So ... SING!

"And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and

sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them."

(Acts 16:25)

"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker,

who gives songs in the night."

(Job 35:10)

The Apostle Paul and Silas were in prison, "Singing."  In one of the worst times of my life, the Lord wanted me to sing; I had a respiratory infection; I had hurt my back and I was in terrible pain; we were going through grand jury trials to prosecute someone for a crime done against my family  ...  and the Lord said to me, "Sing."  I could barely breathe, literally!  Furthermore, He wanted me to sing the chorus, "This is the day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in it."  I did it  ...  and I have just one thing to say to you  ...  you're in deep trouble, marriage problems, national unrest in your country, financial trouble, disease and sickness, pain and trauma  ...  Hey, we've all been there; man is of a few days and full of trouble.  Paul did it; I did it; others did it; you can do it  ...  "So  ...  SING!" 

 But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy

mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence

 and refuge in the day of my trouble."

(Psalm 59:16)

"What good will it do for me to sing?" you ask.  It's simple; the wicked howl, but we, the children of the King, will sing.  Worship brings the presence of God.  He didn't say you have to have a good voice; it's a matter of the heart, a posture of praise, a position of surrendering and offering ourselves up to the One who does all things well!  During that calamity I stated above, I sang, and when I did, the victory came.  The trials didn't stop, but the man was convicted; we were given the strength to endure; the presence of the Lord was surrounding us, holding us, and comforting us  ...  through it.  The song is the declaration of your soul that you trust the Creator who made you; the song brings a release in the Spirit; the song looses angels and defeats devils; the song floats in wafty lilts to the ears of the One who holds all the answers  ...  Ah, the song  ...  try it  ...

Psalm 59:16 ~ From the Treasury of David

"When those lovers of darkness find their game is up, and their midnight howlings

die away, then will I lift up my voice on high and praise the lovingkindness of God

without fear of being disturbed. What a blessed morning will soon break for the righteous,

 and what a song will be theirs! Sons of the morning, ye may sigh to-night, but joy

will come on the wings of the rising sun, Tune your harps even now, for the signal to

commence the eternal music will soon be given; the morning cometh and your sun shall

go no more down for ever."

Beautiful, isn't it?  David gained strength from his song, and we gain strength from our song.  Sing, children, sing, for your sun will shine again; your joy will arise with newness in its wings; your peace will return like a gentle moonlit night; your hope will mount up on the promises of God's Word.  The Angels of our God arrive when the Holies resound; atmospheres change when the Holy One is exalted; power is extended when praise becomes ordained strength; all of heaven stands at attention when the Holy Creator is hallowed; the stresses of your soul are soothed by the praises of your mouth  ...  Sing!

"Be exalted, O LORD, in your strength;

we will sing and praise your might."

(Psalm 21:13)

Ephesians 5:19 says, "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord."  Have you ever made up a song to the Lord?  Huh?  He loves that!  Why?  Because it's uniquely YOU.  It is an offering only You can give, a praise from your own heart, an incense from your spirit to God's Spirit that no one else in the entire world can give Him  ...  He loves it.  You say, "I'm going through terrible things; I just don't have it in me to sing a song."  I hear you, but try it; dig deep within you and   ...  do it.

"I've got all these problems."  "I've never cried so much in my life."  "My family is torn apart."  "There's war all around me."  "My husband/wife left me."  "My teenager has run away."  "Drugs are killing me."  "My finances are in ruins."  ...  So  ...  SING!

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Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(Sending the Song out to the world!)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sunday 10:30 am and Wednesday 7:15 pm

~~~~~~~Live Streaming~~~~~~~

God bless you, dear one; please send us your prayer

needs, and if you would like to sow seed in good 

holy, fertile ground, please give a love offering 

@ promiselandchurch.net.  The Lord will bless

you abundantly!  May His love enfold you!

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Pastor Phillips and Karen Phillips

We're expecting good reports this month!

Thank You, Lord Jesus, for their Miracles!

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"Your God Will Come!"

"Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be Strong,

fear not: Behold your God will come with

vengeance, even God with a recompence;

he will come and save you."

(Isaiiah 35:4)

He's the ONE who will kiss away all your troubles; He's the Lily of the Valley, the bright and morning star, the fairest of ten thousand, the lover above all; He's your toasty warmth in the frozen arctic of the coldness of life; He's the loving soft whispers in the distant glow of moonlight; He's the stroll of welcomed peace in the midst of your tortured mind; He will carry you through the unsteady trails of fear and travail; He's the gentle hand's caress in the darkness of midnight; He's the dove that coos in the weariness of your spirit and makes everything all right.  He will never leave, nor forsake you; His angels watch over and protect you; He is your strong tower and your safe place to dwell.  He IS!  

"Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm

the feeble knees."

(Isaiah 35:3)

We don't walk alone; we are not traversing the desert with no water; the Lord will water our souls; our strength will be made new and our wells will flow with the rivers of living water He pours into our thirsty spirits:

In the dryness of your parched lonely ground, the Lord will satisfy your arid hungry soul.  The world has a way of draining us; we fight daily for our sanity among the evil that flashes before our eyes all around us, as we struggle to be holy, as we strain for the glory and beauty of heaven in the midst of evil and darkness.  But when we sit in darkness, the Lord shall be our light; He will burst through our spirits with gladness and Joy; the terror by night is gone and the fears by day are no more.  The springs of beauty arise in the wings of holiness sent from the portals of glory; the Lord of Lords arrives with healing in His wings, with purity in His hands, with peace in His voice  ...  and all is well  ...  No, He doesn't always remove the storm, but sometimes He carries us through it; ALWAYS, underneath are His everlasting arms; ALWAYS, He is the ONE in whom we believe for all things.  We are never alone.

Hide me under the rock that is "higher than I;" O, Savior, hide me under the rock!  The streams of Your love, O Lord, are all we need; we will swim in the rivers of blessed assurance that You, alone, are the rock of our souls, the armor in our battles, the Spirit of Truth, the power within us, the omnipotence that guides us, the Hero that saves us  ...  Thank You, Lord Jesus!

 

"And an highway shall be there, and a way, and

it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall

not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring

men, though fools shall not err therein."

(Isaiah 35:8)

"The way of holiness" is the way for all mankind  ...  that is, if we want to see Almighty God, the Lord Jesus Christ.  He IS a Holy God and not one thing unholy abides with Him.  He ate with the publicans and sinners to draw them unto Himself.  Jesus Christ will come to you wherever you are to lift you out of the mire and set you in the heavenly choir.  His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts, but the one thought which is agreed upon between God and man is:  We need Him, and He needs us!  What?  He needs us?  Without Him, we "can do nothing;" without us, He "will do nothing."   

"No lion shall be there, not any ravenous

beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be

found there: but the redeemed shall walk there:

And the ransomed of the Lord shall return

and come to Zion with songs and

everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall

obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and

sighing shall flee away."

(Isaiah 35:9-10)



 That's why He needs us, to fill up the heaven He has prepared for us, and to bring every living soul we can find with us.  His love is from the North to the South, from the East to the West, from Sea to shining Sea, from Nation to Nation; it's for all flesh, every kindred and tongue, for the dust He formed into creation, for the whole of mortals, for the love of His heart, soul, mind, and Spirit  ...  it's for You and me  ...

Jesus loves His world

The Lord Jesus Christ stands at the door waiting  ...  waiting for You!  You don't have to dread tomorrow; you can feel free as a flying bird, even if you are in prison; the sins that have plagued your life can be gone; the shame and guilt can be replaced with joy unspeakable and full of glory; the heaviness of all of your burdens can be lifted upon His strong shoulders; the feeling of hopelessness can be gone; the thought that you have no where to turn can be filled with the thought of Him, Your Savior, Your Redeemer, Your Lord; pray with me, won't you?

Dear Lord, I don't know where to turn; my

life is on the road to total destruction.  Please

help me; have mercy on me, and forgive me

of every sin I have ever committed.  I'm sorry

for all I have done that is evil, wrong, sinful,

hateful, and unholy.  Please make me holy;

fill me with Your Spirit and I will speak with

tongues as Your Spirit enters my body; that's

how I will know that I have Your Spirit inside

of me, and I will know I am saved and redeemed.

I will be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus

Christ for the remission of my sins.  Lord, I will

read Your Word, the Holy Bible, and I will be

a witness for You all the days of my life.  Give me

joy now, I pray, and set me free forever.  Thank

You, Lord Jesus; I praise and worship You with

my whole heart, soul, mind, body and strength.

Amen and Amen!

If you prayed that prayer, contact promiselandchurch.net for materials, and we will put you on our prayer list to be covered in prayers twenty-four hours a day, because You are greatly loved.  Know this, dear precious one, when You call out to Him, the Lord Jesus Christ, "Your God Will Come!"







(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

Pastor Kenneth Phillips

(He brings God to every Nation, kindred and tongue)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sunday 10:30 am and Wednesday 7:15 pm

~~~~~~~Live Streaming~~~~~~~

Please send us your prayer requests, and if you 

would like to sow a seed in fertile good ground, 

please give your love offering @ promiselandchurch.net.

God bless you, dear one, and I know He surely will!

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Pastor Steve Fender will be with us Sunday, 10/20/13!

He is a walking Miracle; you don't want to miss

this!  Join us @ 10:30 on Sunday!

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Pastor Phillips and Karen Phillips

Pastor is cancer free, and we're expecting 

good reports for Karen, as well!

Thank You, Lord Jesus, for their Miracles!

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"NOT SUGGESTIONS!"

"I am the LORD thy God, who have brought 

thee out of the land of Egypt..."

(Exodus 20:1-17)

Moses

The ceremonial law, and the civil laws of the Old Testament changed in the New Testament, after our Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again.  Those laws were done away with, namely the ceremonial laws of the killing of animals for sacrifices, because "blood must always be shed for the remission of sins."  The sacrificing of all those animals covered the people's sins only "temporarily;" this is why they had to keep coming back with the sacrifices continually.  When our Lord Jesus died on the cross and gave His blood for all mankind, it did away with the sacrifices, because He became THE sacrifice for all mankind; His blood shed took care of the sins of the whole world forever.  The civil laws were also done away with; Civil laws are those that deal with Israel’s legal system, including the issues of land, economics, and criminal justice. An example of a civil law is Deuteronomy 15:1 , "At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts."  But, the moral laws, such as The Ten Commandments, did not change in the New Testament, and are still applicable to mankind today.  Moral laws are defined as those that deal with timeless truths regarding God’s intention for human ethical behavior.

It's all about a Holy God wanting a holy people.  "Holy" means 'having a pure quality, being consecrated.'  You say, "Do you mean walking around with your nose in the air, a holier than thou attitude?"  No.  A person can be holy who has hardly a penny to his name, and a person who lives in a mansion can be holy.  It is not position or status, but it's a matter of the heart  ...  and, it should be said that if one is truly holy on the inside, it will show on the outside.  Remember the man who was full of demons that Jesus healed?  Later, the townspeople saw him, and "he was clothed and in his right mind."  The first thing the devil does is to get you to take your clothes off.  Holy is not "naked;" holy does not parade the flesh; holy gives no occasion to the flesh, but is consumed with the Spirit of the Lord.

God wants our temples, or bodies, to be Holy before Him; He wants our actions and behaviors to be Holy; He wants mankind to be Holy; He wants a Holy people to come before Him with pure hearts in the auspices of righteousness.  All have sinned and come short of the glory of God, so how can we do this?  Repentance!  More should be said today in the pulpits of God; more should be preached today in every Nation, kindred and tongue about that subject  ...  Repentance!  We would see more miracles, more conversions, more power, more Glory, more wonders, more signs, more of all that God IS and represents   ...   if   ...  if all people came into His presence "clean," through Repentance.  God moves in the greatest of ways, in the Holy mist of His omnipotent presence, in the realms of His Holiness, when all are repentant before Him.  We will see more  ...  if we come before Him Holy.

      

Our Almighty God comes into the atmosphere of Holiness; He abides in the Holy places; He visits the humble; He hovers and overshadows the repentant; He is near to those with a broken heart and contrite in spirit; He resists the proud, the boastful, the arrogant, and unholy.  It's time for the world to embrace the Ten Commandments, to become a holy place for the visitation of God, to rid ourselves of evil, idolatry, Sin, and blasphemy  ...  Lay it all down before the One who is coming back, the One who has prepared a place that where He is, we may be also.  For many, all around the world, in every Nation, the atmosphere is changing, the outpouring of the Holy Ghost is evident, the repentant are receiving, the Lord is visiting  ...  in a Mighty way!  Hallelujah!  Repentance brings restoration, newness of life, infilling of the Spirit, and it only comes from the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ!

(Visit promiselandchurch.net and theexperience238.com.)

Pastor Kenneth Phillips 

(He's telling the Nations about the 

Ten Commandments)

PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas

Services Sundays 10:30 am and Wednesdays 7:15 pm

~~~~~Live Streaming~~~~~

Please send us your prayer requests and if you would 
like to help us reach the world for Jesus Christ, go 
to promiselandchurch.net and give online.  We have 
the same Pastor for over 45 years; He walks the walk
 and talks the talk; you will be sowing into good ground.  
God Bless you, dear one, and I know He surely will!

Pastor Phillips and Karen Phillips
This is the month for good reports!
Pastor is cancer free!  We believe for Karen!
Thank You, Lord Jesus, for their Miracles!

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