Today’s Blog: Get into God’s Presence

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ. Again, thank you for visiting our blog site. I would like to take this time to invite you to our church, In His Presence Family Worship Center. It is a friendly church where the praise and worship is sweet and the word of God is preached with power and without compromise. Join us at four (4) PM at 154 Lexington Ave @ 30th Street. Our midweek bible study services are at Seven (7) PM. We would be honored to have you as our special guest. Make plans now to come and prepare to receive from God. You will not be sorry.

Acts 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;

This is the foundational scripture for our church. The presence of the LORD is a powerful encounter and many benefits are offered to the believer that would give themselves to it. The passage represents the climax of The Apostle Peter’s homily and defense of the miracle the people have just witness. The amazing point of this message is that anyone can receive the benefits of the source of this miracle. You don’t have to just be a spectator, you can be a miracle too. How you ask?

“Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out”. Change your mind about your sins, admit that your sins are grievous to you, and make arrangements not to sin anymore. That’s what repent means. Be converted, meaning changed from what you are to what God has called for you to be. This begins with the repentance. As the Apostle Paul suggests, while you were a slave to sin you could not please God. So repentance of sin makes you different. Your obedience to God makes you a changed person. This process alone is pivotal. Here is how the Apostle Paul puts it:

NLT

Rom. 6:16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.

The Apostle Peter then says this process blots out your sins. Now you are ready to experience a seminal moment for any believer. Now, enter into his presence because there are benefits from this experience. Firstly, we know they way into God’s presence is worship.

KJV

Psa. 22:3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.

The benefits of worship are numerous but here the Apostle gives us one of them. There is a time of refreshing. He actually predicts the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the LORD. Breaking this down is a sermon and a half. I will not do that to you. Those who were at IHP heard it on Sunday. But I must make a few points. The times of refreshing yields some interesting information. The word used for times is the word kairos it suggest that God has a set time, due season, a set or proper time. So our praises trigger the presence of the LORD and one of the benefits are that we are awarded the privilege of witnessing God’s set time for refreshing. The word refreshing is  anapsuxis, and this is interpreted a recovery of breath, or revival. So God wants you to recover your breath. Our life can become stifling, hard to manage. Have you ever felt like all I need is some time to just breathe. Get your bearings. I don’t want anyone to live for me, but if I could just catch my breath, I could fight my own battles. If I could get a moment to recover my breath I can make my own way. God says, he wants you to recover your breath. The other word you can use for refreshing is revival. God says this is the time for revival. He wants to revive you. Do you need a revival? Our lives can be of such that we realize that we used to be alive. We used to take on life, now my life, my passion, my existence seems to be on life support. God says revival belongs to you. Get into his presence. You need a revival.

Beloved, tomorrow we begin our ten day fast. We will be having one bowl of soup and all the water you can drink. make sure you drink at least 10 to 12 glasses of water a day. Do what you can to take the toxins out of your body, such as a colonic (colon therapy) or take a good laxative to flush toxins out of your body. Have your soup after 12 noon. Make your prayer list and pray using your prayer lists. You want to pray for specific things you would like God to do in 2013. I am looking forward to hearing many testimonies.

Remember, please make plans to join us on Sunday. This week I want to talk on the subject,  “where your miracles are found”. You want to be there.

Live Life on Purpose and not By Mistake,
Yours Because I am His,
Leo Colon
pastor@ihpfwc.org
www.ihpfwc.org