In His Glorious Name: October 2009

One touch of God's love, grace, mercy and favor changes things. It doesn't matter what one is encountering. When heaven comes to earth, when God's Kingdom comes to earth. Things change. Darkness flees, bondage's are broken, lives are changed, and freedom rains. May you be blessed as God's favor touches your life.

May the favor of God manifest in your life through Christ the Hope of Glory.
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Every church that I have ever attended had a prayer ministry. Prayer is one of the heart beats of the church. Prayer is important, and Jesus said "My House shall be called a house of prayer". There are many scriptures in the Bible that speak of prayer from the book of Genesis to the book of Revelations. There are many accounts of Christ praying, the Apostles praying, and also many accounts within the old testament about prayer.

Prayer in many ways is the lifeline of our communication with God. Through prayer we communicate with God, make our requests known to Him, enter into His presence and stand the gap as watchmen for others. It is good to pray for others. In fact, it is a humble privilege to pray for others.

In the book of Acts prayer and the laying on of hands are mentioned in various sections of scripture. In many church's today prayer and the laying on of hands is actively pursued and the ministry of the Holy Spirit flows freely.

Actually God made prayer very simple. It doesn't take some spiritual giant to pray for people. It just takes a willing vessel to step out in faith and allow the Holy Spirit to be the Holy Spirit. It's when fear, lack of faith, a religious spirit, the precepts of men and having a good church service show gets in the way and hinders the Holy Spirit, that prayer ministries become in affective. That well scripted situations.

It amazes me how we sometimes turn the Kingdom of God into this well micro managed process as if we could add something to it. It amazes me how we sometimes take the simplest of things and make them difficult and within that process diminish the power of such and the anointing of God among us. I somehow don't think Jesus had that in mind.

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Thank God for all the wonderful Christian artists, musicians and song writers that give us such awesome praise and worship music. Just imagine a church service without great worship music to worship the Lord to. Personally for me without praise and worship, I'd be lost. Over the years, we all have been blessed through various artists, groups and worship songs. I'm sure that you have your favorite artists, groups and various praise and worship songs.

Here are some great sites that showcase some great praise and worship music. One is Christian Music which has an excellent website. Another is Vineyard Music which is one of my favorites and another is Maranatha Music which is also another excellent ministry site.

Remember, it is good to worship the Lord.

I'm loving Twitter. It's simple, fun and you meet some great people nationally and worldwide in the body of Christ. Social networks and communities are a great way to catch up on the latest, stay in touch with friends and also share God's love, kingdom and word. Catch us on Twitter at ChristBlogger and if you haven't joined Twitter, I encourage you to.

Together, we can Glorify God, share the Kingdom, encourage others and simply be a light that shines for Christ.

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All things are possible with God and I believe that for those who trust Christ, the best is yet to come. Yes Rome may be encountering problems, but for those who are a part of God's Kingdom here on earth, I believe the best is yet to come.

May your faith be increased and may the Holy Spirit encourage you in the fact that God is seated on the Throne and is in control. Have a blessed day, week and years end as 2009 soon comes to a close. May your holiday season be filled with love, peace and joy and may Christ arise in your hearts.

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Very few people look towards God when things are going well. Truth is they are usually to busy and consumed to think about God. However, when times become difficult or troubles come, that's when we all seem to call out to God. Sometimes God takes the worst of situations and circumstances and turns them into blessings. We of course can't see this in the beginnings or as it's unfolding, but as time passes we do.

If your encountering difficulties let me encourage you to call out to God through times of prayer, worship and simply taking the time to share fellowship with Him. You just might find all your difficulties being turned into blessings as time passes.

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Did you know that the name Jesus occurs 983 times in 942 verses in the KJV Bible? That is a lot of times within a lot of verses. Did you know that the word Lord occurs 7970 times in 6749 verses in the KJV and that God is mentioned 4473 times in 3893 verses in the KJV?

Studying the Bible can be both exciting and rewarding. Performing word searches can also be exciting, rewarding and can really expand your knowledge of scripture. Take for example the word love. If you were to perform a word search on the word love and study only those scriptures whereas the word love is mentioned. You'd get quite a overview of all the scriptures regarding love.

It's easy, fun and worth performing word searches. Simply visit www.blueletterbible.com and have fun.

If your like me, you like to keep up with the latest things happening in Israel. We get a lot of information through our church and also by email from friends and ministries in Israel. However here is a great web site that has lots of information and updates about Israel and the Middle East.

Israel Ministry Of Foreign Affairs

The more and more I hear the news reports regarding world leaders, the more I wounder what path they are leading us all down. Even here in the United States, there are times when I wonder where are leaders are leading us. Thank God that we do have some leaders of integrity that truly care about the American people. Of course as leaders, they are merely men and men can and do make mistakes. Occasionally we hear of those mistakes, as powerful men find their careers coming to an end.

Yet where are our leaders leading us? Is America prospering as a nation and people? Are Americans better off today than they were 5 years ago, or 10 years ago? Are Americans more secure financially? or is America and the American people encountering the fruit of poor leadership?

It's time to pray that God puts Godly leaders, leaders of honor and leaders of integrity into office.

Prayer is powerful and prayer can bring change. Jesus said "my house shall be called a house of prayer" and in scripture Jesus prayed many times. If your in need of prayer or have a prayer request, simply visit The Prayer Ministry where you can post your prayer needs and others will pray for you. There's no registration or hassles.

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