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Are You Normal? Do you behave like everyone else?

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Are You Normal?: Do You Behave Like Everyone Else?
Here is a wonderful little book that my son Jermaine gave me a few years back and I found it to be a very interesting read.. Are you Normal? by Bernice Kanner -In honor of 40 days of Lenten Season, today’s word of the day that we are praying and discussion is “Challenges” .. This book helps you to think about the basic challenges a lot of face from day to day… Have you ever wondered are you like everybody else, or do you just fit in a class all by yourself.. It’s all good, and I would like to highly recommend this wonderful book that I totally enjoyed reading…

Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

 

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Are You Normal? Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1995
Find out how you fit into the American norm…From sea to shining sea, Americans are remarkably alike, incredibly different, and just plain strange. In this clever, fun and fascinating peek into the private lives of real Americans, columnist Bernice Kanner shares a delicious slice of American pie with humorous facts like:-Of the half of us who have pets at home, 45.5% allow them in the room during sex.
-One out of every four ice cream orders is vanilla; only one in nine is for chocolate
-Four out of ten of us admit we’ve been so mad we’ve hurled footwear at another person
-60% of men spit in public
-One in ten people say they have seen a ghost
-Almost one quarter of us regularly check ourselves out in store windows and mirrors
-7 out of 100 Americans have flossed their teeth with their hair
-Over 27% of people skip ahead to find out what will happen in a book before they finish it
Review “A wonderfully entertaining book that tells you what you’ve always wanted to know-how you compare to other people.”–Ladies’ Home Journal”As irresistible as salted peanuts!”–Esquire”A statistical delight.”–Reader’s Digest

About the Author

Bernice Kanner is a columnist for Bloomberg Business News for radio, TV, and print. For thirteen years, she wrote the “On Madison Avenue” column for New York magazine. Her articles have appeared widely in The New York Times, Parade, Ladies’ Home Journal and Glamour, among other publications. Are You Normal? grew out of an article for New York magazine and was reprinted by Reader’s Digest. Kanner and Are You Normal? have been featured on Oprah. She lives with her family in New York City.

My favorite book of the year~ Dr. Jamal Bryant!  (A must read: Minister Evelyn Thomas !)

by: Dr. Jamal Bryant,…

Are You Normal?: Do You Behave Like Everyone Else?

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Product Details

    • Paperback: 122 pages
    • Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks; First Edition edition (September 15, 1995)
    • Language: English
    • ISBN-10: 0312955928
    • ISBN-13: 978-0312955922
    • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
    • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces

Posted by:  Minister Thomas – This is the book I recommend for the day in honor of 40 days of  Lenten Season Day 28 – “Challenges”
Information cited and provided by: Amazon.com  http://www.amazon.com/Are-You-Normal-Behave-Everyone/dp/0312955928
Encouragement

Challenges

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James 1:2-4 ESV  Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

 

What were some of your challenges these past 28 days on this Lenten Season Journey.. Leave me a comment and let’s start a discussion right here on this post, and share some of your challenges as we walk into greatness on April 8, 2012 Resurrection Sunday…
Today as enter into day 28 of the Lenten season and say that I no longer can say that I am challenged by the telephone… I’ve given it up minus one call to check on a friend that’s been ill, and I felt compelled to do so deeming the call necessary…  Otherwise, I have not entertained by telephone in the past 27 days, which would have been a challenge without some help from the master..

Today we will articulate on ‘Challenges” – Yes, we are faced with all types of challenges..  My challenge may not be your challenge, and your challenge may not be my challenge… 

In the world we live in,  you will find all different walks of  life, people that are all different in nationality, mindset, physical appearances, ideals so on and so on…  What I like is God made us all different, yet unique with the least of his servants having something to give back regardless of their challenges they face…

I personally have many challenges in life… I could go on and on about my challenges, but my challenges that I am aware of, I’ve taken them to God and he has dealt with them one by one…  As the days go by and become older, I tend to become more-less challenged than I was when I was younger….. It’s something about age that naturally alters some challenges we face in our lives…   Ok, that’s enough about me, because I realized one major challenge I faced and that was “It really is not all about me” but it’s about God and all of us as a people trying to strive to be better as we face these challenges of the world…  As I said, your challenge may not be my challenge, but yet and still we are challenged and it’s up to you how you deal with your challenges…

I’ve noticed that some of us tend to take the long way around, such as my son Justin that has Autism Spectrum, which means he possess  a delay that don’t correspond with his age nor his weight or his height…. People tend to expect a whole lot from him because of his stature…  Well, I’ve learned that dealing with a child with a disability, you just have to be patient in knowing that they will get there and learn the same things their peers know but possibly just at a later date…  Although, they have their own area of expertise that we may not have… My son is capable of manipulating any electronic device you give him, but he is yet to learn to tie his shoe… What are you saying?  He is superb in one area, but challenged in the area of self help… We will get there, and the other kids at school will have to keep tying his shoe until the light comes on in his head and he is no longer challenged with a particular modality.

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Let’s see what  the good old dictionary say about Challenges…. It has a lot to say on today enclosed below and information cited and provided by:  www.dictionary.com

Chal·lenge / Challenges

1. A call or summons to engage in any contest,as of skill, strength, etc.

2. Something that by its nature or character serves as a call to battle, contest, specialeffort, etc.:
Space exploration offers a challengeto humankind.
3. A call to fight, as a battle, a duel, etc.
4. A demand to explain, justify, etc.: a challenge to the treasurer to itemize expenditures.
5. Difficulty in a job or undertaking that is stimulating to one engaged in it.
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11. To summon to a contest of skill, strength,etc.
12. To take exception to; call in question: to challenge the wisdom of a procedure.
13. To demand as something due or rightful.
14. Military . to halt and demand identification or countersign from.
15. Law . to take formal exception to (a juror or jury).
Challenge is one of our favorite verbs.  So is subtilize. Does it mean:
to expurgate (a written work) by removing or modifying passages considered vulgar or objectionable.
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
verb (used without object)

21. To make or issue a challenge.
22. Hunting . (of hounds) to cry or give tongue on picking up the scent.

adjective

23. Donated or given by a private, corporate, or government benefactor on condition that the
        recipient raise an additional specified amount from the public: a challenge grant.

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Bible Verses about Challenges

reference material and scriptures from open bible info
http://www.openbible.info/topics/challenges 

James 1:2-4 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

1 Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

Hebrews 13:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

Philippians 4:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Romans 8:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Luke 12:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.

Isaiah 40:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” …

1 Peter 2:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

1 Timothy 6:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.

Romans 5:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—

Romans 5:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

John 16:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

Mark 12:30 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’

Matthew 5:1-7:29 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. …

Genesis 2:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 1:31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. …

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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Lenten Season:

Lent is a special sacred season of separation/consecration between Ash Wednesday
and Easter Sunday (this year Feb 22 – April 8). The 40 days of Lent are symbolic and
strategically significant in the Bible. The number 40 is used by God to represent a period
of testing, trial, probation, or judgment and ends with a period of restoration, revival
or renewal. The rain in Noah’s day fell for 40 days and 40 nights, Moses was on the
mountain 40 days and 40 nights, the spies searched Canaan for 40 days, the Israelites
wandered 40 years, Elijah ate one meal for 40 days, Jesus fasted in the wilderness for 40
days and was seen on the earth for 40 days after His crucifixion.
By observing Lent, we follow Jesus into the wilderness, resist temptation, pray,
and proceed to Jerusalem and the cross on Good Friday which then culminates in
resurrection on Easter Sunday. This most sacred season on the Church calendar is marked
by repentance, intercession, service, giving and self denial. For so many, Lent is a
moment to give up things we cherish in exchange for prayer, fasting, acts of mercy, and
meditation on the Word of God.
Power of Prayer:
When nations needed healing they prayed. When families needed reconciliation they
prayed. When churches needed revival they prayed. Everything we do as individuals,
church, or nation should be birthed in prayer. Jesus the Son of God was devoted to prayer
and He put priority to prayer than anything else. “One of those days Jesus went out to
a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12. He frequently
withdrew to the wilderness and mountain sides to pray. Prayer was not just Jesus’ habit
but in times of emergency, He resorted to prayer. When tempted, he prayed. When lied
upon, He prayed. During his most trying hour when he was about to be crucified, He
found time to pray. Before He gave up the ghost, He prayed. Today, He seats at the
right hand of God the Father still praying for you. His prayer life was so powerful and
impactful that the disciples said, “Teach us how to pray.” Nations need our prayers,
Individuals need our prayers, families need our prayers, the sick need our prayers,
governments needs our prayers, the lost need our prayers and the needy need our prayers.
Practical Ways to Help:
• Choose to fast from a particular pleasure: Food or TV or Social Media or Internet
or People.
• Join our daily Church-wide Online Blogs expounding on Prayer Items at
www.empowermenttemple.org
• Corporate Prayer every Sunday Morning from 7:00am – 7:30am.
• Attend Intercessors 1 hour of Power / Prayer Clinic every Saturday from 10am –
11am at the Family Life Center (1505 Eutaw Pl, Baltimore MD)
• Read through the Gospels between now and Easter.
• If you don’t already journal, begin now. Reflect on your readings, prayers and
questions.
• Make a list of people with whom you need to be reconciled. Pray for them and let
Jesus guide you in your thinking and feeling toward them.

40 Days of Lent Intercessory Prayer Guide (Empowerment Temple)
DATE: PRAYER ITEM:
February 22, 2012 Sacrifice
February 23, 2012 Sanctification
February 24, 2012 Success
February 25, 2012 Strength
February 26, 2012 Society
February 27, 2012 Economy
February 28, 2012 Environment/ Ecology
February 29, 2012 Evangelism
March 1, 2012 Enlightenment
March 2, 2012 Entertainment Industry (Movies, TV)
March 3, 2012 Integrity
March 4, 2012 Ideas
March 5, 2012 Anointing
March 6, 2012 Opportunity
March 7, 2012 Election
March 8, 2012 HIV/AIDS
March 9, 2012 Entrepreneurship
March 10, 2012 Home ownership (Mortgages)
March 11, 2012 Marriages
March 12, 2012 Ministry (Find your ministry)
March 13, 2012 Medical Issues
March 14, 2012 Mental Health
March 15, 2012 Armed Services (Active & Reserve)
March 16, 2012 Mentorship (God send someone to mentor you vice versa)
March 17, 2012 Middle East (Israel, Syria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Yemen)
March 18, 2012 Motivation
March 19, 2012 Miracles
March 20, 2012 Children
March 21, 2012 Challenges
March 22, 2012 Churches (All houses of Worship that lift up Name of God)
March 23, 2012 Pastors (Leaders in Ministry)
March 24, 2012 Charities (Red Cross, World Vision, UNICEF, Cancer Society etc)
March 25, 2012 Influence
March 26, 2012 Individuals (Pray specifically for 3 people outside of yourself)
March 27, 2012 Encouragement (Pray against spirit of discouragement, depression, stress)
March 28, 2012 Order (No Confusion, Chaos
March 29, 2012 Incarcerated
March 30, 2012 Pray against Injustice
March 31, 2012 Employment (Find Jobs)
April 1, 2012 Forgiveness (Forgive others and God will forgive you)
April 2, 2012 Education (Teachers, Students, Charter Schools, HBCUs)
April 3, 2012 Intervention (Resolve family, financial, and personal issues)
April 4, 2012 Salvation (People to get saved)
April 5, 2012 Discipline
April 6, 2012 Maturity
April 7, 2012 Closure
April 8, 2012 New BeginningsPrinciple of Lent:

Encouragement, Faith, Holy Living, Revelations

Need Free Health Services? Central County Health Expo 2012

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CENTRAL COUNTY HEALTH EXPO 2012The Expo will feature free Vision Services, Medical Services, Dental Services, Social Services and Health Screening
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This is a public Service Announcement
Southern California / Orange County 


Central County Health Expo 2012

 

Need Free Health Services???

For more Information, please contact:
(949) 544-4625 or expo@ifhomeless.org

CENTRAL COUNTY HEALTH EXPO 2012
Saturday | March 24, 2012 | 9 am – 4 pm
12901/12951 Euclid St., Garden Grove, CA 92840
Hosted By:
The Expo Will Feature FREE
Vision services Medical Services Dental Services Social Services Health Screening
IN COLLABORATION WITH
American Red Cross
Birth Choice
CalOptima
Caremore Heath Plan
Garden Grove Hospital
OC Cancer Detection Partnership
OC Foster Care & Adoption
OC Health Care Agency
OC Housing Authority
OC Mental Health Agency
OC One-Stop Center
OC Office on Aging
OC Social Services Agency
Puente A La Salud
Westhaven Health Center
Eye disease
screening
Referrals for
follow up
Prescription
eye glasses
(limited
quantities
available)
Treatment for
adults and
children
Prescriptions
Lab work
Tdap Vaccine
(immunization
card needed)
Fillings
Extractions
Screenings
Oral Health
Education
Applications for:
MSI
Medi-Cal
Food Stamps
CalWORKS
Resources for:
Employment
Housing
Veterans Affairs
Asthma
Blood Pressure
Bone density
Breast and
Cervical Cancer
Carotid artery
ultrasound
Diabetes
Obesity
Stroke Risk

Encouragement, Faith, Holy Living, Revelations

Lil Wayne Chaney Jr. reciting the 23rd Psalms

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Proverbs 22:6 : Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

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In honor of our Children on today, I want to share Lil.  Wayne Chaney, Jr. of Long Beach, which is my home town where I was born and raised.  He recite the 23rd psalms with clarity riding in his car seat …
This is what I call training up a child in the way they should go..

I know, because I am the mother of childhood preacher that preached the word of God fluently at 9-years-old, and this is exactly how he started around age 5, with the same exact scripture Lil Rev. Dr. Wayne is sharing here on today…Thank you Jesus!!!

– Myesha Chaney &  Pastor Wayne A. Chaney Jr… #awesome job! –

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 Wayne recites 23rd Psalm

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God, I pray you continue to bless this child with more knowledge of your Holy Word…
God, when I see children so innocent expound upon your word that makes me feel so good on the inside to know that Jesus will live on in another generation…  We have to teach our children, and I find it necessary and vital because if we do not instill good values in them, this world we live in will corrupt and fill them with their ideals of what they call the good life..
I don’t know of a better life than in Jesus worshipping him in spirit and in truth.. I pray this video inspire some parents to take extra interest in your child and begin to speak the words of the Lord in the atmosphere… I promise you that God’s word will never return void…
Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas, World In Focus International Ministries (WIFI)
http://www.wifiministries.org

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I wanted to share this website so you can become interactive with your children –
I do not own any rights to the website no other than
Wanting someone’s child to see the goodness of   Jesus…
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Kid’s Bible Jigsaw Puzzle:

Praising God is Fun!

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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas , WIFI Ministries

Cited that video of Lil Wayne Chaney Jr. Belongs to his mom:
Myesha Chaney and I own no right to it, only want to
inspire and promote the goodness of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as we celebrate 40 Days of Lenten Season and today happen to be the day we discuss “Children”

CITED: THAT ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE KIDS JIGSAW PUZZLE BELONG TO  AND IS ONLY USED
for PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL TO DRAW A CHILD CLOSER TO CHRIST
http://www.hem-of-his-garment-bible-study.org/bible-jigsaw-puzzle3.html

Encouragement

Children

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  Proverbs 22:6 : Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Today as we take this journey one step further on this Lenten Season, today and everyday we are pleading the blood of Jesus over our CHILDREN!  Yes, today’s topic of prayer and discussion are “CHILDREN”  

As most of my family and friend’s know that  God blessed me with three beautiful children of my own, ages 28 1/2years old, 24 1/2 years old, and my youngest will be 9-years-old on this Friday…   I’ve always believed that God used my envelope to bring these wonderful and precious souls to the world… I love them lots, but I have enough sense to know that God loves them more..   I tell every parent to please give you child or children back to God..  Christening them when they are young, and then whey they are older, teach them about the goodness of the Lord, allowing them to be compelled to make Jesus their choice by confessing with their mouth that Jesus is the Lord of their lives and they are now ready to be baptized…   Jesus has commanded us in several scriptures that I share in this piece of Jesus instructing us with our children…

Jesus said:  Luke 18:16     “But Jesus called them unto him, saying, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 19:14  But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, tocome unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 

 Mark 10:13-15 KJV – 14But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom …

The bible clearly states and gives us as parents instructions on how to handle our children, and it gives the child instructions on how to honor their parent…  In the following passages of scripture I will post next, read up and read carefully….

  1. Ephesians 6:4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

    Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord.

  2. Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.

    Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.) Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they will become discouraged…

    1. Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Obey your parents – This is the first great duty which God has enjoined on children. It is, to do what their parents command them to do. The God of nature …
       
    2. Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord..
       Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)Children, obey your parents in all all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord.

    Also, we are to protect our children from the hands of the enemy….

    Prayers for God’s Protection
     www.2heartsnetwork.org/protect.htm

    May the hand of God protect me, the way of God lie before me, the shield of God … pray that through Your intercession of St. Nicholas You will protect our children. … darts of the enemy, And the sword of the Spirit, which is Your Word, O Lord.  God bless the family of Travon Martin, whom the world is in an  uproar about on today… Lord Please do not allow our innocent children to be killed, battered or bruised mentally or physically by the hands of the enemy.. We rebuke the devour right now in Jesus Name!  Amen…

Why have children of one’s own when one could adopt?

 


From an early age, most of us simple assume that we will have children. (“I’m never going to make my kids wear sweaters they don’t like!”). And this assumption continues to influence our thought in early adulthood (“Well, I think when I have children I’d like to move to a quieter city.”).

Now, it may be reasonable to assume that one will have children, but, I ask, why should one have children of one’s own considering that one could adopt a child?

The question I’ll address is this: Are there any non-selfish reasons to have children of one’s own rather than adopt?

“Of course, Black Socrates,” you may be tempted to say. “Raising kids requires a lot from any individual. Raising a kid means sacrifice, stress and total devotion to another. How can that be selfish?”

But, remember, the question is not whether one can both be selfish and successfully raise a child. The question is whether there are any non-selfish reasons to have a child in the first place given that one could adopt a child.

Now image person with great genes. We’ll name this person Adrian. Adrian is hella smart, hella good-looking and a kind person. It seems that Adrian has a non-selfish reason to have children. Adrian can make the world better by passing on those great Adrian genes and raising a smart, kind, good-looking child. Adrian may wish to have a child for selfish reasons as well ( say Adrian just wants someone to love), but Adrian could act on the non-selfish reason of making the world better through raising children who possess Adrian genes.

Now, are there any non-selfish reasons to have children of one’s own other than this one?

Would it be wrong to have children of one’s own for merely selfish reasons?

What say you?

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Out of all the miracles that Jesus performed, Luke 8:43-48 ESV is my favorite miracle because the woman in this miracle, it  reminds me a lot of myself  living in today’s world, still believing that what was good for this woman will still work for me today… It is so…

“And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. …”


Miracles

Today as we continue on our 40 days of prayer and honor the resurrection of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ, we honor him always and especially during these 40 days of Lenten season as well.   I’ve personally been enlightened on this journey for the past 27 days..  Can somebody say “Miracles”… Today’s prayer and topic of discussion is miracles! In my heart, if you interviewed half of the Christian population and some and asked a question to the effect of what is the greatest miracle you have ever witnessed?  I’m sure the answer would revolve around themselves, or a close family member that relied on their faith in God and believed that the almighty God is a miracle worker in their lives…   Well that is my story too….  I’m so glad that God saw fit to let a little old average girl like myself live.   I realize from birth what makes me a miracle… First of all, I was never suppose to be conceived or born… Then, I had some medical issues when I was born, that I do believe spilled over into my teen years, and now adult life… Nevertheless, God just keeps right on showing me his grace and mercy and performing miraculous miracles in my life.. .Yes, in my life, right here in Irvine, California… I’ve seen many of miracles in my prior 45 years of living with my own eyes on various family members and close friends….  Asl I read my bible daily and study God’s word, he performed miracles throughout the entire bible, making a die hard believer out of me..  He is yet and still performing the same mighty acts on today… I’m reninded off the top of my head of the many heroic storyies of Jesus miracles her performed in the 33 years he walked on this earth… Just the mere fact that he hung, bleed and died for our sins is the bottom line miracle I love the most and the reason why I can still write on today about his goodness… Not only did they beat him up a hill in Golgotha, and pierced him in the side, and nailed him to that old rugged cross, between two theives from the sixth to the ninth hour, but that aint how the story ends..  See what man did know was the God that we serve, had all power in his hands…  He said “Father Forgive Them, for they know not what they do”… Awe, help me Holy Ghost…  See, I’ll say it again, that’ not how this miracle story ends… See, these folks that crucified Jesus, then proceeded to put him in a borrowed tomb, not knowing that he  did not need a tomb at all…  He said Can’t no power on earth keep me down, I rise, and he did on that third day of the atonement with all power in his hands.. That’s a mircle story of a lifetime that keeps me rising everyday… To know that I serve a miraculous God that heal the sick and raise the dead…. I think I better stop because I have not shared the many other miracles that came before this great Passion of Christ…

Miracle stories in the Bible: These are only the  miracle stories of the New Testament that I share, and the can be separated into several different categories, each of which is significantly different from the others. Within each category, however, most of the stories have certain formal similarities: 

Periscope Mark Matthew Luke John
Healing Simon Peter’s Mother-in-law 1:29-31 8:14-15 4:38-39 —
Cleansing a Leper 1:40-45 8:1-4 5:12-16 —
Healing a Centurion’s Servant — 8:5-13 7:1-10 —
Healing a Paralytic 2:1-12 9:1-8 5:17-26 [cf. 5:1-18]
Restoring a Man’s Withered Hand 3:1-6 12:9-14 6:6-11 —
Healing a Woman’s Hemorrhage 5:25-34 9:19-22 8:43-48 —
Restoring Sight to Two Blind Men — 9:27-31 — —
Healing a Syro-Phoenician Girl 7:24-30 15:21-28 — —
Healing a Deaf Mute 7:31-37 — — —
Giving Sight to a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 — — —
Restoring a Woman Crippled for Eighteen Years — — 13:10-17 —
Healing a Man with Dropsy — — 14:1-6 —
Cleansing Ten Men of Leprosy — — 17:11-19 —
Giving Sight to a Blind Man (or 2 Men) at Jericho 10:46-52 20:29-34 18:35-43 [cf. 9:1-41]
Healing a Royal Official’s Son at Cana — — — 4:46-54
Healing a Man at the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem — — — 5:2-47
Giving Sight to a Man Blind since Birth — — — 9:1-41
Healing a Slave’s Severed Ear [14:47] [26:51-54] 22:49-51 [18:10]

Restoration Miracles:

Pericope Mark Matthew Luke John
Raising from the Dead a Widow’s Son at Nain — — 7:11-17 —
Raising from the Dead the Daughter of Jairus 5:21-24,35-43 9:18-19,23-26 8:40-42,49-56 —
Raising Lazarus of Bethany from the Dead — — — 11:1-44Nature Miracles:
Pericope Mark Matthew Luke John
Catching Unusually Many Fish in the Sea of Galilee — — 5:1-11 [cf. 21:1]
Stilling a Storm on the Sea of Galilee 4:35-41 8:23-27 8:22-25 —
Feeding Five Thousand People 6:32-44 14:13-21 9:10b-17 6:1-15
Walking on the Water 6:45-52 14:22-33 — 6:16-21
Feeding Four Thousand People 8:1-10 15:32-39 — —
Finding a Coin in the Mouth of a Fish — 17:24-27 — —
Cursing a Fig Tree near Bethany 11:12-14 21:18-19 — —
Turning Water into Wine at a Wedding in Cana — — — 2:1-11
Catching Numerous Fish at the Sea of Tiberias — — [cf. 5:1] 21:1-14

Evangelists’ Summaries of Jesus Ministry:

Pericope Mark Matthew Luke John
Jesus Proclaims a “Jubilee Year” (cf. Isa 61:1-2) — — 4:16-21 —
“Physician, Heal Yourself” Proverb — — 4:23 —
Many Healed/Exorcized One Evening 1:32-34 8:16-17 4:40-41 —
Brief Summary 1:39 4:23 [cf. 5:15] —
Jesus Heals Many by the Sea of Galilee 3:10-12 4:24-25 [cf. 12:15-16] 6:17-19 —
Response to the Baptist’s Question — 11:2-6 7:18-23 —
The Beelzebul Controversy 3:22-30 12:24-29 [cf. 9:32-34] 11:15-22 [cf. 8:37-59]
Jesus Preaches and Heals [cf. 6:6] 9:35 [cf. 8:1] —
Healings at Gennesaret 6:53-56 14:34-36 — [cf. 6:22-25]
Jesus Heals Many People [cf. 7:31-37] 15:29-31 — —
Jesus Heals the Blind and Lame in the Temple — 21:14 — —

Evangelists’ Summaries of the Ministry of Jesus’ Disciples and Others:

Pericope Mark Matthew Luke John
Jesus Chooses 12 Apostles to Preach and Heal 3:15 — — —
Jesus Sends the Twelve Out on Mission 6:7, 13 10:1, 8 9:1-2, 6 —
Why the Disciples Could Not Heal/Exorcize 9:18, 28 17:16, 19 9:40 —
Another Exorcist, not Jesus’ Disciple 9:38-41 10:42 9:49-50 —
Jesus Sends 70 (or 72) More Disciples out on Mission [cf. 16:17-18] — 10:9, 17-20 —
False Prophets Will Show “Signs and Wonders” 13:21-22 24:24 — —
Herod Hears of Jesus’ Exorcisms and Healings — — 13:32 —
[Believers Will Perform “Signs”] [16:17-18] — — —


Cited: Reference: http://godslittlemiraclebook.blogspot.com

Bible Verses about Miracles

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Acts 4:30

While you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”

Acts 3:16 ESV

And his name—by faith in his name—has made this man strong whom you see and know, and the faith that is through Jesus has given the man this perfect health in the presence of you all.

John 4:48 ESV

So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.”

Acts 19:11 ESV

And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

Acts 14:3 ESV

So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Acts 9:34 ESV

And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose.

2 Thessalonians 2:9 ESV

The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders,

Mark 16:20 ESV

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.]]

Mark 16:17 ESV

And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;

Revelation 19:20 ESV

And the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who in its presence had done the signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Acts 16:18 ESV

And this she kept doing for many days. Paul, having become greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” And it came out that very hour.

John 2:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes

This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.

Daniel 3:29 ESV

Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.”

Daniel 3:28 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God.

Exodus 14:25 ESV

Clogging their chariot wheels so that they drove heavily. And the Egyptians said, “Let us flee from before Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians.”

Exodus 10:17 ESV

Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.”

Exodus 10:16 ESV

Then Pharaoh hastily called Moses and Aaron and said, “I have sinned against the Lord your God, and against you.

Exodus 4:30 ESV

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people.

1 Corinthians 12:28 ESV

And God has appointed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, helping, administrating, and various kinds of tongues.

Romans 15:19 ESV

By the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God—so that from Jerusalem and all the way around to Illyricum I have fulfilled the ministry of the gospel of Christ;

John 20:30 ESV

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

Exodus 14:31 ESV

Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

Exodus 7:10-12 ESV

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. …

1 Corinthians 12:4-6 ESV

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

Acts 5:15 ESV

So that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

Matthew 17:20 ESV

He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Revelation 13:14 ESV

And by the signs that it is allowed to work in the presence of the beast it deceives those who dwell on earth, telling them to make an image for the beast that was wounded by the sword and yet lived.

2 Timothy 1:6 ESV

For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands,

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12 ESV

And with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore God sends them a strong delusion, so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1 Corinthians 1:22 ESV

For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom,

Acts 28:8 ESV

It happened that the father of Publius lay sick with fever and dysentery. And Paul visited him and prayed, and putting his hands on him healed him.

Acts 9:3-6 ESV

Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. And falling to the ground he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” And he said, “Who are you, Lord?” And he said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and enter the city, and you will be told what you are to do.”

Psalm 1:1-6 ESV

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; …

Revelation 16:14 ESV

For they are demonic spirits, performing signs, who go abroad to the kings of the whole world, to assemble them for battle on the great day of God the Almighty.

Hebrews 2:4 ESV

While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

1 Timothy 4:14 ESV

Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given you by prophecy when the council of elders laid their hands on you.

2 Thessalonians 2:3 ESV

Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction,

1 Thessalonians 5:20 ESV

Do not despise prophecies,

2 Corinthians 12:12 ESV

The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.

1 Corinthians 14:13 ESV

Therefore, one who speaks in a tongue should pray for the power to interpret.

1 Corinthians 13:8 ESV

Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

1 Corinthians 12:31 ESV

But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way.

1 Corinthians 12:30 ESV

Do all possess gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?

1 Corinthians 12:10 ESV

To another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:9 ESV

To another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit,

1 Corinthians 12:8-10 ESV

For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the ability to distinguish between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

1 Corinthians 12:7 ESV

To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good.

Romans 15:18 ESV

For I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to bring the Gentiles to obedience—by word and deed,

Acts 28:9 ESV

And when this had taken place, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases also came and were cured.

Acts 28:5 ESV

He, however, shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

Acts 20:9-12 ESV

And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead. But Paul went down and bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” And when Paul had gone up and had broken bread and eaten, he conversed with them a long while, until daybreak, and so departed. And they took the youth away alive, and were not a little comforted.

Acts 19:13-18 ESV

Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” Seven sons of a Jewish high priest named Sceva were doing this. But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” And the man in whom was the evil spirit leaped on them, mastered all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled. …

Acts 19:12 ESV

So that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

Acts 19:6 ESV

And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

Acts 16:26 ESV

And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened.

Acts 15:12 ESV

And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.

Acts 14:10 ESV

Said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.

Acts 14:9 ESV

He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

Acts 13:11 ESV

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.

Acts 13:8-12 ESV

But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand. Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

Acts 12:6-11 ESV

Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands. And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him. …

Acts 10:44-46 ESV

While Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,

Acts 9:40 ESV

But Peter put them all outside, and knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up.

Acts 9:35 ESV

And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

Acts 9:32-42 ESV

Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose. And all the residents of Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity. …

Acts 9:18 ESV

And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he rose and was baptized;

Acts 9:17 ESV

So Ananias departed and entered the house. And laying his hands on him he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared to you on the road by which you came has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 8:39 ESV

And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.

Acts 8:20 ESV

But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

Acts 8:18 ESV

Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

Acts 8:17 ESV

Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

Acts 8:9-11 ESV

But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic.

Acts 8:6 ESV

And the crowds with one accord paid attention to what was being said by Philip when they heard him and saw the signs that he did.

Acts 5:19-23 ESV

But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said, “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.” And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council and all the senate of the people of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought. But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.”

Acts 5:16 ESV

The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

Acts 5:10 ESV

Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

Acts 5:5 ESV

When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.

Acts 4:22 ESV

For the man on whom this sign of healing was performed was more than forty years old.

Acts 4:21 ESV

And when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding no way to punish them, because of the people, for all were praising God for what had happened.

Acts 4:10 ESV

Let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead—by him this man is standing before you well.

Acts 3:13 ESV

The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him.

Acts 3:12 ESV

And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

Acts 3:6 ESV

But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”

Acts 3:2-11 ESV

And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!” …

Acts 3:1-10 ESV

Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms. And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.” And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. …

Acts 2:22 ESV

“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—

Acts 2:1-4 ESV

When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

John 21:6 ESV

He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, because of the quantity of fish.

John 20:31 ESV

But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

John 14:12 ESV

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.

John 12:10 ESV

So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,

John 11:43-45 ESV

When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.” Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him,

John 11:40-42 ESV

Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”

John 11:4 ESV

But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”

John 11:1-46 ESV

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. …

John 9:3 ESV

Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.

John 9:1-41 ESV

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” …

John 7:31 ESV

Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”

John 6:16-21 ESV

When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing. When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened. But he said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.” …

John 5:36 ESV

But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.

John 5:1-16 ESV

After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been there a long time, he said to him, “Do you want to be healed?” …

John 4:48-53 ESV

So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. As he was going down, his servants met him and told him that his son was recovering. So he asked them the hour when he began to get better, and they said to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.” …

John 4:46-54 ESV

So he came again to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And at Capernaum there was an official whose son was ill. When this man heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and asked him to come down and heal his son, for he was at the point of death. So Jesus said to him, “Unless you see signs and wonders you will not believe.” The official said to him, “Sir, come down before my child dies.” Jesus said to him, “Go; your son will live.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and went on his way. …

John 3:2 ESV / 3 helpful

This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

John 2:23 ESV

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.

John 2:22 ESV

When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

John 2:1-11 ESV

On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.” …

John 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 23:8 ESV

When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.

Luke 22:49-51 ESV

And when those who were around him saw what would follow, they said, “Lord, shall we strike with the sword?” And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. But Jesus said, “No more of this!” And he touched his ear and healed him.

Luke 18:35-43 ESV

As he drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. And hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what this meant. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” And he cried out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” …

Luke 17:11-19 ESV

On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were cleansed. Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice; …

Luke 14:1-6 ESV

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?” …

Luke 13:10-17 ESV

Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself. When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.” And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God. But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.” …

Luke 11:29 ESV

When the crowds were increasing, he began to say, “This generation is an evil generation. It seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.

Luke 11:16 ESV

While others, to test him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.

Luke 11:15 ESV

But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of demons,”

Luke 11:14 ESV

Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke, and the people marveled.

Luke 10:17-20

The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!” And he said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Luke 9:37-43 ESV

On the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a great crowd met him. And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child. And behold, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out. It convulses him so that he foams at the mouth, and shatters him, and will hardly leave him. And I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not.” Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.” …

Luke 8:49-56 ESV

While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler’s house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.” But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him, except Peter and John and James, and the father and mother of the child. And all were weeping and mourning for her, but he said, “Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. …

Luke 8:43-48 ESV

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone. She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. And Jesus said, “Who was it that touched me?” When all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the crowds surround you and are pressing in on you!” But Jesus said, “Someone touched me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.” And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. …

Luke 8:42 ESV

For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

Luke 8:41 ESV

And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus’ feet, he implored him to come to his house,

Luke 8:26-39 ESV

Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. When Jesus had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many a time it had seized him. He was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert.) Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” And he said, “Legion,” for many demons had entered him. …

Luke 8:22-25 ESV

One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side of the lake.” So they set out, and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. And they went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. He said to them, “Where is your faith?” And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, “Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?”

Luke 7:11-16 ESV

Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. …

Luke 7:1-10 ESV

After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they pleaded with him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy to have you do this for him, for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue.” …

Luke 6:6-11 ESV

On another Sabbath, he entered the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him. But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come and stand here.” And he rose and stood there. And Jesus said to them, “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to destroy it?” And after looking around at them all he said to him, “Stretch out your hand.” And he did so, and his hand was restored. …

Luke 5:17-26 ESV

On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal. And behold, some men were bringing on a bed a man who was paralyzed, and they were seeking to bring him in and lay him before Jesus, but finding no way to bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down with his bed through the tiles into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.” And the scribes and the Pharisees began to question, saying, “Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?” …

Luke 5:12-16 ESV

While he was in one of the cities, there came a man full of leprosy. And when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and begged him, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him. And he charged him to tell no one, but “go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” But now even more the report about him went abroad, and great crowds gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities. But he would withdraw to desolate places and pray.

Luke 5:4-11 ESV

And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” And when they had done this, they enclosed a large number of fish, and their nets were breaking. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” …

Luke 5:1-11 ESV

On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the people from the boat. And when he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.” And Simon answered, “Master, we toiled all night and took nothing! But at your word I will let down the nets.” …

Luke 4:39 ESV

And he stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her, and immediately she rose and began to serve them.

Luke 4:38 ESV

And he arose and left the synagogue and entered Simon’s house. Now Simon’s mother-in-law was ill with a high fever, and they appealed to him on her behalf.

Luke 4:33-36 ESV

And in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, “Ha! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent and come out of him!” And when the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, “What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

Luke 4:26 ESV

And Elijah was sent to none of them but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow.

Luke 1:26-80 ESV

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. …

Luke 1:25 ESV

“Thus the Lord has done for me in the days when he looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”

Luke 1:24 ESV

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived, and for five months she kept herself hidden, saying,

Luke 1:18 ESV

And Zechariah said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.”

Mark 16:18 ESV

They will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”

Mark 11:20-24 ESV

As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered.” And Jesus answered them, “Have faith in God. Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Mark 11:12-14 ESV

On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it.

Mark 10:46-52 ESV

And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” And Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” And they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take heart. Get up; he is calling you.” And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and came to Jesus. …

Mark 9:39 ESV

But Jesus said, “Do not stop him, for no one who does a mighty work in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me.

Mark 9:22-24 ESV

And it has often cast him into fire and into water, to destroy him. But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.” And Jesus said to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”

Mark 9:14-29 ESV

And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to you, for he has a spirit that makes him mute. And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.” …

Mark 8:22-26 ESV

And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see men, but they look like trees, walking.” Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again; and he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

Mark 8:1-9 ESV

In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And if I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way. And some of them have come from far away.” And his disciples answered him, “How can one feed these people with bread here in this desolate place?” And he asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven.” …

Mark 7:31-37 ESV /

Then he returned from the region of  Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment, and they begged him to lay his hand on him. And taking him aside from the crowd privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and after spitting touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. …

Mark 7:24-30

And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And he entered a house and did not want anyone to know, yet he could not be hidden. But immediately a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophoenician by birth. And she begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. And he said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” But she answered him, “Yes, Lord; yet even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” …

Mark 6:45-52 ESV

Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to pray. And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone on the land. And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them, but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and cried out, …

Mark 5:35-43 ESV

While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” And he allowed no one to follow him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. And when he had entered, he said to them, “Why are you making a commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but sleeping.” …

Mark 5:25-34 ESV

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. …

Mark 5:22-24 ESV

Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.” And he went with him. And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.

Mark 5:1-20 ESV

They came to the other side of the sea, to the country of the Gerasenes. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit. He lived among the tombs. And no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain, for he had often been bound with shackles and chains, but he wrenched the chains apart, and he broke the shackles in pieces. No one had the strength to subdue him. Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always crying out and cutting himself with stones. …

Mark 4:35-41 ESV

On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. …

Mark 3:15 ESV

And have authority to cast out demons.

Mark 3:14 ESV

And he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach

Mark 3:11 ESV

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, “You are the Son of God.”

Mark 3:1-5 ESV

Again he entered the synagogue, and a man was there with a withered hand. And they watched Jesus, to see whether he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse him. And he said to the man with the withered hand, “Come here.” And he said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. And he looked around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, and said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

Mark 2:9-12 ESV

Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic— “I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.” And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Mark 2:1-12 ESV

And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” …

Mark 1:40-45 ESV

And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.” And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once, and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.” …

Mark 1:29-31 ESV

And immediately he left the synagogue and entered the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Now Simon’s mother-in-law lay ill with a fever, and immediately they told him about her. And he came and took her by the hand and lifted her up, and the fever left her, and she began to serve them.

Mark 1:23-26 ESV

And immediately there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, “What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.” But Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be silent, and come out of him!” And the unclean spirit, convulsing him and crying out with a loud voice, came out of him.

Matthew 24:24 ESV

For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

Matthew 21:21 ESV

And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

Matthew 21:17-22 ESV

And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. In the morning, as he was returning to the city, he became hungry. And seeing a fig tree by the wayside, he went to it and found nothing on it but only leaves. And he said to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And the fig tree withered at once. When the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, “How did the fig tree wither at once?” And Jesus answered them, “Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen. …

Matthew 20:29-34 ESV

And as they went out of Jericho, a great crowd followed him. And behold, there were two blind men sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be silent, but they cried out all the more, “Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!” And stopping, Jesus called them and said, “What do you want me to do for you?” They said to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.” …

Matthew 17:24-27 ESV

When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

Matthew 17:14-20 ESV

And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. …

Matthew 16:1 ESV

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and to test him they asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

Matthew 15:32-39 ESV

Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” And the disciples said to him, “Where are we to get enough bread in such a desolate place to feed so great a crowd?” And Jesus said to them, “How many loaves do you have?” They said, “Seven, and a few small fish.” And directing the crowd to sit down on the ground, he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. …

Matthew 15:21-28 ESV

And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” …

Matthew 14:32 ESV

And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased.

Matthew 14:22-33 ESV

Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. …

Matthew 12:39 ESV

But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.

Matthew 12:38 ESV

Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”

Matthew 12:28 ESV

But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

Matthew 12:22-37 ESV

Then a demon-oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to him, and he healed him, so that the man spoke and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, “Can this be the Son of David?” But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, “It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.” Knowing their thoughts, he said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? …

Matthew 12:9-13 ESV

He went on from there and entered their synagogue. And a man was there with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”—so that they might accuse him. He said to them, “Which one of you who has a sheep, if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? Of how much more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Then he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, healthy like the other.

Matthew 11:3-5 ESV

And said to him, “Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

Matthew 9:33 ESV

And when the demon had been cast out, the mute man spoke. And the crowds marveled, saying, “Never was anything like this seen in Israel.”

Matthew 9:32 ESV

As they were going away, behold, a demon-oppressed man who was mute was brought to him.

Matthew 9:28 ESV

When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.”

Matthew 9:27-31 ESV

And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” When he entered the house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to him, “Yes, Lord.” Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.” And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, “See that no one knows about it.” But they went away and spread his fame through all that district.

Matthew 9:23-26 ESV

And when Jesus came to the ruler’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion, he said, “Go away, for the girl is not dead but sleeping.” And they laughed at him. But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. And the report of this went through all that district.

Matthew 9:20-22 ESV

And behold, a woman who had suffered from a discharge of blood for twelve years came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, for she said to herself, “If I only touch his garment, I will be made well.” Jesus turned, and seeing her he said, “Take heart, daughter; your faith has made you well.” And instantly the woman was made well.

Matthew 9:19 ESV

And Jesus rose and followed him, with his disciples.

Matthew 9:18 ESV

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

Matthew 9:1-8

And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.” But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts? For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? …

Matthew 8:28-34 ESV

And when he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men met him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce that no one could pass that way. And behold, they cried out, “What have you to do with us, O Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” Now a herd of many pigs was feeding at some distance from them. And the demons begged him, saying, “If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of pigs.” And he said to them, “Go.” So they came out and went into the pigs, and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and drowned in the waters. …

Matthew 8:23-27 ESV

And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but he was asleep. And they went and woke him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing.” And he said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?” Then he rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. And the men marveled, saying, “What sort of man is this, that even winds and sea obey him?”

Matthew 8:14-17 ESV

And when Jesus entered Peter’s house, he saw his mother-in-law lying sick with a fever. He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she rose and began to serve him. That evening they brought to him many who were oppressed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word and healed all who were sick. This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”

Matthew 8:5-13 ES

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” …

Matthew 8:1-4 ESV

When he came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And behold, a leper came to him and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, if you will, you can make me clean.” And Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I will; be clean.” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”

Matthew 7:22 ESV

On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’

  • Jesus and Blind BartimaeusIndividual Narratives of Specific Miracles (and associated controversies):
  • The Evangelists’ Summaries of Miracles and Related Actions:

See also Form Criticism of Healing Miracle Narratives  and  NT Miracles: Jesus Gives Sight to the Blind

 Cited and reference material on miracle scriptures: Miracle Stories in the New Testament  by Felix Just, S.J., Ph.D. – http://catholic-resources.org/Bible/Miracles.htm As I began my research on what other thought about Miracles, and I ran across the wonderful website called Skeptic’s Dictionary – http://www.skepdic.com/miracles.html – which is very knowledable in many areas.  Let’s see what he says about miracle… You already know what I think about miracles from my perspective…  “A miracle is “a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity, or by the interposition of some invisible agent” (Hume, 123n). However, these days people use the term much more loosely to mean something like “against all odds.” The rest of this article is not about people who call themselves or their experiences miracles because the odds seemed stacked against them. Here we will discuss miracle in the theological sense. Theologians of the Abrahamic religions consider only a god-willed contravention of the laws of nature to be true miracles. However, they admit others can do and have done things which contravene the laws of nature; such acts are attributed to diabolical powers and are called “false miracles.” Many outside of the Bible-based religions believe in the ability to transgress laws of nature through acts of will in consort with paranormal or occult powers. They generally refer to these transgressions not as miracles, but as magick. All religions report numerous and equally credible miracles. Hume compares deciding among religions on the basis of their miracles to the task of a judge who must evaluate contradictory, but equally reliable, testimonies. Each religion establishes itself as solidly as the next, thereby overthrowing and destroying its rivals. Furthermore, the more ancient and barbarous a people is, the greater the tendency for miracles and prodigies of all kinds to flourish.

…it forms a strong presumption against all supernatural and miraculous relations that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant and barbarous nations; or if a civilized people has ever given admission to any of them, that people will be found to have received them from ignorant and barbarous ancestors, who transmitted them with that inviolable sanction and authority which always attend received opinions (Hume, 126).

While there are still many people today who believe in miracles, no modern historian fills his or her books with accounts of miraculous events. It is improbable that the report of even a single miracle would find its way into such texts today. Indeed, only those who cater to the superstitious and credulous, such as theWeekly World News and a good portion of the rest of the mass media, would even think of reporting an alleged miracle without taking a very skeptical attitude toward it. No scholarly journal today would consider an author rational if he or she were to sprinkle reports of miracles throughout a treatise. The modern scholar dismisses all such reports as eitherconfabulations, delusions, lies or cases of collective hallucination. Hume was aware that no matter how scientific or rational a civilization became, belief in miracles would never be eradicated. Human nature is such that we love the marvelous and the wondrous. Human nature is also such that we love even more to be the bearer of a story of the marvelous and the wondrous. The more wondrous our story, the more merit both we and it attain. Vanity, delusion and zealotry have led to more than one pious fraud supporting a holy and meritorious cause with gross embellishments and outright lies about witnessing miraculous events (Hume, 136). Hume’s prediction is borne out every time there is a natural disaster that kills thousands and renders hundreds of thousands homeless. There is always some survivor who calls his survival a miracle, while ignoring the fate of the thousands of equally worthy fellows buried in the rubble all around him. The media, perhaps trying to find a small ray of hope amidst the despair of massive earthquakes or floods, love to print such ‘miracle stories.’ Hume’s greatest argument against belief in miracles, however, was modeled after an argument made by John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury. Tillotson and others, such as William Chillingworth before him and his contemporary Bishop Edward Stillingfleet, had argued for what they called a “commonsense” defense of Christianity, i.e., Anglicanism. Tillotson’s argument against the Catholic doctrine oftransubstantiation or “the real presence” was simple and direct. The idea contradicts common sense, he said. The doctrine claims that the bread and wine used in the communion ceremony is changed in substance so that what is bread and wine to all the senses is in fact the body and blood of Jesus. If it looks like bread, smells like bread, tastes like bread, then it is bread. To believe otherwise is to give up the basis for all knowledge based on sense experience. Anything could be other than it appears to the senses. This argument has nothing to do with the skeptical argument about the uncertainty of sense knowledge. This is an argument not about certainty but about reasonable belief. If the Catholics are right about transubstantiation, then a book might really be a bishop, for example, or a pear might actually be Westminster Cathedral. The accidents (i.e., properties or attributes) of a thing would be no clue as to its substance. Everything we perceive could be completely unrelated to what it appears to be. Such a world would be unreasonable and unworthy of a god. If the senses can’t be trusted in this one case, they can’t be trusted in any. To believe in transubstantiation is to abandon the basis of all knowledge: sense experience. Hume begins his essay on miracles by praising Tillotson’s argument as being “as concise and elegant and strong as any argument can possibly be supposed against a doctrine so little worthy of a serious refutation.” He then goes on to say that he fancies that he has (118)

discovered an argument of a like nature which, if just, will, with the wise and learned, be an everlasting check to all kinds of superstitious delusion, and consequently will be useful as long as the world endures; for so long, I presume, will the accounts of miracles and prodigies be found in all history, sacred and profane.

His argument is a paradigm of simplicity and elegance (122):

A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.

Or put even more succinctly (122):

There must…be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event would not merit that appellation.

The logical implication of this argument is that (123)

no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavors to establish.

What Hume has done is to take the commonsense Anglican argument against the Catholic doctrine of transubstantiation and applied it to miracles, the basis of all religious sects. The laws of nature have not been established by occasional or frequent experiences of a similar kind, but of uniformexperience. It is “more than probable,” says Hume, that all men must die, that lead can’t remain suspended in air by itself and that fire consumes wood and is extinguished by water. If someone were to report to Hume that a man could suspend lead in the air by an act of will, Hume would ask himself if “the falsehood of his testimony would be more miraculous than the event which he relates.” If so, then he would believe the testimony. However, he does not believe there ever was a miraculous event established “on so full an evidence.” Consider the fact that the uniformity of experience of people around the world has been that once a human limb has been amputated, it does not grow back.1What would you think if a friend of yours, a scientist of the highest integrity with a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard, were to tell you that she was off in Spain last summer and met a man who used to have no legs but now walks on two fine, healthy limbs. She tells you that a holy man rubbed oil on his stumps and his legs grew back. He lives in a small village and all the villagers attest to this “miracle.” Your friend is convinced a miracle occurred. What would you believe? To believe in this miracle would be to reject the principle of the uniformity of experience, upon which laws of nature are based. It would be to reject a fundamental assumption of all science, that the laws of nature are inviolate. The miracle cannot be believed without abandoning a basic principle of empirical knowledge: that like things under like circumstances produce like results. Of course there is another constant, another product of uniform experience which should not be forgotten: the tendency of people at all times in all ages to desire wondrous events, to be deluded about them, to fabricate them, embellish them, and come to believe in the absolute truth of the creations of their own passions and heated imaginations. Does this mean that miracles cannot occur? Of course not. It means, however, that when a miracle is reported the probability will always be greater that the person doing the reporting is mistaken, deluded, or a fraud than that the miracle really occurred. To believe in a miracle, as Hume said, is not an act of reason but offaith. It is interesting to note that when the Roman Catholic Church collects data on potential saints, whose canonization requires proof of three miracles, the authorities ignore negative evidence. Millions may pray to a potential saint and all but one seems not to have had his wish granted. The Church counts the one who seems to have had her wish granted and ignores the millions who came up empty and died without intercession. Likewise, when the media report on natural disasters, they are fond of the story of the survivor who thanks some god and basks in the glory of the miracle that saved him, but they never print a story blaming a god for the thousands or hundreds of thousands who were killed in the earthquake or the tsunami. It doesn’t occur to the survivor or the media that if it was just circumstance that led to the deaths of thousands, it was also merely circumstance that led to anyone surviving.   1. I see myself as the biggest miracle to ever live because of my life story and all of trials and struggles of life that I have overcome… Yes me, Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas, born 4/11/   Books and articles The Holy Bible is filled with the greatest miracles of all times and still today miracles are being performed as we speak by our soveirn and most mericful Holy Father, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!!! I also want to recommend these two books as a must read.. This author and retired college professor got me going really good, as I did research on the various miracles… I’ve always though that critical thinking is a must to make it out alive in this world we live in….

A Mind of Its Own: How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

The Skeptic’s Shop

Hume, David. An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X “Of Miracles,” (1748), Bobbs-Merrill, Library of Liberal Arts edition. Nickell, Joe. Looking For A Miracle: Weeping Icons, Relics, Stigmata, Visions and Healing Cures (Prometheus Books: Buffalo, N.Y., 1993). de Spinoza, Benedict. A Theological Political Treatise, ch. 6, “Of Miracles” (1670). websites Miracles and Modern Scientific ThoughtProfessor Norman Geisler “Miracles” in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Examining Miracle Claims by Joe Nickell Worcestor Bishop Releases Preliminary Findings in Audrey Santo Case by Joe Nickell Miracles from the Skeptiseum Lourdes finds cure for lack of miracles: a less strict definition by Angelique Chrisafis and Luc Torres  March 9, 2006 The Guardian Rationalists Doubt Mother Teresa’s Miracle Oct 8, 2002

 

Cited and credit given to:  ‘The Skeptic’s Dictionary – http://www.skepdic.com/miracles.html

Cited: Reference Scriptures: OpenBible.info

 

 

Encouragement

Sermon Title: “It’s a crying shame…” Dr. Jamal H. Bryant

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Sunday March 18, 2012 –  11:30 Sermon Notes

Uncut / Unedited  Sermon Notes from Dr. Jamal Bryant

Disclaimer – These are my very own notes that I took during Dr. Jamal Bryant’s sermon  – they are verbatim, unedited and  uncut –
Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

Sermon Title: “It’s a crying shame…”


Psalm 83 16-17 – Psalm 83:16  (KJV)  16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
 Dr. Jamal H. Bryant, Empowerment Temple Church

 

Sunday March 18, 2012 – 11:30 a.m. service

Song Selection:  I’m glad that he gave me, One more day!

Litany (Verbatim):  – Leader – I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Ghost power. The dye has been cast. II have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciples of Jesus Christ.. I wont’ look back.. let down or be still..

My past is redeemed. My present makes sense.

My future is secure…. I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position , promotions, plaudits and popularity! I don have to be right, first…

My face is set.. My goal is heaven. My road is narrow. My way is rough..

I Will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the ……

I wont’ give shut up let up .. until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up , paid up worked up for the cause of Christ….

When Jesus comes, He will have no problems recognizing me because he’ll remember that I was the one he gave power…

Prayer:  Motivate us dear Jesus!!

Song Selection:  “Lift him up!”

Announcements:  We are half way through our Lenten season – Day 26 and we are focusing on “Motivation” on today!

Seven Last words – On good Friday, words network live taping…

Song Selection:  “I am grateful for things that he has done”

Dr. Jamal says: Grace and Favor is a great thing…

Support Jermaine from American idol who had his business exposed to over 11 million people.. Humiliation… Let’s support him and he will be at Empowerment’s Temple Bible Study on this Wednesday..

We  will be honoring his Father on tonight at Bethel AME – for 50 years of service..

Will be in North Carolina to meet with Mr. Graham for questioning the faith of our President… Professor’s from Duke is going with him to educate him… He gave an apology but it was as sincere has Rush Limbaugh (lol)

Dr. Jamal will be with the Treyvon Martin’s family to help get the man arrested who killed him in cold blood..

Get the message “I am a suspect” especially if you have a young son..

He is not calling an alter call during this service, but the alter is open for the whole service… Today is

Psalm 83 16-17 – Psalm 83:16  (KJV)  16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. 17Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:

Sermon Title: It’s a crying shame…

I read a book called heaven has blue carpet, reading it on the plane and it tells a compelling story of a family of 6 that was going to give up urban living to go and live on a farm.. The felt that God was calling them to live in the rural…

They went to a dilapidated house, but they felt like this was their calling… Sheep are equip to give birth for 2 sheep.. If she has 3,  she can only feel 2 and one will get rejected..

Often the bummer sheep dies of a broken heart because they don’t’ know like many of you have no  ideal … Some of you have no ideal how it feels to be rejected by your own mother…  All you want is what they are suppose to do… Just be a mother… Don’t want her to loose a limb or give her life… Just be a mother..

They brought the extra sheep in the house that was rejected by it’s mother, they taught him how to walk… The amazing sheep name Burt learned how to walk on blue carpet.. Burt became healthier than all the other sheep.. He was stronger, and his teeth was stronger because after he was rejected and ignored he was forced to live with the shepherd.. It made them the prime candidate to live with him… The Lord says:  The Lord is my Shepherd.. He becomes the shepherd of those that have been rejected…

I’m here to preach to a small… Although your family has stained you, friend’s and lover have walked away.. .Don’t feel shame.. Don’t feel shame about who  you are…

If you have done wrong, then you can work off your guilt.. If you feel like you have not done nothing wrong… You will be amazed how many people buy clothes, shoes and binge eating because they are shame because of something they are not…

psalms 25:2 says don’t let me put to shame… What God has called and assigned  you to do.. He is not going to let you live your life in shame.. There is a different kind of call he has for your life… .Do not let the enemy let you live a life of derogation…

You are not your mistake.. People who try to line you up to your mistakes try to humble you.. They are trying to embarrass you… I’m sure none of you have been embarrassed… Today you are outliving your shame…

Psalms 31  says let the wicked be put to shame…  What God is working through, God is working on a plan to the people that has tried to strip you… When they see how good you turned out, they will feel embarrassed and ashamed that they tried to stop you..

You don’t look like what you been too because God will never let you be put to shame..

Those that trust in God with all your heart is going to be shame proof.. You have live through your most painful season and darkest night.. you have already cried your last tear.. The enemy should have got you before you starting loving yourself… I lived through so much shame, until now I am proud of what I am..

I am not arrogant, I’m just proud of what I am and not what I use to be.. .I refused to be ashamed of who I AM..

When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.. If you do not fulfill your God given assignment, you will not feel fulfilled…  God wants you to fill your assignment… At end I want you to look the the devil in your face, and tell them that you survived… Some testimonies are not for public consumption.. I’m not bitter or mad with anyone because what they meant for bad, God meant for good..  Have you ever been through

83:16 – He covered their face in shame so that they make seek you… Sometimes God will make you go through something shameful to develop your prayer life… It’s not until you have gone through your most embarrassing moment until you realize it;s just you and God.. You ask God to cover your face in shame..

 

He spit in the dirt and placed it on the man’s eyes and said walk through town until you get to the place… Wash it off when you get to the place… Whenever you have an assignment, God will let you walk around with mud on your face… Yeah I made some dumb decisions and bad choices…  This is your last season with mud on your face..  You are not going to walk around with humiliation and embarrassment..

Shame is like Cholesterol… A steroid used to manufacturer vitamin D… Vital to produce cell membranes… You cannot live without it, because we have good and bad cholesterol.. Bad cholesterol will cause you to have heart attacks… There are good shames and bad shames… I needed a little bit of shame to make me believe that it’s not about me…

I have enough shame  until I know God should have killed me last week, but if it had not been for the Lord that was on my side, my shame would have killed me..

Sometimes, shame can be good for you.. David said I was glad that I was afflicted..

I wish God could put me on blast privately…   When you sinned when you sinned with somebody.. You are my test tube baby…  Sometimes if I provoke you in public, I will praise you in public… Some people say embarrass them., because people don’t think they  have changed… but if they see…

With bad shame it effects your heart…  You feel like you are not good enough… With bad shame you always think you will be at the bottom of the barrel…

With bad shame you start to have low self esteem…You just go along to get alone and live with the present state of depression… With bad shame you will do absolutely nothing and sit in the house.. .You will not really prayer, because you believe that your prayer will not get answered anyways…

When you carry that much shame when you are anointed you take the risk of having an heart attack… If you believe in God, believe also in me….

If you are crying about you are a shame, you have the right to cry about what you did, but you do not have to cry about who you are… Don’t compare yourself to other people…  You are beautiful just the way that you are…

I want to live a life with no shame but I just don’t know how to do it… If you want to live a life without out shame, come to the reality that talking to yourself is alright as long as your are saying the right things..

 

David is talking to his spirit.. put your hope in God.. If we put our hope in God, you can come out of this.. Tell yourself that we have been down long enough.. .To our own self be true… Tell my heart that we are not gong to be sad… We are not gong to keep on crying ab out spilled milk and who left us…

If my heart was going to break, it would have broke a long time ago…

The worst is behind me and the best is yet to come..

You can talk to yourself as long as you are saying the right thing.

Talk to him about the stuff you don’t other folks to talk about… Tell God about the stuff you don’t want to get out…

Don’t give the enemy any ammunition to put i over my head.. I’m praying to God that you don’t let it get out.. Whatever my area of shame lord, I need you to cover me..

Michael Angelo had an area of perspective…   Our Lord and savior and  conquering King was crucified naked  before his mother and  Mary Magdalene…

It was the intention of the Romans to make him feel shame.. They did not know that they were making him come full circle.. In the Garden of Eve, they knew when they ate the forbidden fruit they wee naked…

Everything they tried to strip you of. you still walked out with your dignity….

Many of you have come through a season where you lost so much but you still have your self esteem and dignity..  Somehow through the hand of God, you still have your pride..

It’s getting out, but don’t let me cry in front of them.. .God, I[m not gone beg them for nothing.. God please keep my pride in tact..

He is getting ready to cry…. The enemies are getting ready to cry… Your mean spirited family members are getting ready to cry because they are getting ready to see that they could not break you.. They don’t know what they did helped me…   If it had not been, I would not be where I am today..

 

You should be able to say shamelessness that you are not ashamed of the Gospel.. I know some of us are ashamed of some of the people we have been with, but never be ashamed of the Lord and savior Jesus Christ..

God told me that we are getting ready to set people free… The bonds and ties are getting ready to come off… Those that are glad you came through it with your identity in tact, I’m getting ready to deliver you from your shame..  There are a lot of people who have confused guilt and shame..

Guilt is what you suppose to have once you get saved… Shame is not what you suppose to have once you get saved… Only for what you have done..

The enemy has held a gun to your head, but I want to let you know that the ransom has been paid….  Jesus paid it…. Those that don’t like who you, and cannot face yourself in the mirror… You think you are always suppose to be scratching and not surviving, I need to get the shame off of your.. A lot of us look like we are happy… A lot of people believe what you have has completed you… At the end of the day, you are not happy with yourself…  Today, God is getting ready to take the shame off..

You are going to live past the shame.. You are greater than the divorce, the molestation, the abortion, etc…  Because whom the son set free is free in deed…  Stop acting like you are the rear view mirror when you are the front glass… Come unto me that all ye labor, and I will give you rest…

You make decisions that reflect that you do not care for your life… God has to send you friend’s that would have to act like they are your family…  I’m talking to those that have been struggling all the way back to childhood struggles… There are some that realize that you don’t like yourself the way you are… Marvin Gay says it makes you want to holler and throw up your hands.

Lift up your hands right where you are… The person that hurt you for real,   I don’t know what I would do, or be the bigger person this time… It’s infuriating, when a person do something to you… and you think because you said sorry it was alright… You have to get to the place that you h ave to be happy with yourself…   You don’t need no one to validate you because you know who you are…

Those that have been under attack that did nothing to no one…  You could have been at the top of your class…. Can you imagine what you could have done if your parents believed in you or believed in college…. There is something different about your life… I am not going to pray over you today, but I just need you to get that shame and embarrassment off your chest… Today you are gong to make the devil cry.. You are going to scream one time… This is the yell for the person that hurt you… Lift up your voice like the shame is being lifted….. Your healing is here!

I speak over your life today that you are going to live a life with no regrets!!!!

I pray you will not live another day in shame…  You will never be ashamed of what you look like or where you come from… Because before the foundations of the earth he already knew where you were going to mess up…. But God has your shame covered…

Your joy is here!!!   Everybody embrace three people and say: You are better than your mistakes!!!

Put enough shame on my face until I seek your face…

Homework assignment.. Pray with intentionality over the things your are ashamed of in your life… When someone brings out the dark parts in your life, it will no longer phase you the same because you have gotten passed your dark spots…

People can not make you shame., only if you let them.. DO NOT GIVE PEOPLE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE YOU FEEL SHAME!

Give your life to God so you can live a life without shame…

There is no shame in getting it right with God…

How many of us are glad God rescued you from where you were at.. God looked beyond your faults and recognized your needs!
Highlights of  this sermon:  Dr. Jamal H. Bryant:

“PEOPLE  CANNOT MAKE YOU ASHAMED, YOU HAVE TO LET THEM.  DON’T GIVE PEOPLE PERMISSION TO HUMILIATE YOU!!!” ~JHB

“PSALM 83 IS THE ONLY PSALM THAT DOES NOT END IN RELIEF.  LORD PUT ENOUGH SHAME ON MY FACE UNTIL I SEEK YOUR FACE.” ~JHB

“I WILL OUT LIVE MY MISTAKES!!!”

“YOU WILL NOT LIVE ANOTHER DAY IN SHAME!! YOU WILL NEVER BE ASHAMED OF WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE,WHO YOU ARE OR WHERE U CAME FROM.”  ~JHB

“LIFT UP YOUR VOICE AND LET THE SHAME COME OFF!!” ~JHB

“IF GOD DIDN’T HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU,  YOU WOULD HAVE DIED WITH THE REST OF YOUR FRIENDS!!”  ~JHB

“YOU DON’T  HAVE TO TELL ME,  I ALREADY KNOW WHO I AM…”  ~JHB

“EVEN THOUGH U SAY SORRY,  I STILL HAVE A HEALING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH”  JHB

“YOU WILL LIVE PASS THE SHAME”  ~JHB

“GOD IS TAKING THE SHAME OFF” ~JHB

“THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONFUSED GUILT WITH SHAME” ~JHB

“THEY COULDN’T BREAK YOU.. IF I HAD NOT GONE THROUGH WHAT I DID, I WOULDN’T BE WHERE I AM..THANK YOU JESUS!!” ~JHB

“I AM NOT GOING TO BEG NOBODY FOR NOTHING. GOD KEEP MY PRIDE INTACT!! ~JHB

“I STILL HAVE MY DIGNITY!!  EVEN THOUGH I DONT HAVE ANYTHING” – ~JHB

“YOU HAVE TO BEGIN IN YOUR PRAYER LIFE TO SAY DON’T LET THIS GET OUT!  I CANT HANDLE NO MORE EMBARRASSMENT.” ~JHB

“I AM TALKING TO MY HEART. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE SAD, ANGRY OR CRY ANYMORE OR BE BROKEN AGAIN!!” ~JHB

“IF WE PUT OUR HOPE IN GOD, YO U WILL COME OUT OF IT!! YOU HAVE TO TELL YOURSELF WE HAVE BEEN DOWN LONG ENOUGH..” ~JHB

“I WANT TO LIVE A LIFE ABSENT OF SHAME.” ~JHB

“IF YOU ARE CRYING ABOUT WHO YOU ARE,  THAT IS A SHAME.. YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO CRY ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE,  BUT NOT WHO U ARE” ~JHB

“BAD SHAME YOU SIT IN THE HOUSE AND DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.” ~JHB

“WHEN YOU SIN, YOU SINNED WITH SOMEBODY! I NEED THEM TO KNOW YOU ARE MY TEST TUBE BABY”~ JHB

“THERE IS GOOD SHAME AND BAD SHAME.. GOOD SHAME GROWS YOU CLOSER TO GOD. BAD SHAME, YO U ALLOW THE ENEMY TO CAUSE YOU NOT TO FUNCTION OR OPERATE EFFECTIVELY.” ~JHB

“EVERY NOW AND THEN,  GOD WILL MAKE YOU WALK WITH MUD ALL OVER YOUR FACE. IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU” ~JHB

“SOMETIMES GOD WILL MAKE YOU GO THROUGH SOMETHING SHAMEFUL , JUST TO DEVELOP YOUR PRAYER LIFE!!” ~JHB

“SOME TESTIMONIES ARE NOT FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION!! IT’S FOR YOUR OWN SHOUT!!” ~JHB

“I LOVE ME, AND I REFUSE TO BE ASHAMED OF WHO I AM~” ~JHB

“THE ENEMY SHOULD HAVE GOT YOU BEFORE YOU STARTED LOVING YOURSELF.. IT DOES NOT MATTER WHO DOESN’T LOVE ME, I AM PROUD OF MYSELF!!!” ~JHB

“FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHAME PROOF~” ~JHB

“GOD IS WORKING ON A PLAN TO BRING SHAME TO THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO STRIP YOU!” ~JHB

“GOD SAID, YOU ARE GOING TO OUTLIVE YOUR SHAME!” ~JHB

“YOU ARE NOT YOUR MISTAKES!!” ~JHB

“PEOPLE OVERCOMPENSATE WHEN THEY WALK IN SHAME… SOME ARE ASHAMED OF WHO THEY ARE UNDERNEATH THEIR CLOTHES..” ~JHB

“MOST SHEEP ARE ABLE TO HANDLE THE BIRTH OF TWO SHEEP AT A TIME” ~ JHB

“FOR MANY OF YOU IN THIS PLACE THAT YOU ARE AT RIGHT NOW IN YOUR LIFE, IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE OPEN HEART SURGERY”  ~JHB

 

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I WILL REJOICE

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THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE

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PASTOR:GOD IS GETTING READY TO TAKE THE SHAME OFF:COME TO THIS ALTAR;FOR U WILL LIVE PASS THE SHAME!!!!

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The Devil gettin ready to CRY & Your Haters & your Mean Spirit Family Members Because they will see they didn’t had the POWERr to Break You. Yes Lord! God Bless The Man of God Dr.Jamal Bryant.

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Psalm 83:16-18

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Sunday March 18, 2012 –  11:30 Sermon Notes

Uncut / Unedited  Sermon Notes from Dr. Jamal Bryant

Disclaimer – There are my very own notes that I am sharing with you  – they are verbatim, unedited and  uncut –
Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

Sermon Title:

Sunday March 18, 2012 – 11:30 a.m. service

Song Selection:  I’m glad that he gave me, One more day!

Litany (Verbatim):  – Leader – I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Ghost power. The dye has been cast. II have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciples of Jesus Christ.. I wont’ look back.. let down or be still..

My past is redeemed. My present makes sense.

My future is secure…. I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position , promotions, plaudits and popularity! I don have to be right, first…

My face is set.. My goal is heaven. My road is narrow. My way is rough..

I Will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the ……

I wont’ give shut up let up .. until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up , paid up worked up for the cause of Christ….

When Jesus comes, He will have no problems recognizing me because he’ll remember that I was the one he gave power…

Prayer:  Motivate us dear Jesus!!

Song Selection:  “Lift him up!”

Announcements:  We are half way through our Lenten season – Day 26 and we are focusing on “Motivation” on today!

Seven Last words – On good Friday, words network live taping…

Song Selection:  “I am grateful for things that he has done”

Dr. Jamal says: Grace and Favor is a great thing…

 

Support Jermaine from American idol who had his business exposed to over 11 million people.. Humiliation… Let’s support him and he will be at Empowerment’s Temple Bible Study on this Wednesday..

We  will be honoring his Father on tonight at Bethel AME – for 50 years of service..

Will be in North Carolina to meet with Mr. Graham for questioning the faith of our President… Professor’s from Duke is going with him to educate him… He gave an apology but it was as sincere has Rush Limbaugh (lol)

Dr. Jamal will be with the Treyvon Martin’s family to help get the man arrested who killed him in cold blood..

Get the message “I am a suspect” especially if you have a young son..

He is not calling an alter call during this service, but the alter is open for the whole service… Today is

Psalm 83 16-17 – Psalm 83:16  (KJV)  16Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.

Sermon Title: It’s a crying shame…

I read a book called heaven has blue carpet, reading it on the plane and it tells a compelling story of a family of 6 that was going to give up urban living to go and live on a farm.. The felt that God was calling them to live in the rural…

They went to a dilapidated house, but they felt like this was their calling… Sheep are equip to give birth for 2 sheep.. If she has 3,  she can only feel 2 and one will get rejected..

Often the bummer sheep dies of a broken heart because they don’t’ know like many of you have no  ideal … Some of you have no ideal how it feels to be rejected by your own mother…  All you want is what they are suppose to do… Just be a mother… Don’t want her to loose a limb or give her life… Just be a mother..

They brought the extra sheep in the house that was rejected by it’s mother, they taught him how to walk… The amazing sheep name Burt learned how to walk on blue carpet.. Burt became healthier than all the other sheep.. He was stronger, and his teeth was stronger because after he was rejected and ignored he was forced to live with the shepherd.. It made them the prime candidate to live with him… The Lord says:  The Lord is my Shepherd.. He becomes the shepherd of those that have been rejected…

I’m here to preach to a small… Although your family has stained you, friend’s and lover have walked away.. .Don’t feel shame.. Don’t feel shame about who  you are…

If you have done wrong, then you can work off your guilt.. If you feel like you have not done nothing wrong… You will be amazed how many people buy clothes, shoes and binge eating because they are shame because of something they are not…

psalms 25:2 says don’t let me put to shame… What God has called and assigned  you to do.. He is not going to let you live your life in shame.. There is a different kind of call he has for your life… .Do not let the enemy let you live a life of derogation…

You are not your mistake.. People who try to line you up to your mistakes try to humble you.. They are trying to embarrass you… I’m sure none of you have been embarrassed… Today you are outliving your shame…

Psalms 31  says let the wicked be put to shame…  What God is working through, God is working on a plan to the people that has tried to strip you… When they see how good you turned out, they will feel embarrassed and ashamed that they tried to stop you..

You don’t look like what you been too because God will never let you be put to shame..

Those that trust in God with all your heart is going to be shame proof.. You have live through your most painful season and darkest night.. you have already cried your last tear.. The enemy should have got you before you starting loving yourself… I lived through so much shame, until now I am proud of what I am..

I am not arrogant, I’m just proud of what I am and not what I use to be.. .I refused to be ashamed of who I AM..

When Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.. If you do not fulfill your God given assignment, you will not feel fulfilled…  God wants you to fill your assignment… At end I want you to look the the devil in your face, and tell them that you survived… Some testimonies are not for public consumption.. I’m not bitter or mad with anyone because what they meant for bad, God meant for good..  Have you ever been through

83:16 – He covered their face in shame so that they make seek you… Sometimes God will make you go through something shameful to develop your prayer life… It’s not until you have gone through your most embarrassing moment until you realize it;s just you and God.. You ask God to cover your face in shame..

 

He spit in the dirt and placed it on the man’s eyes and said walk through town until you get to the place… Wash it off when you get to the place… Whenever you have an assignment, God will let you walk around with mud on your face… Yeah I made some dumb decisions and bad choices…  This is your last season with mud on your face..  You are not going to walk around with humiliation and embarrassment..

Shame is like Cholesterol… A steroid used to manufacturer vitamin D… Vital to produce cell membranes… You cannot live without it, because we have good and bad cholesterol.. Bad cholesterol will cause you to have heart attacks… There are good shames and bad shames… I needed a little bit of shame to make me believe that it’s not about me…

I have enough shame  until I know God should have killed me last week, but if it had not been for the Lord that was on my side, my shame would have killed me..

Sometimes, shame can be good for you.. David said I was glad that I was afflicted..

I wish God could put me on blast privately…   When you sinned when you sinned with somebody.. You are my test tube baby…  Sometimes if I provoke you in public, I will praise you in public… Some people say embarrass them., because people don’t think they  have changed… but if they see…

With bad shame it effects your heart…  You feel like you are not good enough… With bad shame you always think you will be at the bottom of the barrel…

With bad shame you start to have low self esteem…You just go along to get alone and live with the present state of depression… With bad shame you will do absolutely nothing and sit in the house.. .You will not really prayer, because you believe that your prayer will not get answered anyways…

When you carry that much shame when you are anointed you take the risk of having an heart attack… If you believe in God, believe also in me….

If you are crying about you are a shame, you have the right to cry about what you did, but you do not have to cry about who you are… Don’t compare yourself to other people…  You are beautiful just the way that you are…

I want to live a life with no shame but I just don’t know how to do it… If you want to live a life without out shame, come to the reality that talking to yourself is alright as long as your are saying the right things..

 

David is talking to his spirit.. put your hope in God.. If we put our hope in God, you can come out of this.. Tell yourself that we have been down long enough.. .To our own self be true… Tell my heart that we are not gong to be sad… We are not gong to keep on crying ab out spilled milk and who left us…

If my heart was going to break, it would have broke a long time ago…

The worst is behind me and the best is yet to come..

You can talk to yourself as long as you are saying the right thing.

Talk to him about the stuff you don’t other folks to talk about… Tell God about the stuff you don’t want to get out…

Don’t give the enemy any ammunition to put i over my head.. I’m praying to God that you don’t let it get out.. Whatever my area of shame lord, I need you to cover me..

Michael Angelo had an area of perspective…   Our Lord and savior and  conquering King was crucified naked  before his mother and  Mary Magdalene…

It was the intention of the Romans to make him feel shame.. They did not know that they were making him come full circle.. In the Garden of Eve, they knew when they ate the forbidden fruit they wee naked…

Everything they tried to strip you of. you still walked out with your dignity….

Many of you have come through a season where you lost so much but you still have your self esteem and dignity..  Somehow through the hand of God, you still have your pride..

It’s getting out, but don’t let me cry in front of them.. .God, I[m not gone beg them for nothing.. God please keep my pride in tact..

He is getting ready to cry…. The enemies are getting ready to cry… Your mean spirited family members are getting ready to cry because they are getting ready to see that they could not break you.. They don’t know what they did helped me…   If it had not been, I would not be where I am today..

 

You should be able to say shamelessness that you are not ashamed of the Gospel.. I know some of us are ashamed of some of the people we have been with, but never be ashamed of the Lord and savior Jesus Christ..

God told me that we are getting ready to set people free… The bonds and ties are getting ready to come off… Those that are glad you came through it with your identity in tact, I’m getting ready to deliver you from your shame..  There are a lot of people who have confused guilt and shame..

Guilt is what you suppose to have once you get saved… Shame is not what you suppose to have once you get saved… Only for what you have done..

The enemy has held a gun to your head, but I want to let you know that the ransom has been paid….  Jesus paid it…. Those that don’t like who you, and cannot face yourself in the mirror… You think you are always suppose to be scratching and not surviving, I need to get the shame off of your.. A lot of us look like we are happy… A lot of people believe what you have has completed you… At the end of the day, you are not happy with yourself…  Today, God is getting ready to take the shame off..

You are going to live past the shame.. You are greater than the divorce, the molestation, the abortion, etc…  Because whom the son set free is free in deed…  Stop acting like you are the rear view mirror when you are the front glass… Come unto me that all ye labor, and I will give you rest…

You make decisions that reflect that you do not care for your life… God has to send you friend’s that would have to act like they are your family…  I’m talking to those that have been struggling all the way back to childhood struggles… There are some that realize that you don’t like yourself the way you are… Marvin Gay says it makes you want to holler and throw up your hands.

Lift up your hands right where you are… The person that hurt you for real,   I don’t know what I would do, or be the bigger person this time… It’s infuriating, when a person do something to you… and you think because you said sorry it was alright… You have to get to the place that you h ave to be happy with yourself…   You don’t need no one to validate you because you know who you are…

Those that have been under attack that did nothing to no one…  You could have been at the top of your class…. Can you imagine what you could have done if your parents believed in you or believed in college…. There is something different about your life… I am not going to pray over you today, but I just need you to get that shame and embarrassment off your chest… Today you are gong to make the devil cry.. You are going to scream one time… This is the yell for the person that hurt you… Lift up your voice like the shame is being lifted….. Your healing is here!

I speak over your life today that you are going to live a life with no regrets!!!!

I pray you will not live another day in shame…  You will never be ashamed of what you look like or where you come from… Because before the foundations of the earth he already knew where you were going to mess up…. But God has your shame covered…

Your joy is here!!!   Everybody embrace three people and say: You are better than your mistakes!!!

Put enough shame on my face until I seek your face…

Homework assignment.. Pray with intentionality over the things your are ashamed of in your life… When someone brings out the dark parts in your life, it will no longer phase you the same because you have gotten passed your dark spots…

People can not make you shame., only if you let them.. DO NOT GIVE PEOPLE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE YOU FEEL SHAME!

Give your life to God so you can live a life without shame…

There is no shame in getting it right with God…

How many of us are glad God rescued you from where you were at.. God looked beyond your faults and recognized your needs!

 

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Sunday March 18, 2012 –  11:30 Sermon Notes

Uncut / Unedited  Sermon Notes from Dr. Jamal Bryant

Disclaimer – There are my very own notes from Dr. Bryant’s sermon, that I am sharing with you  – they are verbatim, unedited and  uncut – Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

Encouragement

Sermon Title “I’m Suspicious” – Subtitle: “He’s talking about me..”9:30 a.m. Service

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Sunday March 18, 2012 –  9:30 Sermon Notes

Disclaimer : Very Bad Streaming live Connection on today… I will post this DVD in it’s entirety when it is released..  These are all the notes I have for now due to technical difficulties via internet… (Sorry – Minister Thomas)

Uncut / Unedited  Sermon Notes from Dr. Jamal Bryant

Disclaimer – These are my personal sermon notes from Dr. Jamal Bryant’s sermon “I’m suspicious”  – they are verbatim, unedited and  uncut – Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

Sermon Title “I’m Suspicious” – Subtitle: “He’s talking about me..”

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Empowerment Temple Church / Dr. Jamal H. Bryant

Praise him!!! – Praise team and Choir / Getting our praise on!!!

Leader – I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Ghost power. The dye has been cast. II have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciples of Jesus Christ.. I wont’ look back.. let down or be still..
My past is redeemed. My present makes sense.

My future is secure…. I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position , promotions, plaudits and popularity! I don have to be right, first…

My face is set.. My goal is heaven. My road is narrow. My way is rough.. Will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in……

I wont’ give shut up let up .. until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up , paid up worked up for the cause of Christ….

Announcements; ” We are on day 26 of our Lenten Season – Today we are focusing on “Motivation!”

Skit and Praise Dance; “Hello Fear”- (Kirk Franklin)

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear!!!

Song Selection: He is worthy to be praised!

Dr. Jamal Bryant – Give God Some praise!!! Lift him up!!!

If it had not been for the Lord on my side, where would I be.. Anybody glad to be in the house of the Lord… Share with your neighbor one great thing that God has done for you lately.. If what he did was just alright, you don’t have to do nothing.. But if he as done something wonderful… Give God a wonderful Praise!!!

Welcome us that are worshiping on line! (Thank you Pastor! – Love you too!!!)

We believe at our church that you cannot be saved and stuck- up (lol)

Dr. Ceceilia Williams Bryant is in the house.. Let’s give God some praise for her this morning.. She is with her Grand babies…

I’m my mother’s son… My Dad is preaching at Bethel, and my mom snook out to be with me…

Kingdom Business / Announcment- Celebrating his father for being in ministry for 50 years at Bethel AME Church… , but his membership is at Empowerment Temple.. Please make sure you join them this evening at 6:00 p.m. – Look at the person beside you and say, you are not that busy…

Want to register every member of our church Family… Next week, early voting is in place… Baltimore has the only elected black senator…

He is encouraging everyone to go out and vote…

He will be in D.C. in revival this week… Join him at 2490 Alabama Ave,. South East. D.C>

Business Meeting: Will be dealing with the finances of our ministry…Etc.

You can download the prayer focus schedule – our prayer focus is on Motivation!

Song selection: I was created to worship and Give you Praise!

Played the tape recording of Trayvon Martin

Dr. Bryant – All heads are bowed and eyes are closed…. Stretch your hand towards whatever child is near you.. Pray that God cover the children that no hurt, harm or danger will come to them.. That angels will encamp all around them… I pray they will no lay in the cemetery before the fulfill their God given assignment.

Genesis 4:10 – Genesis 4:10 (NIV)
10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

Luke 10:30-33 (NIV)
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.

Sermon Title “I’m Suspicious” – Subtitle: “He’s talking about me..”

Brother”s and sisters , every parents of a sun kissed child panics when they listens to the recording of Treyvon Martin.. Armed with nothing but an ice tea and skittles.

Mr. Zimmerman who failed out of the police academy, assaulted a police.. He had is record expunged… He could not qualify to be a police officer so he resorted to be over the neighborhood watch..

When they see a black man walking upright, he looks suspicious…

In Arkansas do great… They got suspicious..

When they saw Martin Luther King Walk across the Edmond’s bridge to get voters signed up, they got suspicious…

Pray like you mean it.. Pray like no weapon formed against you shall not prosper..

Every mother lay hands on your chest and say: “Not my son!”

A long way from Sand ford Florida, there were a man walking from Jerusalem to Jericho, and they followed him and conspired that they were going to jump him… Our society have been robbing our boys, stripping them making them believe that they can only be rappers, etc… What they did not know is they left him half dead…

I come to serve you notice that your child’s assignment for death has been cancelled..

They knew that his son was dead and in the morgue… They showed him a picture of him and there was blood coming out of his mouth… The mother diluted herself that she did not believe that was not her child… Even when they tried to show you picture of your child, you still say that is not my child… Greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the word..

They could not arrest Mr. Zimmerman, because there were no probable cause… While Treyvon in six feet under, Mr. Zimmerman is in his house watching TV, and still walking around free, and there is no outcry of injustice… Every preacher should be preaching about the injustice in this county…

Injustice anywhere is injustice every where.. A month later, they still have not arrested him.. Not only did they past him by, but the priest passes him by… He crosses the street because he did not want to mess up his clothes…

Being a saint of Jesus Christ, it sometimes require you to get dirty…. The Pastor in Orlando asked him what is he doing there. He said if you all had been doing your job concerning Treyvon, I would not have to show up…. Instead doing everything on Sunday morning, start caring about what’s going on in the world..

It’s a dangerous job to be a black man to walking doing something…. When Martin Luther King was killed because he was walking with janitor workers…

Over 2,000 years ago, there was man killed and they walked until they got to Golgotha… He got up again… The real message to the black.. Though they slay you, I will still trust you… A message to the black man… There is a message is you find something to walk for…

Tony Brown, every Sunday night he would say “I’m suspicious” If it walks like a duck and walk like a duck it is a duck…

For every person that says something about me, I’m walking with my hoodie on to let you know that no weapon formed against me shall prosper.. I’m still standing..Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!

This man that had been robbed and stripped.. To be black in America, you have to be suspicious…. Keep living… All the glitters is not gold..

God is going to start putting you back together again…

When I give God this next sound of glory, I’m not doing it for myself…. Some of you guys cannot shout because you have never been robbed of anything… If you ever been robbed of your peace….

Every piece of mail is getting ready to be paid… Trust me.. When the praises go up the blessings go down… If you believe God, the equity is getting ready to get restored in your house… Don’t wait until the battle is over, shout right now!!

I have one more suspicion… It aint going to take a long time to get your strength and peace back… By this time Friday, everything the devil stole is getting ready to be restored..

This is the most stress I’m ever going to be … In the next couple of days, he sis getting ready to give me the desires of my heart…He is getting ready to make my dreams come true..

19 of you, look at your neighbor.. The reason why the devil is after me.. I am a suspect.. I praise him when it don’t’ look good… I praise him when my back is against the wall…

Shout, like !!! God is working it out.. He’s working it out!!!!

Look at your neighbor and say: You look suspicious.. What do you mean? You are getting ready to walk out of your dark season.. Press down shaking together and running over…

Don’t even look at them because they can’t take you because I am the usual suspect… When praises go up, blessings come down..

If you are going to get something in the next couple of days, live!!!!!

In the next couple of days “LIVE”

My time has elapsed, I want to be true to the assignment God has given me..
Every single mother that is raising a son… Bring him to the alter…

Hallelujah!!! Every single mother that is raising a son… Come on, “|I can’t hear nobody” Mother lay hands on your son.. Chest, head or back.. Every mother that your son is not here, lift your hands, and I pray that God finds your son and bring them back..

God is restoring your son… God is restoring that son…. Everything that has made that son angry and distant… Evert hing that has tried to break yours on spirit.. God is breaking that curse… The enemy has been trying to track your son down for the past two years, but he is getting ready to be restored back to the Father’s house so he will be restored back into ministry….

I pray that your son he be surrounded by the right people… .I pray your son will be able to operetta in discipline.. I pray your son will be greater than his father’s weakness. I pray that your son rewrite your family history.. I pray you will never have to visit your son in jail… I pray your son be built that he will be able to take care of you….

Give God glory and lift up your voice for your son’s !!!

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Pam Bernard
THANKS FOR GIVING @ WORLDWIDE CYBER MINISTRY~
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Yvette Gaither
Please review annoucements on the screen
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Yvette Gaither
Singing: How great is our God
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Chelle Knowinggodplanforme Daniel
Travon Martin was killed walking to his father’s house….understand that your life is on the line because your walk to your Father’s house is dangerous…The devil is after you and everything your trying to accomplish embrace your sons today the devil is trying to rob them
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Pam Bernard
THANKS FOR YOUR GIVING @ WORLD WIDE CYBER MINSITRY…..BLESS YOU~
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Misty Sanders
My Son Is In Gods HANDS….HE CANT BE ANYTHING BUT ALRIGHT!!
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Gourmetsip Go
God Continue to Cover My Son Micah
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Pam Bernard
WE ARE STILL LIVE @ 930AM SERVICE~
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Shantee Gettes
‎@chelle..i picked this name up in my spirit..is he lightskined??
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Suzlynn Bruton
trust GOD with your money!! you keep failing the money test!! GOD wants to take u to the next level but u keep failing the tithing test.~TITHE 10%~
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Toni Sellers
goodmorning saints:))))
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Pam Bernard
ITS OFFERING TIME:PLEASE REFER TO THE GIVING TAB ON UR SCREEN:TO GIVE ELECTRONICALLY:TITHES/OFFERINGS/SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS~DR BRYANT & ET:THANKS U FOR UR GIVING~
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Yvette Davis
Travon Martin was killed walking to his father’s house….understand that your life is on the line because your walk to your Father’s house is dangerous…The devil is after you and everything your trying to accomplish
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:ARE U EXCITED ABT THE FUTURE OF OUR YOUNG MEN?
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Pam Bernard
THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH ARE NOW OPEN;WE OFFER CHRIST TO YOU MY BROTHER AND SISTER~AMEN
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Vickey Durham
COLINCIA
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Shantee Gettes
anybody have a son named laequan???
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Michelle McNeill- Puryear
Thanking u God for covering my son Joshua and daughter Naomi….
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Natasha Lyons
Yes Camille the devil is a liar!
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Lashawnda Pinkney
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Quashauna Sawyer
god i pray for joey darrien jacob troy devin nicklos and evey \youth men in world
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Natasha Lyons
Praying that our sons pick the best friends, stay focused, & know they have our supportt!!!
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Camille Jamerson
In agreement with you natasha!!
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Camille Jamerson
the enemy wants us distracted..the system is down-but prayers can still get thru-continue to pray for sons IJN
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Pam Bernard
SYSTEM HAS CRASHED…..
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Aquarian Sunflower
Lord Bless my son and I..Jesus name I Pray!!!!
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Natasha Lyons
Oh God I pray that you protect our boys when we arent able too, keep them covered God! I pray thatcthey walk into their destiny and live a full prosperous life! The enemy is after our young men…our children…stay prayed up!!
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Pam Bernard
THE NEXT LIVE SERVICE IS AT:1130AM(EST)~
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Aquarian Sunflower
Will there be a way to see this sermon later online?
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Gwendolyn Blackshear
Pastor is praying that every son is stronger than his father’s greatest weaknes….
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Lorna Daly
Touch our youth this morning Lord! Thank you!
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Brazzie Sherry
Every1 lay hands on ur sons if he is not present lay hands on ur heart. Praying ur son will be restored.
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:SOMEBODY LIFT UR VOICE IN A PRAISE~
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Ann Bell
With hands lifted: God is restoring my sons…Halleujah Jesus!
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Mo Rocs
I PRAY FOR ALL THE MEN IN MY FAMILY!!! GLORRRRYYYYYY!
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Natasha Lyons
Move and surround my nephews and friends sons and my cousins sons with you angels God!
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Yvette Gaither
great expectations! Thank you Jesus!
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Natasha Lyons
Tears tears laying hands on your own son ir sons…if your son is nit in yoyrvoresence lay hands on your heart!!God is covering him and restoring him!!!
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Mo Rocs
PRAYING FOR AND WITH NANCY!!!
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Nancy Bray
i have him since his mother died
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Shantee Firstlady Gettes
Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!!
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:GOD RIGHT NOW IS:RESTORING YOUR SONS @ CHATROOM/CYBER MINSITRY~
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Lorna Daly
Restore our sons father!
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Yvette Gaither
Restore our sons Lord Jesus
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Camille Jamerson
Mothers: hands up…if you are raising a son! God is restoring your son!
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:EVERY SINGLE MOTHER THATS RAISING A SON:COME OT THE ALTAR W/UR SON
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Quashauna Sawyer
yes pastor i am here with jacob
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Latonya IsThankful
‎#pray for Trayvon’s Martin Family
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Rose Lawrence
I’M A SUSPECT!!! Preach Pastor Bryant
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:I WILL BE TRUE TO THE ASSIGNMENT GOD HAS GIVEN ME….BRING UR SONS TO THE ALTAR:PRAYER TIME
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Shardelsmi Favored
Amen…………….Yes Lord!!!!
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Erica MsCharlie Hunter
Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!!
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Minister Tony Adams
Wow! I’m a suspect! The devil is always chasing after me….He has an APB out for my life……But Jesus…..
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Esther DeLoach
Give me 72hrs to make my dream come to pass.
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Ethell K. Wilson-Diallo
I have refreshed several times still keep getting the invite for resurrection service no live stream 🙁
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Latonya IsThankful
Amen! I am suspect! I look blessed!
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Brazzie Sherry
I’m a suspect! Praises go up & Blessings come down. Amen
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Nancy Bray
i received another court order for not complying with court order,about my grandson
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:IF UR GONNA GET SOMETHING IN THE NXT COUPLE OF DAYS:GIVE GOD THE PRAISE
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Monnie’n Jayden White
March 26- sweatshirt, skittles, ice tea
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Pam Bernard
PLEAE REFREAIN FROM LENGTHY COMMENST OVER 3 LINES THANKS EVERYONE~
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Suzlynn Bruton
YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE WALKING OUT OF YOUR DARK SEASON!!
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Yvette Gaither
Ya’ll look suspicious! You look like you about to get the best blessing!
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Lorna Daly
I receive!
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Janet Peoples
YesSir, PRAISE GOD when it doesn’t look good; but HE is working it OUT!!!
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Nancy Bray
i am buying me a hoodie
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Natasha Lyons
PreachBlack man! in 72 hours God is gonna restore what the Devil took from you. I praise him when my back is up against the wall! The devil SUSPECTS that I am going to praise God through the storm!!!
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Suzlynn Bruton
I AM A SUSPECT~RESTORE~REPLENISH~REBUILD~
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Minister John B. Wilkins
I’m a suspect!!!!!!
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Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas
Preach Black Man!!! Glory!!!
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Mika St Fleur
God is working!!!!!!!!
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Jamila Hargrove
BUT GOD IS WORKING IT OUT
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Nancy Bray
SCRIPTURE:GENESIS 4:10 AND LUKE 10:30-33 thanks@ Yvette Gaither
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:LOOK @ UR NEIGHBOR:THE REASON WHY THE DEVIL IS AFTA ME:BCUZ I AM A SUSPECT:I PRASIE HIM ETC….
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Suzlynn Bruton
it is not going to take a long time to get your peace,finances,strength back everything that the enemy took is getting ready to be restored!!!
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La-Tee Tate
I have been robbed of everything, but God is about to restore all
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Nichelle Gilbert
Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!!
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Kelly White Prioleau
When the praises go up, the blessings will come down…thank you Jesus!!
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Minister John B. Wilkins
Amen Pastor Bryant
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Suzlynn Bruton
Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!
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Suzlynn Bruton
everything the enemy took from you is getting ready to be restored back to you..
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Brazzie Sherry
SERMON TOPIC: I’m suspicious (regarding Trayvon Martin
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Regina Jeannie Wilson
Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!! (PJB)
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Monnie’n Jayden White
Connection lost 🙁
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Aquarian Sunflower
Lord O Lord…Help my me and son Jesus!!!
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Jerome Fisher
Preach Black Man
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Sharon Parker
My God…u better preach Pastor
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Natasha Lyons
Tavon’s father had to ID his son on a polaroid….helps up God!!
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Camille Jamerson
that is NOT my child….IJN
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Pam Bernard
JESUS~
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Camille Jamerson
JESUS…preach Pastor!!
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Pierre Marshall
‎*tears*
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Kelly White Prioleau
If you’re half dead that means you’re half alive….you can make a comeback!!
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:REFERS 2 TREYVON’S FATHER CALLIN SAYIN HIS SON WAS MISSING ETC…
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Jamila Hargrove
American system has been stalking our sons, Stripping our sons making them feel unsuccessful
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Lorna Daly
Close out everything and restart!
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Sharon Parker
Thank you Jesus for saving the children!!
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Suzlynn Bruton
No weapon formed against our children will prosper!!
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Pam Bernard
PASTOR:IF UR HALF DEAD THAT MEANS UR HALF ALIVE:U CAN MAKE A COMEBACK!!!!
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Yvette Gaither
If they left him half dead, means they are half alive
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Trenita Hymes
that’s right!!!!
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Yvette Gaither
Stripping our sons making them feel unsuccessful
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Kelly White Prioleau
No weapon formed against our children will prosper!!
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Pam Bernard
LOVE U SIS GAITHER :INTERNATIONAL:NIGERIA, AFRICA….
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Yvette Gaither
American system has been stalking our sons
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Yvette Gaither
No weapon formed against our children will prosper
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Dorothea Jackson
Log off completely wait and log back on to hear the Pastor when it freezes
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Jonique Vann
my screen is still black after refreshing several times.
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Lisa Durnell
amen sis Pam
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Lorna Daly
Amen!
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Yvette Gaither
lol, lol, lol, @ Sis Pam!
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Pam Bernard
LET US REMAIN IN FELLOWSHIP W/JESUS CHRIST….AMEN~
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Jamila Hargrove
YESSSS!! HALLELUJAH
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Kim Hardy
click refresh!!
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Pam Bernard
SYSTEM BACK UP…..AMEN
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Suzlynn Bruton
kaleb and helen people post for others who may not have a connection or cannot hear the sermon plz be mindful of others 🙂
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Shantee Gettes
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Pam Bernard
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not me
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I am not
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Praise him!!! – Praise team and Choir / Getting our praise on!!!

Leader – I am a part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have Holy Ghost power. The dye has been cast. II have stepped over the line. The decision has been made. I am a disciples of Jesus Christ.. I wont’ look back.. let down or be still..
My past is redeemed. My present makes sense.

My future is secure…. I no longer need preeminence, prosperity, position , promotions, plaudits and popularity! I don have to be right, first…

My face is set.. My goal is heaven. My road is narrow. My way is rough.. Will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in……

I wont’ give shut up let up .. until I have stayed up, stored up, prayed up , paid up worked up for the cause of Christ….

Announcements; ” We are on day 26 of our Lenten Season – Today we are focusing on “Motivation!”

Skit and Praise Dance; “Hello Fear”- (Kirk Franklin)

The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear!!!

Song Selection: He is worthy to be praised!

Dr. Jamal Bryant – Give God Some praise!!! Lift him up!!!

If it had not been for the Lord on my side, where would I be.. Anybody glad to be in the house of the Lord… Share with your neighbor one great thing that God has done for you lately.. If what he did was just alright, you don’t have to do nothing.. But if he as done something wonderful… Give God a wonderful Praise!!!

Welcome us that are worshiping on line! (Thank you Pastor! – Love you too!!!)

We believe at our church that you cannot be saved and stuck- up (lol)

Dr. Ceceilia Williams Bryant is in the house.. Let’s give God some praise for her this morning.. She is with her Grand babies…

I’m my mother’s son… My Dad is preaching at Bethel, and my mom snook out to be with me…

Kingdom Business / Announcment- Celebrating his father for being in ministry for 50 years at Bethel AME Church… , but his membership is at Empowerment Temple.. Please make sure you join them this evening at 6:00 p.m. – Look at the person beside you and say, you are not that busy…

Want to register every member of our church Family… Next week, early voting is in place… Baltimore has the only elected black senator…

He is encouraging everyone to go out and vote…

He will be in D.C. in revival this week… Join him at 2490 Alabama Ave,. South East. D.C>

Business Meeting: Will be dealing with the finances of our ministry…Etc.

You can download the prayer focus schedule – our prayer focus is on Motivation!

Song selection: I was created to worship and Give you Praise!

Played the tape recording of Trayvon Martin

Dr. Bryant – All heads are bowed and eyes are closed…. Stretch your hand towards whatever child is near you.. Pray that God cover the children that no hurt, harm or danger will come to them.. That angels will encamp all around them… I pray they will no lay in the cemetery before the fulfill their God given assignment.

Genesis 4:10 – Genesis 4:10 (NIV)
10 The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.

Luke 10:30-33 (NIV)
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.

Sermon Title “I’m Suspicious” – Subtitle: “He’s talking about me..”

Brother”s and sisters , every parents of a sun kissed child panics when they listens to the recording of Treyvon Martin.. Armed with nothing but an ice tea and skittles.

Mr. Zimmerman who failed out of the police academy, assaulted a police.. He had is record expunged… He could not qualify to be a police officer so he resorted to be over the neighborhood watch..

When they see a black man walking upright, he looks suspicious…

In Arkansas do great… They got suspicious..

When they saw Martin Luther King Walk across the Edmond’s bridge to get voters signed up, they got suspicious…

Pray like you mean it.. Pray like no weapon formed against you shall not prosper..

Every mother lay hands on your chest and say: “Not my son!”

A long way from Sand ford Florida, there were a man walking from Jerusalem to Jericho, and they followed him and conspired that they were going to jump him… Our society have been robbing our boys, stripping them making them believe that they can only be rappers, etc… What they did not know is they left him half dead…

I come to serve you notice that your child’s assignment for death has been cancelled..

They knew that his son was dead and in the morgue… They showed him a picture of him and there was blood coming out of his mouth… The mother diluted herself that she did not believe that was not her child… Even when they tried to show you picture of your child, you still say that is not my child… Greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the word..

They could not arrest Mr. Zimmerman, because there were no probable cause… While Treyvon in six feet under, Mr. Zimmerman is in his house watching TV, and still walking around free, and there is no outcry of injustice… Every preacher should be preaching about the injustice in this county…

Injustice anywhere is injustice every where.. A month later, they still have not arrested him.. Not only did they past him by, but the priest passes him by… He crosses the street because he did not want to mess up his clothes…

Being a saint of Jesus Christ, it sometimes require you to get dirty…. The Pastor in Orlando asked him what is he doing there. He said if you all had been doing your job concerning Treyvon, I would not have to show up…. Instead doing everything on Sunday morning, start caring about what’s going on in the world..

It’s a dangerous job to be a black man to walking doing something…. When Martin Luther King was killed because he was walking with janitor workers…

Over 2,000 years ago, there was man killed and they walked until they got to Golgotha… He got up again… The real message to the black.. Though they slay you, I will still trust you… A message to the black man… There is a message is you find something to walk for…

Tony Brown, every Sunday night he would say “I’m suspicious” If it walks like a duck and walk like a duck it is a duck…

For every person that says something about me, I’m walking with my hoodie on to let you know that no weapon formed against me shall prosper.. I’m still standing..Everything that glitters isn’t always gold sometimes it just “‘aluminum foil”!!

This man that had been robbed and stripped.. To be black in America, you have to be suspicious…. Keep living… All the glitters is not gold..

God is going to start putting you back together again…

When I give God this next sound of glory, I’m not doing it for myself…. Some of you guys cannot shout because you have never been robbed of anything… If you ever been robbed of your peace….

Every piece of mail is getting ready to be paid… Trust me.. When the praises go up the blessings go down… If you believe God, the equity is getting ready to get restored in your house… Don’t wait until the battle is over, shout right now!!

I have one more suspicion… It aint going to take a long time to get your strength and peace back… By this time Friday, everything the devil stole is getting ready to be restored..

This is the most stress I’m ever going to be … In the next couple of days, he sis getting ready to give me the desires of my heart…He is getting ready to make my dreams come true..

19 of you, look at your neighbor.. The reason why the devil is after me.. I am a suspect.. I praise him when it don’t’ look good… I praise him when my back is against the wall…

Shout, like !!! God is working it out.. He’s working it out!!!!

Look at your neighbor and say: You look suspicious.. What do you mean? You are getting ready to walk out of your dark season.. Press down shaking together and running over…

Don’t even look at them because they can’t take you because I am the usual suspect… When praises go up, blessings come down..

If you are going to get something in the next couple of days, live!!!!!

In the next couple of days “LIVE”

My time has elapsed, I want to be true to the assignment God has given me..
Every single mother that is raising a son… Bring him to the alter…

Hallelujah!!! Every single mother that is raising a son… Come on, “|I can’t hear nobody” Mother lay hands on your son.. Chest, head or back.. Every mother that your son is not here, lift your hands, and I pray that God finds your son and bring them back..

God is restoring your son… God is restoring that son…. Everything that has made that son angry and distant… Evert hing that has tried to break yours on spirit.. God is breaking that curse… The enemy has been trying to track your son down for the past two years, but he is getting ready to be restored back to the Father’s house so he will be restored back into ministry….

I pray that your son he be surrounded by the right people… .I pray your son will be able to operetta in discipline.. I pray your son will be greater than his father’s weakness. I pray that your son rewrite your family history.. I pray you will never have to visit your son in jail… I pray your son be built that he will be able to take care of you….

Give God glory and lift up your voice for your son’s !!!

Notes taken by: Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas
(Disclaimer: Streaming faith was cutting in and out, could not get a good connection, but I’m giving you what I have – Still powerful !!! ) Thank you Jesus!!!

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Dr. Jamal H. Bryant – Sermon Entitled: “Stopping Voter Fraud”

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Sunday March 18, 2012 –

Uncut / Unedited  Sermon Notes from Dr. Jamal Bryant

Disclaimer – These are my very own notes that I am sharing with you  – they are verbatim, unedited and  uncut – minister Evelyn Diane Thomas

Sunday, March 18, 2012 – 07:30 a.m. 

OF note: * Notes are pieced together due to bad streaming live connection – Nevertheless, we were not defeated in Jesus Name!  (Minister Evelyn)  – Will update notes as soon as the DVD is released.

 

Selection:  We have come with victory filled with love.. .Hallelujah!

 

A worship experience that will change your life forever!
Dr. Jamal H. Bryant, Sr. Pastor, Empowerment Temple Church, Baltimore, Maryland

Dr. Jamal H. Bryant – Sermon  Entitled:       “Stopping Voter Fraud”

Scripture reading:  John 14:13-14- (NIV)

13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.

Sermon Title:  Stopping Voter Fraud

Ladies and gentle in the attempt of the next election…  Nine states have already enforced stronger laws, drivers license.. etc..

To restrict, the poor, the young etc , they have figured out a way to discourage poor people not to vote..

 

William Obrien speaks at a tea party rally and says that “Students are too stupid to know who to vote for…”  They vote out of passion and they lack – to know who to really vote for…

Voter fraud – only when the republicans stole the election…

In the state of Alabama there have only been 10 incidents of voter fraud.

Kansas, 2 – in Maryland – none – Michigan there have been 5 incident…

If you use my name because I am you mediator… I sit on the right hand of the Father.. You are limited and only so much you can do… You better use Jesus Name..

Even when people scandalize your name… I’m trying to warn them demons and haters

Have you ever heard anything good about your children it makes you feel good…

When you speak of Jesus it makes him feel good… Jesus loves me and there is nothing you can do about it!!!

 

Your name is so important… It’s not how we name kids today.. Today we name them on how they sound.. In biblical times you had a named based off your destiny.. .It was prophesy – When God name you it never based off the present, it is named off of your prophetic..

When demons and haters name you, they will name you off your past.. But Jesus will change your name..

He changed Abraham names. And told him that he will produce nations… As many starts in the key and sand on the ground…

Adam what a trickster – and his name were changed to Israel… Who you are is not what people call you…  What you are going to call. me… You are the head and not the tail… You are a chosen generation…

Name the creeping things, name the flying things… He’s given us the authority to name conditions.. You have the power to name whether your problem is going to be temporary.. It’s based off of what you say….

Even people scandalize our Name We Got another Name. Amen Thank You Jesus John14:13

What you name, you have authority over it.. Next time you feel sick and feel pain in your body… Name your infirmity…

You have the power to name whether something is temporary or permanent in your life.

An angel tells Joseph that you are getting ready to have a child and his name will be named Jesus…

When he turned 13,  Mary and Joseph was looking for Jesus…

Whatever you pray in Jesus name, you pray because you have no control..

To pray in Jesus Name is to suggest you have no control over the situation.. You use the name of Jesus for stuff that is beyond your grasp..

Some of us are going through some stuff that needs to have the password.. “Jesus”

I love to speak his name.. It’s the sweetest name I know.. Oh how I love Jesus!!!!

Hallelujah!!!

When you are praying, do not pray his name if you can handle it.. Use his name if it’s too much for you to deal with…  If it’s overbearing, and you are equip- When I use your name,

When they saw the Queen. Someone ran up to her and hug them.. When you are in the presence of royalty, you bow down..

 

Some of us are trying to run up and hug God, but you got to realize that you and God are not on the same level… You have to humble yourself, and understand that you are in the presence of greatness… It should be something that stirs in your spirit…

Even while I’m sinning, I pray and I bow my head because I cannot even look into his eyes… I’m not even worthy of his presence… I bow my head because I am in the presence of royalty… .I bow my head to reflect to say I know who he is..

Anything is not like God, needs to do more than bow their head…   Every knee shall bow.. AWHEN you pray in Jesus name, Cancer will have to bow…  Loans will have to bow..

If you believe he’s able to do exceedingly, abundantly above all you can ask… Call his name..

It’s early and I need to call his name… Don’t sit to close because I’m getting ready to call his name…

The blessing is getting ready to overflow to you because I’m getting ready to call on his name..

Bodies are about to be healed, the anointing is getting ready to be released.  Repossessions, and surgeries are going to be canceled when  you call his name… When you call his name souls are going to be save… God is going to be glorified when you call his name…

You better be careful when you call his name… Everything is going to have to back up…

It’s been a long night for me… I’m going to have to call his …  I’ve climbed the mountain, I’ve fought the battle.. I have to call his name…

When I count the three : call his name  “Jesus!”  “I can’t hear nobody!!!”  You should lift him up like you know his name!!

I need you to lift you hand right where you are:”  “speak the name Jesus!”

I said I was not going to tell nobody, but I just could not keep it to my self..

Everything that is out of order in your life… Speak his name…  If you want to get it done, do not close a prayer without closing it in Jesus Name!

Close that prayer in Jesus Name and give him glory!!!

All heads are bowed.. Lord in the name of Jesus, I pray over every person that is not saved and unchurched and have not professed you as Lord… I pray you will escort them to this alter, and help them to start their lives all over..

It in the precious redeeming blood of Jesus Christ…. You stand on it!!!

Right where you are standing by faith.. You cannot get saved by the name of your church.. You cannot get saved under your grandma or pastor, but have to get saved under Jesus name…

 

If you confess your sins, he is faithful and Just to forgive you… You know in using it you will not be committing fraud…

Somebody needs to get saved because the need the Lord to be the Lord and Love of their life..

Are you in a church home that preach Jesus, are you saved.. Do not let this moment pass you by..

If you are saved you should not have a problem speaking his names..

There is nobody like our savior…

If you know that you are saved give glory to God right now..

How many of you all just Love the Name of Jesus..

Offering time in the house of the Lord…

Get your best gift in your possession… If everybody will tithes, it will meet the budget…

In Malachi 3 – is the only time God tested – God tests – the devil temps to see what he cant take from you… A lot of us have not been able to go to the next level, because you keep failing the money test… Do not play God cheap… There was a widow woman that gave from her heart… She did not give from what she had, but she gave from her heart.. Look at you envelope and say to yourself: Am I robbing God.. .Am I appreciative to what God has done in my life… Give unto him…

God let this week be the week we past the test… We want to show you that we trust you, and it is so in Jesus Name!

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Moses Victor El-Elyon

Thank you YAHWEH for your Grace, Favour & Mercy.Halelu-Yah Amen

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‎~YOUR HEALING:IS HERE~

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Mahogany Kay Bennett

yes and I am so tired of being strong it is too much for me

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I PRAY GOD WILL COVER ME THIS WEEK…GOD I KNOW YOU ARE ABLE..IN JESUS NAME

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Yvette Gaither

Cover me this week Lord Jesus. My God is able!

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Suzlynn Bruton

PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE CARRYING AND WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH. IT AMAZES YOU!!

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Just a little talk with Jesus will make everything alright

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SCREEN HAS CRASHED” MY EVENT HAS ENDED! EVERYONE STAY BLESSED NEXT SERVICES @ 9:30 & 11:30.
SISTER PAM MEET U @ 11:30 LOVE U!

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I HAVE PAST A TEST

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Have a blessed week everyone!!!

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Hyacinthe Penn

God keeps trying to pull you out of poverty…. stop playing him cheap….some of you still have not passed the money test w/GOD!

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IN THE NAME OF JESUS @ TECH ISSUES~

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God keeps trying to pull you out of poverty…. stop playing him cheap….some of you still have not passed the money test w/GOD!!

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Hyacinthe Penn

PASTOR: LORD LET IT BE THIS WEEK WE PAST THE TEST!

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PASTOR:LIFT UR GIFT ABOVE UR HEAD:PRAYING~

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Dwane Derrick Provo

A test is to see what you learn to take you to the next level. A temp is to take you away from what you learn. God test, satan temp

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Shuana Hanna

God test… the devil tempts

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ITS OFFERING TIME:PLEASE REFER TO THE GIVING TAB ON UR SCREEN TO GIVE ELECTRONICALLY~TITHES-OFFERING-SACRIFICIAL OFFERINGS~PASTOR BRYANT &ET:THANKS U FOR UR GIVING~

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GIVING TAB CAN BE FOUND AT THE OF THE SCREEN MARKED ” GIVING” THANK U & BLESSINGS TO ALL!

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God tests….. the Devil tempts…..

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Wow Pastor thats a Amen All By itself Wow what a word!!!

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God tests, the devil tempts!

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PASTOR:GOD TEST:THE DEVIL TEMPTS:

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IT’S GIVING TIME IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. TITHES 10% OFFERING FROM THE HEART.

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The invitation: Are you saved, have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior? Now is the time

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♥<3SAVED!♥♥

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WE THANK GOD FOR YOU WHO ARE SAVED:BLESS THE LORD~

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Come to Jesus today

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WE OFFER CHRIST TO YOU MY BROTHER AND SISTER:THIS IS YOUR TIME:YES YOU:TODAY…TO ACCEPT CHRIST AS UR SAVIOR:ARE YOU SAVED?

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R U SAVED? COME RIGHT NOW TO EMPOWERMENTTEMPLE.ORG
DON’T LET THIS PAST U BY CALL ON JESUS TODAY!

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Yvette Gaither

are you saved cybersaints? have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior?

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YESHUA,YESHUA,YESHUA,YESHUA,YESHUA, YESHUA,YESHUA…..HALELUYAH-which means praise be to Yahweh.AMEN

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Don’t be afraid to use the name of Jesus!!!!

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Yvette Gaither

the invitation: are you saved, have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior?

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Yvette Gaither

The invitation: are you saved, yes or no

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CONFESS YOUR SINS TO JESUS

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GOD LOVES YOU:WE OFFER CHRIST TO U MY BROTHER AND SISTER…ARE U SAVED?

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the only way you can get saved is in the NAME OF JESUS..he is faithful and just to cleanse you of all unrighteousness

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Yvette Gaither

the doors of the church are open

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Pam Bernard

THE DOORS ARE OPENED FOR U 2 ACCEPT CHRIST AS UR PERSONAL SAVIOR TODAY:ARE YOU SAVED?

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GLORY BE TO JESUS!

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I LOVE JESUS AND JESUS LOVE ME, IN SPITE OF HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ME, AS LONG AS I GOT HIM WHO CAN DO ME LIKE HE CAN?

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PASTOR:PRAYING OVER THE MINISTRY AS WE OPEN THE DOORS OF THE CHURCH…WE OFFER CHRIST TO YOU:MY BROTHER AND SISTER:ARE YOU SAVED???TODAY IS UR DAY~

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PASTOR:TAKE 30SECONDS RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE:BEGIN TO PRAY ABOUT UR SITUATION:FOR THERES NUTHIN 2 HARD FOR GOD:PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS~

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DEMONS TREMBLE AT THE NAME OF JESUS JESUS JESUS JESUS

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Pam Bernard

IN JESUS NAME @ CHATROOM/CYBER MINSITRY:IN JESUS NAME:GIE GOD GLORY~

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Jesus Jesus o how I love his name.

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IN THE NAME OF JESUS~

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When I count the three : call his name “Jesus!” I can’t hear nobody!!! You should lift him up like you know his name!! Glory!!!! = “Jesus”

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Dwane Derrick Provo

When you call His Name Jesus everything has to bow i.e cancer; depression; problem etc. When everything in life is out of order Speak the name JESUS! JESUS! JESUS

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PASTOR:TAKE 30SECONDS RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE:BEGIN TO PRAY ABOUT UR SITUATION:FOR THERES NUTHIN 2 HARD FOR GOD:PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS~

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DONT CLOSE A PRAYER IF YOU WANT TO GET IT DONE WITHOUT THE NAME OF JESUS..

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Don’t close a prayer without saying the name Jesus

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PASTOR:FOR EVERYTHING OUT OF ORDER:SPEAK HIS NAME:JESUS

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FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU CANT DEAL WITH OR OUT OF ORDER SPEAK HIS NAME~JESUS~

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I’VE GOT POWER IN THE NAME JESUS, JESUS, JESUS HALLELUJAH!!!!

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CALL HIS NAME:JESUS

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PASTOR:BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM:FOR SUMTHIN IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN:IF U CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS!!!

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PASTOR:IF U BELEIVE HE CAN DO:EXCEEDINGLY-ABUNDANTLY ABOVE ALL THAT U ASK ETC

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WHEN YOU CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS,EVERYTHING HAS TO BOW DOWN

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IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS!!!

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In Jesus name!!! Hallelujah!!!!

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Just logged in but i am feeling it already!!!

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Betty Mack Thornton

At the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, pray in His name, cancer gotta bow, bills have to bow, loans have to bow….

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If you don’t want it, don’t call his name

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Bow ur head because you are not worthy of Him. Bowing your head is a symbol of being in the presence of royalty

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PASTOR:WHEN U PRAY IN JESUS NAME:EVERY THING MUST BOW:

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Bow your head and reverence God for who he is! At the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow

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PASTOR:AT LEAST GESTURE:BOW DOWN AND WORSHIP HIM:AT THE NAME OF JESUS:EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS ETC….

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YES LORD!!!!

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Bow ur head because you are not worthy of Him. Bowing your head is a symbol of being in the presence of royalty

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Im in the presence of his Greatness!!

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PASTOR:YOU MUST BOW DOWN IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD:WHEN U PRAY!!!U R IN THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY~~~~

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PASTOR:FOR YOU MUST UNDERSTAND:WHEN U PRAY 2 GOD:UR IN THE PRESENCE OF GREATNESS:HUMBLED:REALIZING UR NUTHIN BIT FILTY RAGS:

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So many want to run up and hug God but you need to bow down to God and his greatness

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PASTOR:WHEN U SEE A QUEEN:THATS ROYALTY:AND U MUST BOW:MEANING:U MUST LEARN HOW 2 BOW DOWN TO:GOD~

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PASTOR: WHEN U USE JESUS NAME:UR RELAESING HIM 2 WORK ON UR BEHALF

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We got limited power but Jesus has all power

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Well it’s working in his name!! Thank you Lord!

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PASTOR: WHEN U USE JESUS NAME:UR RELAESING HIM 2 WORK ON UR BEHALF~

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Use Jesus’ name when you want him to work on your behalf

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PASTOR:WHEN UR PRAYING:DONT PRAY HIS NAME IF U CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION:USE JESUS NAME IF ITS 2 MUCH 2 DEAL WITH~

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When u pray do not pray His name if you can handle it

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Don’t use the Name of Jesus over stuff you can handle but stuff you can’t handle JESUS! JESUS! That’s His Name

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PASTOR: GOD SAY WE R NOT IN CONTROL OF HIM. HE CONTROL US

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PASTOR:IM NOT MOVING TO I HEAR A NAME:THAT NAME IS:JESUS:OH! HOW I LOVE JESUS!!!!

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TO PRAY IN JESUS NAME IS TO SUGGEST I HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THIS SITUATION…YOU USE THE NAME OF JESUS WHEN THINGS ARE BEYOND YOUR CONTROL

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PASTOR: 2 PRAY IN JESUS NAME:IT MEANS I HAVE NO CONTROL OVA A SITUATION:FOR ITS NOT MY WILL BUT HIS WILL BE DONE

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Not my will but HIS will be done

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PASTOR: GOD SAY WE R NOT IN CONTROL OF HIM. HE CONTROL US

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To pray in Jesus name is to suggest that you have no control over the situation

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You are not the boss of God, he is the boss of You

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PASTOR:FOR WHEN THE ANGELS SHOWED UP:JESUS NAME WAS GIVEN AS A :PROPHESY

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The Angel gives Mary the name in prophecy. God was saying, you can not control Jesus, he is not on your level

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FROM THE GATE GOD TOLD MARY AND JOSEPH YOU CANNOT CONTROL JESUS …YOU ARE NOT ON HIS LEVEL..

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PASTOR : FOR THEM THAT LOST CONTROL OF THERE CHILDREN , U BETTER CALL THEM BY THERE NAME TO REMIND THEM WHO THEY R

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Whatever you name you can control, if you lost control over ur child, you better call them and remind them who they are

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PASTOR:FOR JESUS EARTHLY PARENTS WERE TOLD:AND HIS NAME WAS TO BE CALLED:JESUS(LUKE 1)

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EVERYONE IN THE BIBLE IS THE PRODUCT OF BEING NAMED

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You named your child, you have control over your child

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I HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO CONTROL WHAT I NAME

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PASTOR: WHATEVA U NAME U CAN CONTROL~

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PASTOR: THE NEXT TIME U R SICK, NAME YOUR Infirmity and take authority over it.

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PASTOR:WHATEVER U NAME:U AHVE INFLUENCE WITH:WHATEVA U NAME:U CAN CONTROL

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Whatever you name you can control

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WHATEVER YOU NAME YOU HAVE INFLUENCE WITH.WHATEVER YOU NAME YOU CAN CONTROL

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Encouragement

Motivation

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MOTIVATION:

Good morning my family, friends and world viewers.    I bring you greeting from the World In Focus International Ministries…

As we embark upon  this 26th day of Lenten Season, I am highly motivated  on today.  I thank the Lord on today for these past 26 days which have been bitter and sweet, but nevertheless, that’s the average person’s story… My story is greater than that because I serve a big God that is doing miraculous things in my life personally and for the people all around the world, and that alone brings out the real drive and motivation in me.

When I read and study the word of the Lord, and the scripture that motivates the most is the book of  I Corinthians 15: 58, and it reads:

“Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.”

 

 

Let’s stop right here and look at what the word motivation means in the dictionary or the real world:

mo·ti·va·tion

1. The act or an instance of motivating,  or providing with a reason to act in a certainway: I don’t understand what her motivation
wasfor quitting her job. Synonyms: motive,inspiration, inducement, cause, impetus.

2. The state or condition of being motivated: We know that these students have strong motivationto learn.
3. Something that motivates;  inducement;incentive: Clearly, the company’s long-term motivation is profit.
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  • Their success could not have been achieved without enormousmotivation.
  • Cleopatra became a tragic heroine, with love of Antony her solemotivation.
  • The reason we demur, psychologically, is that self-control does not giveus enough sustained motivation to achieve big plans.
  • Using grades as motivation is moving in the wrong direction.
  • If you must have motivation, think of your paycheck on Friday.
  • Still, that clearly is not his only motivation.
  • This area of the fly brain is termed the mushroom body, and isassociated with motivation and learning.
  • The emphasis is placed throughout on guiding principles andmotivation, rather than on technical procedures.
  • My mother left me some money, and it gave me the motivation to get acareer and go to school and do something.
  • The motivation is huge for the next few years.

Bible Verses about Motivation:

Galatians 5:12

I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves!

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Psalm 34:17-20

When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Colossians 3:23

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20

Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.

Luke 15:7

Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

Matthew 6:1-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes

“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. “Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:5-12

For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. …

Galatians 5:1-12

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. …

Exodus 19:5

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

Galatians 6:7-8

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Malachi 3:10

Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. And thereby put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you a blessing until there is no more need.

Psalm 34:1-22

Of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will bless the Lord at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed. …

Genesis 2:7

Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

 

The fact that he hung bleed and died for my sins is motivation enough for me!

 

Cited reference material from: Motivational Scriptures taken from:  http://www.openbible.info/topics/motivation

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/motivation

 

Posted by:  Minister Evelyn Diane Thomas
March 18, 2012