Our Hope

Man can live without a lot of things but hope is a necessary thing in our lives. It is hope that keeps us going when the odds are supposedly stacked against us. When we have hope we can make it through the most difficult of circumstances.
Today I want to look at seven aspects of the hope we have because we are in Christ.
As a Christian the hope we have is:
1. Unchanging Hope God’s Word is sure. Our Savior is unchanging.
Hebrews 13:8(KJV)
8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
2. A Glorious or Blessed Hope – The promise of Christ’s return is what our hope is fixed on. See John 14:3 and
Titus 2:13(KJV)
13Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
3. A Comforting Hope – In that we are able to comfort others with the same comfort that we have been comforted of God with.
II Cor. 1:3-4 and
1 Thessalonians 4:14-18(KJV)
14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
4. A Purifying Hope – We will be like Him.
1 John 3:2-3(KJV)
2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
5. A Stabilizing Hope – balance and trust in Him
James 5:7-8(KJV)
7Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
8Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Isaiah 26:3(KJV)
3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
6. A Victorious Hope – See the entire passage from 1Cor 15:50 – 58
1 Corinthians 15:57(KJV)
57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
7. An Abiding Hope – which is a forever hope that lives in us.
1 Corinthians 13:13(KJV)
13And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

In Christ we have something truly that the world didn’t give and the world can’t take it away.
Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

A Game of Hope!

Suffering Produces Gold

Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
by C. H. Spurgeon
Wednesday Morning, October 7

Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? Numbers 11:11

Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the diamond, but the true jewel fears no test. It is a poor faith which can only trust God when friends are true, the body full of health, and the business profitable; but that is true faith which holds by the Lord's faithfulness when friends are gone, when the body is sick, when spirits are depressed, and the light of our Father's countenance is hidden. A faith which can say, in the direst trouble, Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, is heaven-born faith. The Lord afflicts his servants to glorify himself, for he is greatly glorified in the graces of his people, which are his own handiwork. When tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope, the Lord is honoured by these growing virtues. We should never know the music of the harp if the strings were left untouched; nor enjoy the juice of the grape if it were not trodden in the winepress; nor discover the sweet perfume of cinnamon if it were not pressed and beaten; nor feel the warmth of fire if the coals were not utterly consumed. The wisdom and power of the great Workman are discovered by the trials through which his vessels of mercy are permitted to pass. Present afflictions tend also to heighten future joy. There must be shades in the picture to bring out the beauty of the lights. Could we be so supremely blessed in heaven, if we had not known the curse of sin and the sorrow of earth? Will not peace be sweeter after conflict, and rest more welcome after toil? Will not the recollection of past sufferings enhance the bliss of the glorified? There are many other comfortable answers to the question with which we opened our brief meditation, let us muse upon it all day long.

Give me some feed back or your thoughts on this subject of suffering or affliction.

Blessings on Ya
Pastor Kitner

A Great Testimony of Healing Today!

I have taken this from the blog of Pastor Jeff Leake to bless the readers of this blog as well. God is revealing His glory. Enjoy this testimony and let hope and faith build in you for your healing also.

Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

Powerful testimony I just received...

Do you believe in HEALING TODAY?

Here is a glowing testimony of a healing that involved a lifeless child being brought back to life just like in the Bible accounts.
I copied this from a good brother's blog to share with the readers here. Enjoy this testimony, I did. Be encouraged in this day!

Powerful testimony I just received...
From Justin in Kigali, Rwanda...

Dear Chuck (Chuck king)

Love and greetings I am happy to let you know that our church house is
doing quite well, I must tell you that God has moved in our midst like never before. A case in point is where recently, A certain lady who is a member of our church lost her child meaning that the child died, and was brought to us for prayer. I was not present and my wife took the dead child into her arms and prayed so intensively for more than an hour and then began thanking the Lord for the healing just in faith then suddenly the child resurrected then followed wild excitement from the mother and other fellow believers as tears were in plenty while the testimony became the source of overwhelming joy for many who learned about it.

Let us keep praying for each other for the strengthening of God's Kingdom
Yours in Christ

Brother Justin Nkundabagenzi
by Chuck King...


Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner

No Weapon That is Formed Against You Shall Prosper!

No Weapon That is Formed Against You Shall Prosper!
By Pastor Charles Kitner

During my bout with cancer and heart repair surgery this is the scripture that God gave me to assure and sustain me.

Isaiah 54:14-17 is the base scripture along with Romans8:28-30 for this message.
Isaiah 54:17 (KJV) 17No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

To prosper is to be fruitful, successful, to do well, that is to accomplish what was meant to be accomplished by the thing formed. The servant of the Lord however has a heritage in the Lord and this heritage says that NO WEAPON THAT IS FORMED AGAINST the servant of the Lord shall prosper. The weapon that is formed against the servant of the Lord might as well be formed against the Lord Himself. Thus the weapon can not be successful that is formed against a servant of the Lord. I am a servant of the Lord and I come to declare my heritage together with you today.
Every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment, as a servant of the Lord, your heritage is to condemn it.
The truth of this Word cannot be overcome and certainly neither can the Lord. His Word is Truth and it shall stand sure.

A Look at Weapons:

1. The weapon of words – this weapon can’t prosper because of our heritage. As a servant of the Lord, He speaks on our behalf and He ever lives to make intercession for us. Therefore the weapon of words cannot prevail against us. As a servant of the Lord the Word of God that is truth and forever settled in heaven is what we allow to affect our lives in the guidance and direction that we need to hear and that Word is powerful. We are what God says we are and we have what God says we have. It is what Jesus Christ has done that makes us to be come the righteousness of God in Christ. We will be able to speak against those that speak against us and against the declarations made that are contrary to the Word that God has given. We have Christ in us, which is our hope of glory.


2. The weapon on sin- this weapon can’t prosper for the book of Romans says that as a servant of God sin will not have dominion over because we are free to serve righteousness. This is because of His work in me cleansing me and renewing me. When Jesus Christ died I died! When He was buried I was buried! When He rose from the dead I rose to newness of life also and I have His power coursing through my very being to walk in that newness of life. I have an advocate is I do sin, who is the Lord Jesus Christ who ever lives to make intercession for me with the Father. He is faithful and just to forgive me my sin as I confess it and cleanse me by His own blood, that was sacrificed at the cross, of all unrightesness.


3. The weapon of sickness- this weapon can’t prosper. Sickness and disease are something that have entered into this world because of sin and is a part of the curse. I am no longer under the curse of the Law but I am under grace and the Spirit of the law of love in Christ Jesus. The bread of the children of God is healing of the body, mind, spirit and soul. God’s glory will be seen in me and sickness and disease can’t prosper or be successful against me. By the stripes of Jesus I was healed.


4. The weapon of satan- this one is a spiritual being that is a liar, a murderer and a thief. (John 10:10) Satan comes to kill, steal and destroy but Jesus has come that I might have life and that in abundance. The Word of God says that if I submit myself to God and resist the devil, he will flee from me. Nothing that satan forms against me can prosper.. Jesus has been given all power in Heaven and in the earth and even under the earth. It is written…puts him down every time.
2 Corinthians 10:2 - 5 (KJV) 2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;



5. The weapon of people’s plots and plans -These weapons cannot proper. If we look at the book of Nehemiah we can see that God takes our part, as we serve Him, against those that rise up with their plots and plans that go contrary to the Word of God for us. God has a plan for good and not for evil and works on our behalf. We have to stand fast in the Lord and in the power of His might. We must put on the whole armor of God and keep working for God without stopping it for lies and schemes of those whom the devil is using against you. The Sanballats and Tobias of this world will never be successful against the anointed servants of God when they are committed to what God has put in their hearts.

Romans 8:28 is being worked in our lives as we serve God. We walk in the power of His might continuously being filled with the Holy Spirit singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord, singing Psalm and hymns and spiritual songs. It is God that works in us to do of His good pleasure and He will complete His work in us, for us and through us.
Our heritage is to be able to condemn every voice that speaks against us as we obey God. Every Knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

We will come forth as gold tried in the fire. Purified by the refiners fire

How to Have Positive Relationships

Do you want to build positive relationships and ministry opportunities? Then you must desire to understand people so that this can happen. In the book “Today Matters by John C. Maxwell” there are some things listed by John that will help to get this goal accomplished and as he says, bridge the gap that exists between you and them.
1. People are insecure – give them confidence.
2. People want to feel special – sincerely compliment them.
3. People desire a better tomorrow – show them hope.
4. People need to be understood – listen to them.
5. People are selfish – speak to their needs first.
6. People get emotionally low – encourage them.
7. People want to be associated with success – help them win.
When you begin to look at the potential of people instead of their failures you are in a place or position to help them succeed and cause your relationship to be good.

Blessings on ya!
Pastor Kitner

PS: I would recommend that you get the book and read it all because
"Today Matters"

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Blessings on Ya!
Pastor Kitner