WHO CAN YOU TRUST?

Last week we made a very truthful, yet difficult statement.  We said the way things are in the world today nobody trusts anybody anymore.  There is no one or thing that seems trustworthy or reliable.  This is a sad conclusion to draw, yet I know it rings true to you, doesn’t it?  Let me welcome everyone to your 24/7 week long, online church service.  I cannot emphasize enough everyone is welcome in this place. 

Now let me be clear.  We all have friends or relatives that we know and love.  But truth be known, we all know that even these loved ones let us down or betray our trust at different times, don’t they?  This does not make them bad people.  It just makes them human.  Because we love them we usually forgive them and go on with our lives.  Yet these human experiences caution us not to give our one-hundred percent trust to any man or woman, doesn’t it? 

My friends, in these difficult times, I will point this out to you.  There is only one that is totally trustworthy and that is God, who presented himself to us through his son, Jesus Christ.  Let’s look at this trust.  Church, we want you to know there is One who will never let you down.  His name is Jesus.  If there is one thing I know for sure, church, is that Jesus is my Lord and Savior.  All through the New Testament of the Bible Jesus is referred to as Lord or The Lord.  Now with that in mind, let’s look at Deuteronomy in the Old Testament.  How many of you know Old Testament shows the character of God?  That character flows through Jesus to us.  So let’s read Deuteronomy 31:8 together:

“And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed.”

I ask you, are these comforting words or not?  That my friends, is the character of God.  His Word is true and he is completely trustworthy.  Let’s explore this scripture a little more closely.  Basically the very first thing it says is no matter what your situation in life is, no matter what you are going through – Moses in this scripture tells us clearly that God will  go before you.  You may have heard the saying that God will make a way where there seems to be no way.  That is our God.

Moses goes on to tell us this:  God will never fail us.  Now, that sounds trustworthy to me, how about you?  This scripture goes on to say that no matter what, your Lord will never forsake you. In other words, church, you put your trust in God and his son, Jesus Christ.  No matter what, he will never leave you or turn his back on you.   Now, who else can you say that about? 

One of the biggest things we face on this earth is fear, isn’t it?  We fear so many things – the loss of a job, broken relationships, the lack of money.  So many things plague us with fear.  Yet, in this scripture we are told boldly and clearly to fear not!!  Neither be dismayed.  Why?  Because God is with you and for you.  Believe that, my friends.  It is the Word of God and God does not break his Word.  Listen folks, I understand these words are not easy to believe.  But God has said them to us in his Word.  Jesus in the book of Mark addresses the belief and unbelief that we struggle with.  Let’s read Mark 9:23 together:

“Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to them that believeth.”

Jesus was talking to a distraught father whose son was possessed by demons.  This father needed help for his son, yet no help seemed to be available to him until Jesus came into his life.  That was his situation.  What is your situation, my friends?  The words of Jesus to this distraught father are his very exact same words to you this day.  Now, listen to Mark 9:24.  The father expresses truthfully his feelings and emotions and this is what he said:

“And straight way the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord I believe; help thou my unbelief.”

This points out our situation in so many cases, doesn’t it?  We say we believe in healing, Lord help our unbelief.  We say we believe in deliverance, Lord help our unbelief.  We even say we believe God has forgiven us of our sins, Lord help our unbelief.  Is this message becoming more clear to you know, folks? We are too hard on ourselves, church.  Sometimes we worry so much about our unbelief in a situation we forget to ask God to help with our belief.  God sees our struggles.  Seek him and he will show himself to you.  My  suggestion is to seek God and his direction for you first thing each morning.  Psalms 5:1-3 shows us the way.

“Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.  Herken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God; for unto thee will I pray.  My voice shall thou hear in the morning, O Lord.  In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.”

You see folks, God gives us direct instructions in his Word on how and when to talk with him.  God is telling you in no uncertain terms that he knows man cannot always be of help to you, but he can and will.  You must just believe him enough to ask for him to consider your thoughts pertaining to your life on this earth.  This scripture tells you it is okay to cry out your needs and desires to God.  You want results, you must cry out to your King and to your God.   The way to do that is to truly receive Jesus Christ into your heart and to confess Jesus as Lord and Savior of your life.

That gives you the right to cry out – My God, help me.  You are learning here to approach God in the morning.  It does no good to wait till nightfall to ask God to bless your day.  Do you understand this?  Listen to me everyone, my desire is to see you begin to believe and trust God in every situation of life that you find yourself in.   Come to know for certain that God’s Word is true.  He does love you.  He will never leave you nor forsake you.  Trust is something that is earned.  Jesus died on that cross just for you.  Now that is someone you can trust in.

God Bless You,

Bro. Bob

AND ABOVE ALL THESE THINGS

This week we’re going to talk about compassion, love and unity in the faith.  Believe me church, these are all compatible and built into all true believers.  The problem is, many believers don’t know, have never been taught or just plain don’t practice these God-given traits.  Welcome everyone to your 24/7, week long, online church service.  Everyone is welcome in this place. 

You know church, there are times when we as believers must be reminded of the good spirit God has given us.  The Holy Spirit of God will lead you into being a compassionate and loving person, one that desires to be one with other persons of like faith.  Let’s take a good look of how God expects his children to act toward each other and others.  We will begin by reading Colossians 3:12-14.  And this is what it states:

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another if any man have a quarrel against any:  Even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.  And above all these things put on charity which is the bond of perfectness.”

Notice that this scripture begins by saying ‘put on therefore.’  Then it goes on to say because of who we are in Christ it is our responsibility to on purpose behave and act with mercy, kindness and love towards others.  Even though God has saved us through his son, Jesus Christ, and has given us such holy and beautiful traits, he leaves it up to us to put on therefore his personality and to make it our own. 

Our number one desire as believers should be to be as he is.  The apostle Paul is talking to all believers here.  And guess what folks, that includes us.  Remember the Bible is the instruction Book of Life.  This is a very troubled world, my friends.  There is dissension at every hand.  Nobody trusts anybody anymore.  Manners seem to be a thing of a bygone era.  Everywhere we look from government to churches, people are treating each other with total disrespect.  Do not think for one moment that nonbelievers do not see the hypocrisy of believers preaching love but acting in hate toward those who do not agree with them. 

The apostle Paul is telling us to stop this foolishness and be who and what God has made us - a loving and trustworthy servant of God and his son, Jesus Christ.  It is time, my fellow believers, to practice what we preach.  If believers would set aside petty differences and just show love to one another and others, we would be winning over the lost souls that need a Savior.  If they do not see Jesus in us, why would they want to become like or even be one of us?  We must begin to show love to one another first.  Then we can share the love of Jesus with others in unity.  That my friends, will draw the lost to Jesus.  I John 3:14 states:

“We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren.  He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”

These are pretty strong words, church.  The way some people in the church talk and feel about others, makes you wonder if they have passed from death unto life, doesn’t it?  Understand this – I am not saying these things to be critical of you.  I am saying them to encourage and inspire you to be more like Jesus.  In the first scripture we read today Paul tells us who we are as believers.  He said that we have been elected by God to become his child.  That means God has chosen us to walk with and to serve him.  It goes on to say that we are holy and beloved.  That is all part of what salvation means, my friends.

The truth is, no one comes to God on their own.  That is not built into the human nature.  No, we are drawn by the Spirit of God and that is what is meant by being the elect of God.  The only variable is that we have the right to accept or reject the Holy Spirit’s outreach to us.  But, I am mainly talking to believers today.  You have accepted the urging of the Spirit to become God’s child and representative on the earth.  That is what is meant by being born again.

Now, just as you received and developed a personality in the natural, in the new birth you received the personality of God and his son, Jesus.  As you grow in him by reading his Word and renewing your mind to the things of God, his personality traits become your own.  These traits of mercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness and long suffering should not fade with time, but should grow in you.  That is why this scripture says so clearly to “put on therefore these things.”

Verse 14 of the scripture we read in Colossians is the icing on the cake.  Here the Holy Spirit so clearly states through the apostle Paul the words we must learn, know and use.  Once again it says “and above all things.”  Did you get that, church?  Above all things put on love!!  Love is the bond of perfectness.  In other words, love is the glue that seals us to the perfectness of God.  My friends, there is no room in the church for hate toward one another.  There is no room for hate toward anyone. 

Love must be our first quality.  When the apostle Paul says “above all things put on charity,” which means love, he is not kidding.  The point I am making here church, is this:  God has given us through his son Jesus a new way of life.  It should be a life of love, peace, mercy and grace.   We should be the most positive people on this earth.  It is built into us that all things are possible with God.  All I am asking you to do is to be who you really are in God. 

We should be praying and encouraging each other in the Lord.  Our prayers should be positive, knowing that God loves us.  Our mission should be God’s mission.  That is not to condemn the world and those that dwell therein, but to save the world.  It is much easier to accomplish this mission with love.  It is impossible to do with hatred and self righteousness. 

This world needs you, church.  Become a light to the world and draw people to Jesus by the love you show to the lovely and the unlovely people that are watching and observing you.

God Bless You,

Bro. Bob

IF WE DID NOT LOVE YOU

The message we presented to you last week was titled “The Truth Is This.”  In fact, every message we preach should come under that title.  In one of our very first messages, over two and a half years ago, I stated this:  My job as your online preacher is to give you the truth of the Word as God has given it to me.  That truth is Jesus and him crucified and each message must be based on the Word of God, which is the Bible.  Teaching from any other book or point of view is not truth.

Welcome everyone to your 24/7, week long, online church service.  Everyone is welcome in this place.  Last week we preached on sin and righteousness.  Not always a popular subject, but one that must be taught.  Whether we are believers or not there is a judgment day coming.  Our mission is to prepare you for that judgment day by presenting Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God to you.

Psalms 85:7 states this:

“Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation.”

That my friends, is the cry of the nations.  People from all lands, from Israel to Palestine to all of Europe, every continent, including the Americas need a Savior to show them salvation, mercy, love and grace.  The only person that fits that description is Jesus Christ.  I’m making a point here, church.  Do you understand what I am saying to you?  A note to believers:   Psalms 85:8 gives you some very direct instruction.  It says:

“I will hear what God the Lord will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people and to his saints; but let them not turn again to folly.”

What this scripture shows us is this:  You have to be attentive to God.  This scripture points out clearly that God speaks to his people.  Oftentimes in the Bible Jesus is referred to as the Good Shepherd and we as his believers are called his sheep.  Turn with me John 10:27-30.  Jesus is speaking here.

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.   My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.  I and my Father are one.”

This should be very exciting and wonderful information for all believers.  Jesus says much in these two scriptures we have presented to you.  Let’s look a little closer at these Bible verses.  We have already established by scripture that God and his son Jesus talk to us and we are able to talk to them.  Psalms 85:8 also tells us what it is that God speaks to his people.  Read it again for yourselves.  It says God speaks peace to you.  My friends, one thing men everywhere in this insecure and crazy world is missing, is peace. 

How many times have you heard someone say or show how stressed out they are.  Even many believers seem frenzied and out of control.  This should not and does not have to be.  Listen to the voice of God, my friends.  He is speaking peace to you.  Now, referring back to last week, God says “I speak peace to you,” but then he gives a warning to you.  That warning is this:  “But do not let them return to their folly.” This is talking about sin in your life.

Let me put it to you this way:  God speaks peace to you.  You hear his voice.  Now, do you want to retain this peace God has given you or not?  If you do, you must not return to sin as  way of life.  I guarantee you peace cannot and will not stay where sin prevails.  Now look, I understand we are all human and sometimes we allow sin back into our lives.  The key is this:  As soon as you recognize sin has re-entered into your life, repent and turn away from it and ask God to forgive you.

Peace will stay with you and comfort you.  Why?  Because God loves you and will neither leave you, nor forsake you. My advice – read the Book and follow the instructions.  What Book?  The Bible of course.  We just read John 10:27-30, didn’t we?  Jesus tells us here that he knows us and gives us eternal life.  Is that not a great gift?  He goes on to say that we as believers will never perish.  Of course, Jesus is talking about eternal life with him.  Listen folks, there are people that teach no one will perish and all on this earth will live with God and Jesus forever.  But, that is just not true.

Jesus said his people know and hear his voice.  He gives peace to his people and his people will never perish.  He even warns his people to not return to sin.  Why would that be?  Because, as the scripture said, no man can pluck you out of his hand and that is truth.  But another truth is this:   You can walk right out of his hand anytime you wish to.  That, my friends, is called free will.

You may say “Brother Bob, why are you focusing so much on sin and accountability as this time?”  The reason my good friends, is because I love and care about you.  God desires that you have knowledge of the effects of sin in your life.  God wants you to have a life of victory and joy while following him on this earth.  I would be doing you an injustice if I did not point out to you the perils of sin.  The truth is, sin is deadly.  It may look and appear to be fun and exciting, but in truth it is ugly and has only one purpose and that is to destroy you physically, mentally and spiritually.  Jesus put it best in John 10:10-11.

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy; I am come that they might have life and that they may have it more abundantly.  I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.”

There it is, church.  Satan is the thief.  He wants to destroy everything good in your life.  This goes whether you are a believer or not.  He desires to rob you of all you possess.  But most of all, he desires to kill you physically, mentally and spiritually.  The tool he uses to accomplish his purpose is sin, no matter how good that sin appears to be.  Jesus gave you life and life more abundantly by removing sin from your life. 

Our desire is for you to be set free and to stay free from the bondages of sin.  That is why we presented this message.  If we did not love and care for you, you would not be reading or listening to this message today.

God Bless You,

Bro. Bob

THE TRUTH IS THIS

You know church, this is a strange time we find ourselves in.  So many churches no longer teach about the uncomfortable things of the Spirit.  The truth is this:  We are hearing more opinion than Bible facts coming from the church pulpits in America.  The preaching of sin or righteous living is almost nonexistent.  We hear a lot about God’s blessing, but little on accountability or consequences of sin in our lives.   This is a trend that must not continue. 

Welcome everyone to your 24/7, week long, online church service.  Everyone is welcome in this place.  Understand this, my friends, we can preach any subject covered in the Bible.  The teaching of the Word is not to condemn you, but to uplift you and give you hope.  Jesus himself said he came not to condemn the world, but to save the world.  The preaching about sin and righteous living is designed by God to show you the way out, and the way to stay out of bondage.  Preachers should not and must not shy away from these subjects.  Let’s look at John 3:16-17.  These are the words of Jesus.

“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.  For God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”

Isn’t that action by God what believers everywhere will be celebrating today?  A day known as Easter Sunday.  Unfortunately, Jesus will have to share this day with the Easter bunny and egg hunts.  Wonder how he feels about that?  It must be okay though.  Many churches are sponsoring those Easter egg hunts, right?  The correct answer should be – wrong.  What are these churches doing?  What are they thinking?  Truth is, they are thinking like the world. 

I personally think it is sin to dilute the resurrection of our Lord with Easter bunnies and egg hunts taking first place in the hearts of our children.  I used the above scripture to show you that even as sinners God loves us and does not desire to condemn us.  His desire is to save us from the bondages of sin.  He knows that sin in our life is designed by Satan to separate us from himself.  Another scripture that backs this up is found in the book of John 12:46.  Jesus is talking here.

“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”

Should not this be the only focus of our attention on this day called Easter Sunday?  If not, it should be.  What is that darkness Jesus is talking about, my friends?  Simply stated, it is walking without knowing or serving God mainly due to our lack of knowledge and our lives of sin.  Jesus came to give us firsthand knowledge of himself.  And he has given us the Word of God, which is the Bible, to increase our knowledge of him.  Yet, it is our choice to receive him or not. 

Oftentimes as believers we do not understand why we feel so weighted down in despair when we know we should be joyful and victorious in our walk with God.  Dare I say, my fellow believers, that perhaps we should examine ourselves thoroughly for any sin we may have in our lives.  What?  Christians with sin?  How could that be?  My friends, we are all subject to allowing sin back into our lives.  The key is to recognize it and lay it aside quickly.  Remember, God loves us and does not want sin in our lives.  Remember what the scripture said – Jesus came not to condemn you, but to save you.  He has forgiveness for you.  All you need to do is ask.  Hebrews 12:1-2 addresses this very thing.

“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,  and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

This scripture, by the way, was preached to believers.  That being the case, why should it not be preached today?  This scripture also points out that it is possible to rid ourselves of the very heavy weight of sin in our lives.  Let me point this out to you.  Sin to the true, born again, Spirit filled believer is not a natural thing.  In fact, God hates sin and so does the true believer.  That may explain why believers that return to a sinful way of life do not enjoy their coveted sin as much as they did before salvation. 

The person that was redeemed from alcoholism does not enjoy the drinking of alcohol anymore.  A person delivered from any addiction does not enjoy that addiction they have returned to.  These are just two examples.  The truth is, sin will never be as enjoyable to a believer as it was before salvation.  One very important thing to remember regarding sin is regardless if you are a believer or not, sin pays some very serious wages.  Please turn with me to Romans 6:23 for confirmation of this statement.  It says:

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

I want you to understand this, my friends.  Sin will separate you from God.  Not his love, but from his presence.  This scripture also points out something that is so very important to understand.  Whereas sin brings death to you spiritually and oftentimes physically, the gift of God is always there for you.  That gift is salvation through Jesus Christ, God’s love for us in action.

I say to all unbelievers today – God loves you and has prepared a way for you to be set free from the bondages of sin.  Jesus died just for you.  Sin in its truest form is death.  Righteousness in its truest form is Jesus Christ and through him eternal life.   You may be sensing that truth this very instant as the Holy Spirit of God beckons you from death unto life in God.  E-mail me today.  After all, this is an online church.  I will get back with you and help show you the way to the saving grace of God.  I will be waiting for your e-mail.  Don’t put it off.  E-mail me today at BrotherBob@TheSpiritofWisdom.org.

Now I turn to you, my fellow believers.  If you have been struggling with sin in your life, let it go.  Return to that place of repentance and the love of God you first felt when you gave your life to Jesus.  The joy you felt then is still there today.  That joy is your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  Let me put it this way:  Sin is death.  Jesus is life.  Which do you choose this very day?








God Bless You,

Bro. Bob

YOUR ONLINE CHURCH 2009 TO PRESENT (PART II)

A LOOK AT OURSELVES

The foundation scripture for the Spirit of Wisdom Ministries comes from Ephesians 1:15-17.  Let’s read it together.

“Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.”

Welcome everyone to your 24/7, week long, online church service.  Everyone, and I do mean everyone, is welcome in this place.  This week we will continue our review of how and why our online church came into existence.  Remember I told you week before last, this should not be taken as a sermon, but rather as sort of a business meeting.  In other words, we want to be very open and transparent to you.  Two weeks ago we posted Part I of this message.  I would suggest you go back and read or listen to that posting again. 

In that message we laid out for you how God dropped the idea of an online church into my spirit.  A strange idea to me as I had no, let me repeat – no computer skills.  From 2007 to 2009 there was a battle between my mind and my spirit.  Thank God my spirit won out.  I talked in that message about how God placed a young man into my life with excellent computer skills.  We became good friends and he became our computer technician and expert.  From August 2009 to this present date, Justin has helped us to present this gospel message to you.

My wife, Vicki, is my sounding board and types every message for us.  I cannot do this without them.  Vicki is the love of my life and Justin is a great friend.  So you see, all I had to do was to be willing and God provided the help and the way.  Well, that sort of brings you up to date.  My friends, I can’t express to you in adequate words how blessed I am to present words of life to you each week.  Everyday I pray “Lord please give me your Words of life so I can give them to anyone who needs them”

Our number one priority is to lead people to Jesus.  I clearly remember telling Justin on that first day, August 5, 2009 – “Justin we just want to help somebody.”  I just knew in my spirit if we did that on a continuing basis God would be happy with us.  Every week we boldly shine the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ into the darkness of your life.  We are aware that Satan desires to rob, steal and kill every good thing in your life.  God has chosen us as he has chosen you.  He has chosen us to give forth the words of life he has for you.  He has chosen you to receive these words and to turn your life around.  John 10:10 points this out.  Jesus is speaking here.

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:  I am come that they might have life,  and that they might have it more abundantly.”

So you see folks, that is the reason we are here.  We are not here for financial gain.   In fact, we have never asked for one penny in donations or collections.  We are not here for our own glory.  I cannot tell you the number of times I have told Justin or Vicki “I can’t state it that way.  God gets the glory, not me.”  John 3:30 states:

“He must increase, but I must decrease.”

This scripture is one that I adhere to.  I am just a message giver.  God and his son Jesus Christ are the message.  That is the reason about a year and a half ago we added the scripture of the week to our church services.  Actually, we added the scripture of the week so you would have something to mediate on all week long.  Remember church, always put God first in your life.

The head of this online church is God, our heavenly Father.  The light of this online church is Jesus Christ, our Lord, our Savior and our Redeemer.  And the blessing of this online church to us is you.  Knowing that your life will improve because of our God given effort blesses us to no end.  So let us return to our foundation scripture.  Ephesians 1:15-17.

Church, we cease not to give thanks for you and we do pray for you daily.  We ask God to give you the spirit of wisdom to help you in your everyday walk while on this earth.  I pray that through our messages you will receive revelation in the knowledge of God.  One of my prayers to God is that he will reveal himself to you in a very special way.  God loves you, my friends.

I pray this online church will lead you to Jesus for salvation, healing and deliverance from demonic oppression.  Ever since we started this online church over two and a half years ago, people have asked me how long we will do this.  The answer is this: When God says we have done all he has desired of us we will stop and not before.  I do know this one thing.  One day our mission will be completed.  Yet yours may just be ready to start.  I believe God is preparing someone out there to continue the preaching of this gospel online.  They will be ready when it is our time to do other things. 

God Bless You, Church

Brother Bob

A Special Note: A member of our online Church, Nancy Stewart, has gone home to be with the Lord. She will be missed by her family and friends. Please pray for her family, for God's peace in their lives.

BE A DECIDER (Repost from Sunday, October 4, 2009)

It is hard to believe that another week has passed. I pray it has been a blessed week for you. If you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior, I know you are blessed in all things, regardless of the circumstances that surround and try to affect you. It is your reaction to these circumstances that will make the difference in victory or defeat. Remember, the Bible is your direction for living and prayer is your form of communication with our Lord.

Welcome, my good friends, to your 24/7 week long online church service. Everyone is welcome in this place. This church is not a social club for Christians only. Our mission is to preach Jesus to all. Our desire is to show you a pathway to the love and mercy of Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of our heavenly Father; the God above all gods.

Of course, my fellow Christians, this online church is for you also. Our desire for you is to help you stay on the narrow way (road) of eternal life. Refer to Matthew 7:13-14:

“Enter ye in at the strait gate: For wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.”

Unbeliever, you are already on the wide way (road) that leads to destruction. No matter how good life appears to you at this time. You may be successful on your job. You may have a good marriage. You may be a good and lovable person, yet destruction lies ahead. You are blindly heading toward the trap Satan has set for you. This is a warning from God today, my friend. Get off that road now!! Accept Jesus today as your Lord and Savior and follow the narrow way to life. The Holy Spirit will lead you unto eternal life and I guarantee you will be a better father/mother, husband/wife, friend, employee or employer than you ever thought possible on this earth.

Believers, it is so important that you stay on the narrow path. I remember when I lived near Detroit, Michigan, my sister Vicki and her family lived two hundred and thirty miles away in northern Michigan. Often times, when I would drive to visit her in the Michigan winters, there would be treacherous ice covering the highway. I would see cars in the ditches to the left and right of me. My solution was to drive as close to the middle of the road as possible. That way, if my car started sliding to the left or to the right, I would have enough room to make the correction and get the car under control. My advice to my believer friends is to stay in the middle of the narrow road to life. When the circumstances of life, the unfairness and realities of this world hit you, you will make the correction needed by turning to God for help. You will not slide off the narrow road leading to life onto the broad road of destruction and eternal death.

Today is a day of decision, my friends. We are not guaranteed even one more second of life on this earth. Will our decision be to live for God? Or will we decide to stay on the wide way that leads to destruction?

I remember a preacher snapping his fingers to illustrate a beating heart. As he talked, he just kept snapping those fingers, then all of a sudden he snapped one more time and stopped!! That, my friends, is how fragile life is. What decisions we make regarding Jesus should be made now!!


I remember when former President Bush said he was the “decider.” Many pundits and even myself made fun of that. But you know what? He was right. There is a time to become a decider and guess what? That time is now. A friend once said “God will call, wait for your acceptance, then equip you to do the job.” What job? That job of presenting Jesus to a lost and dying world. Look around you, my friends, don't you think the world needs Jesus today? God is waiting for our decision. As we decide to follow Him, He will equip us so we will not fail.

Believers, decide today to get back to the business of putting God first in your life. Get the Bible out again and decide to get the revealed Word of Truth down in your soul. Decide to let the Words of Life lead and guide you to share Jesus with others.

Nonbelievers, decide today that Jesus is the Son of God. Decide to accept Jesus as Lord and Savior in your heart. If it sounds like I am repeating myself, nonbeliever, I am. Ask Jesus for forgiveness of sins in your life. Ask Jesus to come into your heart today. Confess Jesus today as Lord and Savior of your life. Be a decider, my friends, be a decider.

Believers, decide to do the work He has done and even greater works. What? You don't think this can be done? Please turn with me to John 14:12 (Jesus speaking).

“Verily, verily (truly) I say unto you. He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do: Because I go unto my Father.”

You now must decide if you believe what Jesus said is true or not. Personally, I have decided to believe Him. So cheer up, my brothers and sisters, and run the race with joy unspeakable and full of glory. Drop sin and death from your life and replace it with Jesus, who is life.

I believe this message will be life saving and life changing today. Some people believe I am a dreamer. And you know what? I am. Refer to Joel 2:28.

“And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.”

I could preach five sermons on this scripture alone, but the point is: I do dream, ladies and gentleman. I dream of all my children and grandchildren being saved and having eternal life. I dream of a world where Christians will be led by the Holy Spirit and follow the direction of the Bible rather than by false teachers and false doctrine. I dream of a Godly people that preach peace and not war as the solution to all problems between nations. After all, wasn't Jesus the Prince of Peace? And yes, I do know that there will be just reasons for war. But, I also know many wars are fought and many people have died because of wars that were waged for power, greed and profit. Armageddon, the war to end all wars, will surely come my friends. But God will be the architect of that war, that will usher in Jesus as King of Kings and Lord of Lords; not greedy and lustful men. I dream that the lost will find and accept Jesus and live eternally with the Father. Yes, my friends, I am a dreamer. I dream this online church will reach all who God intends it to reach. I have decided to be a decider. Today, my friends, my decision is to follow Jesus. How about you?

God Bless you,
Bro. Bob

YOUR ONLINE CHURCH 2009 to PRESENT

A LOOK AT OURSELVES

This week I have been looking back on the past two and a half years.  It is a review that I do every once in a while just to check myself and to make sure I am being true to my calling.  Welcome everyone to your 24/7, week long, online church service.  I cannot stress enough that everyone is welcome in this place. 

I would ask you to not look upon this message as a teaching or preaching message.  Rather, consider it more as a church business meeting – a review of how we got started, what our original purpose was and what it is today.  Hopefully, if we are consistent, the purpose of this ministry has not changed.  We just want to help somebody.

The idea of this online church ministry was first given to me near the end of 2007.  We had been living and attending a home church in Tennessee.  We decided to move back to Florida.  My long time calling to preach and share the gospel of Jesus Christ was fired up and focused during our year of residence in Tennessee.  As we prepared to move back to Florida, I was wondering in what direction God would lead me.  I knew his calling was for sure and very real.  No doubt about that.  But, how would it manifest itself?  Would I be preaching as an evangelist in churches and meetings?  Was I to start a home church such as we had just left?  Good questions, but no clear direction at that time.

I did know this, my passion to see people saved, healed and delivered was at an all time high.  I knew God was going to use me to help others, but did not know exactly how.  Reading Romans Chapter 10:13-14, I began to see God’s roadmap for me.  Remember my passion?  That all, that is everyone, must have the opportunity to be saved and have eternal life with God and his son, Jesus Christ.  Romans 10:13-14  states:

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.  How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed?  And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?  And how shall they hear without a preacher?”

The apostle Paul was presenting to the church at Rome and also to us, the church of today, what the problem is.  All that call upon God will be saved.  But, if they know nothing or very little of God or his son, Jesus Christ – how can they even know how or why to call on him?  The answer is – they need a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ to help them understand who God is.  Yes folks, preachers are still needed and used by God today just as in the days of old. 

As I contemplated the need for people to hear a solid preacher, who teaches by Bible and not opinion standards, God dropped the idea of an online church into my heart and spirit.  My heart and spirit received the idea.  My brain did not.  Somewhere and somehow in my spirit, I knew this would be a very effective way to reach people for Jesus.  My brain, however, said it would not work – very simply because I knew nothing about computers or the internet.  The obvious conclusion for me to draw was that this idea was not God’s, but my own foolish idea.  Boy, was I wrong!  As much as I dismissed the thought, the more it kept popping up.

The battle between my spirit and brain was constantly ongoing.  One thing I did do during this time was to keep preparing to share God’s Word with others by reading and meditating on God’s Word daily.  All through 2008, the battle was on.  The more I dismissed the internet, the more it would come to mind.  God began to show me how we could reach people all around the world, at all levels of faith, just by preaching out of the Bible regarding his son, Jesus Christ. Any teaching of Jesus based on any other thing than the Bible, is false teaching.

I began to realize how many people work on Sundays and are not able to attend church.  God also showed me that many people were spiritually hurt by false doctrine or unethical preachers while attending church.  They did not want to be ruled by man’s opinion about God, they just want to know God. Also, there are people who have seen Christians preach love and exercise hate.  That my friends, is called hypocrisy.

In 2009 I began to express to my wife the thoughts I was having.  I have to tell you folks, as supportive as Vicki is today of our online church, it was obvious to me she had the same doubts and concerns that I had.  Finally, I decided this idea was of my own making and not of God.  The decision was made to no longer contemplate on starting an online church service, period.  That was my decision, church, but God had other plans.

He would constantly, day and night plant thoughts of helping others (including you) by the sharing of his Word and love for you.  And guess how?  By way of the internet.  Now I understand I have taken a long time to lay down this foundation of our ministry for you.  I just wanted you to see how much thought, consideration and self-examination  went into the formation of your 24/7, week long, online church. 

In August of 2009, I went to dinner with a friend of mine by the name of Justin Rocque.  Justin is a computer whiz who now owns his own computer repair and training service.  As we were in conversation I told him of what I felt God wanted me to do.  I also told him that I had no idea of how to accomplish what God desired of me.  So, I was just not going to do it.  Justin looked right at me and said  “I know how.  If you believe this is what you need to do, let’s go back to your house and I will set it up for you.”  And just like that, God showed me if I would just be willing to serve him, he would provide the way.  That night was August 2, 2009.  And by the way, Justin still helps us today.

The Spirit of Wisdom Ministries was launched.  I cannot get over the goodness of God.  I want to repeat to you the exact words of our first posting – very short and very much to the point.  This is what we posted.  You can check it out for yourselves in our message archives.  We started by saying – Welcome to the Spirit of Wisdom Ministries.  We went on to say this blog is designed to be an “online church.”  I will share the Word of God with you.  I will relate how the Bible is the Word of God and how it relates to today.  I will strive to make it interesting and truthful.  I will not give you my opinion unless noted as such.  This site is at this very moment being created and more information about me and this ministry will be forthcoming.  God bless all who look at this site.

There you are folks, the first posting of August 2, 2009.  We have strived to stay true to our first message.  Our first and foremost goal is to share the Word of God with you and to lead people to Jesus.  Our desire today, as it was then, is to show how the Bible relates to our everyday living.  The Word of God is always up to date, regardless of the generation it is read in.  We have always attempted to be interesting and truthful.  Everything we teach or preach is based only on the Bible.  There is no greater truth than that.  Our opinions on subjects are always noted.  And by the way, our opinions are not gospel, the Bible is!

We will continue this message in two weeks.  Next week, we will be presenting a repost of a former message.  A message entitled – Be a Decider, first given in October 2009.  That is what our online church is all about, folks.  Inspiring you to decide to put God and his son, Jesus, first in your life.  Then, on March 25th, we will continue our review of your online church.  Great things are ahead of us church.  Let’s explore them together.  After all, God has provided this online church just for you. 











God Bless You

Bro. Bob