Archive for the 'Choice' Category
Preached by Vance Irwin Parella 9/20/09
The joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10
Being joyful brings opportunities, solutions, healing, victories and much more good. Jesus is our joy and our strength.
Satan knows that taking away your excitement is a good place to start from his destructive activities. Don’t think twice before rebuking the enemy who comes for your joy.
It is relatively easy to keep your joy when things are going well. But it is more noble, rewarding and praiseworthy when a believer remain to be joyful in the face of all odds which also touches God’s heart and unlocks the supernatural.
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9
No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy. Proverbs 28:13 Read the rest of this entry »
By the grace of God, in Jesus name we will walk in:
the wisdom of Solomon,
the strength of Samson,
the heart of David,
the battle stategy of Joshua,
the faith of Abraham,
the humility of Moses,
the vision of Caleb,
the compassion of Mary.
-Vance Parella
Romans 8:28-39. Read by Grace Faraja
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn within a large family. And those whom he predestined he also called; and those whom he called he also justified; and those whom he justified he also glorified. What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, ‘For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD
by Luis Servellon
There are many jobs in the world that people consider to be prestigious. But above all of these, I believe that the best job in the world is to work for God. These are some of the reasons why this is true. Read the rest of this entry »
Ephesians 5:14 “Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
When the Lord got resurrected He entered into a glorious and powerful state. Satan could not bother Christ any more like he used to. No limitations anymore.
Just like Jesus rose from the dead, every believer has an option to be resurrected anytime in the spirit. We don’t pick the time of our resurrection in the natural. God knows when that will happen. But when it comes to the spirit, God is saying: “you can schedule your own resurrection, I am ready whenever you are.” Read the rest of this entry »
There are only two voices that speak into us. God want to get our attention and impart His truth. Satan also wants to be believed as he is going about his mission of killing, stealing, destroying and deceiving.
We need to learn to recognize and distinguish one from another. We have a choice to believe one and disbelieve another.
…Jehoshaphat stood and said, ‘Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you will be established; believe his prophets.’ 2Chronicles 20:20
Therefore, when the Lord heard, he was full of rage; a fire was kindled against Jacob, his anger mounted against Israel, because they had no faith in God, and did not trust his saving power. Psalm 78:21,22
(Jesus) ‘Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. John 14:1
God always has a good news or a way out. Devil never does. God brings you up. Satan down. You and I become like the One we believe. Read the rest of this entry »
Sin opens the door for Satan to come in your life. Satan is not your friend, he is a murderer and a thief. You have no strength of your own to overcome sin. Only God the Father through His Son Christ Jesus can give you this kind of strength. Jesus Christ died on the cross, shedding His blood for our sins. “For withouth the shedding of blood there is NO remission (forgiveness) of sin”(Hebrews 9:22). Through Him we get forgivness of sins, victory over sins and freedom from sins. Living in sin is your personal choice. You have no excuse because you have everything you need in Jesus to live a life of righteousness and purity before God. Sin to God was such a big deal that He sent His own Son to endure a painful death just so that He can anihilate sin completely. If you only knew how much you lose by choosing sin you would never agree to live in sin for another day. Don’t hurt yourself. Come to Jesus. Jesus died so we can be saved from the power of sin and hell which is where sin ultimately leads. Freedom from sin is offered to you freely through Jesus Christ. All you have to do is receive it by faith! Read the rest of this entry »
The devil wants to buy you. God wants to bless you.
The bigger piece of our lives is eternity.
Satan does not mind when you have the good things within your life on earth as long as they do the job of deceiving you away from the most important thing which is the salvation and purity of our souls. What is more deceptive is that even those short-term pleasures do not give you what you are looking for. Nothing, nothing, nothing other than God, ever gives happiness, peace, love, wisdom, strength, life to a soul. One remains to be miserable until the Truth is found.
John 14:6. “Jesus said to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father except through me.”
John 10:10 “The thief (Devil) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I (Jesus) came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” Read the rest of this entry »