Connie Giordano's Blog – September 2009 Archive (16)

"Christ is our way, and we are not only alive in Christ, but we are to live in Christ; the sorrow is that we bespatter His holy way with our selfishness, and carnality, and so we miss a great measure of the blessedness which is in Him as our way." - Charles Spurgeon



"The Church has to prepare herself for this event before it can take place. The Lord will not accept a bride who is not purified and fit for the Heavenly Bridegroom." - The People's New Testament



In Psalm… Continue

"As bad as things are getting in this wicked world in which we live, I believe that we are going to have to hold on to the promises of God like never before." - Carl Giordano



Some of you reading this message are facing hard times in your life. Your faith is being sorely tested at this point. You desperately need a Miracle from God!



Here is a message written by my husband Carl that is guaranteed to lift your faith. It will center your focus back on the Lord Jesus - the God… Continue

3 individuals in the Bible failed to make a clean break with the world - "Egypt" - and resultantly, met with total destruction. Those individuals were Lot's wife, Ananias, and his wife Sapphira.



In this third and final part of his message entitled - "3 SAYINGS OF PHARAOH" - my son John stresses the necessity of making a clean break with "Egypt" - the world. If not, you will eventually find yourself going back there to pick up what you left behind.



When the devil says as… Continue

"...O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, Whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?" - Daniel 6:20



Look how King Darius addressed Daniel. He called him - "servant of the living God."



What he was doing here was contrasting Daniel's God with the lifeless idols of the Medes and Persians.



Indeed, his God was "a living God" - One Who has life... imparts life... and is able to preserve life. When placed into a life - or - death… Continue

Here is Part 2 of my son John's message.



The devil and the world are continuously speaking to all Christians the same message, saying - "DON'T GO TOO FAR!"



However, you have got to decide - once and for all - whom you are going to serve and please.



This message is a wake-up call from Jesus to His people.



It's time like never before to get on-fire for God...to sell-out for Jesus...to become all that He wants you to be... to become rock-solid in your… Continue

Here is another message written by my 27 year old son John. This is Part 1 of a 3 Part series.



Are there things in your life that you keep putting off for tomorrow - things like getting right with God or fulfilling the call that God has placed on your life?



Perhaps you are like Pharaoh in that you know that there are "stinkin" things in your life that are displeasing to the Lord, yet all you can answer Him is by saying - "Tomorrow." Let's deal with these "stinkin things"… Continue

"Sin makes men cowards." - Matthew Henry



"Fear argues a degenerate soul." - Virgil



"The consciousness of atrocious crimes astonishes and confounds." - Juvenal



The devil and the world want us - as Christians - to believe that we are really missing out in life by serving Jesus. Everywhere we turn, we are confronted with the images that seem to portray the fact that the Lifestyle of Sin is the Best way - the "cool" Life - the place of fun, happiness, great… Continue

"Every Christian is a living temple of the living God. God dwelt in the Jewish temple, took possession of it, and resided in it, by that glorious cloud that was the token of His presence with that people. So Christ by His Spirit dwells in all true believers. The temple was devoted and consecrated to God, and set apart from every common to a holy use, to the immediate service of God. So all Christians are separated from common uses, and set apart for God and his service." - Matthew… Continue

Are you facing a situation in your life where you desperately need wisdom? You simply do not know what to do or where to turn for help. Or do feel as though you lack the strength to get you through the many trials that you are presently encountering? You feel so weary from the many attacks that are coming your way. This message is for you. May God uplift you through His Holy Word.



Deuteronomy 29:29 says - "The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are… Continue

What is "an unhallowed compromise"? Barnes' Notes defines it as "an attempt to blend things together which could not be united. One must really displace the other."



The question is - are you trying to blend something into your life which God is telling you to renounce? You know that you cannot hold onto this belief much longer, but you are afraid of persecution or what it will cost you in the end. It's time to let go! It's time to embrace the "cross of Christ" and allow God to take… Continue

"Lord, let me weep for nought but sin,

And after none but Thee,

And then I would, O that I might,

A constant weeper be." - Charles Spurgeon



"That should grieve us most by which God's honour suffers and the interests of His kingdom is weakened."

- Matthew Henry



"Christian ministers must mourn over those in the church who refuse to repent of and forsake their sin, for they are spiritually dead."

- The Full Life Study Bible



"None are… Continue

"Merchandise is a good thing in the exchange, but not in the temple." - Matthew Henry



"Great corruptions in the Church owe their rise to the love of money."

"In reformation, it is good to make thorough work; He (Jesus) drove them all out; and not only threw out the money, but, in overturning the tables, threw out the trade also."

- both quotes are from Matthew Henry



In John 2:17, we read of the Lord Jesus - "...The zeal of Thine house hath eaten Me up." This… Continue

"All else may fail, but the power of God will not fail." - Barnes' Notes

"All the powers of all creatures are derived from Him, dependent upon Him, and are used by Him as He pleases. His is the power, and to Him we must ascribe it." - Matthew Henry

"Thou hast power to accomplish what we ask. We are weak, and cannot do it; but thou art Almighty, and all things are possible with Thee." - Barnes' Notes



There is one need that every human being has. This need faces them almost… Continue

"Still a saint he must be, one whose vocation it is to be holy, and who strives daily to obey the Divine voice within him saying 'Sin not, sin not, sin not,' or he can have no interest in the Saviour's righteousness." - Biblical Illustrator - New Testament



"Let that be your aim, to 'sin not.' Let it be your fixed purpose, not merely that you are to sin as little as you can, but that you are not to sin at all."



"But not only would I have you to make this your aim, I WOULD… Continue

There is a company of people who long to overcome everything that is contrary to God and His Word. Are you a part of that group? Read this message to find out if you fit its description.



"When the ancient Spartans marched into battle, they advanced with cheerful songs, willing to fight. But when the Persians entered the conflict, you could hear, as the regiments came on, the crack of whips by which the officers drove the cowards to the fray. No wonder that a few Spartans were more… Continue

Here is a powerful message from my 27 year old son John. This is a timely word for many in the Body of Christ. You are going to be extremely blessed by this one.



I encourage you to sit back and receive the comfort and strength of the Holy Spirit through His Word. Whatever trial or test you are facing, know this - God is going to bring you through it victoriously - in His might and power. He is fighting your battle - even at this very hour!



Be blessed of the Lord - the… Continue