MIND OF CHRIST MINISTRIES, INC.
PASTOR THOMAS E. OGLESBY
P.O. BOX 85
NUTLEY, NEW JERSEY 07110
E-mail: MOC@MindOfChristMinistries.net
Phone Number 973-661-9415
March 2019
“No Matter What God Is With You!”
Dear Believer(s):
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. No one or nothing is greater than God. God’s Word is Truth. His Word is righteousness.
Jesus said, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5) This is Jesus’s guarantee to us that He is always with us.
Amidst all of the trouble we face today, Jesus is with us, and He will deliver us. God stated in His Word, “Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”(Psalm 34:19)
Even when we are walking in disobedience, God is with us. When we are walking in our own permissive will, God is with us. The problems is when we are walking in our own permissive will, we miss out on the blessings of God.
Whatever storm we may be facing, God is there to protect, deliver and bless us. Why don’t we believe that Jesus is with us? Because we do not know His Word; we must know His Word, and live on the Solid Rock. Jesus is the Solid Rock and He is the Word. John 1:1-3 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
We must live by the Word. God cannot lie. Numbers 23:19 says, “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Titus 1:2 says, “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.”
Many Christians think that they have to feel Jesus’s presence. Others go by their thinking. I think Jesus is with me today. There are still others who will tell you I want to see His presence.
How do we really know that Jesus is with us? We know it because He said it. A born-again or saved person believes in God’s Word. When you are a born-again or saved person Jesus resides in you. Jesus is the Living Word. Jesus is always with us.
“The people of Israel arrived at the Zin Desert during the first month and set up camp near the town of Kadesh. It was there that Miriam died and was buried. The Israelites had no water, so they went to Moses and Aaron and complained, “Moses, we’d be better off if we had died along with the others in front of the LORD’s sacred tent. You brought us into this desert, and now we and our livestock are going to die! Egypt was better than this horrible place. At least there we had grain and figs and grapevines and pomegranates. But now we don’t even have any water. ”Moses and Aaron went to the entrance to the sacred tent, where they bowed down. The LORD appeared to them in all of his glory and said, “Moses, get your walking stick. Then you and Aaron call the people together and command that rock to give you water. That’s how you will provide water for the people of Israel and their livestock.” (Numbers 20:1-8) Water from a rock! Jesus was that rock.
“Nebuchadnezzar’s face twisted with anger at the three men. And he ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than usual. Next, he commanded some of his strongest soldiers to tie up the men and throw them into the flaming furnace. The king wanted it done at that very moment. So the soldiers tied up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and threw them into the flaming furnace with all of their clothes still on, including their turbans. The fire was so hot that flames leaped out and killed the soldiers. Suddenly the king jumped up and shouted, “Weren’t only three men tied up and thrown into the fire?” “Yes, Your Majesty,” the people answered. “But I see four men walking around in the fire,” the king replied. “None of them is tied up or harmed, and the fourth one looks like a god.” Jesus was there. (Daniel 3:19-25)
“Everyone had been waiting for Jesus, and when he came back, a crowd was there to welcome him. Just then the man in charge of the Jewish meeting place came and knelt down in front of Jesus. His name was Jairus, and he begged Jesus to come to his home. While Jesus was speaking, someone came from Jairus’ home and said, “Your daughter has died! Why bother the teacher anymore? When Jesus heard this, he told Jairus, “Don’t worry! Have faith, and your daughter will get well. Jesus took hold of the girl’s hand and said, “Child, get up. (Luke 8:40, 41, 49, 50, 54) Jesus was there. Read this entire story about Jairus.
I thank God He is always with us. Although we might not feel His presence, or we may not think He is with us but regardless of the problem or circumstance Jesus is with
us. Jesus has said to us, “And, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” (Matthew 28:20)
Let us pray. “Father God, let us believe your Word that Jesus is always with us. We thank you for the person of the Holy Spirit that resides in us. We are never alone no matter what we go through. We thank you God that the Comforter lives within us. We pray this prayer in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen!”
Please, I thank all of you who regularly and faithfully support the ministry with your finances. I do need your help. Thank you, and thank you again. Luke 6:38 says, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.”
I encourage you to write, call or e-mail me with your prayer request.
Your Partner In Prayer,
Thomas Oglesby
Pastor Thomas Oglesby
We Invite You To Come To The Services Listed Expecting To Be Blessed And Experience The Power of God.
Services Are Held:
Sundays at 12:30 P.M., at Saint Paul’s Congregational Church
10 Saint Paul’s Place,
Nutley, New Jersey 07110
Mind of Christ Ministries Worship Service Schedule
Services begin at 12:30 p.m.
Sunday April 7, Sunday, Palm Sunday April 14 &
Easter Sunday April 21, 2019
Mind of Christ Ministries Services are usually held every month as follows:
1st Sunday (Bible Teaching and Principles)
2nd Sunday (Video Taping for Television)
3rd Sunday (Miracle and Healing Service)
Weekly Cable Television Service Schedule
Thursday: 7:00 p.m. Cable Television Channel TV21, Charlotte. NC
Sunday 10:30 a.m. Comcast Cable, Channel 96
Sunday: 7:00 p.m. Cablevision of Newark, NJ Channel 19
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m. Paterson, NJ Channel 75
Sunday: 7:00 p.m. Cablevision Oakland, NJ (Nutley area) Channel 76
Sunday: 7:00 p.m. Cablevision Bergen, NJ Channel 77
Sunday: 7:00 p.m. Cablevision Morris, NJ Channel 21
Please send your e-mails for prayer and additional information requests to:
mindofchrist@verizon.net or call (973-661-9415)
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