Say What God Said - Speak Life

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We lift our hands to God in worship...​

Pastor. Troy V. Ingram

THE PROMISE LAND

Thought: What's been on my mind

Challange : To set my course, climate and condition with Gods Word.

Genesis 22

Luke 6:45

Think before you speak

When Jesus spoke he was always speaking in obedience to the father. He spoke in truth and right standing.
Do I really want the truth?
When we speak are we saying what God says?

When we pray are we prioritizing our needs before our wants?

Vengeance belongs to the Lord.

Trust in the Lord with all they might, we can not trust in ourselves because our minds are finite!

We believe God for something we can't see. I the world that's crazy. The Bible says blessed is he who does not see yet belives.

Abraham beleived God, when God spoke he moved.

Start to do what God tells you.

Many of us should have died a longtime ago, but God saw it fit for us to live on. He continues to deliver us from the enemy.

WE ARE COVERED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS!

At the name of Jesus all knees shall bow, every tung will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord!

Stay in Expectation!

Co-Pastor Gloria Ingram

2 Kings 4:21-37

Psalm 62:5

Challange : To rejoice because it's already done!

Thought : Am I walking in expectation?

Don't put your expectation on people places and things, but put them on God!

We need to stay in expectation of what God is about to do.

Three types of believers

• The believer with no expectation 
• The believer with low expectation 
• The believer with high expectation

God spoke and things happened. We need to live in his likeness. We need to speak God's words. God's Word says "Death and life is in the power of the tongue" .

We need to live in high expectation. As children of God we should not live beneath our priveleges.

The mind can be positive or negative. Thoughts control your actions and what you become. In other words unless you believe, nothing will happen. You have to believe you can be better, you have to believe you can get that job, etc.

Only God can turn a dead situation into life. God can revive anything! What needs to be revived in your life?
Your marriage?
Your passion for life?
Relation ships in your family?
What are you believing God for?

Jesus sent 70 deciples on their way and told them not to take anything with them. He wanted them to be in expectation every day... Can we live in that kind of expectation?

The 70 returned from being sent out and rejoiced after witnessing what God did for them on thier journey.

God wants us to trust him when he first speaks, not AFTER we witnessed something.

With God we should live in the expectation that it's already done!

Rejoice now because it's already done!

This week: Corporate Challange, expect God to do something great this week.
We are not going to talk negative
Think positive
Speak positive
Have scriptures available to redirect your negative thoughts.

WHEN YOU’RE FEELING DEPLETED

Luke 22:43- And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

The twists and turns and ups and downs of life have a way at times of making us feel helpless, hopeless.  Especially when the prices on everything are going up, but our income is the only thing that seems to remain the same.  Or maybe your job is weighing you down because the company refuses to hire the manpower needed to get the work done.  And out of fear of becoming a victim to cutbacks, you grin and bear the load.  The Minds of many in our country are snapping!  They are feeling trapped by life’s seemingly unbeatable circumstances.  Not just unbelieving sinners, but the spiritual lives of many Christians are suffering because of mental exhaustion. 

In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus was mentally exhausted.  Our Lord was so mentally spent that God sent an angel to strengthen Him.  The mental anguish of facing the reality of death taxed His soul into bankruptcy; but the Spirit of the Living God in His Spirit reinvigorated His soul!  Now I understand why David said, “He (God) restoreth my soul” (Ps. 23:3)…!  Perhaps you need strength, or know someone in need of encouragement.  Our human capacity can hit its wits end; but there is no such limitation to those who desire seek God through prayer, who have faith and believe God’s Word, and who trust and have confidence in Him in spite of what their natural reality says.  Let God strength you with His unfailing strength!  As it was with our Lord Jesus Christ, you and I can fulfill our purpose if we stay in the presence of God.        

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Faith cometh by Hearing

Faith (confidence in God) cometh by hearing, and hearing, by the Word (manifested will of God.) of God (Romans 10:15-17). 

Without faith (confidence in God), it is impossible to please (worship in Spirit and truth: John 4:21-24)) God. (Hebrews 11:1-6) The conclusion, the foundation of our faith is solely based on what we have heard. What are you hearing? Whose voice are you listening to?

Adam and Eve gave audience to the wrong voice (the serpent), and it plunged the earth into a state of sin and death.  In application, when the Word of God does not take preeminence (priority) in our lives, our ability to hear God’s voice becomes diminished by the many voices, including our own (in our mind), that Satan (our enemy) will use to prevent us from embracing the power (kingdom authority) of God within us. In short, Satan does not want us to know who we are (kings and priests: Rev 1:6), so he seeks to gain control of our most precious sense, our hearing. Be encouraged saints, for we are no longer ignorant of Satan’s devices (II Cor. 2: 9-11). Therefore, if we hear right, then we will walk right; and our word will be governed by God’s word (sword of the spirit: (Eph. 6:17, Heb. 4:12 and Rev. 2:12-16); and we will have power and authority to resist the enemy, destroy strongholds, and speak life into any dead situation that confronts us.

Meditate on the following Scriptures:

Genesis 3:17-19

James 1:17-25

Deuteronomy 5:1-29

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God is good! He is great and worthy to be praised!!! Our church has just found out that the offer we put forth for the building pictured above has been accepted! We are now moving forward to closing/signing the contract of sale.

Brothers and sisters there is more great news. The bank (TD Bank) has told us all they need is $20,000 more from us to cover a down payment! So not only has our offer been accepted, the bank has lowered the down payment amount by $10,000!!!  Correction : We have raised $10,000 so far.  

If you have not already done so please search your hearts, we pray you count it not robbery to sow a seed towards our cause. If you can only bless us with a financial gift of $1 we ask that you do so. Every dollar counts!

Please pass this message on as you bless us. You can donate directly from our website via Pay Pal or mail a check made out to the : ERF Found to our P.O. Box 5216, Jersey City, NJ, 07305

 Thank you and God bless you! http://www.mtolivehop.org/help-us-grow

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“For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock” (Psalm 27:5, NIV)

What a wonderful promise found in this scripture that when you seek God, when you serve Him with your whole heart, He will hide you in His shelter. You can be so connected to Father God that you are untouchable and invisible to the enemy! You are hidden in Him! That means no matter what is happening around you, you will have strength, confidence and rest greater than ever before knowing that you are safe in Him.

Challenges may come your way, but you won’t be worried about them. You know that, ultimately, things are going to work out for your good. You know that no weapon formed against you shall prosper. People may be talking, trying to make you look bad, but you don’t even give it a second thought. You know that your future is too bright to be distracted. You know they don’t control your destiny. You just keep on being your best, walking in integrity, meditating on the Word, worshiping throughout the day, and stay hidden in Him!

Amen! We should all find our strength in Lord. The words of this devotional is right on point. We can only survive as Christians if we rest in God.

God bless! Thank you all for following our devotionals. We hope they have been a blessing to you.

We are bidding to own a building of our own in Jersey City, NJ. (Pictured in this post)

At this time we are asking if you can help us meet our goal of $30,000! This is difference in the amount needed to make a down payment on the building loan. 

To read more about us and our mission visit our web site http://www.mtolivehop.org

You can make a donation directly from our website. http://www.mtolivehop.org/help-us-grow  every dollar counts!

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SEEK TRUTH

I Tim 4:1- Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

From our beginnings, the enemy has sought to discredit the Word of God. Suggesting to us that we should do what we want, and that God is hiding the truth from us (Gen. 3:4-5). His greatest tool against mankind is deception. I define deception as something seemingly good with hidden evil intentions. The equivalent is having a plate of food laced with a poison that is hard too detect. Unfortunately deception is an easy product to market, and even easier to sell! And with over 2500 religions in our world today, it cannot be denied that the forces of darkness have enjoyed the success of their seduction. Thank God for sending the truth, Jesus Christ, to walk among us so that we may counter the lies of satan.

Please read Ps. 1:1-3. Let us take heed to what the Holy Spirit has said. Surely we are in the “latter times.” Many are giving heed to compromising messages and teachings that lead them further from the truth of God’s Word, and closer to “another gospel” (II Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:6). Rather than seek the truth, many seek what is intellectually acceptable and comfortable to their lifestyle. This is a gospel void of sacrifice and commitment to the teaching of the Bible, and suggests merely a self-improvement agenda without denial of self (Matt. 16:24). This is, in fact, the doctrines of devils (better translated demons). In all our getting we must get an understanding (Prov. 4:7). Let us seek truth, which is only found in the Word of God, and we will avoid departing from the ways of God.

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Look Within

Although we reap what we sow

We cannot make anything grow

God brings the increase

We must decrease.

If we depend on what we know, 

The Holy Spirit cannot flow.

The word planted in stony ground

Will be unable to abound

Abound in faith, abound in hope, abound in love

All of which come from above

To seek those things that are above means to look within

To uproot our sin

Sin is our ultimate problem

To win is our ultimate goal

We that run this race must continually seek God’s face

Relationship is God’s desire

To save us from the lake of fire

To procrastinate your fate would be a grave state

Live to today as if it was your last

Don’t allow time to pass

Decide now to live holy, to love God only

Written by Brother Mark Johnson

9/7/2011

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YOU SHALL REAP WHAT YOU SOW

Gal. 6:7- Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Although we reap what we sow

We cannot make anything grow

God brings the increase

We must decrease

If we depend on what we know, 

The Holy Spirit cannot flow,

The word planted in stony ground

Will be unable to abound

Abound in faith, abound in hope, abound in love

All of which come from above

To seek those things that are above means to look within

To uproot our sin

Sin is our ultimate problem

To win is our ultimate goal

We that run this race must continually seek God’s face

Relationship is God’s desire

To save us from the lake of fire

To procrastinate your fate would be a grave state

Live to today as if it s your last

Don’t allow time to pass

Decide now to live holy, to love God only

Written by Brother Mark Johnson

9/7/2011

www.mtolivehop.org