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Senior Pastor's Corner

Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!

~ Welcome to the Pastor’s Corner ~

My name is George Adams, Jr., Senior Pastor of the After Christ Christian Center. Thank you for sharing your most valuable time with us through our web-media ministry. Every month there will be a bible study lesson posted. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage you to chase after God with all your heart. My personal prayer is that you take this lesson, study it and then apply it to your everyday life.

Continue to keep me and the After Christ Christian Center Family

in your prayers and we will be praying for you also.

George Adams. Jr, Senior Pastor

“THE YEAR 2012”

Building the Bridge of Influence . . .

A Year of Order . . .

Walking in the Timing of God. . .

Expanding the Kingdom . . .

“And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and men of violence take it by force.” Matthew 11:12 (ASV)

Force is defined as the power to influence, affect, or control; efficacious power. People of violence – swift and intense influence, take it by influence and having the desired measurable results. It is time for the Kingdom Citizens to advance the kingdom through influence. Who’s in your sphere of influence?

Romans 12:2 from the Message says “…Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking…”, and it goes on to say “…Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity…”

Change The Culture . . . Do Not Be Infected By It!

We have to change the culture not through religious dogma, but by using practical ways to reach people where they are; by being the bridge. A Bridge is defined as a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or phase between two adjacent elements, activities, conditions, or the like.

Isaiah 58:12 reads, “ "If you get rid of unfair practices, quit blaming victims, quit gossiping about other people's sins, If you are generous with the hungry and start giving yourselves to the down-and-out, Your lives will begin to glow in the darkness, your shadowed lives will be bathed in sunlight. I will always show you where to go. I'll give you a full life in the emptiest of places — firm muscles, strong bones. You'll be like a well-watered garden, a gurgling spring that never runs dry. You'll use the old rubble of past lives to build anew, rebuild the foundations from out of your past. You'll be known as those who can fix anything, restore old ruins, rebuild and renovate, make the community livable again.”(MSG)

Repairer of the breach, a bridge over troubled waters; that is the assignment of Kingdom Citizens. We should be known as those who can fix anything.

I was looking at a bridge and I noticed that there is an area under the bridge where someone can seek covering. This is called a Viaduct. Viaducts are created as a result of a bridge being present. It’s time for us to be the “bridges”. Bridge the gaps in our society, church family, neighborhood etc... Everyone is not going to cross over the bridges that we construct, some will just benefit from what the viaducts provided by the bridges.

We cannot be so rigid and religious that we limit God and put Him in a box; “you can’t turn water into wine if you don’t go to the wedding”. Practice doing more outside of your comfort zones and build bridges. Some will be saved crossing the bridges others will be saved resting under the viaducts.

Let’s come together this year and work to expand and build the kingdom through influence.

Sr. Pastor George Adams, Jr.

After Christ Christian Center

The Ephesians Prayer

Ephesians 1; 17-23(Amplified)

17 [For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, 18 By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), 19 And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, 20 Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places], 21 Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. 22 And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church], 23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself].

Where Is The Trust. . .Where Is The Trust?

“¹³However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own [authority], but whatever He hears he will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” John 16:13 (NKJV)

Where Is The Trust. . .Where Is The Trust?

Our minds fight to hold on to wrong thoughts and wrong thought patterns. There is a stronghold, a fortified place in our minds. We struggle to protect this anti-trust mindset with excuses like:

I don’t want or need to change.
I have been doing it like this for years.
I’m fine!
Everything is ok the way it is.
I’m comfortable!

“³Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed.” Proverbs 16:3 (Amplified)

To agree with God means that change is inevitable. We must commit to change even though it is very uncomfortable. Job 22:21 (Amplified), instructs us to “Acquaint now yourself with Him [agree with God and show yourself to be conformed to His will] and be at peace; by that [you shall prosper and great] good shall come to you”

Have a dialogue with God and get to know Him and His will for your life. Don’t take His ways personal but take His ways with purpose according to Romans 8:28 (NIV).

^“28And we know that in all things works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”

“You comprehend my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether.” (Psalms 139: 3-4, NKJV)

We cannot hide from God. He already knows our feelings, desires, needs and wants. He knows what you will be doing today and tomorrow. According to Nahum 1:7, “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.”

God already knows if we truly trust Him or not. We cannot fool Him. Be honest about where you are. Ask yourself:

1. Where am I with my trust in God?

2. Would it be an easy transition or a major realignment of my mindset to live a

life that exemplified total trust and reliance in God?

3. Does what I see dictate my reality?

Our visual does not convey reality. We need to confess that out loud a few times.

Change your ways so that they correspond to God’s ways for your life. It is a fact that God has called us to various places. However, be honest with yourself! Being where you need to be sometimes does not seem like the right place.

What you see does not always line up with the promises that God has for you. Whatever your situation, know that it is temporary. YOUR REALITY IS THE PLACE THAT GOD HAS DESIGNATED SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU! God is not going to change who He is and the way He does things to satisfy our flesh. It is going to require that we trust Him with every aspect of our life.

During this time of completely and totally trusting God, we must develop some patience. Patience is your ability to stand without giving up.

Philippians 2:13 (NKJV) explains that when we agree with God He is pleased. “¹³for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for [His] good pleasure.”

We must stop our emotions and feelings from ruling us. According to 1 Samuel 30:6 (Amplified), “David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God.” The message says “David strengthened himself with trust in his God.”

Whatever you are facing, give it to God. Trust Him with it. Stop doing it your way. Do it the way that He says do it. Not the way that you think it should be done. It is not only imperative, but absolutely necessary for you to trust Him with your life. Commit your plans to Him and you will succeed. Everything is in His timing, so practice patience.

“³⁶For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.” Hebrew 10:36 (KJV)

Don’t put God on your clock the promise is yours.

“⁹And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint.” Galatians 6:9 (Amplified)

So now the question is . . .

WHERE IS YOUR TRUST?