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Wisdom Call

11/3/2019

Thanksgiving and Prayer
Philemon 4-7
"I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, because I hear about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. I pray that you may be active in sharing your faith, so that you will have a full understanding of every good thing we have in Christ. Your love has given me great joy and encouragement, because you, brother, have refreshed the hearts of the saints."

Generosity
"The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration but its donation." Corrie ten Boom

Everyone enjoys the generous spirit of the holiday season. Christians are called to live by God's standard of giving year-round.

The attitude of the heart determines the altitude and the position in latitude and longitude.

Whatever the color of your skin, keep your heart red - the redness of the blood from God Almighty is His gift of life and seal of His holiness, divinity, and character.

America likes to fly like an eagle,
with God Almighty's redemptive table.
America liked by penguins
It is here in America, not in Mougins.

America, country of generosity,
likes fraternity and hospitality
Thank God Almighty for America.
Thank God Almighty for Africa.
Thank God Almighty for being here
That Africa of origin is over there.

I thank you God Almighty
for being an African
and for being American.
who yesterday, today, and forever
is the same.
And all men and women
say Amen.

Wisdom Call

10/6/2019

Righteousness

Genesis 50:20
Joseph speaking to his brothers: "You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."

Ephesians 6:10-20
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should."

Philippians 1:3-11
"I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God’s grace with me. God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God."

I am on the mountain
I dwell on the mountain
And I praise God Almighty
and I say Alleluia, Alleluia
I press on towards my goal, vision, and destiny.
Those at the bottom of the mountain cheer me on
I agree and say Alleluia, Amen with glory.

The siege was lifted and the veil was torn and opened.
The sun is rising and shining
the day is coming and bringing light.
The combat is over, finished.
The victory is mine and possessed forever,
Alleluia.

Three situations we face are

a 40 - 1 situation
a last minute situation
an almost there situation.

Three aspects of our victory are

have an unanimous point victory
throw in the towel
a knock out victory

all this in our righteous stand

Wisdom Call

9/2/2019

Wisdom
"Knowledge is horizontal. Wisdom is vertical - it comes down from above." Billy Graham

History is replete with learned men who steadfastly refused to acknowledge the Creator of knowledge and therefore lacked wisdom. Perhaps you know someone who is intelligent yet lacks wisdom. That's because true wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord, not the knowledge of man, and consists of understanding what God's Word has to say about every aspect of life. Every day you follow God's plan makes you even wiser.

Psalm 7:10-17
My shield is God Most High,
    who saves the upright in heart.
God is a righteous judge,
    a God who displays his wrath every day.
If he does not relent,
    he will sharpen his sword;
    he will bend and string his bow.
He has prepared his deadly weapons;
    he makes ready his flaming arrows.
Whoever is pregnant with evil
    conceives trouble and gives birth to disillusionment.
Whoever digs a hole and scoops it out
    falls into the pit they have made.
The trouble they cause recoils on them;
    their violence comes down on their own heads.
I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness;
    I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.

1 Corinthians 12:12 - 13:13
Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
Now if the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.  If they were all one part, where would the body be?  As it is, there are many parts, but one body.
The eye cannot say to the hand, “I don’t need you!” And the head cannot say to the feet, “I don’t need you!”  On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,  and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other.  If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.
Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?  Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.

And yet I will show you the most excellent way.

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.  If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.  It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.  Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.  For we know in part and we prophesy in part,  but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears.  When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.  For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

The 7 columns of Folly
Proverbs 6:16-21
1st column - verse 17 - pride
2nd column - verse 17 - lies
3rd column - verse 17 - murder
4th column - verse 18 - wicked heart
5th column - verse 18 - quick to rush to evil
6th column - verse 19 - false witness
7th column - verse 19 - stirs up dissension
The 7 columns of Wisdom
James 3:17

1st column - pure
2nd column - peace-loving
3rd column - considerate
4th column - submissive
5th column - full of mercy and good fruit
6th column - impartial
7th column  - sincere

We are American of origin Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, Africa
We are American from America
We know who we are
We know who we are not
We know what we are
We know what we are not.
We are who God Almighty says we are
We have what God Almighty says we have.
We have the mind of Christ Jesus
We have the character of His wisdom,
We believe,
We think what we believe.
Love from above
from our hearts to your hearts.
To save
To secure
To heal (God's way)
To govern those who govern
To train governors for tomorrow,
To reign (3 times - 1 for each ear & check all is OK)
For the glory of God Almighty
Considering Jesus Christ.

Humanity has left most of us including our education and most of the domains of realities.

10 - 1 = 9
100 - 1 = 99
1000 - 1 = 999
10 power n - 1 = 9999....9 [n(9)]

(-) x (-) = (-) not (+)
Gravity 9.8 = 10 - 0.2 = 10 - (1/5 )
It should be 10. Let us notice 12 = 10 + 10/5
That is the beginning of the pattern y = x + x/5
The formula of biblical restitution and restoration.

Wisdom Call

8/4/2019

Forgiveness

Wisdom's Call , Wisdom Calls
It is like 0 = 0 & 0 = 1
Vice Versa 0=1

Forgiveness - giveness for, full of giving for Jesus' sake, redemptive gift on the cross of Calvary for salvation.
Full of giving for being in ransom in the same mind set as Christ.

"No creature that deserved redemption would need to be redeemed." C.S. Lewis

God chose to save us from ourselves by giving His only Son. That's why we should be quick to forgive, for we have tasted the sweetest forgiveness.

Joshua 7:6-9
Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown to the ground before the ark of the Lord, remaining there till evening. The elders of Israel did the same, and sprinkled dust on their heads. And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan! Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies? The Canaanites and the other people of the country will hear about this and they will surround us and wipe out our name from the earth. What then will you do for your own great name?”

Joshua 7:10-26
The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.
“Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
“‘In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord chooses shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord chooses shall come forward man by man. Whoever is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the Lord and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!’”
Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen. The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen. Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.
Then Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honor him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
Achan replied, “It is true! I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel. This is what I have done: When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and there it was, hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. They took the things from the tent, brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and spread them out before the Lord.
Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the robe, the gold bar, his sons and daughters, his cattle, donkeys and sheep, his tent and all that he had, to the Valley of Achor. Joshua said, “Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will bring trouble on you today.”
Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them. Over Achan they heaped up a large pile of rocks, which remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from his fierce anger. Therefore that place has been called the Valley of Achor ever since.

Ruth 2:8-23
So Boaz said to Ruth, “My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”
At this, she bowed down with her face to the ground. She asked him, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner?”
Boaz replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your father and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not know before. May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
“May I continue to find favor in your eyes, my lord,” she said. “You have put me at ease by speaking kindly to your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servants.”
At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.”
When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over. As she got up to glean, Boaz gave orders to his men, “Let her gather among the sheaves and don’t reprimand her. Even pull out some stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up, and don’t rebuke her.”
So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening. Then she threshed the barley she had gathered, and it amounted to about an ephah. She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much she had gathered. Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left over after she had eaten enough.
Her mother-in-law asked her, “Where did you glean today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who took notice of you!”
Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she had been working. “The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz,” she said.
“The Lord bless him!” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law. “He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.” She added, “That man is our close relative; he is one of our guardian-redeemers.”
Then Ruth the Moabite said, “He even said to me, ‘Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain.’”
Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It will be good for you, my daughter, to go with the women who work for him, because in someone else’s field you might be harmed.”
So Ruth stayed close to the women of Boaz to glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished. And she lived with her mother-in-law.

Ruth 4
Meanwhile Boaz went up to the town gate and sat down there just as the guardian-redeemer he had mentioned came along. Boaz said, “Come over here, my friend, and sit down.” So he went over and sat down.
Boaz took ten of the elders of the town and said, “Sit here,” and they did so. Then he said to the guardian-redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from Moab, is selling the piece of land that belonged to our relative Elimelek. I thought I should bring the matter to your attention and suggest that you buy it in the presence of these seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, do so. But if you will not, tell me, so I will know. For no one has the right to do it except you, and I am next in line.”
“I will redeem it,” he said.
Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the land from Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the dead man’s widow, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property.”
At this, the guardian-redeemer said, “Then I cannot redeem it because I might endanger my own estate. You redeem it yourself. I cannot do it.”
(Now in earlier times in Israel, for the redemption and transfer of property to become final, one party took off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the method of legalizing transactions in Israel.)
So the guardian-redeemer said to Boaz, “Buy it yourself.” And he removed his sandal.
Then Boaz announced to the elders and all the people, “Today you are witnesses that I have bought from Naomi all the property of Elimelek, Kilion and Mahlon. 10 I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, in order to maintain the name of the dead with his property, so that his name will not disappear from among his family or from his hometown. Today you are witnesses!”
Then the elders and all the people at the gate said, “We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the family of Israel. May you have standing in Ephrathah and be famous in Bethlehem. Through the offspring the Lord gives you by this young woman, may your family be like that of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah.”

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the Lord enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. The women said to Naomi: “Praise be to the Lord, who this day has not left you without a guardian-redeemer. May he become famous throughout Israel! He will renew your life and sustain you in your old age. For your daughter-in-law, who loves you and who is better to you than seven sons, has given him birth.”
Then Naomi took the child in her arms and cared for him. The women living there said, “Naomi has a son!” And they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

This, then, is the family line of Perez:
Perez was the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
Salmon the father of Boaz,
Boaz the father of Obed,
Obed the father of Jesse,
and Jesse the father of David.

Matthew 18:21-35
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.
“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

“At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.
“His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’
“But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened.
“Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
“This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

Wisdom Call

7/7/2019

2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Job 32:6-9,13-22
So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said:
“I am young in years,
    and you are old;
that is why I was fearful,
    not daring to tell you what I know.
I thought, ‘Age should speak;
    advanced years should teach wisdom.’
But it is the spirit in a person,
    the breath of the Almighty, that gives them understanding.
It is not only the old who are wise,
    not only the aged who understand what is right...

Do not say, ‘We have found wisdom;
    let God, not a man, refute him.’
But Job has not marshaled his words against me,
    and I will not answer him with your arguments.
“They are dismayed and have no more to say;
    words have failed them.
Must I wait, now that they are silent,
    now that they stand there with no reply?
I too will have my say;
    I too will tell what I know.
For I am full of words,
    and the spirit within me compels me;
inside I am like bottled-up wine,
    like new wineskins ready to burst.
I must speak and find relief;
    I must open my lips and reply.
I will show no partiality,
    nor will I flatter anyone;
for if I were skilled in flattery,
    my Maker would soon take me away.

John 5:25-27,28-30
Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.
“Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned. By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

Acts 13:6-12
They traveled through the whole island until they came to Paphos. There they met a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus, who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, “You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind for a time, not even able to see the light of the sun.”
Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand. When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

Romans 16:20
The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.  The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

Integrity
"Sleep with clean hands, either kept clean all day by integrity or washed clean at night by repentance." John Donne

"Honesty is the best policy" is a notion that's gathered some dust! Integrity has fallen on hard times in many areas of society. The qualities of honesty, truthfulness, reliability and sincerity have often been pushed into the closed and replaced by hypocrisy, thievery, unfaithfulness and deceit. Are you as good as your word?'
Christians must raise up the standard of integrity in a world where honor an uprightness grow ever dimmer.

We must raise our standard of redemptive blood, the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ to overcome those four strongholds of the world: betrayal, denial, silence or guilt, and withdrawal. We must promote excellence in academics and the Gospel.

Poem(s) - It is.../I am...
It's done, I can see
It's finished, I see the Red Sea
I see the Sea of Reed
I see the field full of grain and seed.

I am red
Like Red Sea - a sea reeds red.
I take out weed(s)
From grass seed(s)
I have no greed
But hunger I like feed
Sea-reed of blood
Reed red of damage flood
The cross blood
The redemptive blood
Saves us
In all world(s) as in US
Praise God
Alleluia God
We say Amen
We all men and women

It is white/I am white
Look over there
Yes over there
Look also here and there
It is all snow
It blows snow
All is white
Take of it a bite
It is white snow bite
It is snowing
It is whitening.

It's yellow/ I am yellow
It is all yellow
Pollen is all yellow
Not mildew
Malaria gives skin yellow
Complexity of skin is normal below
But gold is yellow
The inside of egg is yellow
No blame is allowed
No plow, no dew
Yellow is beehive
Yellow is alive
Do not forget
You get it
At traffic light
Warning is at yellow light
Word is spirit
Word is life and light.

Psalm 18; John 1
B. Lucien Bouabré (S3L)
Love from above
dove love
to my heart
from my heart
to your heart

Language (tonguage) expresses vertically in body, soul, and spirit and horizontally integrates diligently a duodécimal domain of activity.

Revelation of 40 days of fasting and prayer
May 29-July 9, 2019
0,1,2...9 = 10 - 1 Terminal I or Ordinal I or Ordinances I
10, 11, 12...19 = 20 - 1 Terminal II or Ordinal II or Ordinances II
20, 21, 22...29 = 30 - 1 Terminal III or Ordinal III or Ordinances III
30, 31, 32...39 = 40 - 1 Terminal IV or Ordinal IV or Ordinances IV
....
400...499 = 500 - 1 Terminal D or Ordinal D or Ordinances D
10(power n), 10(power n) + 1, ...10(power n) - 1 = [10(power (n + 1))] - 1
Terminal (n + 1) or Ordinal (n + 1) or Ordinances (n + 1)

Wisdom Call

6/3/2019

Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
    for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

Matthew 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.   For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 28:18-20
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Mark 16:15-19
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well.”
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.

Luke 2:52
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

Luke 3:16
John answered them all, “I baptize you with[b] water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with[c] the Holy Spirit and fire.

John 3:12-17
I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.  Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Acts 1:8-11, 22-26
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.”
....beginning from John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.”So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone’s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.” Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

KINDNESS
"As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding (misinterpretation, misrepresentation), mistrust (misconduct, hypocrisy) and hostility to evaporate." - Albert Schweitzer

Kindness is a language the deaf can hear and the blind can see - unfortunately it is often the first casualty in our battle with the clock.

I am / I have
We are / We have ; people groups covenantal poems.

I am Brown I own
My own race own
I am Black I don't slack and snack
I only ask, out (I) cast
That's my holy task.

May 19, 2019
We are under attack
A very sharp (shark) attack
My heart was ending a yearly grieving
My soul embittered was darkening
The battle was fierce
In my being all searing, piercing and fierce
Like a birth pain
A real sorrow grain.

I am sandy
Not candy
But I have hands handy
Task force with hands noble and handy
No bee, no fly and candy
But honey.
Do not be slave of money
Choose the Lord of money
The Lord of Lords
And the Word of all Word(s) and word
Who does not Lord it
But who saves you and it.
Glory be to His name
Because from Him comes fame.
No place for blame
But room and storage for emblem.
Praise His name
He, who, yesterday, today, and tomorrow, and forever is the same.
For all men and women
We (I) say Amen.

Wisdom Call

5/5/2019

2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

Proverbs 3:3-6; 33-35
Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.

The Lord’s curse is on the house of the wicked,
    but he blesses the home of the righteous.
He mocks proud mockers
    but shows favor to the humble and oppressed.
The wise inherit honor,
    but fools get only shame

Philippians 2:1-11
   Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness.
And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death--
        even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.

Humility
"Lord...where we are wrong, make us willing to change, and where we are right, make us easy to live with." - Peter Marshall

No garment is more fitting for a Christian than that of humility. While some mistake meekness for weakness, most people admire humility in others because it conveys a quiet strength of character that doesn't need applause from the world. In an age when many "old-fashioned" values have gone out of style, modesty, respect for others and deference to God's authority are still widely accepted standards of excellence. A person who looks up to God rarely looks down on people.

Almost there is never there.

Racism and supremacy are nothing but bruised snake heads and snakes without venom and teeth, doomed to death in hell.

Wisdom Call

4/7/2019

Hebrews 13:17
Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

Romans 13:1-7
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended. For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

God Almighty entrusted His ultimate authority to parents, religious leaders, business men and entrepreneurs, and government officials.

God Almighty integrated the kingdom through us in twelve activities, talents, or domains of competence: education, government, technology, financial, social, medicine, entertainment, media, internet, real estate, culture, and invention.

God Almighty is our revered Father. Our brother who is competent in a certain area could be referred to as revered director for example.

Folly and a dog which returns to its vomit meet together.
Indiscretion and a pig with a gold ring in its nose kiss each other.
These sayings contrast with love and faithfulness; righteousness, justice, and peace; and wisdom, understanding, and knowledge.

Feel it, nail it down, and kneel down for it express determination of our faith upon facts and our trust in God Almighty.

Remember - re-member to body of first love when America(n) left its English and its mother tongue.

Remember - re-member the origin of your first love when Africa(n) left its humanity and its firstness.

Communication - come YOU & me - action (has 8 steps - Phil. 4:8)

My way is not God's way. His (the neighbor's) way is not God Almighty's way either. God's way is: I am the way , the truth, and the life (Jn. 14:6). What is impossible to man is possible to God.

Wisdom Call

3/3/2019

Ezekiel 2:3 - 3:9
He said: “Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day. The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’ And whether they listen or fail to listen—for they are a rebellious people—they will know that a prophet has been among them. And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious. But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.

And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.” So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.

Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.

He then said to me: “Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them. You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel— not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.”

Strategic Warfare
"Strategic spiritual warfare is the endeavor of an individual or group of mature believers to move out in the authority of the Word of God, anointed by the Spirit of God, to expose and overthrow the kingdom of darkness, and to advance the kingdom of light significantly. To be successful, we need to wait for the revelation of the Lord's purposes, persist in intercessory prayer, and identify with the heart of God for renewal, redemption of the lost, and the reformation (of home, church, society, and many other domains of reality).
The primary activity envisioned in strategic warfare is intercession before the throne of God, not interaction with fallen principalities."
In fact, "Strategic warfare is a powerful means of tearing down invisible forces of wickedness. Yet it is dangerous and not to be undertaken without a clear calling from God and careful spiritual preparation. If God has not called you into this kind of warfare, pray fervently for those he has, and you will have done your part."
(Daily Strength for the Battle)

Peace
"The knowledge that we are never alone calms the troubled sea of our lives and speaks peace to our souls." A.W. Tozer

"Peace that comes from God is not a state of happiness that depends on circumstances. It is a deep, inner confidence that God is alive in us, working all things together for our good." (CBN)

Being cool, calm, and collected is an expression of self-control and peace.

Wisdom Call

2/3/2019

Exodus 31:1-11
Then the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills— to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts. Moreover, I have appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamak, of the tribe of Dan, to help him. Also I have given ability to all the skilled workers to make everything I have commanded you: the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent— the table and its articles, the pure gold lampstand and all its accessories, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, the basin with its stand— and also the woven garments, both the sacred garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons when they serve as priests, and the anointing oil and fragrant incense for the Holy Place. They are to make them just as I commanded you.”

Psalm 79:9
Help us, God our Savior,
for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sins
for your name’s sake.!

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Self-Control
"I have more trouble with D.L. Moody than with any other man I ever met." D.L. Moody

"Think, feel, say and do what you please and don't worry about the consequences, say the purveyors of pop wisdom. However, they fail to mention that totally surrendering to your urges can have disastrous results, such as damaged relationships, personal humiliation, guilt and remorse, to name a few. The standards of godliness exemplified by Jesus Christ replace the popular notion of self-indulgence with self-control based on obedience to God's Word. Exercising self-control in our thoughts, feelings, words and actions not only pleases God but also makes us better ambassadors for His kingdom." (CBN)

Our attitude affects our actions.
Our compatible actions are the result of breaking the following redemptive code: 0=1, x3y6z9 That is the hostility to bring Christ to the cross started at the third hour; at the sixth hour He was on the cross; He was confirmed dead the 9th hour. Three days later He was raised from the dead. That code integrated Christ's victory for our individual salvation, sanctification, sanitation, sufficiency of abundance, submission, putting on Christ, surrender to the Holy Spirit, and be rooted in His love from above.