Pastor Jacob Franklin

It Is Because Of The LORD'S Mercies We’re Not Consumed , because His compassions fail not! They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness! (Lamentations 3:22-23) The reality is most us don’t embrace the grace that God has given to each of us every morning. As a result, most do not expect to receive grace—not from the people around them and certainly not from a holy and perfect God. In many ways we’re right to think of ourselves as unworthy of God’s grace. We are sinful and we fail in the same areas again and again, but Psalm 103:13 gives us a refreshing reminder, “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on His faithful followers.” No, we aren’t deserving of God’s love, but he showers us anyway, every morning! People may look at you and say you’re not deserving of the grace God has given to you, but thank God He looks beyond the thoughts of our critics not because of who we are, but because of who He is! God loves us so much that He died for u...

Be More Diligent To Make God's Calling And Choosing Of You Secure! If You Keep Doing This, You Will Never Fail ! (2 Peter 1:10) In the book of John 20:29, Jesus said to Thomas, "You believe because you've seen Me. Blessed are those who haven't seen Me but believe." To believe in all when all means failure is exceedingly pleasing to God. You’re blessed when there is no evidence, but you still have confidence in God. Faith is not about seeing, but faith is believing. (2 Corinthians 5:7) You become Satan’s greatest nightmare when you believe God’s Word, pray God’s Word and praise God for His faithfulness when there is no evidence. Satan will try and attack your mind to keep you living in hopelessness with thoughts of fear, anger and overwhelming questions: “Where is your God now? You prayed until you had no tears left. You fasted. You stood on promises. You trusted.” All of these devices have been the plans of Satan for centuries, but when there is no evidence o...

Run In Such A Way As To Get The Prize ! (1Corinthians 9:24 NIV) If your race has led to pain, pressure and problems, it’s probably not what you’ve hoped for, but in order to win, you must continue to be persistent. Satan loves to discourage us by focusing our attention on the things God has not done, because Satan knows if he can cause us to doubt God, our faith will be weakened and we may yield to defeat. I encourage you to continue to keep your faith and expectations high, continue to trust God, no matter what and continue to endure until the end! You will get the victory! God’s Word To You : “I am your God. I keep on strengthening you; I'm truly helping you. I'm surely upholding you with My victorious right hand!" (Isaiah 41:10) Pray this prayer with me : Father, I trust that You are faithful to every promise and You will bring me into a closer relationship with Your Son Jesus and for that reason my faith is in You, in every promise and every day. I humbly pray, i...

God Will Fulfill His Purpose For You ! (Psalms 57:2 NLT)  I hear many say, “I’m waiting on God.” When we talk about waiting on God, we must understand there are times God also waits on us until we’re ready to receive, until we appreciate what we’re asking for, until our maturity level is appropriate and our understanding elevated. There are times God waits until we think He’s forgotten us, just to test and grow our faith. God can solve a problem in a minute, but patience has to finish its work in you, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything! (James 1:4) The word teaches us in Isaiah 30:18, “blessed are all who wait for Him!” The keyword in that scripture is: Wait! You cannot get to the blessings without the wait. If you’ve been praying for God to send you the right partner, for a better job or a change in your current situation etc..., whether He changes the situation or changes you, God will fulfill His purpose He has for you! Trust God sees the big picture ...

Everyone Who Is Born From God Has Won The Victory Over The World ! (1 John 5:4a) Our Faith Is What Wins The Victory Over The World ! (1 John 5:4b) As the Lord spoke to the children of Israel in Deuteronomy the 1st chapter, when He told them, “Go and occupy the land that I have given you,” He speaks to us today! You may say, “What do you mean?” I’m simply saying, “If you’re a child of God, you don’t belong to the devil and furthermore, this earth doesn't belong to the devil!” God is waiting on us to carry out the victory He won at Calvary and occupy this land! As children of God, we have nothing to fear when the enemy strikes us, because as God put everything under His feet, He has put everything under our feet! (Hebrews 2:8) God has the power to change our circumstances no matter what they might be. Any plan Satan has for us will not prevail, because we belong to God! God is always ready to turn evil into good and a test into a testimony. There is nothing in this world that God...

Whatever You Plant Is What You'll Harvest! (Galatians 6:7) “Whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” is a natural agricultural law that Apostle Paul applies in the spiritual realm. Words have both a positive and negative effect. For those of us who have surrendered our lives to God we are farmers spiritually and we have opportunities for the rest of our life to sow spiritual things. What is the result? We reap everlasting life! This is not just life that endures trials and problems forever, but the highest quality of living that one can possibly experience. Man is called to a fullness of life which far exceeds the dimensions of his earthly existence, because it consists in sharing the very life of our Father in Heaven, a life filled with abundance in all things good! God’s Word To You: “I came so that you may have life and have it in abundance! (John 10:10) Pray this prayer with me : LORD, I ask that You direct my steps today so that my words and deeds are spiritual se...

If you abide in Me and My words abide in you, you shall ask what you will and it shall be done unto you ! (John 15:7) The New International Version teaches us, “If you remain in Me and My words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be done for you! The enemy, Satan is not intimidated or concerned about how many times we attend church service or read God’s Word, but his only concern is how much Word we get in us. Satan knows God’s people will be destroyed, if they lack knowledge and they do not know the Lord. (Hosea 4:6 KJV, ESV) Satan also knows the more Kingdom of God/the Word of God we truly get in us we will in turn vocalize, stand on the Word and the devil will flee! (Matthew 4:10) It’s not enough just to get God’s word in us, but we operate in faith when we hear, speak and believe the message of the Kingdom of God, our lives are never the same and we are transformed by the supernatural power of God! Whatever the struggle, sickness or dilemma, get God’s Word in you...