Chris Brown Hears God Speak, Says He's Tired of Satan Ruining His Life

Controversial rapper Chris Brown claims that he has heard God speak and is tired of Satan ruining his life.
In an Instagram post, Brown appeared to reference an ongoing spiritual battle in his life.

“When u tired of the [expletive] devil ruining your life and u hear God speak for the first time,” Brown wrote.

"...My soul will always be pure of heart. What's on the surface always looks like one big party but inside there is a little boy looking for help and guidance. People say 'be a man'. Yeah, that's right but it doesn't take away any pain you really go through."

Brown does not explain what he heard God say.

Charisma News reports supporters and fans have reached out on social media, urging Brown to embrace faith.

One commenter wrote, "I heard and seen your cry God heard your cry I know how you feel you still have everything but you like something is missing it is God all the devil wants is to give you everything of this world and take your soul.” 

Rick Warren shows how people can help someone find hope and healing

No one is outside Jesus' reach, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church believes, and this is why he is sharing how people can help others find hope and healing through God.

"I believe that small groups are a vital part of helping so-called hopeless people find healing. One of the parts I like best about being in a small group is that you can pray for one another's 'hopeless' cases," he wrote in his website. "We can lean upon the faith of others when we start to doubt."

Christians should exhibit seven characteristics when dealing with such "hopeless" people as an alcoholic relative or a drug-addicted parent, or Warren said.

The first characteristic is compassion. People who are hurting need a lot of care, and they can definitely benefit from it. If people are not too preoccupied with their own needs, then they can exhibit more care and compassion.

The next is faith, and Warren cited the Bible verse Luke 5:20: "When Jesus saw their faith, He said, 'Friend, your sins are forgiven.'"

"It wasn't the paralytic's faith that made him well; it was the faith of his friends. How many people do you know who are so paralysed they can't believe in God? That's when we have to believe for them," he urged.

The third important thing to do is intervene. People should definitely pray for their "hopeless" friends, but they need to take action as well. It will not be enough to just pray for someone who is hurting and caught in sin, Warren said.

The fourth is persistence. "We all get discouraged as we try to reach our family, friends, and acquaintances with the Gospel. But we can't give up!" Warren said.

People need to be innovative, too, when dealing with hopelessness, and this fifth characteristic can definitely help bring people closer to Jesus. "Small groups that won't step out of the box won't be willing to be messy enough to be instruments of healing," he said.

The next is cooperation. People in small groups need to work together in order to become a supportive community that will serve as a powerful witness to God. And lastly, people need to sacrifice. "Whether it's time, money, effort, or whatever, there is always a cost to bringing someone to Christ," he said.

10 Bible verses that tell us the truth about love

The Bible has something to say about every kind of love there is: God's love for us, and our love for Him, in marriages, families and between friends. Here are some of the best:

Deuteronomy 6:5

Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Proverbs 17:17

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity.

Song of Songs 8:6-7

Place me like a seal over your heart,
like a seal on your arm;
for love is as strong as death,
its jealousy unyielding as the grave.
It burns like blazing fire,
like a mighty flame.
Many waters cannot quench love;
rivers cannot sweep it away.
If one were to give
all the wealth of one's house for love,
it would be utterly scorned.

Matthew 22:34-39

Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question: "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbour as yourself.' All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."

Luke 6:32-36

"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Romans 13:8

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonour others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

Colossians 3:12-14

Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.

1 John 3:16-18

This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.

All quotations from NIV.

ref: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/10.bible.verses.that.tell.us.the.the.truth.about.love/56277.htm

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Tour To The Holy Land Israel

The man of God Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has joined the list of the men of God to visit the Holy Land in Israel, he went alongside his ministers and leaders across the BLW Nation, below are more information and picture of the trip as reported by LoveWorld Sat, one of the Media Stations of his ministry.

"Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Ph.D, led a one-week Tour of the Holy Land. The Man of God, Pastor Chris, was joined by Pastors and leaders from across the BLW Nation’s expansive reach throughout the earth for a highly-coveted tour of the holy land, Israel.

In the words of Pastor Lanre Alabi, the tour, being a first of its kind, is coming at the perfect time, “not a moment too late and not a moment too soon.” As the Man of God visits historic landmarks such as the sea of Galilea, everyone privileged to be there with him gains a more vivid imagination of the scriptures that are known to be alive in the BLW message.

 As part of the Holy Land tour, the president of the Believers LoveWorld Nation, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome visited the tomb where the Lord Jesus Christ was laid before He arose from the dead to the glory of God.  A member of the central executive council of the Believers’ LoveWorld incorporated, Reverend Ken Oyakhilome in the video below, shared his experience at the entrance of the tomb, saying everything he saw shows the enormity of what it took the Lord Jesus Christ to fulfill his ministry and the price He paid for the sins of the world. These sentiments were echoed by every person that witnessed what Pastor Chris and his team saw.

“We are seeing the Bible come alive,” says Pastor Ambrose Isesele, reporting from Israel. The ongoing tour of Israel, the Holy Land, has been a refreshing opportunity for all the ministers visiting important sites with the man of God.

The Holy Land Tour with Pastor Chris also featured  a special visit to the birth place of Jesus in Bethlehem. There was an atmosphere of solemn reverence as the man of God and his guests witnessed with their eyes what they have previously internalized through the Holy Spirit from the scriptures.

The Jewish Shabbat is the day of rest, consistent with God’s rest from creation on the seventh day. Throughout Israel, devout Jews abstain from ‘work’ as stipulated or inferred in the Torah from sunset on Friday till sunset on Saturday, the day of rest.

Yesterday, Pastor Chris and his guests spent some Shabbat time at the famous ‘Western Wall,’ where many local Jews and pilgrims come to pray. In the video below, CEC Member, Pastor T.T. Edun, discussed the experience at the wall and the future of the BLW Nation as a result of this timely tour with the man of God. In his words, the ministry “has definitely made a quantum leap forward by the Holy Spirit.”

The adventure at the Holy Land Tour with Pastor Chris continued with visits to various historic sites with the man of God.  Pastor and his guests visited Tel Megiddo, the site to host the last great battle (of Armageddon) on earth, according to Revelations 16:16. They also saw Mount Carmel where the Prophet Elijah defeated 450 Prophets of Baal. Probably most significant of all, they paid a special visit to Nazareth, Jesus’ childhood hometown.

The Holy Land Tour with Pastor Chris has reached as far back into the annals of Bible history as Mount Carmel and leaped forward into prophecies with the site of the future battle of Armaggedon.

However, in between, the tourists have experienced the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus like never before. From visits to ‘the place of skull’ (Golgotha) to the Garden Tomb of Jesus, it has been a surreal experience for everyone in the man of God’s company. Summing up the thoughts stirred in the hearts of the tourists, CEC Member, Pastor Ambrose Isesele says “It makes us remember once again that Jesus came, He died, He suffered for our sins, and we must tell the whole world about it.” 

As the Holy Land Tour with Pastor Chris drew closer to its conclusion, every guest was full of sincere appreciation for the opportunity to witness the scriptures come alive. There was a Gala Night at the Bible Land Museum.

Nepal Christians Return to Worship after Earthquake Turns Churches into Tombs

Am sure some of us if not all of us heard about the Nepal earthquake, to my great surprise and prove of never giving up, this great worshipers after the earthquake return to worship.

Read below more about this story:

Maili Tamang clapped and sang along as the remnants of her husband's Kathmandu church gathered for a noon prayer one week after a massive earthquake collapsed the "roof of the world."

"In God’s time, anything can happen," the 55-year-old mother told CT. Tamang lost her husband Maila, her sister, and three other family members when Vision of Salvation church, which rented rooms in a four-story commerical building in the Swayambu area of Nepal's capital, collapsed with 62 worshipers present. Seventeen members of the Pentecostal church, where Tamang's husband served as an elder, died, including senior pastor Elia Ghale and his son.

"We cannot decide our future or what happens to us," she said, surrounded by cracked walls. "Even after the world, we will be with God.”

Tamang was worshiping at a nearby Pentecostal church when the quake struck.

“I was standing in a row near to the wall and praying when the trembling started. The pastor continued the prayer and suddenly, everything collapsed,” she told CT. “I was half conscious and could heard people screaming. After one hour I was pulled out. While lying there, I knew God would save me.”

Meanwhile, pledging to spread God's love "even though earthquakes come," a small evangelical church in Nepal completed on Saturday its worship song interrupted by last week's natural disaster in the Himalayan Mountains.

The first-hand account from the International Mission Board is one of many reports surfacing of how Nepal's Christian minority is regrouping after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake collapsed many churches during their main weekly worship services.

Reporting by CT in Kathmandu reveals that an accurate tally of churches destroyed and Christians killed remains hard to come by, since anecdotal reports can be duplicated or exaggerated. But it is clear that many Christians died in their churches during weekly prayers. (The Baptist World Alliance reportsabout 150 Christian deaths have been confirmed.)

“I am getting reports of entire Christian families being wiped out in Kathmandu and outside,” Simon Pandey, chairman of the National Christian Fellowship of Nepal, told CT in an interview from his home in a Lalitpur suburb.

If the quake had occurred half an hour earlier, he noted, the casualties in churches would have been much higher. (Many Hindus died during worship services also.)

“The evangelical churches have suffered terrible tragedies,” Kala Bahadur Rokaya, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Nepal, told CT. “It will take time to count the deaths among Christians across Nepal. Many areas are still cut off.” He feared more bad news was yet to come from mountainous and remote districts such as Gorkha, Sindhupalchok, and Nuwakot, which have many evangelical churches.

Of Nepal’s Christians—which comprise between one and three percent of the country’s 30-million population—Protestants were disproportionately affected by the disaster, a Catholic leader told CT.

“The evangelical churches have suffered terrible tragedies,” Kala Bahadur Rokaya, general secretary of the National Council of Churches of Nepal, told CT. “It will take time to count the deaths among Christians across Nepal. Many areas are still cut off.” He feared more bad news was yet to come from mountainous and remote districts such as Gorkha, Sindhupalchok, and Nuwakot, which have many evangelical churches.

Of Nepal’s Christians—which comprise between one and three percent of the country’s 30-million population—Protestants were disproportionately affected by the disaster, a Catholic leader told CT.

Ref: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/may-web-only/nepal-christians-return-worship-after-earthquake-churches.html

Over 35,000 Attend Christian Festival in Africa’s Burkina Faso

(Burkina Faso, West Africa)—Evangelist Andrew Palau joins 800 churches for a Christmas outreach, the first major gathering in the nation since the civil uprising last month in Burkina Faso.

Just weeks after a period of widespread political unrest due to the Burkinabe uprising, tens of thousands of people gathered in the heart of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou for Love Burkina Faso, a collaborative effort between international evangelist Andrew Palau and hundreds of Christian churches to foster hope in the African nation.

Events took place throughout the city December 15-21, and included 28 outreaches for business and government leaders, women, students, and prisoners.

By the time the festival was over, more than 14,522 decisions for Christ were reported. Some 6,838 of those decisions were recorded during the two-day festival, with an additional 7,684 reported through the 28 other outreach events during the week. Each decision maker, as well as thousands more, received a free copy of the Gospel of John, provided by ministry partner Bibles for the World.

“This really is a great victory and one that will remain a special legacy,” Luis Palau Association Director of Festivals Tim Innes said. “For Burkina Faso, the best days are ahead. It’s been an honor for us to serve with the leaders in this season.”

“Thank you for allowing this festival to take place… it was amazing and we hope the Palau team will consider Burkina Faso again in the future,” Pastor Jules Campore, who served as Palau’s interpreter throughout the week, commented.

The campaign also included the participation of dozens of volunteers from around the world who served in various outreach events throughout the week leading up to the festival. They led outreaches in prisons and schools, and helped distribute eyeglasses in clinics throughout Ouagadougou.

The week prior to the festival also included dinners for both women and business leaders, both of which were nearly filled to capacity. A clear Gospel message was presented at every opportunity.

Ref: http://loveworldplusnews.org/over-35000-attend-christian-festival-in-africas-burkina-faso/

How to Win the Spiritual Battle for Our Nation

"There is a spiritual battle in our nation today to define what love and truth are.  The kingdom of darkness is assaulting this generation with deception concerning the truth about Jesus, His message of grace, and what the lifestyle of His kingdom should look like.  God is looking for faithful witnesses who will stand for biblical truth about Jesus and His definitions of love, morality, and truth."  So states Mike Bickle, director of the International House of Prayer Missions Base in Kansas City, endorsing the 2015 Collegiate Day of Prayer.

 

Today more than 1,500 campus ministries, churches, and individuals will pray for some 1,300 campuses across the nation.  The Collegiate Day of Prayer has been organized by leaders from 24 collegiate ministries, including The Navigators, Cru (formerly Campus Crusade for Christ), and InterVarsity.

 

The impetus for today's intercession comes from a movement that began some 200 years ago.  By 1815, the Concert of Prayer for Colleges had become a regular event on the campuses of Yale, Williams, Brown and Middlebury in New England.  By 1823, nearly every major denomination and university in America set aside the last Thursday in February for united prayer on college campuses.

 

The result was widespread revival on campuses across the country.  By the end of the 19th century, repeated student awakenings radically transformed the culture and moral climate of many of America's largest universities.  Believers are praying today for the same movement of God's Spirit.  Do we need a moral and spiritual awakening on college campuses?

 

According to Gallup, college graduates are the most likely group to say abortion should be legal in any circumstance.  Young adults are by far the most likely to endorse same-sex marriage.  When university professors were asked if they harbored negative feelings toward particular religious groups, three percent admitted that they held such animosity toward Jews, nine percent toward mainline Protestants, 22 percent against Muslims, but 53 percent against evangelical Christians.  And they are teaching the next generation of Americans.

 

It is urgent that we join believers across the nation for today's Collegiate Day of Prayer.  (To sign up to pray for a college campus, visit their website.)  And it is urgent that we pray every day for spiritual and moral renewal on our campuses and across our culture. (Tweet this)

 

C. S. Lewis: "Christians increasingly live on a spiritual island; new and rival ways of life surround it in all directions and their tides come further up the beach every time. . . . Some give morality a wholly new meaning which we cannot accept, some deny its possibility.  Perhaps we shall all learn, sharply enough, to value the clean air and 'sweet reasonableness' of the Christians ethics which in a more Christian age we might have taken for granted."

 

May it be so.

Ref : http://www.christianheadlines.com/columnists/denison-forum/how-to-win-the-spiritual-battle-for-our-nation.html

Meet the Church That Helps Anyone Who Needs It

Proverbs 11:10 says, “When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices.” Who are the righteous, and what does it look like for them to prosper? The “righteous” are Christians, the just, the people who follow God’s heart. They “prosper” when they steward everything God has given them to bless the Body, bless God and bless their neighbor. They do this for the common good, for the advancement of shalom.

What does it look like for a city to rejoice, then? Well, I think it looks a lot like the Kentucky community where Southland Christian Church is located. Under the leadership of Pastor Jon Weece, Southland is reaching into their city and changing it in big ways. Here are just a few of the ministries the church has founded or is involved in:

• A “Dollar Club” that collects $12,000 one dollar bills every week, and then gives that money someone in need.
• Free medical clinics throughout the city, providing primary care for 3,500 people who can’t afford a doctor.
• A school lunch program
• A community garden
• Tutoring for local students
• Prison care ministry for inmates
• A garage to provide cheap auto care

I can’t imagine a clearer picture of a city who is rejoicing because the Body of Christ, the “righteous,” is committed to blessing their neighbors. If Southland were to suddenly vanish from central Kentucky, no doubt their absence would be a tremendous blow to the thousands who are supported by them.

Sadly, according to this trending Relevant article, Southland’s focus on service is not without controversy. As the article puts it, “Critics have a name for Weece’s brand of ministry: social gospel… heavily criticized by the likes of Dwight Moody, who believed the Church’s mission on earth was a particularly spiritual one.” In other words, critics of these heavily social-service oriented churches are concerned that they are so focused on meeting physical needs that they lose sight of our important mission to share the good news of the gospel with our neighbors.

Ref: http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/christian-trends/meet-the-church-that-helps-anyone-who-needs-it.html

Tina Campbell and Husband Teddy 2015 Goals: ‘Love More Purely, Listen to Holy Spirit’

Singer Tina Campbell (MARY MARY) and her husband Teddy mended their marital issues in 2014, and now the gospel star and drummer are sharing some of their joint goals for 2015.

The couple has a joint Instagram account where they recently wrote a note about some things they hope to achieve in 2015.

“Note to self: For 2015 love more purely, give the understanding you’d like to get, be more patient with others, consider others, be less insensitive, compliment others more, let stuff go, pray for people even when there’s no crisis, practice listening instead of being heard, read the Bible and talk to Jesus more than anyone else,” the Instagram note reads. “Be quiet and listen to the Holy Spirit more than anyone else. Be disciplined! Stop making excuses! Be better..on purpose!”

Tina overcame her husband’s nine infidelities in 2013 and watched God heal her brokenness in 2014. This year Tina will release a solo album and book.

After publicly battling the death of her father and husband’s infidelities in public forums in 2013, the singer insisted that she and her husband are living proof that modern day miracles still happen.

“I know God opened up the Red Sea for the children of Israel; He kept the three Hebrew boys from getting burned up in the fire; He kept Daniel from getting eaten by that lion, but He also kept Tina and Teddy from a broken marriage and He did it in one year,” Tina said. “That is a modern-day miracle. So anybody who can come to experience that God is still doing miracles, God is still proving Himself, the Bible is still real and it can still work in your life, I would think that anybody can be encouraged by that.”

Amid Basketball Struggles, Jeremy Lin Reveals How He Plans to Bring Back Joy in God

Jeremy Lin has admitted that he has had one of the toughest seasons of his basketball career but now vows to find joy in God despite his circumstances.

Lin, the 26-year-old Los Angeles Lakers guard, took to his personal website to admit that he was disappointed in his season. Still, the Christian athlete acknowledged that God was present during his trials.

“At times, it has felt like the barriers were insurmountable or that I was powerless to control things around me,” Lin wrote. “From a basketball standpoint, I’m obviously disappointed, but God is always working — even through life’s struggles and disappointments.”

He admitted to feeling challenges with finding joy in his circumstances.

“There have been many times this past season where I was filled with frustration, many situations where I felt overwhelmed and many nights where I couldn’t sleep much because I was thinking about the game,” Lin wrote. “But through it all, I’ve been learning how to surrender the results to God, how to walk by faith and not by sight, how to be renewed through times of prayer/Scripture and how to fight for a life of joy in the midst of trials.”

The basketball player said he is now dedicating his games to God and taking time to be grateful to be healthy and do what he loves. While Lin said his trials have allowed him to focus on Jesus Christ, he quoted Romans 8:28 and Romans 5:13 in order to focus on God’s promises of peace, joy and everything working for the good of those who believe.