Brand new week, Brand new attitude

Good evening and Marvelous Monday. Brand new week, Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. As I am writing this teaching my eyes are welling up with tears. One of the greatest men in my life has departed and we have, my family and I, have said our goodbyes to him. My Uncle Joseph Wesley left this earth on 10-11-16. The home going services were wonderful and everyone spoke well, sung well and afterwards even ate well. While I did not have a chance to speak, one of the things that I knew that I was going to do was to honor him with this memorial teaching which is going to be about him. It is aptly named for what he was about and who he embodied, The Character of a Champion. As I come into this teaching I want to define the two key words in this teaching, character which means as follows, qualities of honesty, courage and integrity, and champion which means, a person who has defeated all opponents. Joseph Wesley character was that of all of the words tha...

Good afternoon and Happy Monday. Brand new week. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future unlimited. As we begin the last teaching based on the theme the Year of Our Father based on Isaiah 64:7-9, Luke 11:2-4 and 1st John 3:1-3 when a person joins the Armed Services of America, rather male or female they go in with the expectancy of being developed into a trained killer. Now they may come out with different skills such as engineering and ability to fly airplanes and even successful business people but inside of them there is always the killer in them that has been developed. One of the things that happens when you join the Body of Christ you developed to begin to do the same for others. That's our mission despite the other things that we receive or are blessed with. Our Father Needs You To Develop Others. When I first joined the Body of Christ as a young boy I was just happy to be baptized and in the presence of other believers. But with people such as my Aunt Jose...

Good afternoon and Happy Saturday. Brand new month. Brand new attitude. The past is the past. The future is unlimited. Looking back on this year we began this year by making our lives Drama Free in January and Renewed in February. We began Onboarding in March and in April we petitioned God to Hear Our Prayers. In the month of June we basked in the Evidence of Our Faith and then we began an Integration in July. We also had  Foreseeability in August and Breach of Contract in September. In October we celebrated that we were Champions (Still) and in November we came into realization that we are needed For Such A Time As This. As we close the year out on any job there has to be growth. That is how organizations get bigger and stronger. A key component is the employees that they have. We as the Body of Christ are employed to spread the gospel. We should developing others and also developing ourselves. This month is themed Employee Development in December. In looking at the meanings ...

Good evening and Marvelous Monday. As we come to the month of For Such a Time As This based on Esther 2:7-9, 3:2-3,5 and 4:10-11,13-14 one of the places that seemed to scary for me to drive when I had a car was a tunnel located on the expressway going towards the airport. The tunnel was not that big and had some lights but it was still mostly dark. When I finally got from under the tunnel there more light than before and it was better driving conditions. There are so many people who have no relationship with Christ and are going through some things that they have no clue to come out of it. We as the Body of Christ have to be that Light At The End Of The Tunnel (For Such a Time As This). When I was a teen I was in a tunnel in my life. I wanted to not be part of any light and wanted to not only be part of the darkness but wanted to excel in the darkness. I came from a good family but began to use drugs, sell drugs and become part of society that people did not like. I lived this ...

Good afternoon and Happy Friday. As we continue in the month of For Such a Time Such As This based on Esther 2:7-9, 3:2-3,5 and 4:10-11, 13,14, there is a disconnect between the people of my era and the youth of today. Our values centered on the church, working and family. The youth of today values are centered on instant gratification, hustling to survive and a fractured family unit. What we see as God's blessings they see as karma. What we know that is a covering of the blood of Jesus they call it fate that they were not shot or shot and lived to see another day. What we see as a family consisting of both parents they see single parents who are referred to as baby mama or baby daddy. We judge the youth harshly we they need The 3 E's from us (For Such A Time As This). The youth of today live in a world where no one understands them unless you speak their language. To them our values and mission is outdated and played out. They cannot see that God is watching over them ...

Good morning and Marvelous Monday. As we continue in the month of For Such a Time As This based on Esther 2:7-9, 3:2-3,5 and 4:10-11,13-14, most of us have been in a situation that we had to defend something. In the public most of us show are displeasure for the politicians that we deem as unfit. In the streets we are caught between trying to do the right thing, knowing if we do there is little to no protection. In denominations we are caught up with trying to show that youth beliefs of what God means to man is the correct one. So when these situations of violence continue and we look for answers, should not the first question that we ask ourselves is this, What Am I Going To Do? The people that are see violence as an answer are ones that we have seen before. It was that person who should had been in school but was out on the block. It was that group of females on public transportation who cussed and disrespected their elders. It was the ones who are economically depressed area...

Good afternoon and Thankful Thursday. As we continue in the month of For Such a Time Such As This based on Esther 2:7-9, 3:2-3,5 and 4:10-11, 13,14, when I was a child I was baptized at Second Mt. Vernon Baptist Church by my godfather, Pastor R. H. Patton. My Dad was a deacon at the church and my Mom was one of the lead singers in the choir. I could tell you the books of the Bible by memory and I enjoyed going to church. When I got back around the people in my neighborhood they guys I knew, Carey W, Melvin, C, Darrell C, and Mike Jones,  knew I went to church. But they never knew I was a Christian, meaning that part of me was hidden. It seems like this has become part of the norm for the people of God, to not to want to put your Christianity out there. One could call it Layin In Da Cut (Not For Such A Time Such As This). As for those who may not know what the meaning of Layin In Da Cut means I will go to the urban dictionary to find it.Layin In Da Cut means; chilling, laying l...