We’ve all heard the idiom or phrase…When opportunity knocks...well this is the definition:

idiom- A phrase in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided").

when opportunity knocks…simply means this...when a person gets the chance to do something, he or she wants to do.

So you need to be ready when opportunity knocks!

“Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you.” ― Richie Norton 

The message that I want to share with you comes from Acts 12th Chapter. And I found myself coming to this passage for our time together today and I want you to give it your attention as this passage in the Bible may relate to the situation in your life right now.

      This New Year will be “Phenomenal, Amazing, & Miraculous” in your life and for the Year of 2021 and beyond!!!! Jehovah God is about to open some important doors in your life. So praise Him & tell Him thank you in advance!!!!

So…join me for a brief FAITH walk as I talk about how…Chaos creates OPPORTUNITY.

CHAOS- 1. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.

OPPORTUNITY- a good chance for advancement or progress; a situation in which it is POSSIBLE for something to be done.

      “The Chinese use a two-brush stroke method to write the word 'crisis. ' One brush stroke stands for danger: the other stroke stands for opportunity. In a crisis, you must be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”

Who is on the Lord’s side? Anytime something is going great in the Lord’s work and you are doing God’s will, there WILL BE OPPOSITION. And the people who refuse to go down with OPPOSITION say “I’m going to do it, anyway," make the best leaders. And I’m talking about leaders in the home also. Discipline your children early in their life or they will take over. A child knows how far you will go.

      Today is a defining notable and specific expected moment that will have deep meaning in your life. The right or opportune time, the Greek word Kairos (proper time, due season, opportunity). a watershed moment that affects every aspect of one’s life. A life changing moment.

CHAOS comes before creation. CHAOS in the beginning but Kairos (OPPORTUNITY) in the end, in other words...during the CHAOS, there is OPPORTUNITY.

      Now this may not be for everyone…but know this...Jehovah God is giving you an OPPORTUNITY…but It is how you perceive (Recognize) the CHAOS whether you perceive it to be OPPOSITION or OPPORTUNITY?

Jehovah God…has put you in a LARGE place and I am not referring to materialistic so to speak nor a geographical location. But rather it's spiritual…Rehoboth (Genesis 26:22).

Rehoboth literally means a LARGE place, now unless you are referring to it as land mass, then it is small. But what Jehovah God told me to tell you, FAITH PARTNERS…He is giving you a LARGE OPPORTUNITY!!!

Whatever you have been imagining, it is too small compared to the massiveness of what God has opened before you. It is huge. It is beyond human comprehension. It will require INSANE FAITH, the type of FAITH that makes no sense to other people but makes PERFECT sense to Jehovah God It is an OPPORTUNITY, you cannot measure it with a stick, it cannot be measured with a tape measure. You cannot put it in a computer. It is simply an OPPORTUNITY. But the OPPORTUNITY is so huge. If you walk into what God is giving you, it is the fullness of the Holy Spirit. Listen, you will never ever, ever be the same again. I mean a radical revolution is about to come forth. You have finally come to the place of maturity that you can step into what you have been dreaming about, and God is about to revolutionize your life.

This OPPORTUNITY is big! This thing is huge! It is mammoth, it is more than I thought.

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him, Jehovah God who can do immeasurably more than all I can ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within me,

It is going to revolutionize how you think, how you move and how you function. Jehovah God said he is setting you into a large place. Oh yeah, look for OPPORTUNITIES. It will start in a small place but erupt into something real big. So tell yourself: This is my OPPORTUNITY!

      Faith Partners, anytime that you take a step to build anything, whether it's to build your life, to build your faith, to build your marriage, anytime that you're attempting to make any kind of progress at all in your life, you will encounter opposition. Jesus said, "In the world, you will have tribulation". That's a promise just like, "Sow and you will reap". The enemy is not at all happy that you're hearing and applying this to your Faith walk today. He's not happy that I'm sharing this today. And, honestly, it would probably be amazing if we knew how many people fully intend to listen to this message but some opposition came their way and they didn't know how to press through it.

Now, you may not get a lot of opposition if you're just not trying to do anything with your life, but I will tell you this...I would be more concerned if the devil wasn't bothering me than if he was. Did you hear what I'm saying? At least if the enemy's coming against you, you know you're probably trying to do something right and he has the intent to stop you.

      So on this episode, I want to talk about “Outlasting the OPPOSITION.” We all have things that come against us in life: people that aren't fair, some people are dealing with an illness, for others during the pandemic business has either slowed down or closed. As we continue praying, believing, doing the right thing, it seems like nothing is changing for the moment. So it's very easy to get discouraged and think that it's never going to improve. Then you win some battles by defeating the opposition, but if you’re going to win the war…it will take outlasting the opposition. You need endurance, you must have staying power. You can't be weak and give up every time the enemy opposes you because it's not happening on your timetable, or when & how you want it to happen. Some enemies are stubborn, you have to outlast the trouble at work, outlast the difficulty in your marriage, outlast the slow season in your finances. We want God to quickly deliver us from the attack, but sometimes you have to build up endurance to outlast the attack.

OPPOSITION releases OPPORTUNITY- Pastor K

Today…you are listening to: Season 2 Episode 1: Facing OPPOSITION

This New Year will be “Phenomenal, Amazing, & Miraculous” in your life and for the Year of 2021 and beyond!!!! Jehovah God is about to open some important doors in your life. Tell Him & Thank You in advance!!!!

“You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him.” -Robert C. Savage

      So in the many challenges that we face, the only difference in how we deal with these challenges…is our perspective (outlook). We often can’t control what’s happening, but what we can control, is how we face it. We can’t control others’ actions, reactions, and opinions, but we can control our own. The only way to avoid conflict is to stay down and remove yourself from the fight -- “play dead.” But playing dead is no way to live life.

We must stand up and face it no matter the opposition. We do this by adjusting our vision and seeing opportunities where others only see opposition…Opposition releases Opportunity!” -Pastor K

God, in His love and wisdom, presents you with golden opportunities. And now is the time for you, my Faith Partners to stop walking away from them because of opposition. Stand up, take action, and go forward knowing that the God who’s given you the golden opportunity will also stand and support you as you fulfill your purpose given by Him.

"You can't make decisions based on FEAR and the POSSIBILITY of what might happen." - Michelle Obama

Shalom & welcome to another episode of Keepin’ Tha F8th Podcast…with your host, Pastor K. And on this show, I am here to help FAITH Partners like you to know why your FAITH is so IMPORTANT and NEEDED during those difficult moments in your LIFE!

      MOTIVATION is a reason for actions, willingness, and goals. Motivation is derived from the word motive-The Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t judge by a man’s face or height, for this is not the one. I do not make decisions the way you do! Men judge by outward appearance, but I look at a man’s thoughts and intentions.” The motives of his heart…so what you a person believes in their heart, so they are.

Motivation is a need that requires satisfaction. The needs want or desires may be acquired through influence of culture, society, lifestyle, or may be generally instinctive. Motivation has been considered one of the most important reasons to move forward.

Motivation results from the interaction of both conscious and unconscious factors. Mastering motivation to allow sustained and deliberate practice is central to high levels of achievement, e.g. in elite sport, medicine, or music. Motivation governs choices among alternative forms of voluntary activity.

Your life is a result of the choices you make…If you do not like your life…don’t end it, stop with the excuses, stop complaining, because it is now time to start making better choices. Now that you know better, do better, and become better!!! No one said life is easy, there are challenges every day, and we must never give up in the middle of the challenge. But life is tough Pastor K, well guest what…you are TOUGHER. For you see…You only have three choices in life:

Give Up…Give In…or Give It ALL you got!!!

“The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis. ' One brush stroke stands for danger: the other stroke stands for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger--but recognize the opportunity.”

      LIFE is choice driven and those choices are long lasting & LIFE changing.

Isn't it crazy how one decision can wreck the next 50 years of your life? One dumb thing can mess up your kids and your kids' kids and your kids' kids' kids. One dumb thing. Young people, please don't make big decisions too soon. Just cause you're chronologically old enough doesn't mean that you're mentally old enough to make a great decision, and there is nothing as disgraceful as spending the rest of your life living with the consequences of a dumb thing you could have avoided.

There is no HOPE without Christ,

Every night we go to sleep, we have no assurance for the next day, but we usually have plans for the day. That is what we call HOPE..

Webster defines HOPE- to want something to happen or to be accurate, and usually have a good reason to think that it might. For example:

I'm hoping for an interview next week.

We HOPE and pray (that) the operation will go well.

It is good news, I HOPE

Sometimes in life, when things do not go according to plan, we lose FAITH, not only in ourselves but also in any potential outcome in our lives. And failure will do that to you when you experience life's monumental failures. That is when it is easy to lose HOPE and even FAITH.

Where there is life there is HOPE, always stay focused, because there is a better future ahead. Jeremiah 29:11-For Jehovah God says, "I know the plans I have for you," plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Especially during this Holiday Season...Tis the Season and Jesus is the Reason for it!!!!

What are you to do when your FAITH is under attack…?

      Don't Lose Your FAITH...when your loving life and then you find yourself going through a testing of your FAITH. And Jehovah God seems so distant and you begin to have doubts that He doesn't care about you. And it seems like you've been abandoned and forsaken by everybody, including God! though He said, "I will never leave you, nor abandon you." What do you do...when your FAITH is under attack and even praying seems difficult to do?

Well if your going to only serve God by operating in FAITH when times are easy and all is going good for you...then you have not MATURED in the FAITH. But if you are going to serve God and continue to serve Him when your FAITH is under attack, well then you are going to need to apply three strategies the Jesus left us according to Luke 22:31-33. 

1. TRUST in Jesus more than you TRUST in your Emotions,

2. COOPERATE with Gods' character building process.

3. Take your focus off of YOURSELF.

These are the strategies needed to be applied FAITHFULLY to the PRACTICALITY of your LIFE on a DAILY basis, in order to experience VICTORY when your FAITH is under attack!

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So, until the next episode…always remember this…FAITH is EXPECTANCY! So, what are you EXPECTING from GOD?

SHALOM BARAKAH (PEACE & BLESSINGS)

GOD BLESS!

Did you know…"your character is determined by either your past or your present behavior." -Pastor K

      So, WHO ARE YOU…? Have you ever stopped to ask yourself, ‘Who are you?’  Maybe you are a father or a mother, a husband or a wife, a friend, an engineer, a passenger, or a patient? The truth is that you are a parent because you have a child or children. You are a husband because you have a wife or a wife because you have a husband, a friend because you showed yourself to be friendly to others. A passenger because you are on a train, plane, or bus. So all your identities, everything you believe yourself to be, are all dependent on something else. So then, who are you really?

By not knowing the answer to this question, 'Who am I?', you keep creating new identities of yourself, while consequently going farther away from your true Self or identity. All the suffering in life is because of not knowing your true identity.

The Bible says in Genesis that we are made in the image and likeness of Jehovah God. You see, the image that we carry on the inside of us has a lot to do with what we reflect. And that reflection is seen by others through our characteristic behaviors.

It has so much to do with what we identify with, how we see ourselves, what we go after. In fact, our image is our source of strength and confidence. That is really the key to living the abundant life that Jesus came to give us according to John, the tenth chapter and the tenth verse. But our image was distorted in the garden of Eden.