Fleeing only comes after . . .

James 4:7 says : Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist (oppose) the devil, and he will flee (seek safety by flight) from you.

Fleeing of the devil only comes after resisting and that resistance comes through submission to God. There is another similar scripture that ties into this in Matthew 17 ..

18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 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. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.

Just something that came to me on my way home

Let Go, Let God!

When we talk about "letting go and giving it to God," we often encounter a curious paradox. Despite uttering these words, we frequently find ourselves caught in a cycle of complaining and further discussion. It's fascinating to consider that as human beings, we are fashioned in the image of God, the ultimate Creator who brought the world into existence through the power of speech. This extraordinary fact signifies that when we engage our mouths in a matter, we have the potential to speak things into existence.

However, it's crucial to be mindful of the implications of our words. When we take a situation that we have already entrusted to God and begin discussing it, we effectively remove it from His capable hands and place it back into our own. In a sense, we attempt to strategize and find solutions on our own, often succumbing to a negative mindset in the process. This contradicts the very essence of letting go and allowing God to work on our behalf.

Instead of perpetuating this cycle, let us intentionally choose a different path. Let us turn to prayer and determine within ourselves to settle the matter, firmly entrusting it to God. By doing so, we demonstrate genuine faith and reliance on the Almighty's wisdom and power. As we relinquish control and embrace the concept of "Let Go, Let God," we open ourselves up to the transformative work of the Divine in our lives.

Therefore, let us take this opportunity to remind ourselves and others of the profound truth encapsulated in the hashtag #LetGoLetGod. It serves as a powerful reminder to surrender our burdens, worries, and anxieties to the One who holds the universe in His hands. In doing so, we allow Him to manifest His perfect will and bring about the outcomes that surpass our understanding.

Embrace the power of letting go and giving it to God. Watch as He unfolds His miraculous work in your life and circumstances. Trust in His infinite wisdom and experience the peace that comes from releasing control and placing your faith in His divine guidance.

#LetGoLetGod

Money Talks - Randy Caldwell - NOTES!

these notes may have some issues but i wanted to write them and share with you all =D Originally i wanted to make my own blog post but i'll do that in the future, for now i'll let you hear an awesome  message on this topic!


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Money is one of the "hot topic" issues of today's church.  Views vary from "everyone should be rich" to "no one should be rich".  If one was to look at what the bible says, where does the bible set? How should you control this?

The first controversial ideology to look at is if money is good or evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

The scripture says money answereth all things. money is not the answer to all things but money answereth all things.  Money is not evil because if it was the devil would be dropping dump truck loads in your front yard.

Some says "money doesn't make you happy" but remember neither does poverty

*?*?* joy is a spirit, happiness is a happenstance. "you can't buy happiness" its because you don't know where to shop. it can bring happiness or sadness.

God wants you to be blessed. All of his red-letter and combine the scripture on heaven, hell, faith and healing all those combined he speaks more on money than those combined. 1 in 7 verses in luke is money. The devil's goal is to keep you bound financially because you can not do what you need to do for the kingdom of God if you are always worried about how you are always getting by. the only topic he talks more than money is the kingdom of God.

in the ecc 10:19 the hebrew word for money is a complex word means is that your money will talk about you and everything you do because your money participates in everything you do

ecc 7:12 says wisdom is a defense and money is a defense  - defense = money is a shade, it'll help you and shade you from the heat of life.

1 tim 6:10 the love of money is the root of all evil - the love it is, not money itself.  it's the root of every evil work.

psa 15:5 he who putteth not his money out for usury  - do not use your money to take advantage of some one else

money answereth all things, it's a relief and the love of it is the root of all evil and you should not use it to take advantage of anyone else.



So - money has no agenda.  money only changes in the hand of the holder.  Money does not have the ability to change people, money will bring to the surface what you been hiding. it's ok to have money as long as money don't have you.  it's innocent it dont have an agenda it's just an extension and testifies about you. it speaks volumes about who you are.

Jesus makes it clear in the rich young ruler  luke 18  scr scr  your money will expose you every time, money testifies about you. show me your checkbook and i'll show you where your god is. your money will tell on you and tell about you. where a mans' treasure is there is his heart also (scrp?)

pay attention to what your money is saying about you. is your mouth saying one thing and your billfold something else? no man can serve two master.  if you are not careful you will start to believe that money can do more for you than God can do for you.  there is nothing wrong with good bank account or retirement but when you are trusting on it more than god. Ive never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed begging for bread.  you can say all you want but if your giving does not show it you are lying.

quote: when the pastor gets up to take an offering and has to talk you into giving its because your heart is not where it needs to be

He said "i will supply.."   if you dont want to give because your bank account then you are more dependent on God that's where your god is.

Some see Tithe as a protection money and God is the mafia, this is not God this is religion. that's not true but this is your money will talk about you. money is an unspoken conversation,  Jesus set by the offering plate and watched their giving. Just by watching how they gave he knew where their heart was. their money told on them.  IF you go to hamilton place and spend $450 and then go to church and drop in $10 what is your money saying about you.

tithing - not just an OT issue.  Jesus said you tithe and you ought to (sp). speaking money makes people mad but those are the same people who don't give tithe anyway. Tithing is an OT issue but so is praise and worship.  You are hung up on OT issues because you think we got two books, we do not have two books.  there is no OT and NT , one prophesied who is coming the other one talks about what he fulfilled. it's one book not two.

we need to give - by why. God is not out to get you he is out to get you. The only place he promises to open the windows of heaven is when you give. If the windows of heaven is not open its 1) trial or 2) you are not giving.  if that trial has happened since 1992 it's not a trial you're just selfish and stingy.  when the preacher gets up and says your money will talk about you - when your heart changes the use of your money changes cause money is innocent.

when you see a man on on the street and give him $5 it's benevolence in your hands but in his it's beer.  the same $5 changes on who holds it.

matt 25 - for the kingdom of God (heaven) is like a man travelling into a far country.  called his servants and delivered the goods  talents  matt 25

5 talents - preach, sing, play piano, testify, trumpet, tap dance, do it all. the kind you love to hate.  He took wht God gave him and went and used it for the kingdom of God. He said he done what i could for the kingdom.  "well done"

2 talents - preach, couldn't play or dance, no rhythm and he takes his ability and does what he can and when he brings it back to the master. The EXACT SAME words .  it's not about amounts its about sacrifice. when you cast in big amounts trying to impress and the widow with 2 mites gave more because of his sacrifice.

When Jesus said give it all, what is your money saying.

you can not tell me how much you love God and not give. what is in your heart will come out when you get money in your hand. the 5 & 2 money didn't make them faithful, money just exposed it. the wicked slothful servant it just showed he was wicked and slothful.  money testifies of all things

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anything that is of value to you always gets your best, so for the believer your faith in God and your process of trusting God is not and can not be established until you are willing to depart with something of value.  Gen 22 before God called abram his friend he called him to take his son and give him back to God. "only son" is isaac. Abraham had faith in God and it was accounted unto him.

if your giving does not give 10% of your income you are a false pharisee walking in false religion. God told abram to stop because 'now i know' that means he meant he didn't know before you went to that point. you have a free will and tested and tried so god can trust you.

how did abram have that faith in god. gen 22:4 and on the 3rd day he lived his eyes and afar off he saw mt moriah and looked into the future and saw God give his son and saw him resurrect his son so abram said to the two young men and he said we'll be back.

st john 8:56 - your father abraham rejoiced to see my day and saw it and was glad.

james 2:14 -  what does it prophet to say faith and hath not works, can faith save him.

- faith without works is dead

- say all you want but what is your works saying if you say you have faith but you can not depart form it then your faith is dead. to give something of value is to testify of your faith.

you can not let the economy and the dow jones dictate your giving.

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money: united states of america IN GOD WE TRUST.  before your money talks about you it is trying to talk to you. the money itself is saying dont depend on me.  if god wanted me to have money , i guess if he wanted you to brush your teeth he'd send that to you too.

there is not a dollar in heaven, there is no money in heaven - that's the currency of eerth. honor is the currency of heaven.

1 cor 16;1 now concerning the collection of the saints ...

so giving is an order, stop making it an option. ministers should not have to talk you into giving because it is an order. your giving reveals how your god has prospered you. it speaks volumes how your god is and your gods ability.

2 cor 16:2 first day of the week

- i am sick and tired and fed up having to raise money for things, i'm tired and weiry of convincing people to give.  we like to enjoy some one else's revelation- that's a freeloader.  you should have your mind made up that you were going to give tithe and offering before you showed up to church.

what you do first always determines what god does second.

your supply will hinge on ability to hear god's voice.  every man as he has purposed in his heart (2 cor 9:7)  to give a continual argument to. God loves a cheerful giver and your money is screaming volumes about you.

where a man's treasure is there his heart is also

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Be who God made you to be!

We look around life and wonder is there something greater, is there something more i am suppose to be doing. After this question we then go to 'why am i not doing it'. I am always amazed by the thought that the same God that spoke the world into existence, formed the mountains also made man a living soul, He made you!  God made you, He made you for a specific purpose "for such a time as this", He made you with a passion to live for. God did not make you in vain, He did not make you to be "just another someone" .. He made you to be awesome for His purpose - for your passion. We are all born with a calling, a passion and a call to purpose! Here is the greatest mistake we can do, that is search for this very thing, wonder and agonize over what exactly it is - all the while not talking to the on the creator, the one who made you. I am a huge fan of technology and generally we need help with programs , the F1 key is amazing and sometimes it's even more awesome than searching Google.  The thing is that F1 key is you asking the maker what exactly is going on, isn't it time to use the tools God gave you? Prayer, bible are both keys God intends us to use, these are ways we spend time with him, in His presence and He can move into our life and help change us, help mold us - to be a better you, to be a more inspired you but the most important is to be the you that you are suppose to be.

God Bless,
WC

The poor, the broken, the marginalized and the dispossessed have God's attention, do they have yours?

Caring for the poor, the broken, the marginalized and the dispossessed is our mandate as Christians! The quantity of this is the 2nd most common topic in the Old Testament is about what we do with our money and our possessions in light of the poor and the broken, the marginalized and the dispossessed. The only topic to be talked about more is idolatry. Often when idolatry is mentioned this subject is linked to it. The New Testament  has over 300 verses of direct teaching on this subject, that's 1 verse in every 16. in the Matthew, Mark and Luke its 1 in every 12. in Luke its 1 in every 10 verse on how we husband our possession in the light of the poor.  In James letter its 1 in ever 7. To ignore this you would have a bible full of holes, we cant afford to have a bible full of holes. in the NT there is more on how we care about the poor than there is about prayer, 2nd coming, heaven and health, sexual morality - there is more on this than those subject. God still cares about those subject but he cares passionately about the poor.

Hear not the words but the heart of God behind these words:

Isaiah 58 (AMP):
3 Why have we fasted, they say, and You do not see it? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and You take no knowledge [of it]? Behold [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins], you find profit in your business, and [instead of stopping all work, as the law implies you and your workmen should do] you extort from your hired servants a full amount of labor.
4 [The facts are that] you fast only for strife and debate and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Fasting as you do today will not cause your voice to be heard on high.
5 Is such a fast as yours what I have chosen, a day for a man to humble himself with sorrow in his soul? [Is true fasting merely mechanical?] Is it only to bow down his head like a bulrush and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him [to indicate a condition of heart that he does not have]? Will you call this a fast and an acceptable day to the Lord?
6 [Rather] is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke?
7 Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house—when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you hide not yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?
8 Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, Here I am. If you take away from your midst yokes of oppression [wherever you find them], the finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and every form of false, harsh, unjust, and wicked speaking,

God is saying if you want answers to your prayers, if you want me to hear you then feed the hungry, you want more healing then care for the homeless, if you want more healing and power then find me in the poor and care for them and love them.

The scripture continuse ...

10 And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday.

it is often said that the one thing the poor need that they havent got is friends. If you have friends , real friends, you are not homeless, sold into slavery or go hungry.

Amos 6:21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a savor or take delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 Though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your cereal offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I look upon the peace or thank offerings of your fatted beasts.
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs, for I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let justice run down like waters and righteousness as a mighty and ever-flowing stream.

God is saying if you can come together, sing songs to him but ignore the poor then God will put his fingers in his ears and not hear your worship. He loves our singing and he loves our worship but when we sing to him and we let the hungry go hungry and the homeless go homeless when we allow people to stay in slavery when we could fight for them or stand up for them - then he says there is something wrong with this and i hate it. i can not stand your assemblies.

Micah 6:
6 With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
8 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?

What does the lord require of you?
to act justly
to have mercy
to walk humbly.

This is God's chosen fast and God's way of life for us, his followers, this is the other part of worship - not only in corporate worship but also to serve to have the full gospel. In the end of time we will be judged on our work and help with the poor!!

Matt 25
34 Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you [g]favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
35 For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you [h]brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and [i]lodged Me,
36 I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me [j]with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me.
37 Then the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You something to drink?
38 And when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You?
39 And when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You?
40 And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least [[k]in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me. 

That's not all though, there is a verse that has been reeling in my mind the past week. *Psa 28:27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.* This is a earth shattering theory here, he that GIVES shall not have an issue with their lacking. God's kingdom has always flipped man's theory upside down - in secular world we horde, invest and keep getting more to build and to not lack but in God's kingdom we give it all to him, we surrender everything and help those in need God will be on your side!

I do not want to try to post everything in one post, most of this was from soul survivor night 2 on Godtv! MORE POST TO COME!!


NOTE: because i always give honor where honor is due:
Mike Pilavachi (soul survivor 2012 night 2)
Matt Maddix