Encountering the FOG

On my way into work this morning, like many of you I was confronted by the FOG. The roads that I traveled every morning became difficult and challenging to drive. I know every angel, every turn, mile by mile and block by block. But some how as I was driving I was pulled out of my comfort zone when the fog became so think that I no longer could see the road. The road did not change, only my situation changed. My vision was hindered and I had to rely totally on what I knew. After arriving safely at work I watched the Sun rise and the fog began to dissipate.

The fog that we encountered this morning is called radiation fog. It is most common in the fall seasons. It occurs when the nights get longer and land and water surfaces that have warmed up during the summer are still evaporating a lot of water into the atmosphere. In other words FOG is the result of two seasons clashing…summer and fall; the beginning of one and the ending of another.

Traveling life's roads sometimes we will encounter “The FOG” the clashing of two seasons. When this happens we become unclear about our place in life, our future and what God has in store for us: the beginning of one season of our life and the ending of another. In these times, when we are caught between two seasons and our vision is blury we must rely on what we know…”The Word of God”. Situations will change, things and people will come and go, life will have its up’s and downs but the Word of God will never change. The Road that God put you on is still there; stay on the road even when you can’t see it. Remember we walk by faith and not by sight.

Remember this important fact; fog dissipates when the temperature rises and Sun Light breaks forth…you can make it through your “FOG” if you would rise up above what you going through, change the temperature of your praise from low to high… and let the “SON” Jesus Christ break forth in you and through you… Isaiah 58:8

Pastor Daniel R. Grandberry…G.M you know!!!

Lord, Give Me My Mountain

Joshua 14:12 “Lord give me my mountain”

I would like to ask you a question; are you ambitious enough to go after you dreams, your blessing, the promises that God has spoken over your life?

Many people might say that having ambitions or being ambitious is being self-centered. Ambition means to have a dream, hope, a purpose and the determination, the drive, and the motivation to reach it. God has placed in each of us the desire to be better, to accomplish great things… whether it’s to raise children in a godly home, to have a successful career, to finish school, to have a strong and healthier marriage, or to grow in the Lord. Whatever the case may be we must understand that having ambitions is God given.

Often times the enemy cripples our ambition. I call it the “A.C”, the Ambition Crippler. The enemy to ambition is our past. Every time God shows you your future, what you can do and what you can become, the devil comes along and shows you your past, your failures, your faults. All of a sudden you become overwhelmed with a spirit of inadequacies and fear comes over you and leaves you paralyzed. Another day goes by, a week, a month, then a year and you find yourself in the same place.

This is what happened to the nation of Israel, they came to the place of their promise, or their blessing. God told them to go up and to possess the land, but instead of possessing their blessing, they ran because of what they saw. It wasn’t the giants that they saw that frightened them, it was how they saw themselves, and they said “We are like grasshoppers in our own sight”. Seeing themselves as being inadequate robbed them of the ambition to go forward.

But forty years later Joshua and Caleb stand with the nation of Israel at the same place of forty years earlier, looking at the their promise. Caleb has seen this place before and says with a loud voice, “Lord give me my mountain”. In other words, I have the ambition, the faith, the motivation to go into my promised land and possess my blessing. Without ambition you will never possess your dreams. So go for it! The Lord has already gone before you to make the way!

Pastor Daniel R. Grandberry….G.M… You Know!!!

Where will you be on Sunday Morning...God’s House or your house?

Where will you be on Sunday Morning...God’s House or your house?

The bible say’s in Hag. 1:4-9 “Is It time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled (house that is made of cedar wood, very costly material) and this house (The Lord’s House) go to waste. Now therefore thus saith the LORD of host; Consider your ways. You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but ye are not filled with drink; you clothe yourself, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of host; Consider your ways. Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD."

The point behind this chapter that the Lord was expressing to His people, and it speaks to us today, is to not neglect His house. At times we can be so busy making a living that we give little thought to what’s important to God. God is very concerned about His House and how we treat His House. The house of God is a place of refuge, healing, deliverance, worship, prayer, praise, service, ministering to the needs of all people and most importantly, a place where we come to hear the Word of God.

The house of God should never be ignored, neglected and treated as a last option. We must understand that if we want God to fulfill his promise for our lives and to glorify Him, we must Love what He Loves, and cherish what He cherishes. Therefore God ask us to do four things:

1. Consider our ways: to stop and think about our actions, our behavior, our attitudes and make a change.
2. Come up to the Mountain: a place of high aptitude, another level, to come up higher
3. Bring your wood: bring a sacrifice, resources, to put some wood in your hand.
4. Build the house: come with a spirit to work, serve, to roll your sleeves up and minister to someone.

See you Sunday Morning at God’s House…remember the fire of God’s presence will be there so bring your wood…

~Pastor Daniel R. Grandberry….G.M…You Know!

God's Recall Letter

God’s Recall Letter: 2 Peter 3:9

Just the other day the Japanese car maker Honda recalled almost one million cars after discovering issues in their computer system.

When the car companies mail out recall letters they are admitting that there are some serious problems with their product and if not corrected it can cause harm even up to the loss of life. Recall letters tells the owners to bring their vehicles back to the dealership for repairs.

But believe it or not there are those who disregard their recall letter and keep driving their cars even when the vehicle can stop, break down or cause an accident. God sends out recall letters to His people every day; it’s His Word. God’s recall letter is calling us to repentance. Listen to what He says in 2 Peter 3:9, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us –ward, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance”.

This recall letters is sent out to the nations out of Love. It is because God loves us that He tells us not to keep driving through life with a defected product. Come into the Spiritual Dealership (House of God) to be healed, restored, and forgiven. God is not trying to stop us from driving but He doesn’t want us driving a defected product,He want us to reach our destination safely.

Pastor Daniel R. Grandberry

G.M...You Know!

Authority

Authority: Don’t become a spiritual security guard in the kingdom

I was sitting here at my job looking out of the window watching the security guards check people's cars as they go in and out of the complex, and a thought came to my mind; what real authority does a security guard really have? Believe me I’m not down grading a person who might be a security guard but think about it; can a security guard make an arrest? Can they stop traffic? Do they have the power to write tickets, or to investigate a crime? Or are they there to show some level of authority but limited in the role that they perceive to possess.

Here’s the bottom line, when the deal comes down you don’t want to be limited in your role of authority. You do not want to be perceived by your enemy to have something that you really don’t have: its more than a blue uniform, a badge, a stick swinging from your side, but I want the authority, the power, that when you speak the devil knows that Heaven is backing you, that the Holy Spirit is in you and God has His heavenly host standing at attention waiting to do battle on your behalf.

Listen to what Jesus say’s in (Matt. 28:18 ) “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth”. Jesus gave the Church or the body of Christ the power to finish; carrying out His command…therefore He has deputized you by giving you His Holy Spirit. You have real authority so use it, walk in it and declare it! You're not a spiritual security guard, you’re the real deal…so go forward and win souls for the Kingdom of God.

Be Blessed my brother and my sister in Jesus Name:

~Pastor Daniel R. Grandberry

G.M…You Know!!!

Keep Digging

It is a known fact that when they were building the Sears Tower in Chicago, IL, being one of the tallest buildings in the United States, they dug as deep as the building was erected (stories 110 to the height 1,451 feet). Every day the workers would bring in heavy equipment for digging and people would gather around to watch the workers work. Often times people would shout out “Hey, how far down do you have to dig?” The workers would reply, “Until we hit bedrock.” Bedrock was the solid foundation that builders must reach before they could start building. The people were waiting to see the long expected building that was talked about to be one of the tallest, beautiful wonders of the world. I mean if you grow up in Chicago you would think so, but here was the revelation; the workers weren’t building for beauty only but for safety. They knew that in order for the building to stand the test of storms and strong winds that blew off the lake, they had to dig deep until they hit the bed-rock.

My words for you this week are to keep on digging. God is building something beautiful with your life but you must keep digging: there must be a commitment, hard work, a consistent prayer life, and time spent with God in the Word. You must dig deep to withstand the storms of life. Progress is not measured by one day but it’s measured over time. You’re farther than you were last year and closer than you were on yesterday…So keep digging until you hit bed-rock.

Remember; Never ever give up!

“Upon this Rock I will build my church and the very gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” Matt. 16:18

~Elder Daniel R. Grandberry, Pastor

I’m just saying...

If every member were just like you, what kind of Church would it be? What kind of place would it be; I’m just saying

• If they gave like you
• If they prayed like you
• If they worked for the Church like you
• If they spoke about Jesus like you

I’m just saying, would you want to attend that Church?

If every member were just like you, what kind of Christian would they be?

• If they witnessed like you
• If they Loved like you
• If they forgave like you
• If they helped those in need like you

I’m just saying, would they be excited and ready for Jesus' return?

I’m just saying, sometimes life has a way of causing a person to lose focus on what is most important: Jesus said “seek first the Kingdom of God and its righteousness and all of these things will be given unto you”. To seek means to elevate our minds, focus our attention on Christ. Let us not lose focus on why we are here. We are here to make differences in the world, to show the world the Love of God, to win the lost, and to serve God. Never forget that you are the Church, the holy temple of God.

~Pastor Daniel R. Grandberry