Weekly Message 8-14-2023
This month’s key word is ENCOURAGEMENT!
Author: CLG
Weekly Message 7-31-2023
Church of the Living God
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Jewell Dominion
Weekly Message from General Chief Overseer Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
Date: 07/31/2023
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to Him be the Glory, Power, and Dominion forever and ever and to the Holy Ghost that is yet abiding in the body. This month’s key word is HOPE. This week message discusses: Hope for the Third-Day Generation!
We can observe more and more people living according to their own will instead of God’s will for their lives. They no longer listen to what the leaders God has appointed over them have to say. All that matters to them is what they say and how they feel. The Lord gave us purpose for our lives before we were formed. “Before I formed thee in the belly, I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations” Jeremiah 1:5. Many have forgotten to seek out their God-given purpose. When we live for ourselves, we lose ourselves. As children of God, we are meant to live like royals according to His will.
Beloved, do not take the freedom you have been granted. You are born with a God-given purpose. Fame and recognition do not fulfill your purpose in life. Your life does not have to be great by the world’s standards. Each of us has a high calling from God. When we fulfill that calling, we are more fulfilled than the people who are considered successful according to world’s standards. Ecclesiastes 1:1-4 tells us, “The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth forever”. Solomon
says, all the success and riches he had were empty and vain. Jesus said, “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy, I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). Everything God has blessed us with, everything that we have today, was given to us to server His purpose. We do not have to try to be somebody else because everyone’s purpose is tailored to who the Lord has called them to be.
In closing, 2023 is the year of “Seeking the Glory of God”. We do not have to worry about how or when things will happen, our portion is to rest in God and He will make things happen for us. Hosea 6:2-3 tells us, “After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth”. God is aware of the increasing demands of today’s world. God has made a promise to third-day Christians. “And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear” (Isaiah 65:24). Praying God bless all of you this coming week. The Lord goes ahead of you and makes all the crooked places straight. He blesses you with His favor. But remember this , His favor flows only when we need it.
Until next week, remember, “… with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26b)”.
In His Service,
Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
General Chief Overseer/Senior Bishop
Weekly Message 7-24-2023
This month’s key word is HOPE. This week’s message discusses: A Living Hope.
Weekly Message 7-17-2023
This month’s key word is HOPE. This week’s message discusses: How we can have Hope when everything looks hopeless?
Weekly Message 7-10-2023
Church of the Living God
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Which He Purchased With His Own Blood, Inc.
Jewell Dominion
Weekly Message from General Chief Overseer Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
Date: 07/10/2023
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to Him be the Glory, Power, and Dominion forever and ever and to the Holy Ghost that is yet abiding in the body. This month’s key word is HOPE. This week message discusses three key reasons for hope and what hope does for mankind.
Key Reasons for Hope:
- Christ’s personal presence: There will come a day when we will be face to face with Christ and dwell in His presence. 1 Thessalonians 2:19 reads, “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming”?
- Redemption from our sinful nature: When Christ returns the battle with sin will be completely won. There will be no more sin. Hebrews 10:17 tells us, “And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more”.
- Restoration of creation: The promise of God is that there will be a new heaven and a new earth. This means that God will make all things new and the entire world will be redeemed. Isaiah 65:17, reads, “For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind”.
What Hope Does For Mankind:
- Hope shines brightest when the hour is darkest: John 1:5.
- Hope motivates when discouragement comes: Galatians 6:9
- Hope energizes when the body is tired: Isaiah 40:31.
- Hope sweetens while bitterness bites: Acts 8:23-25.
- Hope sings when all melodies are gone: Ephesians 5:19.
- Hope believes when evidence is eliminated: Hebrews 11:1.
- Hope listens for answers when no one is talking: Isaiah 65:24
- Hope climbs over obstacles when no one is helping: 1 Peter 2:21.
- Hope endures hardship when no one is caring: Romans 5:3-5.
- Hope smiles confidently when no one is laughing: Proverbs 15:13.
- Hope reaches for answers when no one is asking: Isaiah 65:24
- Hope presses toward victory when no one is encouraging: Isaiah 40:31.
- Hope dares to give when no one is sharing: James 2:14.
- Hope brings the victory when no one is winning: 1 Corinthians 15:57.
In closing, our hope is completed through Jesus’ return. In Titus 2:13, Paul gives proper divinity to Jesus: “our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ”, and declares that Jesus existed in the “form of God” prior to His incarnation in Philippians 2:5-8. Then Paul proclaims the certainty of our hope with the fact that Jesus is God. “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” 1 Timothy 2:5. My brothers and sisters, hope is one thing that we cannot do without! Until next week, remember, “… with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26).
In His Service,
Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
General Chief Overseer/Senior Bishop
Weekly Message 6-19-2023
Church of the Living God
The Pillar and Ground of the Truth, Which He Purchased With His Own Blood, Inc.
Jewell Dominion
Weekly Message from General Chief Overseer Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
Date: 06/19/2023
Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and to Him be the Glory, Power, and Dominion forever and ever and to the Holy Ghost that is yet abiding in the body. This month’s key phrase is “How to Focus on Eternal Life”
John 3:16 is powerful. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”. In it Jesus summarizes God’s saving action in this world. But if we read on to verses 17 through 20, we notice that Jesus does not specify which actions or opinions are in and which are out. He only speaks of God’s love for the world, a love that penetrates the whole world, a love that does not condemn, but rather saves. That verse is about more than the human fear of death! That is what we have reduced it to. Eternal life for some is about what you get when you die, either glory or punishment, rather than teaching people how to enter into the new mode of being right now.
My Brothers and Sisters eternal life exists in the Here and Now! And Eternal Death does too. You can be physically wasting away and dying physically and yet be very, very alive. And you can be healthy and successful and yet be dying. You, see the question is not: Is there life after death? The question this week is: Is there life before death? In any moment we can choose life or we can choose death. We choose death when we opt to hold a grudge, pass on gossip, or let that racist or sexist comment slip on by without saying anything. Or you can choose life by forgiving, opening yourself to others, releasing your grip on being right, choosing to be in relationship with others instead of closed off from them, and in choosing to stand up for the dignity of Jesus Christ.Apostle Paul understands this when he says, You were dead through trespasses and sins in which you once lived(a present, ongoing condition) but now you are made alive through Jesus Christ! And Apostle Paul goes on to say, we were created for life, for eternal life in the here and now. Jesus said: “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly”.
In closing, when we give, serve, love, and create, we participate in the eternal life of God. Because living is about our relationship with God. It’s about our true self, our identity as a child of God, our heart, soul, spirit; the depth of our being. It is independent from our possessions, accomplishments, where we live, who we’re friends with. It’s the deep place within us that speaks to us and tells us whether we’re living or whether we’re dying. Until next week, pay attention and remember, “… with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26).
In His Service,
Bishop Dr. Calvin Worthem
General Chief Overseer/Senior Bishop
