Rev 7:9  After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

Rev 7:10  And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.

Rev 7:11  And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Rev 7:12  Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

Don’t sweat the small stuff ~ https://youtu.be/O_Zyj5KBG-0

Exo 24:16  And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud.

Exo 24:17  And the sight of the glory of the LORD waslike devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.

Exo 40:34  Then a cloud covered the tent of thecongregation, and the glory of the LORD filled thetabernacle.

Exo 40:35  And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled thetabernacle.

Lev 9:6  And Moses said, This is the thing which theLORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory ofthe LORD shall appear unto you.

Lev 9:23  And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed thepeople: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

Don’t sweat the small stuff ~ https://youtu.be/O_Zyj5KBG-0

Valentines Day! ~ Don’t sweat the little OR big things in life.

Let me start this beautiful day out by wishing you all a Happy and Blessed Valentine’s Day and many more! 

Let’s open with Prayer and then take a look at Jeremiah 12:Chapter 1 (PRAY)

Jeremiah’s Complaint ( We all have some sort of complaint to God on various occasions don’t we?)

Jer 12:1  Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

HERE, Jeremiah is giving God honor and glory for His judgments but as you can see, he wanted to talk to God about things that he didn’t understand about them. In our language it’d be “Hold up Lord, I need you to explain this to me.” WHY WHY WHY? (Like a little kid right?) Don’t we all have a time every now and then like that? Where you just have to ask God “What’s up with this mess Lord? I can’t take this anymore. Why does it seem that the evil ones do better than I do? Why do they have houses, cars and land and I am counting change for the bus every morning? Why are their children accepted at awesome colleges and I can’t even buy books for mine at a lesser college? Why do good people die so young, and evil, nasty, sinful people live so long that they brag about drinking alcohol, eating chocolate daily, or and some other crutch kept them going throughout the years? 

Jer 12:2  Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins (mind.) ~ Jeremiah is telling God how the evil people surrounding him take strong root with their false professions, speaking about God and calling themselves representing Him through their mouths but not with their hearts and minds. They are “do what I say but not what I do” people. They are like the preachers in the pulpit who get drunk or engages in porn after church is over. 

Let’s take a look at the previous chapter, 11:12 and 13:

Jer 11:9  And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. Conspiracy: a secret plan by a group to do something harmful or unlawful.

Jer 11:10  They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Jer 11:11  Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. THEY WILL GET THEIR PAYBACK! HOLD ON LOVED ONES. TRUST GOD.

Jer 11:12  Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Jer 11:13  For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal.   (We now have the Altar of Baal in New York City placed there by our leaders in government.)

Jer 11:14  Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

Jer 12:3  But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

Jeremiah is telling the Lord, “You know me Lord and have tested my heart.” It is safe to assume that Jeremiah passed his tests just as we should. Keep your mind stayed on Jesus Christ. Preach Him, teach about Him, concentrate on Him, talk to Him, testify about His goodness….everywhere. Don’t be ashamed because God said in various ways that if we are ashamed of Him, He will be ashamed of us. 

Jer 12:4  How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

THE MAIN SCRIPTURE THAT I WANT TO EXPOUND UPON:

The Lord Answers Jeremiah

Jer 12:5  If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

God is telling Jeremiah and is still telling us today through this written Word that if we are complaining about the small things, how can we conquer the larger problems in life. God is saying to us, “Don’t sweat the small stuff.” And now that Jesus has come, gone and about to come again, we need not sweat the big stuff either. He gave us prayer, tongues via the Holy Spirit, His name, His power, why are we still complaining???

Jer 12:6  For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. (Even our family may talk about us from time to time and dirty our reputation but we have to “not stop” our work for the Kingdom and continue in the strength and power of the Holy Ghost.) As an example, I had a relative who used to record on his telephone, what my children and I would talk about in the privacy of our home and then he would take it to others and let them listen. That’s when the new cellphones came out and he was good at using one and showing off its properties. We didn’t know much about them at that time. He would start the conversation in a negative way and record how we would answer him. He even talked about his own loved ones and friends just to get us started. Well, with me being the truth-teller that I am, I would answer him according to what the Bible said about the situations. People don’t like to hear the truth. One thing I can say is that “I never lied!” That one young man turned a lot of people against my family over his actions. Be careful of your friends phones folks. If any lights are flashing, like the radio interviewer always says, ‘You’re on!” ~ He doesn’t know it but we knew of his shenanigans for years and just didn’t say anything about it. You can’t tell everything you know right? We kept that to ourselves. I actually allowed the Word of God to preach to those who listened 2nd hand to my voice. *Wisdom. I never said anything that wasn’t the truth anyway so….  Sometimes you have to use whatever platform God allows to open to you to preach the Word, in season, out of season, reprove, correct. And that was certainly an out of season time in the life of my little household but we got ‘er done. We learned not to sweat the small stuff. That was actually a lesson for us to learn about watching our words. People will try to set you up with your wording just like they did Jesus in: 

Mar 12:13  And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

Luk 11:54  Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

Jumping to :

Jer 12:10  Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. (The church today…taking crosses off of their church to “fit in” with the world as not to offend anybody, allowing their praise and worship teams to sing the same music that the world sings and plays, etc.) Devil worship has entered the church y’all. It’s entertainment not worship. 

Jer 12:11  They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart.

Jer 12:12  The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace.

Jer 12:13  They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Jer 12:14  Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

Jer 12:15  And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

Jer 12:16  And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

Jer 12:17  But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD.

To end, DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF! Endure and stay in prayer, praise and worship mode and God will fight your battles. Don’t try to pick anything up on your own. Let the Lord be your total overseer, He knows what you need. We say that a portion of God’s Holy Spirit lives in us but do we really trust His guidance? Listen, slow down, don’t fret, trust and believe, and God will handle your business, amen? 

Are you saved? 

Are you saved? Now is the time to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior. With all that is going on around the world, you need a friend. Jesus can be that special friend if you allow Him into your life. He is your helper and His Holy Spirit is your Comforter.

If you are not saved, just repeat the Romans Road after me: Say “Jesus, I repent of my sins, I am so sorry Lord. I believe that you died on the cross and rose 3 days later from the dead, just for me and I accept what you have done, I accept you as my Savior. Thank you Jesus, amen.” Now go find a bible believing, Holy Ghost filled church and learn of Him, it’s never too late. Your new life starts now. All old things are gone away. God throws them as far as the East if from the West. Now….go live, laugh and love! 

Num 6:24 The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:

Num 6:25 The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:

Num 6:26 The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Thank you for coming on today and I pray that your week goes by Victoriously! 

Rev Essie signing off! God bless and have a great day!

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Don’t sweat the small stuff ~ https://youtu.be/O_Zyj5KBG-0

Deu 30:6  And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

Deu 30:20  That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

Joh 8:42  Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Isaiah’s Vision of the Lord

Isa 6:1  In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.

Isa 6:2  Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Isa 6:3  And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Isa 6:4  And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke.

Isa 6:5  Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.

Isa 6:6  Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

Isa 6:7  And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

Don’t sweat the small stuff ~ https://youtu.be/O_Zyj5KBG-0

Job 5:22  At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Job 8:21  Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

Psa 37:13  The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. Psa 59:8  But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. Psa 126:2  Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. Ecc 3:4  A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; 

Don’t sweat the small stuff ~ https://youtu.be/O_Zyj5KBG-0

Joh 3:3  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Joh 3:7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

1Pe 1:23  Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.

James 5 – Outlast your enemy https://youtu.be/iTBMjgIwtw0

Psa 80:3  Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psa 80:7  Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psa 80:19  Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psa 119:135  Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.

Ecc 8:1  Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

James 5 – Outlast your enemy https://youtu.be/iTBMjgIwtw0

Pro 12:26  The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

https://youtu.be/7Ul__aCY0y8 You, Superman and 1 weakness

Deu 7:9  Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deu 10:12  And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deu 11:1  Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway.
Deu 11:13  And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
Deu 11:22  For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Deu 19:9  If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three:
Mat 6:24  No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Mar 12:30  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
1Jn 4:7  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1Jn 4:8  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
1Jn 4:9  In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
1Jn 4:10  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

https://youtu.be/7Ul__aCY0y8 You, Superman and 1 weakness

Joh 14:16  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Joh 14:26  But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

Joh 15:26  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Joh 16:7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Mat 5:10  Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mat 7:21  Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Mat 10:7  And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Mat 13:11  He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Mat 13:52  Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

Mat 18:4  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Mat 19:14  But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

Love not the World: https://youtu.be/dYNk0Z4Jxzk

Psa 24:5  He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psa 45:7  Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Psa 48:10  According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Isa 5:16  But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.
Isa 41:10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Isa 61:10  I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. Mat 6:33  But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Rom 1:17  For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Rom 14:17  For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 2Co 5:21  For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
2Co 6:7  By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Love not the World: https://youtu.be/dYNk0Z4Jxzk