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Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. If you are able to read this message, then you are blessed to be in the land among the living. You have yet another opportunity to repent, turn from your ways and choose to follow after Jesus Christ. The choice is yours to make today!
Throughout the journey on the path behind the footsteps of our Savior, there are times when we stop and look around questionably because you can't seem to find the print of the footsteps you just seen. The bright sky dims and the clouds roll in. Before you know it, you've found yourself in the middle of a storm.
You begin to panic as the rain drops beat against your skin and roll down your eyebrows blinding your vision. Just when you think it can't any worse, you manage to see a path lit with just enough light to give you hope. You wipe your eyes, take a deep breath and stumble along the way following the glimpse of light that seemed to come out of nowhere.
Minutes seem like hours as time goes by and the storm continues to shower as you take step after step towards an unfamiliar place. You wipe your face again while rapidly blinking to clear your vision and refocus. When your vision clears you notice footprints next to your own. You feel a warm, strong arm cradle you and you naturally shift all your weight unto theirs. Their strength begins to carry you through the storm along the lighted path towards a place that you now know is your refuge from the storm. A place of comfort and peace. Joy and strength. Rest and healing to revive you to begin your journey again.
The strength of this person is the love of Jesus Christ. The love that was so graciously given to each and everyone of us that I have personally felt many times over during my storms and the warm sunny days. He is a Strong Tower and a Place of Refuge from the storm. He is a Bright Morning Star lighting the way through the dark. He is a Comforter and the Prince of Peace. Without Him, there are no sunny days and the storms of life would surely turn into moments of drowning.
I'm thankful, that when experiencing a storm, I am not alone. He is yet with me.
The trials and tribulations of life can be like a raging storm. Relentless, loud, terrifying and giving no clue of knowing when it will end. Just when the loud pelts of heavy rain begin to subside, the thunder crackles and the rain speed intensifies, lasting even longer then when it first started. The longer the storm, the more draining the wait becomes.
We get weak, tired and even anxious for a sign that the rain will let up. Sometimes the sign comes like a singing bird and a clear sky; and sometimes, the rain clouds keep rolling in day after day.
What do you do when the rain doesn't stop? What do you do when the trials of life keep coming in like a flood and your strength to get up and wait for the storm to pass has been drenched with doubt and fear? Gods word tells us that the battle is not ours to fight and that after doing all that we can do to stand, stand therefore.
His truth gives us confidence to stand on His word. To stand and know that when we are weak we are made strong and can stand with the confidence that the Love of Jesus Christ has already brought us out of the storm the day He died on the cross.
So stand with the confidence knowing that this storm too shall pass. Stand with the confidence knowing that He will perfect the work that He began in you. Stand therefore with confidence in the Lord knowing that the victory is yours. Stand therefore knowing that when you can't trace His footprints.....Trust Him and follow in faith!
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
He Breathed On Me
Freshly renewed today I"ve come to the conclusion early this morning that He breathed on me. It was by the calling of my name that I arose this morning. It wasn't by the alarm clock or because it was just time but it was because He breathed on me. God purposed that I should live this day, so with that same purpose I live. I live this day to be who God wants me to be in this day, why because He breathed on me. Their wasn't sun this morning but rain. Their wasn't the sound of birds chirping but thunder but it is yet evident that I'm alive and since I'm alive, I live, why because He breathed on me. Be Blessed.
3yrs and Gracefully Counting
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. It has been well over 1 yr since our last blog post and normally I would feel guilty that the time has not been taken to put forth the energy needed to keep this beautiful place current. BUT to God be the glory that I am conviction free. There is no guilt or shame as I see the lapse in dates.
As I look back on the last post written and think about ALL that has taken place between them, I want to drop this computer and take off running! God has truly been moving.
New Beginnings Ministries has been on the rise in every aspect possible. From God adding to the body daily to acquiring a larger facility and expanded out. God's word is manifesting itself each and every day in ways that we would have never imagined and for that we are humbled and truly thankful to be on board of a vessel that God strategically built to sail into His Kingdom.
We are looking forward to continue to answer the call of Kingdom building and being sensitive to the Spirit of God during this season of change. He has truly done great things and our atmosphere of praise is evidence of our thanksgiving. New Beginnings Ministries asks that you would continue to support the Ministries by supporting this page.
Keep your eyes and hearts toward God and prepare yourselves to behold the power of the Lord! He is working. God bless.
Sister S.D. Richard [NBM Secretary]
As I look back on the last post written and think about ALL that has taken place between them, I want to drop this computer and take off running! God has truly been moving.
New Beginnings Ministries has been on the rise in every aspect possible. From God adding to the body daily to acquiring a larger facility and expanded out. God's word is manifesting itself each and every day in ways that we would have never imagined and for that we are humbled and truly thankful to be on board of a vessel that God strategically built to sail into His Kingdom.
We are looking forward to continue to answer the call of Kingdom building and being sensitive to the Spirit of God during this season of change. He has truly done great things and our atmosphere of praise is evidence of our thanksgiving. New Beginnings Ministries asks that you would continue to support the Ministries by supporting this page.
Keep your eyes and hearts toward God and prepare yourselves to behold the power of the Lord! He is working. God bless.
Sister S.D. Richard [NBM Secretary]
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
2 YR ANNIVERSARY
From Pastor and Founder Elder Anthony C. Grady 25 February 2010
Greetings in the name of Jesus! Happy Anniversary to all the saints, families and friends at New Beginnings Ministries! God is able to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us. (Ephesians 3:20) How blessed we are to dwell together in unity! We're still standing strong and striving to do the work of the Lord. How blessed we are to enjoy the favor of God! Yes, this has been a difficult year, one comprised of many trials, but our God is faithful, and He has seen us through every heartache, every misfortune, every obstacle and every disappointment that originated from the hands of the enemy! Through it all, we still possess faith to move mountains, courage to stand, and Joy that surpasses all understanding. What an awesome God we serve! Hallelujah!
Within the last year, we have seen the Lord work in miraculous ways. Our eyes have witnessed people healed from sicknesses, marriages restored, homeless fed and sheltered, the poor blessed financially. We have seen people delivered and set free from the addictions of drugs, alcohol and pornography. We have seen lives transformed before our eyes, lost souls saved, backsliders reclaimed, broken hearts mended, curses stopped, sexual identification made concrete, enemies defeated, membership additions, Jesus lifted higher, and God glorified!
It's true that God has shown Himself mighty and faithful in His dealing with us, but I believe that we are at a critical point in our effort for effective ministry. God wants to advance us to the next level of ministry and in order to get there, we must live and serve God in accordance to a very important spiritual truth. In Luke 9: 23 Jesus said, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me". Now understand that when Jesus spoke that verse of denying ourselves, He was and is saying that we must say no to our desires when they conflict with God's will. He's calling every believer to a lifestyle of denial. Jesus is calling us to a lifestyle of sacrifice!
Many in the Body of Christ need to be set free from their fear of sacrifice. So many believers hide their gifts and their talents, but mostly their finances like the slothful servant of Matthew 25:14-30 and in so doing they never reach the level of freedom or abundant living that Jesus expects of us. But it's the will of God that every believer be set free from their fear of sacrifice and there is a simple truth that will do just that if we grasp it.
In the verses that follow Luke 9:23, Jesus mentions three things that will happen in the lives of those who refuse to "deny themselves and take up his cross daily".
First of all, believers who will not live a life of sacrifice will eventually lose everything they have lived for anyway. Secondly, those who see sacrifice for Christ as a threat to their own security will eventually lose the very thing that they were trying to make secure. Jesus said, "For whosoever shall save his life shall lose it" Luke 9:24. And last, those who refuse to live a life of self-denial and sacrifice for Jesus Christ will ultimately forfeit their rights of eternal recognition and status. Jesus put it this way, "For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and My words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels" Luke 9:26. Praise Him!
We can accomplish all that God has assigned to us. We can go to the next level. We can bring our vision to pass, but must follow the leading of God's spirit and walk by Faith. Commitment, hard work, love and many personal sacrifices are inevitably key ingredients for advancing to the next level. Be encouraged my brethren, because the omnipotent, omniscience, and omnipresence God who brought us to this present time will continue to pour out blessings, open doors of opportunities and strengthen us to advance the Kingdom. Oh, Bless Him!
Here in this "vessel of Love" we're excited about the outpouring of God's spirit, the anointing in the lives of His people, the agape love in this place that flows from heart to heart and the plans that God has for New Beginnings Ministries! Also, we're so grateful for the people that have allowed God to plant their feet within this court of praise! We're Moving!
I want you to know that I love you and I'm truly honored to be your pastor.
In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Anthony C. Grady
Greetings in the name of Jesus! Happy Anniversary to all the saints, families and friends at New Beginnings Ministries! God is able to do exceeding, abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us. (Ephesians 3:20) How blessed we are to dwell together in unity! We're still standing strong and striving to do the work of the Lord. How blessed we are to enjoy the favor of God! Yes, this has been a difficult year, one comprised of many trials, but our God is faithful, and He has seen us through every heartache, every misfortune, every obstacle and every disappointment that originated from the hands of the enemy! Through it all, we still possess faith to move mountains, courage to stand, and Joy that surpasses all understanding. What an awesome God we serve! Hallelujah!
Within the last year, we have seen the Lord work in miraculous ways. Our eyes have witnessed people healed from sicknesses, marriages restored, homeless fed and sheltered, the poor blessed financially. We have seen people delivered and set free from the addictions of drugs, alcohol and pornography. We have seen lives transformed before our eyes, lost souls saved, backsliders reclaimed, broken hearts mended, curses stopped, sexual identification made concrete, enemies defeated, membership additions, Jesus lifted higher, and God glorified!
It's true that God has shown Himself mighty and faithful in His dealing with us, but I believe that we are at a critical point in our effort for effective ministry. God wants to advance us to the next level of ministry and in order to get there, we must live and serve God in accordance to a very important spiritual truth. In Luke 9: 23 Jesus said, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me". Now understand that when Jesus spoke that verse of denying ourselves, He was and is saying that we must say no to our desires when they conflict with God's will. He's calling every believer to a lifestyle of denial. Jesus is calling us to a lifestyle of sacrifice!
Many in the Body of Christ need to be set free from their fear of sacrifice. So many believers hide their gifts and their talents, but mostly their finances like the slothful servant of Matthew 25:14-30 and in so doing they never reach the level of freedom or abundant living that Jesus expects of us. But it's the will of God that every believer be set free from their fear of sacrifice and there is a simple truth that will do just that if we grasp it.
In the verses that follow Luke 9:23, Jesus mentions three things that will happen in the lives of those who refuse to "deny themselves and take up his cross daily".
First of all, believers who will not live a life of sacrifice will eventually lose everything they have lived for anyway. Secondly, those who see sacrifice for Christ as a threat to their own security will eventually lose the very thing that they were trying to make secure. Jesus said, "For whosoever shall save his life shall lose it" Luke 9:24. And last, those who refuse to live a life of self-denial and sacrifice for Jesus Christ will ultimately forfeit their rights of eternal recognition and status. Jesus put it this way, "For whosoever shall be ashamed of Me and My words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father's, and of the holy angels" Luke 9:26. Praise Him!
We can accomplish all that God has assigned to us. We can go to the next level. We can bring our vision to pass, but must follow the leading of God's spirit and walk by Faith. Commitment, hard work, love and many personal sacrifices are inevitably key ingredients for advancing to the next level. Be encouraged my brethren, because the omnipotent, omniscience, and omnipresence God who brought us to this present time will continue to pour out blessings, open doors of opportunities and strengthen us to advance the Kingdom. Oh, Bless Him!
Here in this "vessel of Love" we're excited about the outpouring of God's spirit, the anointing in the lives of His people, the agape love in this place that flows from heart to heart and the plans that God has for New Beginnings Ministries! Also, we're so grateful for the people that have allowed God to plant their feet within this court of praise! We're Moving!
I want you to know that I love you and I'm truly honored to be your pastor.
In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Anthony C. Grady
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
How Great Is Our God
Today was yet another day that God breathed on me. He allotted peace, joy, happiness in this day. Never would I have ever thought that God would be so great to me in this life. I'm overwhelmed with the love He continues to show me on a daily bases. He simply keeps on blessing me over and over again. How great is God to you? Is He your everything or is He just the means for you to acquire things. How great is my God that He loves me the way He do!!! Be Blessed and know that God is Great.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
God is Good
Today was another day that the Lord made. His blessings yet rained down and showered His people. Im greatful for his awesome power and favor. Have you thought about his grace and love lately, for truly without it where would we be. Be blessed.
Friday, October 2, 2009
We are made new...
Every morning that the Lord decides to wake us up, is another opportunity to live Holy before Him. It is no small thing, or a coincidence, or by chance that you are alive, well, and in your right mind. It was a decision that God made to spare your life and to keep you among the land of the living to fulfill the purpose that He created you for. That alone is worthy of His praise.
With each day that we are blessed to see it is a new chance for the enemy to try to cause us to stumble. He would not be on his job if he didn't throw something at us to take our mind off of what God has ordained for our life. Find it not strange when you are tempted to do something that you know is contrary to God's word or contrary to who He has called you to be. The enemy may bring forth a situation to try to convince you to revert back to your old self and act in the manner that you use to act that was not pleasing to God.
The good news today is that you do not have to revert back to the old man. You are made new in Christ Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ Jesus, he is made new, the old has gone, the new has come!" HALLELUJAH! You are no longer a slave to your former self that willing did the work of the enemy. You are now a servant of the most high God whose power lies in you through the blood of our Savior Jesus Christ. You can call on the name of Jesus and use the power that lies in you to cast down every thought that is contrary to the Spirit of God that tries to consume you. No weapon formed against you shall prosper but He didn't say that it won't be formed.
Remember that the next time you are wondering "why me?" "why is this happening?" The enemy will form his weapons against you BUT THEY SHALL NOT PROSPER because you are made new in Christ Jesus whose Spirit now lives in you. Praise God for He is worthy.
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