In the company of believers you hear all sort of  cliches, fancy words of the christian vernacular, the problem with these words and phrases is that many of them are useless and empty.  Being  christian does not make you exempt from life’s problems.  Although one might spend their time in much prayer, you still must interact with the rest of the worlds population and you will encounter other people with real problems.

How do you exhort, how do you minister to someone without forcing your way of thinking at them?  Are you out to get them to join your church? Or, are you seeking to lead them to salvation in Jesus Christ? Speaking in the King James English (quoting bible verses) is enough to turn someone away because you give the impression that you can not relate to what they are feeling. Telling someone to “just pray” about it really falls  short of helping when you as a believer should be able to empathize with what they are feeling. Read more »

The body of Christ is made up of many members. The church, is made up of many born again believers of whom God have given gifts and talents to. These gifts and talents are not for entertainment purposes, but they are for serving the body of Christ.  Do all members have the same office? No, do all have the gift of teaching or preaching? No.  Each members of the body of Christ has a function and a purpose.  We often hear our functions and purposes referred to as gifts.

Every now and them, I think many believers get so caught up on the or gifts, they think their gift is far superior than anyone. The believer that prophesies will need to partake of the gift of healing or benefit from someones giving.  In Romans the 12th chapter, Paul urges the saints at Rome (Romans 1:7) to present them selves as a living and holy sacrifice (Romans 12:1) Read more »

As I was preparing for today’s post, I thought I would simply post Romans 12. I wanted to share something from Romans 12:9 and I will at a later time, but for now I hope you find this chapter of Romans inspiring and a reminder to the principle duties of believers, I was reminded. Read more »

While growing up in the City of Philadelphia, enjoying the morning church service was something to really think about for days to come. The move of the spirit, people being saved, healed, encouraged and set free.  No matter how bad your week was, fellowship with Gods people was a real encouragement and your spirit was lifted by the time worship was over. There was such a spirit of reverence and respect for the place in which the saints gathered together for worship.

More than 30 years ago, we didn’t have the ability to stream video from cell phones (we had pay phones) we could not text, tweet or communicate instantly during the service, but we could pass notes and whisper or ask the usher to pass the note or meet in the back of the church to pass on  a message quietly. Read more »