"God Goes Where He Wants To Go"

Scott Hall was a famous wrestler, who played a character named Razor Ramon. Razor Ramon was a character that was based on a movie character that Al Pacino played in the movie “Scarface”, and it was a Cuban exile that came to Miami, FA. Like Al Pacino’s character in “Scarface”, Razor Ramon was ambitious, and He wanted everything in the world. Razor Ramon also had this attitude in that he believes He can go wherever He wants, and there was no one that could stop him. God’s message is like that in where it can go anywhere God wants it to go, and there is nothing that can stop it from doing so. 

Examples of God’s message going where it wants to go can be seen in the NFL, and UFC. The NFL, and UFC are popular sports programs that are watched by millions of people throughout the world. In the NFL God’s message is being deliver through the Denver Broncos starting quarterback Tim Tebow, and in the UFC God’s message is being deliver through UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. These two athletes, and men of God have a platform to deliver God’s message to millions of people throughout the world. These millions of people watching Tim Tebow, and Jon Jones compete have an opportunity to be exposed of Christ’s Gospel. In God’s word it states that it will not return void, so people cannot have excuse of not hearing God’s message. 

Ever since Tim Tebow took over the starting quarterback for the Denver Broncos in week 7 of this season, they have record of 7-1 that gives them an overall record of 8-5 that puts them in 1st place of their division to give them a good chance of making the playoffs for the first time in a while. All of Tim Tebow’s 7 wins have come from behind, and it has created a lot of media attention on him. Through that he is able to share God’s message of His Son Jesus Christ, and what He did for the entire world. God’s message is being deliver on major media outlets like FOX, CBS, ABC, NBC, ESPN, so God is reaching out to the lost through Tim Tebow. God’s message goes where He wants it to go, and there is nothing that can stop it from doing so. 

Jon Jones is a former collegiate wrestler at Iowa Central Community, that has become the 2nd best mix martial artist in the world. He has accomplish that in 3 years, and throughout the time he has won the UFC light heavyweight championship belt with a record of 12-1 at the time of him getting his first title shot at age of 23. At his first title shot he defeated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua in the 3rd round with TKO to become the youngest ever to win the UFC light heavyweight championship, and since than he has defended his title twice against former UFC light heavyweight champions. For 2011 Jon Jones has fought 4 times against fighters who are in the top 10 to top 5 of the light heavyweight division, and he went undefeated to have a year that is consider to be the greatest year a fighter has ever had. God’s deliver his message through Jon Jones by him sharing his faith whenever he wins a fight, and Jon Jones has a tattoo on his chest with “Philippians 4:13 on it. Jones use that as a reference point to share his faith with millions around the world watching it, and in his last title defense this past weekend he mention Jesus Christ in his interview in the octagon after he submitted another former light heavyweight champion. And on his fighting trunks he had the scripture of Philippians 4:13 around his waist in the front, and back of it. Through Jon Jones God is sharing His message of what His son is doing in the octagon in front 18,000 that were in attendance, and a million others that watched it on PPV got to hear it. God’s message can go where it wants to go, and there is nothing that can stop it. 

Matthew 24:15

And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

"Importance of Prayer"

“Importance of Prayer”

In the last three weeks of being in this bus ministry God has again been teaching me the importance of prayer, because it abides us in Christ to continue bear good fruit. Prayer is the continue power source for ministry, and that is what allows ministries to be dynamic. Without fire dynamite is useless, and church without prayer is useless. One of my favorite statements of Dr Jerry Falwell is “nothing of eternal consequences is apart from prayer”, and that prayers mean more than just have things for ministry.

As believers in Christ we should be praying for the lost, because reaching out to the lost is what Christ called all of us to do. Reaching the lost begins with prayer, and in Luke 9:62 Christ says, “No one, having put his hand to the plow( that is PRAYER) , and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”Praying for the lost to reach out to them is why prayer is important, because without prayer we have no power reaching out to them. It is not by our power that we reach the lost, but it is the power of Christ. Prayer is how we stay connected to the power of Christ, and He is the fire that makes ministry dynamic to reach the lost. Ministry without prayer is like dynamite without fire, but ministry that’s connected to Christ through prayer will have fire to explode to reach the lost. With His power through a prayer a ministry can do anything, but without it a ministry is incapable like the disciples that could not take the mute spirit from the man’s son. He had to bring his muted son to Christ for it to be removed, and Christ’s disciples asked Him privately in why they cannot do it. Christ response to them is found in Mark 9:29 that He says to them-”This kind can come out by nothing but PRAYER and fasting.” To reach the lost it starts with prayer, and that is why prayer is so important. 

Christ’s plan for His followers is to reach the lost, and it starts in prayer to continue to abide in Him to have His power to reach the lost. That is why prayer is so important, and there is no better example on how to pray than Christ Himself.