A Warm Shoulder in A Cold World

Encouragement is a gift that we can offer others and ourselves. A listening ear, a warm shoulder to lean on, a helping hand, and an understanding heart offer support through the challenges and changes of life. When you make a conscious choice to be an encourager, you become God’s helping hand of support, inspiring courage, hope, confidence in the midst of a weary world.


When your best girlfriend tells you about her pet project, you respond with an enthusiastic “What a great idea! I know you’ll make it happen.” When the man in your life shares his hopes and dreams, you reinforce his self-worth and repel negative thoughts. You quietly say, “Yes, you can” instead of “Yes, but.” You’re not afraid to say something positive to others. These phrases are often a part of your conversation:”I love you because…” “I see in you…” “You’re so good at…” “I like the way you…” “I know you will…”


Here are some tips for being a better encourager:

1. Be specific and tell people in detail exactly what you like about them, what you have observed that can help them.


2. Be honest and kind. No flattery allowed. You want to point out the positives, yet be someone who offers a dependable perspective, not a flattering lie.


3. Be positive and confident. Express doubts with care and try to offer alternatives when you think someone is being unrealistic.


4. Be spontaneous. Listen to what your heart says and be willing to speak it.


5. Don’t worry abou how your encouragement is received. People are insecure and often don’t know how to take praise. They often need time to revise the way they look at themselves. Just keep believing the best for them, even when they are afraid to believe it for themselves.


6. Be consistent. Focus on the positive, make it a lifestyle. Make encouragement a habit.


7. Offer suggestions, not advice. Honor each person’s choices and believe in others’ ability to navigate their own course. You may disagree with their decisions, but you have to respect their choices.


8. Finally, be your own best encourager. Count your blessings. Be careful of the company you keep-don’t spend too much time with negative people who tear one another down. Focus on the larger vision, knowing that God has called you to a unique work in this world Give yourself time, space, and grace. Ask Him to help you find purpose in your pain and disappointments. Believe for the best.


Let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25


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Tampering with Heaven’s Constitution

Daniel 2
Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream
 1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was so troubled that his sleep left him. 2 Then the king gave the command to call the magicians, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.


27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded, the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, and the soothsayers cannot declare to the king. 28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:


29 As for you, O king, thoughts came to your mind while on your bed, about what would come to pass after this; and He who reveals secrets has made known to you what will be. 30 But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
31 “You, O king, were watching; and behold, a great image! This great image, whose splendor was excellent, stood before you; and its form was awesome. 32 This image’s head was of fine gold, its chest and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, 33 its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. 34 You watched while a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces. 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed together, and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

The stone represents the second coming of Jesus Christ.

36 “This is the dream. Now we will tell the interpretation of it before the king. 37 You, O king, are a king of kings. For the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory; 38 and wherever the children of men dwell, or the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven, He has given them into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all—you are this head of gold. 39 But after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to yours; then another, a third kingdom of bronze, which shall rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be as strong as iron, inasmuch as iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything; and like iron that crushes, that kingdom will break in pieces and crush all the others. 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. 43 As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.





















Head of Gold Chest & Arms of Silver Belly & Thighs of Bronze Legs of Iron Feet Partly Iron/Clay
Babylon Medo-Persia Greece Roman Empire 10 Kingdoms
606-538 BC 538-331 BC 331-168 BC 168 BC-476 AD 476 AD – 2nd Coming


Daniel 7:1-7
1 In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream and visions of his head while on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream, telling the main facts.
2 Daniel spoke, saying, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the Great Sea. 3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, each different from the other. 4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle’s wings. I watched till its wings were plucked off; and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand on two feet like a man, and a man’s heart was given to it.
5 “And suddenly another beast, a second, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and had three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. And they said thus to it: ‘Arise, devour much flesh!’
6 “After this I looked, and there was another, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird. The beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it.
7 “After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.

Rome was a leader in metal technology as they created the best ships, spears, swords and knives. Rome was able to wipe out Greece then over 600 years later broke apart due to immorality and corruption. Rome stopped funding the military and the ten tribes starting attacking and Rome was broken up. Up until 476 AD the leader in Rome was the Emperor.

25 He shall speak pompous words against the Most High,
      Shall persecute the saints of the Most High,
      And shall intend to change times and law.
      Then the saints shall be given into his hand
      For a time and times and half a time.

The greek word zemaan means appointed time. The Jewish Calendar had 360 days in it. Here is the interpretation of time, times, and half a time:



















1 Time360360
Times720720
Half Time180180
1260

In 538 AD the Roman Catholic Papal System was in charge and had authority for 1260 years until 1798 AD when Napoleon’s General Berthier captured the Pope.

In 321 AD Constantine legalized Christianity. Two of Jesus disciples were zealots. Zealots carried little knives that were easily hidden and would walk up to Roman soldiers and cut their necks. Jews and Christians both kept the Sabbath. Constantine declared worship of the ‘Sun’ God and Christians started following the tradition of sun worship which goes back to the time of Babylon. Papal power rose up just as the Bible states in Daniel 7:25 and changed God’s Law and Times. God has not authorized Sun-day worship.

Hebrews 8:1
The New Priestly Service
 1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

The Pope claims he is Deity on Earth. Only God can forgive our sins, not man. Do you want to follow what is in the Bible or follow the traditions of man?

This was our Wednesday night prayer meeting led by Pastor Korter at Bellingham Seventh-day Adventist Christian church. The Pastor and all Adventist pastors always state that there are Christian Catholics that will be in God’s Kingdom. The issue is that the Beast power revealed in Revelation is the Papal hierarchy that leads people astray with false doctrines.

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How to Feed the New Nature

Here is the sermon given by Pastor Korter at Bellingham, Washington Seventh-day Adventist church today.
Many Christians are wandering in their faith today. There is a solution. When we give our life to Jesus we have a new nature.
Matthew 4:4
But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
In this scene, Jesus is in the desert being tempted. Jesus overcame temptation. How many of us want a victorious or a happy life? It is written means if you really want to live.

How can I be a Christian if I am not feeding the new nature? We are born with a human nature that is sinful. We need to read and study the Bible. This is not a duty for converted Christians. The scribes and pharisees read and studied the scriptures because it was a duty. When we ask for Jesus to come into our lives, we then need to feed our new nature.

God’s word – The Holy Bible – is a love letter given to you. We love feeding our other interests. A sincere conversion will cause us to want to feed our new nature. It is natural to not enjoy being with someone you do not love. If we look at the Bible as a boring book of characters and their struggles or as most amazing love letter ever written then we will want to spend time in the Bible. You can read stories in the Bible of people just like you and me.

A mechanical reading of the Bible has very little impact on us. We risk being a miserable Christian – we risk leaving the Church. Here are some practical suggestions as you open up your Bible. Try to apply the message to your life. We need to learn how to enjoy feeding the new nature. What is this verse trying to tell me? Tell God what you think about the message and how you can apply the message to your life.

Enjoy your conversation with God. Every time you see the word ‘you’ or ‘we’ put the word ‘I’. Put your own life into the pages of the Bible.

Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Replace the pronouns in the above scripture sentences with ‘I’ and ‘me’.
What then shall I say to these things? If God is for me, who can be against me?

Share your fears and frustrations with God. If the new nature is not being fed, there is an automatic separation. There is unlimited power and strength in God. Read the Book “Steps to Christ” page 100. A copy of Steps to Christ was give to every single service man and woman in World War II.

Nothing is too small for God or Jesus. This is basic and elementary but most difficult to put into practice. Pray any place, anywhere, at any time. Pray when driving down the road. God wants us to understand there is no set time for prayer and meditation with Him. We can immediately begin to experience the joy that comes with spending just 15 minutes with the Lord. You can increase your time spent as you experience the joy and happiness.

The reasons churches end up dead is that members are not feeding the new nature.
Do you want the Holy Spirit poured out where you are?
Do you want your church to grow?
Do you want your church to be a loving, kind, and warm church?

The answer is basic: Feed the New Nature!

Pastors don’t grow churches. The pastor is a shepherd. Sheep produce sheep.

If you want victory over sin, start feeding the new nature. The Bible is the most action packed thrilling book ever written. If I am feeding my new nature will I leave Jesus or the church? NO!

People can be hurt or wronged. If you know you have hurt someone – it is your Christian duty to ask for forgiveness. God won’t allow us to abandon His Word when we are feeding the new nature. HE never gives us a trial we cannot bear. We will have no desire to do ministry and share Jesus with others if we are not feeding our new nature.

God’s Prescription for Stress

Genesis 2:1-3
Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. 2 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

Does God ever get tired? God rested on the ‘Seventh-Day’ which has been Saturday for thousands of years. God put special power and a mark on the seventh-day. God sanctified the day which means God set the day apart. God did this for us and set us apart for Holy Use. That is what sanctified means.

Exodus 16:4-8
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not. 5 And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”
6 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening you shall know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt. 7 And in the morning you shall see the glory of the LORD; for He hears your complaints against the LORD. But what are we, that you complain against us?” 8 Also Moses said, “This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD.”


God was taking care of His People. God’s commandments were in place at this time. Some of the people tried to gather manna on the Sabbath Day and there was none.
Exodus 16:15
So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:25-30
Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. 28 And the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? 29 See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.


God put the word ‘remember’ in the fourth commandment. The Sabbath was given to Humanity before sin entered the world. Adam was created on the 6th day and then God created the Sabbath Day. God’s gift to humanity is a day to rest from your work. The devil hates the Sabbath.

Exodus 20:8-11
“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

God knew there would be a time when people would forget His Sabbath ( Holy Time ). God alone can make Holy Time, not man or a religion.

Deuteronomy 5:29
Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!

God wants us to fear ( respect ) and keep His commandments. The Sabbath is a memorial of God’s creatorship. Refusing to keep God’s commandment about keeping the Sabbath can be deadly. Should a Christian expect God to take them to heaven when Jesus returns if the Christian doesn’t keep all of the commandments?

Ecclesiastes 3:14
I know that whatever God does,
      It shall be forever.
      Nothing can be added to it,
      And nothing taken from it.
      God does it, that men should fear before Him.

Whatever God does – it shall be forever. God wrote the 10 commandments Himself and is the only writing in the Bible written by God.

Luke 4:16
So He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. And as His custom was, He went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.

Jesus Himself kept the Sabbath. Jesus is our example. He is Lord of the Sabbath.

Luke 23:54-56
That day was the Preparation, and the Sabbath drew near. 55 And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. 56 Then they returned and prepared spices and fragrant oils. And they rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment.

Going to church on Sunday because Jesus rose from the grave is not in the Bible. The women and disciples were following the fourth commandment. If you disobey one commandment you have disobeyed all of them. Jesus was resting in the tomb on Sabbath.

Luke 24:1
Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they, and certain other women with them, came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared.

We all need to examine our lives. Are we making Jesus happy or the devil happy? Jesus is example for every human being to follow.

Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet.

John was in vision on God’s settled and immovable day ( the translation of the Lord’s Day in Greek ).

Mark 2:27-28
And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. 28 Therefore the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

Anthropos is the original greek for man. God says you can be rested from your six days of work by resting on the Sabbath.

Hebrews 4:1-11
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: “ So I swore in My wrath, ‘ They shall not enter My rest,’ although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”; 5 and again in this place: “They shall not enter My rest.”
6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience, 7 again He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: 
      “ Today, if you will hear His voice,
      Do not harden your hearts.”


8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.


The word ‘rest’ is mentioned 9 times in the above passage of Hebrews. The word ‘rest’ in the original greek is Sabbatismos. These passages of Hebrews are in the New Testament.

Revelation 14:6-7
Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— 7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”

Loud voice in greek is mega phonae.

Isaiah 66:22-23
“For as the new heavens and the new earth Which I will make shall remain before Me,” says the LORD, “ So shall your descendants and your name remain. 23 And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, And from one Sabbath to another, All flesh shall come to worship before Me,” says the LORD.

God is going to recreate the world. When Jesus comes to get us, we will be keeping the Sabbath Day. Sabbath was not done away with at the cross.

John 4:22
You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews.

These scriptures and comments were given at our Wednesday night prayer meeting by Pastor Korter in Bellingham, Washington on 26. January 2011.
 

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Presidential Training

I am the president of my own life. Establishing the concept of identity and making decisions as the president of my own life requires a certain mindset. I used to be an employee and had a different way of thinking and acting. Ever since 2005, I have had to be the president of my own life. Here is the summary of the shift in thinking.

President Never…… President Always……
Finds an Excuse I will find a way
Waits Self-Starter
Discouraged Energized
Quits Leads the Way
Looks for the Best Looks for the Positive
Behaves Like a Leader
Buys Products from Company
Learning-Studying
Does 1 Thing Well

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Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

I attended a business roundtable this January and want to share some tips that I learned. I acknowledge the source at the end of the post.

Do you have a product or service that you market? Are you making these marketing mistakes?

  • Don’t Know Your Target Client

Let’s say you market a vegetable juice powder product like Caldera Greens

( this is my best selling product ). My target client would be people that have enough diesposable income to purchase the product on an ongoing basis. Further segmenting my client to include health conscious people that have disposable income will bring me even closer to my ideal client. One last qualifier would be to say a person between the ages of 25-100 years old that is health conscious and has disposable income narrows down the target client more.

  • Don’t Know How to Communicate Your Value in a Compelling Way

Avoid spilling your guts about product ingredients when communicating about your product or service. Focus on what the client gets. Talk about the Problem, Action of using product or service and Results obtained. Remember PAR and you will communicate your value in a compelling way.

  • Focus on Features and not Benefits

People buy from people that they KLT: Know – Like – Trust

Know
Opportunity
Mindset
Understanding

The above principles were discussed at Sue Clement’s presentation in Bellingham, Washington on 26. January 2011. Sue is a Marketing Consultant.

God’s Plan for World Peace

God has always had a law against cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery.
Hosea 4:1-4
Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel!
      The Lord has brought charges against you, saying:
   “There is no faithfulness, no kindness,
      no knowledge of God in your land.
 2 You make vows and break them;
      you kill and steal and commit adultery.
   There is violence everywhere—
      one murder after another.
 3 That is why your land is in mourning,
      and everyone is wasting away.
   Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
      and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
 4 “Don’t point your finger at someone else
      and try to pass the blame!
   My complaint, you priests,
      is with you.

Hosea 4:6-9
6 My people are being destroyed
      because they don’t know me.
   Since you priests refuse to know me,
      I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
   Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
      I will forget to bless your children.
 7 The more priests there are,
      the more they sin against me.
   They have exchanged the glory of God
      for the shame of idols.


 8 “When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed.
      So the priests are glad when the people sin!
 9 ‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’
      So now I will punish both priests and people
      for their wicked deeds.


Knowledge is Power. People are attracted to the wrong kind of power. Seek divine power in the Bible.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
13 That’s the whole story. Here now is my final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commands, for this is everyone’s duty. 14 God will judge us for everything we do, including every secret thing, whether good or bad.

There is One Law. Solomon had made a mess of his life. He took reign over Israel at 17 years of age. Solomon came back to God after sacrificing children to idols and having 300 wifes that worshiped idols.

Moses obeyed God. He raised his cane and the Dead Sea departed. Forty years later, Israel was on the edge of the Promised Land of Canaan at the Jordan River.

James 2:10-12
For the person who keeps all of the laws except one is as guilty as a person who has broken all of God’s laws. 11 For the same God who said, “You must not commit adultery,” also said, “You must not murder.” So if you murder someone but do not commit adultery, you have still broken the law.


12 So whatever you say or whatever you do, remember that you will be judged by the law that sets you free.
The majority of Christian preachers are preaching that we Christians are under grace. The United States is the freest nation in the world but has more law than any other country. God’s Law gives us freedom and liberty.

Revelation 14:12
This means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently, obeying his commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.
If you are part of God’s people, you will have to endure persecution.

Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was angry at the woman and declared war against the rest of her children—all who keep God’s commandments and maintain their testimony for Jesus.

Exodus 20:1-17
Open your Bible and see these commandments for yourself!
This is the ten commandments of the Bible before one religion decided it has the authority to change certain words and times. These versuses in Exodus say the same thing in the New Testament. God’s Law has not changed. God says work six days, and only God can make something holy, not man.


10 Principles for Daily Living

1. Loyalty
2. True Worship
3. Reverence            {Are you a witness for God?)
4. Holy time  (only commandment dealing with time)
5. Respect for Authority
6. Respect for Life   Indians hunted enough animals needed to survive, no more, no less
7. Purity of Heart
8. Honesty
9. Truthfulness
10. Contentment

Have any of the above principles been done away with since Jesus died on the cross ? When ?
Romans 3:31
Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law.
Romans 3:20-23
20 For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.


Christ Took Our Punishment


21 But now God has shown us a way to be made right with him without keeping the requirements of the law, as was promised in the writings of Moses and the prophets long ago. 22 We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes, no matter who we are.
23 For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard.
God’s Law is like a mirror-Shows me my Sin-Gives me Grace.

The Greatest Gift

Seeking the Greatest Gift Sermon
Pastor Brandon Korter
Bellingham, Washington Seventh-Day Adventist Church

We see terrible things around us. Families are broken, weather woes, people losing jobs and incomes. Jesus gives us a choice. Follow Him and make sacrifice so we receive the greatest gift. Choices shape our life and destiny. We all face different issues. The disciples had to make choices.

Luke 22:14-18
Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper
14 When the hour had come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. 15 Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; 16 for I say to you, I will no longer eat of it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
17 Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves; 18 for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes.”

Jesus took all the world’s shame and guilt and went to the cross and sacrificed His LIfe for our sins. Is the sacrifice of Jesus in vain today? What will we do with Jesus sacrifice?

Some people reject the Gift of Salvation. Some people don’t want to walk with Jesus. What is our choice to be? Jesus is waiting to eat and drink with us. He wants to save us. He is waiting for us. You are precious to Jesus. We are here ( Sabbath Communion Service ) to be forgiven of our sin-to start over with our Savior. It is easier to be saved than lost.

The Holy Spirit comes to people over and over again. When Jesus comes the second time, it will be our fault for not accepting Jesus. Daily seek and cooperate Jesus. the Holy Spirit will move in your life. We will want and seek to study His Word in the Bible. We will love righteousness and hate sin.

Ephesians 4:24-32
Put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness.

Do Not Grieve the Spirit
25 Therefore, putting away lying, “ Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor,” for we are members of one another. 26 “Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, 27 nor give place to the devil. 28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need. 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. 31 Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. 32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Are we willing to take God seriously? If we refuse to yield to the Holy Spirit, we are in danger of grieving the Holy Spirit. Don’t be discouraged if we sin.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Luke 11:13
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!
Jesus will answer your prayers.

Psalms 51:9-12
9 Hide Your face from my sins,
         And blot out all my iniquities.
        
 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God,
         And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
 11 Do not cast me away from Your presence,
         And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
        
 12 Restore to me the joy of Your salvation,
         And uphold me by Your generous Spirit.

This Psalm is David turning his heart back to God! With Jesus, anything is possible. If Jesus can save David, he can save you! Let Him! If you have been slipping away from God, there are two steps to get right again:
1) Confess your sins
2) Receive the Holy Spirit

Psalms 103:8-13
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious,
          Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy.
  9 He will not always strive with us,
          Nor will He keep His anger forever.
  10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins,
          Nor punished us according to our iniquities.
         
  11 For as the heavens are high above the earth,
          So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
  12 As far as the east is from the west,
          So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
  13 As a father pities his children,
         So the LORD pities those who fear Him.

This is what the cross is all about. The greatest gift is His Pardon. If you will come to the Cross today-through Jesus we are worthy and made righteous.


Don’t let the Devil keep you away from Jesus!

Most Holy Place

Here is a recent Wednesday night prayer meeting about the Most Holy Place and the Arc of the Covenant which contains the 10 commandments. The Ten commandments were written by Jesus and it is the only literature in the Bible that was done by Jesus.

Daniel 8:13-14
Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who was speaking, “How long will the vision be, concerning the daily sacrifices and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trampled underfoot?” 
14 And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”

Hebrews 8:1-8

The New Priestly Service


1 Now this is the main point of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, 2 a Minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord erected, and not man.
3 For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. Therefore it is necessary that this One also have something to offer. 4 For if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law; 5 who serve the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to make the tabernacle. For He said, “See that you make all things according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” 6 But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, in as much as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

God wants all man to come to repentance. The Sanctuary is where Israel sacrificed young animals to seek forgiveness before Jesus. People no longer have to sacrifice animals to seek forgiveness because Jesus Christ sacrificed Himself on the Cross for us.

The Arc of the Covenant is a Throne of Mercy. Not once was a High Priest found dead in the Most Holy Place.

Hebrews 9:23-28
Greatness of Christ’s Sacrifice

23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another— 26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

Hebrews 7:25-28
25 Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.
26 For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. 28 For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appoints the Son who has been perfected forever.

1 John 2:1

1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

Jesus is our Judge and Justifier as He is in the Most Holy Place now.
Jesus is our Intercessor as represented by the 7 Candles.
The Laver in the Sanctuary represents Jesus baptism.
The Altar with a Burnt Offering represents Calvary and His Death on the cross for our sin.


Valuable Training

Here is a some valuable training for anyone building a network. Use these three principles to teach others and your network will grow and your team will have residual income for years.

One of the most powerful, but most under used tools available to network marketers, are 3 way phone calls. This includes 3 way calls with one of your uplines as well as using 3 way calls to plug prospects into live opportunity calls and pre-recorded sizzle lines.

The truth is… most people you only invite to listen to an opportunity call or sizzle line will not dial in on their own. By 3 waying them into the calls or recordings, you not only know that they did listen in, you also know when. And you are right there to answer any questions they have at the time as well as ask them to join or move them on to the next step in your presentation.

Additional benefits of doing this are….  You are letting technology help share your opportunity with your prospect. Plus you are training your prospect how to properly build their business when they join your Team. A very important thing to remember is…. the way you introduce your prospects to your opportunity is normally the way your prospects think they will have to build their business. The more they see that they have other people and tools to help them build their business… the greater the chance they will join. Most people do not like the idea of being sold or selling someone else. And they like the idea of public speaking even less. So let the recordings, live calls & uplines do the talking for you.  :  )

So starting today, when possible… 3 way your prospects into the sizzle line and opportunity calls… use this great tool with all prospects possible. Your business & your prospects will thank you for it  :  )

Servant Leadership

The following spiritual principles are from Dr. Denis Waitley:

Servant Leadership

Roots

Self Awareness Potential
Self Esteem Intrinsic Value
Self Honesty Integrity
Self Determination Responsibility
Self Discipline Positive Habits

Wings

Self Motivation Desire
Self Imagination Creativity
Self Direction Goals
Self Expectation Optimism
Self Dimension Perspective

Three Simple Steps for Action

Here’s a question you may want to ask yourself regularly in 2011:


What am I doing with my 24 hours?


In other words, every day, what do you have to show for burning
through another 24 hours of your life?


If the answer is, ‘next to nothing’, or ‘not nearly as much as I
would like’, then I’m happy to tell you that you can change that
right now.  And I’m going to give you a simple system for doing it.


If you’re ready to put more life and more action into your day,
then get a pen and paper and write down this simple system.


It consists of 3 basic steps. Here they are:


1. Write down all the tasks you want to get done today


2. Assign a specific block of time for completing each task (like
30 minutes)


3. Select a task, start a timer, and focus on nothing else until
that task is complete!


That’s all there is to it.


Simple, yes! Incredibly effective, YES!


By itself, this system can put your productivity into high-gear –
IF you use it.

I admit I can get side tracked. Working online is not easy as there are many distractions coming at us.

Seven Steps to Build a Business

1. Vision – What Is Your Destination?
2. Strategy You Use to Get to Your Destination.
3. Revenue Modeling Is Your Business Plan for Charging for Your Products or Services
4. Protection from Taxes
5. Marketing
6. Sales
7. Leadership – You Care More About Your Business Than Anyone Else

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