Author: jilevan

Well it’s another year and another decade. It’s a new beginning for us and it can be a new way of doing things. I believe this year we will see things we’ve never witnessed before, good and bad. We must commit to prayer and intercession for our friends and family, our country and the government and Israel.
I will be using this webpage more this year, so those that follow this ministry can get it here and Facebook. I plan to be doing a live podcast soon so I will be posting details soon.
Study the word daily, fellowship with the Father and pray and intercede. God bless and a blessed 2020 to everyone.

How many times have we heard predictions of approaching storms and laughed it off to later see that we should have listened to the warning and took shelter?
Often the sun is shining; the sky is blue and nothing gives the indication of an approaching storm, but we’ve been warned and yet because we can’t see anything to indicate bad weather, we ignore it.
I remember last fall, as I sat on the beach, I looked across the water and banking storm clouds billowed high on the horizon. Predictions were out for a chance of a hurricane in the Atlantic to affect the weather later in the week, but at that time the sun was shining and there were no other visible signs of a storm, except the marshmallowey clouds over the water.
Many times in our natural every day lives, we fail to take the time to listen and then we wonder how we could have been caught off guard, when the storms of life come upon us. We need to keep our spirit man stronger than the flesh at all times, by the Word of God, praying, fasting and staying in the presence of God.
Today there is such a big thing about working out at the gym, building muscle, burning fat and staying in shape. I couldn’t agree more, but do we spend as much time in the Word, building our spirit man. Our flesh is fed by worldly things and our spirit is fed from the Spirit of God.
People may often think us strange when we’re preparing our spirit man for things to come. Then, as we prepare our spirit, the Lord shows us other things we need to take care of in the natural.
It’s hard to imagine what it must have been like when God told Noah to build an Ark. (Gen.6:6). It had never rained and this man was preparing for a flood. He was surely the nut of all nuts, but when the storm finally came, he and his family floated and everyone else sank.
I’m sure he spent many hours and days hearing the Lord and following His instructions. He could have easily quit and have been swayed by the crowd but he chose to put his trust and faith in his God, rather than man. He prepared while the sun was shining and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky. If he had waited until God showed him rain clouds it would have been too late.
Sometimes we like to wait on visible signs and confirmations from a half a dozen sources and will even doubt that we heard God unless everyone agrees. Then instead of obeying the Spirit of God, we will wait until we’re caught off guard and unprepared for what comes and then blame God for not warning us.
We see and still do not believe. The Lord is telling the church today to stop what you are doing, look around you and listen to what you hear. Stop the business, stop the procrastination, stop being led by the crowd, and stop the influence of all other worldly ties.
Look for next part 2, tomorrow!

In Luke and Matthew, scripture says Jesus was born in a stable and placed in a manger. Have you ever thought about what a manger really is? It is basically a trough to put feed in for animals. What a humble beginning for our Savior.

As I was thinking about the birth of Jesus, I realized everything was ordained by God from the beginning. The stable, the manger, and the inn keeper who offered all he had to the couple for the night. Little did he know this child was the long prophesied messiah that had been promised.

Looking again at the manger and it’s meaning, of a place to hold food……how ironic. John 6:35 says, Jesus said to them, ” I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst”. He came as the bread of life and was placed in a manger trough so that man could believe in Him and have life everlasting.

This is why we celebrate this season of Christmas. Jesus is truly the reason for this season. May we all reflect on the true meaning and rejoice that God loved us so much, He gave the perfect gift so all that believe can spend eternity with Him.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.

There is no gift a store holds that your money can buy.  No matter how big your bank account and no matter where you shop, you can’t solve the situation that easy.

Most of us are always looking for the easy way out or certainly the quickest solution in order to get on with the next item on our “to do” list.  Anything that takes time and prayer must be put on the end of the list so we can finish the other things first.

Could you give Him some time for prayer?  Could you find the time to let Him speak to you about His plans for your life?  Would you have time to help a needy family meet their needs and find an everlasting friend in Jesus?  If possible, would you visit a nursing home and just shed a little love to those who never have visitors, and just maybe you would like it so well you would go back next month and the month after?

The best present we could ever give Jesus is the gift of ourselves.  Our gift should include total surrender  of our lives and our talents to Him, and to make Him first on our “to do” list every day.  Spending time with Him should be before any job agenda of the day or certainly before any decisions are made for the day.

Jesus doesn’t demand anything of us.  He never overrides our will or forces Himself upon us.  He lovingly waits upon us to come willingly to Him and then, He will give us the desires of our heart, when we totally surrender our all.  Jesus is the reason for the season.  We must never forget that.

I pray each of you will have a very blessed Christmas season and remember the greatest gift we can give is  love and the author of love is Jesus Christ.