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Monday, February 28, 2005

GOD HAS THE ANSWER

My fellow Brothers and Sisters in Christ, this walk as a new creature in Christ is hard when you are considering yourself!

You struggle with prayer.

You struggle with your relationship with the Father.

You struggle with knowing yourself as God's child.

As a result you start to despair of yourself and start thinking you're an inadequate Christian with little chance of being what Jesus saved you for. If you find yourself struggling like that stop and refocus yourself. With prayer, fasting and a healthy ingestion of the Word of God your thoughts, plans and words will begin to transform from self pessimistic views to Godly optimistic views and you’ll come to the realization that whatever the situation, God has a positive answer:

YOU SAY
'It's impossible'
GOD SAYS
All things are possible (Luke 18:27)

YOU SAY
'I'm too tired'
GOD SAYS
I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)

YOU SAY
'Nobody really loves me'
GOD SAYS
I love you (John 3:16 & John 3:34)

YOU SAY
'I can't go on'
GOD SAYS
My grace is sufficient (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

YOU SAY
'I can't figure things out'
GOD SAYS
I will direct your steps (Proverbs 3:5-6)

YOU SAY
'I can't do it'
GOD SAYS
You can do all things (Philippians 4:13)

YOU SAY
'I'm not able'
GOD SAYS
I am able (II Corinthians 9:8)

YOU SAY
'It's not worth it'
GOD SAYS
It will be worth it (Roman 8:28)

YOU SAY
'I can't forgive myself'
GOD SAYS
I forgive you (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

YOU SAY
'I can't manage'
GOD SAYS
I will supply all your needs (Philippians 4:19)

YOU SAY
'I'm afraid'
GOD SAYS
I have not given you a spirit of fear (II Timothy 1:7)

YOU SAY
'I'm always worried and frustrated'
GOD SAYS
Cast all your cares on ME (I Peter 5:7)

YOU SAY
'I'm not smart enough'
GOD SAYS

I give you wisdom (I Corinthians 1:30)
YOU SAY
'I feel all alone'
GOD SAYS
I will never leave you or forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)

Beloved, please remember that whatever the situation…

Consider Jesus

Elder J. Andres Vazquez
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I'm just, a nobody, trying to tell everybody, about Somebody who can save anybody. First I want to give love to the Father for giving me the opportunity to be an instrument for him to live in and live through for the glory that belongs to only him and Him alone. I served in the United States Navy for twenty one years and retired September 2003. During the last 3 years of my naval career, I served as co-pastor of Greater New Refuge COGIC in Fallon, Nevada under the tutelage of Pastor Gregory L. Brown. While there, I diligently served my pastor and church with the construction of a new sanctuary, and caring for the needs of all ministries, while simultaneously striving to stay focused on the mandate that the Lord had placed upon my life to preach the Word of God without compromise. I was licensed to preach November 2002 and Ordained June 2003. While stationed in Virginia Beach, Virginia, I proudly served and as constituent of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church for seventeen years under the leadership of Bishop Elect W. D. Scott, Sr. and presently serve under the leadership of Bishop B. Courtney McBath at Calvary Revival Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

MY THEOLOGICAL TRAINING:

It brings to my face a unadulterated smile each and every occasion I am asked, “Elder Dre, What Theological Training do you have?”

My heart beams with joy at the opportunity to humbly give full glory to God as I reflect on on how the prophets, patriarchs and apostles of old would have respond: Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joshua, Gideon, King David, Elijah, Elisha, Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Matthew, Mark, Peter, James, John and the other disciples, not forgetting the Saviour Himself.

How would they have answered the question: “What theological training do you have?”

The words of the prophet Amos also came to mind: “Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:” Amos 7:14

I surely am not impliedly decrying theological preparation, education or training: I consider it essential, but not as much as some think. For the fact is, the Almighty raises up believers according to His own standards.

Educational qualifications, wealth, fame, talent, social standing, outward appearance etc. are useful; but they are secondary in His sight. Qualities like faith, obedience, holiness, humility, honesty, absolute loyalty to one’s spouse, the ability to raise one’s family to fear God and keep His commandments etc.; these are the things the Most High values.

“Man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.”

Only on the Day of Judgment will it be known how truly educated, weighty and effective I have been. That is why I have to smile when the question arise.

The vanity of the question is only matched by the foolishness of my answer.

As the wise man wrote: “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher; all is vanity.” Ecclesiastes 1: 2 or as the apostle Paul commented in 2 Corinthians 11:16-30 when rattling off a long list of impressive qualifications “... I speak as a fool.”

Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. All who proclaim that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 1 John 4:14-15 (NLT)

I am a preacher, but most of all, I proclaim that Jesus is the Savior with various applications of that truth in my everyday life. My dear friend, if you are a Christian, you are a preacher also. Whether you have been ordained or not, hired by a church or not, or ever been recognized as a preacher or not is beside the point. All who have God living in them are called to proclaim the Savior to the world. It is a Holy calling, and a demanding one. It will pull you out of your comfort zone, challenge your commitment, and help to develop you into the person God has created you to be.

John spoke as an eyewitness to Jesus' saving power. We speak as heart-witnesses; ones who have not seen Jesus with our eyes, but have experienced Him through personal transformation. I speak, and you speak, as a representative of Christ on earth. The message that we bring is simple, yet profound; that God the Father sent God the Son into the world to save those who are lost to bring them into relationship with Him. As you tell the story, and I tell the story, some will listen and receive the grace that God has sent us into the world to proclaim.

PRAYER THOUGHT: Father, what a privilege to be a spokesperson for You.

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