Waiting on the Lord

“Wait on the Lord.”
Psalm 27:14

It may seem an easy thing to wait, but it is one of the postures which a Christian soldier learns not without years of teaching. Marching and quick-marching are much easier to God’s warriors than standing still. There are hours of perplexity when the most willing spirit, anxiously desirous to serve the Lord, knows not what part to take. Then what shall it do? Vex itself by despair? Fly back in cowardice, turn to the right hand in fear, or rush forward in presumption? No, but simply wait. Wait in prayer, however. Call upon God, and spread the case before Him; tell Him your difficulty, and plead His promise of aid. In dilemmas between one duty and another, it is sweet to be humble as a child, and wait with simplicity of soul upon the Lord. It is sure to be well with us when we feel and know our own folly, and are heartily willing to be guided by the will of God. But wait in faith. Express your unstaggering confidence in Him; for unfaithful, untrusting waiting, is but an insult to the Lord. Believe that if He keep you tarrying even till midnight, yet He will come at the right time; the vision shall come and shall not tarry. Wait in quiet patience, not rebelling because you are under the affliction, but blessing your God for it. Never murmur against the second cause, as the children of Israel did against Moses; never wish you could go back to the world again, but accept the case as it is, and put it as it stands, simply and with your whole heart, without any self-will, into the hand of your covenant God, saying, “Now, Lord, not my will, but Thine be done. I know not what to do; I am brought to extremities, but I will wait until Thou shalt cleave the floods, or drive back my foes. I will wait, if  Thou keep me many a day, for my heart is fixed upon Thee alone, O God, and my spirit waiteth for Thee in the full conviction that Thou wilt yet be my joy and my salvation, my refuge and my strong tower.”

Charles Spurgeon

“The sweet psalmist of Israel.”

2 Samuel 23:1

Among all the saints whose lives are recorded in Holy Writ, David possesses an experience of the most striking, varied, and instructive character. In his history we meet with trials and temptations not to be discovered, as a whole, in other saints of ancient times, and hence he is all the more suggestive a type of our Lord. David knew the trials of all ranks and conditions of men. Kings have their troubles, and David wore a crown: the peasant has his cares, and David handled a shepherd’s crook: the wanderer has many hardships, and David abode in the caves of Engedi: the captain has his difficulties, and David found the sons of Zeruiah too hard for him. The psalmist was also tried in his friends, his counsellor Ahithophel forsook him, “He that eateth bread with me, hath lifted up his heel against me.” His worst foes were they of his own household: his children were his greatest affliction. The temptations of poverty and wealth, of honour and reproach, of health and weakness, all tried their power upon him. He had temptations from without to disturb his peace, and from within to mar his joy. David no sooner escaped from one trial than he fell into another; no sooner emerged from one season of despondency and alarm, than he was again brought into the lowest depths, and all God’s waves and billows rolled over him. It is probably from this cause that David’s psalms are so universally the delight of experienced Christians. Whatever our frame of mind, whether ecstasy or depression, David has exactly described our emotions. He was an able master of the human heart, because he had been tutored in the best of all schools–the school of heart-felt, personal experience. As we are instructed in the same school, as we grow matured in grace and in years, we increasingly appreciate David’s psalms, and find them to be “green pastures.” My soul, let David’s experience cheer and counsel thee this day.

~Spurgeon

Warangel India Crusade

What can I say? Words seem to fail me right now.  I am truly speechless as to what took place the last night of our India crusade.  Our Indian crusade director told me that he was astonished at what happened.  He has been in India his whole life and he said to me that he was amazed at the results we had because this was our first time conducting a crusade in India.  I was so humbled to hear such kind words, especially because they came from a man with so much integrity.

The last night of the crusade the crowd grew to over 25,000! I preached on the power of God! I shared on the woman with the issue of blood in Mark 5.  I told the people that the bible says this woman suffered for 12 yrs and she spent all that she had on many different physicians but never got better, rather her terrible disease only got worse.  And then one day she heard there was a man claiming to be the Messiah, the King of Kings.  She heard this man was not only healing the sick but He was healing the sick of some of the worst diseases of that day including leprosy. I told these precious people that it doesn’t matter what their condition is and it doesn’t matter what has happened in their life, Jesus really wanted to touch them!  He wants to heal them from any sickness or past wounds. He is the great physician and He is the lover of all souls!

We saw thousands respond to the invitation to accept Christ! We heard many wonderful testimonies of miracles including the man that was deaf for years in his right ear.  The Holy Spirit opened his ear and he could hear clearly.  As you can imagine this man was so excited, as was also the crowd!!

For all of you who contributed to this crusade financially and prayerfully I really want to thank you from the bottom of my heart!  I am very honored that you partnered with us as we attempt to reap a global harvest for Jesus.  I am so very blessed to be able to do what I do and I certainly do not take this mission lightly!  Again I say thank you!

Final Report of our Pakistan Crusade

To all of our faithful partners,

Below is the report that our crusade director in Pakistan (Pastor Khalid Shaheen) sent to me.  We are so very grateful for what the Lord has done.  We give all the glory to Jesus!

Dear Evangelist Bernie and partners of BMM,

It is with great joy and privilege for me to send this report to you of the great harvest of souls that was reaped at our Pakistan Crusade.

We thank God that 4 days of evangelistic meetings have come to completion successfully and safely. We thank God for the mighty and wonderful things the Lord has done. Each night God moved mightily and a powerful anointing of the Lord was always present. There were thousands of Muslims who came to the meetings and made a public decision for the Lord and got healed.  Among the local churches there is such great joy and excitement to see these people saved and healed. Altogether in 4 nights of evangelistic meetings over 38000 people heard the clear message of the Gospel. Over 28000 people have made a decision for the Lord! We very much hope and trust that these people will be integrated in the local churches and many more new churches in surrounding villages will be established.  It is wonderful to know that the local pastors will do everything to hold on to these believers.

The Lord confirmed His word with great signs and wonders, healings and deliverance. Each night we heard faith building testimonies of God’s supernatural healing. Sunday, a boy name TAHIR who is 15 years old was mute since birth. In the meeting the Lord opened his tongue. The funny thing was, I asked him to repeat English words after me. His English words were clearer than his Urdu words. A friend of mine from the US clearly understood what he was speaking. He was jumping with joy. That brought so much joy and glory to God in the crowd. People were clapping and dancing to see this miracle. Another boy who was 8 years old and was born blind, his eyelids were completely closed that is until Jesus healed him! This was so amazing! His mother cried such happy tears for what the Lord had done!  A boy who is 10 years old had several small tumors in his stomach, got completely healed.  His mother raised up his shirt to show us. It was wonderful!  An elderly man who had been paralyzed for ten years and could not walk started walking to the pulpit. God has been so good to us!

Please pray:

• For the follow up work
• For Literature helping people to grow in the Lord
• Financial support of the new church planters

God bless and thanks again for your prayers.

In His Service,

Pastor Khalid Shaheen

Final Night Pakistan Crusade

4-25-10

Final Night

What can I say? Tonight was the climax of our 4 day crusade here in Pakistan.  We saw almost 12,000 people in attendance.  Thousands responded to the call of salvation and so many mighty miracles took place it was astounding!  We saw a 15yr old boy who was born mute and had never spoken a word in his life get healed tonight and speak clearly for the first time! He kept saying Jesus, Jesus, I love Jesus; it was truly spectacular!  Another miracle that took place was in an 8yr old boy.  He had tumors on his stomach and also had to carry around a “potty bag” due to his illness.  But his mother said that when we prayed for the sick she knew in her heart that the Lord was going to heal her little boy and He did!  This little boy looked up at his momma and said momma I feel all better.  His mother lifted his shirt to find that his stomach area was completely normal! I have a picture to show you!

God has been so good to us over these 4 days! Pastors kept testifying of how their people were so blessed that we came. They were so thankful.  If we wouldn’t have gone there may never have been a crusade in that city.  And as a result they may never have had a chance to hear the Gospel.  These precious people were filled with a fresh fire from Heaven! Their city will never be the same again.  So we will keep going, we keep preaching, and by God’s amazing grace we will keep winning souls and shaking cities!  None of this would have been possible without the precious prayers and financial contributions of those who believe wholeheartedly in soul winning!

Set ablaze by the love of the Holy Spirit,

Your friend and Co-laborer,

Bernie Moore

What a Mighty God We Serve…Pakistan Crusade Night 2

Tonight the crowd grew to over 8,000! The crusade director said they have to extend the temporary walls that have been placed up in order to accommodate everyone wishing to come. I preached on Nicodemus and the rich young ruler. These two guys had a lot in common.  Both had a lot of wealth, both had a lot of friends, were well respected among their peers, both lived according to the law, which meant they lived pretty good lives, both had built good reputations and both were searching for something money couldn’t buy.  Nicodemus came to Jesus by night seeking salvation.  The rich young ruler came by day seeking the same thing, salvation.  Jesus instructed them both on what they must do but it appears only one did it.  The rich young after hearing Jesus instructions turns and makes an eternal mistake…he walked away.  He walked away from the only one who could help him! He walked away from the very person he had been seeking and longing for.  And he did this all because Jesus told him that if he really wanted eternal life and that if he really wanted to follow Him all the way then he would have to give some things up! And the young man felt like there was no way he could do it.  As I gave the invitation, I asked everyone tonight, what man were they like? Were they like Nicodemus or the rich young ruler? All of us fall into one of these two categories.  Well it is safe to say that these Pakistani people fell into Nicodemus’s camp.  Thousands responded giving their lives to Christ! It was truly glorious!

I then prayed for the sick.  It appeared as if Jesus opened the windows of Heaven and poured out a big huge jar of healing oil all over the crowd. So many came up to testify of their healings.  Like, the mother who brought up her 10yr old son who was born with his lids closed.  He has never been able to open his eyes until tonight! Tonight he opened his eyes for the first time in 10 long yrs as his mother stood absolutely amazed at what God had done!  Then there was the man who came tonight carried by his friend because he couldn’t walk.  He hasn’t been able to walk for five months because he had absolute severe pain in his liver and stomach area and the doctors didn’t know what it was.  He said that he couldn’t take one step without severe pain shooting all throughout his body.  As a result from this terrible pain, his friend has carried him everywhere.  What a mighty God we serve! He is the same yesterday, today and forever!

Becoming a dangerous Christian Part 3

At the conclusion of Caleb’s life there was one more request that he had. There was one piece of unsettled business that he wanted to finish.
Josh. 14:7-12
7 I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back word to him as it was in my heart. 8 Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt, but I wholly followed the Lord my God. 9 So Moses swore on that day, saying,’Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’ 10 And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the Lord spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. 11 As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. 12 Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the Lord spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and fortified. It may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the Lord said.”

Man what a Dangerous Christian! Caleb is now 85 years old and he still has that fire of God in his bones. He says give me this mountain, this is my mountain, I own this mountain, anybody that is on my mountain better get off because I’m coming and I coming fast and furious.   He hasn’t gotten complacent, he hasn’t made excuses because of his age, and he never says he’s tired from the journey that life placed before him. No quite the contrary, he says give me this mountain now! God has kept me alive all these years and this is the last promise that has yet to be fulfilled. I know that God is with me and I am asking for this mountain. I want this mountain! Whatever mountains stand before you today, no matter how young or how old you are, I want to encourage you to trust Jesus and go conquer that mountain at once!

Become a dangerous Christian today!

Becoming a Dangerous Christian Pt. 2

Num 13:26-33

V.30 – Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, “Let us go up at once and take possession, for we are well able to overcome it.”

Caleb was a descendant of the tribe of Judah.  Caleb was a disciple of Moses.  He was apart of Moses elite team of special forces.  Although, we quickly find out that this team doesn’t take on any mission.  And they definitely have not been broken before God.  Caleb was a no nonsense kind of guy.  He was one of the original twelve guys sent to spy out the land that God wanted give to the children of Israel.  He was a fierce warrior for God.  His heart was filled with faith and his life was completely surrendered to God.

Here is a man speaking in faith!  He is viewing this land through eyes of faith.  His says man lets all of us go.  Lets not wait a minute longer, lets go now.  He says we are well able to over come.  I know there are giants in the land I saw them as well but do you know who my God is?  Don’t tell God how big your mountain is; tell your mountain how big your God is.  Caleb was speaking in faith.  We already have the victory.  Let’s put our resources together, let’s get our weapons, paint our faces and let’s go possess the land that our God is giving us.  Come on what are you waiting for?  Let’s go!  Let’s go pick a fight!  He’s a dangerous man of God!

Well that speech didn’t go over to well because the other 10 spies brought about a really bad report to children of Israel.  They told everyone that there were giants in the land and we are nothing but grasshoppers in there sight.  So these 10 spies filled the hearts of all the people with fear.  And the bible says that the people screamed and cried all night. Then the people said man we like this desert living, it’s not all that bad, so what if we don’t have a permanent house or city or country to call our own.  We never go hungry, we never get sick, we never lack, why do we need to bother others let them keep that land.  But Caleb saw something totally different.  He said I’m tired of walking around.  We have been doing this for forty years.  It’s getting old and besides God has given us a land of our own and these people are in it.  It’s not there’s it’s ours.  They are in our land.  We must go and take it back. The reason Moses paid no attention to the negative report is because he knew Caleb and Joshua.  He knew that they were Dangerous Men of God.

Well the people of Israel didn’t care too much and so they said let’s select a leader and go back to Egypt.  That is just like the enemy.  When God is getting ready to bless you he wants to fill your heart with fear so that you get scared and want to return to your past.  He tries to speak to those people close to you to try to convince you to turn around.  Even though you’re so close to your promise that you can see it, smell it, and feel it, he will try to flood you with fear so that you don’t possess it.  I encourage you to you’re your heart with faith in God!  Gen 18: 14 states that there’s nothing to hard for the Lord!  Don’t ever settle for less than Gods best!

Caleb says in verse 9 – Only do not rebel against the Lord, nor fear the people of the land, for they are our bread; their protection has departed from them, and the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”

Caleb is still trying to build their faith.  He’s doing everything he knows to do to try to convince these hard heartened people to trust God!  Well that really didn’t go over well because in v.10 the people picked up stones to stone he and Joshua and the only thing that saved them was the glory of Lord came down and appeared in the tabernacle of meeting.  I have got great news for you today, when you trust God with your entire life and when you do what God has called you to do than the glory of the Lord will be your shield from every enemy.  If the enemy wants to get to you than he has to go through Him and we already know that he’s defeated, he just can’t do it.

As result God kills a bunch of rebellious people who refused to trust Him and He tells Moses (Num. 14:24)

Num 14:24

24 But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit in him and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land where he went, and his descendants shall inherit it.  (More to come…)

Becoming a Dangerous Christian

There are several different meanings of danger.  There is danger in the sense of physical harm.  When someone says he or she is a dangerous person.  Or stay away from them they may be dangerous.  Then, there is a different kind of danger.  There is the danger of athlete imposes to other teams. Michael Jordan, he’s dangerous.  Peyton Manning, Lebron James they’re dangerous. Sam Walton and his Super Walmarts are dangerous.  Warren Buffet and Bill Gates are extremely dangerous businessmen.  They’re dangerous because they take risks, major risks. They believe with every fiber of there being that whatever they do it will be successful.  They believe in themselves and they believe in the products in which they are selling.  And no one can convince them otherwise.

But does it mean to become a dangerous Christian?  A dangerous Christ follower?  Does it mean you have to pray more?  Does it mean u have to fast often? Does it mean you have to read your bible 2 or 3 hours a day?  What does it mean to “become a dangerous Christian?”

Not to long ago, I was reading an article about the elite Special Forces group known as the “Navy Seals”.  It is widely known that they are the best of the best.  The Seals never back down to anyone.  They never say no to any mission because there is no mission they feel is to tough for them or that they can not be victorious in.  And they never, ever under any circumstance will they compromise their beliefs or leave a man behind on the battlefield.   They say that the number one goal of the Navy Seal Drill Instructors during training is to break you completely down so that nothing remains in you.  They don’t want your ideas, your opinions, your dreams, your goals, your attitudes, they don’t want anything you have to offer. They want to completely annihilate you.  If those who were recruited cannot hang through the process they are welcomed at any point to ring the bell to signify they are quitting.  It is said that Drill Instructors do their best to encourage the recruits to quit, to ring the bell, to walk away, to leave but they do this simply because they only want those that are willing to give everything they have to this small group of warriors.  They want those who are so sold out that they would be willing to die for this cause.

They say the main purpose for breaking these recruits is because once they’re broken, they can put them back together the way they feel will be best for the Seals.  They want to put their ideas in you, their goals, their dreams, their beliefs, their work ethics, and their mindset.  They want you to become the most dangerous solgier you can for this small elite group of fearless warriors.  They do this because the success of the mission depends solely on the dedication of the soldiers who are involved.

This time magazine reporter who had conducted this interview asked one of the Seals; do you guys care that you never get credit?  No we like it that way.  All we care about is winning.  Wow!  What an absolutely incredible attitude.  We don’t want credit we just want to win!

Matt 22:14

14 “For many are called, but few are chosen.”

As I thought about this story and what seals go through during boot camp/ training, I couldn’t help but think of how similar it is when we come to Jesus. The bible says that He takes us and He breaks us and He takes all the old junk that we used to carry around and then He then puts us back together and fills us with His life, His Holy Spirit, His love, His dreams, His goals, His desires, and then He turns us loose and feeds us to a sea of humanity that’s in need of the Gospel!  The question I ask you today is will you take part in this mission or will you quit and ring the bell when it gets tough and almost unbearable?  Will you stay with it, will you persevere, when others around you are dropping out of the race and screaming for you to do the same, will you listen to them or will you listen to that still small voice inside your heart that says “My yoke is easy and my burden is light”.  His grace is sufficient for any task or mission that stands in your way.  He says to us all, keep going, don’t quit; the world needs the message that’s alive in your heart!

Matt. 16:24-25

“If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. ²⁵For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

Can’t you hear Jesus beckoning you to “GO!”  Listen to His holy calling and embrace the mission He has given to all of us to rescue lost souls from an eternal pit of despair, loneliness, brokenness, hurt, confusion etc…Let’s go for it and by faith let’s go change the world!

Will You Deny Me

Will you deny Me

Luke 22:33-34 – But he said to Him, “Lord, I am ready to go with You, both to prison and to death.” Then He said, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster shall not crow this day before you will deny three times that you know Me.”
Does this sound familiar to you? Can you relate to Peter with these promises he makes to Jesus? Have you ever echoed something similar to the Lord? I will do anything for you Lord, if I am called upon than I will go to prison and I’m even willing to die for you Lord. The Lord says, “Really?” Within 12 hours you will deny that you even know me, not once but 3 times. Wow!
You know often times we make similar promise’s to the Lord. We make these amazing commitments to Jesus in worship and within 24 hours we are denying that we know Him. Sunday morning comes along and during worship we find ourselves telling Jesus that we will do anything or go anywhere for you, we are willing to die for you Lord but as soon as we walk out of the church doors life comes flying at us through various avenues such as family challenges, jobs, finances, peer pressures etc…and its through many of these different avenues we find our selves in a way denying that we know Him. It may not be that we deny Him vocally; it may simply be that we deny Him through our lifestyle. Through the way that we treat our spouses, or loved ones, maybe our denial is through the way we respond to those who don’t agree with us or maybe don’t even like us. Our denial may come through the silence we keep when we hear others are bashing our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. Maybe we deny Him in our own speech, conduct and way of life. Maybe we deny Him in the lack of our prayer life or personal worship or devotional experiences.
Question, can you hear the sound of the rooster crowing? The rooster is our spiritual alarm going off and calling us back home! That crazy rooster is calling us to fall on our knees and passionately renew our commitment to Jesus in our own personal lives. Lets do it today!

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