A Peculiar People

1 Peter 2:9 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;" If you read in 1 Corinthians 1:27 -29, it states "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things whihc are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not to brin to nought things that are; that no flesh should glory in his presence." It is awesome that the generation that God desires to use to usher into this end time movement is a broken generation. But our weaknesses are our strength. God has left some issues so that it can keep us humble. If the last mistake is on your mind, it is hindering you but it is humbling you. God designs that you do his will with humility. The flesh has to be out of the way so that the anointing can flow. In order for the power of God to be demonstrated in your life. You have to be crushed. Peculiar means distinctively odd, set apart. You don't try to do it, it is just on you. One of the things that will smother that light of God in you is sin. God wants us to know who he is through his word. We are set aside to do his work. You have to remind yourself of you who are. You are here for a purpose and destiny. Unfortunately, it is God's power that is missing in the earth realm. People don't want to stir it up. If you choose not to pick up your authority then you are beat up.

Many of us, God is calling you to do something but we are stagnated. What is hindering us is us. There are some things in life that are distracting us. We have to make and provide a productive atmosphere that the gift of God can come forth in and through us. Turn of the TV and or radio, get into prayer and stir up the atmosphere of God. Write your vision down and make it plain.



God wants us to be above average. He has called us a peculair, royal priesthood, a holy nation. These are ways that you can provide an productive atmosphere. If you allow the Holy Spirit, He will give you a strategy of success. We associate the Holy Spirit just with church. However, the Holy Spirit will give you strategies so that you can be a blessing to the kingdom of God. Read your word, pray and allow God to give you new vision and new idea. Opposition will come, no just means that is not the way. Don't allow oppositions to stop you; oppositions were designed to expose weakness so that we can deal with it. Stay positive. The reason why we are not positive is because we are not focus on God. You will fall when you think the world has everything and the word of God does not. Do not look at the world and allow the world to remove you from God. There are gifting that are waiting to come forth but we have to change our minds and attitudes so that we can accomplish the things that God has called us to accomplish. Manage the time that we have so that we can stay focus. God will lead you to some places just so that you can monitor the atmosphere. He is not trying to do the same thing but he is trying to do something different. If there are a lot of negativity around you, then God can't speak to you.



The chosen generation is not seeking prosperity, but are broken, and are able to seek God because their foundation is faith. Nothing will ever cause you to leave his presence. Everything that you have is in God and it is not in the world. You must be available to God to use you in this season, if you don't deal with your time, and your attitude you will not accomplish what God has called you to do. God created you for a purpose and a reason so that something can be birth. If you want somethings to come to pass you will have to get out of your house and get busy.



Come out of the box, do somethings different. Don't sit back and accept average. Pray, fast, get into God's presence, read, cut the TV off and whatever it takes to rise above average.

Always Seek the Truth!
From the Pastor's Corner

You are not alone

In the book of Judges we hear of the redemptive story of God's people. In chapter 6, we read that the children of Israel committed the great sin of establishing Baal as their God. Baal was associated with fertility and rain. What resulted was that everytime increase came to the children of Israel, they were never able to enjoy their increase because they gave the enemy access to their house. You must know that if you give the enemy access, he will come and visit you. Eventually when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord, God said that he would send a prophet so that they could hear his voic Verse 11 said that there came an angel of the Lord that sat under the oak of the Lord who came to Gideon.

What we read in this chapter is that God will send a prophet to speak to his people so that they can hear his voice and get back to him. As you read, you will learn that Gideon was not trained to be a prophet, he needed signs after signs that he was continually with him. When the angel left, he embraced his mantle as a prophet and he was able to hear directly from God concerning God's people. When Gideon accepted his calling God spoke to him out of his calling and purpose. Then Gideon built an altar unto the Lord and called it Jehovah Shalom which means God of peace. God gave him the sign of Jehovah Shalom before Gideon moved forth. Many of us need to be led by the peace of God so that we will know that God is still with us. The first assignment that Gideon did was to go down to his father's house and tear down all the false altars that were erected there. The first thing that you need to do when God calls you, is to go and tear down those false altars. God does not want any other God influencing you when he is building you up in the things of him. Tearing down the things of the past will bring healing to your past so that he can usher in the real presence of God. As long as the false God was there, the enemy will have access and therefore you will not have any authority against the Devil.

Gideon's ultimate goal was to defeat the Midianites. However, the Lord felt that he had too many men to fight the battle and therefore he separted them until there were only 300 people. The 300 kept their eyes on the enemy. God will send you some people who will be watchful on the tactics of the enemy. He will send you some people who are on your side that will be focus on what God is doing. God told Gideon to put a trumphet in one hand and a vessel in another hand along with a lamp. The trumphet is symbolic of the praise, the vessel is symbolic of brokenness, the lamp is symbolic is of the light of God. God told Gideon to wait until the appointed time in the changing of shifts, and then have all 300 men to blow their trumphet. God told Gideon that if he was fearful to go and listen to what the host of the midianites were saying. When Gideon heard the enemies dream and they interptation of the dream and that they were afraid of him. Some of us a scared of the enemy, but God has already established you in the enemy camp. You just have to be obedient. Then Gideon went back and send to his army that God is with us and that he has given us victory. When the enemy heard the trumphet, they ran into each other and started killing each other and even themselves.

Creation is waiting for the sons of God to respond; when you are obedient to God, he lines everything up for you. God wants complete victory; unfortunately we give up on the first victory of the war. God wants to tear down the altar and he desires that you go into the enemies camp and possess it. He wants you to go back and get everything. God was with Gideon. It is amazing that some of us are in perfect position so that God can get victory in our life. We want everything in order for us to move out on God. Our victory was set up so that God can win the battle for us. But we are so easy to go out and fight on our own and the enemy is whopping us, but the battle is set up so that God can get the victory and glory. When the children of Israel heard of the victory that God had with the 300 people, the children of Israel had victory and peace for 40 years.

Be obedient and know that God is with you, he has not left you; he is there. You don't have to wait until all things line up. You have to face your enemy and situation. If God is for me, he is better than anything that can be against me. You can't do it on yourself, but God can. You might get tired and want to give up but in the midst of your trial, he will strengthen you. All they had was the light of Christ that was inside of them. All we have is our praise and the light of Christ in us to get the victory. Let your praise go before you.

Always Seek the Truth!
From the Pastor's Corner