Expel The Immoral Brother / I Corinthians 5

 

 

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1 Corinthians 5

Expel the Immoral Brother!

¹It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that does not occur even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. ²And you are proud! Shouldn't you rather have been filled with grief and have put out of your fellowship the man who did this? ³Even though I am not physically present, I am with you in spirit. And I have already passed judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present. ⁴When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, and the power of our Lord Jesus is present, ⁵hand this man over to Satan, so that the sinful nature^[a] may be destroyed and his spirit saved on the day of the Lord.

⁶Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? ⁷Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. ⁸Therefore let us keep the Festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of malice and wickedness, but with bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth.

⁹I have written you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— ¹⁰not at all meaning the people of this world who are immoral, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world. ¹¹But now I am writing you that you must not associate with anyone who calls himself a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a slanderer, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

¹²What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? ¹³God will judge those outside. "Expel the wicked man from among you."

YouTube - Color Him Father - The Winstons

 

 

Great Song! intriguing, .How many of us would accept the burden and patience of raising another man's children as our own?The story is that of a "real" man.
Color him father, Color this MAN LOVE !  To all the real men out there ...take a bow !

Color Him Father - The Winstons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=075cR3YIbE8

"Color Him Father" - (1969) - Billboard Hot 100 # 7 A Washington, D.C.-based soul act led by Richard Spencer, the Winstons signed to Curtom in early 1968 and lasted there for one single, the rousing "Need a Replacement." They had a sound that was somewhat similar to the Impressions, but were unfortunate enough to have signed with Curtom before the label had national distribution, and the single never got the play it should have. A year after leaving Curtom, they hit for the Metromedia label with a huge single called "Color Him Father," which became a Top Ten R&B and pop hit, just missing number one on the R&B list, and also earned a Grammy for Best R&B Song.

The Weak and the Strong ….Romans 14 :1-23

 

 

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Romans 14

The Weak and the Strong

¹Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters. ²One man's faith allows him to eat everything, but another man, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. ³The man who eats everything must not look down on him who does not, and the man who does not eat everything must not condemn the man who does, for God has accepted him. ⁴Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.

⁵One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. ⁶He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. ⁷For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. ⁸If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

⁹For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. ¹⁰You, then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you look down on your brother? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat. ¹¹It is written:
   " 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord,
   'every knee will bow before me;
      every tongue will confess to God.' "^{[a] 12}So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

¹³Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother's way. ¹⁴As one who is in the Lord Jesus, I am fully convinced that no food^[b] is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean. ¹⁵If your brother is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother for whom Christ died. ¹⁶Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil. ¹⁷For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ¹⁸because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

¹⁹Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. ²⁰Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. ²¹It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall.

²²So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the man who does not condemn himself by what he approves. ²³But the man who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin

Be Careful or that E B T will have You in D E B T to IT ?

 Some of you ask what is EBT ?

EBT = Electronic Benefits Transfer

 

It's food stamps, only in the form of an ATM card. It gives the
government some control over how the money is spent, and aids in
records keeping. It is also know as SNAP.

There is nothing wrong with using a EBT card if you need it, but don’t let it become a crutch,  Social  Services is there to give you a helping hand, but some stay on it , generation after generation….we should want more for our selves and for our future children.

While you are receiving assistance, take advantage of all the opportunities , classes, workshops, training programs that are available to you. Don’t let opportunity for higher learning pass you by !

Be very careful staying on the system too long, or that EBT will be come damaging and crippling  to you !

Don’t miss your season , by being lazy  and compliant, you will be surprised at how fast time moves, don’t let life pass you by, your tomorrows will one day be TODAY !

That EBT will have you in D E B T  to it  !

Expect more for yourself, You are valuable to the body of Christ!  Be all you can be……Dare to dream and watch all your dreams come true !

That EBT will have you in DEBT to it !

© Evangelist Christine Mayo

Stained Glass Window Panels

These Stainglass window panels tell a story all it's own,

three of the pictures I tried hard to turn it around to no avail,

only one would cooperate, these windows are from my church

" True Vine Church of Jesus " ( Pastors Sheldon and Scharrod Wills )

I love to see the light shining on the panels so beautiful !

©Evangelist Christine Mayo

This is a HIV POSITIVE MINISTER - PLEASE READ TO THE END. THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNT

 

This  is a  HIV POSITIVE MINISTER - PLEASE READ TO THE END. THERE ARE LESSONS TO BE LEARNT

PLEASE READ ALL THE WAY AND FORWARD TO THE PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT.

To those of you who are single or married, saved or not saved, this is for you. I am a 35-year-old African American or Black brother dying of Aids.
I would like to share my testimony with you.

 
I am an owner of a Mortgage Company in Atlanta , GA I own a 2007 Jaguar and I also own a $350,000 beautiful home in Cobb County . I have a beautiful Lady who is deeply in love with me and a loving family. But most important, I love Jesus, this is just a wake up call to all single brothers and sisters who are professing to be Christians, but don't want to be complete.

Brothers, I had a beautiful young lady who loves the Lord and worships the ground I walk on. But I still wasn't quite happy because sometimes I would see another sister with a Coca-Cola bottle shape and just wanted to hit it. Because I was using a condom, I thought that I wouldn't catch any disease especially the killer 'AIDS' but guess what? I did. And the person I caught it from was a girl that I knew very well. But the condom came off and now I am dying of AIDS.

Yes, I wore a condom and yes it did happen. God gives us time after time to straighten our lives up. I do know the Lord in his abandon pardon will forgive me of my sins. I've been saved now for 7 years. I found out 7 months ago that I had the virus, and now I have full-blown Aids.

I really didn't think that I was doing anything wrong, because I would tell the women who I would deal with about the woman I love. I thought that was good enough. But it wasn't. I am a good man and also a God-fearing man; but I have a weakness for women...

I really wasn't out there like you may think I was, but every once in a while I would see something and I wanted to try. My girlfriend is a prayerful woman. I know now that she was intimate with me only because she loved me and she wanted to make me happy. Now I've given AIDS to the woman I love (the only one who has been faithful to me) because of my lust.

Brothers and sisters, what I am telling you is that God is tired of us hurting each other and using each other for self-gratification. God has given me my home, my dream car and a beautiful woman and I took it all for granted. I've been tithing for 7 years. I am the chairman of my Deacon Board. But when I told my Pastor I had AIDS, he could not believe it because of the way I would carry myself.

Brothers, If you have a sister who loves the Lord and who loves you for who you are and not for what you look like and what you have, cherish and love her. Sisters. If you have a brother who loves the Lord, love and cherish him.

My life has been altered. I've been with my lady since I was 20, and I've always used my young age as an excuse for not being loyal and not settling down with her. I was being a hypocrite thinking that I was missing something, and not realizing that I had a good woman who loved and adored me.

I wish I had been a real man and I had appreciated the good woman God had sent by my side by not making excuses and dedicating my life to her. I would love to travel and marry this beautiful young Lady, but now I can't. I've embarrassed my family, my church and my friends. But I was hardheaded and now I must suffer. God is cleaning up. Stop playing with God. He is revealing the secrets of us Christians.

Brothers and sisters, we don't have to have so many 'friends,' you know what we call them. The ones we sleep with, the ones we intend to sleep with but haven't yet' and the one we intend to 'marry' We don't want anyone to know our business, but God has his way of revealing you to the world.

The young people of today think so carnal and we say we have been transformed. We have been transformed from what we want to be transformed from. Let's be real. God knows that the opposite sex attracts us, he also knows the desires we have for each other because he created us that way, but we do not have to have multiple partners.

If I could do it all over again, I would marry the woman I love and live happy forever. But now I can't! But you can! Singles...I gotta tell you, it's not worth it.

I urge you all Get rid of casual sex. This is really deep.
After you've read this, think about yourself. Could this have been you? Some of you may not relate, but think about anything you are doing right now that is not of God. We are living in the last and final days, and pretending to be saved is not going to cut it.

Professing that He is Lord, and yet worshipping the devil every chance you get will lead you to the same path I am walking on.
Get your mind out off the gutter and put it in the Word of God and you'll have great success. Don't and you'll have great woe.

I love the LORD and thank Him for all that He does in my life; therefore, I'm passing this on, this is my testimony and sermon to you. Yes, I do love Jesus who has forgiven me of the repeated sins. That forgiveness does not cancel out the consequences, I have to suffer the consequences of my sins and that's on me. Still, the Lord is my source of existence and Savior. He keeps me functioning each day and he has given me the strength and ability to share my story with you.

I'm telling it like it is THIS REALLY is to help somebody. You know yourself, You know what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. Do not let the world judge you coz it judges harshly and without mercy. Do the right thing man. I pray and trust you can take the courage I didn't have and straighten up your life before it's too late. I have Christ now for he is my source of joy and strength, I am nothing without him but with Him I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil 4:13

If you love Jesus, send this to lots of people!!!!!! Be Positive - Be Progressive...Take the time to make a positive difference in your's & someone's life.
Minister Anthony J. Cox
God Bless
..... behold, you have sinned against the Lord and be sure, your sin will find you out!

 

Wedding Prayer for Christopher & Chelsea Van Raam

This Rose is in memory of Chelsea's Mom , Lynn Peterson, may you continue to rest in peace knowing your little girl is doing well , and she is very happy and blessed in her new life !

The VanRaam Family , Congratulations again!

August 6, 2010

Wedding Day Prayer for :

Christopher , Chelsea, Bailey and Amelia Van Raam

Most gracious God, we give you thanks for your tender love in

sending Jesus Christ to come among us, to be born of a human

mother, and to make the way of the cross to be the way of life.

We thank you, also, for consecrating and ordaining, marriage , the union of man and woman

in his Name.

By the power of your Holy Spirit, pour out the abundance of your blessing upon Christopher and Chelsea.

Lead them into all peace.

Let their love for each other be a seal upon their hearts, a mantle about their shoulders, and a crown upon their foreheads.

Bless them in their work and in their companionship; in their sleeping and in their waking; in their joys and in their sorrows; in their life and in their death.

Thank you Lord for this beautiful day. You have fulfilled the desire of their hearts to be together in this life as husband and Wife.

I pray that your blessing will always rest upon their home; that joy, peace and contentment would dwell within them as Christopher, Chelsea, Bailey and Amelia

live together as a family in unity,

and that all who enter their home may experience the strength of your love not only in words but in deeds

Father, help them to follow and serve you with an ever growing commitment because of their union. Guide them into greater love and sacrifice as they care for each other's needs, knowing as the Good Shepherd you cared for them.

I pray Christopher and Chelsea will always be keenly aware of their love ones, beautiful souls whose life was ended too short, such as Chelsea's momma, Lynn Peterson, who have gone on ,

take comfort in knowing that as Angels they rejoice and are joyfully for ever with you in your hearts, our love ones never die, they live forever in the light of your love to lead and guide you into all truth.

Lord continue to send your glory and your awesome joyful presence as we sense it today on their wedding day.

And may their total trust, love and devotion in marriage be a radiant reflection and demonstration of Jesus love for all of us in the earth.

In the precious name of Jesus Christ , our Savior, we pray.

Amen.

Congratulations Christopher , Chelsea, Bailey and Amelia, much love to you All !

As you All begin your new life together !

My total Love, prayers and friendship are always with you ! Thank you for letting me share in your special day !

Evangelist Christine A Mayo

http://samaritiandiva.com/

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Let us go into the House of the Lord !

I was Glad when they said unto me , Let us go into the House of the Lord !

This is the Church I attend with my Family ,

True Vine Church of Jesus

201 Pear Ave

Newport News, Va 23607

Church phone # 757-244-4990

Church website : tvcoj.org

Pastors : Sheldon and Scharrod Wills

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