"The Storm"

“The Storm”

And when He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.  And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being swamped by the waves; but He was asleep.  And they went and woke Him, saying, ‘Save us, Lord’ we are perishing.”  And He said to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of little faith?”  Then He rose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.     Matthew 8:23-26



Sometimes, we all face adversities, and FEAR and ANXIETY comes crashing in, like the waves on the Sea of Galilee, and we like the disciples of Jesus Christ, feel like we are PERSHING, underneath the LOAD of our distress. 



And just like the disciples, we CRY OUT to the ONLY ONE who can bring our shipwrecked souls PEACE in the midst of our raging storm.  “SAVE US, Lord” we are PERISHING!”  And He, will say to US like He did to them, “Why are you afraid, O you of LITTLE FAITH?”  While sometimes, we FEEL like we are going down and NOT going to surface again, due to our LACK of FAITH in the ONE who is in COMPLETE CONTROL.  But when we LEARN and BELIEVE that GOD TRULY LOVES and CARES about US, then are FAITH becomes STEADFAST in the MIDST of the storm, because it is ANCHORED in the ROCK, the LORD JESUS CHRIST. And just like: He is in CONTROL of the wind and waves, He can and will be in CONTROL of the STORM that so easily diminishes our FAITH.



Now, for the TRUE BELIEVER, this is GOOD NEWS, but for the UNBELIEVER, you are STRUGGLING to keep yourself afloat, and SINKING in your sins, with a destiny of spending an ETERNITY IN HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY TO ESCAPE, when you get there.  However, God has a PLAN to RESCUE you, through the SHED BLOOD of JESUS CHRIST.  In order to be SAVED, you MUST TURN AWAY from your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God. And ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and let the MASTER of the SEA, control your STORM.  Do this NOW, while you still can.   He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"What Are You Doing with Your Time?"

“What Are You Doing with Your Time?”

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens.        Ecclesiastes 3:1

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, though a person may be weighed down by misery.    Ecclesiastes 8:6

“God will bring into judgment both the righteous and the wicked, for there will be a time for every activity, a time to judge every deed.     Ecclesiastes 3:17

 



For a lot of people, TIME is plentiful, right NOW,with the Covid-19, restrictions, like the “STAY AT HOME” situation, the problem with this is:  What to do with our TIME?  Many will take this time to WORK around their homes, doing much NEEDED repairs, or putting in a garden, things of that nature, which in themselves, there is nothing wrong about spending your TIME doing such things.  But my question is:  Have you given thought to the REPAIRS that NEEDS to be done with your SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING or your RELATIONSHIP with God?  How is that working for YOU?



King Solomon, the WISEST MAN of all TIMES, tells us that; “There is a TIME for EVERYTHING, and a SEASON for EVERY ACTIVITY under the heavens, which leads me to BELIEVE that when your PRIORTIES are in the RIGHT place, then EVERYTHING will work out the RIGHT and PROPER way. 



The very FIRST PRIORTY should be spending TIME with your HEAVENLY FATHER, and developing a LASTING, INTIMATE, RELATIONSHIP with Him.  For many, the ONLY TIME they take for Him, is when they NEED or WANT Him to come to their aid.  When we work at a STRONG, INTIMATE, RELATIONSHIP with Him, He will be WILLING to CARE for us in ANY and EVERY situation, even in USING our time WISELY.  So, if you do NOT PUT God FIRST in your life, you are NOT using your TIME WISELY. 



In chapter eight of Ecclesiastes, Solomon tells us that there is a PROPER TIME and PROCEDURE for EVERY MATTER, even when a person is WEIGHED down with MISERY.  The PROPER TIME and PROCEDURE in spending your TIME WISELY, is to BEGIN the day, talking to your HEAVENLY FATHER about the day you are facing.  This SHOULD take place before ANY other activity.  If need be, set your alarm an hour ahead of the time you usually get up, and BEGIN the day with the ONE, who is in CONTROL of it.  Let Him be your GUIDE through your day, EVEN and ESPECIALLY, when you are going through hard times. 



Solomon, in chapter three, verse seventeen, tells us that:  God, the RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, will bring JUDGMENT on both the RIGHTEOUS, for their works, at the BEMA SEAT of Jesus Christ, and the GREAT WHITE THRONE, JUDGMENT for the WICKED, for their CONDEMNATION.  A time when EVERY DEED, will be JUDGED.  Are you READY?



If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you will stand before Him at the GREAT WHITE THRONE and be JUDGED for your sins, and CONDEMNED to an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after your there.  However, God, in His ABUNDANT MERCY, and AMAZING GRACE, has provided a way for YOU to ESCAPE HELL, NOW.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. CONFESSING your sins to Him and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then BELIEVE with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and start SPENDING your TIME WISELY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Father's Will"

“The Father’s Will”

“For My Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”       John 6:40



It should be the desire of EVERY TRUE BELIEVER, to KNOW and DO the WILL of their Heavenly Father.  So, let us LOOK at some verses of the Holy Scripture and SEE what exactly is the Father’s Will.  The previous verses give us a clear picture of the Father’s Will, concerning His relationship with mankind.



Verse 39 tells us; that the Will of the Father God is that Jesus, His Only Begotten Son, was sent by God to do His will, which was to SEEK and to SAVE mankind from their sins and to RESCUE them from an ETERNITY in the pits of HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you’re there. 



It is the Father’s Will that Jesus would NOT lose ANY of those who are SAVED, but that He would RAISE them UP at the Last Day. (the RESURRECTION of the SAINTS) We see in our Scripture, today, verse 40, that it is ALSO the Father’s Will that EVERYONE who LOOKS  to JESUS and BELIEVES in HIM, for the SALVATION of their SOUL, will receive ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and NO ONE wants to ESCAPE HEAVEN.   And then it is the Father’s Will that they ALL will be RESURRECTED at the LAST DAY.  Are YOU READY?



It is the Father’s Will that NONE should PERISH, but have ETERNAL LIFE, in Heaven.  However, those who DO NOT BELIEVE nor except Jesus as their SAVIOR and LORD, stands CONDEMNED and will face JUDGMENT on the LAST DAY?  If you are in this category, you are DESTINED to spend ALL ETERNITY in HELL, unless, you are WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  Then BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and DO the FATHER’S WILL, and be RAISED UP on the LAST DAY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"The Danger of Doubting"

   “The Danger of Doubting”

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.  But let him ask in faith without doubting.  For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.  That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.  An indecisive man is unstable in all his ways.      James 1:5-8



A doubter is an individual who is UNCERTAIN or HESITATANT to BELIEVE.  One who usually doesn’t TRUST another.  We could say that it is one who has a LACK of FAITH.  And more likely than not, it refers to an UNBELIEVER. 



Our Scripture begins with:  If any of you lacks WISDOM, he should ask God.   This WISDOM is to be able to KNOW God’s will and to be able to UNDERSTAND His Word.  In order for mankind to develop a RELATIONSHIP with God and His Son.  This DIVINE WISDOM helps the TRUE BELIEVER to be able to SUBMIT to the HOLY SPIRIT of God, and to place their FAITH and TRUST in Him, even in times of trials that come their way. 



When one comes to God for the SALVATION of their SOUL, they should ASK for this Wisdom, so it will ENHANCE their RELATIONSHIP with Him.  Because, God is more than WILLING to give it to them.  Our Scripture tells us, He will give it GENEROUSLY and WITHOUT CRITICIZING.  This is His way of ACCEPTING the one who comes with FAITH and TRUST in Him.   When one PRAYS, they must be CONFIDENT in TRUSTING in the INVISIBLE God, if they want His ATTENTION and His PROVISION.



The DOUBTER, on the other hand, is known to be DOUBLE-MINDED and UNSTABLE.  That is their MINDS and HEARTS are divided between GOD and the WORLD.  They may, at times, BELIEVE in God, but they FAIL in TRUSTING in Him.  And they receive NOTHING, because they are living a life of DOUBT, and this makes them UNSTABLE. 



They are MORE prone to BLAME GOD, when the trials of life, overcome them, and in ALL actuality, it is their DOUBTING that keeps them from receiving God’s PROVISIONS.  Their DOUBTING is like the surging sea, during a storm, they are DRIVEN and TOSSED by the wind.  They are INDECISIVE and UNSTABLE in ALL their ways.  Remember:  If you have SIN in your HEART, God will NOT HEAR your PRAYERS.   You MUST be a TRUE BELIEVER, with a CLEAN HEART, in order for God to HEAR your PRAYERS.   To do that, you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING and TRUSTING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and KICK your DOUBTING to the wayside and start TRUSTING in GOD to see you through all the trials of this LIFE, and with HEAVEN as your ETERNAL HOME.  Do it NOW while you still can.   He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Perfected Love"

“Perfected Love”

“No one has ever seen God.  If we love one another, God remains in us and His love is perfected in us.

And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.  God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 

1 John 4:12,16



PERFECT LOVE, just what is PERFECT LOVE?  PERFECT LOVE is AGAPE LOVE or GODLY LOVE.  God is a SPIRIT, and NO ONE has actually SEEN GOD, the FATHER, in His absolute essential nature, with the exception of seeing Jesus Christ, who tells us that; if you have seen Him, you have seen the Father, because He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him.  In other words, Jesus is the MANIFESTATION of God and His PERFECTED LOVE. 



When a person becomes a TRUE BELIEVER, by giving their HEART and LIFE to God, one thing that CHARACTERIZES them is that they LOVE one another, and if this is TRUE for them, then God will REMAIN in them and HIS LOVE is PERFECTED in them.



Then they will come to KNOW and BELIEVE in the LOVE that God has for them, because God’s LOVE is PROVEN in the REDEMPTIVE WORK of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, on the Cross of Calvary.  And the DEMONSTRATION of that PERFECT LOVE is shown, not ONLY in the DEATH of Christ, but DEFINITELY in the RESURRECTION of the LORD JESUS CHRIST, the VICTOR over DEATH and the GRAVE.  



It is ALL about LOVE, not like human LOVE, but the AGAPE or GODLY LOVE, because GOD is LOVE, and if one REMAINS in that LOVE, then they REMAIN in GOD, and GOD will REMAIN in them.  And His LOVE is PERFECTED in them.   Have you EXPERIENCED this LOVE?


If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE, to God, then you have NOT EXPERIENCED His LOVE, because you keep REJECTING it, because you REJECT His SON, Jesus.  However, because of God’s ABUNDANT MERCY and His AMAZING GRACE, you NOW have the opportunity to not ONLY RECEIVE God’s LOVE, but to be able to SHARE it with someone else.  But, in order to do that, you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle and TURN to GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and allow His LOVE to be PERFECTED in YOU.  Do this NOW, while you still can, and receive HEAVEN as your ETERNAL HOME.   He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!                                                                        

"Victory in Jesus!"

“Victory in Jesus!”

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!                                  1 Corinthians 15:57





Today, we reflect on what happened many, many years ago, in a far away land, to the ONE and ONLY SON of the LIVING GOD.  Today, is marked as, the day, JESUS was MERCILESSLY put to DEATH, on an OLD RUGGED CROSS.  A shameful, act carried out on the WORST criminals. And JESUS was NOT a CRIMINAL.  Yet it had to be done, in order to SAVE mankind from their WRETCHED, FILTHY SINS.  There had to be a PERFECT SACRIFICE, and the Son of God, was the ONLY ONE who was qualified to carry it out.  The SINLESS SON, of the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD of the universe, the CREATOR, of ALL things, that was ever CREATED, became the SACRIFICAL LAMB, slain for the SALVATION of MANKIND.  To the TRUE BELIEVERS, today is known as GOOD FRIDAY. 



The reason for it being called GOOD Friday is, it was the time when the PRICE was PAID for the REDEMPTION of ALL MANKIND.  For God so LOVED the WORLD that HE gave HIS ONE and ONLY SON, so that EVERYONE who BELIEVES in HIM WILL not PERISH but have ETERNAL LIFE.  For God did NOT send His SON into the world that He might CONDEMN the world, but that the world might be SAVED through HIM.  (John 3:16-17)



This is the VICTORY we have in our LORD JESUS CHRIST.  He CONQUERED DEATH and the GRAVE, when His Father God RAISED Him up out of the GRAVE. When He hung on that CRUEL CROSS, He TOOK ON HIMSELF ALL the sins of ALL MANKIND, He, who knew NO SIN, became Sin, in order to give us ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  And to be able to ESCAPE HELL with ALL its HORRORS, once you’re there, you have NO WAY to ESCAPE.  In order to ESCAPE, you MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him 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 and VICTORY through our LORD JESUS CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!

"Trust in the LORD"

“Trust in the LORD”

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him and He will make your paths straight.     Proverbs 3:5-6

TRUST: The obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed.



To place TRUST in someone, is hard for most people to do.  However, Psalm 118:8, tells us that:  It is better to take REFUGE in the Lord than to TRUST in humans.  Ultimately, God is in CONTROL of things.  And He is ALL KNOWING, ALL POWERFUL, and EVERYWHERE AT THE SAME TIME.  Now, that sounds like someone I could put my TRUST in.  He KNOWS BEFORE it happens, and He KNOWS HOW to HANDLE it.  He is POWERFUL enough to do whatever it takes to get things done. And He is ALWAYS EVERYWHERE at the SAME time.



Our Scripture, out of Proverbs, tells us that we NEED to TRUST in the LORD, with ALL our HEART, and to do that, we NEED NOT to LEAN or RELY on our OWN UNDERSTANDING.  Our thoughts and insights, are inadequate.  No matter how intelligent, or gifted a person maybe, they can NEVER replace mankind’s NEED for TRUSTING in GOD’S GREATER and HIGHER attributes.



God is ABLE and TRUSTWORTHY to meet ALL YOUR and My needs.  When we SUBMIT ALL our ways to Him, He will make our paths STRAIGHT.  This is means, when we are totally SOLD-OUT to God, He will do MORE than just GUIDE our paths, He will make our pathway EASIER to travel on.  But this requires US to TRUST HIM with EVERY PART of our LIVES.  Are you WILLING??



If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to God, then you have NO relationship with Him.  And your headed down the WRONG PATH, one full of obstacles, and pitfalls all along the way.  If you are TRUSTING in yourself or another human being, you will remain on that path, which will lead you to an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after you get there.  In order to get on the RIGHT PATH, which is STRAIGHT and SMOOTH, and leads to an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, you MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY FROM your sinful lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION, and TRUST in the LORD to get you to HEAVEN, your ETERNAL HOME.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!