WARNING: TRY NOT TO TALK TOO MUCH

I was leading a prayer with my fellow ushers right before service and one of the things I asked the Lord was to tell us when to speak and when to keep quiet.

That kind of bothered me throughout the day. So I finally asked the Lord why that would come out of my mouth and He said to me:  “I know you love Me, but you talk too much.”  That cut me deep!  I love to share with others what God has done for me and my family.  However, God pointed me to a scripture that helped me to understand what He was getting at.

A SURE-FIRE WAY TO GET YOUR PRAYERS ANSWERED

I bought a concordance over 15 years ago because I wanted to further my study of the Bible.  Fifteen years later I still did not know how to use it.  The concordance basically became a doorstop.

 I looked at the concordance one day last year and I asked our Heavenly Father to show me how to use it because He told me in His word whatever I asked in Jesus name, He will do it for me so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (John 14:13)

One day after church, the Lord told me to go up to my pastor and ask him to show me how to use the concordance I had.  The pastor told me to bring it to church the following Sunday and he would show me.  On my home from church that very same hour, the Lord told me exactly how to use my concordance and I have not looked back since.   I did not have to bring it to my pastor to show me now since I was able to use it.

God taught me a valuable lesson.  The lesson was that every promise of God has a premise.  In order for God to move in our lives, He requires us to make the first move in faith by obeying what he tells us to do.

I believe God was testing me to see if I would obey Him in asking my pastor.  Since I did, God Himself answered my prayer and taught me how to use my concordance. 

So when we ask God to do something for us, follow what He says no matter what. The answer to our prayers will always come through obedience.

THE FAMILY OF GOD TOGETHER: PART 1

This is a guest posting by Pastor Mike Holman of A Wealthy Place, Inc., an Evangelistic Outreach Ministry.






Pastor Holman, founder of A Wealthy Place COGIC of the First Jurisdiction of East New York of the Church Of God In Christ. Jurisdictional Prelate, Bishop James Gaylord, 1st Assist to the Bishop Supt Willie G. Robinson.

In this video Pastor Holman has been called upon by his Spiritual Father in the Gospel, Supt. Curtis B Sexton of Bethel Emmanuel Temple COGIC, to bring the Morning message. The message topic was "The Family Of God, Together" taken from Hebrew the 10th Chapter. The title of his message is: The Family of God Together.  Watch a portion of the message to hear this dynamic teaching!