Apostolic Church of God

S P R E A D T H E W O R D This Thursday we will be distributing FREE MEALS for kids from 4-6:30pm.... All you have to do is drive-thru, let us know the first and last name of the children you are picking up for, and we will load them for you! It’s quick, simple, and completely free! We will distribute bags UNTIL SUPPLIES RUN OUT.

A new season comes, new challenges fall. The lights dim early as warm slowly relaxes its graceful hold. Greens, and blues becoming less noticeable than yellows, browns, and reds. Moving out are free blowing warm breezes. Carrying fragrant florals, and pollinating life, while nature begins to rests. Preparing the soils, and waves, with colder streams of air, testing its very edge, before rebirth of Spring. God is continually at work, efficiently orchastrating these ways and me...ans, these worlds, and wills. The willful, and unwilling. For He is the Master of all these. The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory. Forever and ever. ~ God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. (Job 37:5-7)

We must desire, and seek a closer relationship with God. The noise, and moods of this world get in your head, telling you how you should live; eventually turning you towards its desires. How can you hear God in a world so loud? Stop looking around, and begin to listen for that Holy Spirit, inside; faithfully. ~Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17:21)

The Israelites wandered in the desert for a generation chasing their past. They'd become conditioned under Pharaoh, and were unable to see promises of a land ahead. If we continually chase what's behind us, we will wander also. Jesus tells us, we cannot serve both God and mammon. We can't move forward while reaching behind, Live in the possibilities of your future, not the memories of the past. ~No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Matthew 6:24)

We all face the world as who we pretend to be, or feel we need to be, because we hope for a positive fulfilling life. Yet God is the last name we generally call on for help. Simply allowing Him to work, opens the doors of grace, mercy and fulfillment. Overcoming the weaknesses of this world that will attempt to overwhelm us with tricks, and deceit. Let’s allow the only God of heaven to be the waking point within our world. To be truly fulfilled, we need the Lord. ~For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. (Ephesians 2:10)

Children of God, and those outside of God. Those that find themselves entitled, the rich, even well to do, or the simply proud. Gods not going to negotiate with you. The will of God is such that it is. It doesn’t deviate, it doesn’t sway, it does not lean, nor bend. Nebuchadnezzar and his pride challenged Gods will, Sampson and his weakness of a woman disrespected what God had offered. Judas sold his opportunity for the lust of greed. You can not challenge the will of God. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. ~ Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. (2 Corinthians 3:6)

Count your blessings, for they are many more then we give God credit for. If we backslide, He still gives us grace, mercy and healing. If we lack trust, He still offers love and forgiveness, as no other can. Count your blessings. Because our lives without The Lord blessing us with The Holy Spirit is no life at all. It's like trying to grow vegetables without sunlight. ~But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. (John 14:26)

How often do we use the truth in our lives? Little lies and embellishments really tell the truth. It becomes difficult being true to your yourself, family, or friends. Stop running through embellishments and desires. Position yourself in the will of God, He already knows your frustrations. He walks with you, He will free your heart. ~If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:36 KJV)

Over time we develop a trusting authority with God. In our relationship with Him we trust, and believe in His authority. Yet, we are surrounded by our tempters, and more often they are in our way. It may be a glance of the eye lasting just too long, or the wrong reaction to a misunderstanding. Our tempters may come at us differently, but God is always the same. Allowing the Holy Spirit into your world strengthens your trust relationship in God. ~And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:13)