Pastor Odie Kennedy's Pearls

I'm so excited about the work that God is doing today.  Everywhere I look, I see the heartache of man and the attack of the enemy.  I see how people are fighting to hold on to God. It lets me know that we are facing transition in our lives.  We are looking at the opportunity to stay where we are or move to the next level with God! Oh yes, I know that transition is uncomfortable, and sometimes it's painful.  In fact, it's downright difficult.  Nevertheless, transition signals spiritual metamorphosis. When you find yourself being pulled from the place you are in, stretched beyond what you think you can bear, you, my friend, are in transition.  God wants to take you into your destiny, but are you willing to go? If we are to receive the promises of God, we must go through! It's not optional.  It's not a suggestion.  It is both inevitable and necessary.  We sometimes think that because we belong to God, we call the shots.  Not so! Not with God! He, and he alone, c

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.  Proverbs 9:10 KJV Last Sunday we had a glorious time in service.  The presence of the Lord was so heavy that we could not follow the order of service. We sang and worshiped the Lord with one accord and with one expectation: the glory of the Lord would be in every gathering.  We've been through too much to be satisfied with service as usual.  Unity needs a continual outpouring of God's Spirit and it begins with prayer. The fear of the Lord is not about his wrath but his presence.  We must learn to reverence God in our prayers first, and then in our walk with him.  When we acknowledge God as our savior, healer, and deliverer in our prayers, then we gain his wisdom for our walk.  The glory of the Lord does not fill the room to make us better singers, dancers, or preachers,  He sends his glory to fortify us for the journey we face.  His glory strengthens us in the places wher