Green Apple Consultants

Green Apple Consultants Providing services as a Certified Life Coach, Certified Christian Counselor, Certified Christian Deliverance Counselor.

Jerry is a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming and Internationally Certified Life Coach providing coaching services with a focus on Life Enhancement and Realignment, and Spiritual Growth. Also provides rehabilitative services in the areas of anger management, domestic violence, and consultation for persons with phobias, trauma, fears, and other life issues including ADHD, PTSD, and

traumatic memories. He holds workshops in life goals, career development, Erickson’s Life Stage development, and NLP. Consultations can be conducted in person, via email, or phone. Jerry can be reached at [email protected] or (907)947-9407.

09/04/2026

God Equips The Called
Ezra 1:5–6
Even today, with professional help readily available, moving to a new home is a big deal. Cross-country moves can be logistical nightmares, not to mention international moves. In Ezra 1:5–6, we see God’s people begin the long journey from Persia back to Jerusalem.
Cyrus’s decree (see 1:2–4 ) ended by commanding the non-Hebrew people “to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem” (v. 4). Verse 6 records the obedience of these people: “All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.” This series of events reminds us of the exodus, when God’s people “plundered” the Egyptians, who loaded them with goods as they departed after the fateful Passover. God had rescued His people before, and here He does it again! If God has called you to do something, rest assured that He will give you the means to obey. Just as He was throughout Scripture, He will continue to be faithful today. As the Scriptures say, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever” ( Heb. 13:8 ).
Verse 5 states that the “family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.” Notice a few things. First, the family heads were responsible to lead their families in obeying the Lord. Second, the priest and Levites, who were responsible for leading Israel in worship and keeping the Torah, led the nation in obeying the Lord. And third, pay special attention to that part in the middle: God moved their hearts. This pattern holds true today.
Go Deeper
How is the Lord moving your heart today? Do you trust that He will provide you with all you need, just as He has provided so many times before?
Pray with Us
Dear Jesus, what are You calling us to do with our lives? Please reveal to us the work that You have prepared for us and move our hearts to obey.

09/04/2026

When God Says “Not Yet”
Waiting for God’s “yes” grows our patience and anchors our trust in Him. Genesis 16:1-12
God answers prayer in one of three ways: “yes,” “no,” or “not yet.” This last reply is possibly the most dreaded—and for good reason. Waiting requires us to trust God’s plan when we can’t yet see it. However, patience is an important trait for the Christian, as Scripture repeatedly teaches us in stories, proverbs, psalms, and epistles.
Waiting on God to unlock a door is always wiser than attempting to open it ourselves. After God promised him descendants (Gen. 12:2), Abraham waited 25 years with an answer of “not yet.” That is a long time to hold on to a promise!
Abraham and Sarah were human, and eventually they came up with their own plan to get an heir. Sarah’s servant Hagar bore Ishmael. It’s easy to understand the impulse; the waiting must have felt unbearable. But the consequences were painful. Bitterness and blame touched every member of the family (Gen. 16:4-6; Gen. 21:9-10). When the divine “yes” finally came through Isaac, it arrived in God’s timing and on His terms—as it always does.
Our patience isn’t to give God more time—He doesn’t need it. But waiting deepens our trust and prepares us for what He has on the other side of that door (Isa. 40:31). His timing is always worth trusting in, especially when the waiting is hard

09/04/2026

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09/04/2026

Intimacy With God
John Chapter 4
September 4, 2026

09/04/2026

Read Through The Bible in One Year
Ezekiel 26-28
September 4, 2026
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09/03/2026

Storms
There was a mighty tempest on the sea, so that the ship was about to be broken up…. Now when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest beat on us, all hope that we would be saved was finally given up.
Jonah 1:4; Acts 27:20
Jonah encountered a storm in the Mediterranean Sea that nearly took his life. A similar thing happened to the apostle Paul in Acts 27 on the same sea and with the same raw terror. In Jonah’s case, the prophet’s sin precipitated the storm. In the case of Paul, the storm arose for other reasons. In both cases, God used the storms to develop the souls of his two servants.
Not every storm happens because of sin, but every storm can be used by God to shape our faith and character and draw us closer to Him. How we wish we could avoid storms! Bereavement! Illness! Anxiety about our loved ones! Yet there has never been a storm beyond the reach of our Savior’s outstretched arm. We often learn more about Him in the storm than in the sunshine.
When you experience a difficult trial, look for how God is helping you to grow in your relationship with Him.
The Lord is our rock, in Him we hide, a shelter in the time of storm.
Vernon Charlesworth

09/03/2026

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09/03/2026

Intimacy With God
John Chapter 3
September 3, 2026

09/03/2026

Read Through The Bible in One Year
Ezekiel 23-25
September 3, 2026
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09/02/2026

Seventy Years
Ezra 1:1
It was 70 years ago, in 1956, that Jim Elliot and four fellow missionaries were speared to death in Ecuador while attempting to contact and evangelize the Waorani tribe. Their story, featured in Life magazine, inspired countless individuals to dedicate their lives to missionary service. And it continues to inspire others seven decades later.
Seventy years is also how long God’s people toiled in Babylonian captivity. The Hebrew people might have been tempted to think God had abandoned them forever, but the book of Ezra opens with these words: “In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia” (Ezra 1:1).
Here was the most powerful ruler in the world, and God reached down to move his heart. The people had waited for God to move for 70 years. Why now? God was fulfilling His promise through Jeremiah ( Jer. 25:11–13 ) that He would rescue His beloved people out of captivity and return them to the land He had promised them ( Gen. 15:12–19 ). The people’s sins were great, that’s certain. And 70 years no doubt felt like a long time. But this first verse in Ezra reminds us of the great truth of the gospel: God’s promises are certain and His mercy is greater than our sin.
Though God had disciplined His people for their sin, and though He disciplines His children today, He never once—and never will—abandon those He loves. As the writer of Hebrews says, “strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees” (Heb. 12:12), and we can, because we know the One who has redeemed us. God is trustworthy, and His promises sure. Even the king’s heart is a “stream of water” in the Lord’s hands.
Go Deeper
Have you experienced a long period of waiting on God? How does today’s passage reassure you that God’s delay does not mean He will not act?
Pray with Us
Lord, we thank You for keeping Your promises and showing us such great mercy. We praise You for redeeming us. There is none like You.

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