Get your foundation correct

Hey everyone I want to talk about getting your foundation correct, you see the tree behind me as you can see from there you see how big it’s gotten (in video), you know God created all the trees, so as seeds they will grow up, they will produce fruits and they will sit in soil and then they will spring up to be a mighty tree. Our walk with Jesus Christ is very similar, first the seed is sown, so you have someone preach the gospel to you and even before that you have someone that prepares the soil which are people in prayer, and basically when the seed is sown its starts to grow and grow and it starts to sprout when they accept Jesus Christ, that’s the beginning of the growth in Jesus Christ and it says in scripture in Mark 4:17, it says basically, when trials and persecution come they fell away because they had no root. 

Basically you need to have your root correct, you need to have your foundation correct because you see this big tree behind me (in video), it wouldn't of got that big without good roots so I want to say to you my friends that you need to get your roots correct, you know how a house is built, do you think somebody just built a house on just any old ground, well these days they actually get the foundation correct before they start building the house so what happens is they get the diggers, they get the bobcat, they get all the machinery and they get the foundation absolutely correct, they get it on solid ground and then what happens is they lay the concrete and they let the concrete set and then they start building, well basically we need to get the foundation correct and I want to tell you what our foundation is, basically our foundation is in Jesus Christ, our growth is in Jesus Christ, it’s all to do with Jesus Christ but here’s some of the things that you will need to get your foundation correct, your first one is your relationship with God through prayer, if you keep in prayer your foundation will become stronger, secondly is love, third faith, fourth hope, fifth repentance and also there are many others to get your foundation correct and basically and trust and all these other things that will help you get your foundation correct.

 

And once you’re strong in all these things then you can start building. So if you got concrete surface, you need to get it correct first of all because you can mess it up you need to get your concrete, concrete floor and your concrete foundation and then you got to start building your house, so basically we got to do likewise and once were strong in all these things, although we will still grow in the things I mentioned before we can start building and growing in Jesus Christ and you see how buildings how they take a while to build that is likewise with our walk with Jesus Christ and we can go onto maturity if we just get the foundation correct we can move onto perfection if we get the foundation correct.

You see how it talks in scripture, how it talks about the building and the one who put their building upon the sand it washed away and the one who build their house upon the rock it stood sturdy, you know if we get our foundation correct and we build upon that foundation, we build God's kingdom, you know when persecution, trials and temptations come up a mighty wind like a hurricane force comes on a house that was built to code will last that is likewise with our walk with Jesus, if our foundation and our house is built to code, to last what’s to come, then we will stand strong in the Lord and we will not fall over because there is many people today that don't have their foundation correct they don’t have the basics and they skip all those things so when a mighty wind comes they just keep crashing. 

That’s how you can get inconsistent with the Lord Jesus Christ, you keep falling, getting up, falling, keep getting up, but I say to you get your foundation correct and when you get back up and something hard comes along, you will not be moved, you will stand their strong, basically were going to keep on building, were going to keep on building until we enter the kingdom of heaven it’s as long as we keep on building, we keep on growing in Jesus Christ, keep on growing in all these things, but I say get your foundation correct without having your foundation correct you will perish another way to get your foundation correct is through understanding and knowledge, it says in the bible, my people perish because of a lack of knowledge, so that’s another thing you need to grow in and all these things will stop you being ineffective in the Lord Jesus Christ. 

For if you possess all these qualities of Love, Hope Faith, perseverance trusting in the Lord, having a relationship with the Lord you will not fall, but you will be strong, you will be upon a rock if you’re in Jesus Christ and not in your own strength, if you’re not in the world, if you’re not in sin but in Jesus Christ, you will stand at the day of persecution and trial.

So ill remind you again get your foundation correct and make sure it's concrete, hard set and then start building and going onto maturity. For if you don’t get the basics right you will perish basically, it says in Hebrews six let’s stop going over the basics, basic teachings of faith in God, repentance from evil deeds, from baptisms, the resurrection from the dead and the eternal judgement and laying of hands, you need to be strong in all these things. For if you don’t possess any of these qualities you’re going to perish, you’re not going to make it to the kingdom of heaven, so I say to you get your foundation correct, get your strength from the Lord Jesus Christ, grow in the Lord Jesus Christ, your relationship with God is very special, so grow in it. Keep praying, even though you don’t feel like it, prayer is good, even though you don’t feel like reading the bible, read the bible it’s very important for if you want to grow, you have to have self-discipline and you have to trust in the Lord so go with the Lord's spirit and go in his pace. Don’t skip any of the teachings he wants to teach you but go with his spirit for he has many things to teach you, so grow in faith, love, hope, understanding, grow in your knowledge of the Lord, grow in your, grow in your relationship and you will make it to the kingdom of heaven, may God bless you and may he impart peace to you in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Trials, testing, persecution, temptation and end times.

Hey everyone its Nick, I would like to talk about, persecution, trials and tribulations. Basically we got to go through many tribulations to enter the kingdom of heaven, if your facing tribulations right now, which I’m pretty sure you all are I want to say to you remember the hope it’s in Jesus Christ, for he who overcomes will inherit all this, and will inherit the kingdom of heaven. We got a journey to the kingdom of heaven we could go into their tomorrow or the next day or in 20 years from now. I don’t know, but all I know is that in between now and when we enter the kingdom of heaven we go to go through much trials and much testing, it’s one of the things we got to grow in is perseverance, we go to persevere to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Things will get hard for everyone that are true followers of Jesus. But that’s when perseverance is needed, many times  Paul went through very hard times it says in 2 Corinthians 6:3-10 3 We give no offense in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed. 4 But in all things we commend ourselves as ministers of God: in much patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fasting’s; 6 by purity, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by sincere love, 7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and yet not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. You see Paul here, he went through many things to enter the kingdom of heaven, he prisoned, he went to prison, him and Barnabas went into prison, the Romans flogged him because of his preaching, he was boldly proclaiming the word of God, and because of that as a result he got thrown into prison, after being beaten and tortured and he was chained up and you know what he did? do you think he sat there and sulked and go poor me poor me, no he did not instead him and Barnabas were singing songs of hymns and they were praising the Lord, while they were in much pain, they were also praying.

We must be of good cheer when it comes to persecution, it says in James 1:2 count it all joy my brothers when you meet trails of various kinds. We must have joy through these trials, we must be like Paul and Barnabas whenever we go through hard times, the worst thing to do is sit there and go poor me poor me, do not do that my friends, but I say to you get on your feet and persevere through what is going on, pray to the Lord, prayer through persecution is very important. You need to stop having your lip down basically, you need to stand up and be a man and you need to pray to the Lord and just face what you are going through because there will be more and more coming, I’ve had many times in my walk with Jesus Christ where I’ve got down, and I tell you the worst thing is to sit down and cry about it and sulk and not do anything about it, it’s the worst thing, it makes things a whole lot worse.

But I want to say to you count it Joy what your facing, be at peace of what your facing and persevere, remember the Lord Jesus Christ is with you and he will never give you anything that you cannot handle. We will have to face many tribulations to enter the kingdom of heaven whether it will be persecution, be torture, death anything like that, we must be ready but the Lord will never give us something we cannot handle. And I want to say to those who are facing temptation right now of many kinds whether it would be sexual immoral, whether it be drinking, smoking or anything like that you need to submit to God, you need to commit to him in prayer so that you will not fall into temptation and you need to resist the devil and he will flee, and again I will say again, don’t sit down and feel sorry for yourself, it’s the worst thing to do but get on your feet and pray and persevere of what you’re going through. Do you think Paul; do you think Barnabas, had a bit of a winged when they went through these hard times? They persevered and we must do likewise.

When Jesus Christ, he went up upon the cross did you see him complaining about the whips and the all the torture he was taking? He did that for us, we should be gladly facing persecution and trials for Jesus Christ, for he went up upon that cross and he took the worst death for us he went through much tribulation for us, we will never know what it felt like for Jesus Christ, and you know he did it out of love for us, and you know we can just do that back for him, if somebody’s there that comes up to us and says do you believe in Jesus Christ, you should gladly be saying yes, if they flog you count it as joy, if they call you names be blessed, for the Lord is with you. They cannot harm you, do not be afraid of those who can harm the flesh, but be afraid of the one that after you have died can send you to hell or heaven, which is God.

So my friends what are you going to do? Are you going to get on your feet? Are you going to persevere and finish the race? Or are you going to be disqualified and miss the kingdom of heaven? And miss the rapture and enter the kingdom of hell forever? I want to say to you my friends persevere, it’s very important to persevere, if you don't persevere you will fall away, it says in Mark 4:17 as he talking about the seeds, and they have no root in themselves but endure for a while, then when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word immediacy they fall away, you see how it says here they have no root, basically we got to establish a root in Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ is our foundation and as I’ve been finding lately our foundation which is the root our strength, is basically love, it’s basically hope, its faith, our relationship with God and all other things we must be strong in all these things, we must not be following sin, we must be strong in these things. So basically I want to say to you that nothing can separate us from the Love of Christ, because it says in Romans 8:35 who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? You know what we choose to separate us from God is what separates us from God, if we choose nothing to separate us from God, then nothing will separate us from God, for Paul writes about it and he says I am convinced, nothing can separate me from God, nor height nor depth, nor width and basically it goes on and on, and it goes no angels or demons or anything can separate me from the Love of God, you see how close Paul was with God. We need to be close to God if we are going to persevere, we can’t persevere in your own strength, if were strong in Jesus Christ were going to be able to persevere of what’s coming, but you need to get your foundation correct, you need to have roots, without your roots as it says here you will fall away. So establish your roots and one good way to establish your roots is develop a relationship with Jesus Christ and how you do that is through prayer.

So pray, seek him and you will find, ask about everything, have that best friend relationship with him and he will just become that reality in your life that you cannot deny him, for anything you cannot deny him, you need to be strong in the lord Jesus Christ if you want to enter the kingdom of heaven. Were all at different levels and remember the Lord will not give us anything we cannot handle. So I want to encourage you to persevere on. If you feel like everything is coming against you, if you fell like nothing is working and there’s no hope at all, but I tell you there is one hope that Jesus Christ, for he loves you and he wants you to persevere to enter his kingdom, remember be at peace during persecution, be joyful, stay with God's spirit and you will live, you will persevere you will enter the kingdom of heaven, see these things I have spoken unto you that in me you may have peace, in the world you have tribulation but be of good cheer  I have overcome the world, that’s what Jesus Christ said in John 16:33. He says that I have overcome the world, it says be of good cheer, Jesus overcome and he’s also given us the power to overcome, when we accepted Jesus Christ, we accepted his spirit inside of us and his spirit is the spirit of perseverance, of love, peace and joy. He did not give us a bad spirit; he gave us the Holy Spirit. The one that overcome the world is in us, so if we remain in Jesus Christ we too will overcome the world, for we overcome by the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimony. You know our words are very strong, when we’re facing trials of all kinds, and were trying to overcome them, the best thing to do is speak, is to tell the temptation to go away in the name of Jesus, to remember your hope as well.

For the word of our testimony is very powerful, you know it says in scripture that there will be persecution coming up, there will be all these things, were in the middle of it right now, but as I say it again you need to persevere, remember to he who overcomes shall inherit all this, if you can persevere and overcome you shall inherit the kingdom of heaven, and there’s many great promises if you read through Revelation 3, there’s many great promises there. and I would like you to read through it all, it’s a great blessing to know what you’re going to have when you enter the kingdom of heaven if you overcome and do God's will, but I want you to have peace about these end times that I'm speaking about, yes I have spoken about people getting persecuted and imprisoned and going to death for their faith, there is many happening right now, but I want you to have peace about it and I want to impart peace to all those who fear it, In the name of Jesus Christ, I impart peace to all those who are fearing the end times and are having trouble accepting the end times, and I just pray that you comfort their souls, In the name of Jesus, Amen.

Do not focus on the end times either, I used to be an end time seeker, I used to try and find, who the antichrist was, I used to try and find out all these kind of things, like when the rapture is pre, mid, post. But I tell you the truth my friends it’s not worth looking up unless the Lord leads you, it will cause unnecessary stress in your life, and unnecessary fear that should not be on your life, but I tell you focus on what the Lord's got for you right now, because if you focus of the future you will miss what's happening now and you will fall away. So submit to God, submit to him, and the devil will flee, you will persevere if you are in Jesus Christ, establish your roots, get that foundation correct, pray like you have never prayed before, and just lift your head up and go I’m going to persevere through the Lord Jesus Christ, he suffered for me, I would gladly, I would joyfully suffer for him that’s the kind of attitude that we should have during these testing and trials, but the devil puts many words in our heads, he tries to put us down, he tries to cause stress, he tries to cause confusion, but reject all that, submit to God and pray to him and you will persevere, God bless you my friends.