Removing the Obstacles that get in the way of His presence
God’s glory entered our Men’s Breakfast in August as many answered the call to remove all obstacles that get in the way of entering into His presence – HIS WAY!
We learned that we must come to God on His terms and not on our terms. That was the sin of the Israelites as some scholars believed that the golden calf was created as a vessel for God to ride on that he may enter into ‘their’ presence of compromise.
“And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said these be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose to play” Exodus 32:2-6
“God will not meet you on your terms, but He will meet you where you are if you pursue Him with pure heart”. – Ps. Al
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners and purify your hearts you double-minded”. James 4:8
In James 4:8 we have our instructions on how to approach God; clean hands that are repented and a pure heart or a heart that has the right intentions – to know God better.
In Joshua 7, God’s presence was removed from Joshua’s army and they lost the first battle against Ai. Joshua pleaded with the Lord to know why and the Lord revealed that one of Joshua’s men, Achan, had disobediently taken of the spoils of war and mixed among his possessions – the blessed things given by God.
So the Lord said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned, and they have transgressed My covenant which I have commanded them For they have taken some of the accursed things, and have both stolen and deceived; and they have also put it among their own stuff.” Joshua 7:10-11
The Lord’s presence and power will not dwell amongst the environment of mixture we create. We cannot be in His presence on our terms of compromise but on His terms of purity. It is not about being perfect but about submitting to His ways and having a pure heart of pursuit.
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 KJV
Men, as Pastor George continues to lead us into the presence of God that we may know Him better – lets make it our determined purpose to pursue Him with clean hands and a pure heart!
Confession over our Championship Year
Father, we ask for a mighty and sustained manifestation of Your wonderful glory in this current season; manifesting Your majestic presence, Your awesome power, Your extravagant goodness that brings:
1. An awakening to You in the body of Christ; waking us out of our apathy, complacency, and lethargy!
2. Protection and victory for Israel – the apple of Your eye!
3. Protection and wisdom for President Trump and those called to his side as he leads our nation under Your providential hand.
4. Your glory to be made manifest in our church, Your body – the church, our school campuses, our nation, and the world.
5. Breakthroughs of growth, prosperity, influence and favor for our ministry leaders, KCM, EMIC, KCBC and the Victory Channel.
6. Personal prosperity and breakthroughs (answers, direction and clarity) for every church member and partner of this ministry.
7. And complete preparation in spirit, soul and body for all that is coming.
– To God be the all the glory, amen!
Unified faith is the incubator for revival!
Let us continue to join our faith in prayer for the Key Prayer Points below that will continue throughout the month:
- That the men of EMIC and the church at large will stand in Championship Faith in 2025 !
- Psalm 91 protection over our church, leaders and partners and the nation of Israel for wholeness and prosperity.
- That Pastor George and Pastor Terri and Brother and Sister Copeland are renewed as Eagles in youthfulness, health and utterance in the Holy Spirit.
- Complete healing for our church family members that are overcoming.
Men, there are active opportunities to be involved in affecting each one of these areas here at EMIC, our community, schools and patriotic involvement and through effective faith-filled prayers.
To find out how you can be more involved contact Pastor Al Velez at avelez@kcm.org or call 817-252-2964 or Josh Gonzalez at jgonzalez@kcm.org or call 817-252-2903
Our Men’s Ministry is designed to equip you with biblical weapons of warfare and disciple you and one another in the Word of God and in meaningful relationships so that we join our faith together for victory!
Come and be a part of our Men’s Movement!
Don’t miss our next Built to Last Men’s Breakfast! Go online to emic.org/events to register now!
Can’t wait to see you all!
Until then stay strong and courageous – AS ONE!
Love and blessings! Pastor Al
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