Andrew Golden's Blog, page 34

He Reveals

Daniel 2:21-22

21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

Have you ever been praying and someone’s name cross your mind and you start praying for them? You may feel led to pray for their health or financial situation, but you thought both of those were going great. You did this because God is leading you how to pray. He is shining a light on someone’s situation. Follow where the spirit has led you and pray for them. Just like God revealed things to Daniel in Babylon. He can reveal things to you. He knows everything because he is God.

Delivered

Psalms 34:19-20

19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.

We constantly feel attacked. From sickness to financial troubles, we feel under constant attack. The thing is God is there to deliver us from every single one of them. He will protect our families from disease and provide when bills are coming do. Our afflictions are many but God is greater than all of them. So hold your head up and know God is there to deliver us.

Move On

Matthew 10:14-15 

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 

I have preached sermons to where the congregation listens and seem to be on the edge of their seats. Then, I have preached sermons to where it seemed not one person was paying attention. They did not want to listen and hear what I had been lead to preach. Either way I preach my message and then move on. We have to realize that there will always be those who decide they do not need to hear what we have to say. Do not get mad nor discouraged, just do what God has sent you to do. If you are preaching or teaching the truth it falls on them to accept it and study it. Once you are done move on to the next place God is sending you. You see the people who ignored you may not think you are old enough or wise enough, so they choose not listen. However, they may continue to watch you just to see if you walk the walk. So, shake the dust off and keep moving. 

Compelled To Enter

Luke 14:22-23



22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.



Sunday I was invited to church with a good friend of mine. He had been asking me to go with him for a while, so I finally decided to go. Everyone welcomed me in as if I had always went there. It was nice. As the service went on, I realized a few seat were left empty. I begin to think of how if they were full, would they have let me in? The answer is yes. I believe that they would have people standing up around the wall if it meant the kingdom of God was growing. It was then I realized how many people have been asked to fill those seats? Had the churches with empty seats invited people or had they just let them slip away? This church I know invites people because I have watched it members do it with a happy heart. This is how we should be. We should be compelling the sinner to come to church with us. We should be inviting them and then living a Christian life before them. So, I urge you compel the sinner to come to church because if you never ask they may never know where you go.

Spirit Speak

2 John 2:27

27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

Today while studying, I could not decide what to study. I flipped through the Bible and it never stood out to me. Instead I laid my head back and started to pray. I figured it was just a day to talk to God. It was the perfect time to let the spirit lead me. You see many times we get in ourselves trying to find something to study when all we need to do is set back and let the spirit speak. Just be quiet and listen to what you feel led to read. Once I read this I realized that I needed to learn to just set still and listen.

To Never Die

John 8:50-51

50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.

I remember my grandmother telling me that she could not wait to go to sleep and wake up to Jesus. She never said she was going to die. She always compared it to falling asleep and just waking up to our saviour. You see when you keep his word and teaching, you will never face death. You will close your eyes here and open them to Jesus. However, you have to follow him. You have to believe and practice his teachings. This gives you life eternal. To live forever in the present of our lord is worth it all. I never want to experience the sting of death and because of Jesus I never have to.

Come Back To Life

Ezekiel 37:3

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest.

John 11:25

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Christians are walking around like the living dead. You cannot see any life within them. It is time for us to come back to life. Christ came to resurrect us from the dead state we are in. Just like when God ask Ezekiel if the bones could live and he answered yes, our dry bones can come back to life. Take your breath of life. Accept Jesus and arise children of God. God is calling his church to come back to life. All we have to do is accept and server God through Jesus Christ.

Hell Is Too Hot

John 14:2:4

2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

While driving today i saw a church sign that read “Heaven is Real and hell is too hot.” It stuck with me. It was a realization that many people cannot survive without air conditioning, so how will they endure an eternity of heat and torment? Well they won’t be able to, but they will have to. Then, I begin to think of how amazing it will be to see the face of God. To walk next to Jesus and thank him for my salvation. I will get to see the streets paved with gold and Crystal clear waters. I will never grow tired, sick, or old. Spending eternity with my lord and saviour with no need for an air conditioner.

A Wicked Generation

Proverbs 30:20-22

14 There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

17 The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.

18 There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:

19 The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.

20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

I am watching a generation arise that is like nothing I have ever seen before. They mock the poor, they are never satisfied, they cheat steal and lie for momentary gain. They do not listen to their elders instead choosing to walk a path of destruction. How did we come to this? The answer is simple, the generations before them have failed. We were supposed to teach them to love and obey the word of God. To listen and respect their elders. Instead, we chose to let them learn from video games and television. We did not even care to check and see what they were watching and playing. We only cared that they was leaving us alone. It became easier to have our sons and daughters glued to a screen so we could finish our daily tasks. It would have taken us longer, but we should have had them with us, teaching them how to work. We become afraid to take a crying child into church over fear we would be judged for disrupting service. They needed that teaching so they could learn to walk with Jesus. This generation has wiped its mouth and claim no wrong doing only because they were never taught their actions were wrong. They shoulder the fault of their actions, but the generations of parents and guardians before them shoulder it as well.

A Soldier For God

2 Timothy 2:3-4
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

Being a Christian is not easy. However, we have to soldier on. We take hits and keep on going. We get mocked but we keep on praying. Our beliefs are attacked, but we ask God to save those who are attacking us. We are soldiers in the army of God. Jesus called you to be a soldier for him. So we must do just that.