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Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Watch or Listen to the Message by Patricia A. Hudson
"My Journey, My Race"
Psalms 136:1-9 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!His faithful love endures forever.2 Give thanks to the God of gods.His faithful love endures forever.3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords.His faithful love endures forever.4 Give thanks to him who alone does mighty miracles.His faithful love endures forever.5 Give thanks to him who made the heavens so skillfully.His faithful love endures forever.6 Give thanks to him who placed the earth among the waters.His faithful love endures forever.7 Give thanks to him who made the heavenly lights—His faithful love endures forever.8 the sun to rule the day,His faithful love endures forever.9 and the moon and stars to rule the night.His faithful love endures forever.
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
Tuesday Sep 26, 2023
My Journey, My Race - by Patricia A. Hudson
Message delivered at New Covenant Church, Sunday September 24, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
Tuesday Sep 19, 2023
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Servant - Leaders: Serving God's Purpose
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Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
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Acts 20:18, And when they had come to him, he said to them: “You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you, 19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews; 20 how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house, 21 testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ
Acts 20:27, For I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God. 28 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. 29 For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
ESSENTIALS OF A WINNING TEAM
A winning leader
A “give-it-all-it-takes” attitude
The ability to recover from failure
Respect for the value of each person as well as for others’ skills and gifts
Intensity and excellence
Adherence to core bible principles and Christian character
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
Sunday Sep 10, 2023
1 John 4:16
And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. 17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Welcome to the 86th edition of Firm Foundation Inspiration Minute!
We began these weekly talks on January 26, 2022. I trust you are being blessed!
We read in Matthew 17:19:Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you. 21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
Unbelief is a major obstacle to doing the works of Jesus.
Jesus did what the disciples were unable to do. He successfully ministered to the man’s son. When the disciples asked Him, “Why couldn’t we cast it out?” Jesus plainly stated, “Because of your unbelief.”
How could the disciples operate in unbelief if they obviously “believed in” ministering to oppressed people? Clearly, they tried to help the man’s son, but were not successful.
For Christ followers, unbelief is not rejecting the truth. It is not failing to believe the Bible, or not believing in God. It is not even a lack of conviction about what God can do.
Example: Consider an athlete who high jumps who has leaped over seven feet on many occasions. He “believes” that he can jump over seven feet because he has done it many times. What if the athlete stops practicing? What if he loses his discipline and joy of training? If then he attempts to high jump seven feet, but repeatedly fails to make the height, we have an example of unbelief.
Unbelief is an inability to do what needs to be done because fallen out of practice in the things of God. It is a lack of faith with corresponding action. As the Bible says, “Faith without works (or corresponding action) is dead, being alone.” (James 2:20)
What is the solution to the problem of “unbelief” of believers or inability to do he works of God? Jesus answer was plainly stated, “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”
“This kind” is not referring to a special kind of demon, but to “this kind” of faith and relationship with God that is developed through prayer and fasting.
Praying and fasting does not “move God” towards us, it moves us towards God. Nothing in God needs to move or change. Everything in us needs to move or change.
There is no magic about prayer and fasting. It is effective because prayer and fasting helps us clear obstacles to our faith and faith-filled actions. Fasting is more than not eating, it is a season of denying conveniences, choices, appetites, and desires for other things, in order to place full emphasis on God.
Whatever helps us focus on God, helps us walk in faith, understand the Bible better, be more sensitive to the Spirit and much more. This is like the high jumper who stays in shape and continues to practice—never taking past achievements for granted.
Obviously, fasting is not eating, but it is also an overall focus on drawing closer to God by removing personal and environmental obstacles. If a person fasted food, but spent the whole day watching movies or playing video games, this would be a worthless fast from a spiritual perspective.
Develop your faith and eliminate your unbelief by strengthening your relationship with God through prayer and fasting.
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
Tuesday Aug 29, 2023
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Love Wins! How God’s Love Helps You Win In Life
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
Sunday Aug 27, 2023
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Galatians 5:13, For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
We do not speak of winning as in competition with others.
We're talking about winning from the perspective of fulfilling your purpose and getting the most out of God's grace in your life. Apostle Paul said "I do not frustrate the grace of God.” (Galatians 2:21)
There are seasons where one discovers whether liberty is understood as having responsibility or only "an opportunity for the flesh,” self-indulgence.
By God's love through Christ, we TRIUMPH!
We triumph because we’ve already WON!
Love Causes You and Others to Win
1 John 2:8, Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 9 He who says he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness until now. 10 He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.
NIV, 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister[b] lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble.
Three Levels of Love that Wins
1. God Wins: He has a plan to save humanity after the fall of Adam. John 3:16
2. Others win | The “Royal Law” James 2:8, Yes indeed, it is good when you obey the royal law as found in the Scriptures: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
3. You win | The first person that needs to experience the winning power of love, is ourselves.
More Than Winners Through ACTS of Love
Romans 8:31, What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
1 Cor 5:13 (NLT) If it seems we are crazy, it is to bring glory to God. And if we are in our right minds, it is for your benefit. 14 Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life.
Why do we do the things we do? Is it because of fear, for money, for the praise of others, or other factors? Love is the best motivator. Paul wrote, “Christ’s love controls us.”
We can only be fully controlled by love after the death of everything else. This is why Jesus died for all of us, so that all of our ungodly deeds and motivations could also be put to death.
1 Cor. 5:15 states, “He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.”
God gives us the power to be controlled by His love, which is evidenced by not being selfishly motivated, living for Christ, and serving God's purpose.
Being controlled by love has benefits:• Purifies our motivations• Sanctifies our actions• Ratifies our decisions• Clarifies our purpose
If I seem crazy sometimes, it's just that I’m radically committed to Loving God, Loving People and Serving the World!