Colon was so close to heaven didn’t want to come home……awakened to see each and every believer as so special to Jesus. His love for each one of us…Rodney Howard Brown said to Bless ya’ll so much!
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Pastor Rodney Howard Browne many Christians and churches have been trying to come up with ways to reach the lost in the 21st century. What’s going to change the world? Is it the gospel packaged in socialism?
Since watching your program this year it feels like everything has gone up another dimension. Started praying in an unknown language I knew I was touching heaven, just felt tremendous power. You could say I was caught up in heaven. I’m not trying to get mystical when I say this but everything was very bright around me, and I knew God was going to down load a message to me. – Great Awakening Tours
God gave me a message of how to reach the world in the 21st century. God gave me these words “JESUS IS THE ANSWER FOR THE WORLD TODAY”. I started weeping because the message is simple; all I need to do is tell people about my best friend. He is Ps Rodney Howard- Browne He is still the answer.
Rodney Howard Browne reads, “Yes, God’s riches are very great! His wisdom and knowledge have no end! No one can explain what God decides. No one can understand his ways. 34 As the Scriptures say, “Who can know what is on the Lord’s mind? Who is able to give him advice?” 35 “Who has ever given God anything? God owes nothing to anyone.” 36 Yes, God made all things. And everything continues through him and for him. To God be the glory forever! Amen.” Romans 11:33-36 ERV
Rodney Howard Brown said that all of creation originated with God. He made it – every intricate, complicated, exquisite atom of it. We are such a small particle in the great universe and our finite minds are totally inadequate to even try to begin to understand even a little bit of God’s great handiwork! There is no way we can ever know or understand everything there is to know about God – we know only a very, very little and understand even less. We cannot say that we know what He is thinking and we certainly cannot begin to think that we could ever advise Him. There is nothing that we could give back to Him that He did not personally make and that He does not already own.
The things that God wants us to know about Him are revealed by the Holy Spirit and recorded in His mighty word. Above all else, He wants us to know just how much He loves us. He tells us in Genesis how He created the entire earth and the universe just for us. He made everything, saw that it was good, formed man in His image and likeness and then gave it all to man to take care of and enjoy. Man was God’s crowning creation! Great Awakening Tours
Rodney Howard Browne teaches that in the Garden, Adam and Eve respected God, but were not afraid of Him. They did not need to be afraid. He was their creator – they knew Him personally and therefore they knew only His goodness and His complete love and acceptance. They had never experienced sin, fear, guilt, pain or death – therefore they had nothing to hide and no one to hide from – they were naked and unafraid.
“If anyone imagines that he has come to know and understand much [of divine things, without love], he does not yet perceive and recognize and understand as strongly and clearly, nor has he become as intimately acquainted with anything as he ought or as is necessary.” 1 Corinthians 8:2 AMP
“He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” 1 John 4:8-11 NKJV
Rodney Howard-Brown also reads, “So we know the love that God has for us, and we trust that love. God is love. Everyone who lives in love lives in God, and God lives in them. 17 If God’s love is made perfect in us, we can be without fear on the day when God judges the world. We will be without fear, because in this world we are like Jesus. 18 Where God’s love is, there is no fear, because God’s perfect love takes away fear. It is his punishment that makes a person fear. So his love is not made perfect in the one who has fear.” 1 John 4:16-18 ERV
God does not just love – He IS love. All He knows is love. All that motivates Him is love. His goodness is revealed in His acts of love. Even if you have memorized the entire Bible, if you do not understand this fact – that God is love – you will not understand the Word of God. God has placed great importance on these facts – that He is love, He loved us first and He sacrificed everything to restore us back into His love. Because we know He loves us, we trust His love for us and therefore we do not fear Him. Rodney Howard Browne said that the person who is afraid of God does not know God’s love. He/she is either a sinner, or a Christian who has not come to know God or His nature and character very well yet. He/she fears the punishment reserved for the sinner. There is no fear of death and punishment for the believer. As we are perfected in God’s love – being made complete in His love – we lose all fear. We learn to trust God and His love completely.
This is how much God loves us: Zephaniah 3:17 KJV says, “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.” And in the ERV it says, “The Lord your God is with you. He is like a powerful soldier. He will save you. He will show how much he loves you and how happy he is with you. He will laugh and be happy about you, like people at a party.” Rodney Howard-Brown teaches us that the Father rejoices over you – yes you!
God is good. God is good to His people. God is kind and good toward even sinners. God is good to ALL. – Great Awakening Tours
Rodney Howard Browne said that for you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ’s sake not only to believe in (adhere to, rely on, and trust in) Him, but also to suffer in His behalf. Philippians 1:29 AMP
The Bible speaks about Christians suffering with and for Christ. This is not the undeserved suffering of sickness and disease as some misinformed, religious people have taught, because that is unscriptural. The only suffering that is appropriate and even inevitable for a true Christian is persecution and the pressures and opposition that come from obedience and yieldedness to God’s will. Rodney Howard-Browne tells us that opposition and persecution come from the devil and demons and from ungodly people. Sometimes, even lukewarm or backslidden Christians are the ones who are used by the enemy to persecute those who are living godly lives and who are on fire for God. Persecution is a consequence of faithfulness toward God and His word and being a doer of the Word and will of God. - Great Awakening Tours
1. It is not strange or unusual for Christians to suffer—godliness attracts persecution
1 Peter 4:12 AMP – Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.
2 Timothy 3:12 AMP – Indeed all who delight in piety and are determined to live a devoted and godly life in Christ Jesus will meet with persecution [will be made to suffer because of their religious stand].
2. You should rejoice when you become a partaker ofthe sufferings of Christ—you are not alone—and great is your reward
1 Peter 4:13 AMP – But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly].
Matthew 5:10-12 NIV – Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. 12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
3. The greater the suffering you experience, the greater also your joy and glory
Rodney Howard Brown reads Romans 8:17-18 AMP – And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory. 18 [But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us!
4. Not only is there a greater glory that is to come, but Christians also have the Holy Spirit upon them now to help them and enable them to endure
1 Peter 4:14 AMP – If you are censured and suffer abuse [because you bear] the name of Christ, blessed [are you—happy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition], because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.
Romans 8:26-27 AMP – So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. 27 And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.
5. Christian sufferings glorify God and it is an honor and not a shame, to suffer as a Christian
1 Peter 4:16 AMP – But if [one is ill-treated and suffers] as a Christian [which he is contemptuously called], let him not be ashamed, but give glory to God that he is [deemed worthy to suffer] in this name.
6. Christians should patiently bear sufferings according to the will of God, realizing that God is always faithful toward those who are His own, in the midst of their sufferings
1 Peter 4:17-19 AMP – For the time [has arrived] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will [be] the end of those who do not respect or believe or obey the good news (the Gospel) of God? 18 And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the godless and wicked? 19 Therefore, those who are ill-treated and suffer in accordance with God’s will must do right and commit their souls [in charge as a deposit] to the One Who created [them] and will never fail [them].
1 Corinthians 10:13 NKJV – No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.
Rodney Howard Brown believes that Jesus suffered major persecution and when we accept Him as Lord and Savior, that is what we sign up for as well—whether we like it or not. But for those who endure and don’t buckle under the pressure—there remains great rewards from our Father in Heaven! You will not be tested beyond your ability to endure—God’s grace is always enough for you. So don’t back off; don’t give in, keep hanging in there and praising God, and you will finish your race and win your prize!
God has helped me to see that the purpose for provision is to win the lost. Rodney Howard Browne reminded us that it is all about establishing the kingdom of God on this earth not establish a kingdom on Earth for the glory of man. It is not about me. It is about Jesus, the pearl of great price. We must put his will and plan as first place in order to know how to give and what to give. We have been given power to proclaim the truth and establish God’s kingdom on Earth. God does not give us the anointing so we can do parlor tricks and sell things to people to get rich.
I repent from being “Castle minded”. For some this may not be much of a miracle. For me, it is everything. I must decrease and Jesus must increase. Worldly possessions are nothing. Jesus is everything. Capitalism can pollute the gospel. Being prosperous for prosperity’s sake is vanity and pride. We cannot truly be trusted with the treasures from heaven if we allow the treasures of Earth to manipulate our mind and prevent us from giving. – Great Awakening Tours
Rodney Howard Brown stated that the last night of the meeting we were given an opportunity to sow a seed for what we believed God for. In the past I would sow a seed I would request something for my family or something for me. For the first time I was able to get my mind off my castle and sow to the purposes of the kingdom. Thank God for the word of truth that gives perseverance, faith, and spiritual might. Also according to Rodney Howard-Brown, I cannot buy it nor would I want to. I thank God for His mercy and ability to carry me through every trial, free me from every law, and provide miracles of provision to do great things for God.
Rodney Howard Browne said that this week I had the privilege of going to the first Armwood High School youth Bible study early in the morning before school started at 7:00 AM. As I was driving to school I began praying and worshipping the Lord and my heart began to break…God reminded me of my days in high school and what it felt like to see so many lost teenagers with blank expressions, eyes filled with tears ready to burst out any second because of home life problems, relationships, abuse, and minds tired of looking for the truth and not finding it; bodies limp because they were tired of not caring and wondering what they are doing with their lives, and stressed out beyond the limit from the pressures and influences of society and the media. I went back to the memories from 6 years ago and then I arrived at Armwood… Great Awakening Tours
I walked into the halls and saw the seemingly un-endless sea of students coming and going, hanging out here and wandering there. I saw the eyes—lost. And then I made it to the classroom where the Bible study was taking place and I instantly had hope. Fourteen students had gathered 30 minutes before school to talk about Jesus and how to reach their school with His love! The student leader asked “what do you feel when you walk through our halls?” I answered her “I see a lot of lost teenagers looking for the truth and you all have to be the ones to show them it.” Rodney Howard Brown stated that immediately students began crying and sharing the same feelings. They became so excited to reach their school that next week they want me to share with them how to soul win! A school that at first seemed like having only total darkness now has a candle light…though it may be dim, the flame will grow swiftly!
