June 5, 2011 ~ Minister Marcel Joseph

Minister Marcel Joseph gave a powerful explanation of the power of God that is at work IN us ~ God the Father, God the Son & God the Spirit!  If we yield to the spirit, surely we will be led by the spirit!

1. Philemon 4-6 ~ I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your love for all his holy people and your faith in the Lord Jesus. I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be effective in deepening your understanding of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.


2. Colossians 1:25-26 ~ I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness—the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people.

The mystery that has been kept hidden that is now revealed to us is Christ in us! Jesus is the hope of our calling & because of His sacrifice on the cross, we are able to live a life free from sin. The same power that was at work in Jesus, is at work in us now!

3. Ephesians 4:4-6 ~ There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and IN all.

If you love Me...

Everyone, at some point or another, has heard the scripture that says "it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:24). I'm sure everyone knows something about 1 Timothy 6:10, but the way it's quoted couldn't be further from the truth! The scripture actually says "the love of money is the root of all evil", not "money is the root of all evil". How can money be evil? It has no soul, no spirit, no conscious! People use money for evil purposes; they attempt to gain money for the wrong reasons, but money itself is NOT evil!

Many people try hard to gain money thinking it will solve their problems, only to find that in their pursuit of wealth, their problems have surmounted. The bible says in James 4:2-3 that we kill for what is not ours and are envious of others because of things. If we don't ask God, we won't get it and when we do ask God, we ask with wrong intentions so we still don't get it! But if we would only set our minds on things above, that is to say the things of God, and not the things of this world (Colossians 3:2), things that can be lost, destroyed, stolen, then we'll have treasures stored up in heaven (Matthew 6:19-20)! Don't you know that whatever we concentrate on most, that is the thing that becomes most important to us. That is the thing that becomes a part of our being & takes over our lives! Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also (Matthew 6:21)!

My Patronus

I'm a HUGE fan of the Harry Potter movies! I only just started reading the final book within the last few weeks and it's SO good... I can't wait to see the first of the last two movies in November!

Now I know a lot of "good" Christians don't watch the movies or read the books & think it's all demonic but it's no more demonic than most of the music kids listen to nowadays or the other movies they watch that promote violence & crime! If someone ever took the time to watch, you would see that it's the classic good versus evil theme that we all struggle with daily. God is acknowledged in the books/movies & so is Jesus (Christmas is celebrated in just about every movie). And besides that, the Bible says that God will get the glory in EVERYTHING & for those of us who love Him, all things work for our good, according to His plan (Ephesians 3:20, Romans 8:28)! That's not the point of this post but I just thought I'd preface with that for those who, without reading further, will quickly judge... anyway, the fight between Harry Potter & the "good guys" from the series is against Voldemort, an evil wizard who is determined to rule the world basically. He uses all these evil beings - dementors, death eaters, etc. - to do his bidding. They kill for him, possess people & intimidate them into doing what they want.