God Is On His Throne And In Control

It has been scary for the last two weeks with news reports of deaths from the Corona Virus (Covid 19). Reports are local, national and international. There are many things being reported that are true and untrue. My advice is don’t get caught up in the hype. TRUST GOD INSTEAD. It is important to stay at home as much as possible and practice social distancing. Always remember GOD is still in CONTROL not man.

     How this sudden virus came about will be revealed? In the meantime, keep yourselves and children healthy so you won’t get sick. Do whatever you normally do to keep yourselves healthy and well. Drink plenty of water and get plenty of rest. Don’t go out too much if you don’t have to. Take this time to work on your personal relationship with God. Pray without ceasing. Repent of known sins and accept Jesus Christ into your life if you haven’t already.

     The Bible says if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved (Romans 10:9)

     If you haven’t already, pray this prayer from your heart:

     Dear Jesus, I believe you died for me and rose again on the third day. I confess I am a sinner. I need your love and forgiveness, come into my heart. Forgive my sins. I receive your eternal life. Amen

     Continue to be encouraged in the midst of chaos. Jesus stated, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

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God Is On His Throne And In Control

It has been scary for the last two weeks with news reports of deaths from the Corona Virus (Covid 19). Reports are local, national and international. There are many things being reported that are true and untrue. My advice is don’t get caught up in the hype. TRUST GOD INSTEAD. It is important to stay at home as much as possible and practice social distancing. Always remember GOD is still in CONTROL not man.

     How this sudden virus came about will be revealed? In the meantime, keep yourselves and children healthy so you won’t get sick. Do whatever you normally do to keep yourselves healthy and well. Drink plenty of water and get plenty of rest. Don’t go out too much if you don’t have to. Take this time to work on your personal relationship with God. Pray without ceasing. Repent of known sins and accept Jesus Christ into your life if you haven’t already.

     The Bible says if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved (Romans 10:9)

     If you haven’t already, pray this prayer from your heart:

     Dear Jesus, I believe you died for me and rose again on the third day. I confess I am a sinner. I need your love and forgiveness, come into my heart. Forgive my sins. I receive your eternal life. Amen

     Continue to be encouraged in the midst of chaos. Jesus stated, “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)

Personal Reflections On Christmas Day

As I sit here this morning thinking about all that God has done for me I am reminded of three things on this Christmas Day! God has blessed me with his son, my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He has also blessed me with my two daughters, Diamond Lena’ Starling who was born December 25, 1996, Kamille Padgitt and my grandson Bryson Saint Woods. Last but not least, I am very grateful for family. God has already been good to me. If He decides not to do anything else he has already blessed me. On this Christmas Day, I will celebrate the previous gifts God freely gave to me. Gathering with family and friends while eating the meal I prepared will be met with gratitude. I thank God for his mercy and grace. He provides me with everything that I need. All glory and honor belongs to Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us (Ephesians 3:20)

     The one gift I want my family and children to appreciate year after year is their relationship God. This relationship is most important above all ties. When you nurture and mature your relationship with God you have all that you need. God will provide over and over again those things of necessity. If we delight ourselves in the LORD, He shall give us the desires of our heart according to Psalm 34:7. I also want my family, children and friends to experience the same internal joy that God gives to me.

     God has been a doctor when I was sick or needed to be healed. He has been a lawyer when I needed Him to show up in court to work things in my favor. He is my comforter when I can’t talk to anyone else and He is the righteous judge when Satan is an accuser of the brethren. I only turn to God who has proven Himself over and over again to me. He remains faithful to me even when I am not faithful. He is the everlasting rock I hold on to in times of trouble and when storms come. He humbles me when I need to be humbled and exalts me in due season. All that I am as a result of my past and my present and all that God has pre-destined for me to become is because of HIM and HIS promises to me. He knew me well before I showed up in this earth realm. He has a plan for my life. He amazes me with His wonderous works and they are always marvelous in my eyes. I am excited with anticipation of what He will do in the next second, minute and hour. He is always at work in the lives of His children.

It’s Me Lord, Standing In The Need Of Prayer!

Saints everywhere are trusting, believing, seeking and praying to God to answer their prayers. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. (Psalm 34:19, KJV)  Some tests, trials or tribulations are meant to be witnessed before others to help strengthen their faith, while others are private between you and God. Let God direct you on which ones are public and private. In either case both are testimonies of what God has done personally in your life. Every testimony has a time and place where it needs to be shared to encourage, comfort and strengthen the faith of others. (Johnson Padgitt, 2012) 

     Many know me as an encourager among many gifts that God has given me before I was born. You can always find me giving others a word from God, scriptures to meditate on, and testimonies to validate the goodness of God. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4, ESV)

     Even though I often encourage others, I too have to be encouraged, prayed for, and given scriptures to meditate on. No one is exempt from the troubles of this life. Jesus warned us about the troubles of this world. “These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, KJV)

     This week I had to trust, believe, ask for prayer, meditate on scriptures and petition God to get through surgery. I thank God that He has blessed me with family, friends, business partners, and praying saints who believe God and take God at His word. They know the power of prayer and have their own testimonies of faith & deliverance. I have people in my life who love and care about me. They are saints who I can be transparent with and they will sincerely pray for me.

     When I first learned that I was going to have surgery I immediately prayed about it to God. As believers we are supposed to rejoice always, pray without ceasing and in everything give thanks; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, NASB)

     I prayed the night before the surgery and again when I woke up at 4 a.m. God reminded me of two scriptures. I looked them up because I wanted to hide them in my heart before I went in for surgery. The first scipture reads “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7, KJV)

     The second scripture reads “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;” (2 Corinthians 10:5, KJV)

     These two scriptures were important to me because the morning of the surgery, FEAR did try to creep in. Fear can easily grip us when we are dealing with our tests, trials and tribulations in the flesh. We are humans and it happens to all of us. But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. (Galatians 5:16, ESV)

     We must walk in the spirit and not in the flesh so we can see things much clearer and as God wants us to see them. Remember there is a purpose for your pain, trial, test or tribulation. Sometimes we can immediately see God’s plan and other times we won’t know until He later reveals it to us.

     Even Jesus for a brief moment did not want to go through the tribulation of dying on the Cross. In that moment when he prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, he did not want to face his inevitable suffering and death. “And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” (Matthew 26:39, ESV)

     I personally thank God for hearing my prayers, the prayers of my family, my business partners, World Harvest Global Church, and Way of Grace Bible Church concerning my surgical procedure on June 30, 2015.

     I know that God heard our prayers because everything went smoothly. And this is the confidence that we have in Him: that if we ask anything according to His will, He heareth us. And if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him. (1 John 5:14-15, KJV)

     I was content and unmoved throughout the process. I had to trust that God was in control of everything, especially the surgeon’s hands. When I know that I have no control in my situation I pray to God even more. I pray for those who God is using in my situation.

     My prayers were answered. Everything went quickly. I don’t remember anything about the actual surgery. All I remember is saying good-bye to my aunt while I was rolled away to the surgery room. The next thing I remember was waking up in the recovery room. I was still a little drowsy. The nurse gave me some ice. I asked the nurse, “Did they do the surgery already? He said “Yes. It has already been done.” I said “Really?” I always have these moments when I am in such awe at what God has just done. It never gets old to me. I am like a little child waiting to see what He does next because it is always marvelous in my eyes.

References 

     The Holy Bible (King James, New American Standard, English Standard)

     Johnson Padgitt, B. (2012). Watch God Use It. In How Did I Get Into This Mess? You Compromised, Saith the Lord (2nd ed., pp. 43-44). Duncanville, Texas: ASWIFTT PUBLISHING, LLC.

     For more information on Brenda, her books, classes, or products e-mail her at:  sales@brendapadgitt.com

A Thief In The Night Series

Do You Know Jesus Christ?  Have You Accepted Him As Your Lord and Savior?  Are You Rapture Ready!  “A Thief  In The Night” is a must see film.  A Thief in the Night is a 1972 Christian end times film produced by Russell S. Doughten.  It is the first and best known film in Doughten’s four-part series on the Rapture and Second Coming of Christ.  The 4 part series include:  “A Thief in the Night,” “A Distant Thunder,” “Image of the Beast,” and “The Prodigal Planet.”  I have gathered each video link so you can see the entire series.  I saw this 4 part series many years ago and it still has the same impact today.  It is an excellent witnessing tool.

1.     A Thief In The Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5CznQnoRR0

 2.     A Distant Thunder 1of5

http://youtu.be/Nsep-2-3itk

          A Distant Thunder 2of5

http://youtu.be/3CHauRCctgo

          A Distant Thunder 3of5

http://youtu.be/GLFzQyTrKu4

          A Distant Thunder 4of5

http://youtu.be/-a8SUbssjX0

          A Distant Thunder 5of5

http://youtu.be/Z2qvwji6rHA

3.     Image of the Beast

http://youtu.be/AOCwkp_odbE

4.     The Prodigal Planet

http://youtu.be/OwLXHB3yYh8