The defining moments of 2012 will be predicated on whom we’ve decided to bring along with us out of 2011 or left behind in 2011. It will also be a reflection of whether we became bitter or better through the many challenges of 2011.

God has already determined that 2012 will be defined and labeled as a year of EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE, of which I’m completely committed to this belief. In fact, it will be as a direct result of the  multitude of problems and challenges during the course of 2011 that were literally transforming and conditioning our minds unknowingly, for what we are about to step into in 2012 that is literally waiting our arrival.

During the course of 2011, I wrote extensively about difficulties, challenges, oppression and the like. My intent was to cement into our understanding that every one of the above scenarios were working for us and not against us. In fact if we  were wise enough and saw beyond our present dislike circumstances, we would have understood that we were being conditioned and prepared to master what’s to come. Unfortunately, for so many of us we’ve become so focused on who was doing what to us that we repeatedly failed in observing the changes that were subtly  being made in us, that could have only come through those challenges. Therefore it was from the perception of our challenges that some of us made the erroneous choice to become bitter instead of better.

As you would have noticed all across the world we’ve seen the removal of many leaders including political and religious. Even in our work places, local church assemblies, homes and more so in relationships, please make no mistake these changes were not by accident or chance but carefully calculated by God to move many of us into those now vacant places and connect us properly for our next assignment come 2012. Thus our training and conditioning were a necessity which came through severe and unimaginable disappointments, failure, demotion, frustration, and lack.  All in a grand effort to CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK! We are being placed in position for the year 2012 to change the evil order of which we once oppressively lived under. We unknowingly evolved into the biblical JOSEPH, meaning we became so frustrated as to what was done to us, that we couldn’t even entertain the idea of doing it to others and at the same time created in us an insatiable desire to establish change. This is the law of positive change due to negative circumstances. Now comes the shedding process as we inter 2012, who will we bring along or leave behind? This is critical because in both cases it directly affects whether we’ll do things the same or different. As a warning if we haven’t learned in 2011 then we must get ready to repeat it in 2012.

The key is, we must be connected properly to the right people, places and environments because it is in these people, places and environments that have the solution for our need and we the solution for their needs that when joined together  will ultimately produce the unexpected, the unimagined and more so THE UNBELIEVIBLE! The word for this phenomenon is called SYNERGY!

In reality synergy is what the religious world calls a miracle. You see, because everything in God’s creation was never designed to operate independent of itself, instead designed to join with something or someone to miraculously produce more or produce less. This understanding is quite clear, when God said that it was not good that the man should be alone, Genesis 2:18. Suggesting, in order for him do produce more he must connect or join with someone or something with like mind each benefiting from each other in an effort to create or produce more.

Interestingly enough King Solomon also understood the revelation of this phenomenon in the following statement, “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? If one prevails against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broke” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12. My friend the key to success in 2012 is the mastering of SYNERGY! Unfortunately, in order to master this, then you must have gone through a period of challenging circumstances that were unknowingly to you, equipping you mentally to better make wise choices as to who and who not to connect with. As I have repeatedly said to you in 2011, “YOU CAN NOT DECIPHER, RECOGNIZE OR UNDERSTAND WHAT GOOD IS UNTIL YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED BAD”. The so called bad in 2011 was enabling you to recognize good in 2012.

The law of synergy dictates that with the combining efforts of two or more people or things of like minds, their end results will produce more as a team than they were producing as individuals. On the other hand the law of antagonism dictates that the combine efforts of any team working against each other will produce less as an end result of their efforts than they were doing as individuals.

Just for a moment begin to reflect on the  year 2011, now think about what you have lost and what you’ve gained, now take it a step further do your best at this crucial point and try to recall who you were connected to or with during the process of those losses and gains. At this point it should be clear to you who will accompany you in 2012 and who you need to leave behind in 2011. These laws are the filters for making those decisions.

The year 2012 has embedded in it twelve month of unearth treasures just for you. Connect with God and he will connect you with the right people, places and things to unveil those treasures laid up just for you that you have been conditioned for during the arduous course of 2011. Each month needs you to bring about what he’s purposed in that particular month. I promise you if you do it this way, then it is impossible for you not to achieve excellent Stella performance in 2012.

Heavenly Father, it is my simple prayer for the beginning of 2012 that your divine favor will advance every intended destination for every reader of this article in the year 2012. I ask this of you Father in the precious name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen!

WELCOME FRIENDS TO THE YEAR 2012, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Written by: Kevin L A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com

kevinlaewing.blogspot.com

Many folks are under the grand illusion that a winner is one who wins or achieve something first in order to be labeled or even considered a winner. Well, according to secular standards this is quite true. However with God, the opposite is true, In fact, he encourages us to think of ourselves as winners even before we enter the contest for winning anything.

With such scriptures as; “Call those things that be not as though they are” “All things are possible to him that believe” “According to your faith be it unto you”.  We must ask the question, why is God so confident in us, and we find it so difficult to be confident in ourselves as it relates to what he has said and thinks towards us?

Well, the understanding of this mystery is quite simple, and that is, we have bought into the secular ideology, that winning is a physical achievement or attaining of a desired goal. My friend if this is your thinking then clearly, your mind needs to be renewed. NEWS FLASH: BEING A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST QUALIFIES YOU AS A WINNER ALREADY, REGARDLESS OF YOUR PRESENT POSITION OR THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE THAT WOULD SUGGEST OTHERWISE!

As a matter of fact, your present position or feelings of defeat and despair is NOT OF GOD! Instead it is a well-crafted plan specifically engineered by Satan and his forces for you to focus strictly on “your feelings” in so doing, your feelings will offering you the option to give up and throw in the towel, but the Devil is a liar! God did not say depending on your feelings you are a winner, instead he says you are presently a winner, even in your seemingly defeated state, because winning begins with what God has said and you believing what he has said. Begin breaking that feeling right now by saying I BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT ME, I AM CONVINCED THAT I AM A WINNER EVEN NOW AND FOR THE AREAS OF MY MIND THAT HAS A TOUGH TIME BELIEVING THAT, LORD I HUMBLY AS YOU TO HELP MY UNBELIEF IN THIS AREA IN JESUS NAME!

A true and genuine winner is one who searches the scriptures in an attempt to discover what God says about whatever it is that he wants to win. He in turn now begins to convince himself that the word (THE WORD OF God)) is his final and ultimate authority and begins to meditate on that word day and night. In doing this, scripture does not say he becomes a tree instead it clearly says he becomes like a tree. Meaning, he begins to grow with a solid understanding and foundation in his mind of what the word says about HIM BEING A WINNER AND NOT WHAT IT IS THAT HE WANTS TO WIN, this is key! Scripture then goes on to say that it is only then, that when this process is done that whatever he puts his hand to shall prosper, translated HE MUST NOW WIN PHYSICALLY! Psalms 1:2-3.

The bottom line my friends, the terms winner or winning with God is a two stage process for the Believer, and that is the Believer must initially place in his mind whatever the word of God says about whatever it is that he wants to win, then meditate on that word and not what he wants to win. It is only then that he must put action to what he desires to win, with the sole belief that he will win not due to his strength or intellect but by his confidence in the POWER OF THE LIVING WORD OF GOD! So, to answer the question that I asked earlier, what makes me a winner? Well, my complete confidence in the word of God is what makes me a winner.

Heavenly Father, I thank you for giving the readers of this article the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of you. I thank you that the eyes of their understanding have been enlightened. So that they may now know the hope or expectation of your calling, as you have assigned them according to your purpose. I pray that they will proceed from this day forward with confidence, boldness and might to do the impossible, because their idea of winning has been converted from just an act to being completely saturated in the belief of your word that says they have been created to win, in Jesus name. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com

kevinlaewing.blogspot.com

It has been said that practice makes perfect. If this is true and I most certainly  believe that it is, then this spells trouble for those who would exercise this principle for the negative.

Unfortunately, for many of us we’ve practice and mastered the art of accepting whatever life throws at us. Such as disrespect from others, infidelity, mediocrity, gossip, depression, frustration, anger and the like. What is most unfortunate is the fact that these things has happen so frequently to us and without any resistance on our end, that we’ve become immune to how it’s effecting our lives and the lives of others.

Whoever you may be that’s reading this note right now, you know who you are, and you also know that life is not what you want it to be. Your problem is quite simple and that is you unknowingly look forward and anticipate this dislike cycle that you’ve found yourself in. Somehow you have convinced yourself that whatever happens just happens! I must say to you this evening that the enemy has sold you a bill of goods WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE AND FULL CO-OPERATION.

Just how many more Friday evenings will you spend in sadness, loneliness, rejection and the evil thoughts that this is your lot in life? How many more weeks, months and possibly years will you subject yourself to this fixable situation? The truth is life is waiting on you to begin practicing the opposite of what you have become perfect at even though you hate it. Begin by making a conscious effort in breaking that same old boring pattern that you’ve been calling life.

To become perfect at living you must change the way you have been thinking as it relates to life and the way you have been viewing your life. Secondly, you must fight the thoughts that have tormented you, in making you believe everyone is better than you and more worthy of life’s best except you. The bottom line, your mind has imprison you and made you a slave to a life that you dislike.

Just about every other day or week I am learning of someone that I know of that has passed, I am sure that if they had the opportunity to return to earth they would echo the words:” LIVE LIFE, ENJOY EVERY MOMENT, FORGIVE OTHERS, IT IS NEVER AS BAD AS WE THINK IT IS, RESIST WORRY, EXPRESS LOVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY YOU GET”.

Please folk’s fight what has been fighting you, resist what has been resisting you, do something you’ve never done before let your legacy be, you have perfected and mastered the art of living, let your life be a life that will inspire others to not only have hope but want to live.

Heavenly Father, I know you know the hearts of those that have read this note tonight. You are fully aware of their short comings and whatever it may be that they can find as an excuse to not feel worthy of your forgiveness and healing power. I come in total agreement of your word that says you give grace to the humble and a broken and contrite heart you will not despise. I further take authority over every spirit of depression, failure, frustration, insecurity, hopelessness, suicide, and every other spirit associated with them, and command their power over these people’s lives to be broken indefinitely in the matchless name of your son Jesus Christ. I now release the Angels of the Lord to fight every remaining evil spirit that has ruled their lives. Finally Father I command soundness of mind, courage, boldness, might and the power to perfect living in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written by: Kevin L A Ewing

kevinewing@coralwave.com

kevinlaewing.blogspot.com

The quality of our prayer is dependent on how much of God’s word is inclusive in our prayer. We are commanded to always pray, Luke 18:1. Why! Because spiritual battles are consistent and never ending, we are of the view that if things are good the invisible war (spiritual war) is done. No my friend, this thinking can be deadly and at best misleading.

Our weapons become even more powerful when we pray the scriptures. Scripture says, “The word of God is quicker, powerful and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing and dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart” Heb. 4:12.  Now you tell me what earthly weapon can do such a thing?

Usually when I pray I imagine while I am praying the word as a sword being wield and inflicting  damage in the world that we cannot see but very much exist. No wonder why God said to remind him of his word. Not that he had forgotten his word, but that we must use it to cause more damage in the spirit world. So even though we’re praying words those words become weapons.

Let us look at another scripture, James 5:13-15, isn’t it interesting when James said that if any among you are afflicted let him pray James 5:13? However in James 5:15 he not only speak of prayer but the prayer of FAITH!

Now, as a reminder, God said that it is impossible to please him without faith, Hebrews 11:6, so clearly faith is a necessity as it relates to our prayers, but what is faith? Well guess what? Faith is God’s word. Scripture tells us that faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God, Romans 10:17. So if faith comes by hearing and what one is hearing must be the word of God, then it is clear that faith is the word of God.

I beg you on this wonderful morning, read the scriptures frequently so that you would have no problem retrieving the word when it is time to pray. I have found it to be most effective. In praying the word you are literally coming in agreement with God’s word and according to scripture (Hebrews. 11:6) this is what pleases him.

“And he answered, be not afraid, for there are more with us than those that are with them” 2 kings 6:16. These were the words that the prophet Elisha said to his servant, who became overwhelmed with fear when he saw a host of soldiers surrounding himself and his master Elisha.

My main purpose this morning is to encourage you, and to assist in pulling you up out of that place of despair and utter hopelessness. Yes! I am fully aware there are times one becomes so depress and tired of the same old roller coaster ride day after day, to the point you don’t want to hear nothing about God or his scriptures.

The truth is, we all experience this from time to time, especially when it appears as if God just isn’t hearing us while we’re screaming out to him for some form of help or relief in our seemingly endless cycle of misery that we’re currently experiencing. The good news is we have help; as a matter of fact we have tremendous help. Unfortunately, the help that has been made available to us is not visible, however very much real and ever present.

Every challenge for the believer, God has in advance outfitted him with overwhelming help. This is why he said he will not put more on you than you can bear, and he’s made a way in advance for your escape to your situation 1 Corinthians 10:13.

The problem we have is, the only help we recognize is the help that is tangible, meaning help we can see and feel, “our fellow human being”. To a certain extent you are right, put our greater help are the thousands of Angels that protect us from dangers seen and unseen. In my opening sentence I mentioned briefly the account of Elisha and his servant. The servant got up one morning went outside and saw physically the Syrian army with their horses and chariots surrounding the residence of Elisha and his servant. The servant ran back inside, obviously visibly shaken, and said to Elisha what he saw. Clearly they were out numbered, strangely enough, Elisha said to his servant, “Fear not, for there are more with us than those that are with them”. I am almost certain the servant wondered if Elisha was demonstrating signs of old age. Nevertheless, the servant did not question Elisha. Elisha then prayed and appeal to God for a strange request. Elisha said, God open his eyes so that he may see”.

Now maybe I read that passage of scripture wrong, but wasn’t the servant eyes open when he saw the Syrian army surrounding them? Yes it was, and that is what he physically saw, but there was another army that by far out numbered the Syrian army that could not be seen physically, and that was the Angelic army of the Lord waiting to do battle on behalf of his people.

I am saying to you today who feel as if there is no end to your drama, or the hopeless feeling of despair and the false idea of there being no help readily available for you. Firstly, you must believe, rely and depend on what God word says about your help he’s made available to you.

The word of the Lord for you on this day is: THE LORD IS FIGHTING FOR YOU; YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL Exodus 14:14. In your resistance, complaining and murmuring of what’s happening to you, you are polluting the will of God for you and interrupting the assignments of his Angels to fight on your behalf. The invisible hands of God are presently at work in your life. Scripture reveals that “The Angel of the Lord encamp round about them that fear him, and delivers them” Psalms 34:7.

Finally, scripture encourages us further that God has given his Angels charge or command over us to keep us in all our ways, and if we as much as dash our foot against a stone, they will gather us up in their arms Psalms 91: 11,12. As the word of the Lord was issued to Jehoshaphat, I now repeat them into your understanding, ” Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: relax yourself, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord 2 chronicles 20:17

Heavenly Father, I ask you on this day to open the spiritual eyes of the readers of this article. Let them see how you are at work in the midst of their seemingly endless cycle of misery. Cause them to understand that there are more on their side than those that are against them. I thank you and bless you in the name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen!

Written by: Minister Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com

Wow! What a wonderful day to be alive. It is indeed a pleasure to not only be alive, but to challenge our thinking once again. I want to speak to the single ladies today and humbly impart some godly wisdom.  Is Solomon promoting adultery? No! He’s not, what Solomon is saying via revelation is simply this; A man must seek a woman that possess a wifely character, behavior, attitude overall a wifely way of thinking (Ladies you cannot qualify for this wife position if your thinking is of a selfish nature and being under the delusion that a wife means a man must cater to you only, The union was designed to be reciprocal as it relates to catering. With such anti wife thinking you become a liability from the beginning instead of an asset as we’ll discover.

Simply put, a woman should be a wife mentally first, prior to becoming a wife legally through marriage. It is only then according to scripture that when she is sought and found by a man that she becomes a good thing. The word good means that which is beneficial.

In support of this revelation God said In Genesis that it is not good that the man should be alone. Not that the man being alone was a flaw in God’s creation, but that this aspect of his creation was incomplete (Eve now becomes a necessity).

Interestingly enough God did not say he will make for him a wife, instead he said that he will make for him a help mate (describing the role and function of the “good thing” or benefit first, which equals his wife).A Help mate is one who assists, support, help, encourage, and promotes her partner. Someone that is compatible, proper and well suited for their partner, which is the definition of what a wife should be (again, mentally first).

However, this becomes unachievable if there is any resistance or rebellion to this divine God established order from either party. Meaning, the man being the head, and the covering for his wife, and this man seeking continual direction, wisdom, knowledge and understanding from God who is indeed the architect of this union, all in an effort to unveil the divine purpose for this union. The purpose of this union cannot be achieved if there is opposition between the parties. As a Reminder, a house divided against itself MUST fall!

The opposite or resistance to this order produces the Jezebel and Ahab spirit. Suggesting the wife taking on the head position (Jezebel spirit) and the husband being led by his wife (Ahab spirit). As a quick note, Jezebel cannot exist unless there is an Ahab, Ahab surrendered his authority to Jezebel, thus producing the following as an end result: confusion, frustration, anger, hate, un forgiveness , pride, jealousy, craftiness, manipulation, intimidation, illegal domination and eventually death.

Now does this mean that there will be no conflict between these God divine unions? Of course there will be differences, however, they are more likely to stay together rather than separate because the benefits of the relationship outweighs the differences that they experience and more importantly the application of God’s principles concerning these unions guarantees success.

Ladies my words of wisdom for you this day is, you must be a wife mentally first before you decide to become a wife physically (legally through marriage). If this principle is not implemented prior to marriage, then any other principle is in fact the primary ingredient for destruction. As a reminder God is watching over HIS word/principle (not our words and principles) to perform it.

Written by: Minister Kevin L. A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com

There are more with us, than those that are against us!
by Kevin L A Ewing on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 3:03pm
“And he answered, be not afraid, for there are more with us than those that are with them” 2 kings 6:16. These were the words that the prophet Elisha said to his servant, who became overwhelmed with fear when he saw a host of soldiers surrounding himself and his master Elisha.
 
My main purpose this morning is to encourage you, and to assist in pulling you up out of that place of despair and utter hopelessness. Yes! I am fully aware there are times one becomes so depress and tired of the same old roller coaster ride day after day, to the point you don’t want to hear nothing about God or his scriptures.
 
The truth is, we all experience this from time to time, especially when it appears as if God just isn’t hearing us while we’re screaming out to him for some form of help or relief in our seemingly endless cycle of misery that we’re currently experiencing. The good news is we have help; as a matter of fact we have tremendous help. Unfortunately, the help that has been made available to us is not visible, however very much real and ever present.
 
Every challenge for the believer, God has in advance outfitted him with overwhelming help. This is why he said he will not put more on you than you can bear, and he’s made a way in advance for your escape to your situation 1 Corinthians 10:13.
 
The problem we have is, the only help we recognize is the help that is tangible, meaning help we can see and feel, “our fellow human being”. To a certain extent you are right, put our greater help are the thousands of Angels that protect us from dangers seen and unseen. In my opening sentence I mentioned briefly the account of Elisha and his servant. The servant got up one morning went outside and saw physically the Syrian army with their horses and chariots surrounding the residence of Elisha and his servant. The servant ran back inside, obviously visibly shaken, and said to Elisha what he saw. Clearly they were out numbered, strangely enough, Elisha said to his servant, “Fear not, for there are more with us than those that are with them”. I am almost certain the servant wondered if Elisha was demonstrating signs of old age. Nevertheless, the servant did not question Elisha. Elisha then prayed and appeal to God for a strange request. Elisha said, God open his eyes so that he may see”.
 
Now maybe I read that passage of scripture wrong, but wasn’t the servant eyes open when he saw the Syrian army surrounding them? Yes it was, and that is what he physically saw, but there was another army that by far out numbered the Syrian army that could not be seen physically, and that was the Angelic army of the Lord waiting to do battle on behalf of his people.
 
I am saying to you today who feel as if there is no end to your drama, or the hopeless feeling of despair and the false idea of there being no help readily available for you. Firstly, you must believe, rely and depend on what God word says about your help he’s made available to you.
 
The word of the Lord for you on this day is: THE LORD IS FIGHTING FOR YOU; YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL Exodus 14:14.  In your resistance, complaining and murmuring of what’s happening to you, you are polluting the will of God for you and interrupting the assignments of his Angels to fight on your behalf. The invisible hands of God are presently at work in your life. Scripture reveals that “The Angel of the Lord encamp round about them that fear him, and delivers them” Psalms 34:7.
 
Finally, scripture encourages us further that God has given his Angels charge or command over us to keep us in all our ways, and if we as much as dash our foot against a stone, they will gather us up in their arms Psalms 91: 11,12. As the word of the Lord was issued to Jehoshaphat, I now repeat them into your understanding, ” Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: relax yourself, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord 2 chronicles 20:17
 
Heavenly Father, I ask you on this day to open the spiritual eyes of the readers of this article. Let them see how you are at work in the midst of their seemingly endless cycle of misery. Cause them to understand that there are more on their side than those that are against them. I thank you and bless you in the name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen!
 
 
Written by: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
 

There are more with us, than those that are against us!
by Kevin L A Ewing on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 3:03pm
“And he answered, be not afraid, for there are more with us than those that are with them” 2 kings 6:16. These were the words that the prophet Elisha said to his servant, who became overwhelmed with fear when he saw a host of soldiers surrounding himself and his master Elisha.
 
My main purpose this morning is to encourage you, and to assist in pulling you up out of that place of despair and utter hopelessness. Yes! I am fully aware there are times one becomes so depress and tired of the same old roller coaster ride day after day, to the point you don’t want to hear nothing about God or his scriptures.
 
The truth is, we all experience this from time to time, especially when it appears as if God just isn’t hearing us while we’re screaming out to him for some form of help or relief in our seemingly endless cycle of misery that we’re currently experiencing. The good news is we have help; as a matter of fact we have tremendous help. Unfortunately, the help that has been made available to us is not visible, however very much real and ever present.
 
Every challenge for the believer, God has in advance outfitted him with overwhelming help. This is why he said he will not put more on you than you can bear, and he’s made a way in advance for your escape to your situation 1 Corinthians 10:13.
 
The problem we have is, the only help we recognize is the help that is tangible, meaning help we can see and feel, “our fellow human being”. To a certain extent you are right, put our greater help are the thousands of Angels that protect us from dangers seen and unseen. In my opening sentence I mentioned briefly the account of Elisha and his servant. The servant got up one morning went outside and saw physically the Syrian army with their horses and chariots surrounding the residence of Elisha and his servant. The servant ran back inside, obviously visibly shaken, and said to Elisha what he saw. Clearly they were out numbered, strangely enough, Elisha said to his servant, “Fear not, for there are more with us than those that are with them”. I am almost certain the servant wondered if Elisha was demonstrating signs of old age. Nevertheless, the servant did not question Elisha. Elisha then prayed and appeal to God for a strange request. Elisha said, God open his eyes so that he may see”.
 
Now maybe I read that passage of scripture wrong, but wasn’t the servant eyes open when he saw the Syrian army surrounding them? Yes it was, and that is what he physically saw, but there was another army that by far out numbered the Syrian army that could not be seen physically, and that was the Angelic army of the Lord waiting to do battle on behalf of his people.
 
I am saying to you today who feel as if there is no end to your drama, or the hopeless feeling of despair and the false idea of there being no help readily available for you. Firstly, you must believe, rely and depend on what God word says about your help he’s made available to you.
 
The word of the Lord for you on this day is: THE LORD IS FIGHTING FOR YOU; YOU NEED ONLY TO BE STILL Exodus 14:14.  In your resistance, complaining and murmuring of what’s happening to you, you are polluting the will of God for you and interrupting the assignments of his Angels to fight on your behalf. The invisible hands of God are presently at work in your life. Scripture reveals that “The Angel of the Lord encamp round about them that fear him, and delivers them” Psalms 34:7.
 
Finally, scripture encourages us further that God has given his Angels charge or command over us to keep us in all our ways, and if we as much as dash our foot against a stone, they will gather us up in their arms Psalms 91: 11,12. As the word of the Lord was issued to Jehoshaphat, I now repeat them into your understanding, ” Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: relax yourself, stand still and see the salvation of the Lord 2 chronicles 20:17
 
Heavenly Father, I ask you on this day to open the spiritual eyes of the readers of this article. Let them see how you are at work in the midst of their seemingly endless cycle of misery. Cause them to understand that there are more on their side than those that are against them. I thank you and bless you in the name of your son Jesus Christ. Amen!
 
 
Written by: Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com
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The joy of life is simply this: appreciating what we don’t have, but at the same time causing us to focus on what we do have. For there are those that wish they had what we have, but in our desire to want more we lose our ability to focus on what is more important, such as simply living!

God’s Blessings, can easily become overlooked when we murmur and complain about finances, jobs, family, friends and the list goes on, but what about those who wish they were as blessed as those of us who have a little money, friends, a family and most of all a piece of mind. Someone without legs wish they had legs, someone right now only wish they had $5.00 on their bank account or a car to experience the gas gauge being on empty. Someone without hearing oh! So wish they had the ability to hear. The question could be asked, did these folks appreciate these things while they had the use of them? Our taking for granted of these seemingly insignificant amenities invokes an ungrateful attitude on our end when we discount the fact that there are others who only wish they had what we have…….. in particular, THE GIFT OF LIFE!

Genuine living is enjoying what we presently have to work with, like a bank account with only a few dollars. A car that decides to work sometimes, the chance of having loved and lost, rather than never loving at all. Not to mention the more simple pleasures such as the sound of the ocean waves, airplanes being airborne, birds flying, gentle breeze whispering pass our ears. A couple holding hands, kids playing with absolutely no care at all as it relates to life challenges and difficulties (honestly! I wish I could be a kid again sometimes).

This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life (meaning: we must choose to live, living isn’t automatic), so that you and your children may live Deut. 30:19.

The above scripture clearly indicates that life or living is not automatic, but an actual choice that one must consciously make. A person, place or thing is NOT the cause of us not living life to the fullest, it was our choice to cause whatever it is to be the source of our non-living or should we say unhappiness. Our ability to be sad, happy, cursed or blessed is solely dependent on us. As a matter of fact, we became the co-conspirator with one or more of what I’ve just mentioned that has provided our present end result. ONLY YOU CAN CHOOSE TO BE HAPPY OR SAD, IT IS A STATE OF MIND, IT IS YOUR CHOICE. Your are deceiving yourself if your conclusion for your present state is to blame someone or something. YOU ARE THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF IT BECAUSE YOU’RE THE ONE MAKING THE DECISIONS ON  ALLOW WHAT IS CAUSING YOUR HAPPINESS OR SADNESS.

Take note, we can become so use to being blessed, that we can unknowingly speak curses to that which God has blessed us with (such as a small bank account, a car in spite of its challenges, being under paid etc.).  As a reminder, these things are only temporary, and change is always on the horizon for some area of our life. Everyday that you exist is necessary for the change that will occur tomorrow.

GIVE THANKS IN ALL THINGS FOR THIS IS THE WILL OF GOD CONCERNING YOU IN CHRIST JESUS! 1Thessalonians 5:18.

Heavenly Father, once again thank you for the closed doors, disappointments, backstabbers, little money, a broken car and things just going bad. It is your sovereignty that makes us understand that even in these things we must also appreciate your purpose being exercise in what is seemingly grim that must produce good at the end for us. We bless you and ask these thing in the matchless name of Jesus Christ. Amen!

Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com

Have you ever listened to a crazy song before, one that you don’t even like. It has now been about thirty minutes since you have heard the song, and now you are probably waiting in some line and you find yourself singing this unlinked crazy song word for word?

Well, this is a result of the “law of Association” This law of Association is defined as: whatever, person, place, or environment I associate myself with over a period of time I subconsciously imitate it.

This is interesting because, you don’t have to sit and make an effort to learn the environment, or person; it is somehow absorbed by your subconscious.

Here is the biblical proof: The bible says, “He that walk with wise men will become wise, and he that associates himself with fools will become foolish-(paraphrased)

So, here is the point, if I associate myself with negative, complaining, murmuring, kind, loving, generous people etc.
Eventually I will begin to display these traits.

Remember how pleasant you were before that last relationship? Have you noticed how uncaring you’ve become since you have met that uncaring person?

All I am trying to point out here is life is consist of laws, which means that nothing just happens. Whatever happens to us, with us or at us is because of some knowing or unknowing law that we have participated in and yielding the results in our every day life.

Written by: Minister Kevin L A Ewing
kevinewing@coralwave.com

After weeks of planning, the Rush for Peace week event officially started with a Church Service on Sunday, May 29th 2011, hosted by Kingdom Worship Centre International. The service began at 9:30am at the Radisson at Our Lucaya Beach and Golf Resort. In attendance were  Junkanoo and Government Officials, Rev. Arnold Pinder, President of The Grand Bahama Christian Council and Anjourn Armaly, Founder and Chairman of the Rush for Peace Committee.There were also hundreds of members, followers and well wishers for the Rush for Peace week of events.

Kingdom Worship Centre’s Praise and Worship Team and Choir brought the audience to their feet.

Reverend Kermit Saunders, Pastor of Kingdom Worship Centre International gave a soul searching message, “IT’S A LOVE ISSUE”.

In his message, he said  that when a person gets sick and goes to the doctor, before the Doctor can treat the illness, he has to get to the root cause, otherwise, the illness will re-occur. “Before we can resolve the crime in our streets, we have to get to the root cause of the problem, which is the lack of LOVE”.

The first scripture was taken form Genesis chapter 4: 1-8. Pastor Saunsers went on to say that both Cain and Abel brought offerings to the lord.  God respected and accepted Abel’s offering but rejected Cain’s. In the story, Cain eventually killed his brother Abel. “If Cain truly loved his brother, the murder never would have taken place”, says Pastor Saunders. ITS A LOVE ISSUE. “Before we can resolve the issue of crime in our streets, we have to go to the root cause of the problem, which is the lost of love”.

“No one same to have the cure for all the crime in our society; we are spending money on symptoms, but need to go back and find the root cause of the problem. according to Pastor Saunders; the answer is in the bible”  He drew references from, 1st Corinthians Chapter 13 band 1st John 4:20. Both scripture speaks about love.

This service definitely set the stage for a united, peaceful week of events.

Join the Rush For Peace Committee this week for the remainder of Activities:

Thursday 2nd June 2011
Meet & Greet Street Party – 6pm International Bazaar

Friday 3rd June 2011
Rush For Peace, Junkanoo Rush Out
Featuring the Valley Boys and The Saxons from Nassau
and our very own Swingers & Majestic Crusaders – Down Town, 6pm

Saturday 4th June 2011

ALL BAHAMIAN CONCERT – Taino Beach 12noon until

Photo: Leslie Dorsett