If you will Just Believe!

Matthew 9: 27-28

²⁷ When Jesus departed from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out and saying, “Son of David, have mercy on us!”
²⁸ And when He had come into the house, the blind men came to Him. And Jesus said to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said to Him, “Yes, Lord.”
²⁹ Then He touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith let it be to you.” ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, “See that no one knows it. ” ³¹ But when they had departed, they spread the news about Him in all that country.

God is calling us back to the basics. Many times we over complicate this Christianity thing. t’sreally simple we just have to believe. Believe He is God , Believe His Word is true, Believe he is able to complete the very thing he has started in your life. BELIEVE!!! BELIEVE!!! No you can take the power of belief from you. So what am I saying when everything around you fails and there is no hope my friend just Believe.
Pastor Sparks

God Is simply Amazing! KLCC It’s Our Time

What an exciting time to live. Things around us appear to be bleak and grim but I challenge you and encourage you to shout out “God is setting me up for something great”. God is positing us for greatness by simply removing the plan Bs from our lives and fully relying on Him. He has given us the privilege of connecting with you and your family during this short time of ministry here in Portland. I believe there are no accidents in God everything is predestined, God has chosen and appointed this season of our lives to be inter woven with yours thank you.

Listen, I wanted to share with you all of the things God has been doing at Kingdom Living. God has given us ridiculous favor with the owners of a building formerly known as Cascade College . This a 9 acre facility with a 3 dorms, cafeteria, large soccer field for our outreaches, and a Gymnasium. We will be leasing a portion of the facility on Sunday mornings with the potential of leasing more as we grow. This facility is awesome  so if you would like to see it yourself the address is 9101 E Burnside St Portland OR 97216. Our new church website is being built as we speak the address is www.kingdoomlivingcc.com. Finally we had our first of many outreaches to our community on Saturday October 3^rd and our first service at Cascade Campus on Sunday October 4^th at 12 noon. My Pastor Joey Zamora came a rocked the place simply amazing. God causes things to happen I can’t help but thank Him for favor. Our God is so awesome!

In this journey I want to thank God for those who have partnered with KLCC. We feel every prayer you have prayed on our behalf, those of you who have stayed up with us for hours and allowed us to use you as sounding boards as we shared our vision and the things we felt God was doing through us, and for the ones who’ve been supporting this ministry financially thank you so much I never realized just how much it took to finance a church plant everything you have given has came in right on time.   Know all of your sowing was not in vain you are advancing the very Kingdom of God. I know Kingdom Living Christian Center is good ground to sow in expect your coming harvest. KLCC The best is yet to come. Praise the Lord!!!

PICS OF KLCC ON THE CASCADE CAMPUS

The New location for KLCC in SE Portland 9101 E Burnside St Portland OR

This is the Blessing God has Given us

Reclaim your Family!

“The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.”
-Confucius

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” – George Moore

We live in a time where family has taken second bill to many things in our lives. We can look in many households across America a see children raising themselves, husband and wives trying to do what they can to create the American dream for their families all at the expense of their families. I’m not saying chasing and pursuing your dreams are wrong if you read my previous blog you will see I encourage it, But not at the expense of family.  I guess I’m just a little but old school when it comes to family. my family means everything to me and I will do anything to promote sucesss in the live of my kids, but there was a time when my family, my wife and kids, were not a priority. I was in ministry, preaching, counseling people, loving people, all the while my wife and children were in need of my attention. I thank God for family who can be honest with you and instruct with a stern love, My Aunt Karen took me aside a gave me some things to ponder on , 1st my family is the first church I’m called to, 2nd people want me for want I do my family wants me for who I am, 3rd men who chose not to take care of families are worse than un believers. I took those home made a concious decision to ensure my Fam was 2nd in my Life behind my King (jesus Christ).

You may be saying to yourself that’s all good for you, but I have an abusive husband, my wide just won’t listen to me, my kids are going crazy. Man or Woman of God I’m glad you have taking to time to read this blog I have a Word for you, PUSH- Pray Until Something  Happens- it is time to believe God, Believe He is the All-Powerful God we say He is. Take your eyes off of the present condition and begin to imagine your life in the state God intended it to be in If you don’t know what that is read Genesis 1-2 God Perfect Kingdom.  Once you have received that mental picture know pray what you have seen  and walk it out.  No your right it’s not going to be easy but anything worth any value takes hard work to achieve it.  My brother and Sister do what our forefather did when things wern’t going their way they PUSHED, the prayed until something happened.

Believe again

Pastor Sparks

What do I do when nothing seems to work out for me ? Ask Madea :-)

Annie Mae (Madea) Sparks an Awesome woman of God

I was surfing videos on you tube today and I came across this one. K&K Mime miming to Stand by Donnie Mcclurkin  This song was a favorite of my grandmother (Annie Mae “Madea” Sparks). It  brought back many memories of her, but it also so stirred me up. My grandmother “Madea” was a woman of faith, she was one who believed the Word of God would work for you If you worked the Word of God.  So when she found herself in a situation in which she prayed, cried, praised, shouted, gave, worshiped, sought counsel, and then prayed some more with no relief in sight she knew to STAND on the Word of God concerning her situation. Thank you Madea for being that rock and a =n awesome example of faith.

Sometimes you have to go back and remember the Words of faith that brought you out. My Grandmother believed in this one verse in the Word of God  Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him. So come hell or high water and all hell is braking loose in your life. WATCH OUT HERE COMES THE FLOOD OF THE SPIRIT TO RAISE UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM. This is not the time to draw back with fear, but it is time to STAND boldly on God’s Word with an unshakable  faith in Him. If you do not like the situation you are in then Stand up and change your level of perception, start looking up, and declaring the Word of deliverance it is in your mouth  God is not glorified by His kids living a defeated life. We are Kings Kids, we are the head and not the tail, we are the apple of God’s eyes, Man God loves you so much Just take that first step to you breakthrough , Believe yeah that’s right you must Believe God can and will do just what He said He will do.   Say this ” Father I thank you for hearing my cry in the situation I find himself in right now. I know the word of deliverance is in my mouth so Father I take the limits off of You I declare the Latter is greater the then the former and the Best is yet to come in every aspect of my life it is so Yes and Amen”! thank a moment watch the video a praise Him for the turn around in your life.  Hallelujah

Blessings

Pastor Sparks

Our God is ABLE to do anything, That’s My KING

He can do absolutely anything.  Many times our questions is can God do it? Man, we serve an awesome God. He flung the stars in the heavens, who set boundaries on the oceans , sprinkled the sand on the shores, then sent the world spinning and commanded the oceans not to spill a drop. We serve an awesome God. This blind man healer, leper man cleanser, water  walker, who feed Thousand with a sack lunch, Jesus who said “Let there be ” Light which has never ceased. This God wants to put His super on your natural and work a miracle on your behalf. My God can do anything.

There is no mountain high enough, no valley low enough, no river wide enough to prevent God from meeting your need This day. There is no problem in your lives in which God can not solve. The question is not can God do it the question is do I believe He can do it. Listen begin to believe again believe God can work a miracle for you. He can do anything.

Blessings

Pastor Sparks

JUST TRUST HIM! GOD IS ABLE

Job 13:15 a though He slay me, yet will I wait for and trust Him

I am at a point in my life where I have to TRUST! It is easy when you have plenty or more than enough to trust, but when you look around and survey your land and you see famine instead of fruitfulness. When your whole lot becomes very little or your peace becomes storms James Fortune say it like this “Lord it’s not easy sometimes the pain in my life makes you seem far away but I’ll trust you i need to know you’re here through the tears and the pain through the heartache and rain

I’ll trust you

Philippians 1:6 “Being confident of this very thing, the He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.”

God is in the business of finishing whatever He starts. His goal in our lives is completion. No matter what it looks or feels like My God will complete the work he has started in us. And there is nothing in this world that can separate you from God’s love. OH YEAH THE WAR IS OVER AND WE WIN THANK GOD FOR THE CROSS!! DECLARE THIS WITH ME – DESPITE WHAT THIS WORLD PLACES BEFORE ME, I MAKE A DECISION TO TRUST YOU LORD I WILL TRUST YOU

Blessings

Pastor Sparks

Got a minute to do what you were created to do !

You know our worship is powerful! When we don’t have the words to say or we don’t want to talk to anyone I suggest you get by yourself  even at your computer and take the time to worship not for what God has done, but for being God. Man, God I thank you for Grace for without it I am nothing, but because of it you declare me to be righteous. God has called you righteous. come let’s ascend the hill of the Lord and WORSHIP the KING AND LORD JESUS THE CHRIST

Blessings

Pastor Sparks

Pursue your dream with passion

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Passion is the Juice of Life. Someone once said that the most difficult thing about life is that it is so daily. Passion help us rise above our daily routines. When you have, you don’t need the “right” conditions to move forward because passion is internally generated and is not affected by external conditions. (Myles Monroe)

Chris Gradner had a deep done burning desire to be successful. If you’ve seen this movie or read the book you will know he heard many no before heard his first yes which ignited him into achieving his dream.

The first thing we must do to achieve our dream is WAKE up when you are asleep and dreaming you are not going anywhere.So wake up and start moving towards that dream. Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might”

Second, Pursue it with passion. You are pursing something that gives your life meaning, so you cannot get distracted by opposition, the naysayers, or any obstacle that would stand in your way. If God is for you no man can come against you and prevail and you can do all things through Christ. So the only person that can stop you is you.

Finally, This passion comes from something outside this world and is connected to it. If you get your passion from something on this earth (people, money, cars) then when it stops you will stop. The source of your passion must come from sense of destiny that existed before you and will continue to exist long after you God himself. This passion will cause you to persevere though anything that may come to hinder you, because you realize this dream is larger than my lifespan so upon the completion of my dream I will leave an Awesome legacy my children’ children. Remember when life begins to strip you of everything one the it can’t strip from you is your ability to dream and believe.So I leave you with Dream again and BELIEVE.

Blessings

Pastor Sparks

The more faith we have, the more confidence we gain. The more confidence we acquired, the greater is our reward.

I read this today and it blessed me. I pray it can be a blessing to you

Pastor Sparks

“Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.”

The Secret to Confidence

by Dr. Myles Munroe

How do you act when unexpected circumstances arise?  Are you confident or do you panic?  Think on this scenario.

Your supervisor calls for you to come into his office.  Immediately, your coworkers begin to remind you and warn you of the problems that are going on in the company.  They tell you, “The corporate office is laying people off.  Your job security is hanging in the balance.”  Your fellow workers begin to make you think that you’d better be intimidated by your supervisor and afraid for your future.  What should be your response?  Do you panic?

God wants some people who are peculiar, who respond differently in life.  A confident response is formulated from a Counselor who is from another world.  Who is this counselor?  Jesus stated, “But you know Him, for He lives in you and will be in you.  I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you” (John 14:17-18).  This statement is one of the most amazing truths.

The Bible says that God will give us His own counselor – the Spirit of truth.  He knows the truth about you.  Jesus stated, “The Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.  Peace, I leave with you.” (John 14:26).

So relax.  Don’t be ruffled.  Have peace.  If you are a citizen of the kingdom of God, you have the Holy Spirit.  You may know that the light bill, water bill, and other bills are coming this week.  Just relax.  Why?  You are a leader, and leaders don’t panic.

Leaders stop and think.  They are rational.  They have the mindset, “I’m coming out of my situation.”  In their times of many adverse circumstances, leaders believe, “They that are with us are more than they that are against us” (2 Kings 16:6).  Leaders think with the power of confidence because they are not alone.

Jesus instruction was, “Don’t let your heart be troubled.  The Holy spirit will remind you of things He has taught you.”

One of the marks of leaders is that they are not afraid of anything.  The Bible says if you follow God, you will not be afraid.  Are you afraid this week?

If you are a citizen of His Kingdom, the same God that brought you through last week is waiting in next week for you.  God is a God of leadership.  Everything is going to be okay tomorrow.  Tomorrow is already finished in God’s calendar.  Be at peace for the Holy Spirit is going to train you how to think.  If these thoughts are not true for you, you may want to adjust your life to align with the principles of the Kingdom of God.