All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip His people to do every good work.------2 Timothy 3:16-17
How can a person, who is a Child of the Living God, expect to be a FAITHFUL, TRUSTWORTHY, PRODUCTIVE servant, if they aren't READING and STUDYING their TRAINING MANUEL (the Bible), God's Book of Instructions, on how we, His Children, and Servants are to conduct ourselves?
We need to be capable to TEACH others the TRUTH of His Word, and to correct the wrong that so easily besets us. It is THE TRAINING TOOL that God uses to PREPARE and EQUIP His Children to do EVERY GOOD WORK. So we need to NOT just READ His Word, the BIBLE, but we NEED to STUDY and KNOW what it says about how we should LIVE and SERVE the TRUE and LIVING GOD. To be the FAITHFUL, TRUSTWORTHY, and PRODUCTIVE servant that He has called us to be.
If you have never given your heart to Jesus and are not part of His Family, you are living a LIE, because the TRUTH is in His Word and I would venture to say you are NOT STUDYING, much less READING His Word, and are unaware of the REAL TRUTH of life, but you can be aware by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
Undeserved Grace
I thank Jesus Christ our Lord, who has given me the strength for my work because He knew He could trust me. I used to say terrible and insulting things about Him, and I was cruel. But Christ had mercy on me because I didn't know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in Him. Christ Jesus our Lord treated me with undeserved grace and has greatly blessed my life with faith and love just like His own.------1 Timothy 1: 12-14
These are the words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy, one of Paul's converts and fellow-servants in Paul's missionary journeys.
Paul is offering up THANKSGIVING to our Lord Jesus Christ, ACKNOWLEDGING that the STRENGTH that he has to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ is NOT his OWN strength, but that of the ONE who called him into that ministry.
We who have also been called to do certain ministries work with the SAME strength from the SAME power source, the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul says that he has obtained that STRENGTH because the Lord knew that He could TRUST him to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS that SALVATION comes from NONE OTHER than JESUS CHRIST.
But that was NOT always the case, before Paul's CONVERSION and CALLING, Paul was NOT a NICE guy. He went around causing havoc for the Christians. He was very good at his job of persecuting them.
However, Jesus Christ had different plans for this SINNER, so one day while Paul was on the dusty road to Damascus to round-up a new bunch of Christians to arrest and torture, he had a LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE with the Lord, Himself.
Paul says of his LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE, that Jesus treated him with UNDESERVED GRACE, which means that Paul couldn't EARN or BUY his SALVATION, but he received it ONLY by THE UNDESERVED GRACE of a LOVING, MERCIFUL HEAVENLY FATHER through the shedding of the PRECIOUS BLOOD of His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, Jesus Christ.
Then Paul says that God GREATLY BLESSED his life with FAITH and LOVE.
If you can relate with Paul's life before his conversion, at least the part of not knowing the Lord and living a life of doing and saying things you know are BAD, and SINFUL and you want the same UNDESERVED GRACE that Paul received, you can have it by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
These are the words of the Apostle Paul to Timothy, one of Paul's converts and fellow-servants in Paul's missionary journeys.
Paul is offering up THANKSGIVING to our Lord Jesus Christ, ACKNOWLEDGING that the STRENGTH that he has to further the Gospel of Jesus Christ is NOT his OWN strength, but that of the ONE who called him into that ministry.
We who have also been called to do certain ministries work with the SAME strength from the SAME power source, the Lord Jesus Christ. Paul says that he has obtained that STRENGTH because the Lord knew that He could TRUST him to SPREAD the GOOD NEWS that SALVATION comes from NONE OTHER than JESUS CHRIST.
But that was NOT always the case, before Paul's CONVERSION and CALLING, Paul was NOT a NICE guy. He went around causing havoc for the Christians. He was very good at his job of persecuting them.
However, Jesus Christ had different plans for this SINNER, so one day while Paul was on the dusty road to Damascus to round-up a new bunch of Christians to arrest and torture, he had a LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE with the Lord, Himself.
Paul says of his LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE, that Jesus treated him with UNDESERVED GRACE, which means that Paul couldn't EARN or BUY his SALVATION, but he received it ONLY by THE UNDESERVED GRACE of a LOVING, MERCIFUL HEAVENLY FATHER through the shedding of the PRECIOUS BLOOD of His ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, Jesus Christ.
Then Paul says that God GREATLY BLESSED his life with FAITH and LOVE.
If you can relate with Paul's life before his conversion, at least the part of not knowing the Lord and living a life of doing and saying things you know are BAD, and SINFUL and you want the same UNDESERVED GRACE that Paul received, you can have it by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Nailed to the Cross
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to His cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit's leading in every part of our lives.------Galatians 5:24-25
One of the very FIRST things that a person coming to Jesus Christ MUST do is to NAIL those SINFUL passions and desires to His cross. There is a saying that holds a whole lot of WISDOM. The saying is: "One BAD apple SPOILS the whole bunch." when we come to Christ for the SALVATION of our souls, we CONFESS our sins to Him and we NEED to CONFESS ALL the passions or desires of our SINFUL nature to Him. Not holding onto a ONE of them, because when we keep just ONE of those SINFUL passions or desires they will "SPOIL" our WALK with Jesus Christ and our witness of Him will become tainted too.
When we come to Him we NEED to nail them ALL to the cross and leave them there. Then we NEED to FOLLOW His Spirit's LEADERSHIP in EVERY part of our lives and we do this by SUBMITTING ourselves TOTALLY to the Spirit's CONTROL.
If you have NEVER come to Jesus and NAILED ALL your SINFUL passions and desires to the cross, but you are ALLOWING those SINFUL passions and desires to rule YOU and SPOIL your life, you can make a BIG change in your situation by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
One of the very FIRST things that a person coming to Jesus Christ MUST do is to NAIL those SINFUL passions and desires to His cross. There is a saying that holds a whole lot of WISDOM. The saying is: "One BAD apple SPOILS the whole bunch." when we come to Christ for the SALVATION of our souls, we CONFESS our sins to Him and we NEED to CONFESS ALL the passions or desires of our SINFUL nature to Him. Not holding onto a ONE of them, because when we keep just ONE of those SINFUL passions or desires they will "SPOIL" our WALK with Jesus Christ and our witness of Him will become tainted too.
When we come to Him we NEED to nail them ALL to the cross and leave them there. Then we NEED to FOLLOW His Spirit's LEADERSHIP in EVERY part of our lives and we do this by SUBMITTING ourselves TOTALLY to the Spirit's CONTROL.
If you have NEVER come to Jesus and NAILED ALL your SINFUL passions and desires to the cross, but you are ALLOWING those SINFUL passions and desires to rule YOU and SPOIL your life, you can make a BIG change in your situation by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Preparing for Battle
Therefore, put on every piece of God's armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm.------Ephesians 6:13
I believe that we most certainly are living in the "time of evil." It seems to surround us everyday. But God does NOT leave His children defenseless and without HOPE.
He has provided us with exactly what we need to be victorious in this battle between GOOD and EVIL. He has provided for each of His children an armor, one that is NOT made from metal, but one that is of His own design. One that can endure through the fiercest battle.
We are instructed to put on the: Belt of TRUTH, the breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS, the sandals of the PREPARATION of the GOSPEL OF PEACE, to take up the shield of FAITH to stop the fiery arrows of the devil, then put on the helmet of SALVATION and last but definitely NOT least take up the SWORD of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD.
And when we have dressed for battle, we are READY to RESIST the enemy and will be VICTORIOUS over the battle, and will STILL be STANDING FIRM in our FAITH. So EVERY day, make sure you are clad in God's armor and DON"T leave off one single piece or it could put your FAITH in mortal danger.
If you have NEVER given your heart to Jesus, you cannot put on the armor of God, because you do NOT possess it. However God has provided a way for you to have His armor by following these steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
I believe that we most certainly are living in the "time of evil." It seems to surround us everyday. But God does NOT leave His children defenseless and without HOPE.
He has provided us with exactly what we need to be victorious in this battle between GOOD and EVIL. He has provided for each of His children an armor, one that is NOT made from metal, but one that is of His own design. One that can endure through the fiercest battle.
We are instructed to put on the: Belt of TRUTH, the breastplate of RIGHTEOUSNESS, the sandals of the PREPARATION of the GOSPEL OF PEACE, to take up the shield of FAITH to stop the fiery arrows of the devil, then put on the helmet of SALVATION and last but definitely NOT least take up the SWORD of the SPIRIT, which is the WORD of GOD.
And when we have dressed for battle, we are READY to RESIST the enemy and will be VICTORIOUS over the battle, and will STILL be STANDING FIRM in our FAITH. So EVERY day, make sure you are clad in God's armor and DON"T leave off one single piece or it could put your FAITH in mortal danger.
If you have NEVER given your heart to Jesus, you cannot put on the armor of God, because you do NOT possess it. However God has provided a way for you to have His armor by following these steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Real Love
God showed how much He loved us by sending His one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him.
This is real love-----not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.------1 John 4:9-10
Well this IS really something to wrap our heads around. The Almighty God, Creator of this universe, looked down on this earth and saw the HOPELESSNESS of mankind, and was moved with COMPASSION for the Crown of His creation. The BOUNDLESS LOVE that He had for mankind moved Him to providing a PERFECT SACRIFICE for His FALLEN creation, that SACRIFICE could ONLY be a SPOTLESS LAMB, His Son, Jesus Christ.
One of the important parts of this Scripture is the fact that this MONUMENTAL act was NOT prompted by OUR love for God, but because of HIS EVERLASTING love for us. This TRULY is REAL LOVE.
if you are not feeling that REAL LOVE, you can by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He is waiting!!!
This is real love-----not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.------1 John 4:9-10
Well this IS really something to wrap our heads around. The Almighty God, Creator of this universe, looked down on this earth and saw the HOPELESSNESS of mankind, and was moved with COMPASSION for the Crown of His creation. The BOUNDLESS LOVE that He had for mankind moved Him to providing a PERFECT SACRIFICE for His FALLEN creation, that SACRIFICE could ONLY be a SPOTLESS LAMB, His Son, Jesus Christ.
One of the important parts of this Scripture is the fact that this MONUMENTAL act was NOT prompted by OUR love for God, but because of HIS EVERLASTING love for us. This TRULY is REAL LOVE.
if you are not feeling that REAL LOVE, you can by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He is waiting!!!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
A Harvest of Blessing!
...Let's not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don't give up.
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-----especially to those in the family of faith------Galatians 6:9-10
When I was growing up, "doing good" was just what you did. It was part of life. People helped other people without requiring a fee for their services. Whenever there was a need, regardless of race, age or religion, there was a provision for the need.
Today, is a TOTALLY different story, in most places, some people want a fee for even the smallest deed, and some even want that fee paid in advance.
These verses of Scripture tells us if we do not get tired of doing GOOD we will REAP a HARVEST of BLESSING at just the RIGHT TIME. It also tells us that WHENEVER we have the OPPORTUNITY we should do GOOD TO EVERYONE, not just family or friends, but ANYONE, regardless of race, age, or religion, and ESPECIALLY to those that are Children of the Living God, those that are part of His Family. And we should do it without charging for what God has required of us and do it out of LOVE for God and His Family, then WATCH for the HARVEST of BLESSING!
If you have NEVER given your heart to Jesus, you are NOT a part of His Family, but you can be by: CONFESSING your sins to God, the Father, and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to everyone-----especially to those in the family of faith------Galatians 6:9-10
When I was growing up, "doing good" was just what you did. It was part of life. People helped other people without requiring a fee for their services. Whenever there was a need, regardless of race, age or religion, there was a provision for the need.
Today, is a TOTALLY different story, in most places, some people want a fee for even the smallest deed, and some even want that fee paid in advance.
These verses of Scripture tells us if we do not get tired of doing GOOD we will REAP a HARVEST of BLESSING at just the RIGHT TIME. It also tells us that WHENEVER we have the OPPORTUNITY we should do GOOD TO EVERYONE, not just family or friends, but ANYONE, regardless of race, age, or religion, and ESPECIALLY to those that are Children of the Living God, those that are part of His Family. And we should do it without charging for what God has required of us and do it out of LOVE for God and His Family, then WATCH for the HARVEST of BLESSING!
If you have NEVER given your heart to Jesus, you are NOT a part of His Family, but you can be by: CONFESSING your sins to God, the Father, and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Monday, September 22, 2014
Being Made Right With God!
We are made right with God by placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And this is true for everyone who believes no matter who we are.------Romans 3:22
When we come to a SAVING knowledge of Jesus Christ and ACCEPT the facts, that God loved US so much that He wanted mankind to be made RIGHT with Him, so that we might be able to spend ALL eternity with Him. And that He provided a WAY for SINFUL mankind to come to RIGHTEOUS God by PROVIDING a SACRIFICE for the wretched, sins of mankind to be FORGIVEN, and that WAY was through the SELFLESS act of Jesus Christ and the shedding of His blood on an old rugged CROSS.
This gave SINFUL mankind the opportunity to be able to come to RIGHTEOUS God and spend ALL eternity with Him, NO MATTER who we are, for the Almighty God is NOT a respecter of persons, just a LOVING, RIGHTEOUS Heavenly Father, who desires to have fellowship with the CROWN of His creation. And has PROVIDED a WAY for that to happen.
If you are NOT able to have fellowship with our LOVING, RIGHTEOUS Heavenly Father, because you have NEVER been made RIGHT with Him, you can change that by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
When we come to a SAVING knowledge of Jesus Christ and ACCEPT the facts, that God loved US so much that He wanted mankind to be made RIGHT with Him, so that we might be able to spend ALL eternity with Him. And that He provided a WAY for SINFUL mankind to come to RIGHTEOUS God by PROVIDING a SACRIFICE for the wretched, sins of mankind to be FORGIVEN, and that WAY was through the SELFLESS act of Jesus Christ and the shedding of His blood on an old rugged CROSS.
This gave SINFUL mankind the opportunity to be able to come to RIGHTEOUS God and spend ALL eternity with Him, NO MATTER who we are, for the Almighty God is NOT a respecter of persons, just a LOVING, RIGHTEOUS Heavenly Father, who desires to have fellowship with the CROWN of His creation. And has PROVIDED a WAY for that to happen.
If you are NOT able to have fellowship with our LOVING, RIGHTEOUS Heavenly Father, because you have NEVER been made RIGHT with Him, you can change that by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Hope, Patience, Praying!
Let your hope make you glad. Be patient in time of trouble and never stop praying.----- Romans 12:12
Words of wisdom, from God's precious holy Word. Our HOPE in the Lord and His wisdom SHOULD make us GLAD, because of our TRUST and FAITH in His POWER to GUIDE us and DELIVER us from ANY situation that we encounter.
For some PATIENCE is NOT something we possess. It eludes us, ESPECIALLY in times of TROUBLE. we seem to want the TROUBLE taken care of immediately if not SOONER. However, we may be encountering the TROUBLE as part of God's testing of our FAITH and TRUST in Him and His POWER and ABILITIES to HELP us OVERCOME our TROUBLE.
And so that is where PRAYING and NEVER stop PRAYING, comes in. When we are on our knees, is when our FAITH is the STRONGEST and it is then that we are EXERCISING our FAITH and TRUST in Father God.
If you have NEVER given your heart and life to God, you face those troubles without the guidance and wisdom of Almighty God, but you can turn that all around by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Words of wisdom, from God's precious holy Word. Our HOPE in the Lord and His wisdom SHOULD make us GLAD, because of our TRUST and FAITH in His POWER to GUIDE us and DELIVER us from ANY situation that we encounter.
For some PATIENCE is NOT something we possess. It eludes us, ESPECIALLY in times of TROUBLE. we seem to want the TROUBLE taken care of immediately if not SOONER. However, we may be encountering the TROUBLE as part of God's testing of our FAITH and TRUST in Him and His POWER and ABILITIES to HELP us OVERCOME our TROUBLE.
And so that is where PRAYING and NEVER stop PRAYING, comes in. When we are on our knees, is when our FAITH is the STRONGEST and it is then that we are EXERCISING our FAITH and TRUST in Father God.
If you have NEVER given your heart and life to God, you face those troubles without the guidance and wisdom of Almighty God, but you can turn that all around by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
The Word
In the beginning was the one who is called the Word. The Word was with God and was truly God. John 1:1
God's Son was before all else and by Him everything is held together. Colossians 1:17
In John 1:1, we are told that "In the beginning was the one who is called the Word." That one is Jesus Christ, He was with God from the VERY BEGINNING of creation. It also tells us that He not only was WITH God, but was /is TRULY God. He is MORE than just the PERSONIFICATION of God, He IS God in the flesh.
Because He is God in the flesh, He has ALL the attributes of Holy God. He is ALL powerful, All knowing, and is ALL present (everywhere at the same time). In Colossians it tells us that "EVERYTHING is held together by Him," which is basically saying that "HE IS IN CONTROL!"
So since Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, and has ALL the POWER of the Almighty God, we can, with ASSURANCE, TRUST in His MIGHTY POWER to NOT ONLY SAVE us from our sins, but to KEEP us, because, as the scripture states: EVERYTHING is HELD together by Him.
If you have NEVER turned your life over to God and are living with guilt and heartache, you can CHANGE that life-style by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus, the Word, God's Son, God in the flesh, died for YOU, and is ALIVE today, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God the Father, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
God's Son was before all else and by Him everything is held together. Colossians 1:17
In John 1:1, we are told that "In the beginning was the one who is called the Word." That one is Jesus Christ, He was with God from the VERY BEGINNING of creation. It also tells us that He not only was WITH God, but was /is TRULY God. He is MORE than just the PERSONIFICATION of God, He IS God in the flesh.
Because He is God in the flesh, He has ALL the attributes of Holy God. He is ALL powerful, All knowing, and is ALL present (everywhere at the same time). In Colossians it tells us that "EVERYTHING is held together by Him," which is basically saying that "HE IS IN CONTROL!"
So since Jesus Christ is God in the flesh, and has ALL the POWER of the Almighty God, we can, with ASSURANCE, TRUST in His MIGHTY POWER to NOT ONLY SAVE us from our sins, but to KEEP us, because, as the scripture states: EVERYTHING is HELD together by Him.
If you have NEVER turned your life over to God and are living with guilt and heartache, you can CHANGE that life-style by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus, the Word, God's Son, God in the flesh, died for YOU, and is ALIVE today, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God the Father, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Worry Free!
God cares for you, so turn all your worries over to Him. 1Peter 5:7
This is one of the hardest things for me to do. I am what is known as a "worry wart." Now I know that I'm NOT the ONLY one that can be classified as such, and I have to say that over the years of God PROVING Himself time and time again, I have improved by ALLOWING God to BEAR my BURDENS.
There are sometimes, though that I WORRY about things that I have NO control over, and could save myself a lot of heartache and misery by just TURNING it ALL over to the ONE who does have CONTROL over ALL my worries and over me as well.
It's called TRUST, when we learn to FULLY TRUST in God and ALLOW Him to take CONTROL of EVERY part of our lives, we experience that ABIDING PEACE that He is waiting to BLESS us with. And we are able to cope with those things that brings worry to our hearts. So we MUST learn to TRUST HIM because He cares for us.
If you are NOT His child, and you are struggling with worries, you can FREE yourself from those WORRIES by following these simple, but life-changing steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
This is one of the hardest things for me to do. I am what is known as a "worry wart." Now I know that I'm NOT the ONLY one that can be classified as such, and I have to say that over the years of God PROVING Himself time and time again, I have improved by ALLOWING God to BEAR my BURDENS.
There are sometimes, though that I WORRY about things that I have NO control over, and could save myself a lot of heartache and misery by just TURNING it ALL over to the ONE who does have CONTROL over ALL my worries and over me as well.
It's called TRUST, when we learn to FULLY TRUST in God and ALLOW Him to take CONTROL of EVERY part of our lives, we experience that ABIDING PEACE that He is waiting to BLESS us with. And we are able to cope with those things that brings worry to our hearts. So we MUST learn to TRUST HIM because He cares for us.
If you are NOT His child, and you are struggling with worries, you can FREE yourself from those WORRIES by following these simple, but life-changing steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, in Heaven, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Monday, September 15, 2014
Understanding the Word of God
Understanding Your word brings light to the minds of ordinary people.-----Psalm 119:130
It is SO good to know that to be ABLE to UNDERSTAND the WORD of God does not take being a genius, but even every day, ORDINARY people, people like Me can have an UNDERSTANDING of God's Word.
A lot of people say they don't read or study the Bible because they don't UNDERSTAND it. Now, if you are one of those people, my question to you is: Are you ALLOWING the Holy Spirit of the Living God to HELP you UNDERSTAND what you are about to read or study? That is ONE of His many jobs that He does in the Believer. If you will PRAY and ASK Him to give you an UNDERSTANDING, He will.
I know that there are some who really DON'T want to have an UNDERSTANDING of the Word of God, because if they did have an UNDERSTANDING then they would be held accountable for that UNDERSTANDING, so they choose to remain ignorant to the teachings and guidance of God's Holy Word. And they remain BABES needing ONLY the MILK of the Word and are unable to have the MEAT of the Word.
So if you are a believer, you can have an UNDERSTANDING of the Word of God by having the desire and asking for the Holy Spirit to give you the UNDERSTANDING you need. He will.
If you are NOT a believer, you can become one and you too can have an UNDERSTANDING of God's Word by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
It is SO good to know that to be ABLE to UNDERSTAND the WORD of God does not take being a genius, but even every day, ORDINARY people, people like Me can have an UNDERSTANDING of God's Word.
A lot of people say they don't read or study the Bible because they don't UNDERSTAND it. Now, if you are one of those people, my question to you is: Are you ALLOWING the Holy Spirit of the Living God to HELP you UNDERSTAND what you are about to read or study? That is ONE of His many jobs that He does in the Believer. If you will PRAY and ASK Him to give you an UNDERSTANDING, He will.
I know that there are some who really DON'T want to have an UNDERSTANDING of the Word of God, because if they did have an UNDERSTANDING then they would be held accountable for that UNDERSTANDING, so they choose to remain ignorant to the teachings and guidance of God's Holy Word. And they remain BABES needing ONLY the MILK of the Word and are unable to have the MEAT of the Word.
So if you are a believer, you can have an UNDERSTANDING of the Word of God by having the desire and asking for the Holy Spirit to give you the UNDERSTANDING you need. He will.
If you are NOT a believer, you can become one and you too can have an UNDERSTANDING of God's Word by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Friday, September 12, 2014
He Knows EVERYTHING!
O Lord, You have examined my heart and know everything about me You know when I sit down or stand up. You know my thoughts even when I'm far away. You see me when I travel and when I rest at home. You know everything I do. You know what I am going to say even before I say it, Lord. You go before me and follow me. You place Your hand of blessing on my head.------Psalm 139:1-5
Some parents know their children quite well, so well, as a matter of fact, that they KNOW how their minds work. And some times they even have an idea what their child might do.
The Psalmist expresses the fact that our Heavenly Father, KNOWS EVERYTHING we say, think, or do, even BEFORE we say, think or do it. NOW that would be EVERY parents dream, but it would be EVERY child's nightmare, especially if the parents followed their child EVERYWHERE they went. You know we might have some WELL-BEHAVED children.
While KNOWING EVERYTHING about our children, could be healthy for the relationship between parent and child, it might give the parent a better understanding of their child's personality. It could also bring heartache and despair.
To KNOW that the Creator of ALL creation is so intimately aware of our thoughts, words, and deeds, even before we think it, say it or do it, is a tad-bit unnerving to say the least. Because even as God's Children, we think, say and do things that are NOT pleasing to Him, but PRAISE GOD, He is FAITHFUL to FORGIVE us of our sins when we come to Him with a repentant HEART.
If you have never asked for God's forgiveness of your sins and are somewhat ashamed of what God KNOWS about YOU, you can make a DIFFERENCE in what He KNOWS by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with all your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Some parents know their children quite well, so well, as a matter of fact, that they KNOW how their minds work. And some times they even have an idea what their child might do.
The Psalmist expresses the fact that our Heavenly Father, KNOWS EVERYTHING we say, think, or do, even BEFORE we say, think or do it. NOW that would be EVERY parents dream, but it would be EVERY child's nightmare, especially if the parents followed their child EVERYWHERE they went. You know we might have some WELL-BEHAVED children.
While KNOWING EVERYTHING about our children, could be healthy for the relationship between parent and child, it might give the parent a better understanding of their child's personality. It could also bring heartache and despair.
To KNOW that the Creator of ALL creation is so intimately aware of our thoughts, words, and deeds, even before we think it, say it or do it, is a tad-bit unnerving to say the least. Because even as God's Children, we think, say and do things that are NOT pleasing to Him, but PRAISE GOD, He is FAITHFUL to FORGIVE us of our sins when we come to Him with a repentant HEART.
If you have never asked for God's forgiveness of your sins and are somewhat ashamed of what God KNOWS about YOU, you can make a DIFFERENCE in what He KNOWS by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with all your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Stand Firm!
God is wonderful and glorious. I pray that His Spirit will make you become strong followers and that Christ will live in your hearts because of your faith. Stand firm and be deeply rooted in His love.------Ephesians 3:16-17
Yes, God is TRULY wonderful and glorious, to care so much for the CROWN of His creation, MANKIND, to love us to the point of SACRIFICE, the SACRIFICE of the shed blood of His ONLY, BEGOTTEN SON on an old rugged cross, for the remission of OUR SINS.
Then to provide for us the INDWELLING of His Holy Spirit, to lead, guide, teach, and make us to become STRONG FOLLOWERS. And that Christ might live in our HEARTS, when we come to Him in REPENTANCE from ALL our sins, because of our FAITH in CHRIST ALONE.
We as believers, MUST STAND FIRM and be DEEPLY rooted in His LOVE that we might be OVERCOMERS of this present, SIN-RIDDEN world.
If you are not a believer then you are NOT an OVERCOMER of this world. But God is MERCIFUL and has provided for you a way to be an OVERCOMER by following these simple, but LIFE-CHANGING steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Yes, God is TRULY wonderful and glorious, to care so much for the CROWN of His creation, MANKIND, to love us to the point of SACRIFICE, the SACRIFICE of the shed blood of His ONLY, BEGOTTEN SON on an old rugged cross, for the remission of OUR SINS.
Then to provide for us the INDWELLING of His Holy Spirit, to lead, guide, teach, and make us to become STRONG FOLLOWERS. And that Christ might live in our HEARTS, when we come to Him in REPENTANCE from ALL our sins, because of our FAITH in CHRIST ALONE.
We as believers, MUST STAND FIRM and be DEEPLY rooted in His LOVE that we might be OVERCOMERS of this present, SIN-RIDDEN world.
If you are not a believer then you are NOT an OVERCOMER of this world. But God is MERCIFUL and has provided for you a way to be an OVERCOMER by following these simple, but LIFE-CHANGING steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE in Heaven making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Don't Give Up On Us Now!
You, Lord, will always treat me with kindness. Your love never fails. You have made us what we are. Don't give up on us now!-----Psalm 138:8
You know, as I read this scripture, I feel truly BLESSED, because I KNOW that the Lord of this Universe has/is treating me with kindness and I KNOW that I KNOW, His love NEVER fails. But the last part of this verse made me think about our beloved nation.
"You have made us what we are." "Don't give up on us now!" TRULY God DID make us the MIGHTY, COURAGEOUS, HONORABLE, COMPASSIONATE, Nation that we ONCE was.
Many years ago we HONORED God not ONLY in our nation, but in our SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, and our FAMILIES, and we esteemed Him with our FAITH and TRUST.
We could leave our homes with the doors unlocked, we could go to bed at night with our windows opened to let in the cool, refreshing night air and be lulled to sleep by nature's symphony. We could send our children off to school, where they would hear the Word of God, they would have prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the GREATEST Nation on this Earth, and have NO FEAR of another student coming into a school and wrecking havoc, heartache, and death upon our loved ones. It just did NOT happen! We could let our kids ride their bikes a block away, to go to a friend's house WITHOUT FEAR that they would never make it home again. Abortion and homosexuality was NOT even spoken of. Instead, we taught our children HIGH MORAL STANDARDS by which to conduct themselves. Families and homes were centered around the church and our Savior was HONORED not the subject of ridicule and disdain.
Our beloved homeland and those who shed their precious blood to protect her and to give us the very FREEDOMS we have been enjoying today were HONORED AND RESPECTED among other nations. We have TRULY BEEN BLESSED by Almighty God. The problem is, as a NATION we have TURNED our backs AGAINST God and have FORGOTTEN His MERCIES and BLESSINGS upon us.
So part of my prayer for our GREAT Nation is, as the Psalmist says: "Don't give up on us now!" We as a people can make changes to help our Nation to once again be the GREATEST NATION ON THIS EARTH, by lifting our HEARTFELT prayers up to Almighty God, and to TURN BACK to Him, and once again HONOR AND RESPECT Him.
If you have NEVER given your heart to God, He doesn't hear your prayers because of the sins that are in your life, but you can, just like our nation, TURN to Him by: CONFESSING your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING WITH ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, making intercession for you, then ACCEPT God's gift of SALVATION. Do it now, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
You know, as I read this scripture, I feel truly BLESSED, because I KNOW that the Lord of this Universe has/is treating me with kindness and I KNOW that I KNOW, His love NEVER fails. But the last part of this verse made me think about our beloved nation.
"You have made us what we are." "Don't give up on us now!" TRULY God DID make us the MIGHTY, COURAGEOUS, HONORABLE, COMPASSIONATE, Nation that we ONCE was.
Many years ago we HONORED God not ONLY in our nation, but in our SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES, and our FAMILIES, and we esteemed Him with our FAITH and TRUST.
We could leave our homes with the doors unlocked, we could go to bed at night with our windows opened to let in the cool, refreshing night air and be lulled to sleep by nature's symphony. We could send our children off to school, where they would hear the Word of God, they would have prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the GREATEST Nation on this Earth, and have NO FEAR of another student coming into a school and wrecking havoc, heartache, and death upon our loved ones. It just did NOT happen! We could let our kids ride their bikes a block away, to go to a friend's house WITHOUT FEAR that they would never make it home again. Abortion and homosexuality was NOT even spoken of. Instead, we taught our children HIGH MORAL STANDARDS by which to conduct themselves. Families and homes were centered around the church and our Savior was HONORED not the subject of ridicule and disdain.
Our beloved homeland and those who shed their precious blood to protect her and to give us the very FREEDOMS we have been enjoying today were HONORED AND RESPECTED among other nations. We have TRULY BEEN BLESSED by Almighty God. The problem is, as a NATION we have TURNED our backs AGAINST God and have FORGOTTEN His MERCIES and BLESSINGS upon us.
So part of my prayer for our GREAT Nation is, as the Psalmist says: "Don't give up on us now!" We as a people can make changes to help our Nation to once again be the GREATEST NATION ON THIS EARTH, by lifting our HEARTFELT prayers up to Almighty God, and to TURN BACK to Him, and once again HONOR AND RESPECT Him.
If you have NEVER given your heart to God, He doesn't hear your prayers because of the sins that are in your life, but you can, just like our nation, TURN to Him by: CONFESSING your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING WITH ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, making intercession for you, then ACCEPT God's gift of SALVATION. Do it now, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Monday, September 8, 2014
Secret Sins
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes, and He is the One to whom we are accountable.------Hebrews 4:13
From the beginning of time, mankind has tried to hide their sins. Thinking that their Creator, God would or could not see and know about their sinful deeds.
However, the Word of God tells us that NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is hidden from the EYES or KNOWLEDGE of Almighty God. NOTHING we say or do is hidden from Him. ALL our actions, thoughts, words and deeds are NAKED and EXPOSED before Him. So don't think that nobody is aware of the sins you are committing, because you are hiding them so well. No matter what extremes you go to to try to hide them, you can't, they are naked and exposed to Almighty God, the One we are ALL accountable to for EVERY thought, word or deed, GOOD or BAD. One day you WILL give an answer to the Almighty God for EVERY indiscretion you have ever committed.
For those who are TRUE children of God, yes your sins are forgiven and covered by the shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Word of God says they are forgotten as far as the east is from the west, but ANY unconfessed sin, you will definitely give an account for.
Now if you are not a child of God and are living in sin, you CANNOT hide your sins, and you WILL be held accountable for ALL of them. And you will be sentenced to spend ALL eternity in Hell separated from ALL that is righteous and good.
However, God has provided a WAY for you to NOT have to spend ALL eternity in that horrible place called Hell. All you have to do is: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, making intercession, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
From the beginning of time, mankind has tried to hide their sins. Thinking that their Creator, God would or could not see and know about their sinful deeds.
However, the Word of God tells us that NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING is hidden from the EYES or KNOWLEDGE of Almighty God. NOTHING we say or do is hidden from Him. ALL our actions, thoughts, words and deeds are NAKED and EXPOSED before Him. So don't think that nobody is aware of the sins you are committing, because you are hiding them so well. No matter what extremes you go to to try to hide them, you can't, they are naked and exposed to Almighty God, the One we are ALL accountable to for EVERY thought, word or deed, GOOD or BAD. One day you WILL give an answer to the Almighty God for EVERY indiscretion you have ever committed.
For those who are TRUE children of God, yes your sins are forgiven and covered by the shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Word of God says they are forgotten as far as the east is from the west, but ANY unconfessed sin, you will definitely give an account for.
Now if you are not a child of God and are living in sin, you CANNOT hide your sins, and you WILL be held accountable for ALL of them. And you will be sentenced to spend ALL eternity in Hell separated from ALL that is righteous and good.
However, God has provided a WAY for you to NOT have to spend ALL eternity in that horrible place called Hell. All you have to do is: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, making intercession, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
People of the Light
You used to be like people living in the dark, but now you are people of the light because you belong to the Lord. So act like people of the light and make your light shine. Be good and honest and truthful, as you try to please the Lord.-----Ephesians 5:8-10
When I was a child, we use to sing a song titled, "This Little Light of Mine," and one phrase in the song was "hide it under a bushel, NO! I'm going to let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine!" Are you making your light shine for Jesus?
We once lived in darkness until someone let their LIGHT SHINE and that light dispelled the darkness and we were brought into the LIGHT and we were able to see our dark, sinful deeds. We then knew that we NEEDED to come out of the darkness and into the LIGHT, and to live as people of the LIGHT because of what Jesus did on the cross for us. He is the LIGHT of the world and in Him there is NO darkness.
As people of the LIGHT, we should act as such and be GOOD and HONEST and TRUTHFUL so that we might be pleasing to the Lord, and to shine our LIGHTS in the darkness to help bring others into the LIGHT. So let your LIGHT shine for Jesus!
If you are living in the darkness, you can come into the light by doing these simple but LIFE-CHANGING steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
When I was a child, we use to sing a song titled, "This Little Light of Mine," and one phrase in the song was "hide it under a bushel, NO! I'm going to let it shine! Let it shine! Let it shine!" Are you making your light shine for Jesus?
We once lived in darkness until someone let their LIGHT SHINE and that light dispelled the darkness and we were brought into the LIGHT and we were able to see our dark, sinful deeds. We then knew that we NEEDED to come out of the darkness and into the LIGHT, and to live as people of the LIGHT because of what Jesus did on the cross for us. He is the LIGHT of the world and in Him there is NO darkness.
As people of the LIGHT, we should act as such and be GOOD and HONEST and TRUTHFUL so that we might be pleasing to the Lord, and to shine our LIGHTS in the darkness to help bring others into the LIGHT. So let your LIGHT shine for Jesus!
If you are living in the darkness, you can come into the light by doing these simple but LIFE-CHANGING steps: CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Friday, September 5, 2014
How to Wait for the Lord
With all my heart, I am waiting Lord, for You! I trust Your promises. I wait for You more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn. Yes, I wait more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn.-----Psalm 130:5-6
Waiting is not my best attribute, and more so when I am "waiting" for the Lord to move and do something. I want to throw in the 'old proverbial towel' and just forget about whatever it is that I am "waiting" for.
I believe that the Psalmist is not just TELLING us how HE waits for the Lord's guidance, but TEACHING us how we should WAIT for the Lord to work in or through us.
Let's look at the very FIRST thing that he is TEACHING us; he says, "with ALL my HEART, I am waiting Lord, for You!" ANYTHING we do for the LORD, we need to do it with ALL OUR HEART! That means that we are WHOLEHEARTEDLY in it for the long haul or as long as it takes.
The SECOND thing that he is TEACHING us is to TRUST God's PROMISES. He is more than worthy of our TRUST. He is a PROMISE-KEEPER, IN OTHER WORDS, He is FAITHFUL to do WHATEVER He PROMISES to do.
And the THIRD and final thing the Psalmist is TEACHING us is HOW we should WAIT. He says, "I wait for you more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn." Notice the phrase: MORE EAGERLY, that is the WAY we should WAIT! Not JUST EAGERLY but MORE EAGERLY. I believe that a soldier that has been on guard duty ALL night long is very EAGER to see the dawn approaching, and the Psalmist repeats the statement: "I wait for you more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn," which indicates that the Psalmist is very adamant about his intentions on WAITING for the LORD.
If you have never given your HEART to the Lord, I must tell you that He is EAGERLY WAITING for you to: CONFESS your sins to Him and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's EAGERLY WAITING!!!
Waiting is not my best attribute, and more so when I am "waiting" for the Lord to move and do something. I want to throw in the 'old proverbial towel' and just forget about whatever it is that I am "waiting" for.
I believe that the Psalmist is not just TELLING us how HE waits for the Lord's guidance, but TEACHING us how we should WAIT for the Lord to work in or through us.
Let's look at the very FIRST thing that he is TEACHING us; he says, "with ALL my HEART, I am waiting Lord, for You!" ANYTHING we do for the LORD, we need to do it with ALL OUR HEART! That means that we are WHOLEHEARTEDLY in it for the long haul or as long as it takes.
The SECOND thing that he is TEACHING us is to TRUST God's PROMISES. He is more than worthy of our TRUST. He is a PROMISE-KEEPER, IN OTHER WORDS, He is FAITHFUL to do WHATEVER He PROMISES to do.
And the THIRD and final thing the Psalmist is TEACHING us is HOW we should WAIT. He says, "I wait for you more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn." Notice the phrase: MORE EAGERLY, that is the WAY we should WAIT! Not JUST EAGERLY but MORE EAGERLY. I believe that a soldier that has been on guard duty ALL night long is very EAGER to see the dawn approaching, and the Psalmist repeats the statement: "I wait for you more eagerly than a soldier on guard duty waits for the dawn," which indicates that the Psalmist is very adamant about his intentions on WAITING for the LORD.
If you have never given your HEART to the Lord, I must tell you that He is EAGERLY WAITING for you to: CONFESS your sins to Him and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today, making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's EAGERLY WAITING!!!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
The Holy Spirit at Work!
I will send you the Spirit who comes from the Father and shows what is true. The Spirit will help you and will tell you about me.-----John 15:26
I love to hear and reflect on the work of the Holy Spirit of the Living God, and I believe that the reasoning behind that IS because He INDWELLS me. He is my GUIDE through this STORMY, TUMULTUOUS, SEA that we know as LIFE. He is the PROTECTOR of my heart, by revealing to me the TRUTH of the WORD of Almighty God. He is my TEACHER, He gives me INSTRUCTION from the WORD of Almighty God, and REVEALS to me the IDENTITY and NATURE of the One who laid down His LIFE so that I might have LIFE and have it more ABUNDANTLY: Our LORD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ.
He is ALL of that and SO much more! I thank God for giving to His children such an AWESOME HELPER, who will never leave us, and is ALWAYS at WORK in us, to GUIDE, LEAD, and TEACH us until we reach that HEAVENLY SHORE.
If you are struggling through the STORMY TUMULTUOUS, SEA known as LIFE, as it is here on earth, you can STOP the struggling and receive God's Spirit as your HELPER through your STORMY TUMULTUOUS SEA by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT God's gift of SALVATION and let the HELPER GUIDE YOUR WAY. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
I love to hear and reflect on the work of the Holy Spirit of the Living God, and I believe that the reasoning behind that IS because He INDWELLS me. He is my GUIDE through this STORMY, TUMULTUOUS, SEA that we know as LIFE. He is the PROTECTOR of my heart, by revealing to me the TRUTH of the WORD of Almighty God. He is my TEACHER, He gives me INSTRUCTION from the WORD of Almighty God, and REVEALS to me the IDENTITY and NATURE of the One who laid down His LIFE so that I might have LIFE and have it more ABUNDANTLY: Our LORD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ.
He is ALL of that and SO much more! I thank God for giving to His children such an AWESOME HELPER, who will never leave us, and is ALWAYS at WORK in us, to GUIDE, LEAD, and TEACH us until we reach that HEAVENLY SHORE.
If you are struggling through the STORMY TUMULTUOUS, SEA known as LIFE, as it is here on earth, you can STOP the struggling and receive God's Spirit as your HELPER through your STORMY TUMULTUOUS SEA by: CONFESSING your sins to God and asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT God's gift of SALVATION and let the HELPER GUIDE YOUR WAY. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
Our Relationship with God
God's Spirit doesn't make us slaves who are afraid of Him. Instead we become His children and call Him our Father.
God's Spirit makes us sure that we are His children.
His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised. We will also share in the glory of Christ, because we have suffered with Him.-----Romans 8:15-17
Our relationship with the Holy God of Heaven, after we have ACCEPTED His gift of SALVATION, should NOT be one of trembling and fearfulness, but it should be a relationship infused with LOVE, TRUST, FAITH, and OBEDIENCE, because we have been adopted into His family and He is our Father and we are His children.
And the work of His SPIRIT is to give us assurance that we ARE His children, ESPECIALLY when that old slew foot devil tries to dissuade us otherwise. God's Spirit lets us KNOW of our relationship with Christ, that we are JOINT-HEIRS with the KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS to all the glories of Heaven because we, as children of God, have suffered with Christ, and we will be given what God has promised us.
If you don't have a relationship with Father God, but would like to, all you need to do is follow these steps:
CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
God's Spirit makes us sure that we are His children.
His Spirit lets us know that together with Christ we will be given what God has promised. We will also share in the glory of Christ, because we have suffered with Him.-----Romans 8:15-17
Our relationship with the Holy God of Heaven, after we have ACCEPTED His gift of SALVATION, should NOT be one of trembling and fearfulness, but it should be a relationship infused with LOVE, TRUST, FAITH, and OBEDIENCE, because we have been adopted into His family and He is our Father and we are His children.
And the work of His SPIRIT is to give us assurance that we ARE His children, ESPECIALLY when that old slew foot devil tries to dissuade us otherwise. God's Spirit lets us KNOW of our relationship with Christ, that we are JOINT-HEIRS with the KING of KINGS and LORD of LORDS to all the glories of Heaven because we, as children of God, have suffered with Christ, and we will be given what God has promised us.
If you don't have a relationship with Father God, but would like to, all you need to do is follow these steps:
CONFESS your sins to God and ask for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE today making intercession for you before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION. Do it NOW, while you STILL can. He's waiting!!!
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