A WINDOW IN A DOOR

Ask and you shall receive...seek and you shall find. .knock and the door shall be opened. Matthew 7:7 reveals the principle that governs every universal issue. However the applied principle is in Matt 7:8 for it is to the one that persistently asks..seeks and knocks that tangible things are produced.  The reason why the persistence is necessary because for every open door there is a window of time in which the opportunity exists. Walk through the door by walking in the window of purpose.

THROUGH THE BIBLE STUDY - Part 1

Our church has been studying THROUGH THE BIBLE taking a cursory review of each book of the Bible with the view of establishing a complete scriptural foundation to strengthen our reliance on the power of His word in our lives. Our time in GENESIS was fruitful expanding our understanding that we should not sell ourselves short with what God has provided. Adam was directed to tend and work in the garden of Eden but was commanded to be friutful..replenish..take dominion and subdue the earth. Dominion expands our understanding that the jurisdiction was for Kingdom rulership..and not garden management! Our time in EXODUS reveals that even after 430 years of enslavement with generations being born into a non-free..environment there were those who would not accept that their circumstances did not match the ability and power of their Jehovah!..Someone understood it was time to get out and the cry for freedom led to the rise of the greatest leader of Old Testament history..Moses!. Our time in LEVITICUS brings us into how God really does desire to create opportunities for his people to return to fellowship through sacrifice. If it does not cost you something it is not sacrifice..the investment of sacrifice creates the path for atonement and release!. The Burnt Offering. .Meal Offering..Peace Offering..Sin offering and Trespass Offering are all ways back to God..God's religious law serves to guide us in the pathway of reconciliation and redemption..if He did not love us..why would he show us the doors to return to Him!..Follow our study on Tuesdays @ 700PM in Baltimore. .and Wednesdays @ 700PM in Largo..www.pjedmund.org. .ALECHEIM..SHALOM..unto you be PEACE!

WASTED TIME BUT STILL ON SCHEDULE

There is a time and a season for every purpose!. The one entity that challenges all of us is the tactical management of time. It is the one thing that we cannot control. Since it cannot be controlled it must be respected. Time respects no one yet demands the utmost respect. What we do with it and how we spend it is remarkable.  It's amazing that time can be lost..thrown away..ignored...idled away and yet the opportunity still remains to make up for all that has been wasted. God still uses the time issue to prepare you for seasons of more effectiveness and accomplishment. Even when missed. .God still allows us to reach our destiny with the time we have left..be late in time and be on schedule by purpose!

HUNGRY FOR KINGDOM

If everything connected to God was simply released by the ask then where would be the endeavor..the strive..the try!..It does not mean that the principle in Matthew 7:7 is not relative. It is not just the ask but the intensity with which the ask is asked!. When you are hungry an appetite is created. In order for us to connect to the purpose God desires for us. When excited about Kingdom..God creates the appetite and the hunger for Kingdom.How do you know?..Dissatisfaction!..Yes dissatisfaction is the stage before next level Kingdom !..Just like emptiness precedes hunger...dissatisfaction precedes advancement...get hungry for KINGDOM!

WORK YOUR FAITH UNTIL FAITH WORKS!

When James presents faith it is actually a companion to the Paul presentation of faith. Paul presents a faith that draws or connects us to God "therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God" (Romans 5:1). It is what we believe that a relationship with God can produce in our lives that attracts us to Him. Furthermore God must insert faith into our hearts so we have the tools to believe Him totally. The James faith is a sustaining faith. There is faith that brings you to God and a faith that sustains you while in relationship with God. James says that faith must be represented by works or effort. In other words if you have faith you have to do something remarkable to demonstrate the faith that you have. Faith is not what you say it is what you do and risk to do!

YOU CANNOT DIE WHEN YOU LIVE BY FAITH

James teaches us in 2:26 that "as the body without the spirit is dead so faith without works is dead". The believer is sustained by the promise of the future and is inspired not by current events but the life imagined. As long as faith is in existence the end of anything cannot be realized. It is not because we earned the right to receive the promises of God because we can never cause God to be better than He already is in our lives. He is good because of His own value and personal excellence. As long as we live on and by faith we defy the consequence of the end of anything. Faith grows beyond conclusions and the end of expectations. Life beyond the end!

RADICAL FAITH RELEASES RADICAL FAVOR

In Mark chapter 2 Jesus attends a meeting that draws His usual crowd.It was standing room only because those that had a need brought those needs to Christ. A man sick with the palsy was carried by persons with faith believing that he could be healed. There are times in our lives when the faith of others has to carry us until we build the faith to walk on our own.There was no way into the house where Jesus was teaching. The persons who carried the sick man did not just have faith...they had radical faith. Instead of giving up on the notion of gaining access they turned their attention to the roof. Faith will always find unconventional and unrealized opportunities to see the results of the future. They broke up the roof while carrying the bed with the sick man and putting him in place. They lowered hin down through the roof. When Jesus saw their effort He admired their radical faith...they stopped at nothing to bring the man to the radical Christ. Naturally the man with the palsy was healed as a result of radical faith which releases radical favor. Make sure there are people in your life that can push you to take the risks necessary to release your miracle. Take the roof off today!