Don’t settle for less!

Gen. 11:31-32 & Gen 12: 1-2,

Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (Haran’s son), and Sarai his daughter-in-law (his son Abram’s wife) and set out with them from Ur of the Chaldees for the land of Canaan. But when they got as far as Haran, they settled down there. Terah lived 200 years. He died in Haran.  The Lord said to Abram, “Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father’s family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.

This is the tale of two men. This is a story of how the son followed God and his father chooses not to. Both received from God a call to leave their country and go to the land of Canaan but one obeyed and the other did not. Canaan represents the blessing of God. A land of fruitfulness. A place of plenty and peace. A place where one can fulfill their dreams. A place where your very presence will be a blessing to others.

Why did Terah (Abraham’s father) traveled towards Canaan but settled halfway? Why does a person not reach out for the very best God has to offer? Why do some find it easier to complain about their circumstances and wallow in self-pity? We all know people who will continually have a pity party for themselves. They are always complaining about something however others blossom no matter where God calls them to be. Why is this? I believe that it has to do with the attitude of our heart. We all have been knocked around by life. We have all had many hardships and trials. Why do some settle for mediocrity and others for total victory?  Terah gave up when it got difficult. He settled in and died in the land of mediocrity. He never experienced God’s best. Anything that is worth anything takes a lot of persistence and hard work. But Tereh did not have it within him to continue on. Why? Maybe because he was a cry baby? Don’t ever give up. That is easy. Don’t have a pity party when things get tough.

God has great plans for each and every one of us. He wants to bless us and fulfill our dreams. He wants to take you further than you have ever dreamed. But He needs your complete trust. He needs for you to look to Him and believe that all things are possible for those who trust in Him.

Don’t be a quitter! Be steadfast in God and in His power and you will eventually overcome all obstacles.

 Dr. Timothy Emerick

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The Cross in Your Life– Part 4 –
Deuteronomy 33:25–27
VI. Application of the Cross
A. Delivered from this present evil age (Gal. 1:4)
1. We don’t get it all in this age
2. Satan is the god of this age (2 Cor. 4)
3. Do not be conformed to this present age, especially in our thinking (Rom.
12:2)
B. Deliverance from the law (Gal. 2:19)
1. Our old man was crucified
2. Righteousness not received by keeping rules
3. If you are led by the Holy Spirit you are sons of God (Rom. 8:14; Gal. 5:18;
Rom. 6:14)
4. Map or guide?
C. Deliverance from self (Gal. 2:20)—death of:
1. Personal ambition
2. Denominational rivalry
3. Nationalism
D. Deliverance from the flesh (Gal. 5:24)
1. Flesh = the nature inherited from Adam = rebellion
a. Just one remedy: execution
b. Execution carried out in the death of Jesus on the cross
2. Crucifixion causes suffering to the flesh
3. To suffer the Lord’s way or the devil’s way?
4. Jesus is returning for those who have crucified their flesh
E. Deliverance from the world (Gal. 6:14)
1. The world = those who refuse the just rule of Jesus Christ in their lives.
2. The world is crucified to me and I to the world.

The Cross Obscured– Part 3 –
V. Jesus Administered a Total, Eternal, Irreversible Defeat over Satan
A. Satan’s only option: to obscure the work of the cross
B. No longer able to see the reality of the crucifixion of Jesus (Gal. 3:1ff)
1. Begin to rely on the works of the law, not the sovereign operation of the Holy
Spirit = Legalism
2. Begin to rely on the flesh = Carnality
3. Under a curse (Gal. 3:10 [Jer. 17:5–6])
C. The remedy: Christ crucified (Gal. 3:13–14)
1. Jesus became a curse that we might be redeemed
2. He took our rebellion; He endured all its evil consequences
3. Confess grieving the Holy Spirit

The Perfect Sacrifice– Part 2 –
1 Thess. 5:23–24
IV. Why Do We Need the Cross?
A. Consider the work of Jesus, a perfect work—perfect in every respect, perfect in
every aspect
B. Contrast priests of Old Testament with Jesus the high priest of the New Testament
(Heb. 10:11)
1. The priests of the Old Testament always stood, never sat down—task never
finished
2. Jesus—after one sacrifice—sat down at the right hand of the Father—it is
finished
3. For those who are being sanctified (1 Thess. 5:23)
4. Jesus sanctified by the Father (John 10:36; 17:19)
But He also sanctified (set apart) Himself
C. The Christian life is the transition from the legal to the experiential (John 1:12)

The Four Aspects of the Cross.
Eph. 6:1–12)
God’s Remedy for Guilt– Part 1 –

I. Two Basic Problems in the Christian Church
A. We have displaced the cross from the center
B. We have displaced Jesus from His position as head
II. Begin with Spiritual Warfare—End with Intercession (Eph. 6:1–12)III. Why Is There a War?
A. Lucifer set up a rival kingdom in the heavenlies
1. Lucifer reached up—and fell
2. Jesus stooped down—and was exalted (Phil. 2:9; Luke 14:11; 1 Pet. 5:6)
B. Adamic race created
C. Satan tempts Adam, Adam falls
D. Satan has access to the presence of God—to accuse and make us guilty
E. Jesus poured out His blood as a guilt offering for our rebellion (2 Cor. 5:21 [Is.
53:10]
1. Our righteousness is as filthy rags (Is. 64:6)
2. We are clothed with salvation and God’s righteousness (Is. 61:10)
F. Guilt vs. conviction of sin
1. Conviction is from the Holy Spirit—brings repentance
2. Guilt is from Satan, the accuser of the brethren—only remedy is the robe of
righteousness
3. Romans 8:1—No condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

This is a letter we just received from an inmate who is part of the Bible Institute. We have not been able to go in and have services due to Covid for approximately three weeks. We send in to the paid CDCR Chaplin weekly teachings to be passed out to the inmates. Please pray that the doors will be opened soo for our return.
Dr. Emerick

This is a letter we just received from an inmate who is part of the Bible Institute. We have not been able to go in and have services due to Covid for approximately three weeks. We send in to the paid CDCR Chaplin weekly teachings to be passed out to the inmates. Please pray that the doors will be opened soo for our return.
Dr. Emerick

Are you dating or married?
John 17:21
“I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.”
When two people get married the possessions and wealth of one becomes the possessions and wealth of the other. If you didn’t have a car and the person you married did than you now have a car. If you need to sign important papers for the other person you are dating, you can’t but if you are married you can. If you are dating, you can go where you want and do what you want but once you get married you must come to an agreement on these things.
Christ prayed that we might be one with Him as He is one with the Father. What does it mean to be one with Christ? We no longer do what we want but we do what He wants. We want all that God has to give to us but we must be married to Him. He must be our primary love. I told my wife many years ago I could not love her as I should unless I love God more. Loving God means that I want to be the very best husband, father, grandfather, brother and friend I can be. But this power comes through union with Him.
Do want to please Him? You must desire Him and the things He desires. He must have our heart, our soul, and body.
Are you dating Christ or married to Him?

The Power of Your Words

Introduction.
Words are locators of one’s either faith or doubt. Words will determine the course of your life.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Prov. 18:21
You are snared by the words of your mouth; You are taken by the words of your mouth.
Prov. 6:2

For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matt. 12:34
My son give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; Keep them in the midst of your heart; For they are life to those who find them, And health to all their flesh. Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life. Proverbs 4: 20-23
Power of Words for Salvation.
if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. Rom. 10:9-10
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Matt. 12: 37

God in Us
Remember God works in and through you. Phil 2:13, I Jn. 4:4
Emotional Stability
He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles.
Prov. 21:23
“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, because he trusts in You.
Isa. 26:3

Fear hath no Part in Us.

The fear of man brings a snare. Isa.29:25

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and love and self-control.
2Timothy 1:7

‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
Isa. 41:10

Financial Freedom
19 And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. Phil. 4:19

Healing

He born our sickness and carried our diseases. And by His stripes, we are healed.
Isa. 53:5 I Peter 2:24

Hold Fast to Your Confession

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Heb. 10:23

Resist the devil by confessing the Word of God.

The following picture is of Bro. Freddie and his family. Freddie and his wife Melody are in the middle. His daughter on the left is Jemina and on the right are his daughter and son, Kezia and Freddie Jr.
Freddie stated that his family is always by my side involving themselves in children’s ministry, tracts distribution, youth ministry, music ministry, and visitation ministry of prayer and intercession.
Please keep them in prayer for continued growth in their lives and their ministry.
Dr. Timothy Emerick