Sunday, December 20, 2020

Back to Work With Joy!

ack to Work With Joy!

We can best celebrate the birth of Jesus by returning to our every day duties with joy! This is what the shepherds did.  The shepherds had just seen angels, heard their marvelous music, and had seen the Christ child. After all this, we read that they "returned glorifying and praising God...." With joy the shepherds returned to their common, everyday duties of attending sheep. Christian joy, unlike worldly joy, fits one for duty. This is because Christ brings joy; Christ brings joy into the performance of duty.  He gives strength for the assignment because the joy of the Lord is our strength.

No doubt as they went about their tasks, those shepherds were joyful a very long time, if not the rest of their lives thinking about what they had witnessed. Shepherds were the least in the community, and were relegated to work on the outskirts of town because of the smelly, dirty job they did tending sheep. That they would be visited by angelic hosts, that the LORD would reveal himself as a baby to the likes of them, oh, what joy!  We should understand that Jesus doesn't come in "showy" ways, but in "lowly" ways. He was born not in a palace or a mansion, but in a stable in a manager.   He appeared not before kings and dignitaries, but before shepherds in a field. He came to extend peace and goodwill not just to certain pious people, but to all people (v14).  You can return back to work filled with joy not just after Christmas and the holidays, but on Mondays and on any day of the week knowing Jesus Christ was born. And because he was born, died and rose again, salvation is available to all who trust in him.  Jesus appeared to shepherds tending sheep, and He can show up on our jobs, even at school, on any day at any time in answer to prayer. He is Jehovah Shammah, the Lord who is present.  His name is Jesus, the hope of the world (Matt. 12:21).  His name is Immanuel, God with us (Matt. 1:23)   His name is Jesus, the One who saves his people from their sins (Matt. 1:21)!  Jesus saves!

Friday, October 30, 2020

Contrary to popular belief the way up is not up. The way up is down. Jesus took off his robe and wrapped a towel...

Posted by Angela Lee Price on Thursday, October 29, 2020

This Week's Guest on Jesus Saves Ministries Live - Rev. Rhoda Hunter

Join me Thursday for Jesus Saves Ministries Live 9:30-10 am, 1240 WLLV for our highlight of the International Sunday School lesson. The lesson for November 1st is entitled Loving By Serving, John 13:1-15; 34-35. My guest will be Pastor Rhoda Hunter, Pastor of Fresh Wind Ministries, Louisville, KY. We will talk about what it means to be humble in loving one another as Christ loved us. Listen from your mobile device at wllvonline.com or to the podcast. Jesus saves!

Posted by Angela Lee Price on Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Jesus Saves Ministries Live - Sunday School Highlight October 25th

Here is the link to this week's highlight of the International Sunday school lesson. This lesson for October 25th is...

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Monday, September 14, 2020

Prayer: And Lead Us Not Into Temptation

Prayer: Lead Us Not Into Temptation Heavenly Father, We pray today, on this Labor Day weekend for the power to resist temptation. We pray that portion of the Lord’s Prayer, “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Forgive us, Father, for we have yielded to temptation and sin. Forgive us for the times we ran ahead of you and your will for our lives. For you did not lead us into temptation. We led ourselves. Empower us, Heavenly Father, with greater determination to submit to you, resist evil and do what is right. Help us to hide your word in our hearts so we won’t sin against you (Psalm 119:11). Help us to heed the prompting of the Holy Spirit who knows what's best for each of us. Forgive us, Lord. There is violence, murder and mayhem not only in the streets, but also in our homes, workplaces, schools, institutions, and the highest levels of government because its in our hearts. Help us, Lord in the battles we face against the world, the flesh, and the devil to be victorious. Help us to be victorious over the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and the pride of life. For your word declares that each one of us is tempted when, by our own evil desires, we are dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death (John 1:14-15). Father, we thank you that in the time of testing that you will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear. Father, we thank you that you will provide a way of out so that we can stand up under it (2 Corinthians 10:13). We stand now on your promise that you will bless those who patiently endure testing and temptation and give us the crown of life (James 1:12). Most of all, we thank you for your Son Jesus who resisted the devil in the wilderness, and endured suffering and all manner of temptation and did not sin (Heb 2:18 & Heb 4:15). We thank you that He paid the wages of sin at the Cross that we might have relationship with you and eternal life (John 3:16). In Jesus name. Amen.

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

A Prophet Without Honor

By: Min. Angela Lee Price
 
In Mark 6:1-6, there were people who struggled believing in Jesus.   In fact, after all Jesus had done, they refused to believe.
 

1: And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.    2: And when the Sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?    3: Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.    4: But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.    5: And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.    6: And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.  Mark 6:1-6
Here is an incident where the Word of God was preached, the Spirit of God was felt, the power of God was known.  Yet, Jesus was powerless to reach these people.  Why?  Because of their unbelief.  Jesus was puzzled. Verse 6 states, "And he marvelled because of their unbelief." He had poured out His heart to no avail.  This may very well be a picture of any congregation or community today - Seeing but not seeing, hearing but not hearing, experience the presence of God but refusing to believe and respond to the call to follow Him.
Let us note unbelief, the causes of unbelief, and the effects or results of unbelief:

The people were amazed at Jesus' ability to teach, cast out devils, raise the dead, and heal the sick.  They were astonished at His teachings, yet refused to believe ,  "And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands" (v2)? 

You've heard the adage, "Familiarity breeds contempt?"  The hometown folk knew all about Jesus, that he was brilliant, a gifted teacher, and about his family background, yet refused to believe, "Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Judas, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him" (v 3).  It was not because he was an outsider, but because he was one of them that they were offended.  This is the only place in the New Testament where Jesus is referred to by his trade, "the carpenter."  In two other places, including Matthew 13: 55, he is referred to as "the carpenter's son."  Notice, they mentioned his mother, Mary, brothers by name, and sisters, but not his stepfather, Joseph. Some theologians suggest Joseph has died by this time since there is no mention of him here or after this point.  Other theologians suggest they may have been hinting at the possible illegitimacy of Jesus.  Who does he think he is?, they said. 

Jesus was raised and reared in Nazareth, a no-nothing town in the hills of Galilee. and here, Jesus said to them in, "A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house" (v. 4).  The NIV says, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor."  They were amazed, but Jesus was amazed also for their lack of faith.  
Does your circumstance, your environment mute and negate your gifts and abilities?  No matter your circumstance... whether you were raised in a single-parent household, raised not knowing your biological father; raised with a father in jail, raised in an environment steeped in  unbelief, raised in an uneventful small town far from the big city lights....God is able to keep you from falling!  God is able to give you a royal bloodline through Jesus Christ.  Jesus is able to take you from the gutter-most to the uttermost; from demeaning to a meaning; from disgrace to amazing grace!  He is able to put a godly influences in your life, mentors, and men and women who can provide support and instill godly principles and convictions in you.  Just put your faith in Jesus Christ, the One who saves!

Like Jesus, you may be a prophet without honor in your home community.  Filled with knowledge, wisdom, and understanding, you may be gifted as all get-out.  But, because you are not the right gender; don't have the right degree, don't have the right pedigree, don't have the right skin color, they won't believe, nor will they realize and recognize you as the answer to prayer.  As a result, you won't be able to contribute to your best work, and they won't receive all that God has for them. Verses 5-6 said, "And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.  6: And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching". 
It won't be people you don't know who won't support you, but people you know -- family, friends, co-workers, church members -- people right there in your 'hood, in your "Nazareth" operating by a jaded perspective of familiarity, influence by those around them, the know-it-alls; and by cultural, religious, socio-economic, environmental factors, they won't believe. After all, it was asked, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth" (John 1:46)?

What Jesus was saying is a prophet can go anywhere, except their hometown, and be received and accepted with honor.  Stop listening to the "they-sayers," and naysayers in your neighborhood, your part of town, on your street.  Don't listen to them!  If God said it, that settles it!  Don't let their unbelief negatively impact your relationship with God.  Don't give up on yourself, and don't give up on your community either.  Do what you can. Then, shake the dust off your feet where you are not received, just as Jesus instructed the disciples, and continue to trust in the Lord. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:6,  "He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that seek after Him."

Wednesday, July 01, 2020

Friday, May 22, 2020

Jesus Saves Sunday School Lesson - Jeremiah 22: 1-10, Repent of Injustic...





The slogan, "Know justice, know peace.  No justice, no peace" come alive again in this edition of the Jesus Saves International Sunday School Lesson Highlight, Jeremiah 22:1-10, Repent of Injustice.  Sharing insights on the lesson is my guest Rev. La'Shonda Fletcher, Co-Pastor, New Revelation Church, Louisville; Owner, operator, counselor of Revelation Counseling Center in Louisville, KY.  May is Mental Health Awareness Month so we talk about mental health as a social justice concern, and the importance of prioritizing your mental health during the Covid-19 pandemic.  Please LIKE, SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube Channel, and CLICK THE NOTIFICATIONS BELL.  Jesus saves! 

Friday, May 15, 2020

Sunday School Lesson - Practice Justice, Jeremiah 21:8-14, with Jesus Sa...





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Jesus Saves Ministries Live brings together people of God and the Word of God for informative highlights of the International Sunday School lessons.  I am Angela Lee Price, Founder of Jesus Saves Ministries, Louisville celebrating 15 years of lifting up Jesus Christ.  My guest today is Sis. Vanessa Holland, First Lady of Breaking The Chains Baptist Church, Louisville, KY.  Breaking the Chains Church where founder, Rev. Charles Holland has been ministering in the Louisville area for 21 years.
In these uncertain times of Covid-19, and as communities re-open, we all have important choices to make, choices of life and death.  This lesson encourages us to practice justice and choose life.  The lesson examines two of the three responses the prophet Jeremiah gave to King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, before their captivity.  Jeremiah replied to the King, the people, and royal house of David.  We learn that God is the God of justice, and injustice will not go unpunished.  We ought to stand up for the vulnerable and oppressed and choose life.  To choose life ultimately, is to choose Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.  He came that we might have life and have it more abundantly.


Monday, April 13, 2020

Jesus Saves Ministries Live Podcast - Resurrection Hope/A Resurrected Savior, 1 Corin. 15







Thank you for listening!  This weekly podcast highlights the International Sunday School lessons.  Host, Min. Angela Lee Price invites featured guests, bringing together the Word of God with the people of God, sharing dynamic insights and real-life examples of the relevancy of the text.  To learn more about Jesus Saves Ministries, join our Facebook Group.  It is FREE!  Jesus Saves Ministries, celebrating 14 years of lifting up Jesus Christ.

Friday, April 10, 2020

Sunday School Lesson Highlight, Resurrection Hope/A Resurrected Savior, ...

Jesus Saves Ministries shares weekly highlights of the International Sunday school lessons bringing together the Word of God with the people of God who walk by faith and not by sight. This week's guest co-host is my brother, Rev. Michael Lee, Assoc. Minister, Joshua Tabernacle Baptist Church/Chaplain, Norton Healthcare, Louisville. He shares a glimpse of his experience during the Covid-19 pandemic serving as a chaplain at one of the major hospitals in Louisville. We applaud all healthcare workers, first responders, including hospital janitorial staff, who are working heroically to save lives during this unprecedented health crisis. We recognize those recovering from coronavirus as well.



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Wednesday, April 08, 2020

Join Me for Jesus Saves Ministries Live on April 9th

Beloved, Jesus' resurrection is the key to understanding your future! Tune in Thursday for Jesus Saves Ministries Live, 9:30-10:00 am on 1240 WLLV as we highlight the International Sunday school lesson from 1 Corinthians 15:1-45 entitled, Resurrection Hope/A Resurrected Savior. Co-hosting with me this Holy Week is my brother, Rev. Michael Lee, Associate Minister, Joshua Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Louisville, KY; Chaplain, Norton Healthcare. That is my lovely sister-in-law Willow ServicingthePeople Lee with us in the pic. WATCH our Zoom Meeting Thursday evening at 7:00 PM. LISTEN to the radio replay on 104.7 FM WLOU Saturday, 2:00-2:30pm. LIKE & SHARE!!! Tell somebody, He is Risen! Jesus saves!

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Holy Thursday: Serve Like Jesus

By:  Angela Lee Price

On Holy Thursday, the day before Jesus was crucified, Jesus washes his disciples’ feet (John 13). He does this just before the Passover Celebration. It was the very night that Jesus instituted the ordinance of the Lord's Supper at the Passover Meal. There, He gave an object-lesson on servant-leadership and humility. Scripture says he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and pour water in a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples' feet and wipe them with his towel (vs. 4-5). In verses 14-17 He says, “And since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. How true it is that a servant is not greater than the master. Nor or messengers more important than the one who sends them. You know these things-now do them! That is the path to blessing” (NLT).


If we are going to lead like Jesus, preach like Jesus, teach like Jesus, and love like Jesus, we must begin by serving like Jesus. Jesus was the perfect servant-leader. The Scriptures tell us that being a true servant-leader is how one receives the abundant blessing that so many people magically claim nowadays, only there is nothing magical about servant-leadership. It takes hard work, compassion, and commitment.  Matthew 20:28 states, "For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many (NIV)."

Here is what God does for the humble servant-leader:
  1. God gives joy to the humble servant.  "The humble will see their God at work and be glad.  Let all who seek God's help live in joy. Psalm 69:32.
  2. God rescues the humble servant.  "You rescue those who are humble."  Psalm 18:27
  3. God takes care of the humble servant.  "Though the Lord is great, he cares for the humble, but he keeps his distance from the proud."  Palm 138:6.
  4. God supports the humble servant.  "The Lord supports the humble, but he brings the wicked down into the dust."  Psalm 147:6.
  5. God fills the humble servant with fresh joy.  "The humble will be filled wsith fresh joy from the Lord.  Those who are poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel."  Isaiah 29:29.

Here is a promise from God:
"Those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."  Matthew 23:12

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Yes, Jesus Is The Way!


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The week Jesus was crucified, he told his disciples in John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the father except through me." Jesus had just finished supper in the upper room with the disciples when he gave us one of His very greatest gospel texts.  



In my sanctified imagination, Thomas must have been overwhelmed and in a daze!  Jesus had already shared so much, that Judas would betray him for 30 pieces of silver; that Peter would deny him three times.  Then, Jesus declared He was going to heaven, and they were extremely concerned.   Yet he tells them to not be troubled and gives three reasons to have peace in their hearts.  First, We can take God at His Word.     When Jesus said, "Trust in God, and trust also in me,"  he was reminding his disciples to trust in God's Word (v.1).  Scripture had spoken of Jesus' impending crucifixion and his resurrection.  Sometimes we miss important information when circumstances become overwhelming.  We must remember that to trust God's word. You can trust God's Word  because as Jesus stated to the disciples as he gave the object lesson about the fig three in Matthew 24:35 , "Heaven and earth will pass away but my words will never pass away."  Secondly, We are going to heaven. Heaven is a prepared place personally by Jesus who said, "I am going to prepare a place for you" (v2). Heaven is not a state of mind. Finally,  Jesus is coming back for us.  Notice, Jesus said, "I will come and get you".  Jesus is not merely going to send for us.  He is going to personally escort us to the Father's house!  Isn't that good news?!  The Bible tells us to "encourage each other with these words" (1 Thessalonians 4:18).  In heaven, there will be no more fear, death, pain, or sorrow.

Thomas caught the tail end of his statement.  Jesus said, You know the way to the place where I am going" (v4).  Thomas must have woke up.  "We don't know where you are going,"  he blurted out, "How can we know the way? (v5)  

Jesus provided answers to three pertinent questions that have continued to be sought out by  the lost, the learned, and the longing down through the ages.  Those questions are "How can I be saved?", "How can I be sure?", and "How can I be satisfied?"


For lost people, Jesus answers the question, "How can I be saved?  He says, "I am the way, "No one comes to the Father except through me" (v6). Jesus clearly explains that the only people who will enter heaven will be those who have accepted him as the way - not those who have performed the greatest number of deeds.  There are no attributes of deity that the Jesus does not possess.  Jesus is the only way to have a relationship  with God (Romans 10:9; Acts 12:4; John 3:16).  The reason we can have relationship with God is Jesus paid the penalty for our sins on the Cross.  Jesus died, and rose again which is what Easter is all about.

For the learned, Jesus answers the question, "How can I be sure?"  He says, I am the truth.   Everything that is true of God the Father is true of me.  Jesus replied to Thomas, "he who has seen me, has seen the Father" (v9). You can be sure when you put faith in Jesus Christ. The word "truth" is used in Scripture in two ways:  true as contrasted with false; and genuine as contrasted with unreal.  Although both apply to God, when we speak of the truth of God, normally His genuineness is contrasted with false gods of other religions.  The Scriptures declare Jesus as the one true God (John 1:1-2; John 17:3). 

For the longing who ask, "How can I be satisfied?, Jesus said, I am the life, that is, life in eternity and life on earth.  I am water when you are thirsty, and bread when you are hungry.  In John 10:10, he stated, "I have come that you may have life and have it more abundantly", in other words, until you are satisfied.  

Not only is Jesus Christ the only way to eternal life, He is the only way to abundant life.  Salvation, deliverance, healing, and spiritual growth cannot come any other way except, through Jesus Christ. He is the way!

 
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Tuesday, April 07, 2020

Jesus Cleanses The Temple

JESUS CLEANSES THE TEMPLE
By: Angela Lee Price

Several key events happened during Jesus' final week.  The cursing of the fig tree and cleansing of the Temple are two that occurred on Monday.  On Monday Jesus continued to fulfill prophecy.  In Matthew 21, Jesus upholds God's justice in the Temple, fulfilling Isaiah 42's vision of the Messiah as a Just Servant.
The prophet Isaiah foretold the coming of God's Just Servant declaring, "Look at my servant, whom I strengthen.  He is my chosen one, who pleases me.  I have put my Spirit upon him.  He will bring justice to the nations" (Isaiah 42:1).

In Matthew 21:12-14 we read, "Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out all the people buying and selling animals for sacrifice.  He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. He said to them, "The Scriptures declare, 'My Temple will be called a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of thieves!"

The prophet Isaiah prophesied that the Lord's Servant would not only bring justice and equality for all, but also healing and support to the poor, marginalized, and crushed in spirit.  While the temple merchants regularly carried out their business at exorbitant, unfair prices, the poor and sick begged at the Temple for help.  Jesus attended to their needs that Holy Monday, but the leaders were outdone,.  The Bible states, "The blind and the lame came to him in the Temple, and he healed them.  The leading priests and teachers of religious law saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the children in the Temple shouting, 'Praise God for the Son of David.'  But the leaders were indignant (Matt. 21:14-15).

With all that is happening in our world today, aren't you glad that our Savior, Master, Redeemer, King of kings is a Just God?
In what ways are you following Jesus' example humbly serving the noble cause of justice?  Jesus saves!  #holyweek #Godsjustservant

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