LOVING YOUR ENEMIES

Jesus Teaches about loving your enemies. (NLT) Matt. 5:43–44 43 You have heard that the Law of Moses says, ‘Love your neighbor’ * and hate your enemy. 44 But I say, love your enemies! * Pray for those who persecute you! In the Bible, there is much written about “Cursing.” The word “Curse” sometimes means misfortune to another person. (NLT) Luke 6:27-29 27 But if you are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. 28 Pray for the happiness of those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn the other cheek. If someone demands your coat, offer your shirt also. (NLT) Rom. 12:14 If people persecute you because you are a Christian, don’t curse them; pray that God will bless them. (NLT) James 3:9-10 Sometimes it praises our Lord and Father, and sometimes it breaks out into curses against those who have been made in the image of God. 10 And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
When someone has bitterness against you, pray for them, so God will speak to their mind and heart. Let God take care of it. Spiritually, we are all brothers and sisters in Christ. The Lord said if you love me, then how could you have a curse within your heart against your brothers and sisters. What is love? 1 Cor. 13:4-7 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keep no record of when it has been wronged. 6 It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never give up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. (NLT) 1 Cor.13: 13 There are three things that will endure- faith, hope and love- and the greatest of these is love. So brothers and sisters in Christ, anyone who comes in the name of Jesus Christ, welcome that person, it may be God’s angel sending messages to you. Amen!!! It could be a blessing or warning for you. Once again, “Love covers a multitude!”

I pray that these messages are very informative to you.

From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

WHY DO PEOPLE PROCRASTINATE WITH GOD?

Most every morning, I get up and dress myself by putting on my pants and shirt and walk to the entrance of my driveway to get my morning newspaper and read it. The first section, I always look at is the obituary to see who has passed away. Many times within my eyes, I have some tears, looking at the names of the deceased. Some are elderly and some are very young, including infants. Instantly, with my eyes closed, I pray to the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive them for all of their sins and ask the Lord Jesus to take them into his arms and give them comfort.
As I have mentioned many times, our life is very short on this earth. We must always pray to the Lord Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit. While we are living on this earth, we must have a strong relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit.
Many times people tell me they believe in God, so I ask them which or what God? They ask why? We must address God correctly by saying God Jehovah or Lord Jesus Christ because there are probably 10,000 Gods or 10,000 Lords or more in this world. Which one? We must acknowledge them by addressing them correctly. Don’t you agree with me? If you agree with me, say Amen!!!
We must not procrastinate to have a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ by saying later on; I will attend a church and pray to the Lord Jesus at a later date, it may be too late for you. Don’t you all agree with me? I strongly believe procrastination will paralyze the faculties of one’s mind. In time, it will effect the finer emotions of one’s heart. In other words, when you take your last breath on this earth, regret may come upon you, by saying I wish or I should have attended a church, while I was able to go. I encourage everyone, including myself, do not procrastinate to pray and have fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit. For me, everyday I focus my mind and heart to the Lord Jesus Christ by praying to him. Therefore, I can hardly wait for Wednesday or Sunday to attend the church and have fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ and the Power of the Holy Spirit. Many times, when the worship team sings the worship songs and sings from their hearts, it will draw the Holy Spirit into the church. The ultimate goal for the worship team is to bring the Holy Spirit into the church, so the members of the church may benefit from it. They then can have relationship with the Lord and the Power of the Holy Spirit. Many times, the leader of the worship team must pray to the Lord for protection, so his or her worship team can be protected from the unclean spirits by praying on (NLT) Eph. 6:10,11,12 “Whole Armor of God.” (NLT) Psalm 95:1-2 1 Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us give a joyous shout to the rock of our salvation! 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving. Let us sing him psalms of praise. So the bottom line is, do not procrastinate to pray to the Lord Jesus Christ and we will have none of Why? Why? Why? Any more. Amen!!! Always pray from your heart rather than from your corner of your mouth. God will look into a person’s heart.
 
I pray these messages are very informative to you.
 
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

WORSHIP THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

Yes, worship the Lord Jesus Christ from your heart, not from the corner of your mouth.
Worship and pray to the Lord Jesus Christ; if you do, than I truly believe you will be wonderful and joyful within your heart. “Remember the joy of the Lord is our strength in our life.” Many times, people have asked me how to pray. I explain to them that the way I do it is by praying on Psalm 51:1-19 to cleanse my mind, heart and soul. God doesn’t have one blemish or sin; so when we pray without cleansing ourselves, it may be very difficult to expect God to see you and listen to your prayer. Remember Adam and Eve, when they were deceived by Satan and had eaten the forbidden fruit? In God’s eyes, they had committed sin as stated in (NLT) Genesis 3:8-11, 8 Toward evening they heard the Lord God walking about in the garden, so they hid themselves among the trees. 9 The Lord God called to Adam, * “Where are you?” 10 He replied, I heard you, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” 11 Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten the fruit I commanded you not to eat?” So as you can see, Adam and Eve had committed sin when the Lord God had asked them not to eat the forbidden fruit and asked them by saying, “Where are you?” For me, I know God knows everything and sees all things; however, since God doesn’t have any sin or one small black spot, I truly believe that God doesn’t want to see any sinful person. Does it make sense so far? Now, we as human being have lots of sins; therefore, we must cleanse ourselves by praying on forgiveness within our heart. Does it make sense? Of course it makes sense. If you agree with me, say Amen!!! Now, you could make a small demonstration by putting both of your hands above a person’s head, just to give a short demonstration of how it works. Let’s say both of the hands represents the covering and protection from God and let’s say the person doesn’t believe in God; just move your hands away from the person’s head. It means that person doesn’t have any protection from God. Now, the enemies (Demonic Spirits) can step right into the person. It may seem like God is putting a curse upon the person, NO! It’s not God putting on the curse; he just moves away from the person, since he or she doesn’t believe in God. Another example: let’s say on a rainy day, we have to walk in the rain to our destination, so we use an umbrella, then we wouldn’t get soaking wet. Am I correct? The umbrella represents the covering and protection from God. If we didn’t have an umbrella, we would get soaking wet. Correct? Are you with me so far? Without the umbrella, represents no protection from God, so now Satan can come into your life and may causes all kinds of problems for you. However, if we have an umbrella, we wouldn’t get soaking wet. Correct? With the umbrella, means you will not get soaking wet, like you have protection and covering from God, then the demonic spirits cannot touch you because you have Christ within your heart and every knee shall bow before the Lord Jesus Christ. Does this make sense to you? So the bottom line is always pray, worship and have fellowship with God and the Power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus mighty name. Amen!!!
I pray that this information will be very informative to you.
 
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

OBEDIENCE WITH GOD

Yes, obedience with God is very important to all of us. The person’s response to God’s Word is a response of faith. (NLT) Exod.19: 5 Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the nations of the earth. (NLT) Jer.7: 23 This is what I told them: ‘Obey me, and I will be your God, you will be my people. Only do as I say, and all will be well!’ (NLT) Jer.7: 13 While you were doing these wicked things, says the Lord, I spoke to you repeatedly, but you would not listen. I called out to you, but you refused to listen. (NLT) Hos.9: 17 My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among nations. (NLT) Matt.11: 15 Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand. Many people in the bible who loved God very much were obedient to God, for example: Noah, Abraham, Moses, Job and many others were very obedient to God and God blessed them. We as Christians must obey God and always ask for God’s forgiveness. Forgiveness from the heart is the answers to most of our problems. (NLT) Matt. 18:21-22 21 Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone* who sins against me? Seven times?” 22“No!” Jesus replied, seventy times seven!” That is a lot of forgiving, don’t you all agree with me? When I think about myself, I have probably asked God to forgive me approximately 11,680 times or more. It seems like a lot, but it’s not. Why? If I were to follow what the Lord told Peter, 70 times 7 equals 490 times, then during my 16 years of Christian life with the Lord, by praying on forgiveness approximately 2 times a day, that 11,680 times divided by 490 times equals 23.837 or 24 sins may be forgiven by the Lord. That is very little for me. I didn’t realize it until I tried it on my calculator. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we sin much more than that during our life. Don’t you all agree with me? If you agree with me, say Amen!!! (So be it)
The Lord knows that we are all weak people. We always fall into sins; however, if we were to pray from our heart and ask God to forgive us, I truly believed God would forgive all of us, because God is a loving and forgiving God. So Brother and Sisters in Christ, there are no magic words we can use, but true forgiveness from our heart is the only answer to be forgiven from God. God looks into our heart, not the color of our skin, etc. The true God’s temple is within our heart. If our heart is the true God’s temple, then we must always keep it cleaned. Don’t you agree with me? If you agree with me say Amen!!!
 
I pray that these messages are very informative to you.
Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

WE SHOULD ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL TO GOD

Yes, we should be grateful to God for the breath of life and everything he has provided to all of us. When we have strong faith in God, he will bless us much more. We cannot out give God as stated in Mal. 3:10 (NLT), “Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my temple. If you do,” says the LORD OF MIGHTY,” I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out the blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try It! Let me prove it to you!”
When we lose our home or finances, we lose a little bit, but when we lose our faith with God, we lose a lot. Money is good only in this world, but not in heaven. Let’s say you have a million dollars in your bank or in your possession and pass away that night. Can you bring all of your money up in heaven? NO!!! I have never seen a wealthy person bring all his or her money up in heaven. It will never happen. Let’s say you could bring all your money up in heaven and you met King James or Peter. What would they say? I believe they would say money means nothing up in heaven, but only your strong faith in God will be counted. In a humors way, I have told people, Peter might think you were trying to bribe him.
We must balance it out. How? Let say we gross $2000.00 a month, and then we give $200.00 or more. I have given 10% of my monthly earnings for many years. When I think about it, everything belongs to God anyway, for example: my home, car, clothing, and many other things including my life. It all belongs to God, since I have paid for it; I have the right to use it until such time when I leave this planet. Does it make sense? Of course, it makes sense. Now, this does not necessarily mean, if I give a thousand dollars today, tonight or tomorrow, I will receive a blessing. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t. This will all happen in God’s time, we have no control over it. We have to be obedient by giving our tithes to God.
When you think about it, 3, 7 and 12 are a biblical numbers. Why? (This is not a quote from the bible. It is my own belief.) Three stands for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. The number seven has been mentioned in the bible many times, such as in Rev. 1:4. This letter is from John to the seven churches in the province of Asia. “Grace and peace from the one who is, who always was, and who is to come; from sevenfold Spirit* before his throne.” The number twelve is also mentioned many times in the bible. If you notice, our clocks and wrist watches have twelve numbers, Jesus had twelve disciples, our calendar has twelve months within the year and etc. In Rev. 21:10-14 (NLT), “10 So he took me in spirit* to a great, high mountain, and he showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. 11 It was filled with the glory of god and sparkled like a precious gem, crystal clear like jasper. 12 Its walls were broad and high, with twelve gates guarded by twelve angels. And the names of the twelve tribes of Israel were written on the gates. 13 There were three gates on each side-east, north, south, and west. 14 The wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were written the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” Many times the numbers of three, seven and twelve are mentioned within our bible. I call them the biblical numbers. Amen!!! Brothers and Sister in Christ, the bottom line is “We should always be very grateful to God.” Amen!!!
 
I pray that these messages are very informative to you.
Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WILL BE GOING AFTER DEATH?

When we take our last breath on this earth, do you know where you be going? Some say in a deep sleep, some say up in Heaven, some say down in Hell. Well brothers and sisters in Christ, our life starts as follows: (NLT) In Luke 12:19 And I’ll sit back and say to myself, My friend, you have enough stored away for years to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!’ Luke 20 But you fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get it all! Hebrew 9:27 and just as it is destined that each person dies only once and after that comes judgment. Isaiah 64:6 We are all infected and impure with sin. When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall. And our sins, like the wind, sweep away. After the funeral service, John 5: 28-29 28 don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, 29 and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to judgment. Roman 3:10- 18 10 As the scriptures say, “No one is good-not even one. 11 No one has real understanding; no one is seeking God. 12 All have turned away from God; all have gone wrong. No one does good, not even one”* 13 “ Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their speech is filled with lies.” 14 “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness”* 15 “They are quick to commit murder. 16 Wherever they go, destruction and misery follow them. 17 “They do not know what true peace is”* 18 “They have no fear of God to restrain them”* Rev. 20:12 I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to what they had done. In Mark 4: 22 “Everything that is now hidden or secret will eventually be brought to light.” Roman 10:9 For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. John 14: 6 “I am the way, the truth, and life. No one can come to the Father except through me. If our name is not listed in the Book of Life. Mat. 25:41 *Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the Devil and his demon. Mat. 25:46 and they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous will go into eternal life. Rev. 20:15 and anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the lake of fire. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, much times, I have mentioned in the past, that no one is perfect in this world, except our Lord Jesus Christ, therefore, we must always pray to God to forgive us for all of our sins and mercy upon us. I am sure you all will agree with me, that none of us would like to enter into the lake of fire. We must live in an honest, always asks God to forgive for all of our sins and have relationship with the Lord and the Power of Holy Spirit. Amen!!! For example, let say no one is looking, so you took things without permission or you stole something that didn’t belong to you and you might say or think, I have score, it was free. Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I rather pay for the items, it is much cheaper than paying for your sins in the lake of fire. Don’t you all agree with me? Remember Mark 4: 22 there is nothing hidden in the eyes of God. In other word, either we pay while we are on this earth or pay in hell. Nothing is free! And we cannot get away from it. Amen!!!
After reading this topic, I pray many of you will have a better outlook with your life.
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto

PERSECUTION

As written in the dictionary, “Persecution” is defined as harassment and suffering which people inflict upon others for being different in their faith, worldview, culture, or race. Persecution seeks to intimidate, silence, and punish.
As I have mentioned many times before, persecution is always here, especially toward the Christian people. Why? Many times, the Demonic Spirit will step right into the person without the person knowing about it. Negative thoughts will enter into the person’s mind. In other words, the Demonic Spirit is using that person to cause dissension without him or her knowing about it.
Sometimes, the Demonic Spirit may stay at your home or other places without you knowing about it. Every so often, I receive calls from people in the Mainland and Hawaii asking me to pray for them. Sometimes, when I pray for them, the Demonic Spirit starts to laugh in a different loud voice from the person. When I apply the blood of Jesus upon the Demonic Spirit, it starts to cry in an unusual sound for about 20 to 25 seconds. It sounds like the Demonic Spirit is in painful agony. Amen!!! Now, lets get back to the word? Amen!!!
Anyone who comes in the mighty name of Jesus, I welcome that person; perhaps, I could learn something from that person. We can always learn something from each other and this I truly believe. Spiritually, we are all Brothers and Sisters in Christ. We must all help one another, because the enemy is not among us. The enemy is out there to deceive and to destroy us. Amen!!! We must all be in unity and in one accord. Amen!!!
If you read the Bible, persecution is mentioned many times. For example, Jesus was persecuted and finally killed, because of his religious and political views. Some references are Mark 3:6, Luke 4:29, John 5:16 and many more. Jesus pronounced God’s salvation upon those who were persecuted for righteousness sake. Matt. 5:10-12 (NLT) “10 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. 11 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 12 Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.” What about Saul? Saul persecuted David as mentioned in 1 Samuel 19:9-12. Many times I have mentioned, no one has any power, except the Lord Jesus Christ, but many people have the authorization from God to do God’s work. Amen!!! So the bottom line is, do not persecute anyone in this world, but encourage that person. God will bless you and as a good Christian, this is the ultimate goal. We want to achieve with God. Don’t you all agree?

May the Lord bless all of you, in Jesus mighty name? Amen!!!
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

WE ARE ALL HERE FOR A LITTLE VACATION

 We all came from Heaven for a little vacation in this world. Why did I say a little vacation? Our life is very short on this earth when you think about it. We are borne into this world and grow up, play, go to school and graduate. Some of us go onto college. Then we find a job, buy a home, probably get married, have a family, and so on. Finally, we retire and pass away. That is usually our life process. In a humorous way, the Lord Jesus may ask me, how was your vacation on earth? I would like to answer the Lord; it was awesome, Lord!!! I had a lot of fun. Amen!!! Now lets get back to the word. Okay? Amen!!! 2 Peter 3: 8-9 (NLT) “8 But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. 9 The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think.” If my calculation are correct, let say 1 year of our time = 86.4 second = 1.44 minutes of God’s time. Let’s say we lived to 75 years old. (75yrs. x 1.44 min. = 108 minutes of God’s time) Brothers and Sisters in Christ, our life is very short when you think about it. Don’t you all agree with me?
We must always focus our mind and faith to God, by going to a good Christian Church to worship our Lord Jesus Christ and have fellowship with the Power of the Holy Spirit.
We are all under a curse of Sin as stated in Psalms 51:5 (NLT). “5 For I was born a sinner—yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.” How can we break this curse? By asking God for forgiveness from within our heart, not from the corner of our mouth and giving our Tithes to God as stated in Malachi 3:10. By doing so, we can show God our obedience to Him and he will bless us. Remember “Job?” He was blameless - a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil. He was the richest man in that entire area. One day, when Satan told God, the reason that Job is very successful is because you have blessed him, but if you were to take away the entire blessing he will curse you. God told Satan, you can do anything to him except take his life and his faith to me will never change. Satan worked upon him. Unfortunate things happened to him, such as the loss of his children and live stock. This included having boils all over his body, even his wife said, why don’t you curse God and die? Job didn’t curse God; therefore, God proved to Satan that he was wrong and God blessed Job a multitude, much more than what he had lost. Amen!!! Brothers and Sisters in Christ, we must believe in our Lord Jesus with all our heart and thank him for the breath of life and everything else while we are living in this world. The bottom line is that while on vacation on this earth we should always worship and fellowship with our Lord and enjoys our life to the fullest. Amen!!!
When a person gets closer to God, many times persecution will take place from other people. Don’t worry about it. Let God take care of it. For me, I am very pleased, because that means the enemies are worried about it. They will speak negatively about you and usually a jealous spirit will come upon them. Remember, no one has any power on this earth. Only the Lord Jesus has all power in heaven and earth; however, many people have the authorization from God to do his work. Amen!!!
Let us discuss healing. Healing can be accomplished by the individual’s faith with God. I usually tell the person not to pray. Let me do the praying. Why? If the person were to pray, the Demonic Spirit will have difficulty coming out of the person’s mouth. Why? The Demonic Spirit cannot pass the biblical name. Many times, I tell the person to relax and raise both of their arms toward God. Take a deep breath and cough it out. On the third exhale, I command the Demonic Spirit to COME OUT, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST!!! I then send the Demonic Spirit to the pits of hell. Amen!!! (So be it)
 
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From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason

COMMUNION

Communion is a very sacred ritual for all Christian believers. Apostle Paul tells us, it is the celebration of Jesus’ final memorial supper with his disciples. We as Christians must then take communion to acknowledge the Lord’s last supper as often as we can. Paul used the Greek word “koinonia” to express the meaning of the Christian faith, a sharing in the life and death of Christ. Paul used the word Koinonia often to describe a believer’s relationship with the risen Lord and the salvation, which comes through Him.
When an authorized Pastor or Minister blesses the bread and the wine, instantly transformation takes place. The bread represents the body of our Lord Jesus Christ and the wine represents the blood of our Lord Jesus. We cannot take this communion very lightly. 1 Corinthians 11:27-30 (NLT) “27 So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28 That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. 29 For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. 30 That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died.”
Whenever I do communion for the members at the church, I as a Pastor cannot take it too lightly, because in God’s eyes I will be accountable for the members. For example, sometimes a husband and wife can be very deceiving, maybe harsh words were spoken last night or in the morning with bitterness within their hearts. They may approach everyone with a smile and say “Good Morning”, but within their hearts they still have bitterness inside of them. I cannot take any chances, so I will have everyone stand up and join with me by praying on Psalm 51:1-19 asking God for forgiveness. It is a prayer from King David, asking God to forgive him. Now I can stand up and face the Lord and say, I have done my part, Lord! I strongly feel God will forgive me. Amen!!! Without this prayer, I cannot tell the Lord Jesus, it’s not my fault or responsibility for what has happened to them. Believe me, in the eyes of God, it may become my responsibility. With that in mind, I won’t take any chances at all.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ take the communion with a clean heart and partake in the body and the blood of the Lord as often as you can. Before you partake in the communion, you can also bless it. If you have any illness within yourself, ask God to heal your illness from the crown of your head to the soles of your feet, in and out of your body in Jesus mighty name. Amen!!!

I pray that this information is very informative to you.
May the Lord bless each and every one of you Amen!!!
 
From Rev. Jimmy Nishimoto and Chris Eliason