Living Above the Sun Ministries

"But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus- the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love." -Acts 20:24 The beginning of the church as we see in Acts and a continuation of Jesus' ministry. We are united in the Holy Spirit in proclaiming the gospel. We can contrast this with the Tower of Babel in Genesis where the people wanted to build a tower to the heavens and stay united with each other. God was not pleased and it was there that He confused their language and sent them to separate nations. So now we see in Acts where God is now uniting us in His Spirit and speak the common language of the gospel. Everything that happens in the church is because of the Holy Spirit, and the people who are led by the Holy Spirit. It is not just some tradition. However it is easy to get off track in our ministries because we do still live under the curse of sin and our focus tends to shift

"Instead of believing what they knew was the truth about God they deliberately chose to believe lies. So they worshiped the things God made but not the Creator himself, who is to be praised forever. Amen." -Romans 1:25 By Paul’s definition, our world, our nation, our city is predominantly pagan. People are very spiritual. What Paul is saying is that there is the truth and the lie: those are the options. Peter Jones, who has a doctorate in theology, he calls this “oneism and twoism,” so I’ll give him credit here. Oneism is the lie. It goes all the way back to Genesis 1. Satan comes to Adam and Eve and says, “You don’t need God. You can be God.” That’s oneism. Oneism says that essentially all of reality, spiritual and physical, exists in one circle. That there is no distinction between Creator and creation. This is the root of pantheism, that all of the world is divine, and panantheism, that the world as we know contains God as his body. This eliminates distinctions –

Today I was in the grocery store with my mom and the song by The Rolling Stones, "You Can't Always Get What You Want" came on the radio. Prior to walking into the store this lady took my parking place and gave me the finger. I was not happy, it was hard for me to scream Jesus loves you at that moment. My Aunt is always encouraging me to find my inner peace with Jesus. Anyway. Today's generation carries around the philosophy that they can get anything and everything they want. Whether by help of government, stealing...whatever. But as I listened to this song I was reminded of the doctrine of Idolatry. You see many times we pray and ask and want for our idols, things that we Worship more than we Worship God. We get frustrated with God when He doesn't give this particular thing to us; He says NO. God answered your prayer in saying no, it isn't unanswered. He is saying no because He knows it is our idol, even when we don't know it yet or realize it.

"Run from anything that stimulates youthful lust. Follow anything that makes you want to do right. Pursue faith and love and peace, and enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts." -2 Timothy 2:22 Last night at the Addiction Ministry, God convicted me of the music I listen too. God just spoke and challenged me to rethink what I listen too. Ultimately, does the music I listen too support Jesus or the sex, drug, and rock and roll life style? Is the music I listen too make me want to worship Jesus or have more of the desire to live the lifestyle of sex, and drugs, and rock and roll? Do I want to give up my rockin' awesome music? No! However, I want to worship Jesus. And I know listening to the radio station I listen to does not glorify Jesus. I get embarrassed at some of the things they talk about and mention. And I know if affects the way I think and talk. I don't think I need to pray about it, God told me and there ain't n

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I'm found, was blind but now I see! If there is one thing I have learned about people, it is this: People want to remain in their dark world because they do not want their sins exposed. Darkness covers our sins, and blinds us to the fact that we need a Savior. The light makes people face who they really are. Jesus said He was the light of the world. We too are the light of the world, because the Holy Spirit lives within us. I have noticed that many times after Jesus healed he told the people to go home and tell what had just happened. However, the healed didn't want to go home, they wanted to stay with Jesus and hang out with Him. It's not that Jesus didn't want them to follow Him, but Jesus knew that these people had a testimony. Unbelievers will know we are Christians by our love, yes. But they will also know we are Christians by our testimony which can only be hear

"Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. As you know, we count as blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy." -James 5:10-11 Most of you who read my blog often or know me personally know that Job in the Bible is my biblical hero. In his story we learn to trust God even when we don't understand. The essence of the story is true faith; and accepting all that life brings without all the answers as to why it happened. After all knowing God is better than knowing answers, right? God is not arbitary or uncaring, and pain is not always a punishment. There are 3 things Job had to learn, we need to learn them as well: waiting, yielding, and hoping. All 3 of these things build our faith, and they build on each other. We build our faith by facing things head on...th

"Mary, sat at the Lord's feet, listening to what He had taught....there is really one thing worth being concerned about. Mary has discovered it-and I won't take it away from her." -Luke 10:39, 42 Today I was thinking about the story of Mary and her alabaster jar. Mary had simple obedience. If there one is excessive thing we should do in our lives, we should be excessively obedient. When you think about it, what do we excessively do instead of obey? We worry a lot. We ask for comfort, however, do we realize that that we are at the edge of the fountain but just refuse to drink of it? When we worry we are not still and quiet before the Most High so that He can be heard. Mary came quietly before Jesus bringing all she could give Jesus. Mary gave Jesus everything that was valuable to her to praise and worship her Lord. Alabaster was a costly offering, historically it was given to a daughter by her Jewish parents for her dowery. On her wedding night the perfum

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. -John 14:3 The other day I noticed I made a error in my spelling. I spelled "stayed" instead of "strayed." When I noticed this mistake I began to think, the only difference in these 2 words is the letter, "r." Where r you? Do you know Jesus? Are you in the sheep fold of Jesus? It matters. John 10 tells us that Jesus has gone to prepare a place for us in Heaven. The only way to get to Heaven is through Jesus. The only way to get to where you need to be is through Jesus. Jesus say's in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." I learned something several years ago, you have to tell someone they are lost or they will never know it. Is where you are now a safe place to be? Are you walking in the truth? Are you hearing the truth preached? Are you bei

Let all that I am praise the Lord; with my whole heart, I will praise his holy name. Let all that I am praise the Lord; may I never forget the good things he does for me. Psalm 103:1-2 Today in my Sunday School class at my church I became very convicted by the truth that I don't nearly give God the praise He rightly deserves. As a friend prayed this morning we just merely "try to make it." But we were not created to just "make it," the scriptures say we are more than conquerors! We have so much to be thankful for. In the last few minutes of class we just sat still in the presence of God, at His throne worshiping, and verbally expressing our thankfulness to Him. In the service later on the story of the 10 lepers came to mind. Luke 17:11-19 New Living Translation (NLT) Ten Healed of Leprosy: 11 As Jesus continued on toward Jerusalem, he reached the border between Galilee and Samaria. 12 As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance,