State Street AME Zion Church

STAYING THE COURSE Hebrews 12:1 "Therefore we also are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us."... We must stay the course if we are going run it to get to the finish line, which is eternal life. We have witnesses who are encouraging us to run with patience and endurance. We can not run this race, if we are bound down with weight that binds us. We must challenge ourselves to confront sin head on. We must stay the course and stand firm in our faith. Trust in God to keep us on course, to finish the race.

Psalm 24: 3 - 5 Have a Clean Hands and Pure Heart 3. Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his Holy Place?... 4. He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. 5. He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God his Savior. Washing our hand does not make it clean. We were taught has children that we must wash our hand to get rid of the germs. Like David said "Create in me a pure heart, O God and renew a right spirit within me."

LET''S US GROW IN GRACE 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and forever! Amen!... One must in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus. He is the giver of knowledge, which is being awareness to get understanding by growing in grace. We grow spiritually, stronger and deeper so we can be in a better relationship with Him. When we can do this we understand that Jesus deserve all the Glory! See more

GOD LOVE for HIS CHILDREN 1JOHN 3:1 See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they do not know him. God will response to anyone who would harm his children. He will protected and cared for his children.

Coming Closer to God! Psalm 27:8 My heart says of you "Seek His face!"... If you want God to come closer to you One must communicate with Him. God is tell us in Ps. 27:8 My heart has heard you say; "Come and talk with me." And my heart responds," Lord I am coming. See more

Try Him, You might just like Him Psalm-34:8 Taste and see that the Lord is good! We are living in a world where we are perplexed. We are afraid because what might happen to us because of the color of our skin. God is telling us to try Him, we might like Him. ... God will silence our fear if we are faithful in seeking Him, he will protect us. Just don't check Him out, but invited Him in your life. Just taste and see that the Lord is good! As we trust Him, we can experience how good God is. See more

Thank you to #TheAntonyos and @broadwayblack for having me open the Awards last night with the Black National Anthem #LiftEveryVoice. May we continue to lift e...very Black artist’s voice for generations to come. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners and to #TheAntonyos for embracing our brothers and sisters with love. See more

Do not Fear! Do not Fear! Isaiah 41 (niv) I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your hand and say to you, do not fear; I will help you.... Fear is the unknowing, the perception of danger. It's like darkness, where we cannot see where we are going. Fear cause confusion. Fear cause us to speculate on risk of hopelessness. We suffer and asked the question: Why me! But when we fear the Lord, we can say like David said in Psalm 31:14-15 (niv) I trust in you, saying, "You are my God" my future, my times are in your hands.

Psalm 13:1-3 O Lord how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way? How long must I struggle with anguish in my soul; with sorrow in my heart every day? How long will my... enemy have the upper hand? We as believes know that God exist even when we suffering or unable to think clearly. If we are honest with ourselves, we sometimes doubt, if God is there. In Psalm 13 David admitted that he couldn't see God and couldn't understand what God is doing. David expressed his confidence that the Lord is still there. It seem that evil and suffering go unchecked. David said that, he will trust God no matter how long he had to wait. TRUST GOD!

Lamentations 3:22-26 Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for Him."... There is a ray of hope in all sin and sorrow who surrender to Him. Because of the Lord's great Love we are not consumed for his compassions never fail. God will help those who ask. God love and mercy are greater than any sin and He promises to forgive our sin. For there is a ray of hope. See more