Deaf Ministry

Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” ( Matthew 5:3 ESV ) What did He try to tell us? From the world's standard, most of us know that Jesus is the most unusual teacher.  We will never understand His teaching until we have leadership from The Holy Spirit studying His Word (the Bible).  Then we are able to follow His teaching.  Since at age of 13, I have had the experience of walking with God; I understand my own guilt and helplessness.  I realize my own emptiness.  Only by God’s grace I was able to find everything in His kingdom.  His kingdom is everything good. Being poor in spirit implies that we forsake our old habits of our minds, of our appetites and of our tendencies.  We realize that alone, we are at end of our rope. Only after forsaking all these old habits for the Christ, we look up to Jesus for His help.  At that po...

I thought I would like to bring up this article in order to give you a complete list of the Ten Commandments.  Most Christians do not have all of them in memorized. Although the Bible is the world’s bestselling book in the world, it also is the world's most least read book in the world.  Average Christians prefer to read the New Testament over the Old Testament. Even though the 10 Commandments are from the Old Testament, all of these commandments still apply to everyone in this day. Most Christians have heard all about these 10 during their lifetime. I feel that many Christians take these ten for granted and really do not realize the power and authority that is on these special ten. The 10 commandments come from Exodus 20:1-17 (ESV). Here is the verse: And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.  1   “You shall have no other gods before me.  2   “...

Trans means across.  Form is about the message today.  We might use Spoken English,  Spanish, or some other spoken language.  As Deaf people, we most likely use American Sign Language or use Cued Speech to give us visual cues of spoken language.  We may use pen and paper, email, Facebook, or a video relay serve to convey our message.  We also use our lives and actions to communicate.  God has communicated with us.  " For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."  (John 3:16) There is no other sentence or thought in all the world or in all of World History that is more important than that Truth. As we live, we speak for one side or the other.    Does our behavior hurt Him?  Are we giving place in our lives to things that do not honor Jesus?  Joshua said, "Choose today who you will serve, but as for me and my house, we w...

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2 (English Standard Version). Trans = across Form = support, limit, shape As we study God's word, we make it part of our lives. Our eyes go across the page. We find God on the pages. The Bible comforts us when we are sad. David wrote many of the Psalms when he was a young person, alone in the field with sheep. Sheep do not smell good at all! It was a lonely and dirty job, but it was the job David was called to do. He was alone with God across the pasture for the sheep. Later, after he was chosen to be king and anointed he waited for a very long time to be King. He knew God's future plan, but David was hiding in caves and running across the wilderness from Saul for many years. He looked to God for support. God gave support. God can be thought about as a loving parent. Acros...

As we have gone "through" this study about Romans 12:2 about transformation, we are "through" (finished) with the first part of the word trans-form. We are at the final stop for "form" and it means a resting place. Most people worry often. People get nervous or scared. Sometimes, we do not know why we are worried. It is not something we can explain. We have a bad feeling and we may be awake late and night and worry. God does not want us to do that. The Bible says, "Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you." (I Peter 5:7) (NLT) Make a list of your worries. It might be a very short list or it might be a very long list. Number each worry. Read 1 Peter 5. Underline I Peter 5:7 in your Bible. Write the words on a paper and tape them to your refrigerator. Now go to your "worry list." Look at the list. Remember the verse I Peter 5:7. Start to pray. When you pray about worry #1and you tell God all about it, dr...

When God goes through our souls, we change in form. We are like onions. God is peeling away the dead brown outside leaves. He wants to get to the center (core) of our lives. Layer by layer, we peel away an onion. Layer by layer, God peels away the dead part of our lives. It changes our form, our souls. We use a sharp knife on the onion. God's word is His knife (sword). "For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit between joint and marrow (hard and soft part of bones). It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires." Hebrews 4:12 (NLT) When we do that with an onion, sometimes, we have tears and cry as parts pull away. God's work in our lives is very slow and careful and sometimes we have tears. It takes a loving, all wise God to know just how much of our old sin nature He can cut away with His knife Are you allowing God to go through your soul and peel away the parts of your...

"Trans" means "through." Form means ceremony. We must be VERY careful today. Do NOT think going to church, getting christened as a baby or baptized under the water as an adult makes you a Christian. Those are ceremonies (celebrations that happen) in a Christian church. That does NOT mean your heart has been changed. When you are truly sorry for your sin and ask God to forgive you of that sin and you invite Jesus into your heart, that is the time you become a Christian. You may be in church, at home by your bed, at lunch with a friend, or alone in the woods when God changes your heart and accepts you into His kingdom. To help us understand that think: If we brought a pig, a horse, a dog, a cat or any other animal to church, would that animal become a Christian because it went to church? NO! If we dedicated that animal to God would that animal be a Christian? NO! If we baptized that animal would that animal become a Christian? NO! In the same way, any p...