP LIKE LIAM NEESON AND DECLARE TO THE ENEMY LIKE HE DID IN THE MOVIE "TAKEN":

I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A RANSOM, I CAN TELL YOU I DON'T HAVE MONEY, AND THE RANSOM HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID BY JESUS CHRIST...BUT WHAT I DO HAVE ARE A VERY PARTICULAR SET OF SKILLS; SKILLS I HAVE ACQUIRED OVER A LOT OF TIME WITH MY GOD! SKILLS THAT MAKE ME A NIGHTMARE FOR SPIRITS LIKE YOU... I WILL FIND YOU, I WILL CAST YOU OUT, AND ANNIHILATE YOU!

This has been a different kind of week for me... A week of discovering limits and boundaries, a week of discovering that everybody has limits, each person has drawn a line on how close, how involved, or how invested they will be. These lines are usually drawn from a negative life experience, where an inward decision was made, "I'll never be caught off guard again", "I will not be hurt again", "I'm only going this far from now on", "I won't be the victim again, I'll be the the one in control". Accepting these discovered limits found in ourselves and in others are another story...being okay with knowing this will only go this far, to this degree, to this amount, to this level, can be frustrating if you are anything like me. (A person who thinks real life should contain some movie moments where everything falls in place perfectly, just the way you pictured it, with background music) laugh...

So the question is? Do you just give up or chill out, once you run into these walls, boundaries, and carefully drawn limits in others? Maybe the answer is SOMETIMES, that is the best thing to do. But I believe there is also another answer...One that requires leaping over walls, scaling fences, and jumping lines of limitations while risking defensive security measures, to find someone in their well built fortress and dare them to come out and play, live, explore, discover, expand their limits, and trust that there is more to God and Life than what has been experienced by them. This won't always end successfully but when it does, it's priceless!!!

So continue to pursue Love and keep on sowing in others, because you never know what might CROP up next, and what mighty works will be done when another person is drawn out of their limits! Let us, at times, leave the comfort of the boat and STEP OUT ON THE WATER. You may not make movie moments, but you will definitely make BIBLE MOMENTS!

Ecclesiastes 11:4
If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.

Ecclesiastes 11:6
Be sure to stay busy and plant a variety of crops, for you never know which will grow––perhaps they all will.

GOD WANTS US BLESSED, AND HE WANTS OUR SOUL TO PROSPER!

WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN AUTHORITY TO PUT TO DEATH, TO PUT OFF, TO GET RID OF, TO CAST OFF, TO REMOVE FROM IT'S PLACE, AND TO DISARM THE OLD MAN AND ALL IT'S PRACTICES!!! WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THE EVILS THAT COME TO OBSTRUCT THE RECEPTION OF OUR DELIVERANCE, WE HAVE RECEIVED THROUGH CHRIST!!!

AS BELIEVERS WE ARE TO CAST OFF, PUT OFF, GET RID OF ALL FILFTH AND EVIL EXCESS FROM WITHIN AND WITHOUT! WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR AND RECEIVE WITH A WARM SUBMISSIVE WELCOME, "THE IMPLANTED WORD OF GOD!", LET THE LOGOS MAKE PROGRESS IN YOU, AS IT MOVES WITH POWER TO SAVE, KEEP, RESCUE, HEAL, AND RESTORE YOUR "SOUL"...

PEER AND ADJUST YOUR POSITION TO SEE INTO THE PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY! VALUE THE WORD, GET ACQUAINTED WITH IT, FIX YOUR GAZE ON IT, AND LIVE IT OUT!!! NOTHING SAVES, KEEPS, AND BRINGS HEALING TO YOUR MIND, WILL AND EMOTIONS LIKE THE IMPLANTED WORD OF GOD MAKING PROGRESS WITHIN YOU!!!

James 1:21
So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls.

James 1:25
But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out – he will be blessed in what he does.

James 1:27
1:27 Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to KEEP ONESELF UNSTAINED BY THE WORLD.

1 KINGS 17:9
"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you."

THE PROVISION WAS INSIDE THE COMMAND...
BEFORE GOD COMMANDED THE WIDOW TO PROVIDE HE COMMANDED THE RAVENS...

1 KINGS 17:4
"And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."

HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW, THAT THE RAVENS WEREN'T STARVING, OR GOING WITHOUT FOOD, THEY WERE KEPT AND STRENGTHENED, FULLY TAKING CARE OF WHILE FUNCTIONING IN THE COMMANDS OF GOD!

LITTLE DID THAT MOTHER KNOW, THAT THE GOD OF ISRAEL WAS NOTHING LIKE HER FORMER BELIEF IN BAAL, BUT GOD THROUGH HIS GRACE SHOWED THAT HE IS THE TRUE PROVIDER AND THE REAL GIVER OF RAIN, DEW, AND LIFE!!! THIS GENTILE ADJUSTED TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND TURNED FROM HER FORMER BELIEFS WHEN SHE CAME FACE TO FACE WITH TRUTH!

1 KINGS 17:24
Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth."

REMEMBER "IT'S NOT OVER!!!"
(SINGING - IT'S NOT OVER
IT'S NOT FINISHED
IT'S NOT ENDING
IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING...

WHEN GOD IS IN IT, THERE IS NO LIMIT... IT'S NOT OVER!!!

Happy MOTHERS Day to the MOTHERS that are, the MOTHERS that are soon to be, the women who MOTHER those they didn't bear, and very special thoughts and memories to the MOTHERS who are no longer with us!!!

HERE IS A LITTLE MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND FUN!

***"NICE" YO MOMMA JOKES...***

Yo Momma is so sweet, the folks at Splenda want her recipe.
Yo Momma look so young, I thought she was your sister.
Yo Momma is so in style, can I borrow her high waisted jeans?
Yo Momma is so full of wisdom, I am going to get advice from her.
Yo Momma has the coolest car, my car only seats four, your mom's caravan ten.
Yo Momma can sew so good, will she make me something I can wear to school?
Yo Momma cooks the best vegetables, there so good that I don't even want dessert.
Yo Momma works so hard, I would be broke trying to pay her what she deserves.
Yo Momma is so hip, her public singing and dancing makes you more popular.
Yo Momma is so cool, even Chuck Norris wants her autograph.

{LAUGH... THESE ARE SO AWESOME (WINK) add a few of your own in the comment section}

***What My Mother Taught Me***

My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You'd better pray that will come out of the carpet."
My mother taught me TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"
My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"
My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."
My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."
My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
My mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!"
My mother taught me HUMOUR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
My mother taught me WISDOM.
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand."
My mother taught me about JUSTICE.
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you".

***JOKES AND QUOTES....***

*Little Johnny had finished his summer vacation and gone back to school.
Two days later his teacher phoned his mother to
tell her that he was misbehaving.”Wait a minute,” she said.
“I had Johnny with me for three months and
I never called you once when he misbehaved.”

*The child comes home from his first day at school.
Mother asks, ‘What did you learn today?’
The kid replies, ‘Not enough. I have to go back tomorrow.’

*"I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them." - Phyllis Diller

*A young man agreed to baby-sit one night so a single mother could have an evening out. At bedtime he sent the youngsters upstairs to bed and settled down to watch football. One child kept creeping down the stairs, but the young man kept sending him back to bed. At 9pm the doorbell rang, it was the next-door neighbor, Mrs. Brown, asking whether her son was there. The young man brusquely replied, "No." Just then a little head appeared over the banister and shouted, "I'm here, Mom, but he won't let me go home!"

*"Three sons left home, went out on their own and prospered. Getting back together, they discussed the gifts that they were able to give to their elderly mother.
The first said: "I built a big house for our mother."
The second said: "I sent her a Mercedes with a driver."
The third said: "I've got you both beat. You know how Mom enjoys the Bible and you know she can't see very well. I sent her a brown parrot that can recite the entire Bible. It took twenty monks in a monastery 12 years to teach him. I had to pledge to contribute $100,000 a year for twenty years but it was worth it. Mom just has to name the chapter and verse, and the parrot will recite it."
Soon thereafter, Mom sent out her letters of thanks.
She wrote to the first son: "Milton, the house you built is too big. I live in only one room, but I have to clean the whole house."
She wrote to the second son: "Marvin, I am too old to travel. I stay home all the time, so I never used the Mercedes... and the driver is SO rude."
She wrote to the third son: "Dearest Melvin, you were the only son to have the good sense to know what your mother likes... The chicken was delicious."

*One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, "Why are some of your hairs white, Mom?"
Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white."
The little girl thought about this revelation for a while and then said, "Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?"

WILL YOU STAND???

TONIGHT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL LEAD US TO PREPARE, EQUIP, AND SHORE UP OUR FAITH AGAINST THE PERILOUS TIMES AHEAD! COME AND BE BUILT UP, WE WILL NOT GO AWOL, DESERT, OR DEFECT... WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS AND OVERCOME!!!

PROMISES OF THE OVERCOMER!
A seat with Christ on His throne...
Permission to eat from the tree of life in the paradise of God...
Will not be harmed by the second death...
Will receive hidden manna and a white stone with a new name...
Will be dressed in white and name will never be erased from the book of life...
Will be made a pillar in the temple of God with names and city written on them...
Will inherit all things made new...

1 John 5:5
"Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?"

AS THIS WORLD PROGRESSES IN THEIR BLATANT ATTACK AGAINST OUR CORE BELIEFS (GOD'S WORD), DO NOT BE BULLIED! WHO CARES ABOUT POPULAR ACCEPTANCE, POPULAR OPINION, OR POPULAR BELIEFS? OUR MORALS, VALUES, AND FOUNDATION IS BUILT ON THE ROCK OF TRUTH, THE ROCK RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND THE ROCK OF GOD'S WILL! WE WILL NOT BE SWAYED OR MOVED BY THE WINDS OR STORMS OF ANY CONTRARY SPIRIT!

LET THE BODY OF CHRIST BE REMINDED.... DO NOT BE AFRAID!

Matthew 10:27-28
10:27 What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Jeremiah 1:8
Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you," says the LORD.

Ezekiel 2:4-6
They're a hard case, these people to whom I'm sending you--hardened in their sin. Tell them, 'This is the Message of GOD, the Master.' 5 They are a defiant bunch. Whether or not they listen, at least they'll know that a prophet's been here.
6 But don't be afraid of them, son of man, and don't be afraid of anything they say. Don't be afraid when living among them is like stepping on thorns or finding scorpions in your bed. Don't be afraid of their mean words or their hard looks. They're a bunch of rebels.

Psalm 118:6
The LORD is for me, so I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?

1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled."

Deuteronomy 31:6
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you."

Psalm 91
91:1 As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One,
and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king –
91:2 I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold,
my God in whom I trust –
91:3 he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter
and from the destructive plague.
91:4 He will shelter you with his wings;
you will find safety under his wings.
His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall.
91:5 You need not fear the terrors of the night,
the arrow that flies by day,
91:6 the plague that comes in the darkness,
or the disease that comes at noon.
91:7 Though a thousand may fall beside you,
and a multitude on your right side,
it will not reach you.
91:8 Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes –
you will see the wicked paid back.
91:9 For you have taken refuge in the Lord,
my shelter, the sovereign One.
91:10 No harm will overtake you;
no illness will come near your home.
91:11 For he will order his angels
to protect you in all you do.
91:12 They will lift you up in their hands,
so you will not slip and fall on a stone.
91:13 You will subdue a lion and a snake;
you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent.
91:14 The Lord says,
“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
91:15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him.
I will be with him when he is in trouble;
I will rescue him and bring him honor.
91:16 I will satisfy him with long life,

CHURCH WASN'T YESTERDAY, IT'S EVERYDAY!

KNOW THAT YOU ARE A LIVING STONE, KNOW YOU ARE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE MOST POWERFUL ASSEMBLY ON THIS EARTH, BUILT BY CHRIST HIMSELF (ON THIS ROCK I WILL ASSEMBLE MY ASSEMBLY) "BUILD MY CHURCH"!!!

WITH A FORCE SO POWERFUL, RANKS SO STRONG, HOW CAN WE LOSE GROUND? BY BEING DIVIDED, DISASSEMBLED, N...OT IN YOUR 24/7 SPIRIT GIVEN GIFTINGS! LET US BE ARMED WITH READINESS, WATCHFUL AND ATTENTIVE, READY TO WAGE WAR FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM, WITH WEAPONS THAT ARE NOT OF THIS WORLD!

DON'T FORGET ABOUT EACH OTHER TODAY, CONSIDER THE OTHER STONES, CONSIDER THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BODY, YOUR GIFTS BENEFIT ALL! STAY DRESSED IN SYNC AND IN YOUR POSITIONS, KEEP YOUR MIND ON THE HARVEST, THERE ARE SOULS RIPE FOR PICKING!!! SOME OF YOU WILL SOW, SOME OF YOU WILL REAP!!!

INTERCESSOR INTERCEDE, EVANGELISTS EVANGELIZE, DISCERNERS DISCERN, TEACHERS TEACH, ENCOURAGERS ENCOURAGE, HELPERS HELP, SERVERS SERVE, GIVERS GIVE...EVERYONE PRAY!!!

WE COVER YOU THIS DAY, AS YOU GO INTO THE 110, WITH LOVE, AND WE PLACE YOU IN THE HANDS OF OUR KING!!! LOVE EXTREME, CARE EXTREME, ACT EXTREME, FAITH EXTREME, THERE IS NOTHING ORDINARY AND AVERAGE ABOUT YOU!!!

LETS US TAKE THE TERRITORIES OF PROMISE, NOT FEARING THE GIANTS OCCUPYING THE LAND!

IF DIVIDED, WE CAN NOT STAND, DIVIDED WE ARE CONQUERED...

UNITED WE ARE, THE CHURCH, ASSEMBLED FOR VICTORY, AND THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST US!

"GET ASSEMBLED"!!!!

THE TRUMPET IS SOUNDING!
"GET ASSEMBLED"

Numbers 10:2
“Make two trumpets of silver; you are to make them from a single hammered piece. You will use them for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps.10:3 When they blow them both, all the community must come to you to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

10:7 But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm. 10:8 The sons of Aaron, the priests, must blow the trumpets; and they will be to you for an eternal ordinance throughout your generations. 10:9 If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies.

THIS SUNDAY...

IF YOU HEAR THE CALL... BE THERE!
EVERYONE THAT IS APART OF "ALM"... BE THERE!
EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN THINKING ABOUT VISITING... BE THERE!
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING A PROMPTING... BE THERE!

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, JESUS DESIGNED IT THAT WAY!

Matthew 16:18
"And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

JESUS SAID "I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH!"
(IN BUILDING) - "ASSEMBLY IS REQUIRED"
(MY CHURCH) - "ARE THE LIVING STONES CALLED TO ASSEMBLE"

ASSEMBLED - IS THE VICTORIOUS KINGDOM ORDER THAT STOPS HELL FROM PREVAILING!!!

2 Chronicles 20:12
"O our God, will You not judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You."

WHAT DO YOU DO, WHEN YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO?

1.) SURRENDER YOUR FEAR TO THE LORD
2.) TURN YOUR FACE TO SEEK GOD,
"PUT YOUR EYES ON GOD"
... 3.) STAND ON THE WORD OF GOD
4.) LISTEN FOR THE VOICE OF GOD
5.) HUMBLE YOURSELF AND OBEY THE SUPERNATURAL STRATEGY THAT GOD GIVES YOU!

STRATEGY....
2 CHRONICLES 20:15-17
He said: “Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: ‘Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God’s. 20:16 Tomorrow march down against them as they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel. 20:17 You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid and don’t panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!’”

STRATEGY OBEYED...

2 CHRONICLES 20:22
When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

VICTORY BEYOND MEASURE...

2 CHRONICLES 20:25
Jehoshaphat and his men went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. 46 There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW?...
*****TAKE 3 DAYS TO HAUL OFF THE SPOILS*****

HALLELUJAH!!!!!

Wisdom says, "WHEN YOU REALIZE YOUR WEAKNESS AND FRAILTY, YOU'LL HIDE IN, LIVE IN, DWELL IN, SEEK SHELTER IN, BUILD YOUR HOME IN, SOMETHING BIGGER THAN, STRONGER THAN, AND GREATER THAN YOU!"

MAKE YOUR HOME IN THE ROCK!

Proverbs 30:29
Badgers as creatures aren’t powerful, but they make their homes in the rocks.

JESUS SAID:
... Matthew 7:24
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like * A WISE MAN * who built his house on rock.

IN THIS TIME OF KINGDOM ADVANCEMENT AND READINESS, AS FORERUNNERS OF JESUS CHRIST, WE MUST BE READY AND PREPARED FOR THE DAYS TO COME. THIS IS NOT A TIME TO WAIVER, IT'S A TIME TO BE WISE AND GET ROCK-SOLID!

LET YOUR LIFE, MARRIAGE AND FAMILIES BE BUILT ON "THE ROCK"!!!
ROCK SOLID FAITH
ROCK SOLID LIFE
ROCK SOLID MARRIAGES
ROCK SOLID FAMILIES
ROCK SOLID IN THE BODY OF CHRIST

Get ROCK SOLID!

Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

1 Samuel 2:2
“No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

2 Samuel 22:2
And he said: “The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;

2 Samuel 22:47
“The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let God be exalted, The Rock of my salvation!

Psalm 18:2
The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

Psalm 18:31
For who is God, except the Lord? And who is a rock, except our God?

Psalm 31:3
For You are my rock and my fortress; Therefore, for Your name’s sake, Lead me and guide me.

Psalm 62:2
He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.

Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory; The rock of my strength, And my refuge, is in God.

Psalm 71:3
Be my strong refuge, To which I may resort continually; You have given the commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

Isaiah 44:8
Do not fear, nor be afraid; Have I not told you from that time, and declared it? You are My witnesses. Is there a God besides Me? Indeed there is no other Rock; I know not one.’”

Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.

Psalms 91:1
Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

WE "PREPARE", BUT NOT OUT OF FEAR, WE PREPARE OUT OF WISDOM!

Matthew 24:8
"All these things are the beginning of birth pains." (Calamities that precede Christ Coming)

With the increase in birth pains that comes the closer you get to the DUE DATE, HOW WILL WE ENDURE? HOW DO WE NOT BE ALARMED, NOT BE AFRAID?
HOW WILL WE BE ALERT, AND READY? HOW WILL WE BE KEPT, IN SUCH AN HOUR, IN SUCH A SEASON, IN SUCH A TIME?

HERE IS HOW!!!!.....

"WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A FAMILY REUNION!"

WHERE WE MEET OUR SISTER "WISDOM", AND OUR CLOSE RELATIVE "UNDERSTANDING"... GOD'S WORD SAYS, THIS IS HOW YOU ARE KEPT...

PROVERBS
7:1 My child, keep my words
and treasure up my commands in your own keeping.
7:2 Keep my commands so that you may live,
and obey my instruction as your most prized possession.
7:3 Bind them on your forearm;
write them on the tablet of your heart.
7:4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding a close relative,
7:5 so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman,from the loose woman who flatters you with her words.

JESUS SAID:
MATTHEW 24:13
But the person who endures to the end will be saved.

HOW DO WE ENDURE? WE ARE SMALL IN NUMBER, WE HAVE LITTLE STRENGTH AND POWER OVER WARS AND EARTHQUAKES, OVER FALLING SKY, AND ROARING SEA, OVER THE FAMINES OR ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, OVER THIS WORLD AND ALL IT'S SHIFTING....HOW DO WE ENDURE?

BEING SMALL, WEAK, OF LITTLE POWER, OR EASILY CAUGHT, DOESN'T MEAN FAILURE... WISDOM PUTS YOU IN POSITION FOR VICTORY, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SHORTCOMINGS MAY SEEM TO BE...

TO ENDURE... WE MUST HAVE WISDOM!.... POWERFUL!

Proverbs 30:24-28
30:24 There are four things on earth that are small,
but they are exceedingly wise:
30:25 ants are creatures with little strength,
but they prepare their food in the summer;
30:26 rock badgers are creatures with little power,
but they make their homes in the crags; (rocky cliffs)
30:27 locusts have no king,
but they all go forward by ranks;
30:28 a lizard you can catch with the hand,
but it gets into the palaces of the king.

1.) PREPARATION- ANTS... The wisdom of the ants is found in their diligent preparation of food supplies in the summer for times in the winter when food is scarce. According to this, being prepared ahead of time is a mark of true wisdom.

2.) ROCK SOLID- ROCK BADGER... The wisdom of the badger consists in its ingenuity to find a place of security. (In the crevice of the ROCK)

3.) TEAM- LOCUST... The wisdom of the locust is that they go forward in orderly divisions, or ranks. Therefore the wisdom of the locust is in their order and cooperation to work together, and not be isolated.

4.) NO LIMITS- LIZARD... The wisdom of this saying is that a weak creature like a lizard, that is so easily caught, cannot be prevented from getting into the most significant places.

IF WE WOULD WALK IN THE WISDOM OF GOD'S CREATION, WE WILL BE READY FOR WHATEVER COMES NEXT.

Matthew 24:6-8
"You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. 24:7 For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 24:8 All these things are the beginning of birth pains."

JUST READ THE HEADLINES AND YOU WILL HEAR OF WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS! VERSE 8 SAYS THESE ARE BIRTH PAINS, THE GREEK WORD "ODIN" WHICH MEANS - intolerable anguish, in reference to the dire calamities which precedes the advent of the Messiah.

As the times draw near, birth pains become stronger and more frequent....

PRAY & PREPARE

Are you prepared for crisis? Has your Faith & Family been strengthened to endure hard times?

Jesus himself and other biblical accounts gives us enough warning through biblical history to be prepared. Noah filled the Ark with supplies as God commanded. The Egyptians went through a seven year drought and stored enough food as foretold in a dream which the Pharoh had and was interpreted by Joseph. Jesus tells us to prepare for his second coming and all of the signs to watch for.

Being prepared is better than not. Storing away supplies for future hard times is a wise idea. We believe that God does supply all of our needs, and that God gives us advance warnings to prepare.

BEING LED BY THE SPIRIT IS VERY IMPORTANT, HE WILL WARN US OF THINGS TO COME SO THAT WE WILL BE PREPARED AND COLLECT TO HELP OTHERS....

Famine Relief for Judea

Acts 11:27-30 (MSG)
27-30 It was about this same time that some prophets came to Antioch from Jerusalem. One of them named Agabus stood up one day and, prompted by the Spirit, warned that a severe famine was about to devastate the country. (The famine eventually came during the rule of Claudius.) So the disciples decided that each of them would send whatever they could to their fellow Christians in Judea to help out. They sent Barnabas and Saul to deliver the collection to the leaders in Jerusalem.

*BE READY, BE WATCHFUL, BE PRAYERFUL, BE PREPARED!

AMERICANS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 25,566 HOURS A LIFETIME ON GROOMING ALONE... (SLEEPING, EATING, EXERCISING, IS NOT INCLUDED)

As much time as we spend in our earthly life maintaining these temporal houses, God is not impressed by how we dressed the house. He is not impressed by how small or how big the house is. He is not impressed by the color of the house, although ...some think so. In all our earthly doing: washing, grooming, exercising, nipping, tucking, lifting, expanding, decreasing, coloring, cutting, shaving, tanning, bleaching, combing, brushing, stapling, banding, tweezing, clipping, tightening, adding, hiding, showing, piercing, tattooing, subtracting, moisturizing, gluing, weaving, plugging, dressing, bulking, ripping, etc. IN ALL THIS ALTERING AND MAINTAINING, LET'S NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT APPLICATION OF OUR LIVES... "THE BLOOD OF OUR SACRIFICIAL LAMB, JESUS"!!!... ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE!!!

WHEN GOD IS VIEWING OUR LIVES, NO AMOUNT OF EARTHLY ALTERATIONS, NO AMOUNT OF CHARITY, GOOD DEEDS, OR EARTHLY ACCOMPLISHMENTS, CAN REPLACE WHAT HE WILL BE LOOKING FOR...

Exodus 12:13
12:13 The BLOOD will BE A SIGN for you on the houses where you are, so that when I SEE THE BLOOD I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt.

"WHEN I SEE THE BLOOD I WILL PASS OVER YOU".... POWERFUL!

UNDERSTAND WHEN JUDGMENT COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, GOD WILL BE LOOKING FOR ONE THING, HAS THE "BLOOD OF THE LAMB BEEN APPLIED TO THE OUTSIDE AND CONSUMED IN THE INSIDE OF THIS HOUSE"???... THEN HE WILL CONSIDER YOUR WORKS.

2 Corinthians 5:10 NET
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil.

1 Peter 4:17 NET
For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?

GOD IS A JUST JUDGE, HE ISN'T PASSING AROUND UNDESERVED SENTENCES! HE IS HOWEVER FREELY GIVING UNDESERVED GRACE! IN THE FIRST BOOK OF THE BIBLE, THE FALL OF MANKIND WAS RECORDED, BUT BEFORE THAT BOOK ENDED GOD HAD ALREADY PLANNED OUT A GREAT DISPLAY OF LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE, IN AN EVENT THAT FORESHADOWED HIS PLANS TO COME!

GOD CREATED AN EXODUS!!!
HE CREATED A WAY OUT OF BONDAG...E, A WAY OUT OF SLAVERY, A WAY OUT OF BEING BORN INTO SIN, A DEPARTURE FROM IDOL WORSHIP, SIN AND DEATH, ALONG WITH THE JUST JUDGMENT THAT WOULD FOLLOW.

RIGHT BEFORE THE EXODUS, OUT OF EGYPT, GOD USED THE PASSOVER TO FORESHADOW THE COMING OF JESUS CHRIST WHO WOULD BECOME THE PERFECT, SPOTLESS LAMB WHOSE BLOOD WOULD NOT JUST SAVE A HOUSEHOLD, BUT SAVE ALL OF MANKIND!

1 Corinthians 5:7 MSG
So get rid of this "yeast." Our true identity is flat and plain, not puffed up with the wrong kind of ingredient. The Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has already been sacrificed for the Passover meal, and we are the Unraised Bread part of the Feast.

(From March 24, 2013)
A boat without a working motor or sail to propel it is at the mercy of the current....It can't reach a desired location or destination if it doesn't have the power source to give it forward momentum...All the boat can do is drift in the direction of the current stream or tide, even of its in the opposite direction of where it is suppose to be going!

This is what average looks like...Average is the product of idleness so it doesn't have any power, direction, or determination...Average is subject to the tides, currents, streams, and pulls of the world... One thing I've learned is you don't accidentally drift into purpose, success, or supernatural. Extraordinary, supernatural, and abundant living are only achieved through a life of purpose and determination!

If our marriages, jobs, finances, personal lives, etc, have become idle and average then we must recognize that we are just drifting and going where the world takes us...
I say no more! No more going with the sway, the drift, the current of the world, and the average life that moves us to complacency and ineffective living!

Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not DRIFT away.

(From January 1, 2012)
What can be said about what's happening at "The Life"? God is moving us into new areas, new methods, and new ways. God has been preparing us for this new season we have entered in. It's an exciting, adventurous, and unchartered journey all wrapped up into one! The Spirit of God spoke to us at the dawning of 2012 and said very clearly this is not the year to blend. Blend means "To put together into one mass so that the different parts become one". God is calling us out to not look, talk, act, or sound like the world at all. 2 Corinthians 6:17 says,"Therefore, come out from among them and be SEPARATE, says the Lord...". How do we accomplish this? By being sold out, Totally Devoted, and not afraid to be unique in who God created us to be. We must be willing to break out of the stereotype and mold that we as Christians and the church has restricted us to be in. There is a desperate world, full of desperate people, that needs each of us to be as unique as He created us to be! We are on a mission to allow the voice of God to be heard by the world around us. We will AMPLIFY His name! His heart will be heard, seen, and known by this ministry!  

(From January 15, 2011)
2011 is the year of "ACTION"! Since the beginning of this year the Spirit of God has made it abundantly clear to us that we are to stop sitting back talking, wishing, hoping, procrastinating, compromising, and be launched into action! We have determined to stop allowing excuses to stop us because there will ALWAYS be excuses! What is action? "Something done or accomplished; a deed.....Organized activity to accomplish an objective." God is calling the corporate body of Abundant Life Ministries to get ORGANIZED and UNIFIED to fulfill the vision He has given us, literally to accomplish Kingdom work. We are continually talking about, casting the vision, and encouraging one another to be active. Read what the Word of God tells us to do in Hebrews 10:24 (NLT), "Let us think of ways to MOTIVATE one another to ACTS of love and good works." What has God laid on your heart to do to touch peoples lives? What dream do you have to help people that you have put on the back burner, that you gave up on, that you began to think you can't do it? People of God, as you begin to walk God will guide, as you begin to move God will respond, as you begin to step God will direct! God will never give you a dream you can't see through, He will never give you a heart to help others and not provide the solutions to see it through. So, I motivate you today to get "ACTIVE." Be the hand of Christ that touches someone today. Be the voice of Christ that encourages someone today. Be the resource of Christ to bless someone today. I motivate you to perform acts of love and good works for your neighborhood, community, city, county, state, nation, and world!

If you would like to experience the Body of Christ in action then come experience what God is doing at Abundant Life!

(From October 25, 2010)
God has been speaking to us here at Abundant Life in such a prophetic way. It has been awesome and humbling to say the least! In early September when in the middle of an intense Worship Service the Spirit led me to 1 Kings18:41 when the prophet Elijah said, “I hear the sound of an abundance of rain.” We have not been the same ministry since. The promise of rain is so exciting because it represents refreshing, reviving, growth, life, and prosperity. So, forgive me if I take a minute to praise and celebrate, I’ll be right back…….O.K. I’m back.

God has set a natural law in motion for rain...Job 28:26 (NKJV) - He made a LAW for the rain, And a path for the thunderbolt.” What does this law consist of? What is the process God made for rain? This cycle is made up of four main parts: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, and Collection. Now that we know there is a set law for natural rain, I am even hungrier (or should I say thirstier) to find out the Law for the Spiritual Rain cycle!

First, it must start with evaporation or in other words, loss. In order for God to send the rain we must be willing to lose some things in our life! Elijah said in 1 Kings 8 that the reason there would be a drought was because the people were living in sin, but when they repented then rain would be released. Isaiah 30:22-23 says, “You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, and the ornament of your molded images of gold. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; You will say to them, “Get away!” 23 Then He will give the rain for your seed with which you sow the ground...” Do you see that? When they “lost” or got rid of their sin, then God released the rain. If we are REALLY DESPERATE for a new, powerful, life changing move of God we MUST be willing to lose anything or anybody that is hindering the conditions of rain.


The next thing we have to do to have the perfect conditions for rain is…..(this is my suspense builder)……….pray. I am not just talking about a five minute prayer. I am talking about a lifestyle of prayer. The condensation/precipitation process is when many tiny water droplets are evaporated into the sky and there are so many droplets that they begin to collide into each other, and when they collide they join together to form bigger droplets. After enough of them have joined together through constant collisions they get so heavy that gravity can’t hold them any longer and they begin to fall. What did Elijah do to call forth the rain and end the drought? He got in the posture of prayer and began to pray. What did Samuel do to cause the heavens to release the rain? He called on the Lord! Our lifestyle of prayer sends up so many declarations that they begin to collide and join together and the next thing you know….Spiritual gravity can’t hold the answers back a second longer and the rain begins. You are literally setting the conditions for rain in your life!


The last thing we need to do to cause the rain? Live a lifestyle of “Total Devotion” and obedience. Dueteronomy 11:13-14 – “13 So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul- 14 then I will send rain on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and oil.” Total Devotion means EVERY single area of your life is devoted to God’s will. Your relationships, your finances, your job, your marriage, your music, your t.v., your private and secluded times….Total Devotion includes your whole life.


I could continue but I am going to stop here. Just read this last statement and never forget it. God would RATHER send forth the rains from heaven then hold back the rains, but we must make sure the conditions in our life and churches are prime for the rains to build and fall!

(From September 19, 2010)
Romans 12:3 (New King James Version)
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.

I would like to share with you a revelation my wife and I received about this scripture. This scripture says that each one is given a measure of faith. The thing that confuses many people is it seems as though some individuals have more faith then others. Have you ever known someone who had almost all their prayers answered? Surely God must have given some people a whole lot of faith and given me just a little bit...right?

Let me explain to you how faith works. Have you ever seen one of those emergency inflatable rafts that when you need to inflate it you pull the cord and it immediately inflates into a full size raft that will seat 8 - 10 people or even more? Well here is the principle, before the raft inflates it's small, it's compact, it has the capacity to expand into a life saving device, and the truth is it IS a raft, but until it's expanded it cannot be used for the function or the purpose for which it was made.

God has given each of us a measure of faith. The reason we feel like some people has more faith is because their faith has been inflated, expanded, or in simple terms, been put to use! 2 Thessalonians 1:3 say's, "We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith grows exceedingly". If you are not satisfied with your level of faith then you must be willing to be put into situations and circumstances that will cause your faith to be expanded. It is time that we, as Christians, begin to allow the deposits that God has made in eCh of us to grow into full blown, full functioning life preservers for us, our families, and the world around us!

(From September 9, 2010)
So how do we expand our capacity? How do we go from the Holy Spirit being housed in a limited capacity in our life, to an unlimited capacity in our life? The answer is so simple yet soooo powerful! Listen to what Jesus said: Mark 4:23-25 - If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear.” "Consider carefully what you hear," (Hold on, wait a minute! This is Jesus talking, and before He makes His next statement Jesus takes the time to say, “Listen carefully...Pay attention to what you are about to hear...what Jesus is about to say is so important that He essentially says, “ATTENTION, ATTENTION!” O.K. back to the passage) he continued. "With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." Luke 6:38 says, “The measure you use will be the measure you receive.”

Whoa! Did you get that? This unlocks the question almost every Christian has asked themselves at some point or another. “Why does some people operate in so much authority and power?” “Why does God do so many miracles through them?” “Why does (fill in the blank with the name of a great man or woman of God) walk in so much victory?” “Why is “so and so” always so joyful, kind, have so much peace?” The answer is simple...The more of the Spirit you use, the more you will receive. Body of Christ, we have the opportunity to enlarge our capacity, we just have to take the limits off our mind, thoughts, and and understanding of HOW MUCH of the Spirit we can house! Get radical in your thoughts, get radical in your actions, get radical in your faith!

Let me close with this scripture: 2 Kings 13:14-19 - 14 Now Elisha was suffering from the illness from which he died. Jehoash king of Israel went down to see him and wept over him. "My father! My father!" he cried. "The chariots and horsemen of Israel!15 Elisha said, "Get a bow and some arrows," and he did so. 16 "Take the bow in your hands," he said to the king of Israel. When he had taken it, Elisha put his hands on the king's hands.17 "Open the east window," he said, and he opened it. "Shoot!" Elisha said, and he shot. "The LORD's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram!" Elisha declared. "You will completely destroy the Arameans at Aphek."18 Then he said, "Take the arrows," and the king took them. Elisha told him, "Strike the ground." He struck it three times and stopped. 19 The man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck the ground five or six times; then you would have defeated Aram and completely destroyed it. But now you will defeat it only three times."

See what limited thinking will get you? Some success... No limits thinking? Complete destruction of the enemies in our lives!!! No limits! Expand your capacity!

(From September 9, 2010)
I want to challenge you with a question...What is your capacity? What do I mean? Let’s first look at the definition of capacity. It is defined as, “the potential or ability for holding, storing, or accommodating.” Now let me remind you of an encounter that Jesus had in Mark 5. Jesus had just gotten to a new region and a man that was demon possessed, out of his natural mind, living in a cemetery, unable to be bound or held by chains came running up to Jesus. Jesus immediately addressed the unclean spirits and asked, “what is your name?” The response was, “Legion, because we are many.” The word legion in the day of Christ meant 6,000 Roman Soldiers. In other words, this one man had the capacity to hold 6,000 unclean spirits. Why do I bring up this account? Because I believe that if one man can house that many UNCLEAN spirits then we have the capacity to hold at the least, that many attributes of the Holy Spirit! When will we understand that the Spirit of God wants to fill us, not to the limit of what we have just experienced, seen, heard of, or felt. The Spirit of God is saying, “take the limits off of me!” Our capacity to house and accommodate the Spirit of God is so much greater then what we realize. Do you remember what Jesus prayed in John 17? He said, “Father, I give them the GLORY that you’ve given me.” Jesus also said, “Greater miracles will you do.” Our capacity for victory, power, authority, miracles, peace, joy, love, kindness, self-control, knowledge, wisdom, creativity, and the like are only limited by the room we make for the Spirit of God in our lives. So again, I ask....”What is your capacity?”

(From August 23, 2010)
With such a Mighty God why do we ever doubt what He can make? Why do we ever doubt what He can produce out of our lives?
Why do we ever say, "This is all I will ever be! Things can't change for me, I've done too much! I've caused to much hurt...I have a track record of failing...I'm a liar, a thief, nobody really knows what I truly am, and what I'm capable of!"

My message to you is this...God knew who we really were when he called us to Himself! He says I can make something out of this! Trust Me!

Who else can take handful of dirt and make a human creation? You don't have to be much in the beginning but when He gets through with you...you won't be recognized by nobody around you. If God is creative enough to make man out of dust, He is creative enough to make a new person out of a broke down, battered individual!

Every time He gets that creative look in His eye I get excited, because no matter how small and menial the element starts out In His hand! A masterpiece is born!

Your smallness, your lack of anything, your inabilities, your issues, etc, can change with just a touch, that's just first contact. Then He'll gather you up in His hand, and He'll remove your past, your stains, He'll blow away the old in you, and begin to create something new! He then reaches into Himself for the final touches and pulls out His nature, pulls out His love, pulls out His Spirit, His purpose and plans, and fills your life with Himself!

I am here to tell you today that God is more then capable of making you into a successful, overcoming, and victorious child of God!

(From August 1, 2010)
Abundant Life Ministries Vision


Proverbs 29:18 (Message Bible) - If people can't see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves; But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.


We are a Body of Believers Totally Devoted to God in every aspect of our life. We have turned from the old sinful life and every form of idol worship we had put before God. We have completely burned, crushed, destroyed, and annihilated every hinderance that would disrupt our relationship with God. Now, we have returned to God’s heart, plan, destiny, and purpose for our lives. We want to live God’s blueprint for our lives. This means we will become the God Man, The Real Man...The God Woman, The Real Woman. This obedience to His Word makes us better Husbands/Wives, Fathers/Mothers, Sons/Daughters, Men/Women, so that every aspect of our lives will manifest the Word of God, bringing God Glory and making Him Famous! Through Total Devotion we have come face to face with God’s Love for us and as a result, we realize that God has called us to love laterally (showing one another the same Love we have received from God). We are once again on the Potters Wheel and He is completely making us new! This is what He is making:

A Body of Believers that is a real, living, breathing, moving, animated, visible, true Body of Christ...


We are a Body that:
Is close knit, that loves and cares for one another, creating a unity and bond of love...
Helps and aids in times of troubles...
Celebrates and rejoices in times of victory...
Meets the needs that arises amongst the body...
Promotes the Growth and Maturation of one another...
Is actively involved and participating in the life of the church...Each joint supplying...
Is in full support of each ministry inside the church that is designed to build up, equip, and edify the family...
Each person giving and sowing prayer, time, and finances into the Body...
Each person making the necessary investment in the lives of the children and youth...
Has fellowship with one another outside the parameters of normal church service times...
Only speaks words that build up and edify one another, avoiding strife which leads to division...
Guards and protects the vision, the word, and the Pastors and leadership of this house...
Is united in the corporate Praise and Worship of the House...
Is ready to receive and respond to the Word taught to the House by applying and carrying it out...
Is always poised and ready to promote spiritual, numerical, and financial growth to the body...


We are a body that shows the Love of Christ to our community, our state, our nation, and our world...
By Serving...
By Giving...
By Helping...
(Examples: Retool 4 School, Storehouse, Feeding The Hungry, Helping the Elderly, Being involved in our community)


Our priorities will always be:
To see the lost saved...
The sick healed...
The bound freed...
To continue to and never stop unifying people of every race, ethnic, and economic background...

(From July 7, 2010)
We have a new anthem....God has spoke a Word into our lives that has forever changed our understanding of how to live in constant victory, success, and freedom... This simple, yet life changing word, is “Total Devotion”... Total Devotion is the only option we have as believers...

This Total Devotion produces something in your life for you and the lives of others... Total Devotion produces...it brings forth; it yields, it causes something to occur or exist; it brings forth (a product), it causes something to come into existence. It generates, creates, and puts on a public performance...

Total Devotion produces “The Fruit of Devotion”.... The cause and effect of your devotion...The “devotion” is the Cause and the effect is what happens as a result....

Fruit that produces life has ALWAYS been apart of God’s plan...Being fruitful is the very nature of God, one of God’s first commands to us was “be fruitful and multiply.”

John 15:8 says, “My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit, and show that you are my disciples.”

Remember I said total devotion puts on a public performance? Jesus said in this scripture when you bear much fruit (which is accomplished through total devotion) then God is honored. Honored means “to make one renowned” renowned means “to make famous.” Wow, what a revelation! Our goal, our objective, our purpose in life is “To Make Him Famous!” We need to spread His notoriety, popularity, reputation, God’s name needs to circulate by you spreading His reputation with your life!!!

When we live “totally devoted” we make God famous! How? We put God’s character on display by producing His fruit…the fruit of the spirit, His love, His power, His kindness, His giving nature. When people are around you they should see His fruit. Read Matthew 12:33 (NET Version) –“ Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good, make a tree bad (diseased or rotten), and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit.” According to this scripture if we are living righteously then we should automatically be producing good fruit. The Word says, “a good tree cannot produce bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit.” If the world around you is not seeing good, God inspired fruit, being produced in your life that is benefiting them, then you need to go back to “total devotion” so you may be a good tree, producing good fruit. Rest assured, know this…a tree will be known by its fruit!

Let’s all make it a point to live “totally devoted” so we can “Make Him Famous!”

(From July 1, 2010)
The Lord has released a Word to Abundant Life Ministries that has ignited a new fire in the heart of the ministry. It is a word, that if applied, will literally change your life. Don’t believe me? Just keep reading….

The reason we have struggles in our Christian walk is simple…we are withholding a part or portion of our life from the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. So, if we want to begin living in success, freedom, liberty, and power, then all we must do is live in “Total Devotion!”

Devotion means – “To Love, be attached to, long for, to cling to.....passionate, often selfless affection and dedication...adoration, love, and commitment”

Total Devotion means you are totally passionate, dedicated, committed, and clinging to God in EVERY area of your life. We cannot afford to continue to keep parts of our life exempt from the Spirit. There are many promises to those who live in “Total Devotion”…

2 Chronicles 16:9 (NET) - Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him.

Psalm 91:14-16 (NET) - The Lord says,
“Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him;
I will protect him because he is loyal to me.
15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him.
I will be with him when he is in trouble;
I will rescue him and bring him honor.
16 I will satisfy him with long life,
and will let him see my salvation.

You want some examples of people who were “totally devoted?” What about Noah, the entire earth was corrupt, so much so, God was ready to destroy the earth. According to Genesis 6, “Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.” Why? Because of his lifestyle. Through the life of a “totally devoted” man, his whole family and the entire earth was saved. Want another example? Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They were given a command to bow down to the god of King Nebuchadnezzar, if they did not, they would be thrown into a fiery furnace. How easy would it have been to go ahead a compromise “just this one time?” No, they refused, what was the result? God saved them and they became a living witness for the power and love of God! (We will get into this message during the later post, “Make Him Famous.”)

If you need God to intervene in your life, if you need Him to strengthen you, if you need Him to transform you…then commit to “Total Devotion.”

(From May 9, 2010)
"Mothering The Promise: Birth, Nurture, Release"
First off...Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there!!! I just want to release a quick word to you about the role and job of a mother. I take you to 1 Samuel to look at a woman by the name of Hannah who wanted a son in the worst way, she was barren and unable to have children. In these days it was a disgrace to not have any children, her husband even had a legal right to divorce her. She was facing ridicule, and I'm sure self esteem issues. Finally, she got to the point where she said (paraphrased), "Lord I don't even want a son for me, give me a son so I can give him to you." Wow! You want to know how to touch God's heart, be willing to give Him back whatever He gives you! Hannah's prayers were answered and she gave birth to her son. The next thing she had to do was nourish him. She nourished him for the next several years and prepared him to serve in the temple. After he was weaned (probably around 4 years old) Hannah took Samuel to the temple and did just what she promised God she would do...she dedicated Him to God to left him at the temple to be raised by the Eli, the Hight Priest. Hannah literally mothered the "Promise" in her child. Women of God, it is very possible to mother your child, feed them, clean them, provide for them, but never mother the Promise in your child. It is imperative you begin to see beyond what you think your child can or cannot do and see the greatness inside your child...you must begin to nourish the giftings God has given your child. Year after year Hannah would return to the temple with a new ephod, priestly robe for her son, Samuel to wear (SIDE MESSAGE: Dress your child for their promise, what God is calling them to be...stop dressing them in what the music industry, hollywood, or classmates are wearing, and teach them that they will dress and present themselves as a smart, educated, clean, modest, and successful young person.) She continued to nourish his promise and that is why Samuel began to serve as a priest in the temple as a boy, even though Eli had two sons who should have been in line for the position, the future priest would become Samuel, because mamma was willing to birth, nourish, and then release her child into his promise.

P.S. Because she gave her first child, God gave her five more children! Sounds like a powerful giving message, huh?

Love everyone...Be Blessed

(From March 19, 2010)
"A Great and Effective Door"
1 Corinthians 16:9 – “For a great and effective door has opened to me, and there are many adversaries”

Let’s explore this simple, yet powerful statement written by the Apostle Paul.

God gives you a promise, an open door, it is a new place that manifests and God makes available to you. This “open door” is a literal, tangible place that God has given you to walk through. Our goal and purpose in life is to make it to this place, through the “open door” that He has provided.

Satan’s goal is to make it seem impossible to reach your open door. He wants you to feel like it’s not even worth the effort any more to try. How does he do this? Through the “power of the protest” (previous entry in Pastors Message). Discouragement and depression comes into our lives through thoughts, feelings, tragedies, peoples words, etc. These protests comes between you and your promise. Satan’s purpose is to declare to you the opposite of the law that has been written for you, the opposite of your purpose, the opposite of your promise. Satan wants you to believe that what has been promised to you, the open door that God has made available to you, will never be obtained.

This becomes such a frustrating way of living! You can see the door, you can get an idea of what it may be like entering into God’s promise for you, but distraction and discouragement make it feel impossible to reach! So what do we do? Many of us try to enter the door, our promise, with all of the unresolved issues still attached to our lives, but we can’t fit through the doorway with so much excess surrounding us!


Let me show you some examples of what it’s like when God speaks a promise and how the enemy stands between the person and their “great and effective door”:

• Genesis 15 God spoke to Abraham, the “great and effective door” God gave Abraham was that his descendants (the children of Israel) would be given a “promised land”…a land full of freedom, blessings, and overflow. God spoke and it created a tangible door for them to walk through. Between them and their promise stood many adversaries. A man and woman being old and barren, not able to have children. The children of Israel being in slavery for 430 years. The person who was sent to lead them out couldn’t talk clearly, he stuttered, and was scared and intimidated.
• Genesis 37 tells the story of Joseph who had a dream that he, the youngest of all his brothers, would be a ruler and his family and others. His “great and effective door” God had for him, the tangible place for Joseph to walk into was a palace, a position in command. What was his opposition? The opposition he had to battle through was being left for dead in a pit, being sold into slavery, being accused of attempted rape, and being thrown in prison.
• What about the disciples? John 14:16 (KJV) –“And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever.” The promise the disciples were given was the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, the Teacher, the Power of God! The promise created the place the disciples had to get to, which was the upper room. The opposition they had to battle through was protests of fear, doubt, worry, and sadness, the opposition was monumental, they were discouraged and went back to what they knew. (They were promised Comfort! What came next w as Chaos!)

Almost every occasion you read about in the Bible where God gave a promise, there was always something that came between the promise and the place where the promise manifested. Why does this happen? Because we have an adversary. Adversary is defined as “one that opposes another in a battle, contest, controversy, or debate…an opponent.” When the adversary comes he brings adverse conditions, discouragement, and difficult times. Let me however tell you the great news: You’ve been made more then a conqueror, you are an overcomer, nothing is impossible for God, you’ve been fearfully and wonderfully made!

So what does the adversary target when he comes? Your heart…the very center of our thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, affections, purposes, will, and character...the inmost part of us. The reason why he targets our heart is found in Proverbs 4:23 (NLT) it says, “Above all else, guard your heart, FOR IT AFFECTS EVERYTHING YOU DO.”

Your heart is the target and your thoughts is the path he uses to get there...

Luke 6:45 (NKJV)- "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.”

So what does God gives us to protect our heart?
John 14:27 (NET) - “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.
(NKJV - Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid)

Philippians 4:7 (NET) - And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Do you see this promise?!?! The peace of God is given to you to guard your heart and mind! This is why it is imperative that we surround ourselves with people, places, and things, that bring peace and not turmoil…thoughts of peace and not thoughts of strife.

Isaiah 26:3 (NKJV) - You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You , Because he trusts in You.
Stayed - when you refuse to abandon ones belief...hold your ground, be firm and unyielding...

We can’t expect to walk into our promise without peace, thanksgiving, and the joy that being filled with the Holy Spirit brings! No matter what the opposition is or how big it seems you were made to succeed! God has given you a great and effective door to walk through, so start walking!

(From March 8, 2010)
The Enemy Of Your Promise:
QUESTION: What is one of the greatest enemies people face when they have a promise they are trying to obtain? ANSWER: Discouragement

Discouragement is a feeling of despair in the face of obstacles, it means being deprived of confidence, hope, and enthusiasm, which causes a deterring action. Discouragement depresses you by the devaluing of your spirit, it literally depreciates you and makes you feel less than, small, and unimportant. What happens at this point is your spirit is now pushed down, and weakened from the loss of hope, confidence, or courage. It’s a feeling or spell of a spirit disheartened. It’s a loss of freedom, and an influence that inhibits and restrains, it limits you, and makes you less hopeful or enthusiastic; it hinders and holds you back. It makes you ineffective by applying an opposite amount of force. It frustrates you and forbids you to move forward. It comes to neutralize your power and authority you have in Christ and stops you from making entrance into your promise. Discouragement can also be known as depression.

Have you or someone you know ever experienced these symptoms? Let me tell you about a group of people who did:

Numbers 21:4-5 - "Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged on the way. 5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul loathes this worthless bread.”

The Israelites were literally on their way to their promise here, but before they could obtain their promise, the scripture says, “they became very discouraged.” What could cause people who had already seen the hand of God move so powerfully in their life (freeing them from the bondage of slavery in Egypt, the Red Sea miracle, not to mention being led and fed in the middle of the wilderness) speak against God and Moses, their leader? Discouragement….they were vexed in their minds and emotions. Notice how discouragement works, in verse 5 they say, “there is no food” then their next statement is, “our soul loathes this bread.” Discouragement and depression will literally cause your feelings and emotions to lie to you, making things seem worse then what they are. Discouragement caused this group of people to turn from the direction and instructions of God, the things God had said, written, and established were followed for only a short period before they were overturned by discouragement.

It is our enemies desire that we be put through strain, and that the things that have matured in our Spiritual walk to be removed. Satan wants to sift us just as he did with Simon Peter in Luke 33:31 – “And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon! Indeed, Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat.” (Small side note: “you” in this verse is actually the plural form of you i.e. “all of you” or “you all”)
God wants to fill us, and satan wants to empty us! Sift literally means “to take out residue...By inward agitation to try one's faith to the verge of overthrow”

Satan wants to cause an inward agitation…To upset; disturb; To impair or destroy the composure of your Stand in God’s word!
He tries to subject your faith to great strain or hardship and tries to deter you, your trust, your belief, your established ground, your promise...all the way to the verge of overthrow. Satan wants to overturn everything that’s been promised to you, and cause you to walk away from your inheritance!

IT’S AN INWARD AGITATION!!!! Satan’s tactic is to so inwardly agitate you, to the point of your faith being overthrown by him.


If you or someone you know has been dealing with discouragement or depression you need to understand that a pill can’t penetrate your spirit or your soul, it can only physically dull the effects by tricking the functions of your body (it literally masks the real problem.) The experts say they don’t know what really causes depression/discouragement. They say it’s probably from a chemical imbalance or a trauma in your life…I agree WITH THEM!!!! There is an IMBALANCE, but it’s a spiritual one! I don’t know about your serotonin levels, but I do know there is suppose to be an infilling of peace, an oil of joy, and a hope that overflows. We can’t keep lacking in our spiritual balance, because it will soon manifest in the physical realm…if laughter does good like a medicine and joy brings laughter, then it’s a spiritual need first! This issue is a spiritual attack and you need a spiritual solution!


If you want more information about how Discouragement/Depression attacks you and how to combat it, read the next post titled “The Power of the Protest.”