The WRONG impressions… – Bishop H.L. Porter

The WRONG impressions about all the RIGHT THINGS make all the RIGHT THINGS seem like the WRONG THINGS.

Don’t let your thoughts go unchecked. Lean not to your own understanding. Monday morning text messages flowed in from West Africa and South Africa.

I heard, “Reduce the expenditures.” “Endeavor to keep the unity. Don’t forsake your father’s friends or your friends. Pray: ‘Send Help.’ Help will arise.” Take some of your Christmas money and bless yourself with a mission trip to learn more about Africa. We are also planning for the choirs in Asia, Malaysia. Whatever path God brought you to your present place on the journey, DO NOT FORGET ALL THE WAY HE BROUGHT YOU — BROUGHT US.

God’s instructions were sealed in my spirit: “Aim at success and fulfill your calling. This is a calling, a joy, not a job. Stay true to what God called you to do. (If that is not clear to you in your mind, review the HISTORY, the tapes, videos and CDs, prophecies and documents. Some details can get muddled and muffled in the multitude of activities, voices and interpretations.) Put it off no longer. Prioritize it. COUNT your RESULTS; don’t just imagine you are being effective. COUNT your RESULTS. TODAY IS A BLESSING.

Thank you for your attendance, support and love during the High Holy Celebration – “Journey for Jesus” and “Considering the Miracles Love Campaign”. Beware of the wiles of the devil. He was blatant enough to tempt God’s son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

I received an exhortation from one of the Pastors in Ghana: *MEN OF HONOUR* by Dag Heward-Mills. READ: Genesis 27:1-29. The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out… (Proverbs 30:17).

When Ham exposed the nakedness of his drunken father, he forgot that if his father hadn’t built the ark, he would have drowned with the rest of the world. What he did not know was that God had recorded his father’s single act of faith and imputed it to him as righteousness. Ham was disgracing someone that God had honoured.

Unfortunately, natural men have mistaken physical weakness for spiritual weakness. They presume that old age, sickness and problems reduce a person’s spiritual authority. That is one of the highest kinds of deceptions.

Isaac was an old, blind man who could no longer tell the difference between his two sons, Jacob and Esau. Jacob deceived Isaac and received the pronouncement of a blessing from his father. Do not be misled by the blindness and weakness of your father. If a blind father can speak a blessing for it to happen, then we must fear the words of fathers.

You often hear people speaking against their fathers. They describe them as irresponsible men who didn’t look after them. Unfortunately, some young people take up the hurts of their mothers and champion the fight against their fathers. This is a terrible mistake for which they pay a high price. Some pay the price of barrenness; some pay the price of death. Yes, he may be blind, irresponsible, and deceived, but he is still a father.

May we never be part of the team that dishonours the fathers that God has honoured!

Start your day with a blessing!! Good morning????

An apostle in South Africa, wrote:
THE UNSHAKABLE NATURE OF THE KINGDOM IS WITHIN YOU –
It’s in the formation of your Character and your conviction.
It’s in your resoluteness to stay focused.
It’s in your settled determination that you will not swerve off the path.
It’s in your determination that you will not negotiate with the darkness.
It’s in your determination that your gazes have become single.

I will share the last one, since this morning, Dec 4, 2017 from another minister from Ghana, West Africa.
*SAD, BUT TRUE*

1. Realize this:
No matter what you say and how you say it, SOME people will never get it.
That’s not your fault!
*Sad, But True!*

2. No matter how pure your motives are, SOMEBODY will still accuse you of ill intentions.
Stay pure anyway.
*Sad, But True!*

3. No matter how humble you are, somebody will still consider you proud. Stay humble, anyway.
*Sad, But True!*

4. No matter how generous you are, somebody will still call you “selfish”. Remain generous, anyway.
*Sad, But True!*

5. Sometimes some of your greatest pains will come from those you gave the most pleasure.
*Sad, But True!*

6. Some of your greatest disappointments will come from those you gave your best appointments or commitments.
*Sad, But True!*

7. Sometimes some of the worst things you’d hear about yourself may come from those you speak the best of.
*Sad, But True!*

8. Not everyone in your ship is paddling in the direction of your dreamed destination.
Discernment is key.
*Sad, But True!*

9. Loving people sometimes means feeling used by them.
*Sad, But True!*

10. Sometimes, doing the right thing ends up making you look like a fool.
*Sad, But True!*

11. Tough as it seems, any evil done against you can become a seed for your promotion… It depends on your response.
*Sad, But True!*

12. I would rather appear foolish now and see the wisdom of the Almighty God unfold, than appear wise now and turn out a fool later.
*Sad, But True!*

13. Promotion doesn’t come by fighting for your rights, but by being faithful in doing what is right.
*Sad, But True!*

14. Those who will enjoy true promotion by the Almighty must be willing to forgive freely, forgive quickly and forgive wholly.
*Sad, But True!*

15. Those who will relish true promotion must be willing to serve many for free and selflessly.
*Sad, But True!*

16. Read with caution: Sometimes, to see the positive things Almighty God can do for you, then you have to be willing to stop what you can do in offending Him.
*Sad, But True!*

17. Without God’s sign off, your biggest step can turn out to be your biggest mistake.
*Sad, But True!*

18. Pain has a higher potential to toughen you up than pleasure does.
*Sad, But True!*

19. Problems are easier to solve than people.
*Sad, But True!*

20. Many people will celebrate you only as long as your advancement doesn’t exceed their expectations of you.
*Sad, But True!*

21. Some people get close enough to you just to find something bad about you to broadcast to the world.
*Sad, But True!*

22. Some people are quiet when you’re succeeding but quick to point out your failures.
*Sad, But True!*

23. Hating those who hate you makes them your leaders, since you’re following their footsteps.
*Sad, But True!*

24. Rather than react to a negative situation, respond to your revelation.
*Sad, But True!*

25. Believe the best, even when you’re going through the worst.
*Sad, But True!*

26. They hurt you? Don’t hold it against them. Hold them up in prayer.
*Sad, But True!*

27. Forgiving people is not just a good idea. It’s a GOD’s idea. Actually, more than an idea, it’s an instruction.
*Sad, But True!*

28. How you respond to a situation can be more important than the situation.
*Sad, But True!**

29. Your ability to overlook an offence determines the degree of dominion you’d exercise over many other things.
*Sad, But True!**

30. Wisdom will help you solve problems. A large heart will help you accommodate people. You need both.
*Sad, But True!*

31. When all is said and done, let the fear and the love of the Almighty GOD in your heart pour through your daily walk!
*Sad, But True!*

32. The wise is he who takes lessons from the above, and with them benefit others!
*Sad, But True!*

33. Some people may think this piece is targeted at them. No. Everyone alive will need one of the points at some point or the other.
*Sad, But True!*

*Just be Happy!*
*Sad, But True!*

*Top of the day*

Take a minute or two to respond. Take an hour or two to volunteer. LOVE forever.

Bishop Henry L. Porter