Speed of Light!

Trust?? Why Trust God?? Why seek Him above all else? Because He has proved Himself Trustworthy time after time. People often give up on God for many different reasons, but the root is usually that they lost trust in God. Maybe God knew you would be much better off without answering your request. Maybe it was to build character or possible even to try you and purify your soul.

Why Trust? Well, people often say time is their worst enemy. "If I only had some more time!". My question to them is this, "Did not God create the body to wake and to sleep? The stars for night and sun for day? Did He not create time?". Look at this verse for a second. This was God's response to Moses when Moses was making excuses to not obey God and be His prophet. 

The LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

What God was saying to Moses is, "Look, it is I who creates, It is I who can heal your stammering lips, I created your mouth so why wouldn't I be able to fix it, have some faith Moses". In the same way, time is not really your enemy, doubt is! Yes doubt is your enemy. Anything is possible to him who believes just as the scriptures promised. In the same way that God responded to Moses he responds to our excuses. He is the one that created us. He even created day and night. We may have a limited time here on earth but it was God who can fix what we have left. He can consume our obstacles. God literally stopped time for Joshua during battle. So do you think that time is to much for God? I don't think so, better yet I know so, nothing is impossible for God. 

So you say God is far away, and that is why things take so long. It takes forever for Him to hear my prayers. Wrong, sometimes we are not asking in faith, sometimes it is just better for us not to receive an answer and sometimes He just has a master-plan which we don't seem to see yet. So maybe you are right, maybe God is light years away, but should we forget the fact that God is LIGHT? Can he not travel as fast as light. Time can not bind God as a servant. In Acts chapter 8, God confounded all scientific impossibilities by defying time itself and breaking all laws of gravity and speed when He translated the evangelist Philip from one location to miles and miles away instantly. So do you still think God can become a slave to time. Do you still think you should believe that you are a slave to time. Believe the impossible is possible. 

In prayer, no distance and no time barriers are a problem. Don't think God can't and will not do it. Don't think it will take too long for God to answer. Several times Jesus just spoke a word from where He was at, which was a very time sensitive situation and a long distance to travel. The moment Jesus spoke people were healed. Are you seeing this? Believe He can and will do anything. 

OK so hopefully we have established this truth that time really isn't your enemy and if God created it then God can stop it or defy its very scientific properties. If you still are not convinced take a look at the life of King Hezekiah. This King did what was right in the eyes of the Lord. He was precious to our Creator. In His later years he fell deeply ill with a sickness that even God declared was unto death. God sent a prophet to let him know to put his house in order because he would surely die. But Hezekiah turned over in his bed and cried out to the Lord and made a petition, asking God to extend his life. God immediately answer the mans prayer, he even sent Isaiah the prophet back into the chambers of the King and told him that his life will be extending and he will no longer die. Do you see that.??? It was IMMEDIATELY!!! The prophet hadn't even made it out of the the Kings castle yet. Please don't take my word for this, go to His Word, it is all there, Isaiah chapter 38 is where you will find it. 

You know God loves to do above and beyond what we could hope or ask for. You see God could have just healed Hezekiah and not sent word back to him that his life was extending. You know if God wouldn't have done that I could almost guarantee you that it would have been on the Kings mind all the time. He would have been bound by time. He would have been waiting for the moment when he would fall back into a deathly situation and die without much notice. God is so faithful to just speak so clearly to us and to confirm His Words by others and by whatever means possible. To remove the fear of the Kings enemy, time, God did even more than encourage him through Isaiah but indeed God did something that blows all the rest out of the water. Men dream, and envision, and imagine about time travel. It is one of the most interesting subjects and has created a desire for people to write movies and novels about it. People love the idea, but above all that men can possible believe this they will not believe (only in Christ), God indeed turned back the hands of time just to set this King free from the idea that time was running out. God told him to look at the shadow from the sun on the stairs. God moved the direction of the sun in order for the sick King to be encouraged to LIVE a life without worry!!! No more anxieties for that King!!!! He defied all of science by proving that He indeed created the sun and the stars and creation itself. He created you so don't you think He can do anything. Have you thought lately how you don't have to tell every cell in your body to work together to bring about the decisions that your mind makes. He is in control, he intricately made you with a very good dose of IMPOSSIBLE. You indeed are a miracle that is blind to most humans minds. From making babies to healing itself, the body is in God's control and proves God is a powerful being that can do anything. 

So now, think about that obstacle. That body of water that is between you and your destiny. The time it would take to cross that ocean. Did God not create that ocean? Trust that God can translate you to the other side or choose to be like Peter and ask God to command you to come out on the water with Him. The Lord is not afraid of drowning. He is not afraid you will drown in your problems either. You know what, I bet Jesus was walking straight to that boat the disciples were in and was just going to jump in and do as He did before and just command the winds to be still. But Peter wanted to be like His Master, His Teacher. Lets be like Peter, lets pray constantly, "Lord let me be like you, drive my fears and doubts far from me, call me out on the waters of life with you." Peter walked on water, so I know that is possible now, but I want to dance on water one day. I want to laugh at death because it has no hold on me. It is indeed His Spirit that can bring me back to life. So the enemy of time has no more power in our lives, but guess what? Our greatest enemy doesn't either. DEATH!! He died so we may have life. If you believe that, truly believe that, then nothing can make you doubt anymore. Meditate on the Life of Jesus within you. You have greatness within you. You are not bound by death nor by time. No more Fear, just Trust!! Bless you all today, Hope this was encouraging. Remember you are the Church and upon this Rock the Gates of Hell shall not prevail against!! No demon in hell can stop you from reaching your full potential in Christ. You will succeed. Bless you again in Jesus Name!!

Rich Cohrs

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Timing Is Everything!

Timing is Everything. Did you know that with the right time and the right Faith you can stop the schedule of God? Many times Jesus stopped in the middle of traveling because of the faith of men. At times He even proclaimed He had never seen that much faith among men. OK, so Jesus is now at the right hand of the Father so how does this now pertain to me? Well, God still touches His people and there is no distance between us and God in prayer. Once there was a man commended by Jesus about his faith because the man knew the Words of Jesus had so much authority that He could just speak the Word from where He was instead of traveling back to the man's sick servant. Also, besides that God has placed authority in lives of His Faithful children. You will never know when you are in the midst of one of these children. You may see them everyday.

The one that will change the course of your life may be an acquaintance that passes by you all the time. Like the lame man that was set before the temple gate called Beautiful everyday. He was passed by Peter and John while their daily schedule was to pray there. Everyday the man was placed before the temple and everyday Peter and John passed him up to go pray. So what was different this time. The mans Faith and the Power of God all met at the same time. This day the man had faith to be healed and God sees that, he may have only had a little faith, but he was expecting to receive something that day. God made a point to let Peter see that. God made a point to let it happen in the right timing. The man may not have had the faith all those other days when Peter passed by (we don't know), but God was going to make sure that Peter saw that mans faith today. I suppose God illuminated this mans faith to Peter. 

Your faith may be invisible but it is not invisible to God. Not to the Invisible God. God exist and so does faith. Faith is a real thing. It is an object. Not an object that you can touch or smell or see but it is real enough for God to stop the Schedule of prayer in order to heal this man. This man expected to receive something from Peter and John that day. He may not have known it was the heavenly silver and gold but he did expect something. Another lame man that Paul encountered, the scriptures actually say that his faith was visible to Paul the Apostle. Paul saw it, and commanded the man to stand to his feet. The man was healed.

 So whatever your circumstances are and however impossible they may seem remember whether God Himself speaks a Word from wherever He is at the moment or whether He sends one of His Faithful Children, remember to walk by faith. Don't stop believing that God can and will do for you what you desire to be done (make sure they are holy and right before God). You are the righteousness of God according to the scripture and the scriptures also says that the righteous walk by faith and not by sight. If you walk by faith continuously and stop doubting you may just find that timing ends up on your side. You may be met by God in the midst of a grocery store when a brother in Christ has the perfect words for you that propel you to your destiny. You may get prayed for and that dysfunctional liver may be healed. You may even get to be the faithful child that God sends to another. Sanctify the Lord Jesus in your heart daily with grace and faith and you will be a carrier of Jesus Christ everywhere you go. Let the Words of Christ dwell in you richly.  Be expecting to both to meet your destiny changer and also to be somebodies destiny changer. Do this!!! Keep the faith!! Remove doubt!! Love on Jesus and love on people!! NOW IS THE TIMING. The timing is now. Now is the perfect time to walk by faith. Continually walk by faith. Remember God can speak a Word from anywhere, His Words have the authority to create the worlds so why couldn't they change your situation forever right NOW. Be sensitive because the timing for someone else may be when God is telling you to go to the mall. That might be your opportunity to be a destiny changer. Don't be late, be on Time! Walk by faith!

Acts 14:8-10

In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk.

Acts 3:3-8 (NKJV)

A Lame Man Healed

3 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; 3 who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. 4 And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” 5 So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. 6 Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” 7 And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 8 So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God.

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"I believe in Science"

I love to say the quote from the movie, "Nacho Libre", that says, "I believe in Science". (I laugh every time) Truth is you would have to be ignorant to not believe in Science. What is there not to believe about science, science exist. Not all of it is true but it does exist and there are truths within it as well. But some believe in science while others believe in both science and the Scientist who created it. There is a Creator and He has revealed Himself throughout the ages. He has also done this through science.

 Scientist who dig deep are digging blind if they don't see it. It is impossible to seek for an answer and not find it while researching it. If you truly question if there is a God Creator and you search through nature you will see that nature speaks louder than words and indelibly, undoubtedly has to be created. God has left His mark on all things. The intense complexity of matter itself is not possible to be evolved from nothing. If you took the entire created universe and tried to calculate the probability of it existing, you would find that mathematicians teamed up with scientist would not be able to ever give a correct answer. At this point the numbers would keep racking up higher and higher. The probability increases moment by moment. The more new information discovered increases the percentage. 

You could take the worlds greatest mathematicians and the worlds greatest scientist from the beginning of time till now, and put them all in one laboratory and ask them to figure it out and I am telling you they will never figure it out. What would happen then, is that there would be a spike in the numbers. They would rise higher and higher at every new discovered scientific truth. If you want to create a new thread of math just to calculated it, you would be creating it in vain because it would never be able to be figured out. There is one mathematician and scientist that has the ability to figure it out and that is the One that created all things. Elohim, God the creator has the answer and the proof. The answer is that everything you see, taste, touch, breathe: everything that exist is impossible. The answer is only found in the truth, in Jesus. One day He will come back for those who put their trust in Him and we will all know even as we are know by Him. We will all know the intricate details of creation that people spend their lifetimes trying to discover here on earth. It is the impossible creation that was created by the Creator who creates impossible.

Just choose to believe in what God says, believe His Son was here on earth born into this world for the purpose of redeeming mankind who was destined for death. Believe He died and Resurrection 3 days later so that death could be reversed and man could have eternal life by the washing away of there sins by the blood this Scientist shed on the cross. Believe that He was seen afterwards by hundreds of people and even 500 all at the same time, by his disciples and even by Paul the Apostle himself. Believe that God has a purpose for you and choose to seek after Him. If you are looking for discovery then choose to discover God Himself. Let existence be and wait for the answers when He comes. Put your trust in Him, remove your doubts and choose to believe. He will save you, deliver you and one day come back for you. 

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Exhausted Hope

(Unedited Version. Please excuse grammatical mistakes and just read the Word given.)

There is something I have learned along the way in my walk of Faith. I was thinking about all this before Church today. When you truly seek to be in the will of God and truly begin to position yourself to do great things for the Lord there is a season you will cross and go through. This season is a season that will also come and go. It is a season that gets you focused on the truths of God. As new Christians and in a passionate pursuit for God we get all kinds of feelings and even inspiration from God about our future that brings such a intense hope. But here is the deal, God gives you a vision and sometimes you have more hope in that vision than you do trusting in God. 

I have found that the Lord will allow us to be hope-exhausted at certain times. If you never have your faith and hope tested then I am going to tell you right now you need to reevaluate your faith and makes sure that it really is faith or that you really are passionately pursuing Jesus. It is 110% biblical that your faith will be tested. It is one of the processes of growing in God; maturing in Christ. You see without this season you won't last long on the front line of His army. That is what we are here for. We are here for battle. When someone is enlisted in the military they are continually stretched to their limits and pushed to the depths of exhaustion in order to produce a strength that will make sure they can stand and not fall in battle. This strength is called endurance. It is the power to not give up. The ability to press in further and further until you see the task at hand accomplished: the mission not failed but successful. Without this quality you are not trusted to go into battle. You may be put in small scrimmages to help with the process but when it comes down to the real deal, those with Endurance are the ones that God will entrust to do great things. 

So when I say hope-exhaustion, that is exactly what I am talking about. All of it exhausted so that you will learn to rely completed on Jesus who is your strength and power for victory instead of trusting in yourself and your vision and your own passion. This is a strength building exercise for faith that the Lord allows us to engage in. In my life I have literally and I am not exaggerating, but I have literally had my hope completely exhausted. Everything I believed in, everything I lived for, all my vision and goals and desires completely exhausted in my life with no more hope. The only one I could trust in was Jesus: not myself, not my friends, not my pastor, not my parents, not my vision, or my desires, but learned to trust that everything that has been brought to death in my life, God is more than able to resurrect by the same power that raised our Savior from the Grave. I am now strengthened but I will admit, just when you think it is over, just when you think you have gleaned so much from the fields in the Kingdom of God, brace yourself because when you pass this test God will then train you for special forces. He will impart to you His wisdom but at the same time you may feel powerless and weakened to the point again that you need Jesus to lift you up. It is there that you learn that everything you need to get the task done is in the the person of Jesus Christ. His Grace is no longer a wash cloth for your sin but it is now become everything you rely on. If you died it would be Grace that raised you back up from the grave. 

In this dead state of life, cross bearing season of agony is where you learn that nothing in your power has the ability to get Kingdom work done. It is the Grace of God that empowers you to truly do His Works and to speak His Words. When you do it, there is pride, but when brought to the threshing floors of humility more Grace is given. If you do the works you have a right to brag of your own accomplishments and the works are no longer the works of Christ but instead yours. MORE MORE MORE MORE Grace is needed to get the job done. Paul went through this season I believe because at the end of His ministry He declared that He did more W O R K than all the other apostles but then he proclaimed that it truly wasn't even him but it was the Grace of God that was on Him. You see we all know we don't deserve His love and the salvation that can't be earned, but somehow in our thinking we begin to think that we can earn everything else. WE can't earn a seat in heaven and you can't earn a powerful ministry. You can't earn your strength. You can't earn a metal like you can in a natural army. This army is supernatural and is fueled by the power of the Holy Spirit. It is His works you are doing and not yours. You are just obeying to be the vessel or the temple in which He delivers them. There is no place for pride in this season, it is where the mirror of God is placed before you and you see yourself for who you are. You are nothing good without Jesus. It is a place that sends a reflecting power onto your very being and begins to form the person of Christ within you. People learn to imitate the characteristics of the fruits of the Spirit but this is the process in which you are truly pruned and trimmed painfully in order to bear true fruit and eventually in abundance. Like I said before if you believe you have faith and it has never been tested and you think you are bearing the fruit of God, you better take a few steps back and reevaluate again, because fruit doesn't grow on trees without a process. The tree has to receive from the earth and the rain and the sun in order to grow. So there is a receiving season that gives the tree strength to produce fruit. The tree doesn't grow overnight, it grows in seasons. Every year it is strengthen and enlarged and capable of producing more and more fruit. Gardeners prune it to grow faster and stronger. God is your husbandman and He is the one that does this process in your life. So if you are in this season, and you have lost all forms of hope, then go back to your first love. Forget about the former things you trusted in, the things you thought you were going to accomplish and just simply trust in God. You could be wrong about everything but you still have Jesus. I promise you when this season is over there will be an abundance of anointing oils flowing throughout your branches and producing all types of fruit in your life. The works of God will begin, you will have the strength to endure till the end. 

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