Garden of Eden Ministries Weekly Blog

Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, Bible Study was taught by none other than Bro. Mike Boyd.  A look back at the heroes of faith and what caused them to make it into God's Hall of Faith. Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Message Scriptures: Hebrews 11:1-13 vs. 1-3, the universe was formed by God Old Testament Heroes vs 4 - Abel faith moved Abel to choose a more acceptable offering thought if Cain had just repented and asked God what type of offering he should have given things would have turned out differently vs. 5 - Enoch God came and took Enoch in a shorter amount of time than what most people of that day lived to be vs. 7 - Noah received a lot of flack for building the ark but doing what he was told to do resulted in his family being safe. vs. 8 - Abraham obeyed God to leave home and confidently looked forward to a city designed and built by God vs. 31 - Rahab protected spies and her household was saved vs. 13 - all lived by faith until the day they died

   Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, Bible Study was taught by none other than Bro. Landon Tinsley.  There was a clear path outlining the correlation between worship, joy and serving others Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Message Scriptures: Philippians 2:15, 13-14 not easy to want to serve, flesh doesn't want to comply doing things as unto the Lord turning our gaze to Him in worship (beholding the beauty of Jesus) desiring to serve is a result of setting our gaze upon Him We have to learn to lift up God in the midst of situations We are called to be light by the grace of God Demeanor changes as we worship God Hebrews 9:14, 1 Cor. 10:31, Col. 3:17 Serve one another as we are called to shin in the world Luke 10:41-42 Christ is to be my focus in all things We are all called to sit at Jesus' feet but also serve with a focus on Christ   Nuggets for the Week The gifts will come as we keep our gaze upon Him.   God comes to prune and perfect those things wit

  Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, Sunday's message was a continuation from last week's message on Glorying in Tribulation  shared by Sis. Tina.  Let's take a look at the video below.   Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Katherine Wolf - Desperate for Jesus 2020 Conference Message Scriptures: Isaiah 45:3 Romans 5:1-5   Nuggets for the Week It doesn't matter what happens in life but how you respond scars mean we live good things and bad things co-exist Reflections How can God be glorified in suffering?  Key Takeaway for the Body Teach the next generation... God made us for our specific suffering because He knew He could get us through it Deep joy is cultivated Practical Steps to Cultivate a Relationship with God Our healing comes when we comfort others (2 Cor. 1:4) Gratitude for what remains (romans 8:37) God is doing something unique in my story Keep my eyes on Jesus - not go inward Run my race We get to live well, get to show the world how to s

   Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, This Tuesday's Bible Study message was delivered by our own Bro. Mike G.  There is a powerful relationship between prayer and praise.  Check out below to see the results Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Message Scriptures: Matthew 6:9-14 vs. 9 starts out in praise 1 Thess. 5:17 prayer = communication with God whether our worship is public or private it should be the same eyes haven't seen the things God has prepared for us Ps. 100 Jude vs. 24 Romans 8:39 we are being conformed to the image of Christ   Nuggets for the Week If the walls of Jericho came down because of praise, what walls in your life would come down am I just praising God in the mountains or am I praising Him in the valleys worship God in spirit and in truth The Kingdom is righteousness, peace and joy (Romans 14:17) important to keep our relationship with the Lord pure being humble is necessary if we are going to model our life after Christ Look at oth

  Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, This Sunday message was delivered by the grace of God from the lips of Sis. Sirena Anochiam.  Transparency coupled with practical applications was the theme of the hour as we are invited to glory in our light afflictions.   Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Message Scriptures: Romans 5:1-5 Peace = freedom from disturbance, tranquility Isaiah 26:3 Hope - (nouun) feeling of expectation, (verb) a feeling of trust Glory - take great pride and pleasure in Tribulation - distress and trouble, to press, sqeeze, rub  Patience - the capacity to wait without getting upset Experience - encounter or undergo an event or occurrence   Nuggets for the Week God wants us to walk through trials with peace.  This can't be done in the flesh but by His Spirit. God is working on our hearts Through our tests, God wants us to know Him, rely upon Him Obey through the way He is leading These tests are coming to grow us not to harm us.  To walk di

  Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, Bible Study this week was led by Sis. Kim.  The encouragement this week was to walk in love, continue to encourage and support one another as you have been doing as we guard our hearts.  Check out the scriptures to see what we should be on the guard against as we walk in brotherly love.     Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Message Scriptures: 1 Thess. 5:4-22, Eph 6:10-20 encourage the hearts of your fellow believers put on the breastplate of faith and love (righteousness) vs. 8 helmet of the hope of our salavation vs. 8 encourage  the hearts of your fellow believes vs. 11 and support one another vs. 11 1 John 4:7-21 establishes that God is love James 1:22-25  be a doer of the Word John 17:21-23 prayer for love and unity 2 Thess 2:13-17 we are chosen to be holy stand firm in the teachings we have been taught always speak what is good and beautiful 1 Thess 4:18 1 Cor 16:13-14 be on guard stand firm in faith be courageous be st

  Hello Prophetic, Praying, Company of Believers, We had a beautiful time in the scriptures with our speaker being our own Sis. Andria.  She welcomed us to walk in our identity as kings and priests.  Follow the path of scriptures to understand our calling as kings and priest of the order of Melchizedek.     Enjoy! Scripture References & Highlights Message Scriptures: Romans 8:28-29 God has a purpose To be conformed to the image of Christ What is the image of Christ? 2 Cor. 3:18 Matt. 2:1-2, 7-10 Jesus is King Gold represents kingship & royalty Frankincense = acknowledgment of Jesus' priesthood Myrrh = anointing oil connected with death & burial Psalm 25:2 1 Cor. 2:7-8 hidden mystery Exodus 19:4-6 God wanted His children to be a Kingdom of priests and holy nation Exodus 32 the priesthood was now established through Aaron and the Levitical tribe Jesus as priest Matthew 3:16-17 God publicly acknowledges Jesus as His Son Psalm 2:7 establishes Jesus as His Son validating His