Chazown

Woke up today with "chazown" on my mind. It is the greek word for vision.

Without vision people perish. Have the vision of God in your life manifesting.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark

Avoid Judging Others Failures

I taught last night about avoiding judging failures in other and how to over come failures. When we judge failures in others we place limitations on our lives.

Let me explain. The bible has a history of men and women who have failed, but came back in an epic way. So, here are points about why not to judge failures in others.

1. What we see does not allow reflect the truth. When you look at Job's life, he was judged on something that had nothing to do with. The issue was not on what he did wrong, but on what he was doing right.

I Samuel 16:7- The Lord does not see as man sees. for man looks or judges on the appearance, but God sees the heart.

Many times we can judge on the outward, but never consult God on the truth.

2. It places limits on our life. When we are judging others, we are placing limitations on our own life. We are telling God you are not big enough to rescue them. You are not big enough to see me through.

I knew a young woman who wanted to go to college and become an attorney. When she was giving her final in High School in a writing class she stood up boldly and read out loud her paper. Everyone around her told her it will take to long and you really will not be able to do it. They gave all the reason why not. So she changed her mind because of them. She placed limits on her own life because of the failures of those students and the lack of vision they had. She now is going back to school to acquire what God originally purposed her to do.

We can see someone start something and fail, don't judge them by the failure they experienced. God is with you and you will succeed.

3. It causes us to walk in a judgemental mindset. People will always judge. I know I have at times, but just like the woman caught in Adultery (in John chapter 8) was acquitted of all her sin not because she was not guilty, but because of God's grace. God has acquitted us and others for what he have and have not done.

Where ever you are at, don't limit God's come back in your life. You are only a step away from success in life.

Get Up. Nothing is to hard from God.

Blessings,

Pastor Mark

Private, Personal, Public

I know this is for someone. In life we have a Private, Personal, and Public life.

Our private life should not encounter our personal life or our public life.

1. Our private life consists of you and those you allow in your inner circle. As they say this is private and it's not a secret.

2. Personal- Which is you and God. This is where your relationship with God is developed.

3. Public- This is open for everyone to see.

Now, a secret is not personal or private and there should never be secrets. The bible states that which is done in secret will be made known. So, don't hold onto secrets. When something is private or personal, it's not a secret, it's simply not meant to be disclosed at that time.

Today, implement these into your life and see a better balance when it comes to your life.

God Bless,

Pastor Mark

Don't Be Moved

Unlimited

God's favor is unlimited in our life. God said in His word He would do abundantly above what we can think or ask according to the power that worketh in us.

Here are three points about God's favor.

1.God's favor never runs out. What He did for one He can do for the other. The disciples were disputing among themselves who will be the greatest-Jesus jumps in and takes a little child and sits the child in front of Him. He then says-he that is greatest must humble himself as a little child and is the greatest of all. God was letting them know God's favor does not run out.

2. In God's favor is a place where God wants to do something in your life that is so far beyond your reach that people can only say this is God's doing.

3. His favor will transform you in such a way that it causes you never to think it's you, but Him.

Allow this favor to be released upon you today.

Pastor Mark

It Ends Tonight

Have you ever dealt with something and it gets to the place where it's enough. It's at that time when you need to say "it ends tonight."

The failure, the harassment from the enemy. The co-worker who constantly bothers you. The boss that seems to blame it all on you. The client that seems to drag thier feet on issues. The spouse that will not go to church, but you are still speaking the word and expecting a miracle. The financial difficulty. The loneliness, the unforgiveness. It ends tonight.

Many times we allow the enemy to cause us to settle, but God never causes us to settle, but to overcome. When Jesus was through with the testing from the enemy. He said thou salt serve the Lord thy God and Him only will you serve and the devil left Him for a season. (Luke 4:8-9). Jesus was saying it ends tonight.

No matter what you are facing, or going through or about to go through. It ends tonight.

Let it ring "It ends tonight!"

Lay It Down

The Lord put this on my heart to blog about.

Hebrews chapter Twelve verse One:

Hebrews 12:1 (New Living Translation)

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.

There is a difference between sin and weight. Sin is that which causes us to miss the mark and separates us from God. The bible states if we confess our sins to Jesus, He is faithful and just to forgive us. Now the question comes in then, what is the weight?

Sin has weight, but the weight here is not sin. The word weight in the Greek is ogkos- it means burden. There are weights or burdens that God says for us to lay down. Religion binds us while relationship with Jesus frees us.

The question is what are the burdens that God desires for us to get free from.

1. Religious jargon. When Jesus came to the Pharisee they would try to manipulate the law and accuse Jesus of not following the law. Yet, they themselves would add to it. They used religious jargon to convince those around them how good they were. We are saved by grace not by works.

2. Hate, unforgiveness, self-righteous attitude. These are weights that cause us to slow down and can even cause us to stop running. Jesus never condemns anyone, He is always looking and pointing out the potential in each of us. John 8:11 The women caught in adultery, He said when all the accusers left, Where are your accusers and the Woman said I see none. He said neither do I condemn you go and sin no more. The key is go!

3. It's any thing or thought that hinders us from serving God to the fullest. It's the non-essentials of life.

Here what it says in Acts 15:28-29

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay no greater burden on you than these few requirements: ²⁹ You must abstain from eating food offered to idols, from consuming blood or the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. If you do this, you will do well. Farewell.”

They were debating on whether or not they should make all the gentiles get circumsised, because that was the law. So, they realized this was a non-essential. Christ had paid for our sins and He circumcises our heart. Finally they said, live life as Christ did. Do not engage in idol practices and sexual sins.

So, if you have asked the Lord to forgive you, Don't be entangled again with the yoke of bondage(Galatians 5:1) . God wants us to be free of all the weights that would cause us to miss all that He has for our life.

Bless you,

Pastor Mark