Pastor Jacob Franklin

Let Us Not Become Weary In Doing Good, For At The Proper Time We Will Reap A Harvest If We Do Not Give Up! (Galatians 6:9) When you get tired in life, when you’re in a hard place waiting on God for something, in your family, in your finances, healing for your body, it’s easy to throw in the towel and give up. The scripture declares, “you will receive a harvest if you Don’t Give Up!” This may have been a week of hardship in your finances, one week of distress in your spirit and weeds of anxiety may have sprung up, but you will reap only a good harvest if you don’t give up! (Romans 8:28) So even if you've been afflicted by this week or maybe even the entire month, or just worn out, let me join my faith with yours—you can make it with Christ alone who strengthens you! (Philippians 4:13) I encourage you to believe while waiting on God, “In the time of favor God will answer you. In the day of salvation God will help you. God will protect you. God will appoint you as His promise to the p...

All Things Are Possible To The One Who Believes! (Mark 9:23) The scripture declares that impossible things can happen because nothing is impossible with God. God can work miracles, as many as He desires because He is God. The limiting factor that keeps God from working miracles is unbelief. The same is true to a person who refuses to be born again, they must first believe. (Hebrews 11:6, Romans 10:9-10) Countless times many miss out on the blessings, favor and miracles of God because of questioning factors—How, When, What? How will I get through this pain? What if God never heals me? When will I get promoted? When will I find Mr./Ms.  Right? How am I going to get out of this debt? Then those feelings become internalized. What if? I should have, I wish I would have, I could have, I didn’t, I’m not, I failed. Fear challenges our faith. Fear says, “If this happens, I might lose it.” Faith says, “Come what may, I’ll be okay because of God.” You can trust God—the one who knows your begi...

Hebrews 11:1 gives us a perfect definition of faith. It is substance. It is evidence. Faith is believing the Word of God and acting upon it, regardless of how we feel, regardless of what we see—we believe! (2 Corinthians 5:7 NLT) We’re not the first people to trust God. In Daniel 3:17, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego believed God was able to deliver them out of the fiery furnace before they went in. In Daniel 6, Daniel continued to pray and believe God was able to deliver him out of the lion’s den before he went in. It would have been nothing for God to demonstrate His power and cause these events not to occur or remove them from their situation. But God decided to allow them to go through it and leave them there, to show us and them He doesn’t have to remove us from a situation or keep us from trouble, but He can reveal to us His greatness! Faith is the evidence that God is faithful! Only when you know God’s grace is your only option, then you will experience God’s power! (2 Corinthian...

Anyone who as every been in a discouraging situation or a deep valley has found comfort in Romans 8:26-28, through sickness, financial difficulty, marital or relationship problems, job loss or maybe even the unknown. Romans 8:28 begins with the words, “And we know.” We don’t think; we don’t fear the unknown. We may not know what our future holds, but we know we can take comfort—God holds our future! Romans 8:26 begins with the words, “The Spirit helps us in our weaknesses.” God is a very present help in time of trouble! (Psalm 46:1) The scripture goes on to say, “We may not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.” Knowing is not something you feel, knowing is regardless of how you feel or regardless of how things look—you believe God will work it out for your good! God doesn’t always tell us how, when or where He will work things together for good, but the promise we have is that He will work it out! God has to sign off ...

Everyone Who Is Born From God Has Won The Victory Over The World ! Our faith in God is the victory that overcomes the world! (1 John 5:4) Believing God’s word and acting on it, regardless of what we see or do not see, regardless of how we feel—we put all trust in God! (Hebrews 11:1) At Calvary, Jesus took sin, death, debt, sickness, conditions, struggles and eternally conquered them. Our faith in our Almighty God, gives us overwhelming victory in every area of our life. No weapon formed against you will succeed, everything will work together for your good and absolutely nothing can separate you God’s amazing love! (Isiah 54:17, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:31-39) The victory is already won! God is ruler over the universe! (Psalm 103:19) He’s not stressed, He’s not pacing back and forth wondering “What are we gonna do tomorrow?” He’s the King! The LORD strong and mighty! The LORD mighty in battle! (Psalm 24:8) I encourage you today to consider whatever you’re experiencing in light of this trut...

Those Who Trust In The LORD Will Renew Their Strength; They Will Soar On Wings Like Eagles; They Will Run And Not Grow Weary; They Will Walk And Not Faint ! (Isaiah 40:31) One of the hardest moments in life is the space between believing God’s promise and receiving the fulfillment of that promise. When things don't go according to our plans, it’s normal to feel disappointment, but we must be careful not to lose confidence in God’s promises based on the way we feel. (Hebrews 10:35) Satan desires to fill our minds with negative thoughts and emotions that cause us to feel down, discouraged, and he tries to pull us down spiritually, emotionally, financially and in every way he can. But Jesus is our LORD, a shield around us, the lifter of our head! (Psalm 3:3) Jesus came to give us righteousness, peace and joy on the Holy Spirit! (Romans 14:17) During dark, hard times of waiting—hold tight to God’s promises. Believe you will see the goodness of the LORD! (Psalm 27:13 GWT)   Believe the ...

His Favor Lasts A Lifetime ! (Psalm 30:5) Every follower of Christ should have an understanding of the word grace. Grace is unmerited favor.   Unmerited means: undeserved, unfair or unearned. If we had to earn grace, we could lose it and some may never get it in the first place. If some way we received salvation because of what we’ve done, it wouldn’t be grace. (Ephesians 2:4-9)   It would be fair wages or a rightful reward. Think of a moment of when you were in a difficult place or maybe you're in one now. You thought you might lose it, but had the peace and comfort through Christ that surpassed all understanding! (Philippians 4:7) You were going through, yet your heart and mind was intact. When people around you were going under, by some miracle God held you together. Your strength came from Grace! (2 Corinthians 12:9) God not only gave you grace to strengthen you, but He gave you grace to prosper you in every area you have a need! (2 Corinthians 9:8) I encourage you, w...