"Reconciliation"

Hello there readers! I hope you've enjoyed a wonderful Christmas holiday!
In today's segment, we discuss the word, "reconciliation". Reconciliation is a most important part of the marriage union.
It's important not only because it's necessary for unestablished relationships, but also it is the glue if you will that allows the marriage to grow. Let me explain.

When the apostle Paul was preaching and teaching the gospel to the Romans; he specifically noted this: Romans 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. . . .as it is the same in marriage. Without reconciliation, you really don't have a relationship. Why. . .because it is the giving up of one's own ways to adopt the ways of a union of one. Get it? I say this in almost all of my blogs! The Bible declares that: Matthew 19:6
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Mark 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

You see my friends, true marriages are built on not only love, real love that is... but on the ability to survive through adverse situations,the ability to weather the storms of life in your relationships, the ability to be WILLING to be reconciled when there is a leak, or a breach in your union.
Do I say that it's easy. . . .of course not, it's very hard to do that, especially once trust has been lost. . . .but here's the good part! It's what God has done for us. That's right, with all of our mess, and I do mean mess!, He's allowed us to be reconciled back to Him by his son Jesus Christ, the righteous. We all have that opportunity, no matter what we've done or where we are right now, we have that opportunity to be reconciled back to God where we take our rightful place in life and in the Kingdom. Hallelujah!
I do understand that marriages can go sower, I do understand that situations do arise that are unbearable and sometimes impossible, but I also understand that there are some things that "mankind" can't handle, and that gives God the perfect opportunity to intervene, get my drift??? Yes He cares about your situation too!

My prayer every day is for the marriages that are having difficulty to find the open door of "reconciliation". We did it and I know you can too!
Choose the path of reconciliation my dear friends; it will comfort you in more ways than you can imagine. Time to go. . . .and always remember. . .
YOU ARE BLESSED!

A Special Christmas Gift. . .

So many times in ministry, we get prayer requests for all sorts of reasons. We thought that since you precious readers are so kind enough to read our segment blogs, we would like to take the time to offer one of the prayer answers that was sent to a dear sister in Christ.
We have however,taken out her name for privacy, but I believe that some of you may need the same type of prayer, or perhaps a love one, or a friend or neighbor. Nevertheless, I want you to know that Jesus didn't just preach to the people; he fed them, he taught them, and he prayed for them.
Believe it or not, married or not, God still cares about the total you! . . so here's a Christmas prayer for you or who ever will grab a hold of faith and believe God.......and I guarantee it'll make a difference. . . so here's the answer prayer we wrote:

God Bless you (put your name or love one or who ever here)

I hope that this email finds you and your family doing well. My wife has shared with me some things that seem to be going on in your body that are of concern and asked me to offer a prayer of healing and deliverance. So before I do that, I'd like you to hear this testimony of a few years back.

On a cold wintery night, my wife and I had just closed out a Revival in Philadelphia and were caught in a terrible snow storm; so bad that we were not able to leave the city and were stranded. Miraculously an elderly lady (evangelist) just happened to stop by the church and offer to put us up for the night. She lived not far away and proceeded to take us to her home. She prepared a special room for us for the night and said that she would have breakfast for us in the morning.
The next morning as she said, breakfast was prepared. I told her how Sis Scott and I really appreciated her hospitality and told her that we didn't have money to pay her, but if she had a prayer request, we would honor it. She immediately told us about her brother who lived up stairs had had the hickups for fifteen years and no doctor could cure him., so we asked if we could meet him and pray for him ; she agreed and called the brother downstairs.
We introduced ourselves as evangelist and asked if he believed in the Power of God. He nodded and agreed to a faith prayer. Even as we were talking the man was still continuing to hick up. We immediately took some regular olive oil and touched his forhead lightly and began to pray a short prayer of healing. As we lifted our hands from him, his hick up stopped. The man jumped up and began to praise God for this miracle. Amen!

I believe that God wants to do the same for you today, so as I was praying in my prayer closet,just this morning, I saw your face come before me, and I heard the Spirit say : give her this testimony and pray this prayer:

HEAVENLY FATHER, IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS, I PRAY THAT MY DEAR SIS/BRO HAS BELIEVED YOUR REPORT, AND I PRAY NOW FOR HER BODY. TOUCH RIGHT NOW THIS WOMAN IN JESUS NAME, FROM THE TOP OF HER HEAD TO THE SOUL OF HER FEET, CANCEL OUT THE LUMPS AND DESOLVE ANY INFIRMITY IN HER BODY IS MY PRAYER TODAY IN JESUS NAME.. . AND I THANK YOU AND PRAISE YOU FOR IT. . . . .AMEN!

I don't know about you, but I believe that while we were praying, God was touching your body. I praise God for that and I praise God for you.
Have a wonderful day and remember, you are blessed!
love in Christ,
Bishop Larry and Brenda Scott

Marriage. . .also a gift from God!

SEASON'S GREETINGS everyone, and I pray that this holiday will be a blessed one for you all.

As we enter into this holiday and the closing of the year, let us not forget the real "reason for the season", which is God's gift to this world Christ Jesus. Although humanity has adopted the act of giving during this time, it's also important to remember that Christ's gift was not only Salvation of the soul, but He gave us "Marriage" to those who choose, and to everyone else He gave us "fellowship".

The important thing to gleam here is that our marriages are precious. You see there are some things that money can't buy; and marriage is one of them. Even the scriptures tell us: 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. . . .and if there ever was a time for us to hold fast, it's now. Hold fast meaning cherish, appreciate, never letting go, clinging to, that act of love and faith in each other, to set the world on notice, that you and your spouse have become "no more twain but one flesh" as noted in Matthews :19.

Marriage is like a season that never ends. Wow! isn't that powerful. . . and as we give of our selves to each other in the marriage bond, we become stronger together. It's the giving part that God has instructed us to do; and when we have put aside selfishness and self centeredness and realize that it's about the two of you and not just you, you then take on that attributes of our heavenly Father, giving. After all: John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

In my closing today, I am reminded of the holy scripture that reads:Matthew 13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. . . .and marriage is that one pearl. Cherish it, hold to it, thank God for it, and appreciate it.
Marriage God's way will make all your Christmas' be bright!
Have a Happy Holiday and remember:

YOU ARE BLESSED!

When will we ever learn. . . .?

Hello again readers. After glancing through the newspapers and watching the news, I am saddened to read of so many women's children are being molested by men, just because they "needed someone".

Listen ladies,I am truly an advocate of marriage, but not to the extent of endangering your life and the lives of your children. That's crazy!

Truly the scriptures say: 1 Corinthians 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. . . . . and if you think you have found someone who is willing to make that commitment; then get married; but to just to have a partner to fulfill some lonely feeling or just to have sex, I tell you, it's no good. There is a better way.
With all types of perverted lust spirits in the air, you need to know who you are bringing into your home, especially if you have children.
That's right my dear hearts, even in the old biblical days there were perverted lust demons and spirits. So much so until they even attempted to have sex with angels.
Now if these spirits had no respect or regard for heavenly beings, do you think for one minute that they will regard your innocent child?
It's not a trade off. You need to know about these things. Stop telling your self that you are desperate and so alone that you can't help it. That's not true. It is a trick of the devil, whether you believe it or not.Don't get caught up in a relationship that is going no where just for the thrill.
You can be single God's way as well as married God's way! He is able to sustain you in either situation.
Let your inner man instruct you, not your emotions. They can deceive you. The scriptures tell us: Proverbs 23:7 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Remember this: you are loved by God always; and there is that some one who will also love you, the right way. Bed partners are a dime a dozen, but a real love mate awaits you with a commitment for life.

Don't get caught up in the "lonely hearts club". It's really for suckers, and besides it only leads to perversion and many times unnecessary murders.
So if you think this is a joke, read the newspapers. It's for real.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT!

God Bless you and be sure to have a wonderful day, and remember:

YOU ARE BLESSED!

We Are Blessed!

Hi there readers! SOMETIMES we need to take retrospect and look back at our marriages and our lives, just to see how blessed we really are: it bears repeating!. . . . .we are Blessed!

It all happened one summer in the metropolous area of Philadelphia. This man and wife along with four small children lived in a rented row house in a very poor neighborhood.
In those days, mothers actually stayed at home to raise the children, while the father worked sometimes two jobs to make sure that the family could eat. Only this particular summer was very different. The father lost his job and was not able to find work for three months. Obviously money had run out and they were getting desperate and was forced to seek for outside help. Unfortunately, family wasn't able to help and they had only acquaintances not friends.
Finally, their back was against the wall. They had no other alternative but to apply for public assistance.
To their surprise, a letter came to their door from the Assistance Office to inform them that they had been turned down for public assistance. With no where to turn, together, they stood their ground on the fact that their marriage was ordained by God and if in fact it was, they knew that God would never leave them , nor forsake them.. . . Hebrews 13:5 By the end of August, the 28th in fact, ( it was the father's birthday). They had completely run out of provision for the family and the only thing left was a bottle of water and one small box of macaroni.
The father then immediately called a family forum. He apologized to the children for not having any food to eat and showed them the one box of macaroni and said to his wife and children: " I still don't believe that God has forsaken us, so I refuse to charge God foolishly; so we will go to bed tonight hungry and eat our last box of macaroni tomorrow and then die. Of course with great confidence in their parents, the children ran off to play. The husband and wife retired to the bedroom and began to pray. The husband assured his wife that God sees our children and will not let them starve.
Approximately one half hour later, all four of the children came running and rejoicing saying: Look! look!. They had found 8 pennies. Immediately they all starting rejoicing as the husband declared: you see, God's not going to see the children go to bed hungry. The father then instructed the children to go to the corner store to purchase some cookies and divide them among themselves. Afterwards, the married couple remained in their bedroom rejoicing for the kids. Another half hour transpired, and suddenly the children came running and screaming. At first, the parents thought that one of the children had gotten hurt, only to find out that they had found more pennies, this time, even more, $0.11 cents.
Standing on not what they could see, but what they believed, the story continues. . . .
Needless to say the father once again instructed the children to go back to the corner store and get more cookies and perhaps even some candy. The two parents remained in their bedroom rejoicing. One more half hour transpired and once again the four children were back, this time dancing and rejoicing. You see they really never left the house. Instead they all played happily and contently in their living room. This time however, when the children presented what they had found ( in the house), they handed the parents (9) brand new $50.00 bills, totaling $450.00. Praise God! Halleluah! Yes, that's right, it was a miracle. The Lord had heard their cry and answered their call. It was their faith!
Of course the message is : Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. Yes, the faith to take God at his word, for you, for your situation, for your family and finally, for your marriage. Marriage God's Way is really the only real way to bring fulfilment and the kind of miraculous results that you have just read about. There are many things we can change and do for our marriages, and we should do them., but there are some things we cannot change and some things we just cannot do. That's where God steps in to complete the task. Victory belongs to the believer! Amen!
Now I guess you're wondering why I am so inspired to tell you this story again, and why it is so urgent to stress to you the importance of having faith in God for your marriages. Well, simply because it works!. . .I know, because the father in that story was me! . . . .and I looked around and found out that:
WE ARE BLESSED!

What if I choose not to get married?

In today's segment, we discuss those who prefer not to marry. It's certainly not uncommon. However, it does create more challenges than most life styles. Let's see how the Holy scriptures sees it.1 Corinthians 6:18-20 & 1 Corinthians 7:1-2
"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.". . . still, we have the choice of not joining with the opposite sex, for reason that you have a right to stand on.
Nevertheless, it presents such an enormous challenge, simply because we creations of interaction. We are made to interact, to fellowship, to associate; and ultimately, we are accountable for our own actions, first to ourselves, and then to God!
Believe me dear hearts, after seeing so many injustices in life; men not taking care of there responsibilities, wife abuse, child melestation, cheating husbands and wifes,marriages gone sower, and many other reasons that warrant you staying single, I understand! but please keep this in mind: Romans 14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth.
The choice of course is still yours. Can you still be happy? Of course you can. Inevitability has a way of finding us all; so life is good, and so is God!

So be of good cheer, my single readers, it's all in the game called life!

If that day would ever come that you embark upon marriage however, embrace it! It will open a new door for you that could not even imagine.
God Bless you and have a wonderful and prosperous day. . . .and remember:

YOU ARE BLESSED!

Marriage. . . .A good thing!

Yes my dear readers, marriage is a good thing. Today's segment shows us the fruits of it's existance.
Although marriages today are challenged by many outside forces, even to include perversion, through to power of the Holy scriptures, it stands alone in it's triumph.

Even scripture depicts a "good thing" when referring to a man choosing a mate. Proverbs 18:22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. why is that so important? Because when two, male and female become "one" as the scripture suggest, they together reflect or mirror God's plan for mankind. Don't be surprised, it's Bible.
That's right my friend, it is God's will that we become one with Him.
Marriages with God become stronger, marriages with out God end up many times very tragically; and ultamately divorce!
Like it or not, it's marriage God's way or nothing.

Listen to this scripture: Matthew 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.

Don't you see, marriage is not a man-made thing, it's a God thing. That's why throughout the scriptures, He leaves instructions.God already knew that marriages would face many challenges and obstacles through life; so He left us a guideline, a roadmap if you will, to make sure that we would be able to handle this awesome task called marriage. . . . . so He gave us a prerequisite . . Mark 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Matthew 19:6
Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

Marriage is a "good thing", it's a blessed way,it's a happy way,and of course, it's God's way.
To those who are married, have a wonderful marriage and always remember:
YOU ARE BLESSED!

NOTE: Be sure to follow our next segment where we will talk about those who choose not to marry. It's a good one! Be Blessed!

Is it Love. . .or just will-power?

"TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE". . .I'm sure you've heard that saying before. Well, my friends, in today's segment, we explore "the reason for the season" if you will.

Often in our walk through life and in our marriages, we as humans are capable through desire and persistance, to acquire or accomplish things we have pursued. Is it a good thing? Of course it is; however, in marriage, it's only good if the element of Love is present.
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
You see, only during creation were things set in order. After that, God gives every individual free choice.(THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT)

Interestingly enough, "will-power" is simply an individual doing what they will or can, ( NOTE:NO MOTIVE NEEDED.) On the other hand Love is a motivation that causes an action. Such a thin line between the two.
Sadly enough, many marriage exist on just will-power alone, but it's really not enough.Why? . . .because will-power can run out, given the right timing, the right place, and the right opportunity, everything can change.
There is no drastic change or variance in Love. Listen to the scriptures:
1 Corinthians 13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.

Let's be real about the matter; when your relationship is soley based on will-power, there is no reason to sustain it and when certain pressures arise, it is an easy escape to just quit! Listen closely to what we are saying here.
Your sucess and happiness are on the line here. Take a good look in the mirror and tell yourself what you see.
On the other hand, Love is the key. Yes, my dear friends, Love will out weigh any storm of life, or any rocky relationship. Love makes the real difference, and besides, it makes you ONE!Trust me on this one, will-power eventually runs out. . .then what? Think about that!
Love of course will stand the test. Now where does it come from. . .you guessed it. . . it comes from God.
"to thine own self be true" kind of make you the judge eh? Love or will-power. . .what do the scales say for your marriage?
This is your day to be free. . .take advantage of it and always remember. . . .
YOU ARE BLESSED!