Dear Family of our Lord Jesus Christ,
How are you today? We are praying for you!
Yesterday I was so super blessed to Preach at Revive Church in Rio Rancho! It was so AWESOME in our LORD! Amen!
Here is what I wrote yesterday……….
Thank you to all the wonderful people of Revive Church and Pastor Shaun Naranjo in Rio Rancho for having me today!!! Wow what a powerful day! Powerful movement of the Holy Spirit!!!! Next Sunday we travel to the Reserve Baptist Church in Reserve NM love to preach the word of God! Still on a spiritual high tonight! Amen!!!! If your Church needs a fill in Pastor or guest speaker I would be so very blessed to come your way I have put on thirty thousand miles this year I just love to preach the word of God and show the love of Jesus! Have Bible, will travel!!! LOL! LOL!
Thank you all for your love on Facebook yesterday after the sermon! All Glory to God! Amen!
I preached on “Maintaining a Healthy Fellowship” based on John 13: 34-35……….we will get the audio posted soon, Lord Willing! Amen!
Getting ready for today’s radio program……………….
Late yesterday after getting back home from preaching, I saw pictures of the truck on my Facebook! I was in shock, it is the truck of Pastor Brandon Navarre of Midland, Texas the son of Pastor Leonard and Diana Navarre of Edgewood, New Mexico. I was greatly blessed to find out that Pastor Brandon is going to be okay, he is at home, but in pain. I talked to him this morning. Here is what Brandon’s wife Lisa posted on Facebook: Saw God’s work at it’s finest today. God wrapped his arms around my husband today. Brandon was driving back to work and he had a blowout, Crossed over onto the Wong side of traffic, hit a pile of asphalt , and rolled 3 times. He is doing fine. Bruised and sore, with a few cuts, but THAT IS IT!! I am so thankful for what our God can do. I love you more than words Brandon. I can’t imagine life without you. In talking with Pastor Brandon this morning he said, “No doubt this is a miracle of God.” Brandon was treated and released from the hospital. Psalm 121:7 tells us: The LORD will keep you from all harm– he will watch over your life. We thank the Lord for this miracle of safety for Pastor Brandon! In Jesus name we give thanks, Amen!
Psalm 91 NLT (New Living Translation)
1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High
will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 This I declare about the Lord:
He alone is my refuge, my place of safety;
he is my God, and I trust him.
3 For he will rescue you from every trap
and protect you from deadly disease.
4 He will cover you with his feathers.
He will shelter you with his wings.
His faithful promises are your armor and protection.
5 Do not be afraid of the terrors of the night,
nor the arrow that flies in the day.
6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in darkness,
nor the disaster that strikes at midday.
7 Though a thousand fall at your side,
though ten thousand are dying around you,
these evils will not touch you.
8 Just open your eyes,
and see how the wicked are punished. 9 If you make the Lord your refuge,
if you make the Most High your shelter,
10 no evil will conquer you;
no plague will come near your home.
11 For he will order his angels
to protect you wherever you go.
12 They will hold you up with their hands
so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone.
13 You will trample upon lions and cobras;
you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet! 14 The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me.
I will protect those who trust in my name.
15 When they call on me, I will answer;
I will be with them in trouble.
I will rescue and honor them.
16 I will reward them with a long life
and give them my salvation.”
Heavenly Father, I (we) ask You to place a hedge of protection around me (us). It hides me (us) from the enemy, familiar spirits, any and all demon spirits, making it difficult, if not impossible for them to effectively track or trace me in the realm of the spirit. There shall be no perforations or penetrations to these hedges of protection according to your word in Psalm 91. I(we) know that You will answer this prayer because I (we) love You and I(we) trust in Your name only. I pray that Your blood Lord Jesus will cover me(us) and all that You have given me(us). That the enemy will not have access to what has been given to me(us).Thank you for your divine protection in Jesus Name, Amen.
I also want to share with you what the FAVOR of GOD is…………….Pastor Brandon and his family our servants of our Lord, a testimony to us all……….the whole Navarre family is!
This is one of my favorite devotionals on the Favor of God. The Favor of God is misunderstood by many, it is not magic, it is of God. This was written by the late David Wilkerson.
By David Wilkerson
May 10, 1993
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The book of Haggai is a marvelous lesson on how to get and keep the blessing and favor of the Lord. In utter simplicity the prophet Haggai outlines how God’s children can live and walk under God’s continual blessing and favor.
Yet Haggai also shows the causes and reasons why people lose God’s blessing – and what they must do to come back into His favor! This is true for nations, families, individuals.
The wonderful truth is, God blesses those who walk in faithfulness – He shows favor to those who favor Him. I don’t know about you, but I love to be around people who have the favor of God! There is something of the exuberance of Christ about them. And they have a settled peace. You don’t have to worry from one day to the next whether they’re up or down, because there is a steadiness about their walk with God.
One of the greatest sorrows a pastor has to bear, however, is to witness the awful changes that take place in Christians who go sour. These are believers who at one time were on fire for God, dedicated and zealous for His work. They were happy, blessed, growing in faith, maturing spiritually.
Then one day you began to sense that something had gone wrong. A frown had replaced their smile. Suddenly they’d stopped growing. Spiritual decay had set in!
This happens to married couples! Perhaps it is true of your marriage. Only a year or so ago, you both seemed so happy. There was a spark in your eyes, and you were sweethearts. Everywhere you turned God was blessing you. People around you thought nothing could ever come between you. You both enjoyed the fullness of God’s favor.
But now something is wrong. In a matter of just months, you both are walking in sorrow! You can’t agree on anything – there is constant misunderstanding between you. Your love for each other and for God’s work is waning. His blessing and favor on your marriage has been withdrawn!
This also happens to individual Christians! I have been greatly blessed by the faithfulness and zeal of many individual Christians, many of whom are single. They’re so full of joy, excited about the Word of God, always putting the Lord’s work first, When I see them I say to myself, “There goes one who will never quit and never grow stale. He [or she] is determined to go all the way with the Lord!”
Yet, sadly, some of these zealous believers begin to change. They start missing meetings, whereas they used to come to every service. And a sad, dour look has swept over their countenance, The blessing of God is no longer there – you can almost see it draining out of them!
Now when I see them, I wonder, “Lord – what happened? How could they just drift away? How did such coldness get into their spirit? How could they forget the secret of having Your blessing and favor upon them?”
The same thing happens to nations! From the day God commanded His blessings upon Israel, down to modern-day America – nations that once lived under bountiful goodness soon forget God! They forget why He blessed them – and they become His enemies, going from favor to awful judgments!
No nation was ever so blessed as Israel. God told them, “I picked you out of all the peoples of the nations – and I carried you in My arms! I found you, bathed and clothed you. But then you turned sour on Me! You turned against Me, committing spiritual adultery!”
Like Israel, America has lost God’s blessing and favor! At one time this nation was greatly blessed. Our forefathers were, for the most part, godly men. And up to just a few years ago, America blessed the whole world as the number-one lender nation. Not anymore! We are now the number-one debtor nation, owing more money than the rest of the world combined! We’re so deep in debt we’ll never get out!
What has happened to America? It has lost its soul, its blessing, its favor with God! No longer are we one nation under Him – because He has turned us over to our sins. We have become godless – and now we are under His divine discipline!
How do nations, families, individuals lose the blessing and favor of God? What causes this fall into ruin and shame? Haggai lists three reasons for this: