The Love of God pt. 2

Today we have a video blog for you. Through the series "The Love of God" we will be looking at different aspects of love, and what God says love is. Today we will be discussing how love endures. To view click the link below. Be blessed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62ZT_l1tMmI

Daryle & Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Dare to Believe

“Without wavering let us hold tightly to the hope we say we have, for God can be trusted to keep His promise.” Hebrews 10:23 (NLT)

Today God is saying to you…

“Dare to believe Me. I have given you my word, I have shown you what I will do, and what is to come, do not let any situations and circumstances that might be or might come stop you from believing Me! I am the Lord Your God, and what I say I will do.”

It is time people of God to dare to believe God, putting aside all things, all people, all situations and circumstances, putting away yourself and your thoughts. Stop trying to rationalize things, stop trying to figure out how and when God will do things. Take each day at a time, each day choosing and purposing in your hearts to believe God, knowing and trusting that He works to perform His Word. It is time people of God to begin to just start taking God at His Word. Just believe, sit back and rest in God and watch Him work!

God bless!

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Minstries
www.kingdomvizion.org

A Word From the Lord

A word from the Lord...

There is no more time for delay my children, the time is now. I have called you for a work to do and many of you have ignored the call. You have made excuses or you have been afraid. But I am here to tell you excuses no more, fear not for I am with you. It is the time to step out and do that which I created you for. I have placed visions in your belly. It is time to let them arise, let them take root in you. Proceed in the direction I have shown you. No more delay, no more denial. It is time my children it is time.

Thus saith the Lord

Kingdom Vizion Ministries
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The Love of God Pt. 1

Today we have a video blog for you. Through the series "The Love of God" we will be looking at different aspects of love, and what God says love is. Today we will be discussing how love gives. To view click the link below. Be blessed!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrbUskckUUE

Daryle & Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Good Works

James 2:26 (NKJV)
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

We know that according to Titus 2:14 that God is looking for people that are excited to do good works for Him and His kingdom. We also know that we can’t just live a successful life in Christ based on our faith alone, we need to mix our good works with our faith for it to be made perfect.

James 2:22 (NKJV)
Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?

So the question that is on a lot people minds is; what exactly are good works? A lot of people equate the term good works to specific actions that they take, whether it may be volunteering your time to help others, being a faithful giver, helping the homeless etc... True all of these actions can be accounted to someone as a part of good works if they are done out of the right motives from the heart. Sadly this is where the good works stop for a lot of people. There is much more to good works than just taking actions to help out.

1 Peter 2:11-12 (NKJV)
Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evil doers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

There are two sides to completing good works; you have the action side where you are obeying Gods command and setting out to do works that involve your actions, whether that may be preaching, teaching, volunteering, etc… then there is the conduct side. The conduct side is the side of good works where you are living out your life everyday in Christ for everyone to see.

Let’s take Jesus for example, Jesus went around doing a lot of good works, he healed the sick, he taught in the synagogues, he disciple people personally, etc… But while he was doing all the good actions he also fulfilled the conduct side of good works. He lived a life of a Holy character for all to see. Imagine if Jesus went around doing all those good actions but at the end of the day His character didn’t line up with His actions. What if at the end of the day He went and got drunk at the local bar, or He cussed someone out that got on His nerves. If this were to happen I think all of His good actions He performed earlier in the day would have gone in vain because His example of Christ would have been flawed.

So let’s look at our own situations, and lives; first, do we even obey God when He asks us to do good actions such as giving of your time to help someone out, giving of your finances to bless someone, volunteering at your church or local help centers? Second, at the end of the day when it’s all said and done are we portraying the character of Christ in our personal lives? When people look at you are they seeing Christ in you or are they seeing someone that goes to church, loves God, but is living no better of a life than they are living in the world.

Remember that good works involves more than just doing good deeds, you are the good work.
I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

As Children

The other day Tracy and I were driving down the street, and while waiting at a stop light we were watching a little girl with her father standing on the bus stop. There was water dripping down on to the sidewalk where they were standing and the little girl was just having a blast running back and forth under the dripping water. She didn’t have a care in the world, she wasn’t worrying about anything, she was happy and full of joy right there as her father was watching her. I was saying to myself that’s nice, and also thinking how marvelous it would be to live life like that, without a care in the world, in pure innocence without having to worry about the issues of life and some of the challenges it brings in our adult lives.

Than it dawned on me; I can live life like that and a matter of fact, I am living life like that. As believers in Christ we always have to remember that God views us as His children, we make it difficult on ourselves when we view our relationship with God any other way. As adults we want knowledge, because we were always taught that the more knowledge the better. That little girl on the bus stop probably knew nothing about sin, nothing about stress, nothing about worry; all she knew is that she was having fun playing in the water and she knew that her father was watching out for her.

I want more of relationship with God in that manner; I don’t want to know all there is to the world, I just want to be taught the things that God wants to teach me in the right time. I don’t want to jump ahead of myself and embark on the quest for knowledge that He’s not ready to bestow upon me yet. I want to be like that little girl with her father. I want to be happy right where I am not having to worry about tomorrow or the next day, just as long as I know that my Father is watching out for me, that is all that manners and in time I will be taught the things that He wants to teach me when I am ready.

John 13:33 (NKJV)
“Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, “Where I am going you cannot come,’…

This scripture are the words of Jesus aka God, He is referring to us as His little children, that’s how I want to be. I don’t want to think of myself higher than I ought too. When you come to the revelation that we are just His children, no matter if you’re 10 or 100 and you know that God has got your back; that is all that should matter.

Psalms 34:11
Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.

And when the time is right He will teach you all you need to know, when you need to know. My quest in God isn’t for knowledge but rather the revelation of relationship with my Father. There was one whose quest was for knowledge and it only brought death. I think his name was Adam.

I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

You are Healed!

Today we have a video word for you all. We pray it blesses you. To watch please click on the following link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dckdsCf6GlQ

God bless!

Daryle & Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Attitude Blocker

Deuteronomy 2:7
“For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your trudging through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.”

The above scripture is referring to the children of Israel when they were taken out of the land of Egypt into the wilderness so they could walk through it and posses the land of freedom and abundance. The Bible records these people walking in the wilderness for forty years. God didn’t want his children in the wilderness for forty years but rather only a matter of days.

The reason why they kept prolonging their time there is because of their attitudes toward the situation. They let disbelief in God come in with the questioning of His existence and motives; they let complaining and murmuring towards God come in; even though all of their needs were met on a daily basis.

Lets take a look at our own lives, are you in a place in your life where it feels desolate and dry, do you consider yourself to be in a wilderness experience; if so, how are you dealing with it; are you complaining and feeling sorry for yourself every chance you get or are you blaming other individuals for your experience?

Whatever the case may be, don’t let a negative attitude prolong the experience. In able for God to move us into the next level we have to be grateful for the current level. The current level you’re on may not be a desirable one but there is something to be gained from it, called maturity. Don’t start to waver in faith because you think God has left you, just as the above scripture states, they lacked nothing the entire time they were in the most desolate place. No matter what level you are on God will always provide for His children.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Order (video blog)

Today we have another short video post! We pray you enjoy it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JTmuUqCxYo

Daryle & Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Divine Discipline

Today the Lord wanted me to share this word with you all…

Hebrews 12:5-11 (NLT)
…My child, don’t ignore it when the Lord disciplines you, and don’t be discouraged when he corrects you. For the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes those he accepts as his children.

As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who was never disciplined? If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children after all. Since we respect our earthly fathers who disciplined us, should we not all the more cheerfully submit to the discipline of our heavenly Father and live forever?

For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always right and good for us because it means we will share in his holiness. No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it is painful! But afterward there will be a quiet harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

I’m not sure who this word is for, but I just encourage you to receive it just like it is. It is never easy for any of us to be disciplined, but it is necessary for all of us so that we can continue to grow and mature and be an example to those around us.

God bless!

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Walk By Faith

The other day I was driving and a song called “Walk by faith” by Jeremy Camp came on, I had never heard the song before, but the words touched my spirit…

Well, I will walk by faith
Even when I cannot see
Because this broken road
Prepares Your will for me

And then 2 Corinthians 5:7 rung in my mind…

For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Let the words of this song and this scripture fill your heart. I know many of us have been going through things, but let us all declare that from this point on we will walk by faith and not by sight! We will walk by our faith and belief in God and His Word, and we will not be moved by what we see in front of us. If we are sick we will walk by 1 Peter 2:24, not by how we feel. If we have gotten laid off we will walk by Philippians 4:19 and not by what we see in our bank account. If our children are acting out we will walk by Proverbs 22:6, and not be moved by their actions or words. If we are having problems in our marriage we will walk by Colossians 3:14. Whatever your situation may be God has already provided a word for you, all you have to do is search it out and make up in your mind and in your heart that you will walk by the Word, and not by how you feel, or what you see in the natural.

God is saying… Hold on my children; continue to walk down the path I’ve laid before you. Do not veer to the left nor to the right, for deliverance is ahead of you.

God bless!

Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

The Sacrifice of Praise

Today we have both a video message and a written message on the sacrifice of praise, we know some of you like reading the message, and some like watching the message, so if you would like to watch the message please click on the following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0Ve_GR96jM The written message will follow below...

Hebrews 13:15 (NKJV)
Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.

God has put it on my heart to share what He has given me concerning the sacrifice of praise. There comes a time or times in every believer’s life where they feel that they do not have any praise in their spirit to give to God. This happens because we tend to let our situations justify our praise.

It is very easy to praise God when everything is going your way. When you have money in the bank, when you are totally healthy, when you are happy with your relationships and in your jobs, when you kids are acting right, etc… When things are on the up and up we go to church and show out for God, running around the sanctuary, lifting our hands so high they can almost touch the ceiling. Let me ask you this, are you praising God or are you praising your good situation?

But what about the times when it seems like nothing is going right in your life, what about when your bank account is in the negative, what about when all you and your spouse do is argue, what about when the doctor tells you that you have cancer, what about when your kids are involved in gang activity? During these times is your praise still the same? During these times do you go to church? During these times do you believe that God has left your presence?

It’s exactly during these times when we have to offer up a sacrifice of praise. I believe it’s called a sacrifice because we don’t have a lot of it when we are down and out. Think about a sacrifice, you call something a sacrifice when you give up a thing out of love, respect, or belief in the cause you’re giving it up to. So when we offer up the sacrifice of praise we’re actually saying… God I love you and even if I don’t feel like I have a lot of praise in my spirit, I’m going to sacrifice the little that I have for your Names sake.

The above scripture says “giving thanks to His name”, meaning when you offer up that sacrifice you’re giving thanks to the name of Jesus with the fruit of your lips, or in another term, your words. In the name of Jesus is your healing, in the name of Jesus is your wealth, in the name of Jesus is your abundant life, in the name of Jesus is your flourishing marriage, and in the name of Jesus is your children being saved. Deliverance and salvation lies in that name, but if we let our seemingly bad situations dictate whether we offer that sacrifice of praise, then we’re not accessing all of the answers to those negative situations. If we fail to believe in the name of Jesus, what we actually do is prolong the negative situation and we get stuck in a rut.

There are some situations that occurred in 2009 that you did not have to bring into 2010 but because you might have gotten stuck in a rut of unbelief and self pity instead of offering up that sacrifice of praise you may have prolonged yourself. Well guess what, we are in 2010 and the mess that you were dealing with in 2009 ends right now in 2010. When you offer up praise in what seems to be your darkest hour that pleases God because you are showing Him that you are in it for the long haul and not just the blessings.

I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Don't Give Up!

Luke 10:10 (NKJV)
“The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

These words that Jesus is speaking, he spoke more than 2000 years ago and they still reign true in our lives today. There’s one in the world that is seeking to take from you; seeking to take your family, your peace, your joy, your happiness, and your life. There is a fine line between the thief actually stealing something from you and you offering it up to him to be taken.

In the year of 2009 many of us experienced grief, heartbreak, disappointment, and loss on a level that we’ve never experienced before. The crash in the economy was a major force in this, but as we all know God uses all things for the good. What I got out of all of the despair in 2009 is this:

2009 was a year of great maturity and sacrifice for me. I chose to follow God whole heartedly and when you make such an important decision like that there are times where persecution comes in. I met my wife on January 28, 2009 and on March 17, 2009 we were married. Now we didn’t just get married because we were infatuated with each other, we got married because God had told us both that He had created me to be her husband and He created her to be my wife and He gave us His blessing. I wouldn’t have gotten married if God said otherwise nor do I recommend it. As a result of me obeying God, I got a lot of persecution from the people that are closest to me, do I blame them; no not at all and I still love all of them very much.

As a result of your decision to follow God you may have suffered some kind of persecution; but no matter what happens it is imperative that we don’t let that persecution stop what is inside of us and that is the power of Christ. That same power avails much in the darkest of hours in our lives; yes the path that God has placed you on will get rocky from time -to- time, but look at these as times of maturity. The rocky paths work your muscles; they make you strong so you are equip to handle whatever comes your way.

Many saw calamity and destruction in 2009 but in my eyes I saw maturity. When everyone was getting laid off from their jobs they saw the end of their comfortable life styles. I saw a people putting their trust in their jobs and in things instead of God. So I transformed my thinking and I knew that no matter the financial situation I would not let anything affect my praise to God, because He is right there with me always.

Even though Tracy and I are not currently employed at a regular “9 to 5” job and we don’t know how certain bills will get taken care of that does not affect how we view God. As a matter of fact our relationship with God has increased as a result because He is the only one that will take care of us and I am saying this from experience. God is moving on our behalf everyday and the only way to explain it is GOD.

Whatever your challenge may be, whether it may be persecution because you know that you’re hearing from God but your actions and decisions don’t line up with how people think you should be acting, or your facing financial difficulty right now, etc… This would be the worst time to lose your faith because this is your break through point. DON’T GIVE UP, YOU’RE ALMOST THERE.

Change and increase are on the horizon.

I pray that this has been a blessing on your lives.

Daryle Houston II
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org

Christ in You Video

Hello KVM family! For a while now God has been leading us to start doing video messages as well as written messages. So today we have our first edition of Life Word on video! To watch today's video message please click on the following link www.youtube.com/watch?v=C18LBOLPVLs we pray you enjoy it!

Daryle & Tracy Houston
Kingdom Vizion Ministries
www.kingdomvizion.org