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You can be successful, Speak Up.

Grace and Peace be unto you, from God our Father and from the LORD Jesus Christ. I am honored to be writing you in my capacity of Servant of the LORD Jesus Christ. Jesus has successfully redeemed us from a position of desperation, to a place of unquenchable hope, marvelous light, and all of us have received beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Beloved I want to encourage you. Life has the ability to get us down, drive us crazy, and quite frankly scare us. We ought not to give into those fears, real though they are, because Jesus the Christ, the son of the living God, has given us power to be successful in whatever we put our hands to. Let’s look at the text:

Matt. 7:7 ¶ Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Matt. 7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

Beloved, this is not a magic spell for believers. This is a paradigm. Jesus in this passage admonishes to behave in a way that is distinctive to him. To be a people that transcend what is required by the law, and become honestly a people genuinely striving to reflect the glory of God. To be honest, passionate about the things of God, earnest in prayer, and behavior. When we have taken steps to conform to the mandates of God, we are partakers of these truths. Jesus says to us, if we want something, there is a Christian way to obtain what we want from God. We needn’t try to raise money, or make agreements with people, we need not depend on men or women. We need not compromise. We need not become someone or something else to obtain the things we need. Jesus said, when you have done your part, ask. That’s all we need. Just ask, and what we ask God for, he says ‘it’ shall be given you. Seek and you will find it. Knock and it shall be open unto you. Access to your success is not in your ability to finance it, or manipulate people for it. Just ask for what you want. The awesome truth shared in the next verse is that everyone who asketh, (which means to keep asking) receives what they ask for. Think about that, everyone who asks God for what they want, and have conformed to his word, has received. This is the paradigm set by God.
Beloved, as long as we keep our mouth shut, we will not see success. What we ask for, we tend to expect. Live life on purpose. Ask for what you want. Success belongs to you.

Your Because I am His,
Leo Colon
www.ihpfwc.org
pastor@ihpfwc.org

March 23, 2010

do something

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March 9, 2009

Leant Season (Ash Wednesday)

Leant Season (Ash Wednesday): ”

In His Presence Family Worship Center

Beloved allow me to apologize for not sending our devotional last week. Last week was in fact a bit overwhelming for me. I beg your forgiveness, and do promise to redouble my efforts to be consistent with this ministry. Love you guys. Thank you. Now this weeks devotional.

KJV
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

NLT
Mark 1:35 ¶ The next morning Jesus awoke long before daybreak and went out alone into the wilderness to pray.

Grace and peace be unto you from God our Father, and from the LORD Jesus Christ. Beloved today we are embarking on our Season of Lent. We have taken this year, as a guide for our Lent season meditation a look at some ‘Holy Habits’ as referenced by Rich Bimler. We will take a few themes from his narrative and see what can be gleaned for our sojourn in this season of lent.
Today for Ash Wednesday the theme is Prayer. The text we want to look at for this short time is Mark 1:35.
Let’s take an overview of the context in which we find ourselves. Chapter one of the book of Mark covers several events in the early stages of Jesus’ ministry.
I. The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry (1:1-13)
A. The Ministry of John the Baptist (1:1-8)
B. The Baptism of Jesus (1:9-11)
I. The Temptation in the Wilderness (1:12-13)
II. Jesus comes to Galilee and begins preaching (1:15
A. Jesus gathers his staff (1:16-20)
B. Jesus teaches in the synagogue (1:21-26)
C. News of this Jesus spreads (1:27,28)
D. Jesus heals Peter’s mother in law (1:29-31)
E. Jesus heals the multitude (1:31-34)

Immediately after this great work of preaching and healing we come to our text. Jesus performs numerous miracles, preaches radical sermons, sermons so radical that the demons are agitated to such an extent, they must abandon their host. Today, such a preacher would be admonished to get some business cards, get a building, start a work, travel the world, get a TV program and begin the ministry. Here the bible tells us that Jesus did something interesting. The text tells us that after the triumphant ministry of healing people with various diseases, after the radical approach to teaching the word of God, Jesus did not bask in those accomplishments. Although we should always take the time to give God the glory, and celebrate victories. It seems though that the mature and wise thing to do is to continue to do the things that insure our success. Let’s take a look at the text. In the King James Version the evangelist tells us,
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

Three things happened,
1. Jesus woke up early, to the extent that there was a difference between prayer time, and the start of the day.
2. He separated himself from everything and everyone.
3. He prayed.

Issue number one, Jesus woke up early, the scriptures penned it this way, ‘rising up a great while before day’. The interesting point here is that there was a notion that prayer time was not to be fitted into the schedule, it was an entity all it’s own. It was not something you multi-tasked. I am guilty of this, I must admit. I while take the time to pray, as I am driving into the city, or as I doing things around the house. Make a point of making prayer time separate and apart from any other activity. I know we all have busy days, and we certainly are not going to insinuate that Jesus had more time on his hand than we do. Could it be that our day is radically unmanageable because we do not take the time in prayer to consult God on our day. Jesus valued his time with the Father so much that it meant taking the time out of his day to stop every thing else, and speak to his father. We should re-double our efforts to do the same.
He also placed value on his time with the LORD by separating himself from every one. Committing to be alone with God is the height of intimacy. You value someone enough to be alone with them, and not allowing anyone to compromise the value you place on God. Of course in moments like this, when God is your focus, clarity is a clear by product of your effort to strengthen your Christian walk. Prayer is mainly a dialogue. Dialogue is where intimacy becomes the norm. Take the time to get away, on your own with just you and God. It does not have to be a weekend on an Island. That would be great, but there are opportunities that you make for the important things in your life. Get up early, specify some time during your day, or take extra time before bed to be alone with God.
Finally Jesus prayed. Of course this is the most important part of this habit. Talk to God. There are so many theories about prayer, but I beg you to not allow theories to get in the way of just talking to God. Some people say you should talk like you are talking to your friend. I think we should ascribe more reverence and honor than just a simple friend. In other words we aught to never feel it is appropriate to be familiar with God, as to not honor him. Still the friend notion has some validity. There is no greater friend than God. The notion here is to speak to God with the transparency you would with a trusted friend. The only way for us to gain anything from the experience in prayer is to be honest with God, about everything. Our needs, our likes and dislikes, our shortfalls and our fears. Prayer changes things is a popular saying. Allow me to proffer this notion, prayer changes everything including us. Get into the habit of prayer.

Yours Because I’m His
Leo Colon
pastor@ihpfwc.org
http://www.ihpfwc.org
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(Via .)

February 25, 2009

Live Like You Expect God to Come Through

Live Like You Expect God to Come Through: “

In His Presence Family Worship Center

Beloved, Grace and peace be unto you, from God our Father, and from the LORD Jesus Christ. Allow me from the outset to say thank you to you all. Dorothy and I wish to thank all of you for your words of kindness in our time of bereavement. You are some of the most wonderful people God has ever given us the privilege of knowing.

Well last week, we discuss what to do after God gives us a promise. We received a word, then when made a plan. Now that you have a plan, based on the word of God, it is a good idea to live in expectancy. So many times God tells us he is about to do a thing, and we refuse to believe or even expect it not to happen. We should really live with a sense of expectancy. Notice, I said we should live in expectancy. I say that because the word of God does say we should operate in faith, but I am so glad that God does not wait for us to be in the right place in order to accomplish what he needs to do. I am so glad that I have not been taught that kind of theology. You have probably heard it all over the Kingdom. ‘God can not do this or that, until you position yourself for this or the other.’ The main problem with this kind of theology is that the bible disagrees with it. The bible assesses only two limitations to God. God can not lie, and he can not fail. These are the only limitations the scriptures attribute to God. We have a myriad of limitations, things we can not understand, things we can not do, things we can not feel, but God is not saddled with the limitations we are hampered with. That, for me anyway, is a bad habit we as human being have, of thinking God is like us. Now in order to make my point I need to prove it with scripture.
In the book of Acts we have an incident where Peter was imprisoned by the King. He was about to be put to death because the King saw that killing Christian leaders made the Jews happy, and this was politically expedient. The bible tells that the saints prayed, and God sent an angel.
Ok guys this is loaded, and I promise it is taken all my strength not to preach this text right now. Here is the text I want to concentrate on.

New Living Translation:
Acts 12:9 ¶ So Peter left the cell, following the angel. But all the time he thought it was a vision. He didn’t realize it was really happening.
Acts 12:10 They passed the first and second guard posts and came to the iron gate to the street, and this opened to them all by itself. So they passed through and started walking down the street, and then the angel suddenly left him.
Acts 12:11 ¶ Peter finally realized what had happened. ‘It’s really true!’ he said to himself. ‘The Lord has sent his angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jews were hoping to do to me!’

The angel of the LORD came to get Peter out, he opens the gates to the prison, walks him to the city. The gates of the city open on their own, and the angel vanishes, then, and only then does Peter realize that this was real. So God does not need us to be in a position to agree, nor does he need us to be in a position to accept what he is doing, he does not even need us to believe it is happening in order for him to deliver us. God does what he wants in life. Ok Pastor, then why should we live in expectancy. Well here are some examples in the scriptures about believe and not having doubt. Let’s see if you notice a pattern.

King James Version:
Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Matt. 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Matt. 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?
Matt. 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
Matt. 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.

In these three examples, Jesus shows us that doubt restricts our ability, not His. The things we set out to do, we need to make sure there is no doubt in us. The things God wants to do in your life, God does not need your approval, approbation, or input. What you decree in God necessitates you to believe and have no doubt. The correlation here is that God can not doubt his own word, that is a human trait. God’s word can not return unto him void. Our word needs belief, lack of doubt and the name of Jesus. God absolutely expects his word to come to pass, it is impossible for it not to. We need to be more like him. Live in expectancy that the word of God will come to pass. That God will do what he said he will do. Remember the word of God.

King James Version:
Is. 46:11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

God has spoken a word into your life, he will bring it to pass. Doubt is not an issue. Live in expectancy of whatever God has spoken into your life. What does that mean? Expect whatever God tells you, to happen. It will. Live like you expect God to come through. He will. “

(Via .)