David Wilkerson – What it Means to Live by One’s Faith
David Wilkerson was the Founding Pastor of Times Square Church in New York City. He was called to New York in 1958 to minister to gang members and drug addicts, as told in the best-selling book, The Cross and the Switchblade. In 1987, David Wilkerson returned to “the crossroads of the world” to establish Times Square Church. As a pastor of the church, he faithfully led this congregation, delivering powerful biblical messages that encourage righteous living and complete reliance on God. David Wilkerson had a strong burden to encourage and strengthen pastors throughout the world. From 1999 to 2008, he traveled around the globe holding conferences for Christian ministers. Wilkerson’s widely distributed sermons, such as “A Call to Anguish”, are known for being direct and frank against apostasy and serious about making the commitment to obey Jesus’ teachings. He emphasized such Christian beliefs as God’s holiness and righteousness, God’s love toward humans and especially Christian views of Jesus. Wilkerson tried to avoid categorizing Christians into distinct groups according to the denomination to which they belong. Wilkerson was killed in a car crash in Texas on April 27, 2011.
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The Bible says: “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.” This is in Exodus 15:26 As Christians, we need to to hearing from God if we are to do his will and to receive clear instructions from Him. Like Jesus, He only did what the Father has told Him to do. And these brought glory to the Father. But how to hear the voice of God? This preaching by Derek Prince gives us valuable inputs on how to hear the voice of God. Derek Prince is a Bible teacher who has been a great influence in my Christian walk. It’s about an hour audio sermon, but surely, it’s all worth it.
About Derek Prince
Derek Prince (1915-2003) was born in Bangalore India, to a British military family. At the age of 5, Derek was sent back to England, where he attended the most exclusive boarding schools, including Eton and Cambridge, where he excelled, for the rest of his childhood and adolescent years. Derek’s years at Cambridge brought him into contact with some of the luminaries of the age. He studied under the famed philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
In a search after the true meaning of life, Derek devoted himself to studying philosophy. He read every word that Plato ever wrote-in the original Greek. However before long, when Derek found that Philosophy did not have a very clear or positive answer, he turned to Oriental cults—yoga, theosophy, and voodoo. Yet again, he ended up in disillusionment.
He had a spiritual experience, but that did not make him happy. In fact, it was followed by a gray depression that settled around him. Nonetheless, looking back, he achieved success, according to the standard of this world.He had a solid reputation in his field, he had written an acclaimed dissertation of Plato’s method of definition and its evolution. He wrote poetry in Latin and Greek. Still, he was confused and frustrated with this world, and longed for “something that was real.”READ MORE by going to this link.
“For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against. ”– Ephesians 6:12 NKJV
Eric Ludy mentioned in this video the Fifteen Ingredients of a Man with white Knuckles. What are they? Watch this video.
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Fifteen Ingredients of a Man with white Knuckles:
a man that actually cares
a man who seeks the welfare of God’s people
a man trained to lead
a man of faith
a man undaunted unshaken
a man watchful and vigilant
a man was sword drawn
a man loyal to the spirit not a debtor to the flesh
a man after his king’s glory
a man determined
a man who knows his position
a man who wins his battles
a man sealed in covenant
a man zealous for the house of God
Eric Winston Ludy is an author, speaker, and president of Ellerslie Mission Society. He is also the senior pastor at the Church at Ellerslie in Windsor, Colorado.
Eric Ludi is also a lead instructor at Ellerslie Training, an internationally known discipleship training center that equips men and women of all ages to become world-changers for Christ. Eric’s sermons are heard by thousands of listeners around the world each week. His short films such as “The Gospel” and “Depraved Indifference” have impacted millions. His preaching influences are Leonard Ravenhill, C.T. Studd, Hudson Taylor, Rees Howells, and Charles Spurgeon into a blender, and that’s pretty close to what I believe.”
“Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.” – Colossians 3:2
Eric Ludy raised a huge challenge on this video “Asking The Tough Questions.”These questions are very relevant to every believer of Jesus Christ as we continue to serve Him in the ministry. Watch full video below. The transcript is also available below.
What are you attracted to? What is it that moves you in this life? There’s something that gets you up off the couch. What is it? Gold or God? You choose. “For where your treasure is there will your heart be also.” Which what is the greater appeal to your soul which one’s driving you?
Which one gets you up in the morning? Which one lifts you off the couch? Which one will cause you to risk life and limb? Gold? or God?
Do you really trust him? Do you believe that His word is in fact the Word of God and holy backed by the integrity almighty? He promises to those who believe and he cannot lie so.
Are you willing to lay it on the line in this generation to prove your God faithful? Or are you one of the humbugs? I pray thee, have me excused. You’re busy.! And so though we have a dying world out there and some of them right down the street, I pray thee, have me excused. I’m not one that can really accomplish that. CT stud was 52 years old on death’s doorstep! “God, don’t pass me over.” He said there’s a discrepancy between us and CG stud. We need what he had! Do we have a CT stud in our midst? that’s willing to say, “I don’t care what it comes with they’re lost. There are those needful of Jesus Christ. God send me.” would you rather that someone else go instead. Oh God thanks for bringing that up yeah I think in this situation it probably would be good that someone else went instead of me. I mean I think could you give me a few other options? because that option really just doesn’t resonate with me. You definitely like a longer list and I can just sort of pick which job description I would like. You can let someone else get the job description the god designs specifically for you?
Do you have limit to your obedience? It’s like, I will follow God to this point. But anything beyond this point is extreme. Who came up with that? Doesn’t God own you? Don’t you realize that he purchased your body? You belong to Jesus Christ. You submitted your life to him he can do with you what he wishes. So who are you to give your life to Jesus Christ and then define the terms of how he will use your life?
Do you have a limit to your obedience? Because if you have a limit to your obedience, something’s wrong with your Christianity. Am I willing to serve forgotten and without applause? We really like to be known, and we really like the applause. Let’s just admit it, and then let’s answer the question.
Are we willing to forego that? Am I willing to forego the comforts of life? If any of you are Americans in here you know the value we put on the comforts of life. God wouldn’t actually asked me to forego those, would he? That’s not right! Are you willing is the question? doesn’t mean he will ask you to just be miserable questions are you willing to go where there aren’t comforts you know there’s other places in this world you haven’t traveled much you’ll find it out that aren’t like America.
You know East Timore, Afghanistan, Iraq, Liberia, you know some rough places out. there the period is amid have electricity paved roads maybe of Jesus Christ. Are you willing to give up the comforts of life for your king? By the way life on Earth is very short.
Are you willing to give up a short season of your existence to serve your king well no matter what the cost? Am I willing to go anywhere no matter the danger or darkness? anywhere! anywhere is the question. Not just to the easy spots. Anywhere! For King and Kingdom because if you say no who do you expect in this generation to say yes?
Am I willing to let go my reputation? You know when you serve Jesus Christ, you become the misunderstood. It doesn’t happen always immediately but on and sometimes it does. where people start looking at you like what in the world’s wrong with you? Tt’s our passing little rumors about you too I’ll start the little tales can begin to float through the air or over the Internet. You stand for something and you’re immediately misunderstood despised. Sometimes hated would be a good word to describe it Jesus was described as a worm and no man in Psalm 22
Are you willing to be a worm and no man in this generation? Am I willing to die young for the sake of Christ Am I willing to live lonely among the heathen? Am I willing to suffer in my body? Am I willing to be a etcetera and insignificant and nobody for the glory of Jesus Christ? Do you require notoriety? Are you willing to serve unnoticed? Well I go to interior Africans. they don’t really have News cameras that can capture all my good deeds down there! I need to be noticed Doesn’t God want us to be famous? So that he can make a name for himself? If I increase, maybe he can increase that way. Well actually the pattern for him increases as you decrease see that’s the great secret for increase the Kingdom of Heaven. We get out of the way.
Are you willing to be one of Christ’s etceteras? Or must you be one of Christ’s somebodies? Is this for your reputation or for His? I want you to realize what we’re defining here isn’t extreme Christianity. It’s Christianity It’s the way it’s always been. Gold or God? are gone which one lifts you off the couch? Which one will cause you to risk life and limb? gold or God? Which one would you gamble to get more off? Because men and women all throughout history of Gamble’s get gold but which of us is willing to gamble our lives and put it all on the line to get more God? More God.. God or God? You choose…
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If you ask me about people who have influenced my life, I can tell you straight away that Billy Graham is one of them. I have a high admiration about Billy Graham’s humility, boldness, and uncompromising preachings. I can spend hours watching him preach or read his books. He is such an inspiration.
Today, I am featuring a synopsis of his preaching about happiness. I watched this video several times and on the process, I scribbled his message. Read on.
Happiness does not depend on abundance. It depends on something else. It depends on something deeper. The Bible says in Isaiah There is no peace to the wicked.
There will be no peace in your heart if you don’t know God. You will be like a restless sea. If you look at the sea and see how restless it is, that like the heart of a person that doesn’t know Christ. Do not be deceived God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap
Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.(Romans 4:7) The word “Blessed” means happy! If you have your sins forgiven and your inequities have been covered by the blood of Christ, then there is happiness, there is joy, and there is peace. And God can forgive sin because of the cross. God send His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and He put all of your sin on Him. Jesus was the sin bearer. He became the scapegoat. He took all the penalty for your sin.
