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Are You Worried?

4/20/2011

Are you worried about something or someone in your life? Are things just not going right for you? Feeling stressed about your job or your finances? Many times in our life things happened not exactly the way we planned. That job you just knew you had fell through at the last minute and you desperately needed that job. You failed a final exam in school and failed the whole class causing a delay in your graduation. Maybe you got sick at the worst possible moment in your life, or a spouse walked out on you leaving you with no hope of restoring the marriage.

I have felt that way many times in my life. It seemed like something happened at the worst possible moment. Maybe it devastated you, made you feel hopeless or rejected. I know how you feel.

Let's go to the Word of God and read what Jesus had to say about worry. "Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what he shall put on. Is not life more than meat, and the body more than raiment? Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? Therefore take no thought saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek;) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." (Matthew 6:25, 27, 31-34)

Jesus tells us not to worry (take thought) about things. He tells us, "Do you think if you worry enough you can add one inch to your height?" (verse 27). We know that worry causes stress and stress caused health problems. I read that 95% of what we worry about never comes to pass and out of the other 5% it works out better than you thought it would.

Does that mean I am not to be concerned at all about my life and about situations that happen that I don't know what to do?
No, I am not suggesting that you shouldn't be concerned. We all have to live in reality. Worrying about your situation is not going to change the situation. What should I do? I'm glad you asked.

1.    Pray
Prayer is a powerful force. Prayer can change things. Ask someone you trust to pray with you.  Come into a prayer of agreement and let God fight your battles for you. Ask God for wisdom concerning the matter. God can handle it better than you can.

2.   Be Thankful
Tom, you want me to be thankful that something bad has happened to me? The Word of God tells us to be thankful in all things (1 Thessalonians 5:18). God didn't tell us to be thankful when everything is going great, when you get a promotion at your job, when you are living the blessed life. God tells us to be thankful in ALL things, even if they are not good.

3.    Speak to Your Mountain
"...for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you." (Matthew 17:20)
Take authority over your situation and speak to it. "...calleth those things which be not as though they were." (Romans 4:17)
Speak with the authority of the Word of God.  Speak God's Word over your situation.

4.    Believe
Believe that things are going to work out in your favor. Allow God to work behind the scenes on your behalf. Do what you can do, and what you have no control over, give it to God. Let go and let God!

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5 Keys To Your Healing

4/19/2011

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I would like to elaborate more on my last blog post.

There are some keys to unlock the door to your healing!

Here are 5 of those keys:

1.    You Must Believe That God Will Heal You.

If you have doubt in your heart that God will heal you, and doubt God and His Word, then you have disqualified yourself from being healed.   Believe God’s Word for what it teaches!

Believe, and receive. Doubt and do without!

2.    Stand On The Word of God As The Authority For Your Healing.

Here as some Scriptures that I stood on for my healing:

“…and with His stripes we are healed,” (Isaiah 53:5);
“…for I am the Lord that healeth thee,” (Exodus 15:26);
“He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions,” (Psalm 107:20);
“I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord,” (Psalm 118:17);
“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord,” (Jeremiah 30:17);
“Who his own self bare our sins in his own body…by Whose stripes ye were healed, “ (1 Peter 2:24);
“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health….” (3 John 2);
“Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; Who healeth all thy diseases;” (Psalm 103:1-3)
“If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” (Mark 9:23)

Remember, the Word of God has power! It has power over your sickness and disease!

3. Your Faith Is the Seed For Your Healing.

“But without faith it is impossible to please him.” ( Hebrews 11:6).

You already have faith within you. “…God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3)
“According to your faith, be it unto you.” (Matthew 9:29
“If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” (Mark 9:23)

Activate your faith for your healing and believe that God has healed you already!

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” (Hebrews 11:1)

God wants to heal you! Activate your faith today and be healed!

4. Pray!

Your fervent and passionate prayer will move the heart of God. God is moved by your passion and by your faith. Ask others to pray for your healing. “…pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” (James 5:16)

“Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.” (Matthew 18:19)

How powerful is that! I can come into a prayer of agreement with someone and I can be healed! The Word of God is powerful if we only believe!
5.    Expect To Be Healed!

Simply stated, the Law of Expectation tells us that whatever you expect, with confidence, becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. When you expect with confidence that good things will happen, they usually will.

Expect your healing! Expect with confidence that you are healed!

Yes, you can be healed! God wants you to be healed today!

“Our heavenly Father, I pray that anyone reading this blog who needs healing will be healed today! I pray in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth that all sickness and disease will leave their body now and that wholeness and the Spirit of Life will come into their body making them whole again, In the name of Jesus I pray, AMEN!”

If you experience healing today, please write to me and let me know so I can pray for you and celebrate with you in your healing. May God bless you!

To Your Success,
Tom

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Can I Be Healed?

4/17/2011

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I have been asked many times during my ministry, "Does God heal?" or "Will God heal me?" These are legitimate questions to ask. I do have a definite answer, and it is "YES!" God will heal you. I have a personal testimony about the healing touch of God, who is the Creator of this body in which I live in.

In June 2006 I went to the emergency room at a local hospital in Forth Worth, Texas with extreme pain in the mid section area of my stomach. The nurses took me to the back in the ER very quickly and was later examined by the attending physician. He ordered what seemed like an eternity of tests, from blood being drawn to a CT scan. After all the tests had come in the doctor came to my bedside and told me that he was admitting me, that something was wrong with my liver and further tests needed to be made.

I spent 4 long days in the hospital and was tested for what seemed like every disease on the planet. The attending physician on my case finally told me that I had liver disease and needed to see a specialist. I waited almost 2 months to see the liver specialist because his schedule was booked solid for almost 2 months. When the day finally came and I got to talk to the doctor he broke the news to me. "Tom, you have end-stage liver failure. You need to get your affairs in order. I would suggest you call your family."

The news hit me like a ton of bricks had fallen on me. I was devestated. How could this happen to me? I didn't drink, smoke, and have never done illegal drugs in my life. I was tested for all types of other diseases that may have been linked to it and all came up negative. How could this be? How could this be happening to ME?

The doctor told me that I needed to get on a liver transplant list as soon as possible. I asked him what would happen if I didn't get the transplant and he told me that I may possibly live for 4 years, but that I would die without the transplant. I thanked him and told him before I left, "Doctor, I appreciate your honest medical opinion, however I don't receive your report. I am going to a higher physician, the one who created my body."

I cried out to the Lord and asked Him to heal my liver and he did. I had prayer warriors praying for me. My pastor prayed for me and other ministers that I knew prayed for my healing and God healed me! I know because several months later I saw another liver specialist who was assigned to my case. She told me that something had happened to my liver and it reversed itself and she didn't know what happened. I shared my story with her about the healing grace of God and that Jesus healed me. She told me, "Well, whatever it is that you are doing, keep doing it."

I shouted for joy that day because I know the one who is the healer of the body, and his name is JESUS Christ of Nazareth.
He will heal you. I went to the Word of God and here are some of the Scripture verses that God gave me to stand on.

"...and with His stripes we are healed." (Isaiah 53:5);
"...they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover." (Mark16:18);
"...healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him." (Acts10:38);
"...for I am the Lord that healeth thee." (Exodus 15:26);
"He sent His word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions." (Psalm 107:20);
"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health," (3 John 2);
"I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord." (Psalm 118:17).

There are many other verses of Scripture that I could share with you as well. When Jesus was going about his day he healed everyone who came to Him with diseases and sicknesses. One woman was healed who just touched the hem of his garment. She had been sick for 12 long years and the doctors gave her no hope of recovery.

I want to encourage you today that if your are sick or have a disease of any kind, stand on the Word of God for your healing and beleive that He is healing you. I know it works. it worked for me. If God can heal me, and He is no respecter of persons, then He will heal you. God bless you. If you need prayer for anything, please contact me and I will pray for you.

To Your Success,
Tom

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The Key To Unlock Your Future

4/16/2011

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As I have been meditating on the Word of God today, the Holy Spirit spoke to me these words - "Jesus is the key to unlock your future." As I was thinking on these words, the following thoughts came to my mind.

1. Jesus is the Key to Eternal Life.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16
"I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father but by me." - John 14:6
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not he ashamed........For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:9 - 11, 13

2. Jesus is the Key to Everything You Will Ever Need.
"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:19
"I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13

3. Jesus Will Be With You Until the End.
"...I will never leave thee, not forsake thee." - Hebrews 13:5

Jesus loves you and will never leave you or forsake you for anything else. I am not the latest fad in Jesus' life. He doesn't love me today and leave me for something else tomorrow. He will NEVER leave me. Praise God! Jesus loved you before you ever loved him!

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What Is God's Plan For My Success?

4/15/2011

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Have you ever wondered what God's plan for your success in life is? I know I have. I have wondered, "Lord, is working this 40 - 50 hour a week job your plan for my life? Is working at a job that I hate the best I will ever have in this life?" I don't know about you, but I have questioned God about my life more than once.

The answer to the question is both yes, and no. "Is this a trick question?" you might be asking. No, it is not a trick question. God has answers for your life and for your success. I was meditating this morning in Psalms chapter one. It would be good if you read it right now. It is only 6 verses. It is what we call "Conditional," that is, if you do something then God is going to do something for you, sort of like in Deuteronomy 28:1 - 14,

Back to Psalms 1. In verses 1 and 2 God says, "If you do this, then this is what I am going to do," and he tells us in verse 3 what He is going to do. The last part of that verse tells us, "...and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Wow, if I stay away from the counsel of the ungodly, stay away from close friendships with ungodly people and especially stay away from scornful and negative people AND I delight in the law of the Lord AND meditate in His law, THEN He is going to bless me!

We get so much wisdom from the Word of God! Oh, by the way, the wisdom God has given us in His Word about work is found in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, 11. We do have to work to support ourself and our family. It is a principle in the Word of God. Since we have to work, I would suggest that you do something you enjoy. If you do something you enjoy, then it is not work!
If you are going to have to work, do something you enjoy and get paid for it!

God does have a plan and a purpose for your life. God loves you and wants you to be successful in your life. Jesus tells us, "...I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." Jesus wants you to live life in abundance, to the fullest, 'till it overflows!

God bless you.

To Your Success,
Tom

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Do You Believe?

4/14/2011

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"If I had told you earthly things, and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?" - John 3:12

A Pharisee by the name of Nicodemus came secretly one night to see Jesus to talk to him. He recognized there was something different about Jesus. He must have seen Jesus in the temple performing miracles. He told Jesus, "We know that you are a teacher who came from God: for no man can do these miracles that you are doing, except God is with him." - vs. 2

Jesus immediately started telling him about spiritual things. "Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus was confused by what Jesus shared with him. He thought that Jesus was talking about a natural birth in verse 4 by his question to Jesus - "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

That would have been a natural question that we may have asked Jesus. Jesus went on to answer his question in verses 5 - 8. He spoke of both natural (earthly) things and spiritual principles. Nicodemus was still confused as to what Jesus was teaching him. He understood natural things, but was blinded about the spiritual truth that Jesus was teaching because he was not yet born again.

How many times have you been reading your Bible and the Holy Spirit spoke to you a truth in God's Word and you either didn't get it, or you decided not to believe it? Many times in our life we have made bad decisions that cost us when we knew what the Word of God taught about it, yet ignored the instruction. Disobedience is costly. Do you believe the Word of God?

"According to your faith, be it unto you." God has told us to take dominion over the earth. Jesus has given us the power over unlean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and diseases. Do you believe all of the Bible? The only part that works for you is the part you believe.

Jesus told his disciples, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing shall be impossible to you." Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
Jesus it telling us, "If you use your faith, and speak to your mountain to move, and believe, then nothing shall be impossible to you." Someone once said, "Believe, and receive. Doubt and do without." Do you believe?

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You Are Somebody!

4/13/2011

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I want to encourage everyone today to know that you are somebody! You are somebody to God, to your family and to your friends. Make a difference in someone's life today! Encourage someone, comfort someone, teach someone, smile at everybody and speak blessings over yourself, your spouse and children, your family, your friends and your job. "Bless and curse not."

Pray for others today. You may not know what is really going on in their life. Your prayer may be the breakthrough that they need, it may be the healing of the body that they need, it may be the encouragement that they need to come out of depression, and it may even be the miracle that they were asking God for. You can make a difference in someone's life today!

May God bless you today to make a difference in someone's life!

"The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace." - Numbers 6:24-26

You have made a difference in my life today by visiting my website and then reading this blog. I want to say thank you from my heart. I honor you today. May you have a blessed and prosperous day! God loves you, and so do I!

To Your Success,
Tom

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4/13/2011

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I honor you for reading my new blog on our new website. My passion is to teach others the grace of God and how HE can change lives through Jesus Christ. I look forward to posting new messages frequently and would like to get your comments.

I accepted Jesus as my Saviour when I was 11 years old. I was baptized the night that Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon. It was a very memorable day for me that I will never forget. As America was rejoicing in the successful Apollo mission that landed Neil Armstrong on the moon, the angels in Heaven were rejoicing over one sinner who got saved!

Down through the years the grace of God and the prayers of two godly praying grandmothers kept me alive. I served in the U.S. Army as a Military Policeman. I enjoyed what I did as I was helping people. God had plans for my life and I accepted the call to preach in 1982 while stationed in Stuttgart, West Germany. God's grace carried me through many storms in my life.

Through the trials and testings the Lord was always with me. He promised in His Word, "I will never leave thee nor forsake thee." - Hebrews 13:5. I have been injured numerous times. I have had 5 surgeries in my life. I have been in 4 car accidents where the car was destroyed and I could have been killed. Yet, the Lord sparred my life, as He had a greater purpose for my life. In 2006 I was informed by a medical doctor that I had end stage liver failure and unless I got a liver transplant I would be dead within four years. I was miraculously healed and never did get the liver transplant and I am enjoying good health.

I said all that to say that no matter what you have done in your life, no matter what your past is, God loves you and will help you change your lfie. His grace is sufficient, His love is unfailing and He has a great plan and purpose for your life. God wants you to live a life in abundance, to the fullest, 'til it overflows! (John 10:10)

Submit yourself to God. By His grace you can make a difference in somebody's life! God made a difference in my life and I want to make a difference in your life. I want to pray for you that God will radically change your life and that He will demonstrate it with His love and grace for you! God loves you! I pray that He gives you favor, that you walk in His favor and that others will notice the difference in your life. "Let go and let God!"

May God richly bless your life today!

To your success,
Tom

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