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God’s Word For You Today: Devote To Good Works

by GOD TV September 9, 2021

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Today’s Verse:

“This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable to everyone.” Titus 3:8

Today’s Message:

Paul exhorts Titus in the above verse to not forget to teach these to the church. And what is that teaching? Doing good works.

Devotion to good works is an essential element of the Christian life for many reasons. One, it leads people to Jesus. Your goodness and kind acts attract others to the heart of Jesus. The world is desperate for light and the light you bear brings life to those in need. Matthew 5:16 says, “In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”

Second, it implies personal integrity. Living out what you believe in pushes away misrepresentation. When Christians fail to be consistent with their sound teaching, we open God’s word to slander.

Lastly, being careful to do good works proves that we are children of God. Ephesians 2:10 says, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” God has now called us saints, from sinners. And as saints, we live a holy life – a life worthy of the One we worship.

September 9, 2021 0 comment

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God Works Everything For Good

by GOD TV October 25, 2022

written by GOD TV

When we look back at scripture, we can see how God always works everything for good. And in the midst of all of those stories, you can look at Daniel in the lion’s den. You could look at Joseph being thrown in the pit by his brothers. You could look at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fire. In all of those stories, there was a point and there was a moment where they could have questioned, “Was God gonna come through?” They could have questioned, you know, “Is God just gonna leave us here? Is He faithful?”

I feel like a lot of people in the church right now are in this season of, “Is God faithful?” In the midst of everything He’s done in the past, they’re kind of in this moment of being faced with their experience, the problem, whatever it is that might have happened, the circumstance. And they’re faced with this moment of, “Is God faithful?” “Is He who He says He is?” And there’s something so beautiful that we can trust and look at in scripture, that if you look at all of these stories, the Lord came through with a massive victory every single time. Every single time in all of these stories, the Lord brought them through to victory. Even to the point where they didn’t smell like the fire when they came out, and He restored a hundred fold to all that was lost.

And you look at Joseph and what the Lord did in his life. You look at David, and you look at Daniel, and look at all these people in the Bible who the Lord really brought them through to victory for His glory. And He did it in such a way that His name was magnified and everyone was in awe of, “Wow, God really does come through!”

And there’s something about that tension of the waiting; waiting for God to come through. And I feel like a lot of people are in that moment right now of tension. That might be you, you might be experiencing that, or maybe you’re on the other side of it and you can be a voice of encouragement to people in that tension. But if you are in that tension, I want you to remember to look back to your history with God. I want you to remember all of the things that God has done, and look at where you are now and all the things He had to do to get you to where you are in this season.

A lot of the things that we’re sitting in and standing in right now in this season of our lives, are things that we prayed for, things that we were hoping for in our future. Maybe you just got married, maybe you just had a baby. Maybe you just got your new job. There’s different things that you’ve been believing and praying for and the Lord brought you through to that thing. And I wanna encourage you that God is gonna be faithful in every area of your life; that in one place where He was faithful and you haven’t seen that yet, that He’s gonna come through. And all of the questions eventually get answered, whether in heaven or in this life. God will show Himself to be good. He’ll show himself to be faithful. And time and time again, we can trust that. We can trust the nature of God.

We can look to the scriptures and it talks about all the things that love is. Love is patient, love is kind. And you know, you go through all of that, and then you look at God describing Himself as love. So you can put the name of God in each of those slots and see how God is faithful and God is good. Look at all of that in 1 Corinthians 13. And so, be encouraged today. Go to that scripture. Spend some time with the Holy Spirit and put the Lord’s name in there. You could even put Jesus in there. Jesus is faithful, Jesus is kind, He’s long suffering. He’s with us in those hard seasons. He’s with us on those mountaintops, and the valleys low; that we don’t understand what He’s doing, but we will. And in the midst of all of it, He’s good and we get to worship Him and we get to give Him an offering of worship and love from the deepest part of our core. When we worship Him in those places of pain and we worship Him in those places of not understanding, there’s such reward for that. But also there’s a reward of intimacy that we get to experience in this life. When we press through and we say, “God, you’re still good, and I still trust you.”

I know that He who spoke is faithful and that God is not a man that He should lie. So I bless you today. Be filled with the knowledge of the goodness of God. Be filled with the knowledge of His faithfulness to you, that His hand is on you. The steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord. And where you are is where He wants you to be. He is gonna lead you through to a beautiful victory.

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October 25, 2022 0 comment

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God Works All Things Together For Your Good

by Alexxa Lowery June 26, 2021

written by Alexxa Lowery

Romans 8:28 (ESV) – “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.”

Seasons Change

Seasons change and sometimes it’s a bumpy ride. Transition can be scary and feel so unknown at times. As Christians, it’s important to us as individuals that we never run weary of God’s will for our lives. The yearning of wanting to make every right decision, while living with the fear of making a huge mistake is huge and it’s real. What if I told you that you’re not powerful enough to ruin your life while God is by your side?

God Is Good

Transition is challenging because of the unknowns that follow closely in front of us. The possibilities are endless as we exit one season and enter into another. I think as Christians, we want God’s best for us and come up with a preconceived idea of what it should like. But, what if I told you that God’s best for you can still be God’s best for you and look completely different from what you thought it would look like. Often times, we avoid making certain decisions because it doesn’t fit the vision in our heads. We forget to ask God what He sees and thinks. You see, if we would just come to the realization that God’s will for us is pure and that He works all things together for our good, I think we’d be more confident in making decisions for ourselves.

God’s Way Is Best

With God by our side and leading us through His Holy Spirit, we can’t make a wrong decision. We can make decisions that look different, but that’s because our ways and our thoughts are not His! Like it says in Isaiah 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.

Transitions can be challenging but God is working it out for your good. Trust Jesus today with your life. All that He is good and pure. He wants what’s best for you!

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June 26, 2021 0 comment

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New Age Author Left Best Selling Works For Christ

by Le-Jovale Vallejo February 10, 2023

written by Le-Jovale Vallejo

A New Age author stopped writing best selling books because of God. She said, “I didn’t realize that the devil would use people.”

Doreen Virtue

Doreen thought that Christ was primarily a wish-granter and that Jesus was only a man. She disclosed the reasons behind her plunge into the occult. She also recalled her previous belief that she didn’t need to read or trust the Bible. Some of the lies she had been raised to believe included those.

She entered the New Age for this reason. And soon, she was conducting readings and utilizing angel cards to attempt and communicate with spirits.

After a while, these activities became more intense. She started making her own decks of angel cards, which she sold to other New Agers with great success. At the time, she believed she was carrying out God’s will and that He was on her side.

Today though, it became a different story for Doreen.

New Age Author

She said, “And so I was being used by the devil, thinking that I was getting rewarded.”

Doreen Virtue [Doreen Virtue]. YouTube, 21 January 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTFEv5bqkvI

Doreen appeared to have everything one could ever want, according to all external standards, including an oceanfront home, stylish furnishings, and a family. But eventually the fissures began to show.

But studying the Bible opened her eyes. She is thankful that God saved her “when there was still time” by unveiling her eyes and heart to the Gospel.

After studying the Bible and realizing the actual dangers of the occult after spending decades in the New Age movement, Doreen experienced a dramatic turnabout. She is now attempting to reverse the effects of her earlier work.

A Miracle

“It’s a miracle,” she said. “I gave my life to Jesus. That was the autumn of 2017 and, ever since then, I’ve just been telling people, ‘I’m sorry I made these cards. Please don’t use them.’”

Doreen admitted that she has come under a lot of criticism for speaking out against her old angel cards, but she still does so since she is aware that by doing so in the past, she may have misled many others.

“God would never give us a message that would be against his commandments,” she concluded.

“And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them” (Romans 8:28, NLT).

Listen to Virtue tell her story on the “Ex-Psychic Saved Podcast”:

Header image: Doreen Virtue [Doreen Virtue]. YouTube, 21 January 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTFEv5bqkvI

Reference: Faithwire

February 10, 2023 0 comment

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Do Not Be Afraid…God Works Miracles

by GOD TV December 1, 2022

written by GOD TV

Greetings around the world, my friend. It’s a cold 1st of December today and it’s a good day to be alive! My name is Edward John Hughes, and I have the privilege of being the Nordic Regional Director for GOD TV. And GOD TV family, you are absolutely awesome. I believe we’ve seen nothing yet of what God is about to do in our lives. I have a word for you today just to encourage you.

There’s no reason for you to be afraid. You have nothing to fear, because God is with you. Listen to this story from Luke chapter 1, and you know it so well. The angel Gabriel came to Mary and greeted her, when he was about to tell her that she would be pregnant with the Lord Jesus Christ. And this is what it says in verses 29-31. It reads, “The angel went to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored, the Lord is with you.’ Mary was greatly astonished at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary. You have found favor with God.'”

Now, what is favor? Why is it that you don’t have to fear anything? Well, listen very carefully. Because the Lord is with you, you are favored. Did you know that? Just because the Lord is with me, I am favored and you are favored. And here’s the beautiful thing: you may not have thought about this, but you can grow in favor just like the little child was about to grow inside of Mary’s womb. You know, Jesus being conceived by the Spirit and given birth to by God as His Father, through the virgin Mary, the baby grew in the womb. And it says that Jesus, when He was born, grew in stature and in favor with God. You and I can grow in favor. The more you walk with the Lord, the more favored you’d be. The more you focus on Him and His love for you, the more the favor will begin to grow within you.

So friend, let me just encourage you today and let you know that you are highly favored. Why are you afraid? What are you afraid of? The Lord is with you. And He says, “I’ll never leave you nor forsake you. I’m with you always, even to the ends of the age.” So friend, listen, as we approach Christmas and the pressures might come on, you might have a lot of things you need to do, many people to greet, many gifts to buy. And fear can easily grip you if you start thinking about all that needs to be done. But let me just say to you today, God is with you, therefore you are highly favored.

And you know what it says, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Now, listen, Proverbs chapter 3 says, “Take my words, bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. And you will win favor in the sight of God and man.”

If you take your faith in Jesus Christ and believe with all your heart that He is with you, you will walk in extreme favor. And I must say, as I’ve been walking through my life, the one thing I even told my mom the other day, I said, “Mom, the only thing I can say for certain is this: I’ve been very highly favored after I met Jesus Christ as my Lord.” Friend, don’t be afraid. You are highly favored. I’ll talk to you soon again. But until next time, be blessed and walk in His favor.

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December 1, 2022 0 comment

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Dog The Bounty Hunter Urges Believers To Do The Works Of Jesus Christ

by Christa November 15, 2022

written by Christa

Duane Chapman, famously known as Dog The Bounty Hunter, talks about the supernatural warfare and the power of Jesus he has been experiencing.

Dog The Bounty Hunter

Duane and his wife, Francie, appeared on “The Kellie Show” and explained how Christians need the power of God to overcome today’s evil.

“We all know that there’s evil and good. So let’s go one step further. Katie and I and Francie have met a lot of bank robbers, and we met a lot of guys that will beat you down and shoot you. But there’s this other realm of criminals which is called demonic,” he said.

“Now those demonic guys will kill their own mothers. They’ll walk into a school and start shooting everybody or a shopping center. Now, evil is evil, but demonic evil is there. We all know now in America that we’ve seen demonic evil. ‘How could that guy do that?’ On the natural flipside of that coin has to be God’s supernatural power.”

Duane and Francie Chapman

Duane believes that there is a Christian lifestyle most don’t live out, and that is the “super-Christianity.” The 69-years-old urges others to ask for God’s supernatural empowerment to go through the “last days.”

He recalled the time when God used him for the deliverance of an overdosed girl. He and Francie were passing down the street when they saw the girl convulsing. The Lord spoke to Duane and said, “She needs help!”

So, Duane went to her and asked the Lord for his next move. He told Duane to either do CPR or lay hands, and Dunae preferred the latter.

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“I took a deep breath, and I said, ‘in the name of Jesus, right now, stop it!’ And I said, ‘in Jesus’ name, get out of her!'”

Then the girl woke up and was in the “right mind.” She asked, “What happened to me?” It turned out that Duane had cast a demon out of the girl’s body in Jesus’ name.

Today, Duane is still out on the hunt, but he chases after child molesters, child predators, and women abusers. “Right now in America, it’s about the only people they leave in jail. So we are going after the worst of the worse, and we’re bringing them in, in Jesus’ name.”

The couple is also helping human trafficking victims by putting them in rehab. They have “The House of Bounty,” where they will help them get “healthy, whole, and healed.”

Francie shared, “We want them to live a life that is outside of abuse and to know who they are in Christ.”

Reference: CBN News

November 15, 2022 0 comment

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Taste And See The Goodness Of God

by GOD TV July 23, 2022

written by GOD TV

I want to encourage you today, right out of the word of God, Psalm 34:8. I’m just going to read it to you. It says, “Taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” Taste and see that the Lord is good. Think about this. Taste and see. There’s an action: taste and see. There’s two actions right there in order for you to know that He is good. Taste and see.

You know, when John the Baptist sent his followers to Jesus and he was like, “Are you the Messiah?” And He’s like, “Go back and tell John what they’ve seen and what they’ve heard.” And so there’s action on our part in order to experience the goodness of God. And so, there might be areas of your life, or maybe in general, but there might be an area like, “God, I know you’re good in my marriage, but I’m not so sure that you’re good in my finances.” You might be, you know, God is good in your career, but not in your personal life.

It could be so many different possibilities, but you know what? God is good all the time, every day in every situation and every circumstance. And a lot of times, for me, it just takes me asking like, “Holy Spirit, this doesn’t feel good, but I know you’re here. Can you show me how you’re here in this situation? Can you show me what you’re doing in this situation?” And when you face hard times, I want to encourage you. This has so helped me. I’m like, “Holy Spirit, what is the gift in this situation?” If I can taste and see that you’re good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him, that when you’re going through a hard time, find refuge in the Lord, ask the Holy Spirit how He’s working for your good, because He works all things for good, Amen?

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July 23, 2022 0 comment

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High School Principal Works Three Jobs To Help Students In Need

by Rhoda Gayle June 30, 2022

written by Rhoda Gayle

A high school principal in South Carolina is working three jobs to help his low-income students in need.

Henry Darbs

The principal of the North Charleston High School, Henry Darbs, will forever be remembered by his students because of his good heart. He is being hailed as a hero for working three jobs to help his students!

Aside from being a principal, he is also working as a county councilman. And during the night, when he should be sleeping, he is working a night job at a Walmart to help his low-income students.

His compassion and urge to help them started when he saw how his students were living when he get to visit their homes during the weekend. Over 90% of the students in his school are living below the poverty line.

“I get a little bit emotional because, um, when you’ve got children you’ve heard sleep under a bridge, or a former student or child is sleeping in a car,” Henry explained, “Or when you go to a parent’s house because there are problems and you knock on the door and you see there are no curtains and you see a mattress on the floor…and these people need…and I wasn’t going to say no.”

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High School Principal

He works from 10 pm to 7 am stocking shelves to make extra income. He gives every penny he makes at the Walmart to his students. Aside from wanting to help them, he also wanted to inspire them and teach them that no job is lesser than the others.

“If some of them could see that if a principal could work at Walmart, why can’t they?” he said.

Henry is also inspiring everyone to help the people around them.

“I wish that those of us who are born of poverty and we had to struggle and we made it to at least the lower middle class, we will look back to help others.”

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June 30, 2022 0 comment

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Faith Without Works Is Dead

by John Mathai June 5, 2022

written by John Mathai

Without faith we cannot please God. He who comes to God must believe that He is. This means we must trust that He is who He says He is. We cannot come to God through reason because our reasoning is finite. God is Spirit and our finite thinking will fail to comprehend Him. We must believe before we can receive this revelation. Once we have received then we can act on what we believe. If our believe is only a mental activity then all we have is a god made in our own image. This is a waste of time and energy as idols created by man to replace God only serve our own desires. This is where most religions are stuck in worshipping god created in their own image. Satan wanted to be like God and so he fell from his glorious position in heaven.

Faith Means Action

Faith is action. Faith will produce fruits. Faith the Bible says is the substance( title deed) of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. When we operate in faith we can expect to receive what we hope for and this applies to all areas of life. God is Spirit and we are spirit beings and so when we operate in the Spirit we are able to access His riches in heaven. This applies to our physical and mental needs not just our spiritual needs.When we receive we are able to share this with others. Others will benefit from what we receive. The same glory that Jesus has He shares with us. We now can share of this glory with others.

Personal Experience

Faith without works therefore is like clouds without rain. Our faith in a living God must translate into action. I have experienced God’s blessing and favour in all areas of my life. I want to share His goodness with others. God called us for a purpose and this is to bless others. We are called to bless others who are not as fortunate as us. Feed the poor and look after the widow and lonely. These are all works of faith. We see this in how hospitals and schools were established because faith resulted in works of charity. Let us today expect to see God move in our lives to bless others through our works. Even a smile can change a life.

Dr. John Mathai

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June 5, 2022 0 comment

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A Strategy For Good Sleep

by John Mathai March 18, 2022

written by John Mathai

Many people struggle with getting to sleep. They worry about not sleeping enough and this becomes a problem in itself. Worrying about anything will disturb your sleep. Sleep is important to our body and mental health. Sleep is the way we allow the stresses of the day to melt away and to recharge our body. Our body needs rest. We were not designed to work all the time. Even God rested on the seventh day! Sleep is vital to our bodily function and we need to have good sleep to lead a healthy life. Many who are sleep deprived suffer from various ailments in body and mind. One of the first signs of a mental disorder is the loss of sleep.

Strategies

There are many strategies to help one to relax and induce sleep. Some count sheep, others do relaxation exercises to relax the body and mind and there are techniques that can be used to induce sleep. Some of these work sometimes. Some resort to drugs to help induce sleep. All these are short term solutions. Sleep can be disturbed by many causes and so one solution does not fit all. One of the ways is to meditate on the word of God. God says that he whose mind is fixed on Him will find peace and rest. His word enables one to rest in His arms. In His arms there is rest and peace.

God’s Solution For Sleeping

Read the Bible before going to bed. Reading the word distracts your mind from daily worries and fixes it on God’s word. It relaxes the mind and many find that reading His word helps sleep induction. The word of God is powerful and so power is released to quiet the mind. Meditating on scripture is another way to reap the benefits of His word. God heals the broken hearted and the wanderer is brought home. This is a proven way to induce sleep and stay asleep. There is no more powerful medicine than the word of God. It works especially when you read it aloud and by faith believe in it. Try it today and be at rest and sleep well.

Dr. John Mathai

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