FHL Indiana

Focus directs your life

May 25, 2011 Merlin Gonzales FHL Indiana

Last weekend, I attended a Christian Conference in Youngstown OH. On our way there, we talked about the importance of focus and attention to certain things. When we got to the conference, most of what they talked about was about focus and attention.

Proverbs 23:7, “For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.” – NKJV One speaker said, you become what you think about.

This morning, I was reminded that if we meditate on the goodness of God, we will experience His goodness. The more we focus on Him, the more others see Him in us. We are being transformed to His likeness.
In the Book of Exodus, Moses ask to see the face of God. He waited on Him without any distractions. When Moses went down from the mountain, his face was transformed because God met Him at the mountain.

God, I pray that you give me grace to always be attentive to your Presence. Transform me, re-wire my brain to focus on You instead of the world.

Deuteronomy 16:15

May 19, 2011 Merlin Gonzales FHL Indiana

As we are getting closer to the Annual FHL Week (July 24-30), anticipation is building up. It is not so much about what we will accomplish and do but it is more of the alignment of our thoughts, faith and spirit. This is the Year of Faith for the FHL and do we go through God’s refining fire. Many of the city’s leaders are now preparing for FHL Week. Phone calls, emails, FB and other forms of communications are being used, visiting places, meeting new people, finding resources and volunteers, rehearsals for the dance and hundreds of other things that needed attention.

Have you find yourself praising God passionately when things are going your way? During challenging times, have you find yourself lethargic and even doubting the possibilities? Can you still have the joy from God?

The Bible says that no one nothing can take that joy away from you unless you allow that to happen. It’s about you and the choices that you make.

I would like to encourage you that God’s promises are real. When God called you to a task or mission, He will make sure that He will take care of you; it’s His Name that’s at stake. Notice I said, “take care of You”, not necessarily the “task” He had given you. He can do things Himself or through others; He wants your heart and He wants to train you to find joy in obeying Him.

For 7 days or more in July, we will celebrate the privilege of working alongside God and others in Central Indiana. “For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.” We will find that our greatest reward is in God and not in our accomplishment; it’s about our relationship with Him and with others…then our joy will be complete.

Thank you in advance for coming along side us in Proclaiming and Demonstrating the Unconditional Love of Christ.

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Automatic Faucet

May 19, 2011 Merlin Gonzales FHL Indiana

I was blessed to meet a couple last Friday when I went to my Men’s Bible study. Our guests was brother who was just released from a several years of imprisonment. He brought his entire family, his wife and 2 children at the Bible study. I had a chance to talk to him:

He said that Indianapolis had changed a lot, people seemed to be in a rush. One thing that he shared with me was the convenience of an automatic faucet; 10 years ago, no one would ever thought about this new technology-just put your hand under the faucet and water comes out!

Last Monday, he and his family stopped by the FHL office and we gave him some frozen food, bread, milk and shoes. This coming Saturday, they are planning to go to the Pantry of Hope to receive more food and supplies.

I would like to encourage you that your don’t have to go far to be in a mission field. To volunteer at other organizations or to partner with FHL on various ways to serve others, contact 317-578-3370 or [email protected]

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It’s not what you think

May 17, 2011 Merlin Gonzales FHL Indiana

I woke up last night at midnight and can’t go to sleep. After 2 hours of tossing and turning, I decided to get up and read the Bible. As I was reading the first part of 1 Kings, the famous verse caught my attention; 1 Kings 3:9, “So give your servant a discerning heart to govern…” It seemed to me that my heart leaped as I was reading the verse and immediately spoke to me with regards to the FHL Ministry and my role as the founder and leader.

Currently, FHL is going through financial challenges and I’ve been praying and interceding to the Lord to provide resources and guidance.

After dwelling on the verse for a few minutes, I decided to go back to bed, content and relaxed. It took me no time at all to fall asleep while still thinking about the verse.

There are times in our lives to just ask for a discerning heart to hear what God is communicating to us. Most of the time, it’s not what we think; it’s what God is saying to us.

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CommUNITY INDIANA

May 16, 2011 Merlin Gonzales FHL Indiana

God had provided us everything we need to possess the land that He promised us. Numbers 33:53, “Take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.” We just need to obey Him actively to take back our communities from the stronghold of this world for God. God did not say to just invade our communities with the proclamation of His Word but with demonstration of power through the Holy Spirit within us. We must not just conquer our communities but settle in it. We have seen cities and even countries where the Spirit of God took over it such as the Reformation led by Martin Luther on October 31, 1517. He transformed the country and the world through his words and action.

However, the cradle of reformation, Germany, became the center of Anti-Christ when Hitler ruled the nation from 1933 to 1945. I believe part of the problem was the fired-up Christians did not settle in the land and failed to continue the Christian influence they had in the past. Darkness started to creep in, and the land where the Christian Reformation started became a land where approximately six million European Jews were extinguished, known as The Holocaust.

I would like to encourage all of us to Grow our Indiana Communities that love God and our neighbors through the tangible expression of God’s unconditional love. Let us invade our neighborhoods with the active obedience to the Word of God. Let us not just share the Gospel of Salvation (The Great Commandment) but live out the Gospel of the Kingdom (The Great Commission).

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