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James 1:2-8

by Daily Scriptures on November 29, 2012 at 5:38 am
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Good morning Saints! This passage of scripture was posted on April 7, 2012 but I feel lead to post it again today. I know there are Saints struggling with situations and they need to know that God has not forsaken them. They need to know that their trial is just a test of their faith and it is that faith, that belief in God that will carry them through it all. I challenge each of you who read this to pray for someone else today so that the entire body of Christ can be healed.

2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4 Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. 6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. 8 Such a person is double-minded and unstable in all they do.

Have a blessed day!

The Pastor’s Message

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2 Timothy 2:14-26

by Daily Scriptures on October 31, 2012 at 12:43 pm
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Dealing With False Teachers

14 Keep reminding God’s people of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen. 15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. 16 Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17 Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. 19 Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.”

20 In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for special purposes and some for common use. 21 Those who cleanse themselves from the latter will be instruments for special purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.

22 Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25 Opponents must be gently instructed, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

Have a blessed day!

The Pastor’s Message

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1 Peter 1:3-12

by Daily Scriptures on October 1, 2012 at 9:49 am
Posted In: Daily Scriptures

Praise to God for a Living Hope

3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, 11 trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Have a blessed day!

The Pastor’s Message

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Hebrews 10:32-39

by Daily Scriptures on September 24, 2012 at 5:21 am
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32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated. 34 You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. 37 For,

“In just a little while,
he who is coming will come
and will not delay.”[a]
38 And,

“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.
And I take no pleasure
in the one who shrinks back.”[c]
39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

Footnotes:

a. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
b. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
c. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)

Have a blessed day!

The Pastor’s Message

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Mark 11:12-26

by Daily Scriptures on September 23, 2012 at 8:06 am
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Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts

12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it.

15 On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple courts and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, 16 and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. 17 And as he taught them, he said, “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’[c]? But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’[d]”

18 The chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began looking for a way to kill him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed at his teaching.

19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples[e] went out of the city.

20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, “Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!”

22 “Have faith in God,” Jesus answered. 23 “Truly[f] I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” [26] [g]

Have a blessed day!

The Pastor’s Message

Don’t forget to check out 27 Hours, the new novel by Gerald C. Anderson, Sr. at Amazon.com!

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Faith (The Foundation of the Novel 27 Hours)

by Gerald C. Anderson, Sr. on September 23, 2012 at 7:44 am
Posted In: Articles, Novels

After releasing “27 Hours” I find myself answering questions about the book. The most promient question is “Why did you write this book?” I fielded this question numerous times after releasing “We Come in Peace” so I expected it again. I decided to write this blog in the hope of answering some of those questions.

While watching the movie “2012″, I wondered how people would feel if the world were ending and there was no hope of being saved. What would they do, what would I do? Several end of the world movies around that time always showed the hero or heroes saving the day. What if there appeared to be no hope? What if the world were ending and scientists could not figure a way to save it? What would people do? What would you do?

With that motivation in mind I decided to map out a novel involving the lives of six people as they deal with the impending doom. Being a Christian man I decided to place my focus on Christians and how they would react. I wondered how Christians would react to a scenario where it appeared the world was ending with no hope of survival and that scenario didn’t line up with scripture.

The foundation of the book is faith. Being a Christian, faith is the foundation of what we stand on. At the core of our belief is having faith that the Bible is real, that Jesus Christ is our Lord and Savior and that He died for our sins. When you lose that faith the door opens for the devil to come in take over.

For me faith is everything. When asked about my Christianity I tell people faith is the cornerstone of everything I believe in. In discussions people often ask “How can you believe in…” this or that. I say at the end of the day it’s all about faith. Dictionary.com defines faith as “confidence or trust in a person or thing”. Hebrews 11:1 says, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” It is this faith in what we do not see that is necessary to believe. To take it even further 2 Corinthians 5:7 says, “For we walk by faith and not by sight.”

In reviewing my life I know that there have been significant times that I was powerless to help myself out of a circumstance but somehow I endured. Somehow I made it through. I had praying grandmothers who I know prayed for me. I strongly and without any doubt believe that God was there for me in these times. He protected me from harm (Psalm 121:7). My faith was not achieved overnight. It was an accumulation of time and situations that gave me reason to build my faith.

If you’ve never been through anything in your live it’s hard to build faith. God allows us to go through situations in our live and we get stronger because of it. Of course that means that we have to stay the course with God and endure the problems we encounter.

As for 27 Hours, the characters all have different levels of faith and each will handle the end of the world differently than others. I believe that I have captured in these characters the essence of what I believe would happen in reality. I pray that you find the novel enjoyable as I enjoyed writing it.

Have a blessed day!

The Pastor’s Message

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27 Hours is Released!

by Andre Johnson on September 12, 2012 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Novels

Image copyrighted by Absolute CoversThe long awaited new novel from Gerald C. Anderson, Sr. has been released in ebook form on Amazon.com.

The novel is based on faith. Knowing the author I know that having faith is very important to him and in reading this novel I realized just how strongly having faith in the God is to him. I think you will enjoy it just as I did. Below is all the information related the novel.

Book Description

In just over a day Earth will be destroyed! The impact of an asteroid on a collision course for Earth will cause an Extinction Level Event. Earth’s best scientist failed to devise a way to stop it. With no hope of survival, the leaders of the world inform the planet that they have 27 hours to spend time with family and friends before Earth is destroyed. Christians all over the world question their beliefs while others laugh at them. Parties sprang up everywhere. Sex, drugs and alcohol rule the last hours. Few people seek religion. What would you do…stick to your faith or give into the world?

Product Details

File Size: 1180 KB
Publisher: Gerald C. Anderson Publishing (September 8, 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00980XPNM
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Lending: Enabled

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We Come in Peace

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Colossians 2:6-15

by Daily Scriptures on July 31, 2012 at 7:46 am
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Spiritual Fullness in Christ

6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the elemental spiritual forces[a] of this world rather than on Christ.

9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and in Christ you have been brought to fullness. He is the head over every power and authority. 11 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh[b] was put off when you were circumcised by[c] Christ, 12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you[d] alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.[e]

Footnotes:

a. Colossians 2:8 Or the basic principles; also in verse 20
b. Colossians 2:11 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verse 13.
c. Colossians 2:11 Or put off in the circumcision of
d. Colossians 2:13 Some manuscripts us
e. Colossians 2:15 Or them in him

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Colossians 1:3-14

by Daily Scriptures on July 29, 2012 at 11:37 am
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Thanksgiving and Prayer

3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people — 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel 6 that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world —just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace. 7 You learned it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant,[a] who is a faithful minister of Christ on our[b] behalf, 8 and who also told us of your love in the Spirit.

9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,[c] 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, 12 and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you[d] to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light. 13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Footnotes:

a. Colossians 1:7 Or slave
b. Colossians 1:7 Some manuscripts your
c. Colossians 1:9 Or all spiritual wisdom and understanding
d. Colossians 1:12 Some manuscripts us

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Galatians 2:19-21

by Daily Scriptures on July 27, 2012 at 8:04 am
Posted In: Daily Scriptures

Bible Cross19 “For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. 21 I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”[a]

Footnotes:

a. Galatians 2:21 Some interpreters end the quotation after verse 14.

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