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  Helping God's People. Helping Oneself In 2013, I became deathly ill, requiring several surgeries, five months in the hospital, and a long, slow, recovery period, one in which I am still participating, over ten years later. During this time, I met a young man from Pakistan, a young man who wanted to learn who Christ was, and how he could meet Him. Because I was in the hospital, and later at home on bed rest, I had plenty of time to teach him Bible Studies, while sharing the Love of Christ with him. Today, Sajin Samuel Masah is the Pastor of the church, founded by the late Bishop Kenneth Phillips, and myself, in Kenewal, Pakistan, with just 15 young people, eager to learn about the Love of Christ. And now, after nearly ten years, the church is going strong, Baptizing nearly 450 individuals into the Kingdom of God just this year. Town after town, and village after village, Pastor Sajin and his team continue to evangelize, and do God's work, reaching out to the lost, the hurting,...

The other night, I spent some time talking with an individual struggling with life's issues. Unfortunately, the individuals problems, as far as they were concerned, seemed to them to be more than could be handled...  This story reminded me of one of my own struggles in the past, my health. The fear, uncertainty, and stress had constrained me, causing my faith to waver, and so I shared with them something that has been a help to me in the past, the account of Jacob and the Ang el from the book of Genesis chapter 32... Genesis 32:26 ...Let me go, for the day breaketh. And (Jacob) he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me... There are times when simple faith isn't always enough; sometimes, we must strap down and struggle with that thing which has us bound... No, it is not always easy... Yet, if we hold on, we too can overcome the situations in life and receive our own Jacob to Israel moment...  Genesis 32:28 ...Thy name shall no more be called ...

The Lord our God is good, He is faithful, and He is the best friend that you could ever have in this life, and in order to experience all He has to offer, we must have the presence of Holy Spirit within us; however, simply having the Holy Spirit within us doesn't guarantee that we will live a pain free life, only that God will guide us, comfort us, and accompany us all the days of our lives... Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering , gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law... But, there are definitely some notable signs that we have the Spirit of the Lord within us, and the number one sign is love. Jesus Christ Himself tells us that loving God and loving one another is the greatest of the commandments, in fact, Christ Jesus tells us that it is the fulfilment of the Law... Now, love, joy, peace, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance, these are easy to adhere to; however, longsu...

Well, let us talk about the goodness of God... As most of you now know, I have been dealing with some health issues that sometimes makes it difficult to walk, or even stand for any period of time; however, that's not all. Now, as most of you also now, my dad passed away on April 20, and we buried him on April 25, just a few days ago. Wednesday of last week, I began loosing my voice; now, I am not sure why, it could have been because of the many tears i cried, or perhaps allergies, but by  sunday morning, I was very horse and my throat was very sore... Sunday morning services at the church I attend, the PromiseLand, here in Austin, was explosive, and the alters were filled with those in need of prayer; therefore causing my already horse voice and sore throat to become even worse. So, this would not have been a problem except for the fact that I was scheduled to speak Sunday evening at six o'clock pm. Now, as if that was not enough, although I had begun taking notes for that ...

Modern technology is simply amazing; right now, I am wearing a device called an orthofix belt, and what it does is send some type of electromagnetic pulse through my body which results in improved bone growth, amazing… While I was in the hospital, it was discovered that my spinal cord was torn, and it would have to be sewn back together… How do you sew something the size of a single strand of hair?? but modern technology as found a way to do this… Modern technology has found a way to send magnetic waves through the body of a human being and make bones grow… In much of the same ways that modern technology has changed our world today, the words of Jesus Christ changed the world over two thousand years ago… The only difference between the two is this, next week, next month, or maybe even tomorrow, there will be a new device or piece of technology that will far exceed anything we have today; however, there has never been, nor will there ever be anything that changes the world like the wo...

Originally posted on Facebook... Hello, many of you, my friends and family here on Facebook, are already Bible believing followers of the Lord Jesus Christ; however, many of you are not, and you are the ones I would like to focus on here today. Now, I will be honest with you all, it is very hard to believe that there is one Sovereign God who is Lord and created of everything, right? and then as if that were not crazy enough, this Mighty God would care enough about anyone, let alone you, that He would cover himself in the skins of the human race He created and come down to a world that even He said is controlled by His rival, enemy, and former friend in order to be slaughtered so that I can live? Yes, I will admit that it is indeed a strange story that I had a serious problem with myself until I had a problem that was far beyond the reach of any earthly solution that God helped me with, I am serious… As most of my old school people know, I had no problem living my life my own w...