Pastor Jacob Franklin

Visions / Dreams Delayed Does Not Mean Denial! “The Vision Will Still Happen At The Appointed Time ! It hurries toward its goal. It won't be a lie. If it's delayed, wait for it. It will certainly happen. It Won't Be Late !” (Habakkuk 2:3) Many strive for great accomplishments in life, but when they find out it will take much more effort than expected and it can become more costly and uncomfortable, they convince themselves it really wasn't God's will and they give up on their dreams. Ecclesiastes 5:3 amp tells us, “A dream comes with much business and painful effort.” Meaning, in pursuit of your dream, you will experience delay and pain. Dreams / Visions have a tendency to park in uncomfortable places such as: delayed healing, financial difficulty, renting longer than expected, business or career delays, loneliness until the right mate comes alone, etc… During uncomfortably most lower their expectations and as a result, they settle for less than God’s best. Just bec...

Many of us desire good things to happen in our lives, but more than not, we want it now and not later. The psalmist David said in (Psalm 40:1 GWT), “I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.” The word “patiently” in Psalm 40:1 means uncomplaining, long-suffering or not wearying. Being patient is key to trusting God. We prove that we trust God when we refuse to worry. Many desire to see things change for the better, but they don't want to go through the waiting process. Think of it this way, we still have to wait on God’s timing, the question is: will we wait the right way or the wrong way? If we’re walking by faith, waiting and resting on the promises of God, we don’t have to question God about when. We know what God has promised to do and His intention is to bring good out of any trial. (Romans 8:28) I encourage you not to give in to the conditions surrounding you, take the time to see through the eyes of spiritual discipline to see the advantages...

Let Us Not Grow Weary Of Doing Good, For In Due Season We Will Reap, If We Do Not Give Up ! (Galatians 6:9)   Challenges are part of life and they are to be expected, however they’re not intended to break us but rather to build us and prepare us for greater. The word “due” in Galatians 6:9 means “it’s owed to you.” Just like if you work on a job, at the end of the week your employer owes you for the work you’ve done. God causes things to happen at exactly the right time! The stretching of your faith has given you the ability to contain the incredible harvest God has promised you in this new season. (James 1:3, Matthew 9:17) Your job is not to figure out when, but to make up your mind that you won't give up until you cross the finish line. I encourage you to remain confident: You will see the goodness of the LORD this season! (Psalm 27:13-14) It’s your Due Season! "In the time of My favor I heard you and in the day of salvation I helped you." I tell you, now is the time ...

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 ...