As in the words of a young baseball stadium worker who had being beat down by the so-called peace keepers of Los Angeles, California the city of angels, after this week of anger, protest, and violence which lead to the LA riot, after many had lost their property, damages into $40 million, 63 lost their lives, and though it was named the Watts riot: many areas in the city of LA was burned due to the riot, that followed an acquittal of the officers that beat Mr. King! That very same man who was beaten: Mr. King stood up and said: "why can't we all just get along," even after being beat up himself. Those words were words of someone who was trying to be a peacemaker. (Matthew 5:9) read it!

There in (Matthew 5:9) when Jesus said: "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." He's not just talking about the sworn police officers, per se; but he's talking about anyone who want to pursue peace in the name of Jesus Christ! So, it's not exclusive or showing disrespect to law enforcement nor being conclusive that they are the only means to peace on earth, but this statement includes all who would pursue peace! Those who will stop a bully, or a schoolyard fight, those who would step in to stop a mob from burning or tearing down a city. Those who would step up to a fellow rogue officer and say hey this is wrong, do the right thing handcuffed them and take them to jail. Let him do the time for his crime but taking the law into your own hands as the judge, jury, executioner is not your job. See that officer who curve his colleague's action is a true peacemaker!

So, brothers and sisters, what are we feeding God's Lambs and God's sheep? Are we feeding them the Word of God? Are we feeding them good healthy foods to nourish and take care of themselves? God makes it clear that he wants us to feed on his Word Jesus Christ and have faith in "His Truths which sets us free." ref. (John 8:32) read it. When I think of the words that Jesus spoke to Peter about feeding his Lambs and feeding his sheep, I think about us today as godly men & women also as parents what are we feeding our children? Are we allowing them to watch those TV program that is unsuitable for them, or those internet apps that's inappropriate for them?

When Jesus left, he told his disciples he would leave us a comforter and the comforter, aka the Holy Spirit has provided men with gifts. the gifts is for the spiritual building of the church. No one man can claim I have all the gifts because the Holy Spirit determines who best fits the gift that he provides, so he distributed these gifts to men who have a heart for God's great work. Our key scripture states: "There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in every one it is the same God at work.

From the word of wisdom to the word of knowledge, and the gift of faith to the gift of healing; we come in reverence to our God we come being dutiful and devout in fear, trembling and respect to the deity of our Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ! That when we launch out to do the miracle work of God, we know with firm assurance that what we call on Earth is called in heaven and what we declare on Earth is declared in heaven therefore there is no power in Heaven and Earth can stand against us. We don't go about boasting on what we can accomplish here on God's behalf but to God be the glory for the great things he has done through us! we know that we are subject to the Spirit of God and as we walk by faith in the church and out on the street and exercise these gifts...  we know that God is going to accomplish his good pleasures here on Earth!

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When we invite the Holy Spirit into our heart: the Holy Spirit lead us into all righteousness our lives begin to witness change. We don't walk the way we use to; in essence we don't do the things we did when we were in the world. The Holy Spirit is God with us in the spirit of Emanuel/Christ with us, the light of our conscious, the breath of our right speaking and choice of our right thinking. Let us ask him to walk & dwell in us & with us daily, just because we asked yesterday: today is a new day and because we made a decision before, we need decide daily. It's a very good idea to invite Him to walk with us every day of our lives. Why do I say that?

Just as there are fruits of the Holy Spirit where the focus is on what he does and what he do through us, there are also gifts of the Holy Spirit of what he give to us to carry out God's ministry here on earth; and to name a few: wisdom, understanding, faith, counsel, healing, miracles, prophecy, fortitude, knowledge, discerning of spirits, piety, the gift of tongues and the interpretation thereof, also he gift us with the fear/respect for the Lord. But this will probably be another podcast where we get deeper into the gifts of the Holy Spirit. Listen stop what you are doing right now and pray!" Lean on his everlasting arms, He's ever present to help you and will support you in all your endeavors for the kingdom of God's sake stop! He is patient, gentle, and good, Let Him help you!

Listen If we don't have love, we don't know God. Because "God is love," let us invite the Spirit of God to help us love God first and love our fellow man as ourselves because there's no hurt, going to come to any of us when we love one another. (1John 4:7,8) paraphrased read it! See I can't hurt you and you can't hurt me when the Spirit of love dwells in our hearts, ok!

Our key Bible text found in (Galatians chapter 5) speaks against people being in an activity of "drunkenness & reveling": which include excessive drinking of alcohol, wines, beer, and adding to that list for today's readers you can add drugs as well. Whereas people are over enjoying themselves without limits, out of control, talking loudly, making noise, and just a wild party atmosphere, including orgies, in a carousing way. And he ends the text with "the people which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5:21) paraphrased.?

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:" as Jesus said: "these are the things which defile a man..." (Matthew 15:19) "Because this heart is spiritual, we can't see how to switch it from good to bad or bad to good and thank God we can't!" Otherwise, we would be transplanting evil/good try to be God, when we do heart transplants. But as I stated in the podcast you can't transplant Good and Evil only the fleshy organ of the heart. Only God and God alone can change that spiritual heart! God knows it's there; Satan knows about it being there; but can only access it via when man choose sins. So only God and the man who owns that spirit heart chamber has access, and only God can change it.