The Lightroom

Repentance is important because God has standards (Christlikeness) and your spiritual walk will be measured by God’s standards

The needed revival is hinged upon our total alignment with God’s standards

This must be our earnest pursuit!

John 9 verse 4 - We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned to us by the one who sent us

The night is coming and then no one can work

Friends, we are constantly up against time

And everything in life has a time factor

Eternal life is not eternal time

Eternal life is quality of life and not the quantity of time

It is the strength of life and not the length of life

And your purpose may be divine but it is time bound

Jesus said to Judas, do what you have to do quickly

Because everything has its time

Time is the one thing without any other element that works against us Depending on how we cooperate

It was in Psalm 90 that Moses said, teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom

The consciousness of time is a door to gaining wisdom It pushes us to receive and apply wisdom

And this is why we celebrate the new year and mid-year It is to give us the consciousness of time

And I want you to know today that we are all in a rat race

Not a rat race like you know it to be But a rat race as in R.A.T. Race against time

And there are people who like to believe that they don't have time at all

And there are others who like to believe that they have all the time in the world

But you see to redeem the time you have to cooperate with the Holy Spirit In bringing you into the fulfilment of the plan of God for your life

You cannot advance in the plan of God for your life beyond your obedience

Have a blessed day friends!

A lot of people want more. They want to experience more in their relationship with God and in their Christian walk.

But the question is, where's the fruit of the measure that you have taken in already?

God doesn't accept past glory. When you're fruitful, He prunes you so you can bear more fruit.

So when you wake up to say that I studied the Word of God for five hours or I prayed for eight hours, it's not a laurel, it is a life.

And in the diligence of seeking God, the Holy Spirit begins to take off the weed in the seeds of your desires.

And sometimes what your spirit is longing for is clouded by what your soul is lusting for. And you can start out wanting something and now you're asking for something different.

The Bible didn't say that God walked with Noah. It says that Noah walked with the Lord. And what you realize here is that God is the willing one in the relationship. And so Jesus came to teach His disciples how to pray in Luke chapter 11 and He taught them how to pray.

And amazingly, the first thing that Jesus taught them in prayer is our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Friends, you need to realize that what Jesus was teaching is that our awareness of God's presence and attentiveness to His presence, all in adoration of His name is the most important part of prayer.

Friends, we must reduce ourselves to the full awareness of God and attention to God.

And with this reduction, seduction loses its power and loses its power.

I mean, the clouds and dust of our self-effort and self-consciousness can only be settled when we get still with Him and with Him ever before our face.

And the purpose of prayer is to produce a consciousness of the presence of God. And there is no other accomplishment that is greater than this.

And there's actually no other way to accomplish anything outside this when you give Jesus His proper place in your life. Everything else begins to fall into their rightful place.

Have a blessed day, friends.

Like an Olympic swimmer in shallow waters,

cool with average, way below my covenant capacity,

comfortable in mediocrity, coping with redundancy,

but you've called my name.

You saw through my folded arms, you touched my tired heart, El Roy.

You saw my face while it was covered,

Ebenezer, you saw my helplessness, and you were deeply attracted.

You are the potter and I am the clay.

My brokenness was material for your building project,

you've unlocked possibilities in me I didn't realize could ever happen.

You've made me believe nothing is impossible.

Healing for my heart,

you've helped me see, you've helped me become.

I'm becoming the masterpiece you spoke of,

piece by piece, you've put me together like perfect shalom,

nothing missing, nothing broken, nothing lacking.

When you said, my peace I give to you, I receive.

You could have counted me out, impressed me from a distance.

I could even play background,

run away from spotlight, but you called me out,

light of the world, shine your light, be your street light, shine to the nations.

So this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.

You've called out my name and my fears ran for fear that your eternal light will expose them.

This relationship will never end,

this son, this God, this love, this life, this light that breaks my night.

And the emptiness in me has been filled with your life and you called it grace.

Now I say these many lines to express how lines have fallen for me in pleasant places.

I'm a trophy of your grace.

I'm a trophy of your grace.

Hope for the child of God is a confident assurance of future glory. God will give us all we need so that we can obey Him.

God's people don't live on explanations, they live on God's promises - because God's promises reveal God's character. The just shall live by faith!

Living by faith is living on His promises, not on explanation.

God is not in a hurry because all His works are done in love. And love is patient and kind, so be grateful that God takes His time. Just live on God's path, live in God's presence, and live for His pleasure.

Every good relationship in your life is a gift of grace from God.

Are you grateful for meaningful friendship?

God sanctifies us through the people He strategically places in our lives as gifts of grace. No human is supposed to be your source of personal joy and contentment. Your loved ones couldn't be the sources of your identity - when you seek to define who you are through those relationships, you're simply asking another "sinner saved by grace" to be your personal messiah - to give you inward rest that only God can give!

Don't be so fascinated by the gift of grace that you see them as the givers of grace.

Are you grateful for meaningful friendships? Every good relationship in your life is a gift of grace from God. Take out time today to appreciate them.