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1 Thing You Need To Do

Forget about your failures, shortcomings and sins. You are forgiven! God loves you and desires that you take your eyes off of yourself and your past mistakes and set them upon His love for you!

God’s love for you never fails! Even when you fail, His love for you never fails! As far as the east is from the west he has removed our sins from us! There is NO measurement from East to West! If I start walking east, I can walk east until the day that I die. What does this mean? It mean’s your sins are gone, they are forgotten!

So please do yourself a favor and forget them as well! Look to Jesus and be encouraged! God is not done with you yet! Your past has nothing on your future! God has great things in store for you so stop dwelling on what you’ve done wrong and start getting excited about what God has in store!

Blessings,

John

“One thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 3:13-14

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Generations Will Reap What You Sow

My mom taught me this prayer when I was a child:

“Good morning Lord Jesus, this day is for you.

I ask that you bless all I think, say and do.”

Decades later I’m teaching it to my children. It’s truly amazing how much we absorb when we are children and it’s an awesome opportunity for us as parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends to sow hope, faith and love into their hearts.

Ask yourself, “What negative things am I sowing?” Whatever they may be…STOP! Instead share stories and songs of Jesus, teach prayers of faith and lessons of love. When you do you will see the reward both now and later. 

Remember generations will reap what you sow!

Praying for you and your families!

~John

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The Answer is…

Last night both of my boys came in my room (at two different times), they woke up and were scared of the dark so they sought out their daddy and immediately felt safe.

I believe for many it’s been a dark season. There have been many storms across the country, around the world, and some within our own homes – chaos, fighting, turmoil, confusion, sickness, heartbreak, disappointment, fear, depression, anger, worry, you name it!

Well today I want to declare to you that for many this season is over! And for others it’s quickly coming to an end. Yes there will still be some difficulties ahead but there is a safe place for you! It’s a place where nothing by any means will hurt you. For my children that safe place was me, the answer to their problem was simply being in my presence.

May I tell you that the same is true for you and me. No matter what we have been going through or what we may be facing, no matter what the problem is, our answer is in God’s presence! Times of refreshing come from His presence, great peace and the fullness of joy are in His presence, He shows us the path of life in His presence. He makes even the dark places light!

A new season is coming but remember with every problem that you may face, the answer is…in His presence!

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IT’S A NEW SEASON

For many it’s been a difficult season, a time of testing and a time of questioning, “What’s going on? God where are you in this? Am I where I am suppose to be?”

And I want to tell you that you are exactly where you are suppose to be! God has been strengthening you, deepening your trust in Him and it will prove to be a blessing for a new season is coming!

Breakthrough is right around the corner, hold on a little longer.

As the seasons are changing, God’s grace and anointing are being poured out, the time that many of us have been waiting for is coming quickly and it is almost upon us!

So be encouraged! Don’t grow weary in well doing for God is with you and He is about to come through for you in great and meaningful ways!

Here’s to a new season, be blessed and encouraged!

~John Silkauskas

“To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven”
Ecclesiastes 3:1

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CHANGES ARE COMING

I heard the voice of the Lord, saying:

“Whom shall I send,
And who will go for Us?”
Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.”
Isaiah 6:8
Do you hear the voice of the Lord calling you to respond? He is speaking even now calling us to obey, calling us to say, “Yes” to Him regardless of what He is asking.

This is a month of change! It will be the end of winter and the beginning of spring! Not only will there be a changing in the weather but there will be a changing in our hearts. As we’ve learned to trust God more this past year He is calling us to new places, to do new things!

You already sense it, a call to pray more, a call to get out of your comfort zone, a call to be bolder and to share what God has been doing in your midst. Now is the time! Today is the day! Let us move forward with confidence knowing that God is with us wherever we go! Move past your fears, step across the chicken line and step out in faith!

Isaiah 1:19 says, “If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;” The Message translation says, “If you’ll willingly obey, you’ll feast like kings.” What is God saying? I believe He is calling us to boldly declare what we believe by our actions. He is calling us to welcome change and more than anything: BE WILLING!

As I think of all that He has done for me, how he took my sins on the cross, how he forgave my sin and freed me from the power of it I cannot help but be willing. I want to shout it from the rooftops what He’s done for me! So let me ask, “Are you with me?”

What will you answer God? I hope you’re answer will be, “Here I am, Send me.”

I’m praying for you friends,

~John