From the rising of the sun to its setting let the Name of the LORD be praised. Psalm 113:3

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-25-2012

Your Spirit of Faith should encourage.

Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed, therefore I spoke,” we too believe and therefore speak. 2^nd Corinthians 4:13

When the ten heard this, they became indignant at the two brothers. Matthew 20:24

Second Corinthians 4:7-15, Psalm 126 & Matthew 20:20-28

Paul describing the abundance of God’s love that will take place by the proclamations of God’s Eternal Kingdom through the Redemption of sins His Only Son created by stretching His arms out and dying on a Cross. There is such an abundance of joy when we call out to God in every thought, action and deed we accomplish for the Glory of God the Father. We sense the Holy Spirit at work in us when we establish and maintain His Truth in every facet of our lives. We know just as Paul did then that we must share Christ’s Truth to form an understanding to as many people as possible the Price He paid for all to know faith, hope, love and forgiveness.

“Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.” 2^nd Corinthians 20:15 His Truth is alive in us making us prepared inwardly to walk in the “Valley of Death” to find true vigoration of your souls as the outward body can seemingly waste away from the effects of time. Your inner self is alive with God’s Mercy growing day-by-day to find and know His love and friendship. He is the friend you can count on for anything if you just let Him lead you by following His Truth.

What kind of feeling do you have when you become indignant? Is it jealousy? Is it pride or envy? Is it a resentful feeling of being offended? I’ve heard indignant described as being a “green-eyed” irate type of behavior that Jesus reminds “The Ten” is not the Way He places love in their heart to avoid condemnation of your fellow human being for we learn it is not Jesus Who will decide where anyone will sit in heaven as much as it is His concern to grant you the “Only Way” to opens Heaven’s Doors. You mustn’t condemn anyone’s desire to find the gate to Heaven’s Door but rather help them know the Only Way to carry the Keys to gain entry.

“You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and the great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave. Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give His life as a ransom* for many.” Matthew 20:25b-28

You have been granted the Spirit of Faith to open you heart and soul allowing your thoughts, actions and words to become driven by the Spirit of God’s Only Son and Father. In this place of surrender, God is asking you to actively share Christ’s Redemption to create not the act of resentment but the desire of harmonic love amongst all of humanity. Believe and speak of God’s Glory. Believe and speak of God’s Truth. Believe and speak of Christ’s Redemption. Believe in yourself to live as One. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray today to speak in faith of Your Glory. We pray to live humbly accepting Your Will by our God-driven desires of practice, prayer and preaching. We pray for Julian’s recovery LORD. We pray day five of a Novena of prayers for Steve’s intentions. We pray for the intentions of Jared Kaplan who I dedicate my poem to below. LORD, we pray you keep the fires burning in the heart of all Emmaus Brothers. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7 Romans 8:28

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

God’s Forgiveness we Receive– In honor of Jared Kaplan (GBU!)

Sharing how much

I love the LORD

The reason I was born

To share His King’s Court

Prayer to succeed

In Christ’s Redemption Creed

A punch line we’d sneeze

O’Ma’s prayer void of greed

God Bless you

God loves you

Bless God true

Love God true

On my own to survive

With family I confide

Prayer is what we need

God’s Forgiveness we Receive

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 25, 2012 @ 5:13 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-24-2012

For whoever does the Will of my Heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother. Mathew 12:50

Micah 7:14-15, 18-20, Psalm 85 & Matthew 12:46-50

Many of you may notice that I always capitalize the “W” in “will” when I discuss living the Will of God for it is by this surrender to God’s Truth do we find His Will in everything we live. Jesus points out today that a natural kinship with Jesus counts for nothing; only one who does the Will of His Heavenly Father belongs to His true family. We become His True Family by living for His Father’s Glory in every instance our lives have to offer. Oh, you may think it’s hard to live for God and God alone, but in establishing this communion with God everything we embrace in life, i.e. our spouses, our children, our friends, and our career choices either confirms this bond or denies His very presence in every corner of our lives.

Now that your “Walk to Emmaus” weekend is over, it may feel kind of weird to you as you walk around “on fire” for the LORD and His Son’s love. This fire is Christ’s Light that will never burn out as long as you actively seek His Truth in all you do. I pray you all have your own “Bible in a Car Accident” story that allows you to share God’s Truth with complete strangers turning into life-long friends of Christ’s love. You may even be thinking as you walk past these complete strangers, “I wonder if they’ve ever felt like this?” It’s a peace and comfort Christ has instilled in your heart as the “bond of love” becomes connected.

I think you may agree that this bond didn’t come the moment you arrived last Friday but it transcended some time during the weekend when it “exploded” in your heart levitating your soul to places unknown but is as still and peaceful as the “Green Meadows of the Valley of Death.” Try and recall Tommy and Jody how they spoke to you about coming. Not once. Not twice. Not even three times but numerous times even up to the very last week. The experience is a directional piece for molding you, your family and the people around you as a “Child of God.”

You’ll now begin asking people to “come out and play” as a child of joy, justice and jubilation attempting to explain an underground weekend of finding the way to live in faith, hope and love embracing Christ’s forgiveness. This relationship with Jesus you will come to find is a call to action in thoughts, words and deeds. Becoming a “Jesus Freak” as some of us joked about is a good thing proudly shared as God’s Divine Plan for Humanity. It is our own “Walk to Emmaus” that teaches us to grow in Practice of His Word, in Prayer for His Promise and in Proclaiming to share His Joy of Redemption. Can you live the Will of God as His Child love? Will you rant, rave and recruit people to become a brother, sister or mother in Christ? It’s a community thing that starts in your home, then your town or city, then your state, then your country and ending across the world and our universe. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray today to live Your Will to live as Your Son’s brother, sister and mother. We pray LORD always for the complete healing of Julian. We pray our Walk to Emmaus glorifies You LORD. We pray day four of a Novena of prayers for Steve’s intentions. We pray for the intentions of Paul Lathen who I dedicate my poem below to. We pray for my forgiveness of missing Mass today from exhaustion. We pray all things in Christ’s Name. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

A Great and Awesome God removes fear’s escape- Deuteronomy 7:12-21 In Honor of Paul Lathen- GBU!

Glorious is the obedience set forth by Him

Keeping His Ordinances allows us to win

A Covenant of Mercy granted for all time

No person barren of God’s love in the Divine

Sickness shall vanish adhering to nonbelievers

Sticking to those unfaithful as death receivers

My protection will be consuming forthright and true

Establishing a Truth Accord to live life anew

Signs and wonders during great testing of hate

Be not afraid of the children of waste

Hornets will sting the hiders of My fate

A Great and Awesome God removes fear’s escape

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 24, 2012 @ 6:18 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-23-2012

Shall I give my firstborn for my crime, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? You have been told, O mortal, what is good, and what the LORD requires of you: Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God.Micah 6:7b-8

An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the Prophet. Matthew 12:39

Micah 6:1-4, 6-8, Psalm 50 & Matthew 12:38-42

There’s a feeling that resonates in your soul when you follow justice, seek goodness and walk humbly with God as your guide living in a beautiful constant communion with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. It seems to frighten people to give up everything to live for Him in anything He brings along in life. Many of us might feel we have to give and give and give to find that freedom God has Promised to us by the death of His Son on a Cross.

What we fail to recognize is that Redemption is a gift where the price has already been paid. A payment and Sign for all ages that completes every Prophesy known to man. He came so we might live in freedom from a slavery of selfishness, sadness and scorn. When we live in justice, our behavior aligns relationships to accomplish the Will of God in providential precaution, protection, peace, and purpose allowing our lives to love goodness, gratitude and concern for the persistent faithful Covenant we live for in the LORD’s Truth. We must all listen carefully to the revealed Will of God by our thoughts, actions and deeds of our practice, prayer and proclamation.

As I sit here in Jesup, Georgia thinking about the men I laughed and cried with over the weekend in the Hills of North Carolina, I find myself crying from this amazing life of God’s Purpose from the work of Lighting Christ’s Fire inside the hearts of men over an Emmaus Retreat weekend. When I see the eyes of Christ in men who find this goodness, gratitude and concern, it’s like living in a heavenly state of God’s Joy making way for healing tears, needed confessions and needed forgiveness.

We must forgive as well as be forgiven engaging our minds, hearts and souls to live in this action of faith, hope and love. We keep the FIRE going men by a surrender to God’s Will in every aspect of our being. We must be men of faith who live in honor of God’s Decrees. Establishing and keeping this relationship can be challenging but I implore you to surround yourselves with men of faith, action and love for God’s Word. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray today to walk humbly with you in goodness, gratitude and concern for all people who surround us in our lives. We pray today for Julian’s continued healing. We pray for all men who “Walked to Emmaus” over the weekend find Your Purpose in faith, forgiveness and freedom. We pray for Steve’s intentions. We pray for Jim Fleitz who I dedicate today’s poem to. We pray all things in Christ’s Holy Name. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

No greater Commandment for humanity to state– Mark 12: 18-32 (GBU Jim F)

They argued over the wife of seven

Who was hers at the resurrection in heaven?

They knew nothing of Scripture to tower ahead

Not knowing the Truth in God’s Eternal Power said

For God is not the God of the unresponsive dead

He is the God of the living who must be fed

By Scripture and living for Truth to be said

He explained they have been frightfully misled

One Scribe overheard the ugly dispute

Asked Jesus a question to quietly refute

What is the First Commandment to prove?

The One and Only God of Power and Truth

Hear O’People of the world to be born

The LORD your God is LORD alone

Loving your God with all your heart and soul

All your strength to give and to secretly hone

The Second Commandment is a love so great

Loving your neighbor as yourself to relate

No greater commandment for humanity to state

As the Scribe pointed out Jesus was correct in His fate

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 23, 2012 @ 7:51 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-22-2012

By His Cross we are joined as a people of faith, hope and love.

For He is the peace between us, and has made the two into one entity and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, by destroying in His own person the hostility, that is, the Law of Commandments with its Decrees. His purpose in this was, by restoring peace, to create a single New Man out of the two of them, and through the Cross, to reconcile them both to God in One Body; in His own person He killed the hostility. Ephesians 2:14-16

Jeremiah 23:1-16, Psalm 23, Ephesians 2:13-18, & Mark 6:30-34

People of the world had not enjoyed the same messianic expectation by the lack of various covenants God made with Israel for they were void of knowledge of the One and Only True God therefore striking down any hope of obtaining Salvation. It was because of Christ’s death on a Cross that all religious barriers have been eliminated between Jew and Gentile by the abolishment of the Mosaic Covenant law for the sake of uniting Jew and Gentile into a single religious community.

This meant they would be worshipping the same Father and Holy Spirit by Christ’s infusion of God’s Household upon the Apostles assisted by those endowed with the prophetic gift as preachers of Christ’s Salvation. By Christ’s Foundation they are capable of building God’s Holy Temple into one backdrop where the Divine presence of God’s Spirit would dwell allowing them to proclaim the Good News of Christ’s Salvation. Amen.

There is a true gift of God’s Divine Grace upon men and women who love and serve the LORD with foundation, focus and fervor allowing us to move hearts and capture spirits for God’s Eternal Purpose. I have seen it countless times this weekend here in Hickory, NC at our Walk to Emmaus Retreat in the countless men who have given prophetic testimony to God’s Divine Grace in their lives. As we plant the Seeds of Salvation, I see the Holy Spirit at work amongst the lost and confused here in our midst. They are searching for healing, honor and hope to overcome the hidden hurdles of their lives. This may be forgiving a father, mother, brother, sister, friends or strangers who have hurt them in some way during their life. In sharing Christ’s message of faith, hope and love, many are allowed the Grace to end of life of torment enjoying a life of God’s Eternal Purpose. Amen!

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray for the Truth of Your Son’s Covenant of Love overcome all hostility in the world to garnish faith, hope and love for all communities of Christ’s allegiance. We pray for Julian’s complete healing. We pray for all Emmaus attendees of team members and candidates to find the Fire of God’s love in every aspect of their lives. We pray for safe travels home today for all people concerned. We pray for the intentions of Steve to forgive. We pray for the Grace to practice, pray and preach Your Truth. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

A life of Christ where memories heal

Healing is unique

Given to the meek

Anyone can be weak

Healing is a conscious sneak

Of a life of Christ

Where memories heal at life’s peak

By God His Father

Who makes life totally complete

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 22, 2012 @ 6:03 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-21-2012

He will not brawl or cry out, His voice is not heard in the streets. Matthew 12:19

Micah 2:1-5, Psalm 10 & Matthew 12:14-21      

When we read about Christ’s life and His Way of sharing His Truth, we soon discover that Jesus gave His all without even a fight. Spit on. Kicked. Punched and beaten with chains and whips. But still no fighting. Why didn’t God stop them? Why did God allow His Only Begotten Son to be beaten until He was nothing but bloodied and bruised? 

God had given Jesus the strength to endure the pain no other person could endure. He could have walked way that day if He wasn’t destined to die for the sins of the world. Oppps, there’s the reason! He died for the sins of the world and was predestined by the Father to prove He would do ANYTHING to show His love for you and me-for humanity.

Many of us know this feeling as parents but it is our job to share with anyone who isn’t a parent this caring protecting attitude of Truth. In Truth, we must find the ways to practice, pray and preach to the children of the world the Redeeming Power Jesus Christ has for all mankind. In brevity I pray we all come to know His Truth to teach harmony and unity not division. Amen.

Prayer Point: Stop and Pray for the USA was a great success in Hickory, North Carolina yesterday. I had three people stop and pray with me as well as a North Carolina Highway Patrolman put on his lights and siren saluting me at slow drive by yesterday yelling out “God Bless America and You.” The healing prayers of God. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear God, we pray today to find Your strength to be a people of faith, hope and love. We pray a prayer of thanksgiving for healing Julian LORD. We thank all people by prayer and supplication for the prayers of healing for the families in Colorado. We pray for the unemployed and homeless. We pray for the Emmaus weekends here in NC and Miami. IN Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

Never a bruised reed- Matthew 12:14-21

Why didn’t Jesus fight?

God gave Him delight

Not a reason to be of spite

Destined to be our Eternal Light

Seek His forgiveness

Know how to fight

Living in Truth

Loving what’s right

If only the world can see

He is the Truth to agree

Forgiveness granted for thee

Never a bruised reed

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 21, 2012 @ 6:23 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-20-2012

The LORD protects His Faithful.

Those live whom the LORD protects; Yours is the life of my spirit. You have given me health and restored my life! Isaiah 38:16

Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8, Isaiah 38:10, 11, 12, 16 & Matthew 12:1-8

I awake today in a roadside rest stop near Hickory, North Carolina after an all-night drive from Miami to attend the first ever Emmaus Weekend Retreat for the boys of North Carolina. Today’s verse from Isaiah reminds me of the healing our son has accomplished in 21 short days of recovery from an almost fatal car accident. At the same time, it reminds me of the surrender I accomplished some seven years ago when I first said “yes” to a life of placing God First establishing a personal relationship with our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ.

How has He renewed your spirit? Has He restored your life to living for Truth void of deception, greed and sin? As I drove in today, I approached on Interstate 77 reminding me to give not 7 times my love for Him but more than 77 times my energy and commitment. He has restored my life to a Purpose of living God’s Will for everything our life has to offer. I live a life of practice, prayer and proclamation to find the lost souls of God’s Eternal Kingdom. May His Truth resonate in my soul to find the people who need it the most. May my “Prayer Point” encourage people to stop locally as I spend some time in prayer for our great country, the NC Emmaus and the healing of our son Julian. May we live by His Protection. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear God, we pray today to be thankful for restoring our life LORD. We pray for complete healing of Julian. We pray for the Emmaus weekend here in NC as well as in Miami. We pray to keep Your love the center of our lives. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

The Son Eternal- Isaiah 38

The LORD protects

His follower’s nest

By life’s degree

Of surrender to He

Once we were lost

To find His Truth

Living the choice

Of Satan’s abuse

Found in He

The love of Three

To know maternal

The life fraternal

The Son Eternal

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 20, 2012 @ 11:41 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-19-2012

Learn from the Yoke of Truth.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for your selves. Matthew 11:29

Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19, Psalm 102 & Matthew 11:28-30

What do you live in this passage? What is the yoke He speaks of? Yoke is identified by several different meanings like baggage, burden and bondage but its oppression is relieved by learning God’s Word in faithful practice to live by God’s meek and humble heart.  Only by allowing the burdens of life to be lived in the yoke of obedience to God’s Word can we truly find the rest Jesus describes in His Truth. How can we make a difference in society if were not following the LORD’s example by seeking out faith, hope and love in His Truth every step God offers us in the life of you.

Only you can be you to live according to this example of God’s desired life of you. Nobody can take the first step for you in getting to know Him better in living His Truth. We have to learn not to be ashamed of the beauty of Christ. Prayers before meals in public as well as home may compel a person to go to church on Sunday. Maybe it’ll compel them to read their Bible and eliminate their yoke to find rest. Don’t be afraid to display your yoke upon the LORD anytime, anywhere and anyplace with anyone. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray today we place our yoke upon Your Son to find wisdom, humility and rest. We pray for Julian’s recovery. We pray for the retreats of the world taking place for God’s Purpose. We pray for the 804 mile drive I’m on tonight to share my love of service by living the healing memories of Christ in my life in the NC Emmaus. Please pray for my safe travels. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

Living the Jesus in Me-Matthew 11:28-30

Find me

Seek Me

Labor Me

Burden Me

Rest by Me

Yoke upon Me

Learn from Me

Meek of Me

Humble Truth in Me

True heart in Me

Rest always in Me

Easy yoke in Me

Burden light in Me

Living the Jesus in Me

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 19, 2012 @ 6:17 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-18-2012

Are you childlike in your surrender to God’s Will?

Yes, Father, such has been Your Gracious Will. Matthew 11:26

Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16, Psalm 94 & Matthew 11:25-27

Our God is greater than any other force in the universe and His Will dictated the Forgiveness of sins by His Grace bestowed on humanity through His Son’s death on the Cross of Salvation. When we accept this Truth, we find a peace unsurpassed by the childlike of the world. Are you childlike in your approach to a life in Christ? Jesus praised God for allowing the childlike to understand even more His Will of Salvation that the learned and wise could or wouldn’t understand.

“I give praise to you, Father, LORD of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.” Matthew 11:25

What do you see as Good’s Gracious Will? Can you find the reasons why we should surrender our life to His Purpose? Maybe your reason is the child you love with all your heart and soul? Maybe your reason is to lift our country out of perils of selfishness and sin? Maybe, just maybe, you know by following God’s Word, you can help others know His Salvation and allow them to find the Promise of Eternal Life. Whatever the reason, God will instill in you His Gracious Will to practice, pray and proclaim with a confidence unsurpassed by any other means available. Amen.

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray today for our desires to align with Your Gracious Will. We pray for Julian’s complete recovery. We pray for the Police/ Firefighters Emmaus this weekend. We pray for the NC Emmaus Team travels. We pray LORD we can be Your Light in the darkness of the unknown. We pray for the people who pray for the world’s sick and dying. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

The Father’s Gracious Will of Humanity- Matthew 11:25-27

Jesus spoke His Eternal love

Praising the Father in heaven above

Announcing His power over heaven and earth

Hidden from the wise given to a child at birth

For the learned can’t see the Truth

Like a childlike person of proof

Seeking the Word in days abuse

To avoid the conflict of a secular truce

All things have been given to the Son to be

The knowledge of God for all to see

Only the father will know the Son to agree

The Father’s Gracious Will of Humanity

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 18, 2012 @ 4:44 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-17-2012

Do you know His Mighty Deeds in repentance?

Then He began to reproach the towns where most of His Mighty Deeds had been done, since they had not repented. Matthew 11:20

Isaiah 7:1-9, Psalm 48 & Matthew 11:20-24

I believe in the wrath of God just as I believe He will allow the sun to rise on our days until He decides to crush His haven of life formed by the breath of His nostrils. Jesus warns the people of Capernaum: “Will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to the netherworld.” We too are being warned today by Christ’s Gospel that if we don’t seek His Truth in our daily lives we too will face the wrath of God’s Divine Will for the unworthy secular driven side of the world. Oh, you may balk at the thought of God executing His Judgment until the day you find yourself on the brink of death from selfish desires of flesh and greed. Maybe you’ve smoked too long. Maybe drinking has been the focus for far too long. Whatever it is, I pray you can see God’s Truth as the guide to get your life back. To forgive. To heal. To live for God’s Purpose. Amen.

As I sit here in the hospital amongst the confusion of trauma, therapeutic treatment and sometimes death, I have stepped up my reaching out to people in need of prayer to share His Mighty Deeds of healing. In the eighteen days I have been here with our son, I have prayed with families seeking comfort as well as saying goodbye to a loved one whose body no longer stood the effects of trauma. I have eagerly tried to be the eyes, hands and feet of Christ instilling His Truth in complete strangers to bring about restoration, recuperation and recovery. I feel His Spirit in the midst of pain and discomfort.

Yesterday, I stopped in to see a young 31-year-old man named Joel. He has been here for a few days with minimal visitations and I could tell he was open to having some company. Opening the glass door to his room I asked, “Up for some company? Man, I’ve been praying for you since they brought you in here. I can tell God is healing you my brother.” He smiled as he sat in his chair next to the bed, an indication he’s healing a progressive recovery holding out his hand to take mine in a firm handshake. A victim of being stabbed four times, he looked happy to have someone to pray with. As we prayed together, we both sobbed by God’s Healing Touch through our hands of unity. Our tears reminded me of the washing Jesus did of the feet of His Disciples. What growth in God’s Tears of love. Leaning over to say goodbye, I kissed him on his forehead making the sign of the Cross stating, “God First Joel- all else will fall into place. Amen!”

So we ask in prayer: Dear LORD, we pray today to repent daily in a confirmation of knowing Your Mighty deeds of Healing are real in the lives of ordinary everyday people of faith. We pray for Julian’s complete recovery. We pray LORD You will instill in Julian the strength to stand up and sit in a chair tomorrow. We pray for the Police/ Firefighter Emmaus as well as the NC Emmaus coming up this weekend. We pray LORD to give more and take less. We pray for Joel and his recovery. We pray this in the Name of Christ Jesus. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

In His Truth our life to regain- Julian’s first stand to sit in a chair

We took our first quest

An early morning request

A son who wants to know

The strength God bestows

Laying in a bed for weeks

Made his back very weak

We want what our brain recalls

Standing for God so tall

Strength amongst the pain

Made our chair visit in vain?

Not so I eagerly exclaimed

G0d gave you life to reclaim

One step at a time for fame

There is absolute strength to gain

Lift your spirit to regain                   

Healing in God without shame

In His Truth our life to regain

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 17, 2012 @ 6:53 AM EST

Wig’s Word of God Today 7-16-2012

To love the Cross more to find His life in store.

Whoever loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me; and whoever does not take up his Cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.  Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My Sake will find it. Matthew 10:37-39

Isaiah 1:10-17, Psalm 50 & Matthew 10:34–11:1

When you experience the occurrences of accident, resulting in severe trauma to a friend, co-worker or family member, you feel the inexplicable result of not being in control transferring the Cross to the Father’s Will. To say you’ll give up daughter or son to the Will of God takes a lot of courage and trust to find amongst the selfish needs of humanity today. Do you remember how hard it was to say goodbye to a kitten you raised? Think how hard it is to say goodbye to a child, brother or moms and dads of the world. Tough goings on for the any human to experience. But somehow, some way, we have to let go and let God receive more love than we give to them.

Seems hard to take but doesn’t it align ourselves to give our all to our children? I mean, don’t we live by example then to give our child more? To love God more means we carry His Son’s Cross high above our heads using it for all circumstance of bridging our life stages to accomplish more in faith, charity and love. We lose our life to His Life of leadership, loyalty and love. We find our purpose to practice, pray and preach. Our children will pick up their own Cross when we give them every ample opportunity to.

Within my wife’s family, they have a tradition to ask every time they first talk to any parent or relative the words, “la bendicion,” meaning to ask for their blessing. And the parent replies with, “Dios te bendiga,” meaning God Bless you. What I’m pointing out here is EVERY time they talk to one another they bless each other in Gods Holy Name. They love the Father, Son and Holy Spirit more than anything else as they pick up their Cross in clear display to find a life of Christ’s Surrendered Truth. What would happen if humanity gave their all to loving God more than anything else each time they spoke to one another? A Tradition of Respect. A Tradition of love. A Tradition of/to Honor. Amen.

So we ask in prayer, Dear LORD, we pray today we can love You more than anyone or anything. We pray we can pick up Your Son’s Cross daily in full display for the lost of the world. We pray for Julian’s complete recovery. We pray for special intentions. We pray LORD the NC Emmaus Team’s preparation is filled with Your Spirit. We pray for the people we meet each day struggling with life’s demands. In Jesus Name we pray. Amen.

God Bless His Truth for America,

Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins

Philippians 4:4-7

Rejoice and have peace in Christ Jesus!

“Spirit led God inspired Christ fed“

Why we carry His Cross to Kingdom’s Land–Matthew 10:34–11:1

Peace wasn’t his aim in animalistic lust

Break away sin that people cuss

Mother and daughter all who fuss

Enemies in sin void of God to trust

Love for life was more for he

Who loved God’s maternal Son to see

Receiving each other in love to agree

God’s Eternal Redemption to believe

For life has yet One Who Commands

The Truth to grow and further demand

Sharing God’s love to Eternally expand

Why we carry His Cross to Kingdom’s Land

© Thomas Joe Cruz-Wiggins July 16, 2012 @ 6:16 AM EST