Saturday, December 31, 2022
Sunday, December 25, 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Sunday, December 18, 2022
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Join Us In Benton Harbor, MI!
Benton Harbor, MI residents, join us Monday evening @ 6P EST! #IveGotWorkToDo #COGIC #TeamCOGIC #RLH #LCIC #EveryTimeITurnAround #MMEJ #COGICGeneralBoard #GeneralBoard
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Friday, November 18, 2022
***Bishop C. H. Mason & Bible Reading***
Can you believe that, in our daily Bible reading, we are already mostly through Psalms?! Join in daily @ 6A CST, on this page. Daily Bible reading does not save us. But it is important to our spiritual growth. Bishop C. H. Mason (COGIC founder) was known for his prayer life. I have personally spoken to people who were healed under his ministry. Bible reading was the foundation of his powerful prayers. After departing Arkansas Baptist College, in Little Rock, AR, he read the Bible through 3 times, then relaunched his ministry, impacting millions around the globe. #IveGotWorkToDo #COGIC #TeamCOGIC #RLH #LCIC #MMEJ #COGICGeneralBoard #GeneralBoard
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Special Prayer!
Prayer
of faith, healing & deliverance! Tell God, “This time, I’m going to praise
You!” #HC2022 #114HC #IveGotWorkToDo #COGIC #TeamCOGIC #RLH #LCIC #MMEJ #COGICGeneralBoard
#GeneralBoard
Job Well Done!
Friday, November 4, 2022
CONGRATS!
Congratulations
to Presiding Bishop & Chief Apostle J. Drew Sheard & the Church Of God
In Christ, for a successful upcoming 114th Holy Convocation. Every time I turn around,
God is blessing me. Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III #IveGotWorkToDo #COGIC
#TeamCOGIC #COGICGeneralBoard #GeneralBoard #EveryTimeITurnAround
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Our Hearts Purified Through Suffering
The pure in heart
will see God. We often think that if we fast enough, pray enough or read our Bibles enough, our hearts will automatically become pure. But, unfortunately, some who fast, pray & read the Bible the most, can have some of the most vile hearts. What is missing? God purifies our heart “through” suffering. What does that mean? Challenging occurrences, seasons & people (1) reveal what is in our heart (2) provide the opportunity for our heart to be cleansed (disciplined), by putting to practice the things that we have learned by: praying, reading the Bible & fasting. Remember, Israel was delivered from bondage “by the blood of the lamb.” But, “after” deliverance, they went into the wilderness & their heart was revealed. Unfortunately that generation failed the test. My prayer is that each of us will pass the test. Matthew 5:8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Hebrews 12:10-11 ERV 10 Our fathers on earth disciplined us for a short time in the way they thought was best. But God disciplines us to help us so that we can be holy like him. 11 We don’t enjoy discipline when we get it. It is painful. But later, after we have learned our lesson from it, we will enjoy the peace that comes from doing what is right.
Deuteronomy 8:2 ERV And you must remember the entire trip that the Lord your God has led you through these 40 years in the desert. He was testing you. He wanted to make you humble. He wanted to know what is in your heart. He wanted to know if you would obey his commands.
Hebrews 3:7-12 TLB 7-8 …be careful to hear his voice today and not let our hearts become set against him, as the people of Israel did. They steeled themselves against his love and complained against him in the desert while he was testing them. 9 But God was patient with them forty years, though they tried his patience sorely; he kept right on doing his mighty miracles for them to see. 10 “But,” God says, “I was very angry with them, for their hearts were always looking somewhere else instead of up to me, and they never found the paths I wanted them to follow.” 11 Then God, full of this anger against them, bound himself with an oath that he would never let them come to his place of rest. 12 Beware then of your own hearts, dear brothers, lest you find that they, too, are evil and unbelieving and are leading you away from the living God.
We Are Under Observation
Periodically God deals w/me in dreams. Obviously, you don’t share everything God shows you; you share what He permits or directs. This part I can share. Let me put it simply this way; we are under more direct “observation” than what we think. Yes, most of us know that God is “watching” us. However, we are being “observed.” Two definitions for “observe,” are, “To watch carefully the way something happens or the way someone does something, especially in order to learn more about it” (Cambridge). And, “If you observe a person or thing, you watch them carefully, especially in order to learn something about them” (Collins). God is definitely observing EVERYTHING we DO, SAY & THINK. Yes, we know that we are saved by grace & not works. But, trust me, we WILL be giving an account for our actions.
Jeremiah 17:10 ERV. But I am the Lord, and I can look into a person’s
heart. I can test a person’s mind and decide what each
one should have. I can give each person the right
payment for what they do.
Luke 12:2-3 ERV. 2 Everything that is
hidden will be shown, and everything that is secret will be made known. 3 What
you say in the dark will be told in the light. And what you whisper in a
private room will be shouted from the top of the house.”
Romans 14:12 ERV. So each of us will have to explain
to God about the things we do.
2
Corinthians 5:10 ERV. We must all stand before
Christ to be judged. Everyone will get what they should. They will be paid for
whatever they did—good or bad—when they lived in this earthly body.
Revelation 2:23 ERV. ….Then all the churches will see
that I am the one who knows what people feel and think. And I will repay each
of you for what you have done.
#IveGotWorkToDo
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Friday, October 7, 2022
Strength For Difficult Situations!
If Benaiah (one of David’s mighty men) could slay a
lion, in a pit on a snowy day; then God can give YOU strength to face AND
conquer ALL of life’s challenges! #IveGotWorkToDo
2 Samuel 23:20 New
International Version. Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant fighter from
Kabzeel, performed great exploits. He struck down Moab’s two mightiest
warriors. He also went down into a pit on a snowy day and killed a lion.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Sunday, September 11, 2022
Tuesday, September 6, 2022
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Happy Labor Day!
Happy Labor Day! From my family to yours! #IveGotWorkToDo
#COGIC #TeamCOGIC #RLH #LCIC #MMEJ #EveryTimeITurnAround
Friday, September 2, 2022
Saturday Night Sunday School
PTL Please join me for Saturday
Night Sunday School, LIVE, Sept 3, 2022 @ 8P CST, w/host Eld. Michael Payton;
for the lesson, “Faith Calls For Perseverance,” (Heb 10:19-31). Every Time I Turn
Around, Bishop Elijah H. Hankerson III #IveGotWorkToDo
Monday, August 29, 2022
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Saturday, August 20, 2022
“PUT AWAY YOUR STRANGE GODS!”
“PUT AWAY YOUR
STRANGE GODS!”
Joshua 24:20-24
20 If ye forsake the lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you
hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. 21 and the people
said unto Joshua, nay; but we will serve the lord. 22 and
Joshua said unto the people, ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have
chosen you the lord, to serve
him. And they said, we are witnesses. 23 now
therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline
your heart unto the lord god
of Israel. 24 and
the people said unto Joshua, the lord our
god will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
1.
Joshua
knew that idolatry would eventually be the downfall of the people of God.
2.
I
have been able to stand through the worst season of my life, because my late
wife and I always sought to know the God of the bible; and not just people’s
idea of God. Their ideas are most of
the times popular, but not biblical.
3.
I
am seeing more and more that people are not worshipping God; they are
worshipping their “idea of God.” That is a form of idolatry.
a.
They
say God always loves. But
the Word says that He also hates. Be glad that He chose to love you.
Romans 9:13. As it is written, Jacob
have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
b.
They
say God will never do you harm. But He has at times chosen to bring harm. Be glad that He has
chosen to do you good.
Exodus 4:24. And it came to pass by
the way in the inn, that the lord met
him, and sought to kill him.
Job 13:15. Though he slay me, yet
will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
c.
They
say walk in “your” truth; but Jesus said the Word is truth. So, there is absolute truth; not our
personal truth.
John 17:17. Sanctify them through
thy truth: thy word is truth.
d.
They
say that Jesus will never offend us, and that He only offended religious
people. But He offended
his followers just as much.
Matthew 16:23. But
he turned, and said unto peter, get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence
unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of god, but those that be of
men.
Matthew 15:15-16. 15 then
answered peter and said unto him, declare unto us this parable. 16 and
Jesus said, are ye also yet without understanding?
Matthew 15:16 amplified bible. And
he said, “are you still so dull [and
unable to put things together]?
4.
God created us in his image; but we have recreated God
in our own image and likeness. Unfortunately, all this does is support
the atheists claims that we are inconsistent. We ignore the Bible and stick
with our own ideas. We explain away everything. But this is a faith and trust
walk. We cannot always explain everything and why God does what He does; but we
yet trust Him!
Genesis 1:26-27
26 and God said, let us
make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over
all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 so
God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and
female created he them.
5.
Here are some strange gods (i.e., idolatrous ideologies)
that people worship; that must come down. While they may be comforting, they
are not the truth of God’s Word.
a.
God is only concerned about my comfort. God is caring,
but, if Jesus had uncomfortable situations, then what about us?
Matthew 8:20
And Jesus saith unto
him, the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the son of
man hath not where to lay his head.
Matthew 10:24-25
24 the disciple is not
above his master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 it is enough for the
disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of
his household?
b.
God wants me to live the American dream. He will supply
your needs; but you cannot find the American dream in the Kingdom agenda of the
Bible.
John 16:33
These things I have
spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have
tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Mark 10:30
But he shall receive
an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and
mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come
eternal life.
c.
God always takes my feelings into consideration,
regarding my destiny. That would be nice. But, many times, with God,
our feelings, opinions and concerns are not taken into consideration at all.
This is a kingdom, not a democracy. As Americans, we despise anyone having
total control over us. We refer to that as dictatorship. But there is really no
other way to describe it. God does in fact have total control over our lives
(not by force, but by our surrender to His will). The sooner we realize that,
the better equipped we will be to conquer life.
i
Dictator. A ruler with total power
over a country.[1]
ii
Dictatorship. A government by a dictator. [2]
iii
Democracy. A system of government by the whole
population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.[3]
John 21:17-19
17 He saith unto him the
third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he
said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou
knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed
my sheep. 18 Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and
walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch
forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou
wouldest not.
19 This spake he,
signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken
this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
d.
God is sending everyone to Heaven.
i
Let’s be honest, there are some Scriptures that seem
to allude that everyone will be saved (universal reconciliation).
1 Timothy 2:3-6
3 For this is good and
acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men
to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
5 For there is one God,
and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a
ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
1 John 2:2
And he is the
propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.
1 Timothy 4:10
For therefore we both
labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the
Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all
die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
ii
Yet, there are other Scriptures that allude to God
handpicking those who will be saved and those who will be damned for eternity
(predestination).
John 6:44
No man can come to me,
except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the
last day.
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me,
but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth
fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the
Father in my name, he may give it you.
Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles
heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as
were ordained to eternal life believed.
2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
10 And with all
deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be
damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
iii
While, those points can be argued at another time; the
Bible is very clear that only a few people will be saved. So let us be
thankful that we are in that number!
1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous
scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Matthew 7:13-14
13 Enter ye in at the
strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to
destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the
gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that
find it.
Matthew 7:21-23
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.
22 Many will say to me in
that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I
profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Luke 13:23-24
23 Then said one unto
him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
24 Strive to enter in at
the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not
be able.
[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=DICTATOR+DEFINIION&oq=DICTATOR+DEFINIION&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i13l4j0i13i30l5.4440j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8. (Accessed, August 20, 2022).
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Monday, August 8, 2022
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Thursday, July 14, 2022
Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Monday, July 4, 2022
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! From the Hankerson Family: Elijah III, Elijah IV, Raquel & Matthew! (This was the late Lady Rachel Hankerson’s favorite holiday)
Sunday, July 3, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Happy Father's Day 2022
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY 2022! Praising God for my “three blessings,” Elijah IV, Raquel and Matthew. And grateful for the memory of my “angel,” Lady Rachel Hankerson, who went “home” to be with the Lord on Fathers Day, June 20, 2021. #FathersDay #Father #Dad #COGIC #TeamCOGIC #LCIC #MMEJ
Friday, June 17, 2022
GOD IS AT WORK FOR YOU.
GOD IS AT WORK, RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AT. The top right picture is Puerto Rico. The middle right picture is the San Juan Islands in Washington state. The bottom right picture is Lake Tahoe in California. The picture on the left must be some tropical paradise with mountain ranges, correct? No. This is a wonderful spot right here in the state of Missouri (with mountains, water and sunset) that my late wife Rachel and I claimed as “our own.” Yes, we could travel the world to great paradise destinations; and many times, we did. But there is paradise right in our “back yard.” Missouri has all of that? Absolutely. The point is, everything you need is right around you. God has given you what you need to stand in life. He is at work right where you are at. Open your eyes and see the goodness that He already has lavished on you. #IveGotWorkToDo #Hope #Inspiration
Philippians
4:11-13 ERV. 11 … I have learned to be satisfied with what I
have and with whatever happens. 12 I know how to live when
I am poor and when I have plenty. I have learned the secret of how to live
through any kind of situation—when I have enough to eat or when I am hungry,
when I have everything I need or when I have nothing. 13 Christ
is the one who gives me the strength I need to do whatever I must do.
Ephesians 5:16 CEV. … make every minute count.
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