"Having the Right Power"

You might find it interesting that I called this article "Having the Right Power". I named the article that because so many people have "power". I'm talking about spiritual and natural, we all have some sort of influence in the world. Whether it's on your job, school, church, or business. Did you know that power is just influence? The more influence you have, the more power you have. Just to be transparent with you... my sphere of influence or power is connected to my job(but God is the source). I am a supervisor at a childrens home and I have influence over my staff, volunteers, the kids,  and their parents. That is my sphere of influence. Now "the power" is not having  power(if that makes sense) ... it is about having the wisdom on what to do with the power that you have.   You see having the "right power" is about knowing when you should use the power and not abuse it for selfish gain. Jesus had power, but He used his power to change lives, never for His benefit. "He had the "right power"... Now lets go deeper... Matthew 4:1-4 says(1) "Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. (2) And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights. afterward He was hungry.(3) Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. (4) But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread along, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God". Here is a great example in scripture where Jesus had the opportunity to use his power for his own gain, but He didn't. Jesus never used His power to get back at people, or to make people feel belittled. He always used it to help someone else. Anytime you use your power for selfish gain you are fulfilling the lust of the flesh. Not only that... it will always come back and bite you in the butt. Here me when I tell you (ALWAYS). Sometimes I had to realize that Jesus... the son of God could have called on 10,000 angels to come to His aid when He was getting persecuted... but He didn't... He humbled himself and God exhalted Him. Whewwwww... I'm getting excited just thinking about it. So lets wrap this up.... having the right power is not about position... its about wisdom. It's about knowing when to use your power and not abuse your power. God has given all of us power or influence... some might have more than the other... but that doesn't matter. It's all about how you use what God has given you to be effective in the earth.
"Lord teach us to have wisdom, and not to use our power for selfish gain. But to change lives for the kingdom of God in Jesus name Amen.

Be Blessed guys!
Minister Chad Owens

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"You can't Curse what God has Blessed"

Sometimes I go through things in my life and wonder if I'm cursed... at times I wrestle with discouragement and wonder if God hears my prayers. Have you ever heard that small voice that tickles your ear that says "you will never be nothing" or "God has forsaking you"... "God doesn't love you because you struggle with xyz"? I have! There were times in my life when I didn't want to get out of bed because I felt useless like no one loved me. I felt "cursed". There are some people who can identify with what I'm saying. Here is the secret that satan does not want you to know, YOU ARE NOT CURSED!! as a matter of fact, when you accepted the Lord Jesus as your personal savior... He destroyed the curse over your life and blessed you with an everlasting blessing! Whew!! Thank you Jesus! Like my bishop T.D Jakes would say "lets go deeper" LOL.  Numbers 23:8 says "How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced? Numbers 23:20 says "Behold, I have recieve a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it." Just to give you a little insight to what's going on here... a moabite king named Balak recruited a prophet name Balaam to "curse" the children of Israel so that they could defeat them in battle. Because of the children of Israels convanant relationship with God.. they were undefeatable. Balak believed that the outcome of battles is determined by the gods, therefore if a curse is spoken over them... it will enable him to defeat them. The prophet balaam tried to curse them three times... but all three times God spoke blessing! Take note of this "Your failures do not define who you are"... Your disabilities do not define who you are. I challenge you to change your perspective! You have a purpose and God is going to use you for His glory. I want you to understand what a curse is.... in the Hebrew language curse is "naqab" and it means "to puncture with holes". My friends... do not be ignorant of satan's devices. He creates scenarios that would make the believer think their leaking. What does that mean? That means that everything you get... you lose it... that means every friend you make... ends up acting weird and stops checking up on you. "Satan wants you to believe that your life has not changed". The devil wants you to think that you will always be in poverty and living from pay check to pay check. The devil wants you to think that you will always have that addiction and you can never get free from it. But I'm here to tell you that its your choice to believe God for what He said about you. He said that your the head and not the tail... your above and not beneath.... your the lender and not the borrower. The greatest deception for a person to believe is that the harm that comes to their life is caused by God. Jeremiah 29:11 says "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope".  God wants to bless you and not harm you... so its  is not Him that causes the evil... God is the one who brings good. God wants you to be "whole". Everytime Balaam tried to curse the children of Israel... God spoke through him and blessed them. Balaam went back to Balak and said(paraphrase) look man... you can't curse what God has blessed. My brothers and my sisters... you are not "cursed" you have your Father's seed in you. Begin to pray over yourself and speak life to yourself. And declare that you are a blessed man or women of God. Don't doubt for a moment that blessing is not on you. The scripture says that "the blessing of the Lord makes one rich and adds no sorrow".

Be Blessed!
Chad Owens

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Exposing Depression

Have you ever had to fight discouragement and depression at the same time. It's hard isn't it? Scientist say that depression comes from having a chemical imbalance. But I suggest to you that depression is just a spirit that seeks to have control over your life. Discouragement makes room for depression, and depression makes you unproductive. So let me break that down. The way depression comes in is by you being discouraged about something first. Discouragement opens the door for depression to come in and cause havoc in your life. The way it causes havoc is by paralyzing you. You want to sleep more, eat more or not eat at all, lay around, stay in your house, don't want to talk to anyone, your grumpy, or you will have outburst of anger. Depression causes all kinds of emotions to hit you all at once. Does God intend for us to live this way, absolutely not. I want to give you some scripture that will help you fight depression but first lets go deeper into what depression is and how it works. Because you can't fight anything you don't understand. The definition of depression is "to lower in force, to put into a lower position, to make dull, to press down. Isn't that something? These definitions alone lets us know that there is a demonic force behind depression. Now there are many ways that depression can come into someone's life. I talked about discouragement being one of them, but the scripture lets us know that Anxiety plays a big part in someone being depressed. Proverbs 12:25 says " Anxiety in the heart of a man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad." If you look at this scripture it deals with depression in two parts. Part one says "Anxiety causes depression"... now anxiety is destress caused by misfortune. So many get anxious when things don't go there way or when they lose something. Life can be stressful yall!!! I'm so serious about that... somethings in life can weigh you down. But you must not let it get to you. Philippians 4:6 says "Be anxious for nothing" but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God;. Prayer and spending time with God breaks the back of depression. When we take our concerns and our worries to God the result is verse 7 " it says and the peace of God( How many of you want peace)... which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Isaish 26:3 "Says you will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You because he trust in You." These scriptures lets us know that medicine is not the cure for depression, but trusting in the Lord is... these scriptures lets us know that suicide is not the cure for depression, but prayer and taking your worries to God is. My brothers and my sisters, the second part of proverbs 12:25 says this The the word makes a man's heart glad. I'm telling you, spending time with God and reading his word will rid your life of depression and will cause Joy to overflow in your life. The way we get God's Joy is by spending time in his presence. Psalm 16:11b "In Your presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. One of the qaulities of the fruit of the Spirit is joy! I don't know about you I want the JOY of the Lord operating in my life... the kind of JOY that the world doesn't give... and the world can't take away!!!! Weeping may endure for a night, but JOY comes in the morning!!! So what I want you to take away from this article is to pray and then praise!!! Pray and then give God the praise for what He has already done!!! Thank you Jesus!!! Listen I have never done this before, But I feel a prophetic move of God... I want you to send me your prayer request!!! to wholefamilymissions@yahoo.com (Subject Prayer request) and I want to touch and agree with you... I believe that by the end of march you will receive a prophetic breakthrough!! The water is troubled!!! It's time for you to jump in says the Lord!! Send me your prayer request and be blessed!

Minister Chad Owens