Saturday, November 29, 2014

Faith in Christ Makes Us Right With God!

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.  For His sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ and become one with Him.  I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.  For God's way of making us right with Himself depends on faith.------Philippians 3:8-9

What kind of value do YOU put on TRULY KNOWING Jesus Christ?  Do you think about the REALITY of who He is?  How about the SACRIFICE that He made to bring us into a RIGHT relationship with Father God, in other words, to make us RIGHTEOUS before the ALMIGHTY GOD.

The Apostle Paul did, and he sacrificed ALL he HAD and WAS so that he might gain a CLOSER, more INTIMATE relationship with the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS.  To TRULY KNOW Him.

Paul says that he NO LONGER counts on his OWN righteousness through obeying the law, but his RIGHTEOUSNESS comes through his FAITH in Christ and Christ ALONE.  And so it is with EVERY Child of God, because OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS is like FILTHY, PUTRID, STINKY, RAGS before a HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD.  FAITH in the Lord Jesus Christ is the ONLY way, because it is GOD'S WAY of making us RIGHT with Him.

If your FAITH is in material things, or your status in society, education, wealth, etc.  your FAITH is MISGUIDED, and to the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD of this Universe you are NOTHING but a pile of FILTHY, PUTRID, STINKY RAGS.  This is what your claim to fame, or fortune, YOUR OWN RIGHTEOUSNESS is in His eyes and THAT is ALL that matters in the end.  But you can CHANGE the OBJECT of your FAITH 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 and become TRULY RIGHTEOUS in God's eyes.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He's waiting!!!

Friday, November 28, 2014

A Spiritual Legacy

Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet to be created may praise the Lord:  that He looked down from His holy height; from Heaven the Lord looked at the earth, to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die.------Psalm 102:18-20

Are you leaving a SPIRITUAL LEGACY for your FUTURE generations?  If so, what kind of SPIRITUAL LEGACY are you leaving?

Is it the kind that would DIRECT their paths to SALVATION?  The Psalmist here, is saying that a SPIRITUAL LEGACY should be one that shows the COMPASSION of a LOVING, HEAVENLY FATHER, who looks down from His HOLY, HEAVENLY HEIGHTS and hears the GROANS of those PRISONERS, DOOMED to DIE, and to set them FREE.

My dear friends that SHOULD be the SPIRITUAL LEGACY of EVERY CHILD of the LIVING GOD.  For you see, WE as SINNERS were PRISONERS of the SINS that had COMPLETE CONTROL over our lives, until Father God looked down from Heaven and heard our GROANS, and sent the ONLY ONE, who was WORTHY to set us FREE from the BONDAGE of our sins, the Lord Jesus Christ, through the SHEDDING of His PRECIOUS BLOOD, and NOW we are FREE, yes, WE ARE FREE, INDEED, and have the HOPE of HEAVEN for ALL ETERNITY!!

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to Jesus, then you have NO SPIRITUAL LEGACY to leave to YOUR future generations.  But God has done for YOU what He has done for EVERYONE, He has provided a WAY for you to have a SPIRITUAL LEGACY, and you can obtain 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!!!

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

The Giving of Thanks

I often think of the heavens your hands have made, and of the moon and stars you put in place .  then I ask, "Why do you care about us humans?  Why are you concerned for us weaklings?"  You made us a little lower than the angels, and you have crowned us with glory and honor.------Psalm 8:3-5

On this Thanksgiving eve, I have come across this passage of Scripture.  And when I read this I reflected back to the many times that I have been outside at night and on a clear night I was in AWE of the beauty of the night sky with the stars scattered across the vast blackness of the evening sky, like tiny diamonds twinkling on a piece of black velvet and the moon setting on it like an iridescent pearl.

It makes me come to the realization of just how MAGNIFICENT our Father God really is and how LOVING, COMPASSIONATE, GRACIOUS, MERCIFUL, and PATIENT  He is with His CROWN of CREATION, MANKIND. So loved He the World that He gave Himself, in the PERSON of Jesus Christ, as a SACRIFICIAL LAMB for ALL of MANKIND.  To take away our sins, as far as the east is from the west and to be remembered NO MORE. To give us the HOPE of HEAVEN, where we will spend ALL of ETERNITY with Him and will bask in His GLORY.

This my dear friends is what I am SO VERY THANKFUL for, to the ONLY ONE worthy of our GIVING of THANKS, and NOT just tomorrow, but throughout ETERNITY.  So as you sit down with ALL of your FAMILY and FRIENDS why not reflect on ALL that He has done or provided for YOU and TRULY offer up PRAISE and the GIVING of THANKS to HIM.

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to Jesus, then I have one question for you., "to whom do you offer up THANKS?"  If you do not belong to Him, He will not ACCEPT your thanks until you come to Him, by:  CONFESSING your sins to Him, 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 and make this Thanksgiving a VERY memorable THANKSGIVING!  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He's waiting!!!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

...If you love me, you will do as I command.  Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help your and always be with you.  The Spirit will show you what is true.  The People of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don't see or know Him.  But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you.------John 14:15-17

These are the words of Jesus, to His disciples (followers), and if you have given your heart and life to Him, you too are a disciple or follower of Him, and thus this message is applicable to YOU as well as it was to them.

The PROMISE of the BLESSED HOLY SPIRIT.  Jesus wanted His disciples to KNOW that they would NOT be left ALONE when He left them, but He would send them a COUNSELOR, COMPANION and GUIDE. Someone to HELP them make it without Him.  Someone that would ALWAYS be with them and would reveal the TRUTH to them.  Someone that would LEAD and GUIDE them through life and NEVER leave them nor forsake them.

He told them that the people of this world would NOT accept the SPIRIT or the workings of the Spirit, because they don't SEE or KNOW Him.

But the disciples KNOW the Spirit because He indwells them and will CONTINUE to INDWELL them.

At the very beginning of this verse Jesus tells His disciples that IF they LOVE Him, they will DO as He COMMANDS.  This is a PREREQUISITE for the INDWELLING of His HOLY SPIRIT.

If you have NEVER given your HEART and LIFE to Jesus, you CANNOT receive His Holy Spirit, until you do.  And the WAY to do that is by:  CONFESSING your sins to God and asking 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!!!

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Do You Truly Know God?

My Father has given Me everything, and He is the only one who knows the Son.  The only one who really knows the Father is the Son.  But the Son wants to tell others about the Father, so they can know Him too.------Luke 10:22

These are the words of Jesus.  His ministry was to reach people with TRUTH concerning WHO God the Father TRULY IS, so they could have a RIGHT relationship with Him. And who BETTER to do this than His ONE and ONLY Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

His MISSION here on earth was to DO what the animal sacrifices could NOT do and that was to bring a PERSONAL relationship to the CROWN of God's creation, MANKIND.  He became the Bridge that connects GOD and MANKIND. 

To TRULY know someone involves MORE than just HEAD knowledge, it DEFINITELY involves HEART knowledge.  That was what was MISSING with the animal sacrifices.  There was NOT a PERSONAL element involved.

Thus we see the TRUE ABIDING LOVE of our Heavenly Father, who became the ULTIMATE SACRIFICE for MANKIND.  The Father is the Son, and the Son is the Father.  Jesus once said;  "If you have seen Me, you have seen the Father, because I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. "  So who better to KNOW God than God, Himself.

It is the DESIRE of Father God that ALL mankind come to TRULY KNOW Him and will ACCEPT Him in their HEARTS.  The WAY that He has chosen to do this is  to get the WORD out to EVERYONE, concerning His gift of SALVATION, and to do this through those that already TRULY KNOW Him.

This is why I do this devotion EVERYDAY, praying that it might reach those who TRULY do NOT KNOW God and therefore does NOT have a PERSONAL relationship with Him.

If you are one of those people, who does NOT have a PERSONAL relationship with God, but would like too, you can, by coming to Him and CONFESSING your sins to Him, 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!!!

Friday, November 21, 2014

Walking in the Lord's Presence

And so I walk in the Lord's presence as I live here on earth!------Psalm 116:9

When one becomes a Child of the Living God, through the SHED BLOOD of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, they have certain criteria that is EXPECTED of them as God's OWN POSSESSION.

One of the things that we, as a Child of the Living God, MUST do IS to LIVE our lives in SUCH a way that others would KNOW to WHOM we belong.

In other words, our WALK MUST match our TALK.  It 's one thing to just TALK about being a Child of the Living God, and a TOTALLY other thing to actually WALK (LIVE), like a Child of the Living God.

We are COMPELLED by His Holy Spirit  to WALK the WALK, as well as to TALK the TALK.  We are to be like a BEACON in a DARK night, SHINING for the WHOLE WORLD to SEE.

When we LIVE, what we PROCLAIM with our mouths, we are WALKING in the PRESENCE of the Lord, which is EXACTLY what is EXPECTED of God's Children.  So BE SURE that YOUR WALK matches YOUR TALK.

If you are one that is WALKING in the DARKNESS instead of  being a BEACON in the DARKNESS, there  is a WAY to CHANGE your position, 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, November 20, 2014

Face to Face!

Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture in a mirror, later we will see Him face to face.  We don't know everything, but we will, just as God completely understands us.------1Corinthians 13:12

Have you ever tried to look in a CLOUDY, FOGGY MIRROR?  When you do, you aren't getting a CLEAR AND CONCISE image, instead it is DISTORTED AND BLURRED. That is the way we see Father God now, we don't have a GOOD CLEAR VIEW, but one day we will have a VERY CLEAR and CONCISE view as we will SEE Him FACE to FACE.  What a DAY that will be!

Not only will we see Him FACE to FACE, but we will have PERFECT KNOWLEDGE.  A lot of people say:  "When I get to Heaven I'm going to ASK Jesus this or that." Well, my dear friends, you won't have to ASK Him ANYTHING, because you will have PERFECT KNOWLEDGE!  You will KNOW ALL there is to KNOW.  Have you ever thought about having PERFECT KNOWLEDGE?  Or what about seeing Him FACE to FACE?  It is mind-boggling to think about.

If you have NEVER given your HEART to Jesus, you will not be able to see God FACE to FACE as one of HIS CHILDREN, nor will you have PERFECT KNOWLEDGE.  These are things that are part of GOD'S plan for His Children.  However, there IS a WAY  for you to be a Child of God and to be able to PARTAKE in His plan.  ALL you have to do is: CONFESS your sins to God 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!!!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Actions Speak Louder Than Words

Jesus replied:  "If anyone loves Me, they will obey Me.  Then My Father will love them.  But anyone who doesn't love Me, won't obey Me.  What they have heard Me say doesn't really come from Me, but from the Father who sent Me.------John 14:23-24

Some say that ACTIONS speak louder than WORDS, and I believe that is pretty much TRUE with these verses of Scripture.

I believe that what Jesus was saying here is that those of us who TRULY LOVE Him will let it be KNOWN by our ACTIONS, that are provoked by our OBEDIENCE to His WILL.  In other words, we will DO what He wans us to do.  In order to do this we must FIRST KNOW what His WILL is, what exactly does He want us to do?  We will be able to KNOW His will by READING and STUDYING His PRECIOUS HOLY WORD, the HOLY BIBLE.  Then it is up to US to be OBEDIENT to Him, because we LOVE Him.

But the LOST PERSON will NOT OBEY Him, because they DON'T LOVE Him, and they DON'T LOVE Him, because they DON'T KNOW Him.

ALL the sermons and words of wisdom that Jesus preached or taught to the multitudes of people, were the WORDS that His FATHER wanted Him to say, and He SPOKE those WORDS out of  HIS OWN OBEDIENCE to His Father.

If you have NEVER met Jesus, you REALLY don't KNOW Him and if  you don't KNOW Him it is IMPOSSIBLE for you to TRULY LOVE Him and OBEY His words, but you can come to Him NOW 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, November 18, 2014

A Deadly Satisfaction

My dear friends, we must not live to satisfy our desires.  If you do, you will die. But you will live, if by the help of God's Spirit you say "No" to your desires.------Romans 8:12-13

A lot of people today are interested ONLY in satisfying their own desires, no matter what they are or who they have to STEP ON, or what means they have to take to get what they DESIRE, and this my dear friends is the actions of one who is living by the DESIRES OF THEIR FLESH.

That individual is facing certain DEATH, not a PHYSICAL DEATH, but a SPIRITUAL death.  A death that will separate them from ANYTHING good or pleasant to the soul.  They will be separated from the RIGHTEOUS, LOVING, HOLY PRESENCE of the ALMIGHTY GOD, and will  spend ETERNITY in a place worse than HORRIBLE, a place of  ETERNAL suffering and anguish, like that, which has NEVER been known to mankind.

However, if you live by the Spirit, you will bask in the PRESENCE of the RIGHTEOUS, LOVING, HOLY ALMIGHTY GOD and will spend ETERNITY in a place that is SO indescribable, that the BIBLE tells us that the "eye has not seen, nor the ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him."  We, who are God's children will EXPERIENCE an ETERNITY full of JOY UNSPEAKABLE and FULL of GLORY!!  I can't wait!!

How will you spend your ETERNITY?  In the place of EXCRUCIATING TORMENT that will NEVER END or in the place that GOD has prepared for His Children ONLY, the place of ETERNAL BLISS, and UNSPEAKABLE JOY?  I pray that you have chosen the latter.  If you haven't done it yet, it's NOT too late.  You can get your ticket for Heaven 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!!!

Monday, November 17, 2014

Doing God's Will

I take joy in doing Your will, my God, for Your instructions are written on my heart.------Psalm 40:8

As  God's children, can we like the Palmist, King David, say that we "take JOY" in doing the will of GOD!  Or do we like so many others, have a FEAR of doing the WILL of the ALMIGHTY GOD.

Some are afraid to really OPEN themselves up to the WILL of GOD, because it might pull them out of their comfort zones and cause them to do things that they have NEVER done before and it brings GENUINE FEAR into their HEARTS, because of a LACK of FAITH and TRUST in God Almighty.

If He CALLS you to do something that you have NEVER done before, He WILL definitely EQUIP you to do it.  He will NOT WALK away from you and leave you HELPLESS, instead He will be with you, by the POWER of the Holy Spirit, He will ACCOMPLISH His WILL through YOU.

This SHOULD evoke CONFIDENCE, TRUST, and FAITH in the ONE who has called you to do HIS WILL.  Thus it SHOULD bring JOY to your HEART!  After all His INSTRUCTIONS, (laws) are  written on your HEART.

If you are not a Child of the Living God, and are LOST, concerning what the WILL of God is for YOU, I can tell you that the very FIRST part of His WILL for you is that you would TURN AWAY from the SINFUL LIFE you are now living and to TURN to HIM, you can do this 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, and EXPERIENCE TRUE JOY in YOUR HEART. Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He's waiting!!!

Friday, November 14, 2014

The Great Concealer

For everything that is hidden will eventually be brought into the open, and every secret will be brought to light.------Mark 4:22

Most ladies like to look their best. So we do ALL we can to ENHANCE our natural God-given beauty, by applying make-up.  One of the items we may use is something called a CONCEALER which is used to COVER or HIDE any SPOTS, MARKS, OR FLAWS in our complexion.  When we apply this COVER-UP, we then apply the make-up and our complexion is FLAWLESS to the eye.  But not really, because we are merely HIDING the FLAWS and they are STILL there.

Now this is the way it is with the SIN that is in our life.  We ALL, even God's Children, try to HIDE our SINS, and make like they don't EXIST, and we might be able to HIDE our SIN from other people, but NOT to the ONE who it matters to the MOST.  He SEES and KNOWS ALL we THINK, SAY, and DO.  We CANNOT HIDE a SINGLE THOUGHT, WORD, or DEED from Him, no matter how much CONCEALER we use.

However, God COMPELS us to come to Him and He will COVER our sins with a CONCEALER that not even He will see through, that CONCEALER is the SHED-BLOOD of our BLESSED REDEEMER, the LORD JESUS CHRIST!!

If you are trying to use your OWN CONCEALER, to HIDE your SINS, forget it.  It will one day be brought out into the open and besides that, God KNOWS they are there, but you can come to Him and let  Him APPLY His OWN CONCEALER, the SHED-BLOOD of Jesus.  You can do this 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!!!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Great is His Faithfulness

The faithful love of the Lord never ends!  His mercies never cease.  Great is His faithfulness; His mercies begin afresh each morning.  I say to myself, "The Lord is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in Him------Lamentations 3:22-24

It is an AWESOME thing to KNOW that God's love has NO ENDING. And that His MERCIES are EVERLASTING!

His FAITHFULNESS is GREAT to ALL of His children, and His MERCIES or COMPASSIONS fail NOT, but are AFRESH EACH morning.  This is something that WE, as God's children, can DEFINITELY DEPEND on.

"The Lord is my INHERITANCE;" or my portion in this life, He is my SALVATION, in Him I TRUST.  He is the ONE I can HOLD fast to and BELIEVE on.  He is my HOPE, ESPECIALLY, when ALL else FAILS and is gone.  My HOPE is in HIM!

If you don't KNOW the LOVE of God and have NEVER experienced His FAITHFULNESS and His MERCIES, 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's waiting!!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

What Matters Most?

I lie awake thinking of You, meditating on you through the night.  Because you are my helper, I sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.  I cling to You; Your strong right hand holds me securely.------Psalm 63:7-8

Sometimes I think that God must sit up in Heaven, and looking down on mankind, thinks "Why did I ever give them so much WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE, because they now have managed to come up with ALL this technology and it is consuming their EVERY waking moment."

And if in fact He has had a thought or two like that He is RIGHT on SPOT, because that is a pretty GOOD synopsis of our daily routine.  For some of us, the FIRST thing we do when we wake up in the mornings is to reach over and grab our phones or tablets and the LAST thing we do at night is to take one last look at Facebook, before we close our sleepy little eyes.  Just WHERE and WHEN do we SQUEEZE in some GOOD, QUALITY, INTIMATE, QUIET-TIME with the Lord?  Boy, I don't know about you all, but my toes are hurting now, this message is just as MUCH for ME as it is for YOU!

The Psalmist, who by the way, was King David, said; "I lie awake thinking about You, I MEDITATE on you THROUGH the night."  In other words David is saying that the Lord God is on his MIND and in his HEART EVERY WAKING MOMENT.  How many of us can say that?  David didn't just give God a passing thought, he MEDITATED on Him, that by the way, is a DEFINITE HEART THING.  To meditate means to "DEEPLY REFLECT" upon the Creator of this ENTIRE UNIVERSE.

The King goes on to say, "Because you are my HELPER, I sing for JOY in the shadow of Your wings."  David KNEW where his HELP came from and it wasn't from his mighty army or what his position in life was, nor  was it from his family or friends.  His HELP came from the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY!  This filled David with JOY.  Do we REJOICE in the Lord God, KNOWING that He is our HELPER?

David also says that he CLINGS to the LORD GOD, because He upholds him with His STRONG and MIGHTY right hand. What an AWESOME CONSOLATION to KNOW that GOD ALMIGHTY is SUSTAINING US, His children, with His STRONG and MIGHTY RIGHT HAND.

If you don't KNOW our LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER, and have NEVER experienced the JOY of Him being YOUR HELPER, or have NEVER been able to have the CONSOLATION of being held by His STRONG and MIGHTY right hand, you can by:  CONFESSING your sins to God, asking for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that Jesus died for YOU and is ALIVE, in Heaven, making intercession for you, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  Do it NOW, while you STILL can.  He's waiting!!!

Monday, November 10, 2014

Going or Left Behind?

With a loud command and with the shout of the chief angel and a blast of God'a trumpet,  the Lord will return from heaven.  Then those who had faith in Christ before they died will be raised to life.  Next, all of us who are still alive will be taken up into the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the sky.  From that time on we will all be with the Lord forever.  Encourage each other with these words.------1Thessalonians 4:16-18

First, before I get to far along with this, I need to say this one thing that is EXTREMELY important!! You MUST keep in mind that the Apostle Paul is talking to the Thessalonian BELIEVERS and NOT directed to the UNBELIEVERS.

This is some VERY EXCITING words to the heart of EVERY BELIEVER.  The ONE event we are ANXIOUSLY awaiting.  When the Lord Himself will step out on the clouds and CALL us, who are BELIEVERS, HOME to be with Him and our HEAVENLY FATHER throughout ALL ETERNITY!

But for the UNBELIEVER it will be a time of DEEP HEARTACHE.  There will be ANGUISH like mankind has never experienced.  Let's just think about some of the things that will take place, on earth, during this time that is known as the RAPTURE.

Let's imagine, that the RAPTURE occurs in the morning time frame, maybe at rush hour.  And there are UNBELIEVING parents getting their kids off to school and then they are off to work.  And then it happens, cars are running into each other, MASSIVE WRECKS occurring EVERYWHERE, airplanes hitting buildings or CRASHING into the ground in HORRENDOUS BALLS OF FLAMES, SHOOTING into the air.  Some UNBELIEVING schoolteachers at the local elementary schools are searching FRANTICALLY for most of their students and some teachers have just disappeared with piles of clothing lying on the floor or on the seats of the desks.  UNBELIEVING parents of small children and babies are in DEEP DISTRESS not knowing where their precious children have disappeared to.

Hospital personnel are searching for doctors, nurses and patients missing without a trace of what happened to any of them.  Newborns GONE!  UNBELIEVING EXPECTANT MOMS without their unborn babies, and young children GONE!

MASS CHAOS!  ALL over the ENTIRE WORLD!  Graveyards with DEEP GAPING HOLES that once held the remains of the BELIEVERS, who had tasted death and are NOW GONE!

MISERY in EVERY heart, home and life that is LEFT BEHIND!  And all because they REFUSED to BELIEVE in the LORD JESUS CHRIST and ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.

If you have REFUSED Christ, but are NOW DESIRING to be ONE of the BELIEVERS, who will be caught up in the air to FOREVER be with Him.  You can come to Him 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, your time is RUNNING OUT.  He's waiting!!!

Friday, November 7, 2014

Strength for the Weary

He gives strength to the weary and strengthens the powerless.  Youth may faint and grow weary, and young men, stumble and fall, but those who trust in the Lord will renew their strength; they will soar on wings like eagles, they will run and not grow weary.  They will walk and not faint.------Isaiah 40:29-31

Some mornings when I arise to meet a new day, my body tells me that my YOUTHFULNESS has eluded me.  I seem to have pain in EVERY joint of my body.

And my physical strength is really NOTHING to brag about.  But THANK GOD I DON'T have to rely on  my PHYSICAL STRENGTH to get me through ALL the SPIRITUAL facets of this life.  And my friends, this life without the SPIRITUAL FACETS amounts to NO LIFE at all.

Our bodies are composed of BODY, MIND, and SOUL.  The body, no matter how YOUNG you are, after a brisk episode or two of strenuous exercise, gets TIRED and WEARY, and NEEDS proper REST.  Sometimes when we are TAXING our minds with thoughts, ideas and decisions that NEED to be made, we end up with GIANT headaches, and we need to take a break and REST our WEARY minds.

But for those who TRUST in the Lord, He will RENEW our STRENGTH, because we put our FAITH and TRUST in HIM and He IS  our STRENGTH. When our SOUL becomes WEARY,  He gives us SPIRITUAL STRENGTH to SOAR on wings like an eagle, and SPIRITUALLY speaking we will RUN and not grow WEARY, we will WALK and NOT faint.  ALL because we WALK BY FAITH!

If your soul is TIRED and WEARY because you have NEVER put your FAITH and TRUST in God, and you are NOT WALKING by FAITH, you can remedy 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!!!

Monday, November 3, 2014

Rescued from Deep Waters

He reached down from heaven and rescued me; He drew me out of deep waters.------Psalm18:16

I think this verse of Scripture could be related to a LOST PERSON or a SAVED PERSON.

Let's look at it from the view of the LOST PERSON, when we were in the state of being LOST or SEPARATED from the Almighty God we definitely NEEDED to be RESCUED out of the DEEP WATERS of our SINFUL LIFE.  And as the Psalmist has stated; God reached DOWN from heaven and RESCUED us.  He heard our CRY and SAVED us from DROWNING in our SINS.  He lifted us UP from the depths of our sins and PLACED our feet on the SOLID ROCK, who is the LORD JESUS CHRIST.

Now let's look at it from the the SAVED PERSON'S view.  When we become a CHRISTIAN we are NOT automatically RELEASED from ALL our sins, because we are still in the FLESH, we STILL sin, the difference between the LOST and the SAVED is that we have the HOLY SPIRIT of God INDWELLING us and CONVICTING us CONTINUALLY and even though ALL our SINS, PAST, PRESENT and FUTURE are COVERED by the PRECIOUS BLOOD of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, we STILL need to CONFESS those sins, with a REPENTANT HEART, before we end up in the DEEP WATERS  again.  We have been RESCUED once already and we need to HEED the WARNING SIGNS:  BEWARE OF THE DEEP WATERS!

So if you are in those DEEP WATERS and maybe going down for the last time, and you DESPERATELY NEED a LIFEGUARD to LIFT you out, this is what you MUST do:  CONFESS your sins to God and then 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!!!