I woke up this morning amazed to learn that Jesus still teaches us today through the use of parables. I am not talking about the parables we currently see in the Gospels. I am refering to promptings of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives. Now, please understand, the mesaage I am about to share with you was NOT a dream! It was a very clear impression upon my heart and soul that I could visualize as easily as watching a show on TV. And while this was not a new experience for me, because of the recent teaching I have been sharing on the Holy Spirit and His purpose, I was much more in tune with His prompting and the message I was being given. that being said, here we go: "Do not, my beloved be in a rush to touch the anointed garment laid out before you. Be patient and wait for the Holy Spirit to guide you in God's timing. Does a bride don her wedding gown days, or even weeks before her wedding as daily wear? Will she wear that special garment to perform ordinary household chores? Or does she keep it well protected so it is not damaged, awaiting her special day? So it is with the anointing placed on our lives. Be not rushed to move into your fulfillment. While things may appear to be moving slowly to us, we must trust in God's perfect timing for our lives. Your gifts are given for a purpose, God's Purpose, not our own. And, when the Holy Spirit pushes you to that purpose, do not withdraw in fear or doubt. For that which you are called to, you shall also be equipped for. Step out in faith, secure in the knowledge that each step shall be measured and guided in power and authority. Amen

If someone told our church handyman, “Take this brush and gallon of paint, go outside and paint the pastor’s name on the church sign”, and he went outside and wrote “The pastors name” on the sign, he might get fired! They don’t mean for him to repeat their instructions, they intend for him to fulfill their instructions. They meant for him to write “Calvin Hall” on the church sign. Matthew 28:19 are the instructions. "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." In water baptism, the apostles didn’t repeat Jesus’ instructions, they fulfilled His instructions. In every example in the Book of Acts they properly fulfilled the instructions to ”baptize in the NAME of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” by evoking the name of Jesus in baptism. Don’t repeat the instructions - fulfill the instructions!!

If your God only loves Black people and no one else, that’s not my God. If your god only loves White people, that’s your God, not mine. My God is the God of all. He created all, and nowhere in His Gospel does He tell me that someone’s skin color reduces their value. Nowhere does it tell me that one’s politics dictates the level of the love of Christ I share with them. The Gospel tells me to share the same love with the rich as I do to the homeless. The Gospel does not tell me to hate people who don’t live or think like me. That’s your Gospel. My Gospel tells me to simply love. Now it doesn’t mean agree with everything and everyone. It just instructs me to love, and if you are in my presence, that’s always available to you; as well as a figurative butt-whoopin’ should you cross the line (still working on that turn the other cheek thing LOL). Unconditional love is not easy to do in our flesh. Yet it’s not my job as a believer to study the Gospel to suit my angst against others. It is to do as it says to the best of my ability. AMEN.

"Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only observe with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. If you say, “The Lord is my refuge,” and you make the Most High your dwelling, no harm will overtake you, no disaster will come near your tent. For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways; they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the cobra; you will trample the great lion and the serpent. “Because he loves me,” says the Lord, “I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call on me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.” I hope you read that out loud! If not, GO BACK AND READ IT OUT LOUD! Demons HATE when we speak Psalm 91! Here's why! Psalm 91 is not just a song or a prayer, it is a very powerful prayer; a legal declaration of Heaven's protection! Every line destroys fear! Every word activates angels! Thus, Hell TREMBLES WITH FEAR when a believer speaks it with FAITH! So, I'll ask you again... did you read it OUT LOUD and declare war against the demons of Hell or did you just read it quietly to yourself?

Many people who die, do NOT go to a better place. Jesus Christ ... in fact, He said this, He said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me!" NO ONE! Buddha: NO ONE! Muhammed: NO ONE! Hinduism: NO ONE! Mormonism: NO ONE! "I'm spiritual, but not religious!": NO ONE! JESUS: Anyone that comes to the Father CAN COME THROUGH HIM! ANYONE!!! Anyone claiming there are many paths to God is lying to you. There is ONE way to God. ONE way to Heaven. His name is JESUS, and He is the way, the truth, and the life.