New Life

   Have you ever heard of the story of someone "escaping" death? They were on the death bed and for a matter of time, they were biologically dead? Maybe their neurons stopped working momentarily or their heart temporarily stopped pumping. However, a few seconds or minutes later, they come back to biologically
   We were fully dead in our sin and HE brought us back to life. We were numb to the things of God, but because He died on the Cross, we are given the chance to come to Him and Ultimately to the Father in the end through His forgiveness with an entirely new life in Christ! If you have accepted Christ, you have been justified and now are being sanctified daily to become like Him, for He is New Life!

All Along

   Have you ever watched a movie about a SuperHero about to engage in battle? Tell me, what can you infer? You probably,without even thinking about it, infer that the good guy is going to win. And in most movies and shows, the plot allows for the good guy to end up winning against the bad ones.
   Guess what, in the way that things have been set up by the Almighty God, He is victorious in the end, which means that WE are also victorious if we are in Him and his child. This is good news. That means that when it seems as we are losing this battle in life against sin, ALL ALONG we have already gotten the Victory, for Christ is victorious! Be encouraged, for ever since the beggining, God has already won the war!

Living Out Loud

   In chorus, my teacher would always say," When you sing, sing out loud and with confidence. If you were to mess up, mess up loud and with confidence, at least for practice". So that is what we did. We sang confidently and loud, even when we were wrong.
   I am not saying to go out and sin loudly, but I am saying live the Gospel loudly with confidence, since it is what you truly believe. If you were, or better yet when, you mess up, be confident in the fact that you have already been forgiven through Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour. So live the Gospel out loud, with confidence, knowing that you have been forgiven!

Not Worried

 I want to bring your attention to the scripture in Philipians 4.6 that states" Be anxious for nothing...", to be anxious, or worried specifically about the future, for nothing. For even though the things that God has called us to do may not be in our comfort zone, which most of the time it is not, or even though we feel as we may not be able to do it, or that we are in it alone, the Word of the True and Living God tells us not to be anxious, but to may make our request known to God.
   Remember that God is ALWAYS with you, no matter where you go. When He sends you out of your comfort zone, He is still right there beside you! Do not be afraid of the tasks that Lord has set before you, because He is always there as well!

Full Time Duty

  I am in the Pre Pharmacy program at my college. Therefore, some would consider me an aspiring pharmacist. But I am a minister, full time all of the time. Christians, we are all called to the same thing, all of us are all full time ministers. In every way, we are supposed to show and share Christ.
   Some would say well wont you do pharmacy? And the answer is yes. The problem is though, what I do does not define who I am. I repeat, what I do is not who I am. Who I am is defined by Christ and what I do will then fall in line with His Will.
   Once we understand that actions do not define our identity, but nearly a derivative of our identity that has been given to each one of us individually by our Creator, Christ. So let us not think that our actions or the actions of others define who we are, but let who we are dictate our actions!

Fruit after Yourself

   Healthy things make healthy things. Fruit bears after itself. The seed of an apple has the ability to produce another entire apple tree. The seeds of a pumpkin can easily produce another healthy pumpkin to add to a beautiful pumpkin patch.
   As Christians it is true that we are called to share the Gospel and the Love of Christ to those who have not accepted Jesus as the Lord of their life. As Jesus came to seek and to save what was lost. So lets think of another aspect.
   If fruit produces itself, then is it not important that we continually help to grow and to nourish ourselves and other Christians so that when we do produce (sharing the Gospel with those who do not yet belong to Christ), we produce others that go out to follow Christ for themselves healthily.
   H.O.P.E. Ministries strives to teach others how to make others that seek Christ. It is not an easy task for anyone and it requires diligence from the one producing the fruit. So I challenge you, grow and nourish your fruit, and bear it, in the image of Christ!

Of First Importance

  In the class of Calculus, everything is built on what is learned before it. For example, to integrate using substitution, you must first learn how to take the derivative of a function. And to learn how to take a derivative of a function, you must learn what a function is. To understand a function, you must understand the concept of x and at it to the concept of adding and subtracting. Therefore while it is great to be able to discuss integration by substitution, it would be lost without addition and subtraction.
   That is the seasoned Christian. It seems as some graduate if you will from the Cross and the Gospel. But this is our Salvation. And it does not matter how much scholarly information you can swallow about Religion, if you dont have the relationship from the Cross of Calvary, you really dont have what is first and foremost, and that is Christ dying for our sins.