Quote for today.~

To all my fellow People. This quote is a principle in life. You give as you take. A lot of us want things, we want favour, we want blessings, we want things to go our way in our time but really what does GOD  want from US? 

What do you go to church for? For your own benefit and the satisfaction of feeling holy and right with God? Why do you pray? Only for God to meet your needs and for your life to be going your way? 

Are you souled out? 

Do you place GOD ABOVE? 

That's not only means praying and worshipping. It means do you let his decisions rule over yours? Does Gods opinions matter more in your life than people's or yours? Are your expectations in alignment with GOD? #pauseForThought

It is good to know who the God is that we serve, know that he can do anything. By that It means ANYTHING! But... Will we do anything for him? Are we living above average? Are we any different to any of our unsaved friends and if so how? The balance between your faith and your actions has to be right, don't always EXPECT without DOING ; don't always DO without EXPECTING! 

#Selah 

 xxx~~xxx

Happy Christmas to all !

Christmas Eve !

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Hallelujah, salvation and Glory, honour and power into The Lord our God. 

Revelation 19:1

Also read vs 1-10. Praise Jesus the King!

Everyone is an EX something... & Everyone gets a second chance..

Life...

Joyce Meyer Quote:

One way to change your thinking: Pray this, "God, make me aware every time I’m thinking wrong thoughts. Don't let me just sit around and think stupid stuff. Make me aware when I’m thinking bad thoughts."

LICF invites you to a warm, exciting Christmas with them!

http://vimeo.com/m/80747974

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_2qG22SPwU

Gods Love never Fails <3

Love Never Fails.

1 Corinthians13:1-11

Love is stronger than hate. The greatest commandment God gives us is to Love him with all our heart and and second greatest commandment is to love our neighbour more than we love ourselves. (Matt 22:37&38). Why would God make such an emphasis on Love? Well because TRUE love never ends. 

And this is not only in the bible that we see the power of love. When we look at the life of Mandela he had the ability to Love those who hated him and treated him like dirt, and ability to over-ride all this and Love them despite what they said or did to him. He could of chosen to let his hurt, anger and self pity let build up as he sat in his prison cell for 27 years but yet  the decision to forgive, let go and love made him one of the most heroic figures of this generation.

We all Love Mandela and what he did. But the truth is many of us don't understand love. Its a characteristic and fruit of the spirit that many people including some 'Christians' Lack today. Love has been misrepresented by other people, by social media and song lyrics and by peoples imagination and own idea of what they THINK love is. You cant truely love until you go to the creator of Love and gain a deeper understanding of what HE intended love to be. 

What is LOVE?

Love is not a feeling. 'Feeling' something and that something actually truly being there is different. Love is a CHOICE you make. Feelings come and go but true love does last forever. and if you don't believe that, the fact that you are alive is an example of Gods Love to us. Love is not something you should have to pray for , especially as a Christian. It should come naturally in your heart. BUT it is possible to be a Christian and not Love. People love those who love them. But Jesus along with many other great leaders love those who curse them, backstab them and hurt them. That is AGAPE love. 

Yes, you can tell when someone loves you. It is obvious, they stick with you at all times no matter what happens BUT, the truth is people WILL betray you. People Betrayed Jesus. Jesus very own betrayed him. Is it easy to just love people who are down right evil towards us, no. However, when you accept Jesus into your life, Gods grace in you overrides when people abuse, use, misuse you and allows you to be free and happy. 1Corinthians 13:1-3 is telling us that we can speak in tongues, sing gospel, serve, preach and be gifted but NOT have love. The truth is we need to focus on this topic more. We are not designed to carry hatred, it is like a Christian malfunction. Why do we struggle with this concept so much? Simply because it is one of Gods greatest gifts to us, and with it so much in this world can be helped, healed and restored.

Another example to leave in your thoughts:  Why do we talk more about Martin Luther King, than we do Malcom X?

If you struggle with anger or hate for other people I encourage you to read about Love in the Bible. The Word of God is true and the Truth will set you free.

Please note: These notes are taken and inspired by my Amazing Pastors teaching On Wednesday the 11th of December 2013 at our weekly Bible Study. If you would like to purchase the Audio disk ( And i strongly advise that you do) please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts  or our website on http://www.licf.co.uk/ and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

#InspiredForChange

Making a good thing out a Bad situation

Teaching by : Pastor L Maddix on 8/12/2013
Scripture: Acts:16:16-26

The human mind and spirit have been designed to think and to do. God designed the body to fight or to flight when it comes under attack.

A lot of us need to take advice and listen to wiser people. At the same time, people in higher authority such as parents need to prepare their children from young. Train them up. Teach your children respect, honour and life lessons like how to look after themselves and the house because one day they WILL grow up and need to deal with life difficulties. Equipt your children so that they can deal with those difficulties better.

Many people don't like to face their issues. For example then all the bills seem to be coming in you cant hide them in your drawers because the truth is that bill will still need to be paid and by hiding, chances are the issue will escalate and become worse. Don't hide your problems, Deal with them.

The truth is, Gifts are great and we all have some sort of gift but we need Character. Respect, and Honour for example are very admirable characteristics. You can have a Gifted fool.

What you think and what the people around you think is important. Don't be a negative thinking and  complaining person. Don't hang around people who complain and are always negative because some people are assigned to suck you out with their sinking thinking. Be aware because these people are not assets but are Liabilities.

On YOU have the ability to change. You can change just by changing how you think. You can just rely on fasting and prayer for EVERYTHING you also need to DO the word.

If you THINK poor, you will always BE poor. If you THINK you are unattractive you will BEhave like an unattractive person. If you wake up and THINK that it is or will be a horrible day you will have a horrible day.

"Our Lives is what our thoughts make it."-Marcus Aurelious

We need a Cause. People without a cause or a purpose stay average, normal and mediocre. Look at the life of Nelson Mandela, Walk Disney, Steve Jobs and many other great people. We are each individually designed by God for a specific cause. Not everyones cause is the same. 

Malcom X said "If you dont stand for something, you will fall for anything." 

Looking back at Mandela, the more they tried to break him and his spirit the more his dream and spirit grew. As you become a Christian you become a life changer. When you come to Christ you have to throw away everything you have ever known. 

The manufacturer always knows better than the product. God is our Manufacturer and we are his product. He knew us before we were formed in our Mums womb. (Jer29:11) God will never grace you with something that you cant Handle. Its all in your Mind. We can't be jealous of the person who has more because they probably have the ability to handle a certain something better than we do. Its time to start making a good thing out of every Bad situation. This is the season for Status Change. Be inspired :)

These notes are taken from my Amazing Pastors teaching On Sunday the 8th of December 2013 at our weekly Bible Study. If you would like to purchase the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts  or our website on http://www.licf.co.uk/ and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

Worship at LICF

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Tasha cobbs- smile (Gods response) 

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Let Go, Let God.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76o4xhxIKfs

REPOST- Let God Father you!

Let God Father You

We are living in a world where everyone is looking for a Father figure whether male or female. God made it so that an ideal family would have a father and a mother to show order and bring stability in the home. Even the Holy Trinity is composed of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit displaying order. A father figure nowadays is so important for our young women as well as for our young men. But often times in many cases the fathers are absent for one reason or the other not realizing the damage it causes not only to the mothers who have to be both  father and mother but also to the children involved.

A father is not only someone whose sperm unites with and egg resulting in the conception of a child! That is not where his role ends!! in fact that is where his role begins.A father is not only a man that acknowledges his responsibilities but it is a man that would go to any length to ensure  his family is safe ,lead his family as God leads him and above all show the fatherly love that every son and daughter so long for.

Many young men longed to hear their dad say "Well Done Son! I knew you could do it" whilst young woman longed to hear "You are beautiful and you'll always be my little princess". But unfortunately many young men and young women never got to hear these sentences that many others raised by their father as well as their mother take for granted.

And when that happens we see many young men walking around with no confidence in themselves not understanding what respect is and how to earn it searching and yearning for that fatherly love in anything as long as it looks like it's the real thing; and because of that they'll go to any length to fill that void inside of them  I.e gangs,being womanizers jumping from one woman to another and many more length seeking affection, acceptance, a sense of purpose and respect.

Many young women struggle with low self-esteem seeking for someone to affirm them as long as they feel accepted and valued. Leading to too many being lead astray, being lured to love and be loved by someone that doesn't even know what love is and how to show it instead they'll show you what they think love is.

If you're out there and you've grown without a father and have experienced the feelings above. You are not alone! There are many people out there suffering and hurting and I was one of them!

Psalm 68:5a says that God is "a Father to the Fatherless". If you're looking for a father that will fill this void inside you that only God can and that will love you Let God Father You!

I've been there, seen it and I know what you're going through! Let me share a little  testimony!

I'm the oldest of three, I have two brothers and I was raised by my mum!

My mum miscarried before she had me and  when she got pregnant with me my dad wanted me aborted and did not want to have anything to do with the pregnancy; born two months early with my mum suffering from preeclampsia thank God my mum and I made it!.

My dad then left my mum with three children age 5, 3 and 6 months.At the age of 29 she was left with three children! Thank God she was saved and allowed God in.

From a young age I felt rejected and unloved by the one who should have been there for me! Comfort me when I'm crying, tell me how beautiful I was and how much he loved me. Instead of that when my dad was supposed to come and see us we'd wait for him excited and looking forward to seeing him then we would have the harsh news from my mum "Sorry Darlings, Daddy said that He couldn't make it" or in other instances he would send his girlfriends to drop our Christmas presents or occasionally on our birthday if he remembered.

Growing up I suffered from low self-esteem.Never thought I was beautiful enough or good enough always felt rejected somehow even though I was surrounded by a caring and loving family. 

Then last year where God made me realize that I was so busy looking for a father figure and fatherly love in man,in positions and places that I hardly paid attention or even asked God who is love to father me, love me and fill this void inside.1 John 4:8 (NIV version) says Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

I was so hungry for God, tired of being disappointed by people that I went down on my knees and asked God to reveal to me what His love is and for God to father me.

And the revelation of God's love wasn't only  made clearer through revelations of who he is but it was as if a void inside of me had been filled with a feeling of security, warmth,confidence and love that I had never felt or even experienced before; and as I grow in God daily, He keeps on showering me with his love.

One thing God made realize is that as the bible says  in Hebrews 13:8 " Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever"God does not change!.Which means that God's love is unconditional, irrespective of your condition.Whatever you do God loved,loves and will always love. So by you putting your confidence, your self-esteem and your trust in Him,regardless of what you do His mind about you remains the same. But men we change like the weather, we love you conditionally in respective of your condition.One day we'll hype you and be on your side, but the next day if you mess up we start looking at you funny and our attitude towards you changes.

Let it encourage you! Sisters!!!Stop selling yourself short and chasing everything you think is love or looks like love but chase the one who is the definition of Love itself!Let Him father you! Let him show you your worth! Let him tell you "You are beautiful and you'll always be my little princess". He will fill that void in your heart and love you the way you truly deserve. Not only will he show you how to be loved but he'll show you how to love

Brothers! It's time to man up and stop trying to earn respect and love without knowing the one who is Love itself! The one who will teach you how to respect, be respected, the one who will always tell you  "Well Done Son! I knew you could do it"  the one who will fill the void of that fatherly love that you've always longed for!! He can do it brothers! I know He can!!

Let it be an encouragement to you all!! If God did it for me He can do it for you too!

All you have to do is let him in!

This post is from  http://valenciadeborah.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/are-you-saved-for-real-or-just-saved-in.html . Check out her amazing Blog.

Breaking the Spirit of Ignorance - Pastor Leroy Maddix

Check this out. Its short but summarises an exciting message!

Buy the Disk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s543mM5Qec

These notes are taken from my Amazing Pastors teaching On  Wednesday the 27th of November 2013 at our weekly Bible Study. If you would like to purchase the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

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Mali Music - All the Glory Belongs yo you 

This links in with my last Blog post.

Relating scriptures: •Timothy 6:7 •Haggai 2:8 • Deuteronomy 10:12&13 •

What does God require of us? - Amazing,Challenging & Inspiring Teaching!

Deuteronomy 10:12-13 - "Now, Israel, this is what the Lord your God wants you to do: Respect the Lord your God, and do what he has told you to do. Love him. Serve the Lord your God with your whole being, 13 and obey theLord’s commands and laws that I am giving you today for your own good."

In reality this scripture alone answers the question of "what does God require of us?"
1.Respect the Lord.
2.Obey the Lord and His commands&Laws.
3.Love the Lord.
4.Serve the Lord.
5. Do all this with your whole being.- With all your heart and soul- With your everything.

You may think that its easier said than done or that it is so hard. But in reality God created us For him (Col1:16). 
The Bible is a book of principles. A lot of the worlds principles today come form the bible and we don't even realise it.  An example of a principle is ...Life and relationship is really about give and take; You reep what you sow. This is very hard for many people to grasp, especially Christians. But here is an easy way to put it...EVERYTHING BELONGS TO GOD. We own nothing. Our Husbands are Gods. Our wives are Gods. Our children are Gods. Our boyfriends and girlfriends are Gods. Out money is Gods. Our Business is Gods. Our Life belongs to God. Psalms 24.


How do YOU think God feels when the people He created, suffered and died for, disrespect him, dishonour him and disobey him ? (Mal 1:6)


In reality everything we are and everything we do should honour and Glorify God,If we really love him. You can actually tell when someone loves God. Most people who go to Church don't actually love God. They THINK they love God but when someone TRULY loves God they love the things of God. Their fruits show us. They talk more about God than they do anything else. They spend a lot of time with God and learning about Him. 

You see many people idolise the things of the world more than they worship God. The truth is whatever you spend the most time with is your idol. Whether it is shopping, music, food, the opposite sex or even Church. Is God your priority? Selah. 

God doesn't get glory when we are broke busted and disgusted. He doesn't get glory when we are sick, weak and easily tricked because He Loves us (Romans 5:8 & John 3:16). But we have to follow His principles. We reep what we sow. If we don't pay our Tithes or offering, then we cant be surprised and angry at God when our bank balance is low. Not everything is based on prayer and waiting for God to move, sometimes it takes our own action and common sense in order for things to happen. We have to work and follow Duet 10:12&13 to get the blessings and the favour. Nothing comes easy, Anything Worthwhile MUST cost. 

Other Scriptures:  1Timothy6:7 , Haggai 2:8

These notes are taken from my Amazing Pastors teaching On  Wednesday the 27th of November 2013 at our weekly Bible Study. If you would like to purchase the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts and also Please LIKE our page, and follow us at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

Throwback with my Sis

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It's not over (When God is in it) - Isreal and New Breed ft James Fortune 

Lyrics: 

Its Not Over, Its Not Finished
Its Not Ending, Its Only The Beginning
When God Is In It, All Things Are New
All Things Are New
I Know Its Darkest Just Before Dawn
Might Be The Hardest Season You Experience
I Know It Hurts, Wont Be Too Long
Youre Closer Than You Think You Are
Youre Closer Than Youve Been Before
Lead:
Look To The Sky, Help Is On The Way
Its Not Over, Its Not Finished
Its Not Ending, Its Only The Beginning
When God Is In It All Things Are New
All Things Are New
Something Is Moving, Turning Around
Seasons Are Changing, Everything Is Different Now
Here Comes The Sun, Piercing The Clouds
Youre Closer Than You Think You Are
Youre Closer Than Youve Been Before
Look To The Sky, Help Is On The Way
Our God Is Faithful (Faithful To Say)
Its Not Over, Its Not Finished
Its Not Ending, Its Only The Beginning
Its Not Over, Its Not Finished
Its Not Ending, Its Only The Beginning
When God Is In It
When God Is In It
Lead:
When God Is In It, There Is No Limit
When God Is In It, Its Not Over
Its Not Over
When God Is In It, There Is No Limit
When God Is In It, Its Not Over
When God Is In It, There Is No Limit
When God Is In It, Its Not Over
(x2)
Its Not Over, Til God Says So
So I Count It All Joy
He'll Make All Things New
Its Not Over, Til God Says So
So I Count It All Joy
Its Not Over, Its Not Over
(X2)
Its Not Over, Til God Says So
So I Count It All Joy
He'll Make All Things New
Its Not Over, Til God Says So
So I Count It All Joy
Its Not Over, Its Not Over, Its Not Over, Its Not Over
Its Not Over!

For all those who have had an abusive, hurt past....

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Its about time for a Miracle- Beverly Crawford

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-qSUU6-cQ

Praise  him! He is working on your miracle

Picture of the day 💕

Just to let you know...

My last blog post was inspired by an amazing message and them at my church's youth service this Sunday. If you life in Milton Keynes and you don't have a church home I would encourage you and strongly recommend visiting LICF. They have helped bring out things in me I didn't know were there and they are TRUE God fearing people. 

Visit our website here : http://www.licf.co.uk

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Hi all,

Just a quick post to say congratulations. You have made it this far. When you though you wouldn't make it. When people said you couldn't make it. You made it. You are alive and even If your life may not seem like there is a light, or your suffering seems like it will never end know that God has a plan for your life. If you just seek him and turn to Jesus he can heal, restore and set you free. He didn't die for us to be content in our unhappiness or in our sickness, he died so we can be free, so we can have life in it's fullness, more abundantly. But that life doesn't come at the snap of our fingers. Take the first step today and accept Jesus into your life or return back to the place where God destined you to be. This is your season to change! It's NOT OVER UNTIL GOD SAYS ITS OVER! 

Are you a TRUE Worshipper?

"A worshipper chooses to recognise God for who he is and honour him in integrity, in word (what we declare), in action (what we do and how we live) Worship begins in the heart. You don't worship God with your song, you worship Him in your spirit, in your life, in your attitude, with your mindset with everything that you are.- John 4:23&24"

Do you give God your best and more? 

Gen4:3-6 ; Abel brought his Tithe and MORE.

Your worship is directly connected to your revelation of who you see God to be.

-Joanne Rosario
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyo5Xnftxe4

This has truly challenged me, great word.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuRRhtbG1Hg

Satisfy my soul- Joann Rosario & Donnie McClurkin

GSODT

Today I share two songs both by the same artist. 

William McDowell-

• I belong to you 

•I won't Go back 

I love William McDowell as his music is mainly based on submission to God. These two songs in particular speak of a process of giving your life to God and not returning back to your old way. 

Beautiful ❤️

Day 1 Notes of Miss Kanayo's FOS Challenge.

Two specific things popped out to me in Galatians 5. These are that Faith is important and secondly that we have two natures. These both are very important for Christians to know. vs 6 says that when "we are in Christ Jesus, it is not important we are circumcised or not. The important thing is faith-..."- To me this means that although it is important for us to follow the "law" such as the ten commandments, one of the main things as a Christians is FAITH. The Bible says in Heb 11:6 that "without faith it is impossible to please God..." This is talking about the basic faith in actually believing in God, but its also talking about a day to day faith that we should exercise at all times. This means believing that God is going to do before he does it; Heb 11:1 "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." 

The second part of this chapter I mentioned was the spirit and Human nature. The bible tells us that "we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (EPH6:12) in Galations 5:13-25 we see a confirmation of this. We as living beings have two natures, the natural, worldly, fleshly, sinful nature which is normal to us, but we also have the spirit being, which many people don't recognise or acknowledge. We live in a world where the battle between spirit and flesh is heavy because "our sinful selves want what is against the spirit..." Well we often ask how do we know if it is our spirit or ourselves?... well Galatians 19-23 tells us the different characteristics of the two natures. Its easy to identify it.
 It is also easy to identify a Christian by the fruit they produce, are they:

• Loving or hateful? 
• Joyous or Miserable?
• Patient or Short tempered and doubtful? 
• Kind or Selfish? 
• Good or Bad? 
• Faithful or unreliable?
• Gentle or rude? 
• Self-Controlled or unstable?

I ask myself these questions, we all should. The spirit of God is living in us, but are we representing him as we should? Have we given up our old selfish ways? Have we died to ourselves and prayed "Lord less of me and more of you, Not my will but your will be done in my life" or do we still want to hold on to our old habits and traits? 

"We get our new life from the Spirit" vs25, and "we are free now because Christ made us free" vs1, so we should STAND strong and not change or turn back to our old ways.

Moving forward always.-

Love Heather Lindsey

Todays Notes from an AMAZING message!

Today my Fantastic Pastor Preached on the subject of  Understanding the purpose of your local church and here are the notes from it. 

Scripture: Matthew 16:13-19

What do you see? 

Are you a thinker? 

Average Christians don't THINK.
When you don't understand something it frustrates you. 
When you don't understand something you abuse. That is why some men abuse women, and some women even abuse themselves because they don't understand their worth. Selah.

The church is a light. With the bible and prayer, the church is a rich place. Everything lies in the church but you need to see it and believe it. Everything about God is in His church. We are the church. We the people. That means that wherever you are representing Christ. When you are at school, in your work place, in your home, amongst your Friends, You are the only Jesus they see.

We have power and authority.

Be careful what and who you listen to, you don't want to get a wrong perception.

Taken from my Amazing Pastors Preaching On Sunday the 10th of November 2013. If you would like to purchase the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts and also Please LIKE our page, and follow at https://twitter.com/LICFUK.  Thank you <3

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I'm trading my sorrows, I'm trading my shame, I'm laying them down for the Joy of The Lord!

I'm trading my sickness, I'm trading my shameee, I'm laying it down for the JOY of the LORD! 

🙌 Hallelujah ! 🙏

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Stand- Donnie McClurkin & Marvin Winans 

http://youtu.be/qu1MNU08Au0

How to deal with Difficult Times in Life.

#InspiredForChange #KnowYourGod #HowToDealWithDifficultTimesInLife

Day 3

Isaiah 43:1-3

When you stand for God, God stands for you. The third and forth point Pastor made in his message is that we need to firstly have the God kind of faith. Not faith that humans have made, or faith that only works when it suits or benefits you but the God kind of faith. God isn't moved by pity, we need to be strong in him. The forth point of how to deal with difficulties in life is to STAND. Having done all that you can just Stand. 

This ties in with the Gospel Song of the day; Stand by Marvin Winans and Donnie McClurkin. Listen to the lyrics of this song and allow it to speak to you. 💕

Taken from my Amazing Pastors Preaching On Sunday the 10th of November 2013. To buy the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts

Unshakeable Faith for GREATER Results.

Amazing book by Bishop Lyle Dukes. Highly recommended.

Day out and about. 13.11.13💕

Picture taken on Oxford street opposite Topshop with another one or my sisters from my great church ! Christians should get out the four walls of the church building and have some FUN! 💋

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Make me new- Mali Music

xo ❤️ xo

How to deal with difficult times in Life.

Day 2

Isaiah 43:1-3

Know your God for real. (Mark 11:22, Dan 11:32 - "...but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.") When we know God for ourself, our faith will allow us to handle difficulties in life in a better way than if we don't know our God. Its easy to know "church" or "religion" because that can make us feel real good. But when everything in life seems to be going wrong who can you call upon that can do ALL things?...



Taken from my Amazing Pastors Preaching On Sunday the 10th of November 2013. To buy the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts


In the end, the most important relationship you can have is with Christ. This really should mean we speak to God the most, Talk about God the most and Love God the most. <3

One of my favourite quotes.

xoxo

GSODT

It all belongs to you- Damita Haddon.

Everything belongs to God. We own nothing.

Faith.

How to deal with Difficult times in Life.

Day 1.

Isaiah 43:1-3

Don't Live a life of Fear. (Isaiah 43:1). Fear tolerated is faith contaminated. The opposite of FAITH is FEAR. What is faith? Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1),  Another way it is put is Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it. (NCV). That means we believe that God has answered our prayers before we see it happen. Not worrying or fearing that it might not happen. If God said it will happen it shall happen. Dont live a fearful life. You wont enjoy your salvation or your life.





Taken from my Amazing Pastors Preaching On Sunday the 10th of November 2013. To buy the Audio disk please visit http://www.facebook.com/licfuk?fref=ts

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Amazing God- William Murphy

Sometimes we don't need a loud banging beat or too much music, we just need to sing and worship the Amazing God, King of Kings and Lord of Lords.

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Song about Jesus- Crystal Aiken 

Beautiful song by an amazing gifted minister! 

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvBvJHN2eNI

Press in Your Presence - Shana Wilson

Beautiful BEAUTIFUL song.

Repost from Heather Lindsey's Blog

THE TRUTH ABOUT YOU CANT JUDGE ME

"Whenever I talk about homosexuality being a sin, politics, sex outside of marriage and secular music-- people get fired up! I mean, they get plain MAD at me! HOW DARE YOU HEATHER! How DARE you JUDGE them. If I post that God wants your heart-- you say AMEN! But if I challenge your music, you say- "don't judge me. Sadly, we are a church that is constantly being divided against itself (amos 3:3) and we cannot stand because we rationalize certain areas of our life that we aren't quite ready to let go of. To be totally honest with you, I didn't judge you. The bible judged you & it judged you as wrong.  It is God alone that placed those standards in the bible and as humans, we aren't to argue them, but to obey them. The bible is so clear on certain areas of our life but then we refuse to read it and let our feelings lead our life. We compare & contrast sin & say.. "I can't judge you because I got sin in my own life." Your sin cannot blot out another person's sin-- so instead of rationalizing and comparing sins, let's pursue holiness. Let's pursue righteousness! I'm not saying that I'm perfect or that you'll never sin. The difference is this: When you are not saved, you pursue SIN. When you are saved, you pursue Christ.For example, a practicing homosexual cannot be saved because they pursue and continue IN their sin-- even if they have conviction about it. A practicing fornicator isn't saved because they stay in the bed and continue to have sex and ignore the truth. (read 1 John). How can we say that we love Jesus if we continue to run after things that He's made so clear to us to stay away from in our lives?

John 3:19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God's light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

 I don't listen to secular music, not because I think I'm better than anyone-- I just understand that MUSIC plants seeds in your heart. I blogged about TV & music affect your life here. Search the heart behind the person that is singing the song. Does their heart belong to the Father? As you read these words, they plant seeds in your heart. When a pastor that preaches the word correctly, preaches-- it plants seeds in your heart.. so when a rapper raps into your ear it doesn't? I can assure you that there's some things going on in your life as a direct result of what you've been watching and listening to on a regular basis. Don't you know that satan was over music in heaven before he got kicked out? But of course he's going for you here on this earth! And the words can even appear to be "safe" but that paired with who is singing it-- it's planting the wrong seeds in your heart. 

 For example, If you're trying to get over an ex-- you can't sit and listen to Adele all day. You think she's helping you to get over them but you're actually becoming more focused on the situation versus allowing God to heal your broken heart. The more you listen to those songs, the deeper the bitterness grows into your heart and all the while Christ is pulling on you! He's saying, "Focus on this one thing:Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead (Philippines 3:13)!!" Most of that music focuses in on YOU. Music's purpose is to glorify GOD and not self. So, if you're struggling with listening to different rappers or R & B music, ask God to help you. Instead of getting mad at me for telling you that the bible tells us to guard our hearts, ask God to show you why it makes you so upset! 

Lets get back to this judging thing. I think it's so important to talk about one of the most uninterrupted scriptures in the bible.

This is an issue that has confused many people. On one hand, we are commanded by the Lord Jesus, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged” (Matthew 7:1) Christians are often accused of "judging" whenever they speak out against a sinful activity. However, that is not the meaning of the Scripture verses that state, "Do not judge." There is a righteous kind of judgment we are supposed to exercise—with careful discernment (John 7:24). When Jesus told us not to judge (Matthew 7:1), He was telling us not to judge hypocritically. Meaning this, I am telling YOU not to do something but secretly, I am doing it.  Matthew 7:2-5 declares, "For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye." What Jesus was condemning here was hypocritical, self-righteous judgments of others.

In Matthew 7:2-5, Jesus warns against judging someone else for his sin when you yourself are sinning even worse. That is the kind of judging Jesus commanded us not to do. If a believer sees another believer sinning, it is his Christian DUTY to lovingly and respectfully confront the person with his sin (Matthew 18:15-17). This is not judging, but rather pointing out the truth in hope—and with the ultimate goal—of bringing repentance in the other person (James 5:20) and restoration to the fellowship. We are to speak the truth in love (Ephesians 4:15). We are to proclaim what God's Word says about sin. 2 Timothy 4:2 tells us, "Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage — with great patience and careful instruction." We are to "judge" sin, but always with the goal of presenting the solution for sin and its consequences—the Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:6).

Do you see the difference? "Do not judge" is not some blanket statement that we make in our efforts to pat others on the back and make them feel ok about their sin. The bible tells us to tell our other sisters and brothers in LOVE. So if a proclaiming Christian is living a certain way, it's ok to be God-led to pull her or him aside and talk with them. Even if they reject what you have to say-- doesn't mean you stop correcting. Even if that means you say after praying to the Lord about it, "sis, you know I love you, please don't get upset with me but-- the guy your dating isn't saved. The bible tells us not to be unequally yoked. You used to be so on fire for God, but it's changed since you started dating him." Just make sure that while you're helping them sweep off their porch, that you've swept off your own in that area. You cannot be sleeping with your boyfriend-- keeping him in your bed every night but then trying to tell someone that they need to stop doing the same thing. How does that work?

 We must take our own advice. You ruin your witness when you're doing the SAME thing & preaching against it (and this is what the bible is saying, don't judge hypocritically). It seems like we ALWAYS have all this word for somebody else but all of the word we have for them, isn't working for us. If you've approached your sister in Christ about an area and she has decided to continue in her sin, then just PRAY for her. This doesn't mean you get mad at her or whatever else-- it means that you take her before God and CRY out to HIM on HER behalf. Ask yourself.. do you cry on behalf of your sisters or brothers sins or do you gossip about them? If your heart is pure in your approach-- you'll find that you'll get results. If you're talking DOWN to that person, you won't get anywhere. It's not in what you say but HOW you say it. So, be sweet when you do talk to that person. Remember that you're not GOD and if they reject you, know that they rejected Him first. At times, we just plant the seeds and it's GOD alone that waters them. If you have zero relationship with a person-- you cannot expect them to receive from you either. They aren't confident that you even know them well enough to speak into their life, on their situation and if you don't know them and you're trying to speak into their life its most likely because you're assuming which thus makes you unqualified to speak into their heart. Now, if you don't know the person.. and God tells you to do it--- DO it. Obey quickly. This isn't a formula for anything-- in everything we do, we should be God-led. So, instead of thinking of all the people you're going to correct tomorrow-- Go to the Lord and ask Him to correct and wreck YOU. We must be first humble & not self righteous in our approach. I have learned this in "correcting" people-- you cannot WANT that person to change MORE than they want to change. Remember this-- that if we really believed that prayer really works, why would we stop? 

So, the next time someone throws the word "judge" around, remember as Christians we are to righteously judge one another based on the truth of the bible-- unbelievers have already been judged as they live in darkness. Pray for their salvation instead of screaming at their sin.. they don't belong to the Father-- what else do you expect for them to do?" - Heather Lindsey