Trending Now ( Prayer Can Be )

Good morning all. As I begin another teaching on prayer I want to share 10 things/names with you. Favorite car color. Baby Lisa. Brandel Chamblee. Melissa Rycroft. Alligator Snapping Turtle. Ringo Star. Plane Crash in Arkansas. Leah Remini. And Bras Ausmus. As I am writing this I am looking at the yahoo.com website and these ten things are trending now meaning people are interested and talking about these stories in real time. It is reported that over 100 million people have tweeted and most of them are responsible for what is trending now. We as people of God can come together and have a impact on the world much like the social media websites and have prayer Trending Now.

  As most of you read my blogs one of the things that I attempt to do is define a word, word  or phrase that is dealing with the subject matter. In this blog I am going to define the word trending and then now. Trending means as follows; prevailing tendency;  a general direction that one follows; and style.  The word now means as follows; at the present time, without further delay, under existing circumstances. So as people of faith we can have a prevailing tendency at this present time to pray in Exodus 2:23. We as a people of faith can have a general direction  that one follows without further delay to pray like in Jeremiah 42:2. And we as a people of faith can have a style that one follows under existing circumstances like in Acts 9:40. We can have prayer Trending Now. I am going to use the next three paragraphs to explain how we can have prayer Trending Now.

In the first example of Trending Now ( Prayer Can Be ) in the Word of God I go to Judges 16:25-31. In this passage Samson asks God for a general direction that one follows as he prays for strength. We can seek the Lord for strength is situations where the burdens may to heavy for one to bear. ( Matthew 11:28 ). Prayer Can Be Trending Now.

In the  second example of Trending Now ( Prayer Can Be ) I go to the Word of God and see that in 1st Samuel 23:10-13 David asks God for a style  to see if Saul is going to deliver him from certain death if Saul catches him. God can deliver us from whatever we ask him if we just come to him in prayer ( Matthew 6:13). Prayer Can Be Trending Now.

In the last example of Trending Now ( Prayer Can Be ) I go to the Word of God and to Ephesians 3:14-21. In this passage Paul asks God for a style under the existing circumstances. Paul is praying for the church of Ephesus. At times praying for others is needed because some people do not know the proper way or how to pray ( Mark 9:28-29 ).

In closing prayer can be used to provide strength to those in the area of Media and Arts and Entertainment to have a prevailing tendency at this present time make that dream come true and prosper ( 1st Chronicles 4:10 ). Prayer can be used for  us to have a general direction  that one follows without further delay to deliver the areas of Religion, Business and Education out of the hands of the enemy ( 2nd Chronicles 18:31 ).  And prayer can be used as a style under the existing circumstances to pray for those in the area of Family and Government to advances the causes that advances the kingdom of God ( Jeremiah 42:2 ). Prayer not only can be but Prayer Is Trending Now. May God bless all those who read this blog and I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching. I want to thank Apostle H. Daniel Wilson and Senior Pastor Beverly L. Wilson for their allowing me to post this teaching on the VKMI website. I thank the Leaders of  Education Pastor R. Lowery and Pastor George Robinson as well as Minister Kimberly Baker for choosing me a vessel to provide a teaching on prayer.

Rhema Word Series on Classroom Instruction. ( Valley East )

On yesterday morning after services I had some time for some dessert. Now most of you might want to know what am I doing eating dessert that early in the morning but there was a reason for that. Valley Kingdom Ministries International  has a service that begins at 7:30a. So we have dinner of the Word of God early in the morning and the proper way to finish the meal is with dessert. One of the most dynamic teachers of the Word of God is the woman of God pictured above and that is Assistant Superintendent Lois Armstrong. But she has a whole group of teachers of the Word of God in many different classes. I sat in on the over 50 class that was taught by Deacon Eddie Anderson and it was wonderful.

The lesson came Exodus 14-13-14 and 21-30. The title of the lesson was the Freedom Comes With A Cost.  Deacon Anderson after having the class read the scriptures preceded to teach the Word of God with great examples of how in order to be free there was a cost that the people of God must pay. This is one of my favorite passages of scriptures and Deacon Anderson taught with help from the Holy Spirit very well.

The class was well attended and the " seasoned saint's" were also involved asking questions and giving their opinions of the lesson. I must say that dessert went well. The class was over at about 10:15am and we had a chance to go attend the other services at Valley West or go enjoy the rest of the day. I chose the latter because I was full on dinner and dessert already. Great job Assistant Superintendent Armstrong and Deacon Eddie Anderson. Please join me next week for my report on a class at Valley West. Have a blessed week all.

Prayer Action Changes the Reaction

Good morning and Happy Thursday. Most of you who are reading this may not know that I work as a Doorman/Security Officer. In most of the places I have worked I have been around people that make large salaries. They are either lawyers, doctors, businessmen, actors, television anchors and even CEO's of companies. In this vast selection of different people I am able to motivate them or encourage them by the words I say to them. Most times if I am working on a Monday morning I would tell them " Brand new week, Brand new attitude" ( that is the name of my blog ). If I am working in the afternoon I would tell them " Great job today ". Even as I say those kind words there is ALWAYS some one saying that it bothers them and building management has me to stop saying those things. Their actions causes a negative reaction. But I am here to tell you on this day that Prayer Action, Changes the Reaction.

There is a phrase that I have heard and used at time. The phrase is action causes reaction. I wanted to find the meaning of the two words for the purpose of the blog so I go to dictionary.com for there meaning. The word action means as follows; something being done, being active, and an act that one consciously wills. The word reaction means as follows; a reverse movement, action in response to some event, and movement in a direction.  So most times when something negative was being done instead of letting it go I would go in reverse movement. Other times when I was told to stop being active in response to this event it would fester in my spirit. But most times I would consciously will a movement in my direction which did not change anything. Then I found a solution to my problems. Prayer Action Changed the Reaction. I will use three examples in the Bible to explain this solution.

My first example of Prayer Action Changes the Reaction comes in Numbers 20:1-12. The people of God are once again doing what we do most times, complaining. They were not content with their finances nor where they lived and of course how much they had to drink or eat. After coming out bondage from things like foreclosure, depression and drug abuse they still complained.  They were like the one of the men in Luke 18:10-12.  The things I am saying is actually about today but how many times do we talk about the things we were once at that were not good instead of celebrating where we are now. As they held up Egypt on a pedestal we do the same with our problems. It got so bad that Moses did not follow instructions and struck the rock twice instead of speaking to it as God instructed.  They had something done that set them in a reverse movement ( over 40 years ). and Moses nor Aaron never saw the Promised land. Prayer Action Changes the Reaction.

The next example of Prayer Action Changes the Reaction I go to 1st Chronicles 21:11-17. In the preceding verses God has given King David and Israel earthly power over everything. But David wanted to count how many friends he had, how many bank accounts he had, how much land he owned. All this was given to him by God but he wanted to in effect glorify himself. People of today give themselves glory and honor when they do great things instead of God.  So now David has to become active in action to respond to the event he set in action. In Matthew 23:14 it speaks of being pretentious about prayer. King David had to pray ( verse 17 ) and then follow instruction from God ( verses 18-27 ) for things to get better. Prayer Action Changes Reaction.

The last example of how Prayer Changes Reaction in the word of God I go Acts 6: 3-7. In this passage there are a mixture of believers who are now put together in the one area and there is a slight disagreement. The Church of God and Christ are against the Baptist who are against the Catholics and Non-Denominational. But they back then prayed to consciously will God to move in a different direction. They eventually choose  seven good men to look over this and the gospel was able to reach even the church leaders who may not had believed in God. This can happen in the church today as we all should want to come together as one.  Prayer Action Changes Reaction.

In conclusion we see in the Word of God that Prayer Actions Changes Reaction. It can do the same today. The prayer of the servant in Genesis 24:12-24 trigger an action that had God make Rachel react and it put into motion the promises God had made to Abraham ( Genesis 17:1-16 ). The prayer that Ezra prays in Ezra 9:5-15 changes the direction the people of God were headed and placed them back on the right path. In Jude 1:20-22 he urges us to keep praying in the Holy Spirit with the love of God and the mercy of Jesus. Prayer Action Changes Reaction. Although I cannot encourage and motivate like I want to I still have people who come up to me saying good job or brand new week, brand new attitude. I also had a video of me doing my job used as an instruction video to show new and current employees how to properly encourage one another. Prayer Action Changes Reaction. I give God all the glory and honor. I want to thank Apostle H. Daniel Wilson and Pastor Beverly L. Wilson for their tremendous leadership and vision.

P.R.A.Y.

Good morning and Happy Thursday VKMI family. Most of you do not know what I do for a living so I will share today. I work as a security officer for Hillshire Brands corporate office here in Chicago. At my job in order for any one to get in there are turnstiles that must be access for any one to gain entry into the building. The turnstiles separate the employees from the random person or visitor off of the street. Unless access is given by the receptionist or any security staff no one, including Al Roker can enter the building. As people of faith we have a way to access God to receive the many things we have for us. We must P.R.A.Y.

 

 In the Word of God to pray is seen all over. Prayer is a scriptural sacrifice and the fruit of our lips ( Hebrews 13:15 ). A lifting our soul to God ( Psalms 25:1, 143, 8 ).  Through prayer Christ makes intercession for us when we pray ( Isaiah 53:12, Hebrews 7:25, 1st Timothy 2:5-6 ). The Holy Spirit intercedes for us when we pray ( Roman 8:26-27, Ephesian 6:18 ).  For the purposes of this blog I am going to use the word PRAY as an acronym meaning that each letter will be used as a word to ensure that we know exactly what prayer is along with scriptural reference in the next three paragraphs.

In using the letter P in P.R.A.Y. I know that prayer is coming into his Presence. In Exodus 32:11-14 it tells of how Moses went into the presence of God after the people had forgotten about how God had blessed them ( verses 1-10 ). We as Christians have to get into God's presence if we are going to change the areas of religion and social media. In Isaiah 48:12-13 it speaks of coming into the presence of God. The 4th watch prayer time is one way to come into his presence.

 

In looking at the second letter in the word P.R.A.Y I go the word relationship. In 1st Samuel 8:6-9. In this passage the people wanted a king to reign over them so they could be like others in the world. Samuel when he prayed had a personal relationship with God so that God would not be angry with their request. As people of faith the areas of government, family and business can be changed if we have a relationship with God. In Jeremiah 32:6-15 he showed that having a relationship with God even though times are tough can change things. We have a 5am prayer time with Apostle H. Daniel Wilson that can strengthen our relationship with God.

 

The third letter in the word P.R.A.Y. is for Authority. In John 17:1-5 Jesus prays to God for authority. Jesus was sent by God to sacrifice his life to make us whole and also provide us everlasting life. We have as a people of faith authority to change how Christian  arts and entertainment is viewed ( the Bible min-series was viewed by over 8 million people and 1/4 of them were non believers ) and education ( prayer is needed especially in school ). In 1st Peter 2:9-10 it speaks of how we are God's people. There is a Prayer Vigil every 2nd Friday here at the Valley that we can come to have authority that God has placed in our hands.

 

In concluding the acronym for P.R.A.Y. and using the letter Y it is going to stand for YOU. You have to want to get in the presence of God if you want your faith based blog or magazine to become successful or to see that religion idea ( Politically Funny Fridays is a great concept ) to take off. You have to have a relationship with God in order to change laws ( weed is legal in two states and the federal government will not oppose it ), to have the youth want to spend time with their families to learn their legacy and how the family came out of things, and to have that faith based business stay profitable. You have to have authority to have that play or movie to even make it to mainstream America or to get involved with your school boards to see what is going on. You have to pray for the lost souls and others ( James 5:16, 2nd Timothy 2:1 and Acts 8:24 ).  You can join or help with finances, gas money or food when the churches go out to pray in the areas where crime is rampant or where they bring in the guns and drugs in at. P.R.A.Y. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching and thank Apostle Wilson and Pastor Beverly L. Wilson for this chance to teach on prayer. I also thank the Mountain of Education leaders, Pastor R. Lowery and Pastor George. Please attend Rhema Word 2.0 or visit Rhema Word 2.0 Facebook page.