“It’s Time To Wake Up!” “And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed. The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.” ~ Romans 13:11-12 NIV What about your alarm clocks. Can I tell you, I don’t use an alarm clock to wake everyday. Why? Because alarm clocks are designed to alert you to the fact that it’s time to get up and more sleep is not an option! We must now become awaken every morning to have a one on one conversation with our Creator, God. Biblically and spiritually it’s time for us who do and don’t believe to wake-up to the signs of our times. I believe the human world wide congregation needs to awake up to three things every morning: 1) Awake to Gods purpose, 2) Awake to our Heavenly Father’s position, “Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.”(Romans 8:33 NIV) 3) Awake to the prophetic hour in which we live. Awake this morning to Gods true purpose! Take time today to read and meditate Revelations 3:1-7. We can’t reach over and hit the world “snooze” button, it’s time to wake up! To our earthly purpose, Gods shining light He gave each of us and proclaiming the good news of His grace and mercy. The prophetic hour in which we live Jesus Christ is coming soon! May the Holy Spirit impress on all of our hearts and mine, the urgency of the hour has come! Awake Now To World Prayer! "I never wake up in the morning and wonder why I am here. I wake up and wonder why I am not making here better." ~ Jeffrey Fry “Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.” ~ Revelation 3:2 NIV Amen…

“We All Got Questions?” “The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven.” ~ Mark 8:11 NIV Let’s start with what does the Bible say about faith? While the Bible has much to say about it, faith is a challenging concept to define. A biblical definition of faith reaches beyond mere belief, the simple daily acknowledgment that God exists into the realm of trust. Genuine faith involves abandoning all human reliance on self-efforts and placing total dependence upon our Heavenly Father’s character, His actions, and His promises, as revealed in His Word. Faith has many dimensions. One crucial facet of faith is defined in Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.” Biblical faith takes present-day possession of things not yet seen with our eyes but hoped for in the future. What God has revealed in His Word becomes our inner reality today. Rather than looking at life with our earthly eyes, faith sees through the lens of God’s promises. Faith results in numerous blessings and benefits. At the top of the list are the gifts of salvation, justification, and peace with God, take time today and read Romans 5:1-2, Galatians 2:15-16, 1 Peter 1:8-9). The Bible plainly teaches that faith is not just a mental attitude. James explains that saving faith is revealed in a person's actions. He writes, "What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don't show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?" (James 2:14, NLT). “When Jesus saw their faith, he said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”” ~ Luke 5:20 NIV Amen…

“The Law Or Our Faith?” “because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression. Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.” ~ Romans 4:15-16 NIV The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in caves near the Dead Sea between 1947 and 1956. The scrolls had been stored in clay jars, calling to mind Paul’s illustration in 2 Corinthians 4:7: “But we have this treasure [the Gospel] in earthen vessels.” We are the fragile “earthen vessels,” subject to weakness and breakage. But Paul’s point is that in spite of our weakness, “we do not lose heart” (verse 16) because we have an eternal dwelling in heaven (2 Corinthians 5:1). Therefore, “We walk by faith, not by sight” (verse 5:7). “We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen” (2 Corinthians 4:18). Abraham saw the same way when God told him he would be the father of a multitude even though he and Sarah were beyond childbearing age. “In hope against hope Abraham believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken” (Romans 4:18, NASB). Take time to meditate on Romans 4:1-25. Eyes of faith are needed when our physical eyes cannot yet see what has been promised (Hebrews 11:1). Like Abraham, trust by faith in God’s promise regardless of what our five senses say. FAITH is our 5 letter word from our Heavenly Father. “Faith, to put it simply, is the conviction that God does not tell lies.” ~ Frank Retief “Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ to further the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— in the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, and which now at his appointed season he has brought to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,”. ~ Titus 1:1-3 NIV

“Prepare For The Final Test” “Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?” ~ 2 Corinthians 13:5 NIV We are always tested in school and sometimes in the workplace. Our Heavenly Father did even tested Israel in the wilderness (Exodus 16:4; 20:20; Deuteronomy 8:2). In general, we have a negative attitude toward being tested and tend to avoid tests when we can. The idea of testing ourselves is a unique idea found in Scripture. The apostle Paul exhorted the Corinthian Christians to test themselves, to examine whether they were genuine Christians or not. Why is that important? Because a day is coming when many who profess to be Christians will fall away from the faith when their faith is tested, read and meditate today on the following scriptures; Matthew 24:10-12; 1 Timothy 4:1). God’s tests are designed to build, refine, and prepare you for a higher purpose, not to break you. Jesus even said that not all who profess faith in Him will enter the Kingdom of heaven; Matthew 7:21-23. Now is the time for us all to examine the genuineness of our faith in our Lord Jesus Christ before the final test comes. Don’t let this day pass without knowing for sure that you are in Christ and that He is in you. If you haven’t already, embrace Him as your Lord and Savior today, do it now! Prepare yourself by reading the true word of God and pray for His truthful answers. “The ultimate test of faith is not how loudly you praise God in happy times but how deeply you trust him in dark times.” ~ Rick Warren “And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not so that people will see that we have stood the test but so that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.” ~2 Corinthians 13:6-7 NIV Amen…

One thing I’ve been learning on this business journey is that faith isn’t just something we talk about on Sundays… it shows up in how we handle uncertainty, delays, and even success. There are moments when things don’t move as fast as we want, doors don’t open when we expect, or plans don’t work out the way we imagined, And in those moments, trust becomes real. For me, entrepreneurship has been one of the biggest faith-walks God has ever taken me on. It’s stretched me, humbled me, and grown me in ways I didn’t expect. How has your faith influenced the way you approach business or your goals? Or has business challenged your faith in any way?