[Orig Sermon on October 26, 2003]

I appreciated what Brother Tom said this morning that he decided to do away with those anti-depressants. Either he was better … whatever – he just decided he didn’t need them any more. Sometimes – and brother, there is no condemnation for having to take those things – but sometimes we have to take them to realize we have a choice. We shouldn’t ever have gotten there, but we’re there. Continue reading →

Genesis 9:6 says: “Whosoever sheds a man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of Yahveh He made man.” I want us to spend some time this morning pondering on this. I believe one of our greatest transgressions is that we don’t deal with each other like we are dealing with the image of Yahveh.

For you see, I can’t come to you, Sister Suzie, and get in your face and get ugly without insulting the Father, because you are created in His image. So what I am doing whenever I abuse you or mistreat you or in any way insult you? I am insulting the image of Yahveh. I am debasing and abusing the image of Yahveh. Now that’s potent. That ought to change the way you deal with one another. If we can just think about that before we open this “fire trap”– our mouth, it ought to change the way we talk, hadn’t it; and it ought to change the way we react to other people. Continue reading →

[Orig. Sermon posted January 18, 2004]

Let’s go to 2 John, 4th to 6th verses. “I rejoiced greatly that I found of they children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. And this is love that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, that, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk.” Continue reading →

Orig. posted November 21, 2003

I want you to turn with me to Isaiah, the 61st Chapter, and I want to take maybe a different twist on it tonight…”For the prize that was set before Him, He endured the shame and the pain of the stake”.

He did love us, but that’s not the reason He went to the stake. The reason He went to the stake was because His Father sent Him–required it of Him. And the reason He went to the stake, according to the Scriptures, was the prize that was set before Him; a mighty prize. He had to be obedient to The Father. But let me say this to you: there was a time, there was a time when even Yahshua had a struggle with doing The Father’s Will. There was a time that came where He was going to have to pay the ultimate sacrifice. And He cried in the Garden, He prayed, and He cried, and sweat fell off of Him as great drops of blood. And He cried, “Father! If it be possible, spare me this cup.” (You know–Is there any way I can get out of this?) “Howbeit, Your Will be done.”You see, (blank in tape) Continue reading →

I do praise Yahveh, I love Him, and I love what He is doing!  I want you to turn with me to Matthew, the 16th chapter; we’re going to start reading at the 26th verse.  Have you ever been driving down the road and missed your turn?  What was the reason you missed the turn?  Sometimes mothers with children are distracted by their children, right?  Sometimes, we’re just “asleep at the wheel”–not really sleeping, but we just didn’t know where we were.  Well, I want you to kind of hold onto that thought.

“For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world and loses his own soul?  Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?  For the Son of man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels and He will reward each one according to his works.”And I want you to hear that — how is He going to reward you?  According to your works–that’s right!  Today, I want to talk about the distractions.  There are so many distractions in this world that get us looking off, not paying attention, and first thing we know we missed the turn!  We didn’t intend to miss it, but we missed the turn!   Continue reading →