Morning Meditation For Men

PSALM 34:1-7

1 I will always bless the Lord: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.

3 O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

6 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Good Morning, good morning, good morning!

I am tired, and I was just about to call it to quit. Yup, I was going to give it all up. Preaching, Studying, Praying, Churching, Pastoring. I am exhausted. It seems like nothing is clicking. Just tired.

Yesterday I was in the yard cleaning some fallen leaves and listing to some music and this scripture was being sung: This poor man cried to the Lord and the Lord heard him and saved him from all his trouble!

That was all it took for me to renege on my quit!

Standing in the yard with that blower going and music in my ear I heard Holy Spirit say, "You have not talked to me about any of this. Sean, the problem is that you are trying to handle all of this on your own. You are not consulting with me about any of the stuff you are dealing with." I said to Holy Spirit, I am just frustrated, I am just tired. He told me, "The only way that you will find rest is to come to me. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me [following Me as My disciple], for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST (renewal, blessed quiet) FOR YOUR SOULS."

As you go throughout your day today remember these things. Number one, Holy Spirit is here for you. He is here to help you out of all your troubles. Number two, your salvation, your freedom, your deliverance is just one scream away!

Father God, creator of all, and most importantly creator of us we ask that you will show us how to take our burdens, our cares, and our concerns to you and really leave them with you. Thank you in advance for what you are doing in our lives. Thank you for hearing our individual screams! And, Abba, thank you for saving us from ourselves!

1 Peter 5:6-8

6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God [set aside self-righteous pride], so that He may exalt you [to a place of honor in His service] at the appropriate time, 7 casting all your cares [all your anxieties, all your worries, and all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares about you [with deepest affection, and watches over you very carefully]. 8 Be sober [well balanced and self-disciplined], and be alert and cautious at all times. That enemy of yours, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion [fiercely hungry], seeking someone to devour.

It’s In the Promise:

Peace with God

Romans 5:1-5

Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we also have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we celebrate in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

How do you obtain PEACE with God? First, you need to understand what PEACE is. Peace is a state of tranquility, exempt from the rage and havoc of war. It is security, safety, prosperity, and contentedness. When we have Jesus Christ in our life we operate in peace. This however does not mean that there will be an absence of conflict. It simply means that you will not be affected by the circumstances going on around you.

With a quick unconcerned look at the lead scripture, we see that the Apostle Paul reminds us of the celebratory stance that we should take when life’s issues, concerns, and challenges come upon us. He outlines that with every tribulation we grow. It sort of reminds me of the childhood song that I would sing, “We are climbing Jacob’s ladder, every rung goes higher and higher.”

When we decide to grow in our relationship we are constantly bettering ourselves. So you see it is in the promise, that we have peace with God.

Pray:

God, I am well aware that life will give challenges and question our peace. But today God we are glad to declare that because of your word, because of our faith in you, and in your word, we have peace with God. Thank you for being a God who can never ever lie. Thank you for your Grace. Thank you for tribulation, perseverance, hope, and love, which ultimately bring about the Peace of God.

Amen, Amen and Amen!

Thank you for being part of the #RiseAndGrindCrew! I am glad you are here. It is my prayer that the MorningMeditationForMen podcast are helping you to obtain and maintain a deep rich relationship with Jesus Christ, all while enjoying a deliciously brewed rich cup of coffee! Have a super day brothers. Peace and Blessings and thank you for listening! I’m outta here! PEACE!

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1. He Provides

2. He Protects

3. He Prospers

4. He Parades

2 Peter 1:1-15 NASB

To those who have received a faith of the same [b]kind as ours, [c]by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus [d]our Lord, 3 for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us [e]by His own glory and [f]excellence. 4 Through [g]these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust. 5 Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral [h]excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they do not make you useless nor unproductive in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For the one who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choice of you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; 11 for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you.

12 Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them and have been established in the truth which is present with you. 13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly [i]dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. 15 And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind.

THIS IS A PROPHETIC WORD THAT WILL CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF YOUR LIFE FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS.  LISTEN, TAKE HEED AND BE BLESSED.  

1. YOU STAND OUT IN A CROWD

2. GOD IS WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU

-ENLARGE MY PLACE

-EMBRACE HIS PRESCENCE

-ENJOY HIS POWER OF PROTECTION

Thank you for being part of the #RiseAndGrindCrew! I am glad you are here. It is my prayer that the MorningMeditationForMen podcast are helping you to obtain and maintain a deep rich relationship with Jesus Christ, all while enjoying a deliciously brewed rich cup of coffee! Have a super day brothers. Peace and Blessings and thank you for listening! I’m outta here! PEACE!

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I am a massive fan of Game of Thrones an HBO series about power struggles between kingdoms in a mythical time and realm. In one episode a woman who was evil at her core and would stop at nothing to be the leader of the kingdom was led down a street naked and shamed for her crimes and misdeeds according to the religious sect within the kingdom. As she walked the crowd threw rotten food and cried “SHAME, SHAME, SHAME!” Needless to say, it was a powerful message of how religion can derail from its core values of love, patience, hope, and peace. This was all done to create a feeling of humiliation for this woman, it was to create a loss of respect for someone who at one time was held in high esteem. It was used to reprove her of her behavior.

In the scripture today Paul, an Apostle of the early Church, makes this statement; “I am no longer asked of the gospel of Jesus Christ, it the good news, the Grace of God is the power of salvation to everyone who believes. For me, this indicates that Paul felt shame about preaching the message at one time. Remember, Paul was a convert. He initially preached against the gospel message and persecuted the men and women who believed. It was not until he had an experience with Jesus that he realized that he was on a losing side. The scriptures give us no indication of how long it took for Paul to be able to preach the gospel without being ashamed, however, it happened.

Here is the promise: this Grace that we preach, this Gospel that we teach and live and share is the power of salvation. This salvation is not just for ourselves, it is for the entire world! Forever many, humans will believe.

It is not our promise, nor our POWER to divide God’s salvation to whom we want to. It is HIS to give freely to all who believe. I am reminded of the scripture that says while we were all in our sin God showed us (humans) great mercy and send his Son, Christ to die for us in our place. (Romans 5:8)

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 4:25

He was derived over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

Romans 8:32

He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will he not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

Ezekiel 37:1-10

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. 2 He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. 3 He said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, You know.” 4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy over these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’ 5 Thus says the Lord God to these bones, ‘Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. 6 I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the Lord.’”

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. 8 And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. 9 Then He said to me, “Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life.”’” 10 So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.

IT’S IN THE PROMISE

THE PROMISE OF LIFE

SEASON 5 EPISODE 8

ROMANS 8:9-11 (NASB)

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is [d]alive because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies [e]through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

When we live on this earth we all know that death is coming. No doubt no matter how young, we have all been touched by death in some fashion. The promise of God is that when we walk with him there is life. Life, real and genuine, active and vigorous, devoted to God, blessed; life one who is animated and full of vitality. The Bible teaches “The thief comes only to steal kill and destroy, but I have come to give life and that more abundantly.” You and me, we have life if we are in Christ Jesus.

Here is the great thing about this promise it not only promises us life in the earth realm, but it also promises life eternal. Some days when I am in my thinking stages I ask myself, what’s it all for? I am reminded that while living in this sphere with vitality and vigor I have a promise. I have been promised a building, a home, a body, an eternity that has not been made with the hands of man, but by God.

Here are the points brothers, live for today and know that your tomorrow has been taken care of. There is a promise of life now and in the afterlife. I have a life and existence filled with the promise of the presence of God. Resting and residing in a place of praise and worship eternally.

So do not get frustrated with your current home. We live on purpose on purpose, for God’s plan. It will be alright!

2 Corinthians 5:1-5

Galatians 2:20

John 10:10

It’s In The Promise:

The Promise of Power

John 14:15-18

“If you love me, obey me; and I will ask the Father and he will give you another Comforter, and he will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit who leads into all truth. The world at large cannot receive him, for it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you do, for he lives with you now and someday shall be in you. No, I will not abandon you or leave you as orphans in the storm—I will come to you.

In the book of John Jesus is having a discussion with his disciples, more specifically the inner circle of his disciples; understand that Jesus traveled with a whole lot of people, but not everyone was allowed in the inner circle. Jesus was speaking of his end. His ultimate demise at the hands of those who he came to save.

It is ironic that we can be crucified by people who we will ultimately save. Here is the lesson in that. Know your assignment and stay the course. Never let anyone or anything knock you off your course. If you get tired, rest, if you get weary regroup, but for the salvation of those to who you have been assigned NEVER QUIT!

So here is Jesus telling his disciples, who he has come to love and they have come to love, honor, and respect this wise young man. Holy Spirit just dropped this in my spirit. Many who were disciples of Jesus were older than him. Remember he was only 30 years old when his ministry started and only 33 when it was over.

So, Jesus, Thomas, and Philip are going back and forth about Jesus leaving and they don't totally understand what was going to happen when he left. You see the disciples looked to Jesus as a savior of the body only and not the spirit and the soul. It was their understanding that Jesus was going to raise up an army of like-minded people and overthrow the government and restore Israel to its former glory. Here is the takeaway, Jesus did not come into our lives to restore us to OUR former glory, but He came into our lives to show us HIS Glory! Because the reality is that without Jesus in our lives we were mere shells of flesh, bone, and sinew with no life in it. Our lives could have been compared to the Valley of Dry Bones that the prophet Ezekiel spoke of, “A great company of bones, and they were very dry and lifeless.” Without Christ, we would be nothing but dry lifeless bones. Jesus came that we might have life and have it more abundantly. (John 10:10) Jesus came so we can do greater works than the works that he had done. (John 14:12)

What is the greater work? It is the work of evangelism, it is the work of spreading the gospel of Jesus throughout the world, the greater work of sharing the gospel of Grace, displaying the Love of Jesus. This is the greater work. Jesus knew that he had to die. He knew that he was in an earthly body and he had to die. If was at age 33 for age 133 he knew that eventually, his earthly body would have to cease to exist. Here is the JOY is Jesus, he said to his disciples and says to us today, I will pray to the father that he will send you a helper, a comforter, someone who will stand alongside you, one who will guide you throughout the various phases and stages of your life. In Greek the word Comforter is transliterated as: Called to one’s aid, a pleader, counsel for the defense, legal assistant, an advocate. In the widest sense, a helper, aider, or assistant. The Holy Spirit is destined to take the place of Christ with the apostles to lead them into a deep er knowledge of the gospel truth, and give the divine strength needed to enable them to undo trials and persecutions on behalf of the divine kingdom.

If you don’t get anything else from our time today, get this: YOU ARE NEVER LEFT ALONE! God is with you He is with you in your trials, he is with you in your testing and He is with you in your triumphs. You are never left alone. It’s in the promise.

IT’S IN THE PROMISE

God is Faithful

DEUTERONOMY 7:7-11

“The Lord did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments; but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face. Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and judgments I am commanding you today to do them.

You are chosen! In a world of people, in a universe of species God, the everlasting maker of the heavens and the earth chooses you. We often overlook the fact that with the millions of humans on the earth God looked into t sea of us and choose us for his handiwork. The bible says “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them”. You have been chosen and you are special to God!

You are redeemed! Redemption is the process of being vindicated, atoned for, retrieved exchanged. God wants you to know that he is The Faithful God who has redeemed you. The Apostle Paul’s letter to the Roman church reminds us, “God showed his love to us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us” Our God is faithful! He pulled us up out of the quicksand of existence and placed our feed on a solid foundation and gave us power and purpose. The prophet Isaiah reminds us, “God you are my God, I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.”

Ephesians 2:10

Romans 5:8

Isaiah 25:1

Ephesians 5: 22-23

23 For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. 24 But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything.

Men we must understand that being THE HEAD is much more than just making a statement, it is a place of responsibility.  Because you are the head you have the eyes for the vision for your family, the ears to hear the Word of the Lord for your family and the mouth to prophesy over your family.  It is our responsibility to cover our family in prayer at all times.  There is an anointing upon you to be great in all that you do.  Brother, you have got this, you can and will be successful in your marriage.  Just remember it is more than talk. 

You're married, you did it! Congratulations! This is one of the very best decisions that you have ever made. Depending on what season of marriage you are in when you read this or listen to this podcast you are either elated and ready to get it on, you are just sick and tired of your spouse and can't wait to go to work tomorrow, or you have settled into a good rhythm in your marriage for a moment. Yes my brother you will go through season in your marriage just like you will go through seasons in life. The great thing is that seasons are necessary, for an example it cannot always be summer because eventually there would be drought and everything would dry up and die. Now we do not want that to happen!

Frustration happens! Repeat after me, Frustrations happens, but patience must be carefully cultivated.

So now that we have a full understanding that frustration happens morning, noon and night it is our focus to learn how to cultivate patience for our everyday life. Understand this, who you are in private is much more important that who you are in public. Ultimately your private person will invade your public personification of who you want us to believe you are.

When we cultivate patience we are retuning our intuition and we begin to operate in compassion, and act with empathy. We have be detuned by our culture and the digital age in which we live in. Everything you want is at your finger tips. 100 years ago when you wanted to know the temperature you would either open the front door and step outside and look up in the sky or put you had to the window. Now while you are taking a show you can ask Google, Siri or Alexa what the temperature is and get a response within a millisecond. Now do not get me wrong I love technology and I love the age that we have been blessed to live in however it does not teach us to wait, it does not teach us to be patience. It has however taught us that whatever we want we should have it right now.

In your marriage this has the ability create fractures, fissures and discontinuity. So when frustration happens in your marriage, and let me tell you this, it will happen. Here are some tips to begin to cultivate your garden of patience. I specifically used the metaphor of a garden because when a seed is planted you can go to the garden and get what you need for the day, and return when you need it again and it will be there ready to be harvested.

Remember this, patience must be cultivated through practice.

1. Use the S.T.O.P. method:

2. Teach yourself patience with small things. Chose situations in your daily living to slow down and recognize that you should be exercising patience. In traffic, when your children do not take out the trash, when you find yourself cleaning up after people, when standing in a long line in a retail establishment. Practicing to be patience in each of these "small" things will build and build and give you insight for the larger things.

Scriptures to help you cultivate patience:

James 5:7 Psalms 37:7 Philippians 4:6 Luke 21:19 Romans 5:3 Romans 12:12 James 1:3 1 Peter 5:6 Isaiah 40:31 Colossians 1:11 Hebrews 10:36 Hebrews 6:12,15

I’m Married Now What?

Part 1: Let’s Talk About Love

Kirk Franklin penned the following words and paired them with beautiful music and name the song LOVE released with the Group God’s Property in 1997.

“Love a word that comes and goes,
But few people really know,
What it means to really love somebody,
Love, though the tears may fade away,
I'm so glad your love will stay,
Cause I love you,
And you show me, Jesus,
What it really means to love.”

Love is one of those words that seems to loose its meaning in the English language.  It looses it meaning when we use it for meaningless banter.  When viewed from a Greek etymological view we see that this simple four letter word is deep and powerful.  Love has the ability to shape your world, move your world and ultimately change your world view.  

Over the next couple of weeks we are going to talk about marriage.  I know for sure that one of my assignments while I am on this earth is to strengthen marriages.  What I do know for sure is that I did not have a father to tell me how to navigate this institution that so many of us choose for our live.  After all the Bible does teach that “marriage is honorable’, so it is great that many of us choose marriage.  Many men make it a plan for their lives to marry, but so many of us have never been shown real love.  When it comes to romancing (which is one of the Greek words for Love) we have been undated with examples from cheesy romance novels to that one uncle who knows how to “get the girls”.  

As we work our way through many scriptures it is my desire that I help you get a deeper better understanding of marriage and the standard that we as men need to hold up in our marriages.

Today's Scripture: 

1 Corinthians 13 4-7 (God's Word Translation)

4 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love isn’t jealous. It doesn’t sing its own praises. It isn’t arrogant. 5 It isn’t rude. It doesn’t think about itself. It isn’t irritable. It doesn’t keep track of wrongs. 6 It isn’t happy when injustice is done, but it is happy with the truth. 7 Love never stops being patient, never stops believing, never stops hoping, never gives up.

Prayer Points:

Teach me what real love is

Guide me as I lead my wife in love

Teach me to be kind and patience with my wife.

Build my trust with my wife so that I am jealous of her and her accomplishments.

Help me maintain humility in all that i do with my wife.

Thank you for my wife.

Thank you for being part of the #RiseAndGrindCrew! I am glad you are here. It is my prayer that the MorningMeditationForMen podcast/prayercast are helping you to obtain and maintain a deep rich relationship with Jesus Christ, all while enjoying a deliciously brewed rich cup of coffee! Have a super day brothers. Peace and Blessings and thank you for listening!  I’m outta here! PEACE!

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Hebrews 13:4

4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Corinthians 5:1-2

It is actually reported [everywhere] that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is condemned even among the [unbelieving] Gentiles: that someone [a]has [an intimate relationship with] his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud and arrogant! You should have mourned in shame so that the man who has done this [disgraceful] thing would be removed from your fellowship!

1 Corinthians 6:18

18 This is why you must keep running away from sexual immorality.[l] For every other sin a person commits is external to the body, but immorality involves sinning against your own body.

1 Corinthians 7:2

2 But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-4

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to [d]possess his own [e]vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in [f]lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Ephesians 5:3

3 But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].

Galatians 5:19

19 The behavior of the self-life is obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful thoughts, pornography…

Romans 12:1-2

Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

I would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU for sharing your time with me over the past year.  It has and will continue to be a pleasure to share the Messages that God brings us on Morning Meditation for Men.  Please take some time to indulge in enjoyable recollection of your family and friends and God's unwavering grace in your life.  I am going to take a couple of weeks off to refresh and regroup.  I will return in January with more podcast.  In the meantime please listen to some of the past podcast that you may have missed.  May God's peace be with you now and for always.  I'm Outta Here!  Peace!

Season 4 Episode 25

S Geoffrey Monts

The Art of Waiting with God

The bible instructs us to wait. Wait on the Lord; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes wait on the Lord! Psalm 27:14. As men it is imperative that we wait for instruction on life, family, career, finances, and so many other decisions from our commander. Our commander is God! Proverbs strongly suggest that in all that we do we should acknowledge God, and the promise of acknowledging God in what we do is He, Jehovah, will correct and straighten our paths.

However when we wait on God it is not a passive waiting process, it is an active waiting process. The act of waiting on God requires us to do something! As men it is in our nature no to sit around and do nothing, so why would we think that when it come to God’s handiwork in our lives that we should just sit around and wait on him to fix it all. Our relationship with God requires us to be active participants in all that happens in our lives. From our salvation to the building of our family or even the building of an empire raised to give God glory.

I fully understand that active waiting come with its issues. You may feel apprehension, uncertainty or even doubt when you begin to walk out what you have heard Holy Spirit speak to you about your life. This is when we must activate our faith. Hebrews 11:6 reminds us, without faith it is impossible to please God. James 2:17 comes back and says: FAITH without works is dead! Let that sink in. Brothers it takes more than simply just saying God “called” me to it and then sitting around and not doing anything. We must “ACTIVELY WAIT” on God.

When we actively wait on God we will experience his Grace as we flow from place to place, make good decisions and even poor one, have moments of joy and moments of great tears and sorrow. However when you actively wait God is walking every step with you to give you great success.

Prayer Prompts:

Teach Me to wait actively

Give me patience when I make mistakes

Guide my foot steps

Guild my life steps

Thank you for a secured victory

Increase and strengthen my faith

Thank you for strength and courage to carry out your plan for me as a man

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Exodus 34

23 “Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Master, the Lord God of Israel. 24 I will force nations out of your way and will expand ⌞your country’s⌟ borders. No one will want to take away your land while you’re gone three times a year to the Lord’s festivals.

No matter how overwhelmed you may feel like because you are a man who is doing your best to live your life as you hear telling you to remember that God has your back.

If we remain righteous (in right standing with God) He will not allow what He has given to us, and or what we have obtain through righteous means to be taken from us.

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Genesis 3:6

The woman saw that the tree had fruit that was good to eat, nice to look at, and desirable for making someone wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

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Good Morning and welcome the the Rise & Grind Crew!  Often our culture and society teaches us to get all that we can and can all that we get.  It teaches principals of hoarding and stinginess.  Today's podcast is simply about sharing in all that you have.  Giving and believing the scripture that The Lord God will give back to you everything that you have given out, plus more.  Check out Luke 6:38 that reminds us that when we give, it will be given back to us.  Brothers make sure you find time to mentor the younger generation.  We have a responsibility to share in everything no just monetarily.  Peace!

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Hey everyone thanks for tuning in.  Your listenership is really appreciated.  We are doing a TBT to a podcast that we first published in October of 2020, Vantage Point.  This is number 2 in the series.  I believe there are 5 in total.  Take a listen to day and be sure to go back and listen to all of the Vantage Point Series.  Again thanks for listening and know that I am praying for you.

Heavenly Father thank you for the person reading this prayer right now.  I pray that you will bless them with everything that they need for life as you have promised in your word.  Give them patience, and peace, favor and fight, love and laughter in their life.  Thanks Jesus for hearing us and granting us our prayer.  In your name I pray, amen.

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Season 4 Episode 7

iChoose…

I read a passage of my devotional “Mindfully Me” on yesterday to my students that read “The only person stopping your from achieving your goals is you.” That simple, but profound statement hit me like a ton of brick. Our conversation continued with how childhood trauma could effect your moving forward, how economics could be a challenge, how “head talk" could also be an issue, but ultimately at the end it came back to that simple, but profound statement, “The only person stopping you is YOU.” Well today I choose. I choose to be a better man, a better husband, a better father, a better community leader, a better pastor.  What iChoose statements do you need to make?  Stop allowing your past to hinder and harm your God given right to a bigger, brighter future.

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Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth:

A right time for birth and another for death,
A right time to plant and another to reap,
A right time to kill and another to heal,
A right time to destroy and another to construct,
A right time to cry and another to laugh,
A right time to lament and another to cheer,
A right time to make love and another to abstain,
A right time to embrace and another to part,
A right time to search and another to count your losses,
A right time to hold on and another to let go,
A right time to rip out and another to mend,
A right time to shut up and another to speak up,
A right time to love and another to hate,
A right time to wage war and another to make peace.

This was a hard one for me.  Why because as I began to minister, to share, to serve you with God had dropped in my spirit it let me know that people who I love will not be with me always.  I do not have much more to say than THIS is necessary.

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When God has called you to something never stop!  Even when you must stop, make sure you stay focused.  

It is time to get back to business!  It's time to stop creating excuses for putting your hands, your feet, your mind to the assignment that you have been called to do.  What ever you have thrown on the back burner it is time to bring forward and make it work.  Every victory is a victory, every step is a step.  Make it happen for you and your family.  Get to work, It is time for business.

LUKE 19:11-13

11 Now while they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. 12 So He said, “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then to return. 13 And he called ten of his own slaves and gave them ten minas, and said to them, ‘Do business with this money until I come back.’

We conclude our 21 Days of Prayer revival with Pastor JL Seymour the Executive Pastor of Citadel of Love in Hartford, CT.  We honor God for the gift of Pastor JL.  Thank you for closing out our prayer revival!

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Jump on a red eye with me and let's go to Sunny California and pass the mic to Pastor Stan Collins.  Pastor Stan welcome to The Rise & Grind Crew! We are grateful that your agreed to pray with us today.  Thank you and we appreciate you.

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Today we will have another of my friends pray with us.  Pastor Robert Dunham from the Excelling Church RVA!  He is praying for our mental health.  We as men need to be sure to take care of ourselves.  Seek counseling, Get your mental rest, but most of all give it to God DAILY!  So grab your cup of coffee, grab your device and let's PRAY with Pastor Rob!

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Welcome Pastor Martise Coleman to The Rise and Grind Crew!  Welcome to Morning Meditation for Men and we are excited about you sharing with us today.  Martise is the Pastor of Kingdom Way Church in Richmond, Virginia.  He and his wife Tish Coleman are doing a mighty work in Richmond sharing the gospel of Jesus and allowing Holy Spirit to change the lives of their community and families. 

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Welcome Kevin Smith To the Rise and Grind Crew!  Rev Kev is a minister at Mt. Olivet Church in Petersburg, VA and we thank him for praying for us today.  All of our help comes from the Lord.  He is praying for our help!

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GOOD MORNING TO THE RISE & GRIND CREW! Today during our prayer revival we are praying for our children, wether they are naturally your offspring, your have claimed them in the community as your own or you adopted them because you are with their mom, we are praying for children.

 The scriptures teaches that children are God's Love-Gift to us!  Brothers that is so exciting that God will pour a gift up on us as precious as a son or daughter.  No matter where your children are today, make sure you make it your purpose and your plans to pray for them and let them know that you love them.  

Psalms 127:3-5

Children are God’s love-gift; they are heaven’s generous reward. Children born to a young couple will one day rise to protect and provide for their parents. Happy will be the couple who has many of them! A household full of children will not bring shame on your name but victory when you face your enemies, for your offspring will have influence and honor to prevail on your behalf!

Proverbs 22:6

Train up a child [c]in the way he should go, Even when he grows older he will not abandon it.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be taught by Yahweh, and great will be their peace and prosperity.

John 15:7

If you remain in Me, and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

Colossians 4:2

Be faithful to pray as intercessors who are fully alert and giving thanks to God.

Ephesians 6:4

Fathers, don’t make your children bitter about life. Instead, bring them up in Christian discipline and instruction.

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Hebrews 13:4

4 Marriage is to be held in honor among all [that is, regarded as something of great value], and the marriage bed undefiled [by immorality or by any sexual sin]; for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

1 Corinthians 5:1-2

It is actually reported [everywhere] that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is condemned even among the [unbelieving] Gentiles: that someone [a]has [an intimate relationship with] his father’s wife. 2 And you are proud and arrogant! You should have mourned in shame so that the man who has done this [disgraceful] thing would be removed from your fellowship!

1 Corinthians 6:18

18 This is why you must keep running away from sexual immorality.[l] For every other sin a person commits is external to the body, but immorality involves sinning against your own body.

1 Corinthians 7:2

2 But because of sexual immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-4

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to [d]possess his own [e]vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in [f]lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Ephesians 5:3

3 But sexual immorality and all [moral] impurity [indecent, offensive behavior] or greed must not even be hinted at among you, as is proper among saints [for as believers our way of life, whether in public or in private, reflects the validity of our faith].

Galatians 5:19

19 The behavior of the self-life is obvious: Sexual immorality, lustful thoughts, pornography…

Romans 12:1-2

Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. 2 And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].

Deuteronomy 8:18

18 But you are to remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, in order to confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Jeremiah 29:11

11 For I know the plans that I [f]have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for [g]prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.

3 John 1:2-4

2 Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. 3 For I was overjoyed when brothers came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. 4 I have no greater joy than [a]this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

2 Corinthians 9:8

8 And God is able to make all grace overflow to you, so that, always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed;

Joshua 1:9

9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not be terrified nor dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Nehemiah 2:20

20 So I answered them and said to them, “The God of heaven will make us successful; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no part, right, or memorial in Jerusalem.”

Thank you God for all you do.  Today we are just going to slow down tell God how grateful we are that he is Jehovah.  Whatever you do, do not forget to say thanks.  Thank you  makes rooms for more!

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Thank you for joining me today for our 21 Day Prayer revival.  Although I may have missed a few days with the podcast I have not ceased from praying.  Today we are praying for you and for your family.  I pray that the joy of Jesus permeate your entire family atmosphere, that the Love of Christ be a catalyst for greater deeper more meaningful relationships between your your spouse and your children.  

Genesis 18: 17-19

17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 18 since Abraham will certainly become a great and [r]mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? 19 For I have [s]chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”

Proverbs 22:6

Teach a child to choose the right path, and when he is older he will remain upon it.

Colossians 3:18-21

18 Wives, place yourselves under your husbands’ authority. This is appropriate behavior for the Lord’s people. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and don’t be harsh with them.

20 Children, always obey your parents. This is pleasing to the Lord. 21 Fathers, don’t make your children resentful, or they will become discouraged.

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Words that I hear in my head when I think of leadership are humility, integrity, and faithful to name a few.  Leadership is a calling that every man has on his life, no matter what the vocation.  Men are naturally leaders.  (BTW women are naturally leaders also, after all this is Morning Meditation for Men so allow me to talk to the men).  Brothers we have a responsibility to lead our family, our community, and in the work place.  We lead.  It is my prayer that your leadership skills will improve as you search the scripture and dig down into  all that God has called you to do.  

Exodus 18:13-23 emphasis 21 (NASB)

 21 Furthermore, you shall [q]select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, [r]of hundreds, [s]of fifties, and [t]of tens. 

1 Timothy 4:12 (TPT)

11 Instruct and teach the people all that I’ve taught you. 12 And don’t be intimidated by those who are older than you; simply be the example they need to see by being faithful and true in all that you do. Speak the truth[i] and live a life of purity and authentic love as you remain strong in your faith.

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Today throughout my day I am praying for you finances.  I believe that God wants his children to live in a place fo peace and abundance when it come to our finances.  He has laid out some promises that we will never be without as long as we follow the "instruction on the package".  Know that your struggle with finances is not just relegated to you, but many struggle.  I promise with prayer, study of scripture, discipline and some reading you will get a firm grasp on your finances and everything that you desire for you and your family will fall into place.

Proverbs 22:7

The poor are always ruled over by the rich,

so don’t borrow and put yourself under their power.

Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Proverbs 3:9-10

Honor the Lord from your wealth, And from the first of all your produce; Then your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.

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God has given us all the Grace to overcome the guilt, and shame of our past and of sin. We do not have to be stuck in that place any longer. One of the benefits of being part of God’s family is that we are not bound by religious philosophies that tell us that we are not good enough! When Jesus died on the cross for our sin it was once and for all. When we accept Christ into our lives we automatically become an overcomer because he overcame, and he did that all just for us!

For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under the Law but under grace. (Romans 6:14)

For whoever has been born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. (1 John 5:4)

But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us reveals the fragrance of the knowledge of Him in every place. (2 Corinthians 2:14)

All scripture reference from New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted.

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Today we are praying for your healing.  Hold on to these two thing when you find yourself in an areas of physical, mental, emotional or even relationship sickness.  

#1. Your sickness is your reality, not your identity.

#2. God has provided divine protection for you in the midst of your sickness.

Heal me, Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for you are my praise. Jeremiah 17:14

Good morning, good morning, good morning to the Rise and Grind Crew!  Grab your cup of coffee, grab your device and let's get into this word!

Taken out of context 1 Corinthians 14:40 says that we should be sure that the whole of our life and ministry is done in a place of order.  Organization and pride have kept me from a lot of blessings.  I wonder if I am the only one, I doubt it seriously.  As men we tend not to ask for help when we need it from our spouses, our family our doctors to name a few.  I admonish you to get your life organized so you can live your best life and part of that is asking for assistance when you need it.  Today we will start by asking God to help us get organized in every area of our life.  NO MORE CHAOS!  God we need order.  Being unorganized will lead to missing important deadline, always forgetting where you put your keys, missing important dates for the most important people in your life.  Pray with me today for organization and experience what God can do with an organized man.  

I'M OUTTA HERE PEACE

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Today starts a new series for Morning Meditation for Men.  We will begin our first 21 Days of Prayer series.  Today we start off with Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.  Peace is not the absents of conflict.  It is the calm assurance that God is in the midsts of all that you are going through and he is in total control.  Trust God, allow him to remain in control.  Although the very appearance of you life may seem like it is spinning out of control, with God in the drivers seat you, your family, your finances, will be okay.  Trust the process and remain in peace.

When life kicks you in the balls, we are talking to the fella here right, do not use it as an opportunity to talk bad about life, spouse, family, children!  Find the good in everything and repeat it for your life. Listen to this If you fail never give up because F.A.I.L is an acronym for FIRST ATTEMPT IN LEARNING.  End is not the end in fact E.N.D is an acronym for EFFORD NEVER DIES. If you get NO as an answer N.O. is an acronym for NEXT OPPORTUNITY.  We have to speak life over ourselves and everyone connected to us.  

The scripture teaches in Proverbs 18:21; Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

No matter what state (physically, emotionally, mentally) we find ourselves in, we still matter to God our King and his plan for The Kingdom. In the most broken point of our existence , we still have value, we still have worth and we still have purpose. Never discount what you are going through, because what you are going THROUGH will provide the you the wisdom to help you pull or push someone out when they are stuck. Growing up in Connecticut winter storms were sometimes brutal, lasting days and racking up inches in snow fall. Several inches snow was not an excuse to STOP life. Transportation continued, and many got stuck in the snow. I have seen several people come behind and give a weary driver a push, I have seen cars hooked up to other vehicles to receive a pull out of ditch, and I have seen cars stuck and abandoned, only to return the next day and find the street clear. No matter what, they did not get stuck. I admonish you do not get stuck in your personal winter storm. You may have to wait until the storm has passed or get help in the middle of the storm. Brother, you are coming out of this and you have just as much purpose, better yet even more, than when you went in!

Psalm 147:3, He heals the brokenhearted. And binds up their wounds.

2 Corinthians 4:7-10, 7 But we have this treasure in [e]earthen containers, so that the extraordinary greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; 8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; 10 always carrying around in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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At the end of the day, it is about belief.  Do you believe that Jesus died to ransom your life?  Do you believe that he was the ultimate sacrifice ?  This is what the Apostle John teaches: Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled.  Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” So they said to Him, “What then are You doing as a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” Then they said to Him, “Lord, always give us this bread.” Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me will never be thirsty.

Fellas I implore you to make a decision for Jesus today.  Tomorrow is not promised to you.  The moment you hear this word the moment you read these show notes make your decision.  The Apostle Paul offered this to those who were gathering in Rome: But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”—that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person BELIEVES, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in SALVATION.

MORE THAN ANYTHING, MORE THAN ANYTHING GIVE YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST.  I CAN MAKE THIS ONE PROMISE, A DECISION TO LIVE A LIFE FOR CHRIST IS NOT GOING TO A BED OF EASE, BUT IT WILL ALWAYS BE WORTH IT.

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Psalm 136 is an example of antiphonal praise to Jehovah!  Right there in the first few verses the psalmist writes that our God is the only God!  But what stands out to me in this is beautiful call and response is that the choir keeps saying THANK YOU!  Brothers thank you must become part of our daily vocabulary.  We must continue with thanks on our lips not just to God, but our spouse, our children, our family!  In the great times, never forget to say thank you that you are in that state, in the rough times say thank you that God is providing a way of escape from that place too.   Thank you makes room for more.  It opens a portal of possibilities for our lives.  Never forget to say THANK YOU.  

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Scripture: Psalm 136: 1-9 (God's Word Translation)

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In Job chapter 10, Job has a litany of questions that he said he will ask God when he gets a change. Job was challenged with the paradox of faith and doubt.

In our search for truth and righteousness we must move beyond an outside second person relationship with God.  We must get acquainted with God one on one.  Because life promises to be challenging and if you do not know God doubt will come in and try to destroy your relationship. When you KNOW God you will have a well grounded and well founded basis that God has your best interest in mind. When we go though our metaphorical valley experience and we find ourselves at the lowest point of our very existence or when climb to our mountain top experience and the air is so thin we find ourselves not being able to breath, we still with the little we have left in us can state, I trust God!  Get to know him today.

Grace great grace! Thank you for being here for part two of our Classic Bible Study with Pastor Monts.  He digs deeper into Galatians and Grace vs The Law

Join us as we study the book of Galatians.  It's "Throw Back Thursday" and we are going back to a bible study that we did online with Kingdom Impact Church.    Come with us as we walk through the book of Galatians. Please excuse the puppy whining in the background she was a new to the family and wanted me to pick her up.  

God requires us to TURN from our wicked way, our sinful and sin filled lives.  He requires us to move from out past and move forward with him.  Sin is simply missing the mark.  If you have missed the mark with honesty, integrity, morality, belief and so on; if you have missed the mark you have sinned.  Here is the great news, if you are in Christ, if you have given your life to Jesus you are no longer under the dominion of sin.  You are controlled by sin, but you have the ability to look sin in the face and deny it any place in your life.  Brother's in this podcast we talk about turning 180 degrees and walking away from sin, so we can live out best life!  

Please do me a favor share this podcast on your social media post, or with a few of your friends. Get the word out that God is a God of Grace and favor and he wants to share it with everyone.

When we, the chosen, the elect, the ekkilsia, God's redeemed tap into the true power of prayer that is when we will see result!  I admonish you to tap into prayer.  Today we jump into 2 Chronicles and discover that God has chosen us to set up residence in, and He has laid out some conditions for our deliverance as a people and for the world.  I long to see the world, everyone, delivered and set free.  It is my hearts desire that men and women, boys and girls everywhere experience God's overwhelming Grace! 

I was awaken this morning to this word, and only this word, PRAY.  It is time to pray brothers, can I get you to link hearts, link minds in prayer and believe that God will bring forth a mighty deliverance to our world?  God heal us from the plague, show us how to love everybody, and grant us your Grace.  

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PRAYER. #Period.

It is time for us to get back to prayer.  Set your heart right.  Walk away from all of the foolishness and childish behaviors.  Get in front of God and ask him to provide you with instructions and solutions that you can implement in your life to become the Man that he has designed for you to be.  How do I set my heart right?  Prayer, pure simple communication with God.  No more excuses.  Let's go!

Depression and despair go hand in hand.  But the issue with despair is that it is a true sense of hopelessness.  When you have Christ in your life there is NEVER hopelessness.  The Son of Korah wrote in the Hebrew song book (Psalm 42) "Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him, For the help of His presence, my God."  It reminds us that God is our hope.  One true nature of God that I can attest to is that he is a repeat offender; if He did it before, He will do it again.  God will bring you out just like he did with you before.  Just like he did with the children of Israel.  Just like He did with Paul in the prison.  Never give up your hope.  Beware of despair, because it only come to push you over the edge.  But our God has come to breath new life into you.  Wait on Him, I promise he will show up on time.

When we speak without thinking we can destroy a life, a future, a family and the list goes on.  It is imperative that we remember that our words have power, the Bible teaches us that.  Job found himself in a place where his emotions took over, and he did not think before he spoke.  The monologue in chapter nine sound like some of us at time a double faucet, two headed, two faced.  Spewing blessing and hatred from the same mouth!  Wow, just wow!  Men, brothers, friends we must remember that our words count and they leave a lasting impression.  Your Words Matter, choose them wisely.

Life is LOUD! People are LOUD!  One thing that I have learned in this LOUD life is that God speaks, He does not yell. Make sure you learn and know his voice through the maze of noise.  

As cruel and heinous as His death was he had to go through with it,  He had to endure it, because without this final sacrifice of an unblemished lamb we would not be able to experience Grace in its fullest. Under his own power, he walked up the HILL, he hung there, and he gave up his life so that we could have life.  My sprint cried every time I read this account, to think he would sacrifice it all for me. I cried tears of grief and joy at the same time.  Our father send our brother into the world to save us from ourselves!  All I can say is thank you elder brother for bringing me back to Poppa God!

In life we have choices.  Luke's narration of the Christ's passion opens a scene when 3 different entities have chosen to REMAIN in their position no matter what.  The Authority, The Crowd and The Lamb. As men we are called to REMAIN steadfast in our integrity, our self awareness, our passion our courage and so many other characteristics.  Keep your eyes on Christ as you walk out your life in holiness and righteousness before The God of Grace!  REMAIN

Sometimes we receive gifts that we are not to fond of.  For an example a sweater that may not be "my color".  Although you do not throw the sweater away, it is thrown in a place until it is needed, in the winter.  God will give us gifts that we may not penetrate our limited perception.  We wonder why he would give us suffering?  We have been chatting about Job for quite a while now, but we shift our focus to Jesus, notice how he suffered.  Some would say that he suffered in silence, I surmised that he had his moments of questions about the process.  However in the midst of it he, Jesus, realized that His suffering had a greater impetus than just him being released from a place.  Jesus suffered so we would not have to bear the sting of suffering!  Yes, my brothers we will, heck, we must suffer, but because of Jesus' sacrifice it is nothing like it should be.  Thanks be to God who gives us the VICTORY!  

Remember this, your suffering is meant to make someone else greater, while pushing to paramount position in this life!

JOHN 18: 1-10 (NLT)

1. After saying these things, Jesus crossed the Kidron Valley with his disciples and entered a grove of olive trees. 2 Judas, the betrayer, knew this place, because Jesus had often gone there with his disciples. 3 The leading priests and Pharisees had given Judas a contingent of Roman soldiers and Temple guards to accompany him. Now with blazing torches, lanterns, and weapons, they arrived at the olive grove. 4 Jesus fully realized all that was going to happen to him, so he stepped forward to meet them. “Who are you looking for?” he asked. 5 “Jesus the Nazarene,” they replied. “I am he,” Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.) 6 As Jesus said “I am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground! 7 Once more he asked them, “Who are you looking for?” And again they replied, “Jesus the Nazarene.” 8 “I told you that I am he,” Jesus said. “And since I am the one you want, let these others go.” 9 He did this to fulfill his own statement: “I did not lose a single one of those you have given me.”  10 Then Simon Peter drew a sword and slashed off the right ear of Malchus, the high priest’s slave. 11 But Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Shall I not drink from the cup of suffering the Father has given me?”

2 CORINTHIANS 4:16-18 (AMP)

16 Therefore we do not become discouraged [spiritless, disappointed, or afraid]. Though our outer self is [progressively] wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary, light distress [this passing trouble] is producing for us an eternal weight of glory [a fullness] beyond all measure [surpassing all comparisons, a transcendent splendor and an endless blessedness]! 18 So we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are unseen; for the things which are visible are temporal [just brief and fleeting], but the things which are invisible are everlasting and imperishable.

You have been called to do something great!  Many times as we start we are on fire, we have a group of people around us and we start off RUNNING!  What often happens as we traverse our personal path people will begin to fall off, and we loose our drive.  Remember the assignment was given to you, not them.  No matter what happens, no matter who falls off Stay the Course!  

I just wish I could be left alone! I wish these kids would shut up, I wish my spouse would stop nagging, I really wish my boss would quit acting like a butt!  I just want to be left alone, in my sorrow, in my mess, by myself !  LEAVE ME ALONE.   I have been there before, but the issue with being left alone is that you are no good on your own. You need someone there to encourage you and push you in your darkest hour.  We may say it, but trust me, we do not want it.