STOP WATERING DEAD THINGS
Posted on May 29, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: daily devotional, faithhill church, pastor patrick, stop watering dead things1
Put This In Your Spirit: You have a sanity code. Your C.O.D.E. = Close Open Doors Easy. Closing doors to our soul that let the wrong people in has to be the easiest thing we do. Don’t pet the devil, doors that let drama, confusion and distraction in our life are a threat to everything in our life: “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8).
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL: DON’T BITE
Posted on May 23, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: daily devotional, Don't Bit, faithhill church, oakland ca, pastor patrick1
Put This In Your Spirit: The bible says, “Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools” (Ecclesiastes 7:9). When folks come for you, they either don’t know you or they know you well enough to know that their behavior is going to provoke you. Either way, the goal is the same — to get you to bite, clap back or to act up. What you do next is either going to cause them to win or cause them to recognize that they don’t have that much power over you.
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ACTIVATE YOUR DO NOT CARE SPIRIT
Posted on May 22, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: activate your do not care spirit, daily devotional, faithhill church, oakland ca, pastor patrick0
Put This In Your Spirit: It’s called self-esteem not others-esteem for a reason. God is a jealous God, and He said that we cannot serve two masters. When it comes to the opinion that matters in your life, if it contradicts God’s opinion, you must delete it — don’t keep it and worship it.
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it” (Proverbs 4:23).
“Pay attention when people react with anger and hostility to your boundaries. You have found the edge where their respect for you ends.”
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THEY WERE SENT TO IRRITATE YOU
Posted on May 17, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: daily devotional, faithhill church, pastor patrick weaver, they were sent to irritate you0
Put This In Your Spirit: A pearl is beautiful when you see it in the store but did you know that a pearl gets its beauty from irritation? Natural Pearls form when an irritant works its way into an oyster, mussel, or clam. As a defense mechanism, they release a fluid to coat the irritant. Layer upon layer of this coating, called ‘nacre’, is deposited until a beautiful pearl is formed.
Put This In Your Spirit: The bible says, “No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it” (Hebrews 12:11). In other words, no pain, no gain.
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MIXING FAITH AND POLITICS CAN BE DANGEROUS
Posted on May 16, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | 0
God did not tell us to use the government or governing authorities to make disciples. God said the governing authorities are a testament to our righteousness or confirmation of our rebelliousness: “…For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid…” (Romans 13:4).
Evangelical leaders have jumped into the political arena head first and unwisely aligned themselves with particular government officials for pseudo-religious reasons. Government is not for the Christians, it is for the people. Get that understood. Government is not the ministry of the church nor can it exclusively represent Christians. American citizens are not and do not have to be Christians. American citizenship is not a religion it is a right, a freedom that is protected by the constitution.
This may shock some of the holy rollers but gays and lesbians have rights under our constitution, and you do not have a right to use your religion to overturn the constitution. Jews, Muslims, agnostics and atheists have the same constitutional rights as Christians do and the Government is responsible for their rights just as they are any.
Point being, we need conscious and careful evangelical leadership speaking the truth and not misleading the body of Christ by promoting unbiblical allegiance to political parties or unintended purpose of government. We, Christians, must tend to our business and not outsource discipleship to government. We must acknowledge our fellow citizens of all colors, of all persuasions, of all religions and of all backgrounds who are protected by our constitution.
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL: LET THEM!
Posted on May 16, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: daily devotional, faithhill church, let them, oakland, pastor patrick weaver
Put This In Your Spirit: The bible said, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline” (1 Timothy 1:7). When fear controls us, it reduces us to slaves of the person threatening us — and they become our god. Can you imagine a bully being a god? No, they need to get right or be removed from your life. God said, “You shall have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3).
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DON’T BE AFRAID TO DISAPPOINT
Posted on Apr 30, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: daily devotional, don't be afraid to disappoint, faithhill church, oakland ca, pastor patrick
Put This In Your Spirit: This is your life and you’re trying to fulfill God’s divine plans for your peace, joy, potential and destiny. Everybody who wants to be a part of your life is not eligible to be a part of your plans. The bible says, “Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?” (Amos 3:3). If they don’t agree with the plans that God has for your life, don’t be afraid to disappoint!
Put This In Your Spirit: The top 5 people that we spend 80% of our personal time with, influence our conversation, our direction and our elevation. You know better than anybody that intruders throw your prayer life off, they interrupt thoughts, they distract you from your fight and they keep you majoring in minor things. When we’re afraid to disappoint the right people, we let the wrong people have power over our lives.
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THE DEVIL IS PUSHING YOU INTO YOUR DESTINY
Posted on Apr 25, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: daily devotional, faithhill church, pastor patrick, the devil is pushing you into your destiny
Put This In Your Spirit: Sometimes we get comfortable simply because we’re doing better than we were. Or because they are better than the last. But God is saying, “The longer you stay comfortable where you’re not supposed to be, the more uncomfortable it will become. Staying comfortable where you are is keeping you from the dream that I gave you.” The dream God gave Jospeh was not going to be fulfilled at Potiphar’s house.
Put This In Your Spirit: The bible says, “For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose” (Philippians 2:13). You cannot stay where God’s purpose cannot be fulfilled. Your destiny belongs to God — His plans for your life were written in His book before you were born: “Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be” (Psalm 139:16).
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IS GOSPEL MUSIC GOING SECULAR?
Posted on Apr 24, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: blog, faithhill chruch, Nicki Minaj, pastor patrick, san leandro CA, snoop dog0
What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? (Romans 6:1)
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL: A TIME TO KILL
Posted on Apr 10, 2018 by Pastor Patrick in DAILY INSPIRATION | Tags: faithhill church, pastor patrick weaver, san leandro CA1
Put This In Your Spirit: “A woman called up a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn’t mention anything about the reason for her interest in silver beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver.
As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up. He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest so as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in our hot spots.
Then she asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left even a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.
The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, How do you know when the silver is fully refined? He smiled at her and answered, “Oh, that’s easy–when I see my image in it.”
Put This In Your Spirit: To make a God transition in any area of life, you have to get comfortable being uncomfortable. Remember, if God’s fire reveals it, you were comfortable with what you were supposed to be uncomfortable with.
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