A Call for A Banner of Praise and Thankfulness

Lift up a praise of thanks! Rejoice in the Lord! Give him thanks and Praise! For He is good and greatly to be praised. A gift of eternal life has been given to us! Give him Thanks and Praise. We are His, sealed, redeemed, and purchased possessions. Glory be to God. Let us be thankful for all things! Even when family members go home, let us be thankful that they are yours and we have that comfort and hope and we rejoice in this truth. Let us not be overwhelmed by sorrow; instead, help us to remember that they have graduated from the earth and are with you now. A place of perfect peace and life more abundantly. What joy!

You are a Mighty God, limitless and unsearchable. We give you all the glory!

We are very thankful for what you are doing, what you are about to do and for what you have already done in our lives. We are thankful.

We lift up a banner of praise, thanksgiving, and worship to our God.

A banner of thankfulness springs from our hearts.

We come with thankful hearts.

There were 10 lepers that came, Jesus touched and healed them but only one came back out of the nine to say thank you. We come today, we are the one today that comes before you and says thank you. I will not forget all of your benefits and all of your promises. I will not forget the blood covenant. You are worthy of our praises. We worship you, we thank you and worship you. We thank you that we can come and worship our God in Spirit and in Truth.

We thank you that we gather in unity and one accord; in your Spirit God. We thank you for the unity of Spirit.

We come into your courts with thanksgiving and praise.

We enter into the holy of holies because you have invited us and given us the right to enter in with reverence, honor, awe, and fear.

We do not take these privileges lightly or for granted.

We will not forget, we will not forget O Lord. Your loving kindness and tender mercies. We thank you.

We are your family and you are our Father. We are of the household of the Living and not the dead. We thank you that we are the Heirs of salvation.

Let it be across the body of Christ, His Bride, and all Brethren. 

Let there be a banner of thanksgiving and praise today. Let us not forget that we are to have grateful hearts and be thankful for all things. Let it rise up across the nations. Let it be in the hearts and minds of your people, your sons, and daughters. 

Today we remember and give you thanks and praise for your mercy, great grace, generosity, and loving kindness. May it birth forth and be like a wave that goes across all nations. May it fill your people's hearts and souls, may they come today and pour out their thanksgiving. We will remember that you are the Lord God who brought us out of bondage, you never forsook us, you delivered us and are still bringing us through and out the other side. We remember and give you thanks and give you praise.

Be BIG in our hearts Lord Jesus. Let our hearts be filled with love and thankfulness to our God. As we look at the world around us we remain steadfast in Christ. We are grateful to know that we belong to you and at any time you can call us home into eternity. What a wonderful gift of eternal life you have given to each of us: now and into eternity, forever. The world without end, we shall live and not die. Thank you that there will be no eternal separation from you, where we are unable to reach you, where there is no help, no hope, it is done and finished. That is a place of eternal separation and damnation for poor souls that heard the gospel and they did not choose to believe the truth: the gospel of salvation. We cry out for those lost souls! May they be rescued, saved and redeemed. 

You first loved us, you chose us, you call us by name. 

1 John 4:10  This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

John 10: 3 To him the gatekeeper opens. The sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10: 14-15  I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.

We thank you for the privilege and honor to be yours, to be in the household of God the Father.

Ephesians 2:19: So then you are no longer strangers and aliens [outsiders without rights of citizenship], but you are fellow citizens with the saints (God’s people), and are [members] of God’s household.

To be called children of the Lord God most high.

1 John 3:1(a): See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!

Psalm 47:2: For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

The One who is over all things and everything. A mighty and powerful God that is beyond human understanding unless you reveal it to us by your Spirit. We are so small in your presence.

Thank you for the righteousness of Christ that we come in.

2 Corinthians 5:21: He made Him who personally knew nothing of sin to be a sin-offering for us, so that through union with Him we might come into right standing with God.

John 4:24

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Ephesians 4:4-6

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call-, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Psalm 103:2

Let all that I am praise the LORD; may I never forget the good things he does for me. [NLT]

Psalm 116:12

What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me?

Psalm 100:4

You can pass through his open gates with the password of praise. Come right into his presence with thanksgiving. Come bring your thank offering to him and affectionately bless his beautiful name! [Passion T]

Enter his gates with thanksgiving;  go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name. [NLT]

Luke 17:15-19

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan. 17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.” 

Martha versus Mary

Mary vs Martha

Martha and Mary were two sisters and they were friends with Jesus. They both loved Jesus. Martha even opened her home to Jesus and served him. But Martha was distracted by much serving, and she approached Him [Jesus] and said, ‘Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Therefore tell her to help me.’ And Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part, which will not be taken away from her’ ” (Luke 10:40-42). 

Martha was distracted by the worldly things. It appeared to be a work done with right motives of the heart; one might say it was even necessary. However, Jesus says you are worried and troubled about many things: preparing the meal and serving. Mary chose to sit at Jesus’ feet, to be in his presence and to REST. Mary was also the one that poured expensive oil on his feet and wiped them clean with her hair. Mary purposely set out to draw near to Jesus. She was humble and hungry for his presence. She desired him above all else. Works did not take precedence over an opportunity to sit at his feet. 

At the time of Lazarus death, Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed put. “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Martha was believing for the future day and not for NOW. Why not NOW Martha? Jesus said your brother will rise from the dead NOW! Just BELIEVE Martha, I am here NOW. I AM the resurrected one.  Jesus commanded that they take away the stone and Martha said by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.” Martha did not believe what Jesus had just told her! She was caught up in what she saw with her natural eyes and even set limits on the power of God. She was not believing his word or acting out of faith. That must have been grieving for Jesus as he loved Martha. He wanted Martha to see and know him as the resurrected one. That comes from resting at his feet! It requires intimacy and being in his presence.   

There is a "showdown" about to occur in the church. It is a private game and not open to the secular world. It involves the love and adoration for one man's attention! His name is Jesus. It is between those that are acting as a Martha and those that act as a Mary. Who wins? Jesus gave us the answer. Those that are acting in ways like a Mary and come and sit at his feet and in his presence have chosen the better portion. Many children of God need to STOP placing too much emphasis on works.  We can find ourselves always concerned about meeting a certain need. There are other needs that must be met and Jesus always has his eyes on that. You must come and sit with him to know his heart. God, the Father wants his people to seek out Jesus, lay aside things that are taking you away from him. No matter how good they may appear to be. Set time for Jesus. Come and sit with him.  Believe His Word, believe that all he promised of a new life is for today AND leads into eternity.  Make him Lord over your life. 

Matthew 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:25-27: Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns — and yet your Heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? 27Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifespan?

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Destruction Coming to America

Destruction Coming To America

January 4, 2018

Destruction is coming to the nation of America.

It is coming in the form of rocks and rubble. Earthquakes.

Hollywood, California. I am going to shake Hollywood, California. 

Hebrews 12:26-28 At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.” 27The words, “Once more,” signify the removal of what can be shaken — that is, created things — so that the unshakable may remain. 28Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.…

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