THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
“CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT
OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF;
OR ABRIDGING THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OR OF PRESS;
OR THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE PEACEABLY TO ASSEMBLE,
AND TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT FOR A REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES.”
THE GREAT AWAKENING=THE ABILITY FOR TRUTH TO COME IN, THE LIGHT BEING INTRODUCE TO the darkness;
GREAT DELIVERANCE!
WE USE THESE VERSES FOR QUICK CONFESSION AND ALSO WE GO TO ANY NUMBER AND THEN RETURN TO OUR WEEKDAYS DEVOTIONAL
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GOD=LOVE CREATED THE WHOLE UNIVERSE, THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS, THE DOGS, THE CATS, THE BIRDS AFTER AN IMAGE IN HIMSELF THAT HE HAD BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD, FOR OUR WELL BEING AND HIS GOOD PLEASURE–AS IT IS WRITTEN: THE FEAR AND DREAD OF US HAVE FALLEN ON ALL THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH, AND ON ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY, ON EVERY CREATURE THAT MOVES ALONG THE GROUND, AND ON ALL THE FISH IN THE SEA; THEY ARE GIVEN INTO OUR HANDS. EVERYTHING THAT LIVES AND MOVES ABOUT ARE FOOD FOR US. JUST AS THE LORD GAVE US THE GREEN PLANTS, HE HAS NOW GIVEN US EVERYTHING.GENESIS 9:2-4–; EVERY ANIMAL DOES HAVE A SOUL BUT IT IS ATTACHED TO HIS BODY AND WHEN HE DIES HIS SOUL DIES WITH HIS BODY.
BUT WHEN GOD=LOVE MADE MANKIND HE REPRODUCED HIMSELF; FROM “A CHUNK OF HIS HEART” GOD MOLDED ME
IN HIS IMAGE AND AFTER HIS LIKENESS,
I AM ANOTHER SPEAKING SPIRIT JUST LIKE GOD.
I POSSESS A SOUL,
AND I LIVE IN A BODY.
A SPIRIT NEVER DIES
GOD IS SPIRIT; HE IS ETERNAL, THEREFORE I AM ETERNAL,
I AS A SPIRIT BEING CAN NEVER DIE, NEITHER CAN MY SOUL FOR IT IS ATTACHED TO MY SPIRIT
I AM ETERNAL: SPIRIT AND SOUL
AND BECAUSE I AM SAVED I WILL LIVE IN A GLORIOUS BODY JUST LIKE JESUS’ THAT WILL NEVER die FOR I AM THE SON, DAUGHTER OF GOD=LOVE THROUGH FAITH IN CHRIST JESUS.GALATIANS 3:26
BUT IF HUMAN BEINGS, THOUGH MADE IN GOD’S IMAGE AND AFTER HIS LIKENESS, DID NOT ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE, THEIR SPIRIT WILL NEVER DIE AND THEY WILL LIVE IN A CORRUPTIBLE BODY FOREVER FOR THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO BE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF DISOBEDIENCE, THEY ARE OF THEIR FATHER the devil, AND THE DESIRES OF THEIR FATHER THEY WANT TO DO. he WAS A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING, AND DOES NOT STAND IN THE TRUTH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO TRUTH in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. JOHN 8:44
AND they WILL GO AWAY INTO ETERNAL PUNISHMENT,
BUT THE RIGHTEOUS–WE WHO BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH–INTO ETERNAL LIFE.
MATTHEW 25:46
“HE WILL PUNISH THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW GOD AND DO NOT OBEY THE GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS.”
2 THESSALONIANS 1:8
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THE LORD GOD ALMIGHTY CREATED ONE RACE:
THE HUMAN RACE:
AND EVEN THOUGH BECAUSE OF HUMAN BEINGS’ DISOBEDIENCE TO THE COMMAND OF GOD ALMIGHTY
[GENESIS 11:1-9]: WE WERE DIVIDED INTO
TRIBE AND TONGUE, PEOPLE AND NATION
BECAUSE THERE THE LORD CONFUSED THE SPEECH
OF ALL THE WORLD,
YET FROM EVERY TRIBE AND TONGUE, PEOPLE AND NATION
GOD HAS CREATED A NEW RACE: THE CHURCH= THE BODY OF CHRIST=A NEW SPECIE OF BEING THAT NEVER EXISTED BEFORE AND WILL NEVER EXIST AGAIN LIVING FOREVER AND EVER THROUGH THE ETERNITIES OF THE ETERNITIES SPIRIT, SOUL AND BODY CLOTHED, ADORNED IN GOD’S BLESSING AND HONOR AND MAJESTY, GLORY, SPLENDOR, AND IN HIS POWER, MIGHT AND DOMINION–CHRIST IS THE HEAD, WE ARE THE BODY, ALL OF US FROM THE HEAD TO THE TOES BEING KINGS AND PRIESTS TO SERVE OUR GOD, SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY OF GOD–THINKING, SPEAKING, ACTING, WALKING, LIVING BY BELIEVING ON THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND LOVING EACH OTHER1 JOHN 3:23, AND LOVING OUR NEIGHBOR AS OURSELVESMATTHEW 22:39 CHARGING LIKE WARRIORS; SCALING WALLS LIKE SOLDIERS. ALL OF US MARCHING IN LINE, NOT SWERVING FROM OUR COURSE, NOT CROWDING EACH OTHER; EACH OF US MARCHING STRAIGHT AHEAD.JOEL 2:7-8–WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS GOING ON BEFORE AND STANDING BEHIND US–ON THE PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE PATH THAT LEADS TO THE TREE OF LIFE FULFILLING THE CALLING OF GOD ON EACH ONE OF OUR LIVES IN PURITY AND HOLINESS OF HEARTS, IN UNITY OF FAITH AND WALKING IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER AND LOVING OUR NEIGHBORS, MOVING AND FLOWING IN THE RHYTHM AND SOUND AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, BY THIS WE THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND they the children of the devil CAN BE DISTINGUISHED1 JOHN3:10
THUS GOD HAS GIVEN EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD JEWS, BLACK AND WHITE AND YELLOW AND RED SKIN AND MULATO AND “HALF-BREED” EQUAL OPPORTUNITY;
THE CHOICE IS OURS/OURS/OURS TO MAKE;
WE/WE/WE ONLY HAVE TO RECEIVE HIM AND WALK IN HIM.
FOR WITH GOD NOTHING SHALL BE IMPOSSIBLE;
LUKE 1:37
ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FOR ME THAT BELIEVE:
MARK 9:23
GOD EXISTS, AND HE IS A REWARDER OF THOSE WHO DILIGENTLY SEEK HIM.
HEBREWS 11:6
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FROM HARRASSEMENT WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROTECTION OF “ASIAN PEOPLE” WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH the coronavirus.
WE ALSO THANK YOU FATHER LOVE
FOR AN END TO racial profiling IN THE SPIRITUAL AND FOR AN END OF “BLACK” BEING TARGETED AND MISHANDLED BY SOME POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR AN END OF VIOLENCE OF “BLACK” ON “BLACK” AND WE ALSO THANK YOU THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THE ROLE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS IS TO “ENFORCE THE LAW AND MAINTAIN CIVIC ORDER” CONSEQUENTLY, WHOEVER REBELS AGAINST THE AUTHORITY IS REBELLING AGAINST WHAT GOD HAS INSTITUTED, AND THOSE WHO DO SO WILL BRING JUDGMENT ON THEMSELVES.
ROMANS 13:2
IN THE NAME OF JESUS
FATHER LOVE I THANK YOU FOR THIS MULTI COLORED CREATION
YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO CARE FOR AND FOR OUR ENJOYMENT AND FOR YOUR GOOD PLEASURE, I PRAY THAT YOU OPEN THE EYES OF EVERYONE WHO IS “BLACK,” “WHITE,” “BROWN,” “YELLOW,” “RED,” OR “OLIVE” TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE ALL PEOPLE OF COLOR=PEOPLE OF MANY COLORS FORMED FROM THE DUST OF THE EARTH GENESIS 2:7, MADE FROM ONE BLOOD ACTS 17:26 IN GOD’S IMAGE AND AFTER HIS LIKENESS GENESIS 1:2+ FROM EVERY TRIBE AND TONGUE, PEOPLE, AND NATION, GENESIS 11:9 AND THAT WHAT DISTINGUISHES US IS NOT THE COLOR OF OUR SKIN BUT OUR FAITH AND ACTIONS JAMES 2:14-26 AS IT IS WRITTEN: “IN THIS THE CHILDREN OF GOD AND the children of the devil are manifest: whoever DOES NOT PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT OF GOD, NOR IS he who DOES NOT LOVE his BROTHER AND SISTER. FOR THIS IS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING, THAT WE SHOULD LOVE ONE ANOTHER, NOT AS Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his BROTHER.
AND WHY DID he murder HIM?
BECAUSE his works were evil
AND HIS BROTHER’S RIGHTEOUS.
1 JOHN 3:10-12
hatred STIRS UP STRIFE
BUT
LOVE COVERS OVER a multitude of sins;
PROVERBS 10:12, 1 PETER 4:8
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WHAT IS racism?
racism IS NOT A THING.
racism IS a spirit.
it’s the spirit of division.
its work is “dissension, division and sedition.”
it’s a work of the devil himself, and the demonic emissaries he sends out to do his divisionary work.
BY CONTRAST, GOD’S WORK IS PEACE, UNITY, HARMONY AND JOY
“PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU; MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU. I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS the world GIVES. DO NO LET YOU HEARTS BE troubled;
DO NOT BE afraid.”
JOHN 14:27
“FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS NOT A MATTER OF EATING AND DRINKING, BUT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, AND JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT.”
ROMANS 14:17
WHEN I FOLLOW LOVE, the spirit of racism–which is the spirit of division–WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO deceive ME AND spoil MY HOUSE.
AS I UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH ABOUT RACES; I AM LEARNING TO KILL the root of racism; AND USING WISDOM, LOVE, PERSPECTIVE AND FORGIVENESS, I BE EQUIPPED TO STAND AGAINST this divisive spirit.
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
1. I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE ONLY TWO RACES:
“FOR IN ONE SPIRIT WE WERE ALL BAPTIZED INTO ONE BODY.”
1 CORINTHIANS 12:13
GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR AMERICANS TO DIVIDE UP EVERY CHANCE THEY GET AND FIGHT EACH OTHER. HIS DREAM WAS ALWAYS FOR THIS LAND TO BE A PLACE WHERE ALL CULTURES AND PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS COULD WORSHIP HIM FREELY, TOGETHER.
HE WANTED A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WEREN’T DIVIDED INTO ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT, SO-CALLED “RACES.”
AS FAR AS GOD IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE ONLY TWO RACES ON EARTH, ANYWAY–THOSE WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO BE A PART OF HIS FAMILY AND THOSE WHO HAVEN’T. FROM HIS PERSPECTIVE, THE DIVISION BETWEEN THOSE TWO GROUPS IS
THE ONLY DIVISION THERE IS.
HE HAS NEVER DIVIDED UP MANKIND ON THE BASIS OF MONEY, CLOTHING, CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY OR SKIN COLOR. PEOPLE BEGAN LISTENING TO the devil AND CAME UP WITH THOSE DIVISIONS.
he got in there and started creating havoc.
GOD’S DREAM IS FOR PEOPLE OF ALL COLORS–BLACK, RED, WHITE, BROWN, OLIVE AND YELLOW–TO LIVE AND GLORIFY HIM TOGETHER.
IF I DOUBT THAT, I JUST LOOK AT HEAVEN:
AFTER THIS I LOOKED, AND THERE BEFORE ME WAS A GREAT MULTITUDE THAT NO ONE COULD COUNT, FROM EVERY NATION, TRIBE, PEOPLE AND LANGUAGE, STANDING BEFORE THE THRONE AND BEFORE THE LAMB. THEY WERE WEARING WHITE ROBES AND WERE HOLDING PALM BRANCHES IN THEIR HANDS. AND THEY CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE: “SALVATION BELONGS TO OUR GOD, WHO SITS ON THE THRONE, AND TO THE LAMB.”
REVELATION 7:9-10
LORD,
AS IT IS IN HEAVEN SO BE IT ON THE EARTH
FOR
GOD’S PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN BLESSING–PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER THROUGH FAITH IN HIM AND PROSPERING TOGETHER
AS ONE RACE.
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
2. KILL RACISM AT THE ROOT
“THE FIG TREE WITHERED FROM THE ROOTS.”
MARK 11:20
PREJUDICE AND INTEGRATION ARE SECULAR WORDS. the world HAS BEEN USING THEM FOR YEARS. GOVERNMENTS HAVE BENT OVER BACKWARDS TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM THEY CALL “PREJUDICE” BY PASSING INTEGRATION LAWS AND FORCING PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER. SUCH LAWS ARE FINE, AS FAR AS THEY GO. BUT THEY’VE NEVER REALLY SOLVED THE PROBLEM. DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF GOVERNMENTS AND LEGISLATORS, racial strife CONTINUES BREAKING OUT. “WE THOUGHT WE FIXED THIS!” THEY’LL SAY. “SO, WHY ARE PEOPLE STILL FIGHTING?”
THEY’RE STILL FIGHTING BECAUSE PREJUDICE IS NOT THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. PREJUDICE IS THE RESULT OF IT. PREJUDICE IS LIKE THE LEAVES ON A TREE. THE ROOT OF THE TREE IS the spirit of division; AND INTEGRATION, BY ITSELF, WON’T GET RID OF it. PEOPLE CAN hate ONE ANOTHER SITTING SIDE BY SIDE JUST THE SAME AS THEY CAN hate EACH OTHER WHEN THEY’RE ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF TOWN. IN THE FRONT OF THE BUS OR THE BACK OF THE BUS, hate IS hate. YOU CAN ALLOW A MAN TO SIT IN THE FRONT OF THE BUS, AND THE PEOPLE BEHIND HIM CAN STILL LOOK AT THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AND hate EVERY BONE IN HIS BODY. SO, UNTIL WE DEAL WITH the spirit of division, THE PROBLEM WILL STILL BE THERE.
THE ONLY ANTIDOTE TO hate AND division IS LOVE. I DO KILL racism AT THE ROOT BY RENEWING MY MIND TO THE LOVE OF GOD.
I REGULARLY SPEAK OVER MYSELF:
I–LOVE–AM PATIENT, I AM KIND. I do not envy, I do not boast,
I AM not proud. I DO NOT dishonor OTHERS, I AM not SELF-SEEKING,
I AM not easily angered, I KEEP no record of wrongs, I–LOVE–do not delight in evil BUT REJOICE WITH THE TRUTH. I PROTECT, ALWAYS TRUST, ALWAYS HOPE, ALWAYS PERSEVERE.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7
THEN, I DETERMINE TO ALWAYS RESPOND IN LOVE TO OTHERS THROUGH MY WORDS, MY ACTIONS, AND PRAYER. WHEN I’M WALKING IN LOVE, the spirit of division DOESN’T STAND A CHANCE.
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
3. I TAP IN TO THE WISDOM OF GOD
“WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING.”
PROVERBS 4:7
WHEN ETHNIC GROUPS ARE RISING UP AGAINST EACH OTHER AND UGLY THINGS ARE BEING SAID AND DONE BY PEOPLE ALL AROUND ME, IT’S TEMPTING TO LET MYSELF BE DRAWN INTO THE CONFLICT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN SOME OF THE UGLY THINGS BEING SAID AND DONE ARE PURPOSELY DIRECTED TOWARD MY ETHNICITY. I CAN BE TEMPTED TO REACT IN THE FLESH AND BECOME PART OF THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF PART OF THE SOLUTION.
HOW DO I MAKE SURE I DON’T FALL PREY TO THAT TEMPTATION?
HOW CAN I CONTINUE BEING THE BLESSING JESUS CALLED ME TO BE WHEN THE VERY PEOPLE I’M TRYING TO BLESS ARE YIELDING TO
the spirit of division and making ME the targets of THEIR racism,
bigotry or hate?
PROVERBS 4:7 SAYS, “WISDOM IS THE PRINCIPAL THING.” THE WORD PRINCIPAL MEANS “FIRST, HIGHEST IN RANK, IMPORTANCE OR VALUE.” IT INDICATES THAT WHEN I HAVE GOD’S WISDOM ABOUT A SITUATION, I HAVE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS. WHEN I HAVE GOD’S WISDOM, I HAVE SOMETHING SO POWERFUL, NO ONE AND NOTHING IN this world CAN KEEP ME DOWN.
THIS IS THE REASON I, AS A BELIEVER, I DON’T HAVE TO FIGHT AND GET MAD AT PEOPLE WHEN the spirit of division uses THEM to try to oppress ME in some way. I CAN KEEP WALKING IN KINDNESS AND LOVE BECAUSE I HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE AND DO WHAT GOD SAYS, AND HIS WISDOM WILL PROTECT AND PROMOTE ME.
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
4. I LOVE MY NEIGHBOR
“LOVE NEVER FAILS,”
1 CORINTHIANS 13:8
Racism was rampant BETWEEN JEWS AND SAMARITANS IN JESUS’ DAY. THE JEWS VIEWED THE SAMARITANS AS HALF-BREEDS WHO WERE BOTH RACIALLY AND RELIGIOUSLY INFERIOR. THE SAMARITANS, IN TURN, HATED THE JEWS. THE TWO GROUPS DETESTED EACH OTHER SO MUCH THEY LIVED IN SEPARATE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY AND PRACTICED A SEGREGATED LIFESTYLE.
JESUS CONFRONTED this ungodly perspective BY TELLING ABOUT THE GOOD SAMARITAN. AT THE TIME, IT WAS UNTHINKABLE FOR A JEW TO CONSIDER SAMARITANS TO BE HIS NEIGHBORS. THIS, OF COURSE,
WAS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM. THOSE WHO WERE PREJUDICED AGAINST SAMARITANS NEEDED A NEW NATURE. THEY NEEDED TO
BELIEVE IN JESUS AND BE BORN AGAIN. THEN, THEY’D BE ABLE TO LOVE THEIR NEIGHBORS (SAMARITANS INCLUDED) AS THEMSELVES.
ONE OF THE MANY GREAT ADVANTAGES OF BEING A BORN-AGAIN BELIEVER IS THAT BECAUSE LOVE HIMSELF LIVES IN ME, I CAN LOVE ANYONE, ANYWHERE, AT ANY TIME. I CAN LOVE EVERYONE FROM THE BEGGAR ON THE STREET CORNER TO THE BRAGGART IN THE CORNER OFFICE. AFTER ALL, “THE LOVE OF GOD IS SHED ABROAD IN MY HEART BY THE HOLY GHOST” (ROMANS 5:5). I’VE INHERITED MY HEAVENLY FATHER’S NATURE. I AM A LOVED CHILD OF A LOVING GOD, AND I HAVE INSIDE ME EVERTHING IT TAKES TO KEEP ALL HIS COMMANDMENTS.
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
5. I SEE THINGS FROM THE OTHER PERSPECTIVE
“BE HUMBLE, THINKING OF OTHERS AS BETTER THAN YOURSELVES.
DON’T LOOK OUT ONLY FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST, BUT TAKE AN INTEREST IN OTHERS, TOO.”
PHILIPPIANS 2:3-4
IF I’M GOING TO BRIDGE GAPS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED BY the spirit of division, I’LL NEED TO CARE ENOUGH TO PUT MYSELF IN THE OTHER FELLOW’S SHOES AND FIND OUT HOW HE THINKS, SO I CAN BE THE BLESSING I WANT TO BE. IF I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE OF OTHER SKIN COLORS OR ETHNICITIES SEE THINGS, I CAN WIND UP SAYING AND DOING THINGS THAT ARE OFFENSIVE TO THEM SIMPLY BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW ANY BETTER. I CAN HURT THEM ACCIDENTALLY, JUST BECAUSE I DON’T UNDERSTAND THEIR POINT OF VIEW.
SUCH MISTAKES ARENT’ UNIQUE TO WHITE PEOPLE, OF COURSE. EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR, CAN BE OFFENSIVE AT TIMES, SO WE SHOULDN’T BE HARD ON EACH OTHER. IF SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING INSENSITIVE TO ME, I OUGHT TO BELIEVE THE BEST AND ASSUME THAT PERSON ISN’T INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO HURT ME. SUCH ASSUMPTIONS ARE PARTICULARLY SAFE IN CHURCH BECAUSE NO BORN-AGAIN CHILD OF GOD CAN TRULY BE a racist.
NO CHRISTIAN, REGARDLESS OF HOW HE OR SHE HAS BEEN RAISED TO THINK OR TALK ABOUT PEOPLE OF OTHER RACES, CAN TRULY BE a bigot AT HEART.
WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY SAY OFFENSIVE THINGS ON PURPOSE? NO MATTER HOW OFFENSIVE PEOPLE MIGHT BE, I MUST NEVER, FOR ANY REASON, ALLOW MYSELF TO BECOME offended WITH THEM. IT’S NOT WORTH IT. BY TAKING offense, I BECOME A PARTNER WITH THEM AND OPEN MYSELF UP TO the work of the devil.
I DON’T TAKE the bait!
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
6. I CHOOSE TO FORGIVE
“BUT WHEN I AM PRAYING, I FIRST FORGIVE ANYONE I AM HOLDING
A GRUDGE AGAINST, SO THAT MY FATHER IN HEAVEN WILL FORGIVE MY SINS, TOO.”
MARK 11:25
WHEN IT COMES TO WINING THE WAR AGAINST the spirit of division, FORGIVENESS ITS ONE OF THE MIGHTIEST WEAPONS IN OUR SPIRITUAL ARSENAL. AS A BELIEVER, I NEED TO BE USING IT ALL
THE TIME.
WHEN I CHOOSE TO FORGIVE OTHERS, IT WILL WORK FOR ME AND CONNECT ME TO THE SAME SUPERNATURAL POWER THAT HEALS, DELIVERS AND WORKS MIRACLES. IF I REFUSE OR NEGLECT TO FORGIVE PEOPLE, IT WILL WORK AGAINST ME BECAUSE MY UNFORGIVENESS WILL CHOKE OFF THE OPERATION OF GOD’S ANOINTING. AND HIS POWER WILL BE RESTRAINED IN MY LIFE.
MANY CHRISTIANS DON’T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THIS. THEY HAVE THE IDEA THAT FORGIVENESS IS OPTIONAL. BUT WHAT IF SOMEONE HAS HURT ME SO BADLY, I CAN’T EVEN STAND THE THOUGHT OF THEM? WHAT SHOULD I DO?
I JUST OBEY JESUS. HE DOESN’T ASK ME TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE PERSON WHO WRONGED ME. HE COMMANDED ME TO FORGIVE THEM. FORGIVENESS ISN’T ABOUT FEELINGS; IT’S AN ACT OF OBEDIENCE. IT’S CHOOSING TO PUT GOD’S WORD ABOVE MY EMOTIONS BY MAKING A DECISION TO SAY, “I FORGIVE.”
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ONE OF THE SEVEN WAYS I USE TO DESTROY the spirit of racism
SO it NEVER HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO interfere IN MY LIFE:
7. I COME INTO AGREEMENT
“I APPEAL TO YOU, BROTHERS, BY THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THAT ALL OF YOU AGREE, AND THAT THERE BE NO DIVISIONS AMONG YOU.
1 CORINTHIANS 1:10
the spirit behind racism, the spirit of division, is an enemy,
AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE MEMBER OF GOD’S FAMILY NEED TO BE
CONSTANTLY ON GUARD AGAINST it BECAUSE it’s doing its best to set the world ON FIRE ALL AROUND US.
WORST OF ALL, the spirit of division is targeting BELIEVERS.
it’s trying to split up CHURCHES AND separate MEMBER OF THE BODY OF CHRIST, KNOWING AS JESUS PUT IT, “EVERY KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF IS BROUGHT TO DESOLATION; AND EVERY CITY OR HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSEFL SHALL NOT STAND.”
MATTHEW 12:25
THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ESPECCIALLY, NEED TO WAKE UP TO THIS DANGER BECAUSE SPIRITUAL UNITY IS ONE OF THE TRUTHS, ON WHICH THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED. YET RIGHT NOW, AMERICANS ARE PICKING SIDES AND FIGHTING EACH OTHER WITH STARTLING FEROCITY.
IT’S ONE THING WHEN AMERICANS DISAGREE WITH A LEADER’S DECISION AND REFUSE TO VOTE FOR HIM OR HER. BUT IT’S ANOTHER THING WHEN THEIR DISAGREEMENT TURNS TO HATRED. THIS SHOULD NOT BE.
HOW SHOULD WE RESPOND?
MATTHEW 18:19 SAYS, “I ALSO TELL YOU THIS: IF TWO OF YOU AGREE HERE ON EARTH CONCERNING ANYTHING YOU ASK, MY FATHER IN HEAVEN WILL DO IT FOR YOU.”
THE WORD AGREE MEANS “TO MAKE A SYMPHONY TOGETHER.”
IT REFERS TO HARMONIZING WITH ONE ANOTHER LIKE INSTRUMENTS IN AN ORCHESTRA. THE SAME IS TRUE, SPIRITUALLY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST. EACH OF US IS DIFFERENT, YET WE’RE ONE IN THE SPIRIT. WE DON’T HAVE TO TRY TO BE ONE. JESUS HAS ALREADY MADE US ONE THROUGH WHAT HE DID ON THE CROSS. WHEN WE’RE IN HARMONY.
THE POWER IS SO STRONG THAT MIRACLES WILL BE DONE
(MATTHEW 18:19
I AM READY FOR THAT KIND OF MIRACLE POWER IN MY LIFE, RIGHT NOW I JUST SAY OUT LOUD, “spirit of division, I’M SERVING you NOTICE. IN THE NAME OF JESUS, THAT MY HOUSE, MY CHURCH, MY NEIGHBORHOOD. MY CITY ARE CLOSED TO you. I’LL NOT BE DECEIVED BY you ANYMORE. FROM NOW ON, I’M NOT MOVED BY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ME AND OTHER PEOPLE. I’M MOVED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD. MY MINISTRY IS THE MINSTRY OF RECONCILIATION.
I WALK IN LOVE BECAUSE GOD IS LOVE. WHETHER ANYONE ELSE LOVES ME OR NOT, IS NOT MY BUSINESS. I’M GOING TO LOVE THEM BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT HE’S TOLD ME TO DO. THAT’S MY JOB, AND I’M GOING TO DO IT!”
WHEN I PUT THESE SEVEN WAYS TO DESTROY the spirit of racism INTO PRACTICE AND TAKE STEPS TOWARD BINDING the spirit of division.
I BE DOING MY PART TO BREAK the spirit of racism IN THIS COUNTRY.
I STAND FOR UNITY IN MY HOME. THE CHURCH AND MY NATION. NOW, I GET READY FOR A NEW DAY AND A NEW POWER.
DIVIDED, WE FALL. BUT ONCE WE STAND UNTIED–ALL HEAVEN WILL BREAK LOOSE!
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A PRAYER FOR UNITY IN AMERICA:
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT NATION–THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I THANK YOU THAT IT WAS FOUNDED ON YOUR WORD, AND FAITH IN YOU ALONE. I THANK YOU THAT THIS NATION IS BLESSED BECAUSE OF THIS FOUNDATION, AND WE DESIRE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE UNDER A BANNER OF BLESSING THROUGH OUR OBEDIENCE TO YOU.
FATHER, I KNOW OUR STRENGTH AS BELIEVERS LIES IN OUR UNITY BECAUSE YOUR WORD SAYS A HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF CANNOT STAND. SO, TODAY, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, I COME AGAINST the spirit of division and strife IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.
I CAST DOWN every attempt by the enemy to divide BELIEVERS
into separate groups.
I REFUSE TO ACCEPT the worldview that I must be part of a group such as race, gender, class or any other group. I AM A CHRISTIAN. THAT IS WHERE I STAND–THAT IS WHERE I FIND MY IDENTITY–IN YOU AND ONLY IN YOU.
I BIND UP the enemy’s attempts to divide ME FROM MY FELLOW BELIEVERS, AND I DECLARE TODAY THAT I WILL STAND IN THE UNITY OF FAITH WITH MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN CHRIST. IF I HAVE A DIFFERENCE OF POLITICAL OPINION, I WILL HUMBLE MYSELF AND COMPARE MY views TO THE WORD OF GOD TO MAKE MY FINAL DECISION.
LORD, HELP ME TO RESIST the influences of friends, family or media THAT MAY TRY TO sway ME away FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
HELP ME TO FILL MY HEART AND MIND WITH THE TRUTH IN YOUR WORD AND STAND ON IT–IMMOVABLE, UNSHAKABLE AND FIRM IN MY FAITH.
FATHER, BREATHE A FRESH WIND OF UNITY OVER THIS NATION. LET YOUR HOLY SPIRIT DOMINATE EVERY AREA OF OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR CHURCHES, OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR HOMES. HELP US, AS BELIEVERS, TO WALK IN LOVE AND UNITY TOGETHER, SO THAT ALL MAY SEE THAT WE ARE ONE AND KNOW THE POWER OF THE ONE TRUE, LIVING GOD.
I PRAISE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR IT, IN JESUS’ NAME.
AMEN
BLESSED IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHOSEN HIM FOR THEIR INHERITANCE.
FROM PSALM 33:12
GIVEN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT
OF THE LIVING GOD
TO
ROSE M. CADOT-BROWN
AND I WRITE THEM DOWN
WITH THE SUPPORT OF MY HUSBAND
STANFORD L. BROWN
AND WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR
CHILDREN ANDREW, AND BRIAN, AND ALEXANDER
UNDER THE TEACHINGS ANOINTING OF
ALL THE SPIRITUAL LEADERS
OUR FATHER GOD HAS SENT TO
THE FIELD OF THIS CADOT-BROWN FAMILY
BEING SPREAD THROUGH AND IN EVERY TRIBE AND TONGUE,
PEOPLE AND NATION BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!
JESUS IS LORD! 