Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened it’s mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.(Matt 17:27)

Read Matthew 17:24-27 and Mark 11:22-24

Peter had been in the fishing business all his life, but he had never before caught a fish with a silver in it;s mouth. However, the master does not want us to reason things out, for carnal reasoning will always land us in a sinking of unbelief. He wants us to obey. “this is a hard job,” Peter must had said as he put the bait on his hook, ” but since You told me to do it, I’ll try.” And he cast his line into the sea. There were millions of fish in the sea, but every fish had to stand aside and leave  that bait alone and let the fish with the piece of money in it;s mouth come up and take the bait.

Do you not see that the Words of the Master are the instruction of faith? It is impossible for anything that Jesus says to miss.All His Words are spirit and life (John 6:63). If you will only have faith in Him, you will find that every word that God gives is life. You cannot be in close contact with Him and receive His Word in simple faith without feeling the effect of it in your body, as well as in your spirit and soul.

All lack of faith is due to not feeding on God’s Word. You need it everyday. How can you enter into a life of faith? Feed on the living Christ, the faith of God will spring up within you. ” Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God”(Romans 10:17).

“He who believes in Me “ (John 14:12)__ the same essence of divine life is in us by faith. To the one who believes, it will come to pass. We become supernatural by the power of God. If you believe, the power of the Enemy cannot stand, for God”s Word is against him. Jesus gives us His Word to make faith effective. If you can believe in your heart, you begin to speak whatever you desire, and whatever you dare to say is done. You will have whatever you say after you believe in your heart. (See Mark 11:2324

Thought for today: Dare to believe, and then dare to speak, for you will have whatever you say if you do not doubt.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom

In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 3:8

Read proverbs 3: 1-26

After Jesus departed from the Pharisees, He said to His disciples, “take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees” (Matt. 16:6). The disciples began to discuss this warning among themselves, and all they could think of was that they had brought no bread. What were they going to do? Then Jesus uttered these words: ” O you of little faith” (v8). He had been with them for quite a while, yet they were still a great disappointment to Him because of their lack of comprehension and of faith. They could not grasp the profound spiritual truth He was bringing to them and could only think about having brought no bread. So Jesus said to them,

O you of little faith… Do you not yet understand, or remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up? Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?  (Matt. 16:8-10)

Do you keep in mind how God has been gracious in the past? God has done wonderful things for all of us. If we keep these things in mind, we will be “strengthened in (our) faith” (Romans 4:20). We should be able to defy Satan in everything. Remember that the Lord has led all the way. When Joshua passed over the Jordon on dry land, he told the people to pick up twelve stones and set them up in Gilgal. These were to be constant reminders to the children of Israel that they came over the Jordon on dry land. (See Joshua 4:20-24.) How many times had Jesus shown His disciples the mightiness of His Power? Yet they failed in faith right here.

Thought for today: The differance between those who are being led by the Holy Spirit and those who are being deceived by Satan is joy, gladness, and a calm expression instead of sadness, sorrow, and depression.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom

Where is your faith?  Luke 8:25

Read Luke 8:22- 39

Paul spoke of two classes of Christians, the obedient and the disobedient. The obedient always obey God when He first speaks. It is these people whom God will use to make the world know Him.

You cannot talk about things you have never experienced. God has a process of training us. You cannot take people into the depths of God unless you have been broken yourself. I have been broken and broken and broken. Praise God, for “the Lord is near to those who have a broken heart” (Ps. 34:18). You must have a brokenness to get into the depths of God.

There is a rest of faith that rests in confidence in God. God’s promises never fail. “Faith comes by hearing , and hearing by the Word of God” ( Romans 10:17). The Word of God can create an irresistible faith, a faith that is never daunted, a faith that never gives up and never fails. We fail to realize the largeness of  our Father’s supply. We forget that He has a supply that cannot be exhausted. It pleases Him when we ask for much. ” If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your  children, how much more will your Father who is in Heaven give good things to those who ask Him!” (Matt. 7:11). It is the  “much more” that God shows me.

There are times when a stone wall seems to be in front of us. There are times when there are no feelings, when everything seems as black as midnight, and there is nothing left but confidence in God. What you must do is have a devotion and confidence to believe that He will not fail and cannot fail. You will never get anywhere if you depend on feelings. There is something a thousand times better than feelings, and it is the powerful Word of God. A divine revelation within you came when you were born from above, and this is real faith. To be born into the new kingdom is to be born into a new faith.

Thought for today: If God definitely tells you to do anything, do it, but make sure it is God who is telling you.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom

I am willing; be cleansed.

__ Matthew 8:3  (Read Mark 1:28-45)

Today there are many needy, afflicted people, but I do not think most of them are half as bad as this first case that we read of in Matthew 8. This man was a leper. You may be suffering from tuberculosis, cancer, or other things, but God will show forth His perfect healing, if you have a living faith in Christ. He is a wonderful Jesus.

This leper must have been told about Jesus. So much is missed because people are not constantly telling what Jesus will do in our day. Probably someone had come to that leper and said, ” Jesus can heal you.” So he was filled with expectation as he saw the Lord coming down the mountainside. Lepers were not allowed to come within reach of people; they were shut out as unclean. Ordinarily, it would have been very difficult for him to get near because of the crowd that surrounded Jesus. But as Jesus came down from the mountain, He met the leper; He came to the leper.

There was no help for him, humanly speaking, but nothing is too hard for Jesus. The man cried , ” Lord, if You are willing , You can make me clean” (MATT. 8:2). Was Jesus willing? You will find that He is always  more willing to work than we are to give Him an opportunity to work. The trouble is that we do not come to Him; we do not ask Him for what He is more than willing to give.

If you are definite with Him, You will never go away disappointed. Divine life will flow into you, and instantaneously you will be delivered. Jesus is just the same today, and He says to you, ” I am willing; be cleansed.” He has an overflowing cup for you, a fullness of life. He will meet you in your absolute helplessness. All things are possible if you will only believe ( Mark 9:23). God has a real plan. It is very simple: come to Jesus. You will find Him just the same as He was in the days of old (Heb 13:8).

Thought for today: You will never find Jesus missing an opportunity to do good.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s glory ,

Pastor Tom

Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you:

In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazarreth, rise and walk.

__ Acts 3:6

Read Acts 3:1_ 16

Peter and John were helpless and uneducated. They had no college education; they had only some training in fishing. But they had been with Jesus. To them had come a wonderful revelation of the power of the name of Jesus, They had handed out bread and fish after Jesus had multiplied them. They had sat at the table with Him, and John had often gazed into His face. Jesus often had to rebuke Peter, But He had manifested His love to him through it all. Yes, He loved Peter, the wayward one. Oh, He’s a loving Savior! I have been wayward and stubborn. I had an unmanageable temper at one time, but how patient He has been. I am here to tell you that there is power in Jesus and in His wondrous name to transform anyone, to heal anyone.

If only you will see Him as God’s Lamb, as God’s beloved Son, upon whom was laid “the iniquity of us all” ( Isa. 53:6). If only you would see that Jesus paid the whole price for your redemption so that we might be free. Then you can enter into your purchased inheritance of salvation, of life, and of power.

Poor Peter and John! They had no money. I don’t think there are as many who are as poor as Peter and John were.But they had faith; they had the power of the Holy Spirit; they had God.You can have God even though you have nothing else. Even if you have lost your character, you can have God. I have seen the worst men saved by the power of God.

Thought for today: He will lead you into nothingness, but when you are in nothingness, you will be in power. He will lead you into weakness, but when you are in weakness, God will be with you in might. Everything that seems weak from a human perspective will be under the control of the divine power.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s glory,

Pastor Tom

Therfore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him

the name which is above every name,

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow.

__ Philippians 2:9-10

There is power to overcome everything in the world through the name of Jesus. ” There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” ( Acts 4:12).

Six people went into the house of a sick man to pray for him. He was a leader in the Episcopal Church, and he lay in his bed utterly helpless. He had read a little track about healing and had heard about people praying for the sick. So he sent for these friends, who, he thought, could pray “the prayer of faith” ( James 5:15). He was anointed according to James 5:14, but because he had no immediate manifestation of healing, he wept bitterly. The six people walked out of the room, somewhat concerned to see the man lying there in an unchanged condition.

When they were outside, one of the six said, ” There is one thing we could have done. I wish you all would go back with me and try it.” They all went back and got together in a group. This brother said, ” Let us whisper the name of Jesus.” At first, when they whispered this worthy name, nothing happened. But as they continued to whisper “Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!” the power began to fall. As they saw that God was beginning to work, their faith and joy increased, and they spoke the name louder and louder. As they did so, the man rose for his bed and dressed himself. The secret was just this: those six people had gotten their eyes off the sick man and were taken up with the Lord Jesus Himself. Their faith grasped the power in His name. Oh, if people would only appreciate the power of His name, there is no telling what would happen.

Thought for today: Through the name of Jesus and through the power of His name, we have access to God.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

For God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom

I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense

toward God and men.

__ Acts 24:16

One thing that can hinder our faith is a conscience that is seared. In contrast, there is a conscience that is so open to the presence of God that the smallest thing in the world will drive it to God. when we can come into the presence of God with clear consciences and genuine faith, our hearts not condemning us, then we have confidence toward God ( 1John 3:21), “and whatever we ask we receive from Him” ( v. 22).

Sugarcoating won’t do. We must have reality, the real working of our God. We must know God. We must be able to go in and converse with God. We must also know the mind of God toward us, so that all our petitions are always in line with His will.

As this “like precious faith” ( 2 Peter 1:1) becomes a part of you, it will make you so that you will dare to do anything. and remember, God wants daring followers: people who will risk all, who will be strong in Him and willing to do exploits. How will we reach this place of faith? Give up your own mind. Let go of your own thoughts, and take the thoughts of God, the Word of God. If you build yourself on imaginations, you will go wrong. You have the Word  of God, and it is enough.

A man gave this remarkable testimony concerning the Word: ” Never compare this Book with other books. Comparisons are dangerous. Never think or say that this Book contains the Word of God. It is the Word of God. It is supernatueal in origin, eternal in duration, inexpressible in value, infinite in scope, regenerative in power, inspired in totality. Read it through. Write it down. Pray it in. Work it out. then pass it on.”

Thought for today: We need a conscience that does not allow one thing to come into and stay in our lives to break up our fellowship with God and shatter our faith in Him.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

Pastor Tom

Now He did not do many works there

because of their unbelief.

__ Matthew 13:58

The Spirit of God wants us to understand there is nothing that can interfere with our coming into perfect blessing except unbelief. Unbelief is a terrible hindrance. As soon as we are willing to allow the Holy Spirit to have His way, we will find that great things will happen all the time. But oh, how much of our own human reason  we have to get rid of, how much human planning we have to become divorced from. What would happen right now if everybody believed God? i love the thought that God the Holy Spirit wants to emphasize the truth that if we will only yeild ourselves to the divine plan, He is right there to bring forth the mystery of truth.

How many of us believe the Word? It is easy to quote it, but it is more important to have it than to quote it. It is very easy for me to quote, ” Now we are children of God” ( 1 John 3:2), but it is more important for me to know whether I am a son of God. When the Son was on the earth, He was recognized by the people who heard Him. ” No man ever spoke like [Him]” ( John 7:46). His Word was with power, and that Word came to pass. Sometimes you have quoted, “He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4), and you could tell where just to find the verse. But brother is it so? Can demons remain in your presents? You have to be greater than demons. Can disease lodge in the body that you touch? You have to be greater than the disease. Do you dare stand on the Word of God and face the facts of the difficultiesbefore us?

“Faith is the substance of things hoped for” ( Hebrews 11: 1). Faith is the Word . You were begotten of the word; the Word is in you; the life of the Son is in you; and God wants you to believe.

Thought for today: Can anything in the world stand against you and hold it’s place if it is a fact that He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world?

Have a great day everyone and God blesss you all!

For God’s glory,

Pastor Tom

Increase our faith.

-Luke 17:5

Inactivity must be brought to a place of victory. Inactivity- what wavers, what hesitates, what fears instead of having faith- closes up everything, because it doubts instead of believes in God. It is life; what is faith? Faith is the living principle of the Word of God. It is life, it produces life; it changes life. How great our faith should be, for we cannot be saved except by faith. We cannot be kept except by faith. therefore, faith in the living God is a blessed reality.

All the wonderful things that Jesus did were done so that people might be changed and made like Him. Oh, to be made like Him in thought,act, and plan! He went about His Fathers business and was eaten up with the zeal of His house ( Psalms 69:9). I am beginning to understand 1 John 3:2: Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.” As I feed on the Word of God, my whole body will be changed by the process of the power of the Son of God.

The Lord dwells in a humble and contrite heart and makes His way into the dry places, so if you open up to Him, He will flood you with His life. You can never cleans sin, you can never purify sin; you can never be strong if in sin; you will never have a vision while in sin. Revelation stops when sin comes in. The human spirit must come to an end, but the Spirit of Christ must be alive and active. You must die to the human spirit, and then God will quicken your mortal body and make it alive ( Romans 8:11) . Without holiness no man will see god (Hebrews 12:14).

Thought for today: A little bit of sin will spoil a whole life.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but every word of God.

- Luke 4:4

God’s Word is:

Supernatural in origin.

Eternal in duration.

Inexpressible in valor.

Infinite in scope.

Regenerative in power.

Infallible in authority.

Universal in application.

Inspired in totality.

We should:

Read it through.

Write it down.

Pray it in.

Work it out.

Pass it on.

The Word of God changes a person until he becomes an epistle of God (2 Cor. 3:3). The Word transforms the mind, changes the character, and gives us an inheritance in the Spirit, until we are conformed-God coming in, dwelling in us, walking and talking through us. There is no God like our God.

God is love. “He who abides in love abides in God” (1 John 4:16). God wants to take ordinary men and bring them into extraordinary conditions . God has room for the thirsty man who is crying out for more of Himself. It is not what we are, But it is what God wants us to be. Friends , let us rededicate ourselves afresh to God!

Thought for today: God has promised to fulfill, fill full, the desire of those who fear him.

Have a great day everyone and God bless you all!

for God’s Glory,

Pastor Tom